Abstract: A management method performed by a management apparatus includes determining a delivery vehicle based on vehicle classification data and delivery environment information.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes acquiring route information that indicates a route or a stop position for a delivery vehicle, the route information being generated based on driver information regarding a driver of the delivery vehicle and delivery information regarding a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle.

Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.

Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, an acceptable range of a delivery time based on a delivery condition of goods ordered from a store, and determining, by the management apparatus based on the acceptable range of the delivery time and vehicle classification data on a vehicle that delivers goods, goods to be loaded into the vehicle.

Abstract: A variable capacitor includes a driver member including one metal sheet, a head having a driver groove provided therein, engagement portions engaged with a rotor, and a spring function portion in pressure-contact with the rotor are integral with each other. The spring function portion includes a first plate portion extending from one end of the head, which is bent in the first bending portion, and elongated, passing a center shaft, and a second plate portion extending from the end of the first plate portion, which is bent in the second bending portion, and elongated, passing the center shaft. The second plate portion functions as a pressure-contact portion for the rotor.

Abstract: A variable capacitor includes a driver member including one metal sheet, a head having a driver groove provided therein, engagement portions engaged with a rotor, and a spring function portion in pressure-contact with the rotor are integral with each other. The spring function portion includes a first plate portion extending from one end of the head, which is bent in the first bending portion, and elongated, passing a center shaft, and a second plate portion extending from the end of the first plate portion, which is bent in the second bending portion, and elongated, passing the center shaft. The second plate portion functions as a pressure-contact portion for the rotor.

Abstract: An inductance/capacitance (LC) composite module with a built-in variable capacitor and coil is disclosed which includes a dielectric substrate having one principal surface on which a stator-side electrode is formed. Also formed thereon are a first terminal electrode connected to the stator-side electrode and a second terminal electrode independent of the first terminal electrode. The variable capacitor has a rotor of a chosen solid-state dielectric material in contact with the stator-side electrode. This rotor has thereon a rotor-side electrode which opposes the stator-side electrode with at least part of the rotor laid therebetween, thus forming an electrostatic capacitance. A rotatable support member is mounted so that it may rotate about the axis line at right angles to the substrate surface. The support member transmits its rotation to the rotor allowing the rotor to rotate with the support member.

Abstract: A movable electrode is positioned between two fixed electrodes. The movable electrode is rotated in correspondence to a rotation angle to be detected. The fixed electrodes and the movable electrode are split into first split electrode members and second split electrode members not conducting with each other respectively. The first fixed split electrode members are electrically connected with a first external terminal, and the second fixed split electrode members are electrically connected with a second external terminal. Thus, electrostatic capacitances which are derived from the external terminals are varied by rotation of the movable electrode. In this sensor, the varied electrostatic capacitances can be derived through conductive paths comprising no sliding contact portions, while a variable range of the electrostatic capacitances can be increased.

Abstract: First and second fixed electrodes are fixedly provided on a housing which is mounted on a surface whose inclination angle is to be detected. A rotatable electrode is inserted between these fixed electrodes, and this rotatable electrode is mounted on a shaft which is rotatably provided on the housing. The rotatable electrode is made to regularly face a constant direction with respect to the gravitational direction. The first fixed electrode has a central angle of 180.degree., for example, and is split into a first fixed split electrode member having a central angle of 60.degree. and a second fixed split electrode member having a central angle of 120.degree.. Wires are connected to the fixed split electrode members respectively, thereby taking out two series-connected capacitances which are formed by the respective ones of the first and second fixed split electrode members and the rotatable electrode. The second fixed electrode is structured similarly to the first fixed electrode.