Abstract: An organic EL device includes an emitting region provided between a cathode and an anode, a first anode-side-organic layer, a second anode-side-organic layer, and a third anode-side-organic layer, in which the emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode-side-organic layer, the second anode-side-organic layer is in direct contact with the third anode-side-organic layer, the third anode-side-organic layer has a film thickness of 20 nm or more, the second anode-side-organic layer contains at least one compound different from a compound contained in the third anode-side-organic layer, the first emitting layer is a fluorescent emitting layer, and a refractive index NM2 of a constituent material contained in the second anode-side-organic layer and a refractive index NM3 of a constituent material contained in the third anode-side-organic layer satisfy a relationship of Numerical Formula NM, NM2>NM3??(Numerical Formula NM

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an emitting region between a cathode and an anode, a first anode side organic layer, and a second anode side organic layer. The emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode side organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode side organic layer, the first anode side organic layer contains first and second organic materials, a content of the first organic material in the first anode side organic layer is less than 50 mass %, the second anode side organic layer contains a second hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is an emitting layer that emits fluorescence, and a refractive index NM1 of the constituent materials contained in the first anode side organic layer and a refractive index NM2 of the constituent material contained in the second anode side organic layer satisfy a relationship of NM1>NM2.

Abstract: An object detecting device includes a signal transmitting and receiving unit configured to generate an intermediate frequency signal based on a transmission signal and a reception signal which is a reflected wave thereof, a processing unit configured to determine that an image of a target peak frequency is a virtual image based on noise when it is determined that a peak frequency of predetermined n times the target peak frequency is not present in information based on the intermediate frequency signal generated by the signal transmitting and receiving unit and to detect an object based on the determination result, where n is an integer of 2 or greater.

Abstract: An obstacle detection apparatus includes a transmission antenna transmitting radio waves, a reception antenna receiving radio waves transmitted to and reflected by an obstacle, an obstacle detection unit configured to detect the obstacle based on the received radio waves, a false detection determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a false detection characteristic, which is set in advance, with regard to the detected obstacle, a camera capturing an image, and an obstacle existence determination unit configured to determine, based on the image captured by the camera, presence or absence of the obstacle on which it is determined that the false detection characteristic is present.

Abstract: A vehicle controller includes: an on-vehicle outside sensing unit configured to detect a target based on characteristics of the outside of a vehicle; an operation unit that operates the vehicle; a decision section configured to determine a first operation mode upon non-operation of the operation unit or a second operation mode different from the first operation mode upon operation of the operation unit; and a control unit configured to determine, upon decision section determining the second operation mode, an obstacle based on the target detected by the on-vehicle outside sensing unit in a shorter time than required upon decision section determining the first operation mode and to control the vehicle in accordance with the obstacle determined.

Abstract: A driving support device has a lane marking recognition unit that recognizes at least two lane markings based on a taken image; a deviation angle calculation unit that calculates a deviation angle based on at least the two lane markings; an obstacle recognition unit that recognizes an obstacle position based on the taken image; a camera deviation angle correction unit that corrects the obstacle position recognized by the obstacle recognition unit by the deviation angle; a radar deviation angle correction unit that corrects the obstacle position detected by a radar by the deviation angle; and a driving support processing unit that executes a driving support process based on the corrected obstacle positions.

Abstract: An object detecting device includes a signal transmitting and receiving unit configured to generate an intermediate frequency signal based on a transmission signal and a reception signal which is a reflected wave thereof, a processing unit configured to determine that an image of a target peak frequency is a virtual image based on noise when it is determined that a peak frequency of predetermined n times the target peak frequency is not present in information based on the intermediate frequency signal generated by the signal transmitting and receiving unit and to detect an object based on the determination result, where n is an integer of 2 or greater.

Abstract: An on-board radar apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a transmitted wave, a receiving unit configured to receive a reflected wave obtained by causing an object to reflect the transmitted wave, to generate a reception signal, and to detect the object by performing a signal process on the reception signal, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the on-board radar apparatus is located in a vehicle interior, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust transmitting characteristics of the transmitting unit or receiving characteristics of the receiving unit so as to compensate for an attenuation in a propagation path of the transmitted wave or the reflected wave when the determination result of the determination unit is affirmative.

Abstract: A receiving and processing device includes an antenna extension unit configured to perform a process of additionally arranging data pieces of two or more continuous receiving antennas in a receiving antenna array in which the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged at regular intervals, a process of inverting phases of data pieces of the additionally-arranged two or more receiving antennas, a process of rearranging the data pieces of the phase-inverted two or more receiving antennas so as to invert the arrangement of the data pieces, a process of rotating the phases of the data pieces of the rearranged two or more receiving antennas, and a process of connecting the data pieces of the phase-rotated two or more receiving antennas to the data pieces of the plurality of receiving antennas.

Abstract: According to embodiments, there is provided a radar apparatus including: a transmission antenna configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave; a reception antenna configured to receive an electromagnetic wave when the transmitted electromagnetic wave has been reflected by an object; a reception wave acquisition section configured to acquire the received electromagnetic wave at specific intervals in time; a reception power calculator configured to compute the power of the received electromagnetic wave as a function of the acquisition time number by the reception wave acquisition section; a representative point extractor configured to extract plural representative points from the function; and a determination section configured to determine whether or not the object is an overhead object positioned higher than the optical axis of the receiving antenna based on the representative points.

Abstract: An object detecting device includes a signal transmitting and receiving unit configured to generate intermediate frequency signals based on transmission signals obtained by frequency modulation in multiple modulation periods and reception signals corresponding to reflected waves of the transmission signals, a distance detecting unit configured to calculate distances based on peak frequencies of the intermediate frequency signals generated by the signal transmitting and receiving unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the distances calculated by the distance detecting unit and corresponding to the multiple modulation periods are equal to each other.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a transmitting antenna, a triangular wave generating unit that generates a first modulated wave and a second modulated wave which are transmitted from the transmitting antenna at a predetermined interval, a receiving antenna that receives radio waves obtained by causing an object to reflect the transmitted first and second modulated waves, and a signal intensity calculating unit that makes a determination, on peaks equal to or greater than a predetermined value appearing in received signals which are received by the receiving antenna and which correspond to the first and second modulated waves, as to whether the peaks are due to a signal obtained by causing the object to reflect the transmitted wave emitted from a host radar device or the peaks are due to a signal obtained by causing a reflecting object including the object to reflect the transmitted wave emitted from another radar device.

Abstract: An obstacle detection apparatus includes a transmission antenna transmitting radio waves, a reception antenna receiving radio waves transmitted to and reflected by an obstacle, an obstacle detection unit configured to detect the obstacle based on the received radio waves, a false detection determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a false detection characteristic, which is set in advance, with regard to the detected obstacle, a camera capturing an image, and an obstacle existence determination unit configured to determine, based on the image captured by the camera, presence or absence of the obstacle on which it is determined that the false detection characteristic is present.

Abstract: According to embodiments, there is provided a radar apparatus including: a transmission antenna configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave; a reception antenna configured to receive an electromagnetic wave when the transmitted electromagnetic wave has been reflected by an object; a reception wave acquisition section configured to acquire the received electromagnetic wave at specific intervals in time; a reception power calculator configured to compute the power of the received electromagnetic wave as a function of the acquisition time number by the reception wave acquisition section; a representative point extractor configured to extract plural representative points from the function; and a determination section configured to determine whether or not the object is an overhead object positioned higher than the optical axis of the receiving antenna based on the representative points.

Abstract: As a herbicide, a 9-phenylimino-8-thia-1,6-diazabicyclo [4.3.0]nonane-7-one derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X and Y is hydrogen or halogen, and Z is ##STR2## wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sup.1 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl, provided that when R is methyl, R.sup.1 is alkoxyalkyl or Y and Z together form ##STR3## bonded to the phenyl ring, wherein R.sup.2 in hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl and R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkenyl, or C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -alkynyl.

Abstract: As a herbicide, a 9-phenylimino-8-thia-1,6-diazabicyclo [4.3.0]nonane-7-one derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X and Y is hydrogen or halogen, and Z is ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl, or --COOR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.2 is alkyl.

Abstract: As a herbicide 9-phenylimino-8-thia-1,6-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane-7-(one or thione) compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y represents halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxy which may be substituted by halogen, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, phenoxy, cycloalkyloxy, alkoxycarbonylalkyloxy alkoxycarbonylalkenyloxy, alkythiocarbonylalkyloxy, alkynyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, benzyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, trifluoromethyl, benzyloxy, alkenyl, cyanoalkyl, alkylcarbamoyloxy, benzyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkynyloxyalkyl, cycloalkylmethyloxy, alkoxyalkyloxy, phenethyloxy, cycloalkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, pyrrolidinocarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, ##STR2## n is an integer of from 0 to 3; and X is oxygen or sulfur.

Abstract: As a herbicide 9-phenylimino-8-thia-1,6-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane-7-(one or thione) compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y represents halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxy which may be substituted by halogen, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, phenoxy, cycloalkyloxy, alkoxycarbonylalkyloxy alkoxycarbonylalkenyloxy, alkythiocarbonylalkyloxy, alkynyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, benzyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, trifluoromethyl, benzyloxy, alkenyl, cyanoalkyl, alkylcarbomoyloxy, benzyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkynyloxyalkyl, cycloalkylmethyloxy, alkoxyalkyloxy, phenethyloxy, cycloalkyloxycarbonylalkyloxy, pyrrolidinocarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, ##STR2## n is an integer of from 0 to 3; and X is oxygen or sulfur.