Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first detection unit which detects an object around a vehicle, a second detection unit of which at least a part of a detection range overlaps a detection range of the first detection unit and which detects an object around the vehicle, and a determination unit which determines whether or not the object has started to move on the basis of detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit. The determination unit determines that the object has started to move in a case in which the vehicle and the object are in a halted state when a detection result of the first detection unit indicates that the object has started to move and a detection result of the second detection unit indicates that the object has started to move.

Abstract: Provided is art capable of recognizing the states of a plurality of target objects arranged in a prescribed space region. This target object recognition device is provided with: a plurality of calculation processing units (21, 22) which each calculate the attitude state of a target object in a prescribed space region using a different technique; a state recognition unit (23) which recognizes the layout state of all of a plurality of target objects arranged in the space region; a method determination unit (24) which, in accordance with the result of the recognition by the state recognition unit (23), determines a method for using the results of the calculation performed by the calculation processing units (21, 22); and a target object recognition unit (25) which recognizes the attitude states of the target objects by means of the determined method for using the results of the calculation.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, and a coating resin layer covering the outer periphery of the glass fiber, wherein the average linear expansion coefficient of the coating resin layer at ?50° C. or more and 0° C. or less is 3.3×10?5/° C. or more and less than 9.0×10?5/° C.

Abstract: A fitting assembly for fluid device is provided, which includes a first port, a second port, a first annular member, a second annular member, and a connector. The first port is annular and installed at a first fluid device to be connected with its first fluid channel. The second port is annular and installed at a second fluid device to be connected with its second fluid channel. The first annular member is installed at the first port and has a first coupler. The second annular member is installed at the second port and has a second coupler to be coupled with the first coupler to fix the second annular member to the first annular member. The connector is installed between the first port and the second port and seals gaps between the connector and the first and second ports.

Abstract: A resin composition comprises: a base resin containing an oligomer, a monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator; and inorganic oxide particles, wherein the inorganic oxide particles are lump-shaped aggregated particles, and the volume average particle size of the inorganic oxide particles measured by an X-ray small angle scattering method is 5 nm or more and 800 nm or less.

Abstract: A recognition device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first detection result from a LIDAR that detects a target present in a traveling direction of a vehicle and to acquire a second detection result from a camera disposed so that the detection range overlaps that of the LIDAR, and a recognition unit configured to recognize a target present around the vehicle on the basis of the first detection result and the second detection result, in which the recognition unit executes exclusion processing of excluding a target, that satisfies all of a first condition indicating that a target is present within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, a second condition indicating that a target is detected by the LIDAR and is not detected by the camera, and a third condition indicating that a width of a target is equal to or less than a predetermined value and a detection duration thereof is equal to or less than a predetermined time, from a result of recognition recognized as a target present around th

Abstract: The neural network includes layers, and the layers each include a plurality of units, the plurality of units each have a weight coefficient associated with each input to a unit, and an importance parameter indicating importance of the weight coefficient. The method includes: in learning of a task, adjusting a first weight coefficient based on the importance parameter of the first weight coefficient and a first gradient of the first weight coefficient determined using a training set; and after the learning has been completed, determining, based on the training set, respective second gradients of a plurality of second weight coefficients included in a first layer including the first weight coefficient, and calculating the importance parameter of the first weight coefficient to be used in learning of a next task based on the respective second gradients.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding; and a coating resin layer coating the glass fiber, wherein the coating resin layer has a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber and coating the glass fiber and a secondary resin layer coating the outer periphery of the primary resin layer, the primary resin layer has a Young's modulus of 0.4 MPa or less at 23° C. and the primary resin layer has an outer diameter of 185 ?m or more and 202 ?m or less, the secondary resin layer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or more and 95° C. or less, and the difference between the average linear expansion coefficient of the coating resin layer in the range of 60° C. to 140° C. and the average linear expansion coefficient of the coating resin layer in the range of ?60° C. to 0° C. is 0.7×10?4/° C. or less.

Abstract: A control device that performs travel control of a vehicle, the control device includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a sensor configured to detect an object in the around of the vehicle based on a reflected wave from the object. The processor is configured to: acquire first detection point group data of the object in a first region in the around of the vehicle based on the output information of the sensor, and recognize a first specific object present in the around of the vehicle based on the first detection point group data: and recognize a second specific object present in the around of the vehicle based on the first detection point group data in a second region that is narrower than the first region in the around of the vehicle when recognizing the presence of the first specific object.

Abstract: A control device that performs travel control of a vehicle, includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a sensor configured to detect an object in an around of the vehicle based on a reflected wave from the object. The processor is configured to: acquire detection point data of the object in a peripheral region of the vehicle based on the output information of the sensor; and recognize that a peripheral environment of the vehicle is a travel-restricted section based on a distribution of detection point data in a first group including a plurality pieces of the detection point data on one side in a left-right direction of the vehicle in the peripheral region.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to acquire output information of a first type of a first sensor and output information of a second type of a second sensor each configured to detect an object in an around of a vehicle, the processor performing first processing of recognizing a first range including a specific object among a plurality of ranges set in a peripheral region of the vehicle based on the output information of the first sensor, and second processing of recognizing a second range including the specific object among the plurality of ranges based on the output information of the second sensor, selecting a third range from the plurality of ranges obtained by excluding the first range based on the first range, and determining reliability of a recognition result of the first range based on a recognition result of the second processing for the third range.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a camera, a detector acquiring position information of a target based on reflected wave and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform estimating a position of the target, based on position information acquired by the camera and the detector, controlling an actuator based on the estimated position, and detecting a predetermined gradient state in which a gradient of a road surface in front of a subject vehicle is an upward gradient of a predetermined degree or more with respect to a road surface at a current position of the subject vehicle and is configured to perform the estimating including estimating the position of the target by lowering a reliability of position information acquired by the camera among position information of the target captured on the road surface in the predetermined gradient state when the predetermined gradient state is detected.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method executed by an information processing apparatus in order to cause a neural network to learn a Tth task corresponding to a Tth learning set is provided. The method includes: for each of a plurality of units, determining an importance degree of the unit in the Tth task; for each of a plurality of layers, determining dissimilar tasks from among a first task to a (T?1)th task, the dissimilar tasks being not similar to the Tth task in terms of behaviors in the layer; and in learning that uses the Tth learning set, suppressing updating of weight parameters of the plurality of units included in the plurality of layers in accordance with importance degrees in the dissimilar tasks determined for each of the plurality of layers.

Abstract: An optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, and a coating resin layer, wherein the coating resin layer has a primary resin layer being in contact with the glass fiber and coating the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer coating the primary resin layer, and the primary resin layer and the secondary resin layer are resin layers containing inorganic oxide particles.

Abstract: A recognition device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first detection result from a LIDAR that detects a target present in a traveling direction of a vehicle and to acquire a second detection result from a camera disposed so that the detection range overlaps that of the LIDAR, and a recognition unit configured to recognize a target present around the vehicle on the basis of the first detection result and the second detection result, in which the recognition unit executes exclusion processing of excluding a target, that satisfies all of a first condition indicating that a target is present within a predetermined distance from the vehicle, a second condition indicating that a target is detected by the LIDAR and is not detected by the camera, and a third condition indicating that a width of a target is equal to or less than a predetermined value and a detection duration thereof is equal to or less than a predetermined time, from a result of recognition recognized as a target present around th

Abstract: A deceleration detection apparatus including an object detection device that detects an object around a subject vehicle, a rainfall detection device that detects a rainfall state around the subject vehicle, a brightness detection device that detects a brightness around the subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether a forward vehicle traveling in front of the subject vehicle decelerates, based on an amount of change in a vehicle speed of the forward vehicle detected by the object detection device, a lighting state of a brake lamp of the forward vehicle detected by the object detection device, the rainfall state detected by the rainfall detection device, and the brightness detected by the brightness detection device.

Abstract: Provided is a glass fine particle deposit in which a pH of glass fine particles on a surface of the glass fine particle deposit is 5.5 or more and less than 8.5, in which a color difference ?E*ab with respect to a white calibration plate when the surface of the glass fine particle deposit is measured by the SCI method using a spectrophotometer is 0.5 or more and less than 5. Provided is a method for manufacturing a glass preform including: manufacturing a transparent glass preform by heating a glass fine particle deposit in which a pH of glass fine particles on a surface of the glass fine particle deposit is 5.5 or more and less than 8.5; and measuring the surface of the deposit by the SCI method using a spectrophotometer and determining whether a color difference ?E*ab with respect to a white calibration plate is 5 or more.

Abstract: A surrounding vehicle monitoring device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a midpoint between a rear left end position and a rear right end position of another vehicle, acquire a width of the other vehicle, and change a current position of a great change position to a corrected position and acquire a midpoint between a current position of a small change position and the corrected position as a position of the other vehicle in a case where a changing amount of the width is equal to or more than a first threshold. The great change position is one of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the greater of the two. The small change position is another of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the smaller of the two.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass fine particle deposit includes: emitting a siloxane gas, a carrier gas, and a combustion gas from a burner; setting volume concentration of a supply volume amount of the siloxane gas per unit time with respect to the sum of the supply volume amount of the siloxane gas per unit time and a supply volume amount of the carrier gas per unit time (C1) to 10.6 volume %<C1<20.0 volume %; and setting volume concentration of the supply volume amount of the siloxane gas per unit time with respect to the sum of the supply volume amount of the siloxane gas per unit time, the supply volume amount of the carrier gas per unit time, and a supply volume amount of the seal gas per unit time (C2) to 5.8 volume %<C2<10.0 volume %.

Abstract: A resin composition comprises: a base resin containing an oligomer, a monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator; and inorganic oxide particles, wherein the inorganic oxide particles are lump-shaped aggregated particles, and the volume average particle size of the inorganic oxide particles measured by an X-ray small angle scattering method is 5 nm or more and 800 nm or less.