Abstract: An intersecting road estimation device includes an object detection unit that detects an object existing around an own vehicle and a position of the object, an object extraction unit that extracts a stationary object and a position of the stationary object from an object detection result, a first estimation unit that estimates a road edge of a traveling road on which the own vehicle is traveling based on the position of the stationary object, a candidate extraction unit that extracts a stationary object existing outside the road edge of the traveling road estimated by the first estimation unit as a candidate for an outside stationary object representing a road edge of an intersecting road intersecting the traveling road, and a second estimation unit that estimates the road edge of the intersecting road based on a position of the outside stationary object extracted by the candidate extraction unit.

Abstract: An object-detecting device includes a first detector, an object tracker, a second detector, and an axial misalignment determiner. The first detector detects a distance between a moving body and an object and an orientation of the object relative to the moving body based on detection information acquired from detection sensors including a search wave sensor that searches a detection region with a search wave. The object tracker tracks the same object passing through a different detection region based on the detection information. The second detector detects at least either one of a height of the object or a lateral distance of the object as object information based on the detection information.

Abstract: A vehicle radar system includes at least one radar, a detection section, an extraction section, a pair determination section, and a target position determination section. The extraction section extracts at least one observation point pair from a plurality of detected observation points. The observation point pair is a pair of the observation points located in the same direction. The target position determination section calculates a surface direction of a reflection surface from a reflection surface observation point of the observation point pair and observation points around the reflection surface observation point, and determines a position of the target from the calculated surface direction and the at least one observation point pair.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes a primary shaft, a secondary shaft, a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, a first power transmission member, a primary sprocket, a secondary sprocket, a second power transmission member, and a power transmission switch. The first power transmission member has a loop shape and is wrapped around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley. The primary sprocket is disposed on the primary shaft. The secondary sprocket is disposed on the secondary shaft. The second power transmission member has a loop shape and is wrapped around the primary sprocket and the secondary sprocket. The power transmission switch disables power transmission by the second power transmission member when the first power transmission member is in a normal condition and enables the power transmission by the second power transmission member when the first power transmission member is in an abnormal condition.

Abstract: A moving object recognition apparatus includes an object detection section, a position detection section, a road direction estimation section, and a moving direction estimation section. The object detection section detects a moving object that moves on a road around an own vehicle and a roadside object by the road, from objects present around the own vehicle. The position detection section detects positions of the moving object and the roadside object detected by the object detection section. The road direction estimation section estimates a road direction of the road on which the moving object is moving, based on the position of the roadside object detected by the position detection section. The moving direction estimation section estimates a moving direction of the moving object based on the road direction estimated by the road direction estimation section.

Abstract: A radar system is provided with a plurality of radar units. Each radar unit includes a first processing unit for calculating a distance and a relative speed to an object in the vicinity of each radar unit in accordance with a beat signal, a frequency band of the first modulated waves being a first frequency band, and a modulation period of the first modulated waves being a first modulation period; a second processing unit for calculating a distance to the object in accordance with a beat signal, a frequency band of the second modulated waves being a second frequency band, and a modulation period of the second modulated waves being a second modulation period; and a calculation result determination unit for determining the distance and the relative speed to the object in accordance with calculation results of the first and second processing units.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing Group-III nitride semiconductor nanoparticles includes synthesizing Group-III nitride semiconductor nanoparticles having a particle size of 16 nm or less by reacting materials containing one or more Group-III elements M in a liquid phase, wherein a coordination solvent is used, and trimethyl M is used as at least one Group-III element material among the materials containing one or more Group-III elements M.

Abstract: A quantum dot includes a nano-seed particle having a particular crystal plane exposed, and a first epitaxial layer formed on the particular crystal plane of the nano-seed particle.

Abstract: Provided are group-III nitride nanoparticles that prevent the piezoelectric field caused by strains on the nanoparticles, achieving good luminous efficiency. The group-III nitride nanoparticle represented by AlxGayInzN (0?x, y, z?1) incorporating two crystal structures; a wurtzite structure and a zincblende structure, in a single particle. As another example, the group-III nitride nanoparticle has a core-shell structure with a core and a shell, in which the particle constituting the core contains two crystal structures; the wurtzite structure and the zincblende structure, in the particle. Nanoparticles containing the two crystal structures can be produced by using a phosphorus-containing solvent as a reaction solvent, and the mixture ratio of the two crystal structures, (wurtzite structure)/(zincblende structure), is 20/80 or higher.

Abstract: A LiMnO2 production method includes generating cubic crystal LiMnO2 nanoparticles by adding an organic solvent, manganese oxide nanoparticles, and lithium amide in a reaction vessel and heating in an inert atmosphere. and a washing and recovering the generated particles. Wurtzite type MnO nanoparticles are preferably used as the manganese oxide. As a result, LiMnO2 nanoparticles that have a substantially similar particle size to wurtzite type MnO nanoparticles can be obtained from an Mn raw material. Nanoparticles having a hollow structure can be obtained by controlling the reaction temperature.

Abstract: A radar apparatus is mountable to a vehicle. The radar apparatus includes an observing unit, an estimating unit, a predicting unit, a matching processing unit, and a determining unit. The estimating unit calculates, regarding an initial detection target object, a plurality of velocity estimation values in which folding is presumed, using a velocity observation value calculated by the observing unit. The predicting unit calculates a prediction value from each of the plurality of velocity estimation values. The matching processing unit performs association of the velocity prediction value and the velocity observation value.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus detects a target object present in a periphery of a moving body. The object detection apparatus derives recognition information indicating a state of a target object, and predicts a state of the target object at a next second observation timing, based on the recognition information derived at a first observation timing. The object detection apparatus derives a score based on a degree of difference between a state of the target object observed at the second observation timing and a next state of the target object predicted at the first observation timing. The object detection apparatus derives a reliability level by statistically processing scores related to the target object derived at a plurality of observation timings from past to present. In response to the reliability level satisfying a predetermined reference, the object detection apparatus determines that the target object related to the reliability level is actually present.

Abstract: Single-phase manganese oxide particles having a wurtzite crystal structure. The particles can be obtained by thermally decomposing a compound containing manganese. In this procedure, a reducing agent consisting of at least one of a polyol-based material and an ethylene glycol stearate-based material is added as an additive to the reaction system. It is heated at a first temperature (200° C. or lower) under a reduced pressure atmosphere, then the temperature is raised, and the product is heated at a temperature higher than the first temperature under an inert gas atmosphere.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to automatically determining the size of a trailer being towed by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to determining that a trailer is aligned with a towing vehicle, analyzing radar returns from a radar of the towing vehicle to identify radar features within an area behind the towing vehicle. The method includes determining a trailer size of the trailer from the radar features. The method includes adjusting operation of the towing vehicle according to the trailer size.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus supports driving of the vehicle. The driving support apparatus includes a brake pedal detection unit, a retraction speed calculation unit and a driving operation device setting unit. The brake pedal detection unit detects an operation amount of the brake pedal. The retraction speed calculation unit calculates a retraction speed of the brake pedal, based on the operation amount of the brake pedal detected by the brake pedal detection unit. The driving operation device setting unit sets a reaction force exerted by a driving operation device to a larger value as the retraction speed calculated by the retraction speed calculation unit becomes higher.

Abstract: The radar device is provided with a transmission array antenna, phase shifters, a reception array antenna, a transmission control unit and a signal processing unit. The transmission control unit transmits transmission waves in either a directivity control mode or a MIMO mode. The directivity control mode controls directivity of the transmission array antenna by controlling the phase shifters. The MIMO mode transmits transmission waves so as not to interfere with each other from the selected at least two transmission antenna elements.

Abstract: A vehicle information providing apparatus repeatedly acquires observation point information. The apparatus calculates at least one position of the predicted point. When the observation point information is acquired, the apparatus extracts a predicted point that can be connected to the observation point from the calculated predicted points. The apparatus calculates the position of the current filtered point based on the position of the current observation point and the position of the latest predicted point. When the observation point information of a new object (an object having no latest predicted point connectable to the observation point) is acquired, the device sets initial vectors. The apparatus calculates the position of the predicted point at time instants succeeding the current time instant for each of the traveling directions indicated by the initial vectors.

Abstract: Provided are group-III nitride nanoparticles that prevent the piezoelectric field caused by strains on the nanoparticles, achieving good luminous efficiency. The group-III nitride nanoparticle represented by AlxGayInzN (0?x, y, z?1) incorporating two crystal structures; a wurtzite structure and a zincblende structure, in a single particle. As another example, the group-III nitride nanoparticle has a core-shell structure with a core and a shell, in which the particle constituting the core contains two crystal structures; the wurtzite structure and the zincblende structure, in the particle. Nanoparticles containing the two crystal structures can be produced by using a phosphorus-containing solvent as a reaction solvent, and the mixture ratio of the two crystal structures, (wurtzite structure)/(zincblende structure), is 20/80 or higher.

Abstract: An in-vehicle radar device includes a transmission section, a reception section, an analysis section, an extraction section, a speed calculation section, a distance calculation section, and a folding detection section. The folding detection section detects occurrence of erroneous calculation of a distance, when reflection intensity at a frequency peak obtained by the extraction section is smaller than a preset intensity threshold for a distance calculated by the distance calculation section and a frequency width in a frequency spectrum calculated by the analysis section is smaller than a preset width threshold.

Abstract: A driving support device of the present disclosure includes an other vehicle detecting unit, a lane recognizing unit, a track acquiring unit, an interference determining unit, and a driving support unit. The other vehicle detecting unit is configured to detect a location of another vehicle existing around the own vehicle. The lane recognizing unit is configured to recognize a traffic lane in which the other vehicle is located. The track acquiring unit is configured to acquire an own vehicle track. The interference determining unit is configured to determine whether an other vehicle course interferes with the own vehicle track. The driving support unit is configured to perform driving support different between in an interference state indicating a case where the other vehicle course interferes with the own vehicle track and in a non-interference state.