Abstract: Provided is an austenitic alloy pipe, which has high yield strength, excellent SCC resistance, suppressed strength anisotropy, and high detectability in ultrasonic flaw detection. The austenitic alloy pipe according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.004 to 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.030 or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.50 to 1.50%, Ni: 25.00 to 55.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 30.00%, Mo: 2.00 to 10.00%, and N: 0.005 to 0.100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. A grain size number of austenite crystal grain is 2.0 to 7.0 and a mixed grain ratio is not more than 5%. Tensile YS is not less than 758 MPa, compressive YS/tensile YS is 0.85 to 1.10, and an outer diameter is not less than 170 mm.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided. Center blocks in a center region are in pairs across grooves inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends from one side to the other of an equator and includes a notch defined by a first and second walls connected in a V-shape in a tread contact surface. The first wall extends within ±20° of the circumferential direction, the second wall extends within ±10° of a lateral direction, an average angle of sipes formed in one of the center blocks and the shoulder blocks is smaller than or equal to 90°±10° with respect to the equator for a first region, smaller than or equal to 130°±10° for a second region, and smaller than or equal to 70°±10° for a third region, and each of the sipes includes at least one bent portion.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, center blocks in a center region of a tread portion form a pair sandwiching an inclined groove that extends inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends across an equator and includes a notch formed of first and second walls that are connected in a V-shape in a tread road contact surface. The first wall extends within +/?20° with respect to the circumferential direction, and the second wall extends within +/?10° with respect to a lateral direction. Each of shoulder blocks provided in a center region of the tread portion includes a third wall opposed to the notch and at an angle within +/?5° with respect to a straight line connecting an end point of the first wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block and an end point of the second wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a bracket, an outboard motor main body including an upper portion attachable to a hull via the bracket and a lower portion located below the upper portion and on which a propeller is provided, a first steering mechanism to rotate the upper portion in a right-left direction with respect to the hull, and a second steering mechanism to rotate the lower portion in the right-left direction with respect to the upper portion.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a shift actuator, a wire connector to allow a wire of a mechanical remote control to be connected thereto and operable to be moved by the wire, a shift detector to detect that the wire connector has moved to a neutral position corresponding to a shift state of a neutral state or a drive position corresponding to the shift state of a drive state, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a control to drive the shift actuator to switch the shift state to the neutral state or the drive state based on a detection result of the shift detector.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material is provided that has high creep strength even when used at an average operation temperature of more than 600 to 750° C. after welding with higher heat input, and furthermore, has excellent stress relaxation cracking resistance even after use for a long time period at the average operation temperature after welding with higher heat input. The steel material has a chemical composition which consists of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.50% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 15.00 to 25.00%, Ni: 8.00 to 20.00%, N: 0.050 to 0.250%, Nb: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mo: 0.05 to 5.00%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and a ratio of the dissolved N amount (mass %) with respect to the content of N (mass %) in the steel material is 0.40 to 0.90.

Abstract: The electromagnetic noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the electromagnetic noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method is provided which includes causing one of a first device and a second device of a semiconductor device to perform a switching operation, the semiconductor device comprising the first device and second device connected in series and a third device and a fourth device connected to each other in series and connected parallel to a series circuit of the first device and second device; measuring voltage variation occurring between the third device and the fourth device during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for electromagnetic noise of the semiconductor device, based on the voltage variation.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material is provided that has excellent sensitization resistance properties even after use for a long time period at an average operation temperature of 400 to 700° C. after welding with higher heat input. The steel material of the present disclosure has a chemical composition which contains, in mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 1.50% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 15.00 to 25.00%, Ni: 9.00 to 20.00%, N: 0.05 to 0.15%, Nb: 0.1 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.10 to 4.50%, and W: 0.01 to 1.00%, and satisfies Formula (1). The content of Nb in a residue obtained by an extraction residue method is, in mass %, 0.050 to 0.267%, and the content of Cr in the residue is, in mass %, 0.125% or less. 21.9Mo+5.9W?5.

Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.

Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a controller configured to estimate a vacant time period during a period from a first time at which a first user checked-in at an accommodation facility to a second time at which the first user is to check-out from the accommodation facility, the vacant time period being a time period during which the accommodation facility is not used by the first user; and a communication interface configured to transmit vacancy data that indicates the vacant time period estimated by the controller, to a terminal apparatus of at least one second user that is different from the first user.

Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a controller configured to: estimate whether an ingredient of a first meal to be cooked with the ingredient in a vehicle will be in surplus, in which the first meal was scheduled to be provided to a first user but will not be provided to the first user; and in a case in which it is estimated that the ingredient will be in surplus, determine a site at which to provide a second meal to be cooked with the ingredient in the vehicle, to a second user different from the first user.

Abstract: A server manages operation of a plurality of vehicles that are autonomous and used for transporting a plurality of users. The server includes a server communication interface and a server controller. The server communication interface is configured to be able to transmit/receive information to/from the plurality of vehicles. The server controller is configured to be able to transmit, via the server communication interface, an instruction to couple a first vehicle and a second vehicle which are included in the plurality of vehicles to thereby form a vehicle group which includes the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a coupled state, and control the first vehicle and the second vehicle so that a user in either one vehicle of the first vehicle and the second vehicle can move to another vehicle, and an instruction to release at least part of the coupled state of the vehicle group.

Abstract: A server is configured to communicably connect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that includes a toilet unit. The server comprises a controller. The controller is configured to: receive from the first vehicle a request for vehicle dispatch; identify the second vehicle in response to the request for vehicle dispatch; obtain location information for the first vehicle; and cause the second vehicle to move to a location corresponding to the location information.

Abstract: A server includes an acquisition interface, a server communication interface, and a server controller. The acquisition interface is configured to be able to acquire traffic information regarding road traffic. The server communication interface is configured to be able to transmit/receive information to/from a plurality of first vehicles that are autonomous. The server controller is configured to instruct a second vehicle selected from the plurality of first vehicles to perform a specific action, in order to control traffic at any spot based on the traffic information.

Abstract: A control apparatus is communicably connected to a vehicle and a user terminal, the control apparatus including a controller configured to: in response to a service request from the user terminal, determine at least a service content, a provision time, and a provision location; identify a vehicle capable of performing the service content; cause the vehicle to perform the service content inside the vehicle by the provision time; and cause the vehicle to move to the provision location by the provision time.

Abstract: The radiated noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the radiated noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method including: making a semiconductor device that is connected parallel to a load by a load cable, perform a switching operation; measuring common-mode current flowing through the load cable during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for radiated noise based on the common-mode current, and an evaluation apparatus are provided.

Abstract: The radiated noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the radiated noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method and an evaluation apparatus are provided, including: causing a semiconductor device to perform a switching operation; measuring voltage variation occurring between main terminals of the semiconductor device during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for radiated noise of the semiconductor device based on the voltage variation. The outputting the evaluation benchmark may include calculating the voltage variation in the semiconductor device for each frequency component as the evaluation benchmark.

Abstract: A marine vessel propulsion device having a metal component in contact with water. The marine vessel propulsion device includes an anticorrosive anode made of a metal material that is less corrosion-resistant than the metal component, is electrically connected to the metal component, and is disposed in contact with the water contacting the metal component, a primary reference electrode isolated from the metal component and the anticorrosive anode, and disposed in contact with the water contacting the metal component, and a potentiometer that detects a potential difference of the metal component or the anticorrosive anode with respect to the primary reference electrode.

Abstract: Provided is an austenitic alloy pipe, which has high yield strength, excellent SCC resistance, suppressed strength anisotropy, and high detectability in ultrasonic flaw detection. The austenitic alloy pipe according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.004 to 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.030 or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.50 to 1.50%, Ni: 25.00 to 55.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 30.00%, Mo: 2.00 to 10.00%, and N: 0.005 to 0.100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. A grain size number of austenite crystal grain is 2.0 to 7.0 and a mixed grain ratio is not more than 5%. Tensile YS is not less than 758 MPa, compressive YS/tensile YS is 0.85 to 1.10, and an outer diameter is not less than 170 mm.