Abstract: A vehicle drive device includes: a rotating electrical machine; a speed change mechanism including an input member and an output member drivingly connected to wheels, and configured to change a speed ratio between the input member and the output member; a friction engagement device interposed between the rotating electrical machine and the input member and including a friction engagement element configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between the rotating electrical machine and the input member as an engagement pressure is supplied and discharged; and a control device that controls the rotating electrical machine and the friction engagement device.

Abstract: A control device that controls an internal combustion engine, a first rotary electric machine, a first engagement device, and a second engagement device performing first transition control when transition is performed from a first mode to a second mode. The first transition control includes first control, second control, and third control. The first control is control in which the second engagement device that connects and disconnects power transmission between two rotary elements selected from among three rotary elements of a distribution differential gear mechanism is changed from an engaged state to a disengaged state while a third engagement device of a transmission mechanism is maintained in an engaged state. The second control controls a rotational speed of the first rotary element to is changed from a disengaged state to an engaged state and the internal combustion engine is started by using drive power transmitted from the first rotary electric.

Abstract: A catalytic solution for a halide ion battery, which is an aqueous solution containing a quaternary ammonium halide salt or a hydrate thereof at 9.0 mol/kg to 11.0 mol/kg, is an electrolyte for a halide ion battery that has excellent safety and a wide potential window.

Abstract: A parking assistance device performs a process for parking a vehicle in a parking area based on a captured image obtained by an imaging device mounted on the vehicle, and includes a storage part that stores the captured image; a first processing part that detects parking areas present in an imaging area of the imaging device, based on a low-resolution image obtained by reducing the resolution of the captured image; a selecting part that selects a target parking area from the detected parking areas when the parking areas have been detected by the first processing part; an extracting part that extracts an extraction image including the target parking area from the captured image stored in the storage part; and a second processing part that generates, based on the extraction image, target information indicating a target stop location used upon parking the vehicle in the target parking area.

Abstract: A case body has a first opening that is open along a first direction and through which an inverter device is insertable, a surrounding wall portion disposed along the first direction so as to surround the first opening, and a second opening that is formed in the surrounding wall portion and through which a power cable is insertable. A cover member is fixed to the surrounding wall portion by a plurality of fastening members disposed away from each other along an opening edge of the first opening so as to cover the first opening. A second opening width in a direction orthogonal to the first direction is smaller than an opening width of the second opening in the first direction, and a pair of the fastening members is disposed on both sides across the second opening.

Abstract: A motor control device which is an example of the present disclosure includes a hardware processor configured to: calculate damper torque on a basis of a difference between a crank angle and a motor angle; calculate, on a basis of the damper torque, reversed phase torque in reverse phase to the damper torque; calculate a correction amount for a phase of the reversed phase torque on a basis of a difference between a first value corresponding to a torsion angle between an input inertial member and an output inertial member and a second value corresponding to a torsion angle between an intermediate inertial member and the output inertial member; and output a motor torque command to be provided to a motor generator on a basis of the reversed phase torque a phase of which has been corrected in accordance with the correction amount.

Abstract: A window regulator includes: a base assembled to a vehicle; a bracket configured to support window glass; an arm member having one end side rotatably supported by the base and the other end side rotatably supported by the bracket; and a driving member configured to drive, by rotationally driving the arm member, the bracket configured to support the window glass. At least one of a rotation center axis on the one end side of the arm member and a rotation center axis on the other end side of the arm member is inclined in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to a vehicle width direction when viewed from a vehicle upper-lower direction.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that can prevent too much information from being displayed. A map display system includes a current location obtaining part that obtains a current location of a vehicle; a destination obtaining part that obtains a destination of the vehicle; a map information obtaining part that obtains map information; a map display part that displays, based on the current location and the map information, a map including the current location and a traffic congestion icon on a display part, the traffic congestion icon indicating traffic congestion information of a road; and a display control part that performs deletion of the traffic congestion icon and display of an on-street parking space icon on the map, when a distance between the current location and the destination reaches less than or equal to a first threshold value, the on-street parking space icon indicating a parking space on a street.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rectangular conducting wire wherein insulating coating of rectangular conducting wire is removed by applying laser light the insulating coating, four planar portions on exterior of rectangular conducting wire are sequentially defined as a first, second, third, and fourth face portion, second corner portion is defined between second and third face portions, and fourth corner portion is defined between fourth and first face portions.

Abstract: A vehicle door device includes first and second link arms each including a first pivotal connection point to a vehicle body and a second pivotal connection point to a door of a vehicle, and a drive unit that opens and closes the door based on an operation of a link mechanism formed by the first and second link arms by using at least one of the first and second link arms as a drive link and pivoting the drive link. The drive unit includes an actuator that outputs drive torque, and a transmission mechanism that transmits the drive torque to the drive link disposed at a position separated from the actuator. The transmission mechanism includes a torque input portion that inputs the drive torque to the drive link, and a power transmission member that forms a transmission path for the drive torque in a state of extending between the actuator and the torque input portion and has flexibility to enable transmission of the drive torque in a bent state.

Abstract: A scratch and ultraviolet resistant film includes a polymer-carbon composite film configured to be applied as a thin film on a substrate. The polymer-carbon composite film includes a resin such as a thermoset resin and/or a thermoplastic resin, and between about 0.25 wt. % and about 5 wt. % graphene disposed in the resin. In addition, the polymer-carbon composite film applied as the thin film on the substrate has a thickness between about 0.2 mm and about 1 mm.

Abstract: A motor control device according to an embodiment includes a hardware processor configured to: calculate a first torsion torque generated by a motor shaft according to fluctuation of an engine torque based on a difference between a motor angle as a rotation angle of the motor shaft and a shaft angle as a rotation angle of a transmission shaft of a transmission on the downstream side of a damper; calculate a first vibration damping torque to be output by a motor generator to damp vibration of the motor shaft based on the first torsion torque and a drive state value indicating a drive state of an engine; and output a motor torque command value to be provided to the motor generator based on the first vibration damping torque.

Abstract: A position displacing device has a processor configured to set a recommendation range of the seat position, capable of displacing the seat position to a manual control position representing the seat position when a driver is operating a vehicle manually within a predetermined time, based on the manual control position, set an intermediate position between the manual control position and an automatic control position set within the recommendation range, and determine whether a level to which the driver is contributing to driving is equal to or below a predetermined reference threshold based on information that describes physical condition of the driver, wherein the seat position is displaced from the automatic control position to the intermediate position when the seat position is at the automatic control position and it is determined that the level to which the driver is contributing to driving is equal to or below the reference threshold.

Abstract: A notification device detecting a predetermined action of a driver of a vehicle in which travel is controlled by an autonomous driving system from a driver image including a face region representing a face of the driver and outputting a confidence rate indicating a certainty in the detection, specifying a message for inhibiting a control ending action which possibly follows the detected action and corresponds to an ending condition of control by the autonomous driving system, and notifying the driver of the specified message through an output device when an effectiveness level is higher than a predetermined notification threshold, the effectiveness level calculated by multiplying the confidence rate by a first probability of the control ending action being inhibited when notifying the driver of the specified message or by a second probability of the control ending action being performed when not notifying the driver of the specified message.

Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on an intensity of a reflected wave generated when a transmission wave transmitted toward an interior of a moving body is reflected by an object present in the interior, point cloud information indicating a three-dimensional-coordinate position of the object moving in the interior as a point cloud including a plurality of detection points; a generation unit configured to generate, based on the point cloud information, a seat row map for each seat row including a plurality of seating regions, the seat row map indicating a distribution of the detection points in a plane region corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of seating regions and a height direction of the moving body; a setting unit configured to set, on the seat row map, an upper end line along an upper end portion of a plane point cloud including two or more of the detection points; and an estimation unit configured to estimate the number of occ

Abstract: There are provided a route search device and a computer program that can search for a recommended route for a user to move to a destination from a parking location after the user parks a vehicle in a parking lot. Specifically, a parking lot network is obtained which is a network representing a route that can be selected in a parking lot by the user with moving means used after getting out of the vehicle; an in-building network is obtained which is a network representing a route that can be selected in a building by the user with the moving means used after getting out of the vehicle; and a recommended route from a parking location where the vehicle is parked in the parking lot to a destination present in the building is searched using a network obtained by connecting the parking lot network to the in-building network.

Abstract: A hair/scalp care method includes a washing step of washing a target head part that is one or both of hair and a scalp of a human body, a drying step of drying the target head part that has been washed in the washing step, and a fine water particle application step of applying fine water particles having a size of 50 nanometers or less to the target head part. By applying the fine water particles to the target head part, damage to the target head part can be reduced or the damaged target head part can be repaired. Further, when an agent is used, an effect brought by the agent can be enhanced by applying the fine water particles to the target head part.

Abstract: A vehicle roof structure includes a frame and a deflector device. The frame defines an opening portion opened and closed by a movable panel. The deflector device includes a deflector and a torsion spring. The frame includes a first spring support portion supporting a first arm of the torsion spring in such a way as to be movable in a front-rear direction. The deflector includes a second spring support portion supporting a coil portion and a second arm of the torsion spring, and a holding portion that can hold the first arm. The first spring support portion includes a guide surface. Under a condition that the holding portion holds the first arm, when the deflector rotates toward a retracted position, the first arm slides on the guide surface, and is thereby shifted to a state of being supported by the first spring support portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a power supply circuit to supply power to a circuit formed on a main substrate equipped with a circuit module is made smaller in size. A semiconductor device includes: a circuit module including a module substrate and a circuit element mounted on the module substrate; and a main substrate on which the circuit module is mounted. The semiconductor device further includes a power supply circuit to supply power to at least a circuit formed on the module substrate. The power supply circuit includes: a voltage generating circuit to output a predetermined output voltage; a first capacitor; and a second capacitor larger in capacity than the first capacitor. The voltage generating circuit and the first capacitor are mounted on the module substrate. The second capacitor is mounted on the main substrate.