Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes an imaging camera configured to capture the image of an object to be inspected, an object detecting unit configured to detect a relative position of the object to be inspected, a camera angle adjusting unit configured to control the angle of an image capturing direction of the imaging camera on the basis of the relative position detected by the object detecting unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the image of the object to be inspected is moved out of a video frame of the imaging camera during an image capture operation performed by the imaging camera, and a storage unit configured to store image capture failure information including the result of determination if the determination unit determines that the image of the object is moved out of the video frame.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first electrode layer provided on a display surface side to prevent noise from being emitted from a display element to the outside; a second electrode layer provided outside the first electrode layer to perform position detection; a hover signal generation unit that generates a detection signal to be input to the second electrode layer and the first electrode layer for detection of an indicator approaching the display surface; a common electrode that applies a common voltage to derive the display element; a cancellation signal generation unit that generates a cancellation signal which cancels a signal component leaking from the first electrode layer to the common electrode; and a voltage addition unit that superimposes a cancellation signal on the common voltage.

Abstract: A proximity detection device detects the proximity of an object using a light emitting element and a light receiving element that receives reflected light of irradiation light from the light emitting element reflected by the object. A mirror is provided near the light emitting element to reflect part of the irradiation light emitted from the light emitting element toward an area at which the irradiation light from the light emitting element does not sufficiently arrive, and a mirror is provided near the light receiving element to enable reception of the reflected light from the light emitting element in a wide range.

Abstract: A spatial sensing region is set in accordance with a spatial sensing function of a first operation detection unit included in a first operation device, and another spatial sensing region is set in accordance with a spatial sensing function of a second operation detection unit included in a second operation device. The first operation device and the second operation device are arranged in a vehicle interior. For example, when the second operation detection unit of the second operation device detects a forward movement of a hand, it is determined that an operator intends to operate the first operation device and control is performed such that a display screen of the first operation device is turned on, for example.

Abstract: Method and devices for testing a headphone with increased sensation are provided. The headphone can filter and amplify low frequency audio signals, which are then sent to a haptic device in the headphone. The haptic device can cause bass sensations at the top of the skull and at both ear cups. The testing system can evaluate the haptic and acoustic sensations produced by the headphone to evaluate if they have been properly assembled and calibrate the headphones if necessary.

Abstract: An operating device makes it possible to efficiently apply a response force to an operating unit from a response force applying mechanism. In a supporting mechanical section provided between the operating unit and a supporting member, a connecting shaft section is provided at one of the operating unit and the supporting member and a connecting receiving section is provided at the other of the operating unit and the supporting member, the connecting shaft section is supported by the connecting receiving section so as to be movable in a first direction, and a restoring member that causes the operating unit to be restored forward is provided. The connecting receiving section includes a first elastic member that continues supporting the connecting shaft section from both sides thereof in a second direction intersecting the first direction while the connecting shaft section moves in the first direction that is a front-rear direction.

Abstract: In a first state before a first event is detected, a determination unit of a press detection apparatus prevents a definitive value from increasing steeply when the pressing force has increased steeply, and decreases the definitive value steeply when the pressing force has decreased steeply. In a second state after the first event is detected and before a second event is detected, the determination unit prevents the definitive value from increasing steeply when the pressing force has increased steeply, and prevents the definitive value from decreasing steeply when the pressing force has decreased steeply. This reduces the possibility that the definitive value increases steeply in the first state and increases and decreases steeply in the second state even under vibration.

Abstract: Adaptive filters output a cancellation sound from a speaker, a selector selects outputs of a plurality of auxiliary filters each corresponding to different positions, a subtractor subtracts the selected output from the output of the microphone and outputs the subtracted output to the adaptive filter as an error signal, and a position detection device detects a position of a head of a user. A transfer function estimated so that the error signal becomes 0 when noise is canceled at the corresponding position is preset in the auxiliary filter. When the auxiliary filter corresponding to the position close to the head of the user changes, the switching control unit stepwise increases the frequency with which the output of the auxiliary filter is selected by the selector to 100%.

Abstract: An operation system for a vehicle includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to acquire a first signal indicating whether a seat in the vehicle is facing forward or rearward, and generate a display screen by arranging at least two operation elements in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The display screen is displayed on an operation panel installed in the vehicle. The processor reverses the arrangement of the at least two operation elements in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in accordance with the first signal.

Abstract: An adaptive identification system, for identifying a propagation system characteristic by an adaptive filter, includes a signal generator that generates an identification input signal including a frequency component of an integer multiple of a fundamental frequency and having a periodicity satisfying a PE condition, a setting unit that sets moving average time to a fundamental period of the identification input signal, and an adaptive algorithm execution unit that uses a moving average value and a diagonal matrix to update a coefficient of the adaptive filter, the moving average value being obtained by calculating a moving average of a cross-correlation vector of a vector of the identification input signal and an observation signal with the moving average time, and the diagonal matrix being obtained by diagonalizing a matrix obtained by calculating a moving average of an autocorrelation matrix of the vector of the identification input signal with the moving average time.

Abstract: The present invention includes a touch time detection unit detecting a touch time on an operation unit and a determination controller changing content of a determination process to be performed by a pressing operation determination unit based on the touch time. Content of the determination process to be performed by the pressing operation determination unit based on a pressing amount is changed such that the ease of detection of a pressing operation when a pressing amount is instantaneously changed in a short period of time is changed based on a touch time so that false detection of a pressing operation caused by an instantaneous change of a pressing amount due to noise in a pressing operation of gradually increasing pressure is avoided and a case where a pressing operation of performing a strong press in a short period of time is not detected is avoided.

Abstract: A plurality of infrared LEDs, e.g., four, and a plurality of photodiodes, e.g., two, are arranged side by side in interleaved fashion in the order of an LED1, a PD1, an LED2, an LED3, a PD2, and an LED4, and are arranged slightly outside a side of the display surface. A threshold value Th is set so as to become small as max(Ei)/max(Aj) calculated from a detection signal of the PD1 when the LED1 emits light, a detection signal of the PD1 when the LED2 emits light, a detection signal of the PD2 when the LED3 emits light, a detection signal of the PD2 when the LED4 emits light, a detection signal of the PD2 when the LED1 emits light, and a detection signal of the PD1 when the LED4 emits light, and the approach of the hand of the user is detected when max(Aj) exceeds the threshold value.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes a first pulse generator configured to generate a first pulse in accordance with predetermined equipment before a data stream transmitted from the equipment is received; a second pulse generator configured to generate a second pulse based on the received data stream; an output device configured to output a warning sound based on the first pulse or the second pulse; and a switching device configured to output the first pulse to the output device before the data stream is received, and output the second pulse to the output device as of when the first pulse and the second pulse coincide.

Abstract: With respect to a noise reduction device using a speaker and a microphone corresponding to each seat in a vehicle to reduce a noise in each seat, the noise reduction device includes, a signal processing unit configured to generate a canceling sound that reduces a noise at an ear of an occupant in a predetermined seat by using an auxiliary filter, an operation setting unit configured to disable operations of a speaker and a microphone corresponding to each empty seat in the vehicle, and an auxiliary filter setting unit configured to change a setting value of the auxiliary filter used by the signal processing unit to generate the canceling sound in accordance with the number of occupants in seats other than the predetermined seat, the seats affecting the noise in the predetermined seat.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes side cameras attached to a side portion of a vehicle and configured to provide an image obtained by capturing the rear of the side portion including a vehicle body region; a fisheye camera attached to a rear portion of the vehicle and configured to provide an image including the rear of the vehicle captured at a wide angle of view; a narrow-angle camera attached to the rear portion of the vehicle and configured to provide an image including the rear of the vehicle captured at a narrow angle of view; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the image of the fisheye camera and the image of the narrow-angle camera corresponding to the vehicle body region of the image of the side camera in the vehicle body region.

Abstract: A projection apparatus for use with a movable body is provided. The projection apparatus includes a parking controller configured to cause the movable body to automatically move to a parking space, and a projector configured to project light onto a road surface in vicinity of the movable body. When the parking controller causes the movable body to automatically park in the parking space, the projector projects the light onto the road surface located within a predetermined distance from the movable body.

Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel having a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed side by side, a hover signal generation unit for generating a hover signal used to detect a height of an indicator located above a surface of the touch panel to input the hover signal to the plurality of electrodes, an XY position detection unit for detecting an X position and a Y position of the indicator based on a signal component that appears on each of the electrodes, and a height detection unit for detecting a height of the indicator based on a signal component that appears on each of the electrodes. The height detection unit performs a correction to the height of the indicator when the XY position of the indicator is within a peripheral portion of the touch panel.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an unmanned transport machine for delivering a package from a departure location to a destination includes a trouble information acquiring unit configured to acquire trouble information, a selection requesting unit configured to request a recipient of the package to select one option among a plurality of delivery method options when the trouble information indicates trouble occurring on a delivery route from the departure location to the destination, a candidate destination selecting unit configured to select candidate destinations corresponding to the delivery method options based on a current location of the unmanned transport machine and map information, and a destination determining unit configured to determine a new destination selected from the candidate destinations in accordance with the selected option.