Abstract: A control device includes a controller configured to perform a notification whether automatic driving of a vehicle is able to be started, in a different mode according to at least either of a first state where the automatic driving is able to be permitted, a second state where the automatic driving is unable to be permitted due to an equipment abnormality, or a third state where the automatic driving is unable to be permitted for a temporary reason without an equipment abnormality.

Abstract: In an image recognition apparatus, a processor performs, based on an input image and using an image recognition model, a plurality of object detection processes to detect as an object detection region a region in the input image where a recognition target object is judged to be present. In the plurality of object detection processes, a plurality of mutually different image recognition models are used. The processor generates inference result data according to the degree of overlap among a plurality of object detection regions detected in the plurality of object detection processes.

Abstract: A panel speaker includes: a first panel; a second panel; a vibration actuator configured to vibrate the first panel and the second panel; an adhesive layer configured to adhere one surface of the first panel to one surface of the second panel; and a coupling portion configured to couple other surface of the second panel with the vibration actuator, the adhesive layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped regions parallel to one direction in a plan view of the second panel, and the coupling portion is disposed at a region sandwiched between adjacent two of the plurality of strip-shaped regions in the plan view of the second panel.

Abstract: A battery voltage measurement circuit includes: a first switch configured to be connected to a positive electrode of a battery; a second switch configured to be connected to a negative electrode of the battery; detection resistances that are connected in series between the first switch and the second switch; capacitors that are connected in parallel to the detection resistances; and a measurement circuit that measures a voltage applied to the detection resistances. The battery voltage measurement circuit has a plurality of measurement modes depending upon status of the first and second switches, and further has a failure detection mode for the capacitors based on a change in the voltage after switching from one to an other of the measurement modes.

Abstract: A reproduction device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound source information about a sound source; a determination unit configured to determine an output characteristic of the sound source with a virtual speaker arranged in a virtual space, based on a positional relationship between the virtual speaker and a virtual listener arranged in the virtual space; and a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the sound source with a real speaker arranged in a real space, based on the output characteristic determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A signal color determination device includes a processor configured to acquire a captured image. If a part of a plurality of signal lamps of a traffic signal is detected from the captured image, the processor determines a signal color of the traffic signal.

Abstract: A power source control unit is for controlling a switch that makes connection between a first power line and a second power line, a first system load being connected to a first power source through the first power line, a second system load being connected to a second power source through the second power line, wherein the power source control unit includes: an SOC acquisition portion as defined herein; a first SOC determination portion as defined herein; a second SOC determination portion as defined herein; a failure determination portion as defined herein; and a switch control portion as defined herein.

Abstract: A gas ejection apparatus ejects gas by use of a compressor that compresses the gas, and the gas ejection apparatus includes a detector and a microcomputer. The detector detects a signal relating to an ejection target device. The microcomputer controls the compressor to change a number of times of ejection of the gas in accordance with an amount of time elapsing between a detection of the signal by the detector and a next detection of the signal by the detector.

Abstract: A soldering device according to an embodiment includes a jet nozzle and a cover. The jet nozzle jets a molten solder. The cover is filled with an inert gas in an inside thereof and has a hole part at a position that corresponds to the jet nozzle. The cover causes the jet nozzle to protrude from the hole part for an application time period when the solder is applied to an application target and houses the jet nozzle in the inside thereof for a waiting time period other than the application time period.

Abstract: A vehicle control method according to an embodiment is a vehicle control method to be executed by a controller for controlling a vehicle that travels in an area, wherein the controller is configured to: in a case where detecting occurrence of a disaster and determining that nobody is riding on the vehicle, cause the vehicle to move to a refuge place, and the refuge place includes at least one of a place in which the vehicle having taken refuge hinders passage of an evacuee toward an outside of the evacuation route and a place in which the vehicle having taken refuge prevents an evacuee from entering a dangerous zone.

Abstract: A vehicle control method to be executed by a controller for controlling a vehicle that travels in an area including a plurality of floors, wherein the controller is configured to: in a case where detecting occurrence of a disaster and determining that a floor on which the vehicle exists is different from a floor on which a first evacuation place being a priority evacuation place exists, set a destination to a second evacuation place existing on a floor that is a same as the floor on which the vehicle exists; and cause the vehicle to move to the second evacuation place.

Abstract: A display control device provided at a vehicle and including a processor, a first display section, a second display section adjacent to the first display section, and a third display section adjacent to the second display section in a different direction from the first display section. The processor being configured to: control the first display section, the second display section, and the third display section; acquire notification information to be notified to a driver of the vehicle; and execute an animation such that the notification information currently being displayed on one of the first display section or the third display section is displayed on the second display section and then displayed on another of the first display section or the third display section.

Abstract: An insulation resistance detection apparatus includes: a first switch connected to a high potential side of a battery assembly including plural battery cells connected in series; a second switch connected to a low potential side of the battery assembly; a detection resistor; a controller configured to turn on one of the first switch and the second switch and turn off the other of the first switch and the second switch to form a series connection circuit including the battery assembly, an insulation resistor of the battery assembly, and the detection resistor, and calculate insulation resistance based on a voltage applied to the detection resistor, in which the first switch is connected between two battery cells on the high potential side among the plural battery cells.

Abstract: A sound control apparatus includes: a display panel that is supported by a base provided in a vehicle in a manner in which an angle of the display panel relative to the base is variable; an angle detector configured to detect the angle; and a controller configured to change sound setting in a cabin of the vehicle in accordance with the angle.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, when displaying an on-screen display image on a screen of a display device, invalidate a contrast value set by a user to a contrast setting value specifying a contrast of the screen, and draw the on-screen display image so as to be superimposed on a background image.

Abstract: A failure detection apparatus includes: a first switch configured to be connected to a positive electrode of a battery; a second switch configured to be connected to a negative electrode of the battery; detection resistances that are connected in series between the first switch and the second switch; and a measurement circuit that measures a voltage of the detection resistances, wherein (i) both the first switch and the second switch are turned on to form a failure-detection series-connected circuit consisting of the battery and the detection resistances, and (ii) a failure detection mode is provided to detect a failure based on the voltage measured by the measurement circuit.

Abstract: A power supply control device includes: a first system configured to supply electric power from a first power supply to a first load group; a second system configured to supply electric power from a second power supply to a second load group; a plurality of load switches configured to switch an electric power supply to each load of the first load group and the second load group; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of load switches such that electric power is supplied from the second power supply to a backup load included in at least one of the first load group and the second load group in a predetermined backup state, wherein the control unit detects a state of charge of the second power supply, and increases, in the predetermined backup state, number of the load switches to be connected as the state of charge is higher.

Abstract: A power supply control apparatus includes: a first system capable of supplying electric power from a first power supply to a first load; a second system capable of supplying electric power from a second power supply to a load group including a second load and a third load having consumed electric power smaller than that of the second load; a plurality of load switches as defined herein; and a control unit configured to control the load switches so that backup control performed by the second system is executed by the electric power supply from the second power supply, in a case where an occurrence of a ground fault in the first system is detected, and when the control unit inspects as to whether the backup control can be executed, the control unit connects the load switch corresponding to the third load of the load group to execute the inspection.

Abstract: A power supply control apparatus includes: a first system configured to supply electric power of a first power supply to a first load; a second system configured to supply electric power of a second power supply to a second load; an inter-system switch capable of connecting the first system to the second system and disconnecting the first system from the second system; a battery switch capable of connecting the second power supply to the second system and disconnecting the second power supply from the second system; a primary ground fault detection unit configured to cut off the inter-system switch and conduct the battery switch when a ground fault of the first system or the second system is detected by the primary ground fault detection unit; a secondary ground fault detection unit as defined herein; and a failure determination unit as defined herein.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to embodiments includes a control circuitry configured to determine an environmental contribution level of a behavior performed by a user. The control circuitry is further configured to: acquire behavior information related to a behavior of a user analyze the behavior of the user based on the acquired behavior information; and determine an environmental contribution level of the behavior of the user based on relative evaluation of the analyzed behavior of the user with respect to a reference behavior.