Abstract: An image processing device includes: a detection unit which detects a target object based on edge information acquired from image data; and a judging unit which judges whether a certain region in the image data is an improper region that is not suitable for detection of the target object based on an edge pattern of edge information in the certain region and a feature pattern indicating a feature of the target object, and the detection unit detects the target object excluding a region that has been judged to be the improper region by the judging unit.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire phase information of a reception signal of each of plural virtual antennas generated based on a combination of plural transmission antennas and plural reception antennas; a first calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the phase information, at least one first phase difference between the plural transmission antennas in an outward path along which a transmission wave transmitted from the plural transmission antenna reaches a target; a second calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the phase information, at least one second phase difference between the plural reception antennas in a return path along which a reflected wave reflected by the target reaches the plural reception antennas; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the first phase difference and the second phase difference, whether the outward path and the return path match each other.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a first generation unit which generates first target parking frame information based on an image taken by a first shooting unit that is provided at a side position of a vehicle; a second generation unit which generates second target parking frame information based on an image taken by a second shooting unit that is provided at a front or rear position of the vehicle; and a determination unit which determines a stop position in a parking frame by generating third target parking frame information to serve as a stop target based on the first target parking frame information generated by the first generation unit and the second target parking frame information generated by the second generation unit.

Abstract: A preparation apparatus includes a first tank, a second tank, a preparation tank, and a computer having a hardware processor. The first tank contains a first liquid. The second tank contains a second liquid having a lower viscosity than the first liquid. The preparation tank stirs the first liquid supplied from the first tank and the second liquid supplied from the second tank to prepare a preparation liquid. The hardware processor measures a viscosity of the first liquid based on a supply time required to supply a specified amount of the first liquid at a constant pressure from the first tank to the preparation tank, and supplies an amount of the second liquid to the preparation tank based on the measured viscosity of the first liquid so as to cause the preparation liquid to have a target viscosity.

Abstract: A receiver includes a synchronous detection unit, an elimination unit, and an envelope detection unit. The synchronous detection unit synchronously detects a received signal to generate an I-component and a Q-component. The elimination unit eliminates a noise from the I-component based on the Q-component that is generated by the synchronous detection unit. The envelope detection unit envelope-detects the I-component where the noise is eliminated by the elimination unit and the Q-component to generate an output signal.

Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection module and a storage processing module. The detection module detects a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information of an image captured by the imaging device. The storage processing module stores deposit information on the deposit region in a storage unit that is nonvolatile, when an ignition power of a vehicle is turned off in a state in which the deposit region is detected. For an initial detection process after the ignition power is turned on, the detection module detects the deposit region based on the deposit information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes an extraction module and an exclusion module. The extraction module extracts a candidate region for a deposit from a captured image captured by an imaging device. The exclusion module excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a predetermined exception condition. The exclusion module excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a first exception region when adhesion of a deposit to the imaging device is not detected, and excludes from the candidate region a region that satisfies a second exception condition different from the first exception condition when adhesion of the deposit to the imaging device is detected.

Abstract: A terminal device according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a storage, an acquisition unit, a selection unit, and a transmitting unit. The storage stores therein imaging data captured from a moving body. The acquisition unit acquires a transmitting request for imaging data transmitted from an external device on the basis of positional information on the moving body. The selection unit selects, from among the imaging data stored in the storage, target data that is imaging data corresponding to the transmitting request acquired by the acquisition unit. The transmitting unit transmits the target data selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: A sound system that processes multichannel sound signals to output sound from a plurality of speakers includes: a sound appliance; and a sound signal processing device provided communicably with the sound appliance and configured to receive the multichannel sound signals from the sound appliance. The sound signal processing device outputs part of the received multichannel sound signals to a first speaker constituting part of the plurality of speakers, and returns another part of the received multichannel sound signals to the sound appliance. The sound appliance outputs the another part of the sound signals returned from the sound signal processing device to a second speaker constituting another part of the plurality of speakers.

Abstract: A data collection device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire the location of a vehicle from a vehicle device mounted on the vehicle; an extractor configured to extract, based on the location of the vehicle, at least one identifier out of identifiers each assigned to a region on a map that is divided into a plurality of regions; a distributor configured to distribute to the vehicle device at least one information pair that is formed by pairing the extracted identifier with a data collection condition; and a collector configured to collect, from the vehicle device, data gathered by the vehicle device based on the collection condition.

Abstract: A controller (1) forms an insulation measurement path and turns on a third switch connected in parallel to a capacitor, (2) after a lapse of a first time period turns off the third switch, and (3) detects an insulation abnormality based on a voltage of the capacitor measured after a lapse of a second time period after the turning off of the third switch.

Abstract: An adhered substance detection apparatus determines whether a substance is adhered to an image-capturing apparatus. The adhered substance detection apparatus includes a controller configured to function as: an extractor that extracts candidate regions for being an adhered substance region in which the substance is adhered to the image-capturing apparatus, the candidate regions being extracted based on an edge that is detected from pixels in an image captured by the image-capturing apparatus; and a final determiner that finally determines whether the candidate regions are the adhered substance region, based on i) an area of the candidate region located in a first region of the captured image, the first region including a road surface region in the captured image and ii) an area of the candidate region located in a second region of the captured image, the second region including a region other than the road surface region in the captured image.

Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection module and a determination module. The detection module detects a deposit region including a deposit adhering to a lens of an imaging device from a captured image captured by the imaging device. The determination module performs maintenance determination as to whether to maintain a detection history of detection by the detection module, based on brightness information of the captured image.

Abstract: A battery monitoring system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses provided in accordance with battery packs. Each of the battery monitoring apparatuses includes a setting unit and a communication unit. The setting unit sets a communication system to at least one of a first communication system and a second communication system having a shorter communication period than that of the first communication system, sets the communication system to the second communication system during a failure diagnosis to be performed in a start-up of the corresponding battery monitoring apparatus, and sets the communication system to the first communication system after the failure diagnosis. The communication unit communicates with another battery monitoring apparatus of the plurality of battery monitoring apparatuses by using the communication system set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A switch apparatus according to one embodiment includes an operation portion, a surface film and a light source. The operation portion has an elongated shape with first and second opposite ends in a longitudinal direction of the operation portion, receives a pressing operation of a user at least at one of the first and second ends, and is translucent. The surface film is formed on a surface of the operation portion and is translucent. The light source is arranged on a back-surface side of the operation portion and emits light toward the at least one of the first and second ends.

Abstract: In a travel status recording apparatus, a data acquisition unit acquires first travel status data and second travel status data indicating a travel status in relation to a vehicle. An event detection unit detects a predetermined event that occurs in relation to the vehicle based on the first travel status data acquired. In response to the predetermined event being detected, a data analysis unit analyzes the second travel status data using artificial intelligence. A recording control unit records, in a storage unit, an analysis result of the second travel status data in association with event detection information in relation to the predetermined event.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes: a derivation portion that derives an instantaneous value of a target; a tracking portion that tracks a single target based on a derivation result of the derivation portion; a lost process portion that performs a lost process to stop the single target from being tracked by the tracking portion; and a target classification portion that classifies the single target into a standstill target or a moving target; and, when the single target is the standstill target, the lost process portion suppresses generation of the lost process more greatly than when the single target is the moving target.

Abstract: A power-source monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment includes an abnormality detecting unit, a measurement unit, and a recording unit. The abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in a power source. The power source supplies electric power to an autonomous driving apparatus of a vehicle. The measurement unit measures an elapsed time interval from a time point at which the abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the power source. The recording unit records therein the elapsed time interval measured by the measurement unit.

Abstract: A deposit detection device according to an embodiment includes a detection module, a determination module, and an identification module. The detection module detects a deposit region corresponding to a deposit adhering to an imaging device, based on brightness information of an image captured by the imaging device. The determination module determines whether variation in brightness information in a predetermined region of the image is within a predetermined range, in a period after a vehicle is stopped in a state in which the deposit region is detected by the detection module. The identification module identifies brightness information serving as a determination criterion of the deposit region when the determination module determines that the variation in brightness information is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer. The first microcomputer switches display luminance of a display. The second microcomputer switches contrast of the display. One of the first and second microcomputers delays switching according to switching of the other of the first and second microcomputers.