Abstract: A deterioration detecting apparatus includes: a capacitor that is connected to an electric power source through a connection switch; a deterioration detection switch that is provided between the electric power source and a ground point; a charging-path forming unit that controls the connection switch and the deterioration detection switch, such that the electric power source, the capacitor, and the ground point are connected, to form a charging path for charging the capacitor; a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the capacitor charged through the charging path; and a deterioration detecting unit that detects a deterioration in elements such as the capacitor positioned on the charging path, on the basis of the voltage of the capacitor detected by the voltage detecting unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus of a vehicle, includes: a first calculating unit that calculates a curve curvature radius of a road where the vehicle travels; a second calculating unit that calculates a transverse direction acceleration in a direction intersecting with a traveling direction of the vehicle; a setting unit that sets an allowable upper limit value of the transverse direction acceleration, according to the curve curvature radius; and a control unit that performs a control to accelerate or decelerate the vehicle. In a case where the transverse direction acceleration is larger than the allowable upper limit value, the control unit performs control such that the vehicle accelerates.

Abstract: A deterioration detecting apparatus includes: a capacitor that is connected to an insulated electric power source, and is charged and discharged; a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the capacitor; and a deterioration detecting unit that detects a deterioration in an insulating resistor of the electric power source on the basis of the voltage of the capacitor charged through a charging path for detecting a deterioration in the insulating resistor of the electric power source, and the voltage of the capacitor during discharging.

Abstract: A voltage detection device includes battery stacks, and a connection member configured to electrically connect the battery stacks. The voltage detection device includes: a capacitor connected to each battery stack in parallel; switches, each of which having one end connected to a terminal of each battery stack and the other end connected to the capacitor; a detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the capacitor, and a control unit configured to control the switches, in which the control unit comprises: a discharging path selection unit that selects a discharging path comprising the connection member and the capacitor when discharging the capacitor, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the battery pack or at least one of the switches, in correspondence to at least one of a voltage of the capacitor after charging and a voltage of the capacitor after discharging.

Abstract: A deterioration detecting apparatus includes: a capacitor that is connected to an insulated electric power source, and is charged and discharged; a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the capacitor; and a deterioration detecting unit that detects a deterioration in insulating resistors of the electric power source on the basis of the voltage of the capacitor detected by the voltage detecting unit, in which the voltage detecting unit can detect the charged negative voltage of the capacitor.

Abstract: A display panel can transition between an inclined state and a fixed state, via an upper end contact state, in accordance with linear reciprocal movement relative to a base chassis of a main slider. In the upper end contact state, the upper end of the display panel is in contact with the front surface of the base chassis and the lower end of the display panel is separated from the front surface of the base chassis.

Abstract: A flying capacitor type voltage detecting device which uses a capacitor to detect a voltage of each battery stack of a battery pack which includes a plurality of battery stacks each of which includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series, includes: a detecting unit that detects a voltage between both ends of the capacitor, as the voltage of each battery stack; and a branch line that is a single line which is branched from a connection line connecting the battery stacks and the detecting unit and connected to the capacitor and where a current during charging of the capacitor and a current during discharging of the capacitor flow in opposite directions.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a radar device including a generating unit, an estimating unit, and a determining unit. The generating unit generates a frequency spectrum from a beat signal corresponding to a predetermined period. The estimating unit estimates a peak frequency corresponding to a target on the basis of location information of the target corresponding to a past period. The determining unit determines, with respect to the frequency spectrum corresponding to the latest period, whether the peak frequency is a peak corresponding to the target by comparing power near the peak frequency estimated by the estimating unit with a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An on-vehicle device is configured to be able to communicate with a mobile device, and includes a reception unit, an interruption detection unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The reception unit receives image information transmitted from a particular mobile device which is a mobile device with which communication is established. The interruption detection unit detects that reception of the image information is interrupted. The determination unit determines whether or not the transmission device which transmits the image information is the particular mobile device, when the reception unit receives image information again after interruption of the reception is detected. The display control unit stops displaying the image information transmitted from the transmission device on a display device when the transmission device is determined not to be the particular mobile device.

Abstract: An on-vehicle device operation apparatus according to an embodiment includes an operation part, an on-vehicle device control part, and a display control part. The operation part is provided in an inside of a vehicle and includes a plurality of operation switches. When one of the operation switches is pushed, the on-vehicle device control part controls an on-vehicle device depending on the pushed operation switch. The display control part causes a display part to display an image corresponding to the operation part. when a first operation switch with no assigned operation among the plurality of operation switches is pushed, the display control part causes the display part to emphatically display a portion corresponding to the first operation switch in the image corresponding to the operation part.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus includes: a camera that captures images of an outside of the vehicle; a storage chamber in which the camera is stored; a lid that opens and closes an aperture extending between an inside of the storage chamber and an outside of the storage chamber. Moreover, the vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus further includes an opening switch that is actuated in response to pressure applied to the lid and that sends a signal for opening a door of a luggage compartment of the vehicle when the opening switch is actuated. Thus, the opening switch and the camera can be disposed in a same position of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for performing control such that a vehicle follows a preceding vehicle, includes: a calculating unit that calculates a target time for an inter-vehicle distance deviation which is obtained by subtracting a target inter-vehicle distance from a measurement value of the inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle to be substantially 0; a correction unit that calculates a correction deceleration larger than a target deceleration in a case where the inter-vehicle distance deviation provides a deviation corresponding to a position of the vehicle closer to the preceding vehicle than a position where the inter-vehicle distance deviation is substantially 0; and a control unit that controls a deceleration of the vehicle at a deceleration jerk according to a magnitude of the correction deceleration such that, when the target time comes, the inter-vehicle distance deviation is substantially 0.

Abstract: An on-vehicle apparatus according to an embodiment includes a communication unit that communicates with another on-vehicle apparatus, and a controller that is communicatively coupled to the other on-vehicle apparatus through the communication unit and performs an operation mode in which the controller controls a control target when a supply voltage value is equal to or larger than a first threshold. The controller is able to communicate with the other on-vehicle apparatus through the communication unit when the supply voltage value is equal to or larger than a second threshold which is smaller than the first threshold.

Abstract: An information processing system according to the embodiments includes an in-vehicle device (electronic device), a portable communication terminal, a terminal position computing unit (computing unit), and a specific process executing unit (executing unit). The in-vehicle device is provided in a vehicle (predetermined facility). The portable communication terminal is capable of mutual communication with the in-vehicle device. The terminal position computing unit computes a position of the portable communication terminal based upon a motion of the portable communication terminal. The specific process executing unit, when the position of the portable communication terminal computed by the terminal position computing unit is a predetermined position that is predefined in the facility, executes a specific process corresponding to the predetermined position.

Abstract: On an on-vehicle apparatus that is installed on a vehicle, a display that has a long side and a short side and displays an image is rotated so that a vertical position of an upper side of the display in a first position where the long side becomes the upper side substantially coincides with the vertical position of the upper side of the display in a second position where the short side becomes the upper side. This allows the display to be set at an easily visible position for a user with less eye movement.

Abstract: An information provision method according to embodiments includes obtaining information about at least one of a property and a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled, and notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the information about the automated control on the basis of the information obtained in the obtaining.

Abstract: A control circuit includes a current supply, a voltage limitation circuit, a current limitation circuit, and a voltage control stop circuit. The current supply circuit supplies a current to a subject to be controlled. The voltage limitation circuit limits a voltage applied to the subject to be controlled to a predetermined range by controlling the current in the current supply circuit. The current limitation circuit limits the current in the current supply circuit when the current in the current supply circuit is an overcurrent. The voltage control stop circuit stops the voltage limitation circuit to run when the current in the current supply circuit is the overcurrent.

Abstract: An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire a first display image to be displayed on a display of a navigation apparatus, extract a portion of the first display image based on a layout information relevant to a layout of the first display image, and generate a second display image by use of the extracted part of the image, and displays on a head-up display the second display image generated by the controller. The display apparatus displays on the head-up display a guide image generated by the controller. It is possible to display an image of the navigation apparatus on the head-up display, without a connection between the navigation apparatus and the display apparatus.

Abstract: An image generation apparatus that is used in a vehicle, the image generation apparatus includes: an image generator that temporally continuously generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; and a controller configured to control the image generator to: (i) temporally continuously change a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle; (ii) acquire a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and (iii) determine a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector.

Abstract: A plurality of images of an imaging subject is captured by using a plurality of cameras. The plurality of images is synthesized to generate a synthesized image viewing the imaging subject from a virtual perspective. The synthesized image is displayed on a screen (83). When a user operation for changing the position of the virtual perspective is detected, the position of the virtual perspective in the synthesized image is changed.