Abstract: Provided with an input system including: a detection device that contains a detection sensor which detects a user operation and is arranged apart from a display device, and an output circuit which outputs detected information indicating the user operation detected by the detection sensor; an input device which inputs the detected information; and a control device that contains a control means implemented by a programmed processor which, when the user operation is judged to indicate an operation performed at a prescribed position on the basis of the detected information input by the input device, determines the display position of an indicator on a screen of the display device as a specific position.

Abstract: A safe driving behavior notification system includes: an obstacle detector to detect position of each obstacle existing around a subject vehicle; a first specifier to specify driving behavior to be carried out by a driver based on the detected position of each obstacle and information relating to the subject vehicle; a second specifier to specify driving behavior predicted to be carried out by the driver from the detected position of each obstacle and information on a travel state of the subject vehicle using a driving behavior model for the driver created based on past driving behavior of the driver; and a notificator to determine whether notification to the driver is necessary based on a degree of a difference between the driving behaviors specified by the first and second specifiers, and to notify the driver of information indicating action to be carried out when determining the notification is necessary.

Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board structure that needs minimum manufacturing costs and in which there is little possibility that a solder bridge is formed. The printed circuit board structure is formed with via holes for electrically conductively connecting electrically conductive layers of a printed circuit board, and the via holes include a coated via hole with a land coated with solder resist and a non-coated via hole with a land not coated with solder resist, wherein the coated via hole is arranged in a place of the printed circuit board where a solder bridge or a solder ball is highly likely to be generated, and is electrically connected to at least one of the non-coated via hole in parallel.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes: a transmitting antenna including a first antenna and a second antenna that transmit transmission waves; a signal processor configured to determine a mounted state of the radar apparatus on the vehicle; and a phase adjuster that adjusts at least one of phases of transmission signals output to the first antenna and the second antenna of the transmitting antenna. The signal processor controls the phase adjuster to adjust the at least one of the phases of the transmission signals based on the mounted state determined by the signal processor.

Abstract: A controller of an air-fuel-ratio sensor includes a control unit, a voltage-abnormality detecting unit, and a short-circuit-abnormality detecting unit. The control unit controls a current and a voltage of a gas sensor element through a plurality of terminals connected with the gas sensor element. The voltage-abnormality detecting unit changes, when at least one of voltages of the plurality of terminals is out of a predetermined range, a voltage level of an output voltage. The short-circuit-abnormality detecting unit causes, when the voltage level of the output voltage changes from a first voltage into a second voltage, a control unit to perform for a predetermined time a protective operation that suppresses currents from the control unit to the plurality of terminals, and detects, when the voltage level of the output voltage is the second voltage after the protective operation is released, a short-circuit abnormality.

Abstract: A controller of an air-fuel-ratio sensor according to an embodiment includes a current supplying unit, a sweep processing unit, and an abnormality detecting unit. The current supplying unit supplies a current to the pump cell through a first terminal connected with the pump cell so as to control the pump cell. The sweep processing unit executes a sweeping process in which a predetermined voltage or a predetermined current is applied to the detection cell through a second terminal connected with the detection cell so as to change a voltage and a current of the detection cell. The abnormality detecting unit detects a short-circuited state between the first terminal and the second terminal on the basis of a fluctuation in a voltage or a current, generated by the sweeping process, of the first terminal.

Abstract: To provide an art of making a position of an operation section adjustable. An operation unit including an operation section, a supporter that supports the operation unit, and an elastic member that is held between the operation unit and the supporter are included, and the operation unit is brought into pressure contact with the supporter by an elastic force of the elastic member, and thereby the operation unit is slidably assembled to the supporter.

Abstract: A radar apparatus derives (i) first target information of a first target existing in the transmission range of the transmission wave, the first target being a rear end portion of a vehicle and (ii) second target information of a second target existing in the transmission range of the transmission wave, the second target being a portion of the vehicle other than the rear end portion of the vehicle. The radar apparatus calculates a distance difference between the first target and the second target, and predicts, in a case where the first target information of the first target derived in a previous target information derivation process is not derived in a latest target information derivation process, a position of the first target, using the distance difference and the second target information of the second target derived in the latest target information derivation process.

Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a memory and a mediation unit. The memory includes memory use areas that are allocated to respective tasks, and an identification-information area that identifies the tasks. The mediation unit mediates writing and reading, by one of the tasks, into and from one of the memory use areas. When accepting a request of the writing and reading from the one task, the mediation unit writes one of the identification informations corresponding to the one task into the identification-information area, further reads information memorized in the identification-information area at a predetermined timing, and detects an abnormality in the memory on the basis of the read information.

Abstract: An electrical leakage detection apparatus includes a microcomputer and a relay. The microcomputer is configured to perform an electrical leakage diagnosis to determine whether or not a direct-current leakage exists from a secondary battery that provides and receives electricity to/from an alternating-current power system that includes an electrical leakage detector that detects an alternating-current leakage of alternating-current power supplied from a utility power source. The relay disconnectably connects the secondary battery with the microcomputer.

Abstract: A voltage detecting device according to an aspect of embodiments includes a detecting unit and a mode switching unit. The detecting unit detects voltages of battery cells of a battery stack in which the battery cells are connected to each other. The mode switching unit switches between an active mode in which the detecting unit detects the voltages and a standby mode in which a current flowing into the detecting unit is less than a predetermined value. Moreover, the detecting unit includes a voltage detecting unit that detects the voltages of the battery cells and/or a voltage of a power supply of the detecting unit in a predetermined interval. The mode switching unit switches between the active mode and the standby mode in accordance with a timing at which the voltage detecting unit detects the voltage (s).

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: (i) in a case where a first angle peak signal closest to a prediction position in an up period and a second angle peak signal closest to the prediction position in a down period satisfy a pairing condition, finalize a combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal as a pair data set; and (ii) in a case where the combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal does not satisfy the pairing condition, where the plurality of angle peak signals exist in the prediction region in at least one of the up period and the down period and where a different combination from the combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal satisfies a re-pairing condition, finalize the different combination as the pair data set.

Abstract: A device for mounting an audio speaker in a vehicle includes a clip and a pin. The clip includes an engaging plate, a first engager provided on a first side of the engaging plate, a first lock provided at an end of the first engager on an side opposite to the engaging plate, a second engager provided on a second side that is opposite to the first side of the engaging plate, and a second lock provided at an end of the second engager on a side opposite to the engaging plate. The pin includes a shaft and the first engager has a concave portion that receives the shaft of the pin.

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 light-source driving apparatus according to an embodiment includes a power supplying unit, a drive unit, and a controller. The power supplying unit generates a voltage by a step-up operation or a step-down operation to output the voltage to one or more light sources. The drive unit drives the one or more light sources. The controller causes the drive unit to drive the one or more light sources after a set time is elapsed from a start of the operation of the power supplying unit. The controller includes a change unit that changes a length of the set time and/or a rise rate of the voltage during the set time on the basis of states of one or more factors that affect a drop in the voltage.

Abstract: A problem detection apparatus includes a relay, a measurement circuit and a controller. The relay is provided between a power supply and an external circuit, both of which are in a high voltage system. The relay is configured to switch an electrical connection state of the power supply to the external circuit between a closed state and an open state. The measurement circuit measures a voltage of a circuit in the high voltage system. The measurement circuit is in the high voltage system and connected between the relay and the external circuit. In a case where a command to switch the relay to the open state has been output, the controller detects, based on the voltage measured by the measurement circuit, whether or not the relay has a short circuit. The controller is in a low voltage system having a lower voltage than a voltage of the high voltage system.

Abstract: There is provided a radar device. The radar device is configured to derive information on a target existing in a surrounding area of a vehicle which is equipped with the radar device on the basis of a reception signal obtained by receiving a reflected wave which is obtained by reflection of a transmission wave transmitted to the surrounding area, from the target. A determining unit is configured to determine whether the target is related to an upper object, on the basis of an integrated value of a reception level of the reception signal related to the target, and an integrated value of ground velocity related to the target.

Abstract: A radar device includes a signal processing unit and a target information output unit. The target information output unit outputs only pair data having addition reliability equal to or larger than a threshold to the outside of the radar device as target information. The signal processing unit determines whether a first target and a second target belong to the same object. The first target is pair data derived later than the second target. If it is determined that the first target and the second target belong to the same object, the signal processing unit transfers reliability of the second target to the first target.

Abstract: There is provided a radar device which is mounted on a moving object and configured to detect a target on the basis of reception signals acquired by receiving reflected waves from the target by receiving antennae. A transmitting unit has a transmission axis substantially parallel to a traveling direction of the moving object. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit transmission waves around the transmission axis as a center thereof. A determining unit is configured to determine upward axis misalignment or downward axis misalignment of the transmission axis, on the basis of the reception signals acquired by receiving the reflected waves of the transmission waves.

Abstract: A radar device according to the embodiments includes a deriving unit and a determining unit. The deriving unit derives, based on a received signal acquired by receiving a reflected wave obtained by reflecting a radar transmission wave transmitted to a periphery of an own vehicle on a target located on the periphery, a parameter related to the target and a detection distance of the target. The determining unit determines, from a given characteristic of the parameter and the parameter and the detection distance derived by the deriving unit, whether the target existing in a traveling direction of the own vehicle is a target that collides with the own vehicle when the own vehicle advances in the traveling direction or a target that does not collide with the own vehicle when the own vehicle advances in the traveling direction.