Abstract: An electronic control device includes: an object recognition unit that recognizes surrounding objects based on external environment information acquired by an external environment sensor; an obstacle object generation unit that generates an obstacle object regarding an object that generates a blind spot region by shielding observation by the external environment sensor among the recognized objects; and a blind spot object management unit that manages, as a blind spot object, a blind spot region generated by the obstacle object, in which the object recognition unit generates solid object information regarding an object that can enter and exit the blind spot region among the recognized objects, and the blind spot object management unit associates a solid object that has entered the blind spot region with a blind spot object in the blind spot region, and cancels association of a solid object that has exited the blind spot region with a blind spot object in the blind spot region.

Abstract: A target calculation method is a target calculation method executed by a computing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a sensor output that is an output of a sensor that acquires information on a surrounding environment, target calculation method including: detection processing of detecting a target by a plurality of techniques using the sensor output and detecting a target state including at least a position and a type of the target; same target determination processing of determining a same target from a plurality of the targets detected by each of the plurality of techniques in the detection processing; and merging processing of merging the target states of the target determined to be the same target in the same target determination processing and outputting the merged target states as a merged target.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a travel profile information generation unit that indicates a travel state of a host vehicle; a three-dimensional object behavior prediction unit that predicts an behavior of a three-dimensional object; a risk map generation unit that generates a risk map indicating a travel safety degree of the host vehicle on the basis of a prediction result of the behavior of the three-dimensional object and the travel profile information; a driving planning unit that calculates a priority indicating a degree to which the host vehicle is to preferentially make a selection; and a trajectory arbitration unit that selects a target trajectory of the host vehicle on the basis of the risk map and the priority.

Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention perform feedback control to reduce difference in lateral direction or difference in turning direction between an own vehicle and a travel target, so as to acquire a first steering angle control command for increasing a steering angle control amount as the velocity of the own vehicle decreases, acquire a second steering angle control command for decreasing the steering angle control amount with respect to the velocity, compared with a magnitude of the steering angle control amount with respect to the velocity obtained by the first steering angle control command, output the first steering angle control command when the velocity is greater than a predetermined threshold, and output the second steering angle control command when the velocity is equal to, or less than, the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine control device includes: a rotation speed calculating unit that calculates crank rotation speeds of an engine; an extreme timing calculating unit that calculates an extreme timing of the crank rotation speeds; and an average rotation speed calculating unit that calculates an average rotation speed of the crank rotation speeds; and a combustion state estimating unit that estimates a combustion state in the engine based on the extreme timing and the average rotation speed.

Abstract: A ship steering device includes a handle which is mechanically separated from a rudder mechanism, a steering angle detecting unit that detects a steering angle of the handle, a reaction force motor that generates reaction force torque to be applied to the handle, and a reaction force controller that controls, based on a steering characteristics map, the reaction force motor in such a way that the reaction force torque in accordance with the steering angle is obtained. The steering characteristics map has characteristics in such a way that the amount of change in an aiming steering torque relative to the steering angle is smaller in a second steering range where the steering angle is larger than that in a first steering range than the first steering region where the steering angle is set in advance from zero.

Abstract: The present disk brake includes a braking force holding mechanism configured to restrict a rotation of a rotational shaft (a ratchet gear) to hold a braking force based on driving of a solenoid actuator. The braking force holding mechanism includes a holding member configured to move based on the driving of the solenoid actuator to restrict the rotation of the ratchet gear, and an engagement member coupled with this holding member. The engagement member is rotatably supported on a gear housing portion, and is configured to prohibit a movement of the holding member. Due to this configuration, an excitation force applied from outside to the holding member can be canceled out with the aid of the engagement member, and thus the disk brake can realize a size reduction and achieve cost saving.

Abstract: To prevent varnish from adhering to an adhesion prohibited area while satisfying required performance for varnish. A method for manufacturing a stator of a rotating electric machine in which a coil is wound around a stator core, the method includes: a first varnish process of forming a first varnish portion by dropping varnish at a coil disposed on an outermost circumference or an innermost circumference of a coil end portion where the coil protrudes from the stator core and positioned close to the stator core; and a second varnish process of forming a second varnish portion to provide a non-existence region where varnish is not applied between the first varnish portion and the second varnish portion by dropping varnish at a position farther from the stator core than a position in the first varnish process.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a current detecting unit for detecting a current flowing through a lead wire, and outputting a current detection value; a current interrupting unit for interrupting the current flowing through the lead wire; and a computing unit for computing a temperature rise value caused by Joule heat in the lead wire using the current detection value, estimating an environmental temperature of an environment in which the lead wire is wired based on the temperature rise value, outside air temperature information of a vehicle, inside air temperature information in a vehicle cabin, and solar radiation information, and determining whether to output a current interruption instruction to the current interrupting unit based on the temperature of the lead wire estimated using the environmental temperature.

Abstract: A propeller shaft for transmitting driving force of a vehicle includes a first shaft unit mounted to the vehicle via a vehicle mounting member. The first shaft unit includes a sleeve yoke, a stub shaft, and a tube. The sleeve yoke is connected to an output shaft of a transmission of the vehicle, and receives the driving force via the output shaft. The stub shaft is disposed oppositely to the sleeve yoke in a direction of a rotational axis of the first shaft unit. The tube connects the sleeve yoke and the stub shaft. The stub shaft includes a weakest part structured to be less in torsional strength than a remaining part of the first shaft unit and formed at a position at which the stub shaft overlaps with the vehicle mounting member in the direction of the rotational axis.

Abstract: A core member of a current detector includes an annular core having a magnetic gap, a first mold portion sealing a part of the core, and a second mold portion sealing the first mold portion, in which the first mold portion has a pair of pressing surfaces with the magnetic gap being interposed therebetween, and the pair of pressing surfaces are sealed by the second mold portion.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a sensor information acquiring unit which acquires sensor information output by a sensor which is mounted on a vehicle and measures a surrounding environment; a storage unit which stores a reference map which is created in advance and is a map of a reference coordinate system which is a predetermined world coordinate system; an odometry information acquiring unit which acquires movement information which is information regarding movement of the vehicle on the basis of an output of the sensor mounted on the vehicle; a periphery map generating unit which generates a periphery map, which is a map in a vehicle coordinate system which is a coordinate system different from the reference coordinate system, on the basis of the sensor information and the movement information; a partial map extracting unit which extracts partial maps, which are regions not overlapping each other, from the periphery map; and a gap parameter calculating unit which calculates, for a coordinate conversion param

Abstract: An elastic support member interposed between a coil spring and a spring support member supporting an end of the coil spring includes a protrusion protruding from an opposing surface of the elastic support member facing the spring support member and configured to be inserted into a through-hole of the spring support member. The protrusion includes: a base sized, in a direction parallel to the opposing surface, to be smaller than the through-hole and configured to be fitted in the through-hole; and a lug protruding outward from an outer periphery of the base and located opposite the opposing surface with respect to the spring support member when the base is fitted in the through-hole. The lug includes a recess between it and the base depressed away from the opposing surface.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device (1) includes: a substrate (12) on which a power supply circuit unit to which a voltage and a current of an in-vehicle battery are supplied and which distributes the voltage and the current therein and a power supply-related component (11) around the power supply circuit unit are mounted; a connector (4, 5, 6) which is mounted on the substrate (12) and electrically connects an external device and the substrate (12); and a housing (3) which accommodates the substrate (12) therein and includes a connector attachment portion (2) which defines an attachment position of the connector (4, 5, 6). The housing (3) has at least one wall portion (17, 16) protruding toward the substrate (12) inside the housing (3) and extending along an attachment direction of the connector (6).

Abstract: Provided is a transfer device capable of suppressing shortage of memory resources even when the transfer device receives a diagnosis request from an external diagnostic equipment with respect to a plurality of electronic devices. A transfer device 20 receives a diagnosis request that is a message from an external diagnostic equipment 10 to a plurality of ECUs 18 from the external diagnostic equipment 10, and transfers the diagnosis request to some ECUs 18 out of a plurality of ECUs 18. Then, the transfer device 20 receives a diagnosis response that is a message from the ECU18 to the external diagnostic equipment 10 from some ECUs 18, transfers the diagnosis response to the external diagnostic equipment 10 and, thereafter, transfers the diagnosis request to ECUs 18 different from the above-mentioned some ECUs 18.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image calibration method capable of easily calibrating a camera with a wide-angle of view which captures an image through a windshield. A calibration image is acquired by imaging, by a camera, a calibration object having a linear portion extending in one direction intersecting an optical axis of the camera through a windshield (step S1). A linear portion image corresponding to the linear portion is extracted from the calibration image (step S2). Distortion of the calibration image is corrected based on the linear portion image and the virtual linear portion image assumed in a case where the linear portion is imaged without through the windshield by the camera (step S3).

Abstract: A processing device in an in-vehicle electronic control device recognizes a travelable area on a road surface around a host vehicle that the host vehicle enters, based on a result of an integration process, sets an avoidance target for avoiding a collision with an object predicted to collide when a collision between the host vehicle and the object is predicted, generates an avoidance route in the travelable area, the avoidance route leading to the avoidance target, sets an entering object detection area around the host vehicle to detect entry of the object, and detects the object having entered the entering object detection area based on object information of the object, detected by a plurality of external sensors, before the integration process, and determines whether to execute an avoidance operation along the avoidance route based on a result of the detection.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system which prevents a host vehicle from being controlled by executing a driving support function based on an erroneous lighting state in a case where the lighting state of a traffic light is erroneously determined. The vehicle control system includes: a lighting state determination unit 123 which determines a lighting state of a traffic light placed on a road on which a host vehicle travels, and calculates reliability of the determined lighting state of the traffic light, a dynamic object recognition unit 122 which recognizes information regarding a dynamic object existing around the host vehicle (behavior of another vehicle, a pedestrian, or the like), and a lighting state evaluation unit 131 which updates the reliability of the lighting state calculated by the lighting state determination unit 123 based on the information recognized by the dynamic object recognition unit 122 (information regarding the dynamic object existing around the host vehicle).

Abstract: An in-vehicle electronic control unit includes: a positioning calculation unit that acquires GNSS information and acquires positioning information of an own vehicle; a vehicle movement detection unit that detects movement of the own vehicle; and an own vehicle movement determination unit that estimates movement while a vehicle system is stopped, in which the own vehicle movement determination unit determines whether the own vehicle has moved while the vehicle system is stopped, and based on a determination result as to whether the own vehicle has moved, determines whether the positioning calculation unit estimates a current position of the own vehicle by using a position of the own vehicle when the vehicle system is stopped.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle electronic device including a nonvolatile memory and a heat generating component mounted on one substrate, the in-vehicle electronic device being capable of accurately measuring a temperature of the nonvolatile memory without being affected by a distance from the heat generating component or a use condition. An electronic device mounted on a vehicle includes a processing controller that processes information handled by the electronic device or controls the electronic device, a memory having a plurality of writing areas, a temperature sensor, and a remaining warranty period calculation unit that calculates a remaining warranty period of the memory based on an output from the temperature sensor.