Abstract: A display control device includes a driving plan setter and a notification controller. The driving plan setter sets the driving plan of a vehicle equipped with a display from a departure point to a destination. The notification controller controls the display that displays the driving plan. When the driving plan setter changes the driving plan, the notification controller causes the display to display a changed driving plan, by controlling the display. The notification controller includes an emphasis display enabler that causes the display to display the changed driving plan in an emphasized manner, when the driving plan is changed by the driving plan setter.

Abstract: Provided is a driving assistance device for providing driving assistance to a driver of a vehicle having a display medium, said driving assistance device including: an inference unit that infers a caution-requiring event in accordance with the range of a visual disorder of the driver; and an assistance processing unit that performs driving assistance processing for displaying, on the display medium, information pertaining to the caution-requiring event in accordance with the inference result from the inference unit.

Abstract: A parking support apparatus includes a storage that stores a manual parking path, and a processor that sets a safety region where the vehicle can pass. The processor causes the vehicle to perform automatic driving based on the generated automatic parking path, and the processor generates a parking path configured for driving within a range of the performance of the electric power steering and for the vehicle to pass inside the safety region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery (10) including a positive electrode (11) containing a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions, a negative electrode (12) including a negative electrode current collector, a separator (13) disposed between the positive electrode (11) and the negative electrode (12), and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. At the negative electrode, lithium metal deposits during charging, and the lithium metal dissolves during discharging. The oxygen content in the negative electrode current collector is 50 ppm or less, and the negative electrode current collector has a breaking strength of 300 MPa or less and has a breaking elongation of 4% or more.

Abstract: A prediction device includes a state detector that detects a state related to sleepiness of a driver; an eye-closure duration detector that detects an eye-closure duration of the driver; and a microsleep predictor that predicts that the driver is in the microsleep state, on conditions that the state detector detects the state related to the sleepiness of the driver and that the eye-closure duration detector detects the eye-closure duration that is no shorter than a first duration and no longer than a second duration.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a camera main body, an imaging sensor, a grip part, and an output part. A camera main body includes a housing, and an imaging sensor is disposed inside the housing. The imaging sensor converts light into an electric signal. A grip part is attachable and detachable to/from the housing. An output part outputs an imaged image based on the electric signal. In an attachment and detachment direction of the grip part, the imaging sensor is disposed in a central portion of the housing.

Abstract: This positive electrode included in an electrode assembly includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture laver which is formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector and which includes a positive electrode active material and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material contains a lithium-containing complex oxide. The lithium-containing complex oxide has a layered rock salt structure, contains substantially no Co, and contains at least Ni and Mn. The Ni content in the lithium-containing complex oxide is not less than 70 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li. The basis weight of the positive electrode mixture layer is not less than 250 g/m2. Three or more positive electrode leads are drawn out in the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A parking support apparatus includes an instruction detection section that detects the occupant's parking instruction based on an operation of the occupant of the vehicle or a history of a motion of the vehicle, and a vehicle control section that performs the automatic parking of the vehicle. When the history indicates that the vehicle has stopped after steering and turning from a straight movement, and that the occupant has performed a predetermined parking instruction operation, the instruction detection section determines that the parking instruction is detected.

Abstract: An antenna device including: an antenna module for performing communication at a predetermined communication frequency; a base having conductivity, the base including a first surface and a first recess, the first recess accommodating the antenna module and being disposed on the first surface; a radome that is a dielectric, the redome including a second surface facing the first surface of the base and a second recess which faces the first recess and is disposed on the second surface; and a waterproof structure for waterproofing the antenna module, the waterproof structure being disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The antenna module includes one or a plurality of antenna elements, and an antenna surface on which the one or plurality of antenna elements are disposed. The antenna module is accommodated in the first recess to cause the antenna surface to project from the first surface into the second recess.

Abstract: A coordinate reception unit receives time series spatial coordinates of an object to be detected. The spatial coordinates include a coordinate in a first direction, a coordinate in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a coordinate in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. When a predetermined first condition related to a change in the coordinate in the first direction is satisfied at a first point of time and then a predetermined second condition related to a change in the coordinate in the first direction is satisfied at a second point of time, a function execution unit executes a process in electronic equipment that is a target of control, based on the coordinate in the second direction and the coordinate in the third direction at one or more points of time between the first point of time and the second point of time.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a substrate with a conductive pattern, the method including: a base forming step of forming a plating base in a desired pattern on at least a portion of one surface of a stretchable substrate, wherein the stretchable substrate has a tensile modulus at 20° C. of 0.1 MPa or more and 500 MPa or less, an elongation at break of 100% or more and 1000% or less, and a storage modulus at 250° C. of 0.1 MPa or more; a bending step of bending the stretchable substrate; and a conductive pattern forming step of plating the plating base after performing the bending step to form a conductive pattern on the stretchable substrate.

Abstract: A robot detects, through a sensor, the location and movement direction of a user and an object near the user, sets a nearby ground area in front at the feet of the user according to the detected location and movement direction of the user, controls an illumination device in the robot to irradiate the nearby ground area with light while driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to accompany the user, specifies the type and the location of the detected object, and if the object is a dangerous object and is located ahead of the user, controls the illumination device to irradiate a danger area including at least a portion of the dangerous object with light in addition to irradiating the nearby ground area with light.

Abstract: Provided is an active material that contributes to improved battery rate characteristics. This active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries contains a core capable of reversible Li storage/release and contains a compound attached to the surface of the core. The compound is represented by the general formula M1aM2Fb (0.1?a?2.2, 2?b?6, M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, K, and Na, and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of transition metals and Al, Si, B, P, Sn, Ge, Sb, Bi, Mg, Ca, and Sr).

Abstract: A negative electrode slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, comprises a negative electrode active material, a thickener, a preservative component, and a solvent, the thickener comprising carboxymethyl-cellulose or a salt thereof, the solvent comprising water, and the preservative component comprising a cyclic hydroxamic acid ethanolamine salt.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stretchable circuit board includes preparing a laminate in which a metal layer and a first stretchable insulating layer are in contact with each other and a peel strength between the metal layer and the first stretchable insulating layer is 0.5 N/mm or more and 3.0 N/mm or less, a second stretchable insulating layer, and a fluid; forming a via leading from a first surface, in contact with the metal layer, of the first stretchable insulating layer to a second surface opposite to the first surface; filling the fluid in the via; laminating the second stretchable insulating layer on the second surface to seal the via; and patterning the metal layer.

Abstract: Provided is a PTFE powder that is in a dry state, wherein the percentage of fibrous particles which have an aspect ratio of 1.5 or higher with respect to all particles is 20-60%, and the average major axis size of the fibrous particles is 1-20 ?m. A PTFE powder according to another embodiment of the present invention is in a dry state, wherein the percentage of fibrous particles which have an aspect ratio of 5 or higher with respect to all particles is 60% or more, and the average minor axis size of the fibrous particles is 1-20 ?m.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an electrode foil and a lead member connected to the electrode foil. The electrode foil has a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface. The electrode foil and the lead member are connected by a caulking part in an overlapping part in which the first principal surface of the electrode foil and the lead member overlap each other. The caulking part has a through-hole penetrating the electrode foil and the lead member. The electrode foil in the caulking part includes a first folded part that is folded back at a peripheral edge portion of the through-hole to be disposed on the second principal surface. The lead member in the caulking part includes (i) a penetrating part that penetrates the electrode foil and (ii) a second folded part that is folded back at an end portion of the penetrating part to be disposed on the second principal surface. The penetrating part includes an inner wall of the through-hole.

Abstract: Provided is a video reception method performed by a video reception apparatus including a display. The video reception method includes: receiving a reception signal multiplexed from a video signal and an audio signal; obtaining the video signal and first transfer characteristics information by demultiplexing the reception signal, the first transfer characteristics information being information for specifying, per random access unit, a transfer function corresponding to a luminance dynamic range of the video signal; obtaining video data by decoding the video signal obtained; and displaying the video data while controlling a luminance dynamic range of the display per random access unit according to the first transfer characteristics information.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes at least one electro-optic (EO) medium through which a polarized laser beam passes for N times, forming a plurality of first-pass to Nth-pass beams, by reflecting the polarized laser beam from at least one reflection mirror, and a power supplier configured to alternately provide a 1/N of a half-wave (?/2) or quarter-wave (?/4) voltage and remove the voltage to the EO medium, ? being a wavelength of the polarized laser beam. The at least one EO medium is tilted at angle ? and/or angle ? with respect to one of the plurality of first-pass to Nth-pass beams. The at least one EO medium comprises a M number of EO mediums, and the power supplier is configured to alternately provide a 1/M*N of a half-wave (?/2) or quarter-wave (?/4) voltage and remove the voltage to each of the M number of EO mediums.

Abstract: Provided is a method for performing accurate object recognition in a stable manner in consideration of changes in a shooting environment. In such a method, a camera captures an image of a shooting location where an object is to be placed and an object included in an image of the shooting location is recognized utilizing a machine learning model for object recognition. The method further involves: determining necessity of an update operation on the machine learning model for object recognition at a predetermined time; when the update operation is necessary, causing the camera to capture an image of the shooting location where no object is placed to thereby re-acquire a background image for training; and causing the machine learning model to be trained using a composite image of a backgroundless object image and the re-acquired background image for training as training data.