Abstract: An electrically heating support includes: a honeycomb structure 1 including a honeycomb structure portion 10 having an outer peripheral wall 100; and electrode layers 11 provided on a surface of the outer peripheral wall 100; metal electrodes 2; and a plurality of thermally sprayed fixed layers 3, wherein each of the pair of metal electrodes 2 includes: a base portion 20; and a comb tooth-shaped connection portion 21 having a plurality of teeth portions 23, wherein each of the tooth portions 23 includes at least one first portion 23a and at least one second portion 23b narrower than the first portion 23a, and wherein at least one of the thermally sprayed fixed layers 3 is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the honeycomb structure 1 and the at least one second portion 23b so that the connection portion 21 is fixed to the honeycomb structure 1.

Abstract: A communication device transmits a video to a reception-side device connected via N communication lines. N is an integer of 2 or more. The communication device includes a controller. The controller spatially separates an image of one frame into N separate images. Then, the controller transmits the N separate images to the reception-side device in parallel via the N communication lines, respectively.

Abstract: An artificial muscle including a housing, an electrode pair positioned in an electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode each including a pair of tab portions and a bridge portion interconnecting the pair of tab portions, and a first closing aid provided exteriorly of the housing opposite the electrode pair and applying a force in a direction toward the electrode region of the housing, wherein the electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state results in attraction of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides neural fields for sparse novel view synthesis of outdoor scenes. Given just a single or a few input images from a novel scene, the disclosed technology can render new 360° views of complex unbounded outdoor scenes. This can be achieved by constructing an image-conditional triplanar representation to model the 3D surrounding from various perspectives. The disclosed technology can generalize across novel scenes and viewpoints for complex 360° outdoor scenes.

Abstract: A wireless communication control method suppresses interference using an MMSE weight in an environment of wireless communication where the number of transmission stations transmitting a signal to a receiving station is larger than the number of reception antennas of the receiving station. The receiving station calculates power of an interference signal included in a signal received by the receiving station from the transmission stations the number of which is larger than the number of reception antennas, the interference signal corresponding to a part by which the number of transmission stations exceeds the number of reception antennas. The receiving station calculates the MMSE weight depending on the power of the interference signal, recalculates the power of the interference signal using the MMSE weight, and recalculates the MMSE weight depending on the recalculated power of the interference signal.

Abstract: A lithium metal secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a pillar layer. The pillar layer is placed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The pillar layer includes a plurality of electrically-insulating pillars. Each of the plurality of electrically-insulating pillars extends in a direction heading from the surface of the negative electrode current collector toward the positive electrode. Lithium ions are dissolved in the electrolyte. A charging reaction of the negative electrode is a deposition reaction of a lithium metal occurring in a gap between the electrically-insulating pillars. A discharging reaction of the negative electrode is a dissolution reaction of the lithium metal occurring in the gap.

Abstract: The electric vehicle of the present disclosure is configured to use an electric motor as a power unit for traveling. The electric vehicle includes an accelerator pedal, a sequential shifter, and a controller. The controller is configured to change a motor torque output by the electric motor in response to operation of the accelerator pedal and operation of the sequential shifter. The controller is configured to change a change rate of the motor torque at least twice during a preset shift time in response to the operation of the sequential shifter.

Abstract: Provided are a communication device and a communication method for reducing a processing load at the time of receiving or transmitting data. A communication device according to an embodiment includes: a receiver that receives a connection request for transmitting data for an application, and receives the data after receiving the connection request; and a processor that notifies the application of the reception of the connection request after the data is received.

Abstract: A magnet arrangement method capable of arranging magnetized magnets accurately at determined positions is provided. In the magnet arrangement method, in a state where a magnetized magnet to be newly arranged is attracted to a magnet arrangement jig, the magnetized magnet to be newly arranged is moved in an axial center direction of a magnetic flux loop of the magnetized magnet to be newly arranged so that the magnetic flux loop of the magnetized magnet to be newly arranged overlaps a magnetic flux loop of a magnetized magnet that has already been arranged in the magnet arrangement jig, whereby the magnetized magnet to be newly arranged is positioned so as to be adjacent to the already arranged magnetized magnet.

Abstract: A method of controlling battery replacement includes receiving from a user of an electrically powered vehicle, a request for registration as a home station, of a specific battery replacement station among a plurality of battery stations (battery replacement stations) and determining a first incentive to be granted to the user when the user uses the home station for battery replacement of the electrically powered vehicle. The determining the first incentive includes setting the first incentive to be greater than a second incentive to be granted to the user when the user uses a battery station other than the home station for battery replacement of the electrically powered vehicle.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to estimating the origins of abnormal driving through observed driving patterns. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using parallel computations, abnormal classifications associated with a subject vehicle and nearby vehicles according to driving patterns derived from observation data, the abnormal classifications being associated with exceeding a position range in the observation data. The method also includes estimating an origin of abnormal driving with happens-before analysis according to the abnormal classifications, and the abnormal driving is associated with deviations in a traffic flow associated with the subject vehicle and the nearby vehicles. The method also includes controlling the subject vehicle using a driving command according to the origin.

Abstract: The crushing and classifying device of the present disclosure includes a crushing chamber into which an electrode material is inserted, a rotating shaft, a striking body, and a screen. The rotating shaft is disposed in the crushing chamber and rotates under a driving force. The striking body has a rod shape or a chain shape, and is rotatably connected at one end to the rotating shaft, and rotates in the crushing chamber by receiving a centrifugal force associated with the rotating of the rotating shaft. The screen is provided on a wall surface of the crushing chamber, and classifies the crushed electrode material. The striking body includes, at least at its distal end, an edge portion rounded to have a radius of curvature greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 9 mm. The screen has an opening that is equal to or less than 5 mm.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided on a first vehicle that is a connected vehicle capable of performing V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication. The information processing apparatus has a controller. The controller receives first information including location information of a first object. The controller calculates a first distance based on the location information included in the first information. The first distance is the relative distance between the first object and the first vehicle along a first direction that is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the first vehicle. The controller determines whether or not it is necessary to output second information to caution about the first object based on the first distance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid-state battery, the method including: over-discharging the solid-state battery having a solid sulfide electrolyte layer.

Abstract: The vehicle front structure includes a radiator provided at a distance from the front bumper to the rear, an air guide duct provided between the front bumper and the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a vibration member mounted on a wall surface of the air guide duct. Vibration of the vibration member vibrates the wall surface, whereby a sound (horn sound) is emitted to the internal space of the air guide duct. The horn sound is amplified by resonance in the internal space, and is emitted in the forward direction of the vehicle through the front opening of the air guide duct.

Abstract: A battery electric vehicle includes a storage battery, an electric power conversion device, a motor, a connector, a rotational angle sensor, and a control device. The control device is configured to control a charging station such that a predetermined charging current is output when a rotational angle of the motor is a torque non-generating rotational angle at which no torque is generated in the motor at a time of supplying a charging current to a neutral point of the motor. The control device is configured to control the charging station such that a charging current that is smaller than the predetermined charging current is output when the rotational angle of the motor is not the torque non-generating rotational angle.

Abstract: A management server performs processing including registering reservation information when it accepts the reservation information, when a period of use covers all time frames of a DR request, when an intention to participate in DR is indicated, and when a reservation can be made, canceling a tentative reservation when the reservation cannot be made but when a reservation can be made in a tentative reservation time slot, and registering tentative reservation information when the intention to participate in DR is not indicated and when a reservation can be made.

Abstract: A server includes a control unit configured to extract, among facilities different from a power controller configured to execute power control including at least one of charging and discharging of an electrified vehicle, the facility that is available, during a reservation period for use of the power controller, to a user who uses the power controller during the reservation period and a communication unit configured to transmit information on the extracted facility to at least one of the electrified vehicle and an information device that are associated with the user.

Abstract: An information management system including a server. The server is configured to manage reservation information for reserving use of a charging device configured to charge a power storage device mounted on a battery electric vehicle. The server is configured to receive information for temporarily providing an authority for use of the battery electric vehicle to a renting person that rents the battery electric vehicle during a reservation time.

Abstract: A control device of an electrified vehicle configured to be capable of supplying power to an external device from a power supply for supplying power to a motor via an outlet provided in a vehicle cabin, the control device comprising: an inverter for changing output power of the power supply and outputting the output power to the outlet; and a controller for controlling the inverter, wherein the controller sets an upper limit value of power to be output from the inverter to the outlet in a case where the first travel mode for reducing power consumption by the motor from the normal mode is set to a first predetermined upper limit value lower than in a case where the normal mode is set, and stops the inverter in a case where the second travel mode for reducing power consumption by the motor from the first travel mode is set.