Abstract: An obstacle detection apparatus configured to compute a position of an obstacle from point clouds acquired by one or more sensors, the obstacle detection apparatus performing the processing of: plotting point clouds acquired by one or more sensors on a plane; extracting, from the point clouds plotted on the plane, a point cloud whose degree of density is equal to or larger than a predetermined degree of density; and computing a position of an obstacle from the extracted point cloud.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing three-dimensional multi-object tracking are disclosed herein. In one example, a method includes the steps of determining a residual based on augmented current frame detection bounding boxes, augmented previous frame detection bounding boxes, augmented current frame shape descriptors, and augmented previous frame shape descriptors and predicting an affinity matrix using the residual. The residual indicates a spatiotemporal and shape similarity between current detections in a current frame point cloud data and previous detections in a previous frame point cloud data. The affinity matrix indicates associations between the previous detections and the current detections, as well as the augmented anchors.

Abstract: A vehicular shock absorber to be mounted on a vehicular exterior side with respect to a vehicular interior component includes a low rigidity portion, a high rigidity portion having higher rigidity than the low rigidity portion, and a first connection portion. The low rigidity portion includes a first plate portion that has a first vehicular interior side surface, and a first mount portion that extends from the first vehicular interior side surface and is to be fixed to the vehicular interior component. The high rigidity portion includes a second plate portion that has a second vehicular interior side surface, and a second mount portion that extends from the second vehicular interior side surface and is to be fixed to the vehicular interior component. The first connection portion extends between and connects the first plate portion of the low rigidity portion and the second plate portion of the high rigidity portion.

Abstract: The present specification provides a technique for accelerating solidification of a liquid gasket. A cooler disclosed herein comprises a main body, a cover, a pair of first fins, and second fins. A channel through which refrigerant flows is formed in the main body. The cover is attached to the main body to close the channel with a liquid gasket. The first fins are arranged on the main body or the cover, and each of the first fins extends along a refrigerant flow direction and facing corresponding one of inner side surfaces of the channel. The second fins are arranged between the pair of first fins. A height of the first fins is smaller than a height of the second fins. The first fins having the smaller height allows larger amount of the refrigerant flowing by the liquid gasket, and thus the liquid gasket efficiently absorbs water and quickly solidified.

Abstract: The hybrid vehicle includes an engine coupled to a drive shaft, a first motor that rotates the engine a second motor coupled to the drive shaft, a transmission interposed between the engine and the first motor, and the second motor, and a control device configured to execute a decrease process and an increase process. The decrease process is a process for decreasing deceleration of the hybrid vehicle by restricting fuel cut in the engine. The increase process is a process for increasing a rotational speed of the engine to a target rotational speed by power running torque of the first motor during deceleration by downshift of the transmission. The target rotational speed in the increase process is set to a lower value during execution of the decrease process than during stop of the decrease process.

Abstract: Provided is a rare-earth anisotropic magnet powder capable of achieving high magnetic properties while reducing the usage of Nd and Pr. The present invention provides a rare-earth anisotropic magnet powder comprising magnetic particles that contain rare-earth elements, boron, and a transition metal element. The rare-earth elements include a first rare-earth element that comprises Ce and/or La and a second rare-earth element that comprises Nd and/or Pr. The rare-earth elements have a first ratio (R1/Rt) of 5% to 57%. The first ratio (R1/Rt) is a ratio of an amount (R1) of the first rare-earth element to a total amount (Rt) of the rare-earth elements in terms of the number of atoms. The first rare-earth element has a La ratio (La/R1) of 0% to 35%. The La ratio (La/R1) is a ratio of an amount of La to the amount (R1) of the first rare-earth element in terms of the number of atoms. The magnetic particles have a Ga content of 0.35 at % or less with respect to 100 at % as a whole.

Abstract: A parking assistance device 1 assisting an operation to park an own vehicle in a parking spot PS, and/or an operation to exit the own vehicle from the parking spot PS, comprises a surrounding sensor 20 to acquire information about objects existing around the own vehicle and a processor capable of executing parking assistance control to assist driving operation by the driver, by setting a target position TP based on the information acquired by the surrounding sensor 20, further setting a target route TR to reach the target position, and controlling the own vehicle to automatically move along the target route TR and reach the target position TP. The processor is configured to set the target route as a route that can reach the target position without making contact with all the first objects, which are determined to obstruct the progress of the own vehicle, and all the second objects, which are determined to be unclear whether or not they obstruct the progress of the own vehicle.

Abstract: An analog meter reading system is applied to an analog meter provided with a scale and a pointer and reads a measured value of the analog meter. The analog meter reading system includes: a unique information acquisition unit that acquires unique information of the analog meter; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of the analog meter for reading the measured value; a detection unit that detects a reference point on the scale and a pointer from the image; a rotation angle calculation unit that calculates a rotation angle of the pointer until a state in which the pointer points to the reference point changes to a state in which the pointer points to the measuring point based on the reference point and the pointer that are detected; and a measured value conversion unit that converts the rotation angle into the measured value using the unique information.

Abstract: To effectively suppress collision with an oncoming vehicle while reducing a processing load of a processor, provided is a control device for a vehicle comprising an object detection unit configured to detect a object; and a processor. The the processor is configured to execute an estimation process for estimating whether an adjacent lane is an opposite lane, and a avoidance process which executes a steering control for avoiding a collision, when the object detected by the object detection unit satisfies a collision condition, wherein the estimation process, if it is estimated that the adjacent lane is the opposite lane, maintain an estimation result until a cancellation condition is satisfied, and wherein the avoidance process, when the collision condition is satisfied, if the adjacent lane is estimated to be the opposite lane, executes the steering control without causing the own vehicle to enter the adjacent lane.

Abstract: Provided is a membrane electrode assembly having excellent power generation performance and durability. A membrane electrode assembly includes: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer disposed on one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane; and a cathode catalyst layer disposed on the other surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly includes metal ions selected from cerium ions and manganese ions and a host compound capable of forming an inclusion compound with the metal ions. The cathode catalyst layer includes at least an electrode catalyst and a sulfonyl group-containing polymer. The sulfonyl group-containing polymer includes a constituent unit (u1) having a sulfonyl group and a constituent unit (u2) having a ring structure. The constituent unit (u2) having a ring structure is at least one selected from a constituent unit expressed by Formula (u2-1) or a constituent unit expressed by Formula (u2-2).

Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain biometric information for at least one occupant on a vehicle; estimate emotion of the occupant based on the biological information; control acceleration of the vehicle based on the estimated emotion of the occupant.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a distance measuring section that carries out communication between an own device and a portable terminal by using BLE wireless communication, and, in a case in which strength of a signal relating to the BLE wireless communication is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, starts measuring a distance between the own device and the portable terminal by using UWB wireless communication; a judging section judging whether or not results of distance measuring by the UWB wireless communication satisfy a predetermined operation condition; and a notification section that, in a case in which the operation condition is satisfied, provides the portable terminal with a notice proposing changing of the threshold value.

Abstract: A vehicle control system controls a vehicle. A meter vehicle speed presented to a user of the vehicle is higher than an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle. The vehicle control system acquires, as a first vehicle speed, a vehicle speed designated by the user or a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle travels. The vehicle control system sets a set vehicle speed to be higher than the first vehicle speed, controls a speed of the vehicle such that the meter vehicle speed does not exceed the set vehicle speed. A difference between the set vehicle speed and the first vehicle speed is equal to or less than a difference between the meter vehicle speed and the actual vehicle speed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery includes a step of forming a first electrode layer on a first main surface of a first base material at a first density, a step of preparing a second electrode layer formed at a second density, a step of laminating the prepared second electrode layer on a second main surface of the first base material, and a step of applying an electrolytic solution to at least one of a surface of the second electrode layer in contact with the second main surface and the second main surface of the first base material before the step of laminating the second electrode layer.

Abstract: Provided is a controller configured to provide a restriction on the start or stop of remote air conditioning in response to the fact that a battery of a vehicle is in a predetermined state of deterioration.

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 porous body. The porous body is placed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The porous body includes an electrically-insulating skeleton. The electrically-insulating skeleton is contiguous in mesh form. Gaps in the electrically-insulating skeleton form pores. Li ions are dissolved in the electrolyte. A charging reaction of the negative electrode is a deposition reaction of a Li metal occurring in the pores. A discharging reaction of the negative electrode is a dissolution reaction of the Li metal occurring in the pores.

Abstract: An air cooling unit disclosed in the present specification includes an electrical apparatus, a duct having an outlet for blowing air along a surface of the electrical apparatus, a temperature sensor disposed in the electrical apparatus, and a controller configured to limit operation of the electrical apparatus when a temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a threshold temperature. The inner surface of the air outlet has thereon a projecting portion. The projecting portion and the temperature sensor are located on a same straight line parallel to an air blowing direction at the air outlet when the projecting portion and the temperature sensor are viewed along a direction perpendicular to the surface of the electrical apparatus.

Abstract: The exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate, a first catalyst layer, and a second catalyst layer. The substrate includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The first catalyst layer contains first catalyst particles and lies on the substrate across a first region extending between the upstream end and a first position. The first position is at a first distance from the upstream end toward the downstream end. The second catalyst layer contains second catalyst particles and lies on the first catalyst layer across the first region. The second catalyst layer is provided with pores. Pore connectivity of the second catalyst layer is 5% to 35%. A mean value of areas of the pores of the second catalyst layer in a cross-sectional backscattered electron image of the second catalyst layer may be 0.7 ?m2 to 9.0 ?m2.

Abstract: A multi-stage helical gear manufacturing apparatus includes a first mold member, a second mold member, a large gear rotation core, a sleeve pin, a small gear rotation insert, and an insert pin. The second mold member moves the insert pin and the small gear rotation insert after the insert pin is caused to retreat in relation to the small gear rotation insert at the time of mold opening. The first mold member prohibits rotation of the large gear rotation core at the time of mold clamping, permits rotation of the large gear rotation core when the insert pin and the small gear rotation insert of the second mold member are moved at the time of mold opening, and causes the sleeve pin to advance toward the second mold member in relation to the plastic after the insert pin and the small gear rotation insert are separated from the plastic.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a power storage module capable of inhibiting interference of a nest and a frame body during arranging the frame body in a side surface of a layered member. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a method for producing a power storage module, the method including a preparing step of preparing a layered member, and a frame body arranging step of arranging a frame body in a side surface of the layered member, wherein a frame body bonding jig and a position correcting jig are used in the frame body arranging step.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device for providing multimedia information to an occupant in a vehicle transmits, to a server device, an operation log of the vehicle-mounted device for a predetermined period of time including a time point of acquisition of a voice uttered by the occupant during operation of the vehicle-mounted device by the occupant, in a case where a first voice expressing discomfort of the occupant is included in the voice.

Abstract: A fault detection circuit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of phase difference detection circuits configured to generate phase difference measurement signals having a pulse width corresponding to a magnitude of a phase difference between two of drive signals of different phases among a plurality of drive signals, a plurality of smoothing circuits configured to smooth the phase difference measurement signals, which have been associated with the smoothing circuits, respectively, in advance, and output phase difference detection voltages each having a voltage value corresponding to the magnitude of the phase difference; and an error detection circuit configured to compare the plurality of phase difference detection voltages and switch abnormality detection signals from a disabled state to an enabled state when there is the phase difference detection voltage having a voltage value exceeding a preset tolerance range.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device as an information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires the latest satellite image of a region including a traveling road of a vehicle at predetermined time intervals, a detection unit that detects at least one of a change in the shape of the traveling road and an obstacle on the traveling road based on the satellite image acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit that outputs a detection result by the detection unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: a conveying section that conveys a laminate-type secondary battery having a laminate outer package; plural contact rollers provided on a conveying path of the conveying section, the plural contact rollers having different contact angles with respect to an edge seal part of the laminate outer package being conveyed; and opposition rollers respectively disposed in opposition to the contact rollers, which, together with the contact rollers, fold the edge seal part of the laminate outer package.

Abstract: A solid-state battery including a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer in this order. The solid electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte layer and a second solid electrolyte layer. The first solid electrolyte layer is disposed adjacent to the cathode layer or the anode layer. The second solid electrolyte layer is disposed adjacent to the first solid electrolyte layer. The first solid electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte. The second solid electrolyte layer includes a support with pores and the solid electrolyte, and the second solid electrolyte layer is a sheet in which the solid electrolyte is fixed on a surface of and in the pores of the support.

Abstract: A power storage module laminate in which a plurality of power storage modules are stacked via a cooling structure, and a restraining jig for restraining the power storage module laminate by applying pressure to the inside in the stacking direction, wherein the power storage modules adjacent to each other with the cooling structure sandwiched therebetween are electrically connected via the cooling structure, and the cooling structure includes a cooling passage through which a refrigerant flows, and the cooling structure is an electrode structure that is elastically deformable in the stacking direction.

Abstract: A first controller of a first device monitors communication to a first vehicle connected to the network. Further, when it is detected that an attack on the first vehicle is being carried out from the attack source device, the first controller transmits a first command for activating a honeypot server simulating a vehicle system of the first vehicle to the second device and transmits a second command for transferring packets transmitted from the attacking device to the first vehicle to the second device to a communication device that relays communication to the first vehicle in the network. Further, a second controller of a second device processes packets transmitted from the attack source device to the first vehicle and transferred to the second device by the communication device.

Abstract: The invention includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a configuration message indicating one or more frequency bands for transmitting a radio signal and determining, by the UE, a subset of the one or more frequency bands; the UE then performs a listen before talk (LET) operation on each frequency band of the subset of the one or more frequency bands and the UE transmits a radio signal in at least one of the frequency bands of the subset. The transmitting can include transmitting at least one of a random access request, an information data signal or a control signal. The determining can includes determining a bandwidth part (BWP) in the frequency bands of the subset, wherein the BWP spans across at least one of the frequency bands of the subset. The UE can select the BWP for the transmission of the radio signal.

Abstract: An output device including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: acquire a satellite image in which a target region is photographed and event information relating to events that have occurred in the target region; and output, from among roads in the target region, a road for which a safety degree calculated based on the satellite image and the event information is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: The first end of the first longitudinal member and the second end of the second longitudinal member are connected at an angle. The first longitudinal member is provided with a first partition plate that partitions the inner space in the width direction in a closed cross section, and the first end portion is provided with a notch portion in which a distal end portion is cut out in the width direction from an outer side surface of the left side plate to a position in front of the first partition plate. The second end portion is combined with the notch portion such that the distal end surface abuts against the first partition plate of the notch portion and the outer side surface of the rear side plate abuts against the longitudinal end surface of the notch portion, and is welded to the first end portion.

Abstract: A control device includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an air density in a coil and information related to a voltage applied to a rotary electric machine, an insulation determination unit configured to determine whether or not dielectric breakdown occurs in the coil based on the information related to the air density and the information related to the voltage acquired by the information acquisition unit, and configured to determine whether or not an insulation state of the coil is needed to be maintained by supplying an oil to the coil, and a drive instruction unit configured to drive an oil supply unit, when the insulation determination unit determines that dielectric breakdown occurs in the coil and determines that the insulation state of the coil is needed to be maintained by supplying the oil to the coil.

Abstract: A power storage cell comprises an electrode assembly, a cell case, and an external terminal. The cell case has a case body and a lid. The lid has a lid body electrically charged with the same polarity as that of a positive electrode or a negative electrode, an invertible plate capable of short-circuiting between the lid body and the external terminal, and a prevention part connected to the invertible plate. The invertible plate is deformable between a normal shape and an inverted shape. The lid body has a receiving portion that receives the prevention part when the invertible plate is in the inverted shape. The receiving portion allows the prevention part to pass therethrough when the invertible plate is deforming from the normal shape to the inverted shape, and is in contact with the prevention part when the invertible plate is in the inverted shape.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor may include a shaft extending along a rotation axis of the electric motor and a rotor core comprising a plurality of core blocks fixed to the shaft and arranged along the rotation axis. The plurality of core blocks may include a first core block and a second core block that are oriented differently from each other in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis. Each of the plurality of core blocks may include an outer surface extending along the circumferential direction, a center hole through which the shaft passes, and an outer groove defined in the outer surface. An inner surface of the center hole may be in continuous contact in the circumferential direction with an outer surface of the shaft over an entire circumference thereof.

Abstract: A power storage cell includes a cell case and an electrode assembly. The cell case accommodates the electrode assembly. The cell case includes a case main body and a cover. The cover includes a first electrode terminal, an insulating member, an inversion plate, a cover main body, and a second electrode terminal. The cover main body electrically connects the inversion plate and the second electrode terminal to each other. The insulating member electrically insulates the first electrode terminal and the cover main body from each other. The inversion plate has a first surface. The first electrode terminal has a second surface. A groove group is formed in at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A parking lot includes a plurality of parking spaces monitored by a single camera. A parking lot management method for managing the parking lot includes a parking space allocation process that allocates an available parking space having a highest entry priority among the plurality of parking spaces to an entry vehicle entering the parking lot. The plurality of parking spaces include a first parking space and a second parking space that is closer to an installation position of the single camera than the first parking space is. An entry priority of the first parking space is higher than an entry priority of the second parking space.

Abstract: A system including a plurality of edge systems and a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus includes: management means for managing IP addresses of services provided by the plurality of edge systems, the management means assigning a same IP address to same services in the plurality of edge systems; deployment means for releasing a service to the plurality of edge systems; selection means for selecting an edge system to be connected to by a client terminal, for each of the services; and transfer control means for, so that the client terminal is able to communicate with the selected edge system when accessing any of the services, controlling a client-side gateway connected to by the client terminal and an edge-side gateway connected to by the selected edge system.

Abstract: A method of capability signaling for quality of experience (QoE) measurement includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a capability message comprising one or more capability information elements (IEs) associated with QoE; based on the one or more transmitted capability IEs, receiving by the UE from the BS, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising first configuration parameters for QoE measurements and reporting; and transmitting, by the UE to the BS, one or more QoE measurement reports based on the first configuration parameters.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device includes a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust a temperature of air taken in and a control unit configured to control the temperature adjustment unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a medium reference temperature of the temperature adjustment unit, set a difference between the medium reference temperature and a correction value as a set temperature of the temperature adjustment unit and increase the correction value as the temperature of air taken in increases, and decrease the correction value as the temperature of air taken in decreases.

Abstract: There are provided a microwave irradiation apparatus and a production method of metal nanoparticles for producing the metal nanoparticles that allow efficiently preparing the metal nanoparticles having small and uniform particle sizes. The present disclosure relates to the microwave irradiation apparatus that includes two microwave irradiation sources, two waveguides, and one reaction portion. The two microwave irradiation sources are disposed such that respective microwave emission units thereof face one another. The two microwave irradiation sources, the two waveguides, and the one reaction portion are disposed such that respective microwaves emitted from the two microwave irradiation sources pass through the two waveguides and contact an entire surface of the one reaction portion. Furthermore, the reaction portion is adjusted to have a specific size.

Abstract: A strap mount assembly includes a board member, a strap holding portion, and a stopper member. The board member has a first surface and a second surface that is an opposite surface of the first surface and includes a first insertion hole that is through the board member in a thickness direction and through which a first end portion of a strap is inserted to the second surface. The strap holding portion is on the first surface and configured to hold a second end portion of the strap and includes a second insertion hole in which the second end portion is inserted and that opens in a direction along the first surface. The stopper member is coupled to the second end portion and stops at a hole edge of the second insertion hole from an opposite side from the first insertion hole with respect to the second insertion hole.

Abstract: To effectively suppress deterioration in performance of the radar caused by the ice column, provided is a structure for prevent the performance degradation of a radar, the radar is provided below a plate member disposed on an outer surface of a vehicle and irradiating a radio wave toward an outside of the vehicle. The structure is comprising an ice column suppressing part configured to suppressing the formation of the ice column depending from the lower end of the plate member toward an irradiation area of the radio wave.

Abstract: The control device according to the present disclosure is configured to execute, in a process of stopping a vehicle in an emergency, acquiring occupant information including information on at least one of a state or an attribute of an occupant of the vehicle, acquiring traveling environment information of the vehicle, calculating an in-vehicle risk indicating a risk of damage to the occupant when the vehicle is decelerated by the first braking control based on the occupant information, calculating an out-of-vehicle risk indicating a risk of damage caused by the vehicle based on the traveling environment information, braking the vehicle by the second braking control with less deceleration than the first braking control while the in-vehicle risk is higher than the out-of-vehicle risk, and braking the vehicle by the first braking control when the out-of-vehicle risk is higher than the in-vehicle risk.

Abstract: A drive unit for a vehicle may include a motor, a casing accommodating the motor, an electric pump unit attached to a lower part of the casing and configured to circulate heat medium within the casing and a filter unit attached to the lower part of the casing and configured to filter the heat medium. At least a part of the electric pump unit and at least a part of the filter unit each protrude outside the casing. Outside the casing, the filter unit is adjacent to the electric pump unit from a front in the vehicle.

Abstract: A mobile robot control system according to an embodiment is a mobile robot control system configured to control a mobile robot, a shape of the mobile robot having long sides and short sides in a top view, and the mobile robot control system including: an area setting unit configured to set a virtual bumper area defined by a first area and a second area, the first area being defined by a plurality of circles arranged along the long-side direction and the second area being formed by moving the first area in accordance with a moving speed of the mobile robot; and a control unit configured to control the mobile robot so as to decelerate or stop when the nearby object enters the virtual bumper area. Control may be performed using a machine learning model generated by supervised learning or the like.

Abstract: An on-vehicle system includes: a control device; an in-vehicle sensor that detects whether there is a priority target among occupants in a vehicle; and a storage device that stores a learned model for feeling estimation. Further, the control device: determines whether there is a priority target among occupants in the vehicle based on a detection result of the in-vehicle sensor; acquires information on the priority target when determining that there is the priority target; estimates a feeling of the priority target based on the information that has been acquired by using the learned model; and executes vehicle control in accordance with a result of estimating the feeling of the target occupant.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a drive wheel, an engine and an electric motor as power sources for driving the vehicle, and an automatic transmission which is provided in a power transmission path between the power sources and the drive wheel and which is configured to selectively establish a plurality of gear positions providing respective different gear ratios. The control apparatus includes a limp-home-running control portion configured, in event of a failure of the engine, to cause the vehicle to perform a limp-home running, by operating the electric motor with a power supplied from a power storage device. The limp-home-running control portion is configured, when causing the vehicle to perform the limp-home running, to restrict shifting of the automatic transmission for changing the gear positions of the automatic transmission.

Abstract: A steering control device includes a processor configured to execute a reaction force control process. The reaction force control process includes a reaction force torque calculation process of calculating a reaction force torque operation amount. The reaction force torque calculation process includes a deviation compensation calculation process of calculating a deviation-compensating component. The deviation compensation calculation process includes a process of calculating a positional deviation, a process of calculating the deviation-compensating component based on the positional deviation, and a process of switching among a plurality of calculation states for calculating the deviation-compensating component. The process of switching among the calculation states is a process of permitting switching among the calculation states on the condition that a permission condition is met.

Abstract: A power generation support system for a vehicle in which a plurality of solar cell panels are attached to a vehicle body, the power generation support system including: a estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in a scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a first direction and estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in the scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and an output unit configured to output information about a direction in which the vehicle faces when it is to be parked in the scheduled parking area.

Abstract: A molded body includes a non-foamed design layer, a foamed intermediate layer, and a non-foamed back layer, laminated in this order and formed of a first, second, and third resin compositions, respectively. The first, second, and third resin compositions contain a polyolefin as a main component. The first resin composition is an impact-resistant resin composition including a polyolefin, a polyamide, and a polyolefin-based modified elastomer having a reactive group reactive with the polyamide. A method of producing the molded body includes disposing a first support layer to serve as the design layer and a third support layer to serve as the back layer so as to be spaced apart from and face each other, interposing the second resin composition provided with foamability in a gap between the first and third support layers, and forming the intermediate layer by expanding the gap while causing the second resin composition to foam.

Abstract: In the water electrolysis system, when the water electrolysis cell stack is started, hydrogen is circulated through a hydrogen electrode of the water electrolysis cell stack, oxygen or air is circulated through an oxygen electrode of the water electrolysis cell stack, or oxygen or air is circulated through the oxygen electrode when the operation of the water electrolysis cell stack is stopped. A water electrolysis system, wherein an open circuit voltage of the water electrolysis cell stack is measured, and if the open circuit voltage is less than a threshold value, an abnormality is determined.