Abstract: In a connector having a housing and a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals is configured as surface mount terminals, and each surface mount terminal includes a terminal portion arranged inside the housing, a fixed portion fixed to the housing, and a mount portion soldered to a mount surface of a board. The surface mount terminals are arranged side by side from one side to the other side in a Y-direction when the connector mounted on the mount surface is viewed in an X-direction, and a surface mount terminal having the smallest length dimension from the mount portion to the fixed portion is arranged at the leftmost end in the Y-direction, and the length dimension from the mount portion to the fixed portion is larger or the same dimension according to the arrangement order from the left side to the right side in the Y-direction.

Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state battery capable of suppressing a rise in the resistance increase ratio thereof. The all-solid-state battery includes an anode active material layer containing an alloy-based active material, a first fibrous carbon, and a second fibrous carbon, wherein when a fiber diameter of the first fibrous carbon is defined as A, and a fiber diameter of the second fibrous carbon is defined as B, the ratio of A to B is 10 to 300, and when the proportion (wt %) of the first fibrous carbon to the alloy-based active material is defined as X, and the proportion (wt %) of the second fibrous carbon to the alloy-based active material is defined as Y, the proportion ({Y/(X+Y)}×100%) of the contained second fibrous carbon to a total of the first fibrous carbon and the second fibrous carbon is 0.5% to 10%.

Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell includes protrusions that extend in parallel and are spaced apart from each other. The protrusions are configured to contact a power generation portion. The separator includes a gas passage that extends between two adjacent ones of the protrusions along the protrusions. The gas passage is configured to allow reactant gas to flow through the gas passage. The gas passage includes at least one rib that protrudes toward the power generation portion and extends in an extending direction of the gas passage. A downstream end of the rib includes a gradually-changing portion that gradually becomes farther from the power generation portion toward a downstream side.

Abstract: When a controller of a client server updates component data D12 to component data D13, the controller creates in a distributed ledger which is a first proof chain, a record (Age [3]) including a hash value of the component data D13. Then, the controller generates a terminal hash value which is a hash value of a terminal record (Age [3]) in the first proof chain. The controller has the generated terminal hash value stored in a record in a distributed ledger which is a second proof chain, and associates the first proof chain and the second proof chain with each other.

Abstract: A server includes: a communication device configured to acquire information on a user who is to receive a physical exam, the information including a residence of the user and an examination item of the user; and one or more processors configured to determine a travel schedule of a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform one or more of a plurality of the examination items of the physical exam, the travel schedule being a schedule for the vehicles that offer the examination items of a plurality of the users to travel around the residences of the users.

Abstract: An insulated communication system includes a communication controller that sets communication data to a communication symbol through a numeral system and executes insulated communication through an insulator by adopting the communication symbol. The numeral system includes multiple states having a positive state, a negative state and a zero state. The positive state is represented by at least one positive integer, and the negative state is represented by at least one negative integer. The zero state is represented by zero being a level without generating current consumption. An absolute value of the at least one positive integer and an absolute value of the at least one negative integer are identical to each other. The communication controller sets an initial section of the communication data in the communication symbol to the positive state or the negative state, and sets a following section of the communication data to one of the multiple states.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid electrically-operated vehicle that includes an engine, a rotating machine, a transmission apparatus and an engine connection/disconnection device which is to be engaged to connect a power transmission between the engine and the transmission apparatus and which is to be released to disconnect the power transmission between the engine and the transmission apparatus. The control apparatus executes a vibration suppression control by using a first vibration model in which the engine connection/disconnection device is engaged and a second vibration model in which the engine connection/disconnection device is released, such that the vibration suppression control is executed also during a switch control for switching between an engine driving mode and a motor driving mode, by using one of the first and second vibration models which is used in execution of the vibration suppression control before start of the execution of the switch control.

Abstract: A power supply device for controlling power supply from a power supply source to loads, comprising: a power storage element; a first circuit that connects the power supply source and the power storage element so as to be chargeable; a second circuit that connects the power storage element and the loads so as to be dischargeable; a third circuit that connects the power supply source and the loads so as to be able to supply power; and a control unit that controls the first circuit so as to charge the power storage element with the power of the power supply source when a predetermined signal is detected, and controls the third circuit so as to supply the power of the power supply source to the loads.

Abstract: An in-vehicle component protection structure includes a first in-vehicle component, a second in-vehicle component that is an object to be protected from collision with the first in-vehicle component, and a protector disposed between the first in-vehicle component and the second in-vehicle component so as to face the first in-vehicle component. When the first in-vehicle component collides with the protector, the protector allows the first in-vehicle component to slide on the protector such that a moving direction of the first in-vehicle component deflects from the second in-vehicle component.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire movement information on movement of a vehicle where a user is not on board, the movement information including position information of a movement destination; a storage configured to store the movement information of the vehicle that is acquired by the acquirer; and a controller configured to: generate route information indicating time-series positions of the vehicle based on the movement information stored in the storage; and transmit the route information to an information terminal of the user.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back and a cushion seat. The cushion seat includes a seat frame, a cushion pad portion above the seat frame, a first submarining suppression portion below the cushion pad portion, and a second submarining suppression portion below the cushion pad portion, the second submarining suppression portion arranged on a side of the first submarining suppression portion closer to the seat back.

Abstract: A vehicle agent device receives a captured image and vehicle information from an on-board unit, identifies an occupant from the captured image, specifies attributes of the occupant it identified, searches for vehicle functions corresponding to the attributes it specified, and sends, as description information to an on-board unit, a moving image that introduces the vehicle functions.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a steering device, a steering control device, a surroundings monitoring device, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a route calculating process of calculating a target route, a trajectory calculating process of calculating a target trajectory of an own vehicle in one or more roads of the target route; a steering-angle calculating process of calculating a target steering angle; a behavior detecting process of detecting information on a behavior of the own vehicle; a rut determining process of determining presence or absence of a rut on the target trajectory based on a detection result obtained by the surroundings monitoring device and/or a detection result obtained in the behavior detecting process, a drivable or non-drivable determining process of determining whether the own vehicle is drivable over the rut, and a correcting process of correcting the target trajectory and/or the target route.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior and a vehicle exterior, one or more detection devices including at least one of a microphone and a camera structurally configured to receive data indicative of conditions within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior, a sanitization device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more detection devices and the sanitization device, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to receives data from the one or more detection devices, determine a surface at least one of within the vehicle interior or on the vehicle exterior contacted by a user based at least in part on the data from the one or more detection devices, and direct the sanitization device to sanitize the surface.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, and the target transport and the charging station are physically connected, and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from a providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, and the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected.

Abstract: A plurality of communication units of an on-board relay device include a remote communication unit to which a communication device outside a vehicle for communicating with an external server is connected, and a local communication unit to which a diagnostic device is connected, and a control unit of the on-board relay device performs lower layer side control for relay based on a lower side layered protocol in communication, and upper layer side control for relay based on an upper side layered protocol rather than the lower side layered protocol, and performs adjustment processing with respect to a conflict of a plurality of maintenance processings by the upper layer side control when information relevant to the plurality of maintenance processings with respect to any one on-board ECU of a plurality of on-board ECUs is input through the local communication unit and the remote communication unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling illumination of a headlight of a vehicle. The vehicle control device determines whether a preset illumination target approach area condition is satisfied, detects an illumination target including a pedestrian in front of the vehicle by increasing a horizontal width of an illumination range of the headlight compared to a case where the illumination target approach area condition is not satisfied when the illumination target approach area condition is determined to be satisfied, and perform spot illumination of the illumination target by the headlight when the illumination target is detected.

Abstract: The processing device of the control device performs first control of controlling the opening degree of the wastegate valve to an opening degree in which the inner peripheral surface of the insulating portion is positioned on the extension line of the seal surface of the wastegate valve, when the internal combustion engine is started. The processing device determines whether the warm-up of the internal combustion engine is completed. When the warm-up is completed, the processing device ends the first control. Thereafter, the processing device starts second control for controlling the opening degree of the wastegate valve in accordance with the target supercharging pressure of the internal combustion engine. When the warm-up of the internal combustion engine is not completed, the processing device continues the first control. Then, the processing device executes this series of processes again at every predetermined control cycle until the first control ends.

Abstract: When a start request for an internal combustion engine is made with 1) a clutch disconnected, 2) a crankshaft rotating at a specified rotation speed or greater, and 3) fuel injection by an injector stopped, a controller for a vehicle executes: a first process that identifies, from the cylinders, a target cylinder that is in a compression stroke when the request is made; a second process that calculates a requested injection position based on the rotation speed; a third process that calculates, as a start crank position, a rotation position of the crankshaft advanced from the requested injection position by a specified rotation amount; and a fourth process that outputs a command signal that instructs a target injector to inject fuel at the crank position only if the rotation position of the crankshaft obtained when the request is made is advanced from the crank position.

Abstract: A controller for a hydrogen engine that includes an in-cylinder pressure sensor and an air-fuel ratio sensor includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute a process that calculates a fluctuation amount of a combustion pressure based on an output of the in-cylinder pressure sensor and a process that calculates a correction amount based on the fluctuation amount. The correction amount is used to correct a rich deviation of an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor due to unburned hydrogen in exhaust gas.

Abstract: A door control device has a processor configured to determine whether or not an emergency situation has occurred in a vehicle, based on operation by a user on an operating unit that is to be operated to open a door of the vehicle, and to decide to open the door when it has been determined by the first assessment unit that the emergency situation has occurred.

Abstract: A method of evaluating a power storage device includes at least [a] to [f] below. [a] A power storage device is prepared. [b] A charge level of the power storage device is adjusted to produce a first potential difference between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. [c] The positive electrode or the negative electrode is selected as a reference electrode. [d] After the charge level is adjusted, an operation to insert a conductive rod-shaped member into a stack portion along a direction of stack of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is performed while a second potential difference between the reference electrode and the rod-shaped member is measured. [e] The rod-shaped member is stopped. [f] The power storage device is evaluated based on a state of the power storage device after the rod-shaped member is stopped.

Abstract: An input output control device between a verification circuit and a semiconductor memory device includes: a first port that receives a read transaction for requesting reading of data in the semiconductor memory device from the verification circuit, and outputs a read response to the verification circuit; a second port that outputs the read transaction to the semiconductor memory device, and receives the read response output from the semiconductor memory device in response to the read transaction; and a buffer device that delays at least one of an output of the read transaction to the semiconductor memory device and an output of the read response to the verification circuit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-view cooperative contrastive self-supervised learning, may include receiving a plurality of video sequences, the video sequences comprising a plurality of image frames; applying selected images of a first and second video sequence of the plurality of video sequences to a plurality of different encoders to derive a plurality of embeddings for different views of the selected images of the first and second video sequences; determining distances of the derived plurality of embeddings for the selected images of the first and second video sequences; detecting inconsistencies in the determined distances; and predicting semantics of a future image based on the determined distances.

Abstract: A specific on-board device, that is any one of a plurality of on-board devices, is configured to acquire the versions of software included in other on-board devices when the power source of a vehicle is turned on. The specific on-board device determines whether or not the versions of the software of all the on-board devices that constitute a vehicle control system are consistent, by comparing the version of the software of the specific on-board device and the versions of the software acquired from the other on-board devices with first consistency information prestored.

Abstract: A solar panel includes: a cell group in which a plurality of solar cells is arranged in one direction; and a connecting element for electrically connecting the solar cells to each other. Among the solar cells arranged adjacent to each other, an edge portion of a front surface of a first solar cell is arranged so as to overlap an edge portion of a back surface of a second solar cell. The connecting element is arranged between the overlapping edge portions and on the back surface of the solar cells. The cell group includes a plurality of parallel connection regions in which at least two solar cells are electrically connected in parallel. The parallel connection regions are electrically connected in series.

Abstract: A control system, a control method, and a program that interact with a user with regard to correction of handwritten input information are provided. A control system determines an operation to be performed by a robot based on handwritten input information input to an interface and controls the operation performed by the robot. The control system includes: a handwritten input information reception unit that receives an input of the handwritten input information; a determination unit that determines whether or not the handwritten input information needs to be corrected based on feasibility or efficiency of the operation to be performed based on the handwritten input information; and a presentation unit that presents information about the correction of the handwritten input information to a user when the handwritten input information needs to be corrected.

Abstract: A transport method switching device includes a transport information acquisition unit that acquires transport status information indicating a transport status of a moving object capable of moving by unmanned driving, the moving object being transported by a transport device, the transport device being capable of transporting the moving object in a predetermined transport section while movement control for the moving object is stopped; a movement control determination unit that determines whether to start the movement control with respect to the moving object transported by the transport device using the acquired transport status information; and a command generation unit that generates and outputs a control command to move and release the moving object from the transport section by the movement control when the movement control determination unit determines to start the movement control.

Abstract: A nanomaterial-coated mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.

Abstract: A control system for a manipulator capable of controlling the movement of a manipulator in such a manner that, when bringing an object grasped by the manipulator into physical contact with a nearby object, the grasped object comes into contact with the nearby object with an appropriate contact force are provided. The control system for a manipulator includes an arm, and a hand attached to the arm and configured to grasp an object to be grasped. The control system includes an environment recognition unit configured to recognize a nearby object in an environment around the manipulator, an arm control unit configured to control a movement of the arm, and a hand control unit configured to predict a contact state between the grasped object and the nearby object, and adjust a grasping force of the hand according to the prediction of the contact state.

Abstract: A control system for an electric vehicle configured to allow a driver to enjoy behaviors of conventional vehicles having an engine and a transmission more realistically, without impairing comfort and quietness of the electric vehicle. In a virtual AT mode, a target torque value of a motor with respect to a motor speed is changed stepwise in accordance with an operating range shifted automatically, and a simulated engine sound is emitted. The emission of the simulated engine sound is continued until the virtual AT mode is cancelled and a shift lever is moved to a drive position.

Abstract: An in-vehicle computer includes an execution device and a storage device including a RAM. The storage device stores programs of a plurality of applications to be executed by the execution device. The RAM stores temporary data of the applications. When the execution device determines that the RAM is running out of capacity, the execution device compresses the temporary data of the application stored in the RAM. At this time, the execution device compresses only the temporary data of the application other than the application that has been activated and is being executed by the execution device.

Abstract: A state switching device includes: a progress status acquisition unit that acquires a progress status of processing performed on a moving object in a manufacturing process of the moving object in a factory for manufacturing the moving object movable by unmanned driving, the moving object including at least one device; a device determination unit that determines a device to be switched to an actuation state, the determined device being included in the at least one device and being set to a standby state before the processing is performed, by using the acquired progress status; and a command generation unit that generates a control command for switching the determined device to the actuation state and outputs the control command.

Abstract: A control system for an electric vehicle (Ve) configured to allow a driver to enjoy behaviors of conventional vehicles having an engine and a transmission more realistically, without impairing comfort and quietness of the electric vehicle (Ve). An operating mode of the electric vehicle (Ve) is selected from a first mode to a fourth mode. In the third mode a driver is allowed to enjoy a virtual shifting operation and a simulated engine sound is emitted. In the fourth mode, an availability of the virtual shifting operation and the emission of the simulated engine sound are maintained. The third mode is cancelled by shifting to the first mode or the fourth mode; and the fourth mode is cancelled by shifting to the third mode.

Abstract: Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing and one or more fluidic oscillators are coupled to the electronic device casing, wherein the fluidic oscillators receive the propulsion air-flow and provide an oscillatory air-flow over the electronic device casing and the plurality of fins.

Abstract: When EGR gases are introduced into the intake passage through EGR passage, the control device determines whether or not the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, which is the portion to which EGR passage is connected. The control device determines whether or not the internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation based on the engine speed and the engine torque. The control device determines that the condensed water is generated in the merging portion of the intake passage, and reduces the amount of the condensed water collected by the collection device when the internal combustion engine is determined to be in a high-load operation.

Abstract: A mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the mesoporous C-NiAg-PVA solution.

Abstract: A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect, using at least one of state information indicating a state of a vehicle capable of running by unmanned driving obtained from a detector provided on the vehicle, an image of the vehicle, 3D point cloud data of the vehicle, and position information of the vehicle, that at least one wheel provided in the vehicle departs from a transport unit of a transport device, and output a detection result, the transport unit being capable of transporting the vehicle.

Abstract: The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm2 or more and 95 mm2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more.

Abstract: Impingement cooling systems, electronic motor assemblies, and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an impingement cooling system includes an electronic device casing downstream a propulsion air-flow and one or more electronic devices housed in the electronic device casing. A plurality of fins extend from the electronic device casing. At least one of the plurality of fins is an airfoil fin. The airfoil fin includes a high-pressure side with an air inlet that receives the propulsion air-flow. An inner conduit is fluidly coupled to the air inlet and directs the propulsion air-flow over the electronic device casing. A low-pressure side with an air outlet is fluidly coupled to the inner conduit. The air outlet expels the propulsion air-flow into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an active material layer for a battery, the method including: preparing an active material layer, the active material layer containing a binder and an active material; and irradiating a femtosecond laser onto the active material layer under a condition of an inputted heat amount being greater than or equal to 0.04 J/mm2 and less than or equal to 0.32 J/mm2.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a secondary battery, which is configured to suppress the occurrence of warpage of a current collector during the welding of the resin member to the current collector. A method for producing a secondary battery comprising a current collector comprising a first metal foil and a second metal foil and a resin member welded to a peripheral portion of the current collector, wherein the method comprises welding the resin member to the current collector that is arranged to be sandwiched by the resin member; wherein the first metal foil has a first linear expansion coefficient; wherein the second metal foil has a second linear expansion coefficient; wherein the first linear expansion coefficient is larger than the second linear expansion coefficient.

Abstract: The cathode composite material of the present disclosure contains a cathode active material composed of a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure, a binder, and a conductivity aid. The lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese. The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride. The conductivity aid includes carbon nanotubes. The amount of lithium hydroxide contained in the cathode active material is 0.15% by mass or more and 0.35% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the cathode active material.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric charging cable. The system includes a conductor core, a wick placed around an exterior of the conductor core, an outer cover surrounding the wick, wherein the outer cover comprises an inner surface, and wherein a space is formed between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover, and one or more channels disposed within the space between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover and coupled to the wick, wherein the one or more channels includes an outer surface and wherein the outer surface of the one or more channels is placed a distance from the inner surface of the outer cover.

Abstract: There is provided a driver monitoring system configured to perform face recognition of a driver from a face image of the driver of a vehicle, the system including: an infrared image capturing unit configured to capture an infrared image of a face of the driver using an infrared light emitting unit and an infrared light receiving unit; a visible light image capturing unit configured to capture a visible light image of the face of the driver using a visible light receiving unit; a color recognition unit configured to recognize a color of the driver's face based on the visible light image; and a face recognition unit configured to perform the face recognition of the driver based on the color of the driver's face and the infrared image.

Abstract: An information processing device, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: correct a signal strength of electrical power-saving communication based on a distance measurement between a vehicle and a portable information terminal calculated from a result of communication by ultra-wideband communication that temporarily has been put into an on state, initiate distance measurement between the vehicle and the portable information terminal by the ultra-wideband communication in a case in which the corrected signal strength is equal to or higher than an operation allowable threshold value, and enable control of the vehicle so as to perform at least one of locking, unlocking or engine starting of the vehicle in accordance with an operation signal transmitted from the portable information terminal by the electrical power-saving communication.

Abstract: An autonomous driving system including: a path planning unit configured to plan a path by a path planning model based on a detection result of an on-vehicle sensor of a vehicle and map information; a reference path calculation unit configured to calculate a reference path; an influence degree calculation unit configured to calculate an influence degree with which a periphery of the vehicle is influenced by autonomous traveling of the vehicle along the planned path based on a comparison result between the planned path and the reference path; a threshold value calculation unit configured to calculate an influence degree threshold value which is a threshold value of the influence degree based on a peripheral situation of the vehicle; and a notification controller configured to issue a notification to an occupant of the vehicle when the influence degree is equal to or greater than the influence degree threshold value.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst layer on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes lower and upper catalyst layers. The lower catalyst layer includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Rh on the carrier. The upper catalyst layer includes an upstream catalyst layer in an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a downstream catalyst layer in a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction. At least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Pd on the carrier. A cumulative 50% particle size D50 in a volume-based particle size distribution of the powder material included in at least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers is 6 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an automated vehicle (AV) navigating on roads with a control model trained using residual policies for reducing error. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a generic policy for a control model used to navigate a road having multiple agents with traffic data acquired, the generic policy applying to general traffic scenarios associated with the road. The method also includes training a task policy with reinforcement learning a plurality of residual functions for error reduction of the generic policy, the residual functions factoring parameters about the multiple agents and specific traffic scenarios. The method also includes communicating the generic policy, the task policy for error reduction, and a domain distribution learned by comparing simulated data with the traffic data to a vehicle.