Abstract: A sensor aiming device includes: a target positional relationship processing unit for outputting positional relationship information of first and second targets; a sensor observation information processing unit configured to convert the observation result of the first and second targets into a predetermined unified coordinate system according to a coordinate conversion parameter, perform time synchronization at a predetermined timing, and extract first target information indicating a position of the first target and second target information indicating a position of the second target; a position estimation unit configured to estimate a position of the second target using the first target information, the second target information, and the positional relationship information; and a sensor correction amount estimation unit configured to calculate a deviation amount of the second sensor using the second target information and an estimated position of the second target and estimate a correction amount.

Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a target information acquiring section that acquires information about a target around a user's vehicle; a storage section that stores management information related to at least either an entrance position or exit position of the target in a predetermined subject area on a basis of the information about the target acquired by the target information acquiring section; and a driving trajectory planning section that plans a driving trajectory of the user's vehicle on a basis of the management information stored in the storage section.

Abstract: To correct an axis deviation of a sensor. An aiming device, which calculates correction amounts of detection results of two or more sensors using the detection results of the sensors, includes: a sensor coordinate conversion unit that converts sensor data detected by the sensor from a coordinate system unique to the sensor into a predetermined unified coordinate system; a target selection unit that selects predetermined features from the sensor data detected by each of the sensors; a function fitting unit that defines functions each approximating an array state of the selected features for the respective sensors; a fitting result comparison unit that compares the functions each approximating the array state of the features detected by each of the sensors; and a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction amount for converting coordinates of the features detected by the sensors from a result of the comparison of the functions.

Abstract: An axial deviation of the sensor is corrected.

Abstract: A vehicle electronic controller includes a peripheral obstacle identification section identifying obstacles near the vehicle, a blind spot region identification section identifying a blind spot region which is not in a detection range of the obstacle identification section, a region determination section which classifies the blind spot region into either a dangerous blind or a safe blind spot region and an obstacle region presumption section which presumes an obstacle presence region which is a region that a latent obstacle which is the latent obstacle which could be present at a previous time in the dangerous blind spot region which was classified at the previous time can be present at a present time, in which the region determination section determines that a region which overlaps with at least the obstacle presence region in the blind spot region that the blind spot region identification section identified is the dangerous blind spot region.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an integration unit that estimates information on a position and a speed of a target existing in an external field and errors of the position and the speed of the target, based on information from a movement sensor that acquires movement information including a vehicle speed and a yaw rate of an own vehicle, and information from an external field sensor that acquires information on the external field of the own vehicle. The integration unit uses not the information from the external field sensor, but the vehicle speed and the yaw rate acquired by the movement sensor, to predict a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed of the target at a second time after a first time, from a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed at the first time.

Abstract: To improve accuracy of a grouping process by accurately obtaining an error of an observation value of a sensor. A vehicle control system includes an integration unit that estimates information on a position and a speed of a target existing in an external field, and errors of the position and the speed based on information from a sensor that acquires information on the external field of an own vehicle. The integration unit estimates an error of a detection result from the detection result of a sensor that detects an external field of a vehicle in accordance with a characteristic of the sensor, determines correlation between detection results of a plurality of the sensors, and integrates correlated detection results and calculates the errors of the position and the speed of the target.

Abstract: This on-vehicle system is to be mounted in a vehicle and is provided with an electronic control device and an externality recognition sensor. The externality recognition sensor is equipped with a sensing unit for acquiring pre-processing externality information through sensing operations. The on-vehicle system is further equipped with: a condition calculation unit that, on the basis of a vehicle position, a vehicle traveling direction, and map information, calculates a processing condition in which information specifying an area on a map is associated with processing priority of the pre-processing externality information acquired by the externality recognition sensor; and a processing object determination unit that, on the basis of the pre-processing externality information and the processing condition, creates externality information having a smaller amount of information compared with the pre-processing externality information.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system capable of grouping objects detected by a plurality of sensors with high accuracy in a short time. A vehicle control system 100 includes an information integration device 120 that groups first detection information and second detection information of a first sensor 111 and a second sensor 112 and outputs integrated detection information, and a vehicle control device 130 that controls a vehicle on the basis of the integrated detection information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna comprising: a radiation unit that is formed on a substrate; a waveguide that propagates therein radio waves radiated from the radiation unit and radiates the radio waves as a beam; and a dielectric lens that is arranged in an opening of the waveguide and has an incident plane facing the radiation unit and a radiation plane radiating radio waves entered from the incident plane. The radiation plane of the dielectric lens has a plane orientation different from a flat plane perpendicular to the radiation direction of the beam.

Abstract: An object is to provide a self-position estimation device capable of highly accurately estimating self-location and attitudes on a map containing information such as lane centerlines, stop lines, and traffic rules. A representative self-position estimation device according to the present invention includes a self-position estimation portion that estimates a self-location and attitude on a high-precision map from measurement results of a sensor to measure objects around a vehicle; a low-precision section detection portion that detects a low-precision section indicating low estimation accuracy based on the self-location and attitude estimated by the self-position estimation portion; and a self-map generation portion that generates a self-generated map saving a position and type of the object on the high-precision map in the low-precision section detected by the low-precision section detection portion.

Abstract: It is possible to accurately convey information relevant to a long period ground motion to a person staying on each floor of a building. A system 1 for communicating information relating to a long period ground motion acquires information indicating a floor on which a user stays in a building at which the user stays, information relevant to a position and a structure of the building, and information relevant to a state of an earthquake that occurs, and calculates a state of shaking that occurs on the floor of the building at which the user stays due to the long period ground motion to be communicated to the user through a user terminal 3, and thus, information relevant to the long period ground motion can be obtained through the user terminal 3 that the user has.

Abstract: The present invention is an antenna provided with: a plurality of radiating parts formed on a base plate; a waveguide tube inside of which radio waves emitted from the radiating parts propagate; a lens having a plurality of curved surfaces having a substantially hyperbolic shape and disposed in an opening of the waveguide tube; and a protruding part formed in a tapered shape between the plurality of radiating parts. The tip of the protruding part is formed at a position lower than an opening surface.

Abstract: A method determines the region where a vehicle can travel without changing clarity of the position information of the object detected by a sensor. An in-vehicle control device includes an object detection unit detecting the position of an object from image information captured by an image pickup device, an object information storage unit stores a pre-processing grid map including a position of a detected object set as an object occupied region and a position where no object has been detected is as an object unoccupied region, an information processing unit generates a determination grid map in which part of the object unoccupied region of the map is replaced with the object occupied region, and a road surface region determination unit that generates an automatic driving grid map in which a closed space surrounded by the object occupied region of the determination grid map is set as a road surface region.

Abstract: Provided is an antenna which includes a plurality of radiating portions which are formed on a substrate and a plurality of dielectric lenses for respectively converting a spherical wave radiated from each radiating portion into a plane wave, wherein the shape of a cross section of each dielectric lens perpendicular to a radiation direction of a beam is formed in a shape which radiates a beam which is narrower in a second direction than in a first direction orthogonal to the second direction, and the plurality of dielectric lenses are arranged side by side in the second direction so that beams radiated from the respective dielectric lenses are synthesized.

Abstract: An electronic control device comprises a sensor information acquisition unit which acquires state quantities including a position of an object to be measured using an output of a plurality of sensors, or calculates the state quantities of the object to be measured by using the output of the plurality of sensors, a storage unit which stores position determination information as a condition of a classification related to the position, a position determination unit which classifies the object to be measured by using the position determination information, and a fusion unit which determines, by referring to the state quantities, a match among a plurality of the objects to be measured which are classified identically by the position determination unit and which were measured by different sensors, and fuses the positions of the plurality of objects to be measured determined to be a match, wherein the objects to be measured are objects that can be measured by each of the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: Provided is a recognition device that can accurately recognize a position where a vehicle is to be stopped. The recognition device according to the present invention includes: a distance calculation unit 210 that calculates a map information distance between a host vehicle and a target feature based on map information; a stop line detection processing unit 130a that, in a case where the map information distance is equal to or less than a determination value, sets a detection area for detection of the target feature based on the map information distance, detects the target feature within the detection area, and calculates an actually-measured distance between the host vehicle and the target feature; and a stop line position unifying unit 310 that unifies data of the map information distance and data of the actually-measured distance to calculate a unification result of a distance between the host vehicle and the target feature.

Abstract: A method for ink-jet recording comprising recording an image on a recording medium using an ink-jet recording apparatus including a recording head equipped with a heat generation unit which generates thermal energy for discharging aqueous ink by discharging the aqueous ink from the recording head based on image data by action of the thermal energy, wherein the aqueous ink is discharged once by applying a single pulse waveform voltage to the heat generation unit in the recording, and wherein the aqueous ink includes silver particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna comprising: a radiation unit that is formed on a substrate; a waveguide that propagates therein radio waves radiated from the radiation unit and radiates the radio waves as a beam; and a dielectric lens that is arranged in an opening of the waveguide and has an incident plane facing the radiation unit and a radiation plane radiating radio waves entered from the incident plane. The radiation plane of the dielectric lens has a plane orientation different from a flat plane perpendicular to the radiation direction of the beam.