Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit, wherein, when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person.

Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger with a reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger, an illumination unit including at least one light source, and a control unit to indicate completion of reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source.

Abstract: Provided is a gesture recognition apparatus that accurately identifies a hand that is an identification object. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a hand candidate identifying unit, a vehicle outside scenery identifying unit, and a false recognition identifying unit. The hand candidate identifying unit identifies, based on a picture in a cabin of a vehicle, at least one hand candidate that is a candidate for a hand of an occupant of the vehicle in the picture. The vehicle outside scenery identifying unit determines whether the at least one hand candidate is a light source image ascribable to a light source outside the vehicle, based on a predefined condition on a shape of the hand candidate. The false recognition identifying unit identifies a hand candidate determined not to be the light source image, as the hand of the occupant with a gesture.

Abstract: Provided is a gesture detecting apparatus that accurately determines a detection result of a hand of an occupant constituting the gesture. A gesture detecting apparatus includes a detection information acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a rejection unit. The detection information acquisition unit acquires the detection result of the hand in the hand gesture of the occupant of a vehicle and information of the hand in an image in which the hand is detected. The hand of the occupant of the vehicle is detected based on the image captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle. Based on at least one predetermined condition regarding the information of the hand in the image, the determination unit determines whether or not the hand is a real hand. If the hand is not a real hand, the rejection unit rejects the detection result of the hand detected based on the image.

Abstract: A stator of a polyphase motor in which in-phase coils are connected in parallel includes an annular core back, teeth extending radially from the core back and arranged circumferentially, a slot between two adjacent teeth, conducting wires respectively wound around the teeth to define the coils, and first and second connectors to which ends of each of the in-phase coils are connected, respectively. The conducting wire includes one or two jumper wires between each coil and the first connector or the second connector, and at least one jumper wire extends in an identical circumferential direction from the first connector toward the second connector with respect to all the in-phase coils.

Abstract: A stator of a polyphase motor in which in-phase coils are connected in parallel includes an annular core back, teeth extending radially from the core back and arranged circumferentially, a slot between two adjacent teeth, conducting wires respectively wound around the teeth to define the coils, and first and second connectors to which ends of each of the in-phase coils are connected, respectively. The conducting wire includes one or two jumper wires between each coil and the first connector or the second connector, and at least one jumper wire extends in an identical circumferential direction from the first connector toward the second connector with respect to all the in-phase coils.

Abstract: Provided is a driving support device that allows a driver to confirm the travelling routes of the wheels of a vehicle from an image indicating the circumference of the vehicle. The driving support device includes: an imaging unit which takes a travelling direction image by shooting in the travelling direction of a vehicle; a steering angle detection unit which detects the steering angle of the vehicle; a route image generation unit which predicts travelling routes of wheels provided on the travelling direction side of the vehicle, and generates a route image that indicates the travelling routes of the wheels as seen from the viewpoint of the imaging unit; a superimposed image generation unit which generates a superimposed image by superimposing the route image on the travelling direction image; and an image display unit which displays the superimposed image.

Abstract: Provided is a driving support device that allows a driver to confirm the travelling routes of the wheels of a vehicle from an image indicating the circumference of the vehicle. The driving support device includes: an imaging unit which takes a travelling direction image by shooting in the travelling direction of a vehicle; a steering angle detection unit which detects the steering angle of the vehicle; a route image generation unit which predicts travelling routes of wheels provided on the travelling direction side of the vehicle, and generates a route image that indicates the travelling routes of the wheels as seen from the viewpoint of the imaging unit; a superimposed image generation unit which generates a superimposed image by superimposing the route image on the travelling direction image; and an image display unit which displays the superimposed image.