Abstract: A production line design apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores facility configuration information that defines a number configuration including at least one or more main facilities that perform a main work in a production line and at least one or more setup facilities that perform an auxiliary work of the main facility, and arrangement pattern definition information including one or more arrangement patterns that define a combination of a movement method of the setup facility that is adoptable and a relative positional relationship between the main facility that is adoptable and the setup facility; and a processor that executes layout candidate generation processing of generating layout information that satisfies the number configuration by combining the arrangement patterns using the facility configuration information and the arrangement pattern definition information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a pillar of an oxide semiconductor material and a gate insulating layer that surrounds a side surface of the pillar. The gate insulating layer includes a lower portion, an upper portion, and an intermediate portion. A gate electrode surrounds the intermediate portion of the gate insulating layer. A lower electrode is provided that includes a first oxide conductor portion that is connected to a lower surface of the pillar. An upper electrode is provided connected to an upper surface of the pillar. The gate electrode includes a metal portion containing a metallic element and a first nitrogen-containing portion between the metal portion and the gate insulating layer. The first oxide conductor portion includes a second nitrogen-containing at an interface between the first oxide conductor portion and the gate insulating layer.

Abstract: In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object and a position identifying unit specifies the current position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. After the current position of the mobile object is identified to be on a road within a predetermined range from a destination set by a destination setting unit and is then identified to be at a place other than the road, if the parking determining unit determines that the mobile object is parked, a registering unit registers, into a storage unit, a deviation point from the road as an entrance point of a parking lot of the destination.

Abstract: An acquiring unit (101) acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object. A position identifying unit (102) identifies the current position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. If the current position of the mobile object identified to be on a road is subsequently identified not to be on any road, a registering unit (103) registers into a storage unit, a deviation point from the road as an entrance point to a parking lot. When a new deviation point is registered as an entrance point to the parking lot, if an entrance point in the vicinity of the new deviation point is already registered, the registering unit (103) determines whether the new deviation point is to be newly registered as an entrance point to the parking lot based on information about the entrance points.

Abstract: In a navigation apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object. A position identifying unit identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information. The destination setting unit sets a destination. A route searching unit searches for a route based on the destination. A route guidance unit performs route guidance based on the route. A parking determining unit determines whether the mobile object is parked. If during the route guidance, the current position of the mobile object identified to be on a road within a first predetermined range from the destination is identified not to be on any road and it is determined that the mobile object is parked, a registering unit registers the most recent deviation point as an entrance point of a parking lot of the destination into a storage unit.

Abstract: An acquiring section (101) acquires moving state information representing the moving state of a mobile object. A position identifying section (102) identifies the current position of the mobile object according to the moving state information and map information. When the current position of the moving object is judged to be identified as a place other than the road where the mobile object has been moving, a registering section (103) registers the deviation position from the road as an entrance position of a parking lot in storage means. If an entrance position of the parking lot is registered around the new deviation position when the new deviation position is registered as an entrance of the parking lot, the registering section (103) judges from the information on these entrance positions whether or not the new deviation position is newly registered as an entrance position of the parking lot.

Abstract: In a navigation apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object. A position identifying unit identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information. The destination setting unit sets a destination. A route searching unit searches for a route based on the destination. A route guidance unit performs route guidance based on the route. A parking determining unit determines whether the mobile object is parked. If during the route guidance, the current position of the mobile object identified to be on a road within a first predetermined range from the destination is identified not to be on any road and it is determined that the mobile object is parked, a registering unit registers the most recent deviation point as an entrance point of a parking lot of the destination into a storage unit.

Abstract: In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information. A position identifying unit identifies the current position of a mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. When the current position of the mobile object identified to be on a road is then identified to be at a place other than the road, a saving unit temporarily saves a deviation point from the road. If a parking determining unit determines that the mobile object is parked when the current position of the mobile object is identified at a place other than the road, a retrieving unit retrieves a feature existing in the vicinity of the parking position. If a feature is retrieved, a registering unit registers into a storage unit, the deviation point as an entrance point of a parking lot of the feature retrieved.

Abstract: In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object and a position identifying unit specifies the current position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. After the current position of the mobile object is identified to be on a road within a predetermined range from a destination set by a destination setting unit and is then identified to be at a place other than the road, if the parking determining unit determines that the mobile object is parked, a registering unit registers, into a storage unit, a deviation point from the road as an entrance point of a parking lot of the destination.