Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to properly arrange mobile shop vehicles. An apparatus for determining arrangement of mobile shop vehicles comprises a controller configured to set a user of a shop group formed by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles; and determine the arrangement of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles on the basis of information that represents at least one of an attribute, a taste, and a purchase history of the user.

Abstract: An information system comprises a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner; and a manager configured to instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to cause a change into an appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in a differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.

Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.

Abstract: An information system comprises a selector configured to select one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as a meeting place for users who utilize a shopping district composed of mobile shop vehicles, from a group of the mobile shop vehicles allowed to gather in a predetermined area in order to construct the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles to provide services of different classifications in a composite manner; and a manager configured to instruct the one or more mobile shop vehicles each of which functions as the meeting place to cause a change into an appearance with which it is possible for the users to distinguish, in a differentiated manner, that each of the one or more mobile shop vehicles is the meeting place in the shopping district composed of the mobile shop vehicles.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to properly arrange mobile shop vehicles. An apparatus for determining arrangement of mobile shop vehicles comprises a controller configured to set a user of a shop group formed by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles; and determine the arrangement of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles on the basis of information that represents at least one of an attribute, a taste, and a purchase history of the user.

Abstract: A mobile shop vehicle capable of opening a shop at a destination includes a movement control unit configured to cause the mobile shop vehicle to move autonomously along a predetermined path in a predetermined area while opening a shop and a vehicle distance control unit configured to control the distance to another mobile shop vehicle that is autonomously moving.

Abstract: A mobile shop system including a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device, where the server device includes at least one processor configured to acquire a desired shop which a user wishes to visit among shops carried by the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and create an operation plan in such a way that the user and a mobile shop vehicle carrying the desired shop are enabled to gather together at a predetermined location, and each of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, includes at least one processor configured to manage operation of a vehicle according to the operation plan that is received.

Abstract: A mobile shop system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device, where the server device includes an instruction unit configured to transmit an image display instruction indicative of an image to be displayed on an outside display device, to the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and each of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles includes the outside display device provided on an outside of a vehicle body, a receiver configured to receive the image display instruction from the server device, and a display controller configured to control display contents of the outside display device according to the image display instruction.

Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device control system includes a first vehicle-mounted device, a second vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit connected to the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device. The control unit includes signal transmission means that transmits a predetermined signal to the first vehicle-mounted device, cooperative control means that performs cooperative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled using information used by the first vehicle-mounted device when the first vehicle-mounted device responds to the predetermined signal, and alternative control means that performs alternative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled without using information, used by the first vehicle-mounted device, when the first vehicle-mounted device does not respond to the predetermined signal.

Abstract: An external solenoid positioned external to a tire, and an internal solenoid provided inside a valve of the tire, which transmits and receives power by an alternating magnetic field in a predetermined high frequency band that generates an induced alternating current in the internal solenoid, is used as a new source of power for a tire pressure/temperature detection device instead of a battery. If the alternating magnetic field in a predetermined high frequency band is well matched to the physical structure and electrical structure of the tire, then, in the space between the tire and a wheel, an induced alternating magnetic field component is distributed that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire. If the internal solenoid is matched to the direction of maximum magnetic field reception, when the tire rotates, and when the position of the wheel is stopped, substantially stable power may be received.

Abstract: An object is to take measures to reduce engine exhaust gas of an externally chargeable electric/hybrid vehicle. An externally chargeable electric/hybrid vehicle comprises a battery for supplying electrical power to the motor, a generator that charges the battery with electrical power generated by the driving forces of the engine, and an external charging unit that supplies electrical power from an external power supply device to the battery to charge the battery, and the vehicle travels in either an EV mode or an HV mode. The vehicle further comprises a charged amount measuring unit for measuring externally charged electrical energy supplied from the external charging unit to the battery, and a travel mode determination unit for determining in which driving mode of the EV mode or the HV mode the vehicle travels, based on the externally charged electrical energy. The vehicle travels in a travel mode according to the result determined by the travel mode determination unit.

Abstract: An object is to take measures to reduce engine exhaust gas of an externally chargeable electric/hybrid vehicle. An externally chargeable electric/hybrid vehicle comprises a battery for supplying electrical power to the motor, a generator that charges the battery with electrical power generated by the driving forces of the engine, and an external charging unit that supplies electrical power from an external power supply device to the battery to charge the battery, and the vehicle travels in either an EV mode or an HV mode. The vehicle further comprises a charged amount measuring unit for measuring externally charged electrical energy supplied from the external charging unit to the battery, and a travel mode determination unit for determining in which driving mode of the EV mode or the HV mode the vehicle travels, based on the externally charged electrical energy. The vehicle travels in a travel mode according to the result determined by the travel mode determination unit.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device control system includes a first vehicle-mounted device, a second vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit connected to the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device. The control unit includes signal transmission means that transmits a predetermined signal to the first vehicle-mounted device, cooperative control means that performs cooperative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled using information used by the first vehicle-mounted device when the first vehicle-mounted device responds to the predetermined signal, and alternative control means that performs alternative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled without using information, used by the first vehicle-mounted device, when the first vehicle-mounted device does not respond to the predetermined signal.

Abstract: A method of carburizing treatment is proposed in which if carburizing is carried out at a low temperature, carbon will not turn amorphose and deposit on the surface of a titanium metal but reliably penetrate into between metallic atoms. It is a method of surface treatment of a titanium metal comprising the steps of heating the titanium metal to a temperature of 400-690° C. in a cleaning gas atmosphere containing hydrogen gas, subjecting the surface of the titanium metal to cleaning by applying a DC voltage of 200-1500 V, and plasma carburizing in an atmosphere comprising a carburizing gas having an atomic weight ratio of hydrogen atoms (H) to carbon atoms (C) adjusted to 1?H/C?9 at a pressure of 13-400 Pa and a temperature of 400-690° C. Ionization reaction in the gas is suppressed suitably. Because there exists no excessive carbon which is not used for carburization but turns soot or glass-like carbon, in the atmosphere during carburization, carburizing reaction progresses smoothly.

Abstract: An external antenna positioned external to a tire, and an internal antenna provided inside a valve of the tire, which transmits and receives power by electromagnetic waves in a predetermined high frequency band is substituted as a new source of power, for a tire pressure/temperature detection device that conventionally uses a battery power source. If the electromagnetic waves in a predetermined high frequency band are well matched to the physical structure and electrical structure of the tire, then, in the space between the tire and a wheel, a magnetic field component is distributed that is substantially perpendicular to the plane that includes the maximum diameter of tire. If the internal antenna is matched to the direction of maximum magnetic field reception, when the tire rotates, and when the position of the wheel is stopped, substantially stable power may be received.

Abstract: A plurality of small loop antenna cells 61, 62 and 63 are magnetically coupled to an antenna coil 8 of a non-contact type data carrier 3. In the plurality of small loop antenna cells, the directions of the magnetic moments of the signals transmitted to the non-contact type data carrier 3 are opposite to each other, the sum of the magnetic moments generated from all the small loop antenna cells 61 to 63 is zero and a conductor forming a short ring pattern 67 is provided collectively for the plurality of small loop antenna cells. Thus, imbalance caused between the small loop antenna cells 61 to 63 can be compensated for by the short ring pattern 67.

Abstract: The present invention is a container for holding printing fluid material. The container includes a detector, a memory unit, a communication module, a first electric power generator, and a second electric power generator. The communication module is configured to transmit at least one of a result of the detection and the information regarding the container to the printing device. The first electric power generator is configured to generate a first electric power by utilizing the radio wave received from the printing device. The second electric power generator is configured to generate a second electric power from the first electric power. The second electric power is supplied to both the detector and the memory unit.