Abstract: A vehicle equipped with an autonomous driving system includes a vehicle platform configured to execute vehicle control in accordance with commands from the autonomous driving system. The vehicle platform includes a base vehicle including an electric parking brake, and a vehicle control interface box configured to perform interfacing between the autonomous driving system and the base vehicle. An immobility command including one of a first value requesting immobilization of the vehicle, a second value requesting release of the immobilization of the vehicle, and a third value that makes no request, is transmitted from the autonomous driving system to the vehicle control interface box. The vehicle platform is configured to release the electric parking brake when acceleration of the vehicle is requested, in a case where the immobility command including the third value is received and the electric parking brake is in an activated state.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle platform that controls the vehicle and an autonomous driving kit that transmits commands for autonomous driving to the vehicle platform. The vehicle platform includes an accelerator pedal, a first emergency stop system that stops the vehicle in the event of an abnormality in the autonomous driving kit, and a second emergency stop system that stops the vehicle in the event of an emergency situation for the driver. The autonomous driving kit requires the vehicle platform to inhibit acceleration of the vehicle with the accelerator pedal while the second emergency stop system is activated. The vehicle platform prohibits acceleration of the vehicle using the accelerator pedal while the first emergency stop system is activated, regardless of whether or not there is a request from the autonomous driving kit.

Abstract: An interaction apparatus 10 includes an acquiring unit 13 for acquiring a system message, a setting unit 14 for setting a wait time for receiving an answer from a user based on the system message, a measuring unit 16 for measuring an elapsed time after the system message is output to the user, a user utterance acquiring unit 15 for acquiring a user utterance, and a controller 17 for controlling an interaction with the user so that an additional action corresponding to the system message is output to the user. The measuring unit 16 determines whether or not to subtract the elapsed time, based on the system message and the user utterance, when the user utterance not corresponding to the answer to the system message is acquired by the user utterance acquiring unit 15 after the system message is output.

Abstract: An actuator device includes: a support portion; a movable portion; a first connection portion connecting the movable portion to the support portion on a first axis so that the movable portion is swingable around the first axis; and a first wiring provided on the first connection portion. The first wiring includes a first main body formed of a metal material having a Vickers hardness of 50 HV or more. The first main body includes a first surface facing the first connection portion and a second surface other than the first surface. The second surface has a shape in which a curvature is continuous over the entire second surface in a cross-section perpendicular to an extension direction of the first wiring.

Abstract: Provided is a production method that enables simple and efficient production of a fluorinated hydrocarbon by a gas phase flow method without using a catalyst. The method of producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon includes continuously supplying a gaseous fluorine-containing inorganic compound to an electrical discharge zone in a plasma apparatus and subsequently causing migration to outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus, continuously supplying a feedstock gas containing an inert gas and a compound represented by formula 1: CH3—R (R is a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or an organic group other than a hydrocarbon group) to outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus, and subsequently continuously releasing, to outside of the plasma apparatus, gas that is contained outside of the electrical discharge zone in the plasma apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement value measured regarding control target equipment, a first control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value by at least one of feedback control or feed-forward control, a second control unit configured to output an operation amount of the control target equipment according to the measurement value using a model learnt by using learning data, and a switching unit configured to perform switching between the first control unit and the second control unit by which the control target equipment is controlled.

Abstract: A detecting system includes a tag, a radar device that transmits transmission radio waves to the tag and acquires reception radio waves produced by the transmission radio waves being reflected by the tag, and a detecting apparatus. The tag includes a pattern made of a plurality of materials that reflect or scatter radio waves received from the radar device, and the pattern includes a known pattern known to the detecting apparatus and an unknown pattern unknown to the detecting apparatus. The detecting apparatus includes a specifying unit that calculates a relative velocity between the radar device and the tag, with which the known pattern can be detected from the reception radio waves, and specifies a condition for the radar device to transmit transmission radio waves for estimating the unknown pattern, from the calculated relative velocity, and a notification unit that notifies the radar of the specified condition.

Abstract: An optical resonator having a short pulse width, a low manufacturing cost, and a high degree of freedom in design is provided. An optical resonator according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a pair of reflection members, a laser medium that is disposed between the pair of reflection members and is excited by specific excitation light to emit emission light, and a polarization control unit that is disposed between the pair of reflection members and controls polarization of the emission light, in which the polarization control unit has a microstructure on a surface so as to have different transmittances for polarized light beams orthogonal to each other out of zeroth-order diffracted light of the emission light.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a battery; an acquisition unit that acquires, at each predetermined timing, satisfaction level information in which a residual capacity of the battery and a user satisfaction level with the residual capacity are associated with each other; and a charging unit that charges the battery with a charging voltage calculated as a voltage for charging the battery until the battery has a residual capacity that makes it difficult for a subsequent user satisfaction level to fall below a specific satisfaction level based on of a plurality of the pieces of satisfaction level information acquired and accumulated by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller that acquires information about an article to be loaded onto a vehicle, acquires a characteristic of a person who can affect the article based on the information, and executes a concurrent riding determination to determine existence of concurrent riding on the vehicle by the article and a user having the characteristic.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores information on a package to be transported by a vehicle traveling within a site of a factory and attributes of each employee working at the factory, a controller that sets a condition on an employee who can be in charge of loading or unloading the package and formulates a transportation plan for the package based on the information on the package, and identifies at least one employee who has attributes satisfying the condition, from among one or more employees scheduled to ride in the vehicle transporting the package, based on the attributes of each employee and the condition on the employee who can be in charge of loading or unloading the package, and a communication interface that notifies a mobile terminal carried by the at least one employee of a request for loading or unloading the package.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to generate an operation plan for a vehicle transporting employees in a plant. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire information regarding a work end time for each building or production line on the plant's premises, and generate the operation plan based on the information regarding the work end time.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates functional volume data of a subject based on first information indicating position and angle of the ultrasound probe during a first scan and on first echo data supplied from the ultrasound probe by the first scan; sequentially generates a sectional image indicating morphology of the subject based on second echo data supplied from the ultrasound probe by the second scan that is performed after the first scan; sequentially generates a functional MPR image corresponding to the sectional image based on second information indicating position and angle of the ultrasound probe during the second scan and on the functional volume data; and sequentially displays the sectional image and the functional MPR image in parallel or in a superimposed manner on a display in response to generation of the sectional image and the functional MPR image.

Abstract: In a charging control device, a charging circuit charges a battery until an output voltage value of the battery reaches a full charge voltage value, and a processor calculates an integrated amount of expansion damage that is damage received by the battery due to expansion of the battery, the processor decreases the full charge voltage value when an expansion damage rate that is an increase rate of the integrated amount of the expansion damage in a predetermined period is equal to or greater than a threshold value, while the processor increases the full charge voltage value when the expansion damage rate is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: An actuator device includes: a support portion; a movable portion; a first connection portion connecting the movable portion to the support portion on a first axis so that the movable portion is swingable around the first axis; and a first wiring provided on the first connection portion. The first wiring includes a first main body formed of a metal material having a Vickers hardness of 50 HV or more. The first main body includes a first surface facing the first connection portion and a second surface other than the first surface. The second surface has a shape in which a curvature is continuous over the entire second surface in a cross-section perpendicular to an extension direction of the first wiring.

Abstract: Accordion to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a volume data generating unit, an image generating unit, an MPR image generating unit, and a display controller. The volume data generating unit generates, based on position angle information of an ultrasound probe and echo data from the ultrasound probe, functional volume data of a subject accompanied with the position angle information. The image generating unit sequentially generates a sectional image of the subject based on the position angle information and the echo data. The MPR image generating unit generates an MPR image corresponding to the cross-section of the sectional image from the functional volume data based on the position angle information corresponding to the sectional image and the position angle information attached to the functional volume data. The display controller displays the sectional image and the MPR image in parallel or in a superimposed manner on a display.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire information on a scheduled time for loading an article onto a vehicle. The controller is configured to acquire a predicted number of passengers on the vehicle at the scheduled time. The controller is configured to determine whether the vehicle has space for the article at the scheduled time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller acquires a user condition that is a condition for a user to be a target to whom an object is to be kept secret. The controller determines whether a user matching the user condition is likely to take a target vehicle transporting the object.

Abstract: An actuator device includes: a support portion; a movable portion; a first connection portion connecting the movable portion to the support portion on a first axis so that the movable portion is swingable around the first axis; and a first wiring provided on the first connection portion. The first wiring includes a first main body formed of a metal material having a Vickers hardness of 50 HV or more. The first main body includes a first surface facing the first connection portion and a second surface other than the first surface. The second surface has a shape in which a curvature is continuous over the entire second surface in a cross-section perpendicular to an extension direction of the first wiring.

Abstract: A control apparatus (10) includes: a detection unit (11) that detects an impact on a secondary battery (2) or a covering portion (3) to which the secondary battery is fixed; and a control unit (13) that controls a setting related to at least one of charging and discharging of the secondary battery (2) based on one or more of a strength of the detected impact, a direction of the impact, and the number of times of the impact.