Abstract: A vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle including executing a front wheel and a rear wheel including: front wheel-only steering operation control for turning the front wheel without turning the rear wheel in response to a steering instruction from a driving entity; executing rear wheel-only steering operation control for turning the rear wheel without turning the front wheel in response to the steering instruction from the driving entity; and executing a specified control execution process for executing one type of steering operation control specified by the driving entity among a plurality of types of steering operation control including at least the front wheel-only steering operation control and the rear wheel-only steering operation control.

Abstract: A vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle including executing a front wheel and a rear wheel including: front wheel-only steering operation control for turning the front wheel without turning the rear wheel in response to a steering instruction from a driving entity; executing rear wheel-only steering operation control for turning the rear wheel without turning the front wheel in response to the steering instruction from the driving entity; and executing a specified control execution process for executing one type of steering operation control specified by the driving entity among a plurality of types of steering operation control including at least the front wheel-only steering operation control and the rear wheel-only steering operation control.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes one or more processors configured to execute a general driver model learning engine configured to build a general driver model to be applied to a plurality of drivers based on driving data of the drivers, an individual driver model learning engine configured to build an individual driver model unique to a specific driver based on driving data of the driver, and an on-board controller provided in a vehicle operated by the driver. The individual driver model learning engine includes a vehicle control updating program configured to cause the on-board controller to update vehicle control processing based on the general and individual driver models. The vehicle control updating program acquires the driver models and, according to a given condition, determines a driver model based on which the vehicle control processing is updated, between the general and individual driver models.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes one or more processors configured to execute a general driver model learning engine configured to build a general driver model to be applied to a plurality of vehicle drivers based on driving data of the plurality of vehicle drivers, an individual driver model learning engine configured to build an individual driver model unique to a specific driver based on driving data of the specific driver and the general driver model, and a vehicle control changing program configured to change vehicle control processing executed by a specific vehicle operated by the specific driver based at least on the individual driver model.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes a general driver model learning engine configured to build a general driver model to be applied for a plurality of vehicle drivers based on driving data of the plurality of drivers, and an individual driver model learning engine configured to build an individual driver model particular to a specific vehicle driver based on the driving data of the specific driver received from a specific vehicle of the specific driver. The individual driver model learning engine includes a first synchronization engine configured to provide, to the general driver model learning engine, the driving data obtained by executing a first data conversion processing on the driving data of the specific driver.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes one or more processors configured to execute a general driver model learning engine configured to build a general driver model to be applied to a plurality of drivers based on driving data of the drivers, an individual driver model learning engine configured to build an individual driver model unique to a specific driver based on driving data of the driver, and an on-board controller provided in a vehicle operated by the driver. The individual driver model learning engine includes a vehicle control updating program configured to cause the on-board controller to update vehicle control processing based on the general and individual driver models. The vehicle control updating program acquires the driver models and, according to a given condition, determines a driver model based on which the vehicle control processing is updated, between the general and individual driver models.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a heating furnace including a tunnel-shaped heating space for heating an object to be heated, the heating space having an inlet port and an outlet port formed at both ends thereof; a transporting unit transporting the object to the outlet port when the object is brought into the heating space through the inlet port; a heating unit heating the object that is being transported; and a gas-flow generation unit forming a gas flow that flows in a transporting direction of the object in the heating space, wherein the heating space has a cross-section orthogonal to the transporting direction of the object, the cross-section is changed in area along the transporting direction of the object.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a heating furnace including a tunnel-shaped heating space for heating an object to be heated, the heating space having an inlet port and an outlet port formed at both ends thereof; a transporting unit transporting the object to the outlet port when the object is brought into the heating space through the inlet port; a heating unit heating the object that is being transported; and a gas-flow generation unit forming a gas flow that flows in a transporting direction of the object in the heating space, wherein the heating space has a cross-section orthogonal to the transporting direction of the object, the cross-section is changed in area along the transporting direction of the object.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PDP includes the steps of carrying a PDP under manufacture into an apparatus having a plurality of firing zones, and performing a firing step and/or a drying step under circulating hot air supplied in the respective firing zones. Organic components generated in the firing step and/or the drying step are oxidatively decomposed in a path for circulating the hot air.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PDP includes the steps of carrying a PDP under manufacture into an apparatus having a plurality of firing zones, and performing a firing step and/or a drying step under circulating hot air supplied in the respective firing zones. Organic components generated in the firing step and/or the drying step are oxidatively decomposed in a path for circulating the hot air.