Abstract: An automatic driving system includes a vehicle control calculator, a f recognizer, a passerby recognition calculator, and a notifier. The vehicle control calculator causes an vehicle to perform automatic traveling along a traveling route. The recognizer acquires information on a traveling environment ahead of the vehicle. The passerby recognition calculator recognizes a passerby ahead of the vehicle based on the information on the traveling environment. The notifier notifies the passerby of a recognition state that the passerby is recognized, when the passerby is recognized by the passerby recognition calculator. The passerby recognition calculator examines whether the recognized passerby is facing a direction of the vehicle based on information on the passerby, acquired by the recognizer, and specifies the passerby as a notification target passerby when recognizing the passerby facing the direction of the vehicle. The notifier notifies the recognition state to the notification target passerby.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment, there is provided a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material-containing layer containing a first active material having a spinel type crystal structure. The positive electrode satisfies the formulas (1) to (3) when combined with a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material-containing layer containing a first active material having a spinel type crystal structure: 0.5?a1/b1?1.5 (1); 0.4?a2/b2?1.4 (2); and 0.5?a3/b3?2.3 (3), where a1 and b1 are a pore volume per 1 g weight, a2 and b2 are a pore specific surface area, and a3 and b3 are a median diameter in pore distribution, for the positive and negative electrode active material-containing layers, respectively.

Abstract: An automatic driving system includes a vehicle control calculator, a f recognizer, a passerby recognition calculator, and a notifier. The vehicle control calculator causes an vehicle to perform automatic traveling along a traveling route. The recognizer acquires information on a traveling environment ahead of the vehicle. The passerby recognition calculator recognizes a passerby ahead of the vehicle based on the information on the traveling environment. The notifier notifies the passerby of a recognition state that the passerby is recognized, when the passerby is recognized by the passerby recognition calculator. The passerby recognition calculator examines whether the recognized passerby is facing a direction of the vehicle based on information on the passerby, acquired by the recognizer, and specifies the passerby as a notification target passerby when recognizing the passerby facing the direction of the vehicle. The notifier notifies the recognition state to the notification target passerby.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling environment detecting apparatus includes first to third stereo cameras, first to third image processors, and an image controller. The first stereo camera includes first and second cameras. The second stereo camera includes the first camera and a third camera. The third stereo camera includes the second camera and a fourth camera. The first to third image processors are configured to perform stereo image processing on first to third outside images and thereby determine first to third image processing information including first to third distance information, respectively. The first to third outside images are configured to be obtained through imaging of an environment outside the vehicle by the first to third stereo cameras, respectively. The image controller is configured to perform integration of the first image processing information, the second image processing information, and the third image processing information and thereby recognize a traveling environment of the vehicle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The positive electrode includes an active material including Li1?xMn2?y?zAlyMzO4 (?0.1?x?1, 0.20?y?0.35, 0?z?0.1, M is at least one metal selected from Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, and Sn). The negative electrode includes an active material including a first oxide represented by Li4+aTi5O12 (?0.5?a?3) and a second oxide of at least one element selected from Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zn, and Zr. The second oxide is included in an amount of from 300 ppm to 5000 ppm relative to a weight of the first oxide.

Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material containing manganese-containing composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide and titanium-containing composite oxide. A ratio p/n of a capacity p per unit area of the positive electrode to a capacity n per unit area of the negative electrode is in the range of 0.8 or more and 1 or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material-including layer including a positive electrode active material, which includes a lithium-manganese oxide LiMn2-xMxO4, and a conductive agent. In the positive electrode active material-including layer, an average particle diameter d50 is within 2 ?m to 5 ?m, a particle diameter d10 and a particle diameter d90, where a cumulative frequency from a smaller side is, respectively, 10% and 90%, is within 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m and within 4 ?m to 10 ?m, respectively, in a particle size distribution. X, represented by X=(d50?d10) /d50 is within 0.4 to 0.8. Y, represented by Y=(d90?d50)/d90 is within 0.2 to 0.6.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. When the nonaqueous electrolyte battery is discharged at a constant current of 0.5 C until a voltage becomes 1.5 V, a curve obtained by taking dQ/dV during the discharge as a vertical axis and voltage as a horizontal axis has a first peak and a second peak. The firs peak is a peak that appears within a range of from 2.54 V to 2.65 V, and the second peak is a peak that appears within a range of from 2.4 V to less than 2.54 V. A dQ/dV peak intensity A of the first peak and a dQ/dV peak intensity B of the second peak satisfy 0.8?A/B 1.0.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a first conductive agent. In a mapping image for the positive electrode material layer, a ratio of an occupancy area of the first conductive agent to an occupancy area of the positive electrode active material is from 1.5 to 5.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The positive electrode includes an active material including Li1?xMn2?y?zAlyMzO4 (?0.1?x?1, 0.20?y?0.35, 0?z?0.1, M is at least one metal selected from Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, and Sn). The negative electrode includes an active material including a first oxide represented by Li4+aTi5O12 (?0.5?a?3) and a second oxide of at least one element selected from Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zn, and Zr. The second oxide is included in an amount of from 300 ppm to 5000 ppm relative to a weight of the first oxide.

Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to one embodiment includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material containing manganese-containing composite oxide. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide and titanium-containing composite oxide. A ratio p/n of a capacity p per unit area of the positive electrode to a capacity n per unit area of the negative electrode is in the range of 0.8 or more and 1 or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode. A positive electrode layer contains lithium-manganese composite oxide represented by a general formula of LiMn2-xMxO4. x is within the range of 0.22?x?0.7 and M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Zn, Al, and Ga. A negative electrode layer contains lithium titanate. A pore specific surface area of the positive electrode layer is 2 m2/g or more and less than 5 m2/g. A ratio of a capacity per pore surface area of the positive electrode to the negative electrode is within the range of 1 or more and less than 2.4.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material-including layer including a positive electrode active material, which includes a lithium-manganese oxide LiMn2-xMxO4, and a conductive agent. In the positive electrode active material-including layer, an average particle diameter d50 is within 2 ?m to 5 ?m, a particle diameter d10 and a particle diameter d90, where a cumulative frequency from a smaller side is, respectively, 10% and 90%, is within 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m and within 4 ?m to 10 ?m, respectively, in a particle size distribution. X, represented by X=(d50?d10) /d50 is within 0.4 to 0.8. Y, represented by Y=(d90?d50)/d90 is within 0.2 to 0.6.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a first conductive agent. In a mapping image for the positive electrode material layer, a ratio of an occupancy area of the first conductive agent to an occupancy area of the positive electrode active material is from 1.5 to 5.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a positive electrode is provided. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive-electrode-mixture layer formed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive-electrode-mixture layer includes first pores and second pores. Pore size diameters D1 and D2 of the first and the second pores satisfy relationship: 0.03<D1/D2<0.8. Total volumes V(D1) and V(D2) of the first and the second pores satisfy the following relationship: 2<log V(D1)/log V(D2)<6.