Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Abstract: An endoscope processor includes a processor. The processor discriminates, in first image information acquired by applying first illumination light, between first region image information constituted of an object of an interest subject and second region image information constituted of an object of a non-interest subject, generates third region image information of a region in second image information acquired by applying second illumination light, the region including at least a part of a region of the second region image information, the second illumination light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first illumination light and passing through the object of the non-interest subject, and combines the first region image information and the third region image information, to generate a partial transparent image in which the object of the non-interest subject of the first image information is made transparent.

Abstract: A light-emitting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a support member having one surface; a light-emitting element provided on the one surface of the support member; a wavelength conversion section disposed in parallel with the light-emitting element on the one surface of the support member; and a light reflective member that is disposed to be opposed to the light-emitting element with the wavelength conversion section interposed therebetween, and forms a light reflective surface inclined relative to the one surface of the support member.

Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.

Abstract: Provided are a friction stir welding apparatus and a friction stir welding method that achieve highly accurate and highly reliable joining while minimizing an effect of bending of a pressing force receiving portion (carrying table) as a result of a press by a joining tool unit. The friction stir welding apparatus joins joining target members by friction stir welding. The friction stir welding apparatus is characterized by including: an apparatus main body; a control device that controls an operation of the friction stir welding apparatus; a C-shaped frame connected to the apparatus main body via a first vertical movement drive mechanism unit; a holder unit connected to one end of the C-shaped frame via a second vertical movement drive mechanism unit; and a joining tool held by the holder unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes a core part deposition process and a clad part deposition process. The number of burners used in the core part deposition process is less than the number of burners used in the clad part deposition process. A distance between turning back points in a first reciprocating motion for the core deposition process is equal to or greater than a length of an effective portion of the optical fiber preform. At least three burners are used in the clad part deposition process. A distance between turning back points in a second reciprocating motion for the clad part deposition process is shorter than a distance between turning back points in the first reciprocating motion. The turning back points in the second reciprocating motion vary during the clad part deposition process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes generating glass particles from a glass raw material gas in a flame obtained by combustion of a combustible gas supplied to a burner and depositing the glass particles on an outer circumference of a silica glass pipe to form a hollow porous glass preform, inserting a rod into the silica glass pipe, transparently vitrifying the porous glass preform by heating the porous glass preform after inserting the rod to obtain a transparent glass preform, drawing out the rod from the silica glass pipe after the porous glass preform is transparently vitrified, and removing the silica glass pipe from the transparent glass preform by etching after drawing out the rod.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes a tamper storage unit that stores a secure boot key and a control key, and has tamper resistance, a processor that is able to execute a program, a verification unit that verifies a program by using the secure boot key, performs secure boot causing the processor to execute the program based on a result of the verification, and has tamper resistance, a calculation unit that performs calculation related to encryption using the control key, and has tamper resistance, and a general storage unit that stores a first program that implements a delegated verification unit to which authority of the secure boot is delegated from the verification unit and a second program that implements a control unit that uses the calculation unit, and does not have tamper resistance.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a surface having a groove. The groove includes an inner bottom surface and an inner wall surface. The inner wall surface has a depression. The depression has a depth from a direction along a surface of the inner wall surface to a width direction of the groove. The substrate being exposed to the inner wall surface.

Abstract: A vehicle able to recover CO2 includes a CO2 recovery container holding an adsorbent adsorbing CO2 in gas. The vehicle is configured so that the adsorbent is taken out from the vehicle.

Abstract: A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited.

Abstract: A model aggregation device includes a communication device able to communicate with a plurality of vehicles in which neural network models are learned, a storage device storing a part of the neural network models sent from the plurality of vehicles, and a control device. The neural network model outputs at least one output parameter from a plurality of input parameters. The control device is configured to, if receiving a new neural network model from one vehicle among the plurality of vehicles through the communication device, compare ranges of the plurality of input parameters which were used for learning the new neural network model and ranges of the plurality of input parameters which were used for learning a current neural network model stored in the storage device to thereby determine whether to replace the current neural network model with the new neural network model.

Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control switching of drive mode of a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor includes a processor configured to switch, in a case where a road surface of a perimeter of a geofencing zone is a road surface on which there is a high probability that the vehicle slips, in a movement route from an outside of the geofencing zone to an inside of the geofencing zone, the drive mode of the vehicle to drive by the motor in a state in which there is a low probability that the vehicle slips, outside the geofencing zone.

Abstract: The offer device includes a processor configured to offer candidate vehicles for reservation to a user through a user terminal, and determine a possibility of an area in which operation of an internal combustion engine is banned or restricted being included in a planned running route of the user. The processor is configured to determine an offer mode of the candidate vehicles for reservation based on the possibility.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a phosphor layer including a plurality of phosphor particles; a refrigerant that cools the phosphor layer; a circulation path that contains the phosphor layer and the refrigerant, and in which the refrigerant circulates; and a waveguide separated from the circulation path, and through which excitation light that excites the phosphor layer and a fluorescence excited by the excitation light and outputted from the phosphor layer propagate.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a memory that stores a program controlling an operation of the processor to cause the processor to acquire a steering torque, a vehicle speed, a steering angle, and a rotational speed of a motor, generate a base assist torque based on the steering torque and the vehicle speed, generate a self-aligning torque compensation torque based on the steering torque, the vehicle speed, the rotational speed of the motor, and the base assist torque, generate an active return torque based on the vehicle speed and the steering angle, generate a motor loss torque compensation torque based on the rotational speed of the motor, and generate a torque command value to be used to control driving of the motor.

Abstract: A ridesharing management system which enables a plurality of users using a ridesharing service to share a vehicle as passengers, wherein the vehicle is comprised of a hybrid vehicle, and a boundary is established between the inside of an engine restricted zone in which operation of an internal combustion engine is restricted and the outside of the engine restricted zone. It is predicted whether the SOC amount of the battery will become less than a setting value during travel in the engine restricted zone if traveling through a stop in the engine restricted zone and a stop outside the engine restricted zone due to a pick-up request or drop-off request from a user. A route order that does not result in the SOC amount of the battery becoming less than the setting value during travel in the engine restricted zone is suggested.

Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element capable of further suppressing the spread of a light-emitting region and further improving directivity. A light-emitting element is provided which includes at least a phosphor layer and an emission angle selection layer which emits light incident at a predetermined angle, in which the phosphor layer includes a phosphor and a light scatterer, and the phosphor layer and the light emission angle selection layer are arranged in this order.

Abstract: A vehicle control device including processor being configured to, when driving sections are present inside a restricted region, extract as a restricted driving section from among driving sections present inside the restricted region a driving section through which it is projected the vehicle will be driven in a restricted time period in which operation of internal combustion engines is restricted, and prepare a driving plan able to drive through the restricted driving section in the EV mode.

Abstract: A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone.