Abstract: Path generation apparatus configured to generate target path of own vehicle traveling in own lane, includes: sensor configured to detect objects in surrounding area of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: recognizing adjacent vehicle traveling in adjacent lane adjacent to own lane from among detected objects; determining whether own lane is congested based on travel speed of own vehicle and determining whether adjacent lane is congested based on recognition result of adjacent lane; and generating target path of own vehicle. Generating target path includes generating target path on side away from adjacent lane with respect to that of case where own lane is determined to be congested and adjacent lane is determined to be congested, in case where own lane is determined to be congested and adjacent lane is determined not to be congested.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a behavior detection part that detects a behavior of a vehicle in front traveling in front of an own vehicle in a same direction as the own vehicle, and a driving control part that performs at least a steering control of the own vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver of the own vehicle. The behavior detection part detects a peak of a lateral speed of the vehicle in front. When the own vehicle is traveling in a straight section, the driving control part executes, at an occurrence point of a lateral position change of the vehicle in front that caused the detected peak, a first steering control that outputs a steering force toward an opposite side of the lateral position change of the vehicle in front or amplifies a steering force output based on a predetermined reference.

Abstract: Path generation apparatus configured to generate target path of own vehicle traveling in own lane, includes: sensor configured to detect objects in surrounding area of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: recognizing adjacent vehicle traveling in adjacent lane adjacent to own lane from among detected objects; determining whether own lane is congested based on travel speed of own vehicle and determining whether adjacent lane is congested based on recognition result of adjacent lane; and generating target path of own vehicle. Generating target path includes generating target path on side away from adjacent lane with respect to that of case where own lane is determined to be congested and adjacent lane is determined to be congested, in case where own lane is determined to be congested and adjacent lane is determined not to be congested.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a behavior detection part that detects a behavior of a vehicle in front traveling in front of an own vehicle in a same direction as the own vehicle, and a driving control part that performs at least a steering control of the own vehicle without depending on an operation of a driver of the own vehicle. The behavior detection part detects a peak of a lateral speed of the vehicle in front. When the own vehicle is traveling in a straight section, the driving control part executes, at an occurrence point of a lateral position change of the vehicle in front that caused the detected peak, a first steering control that outputs a steering force toward an opposite side of the lateral position change of the vehicle in front or amplifies a steering force output based on a predetermined reference.

Abstract: Provided are a travel assist device capable of producing, in a preferred manner, warning vibrations notifying deviation of a vehicle with respect to a travel path, and a method of controlling the same. A travel assist device includes a travel assist control device that notifies a driver about an anti-deviation direction or a deviation direction by making a steering angular acceleration in the deviation direction and the steering angular acceleration in the anti-deviation direction different from each other when producing warning vibrations, wherein a time-derivative value of a steering angle of a steering wheel is defined as a steering angular velocity, and a time-derivative value of the steering angular velocity is defined as the steering angular acceleration.

Abstract: Provided are a travel assist device capable of producing, in a preferred manner, warning vibrations notifying deviation of a vehicle with respect to a travel path, and a method of controlling the same. A travel assist device includes a travel assist control device that notifies a driver about an anti-deviation direction or a deviation direction by making a steering angular acceleration in the deviation direction and the steering angular acceleration in the anti-deviation direction different from each other when producing warning vibrations, wherein a time-derivative value of a steering angle of a steering wheel is defined as a steering angular velocity, and a time-derivative value of the steering angular velocity is defined as the steering angular acceleration.

Abstract: A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1.

Abstract: A lane outward deviation avoidance assist apparatus includes: a recognition device configured to recognize a travel lane of a vehicle; a deviation recognition part configured to recognize a deviation from the travel lane recognized by the recognition device or a deviation prediction from the travel lane; a control part configured to perform a deviation avoidance control for avoiding the deviation from the travel lane at least by a steering; and a deviation number count part configured to count the number of deviations from the travel lane recognized by the deviation recognition part within a predetermined duration or the number of deviation predictions from the travel lane, wherein the control part performs at least any one of the deviation avoidance control and an alarm output control when the number counted by the deviation number count part reaches n, n being a natural number more than 1.

Abstract: Element isolation technique for LSIs having a fine pattern of sub-micron class or finer. A high strained region doped with impurities at a high concentration is formed under, and remote from, a buried insulating material (dielectrics) layer for element isolation. With this buried dielectrics element isolation (BDEI) structure, since the high strained layer exists just under the buried dielectrics layer, crystal defects generated near the buried dielectrics layer due to strain caused by a difference of thermal expansion coefficient between a semiconductor layer and the buried dielectrics layer, are moved toward the high strained layer. Accordingly, the crystal defects do not reach an active region where active elements are formed, so that leakage current in the p-n junction formed in the active layer can be advantageously reduced.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate having a groove, and a semiconductor element formed in a surface region of the semiconductor substrate. A substance having a thermal expansion coefficient different from the semiconductor substrate is embedded in at least a portion of the groove, a crystal defect is generated from the region near the bottom of the groove in the semiconductor substrate, thereby alleviating stress and strain in other regions of the semiconductor substrate, such that such regions cannot generate crystal defects in a region necessary for a circuit operation of the semiconductor element of the surface region.

Abstract: A method of growing semiconductor in a vapor phase wherein a silicon oxide film on the surface of a semiconductor substrate wafer is removed, and a silicon layer is grown on the surface of the semiconductor substrate wafer in a vapor phase while rapidly rotating the wafer about a shaft substantially vertical to the wafer.