Abstract: This antenna device is provided with: a ground; strip lines that extend from positions facing each other with respect to the width direction of the ground; a plurality of slots which is provided to the ground and which intersects with straight lines along the strip lines; and branch lines which intersect with the slots that are positioned to face the branch lines in a back surface.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to detect wind information by using a wind detection device mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles, and send probe data to the server, the probe data including the wind information and position information on each of the plurality of vehicles at a time when the wind information was detected, and the server is configured to store the probe data received from the plurality of vehicles in a database, and provide information to a client by using the probe data stored in the database.

Abstract: A moving object includes: a holder configured to hold a mobile terminal provided with an image pick-up unit; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between the mobile terminal and the controller, instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using the image pick-up unit during use of the moving object, and transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system including independent communication hub devices each incorporating a function of relaying communication and a function of controlling a communication path among a plurality of communication connectors, in which each of the communication hub devices includes an internal power supply unit configured to generate, based on input power supply power supplied from a main power supply on a vehicle side, stabilized power supply power necessary for operation of an internal circuit, and a backup power supply output unit configured to supply the input power supply power or the stabilized power supply power generated by the internal power supply unit to the other communication hub device as backup power, in which a backup power supply line is provided which connects the backup power supply output units of the plurality of communication hub devices.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a controller including at least one processor. The controller is configured to execute obtaining a consent to advertisement viewing from a user using a transportation system, presenting an advertisement within a period of time during which the user is using the transportation system, and providing a monetary merit to the user.

Abstract: A switch module includes a master switch unit and a slave switch unit. The master switch unit includes a master substrate, a determination unit mounted on the master substrate and configured to determine an ON/OFF state of a switch portion connected to the determination unit, a master-side switch portion mounted on the master substrate and connected to the determination unit, and at least one master-side connector mounted on the master substrate and connected to the determination unit. The slave switch unit includes a slave substrate, a slave-side switch portion mounted on the slave substrate, and a first slave-side connector mounted on the slave substrate and connected to the slave-side switch portion. The master-side connector is connected to the first slave-side connector.

Abstract: A vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including: a casing; a drive-force transmitting mechanism disposed in the casing; and first and second oil pumps configured to suck, through respective inlet ports thereof, oil stored in a bottom portion of a casing, such that the drive-force transmitting mechanism is lubricated by the oil pumped up by the first and second oil pumps. The casing is provided with a drain hole through which the oil stored in the bottom portion of the casing is to be discharged to an exterior of the casing. A position of opening of the inlet port of the first oil pump is lower than a position of a lower end of the drain hole, and a position of opening of the inlet port of the second oil pump is higher than the position of the lower end of the drain hole.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes a master control unit mounted on a vehicle, a plurality of slave devices mounted on the vehicle, a plurality of buckles provided in association with each of a plurality of seats mounted on the vehicle, and at least one switch unit configured to generate a signal in accordance with an attachment and detachment state of at least one of the plurality of buckles. The master control unit is communicably connected to each of the slave devices. The master control unit controls the plurality of slave devices based on the signal generated by the at least one switch unit.

Abstract: In radiation elements, recessed portions for adjusting the power of an electromagnetic wave that passes through the radiation elements are formed as power adjustment portions at coupling portions, respectively, which are on the opposite side of a feeding unit out of sets of two coupling portions to a feed line.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle having a step-variable transmission. The control apparatus includes: a shift control portion to temporarily increase an input torque of the step-variable transmission beyond a required value, the shift control portion commanding an engaging-side coupling device which is the coupling device placed in a released state, to be brought into an engaged state, when the input speed has been raised to a predetermined value; and a torque increasing amount setting portion to set an amount of increase of the input torque of the step-variable transmission beyond the required value, such that the amount of increase is smaller when a rate of change of a running speed of the vehicle is relatively low than when the rate of change is relatively high, the rate of change of the running speed having a negative value in a decelerating state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A traveling assisting method for an ambulance vehicle includes the first to third steps. The first step is the step of causing a server to acquire an expected arrival time at which an ambulance vehicle arrives at a traffic intersection that is located on an expected traveling route of the ambulance vehicle. The second step is the step of causing the server to acquire an expected arrival time at which a vehicle arrives at the traffic intersection, when the vehicle is located in surroundings of the expected traveling route. The third step is the step of causing the server to transmit a restraint instruction to the vehicle to travel toward the traffic intersection and to restrain entry of a vehicle other than the ambulance vehicle into the traffic intersection.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform automated driving and each including a wireless LAN module; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. The wireless LAN module is configured to connect to a user's portable terminal and an access point of a wireless LAN communication network, and is configured to relay wireless communication between the portable terminal and the wireless LAN communication network. The server is configured to output, to a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, an instruction for dispatching the vehicle by automated driving, in accordance with a vehicle dispatch request from the portable terminal. The vehicle, in response to the instruction, is configured to relay wireless communication between the portable terminal and the wireless LAN communication network by using the wireless LAN module.

Abstract: A monitoring system includes an imaging unit configured to capture a depth image including a distance to a monitoring target person in a vehicle cabin, an estimation unit configured to estimate a three-dimensional human body model of the monitoring target person from the depth image captured by the imaging unit, and a monitoring unit configured to detect a get-off motion by monitoring a motion of a monitoring target portion of the human body model approaching the monitoring coordinate regarding a door manipulation in the cabin on the basis of the human body model estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A monitoring system includes: a monitoring device that outputs a warning when detecting abnormality of a monitoring target person in an interior of a vehicle; a housing arranged on a surface on the interior side of a roof of the vehicle; and a release operation unit arranged being exposed to an outer face of the housing, the release operation unit being able to receive an input of a warning release operation. The monitoring device, in a state of outputting the warning, releases the warning when the warning release operation is input to the release operation unit. As a result, the monitoring system can appropriately monitor the monitoring target person in the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A switching module includes a switching unit and a determination unit configured to determine a function of the switching unit and an ON/OFF state of the switching unit. The switching unit is provided with a plurality of function determination resistors. The determination unit is configured to determine the function of the switching unit according to a combination of voltages applied to the plurality of function determination resistors corresponding to resistor values of the plurality of function determination resistors.

Abstract: An in-vehicle equipment control system includes a ceiling side controller installed in a ceiling of a vehicle and configured to control equipment installed at least in the ceiling; and a vehicle internal communication device configured to enable the ceiling side controller and a lower side controller to transmit and receive information signals to and from each other, the lower side controller having been installed in a part lower than the ceiling. The ceiling side controller is capable of receiving ceiling side detection signals regarding pieces of ceiling side detection information detected by at least one ceiling side detection device in the ceiling, as ceiling side information signals regarding pieces of ceiling side information, from the at least one ceiling side detection device.

Abstract: A square waveguide (1) has four ridges (6a, 6b, 7a, 7b). The cross section of the square waveguide (1) perpendicular to a waveguide axial direction is square. Inside the square waveguide (1), two rectangular waveguide terminals (4, 5) are formed by partitioning the inside along the waveguide axial direction. A septum phase plate (2) formed to get narrower stepwisely as its gets closer to a square waveguide terminal (3) opposite to the rectangular waveguide terminals (4, 5) is provided. A projecting portion (8) is provided on a part of a ridge (7b) formed on a ridge-side wall surface opposite to a wall surface, the septum phase plate (2) being joined to the wall surface in a part where the septum phase plate has largest width, the projecting portion (8) being larger than other parts of the ridge (7b) in a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the waveguide axial direction.

Abstract: A communication system includes a host control device and a vicarious inputting and outputting unit that controls an electric device by communicating with the host control device. The vicarious inputting and outputting unit includes a standard board provided with a first control circuit which controls the electric device and at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for a standard electric device. The first control circuit has an extension terminal for connection to an extension board provided with at least one of an input circuit and an output circuit for an extended electric device and is provided so as to be able to operate in response to respective specifications of plural kinds of extension terminals, and a specification of the extension terminal is set through communication with the host control device.

Abstract: An electronic unit includes a first board and a second board which are stacked to each other, a first connector mounted on a surface of the first board which faces the second board, and a second connector mounted on a surface of the second board which faces the first board. Each of the first connector and the second connector has a fitting portion and a lock portion configured to lock a fitting of the fitting portion. The fitting portion and the lock portion of the first connector are provided between the first board and the second board in a stack direction in which the first board and the second board are stacked. The fitting portion and the lock portion of the second connector are provided between the first board and the second board in the stack direction.