Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sewing thread treatment agent, and a sewing thread, each achieving low friction properties across a wide range of sewing speeds. As a solution, a sewing thread treatment agent is provided, which is characterized in that it contains a hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (A), a nonionic surfactant (B), and at least one type of wax (C) selected from paraffin wax, oxidized paraffin wax, polyethylene wax, oxidized polyethylene wax, and carnauba wax.

Abstract: Provided is a power receiving system having an increased energy conversion efficiency. The power receiving system according to the present disclosure includes a power converter that receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power; a thermal energy converter that is disposed adjacent to the power converter and converts thermal energy generated in the power converter; and a controller that controls operation of the thermal energy converter based on an energy intensity distribution of the electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a photocatalyst and generating hydrogen from water includes a wavelength separation unit separating sunlight by wavelength, an infrared light conversion unit converting infrared light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light, and an ultraviolet light conversion unit converting ultraviolet light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light.

Abstract: Provided is a magneto-resistance effect element formed by sequentially laminating a ferromagnetic fixing layer, a ferromagnetic free layer, and a protective layer, which is capable of efficiently detecting the magnetic field above the magneto-resistance effect element without deteriorating the function as the magnetic sensor. The GMR laminated film for the magneto-resistance effect element includes the ferromagnetic free layer, and the protective layer formed on the ferromagnetic free layer to be protected from oxidation. The protective layer is formed as an oxide antiferromagnetic substance, and has its film thickness of 10 nm or smaller.

Abstract: The present invention improves the performance of a thermoelectric conversion material and a thermoelectric conversion module. A thermoelectric conversion material has a mother phase containing a chimney ladder type compound comprising a first element of groups 4 to 9 and a second element of groups 13 to 15 and an additive phase existing at a grain boundary of the mother phase, the mother phase contains a third element to change a lattice constant of the chimney ladder type compound, and the additive phase contains the second element.

Abstract: In some examples, a first set of image data is received, the first set of image data corresponding to images of a first type and being of a person in an environment of a vehicle and including a first plurality of images of the person over a time interval. In some examples, a second set of image data is received, the second set of image data corresponding to images of a second type and being of the person in the environment of the vehicle and including a second plurality of images of the person over the time interval. In some examples, the first set of image data and the second set of image data are processed to determine a recognized action of the person, which includes using a first neural network to determine the recognized action of the person.

Abstract: In some examples, a first set of image data is received, the first set of image data corresponding to images of a first type and being of a person in an environment of a vehicle and including a first plurality of images of the person over a time interval. In some examples, a second set of image data is received, the second set of image data corresponding to images of a second type and being of the person in the environment of the vehicle and including a second plurality of images of the person over the time interval. In some examples, the first set of image data and the second set of image data are processed to determine a recognized action of the person, which includes using a first neural network to determine the recognized action of the person.

Abstract: A communication device mounted on a vehicle includes a plurality of communication units that are different in width of a communicable range, a determination unit that determines a running state of a vehicle, a selection unit that selects at least one of the plurality of communication units according to a determination result from the determination unit, and a stop unit that stops operation of the communication unit selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of a surrounding vehicle are provided. In some aspects, the system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of the surrounding vehicle and a processor configured to execute the instructions. In various aspects, the processes include: receiving image data from an image capturing device; performing a ground plane estimation by predicting a depth of points on a road surface based on an estimated pixel-level depth; determining a three-dimensional (3D) bounding box of the surrounding vehicle; determining the state information of the surrounding vehicle based on the ground plane estimation and the 3D bounding box; and determining the velocity of the autonomous vehicle based on an immovable object relative to the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of a surrounding vehicle are provided. In some aspects, the system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for estimating velocity of an autonomous vehicle and state information of the surrounding vehicle and a processor configured to execute the instructions. In various aspects, the processes include: receiving image data from an image capturing device; performing a ground plane estimation by predicting a depth of points on a road surface based on an estimated pixel-level depth; determining a three-dimensional (3D) bounding box of the surrounding vehicle; determining the state information of the surrounding vehicle based on the ground plane estimation and the 3D bounding box; and determining the velocity of the autonomous vehicle based on an immovable object relative to the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention improves the performance of a thermoelectric conversion material and a thermoelectric conversion module. A thermoelectric conversion material has a mother phase containing a chimney ladder type compound comprising a first element of groups 4 to 9 and a second element of groups 13 to 15 and an additive phase existing at a grain boundary of the mother phase, the mother phase contains a third element to change a lattice constant of the chimney ladder type compound, and the additive phase contains the second element.

Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus installed in a vehicle, the communication apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, via a network installed in the vehicle, a plurality of types of status information each indicating a status of the vehicle; an information creation unit configured to create, on the basis of each piece of the status information acquired by the acquisition unit, feature information having a data amount smaller than a total of data amounts of the respective pieces of the status information, the feature information including a feature amount of a traveling status of the vehicle; and a transmission unit configured to transmit vehicle information based on the feature information created by the information creation unit, to another communication apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a thermoelectric conversion module with low toxicity, which exhibits conversion efficiency equivalent to that of BiTe. The thermoelectric conversion module of the present invention employs a full Heusler alloy as the material for forming the P-type thermoelectric conversion unit and the N-type thermoelectric conversion unit. The material for forming the N-type thermoelectric conversion unit contains at least any one of Fe, Ti, and Si and Sn.

Abstract: An on-vehicle device comprises an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data obtained by photographing a road from a vehicle, an object detection unit that detects an object included in an image of the road, a location detection unit that detects a location of the vehicle, an image data transmission unit that, in the case where the object is detected by the object detection unit, transmits to an external device image data including the object and location information of the vehicle at the time of detecting the object, and an previously-notifying information transmission unit that transmits to another vehicle previously-notifying abnormality information including the location information of the vehicle at the time of detecting the object and previously notifying abnormality on the road.

Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus installed in a vehicle, the communication apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, via a network installed in the vehicle, a plurality of types of status information each indicating a status of the vehicle; an information creation unit configured to create, on the basis of each piece of the status information acquired by the acquisition unit, feature information having a data amount smaller than a total of data amounts of the respective pieces of the status information, the feature information including a feature amount of a traveling status of the vehicle; and a transmission unit configured to transmit vehicle information based on the feature information created by the information creation unit, to another communication apparatus.

Abstract: An on-vehicle device comprises an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data obtained by photographing a road from a vehicle, an object detection unit that detects an object included in an image of the road, a location detection unit that detects a location of the vehicle, an image data transmission unit that, in the case where the object is detected by the object detection unit, transmits to an external device image data including the object and location information of the vehicle at the time of detecting the object, and an previously-notifying information transmission unit that transmits to another vehicle previously-notifying abnormality information including the location information of the vehicle at the time of detecting the object and previously notifying abnormality on the road.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric conversion element having a greater Seebeck coefficient (S) than the conventional ones. In a thermoelectric conversion element: a nonmagnetic Heusler alloy film (10), a ferromagnetic Heusler alloy film (11) and a nonmagnetic layer (12) are stacked in the named order; a pair of electrodes (23, 24) are disposed for deriving, in accordance with a temperature gradient occurring in parallel to the direction of magnetization (41) of the ferromagnetic Heusler alloy film, an electromotive force occurring perpendicularly to the direction of magnetization of the ferromagnetic Heusler alloy film; a pair of electrodes (21, 22) are disposed for deriving an electromotive force occurring in parallel to the direction of magnetization of the ferromagnetic Heusler alloy film; and the electromotive forces occurring due to an ordinary Seebeck effect and a spin Seebeck effect are simultaneously derived.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoelectric conversion material made of a full-Heusler alloy and capable of enhancing figure of merit. In order to solve the above problem, the thermoelectric conversion material is made of the full-Heusler alloy represented by the following composition formula: (Fe1-xM1x)2+?(Ti1-yM2y)1+?(A1-zM3z)1+?. A composition in a ternary phase diagram of Fe—Ti-A is inside a hexagon having points (50, 37, 13), (45, 30, 25), (39.5, 25, 35.5), (50, 14, 36), (54, 21, 25), and (55.5, 25, 19.5) as apexes. Further, an amount of change ?VEC of an average valence electron number per atom VEC in the case of x=y=z=0 satisfies a relation 0<|?VEC|?0.2 or 0.2<|?VEC|?0.3.

Abstract: A communication device mounted on a vehicle includes a plurality of communication units that are different in width of a communicable range, a determination unit that determines a running state of a vehicle, a selection unit that selects at least one of the plurality of communication units according to a determination result from the determination unit, and a stop unit that stops operation of the communication unit selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: In order to provide a thermoelectric conversion element which has a high Seebeck coefficient, a low thermal conductivity, and a high performance, even if the material system that has a low environmental load and can reduce the cost is used, the thermoelectric conversion element in which lattice points are classified into two or more kinds (A site and B site), lattices of which the kinds are different are connected to each other, the numbers of lattices of which the kinds are different are different (A site: 2, and B site: 1), and a lattice structure is configured by arranging nanoparticles or semiconductor quantum dots, includes areas of which conductivity types are different.