Abstract: When a vehicle starts, a surrounding state is securely provided to a driver. When a vehicle operation detector detects that there is a possibility that a parked vehicle starts, a vehicle surrounding state recognizer recognizes a state of surrounding of the vehicle based on images imaged by a plurality of cameras imaging a plurality of different areas of the surrounding of the vehicle. A parking style determiner determines a parking style executed in parking at a position where the vehicle now parks based on a recognition result of the vehicle surrounding state recognizer. A monitoring area setter sets a monitoring area where a driver is required to pay attention when the vehicle is started based on a determination result of the parking style determiner. A vehicle surrounding state provider provides a driver with information provision in the monitoring area.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a power module incorporating chips that generate heat and having chip arrangement in which a first chip having the largest amount of heat generation and second chips having the second largest amount of heat generation are not adjacent to each other and the first chip is adjacent to any two of third chips having the smallest amount of heat generation, a heat sink, to a base surface of which the power module is closely attached, and flat first and second anisotropic high heat conductors having a thermal conductivity higher than a main body disposed on the surface of the heat sink. The first and second anisotropic high heat conductors are separated into two and disposed under the first chip and under the second chips.

Abstract: Provided are a plant-derived soft capsule shell having a high shell sheet strength, a good adhesive property, and excellent shell performance, and a soft capsule. The soft capsule shell comprises: (A) iota carrageenan; and (B) a starch dispersion obtained by ultrasonically treating a starch paste solution.

Abstract: Provided is a method for marking on a pressed metallic component whose visibility and corrosion resistance in a marking target is ensured. The method includes a step of irradiating a base treatment target region including a marking target region with a laser beam on a first irradiation condition, and a step of irradiating the marking target region with the laser beam on a second irradiation condition, in which a charged energy of the laser beam is set to be smaller on the first irradiation condition than the second irradiation condition, thereby providing between the marking pattern and a non-irradiation region, a base region having a residual stress greater than that of the non-irradiation region and a residual stress smaller than that of the marking pattern, so as to ensure a visibility. Furthermore, a corrosion resistance is ensured by using a metallic member which is heat-treated to enhance the hardness.

Abstract: A vehicle light source detection device in a light beam control system detects a position of a light source appeared and detected in captured image data. The device calculates a gradient of a road on which the own vehicle is running. The vehicle light source detection device estimates a vanishing point in the captured image data on the basis of the detected gradient of the road. The device further increases a reliability value of the detected light source when the point of the detected light source more approaches the vanishing point. When the reliability value of the detected light source is not less than a predetermined reference value, the device determines that the detected light source is a head lamp of an oncoming vehicle, and adjusts an irradiation range of the light beam of the head lamps of the own vehicle to avoid the oncoming vehicle.

Abstract: Provided are a method of reliably assembling a gas sensor. A plurality of annular mounting members are repeatedly subjected to following steps: bringing a sensor element into an upper-side held state in which the element is held such that an upper end thereof extends vertically with a lower end thereof being inserted into a recess; fitting a through hole of an annular mounting member with the upper end of the element brought in to the upper-side clamped state; and switching from the upper-side held state to a lower-side held state in which the element is held such that the lower end thereof extends vertically, to thereby cause the annular mounting member to reach a predetermined annularly mounting position. Then, the resultant intermediate assembly product is sandwiched by a centering device to minimize the outside diameter thereof, and thereafter, a tubular body is annularly mounted to the intermediate assembly product.

Abstract: A sensor control apparatus is disclosed, including a preliminary control for supplying a constant current to a second oxygen pump cell of a gas sensor for a constant period of time so as to control to a constant level the amount of oxygen pumped out from a second measurement chamber (S40 to S50). At the beginning of drive control (S55 to S80), oxygen is pumped back into the second measurement chamber. During the pumping back operation, an NOX concentration correspondence value has a large time course change and is not stable. The NOX concentration correspondence value is corrected using correction data common among gas sensors, wherein the timing for applying the correction data is adjusted by making use of an application time determined in accordance with individual differences of each gas sensor.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a power module incorporating chips that generate heat and having chip arrangement in which a first chip having the largest amount of heat generation and second chips having the second largest amount of heat generation are not adjacent to each other and the first chip is adjacent to any two of third chips having the smallest amount of heat generation, a heat sink, to a base surface of which the power module is closely attached, and flat first and second anisotropic high heat conductors having a thermal conductivity higher than a main body disposed on the surface of the heat sink. The first and second anisotropic high heat conductors are separated into two and disposed under the first chip and under the second chips.

Abstract: A gas sensor controller (100) controls a gas sensor element (10) which has a first pump cell (111), a second pump cell (113), and an oxygen concentration detection cell (112). The controller includes first chamber control means (51) to (53) which pumps oxygen out of or into a first measurement chamber MR1 such that a concentration voltage Vs becomes equal to a target voltage Vr; target voltage changing means S72, S75 which changes the target voltage Vr from a first target voltage Vr1 to a second target voltage Vr2; current detection means (55) which detects the magnitude of a concentration current Ip2 flowing between first electrode (145) and second electrode (147); and deterioration determination means S7 which determines the deterioration state of the gas sensor element from a change which occurs in the concentration current Ip2 due to the change in the target voltage Vr.

Abstract: A lens-attached matter detector includes an edge extractor configured to create an edge image based on an input image, divide the edge image into a plurality of areas including a plurality of pixels, and extract an area whose edge intensity is a threshold range as an attention area, a brightness distribution extractor configured to obtain a brightness value of the attention area and a brightness value of a circumference area, a brightness change extractor configured to obtain the brightness value of the attention area and the brightness value of the circumference area for a predetermined time interval, and obtain a time series variation in the brightness value of the attention area based on the brightness value of the attention area, and an attached matter determiner configured to determine the presence or absence of attached matter based on the time series variation in the brightness value of the attention area.

Abstract: A plasma device including a vacuum container, an arc-type evaporation source, a negative electrode member, a shutter, a power source, and a trigger electrode is described. The arc-type evaporation source is fixed to the side wall of the vacuum container so as to face the substrate. The negative electrode member is made from vitreous carbon having a protrusion and is mounted on the arc-type evaporation source. The power source applies a negative voltage to the arc-type evaporation source. The trigger electrode comes into contact with or separates away from the protrusion on the negative electrode member. A negative voltage is applied to the arc-type evaporation source, the trigger electrode is brought into contact with the protrusion on the negative electrode member, an arc discharge is generated, the shutter is opened, and a carbon thin film is formed on the substrate.

Abstract: In a sensor control device, it is determined whether a gas sensor is activated. A concentration control is performed at an elapse timing which elapses by a first constant time from an activation timing at which the gas sensor is determined to be activated. A preliminary control is performed in at least a partial period between the elapse timing and a start timing at which a drive control is started.

Abstract: A gas sensor assembling method includes a step for placing an element dummy such that it has a longitudinal direction in a vertical direction, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the dummy is similar to the cross-sectional shape of a sensor element, a step for fitting a through hole in an annularly-mounted member to the dummy from above vertically, wherein the through hole included in the annularly-mounted member corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the sensor element, a step for fitting a tubular member to an outer periphery of the annularly-mounted member from above vertically, an step for placing the sensor element in contact with an upper end portion of the dummy on a single straight line, and an step for descending the dummy downwardly vertically for descending the sensor element and fitting the through hole in the annularly-mounted member to the sensor element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing hydrogen peroxide by direct synthesis that is capable of taking the place of the conventional anthraquinone process, and to provide a catalyst used in the production method. The present invention is a metal complex represented by the following general formula (1), (2), (3) or (4).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method by which hydrogen peroxide can be produced at a satisfactory level from an industrial and economical viewpoint without causing the load of purification to be large and without needing too large facilities for production. The present invention is directed to a method for producing hydrogen peroxide, which comprises reacting hydrogen and oxygen in a reaction medium in the presence of a noble metal catalyst and a radical scavenger.

Abstract: Provided is an alkaline developable photosensitive resin composition which does not contain crude particles, has excellent storage stability, can avoid the deterioration of working environments, and contains few substances toxic to human bodies. The alkaline developable photosensitive resin composition is characterized by comprising (A) a resin containing a carboxyl group, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule, and (D) a dibasic acid ester.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive resin composition which has excellent heat resistance, pore explosion resistance, empty foam resistance and crack resistance. A photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains (A) a carboxyl group-containing resin, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a diluent solvent, (D) a compound that has two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in each molecule and (E) a thermosetting component that has two or more cyclic ether groups and/or cyclic thioether groups in each molecule.