Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes biometric information acquiring part which acquires first biometric information of user, certification information adding part, authentication part, and biometric information database which includes second biometric information of user stored in advance. The certification information adding part receives first biometric information from biometric information acquiring part, generates certification information concerning communication rule, notifies authentication part of certification information in advance, and transmits authentication information including certification information and first biometric information configured according to the communication rule shown by certification information to authentication part.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a travel request acquisition unit that acquires travel request information for requesting travel permission of a specific road by a first vehicle, a number-of-vehicles acquisition unit that acquires a number of traveling vehicles indicating a number of a plurality of second vehicles traveling on the specific road, a determination unit that determines traveling availability on a basis of the number of traveling vehicles and an appropriate number of vehicles indicating an appropriate number of vehicles traveling on the specific road, and a transmission unit that transmits information indicating a determination result of the traveling availability to the first vehicle.

Abstract: Information about a present position and a posture of an own vehicle for performing desired vehicle operation control is estimated with high accuracy even if the vehicle is not mounted with any satellite positioning sensor. This position estimation device includes: an information reception unit which receives surrounding environment information including first mobile object information including at least a position, an angle, and a speed of a mobile object and road information about a surrounding of the mobile object; a recognition unit which unifies pieces of the surrounding environment information so as to create unification environment information; and an information transmission unit which transmits the unification environment information including positional information about the mobile object to the mobile object.

Abstract: The invention provides a skull pin with excellent disposability and the ability to reduce artifacts. The skull pin of the present invention is capable of fixing the head of an animal and comprises a body part of the skull pin having a first reinforced plastic, which includes 30 to 70 wt % of a first reinforcing fiber and 30 to 70 wt % of a first resin, and a tip part fixed to the tip of the body part, which is capable of contacting the head and includes at least one of metal, ceramics, cermet, and a second reinforced plastic.

Abstract: A recognition device acquires a time-series image acquired in an environment in which a vehicle travels, detects characters of a predetermined character string from the image, and evaluates relationship between detected characters of the character string and recognizes a shape of a target including the character string.

Abstract: A fiber structure serves as a reinforcement of a fiber-reinforced composite material that includes matrix resin as a matrix. The fiber structure includes a plurality of first reinforcing fiber yarns and a second reinforcing fiber yarn. The first reinforcing fiber yarns is each formed of a bundle of fibers including discontinuous fibers made of reinforcing fibers. The bundle of fibers is wrapped with a covering yarn. The second reinforcing fiber yarn is formed of a bunch of continuous fibers made of reinforcing fibers. The fiber structure includes a fiber body formed of the first reinforcing fiber yarns and the second reinforcing fiber yarn arranged alongside and extending in the same direction. The fiber body has a portion in which the second reinforcing fiber yarn is held between and by the first reinforcing fiber yarns.

Abstract: A position estimation device includes: a weight determination unit to determine weights to be set to first yaw information of a vehicle A based on an angular velocity of the vehicle A, second yaw information of the vehicle A based on movement distances of left and right wheels of the vehicle A, and third yaw information of the vehicle A based on a steering angle and a vehicle speed of the vehicle A; a yaw information acquiring unit to acquire the first to third yaw information; a combining unit to generate combined yaw information by combining the first to third yaw information, to which the determined weights have been set; and a position estimation unit to estimate a position of the vehicle A using positioning information of the vehicle A, the vehicle speed of the vehicle A, and the combined yaw information.

Abstract: In a dimension estimation device, an image acquired in a moving body is acquired, and a vanishing point and a predetermined decision line in the image are calculated. An object in the image is detected and a detection rectangle is detected for the object, the detection rectangle being a rectangle including a first surface that is a surface close to a photographing position, the first surface being in proximity to the decision line, and a second surface that is a surface far from the photographing position. A dimension of the object is estimated on the basis of a ratio between a height of the first surface and a height of the second surface obtainable from a relationship between the detection rectangle and the vanishing point.

Abstract: A recognition device that detects a boundary of a roadway by use of time-series images captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, the recognition device including: an acquisition unit that acquires the time-series images; and a detection unit that classifies areas in the acquired time-series images into a roadway, which is an area having a small change amount, and a portion other than the roadway, which is an area having a large change amount, according to magnitude of the change amounts, and detects a boundary between the area having the small change amount and the area having the large change amount as a boundary of the roadway.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit 20 acquires a group of time-series images captured by a camera mounted at the observation vehicle. A speed difference estimation unit 24 estimates a speed difference between the target object and the observation vehicle by using a time-series change in a region representing the target object captured in the group of time-series images. The determination unit 28 determines whether the target object or the observation vehicle is in a dangerous state based on the speed difference.

Abstract: A first yoke is arranged in a contact direction with respect to a movable contact piece. A second yoke is arranged in an opening direction with respect to the movable contact piece. The first yoke and the second yoke are configured to generate a magnetic force that attracts the first yoke and the second yoke to each other when the movable contact contacts the fixed contact and is energized. The first yoke and the second yoke are arranged not to contact each other so that the movable contact piece can contact the fixed terminal in a state where the movable contact and the fixed contact are lost.

Abstract: An impact energy absorbing member includes an energy absorbing portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is fastened to the bumper reinforcement using a fastener, the fastener extending through the attachment portion and a wall of the bumper reinforcement and including an axis that extends in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the energy absorbing portion. The attachment portion and the energy absorbing portion are in a positional relationship in which the energy absorbing portion does not overlap the fastener when the impact energy absorbing member is viewed in a direction from the bumper reinforcement toward the energy absorbing portion in a vehicle front-rear direction.

Abstract: This behavior planning device includes: an emergency stop requesting unit which detects abnormality on the basis of obstacle information acquired from an obstacle information acquisition unit and a roadside information acquisition unit and outputs an emergency stop request; a stop position determination unit which calculates a stop position of an own vehicle on the basis of the emergency stop request and determines whether or not the stop position is in an area where advancement of another traffic participant is obstructed; and a behavior plan generation unit which, in a case where it is determined that the own vehicle will stop in the area where advancement of another traffic participant is obstructed, such as an intersection, generates a behavior plan for causing the own vehicle to stop outside the area or after passing over the area.

Abstract: This emergency evacuation device includes: an emergency stop requesting unit which detects abnormality from obstacle information acquired from an obstacle information acquisition unit and a roadside information acquisition unit and an occupant physiological state acquired from an occupant state information acquisition unit, and outputs an emergency stop request; a movement permission determination unit which determines movement permission for a mobile object, using the emergency stop request; a movement permission cancellation unit which determines whether or not to cancel movement permission for the mobile object, using a control state of the mobile object acquired from a mobile object state information acquisition unit; and a mobile object control unit which controls movement of the mobile object, using information about movement permission and cancellation of the movement permission.

Abstract: An autonomous driving integrated control system includes multiple roadside monitoring devices and an autonomous driving device, wherein the multiple roadside monitoring devices each have a sensor and a transmitter that transmits information of a detected object, and wherein the autonomous driving device has: a receiver unit; a vehicle abnormal state detection unit; an escape route generation unit that generates, per each of the roadside monitoring devices, intersection escape routes for escaping from the intersection; a selection unit that compares the thus-generated intersection escape routes with each other in terms of their collision-avoidance levels, to thereby make selections; a travelable distance calculation unit that calculates an abnormal-time travelable distance; a vehicle control unit that, when an abnormal state of the vehicle is detected, causes the vehicle to travel along a high-level intersection escape route corresponding to the abnormal-time travelable distance; and a vehicle operation unit.

Abstract: An ECU generates an overhead image including a vehicle and a vehicle surrounding area, on the basis of a plurality of images taken by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle. When a distance between an object existing in an overlapping portion of imaging areas of the plurality of cameras and the vehicle is within a threshold and the object exists in a traveling direction of the vehicle, the overlapping portion is divided into two pairs of a road surface image and an object image, and combination is performed by alpha blending with an ? value for the object image being set to 1 and an ? value for the road surface image being set to 0 for an area that is the object image in one of the two pairs and is the road surface image in the other of the two pairs, to generate the overhead image.

Abstract: A technology is provided whereby a lane can be correctly estimated without relying on lane markers. A shape indicating a road region is extracted from image data obtained by capturing images in the progression direction of a vehicle 6 and, on the basis of information indicating the shape, the angle of inclination for one contour line, the center-of-gravity coordinates for a diagram indicating the shape of the road region, the angle between two consecutive contour lines across one vertex of the diagram indicating the shape, and the area of the diagram indicating the shape are calculated as feature values for the shape of the road region. In addition, the lane in which the vehicle 6 is traveling can be estimated by determining whether or not the calculated feature values are included in a threshold value range preset for each lane.

Abstract: A method for producing a (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)boronic acid derivative (3) includes the step of decarboxylating a 5-bromopyrimidine derivative (1) to synthesize 5-bromo-2-methylpyrimidine (2). The method enables efficient production of 5-bromo-2-methylpyrimidine (2) with less environmental impact, leading to efficient production of (2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)boronic acid derivative (3) which is useful as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

Abstract: A traffic congestion determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a total number of automobiles for each mesh obtained by virtually dividing a determination target region of traffic congestion and for each unit time, and a determination unit configured to determine whether occurrence of traffic congestion is sudden for each of the meshes based on the acquired total number of automobiles for each of the meshes and unit time.

Abstract: The traffic flow estimation apparatus acquires images and position information and speed information, the images being captured at different timings by a first moving object that is in motion in a target area and including a second moving object around the first moving object, the position information and speed information being of the first moving object at the timings; estimates a lane in which the second moving object is in motion; and estimates a traffic flow for each lane in the target area based on the speed information of the first moving object, the information indicative of a change over time of positions of the second moving object, and the lanes in which the first moving object and the second moving object are in motion.