Abstract: In a surroundings monitoring apparatus, a third determiner determines, based on a positional relationship between the object determined by a first determiner and the towed vehicle determined by a second determiner, whether the rearward side object is a ghost. An establishing unit establishes an object searching area located at least in front of or on the right or left side of an own vehicle in accordance with: (i) a position of a radio-wave transceiver; (ii) at least one of a position of each of left and right edges of the front end of the towed vehicle and a position of each of left and right edges of the rear end of the towed vehicle; and (iii) an angle of the towed vehicle tilted to a traveling direction of the own vehicle. The first determiner determines whether an object is located in the established searching area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.

Abstract: Provided is a new agent for increasing the melting temperature (Tm value) of a nucleic acid. The present invention uses a specific (di)allylamine-based compound that meets a specific relationship between the molecular weight of the (di)allylamine-based compound and a numerical value calculated from a specific parameter related to the chemical structure of the (di)allylamine-based compound.

Abstract: A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient method capable of detecting a mutant gene at a mutant gene content rate that is lower than the detection limit of the mutant gene according to a clamp-PCR method; and a kit that implements the same. It is another object of the present invention to provide a convenient method capable of selectively inhibiting amplification of a target base sequence in a nucleic acid amplification reaction; and a kit for implementing the same. Inhibitory effect on the amplification of a nucleic acid having a base sequence complementary to a clamp nucleic acid in a nucleic acid amplification reaction by the clamp nucleic acid is enhanced in the coexistence of an amphoteric copolymer comprising a cationic structural unit (1) with an amino acid and an anionic structural unit (2), the mole ratio of the cationic structural unit (1) to the anionic structural unit (2) (cationic structural unit (1)/anionic structural unit (2)) being in the range of 0.13 to 1.

Abstract: In order to address problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a novel agent for raising the melting temperature (Tm) of a double-stranded nucleic acid, methods for detecting mismatching of a double-stranded nucleic acid or mutation with respect to a standard nucleic acid in a sample nucleic acid, and kits for carrying out these methods.

Abstract: One purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple method by which a mutant gene can be detected at a lower mutant gene content than the mutant gene detection limit by the ordinary clamp-PCR method, and a kit for performing the method. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple method by which, in a nucleic acid amplification reaction, the amplification of a target base sequence can be selectively inhibited, and a kit for performing the method.

Abstract: Silica particles contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio (Mo/Si) of Net intensity of the molybdenum element to Net intensity of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.35 or less.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printing method including: subjecting a printing medium to corona discharge treatment; and applying an ink containing an anionic pigment to a surface of the printing medium subjected to the corona discharge treatment, wherein the corona discharge treatment has a discharge quantity of 3,400 W·min/m2 or more.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus is mounted to a vehicle and detects an object by a reflected wave of a probe wave. The object detection apparatus calculates a relative velocity of the object to the vehicle, estimates an azimuth of the object relative to the vehicle, and corrects the estimated azimuth. The object detection apparatus generates a velocity-azimuth curve that indicates a relationship between the relative velocity of the object and the azimuth of the object that is calculated based on a theoretical mounting angle of the object detection apparatus, supplies a weight to an azimuth error that is an error between the velocity-azimuth curve and the estimated azimuth, based on the estimated azimuth, and calculates a correction value of the estimated azimuth by calculating, as an actual mounting angle deviation of the object detection apparatus, a weighted average value of the azimuth error to which the weight is supplied.

Abstract: In a surroundings monitoring device for a vehicle to which a towed vehicle is attachable, a turn information acquisition unit is configured to, when a subject vehicle is turning with the towed vehicle attached to a rear of the subject vehicle, acquire turn information related to the subject vehicle and the towed vehicle. A zone setting unit is configured to set warning zones to left and right, behind the subject vehicle, and extend, based on the turn information acquired, the warning zones further rearward when the towed vehicle is attached to the rear of the subject vehicle than when there is no towed vehicle attached. A control unit is configured to, when an object is detected by a detection device in any of the warning zones set by the zone setting unit, trigger a collision-inhibiting operation for inhibiting a collision with the object to be performed.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-exit assist apparatus including: a target information acquisition device (12) configured to acquire target information on a target existing on a rear side of an own vehicle; and a control unit (10) configured to execute vehicle-exit assist control. The control unit is configured to: determine, based on the target information, whether an interference target which is liable to interfere with the safe exit of the occupant from the own vehicle during a vehicle stop is detected; determine, when a vehicle-exit assist condition which is satisfied at least when the interference target is detected is satisfied, whether a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition being satisfied when at least a part of the interference target exists in a rear-side vehicle width region; execute the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is not satisfied; and avoid executing the vehicle-exit assist control when the specific condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A driving assist apparatus that performs, in accordance with periphery monitoring information of an own vehicle acquired from a periphery monitoring apparatus, a driving assist operation of the own vehicle. The driving assist apparatus is provided with a travelling locus calculation unit that calculates a travelling locus of the own vehicle; an operation region calculation unit that calculates an operation region in the vicinity of the own vehicle; a lane change detection unit that detects a lane change of the own vehicle; an operation region correction unit that corrects the operation region based on lane information related to a traffic lane after the lane change of the own vehicle; and an operation determination unit that determines, when an object is detected in the operation region, whether the driving assist operation needs to be activated based on the periphery monitoring information.

Abstract: A periphery monitoring apparatus is applied for a vehicle provided with a ranging sensor that transmits probe waves and receives reflection waves of the probe waves, setting a precaution region in a laterally rear side of an own vehicle and causing a collision avoidance operation to be executed when the ranging sensor detects an object in the precaution region. The periphery monitoring apparatus is provided with an acquiring unit that acquires lane information indicating presence or absence of a lane marking on a traffic lane; a recognition unit that recognizes a position of the lane marking based on the lane information; and a precaution region setting unit that sets the precaution region based on the position of the lane marking recognized by the recognition unit.

Abstract: A surroundings monitoring system (30) is used with a system-mounted vehicle (40) equipped with an object sensor (21, 22) which senses an object around the system-mounted vehicle. When a vehicle approaching from behind the system-mounted vehicle on a road where the system-mounted vehicle is moving is detected by the object sensor, the surroundings monitoring system performs a collision avoidance task depending upon whether a predetermined warning condition for the approaching vehicle is met. The surroundings monitoring system determines whether a non-target vehicle is present in a region on the road which is defined to extend from the system-mounted vehicle to the approaching vehicle. The non-target vehicle is a vehicle not meeting the warning condition. When the non-target vehicle is determined to be present, the surrounding monitoring system inhibits the collision avoidance task from being performed for the approaching vehicle present behind the non-target vehicle.

Abstract: A device includes a processor configured to: issue an alarm when a movement path condition is met and a prohibition condition is not met, the movement path condition being met when an approaching object of which a predicted movement path is a path along which the object passes by a door of the host vehicle is present; and not issue the alarm when the prohibition condition is met, even when the movement path condition is met, wherein the prohibition condition includes a condition to be met when a difference between a distance in a transverse direction from the host vehicle to a stationary object and a distance in the transverse direction from the host vehicle to the approaching object is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where the stationary object is present, the stationary object being stationary at a side of the host vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to judge whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output a result of judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area based on judging the target object to be an alert object, wherein the system is configured to judge, in response to the subject vehicle being detected to make or have made a turn, whether the target object detected in the detection area is an alert object based on a trailing trajectory of the subject vehicle being a calculated trajectory the subject vehicle has passed during turning and/or after turning, and further based on a current relative position of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A blind spot detection control apparatus for a vehicle, configured for judging whether an object detected during a detection cycle in blind spot zone of the vehicle is an alert object, for outputting a result of judgement to a warning which warns a driver of vehicle that an object is present in blind spot zone based on judging that object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object, wherein apparatus is configured to judge whether an object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object by comparing detection parameters relating to a current target object detected in blind spot zone during a current detection cycle with detection parameters relating to a reference moving object corresponding to a target object detected in blind spot zone at least during a previous detection cycle.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to judge whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output a result of judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area based on judging the target object to be an alert object, wherein the system is configured to judge, in response to the subject vehicle being detected to make or have made a turn, whether the target object detected in the detection area is an alert object based on a trailing trajectory of the subject vehicle being a calculated trajectory the subject vehicle has passed during turning and/or after turning, and further based on a current relative position of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle.