Abstract: This driving mode switching assist system, which can safely and reliably carry out switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode with comparatively simply system configuration, sets up multiple driving mode switching spaces SS for switching from automatic driving to manual driving along a highway HW or other road where automatic driving travel is possible; configures, on the basis of the position of a selected driving mode switching space SS, an automatic driving segment AD traveled in automatic driving mode with a driving segment configuration means; and after guiding the vehicle in the automatic driving mode from the automatic driving segment AD to the driving mode switching space SS and stopping the vehicle, compulsorily maintains the travel stop state of the vehicle with a travel stop state maintaining means for a prescribed stopping time.

Abstract: The present application provides a store arrangement structure in a commercial building with which it is possible to combine the concept of a secondary store for a primary store in regards to stores in a commercial building, thereby making it possible to impart high added value to the entire building. Secondary stores a to n of each brand shop are arranged on a main floor which has front entrances serving as entrances/exits, and primary stores A to N of each brand shop corresponding to the secondary stores a to n are arranged on the second to eighth floors of a building, thereby allowing shoppers who come in from the entrances on the main floor to look around at the secondary stores a to n of each brand arranged on the main floor along a passage.

Abstract: An advice presentation system that combines functions of a terminal such as a smartphone, advice data such as famous or wise sayings that have been stored in a database, and functions such as a communications channel together, and provides appropriate advice according to the emotions of a user at that time. Firstly, emotion-related data pertaining to the emotions of the user is entered from the terminal. The advice presentation system connects to a web server via Internet connection, and emotion data corresponding to the entered emotion-related data is selected and extracted from an emotion database by using an emotion data selection means for an application server. At least one piece of advice data stored in an advice database is selected and extracted by an advice data selection means for the application server, on the basis of the selected emotion data. The selected advice data is sent to the terminal of the user, and famous or wise sayings, etc., are presented from an advice display means as advice data.

Abstract: This body balance correcting apparatus is capable of improving blood circulation, skeletal balance and the like from the inside of the body by oscillating the body of a user, and includes an oscillation panel which supports the user in a recumbent position, a support device which supports the oscillation panel so as to enable the oscillation panel to oscillate in the in-plane direction, a drive device which oscillates the oscillation panel in the axial direction of the body of a user, and a controller which controls the acceleration and deceleration of the oscillation by the drive device. The oscillation panel can be adjusted to oscillate at an amplitude in the horizontal direction with respect to the support device in a range of about 0 to 6 cm and within 15 cm and with a cycle in a range of about 0.5 to 2.

Abstract: The application provides an oscillating sleep induction bed capable of smoother oscillation than conventional sleep induction beds. This oscillating sleep induction bed includes a plurality of oscillating support devices positioned in a dispersed manner. Each oscillating support device is provided with a support part) installed on the floor surface, a pendulum member capable of oscillating in the lateral direction of the bed, and link members that link the upper part of the support part and the lower part of the pendulum member. The upper end part of the pendulum member is fixed to the lower surface side of the bed body. The pendulum member oscillates with respect to the support part. A drive device is provided between the bed body and the upper part of the support part constituting the oscillating support device, whereby the bed body can be made to oscillate laterally with respect to the support part.

Abstract: The purpose of the present application is to provide a notification system that is for buildings, that can be introduced and widely used in ordinary collective housing and office complexes without the need to make a large investment in equipment, and that enables an emergency event taking place in a building to be detected by passersby passing the vicinity of the building. An emergency event display device equipped with a large screen display is installed in a position that is visible to passersby passing outside the building. When there is some emergency event in the building, an indication of the emergency event is displayed on the display device upon receipt of notification from a residence or a common use space where a notification means is installed. A display of the display device normally shows an ornamental picture or video so as to soothe the residents walking in and out of the building or the passersby passing in front of the building, whereby an impression of the building can be bolstered.

Abstract: A wide-area power supply system has a small impact on the environment and is highly economical, as a wide-area power supply network that uses hydrogen energy without requiring conventional transmission towers, etc.

Abstract: A flood-resistant building is equipped with a flood barrier which enables safe and long-term refuge during floods. In a site surrounding a building, a flood barrier is constructed which encloses nearly the entire periphery of the building. An opening sealing means is connected to an entrance hall and another section serving as an entrance and exit at normal times. The opening sealing means seals the openings of these sections in a watertight manner where the openings are sealed via the opening sealing means. The flood barrier is watertight and at least as tall as the inundation depth estimated to occur in a target area when flooding or storm surges arise. In order to enable long-term refuge, an emergency-use water receiving tank 4 and an emergency-use generator are installed on the roof of the building, and an emergency-use septic tank is installed underground on the site.

Abstract: A regional building group structure improves overall regional convenience and economics while also imparting a cityscape scenery that has warmth based on specific themes in past human creations including urban architecture, art and thought. Three or more characterized buildings that share a specific theme are arranged in a region. Each of the characterized buildings is provided with lower floors having unity in basic design and structural form pertaining to appearance and decoration and upper floors located there-above. The lower floors of the characterized buildings arranged in one region are also imparted with unity in the basic design and structural form pertaining to appearance and decoration. The upper floors thereof have unity in structural form and basic design so as achieve a simple appearance with emphasis on functionality and durability.

Abstract: A driving limitation system includes the steps of: identifying a driver by a driver authentication means; extracting information on the identified driver; extracting data relating to vehicle speed limitation according to the driver; extracting data relating to limitation in a vehicle traveling area according to the driver; performing selection or generation of map data regarding a traveling area; generating, on the basis of the extracted data relating to the vehicle speed limitation, vehicle traveling area limitation and the driver, a traveling speed control command within the limitation in the vehicle traveling area in accordance with the physical ability and/or cognitive ability of the driver; transmitting the traveling speed control command to a vehicle speed control means; generating a control command for controlling the vehicle speed on the basis of the safety speed indicated by the vehicle speed control means; and sending the control command to an engine and to a braking system to set the traveling spee

Abstract: A flood-resistant facility is obtained by constructing a flood-resistant barrier surrounding a plurality of buildings. The area surrounded by the flood-resistant barrier is such that an embankment is created, and the height of the upper end part of the flood-resistant barrier constructed on the embankment is at least the height of the flood depth of that region. By closing off an opening in the flood-resistant barrier during flooding, an isolated space is formed between the buildings and the flood-resistant barrier. A portion of the wall of one or more of the buildings protrudes to outside of the area surrounded by the flood-resistant barrier, and the wall surface of the protruding section is configured to be a water-resistant wall which has watertightness and is continuous with the flood-resistant barrier. Furthermore, the height of the flood-resistant barrier main body can be suppressed in an amount equivalent to the height of the embankment.

Abstract: The present application provides a secondary drainage method for use at the time of flooding. A rainwater storage tank is provided, drainage pipes are installed between positions in which flooding of land or of property occurs and the rainwater storage tank, and inflow switching valves are installed in portions where water flows in from the drainage pipes to the rainwater storage tank. As a general rule, the flow of water into the rainwater storage tank is prevented by switching the inflow switching valves during the initial stages of a localized severe rain storm or of river flooding. After the wide-area flooding of land has receded, the inflow switching valves are opened, guiding the water in the locally remaining zones of flooded land or of flooded property into the rainwater storage tank, and allowing the localized flooding of land or of property to be eliminated at an early stage.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex water cutoff wall with a simple structure that can control water infiltration into an interior by way of being provided with multiple water cutoff walls and having a configuration to drain water having infiltrated between the water cutoff walls with a drainage means such as a pump. A plurality of water cutoff walls 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D are disposed in a multiplex configuration with gaps in the wall thickness direction. Drain pumps 4a, 4b, 4c are provided as the drainage means for discharging water having infiltrated between the water cutoff walls 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D to the outside. Water that has infiltrated between the water cutoff walls 1A and 1B when a rise in water level is caused outside the multiplex water cutoff wall during flooding is discharged to the outside of the multiplex water cutoff wall by the drain pump 4a.

Abstract: An oscillating sleep induction bed of the present invention enables a person suffering from insomnia, etc., to efficiently fall asleep by means of slow lateral oscillation, which accompanies a gentle vertical motion, within a near-horizontal plane slightly curved into an arc shape, rather than by rotational motion or high-frequency vibratory motion. The bed is provided with a support section (2) having an upper-surface curved section (2a) configured such that the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bed forms a downwardly convex arc shape, an oscillating section (3) that oscillates along the upper-surface curved section (2a) of the support section (2) in the lateral direction of the bed, and a drive means for causing the oscillating section (3) to oscillate in the lateral direction of the bed. The curvature radius of the upper-surface curved section is 1.5?r?25 m.

Abstract: An advice presentation system that combines functions of a terminal such as a smartphone, advice data such as famous or wise sayings that have been stored in a database, and functions such as a communications channel together, and provides appropriate advice according to the emotions of a user at that time. Firstly, emotion-related data pertaining to the emotions of the user is entered from the terminal. The advice presentation system connects to a web server via Internet connection, and emotion data corresponding to the entered emotion-related data is selected and extracted from an emotion database by using an emotion data selection means for an application server. At least one piece of advice data stored in an advice database is selected and extracted by an advice data selection means for the application server, on the basis of the selected emotion data. The selected advice data is sent to the terminal of the user, and famous or wise sayings, etc., are presented from an advice display means as advice data.

Abstract: A flood-resistant building is equipped with a flood barrier which enables safe and long-term refuge during floods. In a site surrounding a building, a flood barrier is constructed which encloses nearly the entire periphery of the building. An opening sealing means is connected to an entrance hall and another section serving as an entrance and exit at normal times. The opening sealing means seals the openings of these sections in a watertight manner where the openings are sealed via the opening sealing means. The flood barrier is watertight and at least as tall as the inundation depth estimated to occur in a target area when flooding or storm surges arise. In order to enable long-term refuge, an emergency-use water receiving tank 4 and an emergency-use generator are installed on the roof of the building, and an emergency-use septic tank is installed underground on the site.