Abstract: An information processing device configured to communicate with an external service provider includes a reception unit configured to receive a request regarding communication quality necessary for executing an external service from the external service provider, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a predetermined database, information on the communication quality necessary for executing the external service based on the request received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information acquired by the acquisition unit to the external service provider.

Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and a control device. The vehicle includes a reception unit for receiving an instruction related to remote control from the control device, a vehicle control unit for executing any one of first vehicle control and second vehicle control, the first vehicle control being control based on the instruction related to the remote control, and the second vehicle control being control determined by the vehicle itself in accordance with a traveling environment, and a transmission unit for notifying a predetermined control result to the control device when the second vehicle control is executed by the vehicle control unit. The control device includes a remote control unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. When the control result is notified from the vehicle, the remote control unit of the control device executes the remote control based on a content of the control result.

Abstract: A communication control device for performing communication with a plurality of vehicles, comprising: a communication unit that performs communication including acquisition of vehicle data with a plurality of vehicles; a database that stores data for forming a digital twin that is time-synchronized with a real space on a virtual space based on vehicle data acquired by the communication unit; and a control unit that controls a frequency of communication performed by the communication unit, wherein when there is a first vehicle in which a distance from a surrounding object is less than a first threshold value on the digital twin, the control unit increases a frequency of communication performed between the first vehicle and the surrounding object than when the distance between the first vehicle and the surrounding object is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A system includes: a server; and a moving body wherein, the server is configured to communicate with the moving body, predict occurrence of a loss of communication with the moving body, and send information necessary to execute a first process to the moving body when the loss of communication with the moving body is predicted to occur; and the moving body is configured to receive the information from the server, and execute the first process based on the received information.

Abstract: An information processing device mounted on a vehicle including a sensor includes an acquisition unit that acquires a surrounding image of the vehicle and information related to a behavior of the vehicle from the sensor, and an identification unit that identifies a moving object in the surrounding image of the vehicle based on a chronological change of the surrounding image of the vehicle and the information related to the behavior of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is an electroconductive adhesive with which, when made into an electroconductive adhesive and sintered suitably at low temperature even without pressurization during sintering of the electroconductive adhesive, a sintered body having high denseness and mechanical strength (shear strength) is formed. An electroconductive adhesive containing silver particles A having an average particle size of less than 40 nm, silver particles B having an average particle size in the range of 40 nm to less than 500 nm, silver particles C having an average particle size in the range of 0.5 to less than 5.5 ?m, and a solvent, wherein the mass ratio of silver particles A:silver particles B:silver particles C is 1-20:30-60:40-70.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electroconductive adhesive which is desirably sintered at low temperatures even without pressurization during the sintering of the electroconductive adhesive, and which forms a sintered body that has high denseness and high mechanical strength (shear strength) if used as an electroconductive adhesive. An electroconductive adhesive which contains a solvent and silver particles that have an average particle diameter within the range of from 20 nm (inclusive) to 500 nm (exclusive), wherein the moisture content in the electroconductive adhesive is 1,300 ppm or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel silver particles that when used as a conductive adhesive, are satisfactorily sintered at a low temperature without application of pressure during sintering of the conductive adhesive, and form a sintered body with high denseness and high mechanical strength (shear strength). Silver particles comprising silver particles A with an average particle diameter in the range of 50 to 500 nm, and silver particles B with an average particle diameter in the range of 0.5 to 5.5 ?m, wherein the silver particles satisfy a relationship in which the average particle diameter of the silver particles B is 5 to 11 times the average particle diameter of the silver particles A.

Abstract: The present invention provides silver nanoparticles that form a sintered body having a high shear strength and a low specific resistance when sintered at a low temperature (for example, 200° C. or less), even though the silver nanoparticles have an average particle diameter as large as 200 nm or more. Silver nanoparticles having an average particle diameter of 200 to 600 nm, wherein an exothermic peak due to binding of the silver nanoparticles in thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis appears at less than 175° C., and a weight loss on heating from 30 to 500° C. by thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis is 0.4% by weight or less.

Abstract: Provided is a SiC-coated carbon composite material including a graphite base material and a CVD-SiC coating covering the graphite base material. A porosity of a core part of the graphite base material is 12 to 20%, and a SiC-infiltrated layer extending from the CVD-SiC coating is included in a periphery of the core part of the graphite base material. The SiC-infiltrated layer is constituted of a plurality of regions arranged such that Si content becomes smaller stepwise in an order from a first surface on the CVD-SiC coating side toward a second surface on the graphite base material side.

Abstract: Provided is a SiC-coated carbon composite material including a graphite base material and a CVD-SiC coating covering the graphite base material. A porosity of a core part of the graphite base material is 12 to 20%, and a SiC-infiltrated layer extending from the CVD-SiC coating is included in a periphery of the core part of the graphite base material. The SiC-infiltrated layer is constituted of a plurality of regions arranged such that Si content becomes smaller stepwise in an order from a first surface on the CVD-SiC coating side toward a second surface on the graphite base material side.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb fired body made of silicon carbide particles. The honeycomb fired body includes cell walls, a peripheral wall, and a silicon-containing oxide layer. The cell walls are to define cells placed in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb fired body. The cell walls have a thickness of about 0.2 mm or less. Each of the cells has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction. Either the first end portion or the second end portion of the each of the cells is sealed. The peripheral wall constitutes a periphery of the honeycomb fired body. The peripheral wall has a thickness larger than the thickness of the cell walls. The silicon-containing oxide layer is provided on surfaces of the silicon carbide particles.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes periphery honeycomb fired bodies which include at least a single piece of a periphery small honeycomb fired body having in the cross-section a cross-sectional area which is less than about 60% of a cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. A cross-sectional area of a periphery honeycomb bonded body in the cross-section is about 60% or more of the cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer is provided between the periphery small honeycomb fired body and the at least one piece of the honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer has thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of a first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer has Young's modulus higher than Young's modulus of the first adhesive layer. The center-portion honeycomb fired bodies are bonded together with the first adhesive layer.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure is manufactured by molding a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a large number of cells disposed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween by extrusion-molding a raw material composition including a ceramic powder and a binder, and carrying out a firing treatment on the honeycomb molded body to manufacture a honeycomb fired body. A plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies are provided, and both end faces of each of the plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies are hold with a holding member after positioning the plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies on a predetermined position. An adhesive paste is injected into a gap between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies held on the predetermined position. The adhesive paste is dried and solidified to form an adhesive layer.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies and an adhesive layer. The plurality of honeycomb fired body has a longitudinal direction and a plurality of cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of cells. The adhesive layer is provided between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies to connect the honeycomb fired bodies. Pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are about 300 ?m or less. A ratio of a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m and an aspect ratio of at least about 1 and at most about 1.5 in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m is about 90% or more.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies bound with one another by interposing a adhesive layer. Each of the honeycomb fired bodies has a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall therebetween. An adhesive strength A between central portion honeycomb fired bodies out of the honeycomb fired bodies measured by a three-point bending strength test is at least about 0.02 and at most about 0.2 MPa. The central portion honeycomb fired bodies are positioned at a central portion of a cross-section formed by cutting the honeycomb structure perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The adhesive strength A is lower than an adhesive strength B between peripheral portion honeycomb fired bodies out of the honeycomb fired bodies measured by the three-point bending strength test. The peripheral portion honeycomb fired bodies form a part of a periphery the honeycomb structure.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block formed by bonding a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies by interposing an adhesive layer therebetween, and a sealing material layer provided on the periphery of the ceramic block. Each of the honeycomb fired bodies has a large number of cells disposed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween. The adhesive layer and the sealing material layer are integrally formed with substantially no interface to divide the two layers.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes periphery honeycomb fired bodies which include at least a single piece of a periphery small honeycomb fired body having in the cross-section a cross-sectional area which is less than about 60% of a cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. A cross-sectional area of a periphery honeycomb bonded body in the cross-section is about 60% or more of the cross-sectional area of a single piece of the center-portion honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer is provided between the periphery small honeycomb fired body and the at least one piece of the honeycomb fired body. The second adhesive layer has thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of a first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer has Young's modulus higher than Young's modulus of the first adhesive layer. The center-portion honeycomb fired bodies are bonded together with the first adhesive layer.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb fired bodies and an adhesive layer. The plurality of honeycomb fired body has a longitudinal direction and a plurality of cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of cells. The adhesive layer is provided between the plurality of honeycomb fired bodies to connect the honeycomb fired bodies. Pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are about 300 ?m or less. A ratio of a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m and an aspect ratio of at least about 1 and at most about 1.5 in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to a total area of pores having a pore diameter of at least about 50 ?m and at most about 300 ?m is about 90% or more.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a ceramic block formed by bonding a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies by interposing an adhesive layer therebetween, and a sealing material layer provided on the periphery of the ceramic block. Each of the honeycomb fired bodies has a large number of cells disposed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween. The adhesive layer and the sealing material layer are integrally formed with substantially no interface to divide the two layers.