Abstract: Optimization of a compression algorithm to be applied is realized in subgraph units of a neural network. A preferred aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that selects an algorithm for compressing a neural network. The information processing device includes a subgraph dividing section which divides the neural network into subgraphs and an optimizing section which outputs a compression configuration in which one compression technique selected from a plurality thereof is associated with each of the subgraphs.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle-mounted radar system capable of improving object detection performance depending on a situation. The vehicle-mounted radar system includes laser radars 2A to 2D that irradiate the surroundings of a vehicle 1 with a laser beam and receive light reflected by an object around the vehicle 1, and a control device 3 that controls the laser radars 2A to 2D and recognizes an object based on light reception results of the laser radars 2A to 2D. The control device 3 determines whether a laser beam of any of the laser radars 2A to 2D is blocked by the object, and thus an undetected area is created, based on a recognition result of the object. Thus, for example, when the laser beam of the laser radar 2B is blocked by another vehicle 10, and thus an undetected area 11 is created, a detection range of the laser radar 2A adjacent to the laser radar 2B is expanded so that at least a portion of the undetected area 11 is allowed to be detected.

Abstract: An object recognition device (3) includes: a processor (4) that inputs point cloud sensor data sensed by a sensor (externality recognition sensor (1)) to a software pipeline formed of a plurality of stages and executes object recognition processing; and a memory. The processor (4) has a plurality of processing units (5) that executes processing constituting the object recognition processing allocated to each of stages A to C. The memory has a plurality of task queue regions (task queues A to C) that temporarily stores the output data of each of the stages. In a case where the output data of each of the stages is not valid upon input to the subsequent stage, the processor (4) rejects the output data without storing same in the respective task queue regions.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an object sensing device that classifies an observation point group output by a LiDAR into a real image and a mirror image when a road surface around an own vehicle is wet, and can use the mirror image for detecting the real image. An object sensing device that detects an object around a vehicle based on a point cloud data of an observation point observed by a LiDAR mounted on the vehicle includes: a road surface shape estimation unit that estimates a shape of a road surface; a road surface condition estimation unit that estimates a dry/wet situation of the road surface; and an observation point determination unit that determines a low observation point observed at a position lower than the estimated road surface by a predetermined amount or more when the road surface is estimated to be in a wet situation.

Abstract: Provided is an object detection device capable of improving efficiency while ensuring detection accuracy. An object detection device 1 includes a point cloud acquisition unit 201 that acquires point cloud data of an object according to a scanning result of a LiDAR 101, an object detection unit 204 that detects an object based on the point cloud data, and a reliability determination unit 205 that determines a reliability in a detection result of the object detection unit 204. The point cloud acquisition unit 201 controls the scanning range and the irradiation density of the LiDAR 101 on the basis of the reliability.

Abstract: Provided are a processing apparatus and a point cloud elimination method that can suppress point cloud processing load even if the number of points included in point clouds increases due to realization of high resolution of an apparatus that acquires point clouds of an object. The processing apparatus includes a memory (storage apparatus) and a processor. The memory stores data of a point cloud of an object. The processor eliminates data of a second point (subject point) that is included in the point cloud and is next to a first point (previous point) that is included in the point cloud from the data of the point cloud when the difference between the distance to the first point and the distance to the second point is smaller than a threshold (first threshold Th1) (Step 1903: YES) (Step 1908).

Abstract: Provided is a travel road recognition device that can accurately recognize a travel road end of a travel road on which an own vehicle travels. A travel road recognition device of the present invention is a travel road recognition device that recognizes the travel road end of the travel road on which an own vehicle 301 travels, and includes: a laser radar 101 that emits a laser bean from the own vehicle 301 toward the travel road; a road surface determination unit 203 that obtains a cross slope of the travel road based on coordinate values of a point cloud obtained by the laser radar 101; and a road end determination unit 204 that obtains a change point at which a slope angle changes in the cross slope of the travel road obtained by the road surface determination unit 203, and obtains coordinate values of at least one travel road end of both sides in a cross direction of the travel road based on the coordinate values of the change point.

Abstract: Regardless of the irradiation method of the distance measuring sensor, degradation of recognition performance due to a change in the installation position of the distance measuring sensor is suppressed.

Abstract: Noise in measurement results of a laser distance measurement sensor is smoothed, and erroneous recognition of a position and a size of an object based on the measurement result is suppressed. An object recognition device according to the present invention recognizes the object by grouping the measurement results of the laser distance measurement sensor, calculates reliability of the recognition result thereof, and changes a time for continuously retaining the measurement result according to the reliability.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle-mounted radar system capable of improving object detection performance depending on a situation. The vehicle-mounted radar system includes laser radars 2A to 2D that irradiate the surroundings of a vehicle 1 with a laser beam and receive light reflected by an object around the vehicle 1, and a control device 3 that controls the laser radars 2A to 2D and recognizes an object based on light reception results of the laser radars 2A to 2D. The control device 3 determines whether a laser beam of any of the laser radars 2A to 2D is blocked by the object, and thus an undetected area is created, based on a recognition result of the object. Thus, for example, when the laser beam of the laser radar 2B is blocked by another vehicle 10, and thus an undetected area 11 is created, a detection range of the laser radar 2A adjacent to the laser radar 2B is expanded so that at least a portion of the undetected area 11 is allowed to be detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof.

Abstract: A fixing device comprises: a heating rotary member and a pressurizing rotary member, which form a nip, and guiding members for guiding a recording sheet that has passed through the nip. In a cross-section perpendicular to a rotation axis of the heating rotary member, La connects axial centers of two rotary members, Lb is perpendicular to La, P is on a guiding surface of one of the guiding members and horizontally closer to the pressurizing rotary member than any other points thereon, said one of the guiding members being closer to the heating rotary member than the other, Lc passes through P and is tangent to an outer circumference of the heating rotary member near the nip, and D is a P-La distance. Here, heating rotary member diameter×1.6?D<heating rotary member diameter×2.4. Above the nip, Lc leans further toward the heating rotary member than Lb, and 2.2°?angle between Lc and Lb<6.5°.

Abstract: A fixing device comprises: a heating rotary member and a pressurizing rotary member, which form a nip, and guiding members for guiding a recording sheet that has passed through the nip. In a cross-section perpendicular to a rotation axis of the heating rotary member, La connects axial centers of two rotary members, Lb is perpendicular to La, P is on a guiding surface of one of the guiding members and horizontally closer to the pressurizing rotary member than any other points thereon, said one of the guiding members being closer to the heating rotary member than the other, Lc passes through P and is tangent to an outer circumference of the heating rotary member near the nip, and D is a P-La distance. Here, heating rotary member diameter×1.6?D<heating rotary member diameter×2.4. Above the nip, Lc leans further toward the heating rotary member than Lb, and 2.2°?angle between Lc and Lb<6.5°.

Abstract: A development apparatus has a casing, a regulation plate, a smoky dust prevention sheet and a backup member which are fixed together onto the casing with a screw. The backup member sandwiches a fixed end portion of the smoky dust prevention sheet with the regulation plate. Therefore, the backup member suppresses detachment of the smoky dust prevention sheet from the regulation plate. Thus, the smoky dust prevention sheet is prevented from being detached from the regulation plate when the smoky dust prevention sheet is used in contact with a development roller in the state of being bended.

Abstract: There is provided a cellular phone taking into consideration enhancement in processing speed and reduction in current consumption, and the cellular phone comprises a processing unit capable of executing plural kinds of processing, an oscillator for generating a clock signal to be fed to the processing unit, and a clock controller for converting the frequency of the clock signal received from the oscillator, wherein the clock controller changes the frequency of the clock signal for each of the plural kinds of the processing in response to the control by the central processing unit.

Abstract: A development apparatus has a casing, a regulation plate, a smoky dust prevention sheet and a backup member which are fixed together onto the casing with a screw. The backup member sandwiches a fixed end portion of the smoky dust prevention sheet with the regulation plate. Therefore, the backup member suppresses detachment of the smoky dust prevention sheet from the regulation plate. Thus, the smoky dust prevention sheet is prevented from being detached from the regulation plate when the smoky dust prevention sheet is used in contact with a development roller in the state of being bended.

Abstract: An image data compression apparatus, including: compression processing unit for conducting compression-processing on input image data and outputting compressed image data; image change detection unit for detecting a change in an image of the input image data; frame rate control unit for controlling a frame rate of the compressed image data such that the frame rate of a scene, in which the change in the image is small, comes to be lower than that of a scene, in which the change in the image is large, depending upon condition of changes in the image, detected by said image change detection unit, wherein said frame rate control unit is constructed with exchange units for controlling whether the input image data should be encoded by a predetermined unit, exchangeably.

Abstract: There is provided a cellular phone taking into consideration enhancement in processing speed and reduction in current consumption, and the cellular phone comprises a processing unit capable of executing plural kinds of processing, an oscillator for generating a clock signal to be fed to the processing unit, and a clock controller for converting the frequency of the clock signal received from the oscillator, wherein the clock controller changes the frequency of the clock signal for each of the plural kinds of the processing in response to the control by the central processing unit.

Abstract: Image data compression method and apparatus which improves image quality in a scene where image greatly changes and reduces the image data, and image transmission system and monitoring system using the method and apparatus. The image data compression apparatus which compresses input image data and outputs compressed image data comprises a detection unit which detects a motion or change of each scene, a determination unit which determines the detected motion amount or change amount, a switch circuit which controls a frame rate in accordance with the results of determination, and a compression encoding unit which compression-encodes the image data. The apparatus performs control such that an image having small motion amount and small change amount with respect to a predetermined image is not compression-encoded, so that the frame rate in a scene where the motion or change is large is higher than that in a scene where the motion and change are small.