Abstract: A method for producing reduced iron that produces reduced iron by reducing iron oxide charged in a shaft furnace, in which a heated gas mixture which contains a reducing gas and a nitrogen gas, the reducing gas containing 90 volume % or more of a hydrogen gas, is blown into the shaft furnace from a tuyere equipped at a lower portion of a reduction zone of the shaft furnace, at least part of the reducing gas is blown into a cooling zone of the reduced iron provided at a lower portion of the shaft furnace at normal temperature, and the reducing gas that has flowed up in the cooling zone is used for reduction of the iron oxide.

Abstract: A pixel PXL includes a first photodiode PDSL and a second photodiode PSLS having different well capacities and responsivities, transfer transistors TGSL-Tr, TGLS-Tr for transferring the charges stored in the photodiodes to a floating diffusion FD, and a capacitance changing part 80 for changing the capacitance of the floating diffusion depending on a capacitance changing signal. The first well capacity of the first photodiode PDSL is smaller than the second well capacity of the second photodiode PDLS, and the first responsivity of the first photodiode PDSL is larger than the second responsivity of the second photodiode PDLS. With these configurations, it becomes possible to realize a widened dynamic range, prevent the read-out noise from affecting the performance, and eventually achieve improved image quality.

Abstract: A vehicle use system includes an authentication information assignor that assigns authentication information for using a vehicle to a user, an authenticator (180) that acquires the authentication information to permit use of the vehicle, at least a part of the authenticator being mounted in the vehicle (100), and a driving controller (220, 260) that automatedly controls acceleration, deceleration, and steering of the vehicle, in which the authentication information assignor assigns the authentication information in which constraints are applied to both a time period and an area in which traveling is possible to the user, and the driving controller enables the user to use the vehicle in a range of the constraints applied to the authentication information.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a service management device that is configured to estimate an out-of-use period in which a user does not use an automated driving vehicle on the basis of reference information including a usage schedule of the automated driving vehicle by the user, and that is configured to manage a predetermined service provided in a state in which the user does not use the automated driving vehicle in the estimated out-of-use period, and a controller configured to generate an action plan of the automated driving vehicle in the out-of-use period according to the predetermined service managed by the service management device.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system including an information acquirer (15) that acquires situation information indicating a situation of surroundings of an autonomous vehicle; collectors (153, 526) that collect, from situation information acquired by the information acquirer, first situation information acquired by the information acquirer in relation to a situation satisfying a predetermined condition including that the autonomous vehicle is traveling without any passengers; and controllers (120, 160) that allow the autonomous vehicle to travel in a first travel mode determined in advance for acquiring the first situation information.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a service management device configured to manage a predetermined service provided in a state in which a user is not using an automated driving vehicle in an out-of-use period which is set in a usage schedule of the automated driving vehicle by the user, and a controller configured to generate an action plan of the automated driving vehicle in the out-of-use period according to the predetermined service managed by the service management device.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system including a reception unit (30, 20, 510) that receives setting of a use schedule of an automatic driving vehicle by a user, and a control unit (146, 520) that causes the automatic driving vehicle to travel as a taxi from a starting time of a period in which the user does not use the automatic driving vehicle to a termination time and causes the automatic driving vehicle to travel so that the automatic driving vehicle returns to a location designated by the user by the termination time, with reference to the use schedule received by the reception unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a recognition unit (130) that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle that is able to be automatically driven, and a control unit (120, 160) that is configured to perform a predetermined operation with respect to a cause of obstruction to traffic of a traffic participant due to a predetermined contact of the subject vehicle in a case that the recognition unit recognizes that the predetermined contact of the subject vehicle has occurred, and the control unit differentiates an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that an occupant is not onboard the subject vehicle from an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that the occupant is onboard the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a recognizer (130) that recognizes a surrounding situation of an automatically driven vehicle, and a driving controller (120, 160) that automatically controls acceleration/deceleration and steering of the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of a result of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer and also includes a situation information acquirer that acquires situation information indicating an in-vehicle situation of an automatically driven vehicle, a detector that detects a forgotten item that is left in the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of the situation information acquired by the situation information acquirer, and a controller that controls the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of a result of the detection of the detector.

Abstract: An AD conversion part has a comparator for performing comparison processing comparing a voltage signal read out by a photoelectric converting and reading part and a reference voltage and outputting a digitalized comparison result signal, the comparator, under the control by a reading part, performs first comparison processing for outputting a digitalized first comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing from a photodiode PD1 to a floating diffusion FD1 in an integration period and second comparison processing for outputting a digitalized second comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an accumulated charge of the photodiode PD1 transferred to the floating diffusion FD1 in a transfer period after the integration period. Due to this, it becomes possible to substantially realize a broader dynamic range and higher frame rate.

Abstract: A pixel PXL includes a first photodiode PDSL and a second photodiode PSLS having different well capacities and responsivities, transfer transistors TGSL-Tr, TGLS-Tr for transferring the charges stored in the photodiodes to a floating diffusion FD, and a capacitance changing part 80 for changing the capacitance of the floating diffusion depending on a capacitance changing signal. The first well capacity of the first photodiode PDSL is smaller than the second well capacity of the second photodiode PDLS, and the first responsivity of the first photodiode PDSL is larger than the second responsivity of the second photodiode PDLS. With these configurations, it becomes possible to realize a widened dynamic range, prevent the read-out noise from affecting the performance, and eventually achieve improved image quality.

Abstract: A comparator in an AD conversion part performs, under the control of reading part, a first comparison processing outputting a digitized first comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing from a PD1 to an FD1 in an integration period and a second comparison processing outputting a digitized second comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to a accumulated charge of the PD1 transferred to the FD1 in a transfer period after the integration period and, in the first comparison processing, starts an AD conversion processing comparing the voltage signal of the output buffer part and the reference voltage and outputting the digitized comparison result signal with a delay from the starting time of the first comparison processing. The comparator lowers a power consumption and suppresses an influence of a dark current of the FD and deterioration of an image.

Abstract: A vehicle use system includes an authentication information assignor that assigns authentication information for using a vehicle to a user, an authenticator (180) that acquires the authentication information to permit use of the vehicle, at least a part of the authenticator being mounted in the vehicle (100), and a driving controller (220, 260) that automatedly controls acceleration, deceleration, and steering of the vehicle, in which the authentication information assignor assigns the authentication information in which constraints are applied to both a time period and an area in which traveling is possible to the user, and the driving controller enables the user to use the vehicle in a range of the constraints applied to the authentication information.

Abstract: A vehicle control device including: a recognition unit (130) that recognizes a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle and recognizes a state of a vehicle occupant having boarded the subject vehicle; and a driving control unit (140 or 160) that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the subject vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognition unit, wherein, in a case in which the subject vehicle is parked, the driving control unit sets a parking completion state in a case in which it is recognized by the recognition unit that no vehicle occupant has boarded the subject vehicle to be different from a parking completion state in a case in which it is recognized by the recognition unit that a vehicle occupant has boarded the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a detection unit (132) configured to detect an abnormal factor occurring in an own vehicle capable of performing automatic driving, and a control unit (180, 190) configured to supply information for recovering the own vehicle from the abnormal factor to the outside of the own vehicle in a case that the own vehicle stops due to the abnormal factor detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: An automatic driving control device (100) includes a recognition unit (130) which recognizes a peripheral situation of an automatic driving vehicle, and driving control units (120 and 160) which automatically control acceleration/deceleration and steering of the automatic driving vehicle on the basis of the peripheral situation recognized by the recognition unit, performs control such that a host vehicle and the other vehicles perform platooning on the basis of a result of the communication with other vehicles, selects one or more vehicles satisfying a first condition as a preceding vehicle among platooning vehicles, and determines that the one or more vehicles separately travel as the preceding vehicle preceding the platooning vehicles by a distance larger than an inter-vehicle distance between the platooning vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a recognition unit (130) that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a subject vehicle that is able to be automatically driven, and a control unit (120, 160) that is configured to perform a predetermined operation with respect to a cause of obstruction to traffic of a traffic participant due to a predetermined contact of the subject vehicle in a case that the recognition unit recognizes that the predetermined contact of the subject vehicle has occurred, and the control unit differentiates an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that an occupant is not onboard the subject vehicle from an operation that is executed in a case that it is recognized that the occupant is onboard the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes a recognizer (130) that recognizes a surrounding situation of an automatically driven vehicle, and a driving controller (120, 160) that automatically controls acceleration/deceleration and steering of the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of a result of the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer and also includes a situation information acquirer that acquires situation information indicating an in-vehicle situation of an automatically driven vehicle, a detector that detects a forgotten item that is left in the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of the situation information acquired by the situation information acquirer, and a controller that controls the automatically driven vehicle on the basis of a result of the detection of the detector.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a generator (184) configured to generate a first travel plan of an automatic driving vehicle; a controller (120, 160, 180) configured to cause the automatic driving vehicle to travel based on the first travel plan generated by the generator; and an acquirer (182) configured to acquire a change request for changing the first travel plan generated by the generator. The generator generates a second travel plan satisfying the change request in accordance with a situation of the automatic driving vehicle when the acquirer acquires the change request in a situation in which an authorized person who has a predetermined authority to use the automatic driving vehicle does not board the automatic driving vehicle and the automatic driving vehicle starts traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.

Abstract: Provided a vehicle management system including an information acquirer (182) that acquires information indicating a mode of use of a vehicle on the basis of information acquired by a vehicle device mounted in the vehicle or information received from an external device, a determiner (183) that determines whether an occupant of the vehicle is a restricted person who is subject to restriction of use of an object within the vehicle in accordance with the mode of use of the vehicle acquired by the information acquirer, and a restricting processor (184) that executes a restricting process related to use of the object in a case where the occupant is determined to be the restricted person by the determiner.