Abstract: A high-definition and high-resolution display apparatus is provided. A conductive film, a first layer, and a first sacrificial layer are formed. The first layer and the first sacrificial layer are processed to expose part of the conductive film. A second layer and a second sacrificial layer are formed over the first sacrificial layer and the conductive film. The second layer and the second sacrificial layer are processed to expose part of the conductive film. The conductive film is processed to form a first pixel electrode overlapping with the first sacrificial layer and a second pixel electrode overlapping with the second sacrificial layer. Two insulating films covering at least a side surface of the first pixel electrode, a side surface of the second pixel electrode, a side surface of the first layer, a side surface of the second layer, a side surface and a top surface of the first sacrificial layer, and a side surface and atop surface of the second sacrificial layer are formed.

Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a partition, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer. The first light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first layer, and the first layer is interposed between the electrodes. The first layer includes a first material having a hole-transport property and a first substance having an electron-accepting property, and the first protective layer is in contact with the second electrode. The second light-emitting device includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second layer, and the second layer is interposed between the electrodes. The second layer includes the first material having a hole-transport property and the first substance having an electron-accepting property, and the second layer includes a first gap between the second layer and the first layer.

Abstract: A high-resolution or high-definition display device is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surveillance system for an infrastructure and/or for a vehicle, comprising at least two sensor modules configured to collect respective sensor data from a respective associated sensor; an analysis module configured to access the sensor data; wherein the sensor modules are configured to provide the sensor data with a time stamp; and the analysis module is configured to detect a given event based on sensor data of at least one first sensor module and to associate sensor data of at least one other second sensor module with the event based on the time stamps of the sensor data to provide an enhanced surveillance and/or maintenance system, in particular a system suitable for large and/or complex infrastructures, vehicles, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surveillance system for an infrastructure and/or for a vehicle, including at least two sensor modules configured to collect respective sensor data from respectively associated sensors; at least one access module being configured to access the sensor data; and a clock module being configured to provide a common time signal at least to two of the sensor modules; wherein the sensor modules are configured to provide the sensor data with a time stamp, wherein the time stamp is based on the common time signal; and the access module being configured to forward the accessed sensor data by taking into account the time stamp so as to provide an enhanced surveillance and/or maintenance system which is suitable for large and/or complex infrastructures, vehicles, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: This monitoring plan evaluation system includes a vehicle monitoring information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle monitoring information indicating a result of monitoring of a vehicle, the vehicle monitoring information including monitoring execution condition information indicating at least one of a monitoring place and a monitoring time of the vehicle and information of the vehicle that has been subjected to monitoring at the monitoring place or the monitoring time, a movement information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle movement information regarding movement of each of a plurality of vehicles, and a passage extent information generator which generates passage extent information, which indicates an extent of passage of a vehicle that is to be monitored in a condition indicated by a candidate monitoring execution condition including at least one of a place and a time where and when to monitor vehicles, on the basis of the vehicle movement information and the vehicle monitoring information.

Abstract: A charge management method includes generating and storing a charge schedule related to an electric energy for charging a vehicle within an amount of suppliable electric power for charging said vehicle located in a region, wherein said vehicle includes a rechargeable battery. The method further includes storing an identification number of said vehicle in said region by an EV controlling center. The method further includes determining a propriety of charging said vehicle at a current time and location based on said charge schedule in response to detection of a signal indicating a start of a charging process of said rechargeable battery from said vehicle having said identification number.

Abstract: An electric vehicle management system which controls a charging amount for an electric vehicle by way of peak shift, and an on-board unit used for the electric vehicle management system are provided. Thereby, the on-board unit mounted on the electric vehicle detects a current location, and an electric vehicle management center provided on a network manages a charging schedule created in advance. Propriety of a charging operation at a current time is checked via communications between them. Charging of the electric vehicle is managed based on the charging schedule by notifying a driver of the check result through a display of the on-board unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a map creation system and a map creating method capable of accurately creating road data on map data used for estimating a road being travelled by a vehicle. A map creation system includes a trajectory data creation unit creating trajectory data of a vehicle travelling in a predetermined area on a first road on the basis of positional information of the vehicle, a representative point extraction unit extracting, of created plural pieces of the trajectory data, representative points located on a side of a second road different from the first road, and a road data creation unit creating data for the first road on map data on the basis of the plural representative points extracted for respective plural predetermined areas.

Abstract: A navigation system includes: a traffic condition calculation unit (222) that calculates an evaluation value indicating a traffic condition of each road segment included in a target area; a guidance route determination unit (223) that determines a route in which a degree of non-congestion based on the traffic condition evaluation value of a road segment included in a route to a destination of each vehicle is the highest as a guidance route on the basis of the traffic condition evaluation value calculated by the traffic condition calculation unit and the destination of each vehicle; and a guidance route providing unit (224) that provides the guidance routes determined by the guidance route determination unit to a driver of the corresponding vehicle.

Abstract: In a location detecting system, an on-vehicle device is provided at each vehicle a location detecting unit detecting a location of the vehicle, a communication unit, and a CPU unit controlling the location detecting unit and the communication unit. Each of the on-vehicle devices includes a GPS trajectory information processing unit acquiring GPS trajectory information of each of the vehicles, the communication unit broadcasts requests for the GPS trajectory information, the communication units of other vehicles transmit the held GPS trajectory information to the communication unit of one vehicle when a distance to the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, the GPS trajectory information processing unit passes the GPS trajectory information from the other vehicles to the location detecting unit, and the location detecting unit of the vehicle outputs the location information of the vehicle based on the GPS trajectory information.

Abstract: A vehicular information provision system for providing information to at least one of the inside and outside of a traveling vehicle includes a server configured to associate output data outputted from the vehicle with event identification information for identifying a predetermined event depending on a position on a map and hold the associated output data and event identification information, an on-board unit which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to specify a vehicle position based on positioning information acquired by a satellite-positioning system and pre-acquired map information and output the event identification information correlating with the specified vehicle position, and an information provision apparatus which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to acquire the output data correlating with the event identification information acquired from the on-board unit from the server and cause the output data to be outputted from an output unit.

Abstract: This on-board unit is an on-board unit that is attached to a vehicle, stores information about the vehicle, and performs a process using the information about the vehicle, and includes a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating a state of the on-board unit, a storage unit management unit that stores state information in a storage unit when the on-board unit is powered off, and a fault determination unit that determines whether or not state information acquired when the on-board unit is powered on matches the state information stored in the storage unit, and determines a fault when the fault determination unit determines that the state information acquired when the on-board unit is powered on does not match the state information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A linear vernier motor includes a stator and a mover. The stator extends in a first direction. The mover extends in the first direction and a pole interval is different from that of the stator. At least one of the stator and the mover includes: a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in the first direction and a plurality of yokes arranged in the first direction. Each of the plurality of yokes is arranged between adjacent permanent magnets. The plurality of permanent magnets is magnetized to the first direction and magnetization orientations of adjacent permanent magnets are opposite to each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to interpolate a discontinuous zone by use of an appropriate interpolated route in terms of fee-charging. An on-board device includes a map information storage unit storing map information in which a road is divided into a plurality of line segments in a pseudo manner and each of the divided line segments is made to correspond to unique identification information and the positional information, and an interpolated route information storage unit storing interpolated route information in which a combination of two discontinuous line segments and a line segment constituting an interpolated route for connecting the former line segments are uniquely defined, in which a moving route creation unit uses the interpolated route information to interpolate the discontinuous zone in a case where two line segments consecutively specified by a link specifying unit are discontinuous on the map information.

Abstract: A charge management method includes generating and storing a charge schedule related to an electric energy for charging a vehicle within an amount of suppliable electric power for charging said vehicle located in a region, wherein said vehicle includes a rechargeable battery. The method further includes storing an identification number of said vehicle in said region by an EV controlling center. The method further includes determining a propriety of charging said vehicle at a current time and location based on said charge schedule in response to detection of a signal indicating a start of a charging process of said rechargeable battery from said vehicle having said identification number.

Abstract: There is provided an operating management system including: on-board units (100) that are each mounted on a plurality of vehicles (1a, 1b, . . . ) and are configured to be capable of acquiring travel information which includes positional information of the vehicles (1a, 1b, . . . ); and an operating management apparatus (600) that includes a travel-information acquisition unit which acquires the travel information from the on-board units (100) of the plurality of vehicles (1a, 1b, . . . ) and an evaluation unit which evaluates driving of the vehicles (1a, 1b, . . . ), based on relative operating states, for the plurality of vehicles (1a, 1b, . . . ) specified based on the travel information.

Abstract: An onboard system installed in a vehicle that performs traffic processing for the vehicle, the onboard system comprising an onboard unit that communicates with an external device to perform charge processing; and a notification device that outputs a notification signal to an external device according to whether an expected onboard unit is connected or the expected onboard unit is disconnected via a connection unit connectable to the onboard unit.

Abstract: An information presentation system for evaluating a billing location includes a signal output unit mounted on a vehicle and configured to output a signal at a timing at which a billing process has been performed based on a location of the vehicle; a signal acquisition unit installed at a predetermined location and configured to acquire a signal from the signal output unit; and a billing location detection unit configured to detect a location at which the billing process has been performed based on the signal acquired by the signal acquisition unit.

Abstract: A vehicle data collection system includes a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle and configured to transmit data related to the vehicle, and a vehicle data collection device configured to collect the data related to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle data transmission unit configured to transmit first vehicle data, which includes information in which an individual related to the vehicle is to be identified, and second vehicle data, which includes information in which the individual related to the vehicle is not to be identified, to the vehicle data collection device in different sessions, the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data are data related to the vehicle.