Abstract: A travel control device 10 includes: an intersection stopped vehicle determining unit 12 that determines whether or not a forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle acquired by a forward vehicle detection device 1, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle acquired by a forward intersection distance acquisition device 2; and a vehicle stop position prediction unit 13 that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle.

Abstract: A travel control device 10 includes: an intersection stopped vehicle determining unit 12 that determines whether or not a forward vehicle is a stopped vehicle that is stopped at an intersection, based on distance information from the own vehicle to each forward vehicle acquired by a forward vehicle detection device 1, and distance information to the intersection existing ahead of the own vehicle acquired by a forward intersection distance acquisition device 2; and a vehicle stop position prediction unit 13 that predicts a stop position of the own vehicle at the intersection based on distance information of the stopped vehicle, when the forward vehicle is determined as the stopped vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a cardiac tissue spheroid or vascular tissue spheroid formed from a mixture of a myocardial cell or smooth muscle cell and at least one type of cell selected from a vascular endothelial cell and fibroblast, and a three dimensional cardiac tissue structure or three dimensional vascular tissue structure which are characterized by combining or laminating said spheroid.

Abstract: A stopping vehicle estimating unit estimates one of a number of stopping vehicles and a length of a stopping vehicle line of different vehicles that are stopping at a traffic light along an estimated driving route ahead of the own vehicle closer to the traffic light than the own vehicle, based on a position information of a site at which a traffic light is provided, an own vehicle position, an own vehicle speed, and traffic information. A passable time zone estimating unit estimates a passable time zone during which the own vehicle is able to pass by the traffic light, based on the one of the number of stopping vehicles and the length of the stopping vehicle line that have been estimated by the stopping vehicle estimating unit, and on schedule information.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus in which, when requested to transmit (transmission) terminal information from information processing means, a transmission timing controller obtains past own terminal communication band information from an information storage, and determines whether or not to control a transmission timing. Moreover, the transmission timing controller calculates a back-off parameter for the control based on a past reception power information history that is obtained from the information storage, and sets a back-off parameter to a transmission device.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device includes wireless units 3a and 3b that switch a frequency that performs wireless communication with antennas 2a and 2b between a frequency for wireless communication for ITS and a frequency for wireless LAN communication, a parking determination unit 6 that determines whether or not a vehicle is parked, a parking position storage unit 6a that stores as a parking position a position where it is determined that the vehicle is parked by the parking determination unit 6, and a wireless control unit 4 that controls the wireless units 3a and 3b to perform the wireless communication for ITS with the antennas 2a and 2b when the vehicle is running, and switch the wireless communication for ITS or the wireless LAN communication to be performed with the antennas 2a and 2b on the basis of the parking position stored in the parking position storage unit 6a when the vehicle is parked.

Abstract: An information providing apparatus makes a decision, when an information providing deciding unit decides that driving support information is to be provided, as to whether the output of the voice information about the driving support information responding to a command from the information providing deciding unit and the output of the voice information about route guidance info nation responding to a command from a route guidance unit overlap each other or not, and controls, when they overlap each other, the output of voice information by an information providing output unit in such a manner as to prevent the output of the voice information about the driving support information from overlapping with the output of the voice information about the route guidance information.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted narrow-band wireless communication apparatus includes: information storing/managing section 905 for storing and managing roadside information from a wireless communication unit and operating condition information from an operating condition detection unit 903; an information provision determination unit 904 for determining whether or not information can be provided on the basis of the roadside information and the operating condition information; an HMI output control unit 906 for controlling HMI output on the basis of a determination result from the information provision determination unit 904 and environment information relating to a junction neighborhood obtained from a parameter management unit 907 for managing parameters relating to an HMI; and an information provision output apparatus 901 for performing information provision on the basis of an HMI output request transmitted from the HMI output control unit 906.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication device includes wireless units 3a and 3b that switch a frequency that performs wireless communication with antennas 2a and 2b between a frequency for wireless communication for ITS and a frequency for wireless LAN communication, a parking determination unit 6 that determines whether or not a vehicle is parked, a parking position storage unit 6a that stores as a parking position a position where it is determined that the vehicle is parked by the parking determination unit 6, and a wireless control unit 4 that controls the wireless units 3a and 3b to perform the wireless communication for ITS with the antennas 2a and 2b when the vehicle is running, and switch the wireless communication for ITS or the wireless LAN communication to be performed with the antennas 2a and 2b on the basis of the parking position stored in the parking position storage unit 6a when the vehicle is parked.

Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including a traveling route estimating unit 1 for estimating a route along which a moving object will travel and which falls within a predetermined region from a current position, a first recommended speed arithmetic unit 10 for computing a recommended speed in each of road sections on the route estimated by the traveling route estimating unit 1 on the basis of road state information showing a road state, and a second recommended speed arithmetic unit 20 for computing a recommended speed in a road section between the road sections for each of which the recommended speed is computed by the first recommended speed arithmetic unit 10 according to a predetermined speed variation function.

Abstract: A stopping vehicle estimating unit estimates one of a number of stopping vehicles and a length of a stopping vehicle line of different vehicles that are stopping at a traffic light along an estimated driving route ahead of the own vehicle closer to the traffic light than the own vehicle, based on a position information of a site at which a traffic light is provided, an own vehicle position, an own vehicle speed, and traffic information. A passable time zone estimating unit estimates a passable time zone during which the own vehicle is able to pass by the traffic light, based on the one of the number of stopping vehicles and the length of the stopping vehicle line that have been estimated by the stopping vehicle estimating unit, and on schedule information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a navigation device including a traveling route estimating unit 1 for estimating a route along which a moving object will travel and which falls within a predetermined region from a current position, a first recommended speed arithmetic unit 10 for computing a recommended speed in each of road sections on the route estimated by the traveling route estimating unit 1 on the basis of road state information showing a road state, and a second recommended speed arithmetic unit 20 for computing a recommended speed in a road section between the road sections for each of which the recommended speed is computed by the first recommended speed arithmetic unit 10 according to a predetermined speed variation function.

Abstract: An on-vehicle communication device capable of suppressing a delay in providing information, avoiding congestion, and sufficiently securing transmission power, includes a communication controller to controls a transmission cycle and transmission power when data is transmitted from a transmitting/receiving device. The communication controller uses its own vehicle information and surrounding vehicle information to estimate a degree of risk and a safe distance of its own vehicle. The communication controller controls the transmission cycle of its own vehicle based on a communication channel utilization rate of its own vehicle, a communication channel utilization rate of a surrounding vehicle and the degree of risk of its own vehicle, and controls the transmission power of its own vehicle based on the communication channel utilization rate of its own vehicle, the communication channel utilization rate of the surrounding vehicle and the safe distance.

Abstract: An on-board communication device and a cooperative road-to-vehicle/car-to-car communication system that are adaptable to a road-to-vehicle communication system and a car-to-car communication system. The on-board communication device includes a car-to-car communication transfer service processing section, a car-to-car communication management service processing section, an application processing section, a transaction managing section, a transfer service processing section, a transmission/reception service processing section, and a transmission/reception service managing section, in which the car-to-car communication transfer service processing section and the car-to-car communication management service processing section include interfaces to the transfer service processing section that is an existing road-to-vehicle communication protocol.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus in which, when requested to transmit (transmission) terminal information from information processing means, a transmission timing controller obtains past own terminal communication band information from an information storage, and determines whether or not to control a transmission timing. Moreover, the transmission timing controller calculates a back-off parameter for the control based on a past reception power information history that is obtained from the information storage, and sets a back-off parameter to a transmission device.

Abstract: When a decision is made that it is necessary to call driver's attention as a result of analyzing driving safety support information received by a roadside device information receiving unit 34 and vehicle driving state information detected by a vehicle state detecting unit 33, an attention-calling screen, in which a target detection area including an obstacle is superimposed upon a corresponding map information, is displayed.

Abstract: An information providing apparatus makes a decision, when an information providing deciding unit decides that driving support information is to be provided, as to whether the output of the voice information about the driving support information responding to a command from the information providing deciding unit and the output of the voice information about route guidance info nation responding to a command from a route guidance unit overlap each other or not, and controls, when they overlap each other, the output of voice information by an information providing output unit in such a manner as to prevent the output of the voice information about the driving support information from overlapping with the output of the voice information about the route guidance information.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted narrow-band wireless communication apparatus includes: information storing/managing section 905 for storing and managing roadside information from a wireless communication unit and operating condition information from an operating condition detection unit 903; an information provision determination unit 904 for determining whether or not information can be provided on the basis of the roadside information and the operating condition information; an HMI output control unit 906 for controlling HMI output on the basis of a determination result from the information provision determination unit 904 and environment information relating to a junction neighbourhood obtained from a parameter management unit 907 for managing parameters relating to an HMI; and an information provision output apparatus 901 for performing information provision on the basis of an HMI output request transmitted from the HMI output control unit 906.

Abstract: The invention provides a combustion apparatus which can inhibit an NOx generation even in the case of promoting a mixing between a high-temperature combustion gas and an air so as to intend to reduce an unburned combustible. In a combustion apparatus provided with a burner burning a fuel within a furnace in a theoretical air ratio or less, and an air port supplying a combustion air for a shortfall in the burner, a supply apparatus for supplying a nitrogen oxide generation inhibiting gas is provided in a mixing region between the both or near the mixing region. Further, the invention provides a wind box which can inhibit an NOx generation even in the case of promoting a mixing between a high-temperature combustion gas and an air so as to intend to reduce an unburned combustible.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an on-board communication device and a cooperative road-to-vehicle/car-to-car communication system that are adaptable to a road-to-vehicle communication system and a car-to-car communication system. An on-board communication device (100) includes a car-to-car communication transfer service processing section (1), a car-to-car communication management service processing section (2), an application processing section (3), a transaction managing section (4), a transfer service processing section (5), a transmission/reception service processing section (6) and a transmission/reception service managing section (7), in which the car-to-car communication transfer service processing section (1) and the car-to-car communication management service processing section (2) include interfaces to the transfer service processing section (5) that is an existing road-to-vehicle communication protocol.