Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding condition information, a vehicle-state-information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle state information, a traveling control processor that executes traveling control in accordance with traffic lane designation, a DDI detector, and a control switch. The DDI detector detects a DDI in a front region of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding condition information and determines whether the vehicle is entering or exiting from the DDI on the basis of the surrounding condition information and the vehicle state information. The control switch switches the traveling control from standard traveling control to non-standard traveling control when the vehicle entering the DDI is detected, and from the non-standard traveling control to the standard traveling control when the vehicle exiting from the DDI is detected on the basis of the result of the DDI determination.

Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a battery, a motor generator, a vehicle speed sensor, a travel environment data obtainer, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to control a vehicle speed and a deceleration rate of the electric vehicle, based on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor and travel environment data acquired by the travel environment data obtainer, by causing the motor generator to be driven and perform regenerative braking. The processing circuit includes: a road detector configured to perform a detection of a wide street and a narrow street, based on the travel environment data; a stop position detector configured to perform a detection of a stop position, based on the travel environment data; and a deceleration processor configured to decelerate the electric vehicle by the regenerative braking at a low deceleration rate in traveling on the wide street.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes: an external environment recognizer; a vehicle-speed adjustment switch that adjusts a set vehicle speed for constant-speed travel control; and a vehicle speed controller that increases or decreases the set vehicle speed by a unit vehicle speed every time the switch is tapped, calculates a target acceleration rate based on a basic acceleration characteristic, and adjusts a vehicle speed to the set vehicle speed by using the target acceleration rate. When the set vehicle speed is so as to increase in response to the tapping and the set vehicle speed is above or equal to a speed limit, the controller calculates a first target acceleration rate until the vehicle speed reaches the speed limit based on a high acceleration characteristic, and calculates a second target acceleration rate after the vehicle speed reaches the speed limit based on the basic acceleration characteristic.

Abstract: A vehicle operating assistance system includes a travel environment recognition unit, a first notification unit, a second notification unit, and an adjustment unit. The travel environment recognition unit recognizes travel environment information of a vehicle including the traffic signal lighting status. The first notification unit issues an advance notification of a change in the lighting status to the driver who drives the vehicle, when the remaining time until the lighting status changes reaches a set time while the vehicle is stopped due to a red light. The second notification unit issues, to the driver, a clear-to-start notification for the vehicle, when a delay time elapses since it is determined, while the vehicle is stopped, that external conditions are clear for the vehicle to proceed. The adjustment unit adjusts the delay time to be longer when the advance notification is issued than when no advance notification is issued.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes a surrounding-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding condition information, a vehicle-state-information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle state information, a light-distribution control processor that executes light distribution control, a traveling control processor that executes traveling control in accordance with traffic lane designation, a DDI detector that detects a DDI in a front region based on the surrounding condition information and determines whether the vehicle is entering or exiting from the DDI based on the surrounding condition information and the vehicle state information, and a control switch. When the vehicle entering the DDI is detected, the control switch switches the traveling control and the light distribution control from standard traveling control to non-standard traveling control.

Abstract: A vehicle driving control apparatus applied to a vehicle includes a surrounding environment information obtaining device, a vehicle situation information obtaining device, an external information receiving device, a velocity value setter, and a driving control unit. The driving control unit adjusts a velocity of the vehicle by considering surrounding vehicles and various information and performs driving control based on the adjusted velocity. If a leading vehicle is recognized, the velocity of the vehicle exceeds a speed limit or a predetermined velocity, a driver set velocity is not lower than a velocity of the leading vehicle, and a following vehicle is not recognized for a predetermined time or longer, the driving control unit sets a temporary velocity as the velocity of the vehicle and performs driving control by using the temporary velocity. The temporary velocity is lower than the velocity of the leading vehicle by a preset value.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a preceding vehicle detector, a course change predictor, an oncoming vehicle detector, an oncoming-vehicle arrival-time calculator, a crossing predictor, and a following-control corrector. The course change predictor predicts a course change of a preceding vehicle detected by the preceding vehicle detector in a direction crossing an oncoming lane. When the course change is predicted, the oncoming-vehicle arrival-time calculator calculates an estimated arrival time of an oncoming vehicle detected by the oncoming vehicle detector to the preceding vehicle. The crossing predictor compares the estimated arrival time with a necessary crossing time, and predicts, when the estimated arrival time is shorter than the necessary crossing time, that the preceding vehicle will not travel across the oncoming lane.

Abstract: A surrounding environment information acquisition device acquires surrounding environment information. A map information acquisition device acquires road information. A traveling control unit causes the vehicle to travel along a preset target traveling route. When recognizing an intersection in which U-turn traveling control for performing a U-turn travel to an oncoming lane is scheduled to be performed on the target traveling route and in front of the vehicle, the traveling control unit performs one or both of: setting a traveling course laterally shifted by a predetermined distance in a direction opposite to the oncoming lane within a traveling lane of the vehicle; and setting a steering start point in the U-turn travel at a position farther from the vehicle in the traveling direction than a steering start point to be set when left/right turn traveling control to cross the oncoming lane at the intersection to enter a cross road.

Abstract: An engine idle reduction control apparatus includes a first data acquiring unit, a detecting unit, a first determining unit, a control unit, and a second determining unit. The detecting unit is configured to detect a traffic circle, on the basis of traveling environment data acquired by the first data acquiring unit. The control unit is configured to execute an idle reduction, in a case where the first determining unit determines that a control condition for a pre-stop idle reduction control is satisfied. The second determining unit is configured to determine whether a prohibition condition for the pre-stop idle reduction control is satisfied, in a case where the traffic circle is detected. The control unit is configured to prohibit the idle reduction even in a case where the control condition is determined to be satisfied, on a condition that the prohibition condition is determined to be satisfied.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a compressor includes cylinders, a rotating shaft, bearings, discharge valve mechanisms, and mufflers. As to the mufflers, an outer contour of the muffler chamber is defined by each of an end face part which is a face part on one end side of the muffler in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, a brim part which is a face part on the other end side in the axial direction, and a side face part which joins the end face part and the brim part to each other in a cylindrical form in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and one of the mufflers includes a concave part formed by denting each of the end face part and the side face part toward the inside of a muffler chamber.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a compressor includes cylinders, a rotating shaft, bearings, and discharge valve mechanisms. Each of the discharge valve mechanisms includes a discharge valve and a valve presser. Regarding the valve pressers, each of the valve pressers includes a main body part lengthwise along the longitudinal direction of the discharge valve, and at least one of the valve pressers includes a fixed part extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the discharge valve relatively to the main body part and fixed to the bearing.

Abstract: A vehicle driving control apparatus applied to a vehicle includes a surrounding environment information obtaining device, a vehicle situation information obtaining device, an external information receiving device, a velocity value setter, and a driving control unit. The driving control unit adjusts a velocity of the vehicle by considering surrounding vehicles and various information and performs driving control based on the adjusted velocity. If a leading vehicle is recognized, the velocity of the vehicle exceeds a speed limit or a predetermined velocity, a driver set velocity is not lower than a velocity of the leading vehicle, and a following vehicle is not recognized for a predetermined time or longer, the driving control unit sets a temporary velocity as the velocity of the vehicle and performs driving control by using the temporary velocity. The temporary velocity is lower than the velocity of the leading vehicle by a preset value.

Abstract: An engine idle reduction control apparatus includes a first data acquiring unit, a detecting unit, a first determining unit, a control unit, and a second determining unit. The detecting unit is configured to detect a traffic circle, on the basis of traveling environment data acquired by the first data acquiring unit. The control unit is configured to execute an idle reduction, in a case where the first determining unit determines that a control condition for a pre-stop idle reduction control is satisfied. The second determining unit is configured to determine whether a prohibition condition for the pre-stop idle reduction control is satisfied, in a case where the traffic circle is detected. The control unit is configured to prohibit the idle reduction even in a case where the control condition is determined to be satisfied, on a condition that the prohibition condition is determined to be satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus includes a surrounding-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding condition information, a vehicle-state-information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle state information, a light-distribution control processor that executes light distribution control, a traveling control processor that executes traveling control in accordance with traffic lane designation, a DDI detector that detects a DDI in a front region based on the surrounding condition information and determines whether the vehicle is entering or exiting from the DDI based on the surrounding condition information and the vehicle state information, and a control switch. When the vehicle entering the DDI is detected, the control switch switches the traveling control and the light distribution control from standard traveling control to non-standard traveling control.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding-condition-information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding condition information, a vehicle-state-information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle state information, a traveling control processor that executes traveling control in accordance with traffic lane designation, a DDI detector, and a control switch. The DDI detector detects a DDI in a front region of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding condition information and determines whether the vehicle is entering or exiting from the DDI on the basis of the surrounding condition information and the vehicle state information. The control switch switches the traveling control from standard traveling control to non-standard traveling control when the vehicle entering the DDI is detected, and from the non-standard traveling control to the standard traveling control when the vehicle exiting from the DDI is detected on the basis of the result of the DDI determination.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling apparatus includes a setting unit and an acquiring unit. The setting unit is configured to set a target inter-vehicle distance. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire position information of a temporary stopping location on a traveling route on which an own vehicle travels. The setting unit is configured to, on a condition that the own vehicle travels to follow a preceding vehicle, and that the acquiring unit has acquired the position information of the temporary stopping location, make a setting change to make the target inter-vehicle distance greater than a normal setting value when a distance from the own vehicle to the temporary stopping location reaches a predetermined distance, and make a setting change to bring the target inter-vehicle distance closer to the normal setting value in accordance with the distance until the own vehicle reaches the temporary stopping location.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a preceding vehicle detector, a course change predictor, an oncoming vehicle detector, an oncoming-vehicle arrival-time calculator, a crossing predictor, and a following-control corrector. The course change predictor predicts a course change of a preceding vehicle detected by the preceding vehicle detector in a direction crossing an oncoming lane. When the course change is predicted, the oncoming-vehicle arrival-time calculator calculates an estimated arrival time of an oncoming vehicle detected by the oncoming vehicle detector to the preceding vehicle. The crossing predictor compares the estimated arrival time with a necessary crossing time, and predicts, when the estimated arrival time is shorter than the necessary crossing time, that the preceding vehicle will not travel across the oncoming lane.

Abstract: Provided is a scanning probe microscope with which measurement data and a distribution image of differential data of the measurement data can be displayed selectively or together, an edge enhancement image can be obtained, and user convenience is improved. A scanning probe microscope (200) includes: a distribution image calculator (40a) configured to calculate a one-dimensional or two-dimensional first distribution image (201) of measurement data, and a one-dimensional or two-dimensional second distribution image (202) of differential data of adjacent data elements of the measurement data; and a display controller (40b) configured to instruct the distribution image calculator to calculate at least one of the first distribution image or the second distribution image, and to display the calculated distribution image on a predetermined display.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling apparatus includes a setting unit and an acquiring unit. The setting unit is configured to set a target inter-vehicle distance. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire position information of a temporary stopping location on a traveling route on which an own vehicle travels. The setting unit is configured to, on a condition that the own vehicle travels to follow a preceding vehicle, and that the acquiring unit has acquired the position information of the temporary stopping location, make a setting change to make the target inter-vehicle distance greater than a normal setting value when a distance from the own vehicle to the temporary stopping location reaches a predetermined distance, and make a setting change to bring the target inter-vehicle distance closer to the normal setting value in accordance with the distance until the own vehicle reaches the temporary stopping location.

Abstract: Provided is a scanning probe microscope with which measurement data and a distribution image of differential data of the measurement data can be displayed selectively or together, an edge enhancement image can be obtained, and user convenience is improved. A scanning probe microscope (200) includes: a distribution image calculator (40a) configured to calculate a one-dimensional or two-dimensional first distribution image (201) of measurement data, and a one-dimensional or two-dimensional second distribution image (202) of differential data of adjacent data elements of the measurement data; and a display controller (40b) configured to instruct the distribution image calculator to calculate at least one of the first distribution image or the second distribution image, and to display the calculated distribution image on a predetermined display.