Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus comprises a judging section that judges whether a destination of a user vehicle is set, and a lane change control section that, if the destination is not set, enables performance of a single lane change causing the user vehicle to perform a lane change from the user lane to a first other lane, and if the destination is set, enables the single lane change and also enables a multiple lane change causing the user vehicle to perform a lane change from the user lane to a second other lane through the first other lane.

Abstract: A moving body control apparatus includes a judging section that judges a driving preparation level of an occupant of a moving body; and a lane change control section that approves a first lane change, which is a lane change in which a lane boundary line is crossed once, if the driving preparation level of the occupant is greater than or equal to a first level, and approves a second lane change, which is a lane change in which lane boundary lines are crossed a plurality of times, if the driving preparation level of the occupant is greater than or equal to a second level that is higher than the first level.

Abstract: A dial includes a recessed portion formed by laser irradiation, and a decorative portion formed at a bottom surface of the recessed portion by laser irradiation, including a first groove extending in a first direction, and a second groove extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and including a plurality of protruding portions provided in a region partitioned by a plurality of the first grooves, and a plurality of the second grooves.

Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a belt body made of rubber and a cord embedded in the belt body. The belt body has a portion having the cord embedded therein, and the portion is made of a rubber composition having a storage normal modulus at 25° C. in a grain direction of 80 MPa or more and the ratio of the storage normal modulus at 25° C. in the grain direction to a storage normal modulus at 25° C. in a cross-grain direction of 1.20 or more to 2.50 or less. The rubber composition is arranged such that the grain direction corresponds to a belt length direction and the cross-grain direction corresponds to a belt width direction.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a silicon single crystal according to the present invention includes a melting process for generating a silicon melt containing a primary dopant, and a crystal pulling-up process that pulls up a silicon single crystal from the silicon melt. The crystal pulling-up process includes at least one additional doping process for adding a dopant raw material containing a secondary dopant into the silicon melt. A flow rate of Ar gas during a first period in which the secondary dopant is not added is set as a first flow rate, and the flow rate of Ar gas during a second period that includes a period in which the secondary dopant is added is set as a second flow rate that is greater than the first flow rate..

Abstract: An accommodation area management device, which manages an accommodation area for accommodating a moving body, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including at least one of specifications of the moving body and traveling performance of the moving body when the moving body enters the accommodation area, an accommodation position determination unit configured to determine an accommodation position of the moving body based upon the information, and a use fee determination unit configured to determine a use fee of the accommodation area based upon at least one of the information and the accommodation position.

Abstract: When following control that causes a user vehicle to follow a following target that is a first other vehicle travelling in a user path in which the user vehicle is travelling is being performed, a travel control section transitions from a state in which the first other vehicle is the following target to a state in which the first other vehicle is not the following target, and in a case where an outside recognizing section recognizes a second other vehicle, which is travelling in another path that is not the user path, the travel control section determines whether to set the second other vehicle as the following target based on a prescribed condition.

Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a belt body at least portion of which is made of a rubber composition containing a rubber component, cellulose-based fine fibers, and cotton powder.

Abstract: A notification device, configured to notify an accommodation area that can accommodate a moving body, in which the performance of the moving body that can be accommodated in the accommodation area is predetermined; includes: a first determination unit configured to determine a first accommodation area that can accommodate the moving body with the current performance, based on the current performance of the moving body; a second determination unit configured to determine a second accommodation area that can accommodate the moving body with the performance after rewriting, based on the performance after the rewriting the software of the moving body; and a notification unit configured to separately notify the first accommodation area and the second accommodation area.

Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes a belt body which transmits power to a pulley. In a relationship between a friction coefficient and a slipping speed which is a difference between a speed of the belt body and a speed of the pulley, when a slipping speed at which a maximum friction coefficient is indicated is defined as a first slipping speed, a friction coefficient when the slipping speed is increased from the first slipping speed to a second slipping speed is defined as a reference friction coefficient, and a difference between the second slipping speed and the first slipping speed is 500 mm/s, a decrease rate Dm of the friction coefficient indicated by the following equation (1) with the maximum friction coefficient being denoted by ?x and the reference friction coefficient being denoted by ?r is not greater than 20%.

Abstract: A timepiece dial including a base having a first region having a coating film provided at the surface of the base, a second region where laser light is radiated to the first region to remove the coating film, and a third region, in part of the first region, where the coating film is penetrated and the base is dug down, and the surface roughness of the third region is smaller than the surface roughness of the second region.

Abstract: A V-ribbed belt includes a plurality of V-shaped ribs, each of the plurality of V-shaped ribs includes a V-shaped rib body formed from a rubber composition and a rib-side reinforcing fabric covering a surface of the V-shaped rib body, the rib-side reinforcing fabric is a woven fabric containing a first fiber and a second fiber, and in the woven fabric, at least either the first fiber or the second fiber is inclined relative to a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the belt.

Abstract: An accommodation area management device, which manages an accommodation area for accommodating a moving body, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a desired environment regarding an accommodation position of the moving body when the moving body enters the accommodation area, an accommodation position determination unit configured to determine the accommodation position of the moving body based upon the information, and a use fee determination unit configured to determine a use fee of the accommodation area based upon at least one of the information and the accommodation position.

Abstract: A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle and stops the vehicle at a predetermined accommodation position in the parking lot, includes a priority assigning unit which assigns a priority to each of a plurality of moving bodies traveling in the parking lot according to an order in which each vehicle is traveled. The priority assigning unit assigns the priority to each vehicle according to a moving destination of each vehicle in the parking lot.

Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a pulley non-contacting portion made of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, cellulose-based fine fibers, and a non-carbon black hydrophilic inorganic filler, and contains no carbon black or contains carbon black in an amount of less than 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: A V-ribbed belt includes a plurality of V-shaped ribs, each of the plurality of V-shaped ribs includes a V-shaped rib body formed from a crosslinked rubber composition and a fiber member covering a surface of the V-shaped rib body, the crosslinked rubber composition is a crosslinked product of an uncrosslinked rubber composition containing a rubber component, a crosslinking agent, and at least either an unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt or a maleimide compound, and a total amount of the unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt and the maleimide compound per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component is 1 to 40 parts by mass.

Abstract: A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle and stops the vehicle at a predetermined parking space in the parking lot includes an acquisition unit which acquires position information of the vehicle in the parking lot, a determination unit which determines whether it is necessary to change a target parking space in which the vehicle should be stopped to a second parking space different from a first parking space in the parking lot when the vehicle is stopped in the first parking space in the parking lot based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a processing unit which performs a process of changing the target parking space subject to permission of a user of the vehicle when the determination unit determines that it is necessary to change the target parking space.

Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes a compression layer forming a pulley contact portion, the compression layer includes an inner layer formed from a rubber composition and an outer layer provided on a pulley contact side of the inner layer and formed from a fiber member, and a ratio (M10 modulus/M50 modulus) of an modulus at 10% elongation in a belt longitudinal direction (M10 modulus) to an modulus at 50% elongation in the belt longitudinal direction (M50 modulus), of the rubber composition, is not less than 1.5.

Abstract: A large V-belt includes an endless rubber belt body including an adhesive rubber layer and a cord embedded in the adhesive rubber layer of the belt body. The large V-belt has a belt thickness of 15 mm or more and the belt width of 10 mm or more at the center, in a belt thickness direction, of a cord embedded position. The belt body further includes reinforced rubber layers made of a rubber composition having a type A durometer hardness of 92 or more, the reinforced rubber layers being stacked on a belt inner side and/or a belt outer side of the adhesive rubber layer in the belt thickness direction.

Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a pulley non-contacting portion made of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, cellulose-based fine fibers, and a non-carbon black hydrophilic inorganic filler, and contains no carbon black or contains carbon black in an amount of less than 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.