Abstract: Disclosed is a current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode comprising a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator structure, and one or more organic layers including a light amplification layer composed of an organic semiconductor, which has a sufficient overlap between the distribution of exciton density and the electric field intensity distribution of the resonant optical mode during current injection to emit laser light.

Abstract: A flight management server having an assessment unit that assesses whether or not there will be a requirement to switch communication performed by a first flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication and satellite communication; and a determination unit that determines a detection range for providing a report in response to detection of a second flying vehicle different from the first flying vehicle, the detection range being defined with respect to a position of the first flying vehicle; wherein the determination unit makes the detection range for a case in which the assessment unit has assessed that there will be a requirement to switch between the terrestrial communication and the satellite communication larger than the detection range for a case in which the assessment unit has assessed that there will be no requirement to switch between the terrestrial communication and the satellite communication.

Abstract: A flight management server having an assessment unit that assesses whether or not there is an object different from a flying vehicle within a detection range defined with respect to a position of the flying vehicle during flight; and a switching control unit that controls switching of communication performed by the flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication using terrestrial communication equipment and satellite communication using a communication satellite on the condition that the assessment unit has assessed that the object is not within the detection range.

Abstract: A flight management server having an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a scheduled flight path of a flying vehicle; a detection unit that detects that a switching process is to be executed for switching communication performed by the flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication using terrestrial communication equipment and satellite communication using a communication satellite; and an identification unit that identifies a position of the flying vehicle during execution of the switching process based on the scheduled flight path to be followed after the switching process has started.

Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a power unit including a multistage transmission having a plurality of gear positions, a transmission actuating mechanism for changing the gear positions, a shift spindle as an input shaft of the transmission actuating mechanism, a crankcase housing therein the multistage transmission and the transmission actuating mechanism, and a crankcase cover covering a side portion of the crankcase. The shift spindle is disposed in the periphery of the crankcase cover and is coupled to a shift actuator mounted on the crankcase cover by a joint rod. Such saddle-type vehicle having a power unit with a shift spindle movable by a shift actuator, in which the shift spindle and the shift actuator are combined with each other in a small-size layout with a joint rod joining the shift spindle and the shift actuator to each other, allows the joint rod to be installed in position with ease.

Abstract: A method of properly aligning a sliding side door on a vehicle includes first preparing a prototype vehicle and determining how far out of alignment the door is to the body of the prototype vehicle. This amount of misalignment is then used to adjust the attachment position of an anchor plate to a sliding side door of the vehicle, so that the anchor plate is attached at a desired position to the production vehicle, which causes there to be no misalignment between the sliding side door and the body of the production vehicle. A jig is used to hold the anchor plate at the desired location while welding the anchor plate to the door. A roller assembly is then attached to the anchor plate and to a rail on a body of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control apparatus is provided and includes a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit. The image indicates an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range. A change control unit is configured to change, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image, a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit. An output unit is configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.

Abstract: A test image printer of an inkjet printer causes a test image, including a mark with a predefined shape and usable to correct an image captured by an image capturing device, and a test pattern usable to inspect a plurality of nozzles, to be printed on a recording medium. An image capture controller controls the image capturing device to capture an image of the test image printed on the recording medium. A corrector compares the image of the mark captured by the image capturing device, to the predefined shape of the mark, to calculate a correction value, and corrects the image of the test pattern, captured by the image capturing device, based on the calculated correction value. An inspector inspects the plurality of nozzles based on the image of the test pattern corrected by the corrector.

Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.

Abstract: To improve calculation efficiency by properly reducing the number of regression regions based on a size of an object to be detected, a processing apparatus has at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a size obtain unit configured to obtain a size of a predetermined object in the image; a set unit configured to divide the image into a plurality of regions based on the size of the predetermined object obtained by the size obtain unit, and to set regression regions for estimating a number of the predetermined object, wherein the set unit is configured to inhibit to set the regression regions smaller than a predetermined minimum size corresponding to the predetermined object, and an estimate unit configured to estimate the number of the predetermined object by performing a regression process on the regression regions set by the set unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, a tracking unit configured to detect an object and track the object in images to be processed, the images being sequential with respect to time, a determining unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object stays, on the basis of a result of the tracking, and an associating unit configured to specify, on the basis of the result of the tracking, one predetermined location from one or more predetermined locations included in the images to be processed, and associate the specified one predetermined location with the stay time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a setting unit configured to set a plurality of areas for detecting an object in a moving image, a detection unit configured to analyze the moving image and detect an object, a determination unit configured to determine a stay time for which the object has stayed within the area on the basis of a result of detecting the object in the moving image, a specifying unit configured to, when the same object has been detected in a plurality of the areas by the detection unit, specify an area, among the plurality of areas, to be associated with the stay time, on the basis of a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output information in which the area specified by the specifying unit and the stay time are associated with each other.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.

Abstract: A specifying unit specifies a longest side among sides of a polygonal region set on an image captured by an image capturing unit. A display control unit causes a display unit to display the image on which the polygonal region and information concerning the polygonal region are superimposed. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the information at a position based on the longest side specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicle capable of switching between an automated driving mode in which driving force of a vehicle having a transmission is automatically controlled and a manual driving mode in which the driving force of the vehicle is controlled on the basis of a driver's operation on the vehicle includes: an operation element to which the driver's operation is input; and a travel control unit that outputs a command value for selecting a gear range of the transmission. The travel control unit selects which of ordinary gear change control and gear change restricting control is to be performed on the basis of an operation performed on the operation element when there is an automated driving release request in which the automated driving mode is released and the automated driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during traveling of the vehicle in the automated driving mode.

Abstract: A print system includes a printer including an ink head from which ink is discharged onto a recording medium, and a management computer communicably connected to the printer. The management computer includes a receiver to receive operating condition information of the printer from the printer, a predictor to predict whether maintenance work of the printer is necessary or not based on the operating condition information received by the receiver, and a notifier to notify at least one of a user of the printer, a service engineer, and a call center if the predictor predicts that the maintenance work is necessary.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a driving force generation unit, a driving force distribution mechanism distributing a driving force from the driving force generation unit to a front wheel and a rear wheel, and an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: determining whether a mode switching instruction from self-drive mode enabling a self-drive function to manual drive mode disabling the self-drive function has been input; and controlling the driving force distribution mechanism so that a driving force distribution rate of rear wheel driving force relative to front wheel driving force is a first distribution rate during driving in the self-drive mode, and thereafter so that the driving force distribution rate is a second distribution rate greater than the first distribution rate when it is determined that the mode switching instruction has been input.

Abstract: In order to facilitate setting of an appropriate detection condition in detecting an object included in an image, an image processing apparatus obtains an image captured by an image capturing unit; causes a display unit to display first information representing the number of persons who have a size included in a first range that is a range from a first size to a second size; and accepts an operation of changing the first range by a user. The image processing apparatus causes the display unit to display the first information and second information representing the number of persons who have a size included in a second range that is a range based on the operation by the user.

Abstract: An autonomous parking apparatus incorporated into a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a detector detecting a creep torque acting on an axle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform instructing a self-parking of the vehicle, determining whether it is necessary to perform a creep torque reduction control based on a creep torque detected when the self-parking is instructed, and controlling the transmission in accordance with a determination result in the determining. When it is determined that it is necessary to perform the creep torque reduction control, the microprocessor is configured to control the transmission so as to increase engaging force of engagement elements of the transmission or change speed stage of the transmission to high speed side than when it is determined that it is unnecessary to perform the creep torque reduction control.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display part or all of an image in a first region on a display screen displayed by the display unit, the image indicating an imaging range which an imaging apparatus can image by changing the imaging range; a change control unit configured to change a position or size of an image to be displayed in the first region by the display control unit, on the image indicating the range which an imaging apparatus can image; and an output unit configured to output an instruction to cause the imaging apparatus to image an imaging range corresponding to a range indicating an image displayed in a second region which is a part of the first region.