Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a user who travels in a vehicle has stopped off at a place different from a destination, with reference to positional data indicating a position of the user, the user having accepted a recommendation to stop off at the place using the vehicle, the recommendation being presented together with an advertisement promoting the place.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating a reserved time slot at a place that provides a service, and positional data indicating a position of a user who has reserved the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and determine whether to take the user to the place using a vehicle according to a remaining time until the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and the position indicated by the positional data.

Abstract: A travel controller includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire braking state information of a braking device brake state, travel road information, and an ACC-ECU configured to perform travel, based on a set vehicle speed, and follow-up travel control under which the subject vehicle follows another vehicle traveling ahead thereof. After canceling activation of the travel control during the activation of the travel control, when the information acquisition part acquires travel road information showing that a travel road on which the subject vehicle is traveling is not a downhill road any longer, even if a braking performance index based on the braking state information acquired by the information acquisition part is not increased with respect to a second reference threshold, then the ACC-ECU allows the travel control activation to be resumed.

Abstract: The control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating an available time slot at a place that provides a service, and generate announcement data announcing a proposal to take a user to the place using a vehicle should the user reserve the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and a communication interface configured to transmit the announcement data generated by the controller to a terminal apparatus configured to present content of data to the user.

Abstract: A travel controller including an information acquisition part configured to acquire brake state information of a braking device of a host vehicle and an ACC-ECU configured to perform travel control, wherein the travel control includes constant speed travel control and headway travel control. The constant speed travel control is configured to control the host vehicle to travel at constant speed in accordance with a preset target vehicle speed. The headway travel control is configured to control the host vehicle to travel by following another vehicle travelling ahead so that a predetermined inter-vehicle distance in maintained with the other vehicle and the host vehicle travels in accordance with the target vehicle speed. In the ACC-ECU, when a braking performance index of the host vehicle has a “declined value”, a target acceleration of Example 1 takes a reduced value compared to the target acceleration of Comparative Example for a common distance difference.

Abstract: A traveling control apparatus includes: an information obtainer configured to obtain braking state information of a braking device in the host vehicle; and an ACC-ECU configured to execute traveling control including constant speed traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel at a constant speed based on a preset vehicle speed, and follow-up traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel so as to follow another vehicle traveling ahead of the host vehicle at a predetermined inter-vehicle distance. The ACC-ECU deactivates the ACC at a time when a braking performance index EV1z, derived from braking state information obtained by the information obtainer while the ACC being in operation, is deemed to be decreased by more than a predetermined first variation width IN_dif1, as compared with a braking performance index EV1a at a time of the ACC having been activated.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a user who travels in a vehicle has stopped off at a place different from a destination, with reference to positional data indicating a position of the user, the user having accepted a recommendation to stop off at the place using the vehicle, the recommendation being presented together with an advertisement promoting the place.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire route data indicating a route to a destination, and adjust, according to the route indicated by the route data, a fee for an advertisement promoting a place different from the destination, the advertisement being presented, to a user who is to be delivered to the destination using a vehicle, together with a recommendation to stop off at the place using the vehicle.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus configured to present, to a user outside a vehicle for delivering another user to a destination, a proposal to take the user to a place different from the destination by stopping off at the place using the vehicle together with an advertisement promoting the place, and a controller configured to determine, upon receipt by the communication interface of acceptance data indicating acceptance of the proposal, a location at which the user is to be picked up using the vehicle with reference to positional data indicating a position of the user.

Abstract: The information providing apparatus includes a controller configured to: acquire information that indicates a first point at which a reserving party, who is a user who is to reserve a vehicle operated within a geographical range that includes a plurality of regions, desires to board the vehicle, and information that indicates a second point at which the reserving party desires to alight the vehicle; obtain, based on a service route evaluation result obtained for a service route of the vehicle per combination of a first region including a departure point of the service route and a second region including an arrival point of the service route, among the plurality of regions, an evaluation value for a travel route along which the reserving party is to travel using the vehicle from the first point to the second point; and provide the obtained evaluation value to the reserving party.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating a reserved time slot at a place that provides a service, and positional data indicating a position of a user who has reserved the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and determine whether to take the user to the place using a vehicle according to a remaining time until the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and the position indicated by the positional data.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to: extract, from a plurality of users, users with a common point of interest as users to be boarded together to a vehicle, based on first information which indicates a point of interest for each of the plurality of users; and calculate a driving route for the vehicle to travel sequentially through candidate boarding sites for the extracted users to arrive at the common point of interest for the extracted users as indicated by the first information, the candidate boarding sites being indicated by second information which indicates a candidate for a boarding site for each of the plurality of users.

Abstract: The control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire time slot data indicating an available time slot at a place that provides a service, and generate announcement data announcing a proposal to take a user to the place using a vehicle should the user reserve the time slot indicated by the time slot data, and a communication interface configured to transmit the announcement data generated by the controller to a terminal apparatus configured to present content of data to the user.

Abstract: A travel controller including an information acquisition part configured to acquire brake state information of a braking device of a host vehicle and an ACC-ECU configured to perform travel control, wherein the travel control includes constant speed travel control and headway travel control. The constant speed travel control is configured to control the host vehicle to travel at constant speed in accordance with a preset target vehicle speed. The headway travel control is configured to control the host vehicle to travel by following another vehicle travelling ahead so that a predetermined inter-vehicle distance in maintained with the other vehicle and the host vehicle travels in accordance with the target vehicle speed. In the ACC-ECU, when a braking performance index of the host vehicle has a “declined value”, a target acceleration of Example 1 takes a reduced value compared to the target acceleration of Comparative Example for a common distance difference.

Abstract: A travel controller includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire braking state information of a braking device brake state, travel road information, and an ACC-ECU configured to perform travel, based on a set vehicle speed, and follow-up travel control under which the subject vehicle follows another vehicle traveling ahead thereof. After canceling activation of the travel control during the activation of the travel control, when the information acquisition part acquires travel road information showing that a travel road on which the subject vehicle is traveling is not a downhill road any longer, even if a braking performance index based on the braking state information acquired by the information acquisition part is not increased with respect to a second reference threshold, then the ACC-ECU allows the travel control activation to be resumed.

Abstract: A traveling control apparatus includes: an information obtainer configured to obtain braking state information of a braking device in the host vehicle; and an ACC-ECU configured to execute traveling control including constant speed traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel at a constant speed based on a preset vehicle speed, and follow-up traveling control to cause the host vehicle to travel so as to follow another vehicle traveling ahead of the host vehicle at a predetermined inter-vehicle distance. The ACC-ECU deactivates the ACC at a time when a braking performance index EV1z, derived from braking state information obtained by the information obtainer while the ACC being in operation, is deemed to be decreased by more than a predetermined first variation width IN_dif1, as compared with a braking performance index EV1a at a time of the ACC having been activated.

Abstract: A heat-ray-blocking fluororesin film includes a heat-ray-blocking metal oxide and a hydrotalcite-type compound represented by Chemical Formula [1], wherein the content of the hydrotalcite-based compound is 0.03 to 1.0 wt %. The heat-ray-blocking fluororesin can exhibit excellent heat-ray-blocking performance while keeping the properties inherent in fluororesin films such as mechanical properties, transparency and long-term weatherability and is transparent and can be used out of doors for a long period of time, wherein Mg2+1?a.Al3+a(OH?)2.ANn?a/n.cH2O where 0.2?a?0.35 and 0?c?1; ANn? indicates n-valent anion.

Abstract: A dual clutch automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch provided in a driving force transmission path that establishes a first certain gear ratio in a first set of gear ratios. A driving transmission direction of the one-way clutch is set such that a rotation inputted from a wheel side to an output member in a predetermined rotational direction is transmitted to the input shaft. The predetermined rotational direction corresponds to a backward movement of a vehicle. If an off-gear operation cannot be performed for a transmission gear with interlock, the driving force of the driving source is input to the input shaft to enable the off-gear operation.

Abstract: A dual clutch automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch provided in a driving force transmission path that establishes a certain gear ratio in a first set of gear ratios. A driving transmission direction of the one-way clutch is set such that a rotation inputted from a wheel side to an output member in a predetermined rotational direction is transmitted to the input shaft. The predetermined rotational direction corresponds to a backward movement of a vehicle. On condition that the traveling state of the vehicle reaches a predetermined deceleration state, switching control of setting the gears for the first set to a neutral position can be executed.