Abstract: A vehicle control system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a first control device configured to generate a first driving plan including desired lateral lane driving positions or desired lateral lane driving position ranges; a plurality of first sensors configured to obtain information on motion of the vehicle and information on surroundings of the vehicle; and a second control device configured to communicate with the first control device, generate, based on the first driving plan obtained from the first control device and the information obtained by the first sensors, a second driving plan different from the first driving plan, the second driving plan including target lateral lane driving positions or target lateral lane driving position ranges, and control driving operation of the vehicle based on the second driving plan.

Abstract: A cab mount including: an upper mount and a lower mount configured to be assembled as sandwiching a first vehicle member; a fixing shaft inserted through the upper mount and the lower mount so as to fix the cab mount to a second vehicle member; an elastic body constituting the upper mount; an insertion rubber part provided at a lower end of the elastic body and configured to extend between the first vehicle member and the fixing shaft in a radial direction; and a reinforcement member including a tubular portion that extends in an axial direction and being embedded in and bonded to a lower portion of the elastic body, the reinforcement member being arranged off to an upper side of the insertion rubber part.

Abstract: A pixel array includes a plurality of pixel cells, each including a photodiode configured to photogenerate image charge in response to the incident light, a first floating diffusion (FD) coupled to receive the image charge from the photodiode, a reset transistor coupled between a voltage source and the first FD, a second FD coupled between the first FD and ground, a first dual FD transistor coupled between the first and second FDs. Second FDs of first and second pixel cells are coupled. Second FDs of third and fourth pixel cells are coupled.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control device executes vehicle travel control such that a vehicle follows a target trajectory. An automated driving control device generates a first target trajectory that is the target trajectory for automated driving of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control device further determines whether or not an activation condition of travel assist control is satisfied. When the activation condition is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device generates a second target trajectory that is the target trajectory for the travel assist control. Even when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving, or when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving and a priority condition for giving priority to the first target trajectory is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device executes the vehicle travel control by giving more weight to the first target trajectory than to the second target trajectory.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate, a first source region, a second source region, and a shared gate electrode is described. The semiconductor substrate includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first source region and the second source region are each disposed within the semiconductor substrate proximate to the first side. The first source region is separated from the second source region by an isolation structure disposed within the semiconductor substrate between the first source region and the second source region. The shared gate electrode is disposed proximate to the first side of the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the first source region and the second source region to respectively form a first transistor and a second transistor.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, an insulating medium disposed between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, a plurality of connection pads including a first connection pad and a second connection pad, a first connection pad shield structure, and a second connection pad shield structure. The plurality of connection pads is disposed within the insulating medium and configured to provide one or more electrical connections extending between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate. The first connection pad is disposed between the first connection pad shield structure and the second connection pad shield structure.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, an insulating medium disposed between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, a plurality of connection pads including a first connection pad and a second connection pad adjacent to the first connection pad, and a first connection pad shield structure disposed within the insulating medium between at least the first connection pad and the second connection pad is described. The plurality of connection pads is disposed within the insulating medium and configured to provide one or more electrical connections extending between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A vehicle control system generates at least one primary candidate of a target trajectory for an automated driving of a vehicle and executes a primary evaluation. An evaluation index of the primary evaluation includes a travel safety level of a travel to follow the primary candidate. The primary candidate having highest travel safety level is selected as at least one strong candidate of the target trajectory. If only one is selected as the strong candidate, the vehicle control system determines the selected strong candidate as a finalist candidate of the target trajectory. If two or more strong candidates are selected, the vehicle control system executes a secondary evaluation for the strong candidates to determine the finalist candidate. An additional evaluation index is used in the secondary evaluation.

Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric element using an alkaline niobate-based piezoelectric ceramic, which can inhibit its reliability from dropping while lowering production cost, is characterized by forming internal electrodes (10) with a metal whose silver content is 80 percent by mass or higher, and also constituting piezoelectric ceramic layers (40) with a piezoelectric ceramic whose primary component is an alkaline niobate having a perovskite structure and which also contains a lithium manganate.

Abstract: A building entrance device (10B) of an intercom device includes a touch operable aerial display (100) for displaying an aerial image (G1, G2) toward a visitor (W1, W2), and a control unit (110). The touch operable aerial display (100) includes: a display device (101) for emitting light; an optical member (102) for reflecting and transmitting light so as to form the aerial image (G1, G2) in a predetermined space; and a detection unit (103) for detecting an operation input of the visitor (W1, W2) to the aerial image (G1, G2). The control unit (110) changes at least one from among a display position, a display angle of the aerial images (G1, G2), and a display mode of a call operation acceptance unit included in the aerial images (G1, G2).

Abstract: A pixel cell for an image sensor including a first semiconductor substrate, a photodiode, and a transfer gate is described. The first semiconductor substrate includes a first side and a second side. The first side is opposite the second side. The photodiode is disposed within the first semiconductor substrate between the first and the second side. The transfer gate is disposed proximate to the first side of the first semiconductor substrate. The transfer gate includes a planar region. The first side of the semiconductor substrate is disposed between the planar region and the photodiode. A lateral area of the photodiode is less than or equal to a lateral area of the planar region of the transfer gate.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate and pixel cell circuitry is described. The semiconductor substrate includes a first side and a second side opposite the first site. The pixel cell circuitry is disposed proximate to the first side of the semiconductor substrate. The pixel cell circuitry includes an arrangement of individual groups of components, each including a reset gate, a source-follower gate, and a row select gate. The individual groups of components included in the pixel cell circuitry includes a first group and a second group adjacent to the first group, and wherein the source-follower gate of the first group is disposed adjacent to the source-follower of the second group.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a first control device configured to generate a first driving plan including desired lateral lane driving positions or desired lateral lane driving position ranges; a plurality of first sensors configured to obtain information on motion of the vehicle and information on surroundings of the vehicle; and a second control device configured to communicate with the first control device, generate, based on the first driving plan obtained from the first control device and the information obtained by the first sensors, a second driving plan different from the first driving plan, the second driving plan including target lateral lane driving positions or target lateral lane driving position ranges, and control driving operation of the vehicle based on the second driving plan.

Abstract: A system for controlling a trailer brake output circuit includes an electronic control unit having one or more processors and one or more memory modules. The trailer brake output circuit is configured to output a trailer brake output signal. Machine readable instructions cause the electronic control unit to: receive a signal from a vehicle stability control system indicating that a vehicle stability control flag is set, generate the trailer brake output signal in response to the vehicle stability control flag being set such that the trailer brake output signal ramps up to a target value over a predefined period of time, maintain the trailer brake output signal at the target value while the vehicle stability control flag is set, and output the trailer brake output signal such that the trailer brake output signal ramps down from the target value when the vehicle stability control flag changes from set to not set.

Abstract: A multilayer piezoelectric ceramic is such that: its piezoelectric ceramic layers do not contain lead as a constituent element, and have a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula LixNayK1-x-yNbO3 (where 0.02<x?0.1, 0.02<x+y?1), as the primary component; and the internal electrode layers are constituted by a metal containing silver by 80 percent by mass or more, and contain ceramic grains containing the same elements found in the primary component. The multilayer piezoelectric element has a long lifespan, and whose internal electrode layers have a high content percentage of silver.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric ceramic which has a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula LixNayK1?x?yNbO3 (where 0.02<x?0.1, 0.02<x+y?1) as its primary component and which contains at least one of alkali earth metal selected from the group consisting of calcium, strontium, and barium, as well as silver, wherein the piezoelectric ceramic contains LiNbO3 at the surface but contains no or less LiNbO3 in the inner portion which is 5 ?m or deeper from the surface, than at the surface; and at least one pair of electrodes formed on the surface of the piezoelectric ceramic.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for an autonomous vehicle includes: a first control device configured to generate a first driving plan including desired lateral lane driving positions or desired lateral lane driving position ranges; a plurality of first sensors configured to obtain information on motion of the vehicle and information on surroundings of the vehicle; and a second control device configured to communicate with the first control device, generate, based on the first driving plan obtained from the first control device and the information obtained by the first sensors, a second driving plan different from the first driving plan, the second driving plan including target lateral lane driving positions or target lateral lane driving position ranges, and control driving operation of the vehicle based on the second driving plan.

Abstract: A vehicle control system generates a first target trajectory, which is a target trajectory for an automated driving of a vehicle, and executes vehicle travel control based on the first target trajectory. The vehicle control system generates a second target trajectory which is a target trajectory which does not conflict with a restrict condition, when the travel based on the first target trajectory conflicts with a safety restrict condition, and executes travel assist control by using the second target trajectory. The vehicle control system judges whether or not a resurgence condition is satisfied by using the first target trajectory that is generated during the execution of the travel assist control. If it is judged that the resurgence condition is satisfied, the vehicle control system returns to the execution of the vehicle travel control from that of the travel assist control.

Abstract: A driving device generates a driving signal and outputs the driving signal to a piezoelectric element, the driving signal having a waveform obtained by using, as a first modulated wave, a first low-frequency wave having a frequency of 1 Hz or more and less than 100 Hz, using, as a second modulated wave, a waveform obtained by modulating an amplitude of a second low-frequency wave having a frequency of 100 Hz or more and 300 Hz or less with the first modulated wave, and modulating a high-frequency wave having a frequency of 20 kHz or more and 100 kHz or less with the second modulated wave.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control system according to the example in the present disclosure communicates with an automatic operation control system which drafts a traveling plan of the vehicle, and performs an automatic traveling control for automatically running the vehicle along the traveling plan received from the automatic operation control system. The vehicle traveling control system predicts a risk based on information about surrounding environment of the vehicle, and performs, when the risk is predicted, a risk avoidance control to intervene in the automatic traveling control in order to avoid the risk. When the risk avoidance control is executed, the vehicle traveling control system transmits information on the risk avoidance control to the automatic operation control system.