Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive film containing molybdenum and a metal element. The metal element has a melting point lower than the melting point of molybdenum and forms a complete solid solution with molybdenum. The metal element as a material for composing the conductive film is at least one selected from the group consisting of, for example, titanium, vanadium, and niobium.

Abstract: A wind speed prediction device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a scattering signal that is each of a plurality of beams after being emitted to space and scattered in the space; variably set a range bin width as distance resolution of each of the acquired scattering signals in accordance with an elevation angle of each of the beams emitted to the space, and calculate at least one Doppler frequency of at least one range bin corresponding to a two-dimensional plane including an observation region from the each of the scattering signals; estimate at least one wind speed distribution in the two-dimensional plane from the plurality of Doppler frequencies calculated; and predict a wind speed in the observation region from the at least one wind speed distribution in the two-dimensional plane using a two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation.

Abstract: The radar device includes a transmission section, a reception antenna section, a reception section, a frequency analysis section, a first correlation matrix generation section, and an averaging process section. The transmission section transmits a chirp at cycle periods, the number of the transmitted chirps being a repetition number. The first correlation matrix generation section generates, for the chirps, first correlation matrixes based on complex information on long-distance bins in distance spectra corresponding to respective reception antennas that have received the identical chirp. The averaging process section performs, for the respective long-distance bins, an averaging process for the repetition number of first correlation matrixes generated so as to correspond to the long-distance bins, to generate average correlation matrixes.

Abstract: A radar system is provided with a plurality of radar units. Each radar unit includes a first processing unit for calculating a distance and a relative speed to an object in the vicinity of each radar unit in accordance with a beat signal, a frequency band of the first modulated waves being a first frequency band, and a modulation period of the first modulated waves being a first modulation period; a second processing unit for calculating a distance to the object in accordance with a beat signal, a frequency band of the second modulated waves being a second frequency band, and a modulation period of the second modulated waves being a second modulation period; and a calculation result determination unit for determining the distance and the relative speed to the object in accordance with calculation results of the first and second processing units.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes an object detection unit, an acquisition unit acquiring a first value of a relative speed of an approaching object with respect to an own vehicle, a ghost determination unit, and an assistance determination unit. The ghost determination unit calculates a second value of the relative speed of the approaching object in accordance with a speed of the own vehicle and a value of the relative speed of a following object located between the own vehicle and the approaching object; calculates, as a speed difference, an absolute difference between the first value of the relative speed and the second value of the relative speed; calculates, as an azimuth difference, an absolute difference between an azimuth of the following object and an azimuth of the approaching object; and determines whether the approaching object is the ghost target based on the speed difference and the azimuth difference.

Abstract: Disclosed is a physique estimation device that can estimate a physique. The physique estimation device includes: a sensor having a transmission antenna to transmit a transmission wave, and a reception antenna to receive the transmission wave reflected by at least one target in a vehicle cabin as a received wave; a frequency analysis unit to acquire position information about a reflection point where the transmission wave is reflected using the received wave; and a physique estimation unit to estimate the physique of a non-static object present in the vehicle cabin using the position information.

Abstract: An object detection device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire wave data; acquire the moving velocity of a radar device; estimate a relative distance between the radar device and a target, angle of incidence of a reflection signal from the target, and a first relative velocity between the radar device and the target, by using the wave data; and estimate a second relative velocity between the radar device and the target in a case where the target is a static object, on the basis of the acquired moving velocity and the relative distance and the angle of incidence, and determine whether the target is a static object by comparing the first relative velocity and the second relative velocity.

Abstract: A radar device includes: a control unit to cause a series of processing to be repeatedly executed, the series of processing including transmitting transmission signals to space using transmission antennas arranged linearly, receiving reflected signals that are the transmission signals reflected in the space using reception antennas linearly arranged in the same direction as the transmission antennas, transmitting the transmission signals simultaneously from the transmission antennas, receiving the reflected signals by the reception antennas, and acquiring digital data; and a signal processing unit to generate a three-dimensional radar image of a target moved in a direction crossing an antenna arrangement direction of the transmission antennas and the reception antennas by using the digital data sequentially acquired in the series of processing repeatedly executed as two-dimensional array data.

Abstract: A transmission antenna unit includes transmission antennas arranged in a row along a predetermined array direction at a predetermined first interval. A reception antenna unit includes reception antennas arranged in a row along the array direction at a second interval set to differ from the first interval. The transmission antennas and the reception antennas form a virtual array in which virtual reception antennas are arranged in a row along the array direction. The first interval is equal to a multiplication value of a minimum interval being a minimum value of an arrangement interval of the virtual reception antennas and a first multiple being an integer of 2 or greater. The second interval is equal to a multiplication value of the minimum interval and a second multiple being an integer of 2 or greater and set to differ from the first multiple. The first and second multiples are coprime.

Abstract: A radar signal processing device includes: a frequency analysis unit performing frequency analysis on a reception signal of at least one reception channel generated by a sensor unit; a target object discriminating unit calculating, on the basis of the frequency analysis, a measurement value of at least one type of feature amounts that characterizes a state of a target object moving in an observation space; and a learned data storing unit storing at least one learned data set that defines a probability distribution in which the at least one types of feature amounts is measured when a recognition targets is observed in the observation space. The target object discriminating unit calculates a posterior probability that a target object belongs to each of class(es) from the measurement value using a learned data set and discriminates the target object on the basis of the calculated posterior probability.

Abstract: An other lane monitoring device of the present disclosure includes an other vehicle acquisition section, a path acquisition section, a lane estimation section, and a position estimation section. The other vehicle acquisition section is configured to acquire other vehicle position information that indicates the current position of an other vehicle near the own vehicle. The path acquisition section is configured to acquire an own vehicle travel path that indicates a path along which the own vehicle has traveled. The lane estimation section is configured to use the own vehicle travel path as a basis for estimating an other lane area that is a lane where the other lane is present. The position estimation section is configured to estimate a future position of the other vehicle, assuming that the other vehicle moves along the own vehicle travel path or in the other lane area.

Abstract: In a target tracking device, a state quantity estimation unit is configured to, every time a preset repetition period of a processing cycle elapses, estimate, for each of the one or more targets, a current state quantity based on at least either observation information of the one or more targets observed by a sensor or past state quantities of the one or more targets. A model selection unit is configured to, for each of the one or more targets, select one motion model from a plurality of predefined motion models, based on at least either states of the one or more targets or a state of the vehicle. An estimation selection unit is configured to, for each of the one or more targets, cause the state quantity estimation unit to estimate the state quantity of the target with the one motion model selected by the model selection unit.

Abstract: A target detection device includes an analysis section, a direction estimating section, a received waveform forming section, and a distance calculating section. The received waveform forming section forms a received waveform for each of the frequencies of the continuous waves by weighting beat signals corresponding to received waves received by each of receiving antennas, so as to have directivity in one of arrival directions estimated by the direction estimating section.

Abstract: A transmission antenna unit includes a plurality of transmission antennas, a reception antenna unit, and a processor. The plurality of transmission antennas that are arranged in a row along a predetermined array direction. The reception antenna unit includes a plurality of reception antennas that are arranged in a row along the array direction. The plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas form a virtual array in which a plurality of virtual reception antennas are arranged in a row along the array direction. The processor corrects a plurality of virtual reception signals by multiplying a virtual reception signal matrix by an inverse matrix of a reception mutual coupling matrix and an inverse matrix of a transmission mutual coupling matrix.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes an object detection unit, an acquisition unit acquiring a first value of a relative speed of an approaching object with respect to an own vehicle, a ghost determination unit, and an assistance determination unit. The ghost determination unit calculates a second value of the relative speed of the approaching object in accordance with a speed of the own vehicle and a value of the relative speed of a following object located between the own vehicle and the approaching object; calculates, as a speed difference, an absolute difference between the first value of the relative speed and the second value of the relative speed; calculates, as an azimuth difference, an absolute difference between an azimuth of the following object and an azimuth of the approaching object; and determines whether the approaching object is the ghost target based on the speed difference and the azimuth difference.

Abstract: In an azimuth estimation device, a center generation unit configured to generate, for each peak bin extracted by the extraction unit, a center matrix which is a correlation matrix obtained using values of the same peak bin collected from all of transmitting/receiving channels. A surrounding generation unit is configured to generate, for each of one or more surrounding bins of each of the peak bins, a surrounding matrix which is a correlation matrix obtained using values of the same surrounding bin collected from all of the transmitting/receiving channels. An integration unit is configured to generate, for each peak bin, an integrated matrix which is a correlation matrix obtained by weighting and adding the center matrix and the one or more surrounding matrices. An estimation unit is configured to execute an azimuth estimation calculation using the integrated matrix generated by the integration unit.

Abstract: The radar device includes a transmission section, a reception antenna section, a reception section, a frequency analysis section, a first correlation matrix generation section, and an averaging process section. The transmission section transmits a chirp at cycle periods, the number of the transmitted chirps being a repetition number. The first correlation matrix generation section generates, for the chirps, first correlation matrixes based on complex information on long-distance bins in distance spectra corresponding to respective reception antennas that have received the identical chirp. The averaging process section performs, for the respective long-distance bins, an averaging process for the repetition number of first correlation matrixes generated so as to correspond to the long-distance bins, to generate average correlation matrixes.

Abstract: In a radar device, a hypothesis selector selects one of first to third hypotheses based on velocity-accuracy posterior distributions after a preset number of distribution calculations. The first hypothesis assumes that an observed velocity of an object is an aliased relative velocity when the relative velocity is higher than an upper limit of an observable velocity range. The second hypothesis assumes that the observed velocity is an unaliased relative velocity. The third hypothesis assumes that the observed velocity is an aliased relative velocity in a case where the relative velocity is below a lower limit of the observable velocity range. The velocity-accuracy posterior distributions are respectively calculated for the first to third hypotheses from velocity-accuracy prior distributions and a detection result of observed velocities for the preset number of distribution calculations.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber includes: drawing an optical fiber from an optical fiber preform in a drawing furnace; and cooling the optical fiber in an annealing furnace. When the optical fiber enters the annealing furnace, a temperature difference between a temperature of the optical fiber and a fictive temperature of glass in a core of the optical fiber is 300° C. or less. The optical fiber is cooled for 0.01 seconds or more in the annealing furnace so that the temperature of the optical fiber becomes 1300° C. or more and 1800° C. or less.

Abstract: A periphery monitoring radar device includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, a spectrum generation unit, an azimuth calculation unit, an environment determination unit, and a position calculation unit. The transmission unit transmits a combination of transmission signals modulated using a plurality of modulation modes. The environment determination unit determines whether a peripheral environment is a complex environment from the degree of randomness of a frequency spectrum for each modulation mode. The position calculation unit removes, upon the peripheral environment for at least one modulation mode being determined to be the complex environment, at least one azimuth corresponding to the at least one modulation mode from the azimuths respectively calculated for modulation modes to thereby obtain at least one target azimuth that is at least one of the remaining azimuths except for the removed azimuth; and calculates a position of the vehicle based on the at least one target azimuth.