Abstract: A ceramic circuit board includes a ceramic substrate and a metal plate bonded together via a bonding layer, wherein when the ceramic circuit board is observed through a cross-section defined by a thickness direction and lateral direction of the ceramic circuit board: a side surface of the metal plate has an inclined shape; and the bonding layer has a bonding-layer protruding portion which protrudes by 20 ?m or more and 150 ?m or less from an edge where the bonding layer is in contact with the side surface of the metal plate. The shape and Vickers hardness of the side surface of the metal plate are controlled. The ceramic substrate is preferably a silicon nitride substrate.

Abstract: An acetoacetyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol resin having little variation in acetoacetyl group content depending on particle size range. The acetoacetyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol resin is a particulate acetoacetyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol resin having an acetoacetyl group content distribution such that a ratio between the highest and the lowest acetoacetyl group content determined for a particle diameter range of less than 105 ?m, a particle diameter range of not less than 105 ?m and less than 177 ?m, a particle diameter range of not less than 177 ?m and less than 600 ?m, and a particle diameter range of not less than 600 ?m ((highest acetoacetyl group content)/(lowest acetoacetyl group content)) is less than 1.2.

Abstract: Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 ?m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.

Abstract: Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 ?m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided with a control unit configured to acquire information indicating an item that a user desires to check for a product, acquire manufacturing data of a sample of the product capable of checking the item desired to be checked by using the acquired information, and output the manufacturing data to a sample manufacturing apparatus in the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of producing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: heat-curing a thermosetting resin and a curing agent having a ratio of the number of reactive groups of the curing agent to the number of reactive groups of the thermosetting resin of at least 2 but not higher than 11 to obtain an additive for bonded magnets; and kneading the additive for bonded magnets, magnetic powder, and a thermoplastic resin to obtain a compound for bonded magnets in which a filling ratio of the magnetic powder is at least 91.5% by mass.

Abstract: An information processing device obtains information concerning a plurality of items of food and drink served to a passenger of a mobile body while the mobile body is moving from a start point to an end point of movement, generates information indicating timing of serving of each of the items of food and drink to the passenger, based on information indicating a period of time provided for allowing the passenger to see a viewing object from the mobile body while the mobile body is moving from the start point to the end point, and outputs the information indicating the timing.

Abstract: An image information collection system is an image information collection system in which a server device collects image information from a vehicle via a telecommunications line. The vehicle includes: an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding image; and a control device configured to calculate an evaluation value of the surrounding image captured by the imaging device, the control device being configured to determine, based on the evaluation value thus calculated and a location where the surrounding image is captured, whether or not the surrounding image is transmitted to the server device as the image information, the control device being configured to transmit, to the server device, the surrounding image determined to be transmitted.

Abstract: A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery includes an electrode group comprising a separator, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, and the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material including a base particle comprising a nickel hydroxide particle containing Mn in solid solution and a conductive layer comprising a Co compound and covering the surface of the base particle, wherein the X-ray absorption edge energy of Mn detected within 6500 to 6600 eV by measurement with an XAFS method is 6548 eV or higher.

Abstract: A driving control system in which a server apparatus controls an operation of a vehicle via a telecommunication network. The server apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a condition for raising a degree of accuracy in detecting a wild animal in an area around the vehicle is satisfied, and to raise the degree of accuracy in detecting the wild animal by controlling a detection device included in the vehicle at a timing when the condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A service providing system, a vehicle and a method for providing a service are provided. The service providing system includes a server device configured to provide a service to a vehicle via a telecommunication line, the server device including processing circuitry configured to: acquire, from the vehicle, information on a communication standard and a service that are being used and position information; and create, at least partly based on the information on the communication standard and the service and the position information, a service map indicating a communication standard and a service that are usable in a communication area; and control content of the service provided to the vehicle using the service map.

Abstract: A route guidance system according to the present disclosure is a route guidance system in which a server device distributes route guidance information to a vehicle via a telecommunications line. The server device includes: a route guidance information database in which route guidance information is stored, the route guidance information including route information from a departure point to a destination for route guidance and pieces of image information on points included in the route information; and a route guidance information distribution portion configured to distribute, to the vehicle, the route guidance information stored in the route guidance information database in response to a transmission request from the vehicle.

Abstract: An image information collection system is an image information collection system in which a server device collects image information from a vehicle via a telecommunications line. The vehicle includes: an imaging device configured to capture a surrounding image; and a control device configured to calculate an evaluation value of the surrounding image captured by the imaging device, the control device being configured to determine, based on the evaluation value thus calculated and a location where the surrounding image is captured, whether or not the surrounding image is transmitted to the server device as the image information, the control device being configured to transmit, to the server device, the surrounding image determined to be transmitted.

Abstract: In a map information distribution system, a server device distributes map information to a vehicle through a telecommunication network. The vehicle includes a control device configured to: determine whether there is missing data in the map information held by the vehicle; determine, when there is missing data in the map information held by the vehicle, whether a nearby vehicle holds the missing data by communicating with the nearby vehicle; acquire the missing data from the nearby vehicle, when the nearby vehicle holds the missing data; and acquire the missing data from the server device, when the nearby vehicle does not hold the missing data.

Abstract: A map information distribution system is a map information distribution system in which a server distributes map information to a vehicle via a telecommunication line and uses various information acquired from the vehicle to update the map information, and a vehicle includes an update control section that determines whether a condition for acquiring peripheral information of the vehicle, which is used to update the map information, is satisfied, acquires the peripheral information at timing of satisfying the condition, and transmits the acquired peripheral information to the server.

Abstract: A driving control system in which a server apparatus controls an operation of a vehicle via a telecommunication network, The server apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a condition for raising a degree of accuracy in detecting a wild animal in an area around the vehicle is satisfied, and to raise the degree of accuracy in detecting the wild animal by controlling a detection device included in the vehicle at a timing When the condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An information processing device obtains information concerning a plurality of items of food and drink served to a passenger of a mobile body while the mobile body is moving from a start point to an end point of movement, generates information indicating timing of serving of each of the items of food and drink to the passenger, based on information indicating a period of time provided for allowing the passenger to see a viewing object from the mobile body while the mobile body is moving from the start point to the end point, and outputs the information indicating the timing.

Abstract: An information processing device is equipped with a control unit that carries out acquisition of desire information including information indicating an operation that is performed during halt of a vehicle, and information indicating a time during which the vehicle is desired to be halted, acquisition of halt place-associated information matching the desire information, namely, halt place-associated information including information indicating a vehicle halt permitting place that is managed by a user, information indicating a time during which the vehicle halt permitting place is available, and information indicating an operation that can be performed at the vehicle halt permitting place, and output of the halt place-associated information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided with a control unit configured to acquire information indicating an item that a user desires to check for a product, acquire manufacturing data of a sample of the product capable of checking the item desired to be checked by using the acquired information, and output the manufacturing data to a sample manufacturing apparatus in the vehicle.

Abstract: A nickel-hydrogen secondary battery includes an electrode group comprising a separator, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode, and the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material including a base particle comprising a nickel hydroxide particle containing Mn in solid solution and a conductive layer comprising a Co compound and covering the surface of the base particle, wherein the X-ray absorption edge energy of Mn detected within 6500 to 6600 eV by measurement with an XAFS method is 6548 eV or higher.