Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of reliability to the learned target object position having a larger number of times of coincidence with the surrounding target object position; by comparing the learned target object position having a degree of reliability greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold degree of reliability with a position of a target object detected around the own vehicle, calculating a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to the target parking position.

Abstract: A lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements arrayed in a main scanning direction. Each of the optical elements includes an incident surface, at least one reflection surface, and an emission surface. The incident surface transmits and converges light made incident thereon. The reflection surface has positive optical power for reflecting and converging the light made incident via the incident surface. The emission surface emits the light reflected by the reflection surface. The lens mirror array includes a plurality of grooves and a light blocking member. The plurality of grooves are provided among a plurality of the reflection surfaces arranged in the main scanning direction of the plurality of optical elements. The light blocking member is provided in the plurality of grooves.

Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking position and a second image capturing situation when the past image is captured; selecting, the relative positional relationship combined with the second image capturing situation having a difference from the first image capturing situation less than or equal to a predetermined difference; and calculating, based on the selected relative positional relationship and the first target object position, a relative position between a current position of the vehicle and the target parking position.

Abstract: A cooking oil degradation suppression filter that can effectively and easily suppress degradation of cooking oil without using a filter aid or the like and can prevent a decrease in the taste of food caused by separation of a degradation suppression agent. The cooking oil degradation suppression filter includes fiber (10) and at least one degradation suppression agent (13) selected from a carbonate, a silicate, a tartrate, an oxide, a hydroxide, an alginate, and a phosphate.

Abstract: A mandrel around which fiber-reinforced resin is wound, the mandrel including a cylinder portion having a plurality of first flat surface portions, and a pair of dome portions that are formed at respective ends of the cylinder portion and each include a plurality of second flat surface portions.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus is an image decoding apparatus for decoding an image from coded data, and includes at least a supplemental information decoder for decoding supplemental information indicating at least one of a position, a size, or a type of a recognition target of a decoded image.

Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.

Abstract: A transport device and a transport method efficiently increase a thrust to suppress power consumption. The transport device has a first magnetic body on a side of a to-be-transported object, a magnetic circuit with a core consisting of a second magnetic body, and a winding wound around an outside of the core, and a drive circuit supplying a current to the winding of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit has first and second magnetic circuits, and in a case where the first magnetic body is located on a side of the second magnetic circuit relative to a first predetermined position between the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, the drive circuit supplies a current to a winding of the first magnetic circuit in such a manner to cause an electromagnetic repulsive force to be generated between the first magnetic body and the first magnetic circuit.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device that includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. In the pixel array unit, four vertical signal lines for outputting a detection signal detected by any one of the first tap and the second tap to the outside of the pixel array unit are arranged for one pixel column.

Abstract: A multilayer varistor has a stack structure including a plurality of layers stacked in a third direction. The multilayer varistor includes a first internal electrode electrically connected to a first external electrode, a second internal electrode electrically connected to the second external electrode, and a third internal electrode electrically connected to the third external electrode. The first internal electrode is disposed between the second internal electrode and the third internal electrode in the third direction.

Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes an identification data acquisition unit that acquires image data for identification in which a first biological region is captured and first site information of the first biological region, and an identification unit that selects an identifier corresponding to the first site information from identifiers associated respectively with a plurality of pieces of site information, and performs an identification process on the basis of the identifier and the image data for identification.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a conductive fiber including a synthetic fiber and a conductive film that is formed on a surface of the synthetic fiber and includes single-wall carbon nanotubes, the method including: a conductive ink immersion step of immersing the synthetic fiber in a conductive ink having the single-wall carbon nanotubes dispersed in an aprotic solvent and causing the conductive ink to adhere to the synthetic fiber; and a solvent removal step that is performed after the conductive ink immersion step for drying the synthetic fiber to which the conductive ink adheres and removing the aprotic solvent.

Abstract: A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target parking position with respect to a current position of the own vehicle; based on the estimated relative position, calculating a target travel trajectory from a current position of the own vehicle to the target parking position; determining estimation precision of the estimated relative position; when the estimation precision is low, limiting a speed limit of movement speed at which the own vehicle is caused to travel along the target travel trajectory to a speed lower.

Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: storing positions of target objects detected around the target parking position as learned target object positions; when the own vehicle travels in a vicinity of the target parking position after the learned target object positions are stored, counting the number of times that the learned target object position coincides with a surrounding target object position of a target object detected around the own vehicle and providing a higher degree of reliability to the learned target object position having a larger number of times of coincidence with the surrounding target object position; by comparing the learned target object position having a degree of reliability greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold degree of reliability with a position of a target object detected around the own vehicle, calculating a relative position of the own vehicle with respect to the target parking position.

Abstract: A parking assistance method includes: detecting, from an image of surroundings of a vehicle, a first target object position; detecting a first image capturing situation when the image is captured; with respect to a second target object position of a target object detected from a past image of surroundings of a target parking position in a past, retrieving one or more combinations of a relative positional relationship between the second target object position and the target parking position and a second image capturing situation when the past image is captured; selecting, the relative positional relationship combined with the second image capturing situation having a difference from the first image capturing situation less than or equal to a predetermined difference; and calculating, based on the selected relative positional relationship and the first target object position, a relative position between a current position of the vehicle and the target parking position.

Abstract: A parking assistance method including: detecting a target object position that is a relative position with respect to the own vehicle; retrieving a known target object and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position from a storage device; based on the detected target object position detected and a relative positional relationship between the known target object and a target parking position, estimating a relative position of the target parking position with respect to a current position of the own vehicle; based on the estimated relative position, calculating a target travel trajectory from a current position of the own vehicle to the target parking position; determining estimation precision of the estimated relative position; when the estimation precision is low, limiting a speed limit of movement speed at which the own vehicle is caused to travel along the target travel trajectory to a speed lower.

Abstract: A monolayer membrane containing gelling polymer particles having at least one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group, and having a thickness of less than 5 ?m. A composite having a porous carrier and gelling polymer particles having at least any one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group and filling up the surface pores of the porous carrier. The invention can provide a novel material capable of efficiently separating an acid gas from a mixed gas.

Abstract: A control unit 81 determines nozzles corresponding to an image to be printed, correspondingly to a position of a print sheet, and causes a recording head to eject ink from its nozzles. A correction processing unit 83 performs a correction process corresponding to each of plural ink ejection malfunction positions in the aforementioned image. Further, the correction processing unit 83 prints a test pattern using the recording head 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d, determines the ink ejection malfunction positions and ink ejection malfunction types on the basis of a scanned image of the test pattern, and performs the correction process such that the ink ejection malfunction of which the ink ejection malfunction type is non ejection is preferentially performed than the ink ejection malfunction of which the ink ejection malfunction type is ink ejection deviation.

Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate locating temporary distribution lanes on a road for transshipment are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise a vehicle network component that can determine one or more vehicles for package delivery from a network of connected vehicles based on delivery destination information. The computer executable components can comprise a lane definition component that can define one or more temporary lanes based on predicted travel positions from the delivery destination information for the one or more vehicles. The computer executable components can comprise a transshipment component that can perform transshipment of packages between the one or more vehicles within the one or more temporary lanes.

Abstract: The object is to provide a connector and a connector connection structure that, even if an electric wire is vibrated, may suppress influence of the vibration. A housing 22, 23 includes an insertion cylinder 221, 231 in communication with a main body 222, 232 and having a high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto. An electric wire retaining portion 28 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 has an electric wire insertion hole 281 retaining the high-voltage electric wire 201 inserted thereinto, and further includes a securing-side retaining portion 282 provided on the harness insertion outer cylinder 231 and having securing-side arcked grooves 281a, and an attachment retaining portion 283 having attachment-side arcked grooves 281b and attached to the securing-side retaining portion 282.