Abstract: To provide a method for extracting a fluorinated ether compound by which a desired fluorinated ether compound can be extracted efficiently. The method for extracting a fluorinated ether compound of the present invention is a method for extracting a fluorinated ether compound, which comprises extracting a first component from a composition with an organic solvent containing no fluorine atom, the composition containing the first component composed of at least one fluorinated ether compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (A1), a compound represented by the formula (A2) and a compound represented by the formula (A3), and a second component composed of at least one fluorinated ether compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (B1) and a compound represented by the formula (B2).

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes: an operation member configured to operate traveling of a vehicle; and a controller configured to execute a traveling control including an acceleration or deceleration control of accelerating or decelerating the vehicle in accordance with operation information regarding an operation on the operation member by an occupant. The controller executes an intervention stop control of decelerating and stopping the vehicle that is traveling, an intervention cancellation control of cancelling the intervention stop control, and a driving control of accelerating the vehicle. When an abnormal operation on the accelerator pedal is determined during the driving control, the controller cancels the intervention stop control, and then accelerates the vehicle by a second driving control that suppresses acceleration as compared with a first driving control of accelerating the vehicle in accordance with an operation amount on the operation member by the occupant.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device comprises: an oncoming moving body recognizer configured to recognize an oncoming moving body; a risk determination region setting unit configured to set a risk determination region for calculating a risk degree that decreases as a distance outward from a center of the oncoming moving body in a width direction of the oncoming moving body increases; a risk degree calculator configured to calculate the risk degree for the oncoming moving body in accordance with an overlap state between the target traveling path of the vehicle and the risk determination region; and a preliminary collision avoidance controller configured to recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle in accordance with the risk degree, and perform preliminary collision avoidance control in response to the oncoming moving body recognized as the obstacle prior to the emergency collision avoidance control.

Abstract: A remote controller including an emergency stop button that receives an emergency stop operation, a temporary stop button that receives a temporary stop operation, and a control unit that restarts the running of a tractor when a running restart operation is performed after the tractor has been temporary stopped, the running restart operation including a pressing operation for pressing the temporary stop button continuously for a first predetermined time and a release operation for releasing the pressing operation on the temporary stop button within a second predetermined time following the first predetermined time.

Abstract: Provided are a surface treating agent which is capable of forming a surface layer excellent in light resistance and has excellent long-term storage stability, an article having the surface layer, and a method for producing the article. The surface treating agent of the present invention is a surface treating agent containing a fluorine-containing ether compound having a fluoropolyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and a fluoride ion, in which the content of the fluoride ion is 0.1 to 3.0 ppm by mass with respect to the total mass of the surface treating agent.

Abstract: Provided are a surface treating agent which is capable of forming a surface layer excellent in acid resistance and has excellent long-term storage stability, an article having the surface layer, and a method for producing the article. The surface treating agent of the present invention is a surface treating agent containing a fluorine-containing ether compound having a fluoropolyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and one or more ions selected from the group consisting of an iodide ion and a bromide ion, in which the content of the ions is 0.05 to 2.00 ppm by mass with respect to the total mass of the surface treating agent.

Abstract: A surface treatment agent from which a surface layer having an excellent friction resistance can be formed, an article including such a surface layer, and a method for manufacturing such an article are provided. A surface treatment agent according to the present invention contains a fluorine-containing ether compound including a fluoro-polyether chain and a reactive silyl group, and a metallic compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of elements in Groups 1 excluding a hydrogen element and Group 2 in a periodic table.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by formula (1) or (2): A1-(ORf1)y1—R1-Q1-R2-L1-(R3-T1)x1??Formula (1) (T3-R9)x3-L3-R8-Q3-R7—Rf—(ORf2)y2—R4-Q2-R5-L2-(R6-T2)x2?? Formula (2) where each symbol in the formula is as described in the description.

Abstract: A compound, a composition, a surface treatment agent, and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in wear resistance, an article having a surface layer excellent in wear resistance, and a method for producing the article are provided. The compound has a fluoropolyether chain and a group represented by the following formula (g1). where Rg1 is an alkylene group in which an atom having a connecting bond * may be an etheric oxygen atom and that may contain an etheric oxygen atom between carbon-carbon atoms, Rg1 containing a carbon chain with at least 9 carbon atoms linked together, Tg1 is —SiRa1z1Ra23-z1, and other symbols are as described in the specification.

Abstract: An acquisition processing part acquires a captured image from a camera which is installed on a work vehicle. A detection processing part detects an obstacle on the basis of the captured image which is acquired by the acquisition processing part. When an obstacle is detected by the detection processing part, a reception processing part receives a traveling stop instruction for stopping automatic traveling of the work vehicle or a traveling continuation instruction for continuing automatic traveling of the work vehicle. A traveling processing part stops the automatic traveling of the work vehicle when the reception processing part receives the traveling stop instruction, and continues the automatic traveling of the work vehicle when the reception processing part receives the traveling continuation instruction.

Abstract: A route setting device includes a situation ascertainment unit and a departure route setting unit. The situation ascertainment unit receives an instruction for a work vehicle moving through a field along a preset work route, and acquires the location of the work vehicle. On the basis of the instruction and the work machinery used for work in the field by the work vehicle moving within the field, the departure route setting unit generates a departure route for departing from a work region where work is being done by the work vehicle in the field.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition device, a collision time calculator, a collision object estimator, and an after-collision travel range estimator. The surrounding environment recognition device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a collision object recognizer configured to recognize an object that has a possibility to come into collision with the vehicle in the recognized surrounding environment. The collision time calculator is configured to calculate a predicted time to the collision between the vehicle and the object. The collision object estimator is configured to, based on the predicted time to the collision, estimate a travel route of the object and a collision position on the vehicle where the object collides with the vehicle. The after-collision travel range estimator is configured to estimate a travel range of the vehicle after the collision based on the estimated collision position.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition device, a collision time calculator, a collision object estimator, an after-collision travel range estimator, a collision detector, and a travel control unit. The surrounding environment recognition device includes a recognizer, a collision object recognizer that recognizes an object that has a possibility to come into collision with the vehicle, and a safety degree region setter that sets safety degree regions. The collision object estimator estimates a travel route of the object and a collision position on the vehicle. The after-collision travel range estimator estimates a travel range of the vehicle after the collision based on the estimated collision position. When the collision between the vehicle and the object is detected, the travel control unit performs travel control depending on a safety degree in one of the safety degree regions in front of the travel range after the collision.

Abstract: An acquisition processing part acquires detection information from a first obstacle sensor which detects an obstacle in a first detection area, and a second obstacle sensor which detects an obstacle in a second detection area. When an obstacle is detected in the first detection area, a traveling processing part executes travel restriction of a work vehicle. When the obstacle enters a non-detection area from the first detection area in a state in which the work vehicle is under the travel restriction, a determination processing part determines whether or not the obstacle further enters the second detection area from the non-detection area. When it is determined that the obstacle enters the second detection area from the non-detection area, the traveling processing part continues the travel restriction of the work vehicle.

Abstract: A route acquisition processing unit acquires a travel route for a work vehicle. A report processing unit provides a report of an inquiry as to whether or not automatic traveling of the work vehicle is to be started in the case when the travel route acquired by the route acquisition unit includes a first travel route that goes in a direction different from that of a detection area of an obstacle sensor installed in the work vehicle to detect obstacles around the work vehicle.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for producing a fluorine-containing compound by using an easily available compound under relatively mild reaction conditions to produce a fluorine-containing compound, and a method for producing a surface treatment agent using the fluorine-containing compound obtained by the production method. A method for producing a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following formula (C1) or (C2), the method including: reacting a compound represented by the following formula (A1) or (A2) with a compound represented by the following formula (B1). G1-L1-CR1R2—X1??Formula (A1) X2—CR3R4-L2-G2-L3-CR5R6—X3??Formula (A2) R11—MgR12??Formula (B1) G1-L1-CR1R2—R11??Formula (C1) R11—CR3R4-L2-G2-L3-CR5R6—R11??Formula (C2) where, each reference sign in the formula is as described in the specification.

Abstract: A drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes one or more processors configured to: obtain a risk degree calculated for an oncoming moving body moving with a velocity component in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the vehicle in the oncoming moving body on an oncoming lane adjoining a traveling lane of the vehicle, based on a light emission pattern of a light source unit provided in the oncoming moving body; perform, upon determining that the vehicle is highly likely to come into collision with an obstacle, emergency collision avoidance control for avoiding the collision; and recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle according to the risk degree and perform, prior to the emergency collision avoidance control, preliminary collision avoidance control for the oncoming moving body.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device includes a traveling environment recognizer, an obstacle recognizer, an emergency collision, an oncoming moving body recognizer, a lateral position calculator, a risk degree calculator, and a preliminary collision avoidance controller. The obstacle recognizer recognizes, based on information recognized by a traveling environment recognizer, an obstacle on a vehicle's traveling path. An emergency collision avoidance controller performs emergency collision avoidance control for avoiding a collision with the obstacle. An oncoming moving body recognizer recognizes, an oncoming moving body in an oncoming lane. A lateral position calculator calculates a distance from a lane marker defining the oncoming lane to a reference position of the oncoming moving body. A risk degree calculator calculates a risk degree for the oncoming moving body.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device includes an oncoming moving body recognizer configured to recognize an oncoming moving body; a lateral position distribution characteristics acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution characteristics of a lateral position of the oncoming moving body; a risk determination region setting unit configured to set, based on the distribution characteristics, a risk determination region for calculating a risk degree; a risk degree calculator configured to calculate the risk degree for the oncoming moving body; and a preliminary collision avoidance controller configured to recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle in accordance with the risk degree, and perform preliminary collision avoidance control in response to the oncoming moving body prior to the emergency collision avoidance control.

Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device comprises a risk determination region setting unit configured to set a risk determination region for calculating a risk degree that decreases as a distance outward from a center of the oncoming moving body in a width direction of the oncoming moving body increases. The risk determination region setting unit is further configured to set the risk determination region such that the risk degree is zero at a distance in a vehicle width direction between the vehicle and the oncoming moving body matching an average distance. The average distance is calculated based on distances in the vehicle width direction between the vehicle and oncoming moving bodies acquired every time the vehicle passes by the oncoming moving bodies.