Abstract: A sheet folder includes a conveyor conveying a sheet, a first folding roller and a second folding roller that form a first nip, a third folding roller forming a second nip with the second folding roller, a first guide movable between a first guide posture and a first retracted posture, a second guide movable between a second guide posture and a second retracted posture, and a motor. The motor rotates the second folding roller forward to convey the sheet toward the first nip, reverse to convey the sheet toward the second nip, moves the first guide to arrange in the first guide in the first guide posture or the first retracted posture, and moves the second guide to arrange the second guide in the second guide posture or the second retracted posture.

Abstract: An information processing device for a vehicle includes an observed value detection unit, a tracking unit, and an abnormality determination unit. The abnormality determination unit determines whether a vehicle speed abnormality has occurred. If it is determined that no vehicle speed abnormality has occurred, the tracking unit performs a first process using a predicted value of a relative speed based on a detection result of a vehicle speed to calculate a current estimated value. If it is determined that the vehicle speed abnormality has occurred, the tracking unit performs a second process different from the first process to calculate the current estimated value.

Abstract: An object tracking apparatus generates a plurality of target candidates in which ambiguity in velocity is assumed for an object detected for a first time, calculates a current prediction value of a state quantity of each target candidate from a past estimation value of the state quantity of each target candidate, using one filter among a plurality of filters, and calculates the current estimation value of the state quantity of the target candidate from each of the calculated prediction values and a current observation value that matches each prediction value. The object tracking apparatus deletes the target candidate of which a determined likelihood is less than a preset threshold among the target candidates, and switches a used filter to a filter that has a larger number of state variables among the filters, in response to the target candidate being deleted and the total number of target candidates decreasing.

Abstract: A vehicle radar apparatus detects a position and a velocity of a target object. The radar apparatus selects, as a relay reflection target object, a moving body capable of relaying transmission and reception of the radar wave to and from another target object, from target objects detected. The radar apparatus sets a multipath ghost condition indicating the position and the velocity of the target object erroneously detected as a result of a stationary object to which the radar wave is relayed by the relay reflection target object, based on the position and the velocity of the relay reflection target object and the velocity of an own vehicle. The radar apparatus extracts a target object that meets the multipath ghost condition from the detected target objects, determines that the extracted target object is a multipath ghost, and restricts output of a detection result from the radar apparatus to an external apparatus.

Abstract: A radar system of one aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, a plurality of receiving antennas, an azimuth estimation unit, a restoration unit (S30), an error calculation unit, and a false azimuth determination unit. The azimuth estimation unit estimates an azimuth of a target based on a first received signal received by a virtual array. The restoration unit calculates a second received signal from an estimated power of the first received signal which corresponds to a signal restored from the first received signal, assuming that the transmitting azimuth is the same as an arrival azimuth. The false azimuth determination unit determines that the estimated azimuth is a false azimuth when the errors between the first received signal and the second received signal are larger than a determination threshold.

Abstract: This steel sheet for hot stamping has a predetermined chemical composition and has a microstructure in which S?+SGB, which is a total of an area ratio S? of ferrite and an area ratio SGB of a granular bainite, is 10% or more and less than 50% and SGB/S?, which is a ratio between the area ratio SGB of the granular bainite and the area ratio S? of the ferrite, is 0.30 to 0.70. In addition, a hot-stamping formed body manufactured using this steel sheet for hot stamping has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure in which an average grain size of prior austenite grains is 5 to 25 ?m, and a standard deviation of grain sizes of the prior austenite grains is 0.1 to 2.0 ?m, and a tensile strength of the hot-stamping formed body is 2,200 MPa or more.

Abstract: In an object tracking device, a candidate generator is configured to, given P=Kmax?Kmin+1 that defines a range of foldings of velocity by phase rotation from Kminth to Kmaxth foldings, calculate P velocity estimates for each of initial observation points. The candidate generator sets the number of foldings Kmin and the number of foldings Kmax such that Kmin<0 and |Kmin|>|Kmax| when an absolute value of an observation angle representing a direction of the observation point is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and Kmax>0 and |Kmin|<|Kmax| when the absolute value of the observation angle is greater than a second threshold. A velocity determiner is configured to, for each set of candidate targets, select one of the candidate targets belonging to the set of candidate targets, thereby determining the velocity of a target associated with the initial observation point.

Abstract: A radar device for a vehicle includes a frequency analysis unit, a peak information acquisition unit, and a rainfall determination unit. The frequency analysis unit performs a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform on a beat signal, and the peak information acquisition unit extracts, from peaks of a power spectrum calculated by the two-dimensional fast Fourier transform, peaks within a predefined distance-velocity region preset as a raindrop condition, and acquire peak information. The rainfall determination unit determines whether a surrounding environment of the vehicle has rainfall, based on the peak information acquired by the peak information acquisition unit.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a steel sheet having a high strength which can provide excellent appearance quality. The steel sheet has a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: more than 0.030% to 0.145%, Si: 0% to 0.500%, Mn: 0.50% to 2.50%, P: 0% to 0.100%, S: 0% to 0.020%, Al: 0% to 1.000% or less, N: 0% to 0.0100%, and the like, wherein a metal micro-structures consisting of 70 to 95% of ferrite in volume fraction and 5 to 30% of hard phases in volume fraction, and a value X1 obtained by dividing a standard deviation of average Mn concentrations in a rolling direction at ¼ sheet-thickness positions in a sheet thickness direction by an average Mn concentration at the ¼ sheet-thickness positions is 0.025 or less.

Abstract: The position detecting apparatus repeatedly acquires, from a radar apparatus, object information including at least an object distance as a distance between the radar apparatus and a reflecting object and a relative speed between the radar apparatus and a reflecting object. The position detecting apparatus calculates a speed ratio as a ratio between the relative speed and the travelling speed. The position detecting apparatus calculates, based on the speed ratio, a projection distance between a projected position of the reflecting object projected onto a projection plane and a position of the radar apparatus on the projection plane, the projection plane having a predetermined angle with respect to a center axis indicating a direction along which the radar waves are transmitted by the radar apparatus and including the radar apparatus. The position detection apparatus calculates the position of the reflecting object based on the calculated projection distance.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is mounted in a moving body and performs a process for measuring an object present in a vicinity of the moving body. The apparatus sets an intensity threshold corresponding to an intensity distribution based on at least one measurement signal periodically generated, and extracts at least one target peak that is a peak that is greater than the intensity threshold in the intensity distribution, using an upper limit number set in advance as an upper limit. The apparatus stores, in a storage unit, the number of extracted peaks that is the number of the at least one target peak extracted, and sets the intensity threshold so as to suppress the number of the at least one target peak in a new intensity distribution from exceeding the upper limit number, based on the number of extracted peaks in a previous intensity distribution stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A radar apparatus, mounted to a vehicle, includes: a transmitting unit that transmits a transmission signal at a set repetition cycle; and a receiving unit that receives a reflection signal reflected by at least one object. The radar apparatus calculates a velocity residual of each of at least one target object, which is a difference between a velocity prediction value and a velocity measurement value. Based on a magnitude of variation in the velocity residual in time series of each of at least one target object, the radar apparatus calculates an evaluation value of each of at least one target object, which corresponds to a probability of each of at least one target object being a folding ghost. Based on the evaluation value of each of at least one target object, the radar apparatus determines whether each of at least one target object is a folding ghost.

Abstract: An axial misalignment estimation apparatus calculates a first estimated speed ratio that is an estimated speed ratio calculated using an orientation angle that is corrected based on an axial misalignment angle estimated in measurement cycles up to a previous measurement cycle, and calculates at least one second estimated speed ratio that is the first estimated speed ratio presuming aliasing is present at the orientation angle. The axial misalignment estimation apparatus determines, for each stationary reflection point, whether aliasing is present at the orientation angle of the stationary reflection point based on the first estimated speed ratio and the at least one second estimated speed ratio, and corrects the orientation angle of the stationary reflection point in which aliasing is determined to be present, and estimates the axial misalignment angle based on the corrected orientation angle for the stationary reflection point of which the orientation angle is corrected.

Abstract: A radar device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna, a signal acquisition unit, an interference removing unit, a spectrum acquisition unit, a target extraction unit, and a first threshold calculation unit. The interference removing unit is configured to remove an interference signal from the amplitude signal acquired. The interference signal has an amplitude value exceeding a first threshold. The target extraction unit is configured to extract at least one target component exceeding a set second threshold from a frequency spectrum. The first threshold calculation unit is configured to calculate the first threshold using the at least one target component extracted.

Abstract: An axis deviation angle estimation device estimates a vertical axis deviation angle of a radar device based on roadside object information including information on a plurality of reflection points on a roadside object and road surface information including information on a plurality of reflection points on a road surface. The vertical axis deviation angle is an angle of deviation of an actual mounting direction from a reference mounting direction in a vertical direction. The actual mounting direction is an actual direction of the radar device, and the reference mounting direction is a direction of the radar device when the radar device is mounted in a reference state.

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 continuous casting facility used for thin slab casting has a mold for casting molten steel, an immersion nozzle that supplies the molten steel into the mold, and an electromagnetic stirring device capable of providing a swirl flow at a molten steel surface in the mold, and a thickness DCu (mm) of a copper plate of a long side wall, a thickness T (mm) of a steel piece, a frequency f (Hz) of the electromagnetic stirring device, electric conductivity ? (S/m) of the molten steel, and electric conductivity ?Cu (S/m) of the copper plate of the long side wall are adjusted to satisfy the following formulae (1)-a and (1)-b: DCu<?(2/?Cu??)??(1)-a ?(1/2???)<T??(1)-b, where ?=2?f: angular velocity (rad/sec), and ?=4?×10?7: magnetic permeability in vacuum (N/A2).

Abstract: An object tracking apparatus acquires detection information from a sensor mounted to a moving body, detects an object, and calculates a distance, a relative velocity, and an orientation thereof. For the initially detected object, the apparatus calculates aliased velocities of which aliasing from the relative velocity is assumed, and generates target candidates corresponding to the aliased velocities. For each target candidate, the apparatus estimates a current state of the target candidate from a past state thereof and observation information, and selects the target candidate estimated to be a true target from the target candidates for the same object. The apparatus calculates, as a reference velocity, an aliased velocity of the relative velocity that is equal to or greater than a velocity lower-limit value and is most negative or smallest in magnitude. The apparatus calculates the aliased velocities being the reference velocity aliased 0 to n times in a positive direction.

Abstract: This axial deviation estimating device estimates an axial deviation angle of a radar device mounted on a mobile body, and includes an acquiring unit, an extracting unit, a device-system coordinates unit, and an estimating unit. The estimating unit estimates an axial deviation angle using a relational expression. The relational expression is an expression that holds between at least one unknown parameter, which includes an axial deviation angle of a coordinate axis of the radar device about a target axis which is at least one of a horizontal axis and a traveling direction axis constituting the coordinate axes of the mobile body, and at least one element included in the device-system coordinates of a road surface reflection point.

Abstract: An axial misalignment estimation apparatus, mounted in a moving body, acquires reflection point information for each of reflection points detected by a radar apparatus, extracts, from the reflection points, at least a single road-surface reflection point detected by reflection on a road surface, based on the reflection point information. Based on the reflection point information, the axial misalignment estimation apparatus identifies, for each road-surface reflection point, apparatus system coordinates based on coordinate axes of the radar apparatus, and estimates an axial misalignment angle and a height of the radar apparatus using a relational expression established between at least two unknown parameters and at least two elements included in the apparatus system coordinates of the road-surface reflection point. The unknown parameters include the axial misalignment angle being a misalignment angle of a coordinate axis of the radar apparatus around a target axis, and a mounting height of the radar apparatus.