Abstract: A ring-shaped catalyst may have a straight body part and a hollow body part, which is used when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted to produce a target substance, wherein a length of the straight body part is shorter than a length of the hollow body part and at least at one end part, a region from an end part of the straight body part to an end part of the hollow body part is concavely curved.

Abstract: To provide an other vehicle behavior prediction apparatus, an other vehicle behavior prediction method, and an automatic driving system which can determine the presence absence of the lane change of the other vehicle with good accuracy, regardless of the change of road shape. An other vehicle behavior prediction apparatus, including: a periphery detector that detects other vehicle which exists around an own vehicle; a road shape detector that detects a road shape where the other vehicle is located; and a lane change predictor that predicts presence or absence of a lane change of the other vehicle based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and changes a determination value which is used when predicting the presence or absence of the lane change of the other vehicle, based on the road shape where the other vehicle is located.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording unit, first and second rollers, a guide member, and a cutting unit. The recording unit performs image recording on a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction on a first conveyance path. The first roller is located further downstream than the recording unit in the first conveyance path. The second roller is located further downstream than the first roller in the first conveyance path. The guide member has a guide surface that forms a second conveyance path extending from a connection position of the first conveyance path between the first roller and the second roller. The cutting unit is located between the connection position and the second roller, cuts a sheet, and has a cutter. The guide member changes in posture between a first posture for forming the second conveyance path and a second posture for opening the second conveyance path.

Abstract: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.

Abstract: A conveyance system includes: a travel plan generating unit to generate a travel plan of the conveyance vehicle, the travel plan being used to execute conveyance of the trailer from the parking lot to a platform by the conveyance vehicle or conveyance of the trailer from the platform to the parking lot; and an extraneous vehicle determining unit to determine whether or not the extraneous vehicle is present in the site. When the extraneous vehicle determining unit determines that the extraneous vehicle is present in the site, the travel plan generating unit generates the travel plan in which the conveyance vehicle does not obstruct traveling of the extraneous vehicle. In this case, traveling of the extraneous vehicle such as a truck is not obstructed by the conveyance vehicle, so that operation efficiency of the delivery center can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus module includes: a rigid member disposed in an in-roof space between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle to be fixed to the roof panel; and an apparatus fixed to the rigid member. The rigid member is provided with a heat receiving part having contact with the apparatus to receive heat from the apparatus and a heat radiation part radiating heat received by the heat receiving part, the heat receiving part and the heat radiation part are provided in positions away from each other in a surface of the rigid member, and heat is transferred from the heat receiving part to the heat radiation part via a heat transfer path connecting the heat receiving part and the heat radiation part in the rigid member.

Abstract: A roof interior member is a roof interior member covering a roof panel of a vehicle from a side of a vehicle interior and including a plurality of segmented roof interior members, wherein the plurality of segmented roof interior members form a continuous body continuously formed in a state of extending in different regions in the roof panel to have a shape of covering the roof panel from the side of the vehicle interior.

Abstract: One aim is to provide a technique allowing a device to be cooled without being housed inside a duct. A device module includes: a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle; and a device that is supported by a support surface among outer surfaces of the support member. A support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member, and the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle.

Abstract: This traveling route deciding device includes: an obstacle information acquisition unit which acquires obstacle information at regular intervals; an obstacle determination unit which determines whether each obstacle is a moving object or a static object, for all obstacles acquired by the obstacle information acquisition unit; a moving object list update unit which, in a case where it is determined that the obstacle is a moving object, registers the obstacle in a moving object list; a traveling prohibited area update unit which, in a case where it is determined that the obstacle is a static object, registers an area including the obstacle as a traveling prohibited area; and a traveling route deciding unit which performs calculation for avoiding collision between the vehicle and each obstacle on the basis of the updated moving object list and traveling prohibited area without using the continued traveling prohibited area, thus correcting a preset traveling route.

Abstract: A technique, that can increase the design flexibility relating to devices disposed in a vehicle in an arrangement space between a vehicle body panel and an interior member, is provided. A wiring module disposed in a vehicle in an arrangement space between a vehicle body panel and an interior member includes at least one device; a transmission member extending from each one of the at least one device; and a rigid member including a panel fixing portion and a plurality of device fixing portions. Each one of the at least one device is fixed to a device fixing portion selected from the plurality of device fixing portions, and a portion of the transmission member extending out from each one of the at least one device is held by the rigid member. The wiring module is fixed to the vehicle body panel via the panel fixing portion.

Abstract: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.

Abstract: An object is to facilitate incorporation of a wiring module into a vehicle. A wiring module includes: a sheet-shaped member that extends in a planar shape relative to a mounting target portion of a vehicle; a transmission member held by the sheet-shaped member; and a rigid member provided on the sheet-shaped member, wherein the rigid member includes a plurality of divided members, the rigid member is provided with a plurality of attachment parts configured to be attached to the mounting target portion, the plurality of divided members include a first divided member and a second divided member that are coupled so as to be displaceable to each other, and a coupling portion between the first divided member and the second divided member is provided between the plurality of attachment parts.

Abstract: An own-vehicle position integration processing apparatus calculates with a prediction circuitry, based on own-vehicle movement information u(m) obtained from an own-vehicle movement information observation device and an observation time point tego(m) thereof and on own-vehicle position information z(n) obtained from a plurality of own-vehicle position observation devices and an observation time point tobs(n) thereof, an own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n), acquires a previous observation time point tobs(n?1) and an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n?1) thereat from an updating circuitry, sequentially updates using them the own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n) per item of own-vehicle position information z(n), and calculates an own-vehicle position xout(n) at a target output time point tout from an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n). Thereby, a precise own-vehicle position can be estimated.

Abstract: The invention provides a thawing device including a power and a pair of electrodes connected with the power, and thawing a frozen food disposed between the pair of electrodes through electric heating. The thawing device includes a cooling device configured to cool a temperature of a periphery of the frozen food to a predetermined temperature equal to or higher than a temperature of the frozen food before thawing and equal to or lower than 0° C.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for endoscope includes: a coupler configured to hold an endoscope for capturing an image of a subject, and emit the image of the subject; an imaging apparatus main body connected to the coupler so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the coupler around an optical axis of the endoscope, the imaging apparatus main body being configured to capture the image of the subject emitted from the endoscope; and a posture keeping member configured to maintain a posture of the imaging apparatus main body with respect to the optical axis of the endoscope by generating a desired physical quantity between the coupler and the imaging apparatus main body.

Abstract: Provided are a lane separation line detection correcting device/method and an automatic driving system for stabilizing the behavior of a vehicle by correcting overestimated curvature information resulting from an erroneous detection of a curvature of a lane separation line. A travel speed detecting circuit detects, for example, a target travel speed as vehicle sensor information. A maximum curvature estimating circuit estimates, based on the target travel speed, a maximum curvature of a road along which an own vehicle is traveling. A curvature correcting circuit corrects a curvature of a lane separation line input thereto based on the maximum curvature. A control unit controls steering of the own vehicle based on the lane separation line having a corrected curvature. As a result, vehicle steering can be automatically controlled so as to prevent the own vehicle while traveling from departing from a driving lane.

Abstract: To provide an object position detection apparatus which can calculate a position of object in the real world with good accuracy from the image imaged by the roadside monitoring camera, while suppressing erroneous detection, even for geographical feature where height of floor changes variously. An object position detection apparatus acquires the coordinate transformation equation of the image area corresponding to the position in image of the object, from the map data; and transforms the position in image of the object into the position of the real world coordinates the coordinate transformation equation; acquires information on size limitation and information on existence possibility and the object type from the map data; determines a presence or absence of erroneous detection of the object; and distributes outside a position of real world coordinates of the object with no erroneous detection.

Abstract: An information processing device is an information processing device that outputs a fee plan indicating a fee required to use a vehicle or battery selected by a user, the information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires selection information specifying a selected object selected by the user; and a processing unit that outputs the fee plan, wherein when the selected object is eligible for a subsidy, the processing unit outputs an eligible plan as the fee plan, and in the eligible plan, the fee is set to a fixed amount of money in an initial predetermined period, and the fee is set to be lower than the fixed amount of money and to be decreased with passage of time after the predetermined period has passed.

Abstract: A power control apparatus for an in-vehicle camera includes a temperature sensor which measures the temperature in a camera unit; a temperature data acquisition section which acquires periodically measured temperature data; a predicted temperature calculation section which calculates a temperature gradient from the acquired temperature data group and, based on the temperature gradient, calculates a future predicted camera unit temperature; a power supply section which supplies power to an image processing section; a temperature determination section which determines whether predicted temperature is within an operation guarantee temperature of camera unit component parts; and a power supply control section which, based on a determination result, issues a control command to start or stop power supply to the component parts from the power supply section, the power supply being started or stopped with appropriate timing using the predicted temperature, thereby enabling expeditious protection of the component part

Abstract: The object characteristic determining device according to this application includes: an object position-information acquisition unit to acquire position information of an object on a road; a stop time calculation unit to calculate a stop time during which the object continues to stop, on the basis of the position information of the object acquired by the object position-information acquisition unit; an object characteristic determination unit to determine that a characteristic of the object is dynamic when the stop time calculated by the stop time calculation unit is less than a predetermined determination time, and determine that the characteristic of the object is semi-dynamic, meaning that its mobility is less than the mobility of the object that is dynamic, when the stop time is not less than the determination time; and an output unit to output a determination result determined by the object characteristic determination unit.