Abstract: A press die apparatus includes a die and a backing plate. The die includes die holes into which punches are respectively inserted and withdrawn and first partition walls, each separating adjacent ones of the die holes from each other. The backing plate is adjacent to the die to support the die. The die includes die hole groups. The backing plate includes backing holes respectively connected to the die hole groups and a second partition wall, separating adjacent ones of the backing holes from each other. The second partition wall has a widened section that increases in width, continuously or in a stepwise manner, as the widened section extends away from the die. A maximum width of the widened section is greater than a width of the first partition wall.

Abstract: Fail-safe is performed appropriately when an automatic driving ECU has a failure. Provided is an in-vehicle electronic control system including a recognition device that recognizes a situation outside a vehicle, a track calculation unit that calculates a track on which the vehicle travels, a failure diagnosis unit that diagnoses a failure of the track calculation unit, and an output unit that outputs a control signal used to control the vehicle, in which a control signal generated based on a brake control instruction generated by the recognition device and a control signal generated based on a track control instruction generated by the track calculation unit are input to the output unit, and when the failure diagnosis unit diagnoses that the track calculation unit has a failure, the output unit outputs a control signal generated based on the brake control instruction generated by the recognition device.

Abstract: A Doppler signal processing unit acquires target power distribution information indicating a power distribution of a Doppler signal. A texture parameter specifying unit inputs the target power distribution information to a learning model. The trained learning model outputs a texture parameter appropriate for the target power distribution information. The texture parameter is a parameter indicating a feature of a gamma curve. An appropriate gamma curve decision unit decides an appropriate gamma curve that is appropriate for the target power distribution information, based on the texture parameter appropriate for the target power distribution information. An image formation unit forms a power Doppler image based on the target power distribution information and the appropriate gamma curve.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary cutter for a mower capable of replacing a cord includes: a reel that houses the cord; a cover that covers a case main body; a pressing body that protrudes from the case main body and move in an axial direction by pressing the pressing body to intermittently rotate the reel; and a flange protruding body that protrudes from a surface of a reel flange of the reel and has a concave-convex shape on an outer circumferential side surface of the flange protruding thereof. The flange protruding body and the reel are housed in the cover during grass mowing, the concave-convex shape is a shape for rotating the reel by being gripped by a finger, and a region where there is no obstacle to a movement of the finger when the reel is rotated by gripping the concave-convex shape by the finger is provided outside an outer circumferential surface having the concave-convex shape.

Abstract: The vehicle 1 includes a tow vehicle 2 and a loading platform 3. The loading platform 3 includes a ROM 23 storing loading platform information including a loading platform type and a plurality of first external sensors 8 that detect an object around the loading platform 3. The tow vehicle 2 acquires the loading platform type from the loading platform 3 and includes an ADAS ECU 10 that performs a driving assist of the vehicle 1 based on the acquired loading platform type and a plurality of second external sensors 9 that detect an object around the tow vehicle 2.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle control system (VCS) capable of safely and forcibly controlling a vehicle. The VCS includes a mode setting unit configured to output a forced mode signal upon receiving a forced control instruction from outside the vehicle via a communication device, and a forced operation unit configured to output a forced operation signal of forcibly operating vehicle to an operation control unit. Further, the VCS includes a signal selection unit configured to allow all the operation signals to pass therethrough before receiving the forced mode signal, and block at least a part of the operation signals and allow the forced operation signal instead of the blocked operation signal to pass therethrough after receiving the forced mode signal. The VCS controls an operation of the vehicle by controlling the operation control unit based on the operation signal or the forced operation signal passing through the signal selection unit.

Abstract: It is an object to achieve a resin sheet having high thermal conductance and high dielectric strength. Hexagonal boron nitride powder in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes hexagonal boron nitride agglomerate particles each including agglomerated hexagonal boron nitride primary particles, and has a specific surface area of not less than 0.5 m2/g and not more than 5.0 m2/g. The hexagonal boron nitride primary particles each have a long diameter of not less than 0.6 ?m and not more than 4.0 ?m and an aspect ratio of not less than 1.5 and not more than 5.0.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device capable of easily reducing a burden related to image recognition and obtaining stable recognition performance even when a posture of a vehicle changes from moment to moment. An image processing device 50 includes a storage unit 5 and an image processing unit 6. The storage unit 5 stores a pickup image acquired by an image pickup unit 4 mounted on the vehicle and an inclination angle transmitted from an inclination angle sensor 2 that detects the inclination angle of the vehicle. The image processing unit 6 performs image processing on the pickup image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a measuring device which includes: a first container and a second container that are arranged adjacent to each other; and a partition wall provided between the first and second containers, the partition wall having a through hole(s) for forming a lipid bilayer(s). In this measuring device, a gas flow path(s) having a hydrophobic surface is/are formed in at least one of the first and second containers; the gas flow path(s) has/have an inlet and an outlet; the inlet and the outlet each communicate with the exterior of the measuring device; the gas flow path(s) open(s) into the container in which it/they is/are formed; and a gas flowing in the gas flow path(s) contacts the droplet filled in the container.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle control device capable of guiding a host vehicle to a narrow area by low-speed automatic driving by quick and precise positioning of the host vehicle, and guiding the host vehicle to a stop position of which details are unknown by designating each stop frame by beacons. A vehicle control device 101 according to the present invention includes a wireless reception unit 121 that receives radio waves through a plurality of antennas 102 mounted on a host vehicle 100, the radio waves being transmitted from a plurality of beacons 201, a position information acquisition unit 122 that obtains position information of the beacons using orientation information of the radio waves received by the wireless reception unit, and a guidance area estimation unit 124 that sets a diagonal line 301 of a rectangular area 302 from the position information and estimates a guidance area 312 from the diagonal line.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle camera calibration device, a control device, and a pattern-with-a-beacon capable of performing calibration of a camera mounted on a vehicle more accurately and easily. The in-vehicle camera calibration device 100 includes a control device 110 to be mounted on a vehicle 200 and a pattern-with-a-beacon 120 to be installed outside the vehicle 200. The pattern-with-a-beacon 120 includes a calibration pattern 121 captured by the camera 201 mounted on the vehicle 200 at the time of calibration, and a beacon 122 that transmits beacon information Ib by wireless communication. The control device 110 calibrates the camera 201 based on the pattern image Gp that is the image of the calibration pattern 121 acquired from the camera 201 and the beacon information Ib received through the receiving antenna 202 mounted on the vehicle 200.

Abstract: Image data captured from a traveling vehicle is considered, and it is not possible to reduce the transmission band of the image data. It is assumed that a radar 4 mounted in a traveling vehicle 10 detects a certain distant three-dimensional object at a time T in a direction of a distance d1 [m] and an angle ?1. Since the vehicle 10 travels at a vehicle speed Y [km/h], it is predicted that a camera 3 is capable of capturing the distant three-dimensional object at a time (T+?T) and an angle ?1 or at a distance d2 [m]. Therefore, if a control unit 2 outputs a request to the camera 3 in advance, so as to cut out an image of the angle ?1 or the distance d2 [m] at the time (T+?T), when the time (T+?T) comes, the camera 3 transfers a whole image and a high-resolution image being a cutout image of only a partial image, to the control unit 2.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information management system capable of solving a problem related to handling of information regarding each driver when a plurality of drivers drives one vehicle. An information management system 1 according to an aspect of the present disclosure manages driver information DI regarding a driver of a vehicle V. The information management system 1 includes a driver identification unit 111 that acquires personal identification information PI of the driver, an information acquisition unit 12 that acquires driver information DI including travel information of the vehicle V, and individual information storage units 125 and 132 that store individual information PD in which the personal identification information PI and the driver information DI are associated with each other.

Abstract: The array of reception beam data sets obtained by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to and from a subject constitutes a two-dimensional data space. Based on the Doppler signals, a distribution data calculation unit calculates, for each of data elements in the two-dimensional data space, at least one of power of the Doppler signal, the velocity of tissue in the subject, and the velocity dispersion of tissue in the subject. A discrimination index map generation unit generates a discrimination index map indicating the likelihood of being a blood flow region A in the two-dimensional data space composed of the array of reception beam data sets, based on distribution data that are set for each of regions of interest in the two-dimensional data space. Based on the Doppler signal and the discrimination index map, a blood flow image forming unit forms a blood flow image with reduced blooming artifacts.

Abstract: A correlation matrix calculation unit calculates a correlation matrix Rzx for each data element of the frame data. A blood flow luminance image forming unit forms a blood flow extraction filter Pk,N on the basis of an eigenvalue ?i of a rank equal to or lower than a first threshold rank, the eigenvalue being obtained by singular value decomposition on the correlation matrix Rzx, and an eigenvector wi, wiH corresponding to the eigenvalue ?i and applies the blood flow extraction filter Pk,N to frame data F, therebyto forming a blood flow luminance image Uk,N. A tissue image forming unit forms a tissue image including tissue components on the basis of a signal value of each data element forming the plurality of pieces of the frame data. A blood flow extraction image forming unit subtracts the tissue image from the blood flow luminance image Uk, N, thereby forming a blood flow extraction image Uout.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that enables a driver to approve transmission of vehicle data to a data center. The information system includes a first device (101-a) mounted in a vehicle, a second device (102-a) operated by a driver, and a third device (103). The first device classifies the vehicle data into the first data and the second data according to preset classification conditions. The first data is data for which an approval operation by the driver is requested. The second data is data for which the approval operation by the driver is not requested. The first device transmits the first data to the second device and transmits the second data to the third device. The second device receives the first data from the first device, and transmits the first data to the third device in response to the approval operation by the driver.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a program update technique capable of easily managing a software state of an electronic control unit (ECU), and updating an ECU application and a data collecting program in association with each other with management information about the software states matching between a vehicle and a center. A vehicle control device of the present invention collectively transmits a first update state of a first program executed by the vehicle control device and a second update state of a second program executed by a second vehicle control device to an update server, receives an update version of the program corresponding to the first update state and an update version of the program corresponding to the second update state from the update server, and executes update processing (FIG. 1).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-resistant solanaceous plant. The present invention provides a CMV-resistant solanaceous plant having a mutated eIF4E gene encoding an eIF4E protein nonfunctional for CMV. In addition, the present invention provides a method for producing a CMV-resistant plant, the method comprising mutating an eIF4E gene of a solanaceous plant into a mutated eIF4E gene encoding an eIF4E protein nonfunctional for CMV.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming an alignment mark in a non-element region of a gallium-based compound semiconductor layer; and, after the forming of the alignment mark, forming an element structure in an element region of the gallium-based compound semiconductor layer. The forming of the alignment mark further includes: ion-implanting a metal into a part of a surface layer portion of the non-element region of the gallium-based compound semiconductor layer; and annealing the gallium-based compound semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A reception data array composed of a plurality of items of reception data corresponding to a plurality of transmission/reception conditions is generated. For each of the plurality of items of reception data, a plurality of units of data processing are applied to that item of reception data according to a plurality of data processing conditions. A blood flow data set is thereby generated from the reception data array. By evaluating the blood flow data set, an optimum transmission/reception condition and an optimum data processing condition are determined.