Abstract: Provided is an autonomous travel assistance device including a server device. The server device receives road state information from a roadside unit. The server device stores map information as a combination of a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links. The server device holds route information on a target vehicle. The server device receives, from the target vehicle, vehicle information on a position and a travel state of the target vehicle, selects a part of the nodes as a selected node based on the vehicle information and the route information, and selects a part of the links as a selected link based thereon. The server device transmits, as dynamic map information, information obtained by adding the road state information on the selected node and the selected link to the map information, to the target vehicle that autonomously travels along a planned travel route.

Abstract: A semiconductor material of the present disclosure is represented by formula (I) below, in which R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 represents an aryl group, an amino group, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy group, and n represents an integer greater than or equal to 2; and a photoelectric conversion element of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a hole transport layer, and a second electrode in this order, in which the hole transport layer includes the semiconductor material of the present disclosure:

Abstract: An information distribution apparatus includes an obstacle identification apparatus that identifies an obstacle to a vehicle traveling in an area and then outputs obstacle information related to the position of the obstacle, a road database representing the positions of roads, and an impassable-road determination means that determines a road through which the vehicle cannot pass, based on the obstacle information outputted from the obstacle identification apparatus and the road database, and then outputs impassable-road information. A narrow-area automatic driving system is provided with the information distribution apparatus and the vehicle that travels from a departure point to a target point, along a route formed based on information outputted from the information distribution apparatus.

Abstract: A MEMS module includes a MEMS element provided with a substrate in which a hollow portion is formed, the MEMS element including a movable portion of the substrate which covers the hollow portion and has a thickness that allows a shape of the movable portion to be deformable, a first gauge resistor arranged on the substrate such that at least a portion of the first gauge resistor overlaps with the hollow portion, and a second gauge resistor arranged on the substrate in a region surrounding the first gauge resistor without overlapping with the hollow portion, and an electronic component configured to correct detection information of the MEMS element by using a first electrical signal detected by the first gauge resistor and a second electrical signal detected by the second gauge resistor and calculate an amount of change in air pressure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electroconductive member that is formed on the semiconductor substrate and that has a first linear portion extending along a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an organic insulation layer that is formed on the semiconductor substrate and that covers the first electroconductive member, and the first linear portion includes a first side edge portion formed by a curve that is alternately bent to one side and to an opposite side of a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the first linear portion in a plan view.

Abstract: For example, a signal transmission device includes a transmitter provided in a primary circuit system and configured to generate a transmission signal according to an input signal; at least one first isolating element configured to constitute a first signal transmission path for transmission of the transmission signal from the primary circuit system to the secondary circuit system; at least one second isolating element configured to constitute a second signal transmission path, different from the first signal transmission path, for transmission of the transmission signal from the primary circuit system to the secondary circuit system; and a receiver provided in the secondary circuit system and configured to feed a first reception signal and a second reception signal output respectively from the first and second isolating elements to a logic circuit to generate a single output signal.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an ego-vehicle information acquisition unit which acquires ego-vehicle information; a map information acquisition unit which acquires map information about an intersection; an other-vehicle information acquisition unit which acquires other-vehicle information about another vehicle traveling on a road connected to the intersection; an intersection entry possibility determination unit which calculates a stop time of the other vehicle at a position of a stop line for the intersection, calculates a stop time of the ego vehicle at a position of a stop line for the intersection, and determines whether or not the ego vehicle is allowed to enter the intersection on the basis of the stop time of the other vehicle and the stop time of the ego vehicle; and a vehicle control unit which controls traveling of the ego vehicle at the intersection.

Abstract: An apparatus is obtained which provides, to a vehicle, information on a road-surface and that on an obstacle(s), and information on the degree of reliability, on the basis of information received from roadside units. The apparatus includes a communications circuitry to receive obstacle information from the roadside units where each unit includes a plurality of sensors to detect the obstacle(s) within a predetermined field of view. A reliability determinator determines the degree of reliability of information on an obstacle(s) received, and outputs a reliability value on the bases of the number of roadside units detecting the same obstacle, the number of sensors in one roadside unit detecting the same obstacle, and a difference value of detecting the same obstacle between different roadside units or that of detecting the same obstacle between different sensors; and a correction term is outputted on the basis of information on a road-surface condition.

Abstract: A MEMS module includes: a first MEMS element and a second MEMS element each including a movable portion which is a portion of a substrate including a hollow portion formed therein, the movable portion configured to warp in shape according to an air pressure difference between an internal air pressure inside the hollow portion and an external air pressure outside the hollow portion; and an electronic component configured to calculate a change in external air pressure outside the substrate by using an amount of warpage of the movable portion of at least one of the first MEMS element and the second MEMS element, wherein the amount of warpage of the movable portion according to the external air pressure differs between the first MEMS element and the second MEMS element.

Abstract: A MEMS module includes: a MEMS element provided with a substrate in which a hollow portion is formed, and including a movable portion, which is a part of the substrate, around the hollow portion, the movable portion having a thickness whose shape is changeable by an air pressure difference between an air pressure inside the hollow portion and an air pressure outside the substrate; and an electronic component, to which an output signal of the MEMS element is inputted, formed on the substrate, wherein the electronic component and the MEMS element are spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the movable portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of estimating a blind area region which can be used in an automatic driving to optimize the automatic driving, for example. A blind area estimation device includes an acquisition part and an estimation part. The acquisition part acquires an object region based on object information. The object information is information of an object in a predetermined region detected by a detection part. The object region is a region of the object. The estimation part estimates a blind area region based on the object region. The blind area region is a region which is a blind area for the detection part caused by the object.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cover glass that can improve the visibility of a display unit in an automobile and a method for producing a glass sheet for the cover glass. The present invention provides a cover glass that is to be installed so as to cover a display unit in an automobile, and the cover glass includes a glass body that includes a first surface facing the display unit side and a second surface opposite to the first surface, projections and depressions having a depth of 20 to 500 nm being formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and a transmittance gain of the cover glass is 1% or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cover glass that can be installed in an automobile so as to cover a display unit including a plurality of information areas, including a glass body that has a first surface facing the display unit side, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and that includes a plurality of transmission areas respectively corresponding to the information areas.

Abstract: A method for storing a modified coal includes a pile forming step of forming a pile by stacking a blended coal of an agglomerate-shaped coal and a powdery modified coal. The modified coal has a content of particles having a particle diameter of 2 mm or less of 35% by mass or more. The pile formed in the pile forming step has a packing density of 1.0 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: A process for producing a modified coal from a coal of low-rank as a raw material includes dehydrating the coal, adding water to the dehydrated coal, agglomerating the water-added coal, and gradually oxidizing the agglomerated coal. In the water addition, an added amount of the water is regulated so that the water-added coal has a water content of 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. In the oxidation, the agglomerated coal is held in an air at a temperature of 70° C. or more and 105° C. or less.

Abstract: A method for storing a modified coal includes a pile forming step of forming a pile by stacking a blended coal of an agglomerate-shaped coal and a powdery modified coal. The modified coal has a content of particles having a particle diameter of 2 mm or less of 35% by mass or more. The pile formed in the pile forming step has a packing density of 1.0 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: A process for producing a modified coal from a coal of low-rank as a raw material includes dehydrating the coal, adding water to the dehydrated coal, agglomerating the water-added coal, and gradually oxidizing the agglomerated coal. In the water addition, an added amount of the water is regulated so that the water-added coal has a water content of 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. In the oxidation, the agglomerated coal is held in an air at a temperature of 70° C. or more and 105° C. or less.

Abstract: A training system including: a training equipment provided with a movable portion for allowing an exerciser to perform an exercise; and an operation terminal for transmitting operation information for an action of the movable portion to the training equipment. The training equipment includes: an equipment-side receiver for receiving the operation information; and a driver for driving the movable portion in accordance with the operation information. The operation terminal includes: an input portion for allowing operation information to be externally inputted; a terminal-side transmitter for transmitting the operation information inputted in the input portion to the training equipment; a terminal-side display portion for displaying an image; and a terminal-side display controller for allowing the terminal-side display portion to display the operation information.

Abstract: A training apparatus comprises a seat 32 mounted on an apparatus body, a training mechanism disposed in front of the seat 32 and provided with a mechanism adapted to exercise legs of a user, a load-applying unit adapted to apply a braking force to a movement of the training mechanism in an electrically adjustable manner, and a tilt adjustment unit adapted to tiltingly move a front end of the seat in a vertical direction. The training apparatus of the present invention allows a user, even an elderly person or a person who requires assistance to readily sit on the seat without an unnatural or forced physical posture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a training apparatus, which comprises a seat unit 30 including a seat 35 allowing a user M to sit thereon, a foot plate 42 adapted to allow the user M sitting on the seat 35 to keep his/her feet bottoms in contact therewith, a displacement mechanism unit 38 adapted to apply to the user M a load against a straining force generated when the user M sitting on the seat 35 while keeping the feet bottoms in contact with the foot plate 42 strains his/her legs, and a base board 20 mounting thereon the above components. The foot plate 42 is adapted to be changed in posture between a horizontal posture T1 where it protrudes approximately horizontally and outwardly from a pair of footrest frames 41 mounted on the base board 20, and a vertical posture T2 where it protrudes approximately vertically and upward from the footrest frames 41 at approximately the same height level as a that of the seat 35.