Abstract: An object recognition apparatus: identifies a target cluster of reflection points based on a detection target in a range of equal to or greater than a minimum distance that allows for object recognition based on image data of a camera, among measurement data of a ranging sensor; sets a determination region including the target cluster; and recognizes an object based on the image data for the determination region. The object recognition apparatus: extracts clusters of the reflection points included in the measurement data; identifies, from the extracted clusters, the target cluster and a short-distance cluster of the reflection points based on a detection target in a range of less than the minimum distance; recognizes the object based on the image data for the determination region including the target cluster; and recognizes the object based on the reflection points included in the short-distance cluster.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus performs an object recognition process based on measurement data of a ranging sensor and image data of a camera. The object recognition apparatus: performs a first object recognition process for a short-distance region, a second object recognition process for a middle-distance region, and a third object recognition process for a long-distance region; performs the object recognition process using the measurement data in the first object recognition process; performs the object recognition process using the measurement data and the image data in the second object recognition process; and adjusts, based on data on a traveling environment of a mobile body, respective time periods for which the first object recognition process and the second object recognition process are to be performed, or a ratio between respective ranges in which the first object recognition process and the second object recognition process are to be performed in a measurement range.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus includes: a ranging sensor that measures at least distances to reflection points based on reflected waves of applied irradiation waves; a camera that generates image data on an imaging range; and at least one processing device that performs an object recognition process based on measurement data of the ranging sensor and the image data of the camera. The device performs: detecting a line-of-sight direction of a driver of a mobile body equipped with the object recognition apparatus; setting a first range including the line-of-sight direction and a second range, in a measurement range viewed from the mobile body; and the object recognition process of performing a visual field recognition process using one of the measurement data and the image data for the first range, and performing a surrounding recognition process using another of the measurement data and the image data for the second range.

Abstract: A load cell includes a bridge circuit that converts and outputs a change in resistance of a strain gauge, which changes in accordance with a load. The load cell includes, in a first path on one side of the bridge circuit, a first chip resistor that adjusts an initial balance of the bridge circuit, and a thermistor that compensates for a temperature characteristic of the bridge circuit and a first adjustment resistor that adjusts a deviation of the initial balance with the thermistor being provided, which are connected in series with the first chip resistor and connected in parallel. The load cell includes, in a second path on another side of the bridge circuit, a second chip resistor that adjusts the initial balance, and a second adjustment resistor that adjusts the deviation caused by providing the first adjustment resistor and is connected in series with the second chip resistor.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicably coupled to the processor. The processor sets one or more object presence regions in each of which an object is likely to be present, on the basis of observation data of a distance sensor. The processor estimates an attribute of the object that is likely to be present in each of the one or more object presence regions. The processor sets, on the basis of the attribute of the object, a level of processing load to be spent on object recognition processing to be executed for each of the one or more object presence regions by using at least image data generated by an imaging device. The processor performs, for each of the one or more object presence regions, the object recognition processing corresponding to the set level of the processing load.

Abstract: A force sensor diagnosis apparatus performs a process of diagnosing a malfunction of a force sensor to detect external force applied to a wheel of a vehicle. The force sensor diagnosis apparatus acquires, based on a sensor signal of the force sensor, a vehicle-height direction force component detection value that is a force component in a height direction of the vehicle of external force applied to the wheel, calculates a vehicle-height direction force component estimation value on the basis of a sensor signal of a displacement sensor provided in a part of a suspension of the wheel and detects a state quantity corresponding to a stroke displacement of the suspension due to external force received by the wheel from a road surface, and performs malfunction determination of the force sensor by comparing the vehicle-height direction force component detection value and the vehicle-height direction force component estimation value.

Abstract: A load detection device for detecting a load, based on a differential signal output from a load cell including an excitation-side differential amplifier circuit for amplifying an excitation signal to be transmitted to the load cell, a measurement-side differential amplifier circuit for amplifying a first differential signal output from the load cell, and a control device for controlling the circuits. The control device executes a gain adjustment process of adjusting an output gain by selecting an excitation-side gain by the excitation-side differential amplifier circuit and a measurement-side gain by the measurement-side differential amplifier circuit such that a measurement value measured based on a second differential signal output from the measurement-side differential amplifier circuit falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A coupling structure for an electrode pad is configured to electrically couple the electrode pad, to which a gauge lead is coupled, to a tab of a strain gauge disposed on an elastic body and including a gauge grid and the tab. The coupling structure has an insert structure in which one of the tab and the electrode pad is partially or entirely inserted into the other.

Abstract: A force sensor diagnosis apparatus performs a process of diagnosing a malfunction of a force sensor to detect external force applied to a wheel of a vehicle. The force sensor diagnosis apparatus acquires, based on a sensor signal of the force sensor, a vehicle-height direction force component detection value that is a force component in a height direction of the vehicle of external force applied to the wheel, calculates a vehicle-height direction force component estimation value on the basis of a sensor signal of a displacement sensor provided in a part of a suspension of the wheel and detects a state quantity corresponding to a stroke displacement of the suspension due to external force received by the wheel from a road surface, and performs malfunction determination of the force sensor by comparing the vehicle-height direction force component detection value and the vehicle-height direction force component estimation value.

Abstract: A control apparatus an the electric vehicle acquires a detection value of an output current of a battery to be detected by a first sensor, and a detection value of a drive torque to be transmitted to a wheel and to be detected by a second sensor, calculates an actual torque-current characteristic that indicates a relationship between a supply current to be supplied to an inverter circuit and the drive torque to be transmitted to the wheel, and determines a shift between a reference torque-current characteristic and the calculated actual torque-current characteristic, in which the reference torque-current characteristic is a characteristic in which a relationship between a torque command value of a drive motor and a target supply current to be supplied to the drive motor is set in advance.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory communicably coupled to the processor. The processor sets one or more object presence regions in each of which an object is likely to be present, on the basis of observation data of a distance sensor. The processor estimates an attribute of the object that is likely to be present in each of the one or more object presence regions. The processor sets, on the basis of the attribute of the object, a level of processing load to be spent on object recognition processing to be executed for each of the one or more object presence regions by using at least image data generated by an imaging device. The processor performs, for each of the one or more object presence regions, the object recognition processing corresponding to the set level of the processing load.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a target yaw rate calculator; a primary limit yaw rate calculator; a yaw rate comparator; a secondary limit yaw rate calculator; and a vertical load controller. The target yaw rate calculator calculates a target yaw rate of the vehicle. The primary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a primary limit yaw rate on a basis of a vertical load on a wheel. The yaw rate comparator compares the target yaw rate with the primary limit yaw rate. The secondary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a secondary limit yaw rate in a case where a distribution of the vertical load on the wheel is changed in a case where the target yaw rate exceeds the primary limit yaw rate. The vertical load controller changes the vertical load on a basis of the secondary limit yaw rate.

Abstract: A vehicle information calculation apparatus includes a motor torque acquisition unit, an angular acceleration acquisition unit, a contact force acquisition unit, and an inertia moment calculator. The motor torque acquisition unit acquires a torque of a motor that drives a vehicle. The angular acceleration acquisition unit acquires an angular acceleration of the motor. The contact force acquisition unit acquires a contact force of a wheel of the vehicle. The inertia moment calculator calculates an inertia moment of a rotating system of the vehicle including the wheel on the basis of the torque acquired by the motor torque acquisition unit, the angular acceleration acquired by the angular acceleration acquisition unit, the contact force acquired by the contact force acquisition unit, and a coefficient of friction between the wheel of the vehicle and a contact surface.

Abstract: A notification device is to mounted on a vehicle and notifies a preceding person who precedes the vehicle of a presence of the vehicle during automatic traveling. The notification device includes an imaging unit configured to image the preceding person, an estimating unit configured to estimate at least characteristics of the preceding person imaged by the imaging unit, a determining unit configured to determine a notification mode for the preceding person based on an estimation result by the estimating unit, and a notification controller configured to operate a notifying unit configured to notify the preceding person of the presence of the vehicle, based on the notification mode determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: A notification device is to mounted on a vehicle and notifies a preceding person who precedes the vehicle of a presence of the vehicle during automatic traveling. The notification device includes an imaging unit configured to image the preceding person, an estimating unit configured to estimate at least characteristics of the preceding person imaged by the imaging unit, a determining unit configured to determine a notification mode for the preceding person based on an estimation result by the estimating unit, and a notification controller configured to operate a notifying unit configured to notify the preceding person of the presence of the vehicle, based on the notification mode determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional fiber-reinforced resin molded body by press-molding a heated and softened plate-like molding matrix using a mold, the method sequentially including: setting the matrix on a lower mold including a pad and mold main bodies by mounting a central portion of the matrix on the pad and supporting at least one end side of the matrix by at least one support protruding upward from a molding surface of at least one of the mold main bodies; bringing an upper mold and the lower mold close together to sandwich the central portion of the matrix by the pad and the upper mold; bringing the upper and lower molds still closer together to reduce the protrusion amount of the at least one support; and pressing the matrix by using the lower and upper molds to form the molded body.

Abstract: A vehicle information calculation apparatus includes a motor torque acquisition unit, an angular acceleration acquisition unit, a contact force acquisition unit, and an inertia moment calculator. The motor torque acquisition unit acquires a torque of a motor that drives a vehicle. The angular acceleration acquisition unit acquires an angular acceleration of the motor. The contact force acquisition unit acquires a contact force of a wheel of the vehicle. The inertia moment calculator calculates an inertia moment of a rotating system of the vehicle including the wheel on the basis of the torque acquired by the motor torque acquisition unit, the angular acceleration acquired by the angular acceleration acquisition unit, the contact force acquired by the contact force acquisition unit, and a coefficient of friction between the wheel of the vehicle and a contact surface.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle floor panel having a certain rigidity and being less prone to deformation during manufacturing and deformation when the vehicle floor panel installed in a vehicle is subjected to loads in various directions from outside the vehicle. A vehicle floor panel includes a floor panel main body made of a fiber-reinforced resin, a plurality of recesses 23-1 to 23-7 protruding on one of a lower surface 22 and upper surface of the floor panel main body and depressed on the other of the surfaces and arranged by being spaced apart from one another, and ribs 24-1 to 24-12 connecting two adjacent ones of the recesses on the one of the surfaces of the floor panel main body.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a target yaw rate calculator; a primary limit yaw rate calculator; a yaw rate comparator; a secondary limit yaw rate calculator; and a vertical load controller. The target yaw rate calculator calculates a target yaw rate of the vehicle. The primary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a primary limit yaw rate on a basis of a vertical load on a wheel. The yaw rate comparator compares the target yaw rate with the primary limit yaw rate. The secondary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a secondary limit yaw rate in a case where a distribution of the vertical load on the wheel is changed in a case where the target yaw rate exceeds the primary limit yaw rate. The vertical load controller changes the vertical load on a basis of the secondary limit yaw rate.

Abstract: A resin member contains a thermoplastic resin and is bonded to another resin member by ultrasonic welding. The resin member includes: a melting start portion to which contact pressure is applied during the ultrasonic welding; a groove unit that is formed around a periphery of the melting start portion; and at least one wall that is formed so as to cross a direction from the melting start portion toward an outside and partitions the groove unit.