Abstract: An optical unit includes an optical sensor, a protective cover disposed in a direction of view from the optical sensor, an actuator to drive the protective cover, and a casing including a space between the casing and the protective cover and to which the optical sensor and the protective cover are attached. A first region on the casing adjacent to an outer edge of the protective cover with the space interposed between the casing and the outer edge of the protective cover is a hydrophobic region where a contact angle of a droplet is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An optical component including: a first block having a first refractive index and a first reflective surface; a first light absorbing member containing a first metal ion that absorbs light having a first specific wavelength and has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index; a first buffer layer between and in contact with each of the first light absorbing member and the first block, and having a third refractive index having a value between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, wherein the first light absorbing member, the first buffer layer, and the first block are arranged in this order in a first direction such that first block reflects light traveling in the first direction in a second direction different from the first direction on the first reflective surface.

Abstract: A passenger transportation system includes: an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether or not a passenger feeling unwell is present in a vehicle; a transportation planning unit configured to determine, when it is determined that the passenger feeling unwell is present, a medical facility to which the passenger feeling unwell is transported and a via-point where normal passengers are dropped off; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle to travel so as to transport the passenger feeling unwell to the medical facility via the via-point.

Abstract: A composite capacitor that includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. Each of plural first columnar conductors and each of plural second columnar conductors have a nano-size outer diameter. The composite capacitor includes a connecting conductor layer and a reinforcement conductor. The reinforcement conductor is located between a first counter electrode layer and a second counter electrode layer of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, respectively, and is connected to each of the first counter electrode layer, the second counter electrode layer, and the connecting conductor layer. The material forming the reinforcement conductor is the same as each of the first counter electrode layer and the second counter electrode layer and is different from the material forming the connecting conductor layer.

Abstract: A case includes a case body including an accommodation space to accommodate electronic components and a discharge port to discharge the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation space, a shutter slidable relative to the case body to open and close the discharge port, a slider integral with the shutter to perform a slide operation of the shutter, and an operation opening in the case body to expose the slider to outside to allow for operation of the slider. A seal including a portion that covers and seals at least the operation opening is attachable to the case body.

Abstract: An alignment device includes a pallet including a flat plate portion and a lateral wall portion defining an alignment area to which chips are supplied, recessed portions defining holding positions in the alignment area to hold the chips in an alignment state, a supply port defined by a portion of the lateral wall portion being open and allowing the chips to be supplied into the alignment area from outside of the lateral wall portion, and a magnet defining a moving holder at least at either one of the flat plate portion or the lateral wall portion to cause each of the chips supplied from the supply port to the alignment area to move to a corresponding one of the recessed portions and hold each of the chips at a corresponding one of the recessed portions.

Abstract: A bus dispatch device includes a vehicle dispatch unit that determines, based on external environment information, a ratio between various classes of in-service buses having different states of a specific amenity.

Abstract: In a composite filter device, a first acoustic wave resonator includes a functional electrode on a first main surface of a first piezoelectric substrate, and a wiring electrode is on the first main surface and is not connected to a signal potential. A support is on the first main surface and surrounds the first acoustic wave resonator. A second piezoelectric substrate is on the support and includes a third main surface closer to the support than a fourth main surface. A second acoustic wave resonator includes a functional electrode on the third main surface. The second acoustic wave resonator is a parallel-arm resonator higher in resonant frequency than any other parallel-arm resonator or a series-arm resonator lower in resonant frequency than any other series-arm resonator. The second acoustic wave resonator and the wiring electrode overlap each other when viewed in plan.

Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.

Abstract: An electronic component management method includes manufacturer-side steps including storing electronic components in a housing body that includes an RFID tag, writing in the RFID tag at least one piece of manufacturer-side information related to the electronic components stored in the housing body, shipping the housing body with the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, and storing the electronic components, and user-side steps including receiving the shipped housing body, reading the manufacturer-side information written in the RFID tag, a preparing an electronic circuit board, and arranging the electronic components on the electronic circuit board based on the read manufacturer-side information.

Abstract: A method for managing electronic components includes a manufacturer-side process including preparing bulk cases provided with RFID tags storing unique IDs and including electronic components stored therein, storing manufacturer-side information in association with the unique IDs in a manufacturer-side-information storage area on a cloud, and shipping the electronic components on a per-bulk case basis, receiving the shipped bulk cases, reading the unique IDs stored in the RFID tags, and obtaining, based on the read unique IDs, the manufacturer-side information stored in the manufacturer-side-information storage area in the cloud.

Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing container storing a two-component developer containing a magnetic carrier and a toner, a developer carrying member carrying the developer on its outer circumferential surface, and a regulation member arranged to be opposed at a prescribed distance to the developer carrying member. The developer carrying member includes a developing sleeve on which a magnetic brush is formed, and a magnet secured in the developing sleeve and having a plurality of magnetic poles including a regulation pole opposed to the regulation member and a downstream-side magnetic pole arranged downstream of the regulation pole with respect to the rotation direction of the developing sleeve. The magnet is such that the vertical magnetic force gradient [mT/°] has a local minimum value near a position at which the vertical magnetic force is 0 [mT] between the downstream-side surface of the regulation member and the downstream-side magnetic pole.

Abstract: A composite capacitor that includes a plurality of capacitors and an insulating section. The plurality of capacitors are stacked on each other. The insulating section covers peripheral surfaces of the plurality of capacitors about a central axis of the plurality of capacitors, the stacking direction of the plurality of capacitors being a direction of the central axis. Each of the plurality of capacitors includes a support electrode layer, plural columnar conductors, a dielectric layer, and a counter electrode layer. Each of the plural columnar conductors has a nano-size outer diameter. The plurality of capacitors include a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in parallel with the first capacitor.

Abstract: In a display control device for a vehicle to control a display on a head-up display, when lane change information related to a lane change of the vehicle is acquired from a lane change control unit that controls the lane change of the vehicle, a lane change content indicating an estimated trajectory of the lane change is displayed to be superimposed on a road surface as a superimposition target based on the lane change information.

Abstract: An electronic component storage container includes a main body including recesses to store electronic components and positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and respectively including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body and engaged with the main body, slidably in the longitudinal direction. The cover includes a guide section to guide sliding movement relative to the main body, and a fitting section engageable with the main body in the height direction. The main body includes a strip section engageable with the guide section to allow the main body to be held by the cover in the height direction.

Abstract: An electronic component series includes a base tape mainly composed of paper and having a multiplicity of accommodation recesses formed continuously at predetermined intervals for accommodating electronic components each having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an L dimension of less than or equal to 0.6 mm, a W dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm, and a T dimension of less than or equal to 0.3 mm; the electronic components accommodated in the accommodation recesses; and a cover tape continuously adhered to a surface of the base tape to cover the accommodation recesses. The electronic components are lifted from the accommodation recesses by peeling off the cover tape. Each of the accommodation recesses has a bottom surface inclined in a range of from 10° to 20° with respect to the surface of the base tape to be deeper toward a downstream in a conveyance direction.

Abstract: A case includes a guide portion to guide sliding of a shutter to open and close a discharge port of a case body, a main pathway at which an end of the shutter is located when the shutter is in a state to open the discharge port, and first and second branching pathways into which the end of the shutter can be selectively inserted when the shutter is in a state to close the discharge port. When a pin is fitted into the case body, the end of the shutter is inserted into the first branching pathway, and when the pin is not fitted, the end is inserted into the second branching pathway, so that it is apparent from the exterior that the distal end is inserted into the first or second branching pathway.

Abstract: A storage case includes first-side and second-side wall portions, and a storage space to store components therein and being defined by the first-side and second-side wall portions. The storage case includes a component removal opening and a sloped surface inside the storage space and extending towards the component removal opening. One of the first-side and second-side wall portions defines and functions as a radio wave shield.

Abstract: An optical device includes a protective cover and a driver. An outer surface of the protective cover includes a first region having higher hydrophobicity than a second region. The first region is separated from the second region by a first boundary line extending from a starting point deviating from a center point of the protective cover in the direction toward an outer edge portion of the protective cover and a second boundary line extending from the starting point in the direction toward the outer edge portion of the protective cover, and which is located on a side where the center point is not included. Among angles defined by the first and second boundary lines, an angle on the side where the center point is not included is equal to or less than about 180°.