Abstract: A vehicle occupant information acquisition device includes a microcomputer, an acquisition unit and an alert unit. The microcomputer controls the vehicle to switch between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode. The acquisition unit acquires, from vehicle occupants riding in the vehicle, information relating to driving suitability of the vehicle occupants. In a case in which the microcomputer is switching the vehicle from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, the microcomputer causes the alert unit to alert one of the vehicle occupants who is determined to be suitable to drive the vehicle based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit that he/she has been selected as the driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle pillar structure including: a pillar portion extending along a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of a windshield glass, the pillar portion including: a pair of side portions configuring a vehicle transverse direction inner side and outer side portion of the pillar portion and being configured by an opaque material, and transparent portions provided between the pair of side portions and being configured by a transparent material; reinforcing portions configured by an opaque material, spanning between the pair of side portions, formed integrally with the transparent portions, and reinforcing the pillar portion; and upper surfaces and lower surfaces of the reinforcing portions extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction, or inclining toward a vehicle lower side on progression towards a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side, as seen in a cross-section viewed from a vehicle transverse direction inner side.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure comprising a pillar portion extending in parallel with an outer end portion of a windshield and the pillar portion having a hollow structure, the pillar portion comprising an outer side wall at a vehicle exterior side of the pillar portion; an inner side wall at a vehicle cabin side of the pillar portion; and a pair of side walls linking the outer side wall and the inner side wall. At least a portion of the outer side wall is an outer side transparent portion, at least a portion of the inner side wall is an inner side transparent portion and, as viewed from a driver position, overlaps with the outer side transparent portion, and a tensile strength of the outer side wall is lower than that of the inner side wall.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure comprising: a pillar member configuring a skeleton of a vehicle; a reinforcement member disposed inside the pillar member, bridging a pair of side portions of the pillar member, and reinforcing the pillar member; and an infrared transmission inhibition member, the infrared transmission inhibition member covering the reinforcement member at least from a design surface side of the pillar member and inhibiting transmission of infrared radiation.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a front pillar, a resin layer is formed by discharging a transparent resin from first nozzles of a 3D printer and discharging a supporting material from second nozzles of the 3D printer, while moving the first nozzles and the second nozzles in a direction corresponding to a length direction of a front pillar. Afterwards, the first nozzles and the second nozzles are moved relatively in a direction corresponding to a transverse direction of the front pillar and in a direction of moving away from the resin layer. By repeating the forming of the resin layer and the relative moving of the first nozzles and the second nozzles, the resin layers are layered in the direction corresponding to the transverse direction of the front pillar such that the front pillar is manufactured.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a drive assist unit configured to perform drive assist processing; a display unit configured to display an image in a display area with the image overlapped on a scene in a real space ahead of a vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, in a normal state while the drive assist processing is performed, an image of a first marker at a vehicle-corresponding position as a position in the display area corresponding to a position where the vehicle is estimated to be positioned in the real space in a predetermined time. The first marker has a first color, the first marker has a first shape that has a smooth outline and fluctuates, and a display position of the first marker varies periodically from the vehicle-corresponding position.

Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus, comprising an image capturing device disposed inside of a housing; and a holding unit held by an image capturer upon an image capture, a first turning axis substantially orthogonal to an optical axis being disposed in the holding unit, a display unit on which an image captured by the image capturing device is displayed turning freely opened/closed to the housing centering around the first turning axis.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing device for enabling a user to easily carry out effective photography depending on a subject or location. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a flight route generation unit that presents a template of flight route information showing a flight route of a flying object, and generates flight route information of the flying object, associating the flight route information of the selected template with a flight range of the flying object, on the basis of an operation performed by a user.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant information acquisition device includes a microcomputer, an acquisition unit and an alert unit. The microcomputer controls the vehicle to switch between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode. The acquisition unit acquires, from vehicle occupants riding in the vehicle, information relating to driving suitability of the vehicle occupants. In a case in which the microcomputer is switching the vehicle from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, the microcomputer causes the alert unit to alert one of the vehicle occupants who is determined to be suitable to drive the vehicle based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit that he/she has been selected as the driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle seat control system includes: a driving control unit that switches a vehicle between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode; a changing unit that changes positions and facing directions of plural vehicle seats; and a control unit that controls the changing unit such that, in a case in which the driving control unit switches from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, a first seat in which a first occupant who is a driver sits faces in the vehicle traveling direction and is located in a predetermined driving position, and in a case in which the driving control unit switches from the manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode, the first seat faces the in vehicle traveling direction and one or both of the position and the facing direction of another seat is changed without the other seat interfering with the first seat.

Abstract: A server (1) receives a first message indicating that a final destination is a first mobile node. Next, the server (1) determines, from among a plurality of gateways (21 to 24) that provide connectivity with a network infrastructure (5) to a plurality of wireless ad-hoc networks (41 to 46), a first gateway to which the first message is to be transferred, based on a movement history of the first mobile node. Then, the server (1) attempts to transmit the first message to the first mobile node through the determined first gateway. It is thus possible to contribute, for example, to an improvement of probability of delivering messages addressed to mobile nodes within a wireless ad-hoc network.

Abstract: A vehicle display device includes an image processing electronic control unit that converts a portion of each image of plural images into respective strip images in which plural pixels are arrayed along a direction of vehicle travel; an optical fiber woven fabric in which plural optical fibers are woven, with end portions of the plural optical fibers arrayed along the direction of vehicle travel; and plural light sources arrayed such that light emitted from each of the plural light sources is incident at an end portion of at least one of the optical fibers; wherein the image processing electronic control unit controls the plural light sources for each of the strip images so as to emit light according to a pixel value of each pixel in the strip images.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes: a drive assist unit configured to perform drive assist processing; a display unit configured to display an image in a display area with the image overlapped on a scene in a real space ahead of a vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, in a normal state while the drive assist processing is performed, an image of a first marker at a vehicle-corresponding position as a position in the display area corresponding to a position where the vehicle is estimated to be positioned in the real space in a predetermined time. The first marker has a first color, the first marker has a first shape that has a smooth outline and fluctuates, and a display position of the first marker varies periodically from the vehicle-corresponding position.

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle includes a screen having an operating surface, the screen being configured such that a region of the screen including a portion of the screen to which an operating force is applied is deformed in a direction in which the operating force is applied, in accordance with the operating force applied to the operating surface; a projecting unit configured to project an image onto the screen; a detecting unit configured to detect, as an operating position, the portion of the screen to which the operating force is applied and which is deformed due to the applied operating force; and a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing associated with a portion of the image projected onto the screen, based on a result of detection performed by the detecting unit, the portion of the image corresponding to the operating position.

Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus, comprising an image capturing device disposed inside of a housing; and a holding unit held by an image capturer upon an image capture, a first turning axis substantially orthogonal to an optical axis being disposed in the holding unit, a display unit on which an image captured by the image capturing device is displayed turning freely opened/closed to the housing centering around the first turning axis.

Abstract: A method for forming an oxide that can be used as a semiconductor of a transistor or the like is provided. In particular, a method for forming an oxide with fewer defects such as grain boundaries is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, an insulator, and a conductor. The oxide semiconductor includes a region overlapping with the conductor with the insulator therebetween. The oxide semiconductor includes a crystal grain with an equivalent circle diameter of 1 nm or more and a crystal grain with an equivalent circle diameter less than 1 nm.

Abstract: A method of forming an oxide semiconductor includes a step of depositing an oxide semiconductor layer over a substrate by using a sputtering apparatus in which in a target containing indium, an element M (aluminum, gallium, yttrium, or tin), zinc, and oxygen, the substrate which faces a surface of the target, and a magnet unit comprising a first magnet and a second magnet on a rear surface side of the target are provided. In the method, deposition is performed under a condition that a maximum intensity of a horizontal magnetic field is greater than or equal to 350 G and less than or equal to 2000 G in a plane where a vertical distance toward the substrate from a surface of the magnet unit is 10 mm.

Abstract: A method for forming a single crystal oxide film with high productivity is provided. Further, a method for forming a single crystal oxide film at a lower temperature is provided. In addition, a method for forming a single crystal oxide film by a simpler method is provided. An oxide film having crystal parts is formed over a formation surface, and the oxide film is single crystallized by performing heat treatment. Further, an oxide film having crystal parts in which the c-axis are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal direction of the formation surface or a normal direction of a surface of the oxide film and having no crystal grain boundary between the crystal parts is used as the oxide film formed over the formation surface.

Abstract: In order to obtain an NC device that can easily shift by an arbitrary amount a main spindle single-revolution reference signal without being dependant on hardware and while rotating a main spindle, the NC device includes a main spindle reference angle correction amount setting unit for inputting a correction angle of a reference point, a main spindle within-single-revolution feed-back position correction unit for correcting the reference point by a correction angle set by the main spindle reference angle correction amount setting unit, and a main spindle within-single-revolution command position correction unit for correcting a main spindle within-single-revolution command position by the correction angle set by the main spindle reference angle correction amount setting unit.

Abstract: A numerical control machine tool has two spindles mounted in opposition to each other. In order to enable consecutive operations of lathe turning machining work in accordance with a speed command, drill machining work for drilling with rotating tools with a work positioned at a given angle, and other machining works while keeping a state where a single work is grasped by both of the spindles, switching means 152, 215 and 225 are provided which switch a reference spindle 314 to a profile control axis in a state where both of the spindles are held in the position control mode selected during spindle synchronized control, in a case where a C-axis control switching command is issued to treat the reference spindle 314 as the profile control axis while spindle synchronized control is performed for the reference spindle 314 and a synchronized spindle 324 and the synchronized spindle 324 is revolving at a command speed given to the reference spindle 314.