Abstract: In a traffic management system including a vehicle and a database, the vehicle transmits emergency vehicle information including position information of the vehicle to the database when an emergency vehicle is detected from an image which is captured by an imaging unit, and the database stores the emergency vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle. The traffic management system further includes an information processing device. The information processing device predicts a traveling route on which the emergency vehicle is to travel based on the emergency vehicle information stored in the database.

Abstract: A stress test the jig 10 includes an upper cylinder 12, a lower cylinder 14, and a frame 16. The frame 16 has an accommodating space 16a, an upper through hole 16b, and a lower through hole 16c. A test specimen 20 is disposed in the accommodating space 16a, the upper cylinder 12 is inserted into the upper through hole 16b, and the lower cylinder 14 is inserted into the lower through hole 16c. The upper cylinder 12 and the lower cylinder 14 fix the test specimen 20 such that the test specimen 20, the upper cylinder 12, and the lower cylinder 14 are positioned coaxially.

Abstract: A marine vessel propulsion device having a metal component in contact with water. The marine vessel propulsion device includes an anticorrosive anode made of a metal material that is less corrosion-resistant than the metal component, is electrically connected to the metal component, and is disposed in contact with the water contacting the metal component, a primary reference electrode isolated from the metal component and the anticorrosive anode, and disposed in contact with the water contacting the metal component, and a potentiometer that detects a potential difference of the metal component or the anticorrosive anode with respect to the primary reference electrode.

Abstract: In a traffic management system including a plurality of vehicles and a server, each vehicle is configured to generate an image including a traffic sign during traveling, and transmit, to the server, the image including the traffic sign, and the server is configured to compare the image of the traffic sign transmitted from each vehicle with reference traffic sign images, accumulate a plurality of evaluation results of evaluating visibility of the traffic sign, and based on the accumulated plurality of evaluation results, determine a state of the traffic sign.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire vehicle identification information for identifying another vehicle included in a surrounding image of a vehicle which is captured by an imaging unit based on the surrounding image and to evaluate a driving risk level of the other vehicle based on a traveling state of the other vehicle and a communication unit configured to transmit dangerous vehicle information including the vehicle identification information and the driving risk level of the other vehicle to a database outside the vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a storage unit configured to store traffic regulation information, which is information on traffic regulations, a control unit configured to determine, based on a video of the surroundings of a vehicle captured by an imaging unit provided in the vehicle and the traffic regulation information stored in the storage unit, whether a subject included in the video has made a traffic violation or not, and in a case where it is determined that the subject has made a traffic violation, identify the traffic violation made by the subject and a violation location at which the traffic violation has been made, and a communication unit configured to transmit the traffic violation and the violation location, identified by the control unit, to a database outside the vehicle.

Abstract: In a traffic management system including a vehicle and a database, the vehicle transmits emergency vehicle information including position information of the vehicle to the database when an emergency vehicle is detected from an image which is captured by an imaging unit, and the database stores the emergency vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle. The traffic management system further includes an information processing device. The information processing device predicts a traveling route on which the emergency vehicle is to travel based on the emergency vehicle information stored in the database.

Abstract: A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.

Abstract: The electromagnetic noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the electromagnetic noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method is provided which includes causing one of a first device and a second device of a semiconductor device to perform a switching operation, the semiconductor device comprising the first device and second device connected in series and a third device and a fourth device connected to each other in series and connected parallel to a series circuit of the first device and second device; measuring voltage variation occurring between the third device and the fourth device during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for electromagnetic noise of the semiconductor device, based on the voltage variation.

Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system to be mounted in a space below the hood of a vehicle. The fuel cell system includes an FC assembly including an FC stack and a controller for controlling the FC stack; a cooling mechanism for cooling the FC stack, using a completely sealed cooling channel; and a reserve tank provided on a way of the cooling channel, the reserve tank being for storing coolant, wherein the reserve tank is disposed horizontally adjacent to the FC assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire. Center blocks in a center region of a tread section are arrayed to form a pair between which are interposed inclined grooves inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. The center blocks straddle an equator from one side to the other. Notches composed of a first and second walls connected in a V shape are in treads in each center block. The first walls extend at an angle within ±20° with respect to the circumferential direction. The second walls extend at an angle of ±10° with respect to a width direction. Inclined grooves are each constituted by a see-through portion and an expanded portion having a larger groove width than the see-through portion. A width of a see-through region that can extend without intersecting an extension line of the see-through portion is made to be equal to or greater than 30% of a tread width.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided. Center blocks in a center region are in pairs across grooves inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends from one side to the other of an equator and includes a notch defined by a first and second walls connected in a V-shape in a tread contact surface. The first wall extends within ±20° of the circumferential direction, the second wall extends within ±10° of a lateral direction, an average angle of sipes formed in one of the center blocks and the shoulder blocks is smaller than or equal to 90°±10° with respect to the equator for a first region, smaller than or equal to 130°±10° for a second region, and smaller than or equal to 70°±10° for a third region, and each of the sipes includes at least one bent portion.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, center blocks in a center region of a tread portion form a pair sandwiching an inclined groove that extends inclined with respect to a circumferential direction. Each of the center blocks extends across an equator and includes a notch formed of first and second walls that are connected in a V-shape in a tread road contact surface. The first wall extends within +/?20° with respect to the circumferential direction, and the second wall extends within +/?10° with respect to a lateral direction. Each of shoulder blocks provided in a center region of the tread portion includes a third wall opposed to the notch and at an angle within +/?5° with respect to a straight line connecting an end point of the first wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block and an end point of the second wall, located adjacent to the shoulder block.

Abstract: A welded joint is obtained by using a welding material having a composition: Cr: 15.0 to 30.0%; and Ni: 40.0 to 70.0%, including: a base material having a composition: C: 0.03 to 0.075%; Si: 0.6 to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%; P: up to 0.04%; S: up to 0.015%; Cr: more than 16.0% and less than 23.0%; Ni: not less than 20.0% and less than 30.0%; Cu: 0.5 to 10.0%; Mo: less than 1%; Al: up to 0.15%; N: 0.005 to 0.20%; O: up to 0.02%; Ca: 0 to 0.1%; REM: 0 to 0.15%; V: not less than 0% and less than 0.5%; and Nb: 0 to 2%, a balance being Fe and impurities and a first-layer weld metal including Fe content from 10 to 40%, all % by mass.

Abstract: A stress test the jig 10 includes an upper cylinder 12, a lower cylinder 14, and a frame 16. The frame 16 has an accommodating space 16a, an upper through hole 16b, and a lower through hole 16c. A test specimen 20 is disposed in the accommodating space 16a, the upper cylinder 12 is inserted into the upper through hole 16b, and the lower cylinder 14 is inserted into the lower through hole 16c. The upper cylinder 12 and the lower cylinder 14 fix the test specimen 20 such that the test specimen 20, the upper cylinder 12, and the lower cylinder 14 are positioned coaxially.

Abstract: The radiated noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the radiated noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method and an evaluation apparatus are provided, including: causing a semiconductor device to perform a switching operation; measuring voltage variation occurring between main terminals of the semiconductor device during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for radiated noise of the semiconductor device based on the voltage variation. The outputting the evaluation benchmark may include calculating the voltage variation in the semiconductor device for each frequency component as the evaluation benchmark.

Abstract: The radiated noise of a semiconductor device is conveniently evaluated, and the radiated noise of an apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device is estimated. An evaluation method including: making a semiconductor device that is connected parallel to a load by a load cable, perform a switching operation; measuring common-mode current flowing through the load cable during the switching operation; and outputting an evaluation benchmark for radiated noise based on the common-mode current, and an evaluation apparatus are provided.

Abstract: A welded joint is obtained by using a welding material having a composition: Cr: 15.0 to 30.0%; and Ni: 40.0 to 70.0%, including: a base material having a composition: C: 0.03 to 0.075%; Si: 0.6 to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05 to 2.5%; P: up to 0.04%; S: up to 0.015%; Cr: more than 16.0% and less than 23.0%; Ni: not less than 20.0% and less than 30.0%; Cu: 0.5 to 10.0%; Mo: less than 1%; Al: up to 0.15%; N: 0.005 to 0.20%; O: up to 0.02%; Ca: 0 to 0.1%; REM: 0 to 0.15%; V: not less than 0% and less than 0.5%; and Nb: 0 to 2%, a balance being Fe and impurities and a first-layer weld metal including Fe content from 10 to 40%, all % by mass.