Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Hayato Naruse

Shogo Sagara

Akitoshi Ueda

Kenta Murakami

Satoshi Suemasu

Kazuki Sakamoto

Tatsuhiro Kishi

An apparatus includes at least one of an actuator or a heater, and a controller that controls the at least one of the actuator or the heater. The controller: obtains an application defined by a plurality of blocks that drive the at least one of the actuator or the heater, each of the plurality of blocks including a parameter for driving the at least one of the actuator or the heater; consults a first rule that defines a first parameter range within which the at least one of the actuator or the heater is not permitted to be driven, and modifies the application by changing at least one block included in the plurality of blocks, the at least one block including a parameter included in the first parameter range; and drives the at least one of the actuator or the heater based on the modified application.

Apparatus including actuator and/or heater and method for controlling said apparatus

An object detection device mounted on a vehicle includes a transmitter, a receiver, a measurement unit, and a determination unit. The transmitter intermittently transmits a signal wave to space around the vehicle. The receiver receives a reflected wave from an object. The measurement unit measures a distance to the object based on the reflected wave received by the receiver. The determination unit determines that the object is abnormally close to the vehicle if the distance measured by the measurement unit is within a determination distance range, counts the number of determinations that the object is abnormally close to the vehicle, and determines that at least one of the transmitter or the receiver malfunctions if the number of determinations reaches a threshold.

Object detection device

An object detection device includes a controller, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first sensor transmits a first energy wave, and the second sensor transmits a second energy wave. The first sensor receives a reflected wave of the first energy wave to convert the reflected wave into a first self-signal, and receives a reflected wave of the second energy wave to convert the reflected wave into a first correspondence signal. The second sensor receives the reflected wave of the second energy wave to convert the reflected wave into a second self-signal, and receives the reflected wave of the first energy wave to convert the reflected wave into a second correspondence signal.

Object detection device and object detection method

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Shiga, Japan

Hayato Naruse