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Jtekt Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho

Sagami Chemical Research Institute

Nihon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroyuki Ito

Tsutomu Kamizono

Shoichi Yamanaka

Hisashi Machida

Shin Sakurada

Hiroaki Sugiyama

Toyohisa Yamamoto

Makoto Segi

Katsuya Hoshi

Masahisa Sawada

Hiroki Hattori

Akira Suzuki

Takashi Ogawa

Toshikazu Yabe

Masahiro Taguchi

Emiko Shiraishi

Michiharu Naka

Hiroshi Eda

Yuji Suzuki

Susumu Tanaka

Koji Wato

Yukiya Sugiyama

Masao Yamamoto

Masaru Ando

Katsuhisa Yoshikawa

Keita Yamazaki

Kei Matsumoto

Azusa Nakagame

Erina Toyama

Yasushi Fujiwara

Masahiro Takahashi

Hiroshi Ohmura

Shin Takehara

Hasnain Lakdawala

Isamu Chikuma

Shingo Wanami

Yasunobu Jufuku

Mamoru Aoki

Ryuya Akita

Magozou Hamamoto

Jiami Pu

Akinori Jitsui

Kazuo Akagami

Tuyoshi Saito

Hiroshi Kato

Ashoke Ravi

Tatsuya Tamura

Takashi Inoue

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Yuchi Yamanouchi

Krishnamurthy Soumyanath

Satoru Yamada

Tetsuya Takafuji

Tatsuhiko Goi

Kenichiro Tanaka

Keiichi Kondo

Shigeru Okita

Nobuo Goto

Kazuo Chikaraishi

Kenta Miyahara

Hideyuki Hayakawa

Daisuke Mizushima

Shinji Miyata

Junji Ando

Makoto Fujinami

Teruhiko Ide

Toshihiro Fukuda

Dai Kinno

Satoshi Endo

Isashi Kashiwagi

Hironori Aoyama

Hajime Nakagawa

Kazuo Sekino

Tomonori Kondo

Ryoichi Otaki

Satoru Ando

Atsushi Ando

Kazuyuki Ichikawa

Hiroki Yabushita

Rina Mukai

Kaori Takahashi

Takeshi Murakami

Yosuke Terao

Koji Kawakami

Koichi Hachiya

Yukihiro Saitoh

Hitoshi Yuasa

Naoki Yamanaka

Yuudai Tatara

So Sawahira

Jin Xin

Kazuya Mikashima

Shigeki Maehara

Takuzo Hirano

Yudai Tatara

Takayuki Kondo

Hiroyuki Iwashita

Yosei Ando

Kazuhiro Fujiu

Ichiro Yamaguchi

A mobile terminal includes an input unit that is capable of receiving input of a dispatch request and a destination and a position determiner that is capable of obtaining a terminal position which is its own current position. In accordance with the dispatch request, an autonomous vehicle is designated as a vehicle that is to be dispatched. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving controller that performs driving control so as to track the mobile terminal based on the terminal position while on its way to pick up the user.

Autonomous vehicle, autonomous vehicle dispatch system, and mobile terminal

An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.

Information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and information processing method

The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.

Management device of autonomous driving vehicle

An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.

Autonomous vehicle, passenger vehicle, and vehicle transfer system

An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of, when a first vehicle body unit on which a first vending machine is mounted is laid at a specific place, determining a time for maintenance defined as a time to perform maintenance of the first vending machine, and sending a replacement command to a chassis unit that is configured in such a way as to be capable of travelling autonomously and being coupled to and separated from a vehicle body unit, as per the time for maintenance. The replacement command is a command to transport a second vehicle body unit on which a second vending machine is mounted to the specific place and retrieve the first vehicle body unit from the specific place.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and vehicle

A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.

Mass transportation vehicle and dispatch management device of autonomous vehicle

The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method

The problem to be addressed by the present invention is to provide improved recombinant Fc&#x3b3;RIIb and Fc&#x3b3;RIIa that do not require refolding and exhibit high productivity and thermal stability, and to provide a method for producing the same. Said problem is solved by improved recombinant Fc&#x3b3;RIIb comprising at least the amino acid residues of the extracellular domain of human Fc&#x3b3;RIIb (No. 43 to No. 215 in UniProt No. P31994), wherein, in said amino acid residues, at least one amino acid substitution has occurred at a position corresponding to No. 82, 94, 98, 104, 105, or 139 in UniProt No. P31994. Said problem is also solved by improved recombinant Fc&#x3b3;RIIa comprising at least the amino acid residues of the extracellular domain of human Fc&#x3b3;RIIa (No. 34 to No. 206 in UniProt No. P12318-1), wherein, in said amino acid residues, at least one amino acid substitution has occurred at a position corresponding to No. 73, 85, 89, 95, 96, or 130 in UniProt No. P12318-1.

Recombinant Fc&#x3b3;RII

A piston includes: a piston head; and a piston skirt connected to the piston head, wherein the piston skirt includes wall portions protruding outward from a surface of the piston skirt, the wall portions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the piston skirt are inclined in directions opposite to each other with respect to a direction of movement of the piston in a bore for the piston, and define a tapered portion, and the tapered portions are spaced away from each other in the circumferential direction of the piston skirt.

Piston

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a block copolymer which is useful as a surface treatment agent for cell culture substrates, said surface treatment agent enabling cell separation in a short period of time. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a block copolymer that includes the following blocks (A), (B) and (C): (A) a temperature-responsive polymer block that has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) within the range of from 0&#xb0; C. to 50&#xb0; C. with respect to water (B) a hydrophilic polymer block that does not have an LCST within the range of from 0&#xb0; C. to 50&#xb0; C., while having an HLB value within the range of from 9 (inclusive) to 20 (exclusive) (C) a hydrophobic polymer block that does not have an LCST within the range of from 0&#xb0; C. to 50&#xb0; C., while having an HLB value within the range of from 0 (inclusive) to 9 (exclusive).

Block copolymer and surface treatment agent using same

A glass run channel assembly which is made of an elastic polymeric material and which is capable of being mounted to a vehicle, including: a first long glass run channel, a second long glass run channel and a connecting glass run channel which connects the first and second glass run channels, the connecting glass run channel comprising a base bottom portion. The base bottom portion is provided with a projection portion which projects from an outer circumferential side surface of the base bottom portion. The projection portion includes at least a portion of a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is molded in advance from a material which is harder and more rigid than the elastic polymeric material of the connecting glass run channel, and the reinforcing member includes a base portion arranged at the base bottom portion and a trunk portion which projects towards an outer circumferential side.

Glass run channel assembly and its manufacturing method

A passenger seat device includes a seat heater embedded in a seat and a detector electrode embedded underneath the seat heater. Electric power is supplied to the seat heater from an on-board battery through seat heater switches. Alternating voltage or current is supplied to the detector electrode. The detector electrode potential relative to the ground is lowered when the seat is occupied by a passenger. The changes in the potential of the detector electrode is detected by an occupant detector including a microcomputer. The detection is performed when the seat heater is brought to a floating state to suppress an amount of capacitance formed between the seat heater and the detector electrode. Thus, a sensitivity of the occupant detector is improved. The detector electrode may be eliminated, and the occupant conditions may be detected based on a potential of the seat heater to which alternating current or voltage is supplied.

Passenger seat device having occupant detector embedded in seat of automotive vehicle

An occupant detection system is a part of a vehicle occupant protection system. The vehicle occupant protection system is enabled to be activated when the occupant detection system determines an ON state indicative of existence of an occupant on a seat. The vehicle occupant protection system is disabled to be activated when the occupant detection system determines an OFF state. The system includes a capacitive sensor which detects the occupant based on a capacitance around the seat. The system determines the ON state or the OFF state based on the detected value of the capacitive sensor and a predetermined threshold value. The system evaluates whether the determination result in the determination block is appropriate or not. Then, the system biases the threshold value to suppress a reversal determination from the determination result which is evaluated as appropriate.

Occupant detection system

A capacitive occupant sensor includes a sensor mat having U-parts arranged in a first direction and, a second direction perpendicular to each other. The U-parts located adjacent to each other are connected in the second direction so as to define S-parts, in a manner that openings of the U-parts alternately open toward a first side of the first direction or a second side of the first direction. The S-parts located adjacent to each other are combined in the first direction, in a manner that the opening open toward the first side and the opening open toward the second side oppose to each other in the first direction. The mat has a meandering structure defined by the S-parts.

Capacitive occupant sensor

A guide piece having a guide surface is integrally formed in a body portion so as to protrude from an inner circumferential wall surface of a pour passage toward the center thereof. A gas guide portion is formed in a portion of the pour passage in which the guide piece is formed. The gas guide portion is defined by a lower surface of the guide piece and the inner circumferential wall surface of the pour passage. When the pour connector is connected to the pour port of the liquid container to use the same, a projection edge of the guide piece is positioned below its base portion on the inner circumferential wall surface of the pour passage in the gravitational direction, so that the liquid poured into the pour passage can flow toward the center while it is guided by the guide surface, whereas the gas guide portion is positioned above the projection edge of the guide piece in the gravitational direction, so that gases in the container can be discharged from circumferential ends of the gas guide portion in a direction opposite to the pour direction.

Pour connector and pour port structure of liquid container

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Ito