Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Continental Automotive Gmbh

Takashi Uchida

Tomohiro Mitani

Toshio Yamazaki

Jin Yoshizawa

Kazuaki Hashimoto

Yusuke Nakamura

Yoshikuni Sato

Hideki Ueda

Yoshihiro Matsumura

Akira Matsubara

Takanobu Machida

Takahiro Hiyama

Koichiro Nakashima

Hiroyoshi Hatae

Takahiro Aihara

Kengo Wada

Manabu Yumine

Taichi Hamatsuka

Naruhito Noda

Toshitsugu Konishi

Georg Refcio

An electric bicycle includes: an electric motor; a storage unit in which control software for controlling the electric motor is stored; a control unit configured to run the control software stored in the storage unit; and a communication interface unit to which a piece of hardware is removably and communicably connected. The control unit is configured to run an other piece of software different from the control software to control the piece of hardware which is communicably connected to the communication interface unit. The other piece of software is installed in the storage unit. Each of the control software and the other piece of software communicates using a distributed-communication protocol.

Electric bicycle and built-in kitchen unit

A leg muscle strength estimation system includes: an obtainer that obtains an image including a user that is walking as a subject of the image; and an estimator that estimates a leg muscle strength of the user based on the obtained image.

Leg muscle strength estimation system and leg muscle strength estimation method

A sensor device includes a sensor element, a substrate, and a bonding wire. Over the substrate, provided is the sensor element. The bonding wire forms at least part of a connection path that electrically connects the sensor element and the substrate together. The bonding wire is provided to connect two connection surfaces that intersect with each other.

Sensor device

An indoor camera includes: an image capturing unit; a storage unit configured to store at least one detection area in association with stagnation times, the detection area that is a target area for detecting stagnation of a pet, and the stagnation times indicating the number of times when the pet enters the detection area and stagnates in the detection area; and a processor configured to detect a position of the pet and count the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area based on captured images. If determining, based on the captured images, that the pet stagnates in the detection area for a predetermined time period or longer, the processor increments and counts the stagnation times of the pet in the detection area and generates an action log including identification information of the detection area and information on the stagnation times.

Indoor camera and action log recording system

A bicycle motorization device is attached to a bicycle. The motorization device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate speed of the bicycle; an estimation unit configured to estimate pedal force applied to pedals of the bicycle; an electric motor; a battery which supplies electric power to the electric motor; and a control unit configured to apply auxiliary driving force to a wheel of the bicycle by driving the electric motor based on the speed calculated and the pedal force estimated.

Bicycle motorization device and wheel

A control device includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain location information of an electric bicycle and operation information obtained by the vehicle; a calculation unit configured to generate environment information indicating an estimated travel environment of the electric bicycle based on the operation information; and a storage unit configured to store the location information and the environment information. The calculation unit is configured to generate an updated map by associating the location information with the environment information, and reflecting the location information and the environment information on a map.

Control device and map generation method

A package includes: a semiconductor element; a case having an opening and housing the semiconductor element; and a lid having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and occluding the opening of the case. In the package, the lid is joined to an end portion of the opening of the case, and includes a bent portion surrounded by a portion joining the lid to the case and extending along a longitudinal side of the lid.

Package

A placing member is configured to be supported from an outside by a terminal electrically connected to a terminal electrode, and an X-axis-direction extended portion, a Y-axis-direction extended portion, and a Z-axis-direction extended portion are provided in the terminal. This configuration provides an angular velocity sensor, in which a problem such that Y-axis-direction and Z-axis-direction vibrations applied from the outside cannot be damped is eliminated, and all the vibrations in three axis directions can be damped.

Angular velocity sensor

Angular speed sensor for detecting angular speed

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Fukui, Japan

Takashi Uchida