Abstract:
A navigation apparatus is provided that is highly convenient for a user to view a map screen and a menu window. A display controller 15 determines a view mode of each of a map screen and a menu window, based on information about a travel condition of a moving object from a route search unit 12 and an own-vehicle location identification unit, when the menu window is displayed according to information entered from an input unit 10. A display map generator 16 generates a map screen according to information about the view mode from the display controller 15. A display menu generator 17 generates a menu window according to information about the view mode from the display controller 15. A display unit 21 displays the map screen from the display map generator 16 and the menu window from the menu generator 17.
Abstract:
An autonomous mobile body includes a storage unit arranged to store a size D2 of the autonomous mobile body, a laser range sensor arranged to acquire obstacle information, an obstacle identification unit arranged to identify, based on the acquired obstacle information, edge points indicating positions of both ends of a region in which an interfering obstacle exists, the both ends being both ends on a plane parallel or substantially parallel to a passage plane in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a moving target direction of the autonomous mobile body, a direction setting unit arranged to set a pull-off direction based on the size D2 of the autonomous mobile body and the edge points, and a mobile controller arranged and programmed to control the autonomous mobile body to move toward the pull-off direction.
Abstract:
An autonomous mobile device that moves while autonomously avoiding zones into which entry should be avoided even if no obstacle exists therein includes a laser range finder that acquires peripheral obstacle information, a storage unit that stores an environment map that shows an obstacle zone where an obstacle exists, and a no-entry zone map which shows a no-entry zone into which entry is prohibited, a self-location estimation unit that estimates the self-location of a host device by using the obstacle information acquired by the laser range finder and the environment map, and a travel control unit that controls the host device to autonomously travel to the destination by avoiding the obstacle zone and the no-entry zone based on the estimated self-location, the environment map, and the no-entry zone map.
Abstract:
Provided is an autonomous mobile device capable of taking action that is suitable for executing a task in accordance with the situation.The autonomous mobile device (1) is an autonomous mobile device which executes a predetermined task upon autonomously moving to a destination, and comprises a storage unit (31) for storing an environment map (311), a laser range finder (20) for acquiring peripheral obstacle information (50), an unknown information identification unit (32) for identifying unknown obstacle information (52) from the peripheral obstacle information (50), an assessment information acquisition unit (33) for acquiring a plurality of types of assessment information formed of movement information, relative position information, and attribute information that are related to the unknown obstacle, when the unknown obstacle information (52) is identified, and a scenario selection unit (34) for selecting, based on the assessment information, one action scenario among a plurality of action scenarios (A1 to D1) including an action scenario which is defined for executing the task and is other than an action scenario of canceling or continuing the execution of the task.
Abstract:
A speaker of the present invention includes the following: a diaphragm that includes an inner periphery coupled to a voice coil, and a corrugation provided at the intermediate position between the inner periphery and an outer periphery; a speaker edge for supporting the outer periphery of the diaphragm; and a damping member attached to an outer peripheral part of the diaphragm outside the vicinity of an outer periphery of the corrugation. The effective vibration area of an inner peripheral part of the diaphragm inside an inner periphery of the corrugation is substantially half or less of the total effective vibration area. The damping member is configured as a damping portion by extending an overlap portion of the speaker edge overlapping with the diaphragm to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the corrugation. This configuration can suppress the vibration transmission at high frequencies to the outer peripheral part of the diaphragm outside the corrugation, allows only the inner peripheral part of the diaphragm inside the corrugation to mainly vibrate at high frequencies, and also can suppress a resonance in the outer peripheral part of the diaphragm outside the corrugation. Thus, the speaker can have both an excellent high frequency response and an excellent mid-high frequency response.
Abstract:
An RE123-based oxide superconductor characterized by comprising a conductive layer containing an REBa2Cu3O7-δ-based oxide superconductor formed using a mixed material of at least RE2BaO4 and a Bax—Cuy—Oz-based material and a holding member which holds said conductive layer, where, RE is one type or more of elements selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y.
Abstract:
In order to reduce the computational burden required for scanning and to enhance the recognition accuracy, an image recognition device is configured so that a scanning pattern recording unit that records a plurality of scanning patterns for directing how to scan recognition areas of predetermined size in the image data is included, and different scanning patterns for successive frames are read out from the scanning pattern recording unit and applied to scan the recognition areas.
Abstract:
A posture adjustment method of magnetic heads includes a method in which a magnetic head initial position adjustment apparatus 11 measures an initial position of the magnetic head 1 which was moved and adjusted, and writes the initial position into an adjustment position information shared apparatus 10, a magnetic head posture adjustment apparatus 12 reads from the adjustment position information shared apparatus 10, and information of an adjustment amount given to the magnetic head 1 when the magnetic head 1 is moved and adjusted to a final position is written in the adjustment position information shared apparatus 10, and an adjustment position as a current position of the magnetic head 1 is calculated using the initial position information and the adjustment amount information, and a method in which it is detected that one of the magnetic heads 1 reached a moving limit at which movement and adjustment of the magnetic head 1 becomes impossible, and other magnetic heads 1 which do not reach the moving limit are also moved in reverse, the moving amounts of all of the magnetic heads 1 are set equal to each other, and the magnetic heads 1 are moved in parallel to each other. As a result, it becomes easy to obtain an adjustment result of the posture of the target magnetic head 1, and it is possible to continue the adjustment operation, and to enhance the producing yield.
Abstract:
An estimate image is generated from a position and an angle of a camera and the estimate image is stored. A collating unit collates an estimate image with a scenery image, and corrects estimate values of a position and angles of the camera according to a result of the collation. An indication image generating unit generates an indication image by processing indication information stored in an indication information storing unit, based on position information that shows a position of the camera and angle information that shows angles of the camera after the correction processing stored in a position and angle information storing unit.
Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate 1 having a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels comprises an impurity layer 2, a photoelectric converting layer 4, a read out region 5, and a gate electrode 7. The impurity layer 2 includes an adjoining portion adjacent to a portion of the substrate 1 directly beneath the gate electrode 7. The adjoining portion includes sub-portions 2a, 2b, and 2c aligned along a width direction of a gate that is orthogonal to a transfer direction of a signal charge and a thickness direction of the substrate. An impurity density in the sub-portion 2a including a center of the adjoining portion is lower than that in the sub-portions 2b and 2c.