摘要:
An automotive air conditioner includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of pieces of state information as respective learned data; a learning unit which constructs a probabilistic model; a control information correcting unit which corrects setting information, etc., related to a vehicle occupant's setting operation in accordance with a calculated probability so as to achieve a specific setting operation; and an air-conditioning control unit which controls an air-conditioning unit in accordance with the corrected setting information, etc. The learning unit includes a clustering subunit for classifying the plurality of learned data into at least first and second clusters and for determining first and second ranges for the value of the state information from the learned data included in the respective clusters, and a probabilistic model constructing subunit for constructing the probabilistic model by determining the probabilities for the state information contained in the first and second ranges, respectively.
摘要:
An automotive air conditioner includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of pieces of state information as respective learned data; a learning unit which constructs a probabilistic model; a control information correcting unit which corrects setting information, etc., related to a vehicle occupant's setting operation in accordance with a calculated probability so as to achieve a specific setting operation; and an air-conditioning control unit which controls an air-conditioning unit in accordance with the corrected setting information, etc. The learning unit includes a clustering subunit for classifying the plurality of learned data into at least first and second clusters and for determining first and second ranges for the value of the state information from the learned data included in the respective clusters, and a probabilistic model constructing subunit for constructing the probabilistic model by determining the probabilities for the state information contained in the first and second ranges, respectively.
摘要:
A route length calculation apparatus comprises: a location detection unit for acquiring current location of a mobile object; an event detection unit for detecting the occurrence of an applicable event; a route history information storage unit for storing, upon occurrence of a first event, past route information containing at least the point of occurrence of the first event; and a distance calculation unit for calculating, when occurrence of a second event is detected by the event detection unit, the shortest route length between the point of occurrence of the second event acquired by the location detection unit and the point of occurrence of the first event along a route that the mobile object has traveled before.
摘要:
An obtaining unit obtains information about a condition where a vehicle is placed. A detection unit detects at least one of a voice and an action of an occupant of the vehicle. An estimation unit estimates an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled target according to the condition where the vehicle is placed. A determination unit determines an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled in-vehicle apparatus and determines a control content thereof in consideration of the at least one of a voice and an action. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled and the control content thereof determined by the determination unit. A control unit controls the in-vehicle apparatus according to the determination of the determination unit when receiving a response to the notification of the notification unit from the occupant to permit the control of the in-vehicle apparatus.
摘要:
An abnormality detection device includes small motion sensors that detect small motions of a person in a house; a data collecting unit that collects and stores sensor signals from the small motion sensors as sensor patterns, and a Markov chain operating unit 33 that transforms the sensor patterns into a cluster sequence by vector-quantizing input patterns which are obtained by averaging and normalizing the sensor patterns, and calculates a transition number matrix and a duration time distribution of a Markov and so on using a Markov chain model. The abnormality detection device also includes a comparing unit that calculates a characteristic amount (Euclid distance and average log likelihood in an appearance frequency of a Markov chain and an average log likelihood to the duration time distribution of a Markov chain) of a sample activity as against a daily activity based on the obtained transition number matrix and the duration time distribution and so on.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a semiconductor element on a semiconductor substrate having a support substrate and a semiconductor layer above the support substrate. The method includes preparing the semiconductor substrate having a transistor formation region and an element isolation region both defined thereon; forming a pad oxide film on the semiconductor layer of the semiconductor substrate; forming an oxidation-resistant mask layer on the pad oxide film; forming a resist mask to cover the transistor formation region on the oxidation-resistant mask layer; performing a first etching process for etching the oxidation-resistant mask layer using the resist mask as a mask to expose the pad oxide film of the element isolation region; and removing the resist mask and oxidizing the semiconductor layer below the exposed pad oxide film by LOCOS using the exposed oxidation-resistant mask layer as a mask to form an element isolation layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate: a photodiode responsive to a light, which is formed in the semiconductor substrate; at least an interlayer insulating layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, the at least an interlayer insulating layer comprising an upper most insulating layer; at least a conductive wiring layer, comprising an upper most conductive wiring layer formed on the upper most insulating layer; and a first passivation layer formed over the upper-most conductive wiring layer. The upper-most wiring layer is not formed directly above the photodiode. The first passivation layer is made of a permeability-resist material and is not formed directly above the photodiode.
摘要:
An obtaining unit obtains information about a condition where a vehicle is placed. A detection unit detects at least one of a voice and an action of an occupant of the vehicle. An estimation unit estimates an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled target according to the condition where the vehicle is placed. A determination unit determines an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled in-vehicle apparatus and determines a control content thereof in consideration of the at least one of a voice and an action. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled and the control content thereof determined by the determination unit. A control unit controls the in-vehicle apparatus according to the determination of the determination unit when receiving a response to the notification of the notification unit from the occupant to permit the control of the in-vehicle apparatus.
摘要:
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate: a photodiode responsive to a light, which is formed in the semiconductor substrate; at least an interlayer insulating layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, the at least an interlayer insulating layer comprising an upper most insulating layer; at least a conductive wiring layer, comprising an upper most conductive wiring layer formed on the upper most insulating layer; and a first passivation layer formed over the upper-most conductive wiring layer. The upper-most wiring layer is not formed directly above the photodiode. The first passivation layer is made of a permeability-resist material and is not formed directly above the photodiode.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor element comprised of an SOI structure including an SOI layer comprises the steps of preparing the SOI layer having a transistor forming area and an element isolation area on a surface thereof, forming an oxidation-resistant mask layer on the surface of the SOI layer, forming a resist mask in an area corresponding to the trnasistor forming area on the oxidation-resistant mask layer, a first etching step for etching the oxidation-resistant mask layer using the resist mask in such a manner that the oxidation-resistant mask layer remains by a predetermined thickness, a second etching step for etching the oxidation-resistant mask layer allowed to remain by the predetermined thickness in accordance with the first etching step, using the resist mask and exposing the SOI layer of a portion corresponding to the element isolation area, and oxidizing the exposed SOI layer by a LOCOS method using the oxidation-resistant mask layer allowed to remain in accordance with the second etching step to thereby form an element isolation layer, wherein an etching rate of the oxidation-resistant mask layer in the first etching step is made higher than that of the oxidation-resistant mask layer in the second etching step, and wherein a silicon-to-etching selection ratio in the second etching step is made higher than a silicon-to-etching selection ratio in the first etching step.