1. An in-vehicle image display apparatus for use in a vehicle, comprising:
a state detecting device that detects a state of surroundings of the vehicle;
a display device that is provided at least in a window section of the vehicle and capable of displaying information over the window section;
an image generating device that generates image data representing an image of the surroundings of the vehicle based on detection results from the state detecting device; and
a display control device that makes the display device display the image represented by the image data generated by the image generating device,
wherein the image generating device includes a predicting and generating device that predicts and generates, with respect to an object to be detected in the surroundings of the vehicle, image data representing the object to be detected after a predetermined time period, based on the detection results from the state detecting device.
2. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the state detection device includes a relative velocity detection device that detects a relative velocity between the object to be detected in the surroundings of the vehicle and the vehicle, and
the predicting and generating device predicts and generates, with respect to the object to be detected which has been detected by the state detecting device, image data representing the object to be detected after a predetermined time period, based on the relative velocity detected by the relative velocity detection device.
3. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of position detection units that at least detect a position of the object to be detected, and
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of position detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the position of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the image of the surroundings of the vehicle.
4. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of shape detection units that at least detect a shape of the object to be detected, and
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of shape detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the shape of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the image of the surroundings of the vehicle.
5. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of position detection units that at least detect a position of the object to be detected,
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of position detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the position of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the image of the surroundings of the vehicle, and
the predicting and generating device predicts a position of the object to be detected after a predetermined time period, using the average value with respect to the position of the object to be detected which is calculated by the image generating device and the relative velocity detected by the relative velocity detection device, and generates image data representing the object to be detected after the predetermined time period.
6. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of shape detection units that at least detect a shape of the object to be detected, and
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of shape detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the shape of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the image of the surroundings of the vehicle.
7. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
the predicting and generating device predicts the shape of the object to be detected after a predetermined time period, using the average value with respect to the shape of the object to be detected which is calculated by the image generating device and the relative velocity detected by the relative velocity detection device, and generates image data representing the object to be detected after the predetermined time period.
8. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of shape detection units that at least detect a shape of the object to be detected,
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of shape detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the shape of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the image of the surroundings of the vehicle, and
the predicting and generating device predicts the shape of the object to be detected after a predetermined time period, using the average value with respect to the shape of the object to be detected which is calculated by the image generating device and the relative velocity detected by the relative velocity detection device, and generates image data representing the object to be detected after the predetermined time period.
9. The in-vehicle image display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the state detection device includes a plurality of position detection units that at least detect a position of the object to be detected, and
the image generating device calculates, based on detection results from the respective plurality of position detection units, an average value of the detection results and uses data represented by the calculated average value as data representing the position of the object to be detected, to thereby generate the image data representing the state of the surroundings of the vehicle.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed:
1. An apparatus for continuous casting of molten metals, the molten metal being continuously cast using a casting mold, said apparatus comprising:
electromagnets each comprising an iron core and a coil wound over said iron core, said electromagnets being arranged in a facing relation on opposite sides of said mold along a transverse width thereof to lie side by side along a longitudinal width of said mold; and
means for supplying a single-phase AC current to each coil.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said iron core comprises individual single iron cores separate from each other, or a comb-shaped iron core having a comb-teeth portion over which the coils are wound.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said iron core comprises a comb-shaped iron core having a comb-teeth portion over which said coils are wound and a root portion over which a second coil is wound, and further comprising a means for supplying a DC current to the second coil.
4. An apparatus for continuous casting of molten metals, the molten metal being continuously cast using a casting mold, said apparatus comprising:
a coil supplied with a DC current for producing a DC magnetic field and a coil supplied with an AC current for producing a non-moving, vibrating magnetic field, both said coils being wound over each of common iron cores,
said iron cores being arranged around said mold such that a direction of the magnetic fields produced by said coils is aligned with a transverse width of said mold.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein magnetic poles of said iron core are arranged in at least one pair to face each other above orand below an ejection port of an immersion nozzle.
6. A method for continuous casting of metals, comprising intermittently applying a static magnetic field in a thickness direction of a cast slab.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said static magnetic field is intermittently applied under setting of an on-time t10.10 to 30 seconds and an off-time t00.10 to 30 seconds.
8. The method according to claim 6, wherein said static magnetic field is applied to a surface of a molten metal.
9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said static magnetic field is applied to a surface of a molten metal.
10. An apparatus for continuous casting of molten metals, the molten metal being continuously cast using a casting mold, said apparatus comprising:
means for applying magnetic fields at positions above and below an ejection port of an immersion nozzle; and
a first coil for producing an AC magnetic field moving in a longitudinally symmetrical relation from opposite ends to a center of said mold along a longitudinal width thereof, and a second coil for producing a DC magnetic field, both said first and second coils being wound over each of common iron cores,
said iron cores being arranged on opposite sides of said mold along a transverse width thereof such that a direction of the magnetic fields produced by said coils is aligned with the transverse width of said mold.