A semiconductor device, including: an insulating film provided on a substrate; a cathode region and an anode region, with a low-concentration region therebetween, provided on the insulating film, the low-concentration region having a dopant concentration lower than that of the cathode region and that of the anode region; an interlayer insulating film covering the cathode region, the anode region, and the low-concentration region, the interlayer insulating film having a first contact hole and a second contact hole penetrating therethrough; a cathode electrode and an anode electrode provided on the interlayer insulating film, and connected to the cathode region and the anode region via the first contact hole and the second contact hole, respectively. In a top view of the semiconductor device, the cathode or anode electrode overlaps an upper portion of the low-concentration region by 4 μm or more in a direction from the cathode region to the anode region.
H10D 89/60 - Integrated devices comprising arrangements for electrical or thermal protection, e.g. protection circuits against electrostatic discharge [ESD]
A vehicle network system including control devices communicable with each other is provided. The control devices include a control device that retains cluster information indicative of a cluster to which the control device belongs among clusters being divisions, and that becomes an active state in response to an activation message from another control device including active-cluster information indicative of the cluster to be active that matches the cluster indicated by the cluster information. The control devices further include a manager control device that has a function of changing the cluster information of the control device. Upon determining that the cluster information changed by the manager control device is not appropriate, the control device changes an activation condition of the control device.
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
Sanyo-Onoda City Public University Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
Yoshimura, Hitoshi
Nakaoka, Takuro
Kato, Syogo
Yuki, Kazuhisa
Yuki, Kohei
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a cooling device for cooling a heating element. The cooling device includes a heat transfer element and a cooler. The heat transfer element has a first surface as a mounting surface on which the heating element is mounted and a second surface as a surface opposite the first surface, in which a cooling surface for cooling the heating element is formed on the second surface. The cooler is configured to cool the heat transfer element using the coolant flowing within a flow path that is formed together with the second surface including the cooling surface. The cooling device is configured to form a pressure region that accelerates the inflow and outflow of the coolant within a cooling contribution region that contributes to cooling the cooling surface of the heat transfer element.
A wireless device of a battery monitoring system includes a wireless antenna and a proximate conductor that overlaps at least a portion of a projection plane of the wireless antenna in a predefined projection direction.
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
A temperature control circuit (7) includes a first valve (V1) capable of switching among flow paths of a refrigerant. The first valve (V1) is connected to a pipe (H) leading to an inverter (43), a pipe (H) leading to a motor (45), and one or more additional pipes (H). The first valve (V1) is configured to transport the refrigerant supplied from an upstream side thereof to at least one of the pipes (H) on a downstream side thereof. A transport control unit controls the first valve (V1) such that, when at least one of the inverter (43) and the motor (45) satisfies a heat generation condition, the refrigerant is transported, in the flow paths, to a transport destination disposed downstream of the one of the inverter (43) and the motor (45).
A rotating electric machine includes a stator having a stator coil, and a rotor radially opposed to the stator. The rotor has: main pole portions provided respectively for magnetic poles, which are aligned in a circumferential direction, and each protruding in a radial direction; and a field coil wound on each of the main pole portions. The field coil has a first coil section and a second coil section. The rotating electric machine further includes an electrical path connected in parallel with at least one of the first and second coil sections. The electrical path is configured to have electric current flowing therethrough in one direction.
A vehicle network system including control devices communicable with each other is provided. The control devices includes a management-target control device that retains cluster information indicative of a cluster to which the management-target control device belongs among a plurality of clusters being divisions, and that becomes an active state in response to an activation message from another control device including active-cluster information indicative of the cluster to be active that matches the cluster indicated by the cluster information, and a manager control device that has a function of changing the cluster information of the management-target control device. The manager control device transmits the activation message for activating the management-target control device before transmitting a change message for changing the cluster information of the management-target control device.
A biometric detection device for a vehicle includes at least one radar that transmits pulse waves at a predetermined frequency and receives reflected waves. The device further includes a circuit or a processor with a memory storing computer program code. The circuit or processor enables detection of the presence or absence of a biological entity inside the vehicle based on received radar signals. The radar performs multiple transmissions and receptions at predetermined intervals, and the reception time of the reflected waves exceeds the time corresponding to the distance between the radar and the farthest end of the vehicle. Detection is performed by analyzing temporal variations in reception strength at multiple sampling points, including points where indirect waves reflected from the biological entity inside the vehicle are observable.
A switching element includes: a semiconductor substrate having dummy trenches extending in a first direction; a gate insulating film in contact with an element region between the dummy trenches; a gate electrode; and a source electrode in contact with the element region. The semiconductor substrate has: a source region arranged in the element region; a body region arranged in the element region; a drift region distributed from the element region to below the dummy trenches; an intermediate region extending linearly within the drift region in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and connection regions respectively located adjacent to the dummy trenches to connect the intermediate region to the source electrode.
H10D 62/00 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
H10D 62/832 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
H10D 64/00 - Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
A terminal includes: a receiving unit which receives, from a core network device, an identifier of a subgroup of a paging occasion to which the terminal belongs, and which receives, from a base station, system information including information for indicating a total number of subgroups of the paging occasion and information for indicating a number of paging occasions corresponding to one Paging Early Indication (PEI) monitoring occasion; and a control unit which performs monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for first downlink control information (DCI) including a field of a PEI in the PEI monitoring occasion, wherein the control unit performs monitoring of a PDCCH for second DCI in the paging occasion in a case where a value of the PEI indicates the subgroup of the paging occasion to which the terminal belongs; and performs no monitoring of the PDCCH for the second DCI in the paging occasion in a case where the PEI is not detected, or a value of the PEI does not indicate the subgroup of the paging occasion to which the terminal belongs, and a number of bits for the field of the PEI is determined based on the information for indicating the total number of subgroups of the paging occasion and the information for indicating the number of paging occasions corresponding to the one PEI monitoring occasion.
H04W 68/02 - Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
H04W 68/00 - User notification, e.g. alerting or paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
An in-vehicle device for performing setting of operations of a vehicle includes a communication unit that communicates with a server device, an input unit that accepts an operation of a user, and a control unit that transitions the in-vehicle device from a standby state to a running state in which a first setting is performed by an operation by the user, in response to a startup instruction, and after transitioning to the running state, does not perform a second setting by an instruction from the server device.
B60W 50/00 - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
An electronic control device (30) controls driving of a rotating electric machine (20) having windings (211-213, 221-223) in a plurality of phases, and is provided with a substrate (31), drive elements (411-414, 441-444), and control ICs (61-66). The drive elements (411-414, 441-444) are mounted on a first surface (311), which is one mounting surface of the substrate (31), to switch power supply to the windings. The control ICs (61-66) are mounted on a second surface (312) of the substrate (31) to output drive signals to the drive elements (411-414, 441-444). The control ICs (61-66) are provided for the individual windings, and are mounted on the rear surface side of an element mounting region, which is a region where the drive elements (411-414, 441-444) to be connected to the windings are mounted, while at least partially overlapping a projection region of the element mounting region.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02P 27/06 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using DC to AC converters or inverters
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SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY
The present invention is provided with: a positive electrode layer (14) having a positive electrode active material (14a); a negative electrode layer (12) having a negative electrode active material (12a); a separator (15) sandwiched between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; and a polymer electrolyte (16) containing a polymer and an electrolyte salt. A polymerization control material (14b) for suppressing the polymerization reaction of the polymer is provided to at least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer. The polymer electrolyte has a first region (16a) present in the electrode layer provided with the polymerization control material, and a second region (16b) present in the separator. The degree of polymerization of the polymer in the first region is lower than that in the second region. The polymerization of the polymer proceeds by a polymerization initiator, and the polymerization control material traps a polymerization initiator component to suppress the polymerization of the polymer.
A vehicle control device (10, 10A) controls a four-wheel drive vehicle (2) comprising: front wheels (46FR, 46FL); first drive sources (26A, 26C) that generate the driving force for driving the front wheels; rear wheels (46RR, 46RL); and a second drive source (26B) that generates the driving force for driving the rear wheels. The vehicle control device comprises: a first request torque calculation unit (61, 63) that calculates a first request torque requested of the first drive source; a second request torque calculation unit (62) that calculates a second request torque requested of the second drive source; and an opposite-sign adjustment unit (73, 74) that, when the sign of the first request torque calculated by the first request torque calculation unit and the sign of the second request torque calculated by the second request torque calculation unit are opposite to each other, adjusts the value of at least one of the first request torque and the second request torque to a value closer to 0 than before adjustment.
B60W 50/02 - Ensuring safety in case of control system failures, e.g. by diagnosing, circumventing or fixing failures
B60K 17/348 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles having differential means for driving one set of wheels, e.g. the front, at one speed and the other set, e.g. the rear, at a different speeds
B60L 9/18 - Electric propulsion with power supply external to the vehicle using AC induction motors fed from DC supply lines
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performanceAdaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
This current detection device detects the current of each phase in a three-phase output inverter circuit. This current detection device comprises three bus bars (15u, 15v, 15w) that are disposed in an arrangement direction orthogonal to an energization direction and that have plate widths along a direction orthogonal to the energization direction and the arrangement direction. The current detection device is also provided with magnetic sensors (11u, 11v, 11w) that are disposed in a direction orthogonal to the bus bar and detect a current flowing through the bus bar. The bus bars are: the W-phase bus bar (15w) having a thin plate part (15u2) facing the W-phase magnetic sensor (11w) in the orthogonal direction; the V-phase bus bar (15v) having a W-phase adjustment part (15v5) facing the thin plate part (15u2) in the arrangement direction; and the U-phase bus bar (15u) having a W-phase adjustment part (15u4) facing the W-phase adjustment part (15v5) in the arrangement direction. The plate width of the W-phase adjustment part (15v5) is smaller than the plate width of the W-phase adjustment part (15v5).
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
A microphone device is provided with: a microphone (10); a case that houses the microphone (10); a cushion (30) that is disposed between the microphone (10) and the case; and a cover (50) that presses the cushion (30) to fix the cushion to the case. The cushion (30) is provided with a cylindrical inner circumferential part (31) that comes into contact with the microphone (10), and an outer circumferential part (32) that is pressed by the cover (50). When a direction parallel to the axis of the inner circumferential part (31) is defined as the x direction, the cover (50) presses the outer circumferential part (32) from one side in the x direction, and a recessed part (36) is formed in a surface layer part on said one side of the inner circumferential part (31).
The present invention comprises: an entropy determination unit (104) that sequentially acquires a steering angle and sequentially determines, on the basis of the steering angle, a relative steering entropy (RHp) indicating the latest steering characteristic of a driver with respect to the normal steering characteristic of the driver, the relative steering entropy (RHp) being a value representing the smoothness of steering control of the driver in terms of entropy; and an intervention degree determination unit (105) that determines an intervention degree (α), with which a steering assistance system (10) mounted on a vehicle driven by the driver intervenes in the steering control, to a higher value as the relative steering entropy (RHp) indicates a state in which a load on the driver is higher.
B62D 6/00 - Arrangements for automatically controlling steering depending on driving conditions sensed and responded to, e.g. control circuits
B60W 40/08 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to drivers or passengers
A vehicle includes: a wireless power receiver that receives power in a wireless manner from a plurality of wireless power transmitters arranged at predetermined intervals in a vehicle traveling direction on a traveling path; a rotating electric machine capable of generating driving force for traveling; an inverter that exchanges power with the rotating electrical machine; a first power supply; a second power supply having higher output density and lower capacity density than the first power supply has; and a DC-DC converter that exchanges power with the first power supply. Further, the wireless power receiver, the inverter, the DC-DC converter, and the second power supply are electrically connected in parallel to a power bus that supplies power from the wireless power receiver to the inverter, and the first power supply and the power bus are electrically connected via the DC-DC converter.
A communication apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a receiver configured to: receive, from a base station, an RRC message including LTM configuration information, the LTM configuration information including information associated with a serving cell and one or more LTM candidate information configurations to be added or modified, the information associated with the serving cell being used for determining whether or not to perform a security key update procedure, and receive, from the base station, a cell switch command MAC CE that triggers an LTM cell switch procedure; and a controller configured to perform the LTM cell switch procedure based on the cell switch command MAC CE. The controller is configured to determine, based on the information associated with the serving cell included in the LTM configuration information, whether or not to perform the security key update procedure in a case where the LTM cell switch procedure is performed.
A vehicle network system mounted on a vehicle is provided that includes a management-target control device and a manager control device. The management-target control device retains cluster information indicative of a cluster to which the management-target control device belongs among of clusters, and that becomes an active state in response to an activation message including active-cluster information indicative of the cluster to be active that matches the cluster indicated by the cluster information, The manager control device has a function of configuring the cluster information of the management-target control device based on stored cluster setting information. When receiving for-update cluster setting information from an external device, the manager control device stores the for-update cluster setting information in a storage medium or area separate from a storage medium or area storing the cluster setting information.
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAP DATA USED FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OF VEHICLE
An information processing device for processing map data used for autonomous driving of a vehicle is provide, where the map data includes node information regarding a plurality of nodes corresponding to points on a road and link information regarding links connecting the nodes. A map data updater updates the map data stored in a map database from old map data to new map data. An update determiner performs an update determination as to whether autonomous driving availability information associated with the link information is updatable, based on a degree of match between the link information in the old map data and the link information in the new map data. An availability-information updater carries over, from the old map data to the new map data, the autonomous driving availability information associated with the link information determined to be updatable by the update determiner.
An apparatus includes a projection unit projecting a fringe pattern on a region, an imaging unit capturing an object disposed in the region, and a measuring unit measuring a three-dimensional shape of the captured object. The fringe pattern includes a plurality of fringe regions that are disposed along a first direction, and each of the plurality of fringe regions changes in luminance in the first direction at a predetermined ratio and does not change in luminance in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The imaging unit outputs event data that identifies a position of a pixel subjected to a luminance change when light is received. The measuring unit measures the three-dimensional shape of the object by a light section method based on positions of a plurality of pixels identified from pieces of the event data output in an identical time slot within unit time for capturing.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G06T 7/521 - Depth or shape recovery from laser ranging, e.g. using interferometryDepth or shape recovery from the projection of structured light
An in-vehicle device that is installed in a vehicle includes a communication unit that communicates with a server device, an input unit that accepts an operation of a user, and a control unit that performs setting in accordance with a latter instruction, out of a first instruction by operating the input unit for setting an operation of the vehicle and a second instruction from the server device, in which, when an earlier instruction out of the first instruction and the second instruction indicates authority over the vehicle, the control unit performs setting in accordance with the earlier instruction.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY (Japan)
Inventor
Ogasawara, Satoshi
Orikawa, Koji
Hiruma, Atsuyuki
Abstract
A noise cancellation device (60) cpmprises noise cancellation circuits (60a to 60c) each including: an annular core (61) through which a secondary-side conductor (76) making up a secondary coil (72) connected to a motor drive device (30) passes; and a primary coil (62) attached to the annular core. The annular core is provided with a through hole (63) through which the secondary-side conductor passes on inside thereof in plan view, and a curved face part (61b) or a corner part is provided on the outside thereof. A primary-side conductor (66) making up the primary coil is disposed along a circumferential direction (θ) of the annular core in plan view, so as to alternately pass through an inner side and an outer side of the annular core. Width dimensions (L11, L12) of the primary-side conductor in the circumferential direction are configured so as to be wider on the outer side than on the inner side of the annular core.
H01F 37/00 - Fixed inductances not covered by group
H02K 11/02 - Structural association of dynamo-electric machines with electric components or with devices for shielding, monitoring or protection for suppression of electromagnetic interference
This electrical device comprises a plurality of semiconductor modules (30), a first cooler (21), a second cooler (40) and a pressing member (100). The plurality of semiconductor modules are arranged in one direction (X) orthogonal to the plate thickness direction (Z). The plurality of semiconductor modules are sandwiched between the first cooler and the second cooler in the plate thickness direction. The pressing member has: a back plate (130) overlapping the second cooler; a fixing plate (110); and an elastic member (120). The fixing plate is provided on the reverse side of the back plate from the second cooler and is fixed at a position spaced apart from the back plate by a predetermined distance in the plate thickness direction. The elastic member is sandwiched between the back plate and the fixing plate and presses the back plate against the second cooler by a reaction force due to deformation.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
A method is presented for pressure equalization and prevention of liquid feedback of a fluid to a compressor in an air conditioning system. Equalizing pressure includes closing an expansion area of an expansion valve to inhibit the flow of fluid to a low-pressure side of the system; and opening a valve area of a valve to allow pressure to equalize between a high-pressure side of the system and the low-pressure side. Pressurizing the fluid includes closing the valve area of the valve; and opening the expansion area of the expansion valve, thereby creating a pressure difference between the high-pressure side and the low-pressure side of the system.
VYZYZZ. In the formulae, D and E each represent one or more elements; D represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth element; E represents a transition metal of Groups 3 to 6 or an element of Groups 13 to 16; and V, Y, and Z each represent an arbitrary number.
H01B 1/06 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materialsSelection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of other non-metallic substances
H01B 1/08 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materialsSelection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of other non-metallic substances oxides
H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
In the present invention, a refrigeration cycle apparatus (10) has: an outdoor heat exchange unit (13) including an outdoor core unit (133) through which outside air (Ao) flowing from one side to the other side in one direction (Da) passes; and an indoor heat exchange unit (15). The refrigeration cycle apparatus (10) switches between a first operation state in which a refrigerant circulates while releasing heat in the indoor heat exchange unit and evaporating in the outdoor heat exchange unit, and a second operation state in which the refrigerant circulates while releasing heat in the outdoor heat exchange unit. A heating medium circuit (20) has a first radiator (30) disposed on the one side of the outdoor core unit in the one direction, and a second radiator (32) disposed outside of the flow path of the outside air flowing into the outdoor core unit. The heating medium circuit dissipates heat of a heat-generating device (64), via the heating medium, to the outside air by means of the first radiator or the second radiator. A switching apparatus (25) switches the path through which the heating medium flows through the heat-generating device in the heating medium circuit to a first path (R1) in which the heating medium flows to the first radiator, or to a second path (R2) in which the heating medium flows to the second radiator.
A vehicle air-conditioning unit comprises: an air conditioning case (10) that is provided in a manner penetrating a dash panel (DP) and accommodates a blower (30); and packing (80, 90) that inhibits air leakage. The air conditioning case includes a front case (12) that introduces outside air and/or inside air, a rear case (13) that sends blown air blown out from the blower into the interior of a vehicle, and positioning parts (124, 134) for determining the attachment positions of the front case and the rear case. The front case has a lead-out port (12a) that guides the outside air and the inside air to the rear case. The rear case has an intake port that is in communication with the lead-out port and introduces the outside air and the inside air from the lead-out port into the rear case. The packing is disposed around the lead-out port and the intake port. The positioning parts have a front positioning part (124) and a rear positioning part (134). The front positioning part is provided between the lead-out port and the packing. The rear positioning part is provided between the intake port and the packing.
B60H 1/12 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices the heat being derived from the propulsion plant from cooling liquid of the plant from other radiator than main radiator the other radiator being situated in a duct capable of being connected to atmosphere outside vehicle using an air blower
B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
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STEERING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, STEERING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND STEERING ASSISTANCE METHOD
The present invention comprises: an intention estimation unit (103) that estimates, with three or more levels of accuracy, the steering intention of steering being performed by a driver in order to change lanes; and an intervention degree determination unit (105) which, for higher accuracies of the steering intention estimated by the intention estimation unit (103), determines a higher value for the degree of intervention of a steering assistance system (10) mounted in a vehicle being driven by the driver. The degree of intervention becomes relatively low when the accuracy of the steering intention is relatively low. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the steering assistance system from excessively intervening in steering and giving the driver an unnatural feeling of manipulation from a time point when the steering intention is unclear. The degree of intervention becomes relatively high when the accuracy of the steering intention is relatively high. Accordingly, when the steering intention becomes clear, the degree of intervention of the steering assistance system in the steering becomes high, and the steering assistance system can assist the steering of the driver.
A power supply control unit controls an on/off of a driver at a predetermined switching frequency so that a multi-phase power supply has a predetermined output voltage. A setting change unit 60 changes at least a voltage setting value based on a coupling coefficient of a coupled inductor. The setting change unit compares the coupling coefficient with a voltage change threshold, and when the coupling coefficient is equal to or less than a voltage change threshold, sets a voltage setting value to a low voltage value that is lower than the reference voltage value that is set when the coupling coefficient exceeds the voltage change threshold. The voltage change threshold is a value corresponding to a coupling coefficient that prevents an output voltage from exceeding an upper limit of a guaranteed operating voltage of a processor when a current consumption of the processor is at its lowest.
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
32.
IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
An in-vehicle communication system is provided in which at least two or more communication paths are present each for a communication frame including a control message transmitted from an upper-level control device to reach a lower-level control device via a middle-level control device. The upper-level control device repeatedly transmits the communication frame including the control message to the at least two or more communication paths such that each communication frame includes identification information used to identify an ordinal of the communication frame in a transmitting order. The lower-level control device determines whether or not to execute a control process based on the control message included in the received communication frame, based on determining whether or not the ordinal of the received communication frame in the transmitting order is the same as or older than that of the previously received communication frame.
A ceramic composite particle includes a ceramic particle and a coating layer that covers at least a part of a surface of the ceramic particle and contains two or more phases. The coating layer contains a first phase composed of an oxide-based ion conductor and a second phase composed of an amorphous-phase-containing ion conductor containing an amorphous phase. The first phase has an ionic conductivity higher than an ionic conductivity of the second phase. The second phase has a Young's modulus lower than a Young's modulus of the first phase.
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/485 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
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TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS
A terminal apparatus is configured to transmit, to a base station apparatus, a user equipment assistance information (UAI) message including assistance information related to a protocol data unit set importance (PSI) per quality of service (QoS) flow, and receive, from the base station apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information indicating a discard timer used for PSI-based discard.
A radar device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and at least one of a circuit or a processor with memory storing executable computer program code. The circuit or processor generates multiple types of transmitted signals, each modulated by a respective code, for transmission via the transmission antenna. The reception antenna receives a mixed signal in which the transmitted signals, reflected by a reflector, are combined. The circuit or processor acquires the mixed received signal, decodes it to generate decoded signals corresponding to each code, and selects a suppression algorithm based on a characteristic parameter correlated with algorithm performance. The selected algorithm is used to suppress sidelobe signal components detected in other decoded signals or related signals, in correlation with a target signal component corresponding to a transmitted signal targeted in a specific decoded signal.
G01S 13/32 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S 13/34 - Systems for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated using transmission of continuous, frequency-modulated waves while heterodyning the received signal, or a signal derived therefrom, with a locally-generated signal related to the contemporaneously transmitted signal
A circuit unit of a drive device includes a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted. The circuit board extends outward beyond a motor region that overlaps with a motor unit. A housing includes a housing main body and a cover. The housing main body has a motor housing portion, which receives the motor unit, and a circuit housing portion, which receives the circuit unit and is formed integrally in one-piece with the motor housing portion. The cover covers an opening of the housing main body. At least one of the housing main body and the cover is configured to receive heat generated from the circuit unit. The housing has heat dissipation portions. The heat dissipation portions include peripheral-wall heat dissipation portions, each of which projects from a peripheral wall portion of the housing that surrounds an outer periphery of the circuit board.
H02K 9/22 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating by solid heat conducting material embedded in, or arranged in contact with, the stator or rotor, e.g. heat bridges
H02K 1/12 - Stationary parts of the magnetic circuit
H02K 3/04 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors
H02K 5/04 - Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
A vibration-type angular velocity sensor includes a movable section having drive weights, detection weights for sensing externally applied angular velocity, and a drive beam connecting the drive and detection weights. The sensor further includes detection units to detect the displacements of the detection weights, a feedback unit that applies a restraining force to the detection weights to suppress their displacements, and a controller. The controller calculates values representing in-phase and anti-phase displacements of the detection weights based on output signals from the detection units. The in-phase displacement corresponds to both detection weights moving in the same direction, while anti-phase refers to opposite directions. The controller further determines a feedback amount such that the sum of the displacements in the in-phase state does not exceed a predetermined target value, and operates the feedback unit to apply the corresponding restraining force.
G01C 19/5747 - Structural details or topology the devices having two sensing masses in anti-phase motion each sensing mass being connected to a driving mass, e.g. driving frames
An optical member for attachment to an inclined mounting member includes a light guide body made of a light-transmissive material with a specific refractive index. The light guide body has an incidence portion with incident prism portions for receiving external scene light, and an exit surface with exit prism portions for exiting part of the incident light. A reflective portion and a reflective surface direct light within the body, while terminal, upper, and lower surfaces connect the structural elements. The arrangement and inclination of the incidence edge, exit surface, and other surfaces are defined with respect to orthogonal axes. The structure enables guidance of light from a blind spot region, with geometric and optical relationships specified by equations.
A sound acquisition device for use with an object having a first member defining a first space and a second member defining a second space together with the first member includes a substrate having a substrate sound hole communicating with the first space. A first microphone is disposed on the substrate and acquires sound generated in the first space via the substrate sound hole. A second microphone is disposed in the second space and acquires vibration sound generated by the second member. A coherence of the vibration sound acquired by the second microphone with respect to the sound acquired by the first microphone is 0.4 or greater.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency responseTransducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
H04R 1/04 - Structural association of microphone with electric circuitry therefor
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
40.
Location Based Retail Media And Ad Attribution System
A method and system for providing an advertisement to a vehicle include determining a first location of a user device within a premises. The user device is associated with a user device identifier. The method includes communicating the user device identifier to an on-premises controller, matching a user profile to the user device identifier, identifying a product associated with the first location of the user device, receiving product data associated with the product at an off-premises controller, updating the user profile to form an updated user profile at the off-premises controller based on the product data and communicating an advertisement to the vehicle from the off-premises controller based on the updated user profile.
An assistance system (100, 200, 300) comprises: a position information acquisition unit (11, 211); a sensor information acquisition unit (12, 212); an identification unit (14, 214) whereby an environmental variable (Loc) that is hierarchically determined by classifying information relating to the external environment of a vehicle at different abstraction levels is identified on the basis of position information and sensor information; a data collection unit (219) that collects travel data; a data storage unit that classifies and stores the travel data on the basis of the environmental variable identified by the identification unit; and a generation unit that references the travel data classified by the data storage unit on the basis of information from any of the hierarchical levels, performs machine learning, and generates a rule or an inference model for determining a function to be executed by the vehicle and the control content of the function.
A control device (40) is applied to a system (10) comprising: a first power storage unit (11A) and a second power storage unit (11B) connected in series to each other; and a first power converter (21A) and a second power converter (21B) respectively connected to both ends of the respective power storage units. The control device controls the first power converter and the second power converter so as to generate an output difference between the first power converter and the second power converter. Each power converter has a characteristic such that, in the relationship between operating point and power conversion efficiency, the power conversion efficiency decreases on the lower output side and the higher output side with respect to a predetermined operating point. The control device comprises: a command setting unit (41) that sets an output command value for each power converter so as to operate each power converter within a predetermined high-efficiency operation region including the predetermined operation point when generating an output difference between the power conversions; and control units (42A, 42B) that control the power converters on the basis of the output command value set by the command setting unit.
A main air conditioning device (6) is capable of blowing conditioned air separately to a plurality of seat regions (3, 5). Auxiliary temperature control devices (7‒9) are configured so as to be capable of exerting a temperature control effect disproportionately in a specific seat region (3) among the plurality of seat regions (3, 5). During a specific state in which the temperature control effect provided by the auxiliary temperature control devices (7‒9) is exerted disproportionately in the specific seat region (3), the ECU (10) executes control such that a limit on the air conditioning effect of the main air conditioning device (6) in the specific seat region (3) is greater than in an air conditioning state that is not in the specific state. Furthermore, the ECU (10) executes control that makes the limit on the air conditioning effect of the main air conditioner (6) on the other seat regions (5) excluding the specific seat region (3) smaller than the limit on the air conditioning effect of the main air conditioner (6) in the specific seat region (3) during the specific state.
This electrical device comprises a semiconductor module, a bus bar (71P), an insulating member (161), and heat dissipation members (181, 182). The bus bar is electrically connected to the semiconductor module. A cooling member cools the bus bar. The insulating member is provided between the cooling member and the bus bar. The heat dissipation members are more flexible than the insulating member and dissipate the heat of the bus bar to the cooling member. The heat dissipation members include a first heat dissipation member that is in close contact with the bus bar and the insulating member, and a second heat dissipation member that is in close contact with the insulating member and the cooling member.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
45.
GAS INJECTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, CONTROL, AND APPARATUS
An air conditioning (AC) system has a compressor flowing a fluid through the system, a condenser after the compressor, a liquid-gas separator after the condenser, and an evaporator after the liquid-gas separator. Between the condenser and the liquid-gas separator and between the liquid-gas separator and the evaporator is expansion valves to transform the fluid from a gaseous state to a mixed, liquid and gaseous state. Controlling the expansion valve between the condenser and the liquid-gas separator is based on a sensor along a superheat line after the evaporator and before the compressor, and controlling the other expansion valve is based on the first expansion valve, or vice versa. An expansion valve with two expansion chambers and a single pin can provide control of both expansion valves by one assembly.
F24F 11/84 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof for controlling the temperature of the supplied air by controlling the supply of heat-exchange fluids to heat-exchangers using valves
46.
HEAT EXCHANGER WITH VARIABLE BASE THICKNESS AND FIN HEIGHT
A heat sink for a power inverter assembly is provided. The heat sink includes a base having a lower surface and an opposing upper surface that define a thickness of the base, wherein the lower surface contacts a heat-generating device. A plurality of fins extend from the upper surface. The fins include a first group of fins extending directly from a first region of the base, and a second group of fins extending directly from a second region of the base. The first region of the base has a first thickness, and the second region of the base has a second thickness that differs from the first thickness. The variable base thickness allows for customized and particular adjustment to heat transfer capabilities of the heat sink.
An in-vehicle device used in an in-vehicle system in which a plurality of communication devices are installed is provided. Each of the plurality of communication devices is configured to receive power supply via each power supply path, and each of the power supply paths is provided with a power supply switching unit. The in-vehicle device is configured to execute switching control, and communicate with the plurality of communication devices. The in-vehicle device determines that the power supply switching unit is in an interruption failure state. The in-vehicle device is configured to transmit a stop frame, which is a communication frame instructing the communication device corresponding to the one of the power supply switching units to stop the transmission process.
B60R 16/03 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
An actuator includes a stator formed in a ring shape and configured to generate a rotating magnetic field. Moreover, the actuator also includes a shaft formed of a soft-magnetic material, arranged radially inside the stator and having a magnet mounted thereto. The shaft is configured to rotate under the rotating magnetic field generated by the stator. Furthermore, the actuator also includes a linear motion part provided in a rotation center part of the shaft and configured to be displaced in an axial direction with rotation of the shaft.
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
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CONTROL DEVICE, OPTICAL SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF
A control device includes a processor, which is configured to control an optical sensor. The optical sensor receives a reflection beam, which is generated when a projection beam projected toward a detection area is reflected by a target, and outputs detection data indicating a distance to the target. The processor is configured to: update a storage parameter, which is stored in a storage medium as a correction parameter, in response to a variation range of the correction parameter falling outside an allowable range by monitoring the variation range of the correction parameter; and correct the detection data with the correction amount corresponding to the temperature at which each detection of the distance is performed in accordance with the correction model provided according to a latest storage parameter.
A control device is adapted to a wheel sensor, which includes a first sensor unit fixed to a wheel and rotating with it, and a second sensor unit fixed to a base portion and facing the first sensor unit in the axial direction. A detection target unit, which is either the first or second sensor unit, has an annular shape centered on the rotational axis. A receiving coil, which is the other sensor unit, outputs an AC voltage signal with amplitude varied by the relative displacement of the detection target unit to the receiving coil. The control device calculates force acting on the wheel from the receiving coil's output and calculates a parameter for slip suppression control based on the calculated force.
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B60W 10/08 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
B60W 10/184 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems with wheel brakes
51.
RADAR DEVICE, RADAR CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
A radar device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and at least one of a circuit and a processor with memory storing executable code. The circuit or processor generates multiple coded transmit signals, and the reception antenna receives a mixed signal formed by reflections. The circuit or processor acquires the mixed signal from a specific reception antenna and generates decoded signals for the respective codes. A removal process estimates a sidelobe component detected in another decoded signal in correlation with a target component corresponding to a selected transmit signal, removes the estimated sidelobe component from a specific decoded signal or an associated related signal, and sets the correlation target after a previous removal as the target component. The device determines the number of removal executions based on a peak-to-thermal-noise ratio and repeats the removal accordingly.
A diagnostic device is provided that includes a storage, at least one detector that detects a state of a diagnosis target, and a processor. The processor repeatedly acquires data indicating the state of the diagnosis target from the detector, repeatedly recognizes a rank indicating an abnormality degree of the diagnosis target based on the acquired data, repeatedly stores the acquired data together with the rank and acquisition order information in the storage, and determines whether or not either one of a latest rank indicating the abnormality degree higher than a lowest rank and the latest rank matching the lowest rank in the abnormality degree is established. When the either one is established, the processor stores the latest data in the storage in place of the lowest rank data.
A direction estimation device includes a receiver that receives reflected radio waves at a predetermined frequency from an object, and at least one of a circuit or a processor with memory storing executable program code. The receiver has antenna elements, at least some of which are spaced wider than a reference spacing. The circuit or processor determines spectral data corresponding to an unknown direction of the object based on the received signal. Iterative processes are performed to determine a mean and covariance of a posterior distribution, calculate a log-likelihood of the spectral data, and update hyperparameters and noise variance. The direction of the object is estimated based on the spectral data when a termination condition is met, with hyperparameters updated using probability distributions as priors.
G01S 3/02 - Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using radio waves
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The voice acquisition device to be mounted on a mobile body includes a microphone and a housing that accommodates the microphone. The housing has an opening, and an open end of the housing is joined to a plate of the mobile body via an elastic body so that the opening is covered by the plate. The microphone is accommodated in a space defined by the housing, the elastic body, and the plate.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency responseTransducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
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DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A driving support apparatus performs roundabout travel control for controlling a travel state of a vehicle such that a vehicle speed matches a predetermined target vehicle speed when the vehicle travels through a roundabout, and curve travel control for performing at least one of suppression of acceleration of the vehicle and deceleration of the vehicle when the vehicle travels through a curve. The driving support apparatus starts the roundabout travel control when a start condition including at least a condition that the roundabout is detected in a travel direction of the vehicle is satisfied. The driving support apparatus suppresses the curve travel control when a predetermined suppression start condition is satisfied after the roundabout travel control starts.
A target recognition apparatus acquires target detection information from first and second sensors having detection areas adjacent in terms of azimuth angle. The target recognition apparatus continuously uses the target detection information as valid information within a handoff region in response to a first target detected within a first validation subject region and of which the target detection information is acquired being subsequently detected within the handoff region and outside the first validation subject region. The first validation subject region is a predetermined area that is a portion of a detection area of the first sensor. The handoff region region is a region in which the first and second validation subject regions are adjacent, and includes at least portions of the first and second validation subject regions. The second validation subject region is a predetermined area that is a portion of a detection area of the second sensor.
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G01S 13/72 - Radar-tracking systemsAnalogous systems for two-dimensional tracking, e.g. combination of angle and range tracking, track-while-scan radar
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
A heat sink for a power inverter assembly in a motor vehicle comprises a base having a lower surface and an opposing upper surface. The lower surface contacts (indirectly or directly) a heat-generating device. A plurality of fins extend from the upper surface of the base. Some of the fins are aligned with the heat-generating device, while others are not. The fins can have different thermal conductivities. For example, each fin in a first subset of the plurality of fins is made of a first material and a second material, wherein the first material has a higher thermal conductivity than the second material. Each fin in a second subset of the plurality of fins is made of the second material and is substantially free of the first material.
A vehicular image display apparatus 10 comprises: an image acquisition unit 20 that acquires, as an image to be displayed, an image of a vehicle interior; an identification unit 32 that identifies , as a person to be displayed, a person appearing in the image to be displayed; an information acquisition unit 33 that acquires, as person-related information, information related to the person; an image generation unit 35 that executes image processing based on the person-related information acquired in advance by the information acquisition unit on a portion in which the person to be displayed appears within the image to be displayed to generate an alternative image; and a display unit 36 that can display the image to be displayed acquired by the image acquisition unit, and displays the alternative image instead of the image to be displayed under a predetermined environment.
Provided is a refrigeration cycle device capable of achieving both stable fluidized-bed formation of an adsorbent inside an adsorber/desorber, and suppression of reduction in operational efficiency due to the fluidized-bed formation of the adsorbent. A refrigeration cycle device for circulating a mixed refrigerant having a refrigerant and an adsorbent mixed therein comprises a compressor (11), an adsorber (13), and a desorber (15). The adsorber (13) has a circulation supply unit that comprises a refrigerant circulation passage (34), a turbo fan (35), and the like. The circulation supply unit circulates and supplies the refrigerant that has flowed out of the adsorber (13) so as to cause the adsorbent inside the adsorber to form into a fluidized bed.
This determination device (20) comprises a first resistor (R1) connected to a positive electrode-side power supply path (L1) via a first switch (Sp), and a second resistor R2 connected to a negative electrode-side power supply path (L2) via a second switch (Sn). A voltage acquisition unit (23) of the determination device acquires a first inter-terminal voltage (Vpy) that is the voltage across the first resistor when a first detection time (ty) has elapsed since the timing when the first switch was turned on, and acquires a second inter-terminal voltage (Vny) that is the voltage across the second resistor when the first detection time has elapsed since the timing when the second switch was turned on. A computation unit (26) of the determination device calculates a first detected value (Ry) as an insulation resistance value based on the first inter-terminal voltage (Vpy) and the second inter-terminal voltage (Vny), and a determination unit (28) of the determination device compares the first detected value and a first threshold (Ry_th) to determine whether the ground capacitance is within a desired range.
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61.
MALFUNCTION DETECTION AND DETERIORATION ESTIMATION DEVICE
Output data including an FC current i(t), a first cell voltage V1(t), a first feature amount X1(t), and a second feature amount X2(t) of a fuel cell at a time t is obtained sequentially. Next, from among output data, time t and first cell voltage V1(t) when FC current i(t) is a representative current ir are extracted, and a representative I-V characteristic Vf(t, ir) is calculated using these. Next, from among output data, time t, first feature amount X1(t), and the second feature amount X2(t) when the FC current i(t) is the representative current ir are extracted, and a temporary fluctuation Ym(X1, X2) in cell voltage is calculated using these. Next, an average I-V characteristic Vmean(t, ir) at the time t is calculated by subtracting Ym(X1, X2) from Vf(t, ir). Further, it is determined on the basis of Vmean(t, ir) whether or not the fuel cell has malfunctioned or deteriorated.
H01M 8/04992 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems characterised by the implementation of mathematical or computational algorithms, e.g. feedback control loops, fuzzy logic, neural networks or artificial intelligence
62.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING REAL-TIME LOCATION
A communication system with a master device configured to determine location information in real-time with respect to a portable device. The master device may direct one or more monitor devices to monitor communications that occur over a primary communication link. The monitor devices may sense characteristic information about the signal from the portable device, and communicate this characteristic information to the master device via an auxiliary communication link. The communication system may determine location of the portable device, authenticate the portable device, determine whether the portable device is authorized to allow or initiate an action, and command or enable an action with respect to equipment.
H04W 4/021 - Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G06F 21/35 - User authentication involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards communicating wirelessly
G07C 9/00 - Individual registration on entry or exit
G07C 9/28 - Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
H04B 17/27 - MonitoringTesting of receivers for locating or positioning the transmitter
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H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
H04W 4/33 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
In a wound-field rotating electric machine, a rotor includes a rotor core having main pole portions each protruding in a radial direction and a field coil wound on the main pole portions. The field coil has a first coil section and a second coil section that are connected in series with each other. Each of the first and second coil sections is wound on all of the main pole portions such that the first coil section is located on a side closer to a stator in the radial direction, whereas the second coil section is located on a side farther from the stator in the radial direction. The second coil section has a greater number of turns than the first coil section. An electrical conductor wire used for the second coil section has a smaller conductor cross-sectional area than an electrical conductor wire used for the first coil section.
A delta-sigma A/D converter uses a differential operational amplifier. The first integrator has a differential configuration and includes a pair of feedback capacitors that are feedback-connected between the differential input terminals and the differential output terminals of the operational amplifier, and is provided with a switched capacitor that includes a chopping switch that can switch the polarity between the differential input terminals of the operational amplifier and the pair of feedback capacitors. The switch resets the potential of the differential input terminals of the operational amplifier at the timing when the feedback capacitor in the first integrator and the differential input terminals of the operational amplifier are disconnected by the chopping switch.
A vehicular electronic control unit that transmits a message or a file acquired from a vehicle-external device to an electronic control unit in a vehicle is provided. The vehicular electronic control unit performs vehicle-external communication with the vehicle-external device and performs vehicle-internal communication with the electronic control unit. The vehicular electronic control unit converts an SOVD format in the vehicle-external communication to an SOVD-noncompliant format when the vehicle-external communication is data communication compliant with SOVD communication specifications and a delivery destination of the message or the file based on the SOVD format is an SOVD-noncompliant electronic control unit. The vehicular electronic control unit generates a delivery sequence for managing an order in which messages are delivered, according to the SOVD-noncompliant format obtained via converting the SOVD format and performs the vehicle-internal communication according to the generated delivery sequence.
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
B60R 16/023 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
A collision avoidance apparatus for a vehicle comprises a driving support ECU serving as an electronic control unit configured to execute automatic braking to reduce a risk when it is determined, based on a detection result of an object detection device, that a host vehicle is at risk of colliding with an obstacle. The driving support ECU is further configured to determine whether a specific condition that an accelerator opening degree due to driving operation by a driver is equal to or greater than a reference opening degree is satisfied when the automatic braking is terminated, and when it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied, the driving support ECU controls a driving force of the host vehicle so that a vehicle speed of the host vehicle does not exceed an upper limit vehicle speed of a vehicle speed range in which the automatic braking is executed.
A switching element includes a semiconductor substrate, a source electrode covering an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of gate portions extending in a first direction and arranged at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the first direction. A region between center lines of adjacent gate electrodes is referred to as a unit semiconductor region. The semiconductor substrate includes electric field relaxation regions spaced apart from a body region below the body region, and connection regions. The electric field relaxation regions have linear portions extending across the unit semiconductor regions along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The linear portions are arranged linearly along the second direction with gaps therebetween so as to form a row unit. The connection regions connect the linear portions to the body region, and one connection region is provided for each electric field relaxation region.
A camera system includes a data storage unit storing predefined data to be protected, and a non-rewritable storage unit storing a first hash value that is a hash value pre-calculated using a predefined hash function based on the data to be protected, and an imaging unit configured to perform an imaging operation for converting received light into an electrical signal. The camera system further includes a function storage unit storing the predefined hash function, a hash value calculation unit configured to, when an imaging initiation request is provided to initiate the imaging operation, calculate a second hash value based on the data to be protected using the predefined hash function stored in the function storage unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the first hash value and the second hash value match.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
H04N 23/66 - Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
An ejector-type refrigeration cycle according to the present invention comprises an ejector (16) which has a nozzle part (16a) for decompressing and ejecting a refrigerant from one outflow port of a branch part (13a) and a refrigerant circuit switching part which switches between refrigerant circuits. The refrigerant circuit switching part switches between a first ejector circuit which causes the refrigerant flowing out from a liquid-phase refrigerant outlet of an accumulator (17) to flow into a first expansion valve (14a), which causes the refrigerant flowing out from the first expansion valve (14a) to flow into a first evaporator (20a), and which causes the refrigerant flowing out from the first evaporator (20a) to flow out toward a suction port (16c) of the ejector (16) and a second ejector circuit which causes the refrigerant flowing out from the other outflow port of the branch part (13a) to flow into the first expansion valve (14a) and which causes the refrigerant flowing out from the first expansion valve (14a) to flow into the first evaporator (20a).
A first multi-phase winding (3a) and a second multi-phase winding (3b) are star-connected. Stator coils (31wi) belonging to the first multi-phase winding (3a) are adjacent to only stator coils (31wi) belonging to the second multi-phase winding (3b) along the circumferential direction of a stator core (31c). An insulation inspection step is performed after a wire connection step or after a molding step. The insulation inspection step involves using, as inspection terminals, at least one of a plurality of conductive members (31s, 5U, 5V, 5W) belonging to the first multi-phase winding (3a) and at least one of a plurality of conductive members (31s, 6A, 6B, 6C) belonging to the second multi-phase winding (3b). The insulation inspection step involves inspecting the electrical insulation between the stator coils (31wi) belonging to the first multi-phase winding (3a) and the stator coils (31wi) belonging to the second multi-phase winding (3b).
A first multi-phase winding (203a) and a second multi-phase winding (203b) are star-connected. A plurality of stator coils (31wi) belonging to the first multi-phase winding (203a) occupy a first angular range (Ra) along the circumferential direction of a stator core (31c). A plurality of stator coils (31wi) belonging to the second multi-phase winding (203b) occupy a second angular range (Rb) along the circumferential direction of the stator core (31c). A plurality of connection elements (31t1) for multi-phase connection of the first multi-phase winding (203a) are disposed within the angular range (Ra). A plurality of connection elements (31t2) for multi-phase connection of the second multi-phase winding (203b) are disposed within the angular range (Rb).
A magnetic coupling degree detection device includes a current detector and a coupling degree detector. The current detector detects a current flowing through a driver of a multiphase power supply, in which the inductors of a plurality of phases are configured by a coupled inductor and which supplies power to a load. The coupling degree detector detects the degree of magnetic coupling of the coupled inductor based on the current value detected by the current detector. The coupling degree detector determines that the degree of magnetic coupling is low when the differential value of the current value is within a predetermined range, compared to when the differential value of the current value exceeds the upper limit of the predetermined range.
G01R 15/18 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using inductive devices, e.g. transformers
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
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DISPLAY MEDIUM INCLUDING INFORMATION CODE, INFORMATION CODE GENERATING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An information code records a public code and a hidden code superimposed in a common two-dimensional area by arranging cells in which at least either a first symbol or a second symbol is encoded. The information code displays: cells in which the first symbol is encoded in both the codes in black; cells in which the second symbol is embedded in both the codes in white; cells in which the first symbol is embedded in the public code and the second symbol is embedded in the hidden code in red; and cells in which the second symbol is embedded in the public code and the first symbol is embedded in the hidden code in cyan, so as to be recognized by a reader with higher luminance than the cells displayed in red under white light and with lower luminance than the cells displayed in red under red light.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
G06K 7/12 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using a selected wavelength, e.g. to sense red marks and ignore blue marks
A temperature adjustment device is applied to a vehicle that includes an electric drive unit, a battery and a vehicle air-conditioning device including a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate a refrigerant. The temperature adjustment device includes: a heat medium circuit configured to circulate a heat medium for exchanging heat with at least one of the electric drive unit and the battery; a heat exchange unit that is provided in the heat medium circuit and is configured to exchange heat between the heat medium, which has previously exchanged heat with at least one of the electric drive unit and the battery, and the refrigerant; and a single circuit switching device that is connected to the electric drive unit, the battery and the heat exchange unit and is provided in the heat medium circuit.
H01M 10/633 - Control systems characterised by algorithms, flow charts, software details or the like
H01M 10/6569 - Fluids undergoing a liquid-gas phase change or transition, e.g. evaporation or condensation
H01M 10/663 - Heat-exchange relationships between the cells and other systems, e.g. central heating systems or fuel cells the system being an air-conditioner or an engine
A heat exchanger includes a tube through which first fluid flows, and a fin formed by bending a plate-shaped member and configured to promote heat exchange between second fluid flowing outside the tube and the first fluid. The outer surface of the fin has a first region and a second region having higher hydrophilicity than the first region. The second region has a groove for improving hydrophilicity of the outer surface. The second region is provided adjacent to a partial region of the joint portion of the tube and the fin.
F28F 17/00 - Removing ice or water from heat-exchange apparatus
F28F 1/12 - Tubular elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only outside the tubular element
A motor drive device has a motor unit, a circuit unit, and a housing. The motor unit has a stator around which a motor winding is wound, a rotor that rotates by energizing the motor winding, and a shaft that rotates together with the rotor. The circuit unit has a circuit board on which electronic components relating to energizing control of the motor winding are mounted. The housing has a motor housing portion that accommodates the motor unit, a circuit housing portion that accommodates the circuit unit, and heat dissipating fins formed on an outer surface. The motor housing portion, the circuit housing portion, and the heat radiation fins are integrally molded.
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a resin product using a fused deposition modeling-type 3D printer, wherein a first molded body is produced using a first resin that has laser light absorption properties using the 3D printer. In addition, a second molded body is produced, using the 3D printer, so as to be laminated on the first molded body by supplying a second resin that has laser light transmissivity to the surface of the first molded body. Then, the first molded body and the second molded body are welded to each other by irradiating laser light along a path that extends from the second molded body side to the first molded body through an irradiation region between the first molded body and the second molded body.
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
B29C 64/268 - Arrangements for irradiation using laser beamsArrangements for irradiation using electron beams [EB]
B29C 64/386 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
A light-emitting unit is provided in a light-emitting branch path section that branches off between an inductor and a capacitor in a resonant circuit section. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting diode that generates illumination light by emitting light, a discharge switching element that is provided in the light-emitting branch path section and switches on and off discharge from the capacitor by switching, a charge switching element that is provided on the inductor side of a branch point of the light-emitting branch path section in the resonant circuit section and switches on and off charging to the capacitor, and a drive circuit section that controls the discharge switching element and the charge switching element by individual on/off driving. The drive circuit section controls the ON period of the charge switching element prior to the ON timing of the discharge switching element.
An optical waveguide structure includes an optical splitter, a plurality of phase adjusters, an optical phased array, and a plurality of correction antennas. The optical splitter is configured to split an input optical signal to a plurality of optical waveguides. The plurality of phase adjusters are each connected to a respective one of the plurality of optical waveguides. Each of the plurality of phase adjusters is configured to control a phase of light propagating through the plurality of optical waveguides. The optical phased array is formed of a plurality of optical antennas. Each of the plurality of optical antennas is connected to a respective one of the plurality of phase adjusters. The plurality of correction antennas are optically isolated from the optical phased array. The plurality of correction antennas are disposed to face each other, and the optical phased array is disposed between the plurality of correction antennas.
G02B 6/12 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
In this rotary electric machine, a stator holding part (41) holds a stator. A rotor (60) has a rotor core (61) and field windings (70) wound around the rotor core, and rotates integrally with a rotating shaft (32). A circuit module (106) is provided outside the rotor in the axial direction so as to be capable of rotating integrally with the rotor, and includes a plurality of electronic components connected to the field windings. The stator holding part is provided with a cooling liquid supply part (161) in a position outside the rotor in the axial direction that supplies a cooling liquid in a direction toward the field winding side in the axial direction. In the circuit module, the plurality of electronic components are arranged in positions surrounding the rotating shaft, and the cooling liquid supplied from the cooling liquid supply part is guided in the circuit module to a position overlapping the plurality of electronic components in the axial direction or to a position radially inward of the plurality of electronic components.
The present invention addresses the problem of suppressing deterioration of thermal resistance of a semiconductor device. This semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode in contact with a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an upper electrode in contact with an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises: a plurality of IGBT regions having IGBT elements; and a plurality of diode regions having diode elements. The plurality of IGBT regions and the plurality of diode regions extend in a first direction and are alternately disposed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The total area of the plurality of IGBT regions is larger than the total area of the plurality of diode regions. The upper electrode is divided into a plurality of parts by a first separation region extending in the first direction. The first separation region is located within a range of the IGBT regions when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface.
H10D 84/80 - Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers characterised by the integration of at least one component covered by groups or , e.g. integration of IGFETs
The present invention pertains to an air-fuel ratio detection device (1) that detects the air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine (51). The present invention has: an air-fuel ratio sensor (2) provided with a first characteristic for outputting a current corresponding to an air-fuel ratio by applying a prescribed voltage, and a second characteristic for outputting an electromotive voltage that differs depending on the magnitude of the air-fuel ratio with respect to a prescribed value; a detection unit (3) for detecting the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor (2); and a determination unit (4) for determining whether a first output, which is the current based on the first characteristic, is within a prescribed range. When the determination unit (4) determines that the first output is within the prescribed range, the air-fuel ratio is detected in a first mode in which the detection unit (3) is caused to detect the first output so as to detect the air-fuel ratio. When the determination unit (4) determines that the first output is outside the prescribed range, the air-fuel ratio is detected in a second mode in which the detection unit (3) is caused to detect a second output, which is the electromotive voltage based on the second characteristic, so as to detect the air-fuel ratio.
G01N 27/26 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating electrochemical variablesInvestigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by using electrolysis or electrophoresis
F02D 45/00 - Electrical control not provided for in groups
This electrical device comprises bus bars (40P, 50P, 40N, 50N), fastening members (110), an insulating member (161), and a heat dissipation member. Conductive members include first conductive pieces (40P, 40N) that form a current path, and second conductive pieces (50P, 50N) that form the current path together with the first conductive pieces. The fastening members each fasten the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece to each other. The insulating member includes a base (162) overlapping fastening portions (60A, 60B) between the first conductive pieces and the second conductive pieces, and a standing wall (163) rising from the base. The heat dissipation member is insulating, is provided on the base, and dissipates heat from the fastening portions to the base. The electrical device includes a plurality of conductive members and fastening members, at least two fastening portions overlap the heat dissipation member, and the standing wall is provided between two adjacent fastening portions.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
A position detection device (10) comprises: a target (25) having a base part (250) that rotates around a rotation axis (CL) by rotation of a pedal (80), a plurality of protrusions (252) that protrude from the base part (250) and are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction (Dc) that is a direction around the rotation axis (CL), and recesses (254) formed between adjacent protrusions (252); a first reception coil (31), a second reception coil (32), and a third reception coil (33) that are formed in a spiral shape extending on a plane orthogonal to an axial direction (Da) that is a direction in which the rotation axis (CL) extends, and output voltages that have periodicity corresponding to a change in magnetic field changed by the protrusions (252) and have different phases from each other; and a detection unit that detects the rotation angles of the target (25) and the pedal (80) on the basis of the voltages of the first reception coil (31), the second reception coil (32), and the third reception coil (33).
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
85.
COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
An exemplary communication method is a communication method of a system that uses, for each of first and second mobile bodies adjacent to each other, preamble codes different from each other between a master unit and a slave unit and performs first and second UWB communications at communication timings synchronized with each other. When a power level is made higher than a threshold value by the second UWB communication in the second mobile body, the master unit of the first mobile body changes the timing of the first UWB communication in the first mobile body from the timing of the second UWB communication.
H04W 4/48 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for in-vehicle communication
H04W 4/46 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
H04W 72/541 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using the level of interference
H04W 84/10 - Small scale networksFlat hierarchical networks
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fluid passages and a tank. The fluid passages are stacked in layers in a stacking direction. The fluid passages conduct a fluid that has a gas phase and a liquid phase. The tank has: a distribution space configured to distribute the fluid to the fluid passages; and a flow inlet configured to introduce the fluid into the distribution space. A fluid distributor configured to control flow of the fluid to the fluid passages is disposed at a location adjacent to the flow inlet of the distribution space of the tank. The fluid distributor has a primary through-hole and a secondary through-hole. The primary through-hole is disposed in a center portion of the fluid distributor. The secondary through-hole is disposed in a peripheral portion of the fluid distributor.
F28D 9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
F28F 9/22 - Arrangements for directing heat-exchange media into successive compartments, e.g. arrangements of guide plates
A rotation angle detection device includes a magnetic circuit having a first magnet, a second magnet, a first yoke and a second yoke, and a magnetic detection unit being fixed to a support body so that a magnetic detection element is positioned on an axis of rotation of the rotating body. A direction in which an imaginary line connecting the center of the first magnet and the center of the second magnet extends is defined as a first direction, and a direction in which the axis extends and the direction perpendicular to the first direction are defined as a second direction. The first yoke and the second yoke are arranged opposite to each other in the second direction with the axis interposed therebetween. A first magnet distance and a second magnet distance are both greater than or equal to a yoke inner wall distance.
B60T 7/04 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation foot-actuated
G01B 7/30 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for testing the alignment of axes
G01D 5/14 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
88.
CONTROL APPARATUS FOR THREE-LEVEL INVERTER AND PROGRAM
A control apparatus is applicable to a system including a first power storage unit, a second power storage unit, a rotating electric machine including armature windings for three phases, and a three-level inverter including switches, and performs switching control of the switches. The control apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets a drive pattern composed of a combination of drive states of the switches and occurrence periods of the drive states, based on a command voltage for controlling a controlled variable of the rotating electric machine to a command value; and a control unit that performs the switching control based on the set drive pattern and occurrence periods of the drive states. The setting unit sets the drive pattern to include at least two of three differing zero-voltage drive states. The control unit adjusts the occurrence periods of the zero-voltage drive states in the drive pattern in the switching control.
H02M 7/539 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters with automatic control of output wave form or frequency
H02P 21/22 - Current control, e.g. using a current control loop
H02P 27/00 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage
A battery unit includes a battery module, a monitoring unit that acquires, as primary monitoring information, a detection result obtained by a detection unit that detects a state of the battery module, and a control unit that receives the primary monitoring information from the monitoring unit and calculates secondary monitoring information by arithmetic processing based on the primary monitoring information. The monitoring unit includes a storage unit in which history information indicative of a history of at least one of the primary monitoring information or the secondary monitoring information is stored. The control unit is detachable from an assembly including the battery module and the monitoring unit.
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
G01R 31/3842 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC combining voltage and current measurements
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
A terminal device includes a controller and a communicator. The controller and the communicator are configured to perform sensing by exchanging sensing signals using sensing resources allocated in any combination of a time domain, a frequency domain and a code domain.
A terminal device includes a controller and a communicator. The controller and the communicator are configured to perform sensing multiple times by exchanging sensing signals applying any of different beams, different frequencies and different signal sequences in the sensing performed multiple times.
A vehicle platform on which an autonomous driving system is mountable is provided. The vehicle platform includes a vehicle and a vehicle control interface box that interfaces between the vehicle and the autonomous driving system. The vehicle includes rear doors and a trunk door. The vehicle control interface box receives a trunk operate command from the autonomous driving system that requests an action of the trunk door. When the rear doors of the vehicle are unlocked, the vehicle accepts the trunk operate command and permits the requested action of the trunk door. When at least the rear doors are not unlocked, the vehicle does not accept the trunk operate command and inhibits the action of the trunk door. By conditioning acceptance of the trunk operate command on a locking state of the rear doors, the vehicle platform provides controlled and secure trunk operation during autonomous vehicle use.
A service providing device 20 provides services to an occupant of a vehicle 1. The service providing device performs: a state acquisition process for acquiring at least one of occupant state information indicating occupant state, environment state information indicating the environment state around the vehicle, and vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle; and, in coordination with each other and on the basis of the acquired information, performs a vehicle control process for controlling the vehicle, and a scent presentation process for instructing a scent presentation device 30, which presents scent inside a cabin of the vehicle, to present a scent.
A control unit (120, 170, 220, 270) according to the present invention has a calculation unit (121, 221) for calculating a drive command value, and a communication channel (123, 124, 171-173, 223, 224, 271-273) for outputting the drive command value to a rotary electric machine drive unit (150, 155, 250, 255), and is provided for each power supply (100, 200). An intra-system connection line (141, 143, 144, 241, 243, 244) connects the rotary electric machine drive unit and the control unit in the same power supply system. An inter-system connection line (501, 502) connects the control unit to a different power supply system side via a system isolation component (511, 512). The communication channel (124, 173, 224, 273) that is connected to a different power supply system via the inter-system connection line, and the communication channel (123, 171, 172, 223, 271, 172) that is connected to the rotary electric machine drive unit of the same power supply system via the intra-system connection line are separately provided.
H02P 29/028 - Detecting a fault condition, e.g. short circuit, locked rotor, open circuit or loss of load the motor continuing operation despite the fault condition, e.g. eliminating, compensating for or remedying the fault
H02P 25/16 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of AC motor or by structural details characterised by the circuit arrangement or by the kind of wiring
95.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROLOCATION SENSOR COMMUNICATION
A system and a method to wirelessly synchronize, monitor, or communicate, or a combination thereof, amongst sensors (e.g., sensors, hubs, sensor controllers, etc.) in a Bluetooth Low Energy-based microlocation system. The system or method, or both, may use the BLE hardware (e.g., transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.) to interleave a communications protocol within the connection interval gaps of the BLE protocol used to communicate with devices.
H04W 4/38 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for collecting sensor information
H04W 4/70 - Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
H04W 84/18 - Self-organising networks, e.g. ad hoc networks or sensor networks
96.
POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A position determination system includes: a communication device that executes wireless communication with a mobile device of a user of a vehicle; and a control unit that determines a position of the mobile device based on a reception strength of a signal from the mobile device. The control unit includes: a threshold storage unit that registers a threshold value designed based on a communication characteristic of a reference device; and a characteristic data storage unit that stores data indicating the communication characteristic of the mobile device. The control unit executes: acquiring the reception strength; generating characteristic data indicating a difference in the communication characteristic between the mobile device and the reference device; storing the characteristic data in the characteristic data storage unit; and determining the position of the mobile device based on the characteristic data, the reception strength, and the threshold value.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G01S 5/14 - Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
G01S 13/76 - Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systemsAnalogous systems wherein pulse-type signals are transmitted
H01Q 1/32 - Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
An impedance measuring device includes a plurality of electrical paths connected to both ends of each battery cells connected in series, an AC current generating unit that allows an AC current to flow through the battery cells, a voltage fluctuation measuring unit that measures voltage fluctuations in response to the AC current, a connection operation unit that, when measuring the impedance of a cell to be measured, causes the AC current of the AC current generating unit to flow through a pair of electrical paths that are on the positive and negative sides of the cell to be measured, and connects the voltage fluctuation measuring unit to a pair of electrical paths that are also on the positive and negative sides of the cell to be measured, but that are a different combination from the pair of electrical paths through which the AC current of the AC current generating unit flows, and a calculation unit that calculates the impedance value of the cell to be measured based on an amplitude and a voltage fluctuation of the AC current.
G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
G01R 31/3842 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC combining voltage and current measurements
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
G01R 31/396 - Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
A position detection device detects a position of a rotating body that is provided around a predetermined axis center with respect to a fixed body. A target is fixed to the rotating body. An inductive coil is fixed to the fixed body at a position facing the target in an axial center direction. The transmitting and receiving circuit applies an alternating current to the inductive coil and detects a position of the target. A magnetic circuit section is formed around the axis center and is fixed to the rotating body. A magnetic detection section is fixed to the fixed body and provided in region on a radially inner side than an inner circumferential surface of the magnetic circuit section. The target, the inductive coil, and the receiving and transmitting circuit constitute an inductive sensor, and the magnetic circuit section and the magnetic detection section constitute a magnet-type rotation angle sensor.
G01D 5/14 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
B60T 7/04 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation foot-actuated
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
99.
VEHICLE DRIVING SWITCHING DEVICE, VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE DRIVING SWITCHING METHOD
In a vehicle driving switching device, driving rule determination information under automatic driving is acquired which indicates a determination result of comparison between (i) a driving rule and (ii) an automatic driving characteristic being a characteristic of a host vehicle equipped with an automatic driving device when the host vehicle travels by the automatic driving on a travel path generated by the automatic driving device. The driving mode switching between an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode is permitted based on condition that the driving rule determination information under the automatic driving indicates that the automatic driving characteristic complies with the driving rule.
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor element, a terminal and a heat generating component. The semiconductor element is connected to a surface of the substrate. The terminal is electrically conductive and is connected to the substrate. The heat generating component is connected to the substrate and generates heat when an electric current flows therethrough. The heat generating component is disposed at a position overlapping with the terminal when projected in a thickness direction of the substrate.
H01L 23/047 - ContainersSeals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having a conductive base as a mounting as well as a lead for the semiconductor body the other leads being parallel to the base
H01L 23/373 - Cooling facilitated by selection of materials for the device
H02M 7/537 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
H10D 80/20 - Assemblies of multiple devices comprising at least one device covered by this subclass the at least one device being covered by groups , e.g. assemblies comprising capacitors, power FETs or Schottky diodes
