Abstract: A generator for a human powered vehicle comprises a hub shaft structured to be mounted to the human powered vehicle, a hub shell mounted to rotate relative to the hub shaft, a power generating mechanism including a coil and a magnet that rotate relative to each other, and a rotating member structured to rotate relative to the hub shaft, wherein at least one of the coil or the magnet rotate together with the rotating member. A transmission communicates rotation from an input member to an output member corresponding to a plurality of gear ratios, and a switching unit couples the rotating member to the transmission so that the rotating member rotates at a plurality of speeds relative to the hub shell.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor control unit with a high response ability to changes of gas condition of a compressor (compressor suction temperature, pressure, gas specific gravity, pressure ratio of suction pressure and discharge pressure). In the control unit for a compressor that supplies gas into a gas turbine through a header tank, an inlet gas condition is measured and a load command value from a gas turbine controller is corrected to be increased or decreased corresponding to the measured inlet gas condition.

Abstract: A hybrid-vehicle driving system includes an engine, a transmission, a first motor/generator provided between the engine and the transmission, and a battery that can charge and discharge the first motor/generator. When an estimated output voltage of the first motor/generator becomes higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage during a gear shift operation of the transmission, the battery is electrically disconnected from the driving system, and the voltage of a power line on the side of the first motor/generator is then decreased so as to charge the battery.

Abstract: A battery unit has positive and negative terminals, a pair of battery modules, three switch modules, a bypass line and a controller. A first battery module is connected to the positive and negative terminals. The second battery module is connected in parallel with the first battery module. Each battery module includes a battery and a reactor connected together in series. The first switch module extends between the negative terminal and a negative electrode side of the first battery module. The second switch module extends between positive electrode sides of the first and second battery modules. The bypass line connects a point lying between the first battery module and the first switch module to a point lying between the second battery module and the second switch module. The third switch module is arranged in the bypass line. The controller controls an on-off state of each of the switch modules.

Abstract: An interactive control system using a remote control signal in accordance with HDMI-CEX standards between a computer and an electric home appliance performs power supply control and screen display from a PC to a television, power supply control from the television to the PC, and application control on the PC. In the system, a personal computer (PC) is loaded with a controller capable of operating by a standby power supply. The remote control signal of a PC remote controller is input to an HDMI unit connector of a television through a photoreceiver controller of a PC, a USB/CEC power-on signal connector, a CEC unit connector, a signal line a, an HDMI unit connector, and a cable. The remote control signal of a TV remote controller is input to the cable, the HDMI unit connector, the CEC unit connector, a USB power supply connector, and a USB data processing unit.

Abstract: An application execution apparatus includes: a notification section capable of providing notification; and an application execution section that causes at least one application capable of performing at least one process to perform a plurality of processes by executing the application, the application issuing, in response to a predetermined result obtained by performing each process, an instruction for causing the notification section to start or stop providing notification. The apparatus further includes: a selection section that selects one of the plurality of processes; and a notification control section that causes the notification section to start or stop providing notification according to an instruction that is issued by the application in response to a result of execution of the process selected by the selection section.

Abstract: A testing tool for electric bicycle devices includes a tester circuit and a connector. The tester circuit is configured and arranged to test and diagnose operability of at least one electric bicycle device. The connector extends from the tester circuit and is configured and arranged to connect to the electric bicycle device and provide electronic communications between the tester circuit and the electric bicycle device.

Abstract: A bicycle display apparatus comprises a computing component and a separate display component. The computing component is structured for attachment to the bicycle, calculates cumulative information produced from a bicycle-related running condition, and includes an information output for outputting the calculated cumulative information. The display component includes an information input that receives the cumulative information calculated by the computing component, and the display component displays the cumulative information calculated by the computing component.

Abstract: A bicycle user information apparatus comprises an information receiver that receives information corresponding to the bicycle user through the Internet; and an administration control unit that manages the information received through the information receiver and enables external access to the managed information in response to predetermined criteria. The administration control unit includes a user registration unit that registers identifying information corresponding to the bicycle user.

Abstract: A power accumulating unit of a power supply system includes a first switch section configured to achieve a first voltage output state in which an output voltage is substantially equal to a first motor driving voltage and a second switch section configured to achieve a second voltage output state in which the output voltage is substantially equal to a second motor driving voltage that is higher than the first motor driving voltage. A voltage switching control part is configured to perform a voltage switching control to switch between the first motor driving voltage and the second motor driving voltage by alternately operating the first and second switch sections to repeatedly switch between the first voltage output state and the second voltage output state.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an electrically operated bicycle transmission comprises a power supply sensor and a control unit operatively coupled to the power supply sensor. The power supply sensor senses a power characteristic of a power supply, and the control unit provides a signal to operate the bicycle transmission when the power characteristic falls below a predetermined value. Alternatively, the control apparatus comprises a running condition time sensor and a control unit operatively coupled to the running condition time sensor. The running condition time sensor senses a time interval of a running condition of a bicycle, and the control unit provides a signal to operate the bicycle transmission to a predetermined gear ratio when the time interval of the running condition passes a selected value.

Abstract: A shift control apparatus is provided for a bicycle that has a front transmission and a rear transmission, wherein each transmission has a plurality of gear steps. The apparatus comprises a travel condition sensing unit and a control unit that operates one of the front transmission and the rear transmission in priority to the other one of the front transmission and the rear transmission based on the travel condition.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a power-off detection unit for detecting a signal relating to a power-off operation of a user; an application program termination unit for terminating a predetermined application program when the power-off operation is performed; and a control unit for passing control, after the termination of the application program, to a state in which normal execution can be started faster than normal power-off, and power consumption is lower than in the normal execution.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a power-off detection unit for detecting a signal relating to a power-off operation of a user; an application program termination unit for terminating a predetermined application program when the power-off operation is performed; and a control unit for passing control, after the termination of the application program, to a state in which normal execution can be started faster than normal power-off, and power consumption is lower than in the normal execution.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining when to shift a bicycle chain from a first sprocket having a first number of teeth to a second sprocket having a second number of teeth comprises a memory for storing a reference value, and a processor that determines a shift value corresponding to a shift speed for shifting the chain from the first sprocket to the second sprocket by multiplying the reference value by one of the first number of teeth and the second number of teeth and dividing by the other one of the first number of teeth and the second number of teeth.

Abstract: An apparatus has a main display screen and an auxiliary display screen being smaller in size than the main display screen, and a received mail is displayed on a scroll basis on the auxiliary display screen and is outputted in form of a voice reading aloud the received mail in synchronism with the display.

Abstract: A shift control apparatus is provided for a bicycle having a plurality of front sprockets and a plurality of rear sprockets, wherein a front derailleur shifts a chain among the plurality of front sprockets and a rear derailleur shifts the chain among the plurality of rear sprockets. The apparatus comprises a shift unit that provides signals for shifting the front derailleur and the rear derailleur; and a prohibiting unit operatively coupled to the shift unit and providing signals so that the chain is prohibited from engaging at least one of i) a laterally innermost front sprocket in combination with a laterally outermost rear sprocket, and ii) a laterally outermost front sprocket in combination with a laterally innermost rear sprocket.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an electrically operated bicycle transmission comprises a power supply sensor and a control unit operatively coupled to the power supply sensor. The power supply sensor senses a power characteristic of a power supply, and the control unit provides a signal to operate the bicycle transmission when the power characteristic falls below a predetermined value. Alternatively, the control apparatus comprises a running condition time sensor and a control unit operatively coupled to the running condition time sensor. The running condition time sensor senses a time interval of a running condition of a bicycle, and the control unit provides a signal to operate the bicycle transmission to a predetermined gear ratio when the time interval of the running condition passes a selected value.

Abstract: A bicycle lighting apparatus comprises a computer housing adapted to be mounted to a bicycle, a computer housed within the computer housing, and an integrated lighting device that is controlled by the computer.

Abstract: A generator for a human powered vehicle comprises a hub shaft structured to be mounted to the human powered vehicle, a hub shell mounted to rotate relative to the hub shaft, a power generating mechanism including a coil and a magnet that rotate relative to each other, and a rotating member structured to rotate relative to the hub shaft, wherein at least one of the coil or the magnet rotate together with the rotating member. A transmission communicates rotation from an input member to an output member corresponding to a plurality of gear ratios, and a switching unit couples the rotating member to the transmission so that the rotating member rotates at a plurality of speeds relative to the hub shell.