Abstract: The present invention provides an outdoor unit for an air conditioner that can be constructed at low cost while reducing risk of malfunction. The outdoor unit has a compressor; a fan motor; a compressor driver board having a compressor inverter circuit and a compressor driver circuit; and a fan driver board having a fan inverter circuit and fan driver circuit. The compressor driver board has at least either: a shared control circuit that feeds a first switching signal for a compressor to the compressor driver circuit and feeds a second switching signal for a fan to the fan driver circuit; or a shared power source circuit that steps down a first DC voltage to a second DC voltage and supplies the second DC voltage to the compressor driver circuit and to the fan driver circuit.

Abstract: Provided are a first route condition acquirer to acquire a route condition of a planned travel route of a moving body, the route including a plurality of sections; a recommended operation definer to define a content of recommended operation information related to a device included in the moving body and an output point in the planned travel route at which the recommended operation information is output; a complexity level determiner to determine a complexity level of a route in one of the sections including the defined output point by using a static route condition out of the route condition of the planned travel route and, when the complexity level of the section is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining a complexity level of each of the other sections in the planned travel route; and a recommended operation determiner to determine the output point using the determination result.

Abstract: A misfire detecting device for an engine is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute a cylinder operation controlling module to switch an engine operation mode from an all-cylinder operation to a reduced-cylinder operation in which operation of one or some of cylinders are suspended, when an execution condition of the reduced-cylinder operation is satisfied, a misfire detecting module to detect a possibility of misfire occurrence based on an angular speed variation of the engine, and a centrifugal damping part configured to reduce vibration caused by the engine. When a possible misfire state is detected by the misfire detecting module during the reduced-cylinder operation, the cylinder operation controlling module executes an operating-cylinder increase control in which the number of operating cylinders is increased. When the possible misfire state is continuously detected after the operating-cylinder increase control, the misfire detecting module detects the engine misfire.

Abstract: A control apparatus of an engine including intake and exhaust valves and a variable valve timing mechanism for varying open and close timings is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute an increasing amount controlling module for performing a fuel amount increase control in which a fuel injection amount is increased to decrease an exhaust gas temperature, and a valve controlling module for controlling, via the variable valve timing mechanism, an overlapping period in which the intake and exhaust valves are both opened on intake stroke. When the increasing amount controlling module performs the increase control, based on an increase of a temperature of the exhaust gas in the increase control, the valve controlling module determines whether a protection for an exhaust system component is required, and if the protection is determined to be required, the valve controlling module shortens the overlapping period.

Abstract: Provided is a thermostat monitor (36) comprising a thermostat open failure detecting part (38) for detecting an open failure of a thermostat when a condition is such that a radiator heat radiation amount (14) radiated from a radiator on a radiator-side cooling water channel is larger than a heater core heat radiation amount (12) radiated from a heater core on a heater core-side cooling water channel, and that a difference between the radiator heat radiation amount and the heater core heat radiation amount is equal to or more than a predetermined value A. Based on a temperature of engine cooling water detected by a temperature sensor positioned in the vicinity of an outlet of an in-engine cooling water channel, it is possible to detect the open failure of the thermostat relatively easily with certainty.

Abstract: A control apparatus of an engine including an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a variable valve timing mechanism for varying open and close timings of at least one of the intake and exhaust valves, is provided. The control apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a valve controlling module for performing, via the variable valve timing mechanism, a valve overlap in which the intake and exhaust valves are both opened on intake stroke of the engine, and a temperature estimating module for estimating a temperature of exhaust gas at a given location in the exhaust system by estimating a temperature increase of the exhaust gas caused by afterburn and accounting for the temperature increase, the afterburn occurring due to fresh air blowing through a cylinder of the engine to an exhaust system during the valve overlap.

Abstract: A control apparatus of an engine including intake and exhaust valves and a variable valve timing mechanism for varying open and close timings is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute an increasing amount controlling module for performing a fuel amount increase control in which a fuel injection amount is increased to decrease an exhaust gas temperature, and a valve controlling module for controlling, via the variable valve timing mechanism, an overlapping period in which the intake and exhaust valves are both opened on intake stroke. When the increasing amount controlling module performs the increase control, based on an increase of a temperature of the exhaust gas in the increase control, the valve controlling module determines whether a protection for an exhaust system component is required, and if the protection is determined to be required, the valve controlling module shortens the overlapping period.

Abstract: A pre-FEC packet quality analyzer 310 measures quality information from a video stream which is not yet stored in a buffer 303 and on which a recovery process using FEC is not yet carried out. A post-FEC packet quality analyzer 308 measures quality information from the video stream which is stored in the buffer 303 and on which the recovery process using FEC is carried out. A video receiving terminal profile transmitter 307 generates a video receiving terminal profile including at least information showing the size of the buffer 303, and transmits the video receiving terminal profile to a home gateway device.

Abstract: A content list manager is configured to manage a list of contents to be transmitted to the DLNA client as a content list. A stream transmission controller is configured to transmit a content stream in response to a request from the DLNA client for the content stream. Under the transmission status managed by a transmission status manager, when the requested content stream is not being transmitted to another DLNA client, the content list manager registers into the content list as a content for synchronization.

Abstract: A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information.

Abstract: A receiving terminal includes: a content receiving unit 120 for receiving a content; a display state detecting unit 140 for detecting a display state indicating whether the content the content receiving unit 120 receives is displayed on a display device 300 or not; a state detecting unit 111 for identifying an audience event indicating an audience mode of the content by analyzing a distribution mode of the content the content receiving unit 120 receives and a display state of the content the display state detecting unit 140 detects; an audience information creating unit 112 for generating audience information corresponding to the audience event the state detecting unit 111 identifies; and an audience information transmitting unit 113 for outputting the audience information the audience information creating unit 112 generates.

Abstract: A pre-FEC packet quality analyzer 310 measures quality information from a video stream which is not yet stored in a buffer 303 and on which a recovery process using FEC is not yet carried out. A post-FEC packet quality analyzer 308 measures quality information from the video stream which is stored in the buffer 303 and on which the recovery process using FEC is carried out. A video receiving terminal profile transmitter 307 generates a video receiving terminal profile including at least information showing the size of the buffer 303, and transmits the video receiving terminal profile to a home gateway device.

Abstract: An IPTV terminal has viewer information acquiring unit for acquiring viewer information, information about a viewer watching video/audio TV outputs; channel information detecting unit for detecting channel information about an IPTV broadcast distributed by IPTV broadcast distribution server; TV connection detecting unit for detecting connection between IPTV terminal and TV to generate connection information; viewing information generation unit for generating viewing information from channel information the channel information detecting unit detects when a viewer watching video/audio output from TV is present and when IPTV terminal is connected to TV by referring to the viewer information the viewer information acquiring unit acquires and to the connection information the TV connection detecting unit generates; and viewing information transmitting unit for transmitting the viewing information the viewing information generation unit generates to viewing information collecting server.

Abstract: A content display device includes a content setting storage means 106 for storing a content setting which associates a content selection request with a content which an external device has, a content setting server means 107 for accepting a content setting from a content setting client 108 on a network to update and manage content settings stored in the content setting storage means 106, and a display content management means 109 for reading a content setting corresponding to the content selection request from the content setting storage means 106 to present the content which the content setting client 108 has to a display means 102, or, when the content setting corresponding to the content setting request does not exist, displaying a method of accessing the content setting server means 107 and identification information for identifying the content setting client 108 on the display means 102.

Abstract: An application executing unit 4 makes a request for assignment of a remote control button to an application currently being executed, a button assignment management unit 5 carries out an assignment process of assigning the remote control button to the application, and a user interface unit 2 inquires of the button assignment management unit 5 about an application corresponding to a remote control button indicated by a remote control code received by a remote control code receiving unit 1 shows, and notifies a predetermined event associated with the application to the application executing unit 4.

Abstract: Packet in a multimedia stream has and associated standard priority level specified by standard protocols. The standard priority level in input packets received by a home gateway is converted to a harmonized priority level. Then, the input packets are processed in the home gateway according to the harmonized priority level, and converted from the harmonized priority level to the standard priority level in corresponding output packets after the processing.

Abstract: A client apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a contents list request transmitting means 401 for transmitting a request of a media server apparatus 101 to transmit a contents list which is a list of metadata of contents, a contents list receiving means 402 for receiving the contents list from the media server apparatus 101, an item list storing means 403 for storing the contents list and an item list having listed items each of which is described as metadata, an item list transmitting means 404 for transmitting the item list to a monitor server apparatus 102, a key input means 405 for receiving a key input, an input key transmitting means 406 for transmitting the key input to the monitor server apparatus 102, and an identification information receiving means 407 for receiving identification information making it possible to uniquely identify each item included in the item list.

Abstract: A transcoder includes transcoder modules 12 and 13 which convert the formats of contents stored in servers 2 and 3 into formats which can be supported by a renderer 4, respectively, and an internal controller 11 for comparing the format of each content stored in the servers 2 and 3 with the conversion functions of the transcoder modules 12 and 13 to create a transcoder content list in which contents which can be supported are described, and for transferring a content acquisition request to acquire a content to the servers 2 and 3, the content acquisition request being transmitted thereto on the basis of the created transcoder content list.

Abstract: A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information.

Abstract: Upon reception selecting a program to be viewed, upon recording a received program, and upon reproducing a recorded program, as well as at the end of each operation thereof, a master creates viewing information including a corresponding program name, a transmission station name, and a name of a current operating mode thereof, and transmits the created viewing information to the slave via the viewing information management server, and when an option for “viewing an identical program to the master” provided in an input unit for selecting the program to be viewed is selected, a slave receives and displays or receives and records a program having an identical station name to a program that is currently being received and displayed or received and recorded in the master, on the basis of the latest viewing information of the master received from the viewing information management server.