Abstract: An information providing device includes an external environment recognition unit that recognizes an external environmental situation of a movable body, an information providing control unit that provides a notification of recommended stopping information based on a current indication of traffic signals recognized by the external environment recognition unit, and a determination unit which determines, in the case that a first intersection and a second intersection are positioned in a travel direction of the movable body, whether or not a degree of proximity of the first intersection and the second intersection satisfies a predetermined condition. In the case it is determined by the determination unit that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the information providing control unit prevents the recommended stopping information based on a current indication of the traffic signal belonging to the second intersection from being provided.

Abstract: An information providing device is equipped with an information providing control unit that, in the case that a provision starting condition for starting to provide recommended stopping information is satisfied by a current indication of a traffic signal and a travel state, initiates the provision of the recommended stopping information, whereas in the case that a provision termination condition for stopping to provide the recommended stopping information is satisfied, terminates the provision of the recommended stopping information. After the provision of the recommended stopping information is initiated by having satisfied the provision starting condition, in the case that the provision of the recommended stopping information is terminated by having satisfied the provision termination condition, and further thereafter, the provision starting condition is satisfied again, the information providing control unit restricts re-providing of the recommended stopping information.

Abstract: A screw compressor according to an embodiment includes a rotor casing, a pair of screw rotors disposed in the rotor casing and engaging with each other, and a movable portion disposed so as to be movable in a rotor shaft direction of the pair of screw rotors. The movable portion includes liquefied liquid supply ports capable of supplying a liquefied liquid of a compressed gas toward tooth groove spaces formed by the pair of screw rotors.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle including an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the microprocessor is configured to function as: a proximity degree calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of proximity of a rearward vehicle at a rear of the self-driving vehicle to the self-driving vehicle; a proximity degree determination unit configured to determine whether the degree of proximity calculated by the proximity degree calculation unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree; and an actuator control unit configured to control the actuator so as to increase a maximum vehicle speed when it is determined by the proximity degree determination unit that the degree of proximity is equal to or greater than the predetermined degree than when it is determined that the degree of proximity is less than the predetermined degree.

Abstract: A screw compressor according to an embodiment includes a rotor casing, a pair of screw rotors disposed in the rotor casing and engaging with each other, and a movable portion disposed so as to be movable in a rotor shaft direction of the pair of screw rotors. The movable portion includes liquefied liquid supply ports capable of supplying a liquefied liquid of a compressed gas toward tooth groove spaces formed by the pair of screw rotors.

Abstract: An information providing device is equipped with an information providing control unit that, in the case that a provision starting condition for starting to provide recommended stopping information is satisfied by a current indication of a traffic signal and a travel state, initiates the provision of the recommended stopping information, whereas in the case that a provision termination condition for stopping to provide the recommended stopping information is satisfied, terminates the provision of the recommended stopping information. After the provision of the recommended stopping information is initiated by having satisfied the provision starting condition, in the case that the provision of the recommended stopping information is terminated by having satisfied the provision termination condition, and further thereafter, the provision starting condition is satisfied again, the information providing control unit restricts re-providing of the recommended stopping information.

Abstract: An information providing device includes an external environment recognition unit that recognizes an external environmental situation of a movable body, an information providing control unit that provides a notification of recommended stopping information based on a current indication of traffic signals recognized by the external environment recognition unit, and a determination unit which determines, in the case that a first intersection and a second intersection are positioned in a travel direction of the movable body, whether or not a degree of proximity of the first intersection and the second intersection satisfies a predetermined condition. In the case it is determined by the determination unit that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the information providing control unit prevents the recommended stopping information based on a current indication of the traffic signal belonging to the second intersection from being provided.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control an actuator for driving a vehicle with a self-driving capability so that the vehicle follows a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and including an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a travel pattern of the forward vehicle; setting a travel mode with an acceleration performance in accordance with the travel pattern recognized in the recognizing; and controlling the actuator so that the vehicle follows the forward vehicle in the travel mode set in the setting.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus capable of executing control to cause a vehicle to automatically follow a preceding vehicle, includes a determination unit configured to determine, based on internal information of the vehicle, whether to request an increase of a cruising speed of the preceding vehicle during automatic following to the preceding vehicle, and a request transmission unit configured to transmit an increase request for requesting to increase the cruising speed of the preceding vehicle in a case in which the determination unit determines to request the increase of the cruising speed.

Abstract: A vehicular control apparatus includes: a drive power control unit that controls drive power from a drive unit that drives drive wheels of a vehicle; a brake switch (a brake action detection unit) that detects a brake action performed on a brake unit, the brake action including decelerating and stopping the vehicle; a wheelspin detection unit that detects spinning of the drive wheels; a time measurement unit that, when the drive wheels being stopped start to rotate, measures time elapsed since the start of the rotation; and a control unit that enables the wheelspin detection unit to perform detection after a preset detection disabled period elapses since the time measurement unit has started measuring the time.

Abstract: A travel control apparatus of a self-driving vehicle having a drive power source and a transmission installed in a power transmission path from the drive power source to drive wheels. The travel control apparatus includes a vehicle class detection part detecting a size class of a forward vehicle and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform controlling the drive power source and the transmission so as to follow the forward vehicle, recognizing a vehicle type of the forward vehicle in accordance with the size class detected by the vehicle class detection part, and the controlling including controlling a speed ratio of the transmission in accordance with the vehicle type recognized in the recognizing.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control a vehicle with a self-driving capability, including a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing a drive-mode of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector. The recognizing includes calculating a degree of variance of a vehicle speed or an acceleration of the forward vehicle based on the traveling state detected by the travel state detector, and determining whether the forward vehicle is traveling in a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode based on the degree of variance calculated in the calculating.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus configured to control an actuator for driving a vehicle with a self-driving capability so that the vehicle follows a forward vehicle in front of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control apparatus includes a travel state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the forward vehicle, and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform determining whether the forward vehicle is cruising based on the traveling condition detected by the travel state detector, and controlling the actuator so that the vehicle travels in a normal mode, when it is determined that the forward vehicle is not cruising, and the vehicle follows the forward vehicle in a cruise mode with a fuel economy performance or quietness higher than in the normal mode, when the forward vehicle is cruising.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and a microprocessor generating an action plan including a target path of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances detected and controlling a driving component so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a hindrance time a first action plan is hindered when a second action plan is generated, determining whether the hindrance time is shorter than a predetermined time period, and controlling the driving component to keep a first state according to the first action plan when the hindrance time is shorter than the predetermined time period, while to change to a second state according to the second action plan when the hindrance time is longer than or equal to the predetermined time period.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus controls a vehicle that is performing automated driving traveling. The vehicle control apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to acquire deceleration information of another vehicle by communication with the other vehicle; a setting unit configured to set, for a deceleration of the vehicle, a range of an allowable deceleration that allows a vehicle speed change within a predetermined range; a determination unit configured to compare the deceleration of the vehicle with a deceleration included in the deceleration information and determine whether deceleration control of matching the deceleration of the vehicle with the deceleration of the other vehicle can be performed within the range of the allowable deceleration; and a control unit configured to perform the deceleration control of the vehicle based on a determination result of the determination unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a control device that performs synchronization control of a synchronization mechanism on a vehicle, the vehicle including an input shaft, an intermediate shaft to which rotational power is transmitted, a shift gear that is synchronized with the intermediate shaft, and a synchronization mechanism that synchronizes the input side synchronization element with the output side synchronization element, and the control device includes a first synchronization mode in which the differential rotation is calculated on the basis of the rotational speed of the intermediate shaft, and a second synchronization mode in which the differential rotation is calculated on the basis of the rotational speed of the input shaft, and performs synchronization control in the first synchronization mode when performing the synchronization control, and performs the synchronization control in the second synchronization mode in a case in which the synchronization control does not proceed.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a first calculator configured to calculate a first operation amount, a second calculator configured to calculate a second operation amount, and a controller configured to cause the operation amount of one driving force control to be changed to zero in a predetermined time, causes the operation amount of the other driving force control to be increased to a target operation amount in the predetermined time, and controls a driving force of the vehicle on the basis of the operation amount of one driving force control and the operation amount of the other driving force control during the predetermined time.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus including a road surface condition detector, a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and, an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The memory stores a driving characteristic of a driver during traveling in the self-drive mode, and the microprocessor performs generating an action plan including a target path of the vehicle, controlling an actuator so that the vehicle travels in self-driving in accordance with the action plan, and the generating including restricting a target value of a physical quantity for traveling of the vehicle included in the action plan, based on the detected road surface condition and the driving characteristic stored in the memory, when a switching from the manual drive mode to the self-drive mode is instructed by the drive mode instruction switch.

Abstract: A vehicle travel control apparatus including a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and a processor configured to perform determining whether a deviation between a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detector and a target vehicle speed included in an action plan is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and controlling an actuator in the self-drive mode in accordance with the action plan. The microprocessor is further configured to perform switching to the self-drive mode when switching to the self-drive mode is instructed during an acceleration running in the manual drive mode, and controlling the actuator so as to maintain an acceleration in the manual drive mode at least until it is determined that the deviation is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle includes, as a power plant, a motor and a transmission configured to transmit rotation of the motor to an output shaft. The control apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a stop position at which the vehicle stops; a decision unit configured to decide a deceleration start position at which deceleration is started to stop at the stop position; and a control unit configured to switch, when performing deceleration control of the vehicle toward the stop position, deceleration control of the power plant between a manual driving mode and an automated driving mode.