Abstract: In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit senses a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A determining unit compares the first and second physical quantities of the rotations of the first and second rotational axle assemblies and determines whether a driving condition of the vehicle is unstable according to the compared result. As a result, the unstable condition of the vehicle can be rapidly detected without detecting a yaw moment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle-supervising electronic control unit (VS-ECU) measures driving torque, which is outputted from an engine to a drive shaft through an automatic transmission. The VS-ECU measures road surface transmission torque based on rotation speeds of driving wheels of a vehicle, vehicle body speed and driving wheel torque, which are measured in advance. The VS-ECU compares the driving torque with the road surface transmission torque. If it is determined that the driving torque is greater than the road surface transmission torque, the VS-ECU estimates an opening degree of an air bypass valve for controlling the driving torque so that a difference between the driving torque and the road surface transmission torque is decreased.

Abstract: In a power steering apparatus employing an EPS (electrical power steering) motor coupled to a steering mechanism, when vibration of the steering mechanism is produced by twisting of tire rubber due to changes in steering angle, resultant pulsation of the drive current of the EPS motor are suppressed by adding to the drive current a current that is of equal frequency and opposite phase to the pulsation. Vibration of the EPS motor shaft, and resultant vibration of the steering wheel and vehicle body, are thereby effectively suppressed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device with an organic light-emitting element includes the steps of providing a first electrode on a substrate, providing on the first electrode a mixture layer having two or more organic materials differing in glass transition point, heating the mixture layer at a temperature higher and lower than respectively the lowest and highest of the glass transition points of the organic materials, providing a light-emitting layer on the mixture layer, thereby providing a organic layer having at least the mixture layer and the light-emitting layer, and finally providing a second electrode on the organic layer.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a display relating to at least one aspect of vehicle body action. The system includes at least one sensor, to sense information of a vehicle. Further, an estimating part is included to determine at least one aspect of vehicle body action based upon the sensed information. Finally, a display is located within the vehicle, to provide a visual display relating to at least one aspect of the determined vehicle body action.

Abstract: A vehicle stability control system includes a base required driving force calculation unit, an estimated driving force estimation unit, and a required driving force correction unit. The base required driving force calculation unit calculates a physical quantity to generate the base required driving force at a driving wheel. The estimated driving force estimation unit estimates a driving force as being generated in the vehicle. The required driving force correction unit obtains a correction to suppress a potential pitching vibration in the vehicle. The physical quantity calculated by the base required driving force calculation unit is corrected on the basis of the correction. The corrected required driving force obtained by the required driving force correction unit is generated at the driving wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle stability control system uses a physical quantity corresponding to a driver accelerator input to control engine power produced by an engine and to controllably drive an engine load device for regulating the engine power to produce a desired drive force. The vehicle stability control system includes a vibration detector and a corrector. The vibration detector determines a vibration that occurs during running of the vehicle to disturb the stability of the vehicle. The corrector drives the engine load device to suppress the vibration in response to the vibration determined by the vibration detector.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus capable of switching between a laser that emits light having a wavelength suitable for detecting samples and a laser required for reading traced data, while an analysis optical disc is being traced. In an analyzer in which an analysis disc having a sample to be analyzed which is located in a part of its track is irradiated with laser light to read the state of the sample, a selector switch alternately selects a laser having a wavelength for reading data represented by bits or wobble grooves on the disc and a laser having a wavelength suitable for detecting a sample, in response to an instruction from a control unit.

Abstract: An on-vehicle camera captures an image of an outside visual scene that is outside of a vehicle and outputs image data of the captured image. A wheel speed sensor outputs a measurement signal, which corresponds to a moving speed of the vehicle. An ECU determines a state of the vehicle based on the measurement signal of the wheel speed sensor and an optical flow of a predetermined point of the captured image, which is captured during traveling of the vehicle. The optical flow of the predetermined point is obtained based on the image data of the captured image.

Abstract: A vehicle stability control system includes a basic request driving force computing unit, a front and rear wheel load computing unit, a virtual turning radius estimating unit, a target value computing unit, and a vibration damping correction controlling unit. The basic request driving force computing unit computes a physical quantity so as to generate the basic request driving force requested by a driver. The front and rear wheel load computing unit detect a load applied to the wheels. The virtual turning radius estimating unit estimates a virtual turning radius. The target value computing unit computes a target value of a stability factor. The vibration damping correction controlling unit corrects the physical quantity so as to follow the target value. The system generates the driving force for the driving wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle integration control system includes a manager controller and a driving system controller. The manager controller sets a target generation driving force guide value for a driving force outputted from a driving system of a vehicle. The driving system controller controls the driving force on the basis of the target generation driving force guide value. The manager controller includes a driver request value setter and a driving force corrector. The driver request value setter sets a driver request generation driving force value corresponding to the driving force outputted from the driving system on the basis of a driver's input. The driving force corrector corrects the driver request generation driving force value on the basis of a predetermined program to restrain vibration generated in the vehicle when the driving force outputted from the driving system.

Abstract: A vehicle-supervising electronic control unit (VS-ECU) measures driving torque, which is outputted from an engine to a drive shaft through an automatic transmission. The VS-ECU measures road surface transmission torque based on rotation speeds of driving wheels of a vehicle, vehicle body speed and driving wheel torque, which are measured in advance. The VS-ECU compares the driving torque with the road surface transmission torque. If it is determined that the driving torque is greater than the road surface transmission torque, the VS-ECU estimates an opening degree of an air bypass valve for controlling the driving torque so that a difference between the driving torque and the road surface transmission torque is decreased.

Abstract: While a driving torque TD outputted to a driving shaft via an AT from an engine is detected, a road-surface transmitting torque Td_tire is detected based on rotation speeds Vwdr, Vwdl of vehicle driving wheels, a vehicle body speed Vd, and driving torques Tdr, Tdl, all of which are previously detected. The driving torque TD and the road-surface transmitting torque Td_tire are then compared to each other. When TD>Td_tire, the driving torque from an engine is controlled so as to decrease a value of (TD?Td_tire). The vibrations of individual vehicle parts are thereby decreased.

Abstract: A control system for vehicle power train components has an engine ECU, an AT ECU and a manager ECU. The manager ECU outputs command signals such as a target engine torque and a target AT range for the engine ECU and the AT ECU. The manager ECU retrieves data for completing a map for determining availability of the target engine torque from the engine ECU. The manager ECU checks the availability of a computed value of the target engine torque, and if it is necessary, the manager ECU replaces the target engine torque with an available value. The engine ECU executes an engine control process on the basis of the target engine torque of which availability has thus been ensured by the manager ECU. It is therefore possible to operate the vehicle power train components in a more appropriate manner.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to execute an optimum control of vibrations due to a driver's operation of an accelerator pedal, steering wheel and brake pedal. The operation instructions are inputted into a vibration calculating means (kinetic model) comprising a vehicle body model, suspension model and tire model. Conventional kinetic model controlled the suspension in order to suppress the vehicle body vibration. However, in the kinetic model of the present invention, the tire vibration due to a change in the engine output is first absorbed by the suspension, whereby a residual vibration which was not be absorbed yet by the suspension is transferred to the vehicle body. The operation inputs are compensated by the three feed-back loops between the outputs of the above-mentioned three portions and input of the tire portion, giving the highest priority on the vehicle body model.

Abstract: In a power steering apparatus employing an EPS (electrical power steering) motor coupled to a steering mechanism, when vibration of the steering mechanism is produced by twisting of tire rubber due to changes in steering angle, resultant pulsation of the drive current of the EPS motor are suppressed by adding to the drive current a current that is of equal frequency and opposite phase to the pulsation. Vibration of the EPS motor shaft, and resultant vibration of the steering wheel and vehicle body, are thereby effectively suppressed.

Abstract: In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit senses a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A determining unit compares the first and second physical quantities of the rotations of the first and second rotational axle assemblies and determines whether a driving condition of the vehicle is unstable according to the compared result. As a result, the unstable condition of the vehicle can be rapidly detected without detecting a yaw moment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A danger determining section detects a danger potentially approaching a vehicle and an orientation of the danger, generating an output indicating that the danger potentially approaches the vehicle and the orientation of the danger. A plurality of speakers each generates an alarming sound based on the output from the danger determining section. When a danger is detected by the danger determining section, one of the speakers that is disposed in a position corresponding to the orientation of the danger sounds an alarming sound. This enables notification to a driver or the like of which orientation the danger approaches the vehicle from or which orientation the danger exists in.

Abstract: In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit is configured to sense a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A correcting unit is configured to correct the torque according to the sensed first and second physical quantities of the rotations of the first and second rotational axle assemblies. This allows the torque to be precisely obtained.

Abstract: In control software architecture for realizing a decentralized cooperative control of a plurality of electronic control apparatuses being connected via a network, control application software for realizing the control of each system has no data management function and no time synchronization function. Instead, the data management function and the time synchronization function are allocated in a decentralized control application framework which is commonly used for the electronic control apparatuses.