Abstract: A damping force control device for controlling damping forces of shock absorbers by a control device, which is configured to extract first vibration components in a first frequency range and second vibration components in a higher frequency range than the first frequency range from vertical accelerations of a sprung mass at the positions of wheels, to calculate correction coefficients which decrease as the degree of the second vibration increases with respect to the degree of the first vibration, and to control damping coefficients of of the shock absorbers so as to be the products of target damping forces calculated based on the vertical accelerations of the sprung mass and the correction coefficients.

Abstract: A power reception apparatus to which power is transferred from a power transmission apparatus in a contactless manner includes: a ferrite provided in a plate shape and having a first principal face and a second principal face; an annular coil provided on the first principal face of the ferrite; and a shield provided on the second principal face of the ferrite, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the coil is placed on an inner side relative to an outer peripheral portion of the ferrite, such that part of the first principal face is exposed on an outer-peripheral-portion side of the ferrite, and an outer peripheral side of the shield includes a stepped portion provided at a position away from the second principal face of the ferrite, such that part of the second principal face is exposed on the outer-peripheral -portion side of the ferrite.

Abstract: A radar device for detecting a distance between vehicles by the transmission and reception of survey waves is mounted in a vehicle as an object detection means for detecting an object. A cruise control apparatus includes a trajectory calculation means for calculating a moving locus of a preceding vehicle traveling in front of an own vehicle on the basis of the detection result of the radar device, a route prediction means for calculating a predicted route of the vehicle on the basis of the moving locus of the preceding vehicle calculated by the trajectory calculation means, an axial deviation detection means for detecting the axial deviation of the radar device, and an invalidation processing means for invalidating the predicted route calculated by the route prediction means when it is detected that the axial deviation detection means has detected axial deviation of the radar device.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an opening/closing detection device, including: a plurality of sensors configured to be arranged along a predetermined portion of a mark attached to a vehicle; and a control unit configured to output an action trigger signal for instructing an opening action of an opening/closing body of the vehicle when detection signals representing a trace order of the predetermined portion are input from the plurality of sensors that detect an order of a motion of tracing the predetermined portion of the mark by a user of the vehicle.

Abstract: A communication system comprising: a control line transmitting a control signal for controlling charging of a battery mounted on a vehicle; a reference potential line connected to a reference potential of the vehicle serving as a reference for the control signal; a first PLC communication device connected to the control line and the reference potential line and superposing onto the control signal a differential signal having a higher frequency than the control signal so as to perform communication with an external power supply apparatus; and an inductive element which is provided at a point of connection between the reference potential line 1c and the reference potential or provided in the reference potential line and the inductive element having impedance for a noise having a higher frequency than the control signal is higher than the impedance for the control signal.

Abstract: A gas sensor element includes: a nonporous electrolyte body; a target gas chamber; a reference gas chamber; a first electrode coming into contact with the nonporus electrolyte in the target gas chamber; a second electrode coming into contact with the nonporous electrolyte body in the reference gas chamber so as to hold the nonporous electrolyte body between the first electrode and the second electrode; a diffusion layer arranged to come into contact with the nonporous electrolyte body and configured to deliver the target gas to the target gas chamber; and a shielding layer arranged to come into contact with the diffusion layer so as to arrange the diffusion layer between the nonporous electrolyte body and the shielding layer. At least one of the nonporous electrolyte body and the shielding layer is provided with a concave section depressed from an interface side with the diffusion layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.

Abstract: A fuel cell system is equipped with a fuel cell and a secondary battery. This fuel cell system is equipped with a recordation unit that records a charge-discharge history of the secondary battery, a prediction unit that predicts restriction on an output of the secondary battery based on the charge-discharge history recorded by the recordation unit, and an output control unit that starts power generation by the fuel cell prior to a timing of restriction on the output of the secondary battery, when the prediction unit predicts restriction on the output of the secondary battery and the fuel cell is in an intermittent operation state.

Abstract: In a hybrid automobile in which a first motor, an engine, and a drive shaft coupled to an axle are connected respectively to a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear of a planetary gear set and a second motor is connected to the drive shaft, during a predetermined travel period in which the engine is operative and respective gates of a first inverter and a second inverter used to drive the first motor and the second motor are both blocked, the engine is controlled such that the first motor rotates at a predetermined rotation speed, and a boost converter is controlled such that a voltage of a drive voltage system power line reaches a target voltage corresponding to an accelerator depression amount.

Abstract: A driving force control system for a vehicle is provided to control a torque vectoring device is provided. A controller is configured to bring the torque vectoring device into a preparatory state in which the differential torque and the differential limit torque are equalized to each other when shifting the operating mode between the differential mode and the differential limit mode, and to shift the operating mode of the torque vectoring device by gradually reducing a difference between the differential torque and the differential limit torque.

Abstract: A cruise control apparatus, mounted to a vehicle, controls traveling of the own vehicle, based on a predicted course, which is a future course of the own vehicle. The cruise control apparatus includes a preceding vehicle position storage unit, a course prediction computation unit, and a cancellation determination section. The preceding vehicle position storage unit chronologically stores a preceding vehicle position, which is a position of a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle. The predicted course computation unit calculates a predicted course, based on the trajectory of the preceding vehicle position. The cancellation determination section cancels the preceding vehicle position stored in the preceding vehicle position storage unit when it has been determined that either the own vehicle or the preceding vehicle is in a situation where the own vehicle or the preceding vehicle is likely to depart from the current course.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a SiC single crystal wherein a 4H—SiC single crystal is grown by minimizing generation of polytypes other than 4H. A method for producing a SiC single crystal by a solution process, wherein a seed crystal is 4H—SiC, and a (000-1) face of the seed crystal is a growth surface, wherein the method includes: setting a temperature at a center section of a region of a surface of a Si—C solution where the growth surface of the seed crystal contacts to 1900° C. or higher, and limiting a ?Tc/?Ta to 1.7 or greater, wherein the ?Tc/?Ta is a ratio of a temperature gradient ?Tc between the center section and a location 10 mm below the center section in the vertical direction, with respect to a temperature gradient ?Ta between the center section and a location 10 mm from the center section in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus mounted to an own vehicle to control the own vehicle according to a position of other vehicle ahead of the own vehicle is provided. The device includes a setting means setting a parameter indicating a position of the other vehicle relative to the own vehicle in a lateral direction perpendicular to the path of the own vehicle, a determination means determining whether the other vehicle is in the path of the own vehicle based on the parameter, a detection means detecting whether a relative movement has been made in the lateral direction by at least one of the own vehicle and the other vehicle, and a correction means correcting the parameter when a relative movement has been made in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A driving assistance control device for a vehicle includes: a moving object detection sensor configured to detect a moving object moving along a roadside in a traveling direction of the vehicle; a driving operation detection sensor configured to detect a driving operation of a driver; an actuator; and an Electronic Control Unit configured to perform automatic steering control of the vehicle by the actuator to avoid the moving object based on a detection result of the moving object, the Electronic Control Unit being configured to start the automatic steering control based on a driving steering of the driver after the moving object is detected.

Abstract: An electronic control unit diagnoses leakage abnormality in an intake system downstream from a supercharger provided in the intake system of the engine. The electronic control unit sets, as a supercharging region monitoring value, a ratio between a first air amount obtained from a detection value of an air flowmeter and a second air amount obtained from a detection value of an intake pressure sensor, the ratio being the ratio obtained when the engine is operated in a supercharging region. The electronic control unit also sets, as a non-supercharging region monitoring value, a ratio obtained when the engine is driven in a non-supercharging region. The electronic control unit determines the presence of the leakage abnormality in the intake system when the ratio of the supercharging region monitoring value to the non-supercharging region monitoring value is larger than a predetermined specified value.

Abstract: A control device estimates a leakage gas amount with respect to gas that leaks to an upstream side from a downstream side of a fresh air introduction valve when the fresh air introduction valve is closed. If the leakage gas amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value when there is a request to open the fresh air introduction valve, a target opening degree of the fresh air introduction valve is determined based on the engine speed and intake pressure, and also a correction opening degree with respect to the target opening degree is calculated based on the leakage gas amount. The fresh air introduction valve is opened to an opening degree greater than the target opening degree by an amount corresponding to the correction opening degree, to thereby cause leakage gas that is accumulated in a fresh air introduction passage to flow into an intake passage together with a required amount of fresh air.

Abstract: A center prescribes, to a subject vehicle through wireless communication, at least one of a type of vehicle data to be collected, a conditional expression used when collecting the vehicle data, a sampling cycle when collecting the vehicle data, and a checking cycle of the conditional expression. A center-side checking section checks, based on its own check criterion, appropriateness of at least one of the type of the vehicle data, the conditional expression, the sampling cycle, and the checking cycle. A vehicle-side checking section checks whether the resources of the subject vehicle are appropriate when the vehicle data is collected based on the prescription from the center.

Abstract: A cruise control apparatus controls the traveling of an own vehicle on the basis of the predicted route which is a predicted value of the travel route of an own vehicle. The cruise control apparatus compares the moving locus of the preceding vehicle with the position of a stationary object provided along the road to determine whether or not a moving locus is along the shape of the road. The moving locus is validated when it is determined that the moving locus is along the shape of the road, and the moving locus is invalidated when it is determined that the moving locus is not along the shape of the road, and the predicted route of the vehicle is calculated on the basis of the validated moving locus.

Abstract: In this power transfer system, a power receiving coil and a power transmission coil are wound such that a first power transmission winding portion and a second power receiving winding portion do not overlap with each other when the first power transmission winding portion and the first power receiving winding portion overlap with each other at a position where a power transmission winding axis and a power receiving winding axis are positionally displaced when viewed in a plan view.