Abstract: A vehicle control device activates a safety device for suppressing a collision between a host vehicle and an oncoming vehicle that is traveling straight along an oncoming traffic lane, when the host vehicle changes from traveling straight along its own traffic lane to making a right or left turn to cross the oncoming traffic lane. The vehicle control device includes a judgement unit and a control unit, where the judgement unit judges when the host vehicle is in a right or left turning condition prior to crossing the oncoming traffic lane, and if is determined that the host vehicle is in the right or left turning condition, the control unit activates the safety device based on a time to lateral collision.

Abstract: A server selection devices includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring, regarding each of a plurality of servers having the same content, a list of quality information corresponding to communication environment information regarding a source of request for download of the content; and a selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of servers based on the list of the quality information regarding each of the plurality of servers and a cost associated with download of the content. Thus, a destination of a content download request can be selected while giving consideration to not only quality but also cost.

Abstract: A routing control device of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores, for each IP address block, a next hop, information on a route to the IP address block, and quality information regarding the route; a quality requirement determination unit that receives communication data bound for a communication destination host and determines a quality requirement of the communication data; and a next hop selection unit that references the storage unit and selects a next hop for the communication data based on quality information regarding a route to an IP address block to which an IP address of the communication destination host belongs and the quality requirement.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus selects at least one oncoming vehicle and sets the selected oncoming vehicle as a control target vehicle when an own vehicle turns right or left in a traffic intersection, acquires a first index value which represents a collision probability, and executes a collision avoiding control when the first index value satisfies a predetermined condition. The vehicle control apparatus calculates a second index value which represents a degree of turning of the own vehicle, moves an area used to select the control target vehicle toward the own vehicle in an opposite direction to a turning direction of the own vehicle as the second index value increases, and selects, as the control target vehicle, the oncoming vehicle which has been in the area for a predetermined time threshold or more.

Abstract: A moving image control apparatus is a control device that realizes bitrate control in a moving image streaming service, which includes a calculation means for calculating a quality target value used for the bitrate control such that a utility function including a predetermined engagement index value is optimized through Bayesian optimization.

Abstract: A server selection devices includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring, regarding each of a plurality of servers having the same content, a list of quality information corresponding to communication environment information regarding a source of request for download of the content; and a selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of servers based on the list of the quality information regarding each of the plurality of servers and a cost associated with download of the content. Thus, a destination of a content download request can be selected while giving consideration to not only quality but also cost.

Abstract: A server selection device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication environment information indicating communication environment and quality information indicating communication quality for each of communications made regarding each of a plurality of servers that are candidates for distribution of content to a client; a calculator that calculates a score reflecting probabilistic deterioration in communication quality for each of combinations between a server and communication environment information based on a history of the communication environment information and the quality information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a selector that selects a server to deliver content to the client based on the score calculated by the calculator, thereby enabling the selection of a server less likely to affect the quality of experience.

Abstract: A controller for the hybrid vehicle selects an engine as a power apparatus of the hybrid vehicle when a request load is higher than a threshold load, and selects ae motor as the power apparatus when the request load is equal to or lower than the threshold load. The controller sets the threshold load in accordance with a SOC of a battery, and decreases the threshold load as the SOC is lower in at least a predetermined SOC range. The controller controls an intake air temperature during stopping of the engine to a target intake air temperature by operating an intake air temperature variable system when the motor is selected as the power apparatus. The controller sets the target intake air temperature in accordance with the SOC, and increases the target intake air temperature as the SOC is lower in at least the predetermined SOC range.

Abstract: A server selection device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication environment information indicating communication environment and quality information indicating communication quality for each of communications made regarding each of a plurality of servers that are candidates for distribution of content to a client; a calculator that calculates a score reflecting probabilistic deterioration in communication quality for each of combinations between a server and communication environment information based on a history of the communication environment information and the quality information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a selector that selects a server to deliver content to the client based on the score calculated by the calculator, thereby enabling the selection of a server less likely to affect the quality of experience.

Abstract: A controller for the hybrid vehicle compensates for a shortage of an engine output to a vehicle demand output by discharge electric power of a battery when the vehicle demand output is higher than an upper limit output of a target operating range, and charges the battery by an excess of the engine output to the vehicle demand output when the vehicle demand output is lower than a lower limit output of the target operating range. The target operating range is set to a low load side as a SOC of the battery is higher in a predetermined SOC range. Also, the controller controls an intake air temperature during stopping of the engine to a target intake air temperature when the hybrid vehicle is traveling with the engine stopped. The target intake air temperature is increased as the SOC is lower in the predetermined SOC range.

Abstract: In order to supply a reducing agent to an NOx catalyst in an appropriate manner when the temperature of the NOx catalyst is high, in cases where the temperature of the NOx catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature at which ammonia is oxidized, and in cases where an NOx reduction rate in the NOx catalyst is smaller than a predetermined lower limit reduction rate, when the addition of the additive agent is carried out at least twice by changing an equivalent ratio with respect to an amount of NOx flowing into the NOx catalyst, the equivalent ratio in equivalent ratio control is made larger in the case where an amount of change of an amount of reduction of NOx accompanying a change of the equivalent ratio is larger than an amount of change of an amount of oxidation of ammonia accompanying the change of the equivalent ratio, than in the case where it is smaller than that.

Abstract: A pacing control device to perform pacing control on a content distributed from a content distribution device that performs streaming-based content distribution, includes an obtainer configured to obtain a communication quality threshold that corresponds to a communication environment in the pacing control device; and a controller configured not to make a request for the content to the content distribution device in a case where a communication quality in the pacing control device is lower than the communication quality threshold, and to make the request for the content to the content distribution device in a case where the communication quality is higher than the communication quality threshold.

Abstract: A reducing agent is supplied to an NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst in a suitable manner, while suppressing NOx from being produced by oxidation of ammonia in the NOx catalyst. In cases where the temperature of the NOx catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature at which ammonia is oxidized, an amount of the reducing agent to be supplied to the NOx catalyst is made larger, when an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is small, than it is large.

Abstract: An amount of reducing agent adsorbed on a NOx catalyst when a reducing agent supply device is normal and a corresponding detected value may be estimated. The corresponding detected value may be detected by a NOx sensor, and the detected value may correspond to an amount of reducing agent adsorbed on the NOx catalyst. When the estimated amount of adsorption is larger than or equal to a first amount and is smaller than or equal to a second amount, a diagnosis of the NOx catalyst based on the detected value of the NOx sensor may be prevented. The first amount may be an amount of adsorbed reducing agent corresponding to a minimum value of the corresponding detected value. The second amount may be an amount of adsorbed reducing agent corresponding to the corresponding detected value when the amount of adsorbed reducing agent is zero and larger than the first amount.

Abstract: A controller for the hybrid vehicle selects an engine as a power apparatus of the hybrid vehicle when a request load is higher than a threshold load, and selects ae motor as the power apparatus when the request load is equal to or lower than the threshold load. The controller sets the threshold load in accordance with a SOC of a battery, and decreases the threshold load as the SOC is lower in at least a predetermined SOC range. The controller controls an intake air temperature during stopping of the engine to a target intake air temperature by operating an intake air temperature variable system when the motor is selected as the power apparatus. The controller sets the target intake air temperature in accordance with the SOC, and increases the target intake air temperature as the SOC is lower in at least the predetermined SOC range.

Abstract: A controller for the hybrid vehicle compensates for a shortage of an engine output to a vehicle demand output by discharge electric power of a battery when the vehicle demand output is higher than an upper limit output of a target operating range, and charges the battery by an excess of the engine output to the vehicle demand output when the vehicle demand output is lower than a lower limit output of the target operating range. The target operating range is set to a low load side as a SOC of the battery is higher in a predetermined SOC range. Also, the controller controls an intake air temperature during stopping of the engine to a target intake air temperature when the hybrid vehicle is traveling with the engine stopped. The target intake air temperature is increased as the SOC is lower in the predetermined SOC range.

Abstract: A reducing agent is supplied to an NOx catalyst in a suitable manner, while suppressing NOx from being produced by oxidation of ammonia in the NOx catalyst. In cases where the temperature of NOx is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature at which ammonia is oxidized, an amount of ammonia or an amount of a precursor thereof to be added into exhaust gas from an addition valve is made smaller, when an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is larger than a predetermined air fuel ratio, than when the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is equal to or less than the predetermined air fuel ratio.

Abstract: A reducing agent is supplied to an NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst in a suitable manner, while suppressing NOx from being produced by oxidation of ammonia in the NOx catalyst. In cases where the temperature of the NOx catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature at which ammonia is oxidized, an amount of the reducing agent to be supplied to the NOx catalyst is made larger, when an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is small, than it is large.

Abstract: The invention provides a technique for more accurately executing failure diagnosis for an exhaust gas control apparatus having both a selective reduction function and a filter function. To this end, a failure diagnosis apparatus according to the invention for the exhaust gas control apparatus having both the selective reduction function and the filter function computes a NOx purification rate pertaining to a case where the exhaust gas control apparatus is normal based on an estimated value of the amount of particulate matter (PM) collected or accumulated in the exhaust gas control apparatus and an estimated value of the NO2 ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust gas control apparatus, and determines that the exhaust gas control apparatus fails when the difference between the result of the calculation and an actual NOx purification rate exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A pacing control device to perform pacing control on a content distributed from a content distribution device that performs streaming-based content distribution, includes an obtainer configured to obtain a communication quality threshold that corresponds to a communication environment in the pacing control device; and a controller configured not to make a request for the content to the content distribution device in a case where a communication quality in the pacing control device is lower than the communication quality threshold, and to make the request for the content to the content distribution device in a case where the communication quality is higher than the communication quality threshold.