Abstract: In an electric power device and a method for controlling the same, a first circuit is electrically connected to a first battery tray and a second battery tray, a second circuit is electrically connected to the first battery tray, and a third circuit is electrically connected to the second battery tray. Between the first circuit and the second circuit, a first resistor unit is connected in series with the first battery tray, and a first interrupting unit is connected in parallel with the first resistor unit. Between the first circuit and the third circuit, a second resistor unit is connected in series with the second battery tray, and a second interrupting unit is connected in parallel with the second resistor unit.

Abstract: A medical device includes an extracorporeal unit including a power transmitting unit that transmits electric power from outside of a living body into the living body in a non-contact manner, and a medical instrument embedded in the living body. The medical instrument includes a power receiving unit that receives the electric power transmitted from the power transmitting unit, a soft portion through which an injection needle is inserted, and a plurality of light emitting units that are provided along an outer edge of the soft portion and are each configured to emit light using the electric power received by the power receiving unit. A light amount adjusting unit that adjusts a light amount of a light-irradiated region including one or more light-irradiated portions to be projected on a body surface from the plurality of light emitting units.

Abstract: An engine system provided to a vehicle having an accelerator pedal is provided. When an engine operation range is determined to shift to a first range (where an electromagnetic clutch is disengaged) from a second range (where the clutch is engaged) after an opening of the accelerator pedal increases at a rate below a given reference rate, the clutch is switched from ON to OFF after a given basic stand-by period passes from the shift. When the engine operation range is determined to shift from the second range to the first range after the accelerator pedal opening increases at the given reference rate or above, the clutch is switched from ON to OFF after a given acceleration stand-by period (longer than the basic stand-by period by a given added period) passes from the shift.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a supercharger driven by a crankshaft of an engine, an electromagnetic clutch disconnectably connecting the crankshaft to the supercharger, and a controller configured to output a control signal to the electromagnetic clutch. The controller includes a processor configured to execute an uphill-angle detecting module to detect an uphill angle during traveling of a vehicle, an uphill determining module to determine whether the detected uphill angle is above a given first uphill angle, and a boost controlling module to, when the detected uphill angle is above the first uphill angle, control the electromagnetic clutch to connect the crankshaft to the supercharger even when a target torque of the engine is within a not-boosting range.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a supercharger driven by a crankshaft of an engine, an electromagnetic clutch disconnectably connecting the crankshaft to the supercharger, and a controller configured to output a control signal to the electromagnetic clutch. The controller includes a processor configured to execute an uphill-angle detecting module to detect an uphill angle during traveling of a vehicle, an uphill determining module to determine whether the detected uphill angle is above a given first uphill angle, and a boost controlling module to, when the detected uphill angle is above the first uphill angle, control the electromagnetic clutch to connect the crankshaft to the supercharger even when a target torque of the engine is within a not-boosting range.

Abstract: An engine system provided to a vehicle having an accelerator pedal is provided. When an engine operation range is determined to shift to a first range (where an electromagnetic clutch is disengaged) from a second range (where the clutch is engaged) after an opening of the accelerator pedal increases at a rate below a given reference rate, the clutch is switched from ON to OFF after a given basic stand-by period passes from the shift. When the engine operation range is determined to shift from the second range to the first range after the accelerator pedal opening increases at the given reference rate or above, the clutch is switched from ON to OFF after a given acceleration stand-by period (longer than the basic stand-by period by a given added period) passes from the shift.

Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided, which includes an operating amount detector configured to detect an operating amount by an operator, of an operation mechanism comprising at least one of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, a speed detector configured to detect a vehicle traveling speed, a reaction-force generator configured to generate a reaction force of the pedal, and a controller. The controller includes a processor to execute an acceleration calculating module to calculate an acceleration based on the traveling speed and the operating amount, a rigidity characteristic setting module to set the reaction force so that a rigidity value that is a ratio of the reaction force to the operating amount increases as the acceleration increases, and a reaction-force control module to control the reaction-force generator so that the reaction force generated by the reaction-force generator becomes the reaction-force value set by the rigidity characteristic setting module.

Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided, which includes an operating amount detector configured to detect an operating amount by an operator, of an operation mechanism comprising at least one of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, a speed detector configured to detect a vehicle traveling speed, a reaction-force generator configured to generate a reaction force of the pedal, and a controller. The controller includes a processor to execute an acceleration calculating module to calculate an acceleration based on the traveling speed and the operating amount, a rigidity characteristic setting module to set the reaction force so that a rigidity value that is a ratio of the reaction force to the operating amount increases as the acceleration increases, and a reaction-force control module to control the reaction-force generator so that the reaction force generated by the reaction-force generator becomes the reaction-force value set by the rigidity characteristic setting module.

Abstract: A control device for an engine is provided. The control device includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an opening of an accelerator, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration of a vehicle based on the detected accelerator opening, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the set target acceleration. The target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration such that a characteristic of a change of a jerk produced in the vehicle due to a reduction of the accelerator opening correlates to a characteristic of a change of a jerk produced in the vehicle due to an increase of the accelerator opening, the increase of the accelerator opening performed in an early half of a process of acceleration to a constant speed travel of the vehicle, the reduction of the accelerator opening performed in a latter half of the process.

Abstract: A control device for an engine includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an opening of an accelerator, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration of a vehicle based on the accelerator opening detected by the accelerator opening detector, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the target acceleration set by the target acceleration setter. When the accelerator opening is increased from a state where the target acceleration is set to zero, the target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration according to the accelerator opening to produce a highest jerk in the vehicle at an accelerator opening that is larger by 5 to 10% than an accelerator opening corresponding to the state where the target acceleration is set to zero.

Abstract: A control device for an engine, which controls an engine torque based on operation of an organ-type accelerator pedal is provided. The control device includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an accelerator opening based on an angle of an accelerator pedal, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration based on the accelerator opening, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the target acceleration. The accelerator pedal is arranged to have a pedal angle at a predetermined initial pedal angle when the accelerator pedal is not pressed. The target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration to zero when the accelerator pedal is pressed and the accelerator opening is within a range where a difference between the pressed pedal angle and the initial pedal angle is between 2 and 4 degrees.

Abstract: A control device for an engine, which controls an engine torque based on operation of an organ-type accelerator pedal is provided. The control device includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an accelerator opening based on an angle of an accelerator pedal, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration based on the accelerator opening, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the target acceleration. The accelerator pedal is arranged to have a pedal angle at a predetermined initial pedal angle when the accelerator pedal is not pressed. The target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration to zero when the accelerator pedal is pressed and the accelerator opening is within a range where a difference between the pressed pedal angle and the initial pedal angle is between 2 and 4 degrees.

Abstract: A control device for an engine is provided. The control device includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an opening of an accelerator, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration of a vehicle based on the detected accelerator opening, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the set target acceleration. The target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration such that a characteristic of a change of a jerk produced in the vehicle due to a reduction of the accelerator opening correlates to a characteristic of a change of a jerk produced in the vehicle due to an increase of the accelerator opening, the increase of the accelerator opening performed in an early half of a process of acceleration to a constant speed travel of the vehicle, the reduction of the accelerator opening performed in a latter half of the process.

Abstract: A control device for an engine includes an accelerator opening detector for detecting an opening of an accelerator, a target acceleration setter for setting a target acceleration of a vehicle based on the accelerator opening detected by the accelerator opening detector, and an engine controller for adjusting an engine torque to achieve the target acceleration set by the target acceleration setter. When the accelerator opening is increased from a state where the target acceleration is set to zero, the target acceleration setter sets the target acceleration according to the accelerator opening to produce a highest jerk in the vehicle at an accelerator opening that is larger by 5 to 10% than an accelerator opening corresponding to the state where the target acceleration is set to zero.

Abstract: A liquid developer apparatus comprises a developer unit for applying a liquid developer to an electrostatic latent image formed on a recording medium, and a switch circuit for selectively outputting to the developer unit one of a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage which has the same polarity as that of the electrostatic latent image and is higher than the first bias voltage. The switch circuit outputs the second bias voltage during a predetermined period of time other than a period of time in which the electrostatic latent image is developed.

Abstract: A liquid developing apparatus includes an electrostatic recording medium, a latent image forming section for forming an electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic recording medium, a carrying section for carrying the electrostatic recording medium on which the electrostatic latent image is formed, along a predetermined carrying path, a development head provided on the carrying path and having a rubbing surface on which the electrostatic recording medium carried by the carrying means is rubbed, and a liquid developer supply section for supplying a liquid developer to the development head to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic recording medium. The rubbing surface has a width ranging from 1 mm to 9 mm, and the electrostatic recording medium has a smoothness (i.e., a roughness) ranging from 140 seconds to 220 seconds.

Abstract: In a liquid-type developing apparatus of this invention, a developing head has a hollow portion having a slit-shaped opening having as a longitudinal direction a direction perpendicular to the convey direction of a recording sheet, and a partitioning wall for dividing the hollow portion into developing liquid flow-in and flow-out chambers and having a top portion located at the slit-shaped opening. A plurality of projecting portions and a plurality of recessed portions for constituting a developing portion are formed on the top portion of the partitioning wall. The plurality of projecting portions and recessed portions are alternately disposed at a predetermined pitch to form stripes in the longitudinal direction of the slit-shaped opening. The direction of the stripes is set to be oblique to the convey direction of the recording sheet.

Abstract: An image-forming/processing station forms images in a plurality of colors in a superposed manner, in units of individual colors, on an identical unrolled portion of a recording roll medium, in accordance with color image formation data. When the images in the plurality of colors are to be formed, a recording medium conveying unit reciproctes, a plurality of times, the identical unrolled portion of the recording roll medium to the image-forming/processing station, in accordance with formation of the image in the plurality colors, and conveys a recorded-on unrolled portion of the recording roll medium to a downstream side of the station when formation of the images in the plurality of colors is completed. A recording medium storing unit is provided on the downstream side of the station and temporarily stores the unrolled portion of the recording roll medium on which image formation in each color is to be performed.