Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation control device of an engine is provided. The device includes: an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor disposed in an intake passage; an intercooler disposed in the intake passage downstream of the compressor; a low-pressure EGR passage connecting the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to the intake passage upstream of the compressor; a low-pressure EGR valve disposed in the low-pressure EGR passage and for changing a cross-sectional area thereof; a high-pressure EGR passage connecting the exhaust passage upstream of the turbine to the intake passage downstream of the intercooler; a high-pressure EGR valve disposed in the high-pressure EGR passage and for changing a cross-sectional area thereof; a valve control device for controlling openings of the low-pressure and high-pressure EGR valves; and a gear range detector for detecting a gear range of a transmission.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation control device of an engine is provided. The device includes: an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage and a compressor disposed in an intake passage; a low-pressure EGR passage connecting a part of the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to a part of the intake passage upstream of the compressor; a low-pressure EGR valve disposed in the low-pressure EGR passage and for changing a cross-sectional area of the low-pressure EGR passage; an exhaust shutter valve disposed downstream of the connected part of the exhaust passage to the low-pressure EGR passage, and for changing a cross-sectional area of the exhaust passage; a valve control device for controlling openings of the low-pressure EGR valve and the exhaust shutter valve; and a gear range detector for detecting a gear range of a transmission of a vehicle in which the engine is installed.

Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenylsuccinic acid structure as a constituent unit, and a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, the magenta toner having an amount of the solid solution of from 2% by mass to 30% by mass based on the total mass of the toner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming unit that forms and continuously transfers a toner image based on image data onto a transported sheet from the front to the rear in a sheet transport direction as the sheet is transported, a fixing unit positioned downstream of the toner image forming unit in the transport direction and that fixes the transferred toner image onto the sheet, an image determining unit that determines whether the formed toner image is a scattering toner image that causes toner scattering during the transfer, and a speed controlling unit that controls, when it is determined that the toner image is a scattering toner image, a transport speed of the sheet and a transfer speed of the toner image to the sheet such that the speeds are slower than those when it is determined that the toner image is not a scattering toner image.

Abstract: Two turbochargers are arranged vertically near a one side of a crank-shaft direction at a one-side face of an engine body so that the large-size turbocharger is located above the small-sized turbocharger, and an exhaust-gas purification device is arranged an open space made on the other side of the crank-shaft direction so that its exhaust inlet is located above and its outlet is located below. Accordingly, the turbochargers and the exhaust-gas purification device can be arranged compactly and the layout of some devices around the engine can be facilitated.

Abstract: A magenta toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenylsuccinic acid structure as a constituent unit, and a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, the magenta toner having an amount of the solid solution of from 2% by mass to 30% by mass based on the total mass of the toner.

Abstract: A diesel engine for a vehicle comprises an engine body mounted in the vehicle having a plurality of cylinders that is supplied with fuel, a plurality of fuel injection valves for directly injecting the fuel into the cylinders, and an injection control module for controlling a mode of injecting the fuel into the cylinders through the fuel injection valves. The injection control module sets a fuel injection amount per cylinder at least according to a load on the engine body, performs a main injection, and performs at least one pre-injection where fuel is injected prior to the main injection. The injection control module further executes a cylinder-cutoff operation mode where the fuel supplies to the cylinder or the cylinders are stopped when the engine body is under a low load condition where the fuel injection amount per cylinder is below a predetermined amount.

Abstract: Two turbochargers are arranged vertically near a one side of a crank-shaft direction at a one-side face of an engine body so that the large-size turbocharger is located above the small-sized turbocharger, and an exhaust-gas purification device is arranged an open space made on the other side of the crank-shaft direction so that its exhaust inlet is located above and its outlet is located below. Accordingly, the turbochargers and the exhaust-gas purification device can be arranged compactly and the layout of some devices around the engine can be facilitated.

Abstract: A content reproduction apparatus includes a hard disk. An MPEG-PS into which an I picture is intermittently inserted is circularly written into an MPEG file formed on the hard disk. In addition, index data capable of specifying at least the I picture is circularly written into an INDEX file formed on the hard disk. A CPU detects the I picture from a head portion of the MPEG-PS based on the index data stored in the INDEX file, and reproduces the MPEG-PS rendering the detected I picture the starting picture.

Abstract: There is provided a method for fueling a diesel engine having a particulate filter in its exhaust system. The method comprises supplying a main fuel injection to generate a desired torque. It also comprises additionally supplying a first post fuel injection after the main fuel injection and a second post fuel injection after the first post fuel injection during a higher engine load condition. The method further comprises continuing to supply the main fuel injection and the first post fuel injection and stopping to supply the second post fuel injection during a lower engine load condition, if a vehicle cruise control is performed. Therefore, a noticeable torque disturbance can be eliminated.

Abstract: A content copying apparatus includes a flash memory. The flash memory stores attribute information for contents copied to a DVD, out of a plurality of contents recorded on a hard disk (HD). A deletion supporting screen based on such attribute information is displayed on a TV monitor. An operator determines through this screen whether or not each of the copied contents is necessary and, if none of the copied contents are necessary, performs an operation of collectively deleting all the copied contents. In response to this operation, a CPU issues to an HD drive an instruction for collectively deleting all the copied contents from the HD.

Abstract: A diesel engine control system and control method capable of conducting accurate fuel injection unaffected by variations in injector performance caused by differences among individual injectors or change with aging. The diesel engine control system includes an injector for directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of a diesel engine, injection quantity controller for controlling fuel injection quantity by varying a period of electric current supply to the injector, estimator for estimating that an electric current supply period when a prescribed (stable) combustion state is obtained is the current supply period for injecting the amount of fuel required for the prescribed combustion state, and control data correcting device for correcting control data of the injection quantity controller based on the estimated current supply period.

Abstract: According to the invention, an EGR control apparatus of an engine includes intake ports to which an intake passage is connected, the intake ports opening into each combustion chamber of the engine, an EGR port to which an EGR passage branching out from an exhaust passage is connected, the EGR port opening into each combustion chamber of the engine, an electrically-operated compressor disposed in the EGR passage for regulating pressure at which EGR gas is introduced into each combustion chamber, and an EGR control valve disposed in the EGR passage at a point downstream of the electrically-operated compressor for controlling the amount of EGR gas introduced into each combustion chamber. The EGR passage branches out from the exhaust passage at a point downstream of an emission control device disposed in the exhaust passage.

Abstract: According to the invention, an EGR control apparatus of an engine includes intake ports to which an intake passage is connected, the intake ports opening into each combustion chamber of the engine, an EGR port to which an EGR passage branching out from an exhaust passage is connected, the EGR port opening into each combustion chamber of the engine, an electrically-operated compressor disposed in the EGR passage for regulating pressure at which EGR gas is introduced into each combustion chamber, and an EGR control valve disposed in the EGR passage at a point downstream of the electrically-operated compressor for controlling the amount of EGR gas introduced into each combustion chamber. The EGR passage branches out from the exhaust passage at a point downstream of an emission control device disposed in the exhaust passage.

Abstract: A content recording apparatus applied to a hard disk video recorder includes a hard disk. If a power is instantly cut off when content data is being normally recorded into an MPEG file formed in the hard disk, the normal recording is suspended, without recording into an index file index data corresponding to the content data. When a supply of the power is resumed, a temporal discontinued point of the index data is searched based on time information included in the index data, and a vicinity of a location on the MPEG file corresponding to the detected discontinued point is set as a recording starting location. The normal recording of the content data is started from the set recording starting location.

Abstract: A content reproduction apparatus includes a hard disk. An MPEG-PS into which an I picture is intermittently inserted is circularly written into an MPEG file formed on the hard disk. In addition, index data capable of specifying at least the I picture is circularly written into an INDEX file formed on the hard disk. A CPU detects the I picture from a head portion of the MPEG-PS based on the index data stored in the INDEX file, and reproduces the MPEG-PS rendering the detected I picture the starting picture.

Abstract: An electronically controlled transmission having a rotatable cylindrical shift drum for moving a plurality of shift rods is linked with a transmission gear mechanism so as to selectively provide various forward and reverse gears. The shift drum has a center axis of rotation laying in parallel with center axes of rotation of the main shaft and the counter shaft and is offset sideways from a plane in which the center axes of rotation of the main and counter shafts extend.

Abstract: A process for the transesterification of substrates comprising (a) fat and oil and (b) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of fatty acid, fatty acid ester and other fat and oil with the use of a lipase, wherein said transesterification is effected in the presence of a monohydric lower alcohol.

Abstract: The process for producing an oleaginous composition of the present invention comprises transesterifying a fat containing a large amount of polybasic unsaturated fatty acid(s) as constituting fatty acid(s) with saturated fatty acid(s) and/or saturated fatty acid alcohol ester(s) with the use of a lipase having an site-specificity to thereby give symmetric triglyceride(s) wherein the fatty acid groups at the 1- and 3-positions are selectively transesterified and a polybasic unsaturated fatty acid group is present at the 2-position. The above transesterification should be carried out under such conditions as to give an oleaginous composition which comprises 40% or more of symmetric triglyceride(s) each having a polybasic unsaturated fatty acid group at the 2-position and 50% or more of completely saturated fatty acid(s) each having 16 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: A valve driving system for an internal combustion engine having two intake valves and/or two exhaust valves for each cylinder, which includes a cam shaft formed with a pair of low speed cams and a high speed cam located at substantially the center part of the cam shaft, a pair of first rocker arms driven by the low speed cams respectively, each having a portion engaged with one of the valves, second rocker arms driven by the high speed cam and located between the first rocker arms, two oil pressure chambers formed in the second rocker arm and facing the respective first rocker arms, two plungers, each being provided in one of the oil chambers, two bores each being formed engageably with one of the plungers in one of the first rocker arms, an oil passage formed in the second rocker arm and communicated with both oil pressure chambers, and a control valve for controlling oil pressure fed to the oil passage in accordance with the engine operating condition.