Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer coil component includes forming, on a main face of a substrate, a first coil conductor extending along the main face having conductivity, forming a second coil conductor and a third coil conductor apart from each other in a direction in which the first coil conductor extends and each extending from the first coil conductor in a first direction orthogonal to the main face, and forming a fourth coil conductor electrically connected to an end of the second coil conductor opposite to the first coil conductor and extending along the main face. The forming the first coil conductor includes forming, on the main face, a first insulator layer provided with a first penetration portion having a shape corresponding to the first coil conductor and exposing a part of the main face, and forming, by plating, the first coil conductor in the first penetration portion.

Abstract: A control section is configured to perform rotation control of a wiper motor that causes a wiper blade to perform a wiping operation over a windshield, and a test unit is capable of communicating with the control section at a characteristic communication speed of the control section, and employs a specific communication with the control section at the characteristic communication speed to enable testing of the control section and the wiper motor by communication at a test communication speed of not less than the characteristic communication speed.

Abstract: A blower motor control device stops energization to a motor when a rotation speed of a rotor reaches a learn rotation speed, and acquires a correction amount as a new learn value for correcting a position error of the rotor relative to a Hall element by using an induced voltage in a coil of the motor and a detection signal from a rotation sensor. The blower motor control device stores the new learn value in a ROM. The blower motor control device corrects the position error by using a previous learn value read from the ROM, for energization control of the motor, until the rotation speed reaches the learn rotation speed.

Abstract: A wiper control device that properly detects restriction of a wiper blade according to a travel distance of the wiper blade. When a state in which a rotation speed of an output shaft calculated from a rotation angle of the output shaft detected by a rotation angle sensor is equal to or slower than a speed threshold defined according to a travel distance of the wiper blade and in which a current detected by a current detector is equal to or larger than a current threshold continues for a predetermined determination period, a microcomputer stops a wiper motor or reverses a direction of a wiping action of the wiper blade.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for providing secure package delivery for a vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a Dedicated Short Range Communication radio (a DSRC radio) of a vehicle, a DSRC message. In some embodiments, the method includes unlocking a trunk of the DSRC-equipped vehicle responsive to receiving the DSRC message by the DSRC radio.

Abstract: A control section is configured to perform rotation control of a wiper motor that causes a wiper blade to perform a wiping operation over a windshield, and a test unit is capable of communicating with the control section at a characteristic communication speed of the control section, and employs a specific communication with the control section at the characteristic communication speed to enable testing of the control section and the wiper motor by communication at a test communication speed of not less than the characteristic communication speed.

Abstract: A wiper control device that properly detects restriction of a wiper blade according to a travel distance of the wiper blade. When a state in which a rotation speed of an output shaft calculated from a rotation angle of the output shaft detected by a rotation angle sensor is equal to or slower than a speed threshold defined according to a travel distance of the wiper blade and in which a current detected by a current detector is equal to or larger than a current threshold continues for a predetermined determination period, a microcomputer stops a wiper motor or reverses a direction of a wiping action of the wiper blade.

Abstract: A motor control device is provided that enables smooth rotation control from a low-speed region to a high-speed region. A microcomputer of the motor control device calculates the rotation speed of a rotor from the time between edges that appear per 60° electrical angle at the time of starting the motor, from a signal that is output when a the hall sensor detects the magnetic field of a rotating rotor and, in conjunction with an increase in the rotation speed of the rotor, calculates the rotation speed of a rotor from the time between edges that appear at electrical angles that are larger than the electrical angle 60° in the signal, per 180° electrical angle, per 360° electrical angle, per 900° electrical angle, and per 1800° electrical angle.

Abstract: The disclosure includes embodiments for providing secure package delivery for a vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a Dedicated Short Range Communication radio (a DSRC radio) of a vehicle, a DSRC message. In some embodiments, the method includes unlocking a trunk of the DSRC-equipped vehicle responsive to receiving the DSRC message by the DSRC radio.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a current location of a user at a current time. The method may include determining journey data associated with one or more of the user, the current location, and the current time, where journey data describes one or more historical journeys of the user. The method may include determining, based on the journey data, an estimated time of arrival (ETA) describing an arrival estimate of when the user and a vehicle will arrive at an endpoint of a journey; and transmitting the ETA to a network.

Abstract: A print job management apparatus includes a storage device that stores a data storage time associated with each of a plurality of user identifications. The data storage time indicates a period of time for storing a print job. An interface receives a print job including a user identification. A controller controls the storage device to store the received print job in association with the data storage time corresponding to the user identification included in the print job. The controller determines whether the period of time for the print job has passed since the print job is received. The controller removes from the storage device the print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a current location of a user at a current time. The method may include determining journey data associated with one or more of the user, the current location, and the current time, where journey data describes one or more historical journeys of the user. The method may include determining, based on the journey data, an estimated time of arrival (ETA) describing an arrival estimate of when the user and a vehicle will arrive at an endpoint of a journey; and transmitting the ETA to a network.

Abstract: A print job management apparatus includes a storage device that stores a data storage time associated with each of a plurality of user identifications. The data storage time indicates a period of time for storing a print job. An interface receives a print job including a user identification. A controller controls the storage device to store the received print job in association with the data storage time corresponding to the user identification included in the print job. The controller determines whether the period of time for the print job has passed since the print job is received. The controller removes from the storage device the print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed.

Abstract: An air bag includes: a gas introduction opening portion; and a bag-shaped air bag main body portion; the air bag main body portion in the folded state including a first accumulated portion folded in a state where at least a portion of the first accumulated portion is turned over on a counter-occupant side toward the gas introduction opening, and a second accumulated portion which includes a face confronting portion confronting a face of the occupant in a normal position, and which is folded in a state where the face confronting portion is superimposed on the first accumulated portion so that the inflation gas introduced from the gas introduction opening directly flows into the face confronting portion.

Abstract: A print job management apparatus includes a storage unit in which a plurality of print jobs are stored, a holding condition managing unit, and a print controlling unit. The holding condition managing unit determines whether any of the print jobs satisfy a holding condition. The print controlling unit transmits each print job that is determined to satisfy the holding condition through a communication unit to an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A motor control device is provided that enables smooth rotation control from a low-speed region to a high-speed region. A microcomputer of the motor control device calculates the rotation speed of a rotor from the time between edges that appear per 60° electrical angle at the time of starting the motor, from a signal that is output when a the hall sensor detects the magnetic field of a rotating rotor and, in conjunction with an increase in the rotation speed of the rotor, calculates the rotation speed of a rotor from the time between edges that appear at electrical angles that are larger than the electrical angle 60° in the signal, per 180° electrical angle, per 360° electrical angle, per 900° electrical angle, and per 1800° electrical angle.

Abstract: A print job management apparatus includes a storage unit in which a plurality of print jobs are stored, a holding condition managing unit, and a print controlling unit. The holding condition managing -unit determines whether any of the print lobs satisfy a holding condition. The print controlling unit transmits each print job that is determined to satisfy the holding condition through a communication unit to an image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An airbag according to the present invention has: an airbag main body that is provided with a gas introduction opening; and an inner cloth portion that is arranged to cover the gas introduction opening in the airbag main body. The inner cloth portion has a first and a second opening end parts, and is fixed to a peripheral edge part of the gas introduction opening of the airbag main body while a position of the inner cloth portion is superimposed with the gas introduction opening of the airbag main body. In this manner, an airbag is caused to inflate and expand more speedily and widely in a direction which is orthogonal to an occupant's side direction, and an occupant can be buffered and supported in a stable manner so as to have a wide area from a front side irrespective of whatsoever posture seated by the occupant may be.

Abstract: An airbag according to the present invention has: an airbag main body that is provided with a gas introduction opening; and an inner cloth portion that is arranged to cover the gas introduction opening in the airbag main body. The inner cloth portion has a first and a second opening end parts, and is fixed to a peripheral edge part of the gas introduction opening of the airbag main body while a position of the inner cloth portion is superimposed with the gas introduction opening of the airbag main body. In this manner, an airbag is caused to inflate and expand more speedily and widely in a direction which is orthogonal to an occupant's side direction, and an occupant can be buffered and supported in a stable manner so as to have a wide area from a front side irrespective of whatsoever posture seated by the occupant may be.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a reading section configured to read an original; an information acquisition section configured to acquire color erasing times mark information specifying how to print a color erasing times mark, which is printed when a sheet on which an image is formed with a color-erasable image forming material is subjected to a color erasing processing to represent the times of color erasing processing, on a sheet; a color erasing times mark detection section configured to detect a color erasing times mark contained in the image data based on the color erasing times mark information acquired by the information acquisition section; and an image processing section configured to generate image data from which the detected color erasing times mark is eliminated.