Abstract: A drive source controller is configured to control a drive torque of a drive source that drives a vehicle. The drive source controller is configured to prohibit acceptance of drive source required torque from a cruise controller when automatic braking control is activated during cruise control, or not output the drive source required torque to the drive source controller when the automatic braking control is activated during the cruise control.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed to reduce power consumption of a measuring apparatus. A measuring apparatus according to the present invention is to be disposed in an excavation section of an underground excavator. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention includes a first measurement module, a second measurement module, and an information processor. The first measurement module includes a triaxial first accelerometer and a triaxial first magnetometer for performing highly-accurate measurement. The second measurement module includes a triaxial second accelerometer and a triaxial second magnetometer for performing measurement during excavation. The information processor controls the first measurement module and the second measurement module and obtains a position and an attitude of the excavation section based on output data of the first measurement module or the second measurement module. Further, the second accelerometer and the second magnetometer are MEMS sensors.

Abstract: An information transmission system of the present invention transmits information by using a mud pulse pressure signal to transmit information between a transmitter located in an excavation part of an underground excavator and a receiver located on the ground. The transmitter comprises a transmission information acquisition part for acquiring information, and a pressure pulse generation part. The pressure pulse generation part generates a pressure pulse so that an interval between the pressure pulse and a just preceding or just subsequent pressure pulse is an interval corresponding to the information acquired by the transmission information acquisition part. The receiver comprises a pressure pulse detection part for detecting a pressure pulse, and a reception information output part. The reception information output part outputs information corresponding to the interval between the detected pressure pulse and a just preceding or just subsequent pressure pulse.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control method capable of suppressing an increase in the frequency of stopping and restarting of the engine when the braking device is activated at the self-driving mode. When the operation mode is set as self-driving, the braking device is activated in accordance with a system deceleration request to keep an actual vehicle-speed at a target vehicle-speed or change the actual vehicle-speed at the target vehicle-speed or lower depending on environment surrounding the vehicle. Further, a braking amount is estimated, the braking amount is a magnitude of a braking force generated from the activated braking device. When the braking amount is an engine-stopping enabling threshold or more, enabling stopping is allowed. When the braking amount is less than the engine-stopping enabling threshold, enabling stopping is not allowed.

Abstract: A vehicle control method including: setting a target acceleration based on a distance to a preceding vehicle or an obstacle and accelerating an own vehicle based on the target acceleration without relying on a driver's operation. Then, the vehicle control method including: calculating an acceleration limit which is an acceleration at which a relative distance to the preceding vehicle or the obstacle at a time when a preset acceleration limiting time has passed from a start of the acceleration is equal to or longer than a reference relative distance and a relative vehicle speed to the preceding vehicle or the obstacle at the time when the preset acceleration limiting time has passed from the start of the acceleration is equal to or lower than a reference relative vehicle speed, and accelerating the own vehicle at the acceleration limit when the target acceleration exceeds the acceleration limit.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed to reduce power consumption of a measuring apparatus. A measuring apparatus according to the present invention is to be disposed in an excavation section of an underground excavator. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention includes a first measurement module, a second measurement module, and an information processor. The first measurement module includes a triaxial first accelerometer and a triaxial first magnetometer for performing highly-accurate measurement. The second measurement module includes a triaxial second accelerometer and a triaxial second magnetometer for performing measurement during excavation. The information processor controls the first measurement module and the second measurement module and obtains a position and an attitude of the excavation section based on output data of the first measurement module or the second measurement module. Further, the second accelerometer and the second magnetometer are MEMS sensors.

Abstract: Provided is a control method for hybrid vehicles that change an operation mode of the vehicle between HEV mode and EV mode in accordance with the size of a target drive force. When the manual-driving mode is set, the target driving force is calculated based on a vehicle-speed and a driver's driving operation, and when self-driving is set, the target driving force is calculated based on a target vehicle-speed and an actual vehicle-speed. When self-driving is set, an amount to enlarge a dead-zone width W? to control the motor generator to perform powering relative to the dead-zone width when the manual-driving mode is set is set larger than an amount to enlarge a dead-zone width to control the motor generator to perform regeneration relative to the dead-zone width when the manual-driving mode is set.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control method capable of suppressing an increase in the frequency of stopping and restarting of the engine when the braking device is activated at the self-driving mode. When the operation mode is set as self-driving, the braking device is activated in accordance with a system deceleration request to keep an actual vehicle-speed at a target vehicle-speed or change the actual vehicle-speed at the target vehicle-speed or lower depending on environment surrounding the vehicle. Further, a braking amount is estimated, the braking amount is a magnitude of a braking force generated from the activated braking device. When the braking amount is an engine-stopping enabling threshold or more, enabling stopping is allowed. When the braking amount is less than the engine-stopping enabling threshold, enabling stopping is not allowed.

Abstract: Provided is control method for hybrid vehicles capable of suppressing an increase in the frequency of mode switching while suppressing a decrease in the regenerative amount when the hybrid vehicle is set at the self-driving mode. The control method for hybrid vehicles that change an operation mode of the vehicle between HEV mode and EV mode in accordance with the size of a target drive force. When the manual-driving mode is set, the target driving force is calculated based on a vehicle-speed (VSP) and a driver's driving operation (APO), and when self-driving is set, the target driving force is calculated based on a target vehicle-speed and an actual vehicle-speed.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor which drives by power of a battery, and an air conditioner which operates by power of the battery, includes a target driving force calculator configured to calculate a target value of driving three transmitted to a drive wheel from a driving source as target driving force, an air conditioner manager configured to manage an ON/OFF state of an air conditioner, and a controller configured to calculate a request output by adding the target driving force to a system output requested to the drive source by a system request, calculate an operation point of the engine for optimally driving the engine in response to the request output, control the engine to drive at the operation point, and control the motor based on the request output.

Abstract: There is provided a wireless battery system reconcilable with unsuccessful communication due to interference from an external wireless instrument or radio wave reflection or shielding under a surrounding physical environment. A wireless battery system allocates a cell controller to a cell, detects a cell state, and wirelessly communicates a cell state detected by a cell controller to a battery controller. During the wireless communication, the battery controller transmits a beacon to the cell controller and specifies a duration for radio wave environment measurement and a frequency to be measured as a condition. The cell controller performs radio wave environment measurement under the specified condition and then returns a measurement result along with the cell state to the battery controller.

Abstract: A control system for an electric storage system, in which a plurality of pairs of storage batteries and converters are connected in parallel to a power system, includes: a unit that decides charge and discharge of total power by the pairs of storage batteries and converters; and a unit that distributes the charge and discharge power decided by the charge and discharge power decision unit to the pairs of storage batteries and converters. The power distribution decision unit compares the charge and discharge total power with a limit output when conversion efficiency of the converters is equal to or greater than standard efficiency, and decides a running number by which an output of all the pairs of running storage batteries and converters is equal to or greater than the limit output when the charge and discharge total power is equal to or greater than the limit output.

Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor which drives by power of a battery, and an air conditioner which operates by power of the battery, includes a target driving force calculator configured to calculate a target value of driving three transmitted to a drive wheel from a driving source as target driving force, an air conditioner manager configured to manage an ON/OFF state of an air conditioner, and a controller configured to calculate a request output by adding the target driving force to a system output requested to the drive source by a system request, calculate an operation point of the engine for optimally driving the engine in response to the request output, control the engine to drive at the operation point, and control the motor based on the request output.

Abstract: There is provided a wireless battery system reconcilable with unsuccessful communication due to interference from an external wireless instrument or radio wave reflection or shielding under a surrounding physical environment. A wireless battery system allocates a cell controller to a cell, detects a cell state, and wirelessly communicates a cell state detected by a cell controller to a battery controller. During the wireless communication, the battery controller transmits a beacon to the cell controller and specifies a duration for radio wave environment measurement and a frequency to be measured as a condition. The cell controller performs radio wave environment measurement under the specified condition and then returns a measurement result along with the cell state to the battery controller.

Abstract: A control system for an electric storage system, in which a plurality of pairs of storage batteries and converters are connected in parallel to a power system, includes: a unit that decides charge and discharge of total power by the pairs of storage batteries and converters; and a unit that distributes the charge and discharge power decided by the charge and discharge power decision unit to the pairs of storage batteries and converters. The power distribution decision unit compares the charge and discharge total power with a limit output when conversion efficiency of the converters is equal to or greater than standard efficiency, and decides a running number by which an output of all the pairs of running storage batteries and converters is equal to or greater than the limit output when the charge and discharge total power is equal to or greater than the limit output.

Abstract: A management system is provided for managing a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor/generator as power sources. The management system includes an acquisition unit and an area identifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires engine operating information from a plurality of vehicles, during the operation of the motor/generator. The engine operating information includes a moving distance or an engine operating time from the start of to the stop of the engine, and an engine operating position indicating the point at which the engine is operating. The area identifying unit identifies on map data an engine start-up suppressing area in which the start of the engine is suppressed based on the engine operating information.

Abstract: A vehicle control system, a server and a vehicle control device which improve energy efficiency of a vehicle based on the information of other vehicles is provided. The system includes a first energy information acquiring mechanism that acquires energy information indicating the energy efficiency of the vehicle including at least accelerator pedal opening information, an identification mechanism that identifies the vehicle of good energy efficiency among a plurality of vehicles based on the energy information, and a drive system control mechanism that controls the drive system of the own vehicle based on the accelerator pedal opening of the other vehicle that has been identified as energy efficient.

Abstract: A management system is provided for managing a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor/generator as power sources. The management system includes an acquisition unit and an area identifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires engine operating information from a plurality of vehicles, during the operation of the motor/generator. The engine operating information includes a moving distance or an engine operating time from the start of to the stop of the engine, and an engine operating position indicating the point at which the engine is operating. The area identifying unit identifies on map data an engine start-up suppressing area in which the start of the engine is suppressed based on the engine operating information.

Abstract: Provided herein is a vehicle drive force control. When a driver requests to start the vehicle with the brake OFF and depresses the accelerator pedal, a target drive torque exceeds a gradient load. To avoid excess current being supplied to the motor, the upper limit of motor speed, which is the input speed of a second clutch, is set to a value less than a slip detectable limit value at which it becomes possible to detect slip rotation, i.e. the difference over the output side rotation speed. When the target drive torque exceeds the gradient load, the lower limit of the input speed of the second clutch (the motor speed) is set to a value equal to or greater than the slip detectable limit value so that the required driving force can be achieved by the gradient load corresponding driving force control.

Abstract: In an apparatus having a vertical focusing-state detection area and a lateral focusing-state detection area in a cross focusing point, wherein either one of the focusing-state detection areas has a calculation range that is overlapping with the adjacent focusing point, a photographing result desired by a photographer can be obtained without bringing into focus a subject in the focusing point adjacent to the cross focusing point selected by the photographer.