Abstract: To provide a light guide used to facilitate insertion of a medical tube into a body of a patient.

Abstract: A battery module including a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells is stacked, a container filled with a liquid and containing the battery cell stack, and a pressurizer for pressurizing the liquid that is filled in the container. The battery cells are solid-state battery cells. The battery cell stack is packaged with a packaging material. The liquid contains an oil and a heat-absorbing material. The heat-absorbing material has an endothermic reaction initiation temperature of 80° C. or greater and 190° C. or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control system capable of utilizing another braking apparatus than a hydraulic brake even when an ABS is activated. A vehicle control system, which is configured to be used together with a vehicle, includes a regenerative braking apparatus capable of generating a regenerative braking torque at a wheel, another braking apparatus than the regenerative braking apparatus and capable of generating a braking torque at the wheel, and a braking torque calculation unit configured to calculate a required braking torque for each of wheels of the vehicle when the wheel slips. The vehicle control system realizes the calculated braking torque by the regenerative braking apparatus and the other braking apparatus.

Abstract: A boost state of an upstream side brake fluid pressure producing device that boosts a braking operation force of a braking operation member and produces a fluid pressure in a master cylinder is adjusted according to a refluxing brake fluid characteristic of brake fluid that refluxes to the master cylinder by a pressure decrease control and an outflowing brake fluid characteristic of the brake fluid that flows out of the master cylinder into a wheel cylinder by a pressure increase control, and variation of the braking operation member is suppressed. It is therefore possible to suppress an occurrence of vibration and noise of the brake pedal during the ABS control.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a first braking force generating section configured to actuate, by a hydraulic pressure, wheel cylinders; a second braking force generating section configured to be mechanically regulated to provide the braking force to the one of the wheels; a braking force control switching section configured to automatically switch the second braking force generating section from a non-actuation state to an actuation state when a predetermined condition is satisfied in an actuation state of the first braking force generating section and in the non-actuation state of the second braking force generating section, and to switch the first braking force generating section to the non-actuation state; and a braking force characteristic control section configured to control a braking force characteristic generated by the first braking force generating section, and relating to the switching operation of the braking force control switching section.

Abstract: When a driving force of a drive motor (21) becomes a maximum driving force even in the case where a brake pedal (5) is depressed by a large amount while a vehicle is in a stopped state, a second ECU (33) outputs a valve-closing command to a boost control valve (40, 40?) of an ESC (31) for a left front wheel (FL; front wheel 1L) and a right front wheel (FR; front wheel 1R). In this manner, a hydraulic pressure flowing from a master cylinder (8) through the ESC (31) to each wheel side is not supplied to wheel cylinders (3L, 3R) for the front wheels (1L, 1R) but is supplied only to wheel cylinders (4L, 4R) for rear wheels (2L, 2R). A hydraulic stiffness of the wheel cylinders (3L, 3R, 4L, 4R) is changed by stopping supply of a brake fluid to the wheel cylinders (3L, 3R).

Abstract: A brake system includes an upstream brake fluid pressure generating device automatically generating a fluid pressure in a master cylinder to control a wheel cylinder fluid pressure in a wheel cylinder provided for a wheel, a downstream brake fluid pressure generating device driving a pump and a control valve to variably control the wheel cylinder fluid pressure with a brake fluid sucked in from the master cylinder by the pump, a brake operating part provided separately from a brake pedal so as to be operated by a driver to apply braking force to the wheel, and a wheel cylinder fluid pressure cooperative control unit controlling the wheel cylinder fluid pressure by activating at least one of the upstream brake fluid pressure generating device and the downstream brake fluid pressure generating device in response to an operation of the brake operating part.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a control unit having: a resultant acceleration information calculating section (100c) configured to calculate a resultant acceleration which is a synthesis of two direction accelerations acted upon the vehicle; a resultant jerk calculating section (100c2) configured to calculate a resultant jerk of at least one of change rates of the two directional accelerations with respect to time and a change rate of the resultant acceleration with respect to time; and a rollover tendency determining section (100e) configured to determine a tendency of rollover of the vehicle using at least one of the calculated resultant acceleration and the calculated resultant jerk.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus has a master cylinder pressure detection section that detects a master cylinder pressure produced by driver's brake operation, a pump that draws brake fluid in a master cylinder and discharges the brake fluid to a wheel cylinder that is provided in a wheel, and a control unit that controls a wheel cylinder pressure in response to the detected master cylinder pressure. The control unit has a master cylinder pressure correction section that corrects the detected master cylinder pressure in accordance with a discharge flow quantity of the pump, and a wheel cylinder pressure control section that controls the wheel cylinder pressure by the brake fluid discharged from the pump on the basis of the corrected master cylinder pressure.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus includes a braking force generating section and a control unit. The braking force generating section generates braking forces at wheels of a vehicle.

Abstract: In order to provide a hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle that damps noises that would be produced under a vehicle running support brake control and damps uncomfortable feeling that would be applied to a driver when a brake pedal stroke takes place, there is proposed a brake fluid pressure control system in which a fluid pressure required by a selected brake cylinder of a road wheel is calculated based on a behavior of the motor vehicle, and for obtaining the required fluid pressure required by the selected brake cylinder, an upstream side brake fluid pressure controlling device is operated to increase the brake cylinder fluid pressure to a given pressure and thereafter a downstream side brake fluid pressure controlling device is operated to further increase the brake cylinder fluid pressure.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a control unit having: a resultant acceleration information calculating section (100c) configured to calculate a resultant acceleration which is a synthesis of two direction accelerations acted upon the vehicle; a resultant jerk calculating section (100c2) configured to calculate a resultant jerk of at least one of change rates of the two directional accelerations with respect to time and a change rate of the resultant acceleration with respect to time; and a rollover tendency determining section (100e) configured to determine a tendency of rollover of the vehicle using at least one of the calculated resultant acceleration and the calculated resultant jerk.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus includes a braking force generating section and a control unit. The braking force generating section generates braking forces at wheels of a vehicle.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus has a master cylinder pressure detection section that detects a master cylinder pressure produced by driver's brake operation, a pump that draws brake fluid in a master cylinder and discharges the brake fluid to a wheel cylinder that is provided in a wheel, and a control unit that controls a wheel cylinder pressure in response to the detected master cylinder pressure. The control unit has a master cylinder pressure correction section that corrects the detected master cylinder pressure in accordance with a discharge flow quantity of the pump, and a wheel cylinder pressure control section that controls the wheel cylinder pressure by the brake fluid discharged from the pump on the basis of the corrected master cylinder pressure.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an environment in which user's convenience can be enhanced remarkably by causing functions provided to a mobile terminal and a video recording device to cooperate closely with each other such that video recording and playback can be carried out flexibly in a variety of ways unlike the prior art and also a user can enjoy more comfortably digital television broadcastings containing the terrestrial digital broadcasting. A mobile terminal 1 that can receive digital television broadcasting and a video recording device 3 are connected via a communication network 2, and receiving channel information and a video recording start command are transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 to the video recording device 3. The video recording device 3 acquires program information by an electronic program guide (EPG) and performs the video recording of the program.

Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention has a storage that stores a data stream in which identification data with identification information for retrieval incorporated therein is multiplexed along with video data and audio data, a plurality of demultiplexing sections that demultiplex the stored data stream to the video data, audio data and identification data, a video data and audio data decoding section that decodes the video data and audio data, each demultiplexed, to reproduce, and a retrieval section that retrieves specific video data and specific audio data based on the demultiplexed identification data, and thus executes the video reproduction and retrieval in parallel.

Abstract: A video retrieval data generation apparatus includes an extractor that is configured to extract a characteristic pattern from a voice signal synchronous with a video signal. The video retrieval data generation apparatus also includes an index generator that is configured to set the voice signal for a voice period as a processing target. The index generator is further configured to prepare standard voice patterns of a subword corresponding to a plurality of subwords, detect, for each subword, a characteristic pattern similar to a standard voice pattern at each of the voice periods, and generate, for each subword, an index containing time synchronization information corresponding to a position where the similar characteristic pattern is detected. The video retrieval data generation apparatus also includes a multiplexer that is configured to multiplex video signals, voice signals and indexes to output in a data stream format.

Abstract: A video retrieval data generation apparatus includes an extractor that is configured to extract a characteristic pattern from a voice signal synchronous with a video signal. The video retrieval data generation apparatus also includes an index generator that is configured to set the voice signal for a voice period as a processing target. The index generator is further configured to prepare standard voice patterns of a subword corresponding to a plurality of subwords, detect, for each subword, a characteristic pattern similar to a standard voice pattern at each of the voice periods, and generate, for each subword, an index containing time synchronization information corresponding to a position where the similar characteristic pattern is detected. The video retrieval data generation apparatus also includes a multiplexer that is configured to multiplex video signals, voice signals and indexes to output in a data stream format.

Abstract: A video retrieval apparatus includes a retrieval data generator that is configured to extract a characteristic pattern from a voice signal synchronous with a video signal to generate an index for video retrieval. The video retrieval apparatus also includes a retrieval processor that is configured to input a key word from a retriever and collate the key word with the index to retrieve a desired video. The retrieval data generator includes a multiplexor that is configured to multiplex video signals, voice signals and indexes to output in data stream format. The retrieval processor includes a demultiplexor that is configured to demultiplex the multiplexed data stream into the video signals, the voice signals and the indexes. A video reproduction apparatus may collate a visual pattern of the key word visual pattern data of the video signal at the time a person vocalizes a sound as the index for retrieval.

Abstract: Provided are an input unit for inputting the physical information of a user, a physical-information confirming unit for displaying the input physical information and an authenticating unit for authenticating a previously registered user on the basis of the input physical information. The physical-information confirming unit has a display unit and a index display unit for displaying an index, such as a frame, to designate a size or position of the input physical information. The index display unit has a function to confirm a status of the physical information inputted by the user and a function to designate a size or position of physical information when inputting physical information.