Abstract: A vehicle control system and a vehicle control device can switch control of a supporting device for support a drive of a vehicle between an ordinary travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that a power source for causing the vehicle to travel is operated and an inertia travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that an operation of the power source is stopped. Accordingly, since the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device switch the control of the supporting device between the ordinary travel and the inertia travel, the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device achieve an effect that the vehicle can be caused to appropriately travel by inertia.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling system includes an engine serving as a power source of a vehicle; an electric storage device; an assist device that assists an operation of a driver by consuming power from the electric storage device so as to operate a running device that changes the running condition of the vehicle; and a starting device that consumes power from the electric storage device so as to start the engine, wherein the starting device automatically starts the engine based upon a physical quantity concerning the engine, and the start of the engine is inhibited while the assist device operates the running device, when the execution of an inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling system starts an engine by a starting device based on a vehicle speed, and changes a predetermined vehicle speed, which is a vehicle speed when the engine is started, in response to a state of an electric storage device, when an execution of inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia. Power consumed by a power steering device is changed in response to a vehicle speed. The predetermined vehicle speed is a lower limit vehicle speed in a vehicle speed range in which the electric storage device can output power consumed by the starting device when the engine is started and power consumed by the power steering device at the same time, or a vehicle speed close to the lower limit vehicle speed in the vehicle speed range.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: a first process for attaching a first supporting substrate having a plurality of through holes to a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, so that each of the through holes is opposed to a semiconductor device formed in the semiconductor substrate; a second process for contacting probes of an electric characteristic inspection apparatus with a first electrode formed on the first surface, and a second electrode formed on the second surface via the through hole; and a third process for measuring electric characteristic of the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A main ECU (71) for generating an actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern based on a current running situation of a vehicle, generating a corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern obtained by elongating an actual acceleration/deceleration period of the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern when an actual acceleration/deceleration period (T1) in the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern is shorter than a reference acceleration/deceleration period (T0) set in advance, and setting the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern as a best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is not generated and setting the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern as the best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is generated, is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a single camera and a computing terminal, and in the computing terminal, a storage means thereof stores, internal orientation parameters of the camera and actual coordinates of three feature points of a measured object, a data transfer means loads a camera image containing three feature points within a camera field of view, and a computing means performs, on camera view coordinates of the feature points in the loaded image, correction, based on the internal orientation parameters, of distortion in the image, calculates, from the camera view coordinates and the actual coordinates of the distortion-corrected feature points, a camera position and angle in a coordinate system based on the measured object during image capture, and calculates three-dimensional coordinates of the feature points in a camera-based coordinate system using a coordinate transformation with which the calculated camera position and angle during image capture are a reference position and angle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system and a vehicle control device can switch control of a supporting device for support a drive of a vehicle between an ordinary travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that a power source for causing the vehicle to travel is operated and an inertia travel in which the vehicle travels in a state that an operation of the power source is stopped. Accordingly, since the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device switch the control of the supporting device between the ordinary travel and the inertia travel, the vehicle control system and the vehicle control device achieve an effect that the vehicle can be caused to appropriately travel by inertia.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling system includes an engine as a power source of a vehicle, an electric storage device, a generator that generates power by rotating in conjunction with a rotation of the engine, a starting device that starts the engine by consuming power from the electric storage device, and a power steering device which can receive power supplied from the electric storage device and the generator, respectively, and operates by consuming the supplied power, wherein the engine is started by the starting device based on a vehicle speed and a predetermined vehicle speed which is a vehicle speed when the engine is started is changed in response to a state of the electric storage device, when an execution of an inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling system includes an engine serving as a power source of a vehicle; an electric storage device; an assist device that assists an operation of a driver by consuming power from the electric storage device so as to operate a running device that changes the running condition of the vehicle; and a starting device that consumes power from the electric storage device so as to start the engine, wherein the starting device automatically starts the engine based upon a physical quantity concerning the engine, and the start of the engine is inhibited while the assist device operates the running device, when the execution of an inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia.

Abstract: A disclosed accelerator level display device 1 includes an accelerator level detection unit 12 configured to detect an accelerator level; a target accelerator level determining unit 14b configured to determine a target accelerator level for the accelerator level; and a display unit 15a, 20 configured to display a target accelerator level indicator corresponding to the target accelerator level and an accelerator level indicator corresponding to the detected accelerator level. The display unit is configured to display the target accelerator level indicator as a fixed value regardless of the target accelerator level determined by the target accelerator level determining unit.

Abstract: A main ECU (71) for generating an actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern based on a current running situation of a vehicle, generating a corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern obtained by elongating an actual acceleration/deceleration period of the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern when an actual acceleration/deceleration period (T1) in the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern is shorter than a reference acceleration/deceleration period (T0) set in advance, and setting the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern as a best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is not generated and setting the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern as the best acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is generated, is provided.

Abstract: A disclosed accelerator level display device 1 includes an accelerator level detection unit 12 configured to detect an accelerator level; a target accelerator level determining unit 14b configured to determine a target accelerator level for the accelerator level; and a display unit 15a, 20 configured to display a target accelerator level indicator corresponding to the target accelerator level and an accelerator level indicator corresponding to the detected accelerator level. The display unit is configured to display the target accelerator level indicator as a fixed value regardless of the target accelerator level determined by the target accelerator level determining unit.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle power supply for supplying power to a predetermined power receiving portion includes a first power generating power supply portion, second power generating power supply portion, and controller. The controller is arranged to set the voltage to be output to the power receiving portion from one of the power generating power supply portions in accordance with the output voltage of the other of the power generating power supply portions. With this arrangement, the power receiving portion is prevented from being supplied with an excessive amount of power, and when power regeneration is being performed by the second power generating power supply portion, the regenerated power is effectively used. Thus, the fuel economy of the vehicle can be increased.

Abstract: In a control system of a regeneration system, electric power generated by a first electric generator is supplied to a first electric power storing device, and electric power is transmitted, via an intermediary device, between the first electric power storing device and a second electric power storing device which is provided separately from the first electric power storing device. The control system of a regeneration system includes determination means for determining whether or not an electric power generation amount of the first electric generator is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and electric power storing performance control means for determining whether or not the electric power of the second electric power storing device is to be supplied to the first electric power storing device via the intermediary device based on a determination result of the determination means.

Abstract: A control system of an internal combustion engine controls the starting of an internal combustion engine, which has been stopped, based on the establishment of a predetermined starting condition. The control system is provided with at least two power sources, a low-voltage power source and a high-voltage power source, a starting mechanism that is driven by the power source so as to operate the internal combustion engine, and a switching mechanism for switching between a connection, of the starting mechanism, to the low-voltage power source and a connection, of the starting mechanism, to the high-voltage power source.

Abstract: A control apparatus for use in a vehicle for controlling an energy storage device adapted to discharge electric power that varies with a temperature is provided. The control apparatus includes a temperature sensor that measures a temperature associated with the energy storage device, and a voltage control unit that sets a minimum storage voltage of the energy storage device to a relatively high voltage level when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined temperature, as compared with a voltage level to which the minimum storage voltage is set when the temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.

Abstract: The braking force control apparatus for a vehicle which has a function of applying a braking force to the vehicle by rotational resistance of the engine, by stopping the fuel supply to the engine during coasting of the vehicle and by controlling a torque capacity of a torque capacity control device that is provided between the engine and a wheel so that the torque capacity becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value, and of decreasing the torque capacity of the torque capacity control device when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and has a function of applying the braking force to the vehicle by a function of an electric power generator which is coupled with the wheel such that power can be transmitted. The braking force control apparatus includes braking force control means which increases a braking force that is generated by the function of the electric power generator when the torque capacity of the torque capacity control device is decreased.

Abstract: A control apparatus and method of an internal combustion engine performs a predetermined stop control of the engine that includes a control to stop the supply of fuel to the engine upon establishment of a predetermined stop condition, and a re-start control that includes a control to restart the supply of fuel to the engine in response to the establishment of a predetermined re-start condition. The apparatus has a stop control discontinuing device for discontinuing the stop control if the re-start condition is established within a predetermined period between establishment of the stop condition and a stop of the engine.

Abstract: In order to provide a storage battery control apparatus capable of increasing the amount of charges stored in a storage battery, an aspect of the storage battery control apparatus of the invention is a storage battery control apparatus having: a first controller that releases charges stored in a capacitor that forms a storage battery if an inter-terminal voltage of the capacitor becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold; a temperature detector that detects a temperature of the capacitor; and a second controller that changes the predetermined threshold in accordance with the temperature of the capacitor.

Abstract: In a control system of a regeneration system, electric power generated by a first electric generator is supplied to a first electric power storing device, and electric power is transmitted, via an intermediary device, between the first electric power storing device and a second electric power storing device which is provided separately from the first electric power storing device. The control system of a regeneration system includes determination means for determining whether or not an electric power generation amount of the first electric generator is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and electric power storing performance control means for determining whether or not the electric power of the second electric power storing device is to be supplied to the first electric power storing device via the intermediary device based on a determination result of the determination means.