Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device including: a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a vehicle, and identifies an interrupting vehicle trying to cut in a lane of the vehicle; a driving controller that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle without depending on an operation of the vehicle by a driver; and a mode determiner that determines a driving mode of the vehicle as one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode, wherein the second driving mode is a driving mode imposing a lighter task on the driver than the first driving mode, and a part of the plurality of driving modes including at least the second driving mode is controlled by the driving controller, and wherein the mode determiner restricts execution of the second driving mode when a relationship between the vehicle and the interrupting vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant circulates; a controller to execute a plurality of refrigerant shortage sensing functions of sensing a shortage of an amount of the refrigerant; and an input device through which an operation mode to be set is input into the controller. The operation mode includes: a first mode in which energy-saving performance is emphasized; and a second mode in which the refrigeration apparatus is permitted to operate in a range in which reliability is ensured. In accordance with the operation mode set through the input device, the controller determines which one of sensing results obtained by the refrigerant shortage sensing functions is enabled and which one of sensing results obtained by the refrigerant shortage sensing functions is disabled. When a sensing result determined to be enabled shows a refrigerant shortage, the controller gives a notification about the refrigerant shortage.

Abstract: A testing vessel 1 includes a flexible vessel body 10 having a bottom and a hollow shape; and a partition 11 axially extending in the vessel body 10 and dividing an analyte extract containable space 50 in the vessel body 10 into two or more compartments. The testing vessel 1 enables two or more items to be readily tested with two or more test pieces.

Abstract: A testing vessel 1 includes a flexible vessel body 10 having a bottom and a hollow shape; and a partition 11 axially extending in the vessel body 10 and dividing an analyte extract containable space 50 in the vessel body 10 into two or more compartments. The testing vessel 1 enables two or more items to be readily tested with two or more test pieces.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of computers connected to each other by a computer coupling mechanism. Each computer includes a processor, memory, I/O device, disk control mechanism, computer coupling network adapter, disk requirement processing section connected to a system bus, and a disk connected to a disk control mechanism. The disk requirement processing section controls the disk, in response to a processing requirement for the disk from one of the processors of the other computers, based on structural definition information. The structural definition information describes a structure of the computer system. The computer system may be a loosely-coupled computer system.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of computers connected to each other by a computer coupling mechanism. Each computer includes a processor, memory, I/O device, disk control mechanism, computer coupling network adapter, disk requirement processing section connected to a system bus, and a disk connected to a disk control mechanism. The disk requirement processing section controls the disk, in response to a processing requirement for the disk from one of the processors of the other computers, based on structural definition information. The structural definition information describes a structure of the computer system. The computer system may be a loosely-coupled computer system.

Abstract: Before transferring data, a transmitting computer acquires a transfer rate of an I/O bus to which a communication control device in a receiving computer is connected. When transmitting data, the communication control device refers to a connection control table and a receiver control table, and chooses a transmitting queue for data transmission from a plurality of transmitting queues so that an interval is inserted between transmissions of data, and the data can be transmitted to the receiving computer without loss. The transmission intervals of data are determined based on the transfer rate of the I/O bus to which the communication control device in the receiving computer is connected.

Abstract: A control method of controlling a computer for controlling a resource connected to the computer and shared by a plurality of programs included in the computer includes the steps of storing a control information ID indicating a storage area in the main memory storing control information concerning access between a certain program and the resource in an OS space of a main memory, storing the control information ID in an adaptor connected to the main memory via a bus, and taking out the control information from the storage area included in the OS space, by using the control information ID stored in the adapter. In the case where the adapter runs short of a storage area, information that the adapter runs short of a storage area in the main memory is conveyed via the bus. By using the control information thus taken out, the resource is controlled.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting switch. The switch connects the processor, the first main memory, and a second main memory to be added. Main memory management information in the first main memory includes the size of memory resources connected to the processor. A storage region in the connecting switch retains information about whether or not the processor is connected to each of the memories. The setup allows the apparatus to use the added memory without having to be restarted.

Abstract: A memory disc sharing method in which a plurality of computers share a memory disc through a network, wherein a command in accordance with which the memory disc is accessed is received by a network interface apparatus, and when a requested computer to which a request of the command has been made is any of other computers, the command is transmitted to the any of other computers, and when the requested computer is a computer concerned, the command is stored in a memory disc command queue. The network interface apparatus retrieves the command from the memory disc command queue, and executes the processing of reading out/writing data from/to the memory disc in the computer concerned when a requesting computer from which a request of the command has been made is the computer concerned, and carries out the data transfer between the memory disc in the computer concerned and the requesting computer when the requesting computer is any of other computers.

Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of computers connected to each other by a computer coupling mechanism. Each computer includes a processor, memory, I/O device, disk control mechanism, computer coupling network adapter, disk requirement processing section connected to a system bus, and a disk connected to a disk control mechanism. The disk requirement processing section controls the disk, in response to a processing requirement for the disk from one of the processors of the other computers, based on structural definition information. The structural definition information describes a structure of the computer system. The computer system may be a loosely-coupled computer system.

Abstract: A distributed shared memory management system for a distributed shared memory computer system having a plurality of computers interconnected by a network, each computer having an independent address space and logically sharing data physically distributed to a storage of each computer. Each computer running a program for reading/changing the shared data includes a coherence control designation command for designating to enter a mutual exclusion state in which two or more computers cannot change the logically single shared data, a coherence control release command for designating a release of the mutual exclusion state, and a coherence control execution command for reflecting the contents of the shared data changed between the coherence control designation command and the coherence control release command, upon the logically single shared data in another computer.