Abstract: In an inspection apparatus for inspecting an inspection target device formed on an inspection object, the inspection target device is a back-illuminated imaging device into which light is incident from a rear surface opposite to a side of a wiring layer. The inspection apparatus includes a stage having the inspection object placed such that the inspection object faces the rear surface. The stage includes a light transmitter made of a light-transmissive material. The inspection object is placed on the light transmitter below which a light illuminator is disposed. The light illuminator includes a flat light guide plate having a facing surface facing the inspection object. A light source is provided laterally outside the light guide plate configured to diffuse light emitted from the light source incident from a side end surface of the light guide plate, and to emit the light as planar light from the facing surface.

Abstract: This inspection apparatus is for inspecting an inspection subject device. The inspection subject device is formed on an object to be inspected, and is a reverse-side irradiation-type imaging device into which light enters from the reverse side opposite to the side where a wiring layer is provided. This inspection apparatus has: a placement table having a transparent surface on which the object to be inspected is placed; a light irradiation mechanism that is provided in the placement table and that irradiates the to-be-inspected object placed on the placement table with light through the placement surface; and an acquisition unit that acquires in-plane distribution of illuminance of light from the placement table.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus to be applied to a hybrid vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission, a clutch mechanism, and a travel processor. The continuously variable transmission is coupled to an engine and a first motor via an input passage, and coupled to drive wheels via an output passage. The clutch mechanism is provided on the output passage. When the travel mode is switched from a first mode in which the clutch mechanism is engaged to the second mode in which the clutch mechanism is released, the travel processor releases the clutch mechanism and stops the continuously variable transmission while maintaining a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission. When the travel mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, the travel processor synchronizes rotation speeds of input-side and output-side portions of the clutch mechanism by controlling the continuously variable transmission, and engages the clutch mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle control system to be mounted in a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a center differential that includes a front-wheel-side output portion and a rear-wheel-side output portion and distributes torque outputted from the engine to a front wheel and a rear wheel, a limited slip differential mechanism that limits a differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion, and a motor disposed in a drive-power transferring system that transfers drive power from the rear-wheel-side output portion to the rear wheel. The vehicle control system includes a processor. When the hybrid electric vehicle is switched from a first traveling mode to a second traveling mode, the processor stops the engine while causing the limited slip differential mechanism to limit the differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus to be applied to a hybrid vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission, a clutch mechanism, and a travel processor. The continuously variable transmission is coupled to an engine and a first motor via an input passage, and coupled to drive wheels via an output passage. The clutch mechanism is provided on the output passage. When the travel mode is switched from a first mode in which the clutch mechanism is engaged to the second mode in which the clutch mechanism is released, the travel processor releases the clutch mechanism and stops the continuously variable transmission while maintaining a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission. When the travel mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, the travel processor synchronizes rotation speeds of input-side and output-side portions of the clutch mechanism by controlling the continuously variable transmission, and engages the clutch mechanism.

Abstract: A speed reducer capable of reliably reducing and changing speed while suppressing heat generation and abrasion includes: a plurality of gears rotatably supported on an output shaft; a shifter engageable with an engagement gear selected from the plurality of gears to couple the engagement gear to the output shaft; and a plurality of bushes disposed in an annular groove formed in the shifter to move the shifter to the engagement gear and thereby engage the shifter with the engagement gear; and a bush support supporting the plurality of bushes so as to allow them to swing individually.

Abstract: A vehicle control system to be mounted in a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a center differential that includes a front-wheel-side output portion and a rear-wheel-side output portion and distributes torque outputted from the engine to a front wheel and a rear wheel, a limited slip differential mechanism that limits a differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion, and a motor disposed in a drive-power transferring system that transfers drive power from the rear-wheel-side output portion to the rear wheel. The vehicle control system includes a processor. When the hybrid electric vehicle is switched from a first traveling mode to a second traveling mode, the processor stops the engine while causing the limited slip differential mechanism to limit the differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion.

Abstract: Provided is a speed-switchable reduction gear including: an input shaft; an output shaft; a plurality of output-side geared-wheels mounted on the output shaft; a shifter for selecting the output-side geared-wheel to be used; a shifter-side first bearing and a non-shifter-side second bearing provided to each the output-side geared-wheel; and a plurality of dividing walls each provided in each cell between the first and second bearings. The output shaft has an axial lubricating-oil flow path and a plurality of supply flow paths. Each dividing wall divides each cell into a first cell adjacent to the first bearing and a second cell adjacent to the second bearing and allows lubricating oil to be supplied from the supply flow paths into the first and second cells so as to make pressure of lubricating oil in the first cell higher than that in the second cell.

Abstract: A speed reducer capable of reliably reducing and changing speed while suppressing heat generation and abrasion includes: a plurality of gears rotatably supported on an output shaft; a shifter engageable with an engagement gear selected from the plurality of gears to couple the engagement gear to the output shaft; and a plurality of bushes disposed in an annular groove formed in the shifter to move the shifter to the engagement gear and thereby engage the shifter with the engagement gear; and a bush support supporting the plurality of bushes so as to allow them to swing individually.

Abstract: Provided is a speed-switchable reduction gear including: an input shaft; an output shaft; a plurality of output-side geared-wheels mounted on the output shaft; a shifter for selecting the output-side geared-wheel to be used; a shifter-side first bearing and a non-shifter-side second bearing provided to each the output-side geared-wheel; and a plurality of dividing walls each provided in each cell between the first and second bearings. The output shaft has an axial lubricating-oil flow path and a plurality of supply flow paths. Each dividing wall divides each cell into a first cell adjacent to the first bearing and a second cell adjacent to the second bearing and allows lubricating oil to be supplied from the supply flow paths into the first and second cells so as to make pressure of lubricating oil in the first cell higher than that in the second cell.

Abstract: An injector drive device supplies driving electric power to injectors injecting fuel to cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The cylinders are grouped into multiple groups including at least a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group. The injector drive device includes: a booster circuit that boosts voltage of electric power supplied from an external power source; a first and second capacitors that accumulates electric power to be supplied to the injectors of the first cylinder group and the second cylinder group respectively; switch elements that selectively supply the output of the booster circuit to the capacitors; and a controller that, in the case where a charging amounts of the capacitors both are below a predetermined value, switches the switch elements to supply the output of the booster circuit preferentially to the capacitor that has a shorter period until a next planned fuel discharge start.

Abstract: An injector drive device supplies driving electric power to injectors injecting fuel to cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The cylinders are grouped into multiple groups including at least a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group. The injector drive device includes: a booster circuit that boosts voltage of electric power supplied from an external power source; a first and second capacitors that accumulates electric power to be supplied to the injectors of the first cylinder group and the second cylinder group respectively; switch elements that selectively supply the output of the booster circuit to the capacitors; and a controller that, in the case where a charging amounts of the capacitors both are below a predetermined value, switches the switch elements to supply the output of the booster circuit preferentially to the capacitor that has a shorter period until a next planned fuel discharge start.

Abstract: A multi-hop wireless communication system which synchronizes a time signal generated by a timer device included in each of the wireless terminals and sets a different active timing to a wireless terminal connected to each of a plurality of multi-hop routes. The wireless terminal monitors the time signal of the timer device included in the wireless terminal and activates wireless communication of the wireless terminal when it is detected that the time signal matches an active timing set in the wireless terminal.

Abstract: A handover method is to provided by which a station can move between access points with interruption in communication minimized. An access point assigns mobile stations existing in its own wireless network to identification codes, different from station to station, to thereby carry out association, and thereafter transmits beacon frames each containing a different identification code to the mobile stations. The identification codes are allocated beforehand specifically to each of the access points included in the wireless LAN. When the station is handed over to an adjacent access point, the adjacent access point transmits beacon frames containing the corresponding identification code to that station. Thus, the station is able to continue communication without recognizing the transfer from one wireless network to another.

Abstract: A multi-hop wireless communication system which synchronizes a time signal generated by a timer device included in each of the wireless terminals and sets a different active timing to a wireless terminal connected to each of a plurality of multi-hop routes. The wireless terminal monitors the time signal of the timer device included in the wireless terminal and activates wireless communication of the wireless terminal when it is detected that the time signal matches an active timing set in the wireless terminal.

Abstract: A wireless terminal device and a wireless base station device can reduce power consumption required to transmit or receive data in a wireless manner. A frame sent from a wireless LAN terminal station, transfer source, is sent to another wireless LAN terminal station, transfer destination, on a transfer route indicated by routing information stored in a memory to establish a multi-hop communication with a wireless LAN base station.

Abstract: An SDH transmission apparatus including a low-speed part, a high-speed part, and a cross-connect part is disclosed. The low speed part includes a first signal transmission part and a second signal transmission part, each signal transmission part including an active transmission part and a standby transmission part. In the SDH transmission apparatus, an active transmission part of the first signal transmission part transmits a signal to a first transmission line via the high-speed part, an active transmission part of the second signal transmission part transmits a signal to a second transmission line via the high-speed part, and a standby transmission part of the first signal transmission part sends a part of signals supplied to the first signal transmission part to the second transmission line via the high-speed part when a traffic amount of the signals supplied to the first signal transmission part exceed a predetermined value.

Abstract: A multicarrier wireless communication system is capable of switching the modulation scheme used by each carrier during communication. This communication system includes error detectors for detecting error bits separately for respective carriers by comparing the data block of each carrier before and after correction. The modulation scheme used by a particular carrier is switched to an appropriate modulation scheme, when the S/N ratio of the particular carrier is deteriorated or improved, on the basis of the information about the corrected error bits.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus coordinates communication among a set of mobile stations by giving the mobile stations permission to transmit packets. The mobile stations divide comparatively long packets into shorter fragment packets. When the wireless communication apparatus receives a fragment packet with an indication that the station that transmitted the fragment packet has another fragment packet to transmit, the wireless communication apparatus gives the mobile station permission to transmit the next packet. The mobile station can accordingly transmit its fragment packets in continuous succession, avoiding a defragmentation timeout at the receiving end.

Abstract: A communication apparatus installed in the trains and that in a complex station building, a station or a maintenance factory communication through feeders, trolley wires or third rails can communicate each other. The present invention can realize a low cost vehicle-facility intra communication system that provides various information services available in the train.