Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter supporting an SCR catalyst, the present invention is intended to suppress HC and CO from being discharged to the outside at the time of the execution of filter regeneration processing, and to carry out the filter regeneration processing in an efficient manner. In the present invention, a post-catalyst having an oxidation function is arranged in an exhaust passage at the downstream side of the filter. Then, when the temperature of the post-catalyst is lower than a predetermined activation temperature at the time the execution of the filter regeneration processing is requested, the temperature of the post-catalyst is raised by carrying out control of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and control increasing the flow rate of the exhaust gas, before the execution of the filter regeneration processing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to appropriately remove, from an exhaust gas, HC, CO, and ammonia flowing out from a filter (SCRF) on which an SCR catalyst is carried. In the present invention, a post-catalyst 8 is provided for an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine on a downstream side from SCRF along with a flow of the exhaust gas. The post-catalyst 8 is constructed to include an adsorption reduction part 81c which adsorbs ammonia and which reduces NOx by using ammonia as a reducing agent, a first oxidation part 81b which oxidizes ammonia, and a second oxidation part 82 which oxidizes HO and CO.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress HC, CO, and NOx from being discharged to the outside when a filter regeneration process is executed in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine provided with a filter including an SCR catalyst carried thereon. In the present invention, a post-catalyst is provided for an exhaust gas passage disposed on a downstream side from the filter. The post-catalyst has an oxidizing function, and the post-catalyst has such a function that the production of N2 based on the oxidation of ammonia is facilitated in a predetermined first temperature area. Further, when the filter regeneration process is executed, the temperature of the post-catalyst is adjusted to be in the first temperature area while adjusting the temperature of the filter to be in a predetermined second temperature area lower than a filter regeneration temperature during a certain period of time.

Abstract: To estimate an amount of reducing agent adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst with a higher degree of precision while maintaining a condition in which NOx can be purified by the selective reduction type NOx catalyst, the present invention includes: an upper limit value calculation unit that calculates an upper limit value of a reducing agent amount that is adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst when the reducing agent is supplied continuously during a steady state operation in an internal combust ion engine; and an estimation unit that estimates an upper limit value calculated by the upper limit value calculation unit when the reducing agent is supplied for at least a predetermined time during the steady state operation in the internal combustion engine to be the reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst at that time.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique with which an amount of reducing agent adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine can be controlled to a target adsorption amount. In an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention, when a reducing agent adsorption amount adsorbed on a selective reduction type NOx catalyst is held at a target adsorption amount, a reducing agent supply amount supplied from a supply apparatus per unit time is controlled to an amount obtained by adding a predetermined amount to a reduction consumption amount, which is an amount of reducing agent consumed per unit time by the selective reduction type NOx catalyst for NOx reduction.

Abstract: To estimate an amount of reducing agent adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst with a higher degree of precision, an amount of variation over a predetermined time in a reducing agent amount adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst is calculated from an upper limit value of a reducing agent amount that is adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst when the reducing agent is supplied continuously by a supply unit, which is calculated on the basis of a temperature of the selective reduction type NOx catalyst, and the reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst, whereupon a reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst following the elapse of the predetermined time is estimated by adding the variation amount to the reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic transmission shifter which comprises a shifter body, and a shift lever. The shifter body comprises a housing having a gate, and a lever contact noise-preventing element. The shift lever comprises a lever shaft and a locking piece. The lever contact noise-preventing element comprises a shaft contact noise-preventing portion configured to prevent contact noise between the lever shaft penetrating the gate and the shifter body, and a locking piece contact noise-preventing portion integrally formed with the shaft contact noise-preventing portion and configured to prevent contact noise between the locking piece and the shifter body. The housing and the lever contact noise-preventing element are formed by a double molding process.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic transmission shifter which comprises: a shifter body; a shift lever; a control switch unit for controlling the shift lever; and a switch-unit holding member holding the control switch unit. The switch-unit holding member is attached to the shifter body. The control switch unit has a shifter body-based positioning portion configured to be positioned with respect to the shifter body during an operation of attaching the switch-unit holding member to the shifter body.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic transmission shifter which comprises an automatic transmission-manipulating member coupled to an automatic transmission, and a shift lever having a manipulating member-coupling portion. The automatic transmission-manipulating member comprises a receiving section movably receiving therein the manipulating member-coupling portion. The receiving section has a peripheral wall formed to surround the manipulating member-coupling portion around the entire circumference thereof, wherein an inner periphery of the peripheral wall comprises a lever-coupling portion configured to be coupled and decoupled with respect to the manipulating member-coupling portion.

Abstract: A charging and billing system, which can be installed in a space-saving manner and at low cost when installed in a parking lot where multiple electric vehicles park, is provided. The charging and billing system has: multiple charging devices that performed charging by supplying electricity; a vending machine, which is separate to the charging devices, and which performs billing according to the amount of electricity supplied during charging; and a transmission line that connects the charging devices to the vending machine so as to enable information to the transmitted.

Abstract: This invention provides a safety fence which can easily be installed in parking spaces, and which enables wiring to be laid to each parking space by housing the wiring on the inside. The safety fence has two legs and a cylindrical section. The two legs are inserted in two holes formed in the ground in the width direction of a vehicle. The cylindrical section is formed in a substantially upside-down U-shape, the two ends of which are connected to the two legs. The cylindrical section houses the wiring on the inside. Two openings that expose the wiring to the outside are formed on both sides of the cylindrical section in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: To generate an image that enables effective suppression of the occurrence of binocular rivalry and that facilitates stereoscopic vision. A left-eye image feature point extraction unit (13b) and a right-eye image feature point extraction unit (13d) extract feature points from a left-eye image and a right-eye image, respectively. A number-of-non-corresponding-points calculation unit (13g) calculates, in a case where the feature points in one image among the left-eye image and the right-eye image, which are extracted by a left-eye image feature point extraction unit (13b) and a right-eye image feature point extraction unit (13d), are shifted a certain distance in the horizontal direction, the number of feature points in the one image that do not correspond to the feature points in the other image, for each shift distance. A disparity value adjustment unit (13h) adjusts a disparity value between the left-eye image and the right-eye image in accordance with the number calculated for each shift distance.

Abstract: There is generated an image where a guide image that represents a position in real space of a display unit configured to display a stereoscopic image and serves as a reference of depth in the stereoscopic image is overlapped on the stereoscopic image, thereby generating a stereoscopic image where a viewer can readily recognize a forward/backward position of an object within the stereoscopic image.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image generation device that generates a stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image is provided. The stereoscopic image generation device includes an image enlarging/reducing unit that enlarges or reduces the right-eye image and the left-eye image which constitute stereoscopic image data, and a display control unit that performs control to display a stereoscopic image by showing the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the stereoscopic image data for a right eye and a left eye, respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a p-type field effect transistor and an n-type field effect transistor includes the steps of: forming an interface insulating layer and a high-permittivity layer on a substrate in the stated order; forming a pattern of a sacrifice layer on the high-permittivity layer; forming a metal-containing film containing metal elements therein on the high-permittivity layer in a first region where the sacrifice layer is formed and a second region where no sacrifice layer is formed; introducing the metal elements into an interface between the interface insulating layer and the high-permittivity layer in the second region by conducting a heat treatment; and removing the sacrifice layer by wet etching, wherein in the removing step, the sacrifice layer is etched easily more than the high-permittivity layer. With this configuration, the semiconductor device excellent in reliability is obtained.

Abstract: A permanent wave treatment apparatus comprises: a housing 3; a blower 1 which is installed within the housing to suck air and blow air; a steam separator 2 which is provided on the blower to remove water content from air sucked by suction force of the blower; an outlet hole formed in the housing through which air is spouted from the blower; hoods F mounted on the housing such that they are capable of being opened/closed freely; a plurality of rods R on which the hair of an object person is to be wound and in which air vent holes are formed; tubes 4 connected to the rods so as to keep the interior of the rods in a negative pressure by the suction force of the blower; and extraction member 5 which holds a plurality of the tubes such that they are capable of being extracted freely.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a p-type field effect transistor and an n-type field effect transistor includes the steps of: forming an interface insulating layer and a high-permittivity layer on a substrate in the stated order; forming a pattern of a sacrifice layer on the high-permittivity layer; forming a metal-containing film containing metal elements therein on the high-permittivity layer in a first region where the sacrifice layer is formed and a second region where no sacrifice layer is formed; introducing the metal elements into an interface between the interface insulating layer and the high-permittivity layer in the second region by conducting a heat treatment; and removing the sacrifice layer by wet etching, wherein in the removing step, the sacrifice layer is etched easily more than the high-permittivity layer. With this configuration, the semiconductor device excellent in reliability is obtained.

Abstract: A magnetic card reader apparatus includes a magnetic data reading unit configured to read magnetic data of a magnetic card, an insertion detecting unit configured to detect an insertion of the magnetic card, and an interval increase/decrease driving unit configured to increase/decrease an interval between the magnetic data reading unit and the magnetic card when the insertion detecting unit detects the insertion of the magnetic card.