Abstract: A solar power generation fault diagnosis device includes one or more processors configured to perform the following: receiving signals indicating an electrical quantity output from a solar cell to acquire quantity information indicating the electrical quantity output from the solar cell; calculating a first quantity value relating to the electrical quantity based on the quantity information; implementing a low-pass filter unit so as to output a second quantity value from the first quantity value; determining a state of the solar cell based on a result of comparison between the first quantity value and the second quantity value; and outputting the determined state of the solar cell.

Abstract: A solar power generation fault diagnosis device includes one or more processors configured to perform the following: receiving signals indicating an electrical quantity output from a solar cell to acquire quantity information indicating the electrical quantity output from the solar cell; calculating a first quantity value relating to the electrical quantity based on the quantity information; implementing a low-pass filter unit so as to output a second quantity value from the first quantity value; determining a state of the solar cell based on a result of comparison between the first quantity value and the second quantity value; and outputting the determined state of the solar cell.

Abstract: A wireless connection device for establishing a connection path between a parent device and a child device through one more relay devices includes one or more processors that determines whether the signal strength between the child device and each of the relay devices is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; when the signal strength is determined to be greater than or equal to the first threshold value, selects, from among a plurality of possible communication paths for which the signal strength has been determined to be greater than or equal to the first threshold value, a communication path that minimizes a hop count; and, when the signal strength is less than the first threshold value for all of the plurality of possible communication paths, selects, from among the plurality of possible communication paths, a communication path that has the largest signal strength.

Abstract: In one aspect, a controller for driving a motor of the present invention includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a motor, and a regenerative control unit that instructs the driving control unit to start regeneration when a signal from a pedal rotation sensor that detects a rotation direction of the pedal indicates that the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the regenerative control unit controlling an amount of the regeneration in accordance with a backward rotation amount of the pedal while the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the backward rotation amount being obtained by the pedal rotation sensor.

Abstract: A communication configuration device installed in at least one of a plurality of communication terminals that are designed to be connected in a manner to establish a wireless network includes one or more processors receiving, through a network interface, setting information providing communication settings for all of the plurality of communication terminals; evaluating the second setting information; and if the setting information indicates that one or more of the settings of the communication terminal in which the communication configuration device is installed need to be changed, causing a corresponding setting in the original setting information stored in a storage unit to be replaced with an updated setting indicated in the setting information so that the updated setting is applied to said communication terminal.

Abstract: A motor driving control apparatus in embodiments includes: a first signal generator to generate a first signal representing any one rotation angle section of plural rotation angle sections according to a sensor signal that changes every predetermined rotation angle of a rotor; a measurement unit to measure a period of each of the rotation angle sections; a prediction unit to predict a period of a next rotation section based on one or plural measured rotation angle sections; a second signal generator to generate a second signal representing a relative rotation angle of the rotor in the next rotation angle section for each period obtained by dividing the predicted period by a predetermined number; and a third signal generator to generate a third signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the rotor based on the first and second signals.

Abstract: This motor driving control apparatus includes (A) a driving unit that drives a motor, and (B) a regeneration control unit that controls the driving unit so as to generate a regenerative 5 braking force in accordance with a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle speed and a pedal-rotation converted speed that is obtained from a pedal rotation.

Abstract: A wireless connection device for establishing a connection path between a parent device and a child device through one more relay devices includes one or more processors that determines whether the signal strength between the child device and each of the relay devices is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; when the signal strength is determined to be greater than or equal to the first threshold value, selects, from among a plurality of possible communication paths for which the signal strength has been determined to be greater than or equal to the first threshold value, a communication path that minimizes a hop count; and, when the signal strength is less than the first threshold value for all of the plurality of possible communication paths, selects, from among the plurality of possible communication paths, a communication path that has the largest signal strength.

Abstract: A communication configuration device installed in at least one of a plurality of communication terminals that are designed to be connected in a manner to establish a wireless network includes one or more processors receiving, through a network interface, setting information providing communication settings for all of the plurality of communication terminals; evaluating the second setting information; and if the setting information indicates that one or more of the settings of the communication terminal in which the communication configuration device is installed need to be changed, causing a corresponding setting in the original setting information stored in a storage unit to be replaced with an updated setting indicated in the setting information so that the updated setting is applied to said communication terminal.

Abstract: In one aspect, a controller for driving a motor of the present invention includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a motor, and a regenerative control unit that instructs the driving control unit to start regeneration when a signal from a pedal rotation sensor that detects a rotation direction of the pedal indicates that the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the regenerative control unit controlling an amount of the regeneration in accordance with a backward rotation amount of the pedal while the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the backward rotation amount being obtained by the pedal rotation sensor.

Abstract: In one aspect, a controller for driving a motor of the present invention includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a motor, and a regenerative control unit that instructs the driving control unit to start regeneration when a signal from a pedal rotation sensor that detects a rotation direction of a pedal indicates that the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the regenerative control unit controlling an amount of the regeneration in accordance with a rotation amount of the pedal while the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the rotation amount being obtained by the pedal rotation sensor.

Abstract: This motor driving control apparatus includes (A) a driving unit that drives a motor, and (B) a regeneration control unit that controls the driving unit so as to generate a regenerative braking force in accordance with a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle speed and a pedal-rotation converted speed that is obtained from a pedal rotation.

Abstract: This motor driving control apparatus includes (A) a driving unit that drives a motor, and (B) a regeneration control unit that controls the driving unit so as to generate a regenerative 5 braking force in accordance with a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle speed and a pedal-rotation converted speed that is obtained from a pedal rotation.

Abstract: A motor driving control apparatus in embodiments includes: a first signal generator to generate a first signal representing any one rotation angle section of plural rotation angle sections according to a sensor signal that changes every predetermined rotation angle of a rotor; a measurement unit to measure a period of each of the rotation angle sections; a prediction unit to predict a period of a next rotation section based on one or plural measured rotation angle sections; a second signal generator to generate a second signal representing a relative rotation angle of the rotor in the next rotation angle section for each period obtained by dividing the predicted period by a predetermined number; and a third signal generator to generate a third signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the rotor based on the first and second signals.

Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes a controller that generates a first signal for controlling turn-on to a brushless motor, a PWM signal generator that generates a PWM signal for driving the brushless motor by continuous turn-on with a sine wave, and an inverter that supplies a driving voltage generated based on the first signal and the PWM signal for the brushless motor. The controller generates the first signal so that a turn-on section represented by the first signal continuously increases from a reference turn-on angle according to increase of a rotation speed, and the turn-on section having an angle corresponding to the continuous turn-on is kept when the rotation speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed. The PWM signal generator outputs the PWM signal in a range including a rotation speed at which the turn-on section begins to increase from the reference turn-on angle and more.

Abstract: A regenerative brake device for a vehicle includes a manual brake configured to apply a brake to a wheel of the vehicle by a manual operation of a brake lever; a motor configured to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle, the motor being driven by a power from a battery, and also alternatively acting as a regenerative brake that charges the battery with an electromotive force of the motor; a brake sensor that detects a manual brake application point at which the manual brake is actuated from an operation amount of the brake lever; and a power control unit that performs regenerative power control for charging the battery with the electromotive force of the motor based on an output signal from the brake sensor so that the regenerative brake is generated in accordance with the operation amount of the brake lever.

Abstract: An appropriate motor control in accordance with a pedal operation of a driver is to be achieved. A motor drive control device according to the present invention is a motor drive control device for an electric power-assisted vehicle that has one-way clutches respectively provided for a motor drive system and for a pedal drive system. The motor drive control device according to the present invention includes: a first calculating part that calculates a pedal rotation conversion speed that is converted from a pedal rotation; and a second calculating part that calculates a second target torque for a motor based on the pedal rotation conversion speed, during a period in which a first target torque derived from a pedal torque is not detected.

Abstract: A motor driving control apparatus in embodiments has a controller configured to control driving of a motor, and an instruction unit configured to cause the controller to suppress the driving of the motor when detecting a phenomenon that a state in which fluctuation of a pedal input torque is within a predetermined range continues for a period for the predetermined number of pedal rotations or more. The suppression of the driving of the motor may include stop of the driving of the motor, and the pedal input torque may be a value corrected by an offset value. Furthermore, the motor driving control apparatus may be used by an electrically assisted vehicle.

Abstract: This motor driving control apparatus includes (A) a driving unit that drives a motor, and (B) a regeneration control unit that controls the driving unit so as to generate a regenerative braking force in accordance with a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle speed and a pedal-rotation converted speed that is obtained from a pedal rotation.

Abstract: In one aspect, a controller for driving a motor of the present invention includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a motor, and a regenerative control unit that instructs the driving control unit to start regeneration when a signal from a pedal rotation sensor that detects a rotation direction of a pedal indicates that the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the regenerative control unit controlling an amount of the regeneration in accordance with a rotation amount of the pedal while the rotation direction of the pedal is backwards, the rotation amount being obtained by the pedal rotation sensor.