Abstract: A removal determination device that accurately determines a removal of an exhaust gas purification device from an exhaust pipe. The removal determination device comprises: an input temperature sensor detecting a temperature at an upstream side of casing; an output temperature sensor detecting a temperature at a downstream side of the casing; an engine stop time collector measuring a time period from an inactivation of an engine to a startup of the engine; and a determiner determining a presence of the exhaust gas purifying device based on the input temperature and the output temperature, in a case that the time period is equal to or longer than a predetermined time.

Abstract: An anti-vibration optical device includes an objective lens group provided on one side of a housing, an eyepiece group provided on another side of the housing, an image blur corrector housed into the housing to be located between the objective lens group and the eyepiece group and including an erecting prism, a gimbal mechanism rotatably supporting the erecting prism and an actuator for rotating the erecting prism via the gimbal mechanism, a first angular velocity detection sensor configured to detect a first angular velocity, which is an angular velocity of the housing, a second angular velocity detection sensor configured to detect a second angular velocity, which is an angular velocity of the erecting prism, and a controller configured to control the actuator on the basis of the first angular velocity and the second angular velocity.

Abstract: An anti-vibration optical device includes an objective lens group provided on one side of a housing, an eyepiece group provided on another side of the housing, an image blur corrector housed into the housing to be located between the objective lens group and the eyepiece group and including an erecting prism, a gimbal mechanism rotatably supporting the erecting prism and an actuator for rotating the erecting prism via the gimbal mechanism, a first angular velocity detection sensor configured to detect a first angular velocity, which is an angular velocity of the housing, a second angular velocity detection sensor configured to detect a second angular velocity, which is an angular velocity of the erecting prism, and a controller configured to control the actuator on the basis of the first angular velocity and the second angular velocity.

Abstract: An optical observation device for observing a target located at a distant observation sight that comprises an observation telescope and an infrared sighting device. The infrared sighting device eventually provides a visual target image as a sighting marker from a thermal infrared image of the observation sight. The sighting marker and the observation sight are simultaneously viewed in the field of view of the observation telescope so as to enable training of the observation telescope on a part of the observation sight where the target is located.

Abstract: The vehicle is a hybrid vehicle capable of traveling using motive power of at least one of an engine and a motor generator. The vehicle includes: a fuel pump; an injection valve injecting fuel supplied from the fuel pump to the engine; a fuel pressure sensor detecting a supply pressure of the fuel generated by the fuel pump; and an engine ECU. The engine ECU performs a fuel pressure increasing process of increasing the supply pressure of the fuel generated by the fuel pump, and conducts a fault diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor based on a value detected by the fuel pressure sensor during the fuel pressure increasing process. The engine ECU conducts the fault diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor in a case where the engine is being stopped and a vehicle speed is higher than a threshold value.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine having a particulate matter removing filter configured to remove particulate matters in an exhaust system, when an increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is requested in order to regenerate the particulate matter removing filter, dither control is executed to execute control such that an air-fuel ratio of the engine is repeated between a rich state and a lean state. Then, when the dither control is executed, control is executed such that the engine is operated at an operation point where the increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is promoted among operation points where power output from the engine is retainable.

Abstract: An optical observation device for observing a target located at a distant observation sight that comprises an observation telescope and an infrared sighting device. The infrared sighting device eventually provides a visual target image as a sighting marker from a thermal infrared image of the observation sight. The sighting marker and the observation sight are simultaneously viewed in the field of view of the observation telescope so as to enable training of the observation telescope on a part of the observation sight where the target is located.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine having a particulate matter removing filter configured to remove particulate matters in an exhaust system, when an increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is requested in order to regenerate the particulate matter removing filter, dither control is executed to execute control such that an air-fuel ratio of the engine is repeated between a rich state and a lean state. Then, when the dither control is executed, control is executed such that the engine is operated at an operation point where the increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is promoted among operation points where power output from the engine is retainable.

Abstract: A grille shutter is a device configured to adjust a temperature of coolant water of an engine by adjusting an amount of outside air introduced into a radiator of the engine. An ECU performs a failure diagnosis for the engine based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine. When the grille shutter is immovable in an opened state of the grille shutter regardless of an operating command to the grille shutter, the ECU renders the failure diagnosis process for the thermostat valve not to be executed. As a result, an incorrect operation of various controls executed based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine can be suppressed.

Abstract: In a vehicle provided with an engine, an EGR cooler for cooling EGR gas recirculated from an exhaust channel of the engine to an intake channel thereof by using a coolant, an electric pump for supplying the coolant to the EGR cooler, and a gas temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the EGR gas temperature at the downstream of the EGR cooler, an ECU acquires a first gas temperature in a normally stable state where the electric pump is rotating, thereafter performs a coolant amount suppressing process to suppress the rotational speed of the electric pump, acquires a second gas temperature in a suppressed stable state after a predefined time has elapsed from the start of the coolant amount suppressing process, and determines that the EGR cooler is abnormal if a difference between the first gas temperature and the second gas temperature is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve and a feed pump that pressurizes the fuel. An engine ECU performs a stuck abnormality diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor based on detection values of the fuel pressure sensor in first processing and second processing. The first processing includes setting a target pressure of the fuel in the storage section to a first pressure, and detecting a pressure of the fuel with the fuel pressure sensor. The second processing includes setting the target pressure of the fuel in a low-pressure delivery pipe to a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and detecting a pressure of the fuel. The engine ECU causes the first processing to be performed in response to a start signal that starts an internal combustion engine, and causes the second processing to be performed subsequent to the first processing.

Abstract: In a vehicle provided with an engine, an EGR cooler for cooling EGR gas recirculated from an exhaust channel of the engine to an intake channel thereof by using a coolant, an electric pump for supplying the coolant to the EGR cooler, and a gas temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the EGR gas temperature at the downstream of the EGR cooler, an ECU acquires a first gas temperature in a normally stable state where the electric pump is rotating, thereafter performs a coolant amount suppressing process to suppress the rotational speed of the electric pump, acquires a second gas temperature in a suppressed stable state after a predefined time has elapsed from the start of the coolant amount suppressing process, and determines that the EGR cooler is abnormal if a difference between the first gas temperature and the second gas temperature is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: The vehicle is a hybrid vehicle capable of traveling using motive power of at least one of an engine and a motor generator. The vehicle includes: a fuel pump; an injection valve injecting fuel supplied from the fuel pump to the engine; a fuel pressure sensor detecting a supply pressure of the fuel generated by the fuel pump; and an engine ECU. The engine ECU performs a fuel pressure increasing process of increasing the supply pressure of the fuel generated by the fuel pump, and conducts a fault diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor based on a value detected by the fuel pressure sensor during the fuel pressure increasing process. The engine ECU conducts the fault diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor in a case where the engine is being stopped and a vehicle speed is higher than a threshold value.

Abstract: An image stabilizing device and system for a binocular telescope having a pair of telescopic optical systems each comprising an objective lens, a gimbal mounted erecting prism and an eyepiece lens which is capable of compensating for deterioration in quality of an observed image due to user hand shake or other external vibrations.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a port injection valve injecting fuel supplied from a feed pump to engine, and a low-pressure fuel pressure sensor detecting fuel pressure P generated by the feed pump. When a fault diagnosis of the low-pressure fuel pressure sensor is to be conducted, an engine ECU increases fuel pressure P to a diagnosis pressure P2 higher than a normal control pressure P1. Based on whether the output of the low-pressure fuel pressure sensor at this time is a value representing diagnosis pressure P2, the engine ECU determines whether the low-pressure fuel pressure sensor has a fault. In the case where the increase of fuel pressure P to diagnosis pressure P2 has caused excessive fuel (rich air-fuel ratio), the engine ECU changes the engine operating point so that the rotational speed of the engine is decreased while keeping the engine output in order to increase the load ratio.

Abstract: An optical image stabilizer for a telescopic instrument having an objective lens, an erect prism, and an eyepiece lens arranged in this order which is capable of compensating for image deteriorations of an observed image due to external vibrations. The optical image stabilizer has a gimbal device mounted on a telescope housing, an external gimbal frame rotatably mounted on the gimbal casing, and an internal gimbal frame with the erect prism fixed thereto. Voice coil motors are provided for rotating the external and the internal gimbal frames. One of the voice coil motors has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on either one of the external and the internal gimbal frames oppositely to the coil. The remaining voice coil motor has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on the other gimbal frame oppositely to the coil.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a port injection valve and a feed pump that pressurizes the fuel. An engine ECU performs a stuck abnormality diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor based on detection values of the fuel pressure sensor in first processing and second processing. The first processing includes setting a target pressure of the fuel in the storage section to a first pressure, and detecting a pressure of the fuel with the fuel pressure sensor. The second processing includes setting the target pressure of the fuel in a low-pressure delivery pipe to a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and detecting a pressure of the fuel. The engine ECU causes the first processing to be performed in response to a start signal that starts an internal combustion engine, and causes the second processing to be performed subsequent to the first processing.

Abstract: An image stabilizing device and system for a binocular telescope having a pair of telescopic optical systems each comprising an objective lens, a gimbal mounted erecting prism and an eyepiece lens which is capable of compensating for deterioration in quality of an observed image due to user hand shake or other external vibrations.

Abstract: A grille shutter is a device configured to adjust a temperature of coolant water of an engine by adjusting an amount of outside air introduced into a radiator of the engine. An ECU performs a failure diagnosis for the engine based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine. When the grille shutter is immovable in an opened state of the grille shutter regardless of an operating command to the grille shutter, the ECU renders the failure diagnosis process for the thermostat valve not to be executed. As a result, an incorrect operation of various controls executed based on a temperature of coolant water of the engine can be suppressed.

Abstract: An optical image stabilizer for a telescopic instrument having an objective lens, an erect prism, and an eyepiece lens arranged in this order which is capable of compensating for image deteriorations of an observed image due to external vibrations. The optical image stabilizer has a gimbal device mounted on a telescope housing, an external gimbal frame rotatably mounted on the gimbal casing, and an internal gimbal frame with the erect prism fixed thereto. Voice coil motors are provided for rotating the external and the internal gimbal frames. One of the voice coil motors has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on either one of the external and the internal gimbal frames oppositely to the coil. The remaining voice coil motor has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on the other gimbal frame oppositely to the coil.