Abstract: A power control system supplies electric power to a plurality of power consumption devices which are provided to an electric vehicle. This system includes: a high voltage battery which is an electric power supply source; a plurality of device controllers which are provided to the respective power consumption devices and which control operations of the respective power consumption devices; and an overall controller which overall controls the plurality of device controllers. At least one of the device controllers performs an electric power restriction that restricts a consumed electric power in a corresponding power consumption device so as to allow the consumed electric power in the corresponding power consumption device to fall within an electric power allocated by the overall controller while simultaneously maintaining an operation of the corresponding power consumption device stably.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus is mounted in a vehicle that is capable of unmanned travelling. The apparatus has a determining section and an output section. The determining section determines whether an occupant is in the vehicle and whether the vehicle is traveling. The output section performs an air-conditioning control including temperature adjusting using a radiator through heat exchange with air outside the vehicle. The output section performs the air-conditioning control when the vehicle is in an unmanned state and a travelling state, and refrains from performing the air-conditioning control when the vehicle is in the unmanned state and a stop state.

Abstract: A controller that controls an electric compressor, which is mounted to a vehicle and configures a two-stage compression refrigeration cycle device, has a deceleration section, an operation stop section, and a restart section. The deceleration section reduces a rotational speed of an electric motor by controlling an AC current which is output to the electric motor, when a two-stage compression mode, in which an intermediate-pressure refrigerant flows into the electric compressor from an intermediate-pressure port, is performed and an operation stop request to stop the electric compressor is made. The operation stop section stops the electric motor after the deceleration section reduces the rotational speed of the electric motor. The restart section restarts the electric compressor when the operation stop request is canceled after the operation stop section stops the electric compressor.

Abstract: A task-assistance control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image includes: a task-image acquisition circuit that acquires the task image; and a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the type of a tool detected in the task image and the movement of the tool.

Abstract: A planar lighting device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate and a reflecting member. The light guide plate has an incident surface that receives light output from a light source and an output surface that outputs the light received by the incident surface. The reflecting member faces an end surface opposite to the incident surface of the light guide plate and reflects light leaking from the end surface. A plurality of first prisms are formed on an opposite surface opposite to the output surface-of the light guide plate to be away from the output surface stepwise from the incident surface to the end surface.

Abstract: A drive device of a compressor, including an inverter circuit formed of a plurality of switching elements, a drive unit that switches the switching elements, a determination unit that, when the compression mechanism restarts, determines whether a pressure difference of the compression mechanism is equal to or above a predetermined value, a restart unit that sets a number of times that the switching elements are switched per unit time during an initial predetermined period when the compression mechanism begins to restart and controls the drive unit, where the restart unit sets the number of times that the switching elements are switched per unit time to be lower when the determination unit determines that the pressure difference is equal to or above the threshold as compared to when the determination unit determines that the pressure difference is less than the threshold.

Abstract: An inverter is disposed at a position on the upstream side relative to a compression mechanism along the flow of a refrigerant and the position cooled by the refrigerant. A motor is disposed at a position heated by the refrigerant compressed by the compression mechanism. A control device changes an upper limit value of a driving current supplied to the motor on the basis of at least one of first information relating to the temperature of the motor or second information relating to the temperature of the inverter.

Abstract: A culture information processing device includes: a feature value computing unit that computes growth feature values indicating features of growth characteristics of cells from data acquired in a particular first subculturing process selected from among a plurality of subculturing processes included in a culture period of the cells; a condition setting unit that sets culturing conditions of a second subculturing process one process after the first subculturing process; and an information computing unit that computes, on the basis of the growth feature values computed by the feature value computing unit and the culturing conditions set by the condition setting unit, characteristics-related information related to growth characteristics in the second subculturing process.

Abstract: A component sensor detects a fluid component with improved accuracy. The component sensor includes tube (3) including tube side (4) that permits inflow of fluid (2), substrate (5) provided to tube (3), first protrusion (6) provided at one end of substrate (5), second protrusion (7) provided at another end of substrate (5), light emitter (9) that emits infrared light (8) toward first protrusion (6), and light receiver (10) that receives infrared light (8). Infrared light (8) entering substrate (5) through first protrusion (6) experiences total reflection inside substrate (5) and exits through second protrusion (7) to head for light receiver (10). Tube side (4) includes two through holes (13) that each extend between an interior and an exterior of tube (3).

Abstract: An example of a game system includes an operation section, and a vibrating portion provided in the same casing as the operation section. The game system performs a game process based on an output from the operation section. The game system outputs, to the vibrating portion, a vibration signal to cause the vibrating portion to produce a series of vibrations at predetermined points in time during the game process. The game system evaluates a game operation based on operations performed using the operation section in relation to the predetermined points in time.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression portion discharging a high pressure refrigerant by compressing a low-pressure drawn refrigerant, an electric motor driving the compression portion with a rotation of a rotor, a motor drive circuit driving the electric motor, an intermediate pressure port through which an intermediate pressure refrigerant is introduced into the compression portion, and a controller performing a rotation control of the rotor. When the controller stops the electric motor in a two-step compression mode in which the intermediate pressure refrigerant is introduced into the compression portion, the controller stops the rotor rotating by performing short-circuit braking on the electric motor and then fixes a rotational position of the rotor at a predetermined rotational position by performing direct current excitation on the electric motor.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression portion that compresses and discharges a drawn fluid, and a motor of the compression portion. The electric compressor includes an actuator that includes multiple electronic components and drives the motor, a first casing that accommodates the actuator, and a second casing that accommodates the compression portion and the motor. The second casing includes a discharge passage in which a high-temperature fluid compressed by the compression portion flows. A limiting structure that limits the heat transfer from the fluid flowing in the discharge passage is provided between one of the electronic components and the discharge passage. The limiting structure includes a seat portion that defines a gap between a bottom surface of the one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage. According to the electric compressor, the heat transfer from the fluid to the electronic components can be limited.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control ECU is an air-conditioning control apparatus mounted in an automated driving vehicle, and includes an occupant determining section that determines whether an occupant is in the automated driving vehicle, and a window operation controlling section that executes a window operation air-conditioning control for performing cabin air-conditioning when a determination result of the occupant determining section indicates the automated driving vehicle is in an unmanned traveling state.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus for a vehicle capable of unmanned driving includes a determining section that is configured to determine whether an occupant is in the vehicle and an output section that is configured to execute an air-conditioning control based on a determination result by the determining section. The output section is configured to execute the air-conditioning control based on ride schedule information indicating a length of time until an occupant rides in the vehicle when the vehicle is determined to be in an unmanned state.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control apparatus is mounted in a vehicle that is capable of unmanned travelling. The apparatus has a determining section and an output section. The determining section determines whether an occupant is in the vehicle and whether the vehicle is traveling. The output section performs an air-conditioning control including temperature adjusting using a radiator through heat exchange with air outside the vehicle. The output section performs the air-conditioning control when the vehicle is in an unmanned state and a travelling state, and refrains from performing the air-conditioning control when the vehicle is in the unmanned state and a stop state.

Abstract: An air conditioning control device includes: a passenger determination unit that determines whether a passenger is in a self-driving vehicle; a travel determination unit that determines a traveling state of the self-driving vehicle; and a light blocking control unit that executes a light blocking air conditioning control for a vehicle cabin by operating a light blocking device to adjust solar radiation into the vehicle cabin from a window of the self-driving vehicle when the passenger determination unit and the travel determination unit determine that the self-driving vehicle is in an unmanned traveling condition.

Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted from at least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.

Abstract: A planar lighting device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate and a reflecting member. The light guide plate has an incident surface that receives light output from a light source and an output surface that outputs the light received by the incident surface. The reflecting member faces an end surface opposite to the incident surface of the light guide plate and reflects light leaking from the end surface. A plurality of first prisms are formed on an opposite surface opposite to the output surface-of the light guide plate to be away from the output surface stepwise from the incident surface to the end surface.

Abstract: A task-assistance control apparatus that assists an operator performing a task while viewing a captured task image includes: a task-image acquisition circuit that acquires the task image; and a task determination circuit that determines task details on the basis of the type of a tool detected in the task image and the movement of the tool.

Abstract: A battery includes a case, at least one of a first battery cell and a second battery cell disposed in the case, and a graphite sheet disposed at at least one of a position between the case and the first battery cell and a position between the first battery cell and the second battery cell. The graphite sheet has a terminal portion for taking out an electrical signal.