Abstract: A vehicle drive apparatus independently controls drive forces for a front-right drive wheel, a front-left drive wheel, a rear-right drive wheel, and a rear-left drive wheel using a front-right electric motor, a front-left electric motor, a rear-right electric motor, and a rear-left electric motor, respectively. The drive forces for the drive wheels of a vehicle incorporating the vehicle drive apparatus are determined based on the target moments in the yaw and roll directions of the vehicle, the total drive for the drive wheels, and the drive reaction forces at the drive wheels. Thus, the performance desired by the driver can be achieved, and the drivability therefore improves accordingly.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve a braking-driving force and a yaw moment required for a vehicle to a possible extent within a range of braking-driving forces which the front and rear wheels can generate, when a target braking-driving force and a target yaw moment of the vehicle cannot be achieved by means of braking-driving forces that can be generated by the individual wheels. A target braking-driving force Fvn and a target yaw moment Mvn of the entire vehicle are calculated, and when the target braking-driving force Fvn and the target yaw moment Mvn cannot be achieved by means of the braking-driving forces of the front wheels, a target braking-driving force Fvft and a target yaw moment Mvft of the front wheels are adjusted such that the magnitudes of the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle produced by means of the braking-driving forces of the front wheels become the maximum at a ratio between Fvn and Mvn.

Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus according to the present invention, a vehicle target braking/driving force Fvn and a vehicle target yaw moment Mvn through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated (Step 20), and when the target braking/driving force Fvn and the target yaw moment Mvn cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels (Step 40), it is determined which one of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment should take priority on the basis of the target braking/driving force Fvn and the target yaw moment Mvn. When it is determined that the braking/driving force should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target braking/driving force Fvn as much as possible, and when it is determined that the yaw moment should take priority, the braking/driving forces of the wheels are controlled so as to attain the target yaw moment Mvn as much as possible (Steps 60 to 220).

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved through a control of a braking/driving forces of wheels, in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment, a polygon indicating the maximum range of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels, and an ellipse that crosses each side of the polygon and has a major axis and a minor axis aligning with the coordinate axis of the rectangular coordinate are set, for example.

Abstract: When either one of a vehicle target braking/driving force and a target yaw moment cannot be achieved by a braking/driving forces of wheels, a distribution ratio is calculated to be a small value as a value indicating an acceleration or deceleration operation by a driver increases, and to be a great value as a value indicating a steering operation by a driver increases, for example. A straight line closest to a point of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment is specified, among sides of a quadrangle or hexagon indicating a range of the braking/driving force and yaw moment attainable by the braking/driving forces of the wheels in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the vehicle yaw moment.

Abstract: In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be achieved through the control of the braking/driving forces of the wheels, the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification are calculated such that, within the range where the ratio of the vehicle target braking/driving force after the modification and the vehicle target yaw moment after the modification coincides with the ratio of the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment, the vehicle braking/driving force and the vehicle yaw moment by the target braking/driving forces of the wheels take the greatest values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the concentration of a particular component in a blood sample containing blood cells based on a variable correlated with the concentration of the particular component. In the present invention, a concentration (S) in blood plasma obtained by removing blood cell components from the blood sample, a concentration (DI) in the blood sample computed by a differential method and a concentration (EP) in the blood sample computed by an equilibrium point method are expressed by a relational expression which is unrelated to the proportion of the blood cell components in the blood sample, and the concentration of the particular component is computed by using the relational expression.

Abstract: Local groups LG formed of players belonging to the same team are generated in store units. The local groups LG of each team are combined to generate groups G of each team (group Ga of team A and group Gb of team B). The groups G of which the number of players is the same and which belong to different teams are matched as opposite groups.

Abstract: A personalized product producing system enables customers to order a personalized product, such as a name card, a stamp, or a sticker/label, inexpensively and conveniently. Customers operate their own cellular phones to send personalized information to be engraved in a stamp or printed on a name card or sticker/label in the form of e-mail to a host computer. The host computer edits the information and sends personalized product producing data to a stamp personalized product producing device. The personalized product producing device produces a personalized product based on the received data.

Abstract: In a storage switch to control a snapshot operation in the file unit, the delay in the writing operation of a host due to a data saving operation is prevented. In a snapshot acquiring method, the memory usage in a switch is reduced to create a snapshot. The storage switch includes a function to create a snapshot of a file. To prevent occurrence of delay due to the data saving operation, a mirror of source data as a snapshot target is kept in a source volume in any situation or according to a predetermined condition with synchronization established between the mirror and the source data. In the creation of the snapshot, the mirror data is used. By creating the mirror data in sequential positions in the source volume, the positional correspondence between the source side and the snapshot side is simplified.

Abstract: When a snapshot of data is taken, it is after a write request comes from the host equipment that old data on the source-side magnetic disk to the snapshot-side magnetic disk; therefore, it takes a long time before new data is actually written in the source-side magnetic disk. To overcome this problem, by analyzing data update information, and from a result of analysis, by deciding an area that has high possibility of receiving a request to write data, and having data of that area previously copied to the snapshot-side magnetic disk, it is possible to take a snapshot very quickly.

Abstract: An RFID-tag fabricating apparatus for fabricating an RFID tag provided with an IC circuit, including a substrate-accommodating device for accommodating a first substrate in the form of a tape having a printable surface and a second substrate in the form of a tape to be bonded to the first substrate, a printing device operable to form a predetermined printed indicium on the printable surface of the first substrate, a tag-tape forming device operable to form a tag tape, by bonding together the first and second substrates such that a plurality of IC circuit portions are interposed between the first and second substrates, a tag-tape cutting device operable to cut the tag tape formed by the tag-tape forming device, and a tag-tape cutting control portion operable to change a length of a segment of the tag tape to be obtained as the RFID tag by cutting of the tag tape by the tag-tape cutting device, on the basis of a length of the printed indicium formed on the first substrate, and such that the segment includes at

Abstract: When a snapshot of data is taken, it is after a write request comes from the host equipment that old data on the source-side magnetic disk to the snapshot-side magnetic disk; therefore, it takes a long time before new data is actually written in the source-side magnetic disk. To overcome this problem, by analyzing data update information, and from a result of analysis, by deciding an area that has high possibility of receiving a request to write data, and having data of that area previously copied to the snapshot-side magnetic disk, it is possible to take a snapshot very quickly.

Abstract: A sheet package 9 in accordance with the present invention includes sheets 7 as print mediums for a printer and a package member 8 surrounding the sheets 7 which have been stacked up. The sheet package 9 is configured so that the sheets 7 can be set in the printer together with the package member 8 exposing part of the sheets 7. The package member 8 is integrally provided with a flap part 44 which can expose part of the sheets 7 by being opened when the sheet package 9 is set in the printer and cover the exposed part of the sheets 7 by being closed when the sheet package 9 is not used.

Abstract: In a storage switch to control a snapshot operation in the file unit, the delay in the writing operation of a host due to a data saving operation is prevented. In a snapshot acquiring method, the memory usage in a switch is reduced to create a snapshot. The storage switch includes a function to create a snapshot of a file. To prevent occurrence of delay due to the data saving operation, a mirror of source data as a snapshot target is kept in a source volume in any situation or according to a predetermined condition with synchronization established between the mirror and the source data. In the creation of the snapshot, the mirror data is used. By creating the mirror data in sequential positions in the source volume, the positional correspondence between the source side and the snapshot side is simplified.

Abstract: When a snapshot of data is taken, it is after a write request comes from the host equipment that old data on the source-side magnetic disk to the snapshot-side magnetic disk; therefore, it takes a long time before new data is actually written in the source-side magnetic disk. To overcome this problem, by analyzing data update information, and from a result of analysis, by deciding an area that has high possibility of receiving a request to write data, and having data of that area previously copied to the snapshot-side magnetic disk, it is possible to take a snapshot very quickly.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, without employing cement-based solidifying materials, a method for forming an underground impermeable wall having a strength equivalent to the ground, easily with low cost by retarding the viscosity increase of clay mineral such as bentonite and kibushi clay which is in a powdery or granular state, such that great amount of clay mineral and composite earth are efficiently and homogeneously mixed and agitated while low viscosity is kept. In order to attain the object, clay mineral which is in a powdery or granular state, or the clay mineral and clay mineral suspension is discharged while excavation of the target ground is carried out, and the clay mineral, or the clay mineral and the clay mineral suspension is mixed and agitated with earth and sand of the above described ground.

Abstract: A stamp member 11 includes a porous resin 101 and a film 103 adhered together by an acrylic adhesive 102. The film 103 is peeled from the porous resin 101 after stamp making operations have been completed for forming a stamp image on a stamp surface 71 of the porous resin 101. Therefore, the stamp surface 71 of the porous resin 101 is protected from fine dirt and dust. Also, because there is no need to proved a film between a stamp making device and the stamp member 11 at stamp making operations, stamp making operations are simplified.

Abstract: A stamp making apparatus of the invention makes a stamp plate on a stamp material by applying light thereto through a draft sheet. The stamp making apparatus includes an attachment that can be attached to and removed from a predetermined position facing the draft sheet and has a mounting hole where a holder having a stamp material can be inserted into and removed from. A plurality of mounting holes are formed in the attachment so that the holders having various types and shapes can be inserted into and removed from directly or via an auxiliary attachment. Further, the attachment includes a first adjusting device, which moves the mounting hole in a longitudinal direction of the draft sheet (in the Y direction), and a second adjusting device, which moves the mounting hole in a lateral direction (in the X direction), so that the position of the mounting hole in the attachment can be finely adjusted.

Abstract: A printing sheet used in a stamp includes a porous layer in which ink can be impregnated and a fibrous layer provided to a side of the porous layer opposite to the pattern. The porous layer carries a pattern on a surface thereof, the pattern including a non-print portion which blocks the permeation of the ink and a print portion which allows the permeation of the ink. The fibrous layer prevents the deformation of the porous layer. The fibrous layer is so constituted that ink can be impregnated therein.