Abstract: A lateral motion control apparatus for a vehicle includes a control stop determination unit that determines whether or not to stop the control for the control target by the control target control unit based on a steering operation amount inputted by a driver of the vehicle, and a degeneration control amount determination unit that determines a degeneration control amount for the control target such that the control amount for the control target degenerates after the time when the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped. When the control stop determination unit has determined that the control for the control target is to be stopped, the control target control unit controls the control target based on the degeneration control amount determined by the degeneration control amount determination unit.

Abstract: A target vehicle speed at a predetermined position ahead of a host vehicle is obtained, and a plurality of deceleration patterns with different deceleration schemes is obtained for decelerating the host vehicle to the target vehicle speed. Based on a driving operation for controlling speed of the host vehicle, a deceleration pattern is selected from the plurality of deceleration patterns. Using the selected deceleration pattern as a reference, the vehicle speed of the host vehicle is reduced to the target vehicle speed before the host vehicle reaches the predetermined position.

Abstract: A braking/driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes a basic control unit which calculates and outputs a target axle torque based on a target acceleration and a driving resistance of the vehicle and which determines an axle torque for a power train of the vehicle and an axle torque for a braking apparatus of the vehicle based on the calculated target axle torque, a sliding-down prediction determining unit which determines whether there is a possibility that the vehicle slides down rearwards on an uphill road, and a sliding-down preventing process executing unit which performs a process for reducing a possibility that the vehicle slides down, based on a determination result of the sliding-down prediction determining unit.

Abstract: A speed control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining means obtaining a vehicle speed, a shape obtaining means obtaining a curve shape, a position obtaining means obtaining a positional relationship between a curve and the vehicle, a target vehicle speed determining means determining a target vehicle speed based on the curve shape and the positional relationship, a vehicle speed controlling means controlling the vehicle speed based on the target vehicle speed and the vehicle speed, and an acceleration operation quantity obtaining means obtaining an operation quantity of an acceleration operating member operated by a driver, wherein the target vehicle speed determining means includes a modification means modifying the target vehicle speed based on the operation quantity so that the target vehicle speed obtained when the operation variable is greater than zero becomes a greater value than the target vehicle speed obtained when the operation quantity is zero.

Abstract: A speed control device includes: a reference point setting unit that sets, based on shape and position of a curve in advance of a vehicle, first and second reference points within the curve, the second reference point being nearer the curve exit than the first reference point; a distance calculating unit that calculates, based on the vehicle location and the reference points, first and second distances, between the vehicle and the first and second reference points, respectively; a target speed determination unit that determines, based on the curve shape and the first and second distances, the first and second target vehicle speeds to be maintained, respectively, before and after passing the first reference point; and a speed control unit that controls the speed of the vehicle based on the target speeds and the detected speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A target vehicle speed at a predetermined position ahead of a host vehicle is obtained, and a plurality of deceleration patterns with different deceleration schemes is obtained for decelerating the host vehicle to the target vehicle speed. Based on a driving operation for controlling speed of the host vehicle, a deceleration pattern is selected from the plurality of deceleration patterns. Using the selected deceleration pattern as a reference, the vehicle speed of the host vehicle is reduced to the target vehicle speed before the host vehicle reaches the predetermined position.

Abstract: Factor information is acquired that indicates at least one factor that imposes a psychological effect on a driver of a host vehicle when the host vehicle is traveling on a road with a descending slope ahead of the host vehicle. An overall psychological effect that is imposed on the driver when the host vehicle is traveling on the road with the descending slope is acquired based on the factor information. The vehicle speed is controlled in a vehicle speed control section in accordance with the overall psychological effect.

Abstract: A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining means for obtaining a speed of the vehicle, a curve shape obtaining means for obtaining a shape of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, a position obtaining means for obtaining a relative position of the vehicle to the curve, a determining means for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle to travel through the curve based on the shape of the curve obtained by the curve shape obtaining means, and a speed reduction controlling means for performing a speed reduction control on the vehicle based on the appropriate vehicle speed determined by the determining means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fried bakery products which are not clammy and wet, have adequate crispness, do not cause heartburn, have a good chewy feel and are palatable, providing healthy feelings. The fried bakery products are obtained by preparing a dough from the starting materials for the dough with mixing and kneading them; subjecting the dough to preliminary fermenting and to dividing and molding, and fermenting the molded products; partial-baking the fermented molded products in order not to be scorched on the surfaces; and frying the partial-baked products in oil, and they have a lower oil absorption compared with those fried bakery products obtained by frying the fermented molded products without partial-baking, are not clammy and have adequate crispness.

Abstract: A first positioning step positions and fixes a light focusing element and a polarization converting element. A beam introducing step introduces beams to a beam splitting element, the light focusing element and the polarization converting element. An optical image forming step detects an optical image through the above elements. An illumination-area comparing step performs an image processing on the detected optical image to compare an illumination area formed by the optical image with a designed illumination area. A beam-splitting-element position-adjusting step adjusts the position of the beam splitting element.

Abstract: A first positioning step S1 positions and fixes a light focusing element and a polarization converting element. A beam introducing step S5 introduces beams to a beam splitting element, the light focusing element and the polarization converting element. An optical image forming step S6 detects an optical image through the above elements. An illumination-area comparing step S9 performs an image processing on the detected optical image to compare an illumination area formed by the optical image with a designed illumination area. A beam-splitting-element position-adjusting step S11 adjusts the position of the beam splitting element. An optimal-state determining step S10 determines the optimal state of the illumination area of the optical image with respect to the designed illumination area on the basis of the comparison result. The position of the beam splitting element is adjusted in a beam splitting element position-adjusting step S11 when the beam splitting element is not located in the optimal position.

Abstract: Bakery products such as bread obtained by adding the functions of fructo-oligosaccharide so as not to impair tastes and eating feeling. By eating such bakery products, the functions of fructo-oligosaccharide reveal. A bakery product such as croissant and panettone containing fructo-oligosaccharide is obtained by fermenting a mixture of fructo-oligosaccharide and flour as a major ingredient with a madre containing Saccharomyces exiguus, Lactobacillus sanfrancisco and Lactobacillus comoensis, and baking the dough thus obtained.

Abstract: Bakery products such as bread obtained by adding the functions of fructo-oligosaccharide so as not to impair tastes and eating feeling. By eating such bakery products, the functions of fructo-oligosaccharide reveal. A bakery product such as croissant and panettone containing fructo-oligosaccharide is obtained by fermenting a mixture of fructo-oligosaccharide and flour as a major ingredient with a madre containing Saccharomyces exiguus, Lactobacillus sanfrancisco and Lactobacillus comoensis, and baking the dough thus obtained.

Abstract: A system converter device converts a video signal based on the MUSE system to a video signal based on the NTSC system. In the system converter device, two lines of scanning line signal based on the NTSC system are generated from three adjacent same numbered-type field lines of scanning line data included in the MUSE signal. The generated time-discontinuous scanning line signal is made continuous by an expanding circuit. The video information included in the MUSE signal is not lost by conversion, became a video signal based on the NTSC system is generated from all the scanning line signals forming 1 frame included in the MUSE signal. Therefore, it is possible to display the complete transmitted video on the display screen.

Abstract: An analog fire detecting system in which a plurality of sensors produce analog data corresponding to a physical state such as temperature, smoke density, etc. relevant to a fire condition. The values of such analog data are compared with a predetermined threshold level, and if the threshold level is exceeded the analog data is transmitted to a central station in response to a polling signal therefrom. A CPU in the central station determines, from the analog data from the sensors, if there is a possibility of a fire and if so makes a predictive calculation of the remaining time until a fire condition will be reached. An alarm is given when such predicted time falls below a preset interval.