Abstract: A standby state maintaining device includes a secondary battery disposed separately from a vehicle battery, a temperature sensor for the secondary battery, a charge storage member that supports charge and discharge in a temperature outside a reference range, and a controller having a first operation mode of, in a state in which a starting switch of a vehicle is off, maintaining a power saving standby state of a vehicle-mounted information apparatus by using the secondary battery when a detected value provided by the temperature sensor is within the reference range, and maintaining the power saving standby state by using the charge storage member when the detected value is outside the reference range.

Abstract: A standby state maintaining device includes a secondary battery provided separately from a vehicle battery, a temperature sensor for the secondary battery, and a controller having a first operation mode of, in a state in which a starting switch of a vehicle is off, maintaining a power saving standby state of a vehicle-mounted information apparatus by selectively using either the secondary battery or the vehicle battery in accordance with a detected value provided by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A standby state maintaining device includes a secondary battery provided separately from a vehicle battery, a temperature sensor for the secondary battery, and a controller having a first operation mode of, in a state in which a starting switch of a vehicle is off, maintaining a power saving standby state of a vehicle-mounted information apparatus by selectively using either the secondary battery or the vehicle battery in accordance with a detected value provided by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A standby state maintaining device includes a secondary battery disposed separately from a vehicle battery, a temperature sensor for the secondary battery, a charge storage member that supports charge and discharge in a temperature outside a reference range, and a controller having a first operation mode of, in a state in which a starting switch of a vehicle is off, maintaining a power saving standby state of a vehicle-mounted information apparatus by using the secondary battery when a detected value provided by the temperature sensor is within the reference range, and maintaining the power saving standby state by using the charge storage member when the detected value is outside the reference range.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology capable of increasing accuracy of determining a failure in a lighting device. A video acquisition unit acquires a video of an area including an illumination target area of a lighting device. A determination unit determines whether the lighting device is faulty on the basis of a video of the illumination target area of the video acquired by the video acquisition unit in cases in which an ON signal is supplied to the lighting device and a current position acquired by a position acquisition unit is a predetermined determination position where determination of a failure should be performed.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology capable of increasing accuracy of determining a failure in a lighting device. A video acquisition unit acquires a video of an area including an illumination target area of a lighting device. A determination unit determines whether the lighting device is faulty on the basis of a video of the illumination target area of the video acquired by the video acquisition unit in cases in which an ON signal is supplied to the lighting device and a current position acquired by a position acquisition unit is a predetermined determination position where determination of a failure should be performed.

Abstract: An image capturing system for vehicle includes an object-to-be-captured information storage unit (12a) for storing information about an object to be captured on a map, a camera (18) for capturing an image of the object to be captured, an object-to-be-captured position determining unit (27) for determining a distance from the current position to the object to be captured, and the direction of the object to be captured, a camera control unit (28) for controlling the camera to orient the camera toward the determined direction, and to focus the camera on the determined distance, a determining unit (30) for determining whether or not an image captured by the camera is a clearly-captured one, and an information storage unit (17) for, when the determining unit determines that the captured image is a clearly-captured one, storing the image therein.

Abstract: An image capturing system for vehicle includes an object-to-be-captured information storage unit (12a) for storing information about an object to be captured on a map, a camera (18) for capturing an image of the object to be captured, an object-to-be-captured position determining unit (27) for determining a distance from the current position to the object to be captured, and the direction of the object to be captured, a camera control unit (28) for controlling the camera to orient the camera toward the determined direction, and to focus the camera on the determined distance, a determining unit (30) for determining whether or not an image captured by the camera is a clearly-captured one, and an information storage unit (17) for, when the determining unit determines that the captured image is a clearly-captured one, storing the image therein.

Abstract: A cutting tip 14 is secured to the distal end of the shank 12 of a non-core type bit 16 that is designed to bore holes. The shank 12 has a water-supplying passage 22 and a water-discharging passage 26. The water-supplying passage 22 is configured to supply cooling water to the tip 14. The water-discharging passage 26 is configured to discharge the cooling water from a hole 24 being bored by the tip 14. A swivel 32 has a water-supplying port 28 that is connected to a cooling-water source 54. The cooling water flows from the cooling-water source 54 to the bit 14 through the water-supplying passage 22. A suction force applied by a cooling-water discharging means 56 compels the cooling water out of the hole 24. The cooling water is thereby discharged through the water-discharging passage 26.

Abstract: A method for constant-measure feed of rod materials comprising a process for bringing a feed member fixed to conveyor into contact with the rear ends of rod materials and conveying the rod materials together with the feed member along guide by the conveyor, a process for causing the forward ends of the rod materials to abut against a movable stopper disposed in a normal position and further conveying the rod materials while holding the rod materials between the stopper and the feed member, and a process for sensing a movement of the stopper for a given distance from the normal position and stopping the conveying operation of the conveyor.

Abstract: An underwater pump which comprises an engine received in liquidtightness in a capsule, and wherein the suction pipe and exhaust pipe of the engine are each open at one end on the surface of the wafer. The exhaust pipe is cooled by the surrounding water. A water-collecting chamber is formed at the lower end of the exhaust pipe to collect water drops deposited on the inner wall surface of the exhaust pipe, the collected water being drawn off to the outside. A connection pipe provided with a flow control valve communicates with a discharge water hose. Air remaining in an impeller casing or part of the discharge water pressurized by the impellers is carried into the discharge water hose through the connection pipe. Engine-cooling water is held in a water tank shut off from the surrounding discharge water. The engine-cooling water brought pack through a return path from the engine capsule is cooled by discharge water drawn into the underwater pump.

Abstract: A power plant for simultaneously generating electric power and pneumatic pressure which comprises an engine, dynamo and compressor all juxtaposed, and wherein the crankshaft of the engine is disposed on the axis of a common shaft to the dynamo and compressor to be drivingly coupled to the common shaft and jointly rotated with the common shaft, thereby simultaneously generating electric power and pneumatic pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and machine for digging a ditch for use in, for example, duct disposition therein. In the floors and walls of a concrete structure, for example, three preparatory ditches or channels are dug by means of rotary blades. By inserting a breaking rod into a central one of the channels and causing it to vibrate substantially perpendicular to the channel to strike partition walls between the channels, the partition walls are readily broken or fractured, at which time the outermost channels serve as escapement spaces for permitting reception therein of the partition walls about to be bent or broken. Thereafter, the resultant partition wall pieces are removed, whereby a desired form of ditch is obtained. The partition wall fracturing steps may be carried out simultaneously with the channel digging or cutting step, or may alternatively be carried out independently after completion of the latter step.

Abstract: A hydraulic bending machine comprises a reciprocating connector fitted symmetrically with a pair of roller holders having inner and outer rollers rotatably attached to the end portions thereof, respectively. In these inner and outer rollers to abut against a workpiece, the outer rollers have a diameter larger than that of the inner rollers. A guide block is disposed forward in the extending direction of the connector. When the connector extends, the workpiece is held between the rollers of the respective roller holders and the guide block. When the connector further extends, then the roller holders rock around their rocking centers, and the workpiece, pushed by the inner and outer rollers, is bent around the guide block. Since the diameter of the outer rollers is larger than that of the inner rollers, the workpiece is bent further by the outer rollers than by the inner rollers. Thus, there may be maintained a desired bending angle even with the restoring force applied to the workpiece after bending.

Abstract: An infrared heater comprises a mirror-like reflecting plate, a combustion cylinder disposed in front of the reflecting plate, and a radiating cylinder disposed concentrically around the combustion cylinder. On the peripheral surface of the inner combustion cylinder are bored a plurality of apertures, while on the peripheral surface of the outer radiating cylinder are formed a plurality of apertures in offset positions in no radial alignment with the apertures of the combustion cylinder.