Abstract: A shock absorbing member attaching structure for attaching a shock absorbing member 12 made from a resin to a bumper beam 11 of a vehicle body, characterized in that protruding portions 22, 23 which protrude in opposite directions are provided on the bumper beam 11, and in that attaching portions 31, 32 are provided on the shock absorbing member 12 which are adapted to ride over the respective protruding portions 22, 23 by virtue of elastic deformation thereof to be locked onto the protruding portions 22, 23 on a longitudinally inward side thereof.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device which is capable of performing control by means of speech recognition includes a monitor for displaying map and other information and a speech input microphone connected to the monitor.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for personal identification include an image pickup section for picking up an image of a blood vessel pattern of a wrist, a storage unit for storing, in advance, an image of a blood vessel pattern of a certain person as a registered image, and a control section (CPU) for computation of degrees of similarity according to data differences between the image of the blood vessel pattern picked up by the image pickup section and the registered image to determine identification according to the relationship between the computed degrees of similarity and a threshold, thereby eliminating the need to carry out processing by a characteristic extraction section or the like.

Abstract: A detecting apparatus of vehicle speed including detecting means for emitting an electromagnetic wave or an ultrasonic wave to a road surface and detecting traveling speed of a vehicle from the Doppler effect produced in a reflected wave thereof, a transmitting circuit for sending information about the traveling speed detected by the detecting means by radio, a power generation mechanism for generating power by vibration produced in the vehicle, and a charging circuit for charging a charging type battery by an output voltage of the power generation mechanism.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device which is capable of performing control by means of speech recognition includes a monitor for displaying map and other information and a speech input microphone connected to the monitor.

Abstract: A detecting apparatus of vehicle speed including detecting means for emitting an electromagnetic wave or an ultrasonic wave to a road surface and detecting traveling speed of a vehicle from the Doppler effect produced in a reflected wave thereof, a transmitting circuit for sending information about the traveling speed detected by the detecting means by radio, a power generation mechanism for generating power by vibration produced in the vehicle, and a charging circuit for charging a charging type battery by an output voltage of the power generation mechanism.

Abstract: A device for amplifying a signal includes a first amplifier which amplifies an input signal with reference to a reference voltage level to generate an amplified signal, a limiter circuit which limits an upper end of the amplified signal to a level twice as high as the reference voltage level so as to output a limited amplified signal, a second amplifier which amplifies the limited amplified signal with reference to an average of the limited amplified signal, and a comparator which compares an output of said second amplifier with the reference voltage level to output a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A side frame 1 of a grooved or channel-shaped sectional configuration has a bottom wall 2 and sidewalls 3 and 4. A first stiffener 9 closing a portion of an open upper surface of the side frame 1 and a second stiffener 10 superposed on the bottom wall 2 are welded to the side frame 1 to reinforce the side frame 1. A cup-shaped spring base 11 is fitted from below into and welded to openings 2.sub.1 and 10.sub.3 defined in the bottom wall 2 and the second stiffener 10, and an upper end of a coil spring 19 is accommodated within the spring base 11. The side frame 1, which is reduced in rigidity due to the opening 2.sub.1 can be reinforced with the first and second stiffeners 9 and 10, whereby a sufficient rigidity of the side frame can be ensured.

Abstract: An air-mix door control device for an automobile air-conditioning system home-position-sets the air-mix door for the full-hot position or the full-cool position when it is necessary to control an air-mix door for a new target opening position other than a full-hot position or a full-cool position under a condition that an opening position detecting unit for detecting an opening position of the air-mix door causes a trouble. Also, the air-mix door control device calculates a reverse drive time required for reversely driving the air-mix door from the home-position-set position to the new target opening position so as to correct a time error derived from a torque variation of an air-mix door motor actuator due to a battery voltage. Thus, the air-mix door control device reversely drives the air-mix door according to the reverse drive time and controls the air-mix door for the new target opening position.

Abstract: A method for correcting the output sensitivity an angular velocity detector, in which, a first running directional data of the mobile object is successively calculated in accordance with the output signal of the angular velocity detector, a second running directional data of the mobile object is successively calculated in accordance with the positioning data obtained from a plurality satellites, the sensitivity correction coefficient is calculated in based on the stored first and second running directional data, and the sensitivity correction coefficient is multiplexed by the output signal of the angular velocity detector, so as to correct the output sensitivity of the angular velocity detector. Therefore, the dispersion of the output sensitivity of the angular velocity detector is eliminated to improve the accuracy of output sensitivity.

Abstract: A multilayer circuit substrate with a circuit repairing function which has a circuit substrate having a circuit pattern and repair pattern on the inner layer via an inter-substrate insulation film and having circuit repairing areas for cutting and bonding the circuit on these patterns, a terminal bonding pad for bonding electronic circuit parts mounted on this substrate, and a conductive via hole for bonding said circuit pattern to the terminal bonding pad, wherein at least the circuit repairing area of the repair pattern and at least the circuit repairing area of said circuit pattern which are set on said inner layer are brought close to each other and positioned on the same plane.

Abstract: A noise reducing microphone apparatus having an adaptive noise canceller which has a primary input and a reference input and in which the reference input is subtracted from the primary input through an adaptive filter and the adaptive filter is adaptively controlled by an output signal resulted from the subtraction, comprises. The apparatus includes a pair of microphone units disposed in proximate locations; and subtracting means for performing subtraction of outputs from the pair of microphone units. An output from one of the microphone units is supplied as the primary input of the adaptive noise canceller. A differential output from the subtracting means is supplied as the reference input of the adaptive noise canceller.

Abstract: A microphone device is of a structure comprising at least three microphone elements disposed in the state spaced by predetermined distances in a direction perpendicular to the main axis of directivity, and an adder for adding output signals from the respective microphone elements. In this case, the microphone elements are respectively comprised of uni-directional microphone elements, and are disposed in the state where the sound collection surfaces are directed in the same direction with respect to the sound source and at substantially equal intervals. This microphone device realizes sharp directivity in the middle pitched tone (sound) region (range) required for the input means of the speech recognition equipment, and realizes sound collection which has high sensitivity with respect to speech (voice) input from the front and has extremely less noise components inputted from the side surfaces (lateral direction).

Abstract: When the built-in contacts of an actuator for driving a mode switching door malfunction or when a control unit for controlling a stepping motor actuator for driving a mode switching door malfunctions, the actuator is turned to a ventilation mode position or a defrost mode position and then turned reversely from the above position as a starting point to be set to another mode position.

Abstract: An angular velocity calculating apparatus which is low-priced and capable of obtaining an angular velocity with high accuracy is realized. Two velocity detectors which are substantially small in offset error, noise, or the like, unlike the conventionally employed gyroscope, is disposed at portions on the moving matter or in the vicinity thereof, and the angular velocity is obtained on the basis of the velocity information obtained from these detectors. Accordingly, the angular velocity calculating apparatus and a navigation apparatus can be realized which is higher in accuracy and cheaper as compared with the conventional ones.

Abstract: When a fault occurs in the setting unit for setting the position of an actuator or when the control unit for controlling a stepping motor actuator goes out of order, the mode switch door cannot be set to a foot mode or the like other than a ventilation mode and a defrost mode. Therefore, when a fault occurs in the built-in contacts of the actuator for driving the mode switch door or when the control unit for controlling the stepping motor actuator for driving the mode switch door goes out of order, another mode position can be set by moving the actuator to a ventilation mode position or a defrost mode position and then reversing it with the moved position as a starting point.

Abstract: A microphone apparatus having a microphone for producing a desired audio signal, includes an adaptive signal processing section which is supplied with a reference signal based on a vibration detected signal from a vibration detecting circuit in response to a vibration of a vibration generating source whose vibration is picked up by the microphone and becomes an unnecessary noise signal, or in response to a control signal for controlling a drive source of a driving unit of a recording apparatus for recording an output signal from the microphone and which reduces a noise signal contained in the audio signal.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a receiver device for converting electrical signal from a headphone, a telephone receiver or the like into acoustic signals. More particularly, it relates to a noise reducing receiver device in which acoustic signals in the vicinity of an electro-acoustic transducer element are converted by a microphone into electrical signals and negatively fed back to an amplifier circuit which is adapted for amplifying input electrical signals and supplying the amplified signals to the electro-acoustic transducer element. In the noise reducing receiver device, the input electrical signals are amplified by the amplifier circuit and converted by the electro-acoustic transducer element into output acoustic signals. A microphone is arranged in the vicinity of the electro-acoustic transducer element and adapted for converting the output acoustic signals and external noise into electrical signals, which are negatively fed back to the amplifier circuit via a feedback circuit.