Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a temperature detection unit that has a resistor section which varies a resistance value depending on a temperature, a resistance detection unit that detects a resistance value of the resistor section, and a short-circuit unit that short-circuits the resistor section, in which the short-circuit unit short-circuits the resistor section when a predetermined abnormality occurs in a detection target of the temperature detection unit.

Abstract: A charge capacity parameter estimation system for an electric storage device capable of charging and discharging is provided, which can accurately estimate a charge capacity parameter indicative of a charge capacity of the electric storage device. The charge capacity parameter estimation system for a battery includes an ECU and a sensor unit. The ECU estimates that an actual charge capacity of the electric storage device is less than an estimated charge capacity, when a charging state of the electric storage device is detected, in a case where a generated voltage of a power generator is controlled such that the battery executes a discharging operation to an auxiliary equipment.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a temperature detection unit that has a resistor section which varies a resistance value depending on a temperature, a resistance detection unit that detects a resistance value of the resistor section, and a short-circuit unit that short-circuits the resistor section, in which the short-circuit unit short-circuits the resistor section when a predetermined abnormality occurs in a detection target of the temperature detection unit.

Abstract: A charge capacity parameter estimation system for an electric storage device capable of charging and discharging is provided, which can accurately estimate a charge capacity parameter indicative of a charge capacity of the electric storage device. The charge capacity parameter estimation system for a battery includes an ECU and a sensor unit. The ECU estimates that an actual charge capacity of the electric storage device is less than an estimated charge capacity, when a charging state of the electric storage device is detected, in a case where a generated voltage of a power generator is controlled such that the battery executes a discharging operation to an auxiliary equipment.

Abstract: A data-storage device with a security function for user data stored in a data-storage medium. The data-storage device includes: the data-storage medium for storing data; an authentication processing section for performing an authentication process with a key obtained from a host; an error correction circuit for performing error correction in reading data at an address designated by a read command from a host which has been recognized as an authorized user for analysis access by the authentication processing section; and an analysis processing section for generating data indicating the positions of the error correction and transferring the data to the host.

Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: A signal processing device for analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitized in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: A storage subsystem of a control type holding redundant data wherein an access request from an upper-level device on a file basis is processed cooperatively by a plurality of storage systems forming the storage subsystem. To this end, each of the storage systems forming the storage subsystem has an element for processing the access request from the upper-level device on a file basis and updating the redundant data involved by the access request. Further, the storage system has an element for holding positional information on a recording medium for each file to be stored in its own and access history information, and rearranging storage areas under arbitrary conditions.

Abstract: A data storage apparatus includes a sampling device for sampling data in a predetermined cycle, and a storage device for storing a plurality of items of the data sampled by said sampling device. The data storage apparatus also includes an updating device for updating the plurality of items of the data stored in said storage device to respective ones of the plurality of items of the data, which were sampled at later times than the plurality of items of the data were stored, in respective predetermined updating cycles which are shorter than the updating cycles of the plurality of items of the data which were sampled at respective earlier times.

Abstract: Abnormality detection is conducted with respect to data indicative of operating state of an apparatus, the abnormality type is then discriminated and a check is made as to whether the data are already recorded in association with the discriminated abnormality type in a memory region corresponding to the data, and if not, the data are recorded in association with the discriminated abnormality type there. Since, multiple recording of similar data related to transient abnormalities and other such events that are likely to occur repeatedly can be prevented, important data related to a diversity of abnormalities and failures can be efficiently recorded in the memory. Viewed from another angle, this means that the capacity of the memory can be reduced and that a cost-reducing effect can be anticipated. In addition, data important for troubleshooting abnormalities and failures, most notably transition period data, can therefore be efficiently recorded in the memory.

Abstract: A storage subsystem of a control type holding redundant data wherein an access request from an upper-level device on a file basis is processed cooperatively by a plurality of storage systems forming the storage subsystem. To this end, each of the storage systems forming the storage subsystem has an element for processing the access request from the upper-level device on a file basis and updating the redundant data involved by the access request. Further, the storage system has an element for holding positional information on a recording medium for each file to be stored in its own and access history information, and rearranging storage areas under arbitrary conditions.

Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a linear solenoid valve regulating an oil pressure supplied to a clutch, a hydraulic switch being switched on and off upon receipt of a switching oil pressure, and a control unit controlling the actuation of the solenoid valve. A pressure-increased side signal oil pressure is detected which results when the hydraulic switch is switched on and off while a control signal is sent to the solenoid valve to increase a control oil pressure from a predetermined lower pressure to a predetermined higher pressure, and a pressure-decreased side signal oil pressure is detected which results when the hydraulic switch is switched on and off while the control signal is sent to decrease the control oil pressure from the predetermined higher pressure to the predetermined lower pressure. When a difference between these signal oil pressures exceeds an abnormalities determination value, it is determined that the solenoid valve is abnormal.

Abstract: A signal processing device for analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting a data bus to notify a disk control device of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device stores the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of the servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitized in a R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: Abnormality detection is conducted with respect to data indicative of operating state of an apparatus, the abnormality type is then discriminated and a check is made as to whether the data are already recorded in association with the discriminated abnormality type in a memory region corresponding to the data, and if not, the data are recorded in association with the discriminated abnormality type there. Since, multiple recording of similar data related to transient abnormalities and other such events that are likely to occur repeatedly can be prevented, important data related to a diversity of abnormalities and failures can be efficiently recorded in the memory. Viewed from another angle, this means that the capacity of the memory can be reduced and that a cost-reducing effect can be anticipated. In addition, data important for troubleshooting abnormalities and failures, most notably transition period data, can therefore be efficiently recorded in the memory.

Abstract: A signal processing device having a feature of analog-to-digital converting a burst signal has a feature of selecting data bus to notify a disk control device 2 of a conversion result via an NRZ data bus. The disk control device 2 includes means for storing the result of the analog-to-digital conversion of said servo positional signal. The positional signal of a head of the disk device is digitalized in an R/W channel. Sampling for digital conversion is performed in only a window which is defined only in the vicinity of peaks of the positional signal. The values of peaks which are obtained by sampling are averaged by an averaging circuit. This enables the influence of noise occurred outside of the window to be eliminated. Although the noise in the window is sampled, its adverse influence is suppressed by the averaging processing.

Abstract: There is provided a data storage apparatus which is capable of storing data efficiently over a long term without increasing the storage capacity thereof. An ECU samples data in a predetermined cycle. A plurality of items of the data sampled by the ECU are stored in a RAM. The items of the data stored in the storage means are updated to respective ones of the items of the data which were sampled at later times than times the plurality of items of the data were stored, in respective predetermined updating cycles which are longer as the plurality of items of the data were sampled at respective earlier times.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a linear solenoid valve regulating an oil pressure supplied to a clutch, a hydraulic switch being switched on and off upon receipt of a switching oil pressure, and a control unit controlling the actuation of the solenoid valve. A pressure-increased side signal oil pressure is detected which results when the hydraulic switch is switched on and off while a control signal is sent to the solenoid valve to increase a control oil pressure from a predetermined lower pressure to a predetermined higher pressure, and a pressure-decreased side signal oil pressure is detected which results when the hydraulic switch is switched on and off while the control signal is sent to decrease the control oil pressure from the predetermined higher pressure to the predetermined lower pressure. When a difference between these signal oil pressures exceeds an abnormalities determination value, it is determined that the solenoid valve is abnormal.

Abstract: Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing user data recorded on a record medium. The apparatus includes record encoder for converting original user data into encoded user data of a predetermined record code and as error correcting code generator for generating original error correcting code data for correcting an error with respect to the encoded user data. A write unit records the encoded user data and the error correcting code on the record medium. A read unit reads the recorded data and the reproduced data is error corrected so as to provide the original user data.