Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heat medium circuit, a vehicle-interior heat exchanger, a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger disposed in series with respect to a flow of air generated by an air blower, a switching unit, a detection unit for detecting a degree of frost formation, and a control device. The operation mode includes a defrosting mode in which the heat medium in the high-temperature medium circuit is supplied to a defrosting target to be selected as either the first or second heat exchanger by the operation of the switching unit. The control device selects, as the defrosting target, the first heat exchanger in preference to the second heat exchanger when determined that both the first and the second heat exchangers need to be defrosted.

Abstract: A magnetic geared electrical machine includes: a stator; a magnetic pole piece rotor including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed radially inward of the stator; an inner rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets, disposed radially inward of the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and configured to rotate at a higher speed than the magnetic pole piece rotor; and a fan for cooling at least one of the stator, the magnetic pole piece rotor, or the inner rotor. The magnetic pole piece rotor further includes a power transmission shaft disposed on one side in an axial direction relative to the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and configured to transmit rotational power to and from an external device. The fan is disposed in the inner rotor on an opposite side to the power transmission shaft with the rotor magnet therebetween in the axial direction.

Abstract: An automatic driving system includes a control device that controls automatic driving of a vehicle, and a storage device that contains external environment information indicating an external environment of the vehicle. A driving transition zone is a zone in which a driver of the vehicle takes over at least a part of driving of the vehicle, from the control device. A termination target velocity is a target velocity of the vehicle at an end point of the driving transition zone. The control device variably sets the termination target velocity, depending on the external environment at the end point or the external environment surrounding the end point. Then, the control device controls the velocity of the vehicle in the driving transition zone, such that the velocity of the vehicle at the end point is the termination target velocity.

Abstract: An electricity storage device includes an internal element that has a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface, and that further includes a first internal electrode drawn out to the first end surface, a second internal electrode drawn out to the second end surface, a separator layer disposed between the first and second internal electrodes, and an electrolytic solution. Moreover, a first end surface electrode is disposed on the first end surface; and a second end surface electrode is disposed on the second end surface. The first internal electrode, the second internal electrode, the separator layer, the first end surface electrode, and the second end surface electrode are integrally sintered to form a sintered body.

Abstract: A magnetic geared electrical machine includes: a stator including a stator coil; a first rotor including a plurality of pole pieces; a second rotor including a plurality of rotor magnets, and arranged opposite to the stator across the first rotor in a radial direction; a housing having a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening, and supporting the stator; a first inlet cavity defined by at least the housing so as to communicate with the first inlet opening provided in the housing and with a first radial gap between the stator and the first rotor; and a second inlet cavity defined by at least the housing so as to communicate with the second inlet opening provided in the housing and with a second radial gap between the first rotor and the second rotor.

Abstract: An automatic driving system includes a control device that controls automatic driving of a vehicle, and a storage device that contains external environment information indicating an external environment of the vehicle. A driving transition zone is a zone in which a driver of the vehicle takes over at least a part of driving of the vehicle, from the control device. A termination target velocity is a target velocity of the vehicle at an end point of the driving transition zone. The control device variably sets the termination target velocity, depending on the external environment at the end point or the external environment surrounding the end point. Then, the control device controls the velocity of the vehicle in the driving transition zone, such that the velocity of the vehicle at the end point is the termination target velocity.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detection of HLA-A*31:01 allele. One or more single nucleotide polymorphisms which characterize HLA-A*31:01 are analyzed and the presence or absence of HLA-A*31:01 is determined based on the result of the analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detection of HLA-A*31:01 allele. One or more single nucleotide polymorphisms which characterize HLA-A*31:01 are analyzed and the presence or absence of HLA-A*31:01 is determined based on the result of the analysis.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan comprises an impeller, a motor which is connected and rotates the impeller and a housing which has an intake and an air blowing port for housing the impeller. The impeller has a plurality of blades arranged on a circumference. The intake opens opposed to the right end (in FIG. 1) of the impeller. The air blowing port opens opposed to a side of the impeller. A gap enlarged portion, in which the distance between the outer circumference of the impeller and the inner face of the housing starts to increase at a point where the distance between the outer circumferential of the impeller and the surface of a nose portion is smallest therein, the nose portion being a region of the vicinity of an edge portion of the air blowing port, the edge portion being the closest side to the outer circumference of the impeller.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that can detect failure of a current detector quickly and with less misdetection using torque oscillation from a torque sensor. When the number of times N an absolute value of a differential value of a torque command value Tref exceeds a predetermined threshold value dTq in a predetermined time Tmr has reached a predetermined number Nref it is judged that the current detector has failed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric power steering apparatus that can detect failure of a current detector quickly and with less misdetection using torque oscillation from a torque sensor. When the number of times N an absolute value of a differential value of a torque command value Tref exceeds a predetermined threshold value dTq in a predetermined time Tmr has reached a predetermined number Nref it is judged that the current detector has failed.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan comprises an impeller, a motor which is connected and rotates the impeller and a housing which has an intake and an air blowing port for housing the impeller. The impeller has a plurality of blades arranged on a circumference. The intake opens opposed to the right end (in FIG.1) of the impeller. The air blowing port opens opposed to a side of the impeller. A gap enlarged portion, in which the distance between the outer circumference of the impeller and the inner face of the housing starts to increase at a point where the distance between the outer circumferential of the impeller and the surface of a nose portion is smallest therein, the nose portion being a region of the vicinity of an edge portion of the air blowing port, the edge portion being the closest side to the outer circumference of the impeller.

Abstract: An antivibration zoom lens (10) for photography, video and the like. The zoom lens has an antivibration function and is capable of forming an image of an object over a zooming range from a maximum wide-angle state to a maximum telephoto state. The zoom lens comprises, objectwise to imagewise along an optical axis (A), a first lens group (G1) having a focal length f1 and positive refractive power. A second lens group (G2) is arranged adjacent the first lens group and serves as the antivibration lens group. The second lens group has a focal length f2, negative refractive power and comprises at least three lens sub-groups (G2A-G2C). One of the at least three lens sub-groups has a focal length t2B and is movable substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis. The zoom lens further comprises at least a third lens group (G3) and fourth lens group (G4). All the lens groups are separated by respective spacings which change when zooming from the maximum wide-angle state to the maximum telephoto state.

Abstract: Color information of a color image is represented by the Lab color space. A user can change hue by moving the position of a reference circle displayed on the a*b* plane in the Lab color space and change saturation by changing the size of the reference circle. The color information of the color image is changed with changes in the reference circle, allowing the user to conjecture changes in the color image visually and make color corrections easily and quickly.

Abstract: In a device for reproducing front MPEG 2 code a sequence of motion pictures, a slow-motion picture signal for N times slow motion playing is produced by combining the sequence of motion pictures reproduced and a plurality of interpolation picture sequences. Each of the interpolation picture sequences is interpolated between each one of the motion pictures and a succeeding one of the notion pictures. Each of the interpolation picture sequences comprises (n-1) interpolation pictures and in produced by calculating, from the motion vector data included in the MPEG 2, a motion vector between each one of the motion pictures and a succeeding one of the motion pictures, then calculating, from the motion vector, (n-1) interpolation motion vectors, and then producing the (n-1) interpolation pictures from the (n-1) interpolation vectors and the succeeding motion picture.

Abstract: In compressing a static image, image data is displayed in the window on the display unit, and the operator specifies a segmented rectangle. The specific coordinates of the segmented rectangle are stored as positional coordinate information, and are amended in an amending process so that the segmented rectangle may not destroy the basic blocks used in the compressing process. The image segmented by the amended and segmented rectangle is an image formed by basic blocks, and the data is not rounded in the recompressing process, thereby successfully maintaining the quality of the image.

Abstract: A zoom lens system with vibration-reduction function, comprising, in order from an object side:a first lens group having a positive refractive power;a second lens group having a negative refractive power;a third lens group having a negative refractive power;a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power; anda fifth lens group having a negative refractive power;wherein, when zooming, each of the distances between the first and second lens groups, the second and third lens groups, the third and fourth lens groups, and the fourth and fifth lens groups, respectively, changes. The fourth lens group has a shift lens unit movable in a direction across an optical axis, has positive refractive power, and a fixed lens unit fixed in the direction across the optical axis.

Abstract: A telephoto zoom lens system includes in order from an object side:a first lens group G.sub.1 having a positive refractive power;a second lens group G.sub.2 having a negative refractive power;a third lens group G.sub.3 having a negative refractive power;a fourth lens group G.sub.4 having a positive refractive power; anda fifth lens group G.sub.5 having a negative refractive power.When zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between each of the adjacent lens groups changes. The second lens group G.sub.2, when zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end, first moves from the wide-angle end position toward the object side, then moves toward the image side, and once again moves toward the object side to reach the telephoto end. The second lens group G.sub.2 is positioned closer to the image side at its telephoto end than it is at its wide-angle end.

Abstract: A heating apparatus such as a microwave oven includes a magnetron and a heating chamber for accommodating food to be heated by microwaves generated by the magnetron. The heating chamber has a front opening opened and closed by a door. An operation panel is mounted to be adjacent to the door. The operation panel includes a panel section and an operation section mounted on the panel section and has a function of displaying a plurality of pieces of cooking information. The operation section includes a liquid crystal element subsection including a nematic curvilinear aligned phase (NCAP) liquid crystal permitting light to pass through it when voltage is applied to it, an indicia subsection laid on the liquid crystal element subsection and having a plurality of indicias corresponding to the pieces of cooking information, respectively, and a switch subsection including a plurality of switches corresponding to the indicias of the indicia subsection, respectively.

Abstract: A telecentric zoom lens is disclosed that comprises, in order from the magnifying side to the reducing side on an optical axis: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens groups having a positive, negative, negative, positive, and positive focal length, respectively. An open aperture is axially disposed between the third and fourth lens groups at the magnifying-side focal position of the combined fourth and fifth lens groups. When zooming from the maximum wide-angle state to the maximum telephoto state, the first, fourth, and fifth lens groups are stationary, while the second lens group axially moves linearly toward the reducing side and the third lens group axially moves along a convex path toward the magnifying side.