Abstract: Provided is a smoothing-target-value calculation device that is capable of calculating a smoothing target value with which it is possible to suppress battery degradation. The present invention provides a smoothing-target-value calculation device that calculates a smoothing target value, which is a target value for the sum of first power generated by a renewable-energy power generation system and second power charged into and discharged from a battery, the smoothing-target-value calculation device including: a predicted-value acquisition unit that acquires a predicted value for the first power; a predicted-value correction unit that corrects the predicted value; and a smoothing-target-value calculation unit that calculates a smoothing target value by smoothing the corrected predicted value.

Abstract: An on-vehicle communication system of an embodiment includes: an antenna that is provided on a vehicle and performs a close-range communication with a user terminal device present in a communication area around the vehicle; and a control portion that is provided on the vehicle and executes a predetermined authentication process when a radio wave strength of a signal received from the user terminal device via the antenna or a signal received by the user terminal device from the antenna is equal to or more than a threshold value, wherein the control portion notifies a user of information on a target communication position at which the user terminal device should be located when registering the threshold value by using a notification portion.

Abstract: An on-vehicle communication system of an embodiment includes: an antenna that is provided on a vehicle and performs a close-range communication with a user terminal device present in a communication area around the vehicle; and a control portion that is provided on the vehicle and executes a predetermined authentication process when a radio wave strength of a signal received from the user terminal device via the antenna or a signal received by the user terminal device from the antenna is equal to or more than a threshold value, wherein the control portion notifies a user of information on a target communication position at which the user terminal device should be located when registering the threshold value by using a notification portion.

Abstract: An abnormal noise reproduction device and an abnormal noise reproduction method thereof are provided in the disclosure. The abnormal noise reproduction device includes at least one measuring device, an analysis device, and a vibration device. The at least one measuring device includes a contact microphone and an accelerometer. The contact microphone is disposed on the abnormal noise generating part of a vehicle, senses vibration sound of the abnormal noise generating part, and generates a vibration sound signal. An acceleration signal is generated by synchronously sensing acceleration of the contact microphone over a time sequence through the accelerometer. The analysis device determines when the abnormal noise generating part produces abnormal noise according to the vibration sound signal. The vibration device applies vibration to the vehicle and reproduces the acceleration signal corresponding to the abnormal noise.

Abstract: Tire 1 is a tire that includes a marking portion 20 disposed on a tire outer surface 1ds of a tire side portion 1d and a communication device 10, wherein the marking portion has one or more markings 21, each of the one or more markings 21 forms a letter, a symbol, or a graphic and is formed into a convex shape, and at least a part of the communication device is embedded within at least one of the one or more markings 21.

Abstract: Provided is a tire comprising a pair of bead cores 5, a carcass 6, and a plurality of belt layers, wherein the plurality of belt layers comprise a first belt layer 7 with cords extending along the tire circumferential direction CD, and a second belt layer 8 with cords extending at an angle to the tire circumferential direction CD, which is arranged on the outer side in the tire radial direction than the circumferential belt layer, a communication device having a linear antenna is embedded at a tire radial position, that is inner side in the tire radial direction than a tire maximum width position and outer side in the tire radial direction than an outer edge position of the bead core 5 in the tire radial direction, and the linear antenna of the communication device is arranged along the tire circumferential direction.

Abstract: Provided is a smoothing-target-value calculation device that is capable of calculating a smoothing target value with which it is possible to suppress battery degradation. The present invention provides a smoothing-target-value calculation device that calculates a smoothing target value, which is a target value for the sum of first power generated by a renewable-energy power generation system and second power charged into and discharged from a battery, the smoothing-target-value calculation device including: a predicted-value acquisition unit that acquires a predicted value for the first power; a predicted-value correction unit that corrects the predicted value; and a smoothing-target-value calculation unit that calculates a smoothing target value by smoothing the corrected predicted value.

Abstract: The tire 1 comprises a pair of bead portions 2, a pair of sidewall portions 3, a tread portion 4, and a carcass 5, and comprises: two or more layers of side rubbers 11a and 11b of different rubber types, each of which is disposed on the outer side of the carcass 5 in the tire width direction so as to straddle the tire maximum width position SWH in the tire radial direction, and a communication device disposed at a boundary of at least one of the two or more layers of side rubber.

Abstract: A control parameter calculation device comprises an integration unit that calculates the target value of combined power obtained by summing a first power and a second power by smoothing the first power on the basis of the value of a predetermined control parameter and calculates charge/discharge power when charging and discharging are performed so as to achieve the target value; a smoothing performance calculation unit that calculates a smoothing performance evaluation index of the combined power on the basis of the charge/discharge power calculated over an evaluation period; a lifetime calculation unit that calculates a lifetime evaluation index of the battery during the evaluation period on the basis of the calculated charge/discharge power; and an evaluation unit that evaluates the value of a control parameter on basis of the smoothing performance evaluation index and the lifetime evaluation index which are calculated repeatedly while varying the value of the control parameter.

Abstract: A vacuum pump, a vacuum pump controller, and a remote controller are provided that can reduce the workload of users and field service engineers. A vacuum pump 10 includes a turbomolecular pump 100 that exhausts gas inside a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus X, and a controller 200 that performs control on the turbomolecular pump 100. The controller 200 includes a remote signal receiving means that receives a command signal from a remote controller 300, which remotely controls the turbomolecular pump 100, and changes a setting relating to an operating specification of the turbomolecular pump 100 on the basis of the command signal received by the remote signal receiving means.

Abstract: An on-vehicle communication system of an embodiment includes: an antenna that is provided on a vehicle and performs a close-range communication with a user terminal device present in a communication area around the vehicle; and a control portion that is provided on the vehicle and executes a predetermined authentication process when a radio wave strength of a signal received from the user terminal device via the antenna or a signal received by the user terminal device from the antenna is equal to or more than a threshold value, wherein the control portion notifies a user of information on a target communication position at which the user terminal device should be located when registering the threshold value by using a notification portion.

Abstract: A rotary knob that rotates in a pushed state includes an extending portion extending in a rotation direction of the rotary knob, and the extending portion includes a cutout portion cut out so as to prevent a first switch that detects that the rotary knob is pushed in from being pressed in a case where the rotary knob is in an intermediate range in which the rotary knob is in a pushed state.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a chemically modified cellulose fiber with which fibrillation can be performed along with sulfation reaction. The method for producing a chemically modified cellulose fiber includes a step (a) of treating a cellulose fiber with sulfamic acid to allow a cellulose fine fiber which is a constituent of the cellulose fiber to react with the sulfamic acid, thereby substituting some of hydroxyl groups of cellulose with a substituent represented by a structural formula (1) below (where M represents a monovalent to trivalent cation), and a step (b) of performing fibrillation simultaneously with the step (a).

Abstract: A sulfated cellulose fiber having a cellulose I crystal structure is provided. A chemically modified cellulose fiber which has a cellulose I crystal and in which some hydroxyl groups of cellulose are substituted with a substituent represented by formula (1). An amount of the substituent introduced is 0.1 mmol to 3.0 mmol per 1 g of the chemically modified cellulose fiber, and an average degree of polymerization is 350 or more. (In formula (1), M represents a monovalent to trivalent cation.) In the production of the chemically modified cellulose fiber, a cellulose fiber is treated with sulfamic acid while maintaining a cellulose fiber shape to allow sulfamic acid and a cellulose fine fiber which is a constituent of the cellulose fiber to react with each other.

Abstract: A rotary knob that rotates in a pushed state includes an extending portion extending in a rotation direction of the rotary knob, and the extending portion includes a cutout portion cut out so as to prevent a first switch that detects that the rotary knob is pushed in from being pressed in a case where the rotary knob is in an intermediate range in which the rotary knob is in a pushed state.

Abstract: OD is defined by an outer diameter of the pneumatic tire, RW is defined by a rim width of a rim wheel assembled to the pneumatic tire, SW is defined by a tire width of the pneumatic tire, and RD is defined by a rim diameter of the pneumatic tire, the OD is 350 mm or more and 600 mm or less, the relation of 0.78?RW/SW?0.99; and the relation of 0.56?RD/OD?0.75 are satisfied.

Abstract: The pneumatic tire has an annular carcass formed by using a carcass treat in which a carcass cord arranged along the tire width direction is covered with a rubber material, and a belt layer formed by arranging a resin covered cord outside the tire radial direction of the carcass and covered with a resin material along the tire circumferential direction. The treat strength of the carcass treat along the tire width direction is 10 kN/25 mm or more.

Abstract: An outer diameter of a pneumatic tire 350 mm or more and 600 mm or less. As RW is defined by a rim width of a rim wheel assembled to the pneumatic tire and SW is defined by a tire width of the pneumatic tire, the relation of 0.78?RW/SW?0.99 is satisfied. A carcass has a carcass cord arranged along the tire width direction. The carcass cord is formed of a filament of steel. The outer diameter of the carcass cords is 0.7 mm or less, and a distance between adjacent carcass cords is 4.0 mm or less.

Abstract: A vehicle driving-force distributing device includes: first connecting/disconnecting teeth disposed on the inner circumferential side of the ring gear; a connecting/disconnecting mechanism that includes a cylindrical member and a connecting/disconnecting sleeve including second connecting/disconnecting teeth and spline-fitted movably in the rotation axis direction and relatively non-rotatably to the outer circumferential side of the shaft insertion portion and that connects and disconnects a power transmission path between the ring gear and the differential case by moving the connecting/disconnecting sleeve in the rotation axis direction between a meshing position at which the second connecting/disconnecting teeth are meshed with the first connecting/disconnecting teeth and a non-meshing position at which the second connecting/disconnecting teeth are not meshed with the first connecting/disconnecting teeth; and a synchronizing mechanism disposed between the ring gear and the cylindrical member and reducing a

Abstract: An adaptive cruise control device (10) follows a designated preceding vehicle according to information gained by an image capturing unit (11) and an object measurement unit (12), and further includes a license plate recognition unit (21, 22) which selects an image processing area (A3) from each object detected by the object measurement unit, and, if the detected object is a vehicle, recognizes a plate number from image processing area. If the plate number matches a stored plate number of the designated vehicle to be followed, the detected object is authenticated as the designated vehicle to be followed.