Abstract: A battery information acquisition unit acquires a charging status of a battery of a portable electric power source, the portable electric power source being mounted on a vehicle for which a destination is set. A vehicle information acquisition unit acquires at least a piece of information regarding the vehicle electric power source included in the vehicle. An electric energy supply amount calculator calculates an electric energy supply y amount that can be supplied from the vehicle electric power source to the portable electric power source without hindering the vehicle from traveling to the destination. A charge command unit commands the charge controller to charge the battery by supplying electric power from the vehicle electric power source to the battery with the electric energy amount equal to or less than the electric energy supply amount when it determines charging of the battery is necessary based on the charging status of the battery.

Abstract: A device includes an illuminance information referring unit configured to refer to an illuminance information database that stores therein illuminance information indicating illuminance at each of positions in a lighting device installed place in which lighting devices are installed, an identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying the lighting device installed place in which a vehicle travel, and a display controller configured to cause a projection device of a head-up display device to project a virtual image. The display controller is further configured to control luminance of the virtual image projected by the projection device in accordance with the illuminance information at each of the positions in the lighting device installed place based on the illuminance information referred to by the illuminance information referring unit and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus includes a light source unit, a detecting unit, an optical scanner, a light source driving unit, and an adjusting unit. The light source driving unit is configured to control the light source unit in such a way that a rendered image is generated by the scan of the optical scanner inside a scan area scanned by the optical scanner and that a characteristic laser beam is emitted at a position and in a pattern corresponding to a rendered content of the rendered image. The rendered image includes an indicator related to a speed of a vehicle. The light source driving unit is configured to control the light source unit to emit the characteristics detecting laser beam in such a way that a scale for the indicator related to the speed of the vehicle is rendered.

Abstract: A device includes an illuminance information referring unit configured to refer to an illuminance information database that stores therein illuminance information indicating illuminance at each of positions in a lighting device installed place in which lighting devices are installed, an identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying the lighting device installed place in which a vehicle travel, and a display controller configured to cause a projection device of a head-up display device to project a virtual image. The display controller is further configured to control luminance of the virtual image projected by the projection device in accordance with the illuminance information at each of the positions in the lighting device installed place based on the illuminance information referred to by the illuminance information referring unit and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit.

Abstract: An image rendering apparatus includes a light source unit, a detecting unit, an optical scanner, a light source driving unit, and an adjusting unit. The light source driving unit is configured to control the light source unit in such a way that a rendered image is generated by the scan of the optical scanner inside a scan area scanned by the optical scanner and that a characteristic laser beam is emitted at a position and in a pattern corresponding to a rendered content of the rendered image. The rendered image includes an indicator related to a speed of a vehicle. The light source driving unit is configured to control the light source unit to emit the characteristics detecting laser beam in such a way that a scale for the indicator related to the speed of the vehicle is rendered.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a laser light source unit configured to output a luminous flux, a scanning mirror unit configured to reflect the luminous flux by reciprocating driving in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, a light source driving unit configured to drive the light source unit based on image data, a bit shift processing unit configured to adjust a brightness value of a pixel included in the image date, and a dimming processing unit configured to perform control in such a manner that a brightness value of a pixel included in the image data is not displayed as zero with respect to the image data subjected to dimming processing by the bit shift processing unit according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a laser light source unit configured to output a luminous flux, a scanning mirror unit configured to reflect the luminous flux by reciprocating driving in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, a light source driving unit configured to drive the light source unit based on image data, a bit shift processing unit configured to adjust a brightness value of a pixel included in the image date, and a dimming processing unit configured to perform control in such a manner that a brightness value of a pixel included in the image data is not displayed as zero with respect to the image data subjected to dimming processing by the bit shift processing unit according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: A wiring board includes an insulating layer having a plurality of through holes formed therein, a base substrate layer positioned below the insulating layer, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the base substrate layer, each electrode having an exposed surface exposed from a respective through hole, each exposed surfaces being coated with a flux. A plurality of solder balls are disposed on the fluxes in the through holes, respectively. An apparatus for mounting the solder balls on the plurality of electrodes includes: a solder ball removing unit configured to remove a first plurality of solder balls located other than in the through holes; and a solder ball pressing unit configured to press a second plurality of solder balls individually disposed in the through holes towards respective electrodes and into respective flux.

Abstract: A reflecting mirror with a reflective multi-layer coating capable reflecting light beams of discrete wavelengths, e.g., laser beams in the wave ranges of CD, DVD and mass storage optical discs, free of the problem of light absorption.

Abstract: A BS digital broadcast receiver having no 8PSK-demapper and a less number of delay circuits for Trellis encoding. A QPSK baseband signal based upon a reception signal point position of an absolute-phased baseband demodulation signal is Viterbi-decoded by a Viterbi-decoder 6. An output of the Viterbi-decoder is convolution-reencoded by a convolution encoder 7. Upper four bits of phase error data are searched from a phase error table 31 for carrier reproduction in accordance with a phase difference between 0 degree and a phase of a phase error detection reception signal point position. The upper four bits are delayed by delay circuits 81 to 84 by a total sum of a time taken to Viterbi-decode and a time taken to convolution-encode. The delayed outputs are demapped by a demapped value conversion circuit 9. A code TCD2 determined from the demapped output and convolution encode output is output as an MSB of a Trellis 8PSK decode output from an MSB code judging/error detecting circuit 10.

Abstract: An AM data multiplexing modulation apparatus for multiplexing a digital signal to an AM modulation signal without adversely affecting an AM sync detection output even if AM sync detection is performed. An AM modulator AM modulates a carrier having a frequency fc by an input signal, an orthogonal modulator 3 orthogonally modulates a carrier having a frequency (fc+f.alpha.) by a QPSK baseband digital signal generated by a QPSK baseband digital signal generator 2, a sign inverter and a complex conjugate unit change the sign of a signal having the same phase as a reference carrier of vector shift and corresponding to a dibit formed by the QPSK baseband digital signal generated by the QPSK baseband digital signal generator, another orthogonal modulator orthogonally modulates a carrier having a frequency (fc-f.alpha.