Abstract: A control device of a vehicle is installed in a vehicle including: a body having a vehicle cabin and a floor panel constituting a floor of the vehicle cabin; a door opening-closing mechanism that drives a door mounted on the body to open and close; and a slope deploying mechanism that deploys a slope plate housed under the floor panel to the outside of the body. The control device coordinates the operation of the door opening-closing mechanism and the slope deploying mechanism. The control device opens the door by the door opening-closing mechanism after deploying the slope plate toward the outside of the body by the slope deploying mechanism.

Abstract: A method of screening for the presence or absence of tuberculosis infection using a urine specimen and a probe set for the screening are provided. The method uses a ratio [B/S] of content B of biomarker miRNA (sequence ID2 to ID33 and/or ID: 34 to ID: 73) to content S of hsa-miR-423-5p present in a urine-derived sample as an index. Comparing with the cut-off value based on the corresponding ratios N (B/S) for healthy population and P [B/S] for tuberculosis infected population, and the urine-derived sample is classified into a tuberculosis infection-positive or negative based on the comparison result.

Abstract: ECU is configured to determine a life of a brush motor that is a power source of the oil pump. ECU estimates the motor current of the brush motor based on the oil temperature and the hydraulic pressure. ECU measures the operation time of the brush motor at the estimated motor current. ECU determines the life of the brush motor based on the estimated motor current and the measured operation times.

Abstract: An ECU is configured to determine the life of a pressure storage tank. The pressure storage tank has a gas chamber filled with gas, an oil chamber connected to a common passageway, and a piston dividing the gas chamber and the oil chamber. The pressure storage tank is configured to store hydraulic oil in the oil chamber and to release the hydraulic oil from the oil chamber. The ECU calculates a movement amount of the piston based on the volume change of the gas chamber. The ECU determines that the life of the pressure storage tank has ended when an integrated value of the calculated movement amount exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle is installed in a vehicle including: a body having a vehicle cabin and a floor panel constituting a floor of the vehicle cabin; a door opening-closing mechanism that drives a door mounted on the body to open and close; and a slope deploying mechanism that deploys a slope plate housed under the floor panel to the outside of the body. The control device coordinates the operation of the door opening-closing mechanism and the slope deploying mechanism. The control device opens the door by the door opening-closing mechanism after deploying the slope plate toward the outside of the body by the slope deploying mechanism.

Abstract: Optical cables, which are connected to a light receiving section and a light transmitting section, respectively, are provided to be opposite to each other in three-axis directions to be freely movable and adjustable to image forming lenses of a receiving optical system and a transmitting optical system, respectively. The optical fiber is driven based on light intensity of receiving light to be three-dimensionally moved and adjusted so as to optically combined with the image forming lens, and the optical fiber is driven based on a light angle of the receiving light and aberration to be three-dimensionally moved and adjusted so as to optically combined with the image forming lens.

Abstract: In a direction detecting device, a laser beam emitting source for intermittently emitting a laser beam is provided in one satellite, image data including a laser beam image in emitting and non-emitting states of the laser beam from the laser beam emitting source is obtained by an optical system and an image pickup section provided in the other satellite, image data of the laser beam non-emitting state is stored in a memory section, stored image data of the laser beam non-emitting state and image data of the laser beam emitting state are subtracted to extract only a laser beam image, thereby detecting a direction of the laser beam emitting source based on the extracted laser beam image.