Abstract: Provided is a DC/DC converter device capable of suppressing overshooting of an output voltage and fluctuation of an input voltage. The DC/DC converter device includes: a DC/DC converter including a power conversion unit and a reactor; and a control unit. The control unit includes a rate-of-change limiting value setting unit configured to set a rate-of-change limiting value for the output voltage target value, and is configured to limit the output voltage command value by using the rate-of-change limiting value, to thereby generate the output voltage target value. The rate-of-change limiting value setting unit is configured to obtain an index value for quantitatively evaluating an amount of fluctuation in the input voltage, to thereby change a setting of the rate-of-change limiting value in such a direction as to narrow a rate-of-change limiting range when the index value is within a predetermined specific range.

Abstract: A pedal operation detecting device includes an input member which moves in a first direction in accordance with movement of an operating pedal; a plate-shaped member having a first surface and a second surface, the input member being connected to a central portion of the second surface, and the operating force from the operating pedal being input to the central portion of the second surface, toward one side in the first direction; a limiting unit connected to the second surface so that, when the operating force is input to the plate-shaped member, the plate-shaped member deforms resiliently into a convex shape having an apex portion at a central portion of the first surface, and which limits movement of the plate-shaped member toward the one side in the first direction; and an operating force detecting unit which detects the operating force on the basis of strain in the plate-shaped member.

Abstract: An association method executed by a computer, the association method including obtaining a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras, acquiring at least one identifier of at least one radio terminal that is located near one of the plurality of cameras when at least one of the plurality of cameras captures one of the plurality of images, obtaining attributes corresponding to one or more person included in a group of images based on an analysis regarding the group of images, the group of images being included in the plurality of images and corresponding to a first identifier included in the at least one identifier, determining an attribute corresponding to the first identifier based on a result of the obtaining the attributes, and storing, into a storage device, the determined attribute in association with the first identifier.

Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry configured to identify a plurality of systems that each access at least one of a plurality of virtual machines executed by a server, generate, for each system, a value indicating whether performance of the system satisfies an agreement for the system if a virtual machine accessed by the system is stopped, determine a virtual machine to be stopped among the plurality of virtual machines based on the values.

Abstract: A vehicle has a front grille, engine, engine compartment, power storage device, temperature sensor, shutter, heater and controller. The device can be electrically charged from an external power supply. The temperature sensor detects engine coolant temperature. The shutter is disposed in a transfer pathway of air drawn into the engine compartment via the front grille, and is switched between closed and open states. The heater is able to generate heat when receiving the electric power, raising the coolant temperature. The controller starts the engine when the coolant temperature is lower than a startup threshold value, drives the heater when the coolant temperature is lower than a first threshold value equal to or higher than the startup threshold value, until the coolant temperature becomes equal to or higher than the first threshold value, and drives the shutter to place the shutter in the closed state while the heater is driven.

Abstract: There is provided a DC power source apparatus that can prevent failures in components included in the DC power source apparatus and a load and that can prevent damage to or deterioration in the components. A control unit of the DC power source apparatus includes a function of limiting a duty value that is the ratio of an on-time to the switching period of a switching device, and makes an upper limit value for limiting the upper limit of the duty value variable during switching operation of the switching device.

Abstract: A technique for detecting intact provirus more simply and at a lower cost is provided. A marker showing HIV pathology, comprising near-full-length HIV provirus. A method of testing HIV pathology, comprising evaluating the level of full-length HIV provirus in HIV-infected cells. A method of testing the efficacy of an anti-HIV drug, comprising evaluating the level of near-full-length HIV provirus in HIV-infected cells. A method of screening for drugs that enable a functional cure of HIV, comprising evaluating the level of near-full-length HIV provirus in HIV-infected cells. A method of evaluating the level of near-full-length HIV provirus in HIV-infected cells, comprising detecting 3 to 7 regions scattered across the full length of HIV provirus. Also provided is a kit for evaluating the level of near-full-length HIV provirus, comprising primers capable of amplifying 3 to 7 regions scattered across the full length of HIV provirus and probes capable of detecting the nucleic acid amplified by the primers.

Abstract: A wiring member includes a laminated flat conductor and an insulating layer provided around the laminated flat conductor. The laminated flat conductor includes a plurality of flat conductors laid on each other in a thickness direction of the laminated flat conductor, and insulating sheet members each of which is interposed between and electrically insulate adjacent ones of the plurality of flat conductors.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining whether the meaning of a word included in an electronic message needs to be presented to a user, according to a dynamic determination whether the user currently knows the meaning of the word. In a client, a communication control unit receives a message sent between users, a morphological analysis unit extracts a word from the message, and a history acquisition unit acquires history information on viewing, usage, or the like of the word. A display determination unit determines whether the meaning of the word needs to be displayed, according to the acquired history information, the language level of a user stored in a user level storage unit, and the difficulty level of the word stored in a dictionary storage unit. An input/output control unit performs control such that the meaning of the word is presented to the user according to the determination result.

Abstract: To provide a DC/DC converter which does not need to switch a change direction of a control value depending on a power transmission direction between low voltage side and high voltage side, and can control a voltage of a charge and discharge capacitor. A DC/DC converter which controls voltage of a charge and discharge capacitor by a controller that performs a ?duty control which changes an ON duty ratio difference of semiconductor circuits, and a phase shift control which changes a phase difference of an ON period of semiconductor circuits.

Abstract: To provide a DC/DC converter which does not need to switch a change direction of a control value depending on a power transmission direction between low voltage side and high voltage side, and can control a voltage of a charge and discharge capacitor. A DC/DC converter which controls voltage of a charge and discharge capacitor by a controller that performs a ?duty control which changes an ON duty ratio difference of semiconductor circuits, and a phase shift control which changes a phase difference of an ON period of semiconductor circuits.

Abstract: There is provided a DC power source apparatus that can prevent failures in components included in the DC power source apparatus and a load and that can prevent damage to or deterioration in the components. A control unit of the DC power source apparatus includes a function of limiting a duty value that is the ratio of an on-time to the switching period of a switching device, and makes an upper limit value for limiting the upper limit of the duty value variable during switching operation of the switching device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lamp including a projection lens, and a light source located behind the projection lens so that light emitted from the light source is irradiated forward through the projection lens. The projection lens includes an upright wall surface formed on a peripheral edge thereof, in which the upright wall surface has a greater longitudinal inclination angle than a front surface of the projection lens. A light control member is located behind the projection lens, in which the light control member is configured to suppress light incident on the projection lens from the light source, from being internally reflected by the upright wall surface.

Abstract: A vehicle has an engine (26), a power storage device (10), two motor/generators (M/G1, M/G2), a front grille with a shutter, an engine room, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The shutter changes the amount of air introduced from the front grille into the engine room. The first temperature sensor detects a temperature (Tw) of a coolant of the engine, and outputs the detected coolant temperature to the controller. The second temperature sensor detects an outside air temperature (Te), and outpots the detected outside air temperature to the controller. The controller starts the engine (26) when the coolant temperature is equal to or lower than a threshold value.

Abstract: A grommet is secured to a wire harness inserted in an opening of a panel. The grommet is fitted in the opening and mounted, thereby supporting the wire harness in the panel, The grommet has: partition walls covering the periphery of the wire harness and forming a sound-blocking space around the wire harness; and a sound-insulating wall formed inside the sound-blocking space so as to intersect the longitudinal direction of the wire harness.

Abstract: During the travel of a vehicle, the oil level of lubricating oil is lowered due to the suction by at least a first oil pump and the scraping-up by the rotation of a differential ring gear and so on. In particular, until the oil level becomes equal to or lower than an upper end of a first partition wall, the oil level is lowered due to both the suction by the first oil pump and the scraping-up by the rotation of the differential ring gear and so on, and therefore, a region, that is immersed in the lubricating oil, of the differential device rapidly becomes smaller. Since a suction port of the first oil pump is disposed in a second oil storage portion, the oil level in the second oil storage portion during the travel of the vehicle can be adjusted independently of that in a first oil storage portion.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source including a semiconductor light emitting device, and a metal support member on which the light source is mounted. The support member is integrally formed with a shade portion configured to block a portion of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting device.

Abstract: A projection lens is disposed so that light emitted from a light source passes the projection lens. A shade is disposed in rear of the projection lens so as to block a part of the light emitted from the light source. The projection lens includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a first light scattering property. The second region has a second light scattering property lower than the first light scattering property. The shade and the projection lens are disposed so that a part of light projecting an edge of the shade as a peripheral edge of a light distribution pattern passes through the first region and another part of the light projecting the edge of the shade passes through the second region.

Abstract: A grommet secured to a wire harness inserted in an opening of a panel, the grommet being fitted in the opening and mounted, thereby supporting the wire harness in the panel; wherein the grommet has: partition walls covering the periphery of the wire harness and forming a sound-blocking space around the wire harness; and a sound-insulating wall formed inside the sound-blocking space so as to intersect the longitudinal direction of the wire harness.

Abstract: A vehicle has a front grille, engine, engine compartment, power storage device, temperature sensor, shutter, heater and controller. The device can be electrically charged from an external power supply. The temperature sensor detects engine coolant temperature. The shutter is disposed in a transfer pathway of air drawn into the engine compartment via the front grille, and is switched between closed and open states. The heater is able to generate heat when receiving the electric power, raising the coolant temperature. The controller starts the engine when the coolant temperature is lower than a startup threshold value, drives the heater when the coolant temperature is lower than a first threshold value equal to or higher than the startup threshold value, until the coolant temperature becomes equal to or higher than the first threshold value, and drives the shutter to place the shutter in the closed state while the heater is driven.