Abstract: Beer-flavored fermented beverages made from malt or other grains maintain their high quality for a long period of time without changing quality and remain as flavorful as they are immediately after production. Fermented beverages such as beer, happoshu, miscellaneous alcohol beverages and low-alcohol fermented malt beverages having high storage stability are provided by increasing the sulfurous acid concentration in the fermented beverages to 5.0 ppm or above. This is done by adjusting the concentration of free amino nitrogen (FAN value) in wort and other fermentation liquids to 25 mg/100 mL or below and adding a mineral source for fermentation.

Abstract: An apparatus which can objectively assess and display to what extent and to which disease the subject belongs based on the signals of changes in hemoglobin amount measured by the optical measurement apparatus is provided. The disease assessment apparatus comprises the feature extraction unit 15 for extracting features of the hemoglobin waveform, the feature analysis unit 16 and the storage unit 12 for storing features by each disease as database. The disease is assessed by extracting various kinds of feature amounts from the hemoglobin signals of the subject measured by the optical measurement apparatus in the feature extraction unit 15 and by applying multivariate analysis of similarities between feature amounts extracted and feature amounts stored by disease in the storage unit 12. Results of assessment are shown as scores expressing similarity with each disease group in a bar graph.

Abstract: In hybrid electric vehicle control, when an engine is cranked by the torque of a first motor-generator to start the engine, the torque of the first motor-generator is corrected according to the crankshaft angle of the engine to prevent the amount of increase in engine rotation speed from fluctuating. Fluctuation in inertia torque is reduced through this control of the torque of the first motor-generator to reduce fluctuation in the cranking reaction force torque exerted on a drive axle. Further, the torque of a second motor-generator is so controlled to cancel out this cranking reaction force torque. Thus, the cranking reaction force torque exerted on the drive axle is accurately canceled out through control of the torque of the second motor-generator to suppress fluctuation in the torque of the drive axle.

Abstract: By making use of a set of loading of stimulation and no loading, variation signals in time of hemoglobin density at a plurality of measurement points of a subject attached of an optical measurement probe and corresponding to a plurality of channels are detected, and for the respective detected hemoglobin variation signals principal component analysis is performed as well as a representative signal having a higher contribution rate is extracted and the extracted representative signal is displayed on a monitor. A correlation between the representative signal and a task reference and response waveform representing a response pattern of a living body in response to a stimulation task is calculated, and a representative signal having the highest correlation value as calculated is displayed in a discriminable manner from the other signals as a task related signal which responds most to the stimulation given to the subject.

Abstract: A control system for multiphase rotary electric machines is provided. The control system carries out control of the output of a multiphase rotary electric machine by operating switching elements of an inverter, so that more appropriate measure can be taken when malfunction has occurred in the inverter. A rotary shaft of an internal combustion engine, a rotary shaft of a generator and a rotary shaft of a motor are linked through a torque-splitting mechanism. The control system carries out failsafe processes, at the occurrence of short circuit in a switching element of the inverter, to control load torque of the generator so as to prevent rotation of a rotary shaft of the internal combustion engine in a non-operative state, which rotation is induced by a motive force of the motor.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation device is provided for permitting the display of the current POI (Point of Interest) information about points of interest which serve as landmarks near a guidance route to the destination, thereby improving visibility when a user identifies the guidance route. A vehicle navigation device 50 is connected in communication with a provider 60 for offering transmission service of map information which includes the current POI information pertaining to locations on a map where the points of interest are located. The navigation device 50 includes a display unit 6, information input means 2, communications means 3, and control means 17.

Abstract: A principal component analysis or an independent component analysis is conducted on the living body signals, e.g., local cerebral blood amount change signals obtained by the living body optical measurement to extract and display multiple component signals thereof. Signals other than the component signals containing noise are selected from these component signals automatically or manually, and the local cerebral blood amount change signals are reconstructed by using selected signals. The reconstructed signals is displayed and further subjected to the component analysis or the reconstruction as appropriate, and used for the profiling of information necessary for the diagnosis. Consequently, high-precision target signals can be obtained by completely removing external noise included in the living body signals, particularly the noise which cannot be adequately removed by the moving average and the filtering processings.

Abstract: A biological light measuring instrument for illuminating a subject with a plurality of beams of light from a plurality of illuminating positions, measuring the light beams transmitted through the subject, and creating a topographic image showing ecological information about the inside of the subject, comprising unit for creating three-dimensional coordinate data representing the relationship among the illuminating positions and a reference point on the subject and the relationship between the light measuring position and the reference point, unit for setting the illuminating positions and light measuring position on a three-dimensional shape image of the subject according to the three-dimensional coordinate data, and unit for creating a three-dimensional topographic image according to the three-dimensional coordinate data, and unit for superposing the three-dimensional topographic image on the shape image while maintaining the relationships of the illuminating positions and the light measuring position.

Abstract: A living body information signal processing system (100) combining organically a living body optical measurement apparatus and a brain wave measurement apparatus, the living body optical measurement apparatus (300) in which inspection light of from visible to near infrared is irradiated on a head portion of a subject (140) and the penetration light is received and which measures an optical characteristic variation induced by a brain activity inside the head portion as a living body optical signal and the brain wave measurement apparatus (400) which measures an electrical characteristic variation induced by a brain activity inside the head portion of the subject as a brain wave signal, is provided with a probe device (50) used for both apparatus; and a living body information signal processing and displaying device (200) which displays the living body optical signal corresponding to respective measurement positions from the living body optical measurement apparatus and the brain wave signal corresponding to re

Abstract: An apparatus which can objectively assess and display to what extent and to which disease the subject belongs based on the signals of changes in hemoglobin amount measured by the optical measurement apparatus is provided. The disease assessment apparatus comprises the feature extraction unit 15 for extracting features of the hemoglobin waveform, the feature analysis unit 16 and the storage unit 12 for storing features by each disease as database. The disease is assessed by extracting various kinds of feature amounts from the hemoglobin signals of the subject measured by the optical measurement apparatus in the feature extraction unit 15 and by applying multivariate analysis of similarities between feature amounts extracted and feature amounts stored by disease in the storage unit 12. Results of assessment are shown as scores expressing similarity with each disease group in a bar graph.

Abstract: A biological photometer having, in its signal processing unit, a memory unit in which characteristics of hemoglobin change pattern of healthy case and various diseases are stored as reference template, characteristic extraction unit in which characteristic of hemoglobin change patterns are extracted from hemoglobin signals measured in a photometer unit, and a judgment unit in which the characteristics of the hemoglobin change patterns thus extracted are compared with the reference templates stored in the memory unit so as to judge whether the subject is healthy or ill. As the characteristics of the hemoglobin change pattern, use is made of hemoglobin change pattern curve as well as factors determined therefrom such as latent time, maximum level, time for attaining the maximum level, differential quantitative change, integral quantitative change, etc. Using this biological photometer, various diseases can be easily and quantitatively diagnosed.

Abstract: By making use of a set of loading of stimulation and no loading, variation signals in time of hemoglobin density at a plurality of measurement points of a subject attached of an optical measurement probe and corresponding to a plurality of channels are detected, and for the respective detected hemoglobin variation signals principal component analysis is performed as well as a representative signal having a higher contribution rate is extracted and the extracted representative signal is displayed on a monitor. A correlation between the representative signal and a task reference and response waveform representing a response pattern of a living body in response to a stimulation task is calculated, and a representative signal having the highest correlation value as calculated is displayed in a discriminable manner from the other signals as a task related signal which responds most to the stimulation given to the subject.

Abstract: A biological photometer having, in its signal processing unit, a memory unit in which characteristics of hemoglobin change pattern of healthy case and various diseases are stored as reference template, characteristic extraction unit in which characteristic of hemoglobin change patterns are extracted from hemoglobin signals measured in a photometer unit, and a judgment unit in which the characteristics of the hemoglobin change patterns thus extracted are compared with the reference templates stored in the memory unit so as to judge whether the subject is healthy or ill. As the characteristics of the hemoglobin change pattern, use is made of hemoglobin change pattern curve as well as factors determined therefrom such as latent time, maximum level, time for attaining the maximum level, differential quantitative change, integral quantitative change, etc. Using this biological photometer, various diseases can be easily and quantitatively diagnosed.

Abstract: In a biological optical measuring instrument, when displaying a biological variation in a predetermined region of a subject through irradiating light to the subject and processing light signals obtained by detecting the transmitting light, the light signals of a plurality of sections having a predetermined time interval are extracted, section data are prepared from the respective extracted light signals, the plurality of the prepared section data are added and averaged, prior to preparing averaged section data for the predetermined time interval a light signal section containing noise components is specified from differential values of the extracted light signals and the section data of the light signal containing the noise components is excluded from the averaging operation, thereby, a biological optical measuring instrument is provided which permits to remove the section data containing noise components are automatically removed through computation without relying upon visual observation, to obtain highly r

Abstract: When a facility is specified from a facility list indicating facilities which satisfy a facility searching condition, a path searching processing section searches for a driving path with the specified facility being set as a destination, and obtains information such as driving distance and driving time required when a vehicle travels the driving path to the destination. A text-information generating and drawing section generates drawing data for displaying text information, such as the driving distance and the driving time, and stores the drawing data in a VRAM. A map drawing section generates drawing data for displaying a map image of an area which includes the driving path and stores the drawing data in the VRAM. An image synthesis section synthesizes the drawing data stored in the VRAM and the drawing data supplied from an operation-screen generation section, and causes a display apparatus to display a search image which includes the facility list, the text information, and the map image on one screen.

Abstract: When a facility is specified from a facility list indicating facilities which satisfy a facility searching condition, a path searching processing section searches for a driving path with the specified facility being set as a destination, and obtains information such as driving distance and driving time required when a vehicle travels the driving path to the destination. A text-information generating and drawing section generates drawing data for displaying text information, such as the driving distance and the driving time, and stores the drawing data in a VRAM. A map drawing section generates drawing data for displaying a map image of an area which includes the driving path and stores the drawing data in the VRAM. An image synthesis section synthesizes the drawing data stored in the VRAM and the drawing data supplied from an operation-screen generation section, and causes a display apparatus to display a search image which includes the facility list, the text information, and the map image on one screen.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical measurement apparatus for living body provided with light transmitting means for transmitting light to a plurality of positions in areas to be examined within a living body; light detecting means for detecting light which has been transmitted by the light transmitting means and has passed through the living body at the plurality of positions in the examination area; load applying means for applying to the living body a load to which the living body responds; means for calculating signals representing intensity change of the transillumination detected by the light detecting means at the measuring points determined based on the positional relation between each of light transmitting means and light detecting means during both a period in which a load is applied to the living body and a period in which a load is not applied; means for calculating time variations of at least one signal among two signals calculated above at the measuring points determined based on the posi

Abstract: A vehicle navigation device is provided for permitting the display of the current POI (Point of Interest) information about points of interest which serve as landmarks near a guidance route to the destination, thereby improving visibility when a user identifies the guidance route. A vehicle navigation device 50 is connected in communication with a provider 60 for offering transmission service of map information which includes the current POI information pertaining to locations on a map where the points of interest are located. The navigation device 50 includes a display unit 6, information input means 2, communications means 3, and control means 17.

Abstract: An engine having an air intake passage for drawing air into a combustion chamber and an injecting device for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. A mixture of air and fuel undergoes stratified charge combustion. Sensors detect the operating conditions of the engine, and a swirl control valve opens and closes the air intake passage to swirl the air-fuel mixture. An actuator drives the swirl control valve. A computer computes a target opening angle of the swirl control valve in response to the detected operating conditions. A controller controls the force of the swirl by controlling the actuator in accordance with the computed target opening angle. A detector detects fluctuation of engine rotation. A corrector corrects the target opening angle in response to the detected fluctuation of the engine rotation to improve the performance of the engine.

Abstract: An engine having an air intake passage for drawing air into a combustion chamber and an injecting device for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. A mixture of air and fuel undergoes stratified charge combustion. Sensors detect the operating conditions of the engine, and a swirl control valve opens and closes the air intake passage to swirl the air-fuel mixture. An actuator drives the swirl control valve. A computer computes a target opening angle of the swirl control valve in response to the detected operating conditions. A controller controls the force of the swirl by controlling the actuator in accordance with the computed target opening angle. A detector detects fluctuation of engine rotation. A corrector corrects the target opening angle in response to the detected fluctuation of the engine rotation to improve the performance of the engine.