Abstract: A braking device of diagonal type having two sub-systems each including a front wheel brake cylinder and a rear wheel brake cylinder which are connected to master cylinder through respective front and rear passages in which are first and second solenoid-operated valves are disposed. The rear passage is connected to a portion of the front passage between the first valve and the front wheel brake cylinder, and a third solenoid-operated valve is disposed in a reservoir passage connecting the rear passage to a reservoir connected to a pump. A controller for controlling the valves and the pump includes a device for alternately opening and closing the third valve in a predetermined switching pattern while the second valve is held open or is alternately opened and closed, whereby the rate of change of the braking pressure in each wheel brake cylinder can be controlled as desired depending upon the switching pattern of the third valve.

Abstract: In an automatic dial telephone that is usuable in a motor vehicle, when a voice input is provided during a period in which input of the names of called parties is awaited, a voice pattern of the name of the called party is compared with reference patterns of called parties stored in reference pattern storing device, to determine the degree of the similarity therebetween. The names of the called parties are output to a user in the order of decreasing degree of similarity. Each time the name of a called party is output, a command word for confirmation is a waited from a user for a predetermined time period. When a voice confirmation command is input and is recognized during this waiting period, a telephone number corresponding to the name of the called party is supplied to a channel. Consequently, the command word for confirmation may be input only if the name of the called party outputted is one desired by the user.