Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of accepting a request for retrieving a target vehicle body unit that is laid at a specific place, selecting a chassis unit for retrieval from among chassis units in the state separated from any vehicle body unit, the chassis unit for retrieval being a chassis unit to be used to retrieve the target vehicle body unit, and sending a retrieval command to the chassis unit for retrieval, the retrieval command being a command to retrieve the target vehicle body unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed includes a controller configured to execute the processing of acquiring a remaining amount of energy source defined as the remaining amount of energy source stored in the storage unit of a first chassis unit coupled with a specific vehicle body unit, and when the remaining amount of energy source is smaller than a predetermined threshold, sending a decoupling command to the first chassis unit and sending a coupling command to a second chassis unit for which replenishment of energy source has been completed. The decoupling command is a command to decouple the first chassis unit from the vehicle body unit, and the coupling command is a command to couple the second chassis unit to the specific vehicle body unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique that enables customization of a vehicle. In an information processing apparatus, a controller presents vehicle units extracted from among a plurality of types of under units each of which is provided with a driving mechanism configured to cause wheels to rotate and a plurality of types of upper units to be loaded on any of the under units to a user, the vehicle units being combinable as a vehicle. Furthermore, the controller executes: accepting selection by a user from among the presented vehicle units; and calculating a fee in the case of providing the selected vehicle units.

Abstract: A thermal barrier coating material contains a compound X that is a cation-deficient-type defective perovskite complex oxide. Unit cells of the compound X each include six oxygen atoms and has a structure in which two octahedrons sharing one oxygen atom are aligned. In the compound X, central axes of two octahedrons that belong to adjacent unit cells, respectively, and are adjacent to each other are inclined relative to each other. A plurality of sets of the two octahedrons that belong to the adjacent unit cells, respectively, and are adjacent to each other are arranged to form a periodic structure in which octahedrons having different inclinations are alternately arranged, and the compound X has a boundary surface at which a periodicity of the periodic structure changes, in a crystal structure thereof.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of, when a first vehicle body unit on which a first vending machine is mounted is laid at a specific place, determining a time for maintenance defined as a time to perform maintenance of the first vending machine, and sending a replacement command to a chassis unit that is configured in such a way as to be capable of travelling autonomously and being coupled to and separated from a vehicle body unit, as per the time for maintenance. The replacement command is a command to transport a second vehicle body unit on which a second vending machine is mounted to the specific place and retrieve the first vehicle body unit from the specific place.

Abstract: A lead angle adjustment circuit includes a counter that receives an input signal and has an output that is connected to a multiplier circuit. The multiplier circuit has an output connected to a subtractor circuit that has an output connected to a pseudo FG generator circuit. The output of the counter is also connected to a storage register that is coupled to an addition circuit through a range determination circuit, a slope determination circuit, and a multiplier determination circuit. The input signal is input to another counter which is connected to the addition circuit through a start determination circuit and an advance angle calculation circuit. The outputs of the multiplier determination circuit and the advance angle calculation circuit are input to the addition which, which generates a signal is subtracted by the subtractor circuit to generate the signal input into the pseudo FG generator circuit.

Abstract: A diagnostic system for a power conversion apparatus including a semiconductor device and performing a switching operation for carrying and interrupting a main current to a main current is disclosed. This system includes a trigger circuit that acquires reference time for the switching operation; and a delay time calculation circuit that acquires first time at which the main current takes a first main current set value and second time at which the main current takes a second main current set value, and that detects numerical data about a difference between the first time and the reference time and numerical data about a difference between the second time and the reference time.

Abstract: The invention has a purpose of obtaining a brake hydraulic pressure controller capable of securing durability with a simple configuration and a motorcycle brake system. The brake hydraulic pressure controller is a hydraulic pressure controller for a vehicle brake system and includes: a base body that is formed with a channel filled with a brake fluid therein; a hydraulic pressure regulation valve that has a plunger and opens/closes the channel by translatory movement of said plunger; a drive coil that has a hollow section, is vertically provided in the base body in a state where one end of the plunger is inserted in said hollow section, and causes the translatory movement of the plunger to drive the hydraulic pressure regulation valve; and a coil casing that accommodates the drive coil. The coil casing includes a wall that covers at least a part of an apex of the vertically-provided drive coil, and the drive coil is pressed toward the base body by a projection formed in the wall.

Abstract: The invention has a purpose of obtaining a brake hydraulic pressure controller having improved vibration resistance and a motorcycle brake system including such a brake hydraulic pressure controller.

Abstract: An auxiliary member attachment structure for a vehicle seat. The auxiliary member attachment structure includes an auxiliary member at an outer side of the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seat cushion that is capable of transitioning from a seating position to a storage position aligned with a seat back. The auxiliary member being rotatable, about a shaft in the vehicle seat extending along the seat width direction, between a reference position at which the auxiliary member is upright and a holding position at which the auxiliary member is rotated closer to a front side of a vehicle. The auxiliary member attachment structure further includes a rotation restriction unit configured to restrict rotation of the auxiliary member at the reference position when the seat cushion is at the seating position, and cease the restriction of rotation of the auxiliary member when the seat cushion is at the storage position.

Abstract: A temperature abnormality of the power module is accurately detected. A power conversion device including a power semiconductor module with a switching element, includes: a gate driver circuit configured to drive a switching element and transmitting a response signal upon a switching operation of the switching element; a control unit device configured to output to a gate driver circuit an instruction signal for switching; a temperature detection unit configured to calculate a bonding temperature of the switching element based on a response signal to the instruction signal; and a calculation unit configured to determine a state of a power semiconductor module according to a bonding temperature calculated by the temperature detection unit and the response signal.

Abstract: A settings data storage stores unique serial numbers and information regarding a plurality of patterns for alternately switching between normal operation for operating at high capacity and suppressed operation for operating at low capacity each unit time. A pattern specifier determines information for a pattern set in accordance with even and odd serial numbers. A water-heating heat amount determiner determines a heat amount necessary for water heating. A water heating scheduler establishes a water heating plan based on information regarding the pattern determined by the pattern determiner and the water-heating heat amount as determined by the water-heating heat amount determiner. A water heating controller alternately switches between normal operating and suppressed operation to heat water in accordance with the water heating plan established by the water heating scheduler.

Abstract: A gas-shielded arc welding method includes feeding a consumable electrode via a welding torch and performing welding while flowing a shielding gas. The welding torch includes a nozzle. An inner diameter of the nozzle is 15 mm or more. A nozzle-base material distance between a tip of the nozzle and a material to be welded is 22 mm or less. A ratio expressed by (the inner diameter of the nozzle/the nozzle-base material distance) is 0.7 or more and 1.9 or less.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted temperature controller includes a first heat circuit and a refrigeration circuit. The first heat circuit has a battery heat exchange part exchanging heat with a battery and a first heat exchange part, and configured so that a first heat medium circulates therethrough. The refrigeration circuit has a compression part compressing a refrigerant to raise its temperature, a second heat exchange part radiating heat from the refrigerant, an expansion part making the refrigerant expand, and the first heat exchange part making the refrigerant absorb heat from the first heat medium to make the refrigerant evaporate, and is configured to realize a refrigeration cycle by the refrigerant circulating therethrough. The first heat circuit includes a bypass flow path bypassing the battery heat exchange part and an adjusting device adjusting a flow rate of the first heat medium flowing through the bypass flow path.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted temperature controller includes a low temperature circuit and a refrigeration circuit. The low temperature circuit has a heat generating equipment heat exchanger exchanging heat with heat generating equipment, a radiator, a first heat exchanger, and a three-way valve. The refrigeration circuit has a second heat exchanger discharging heat from the refrigerant to a high temperature circuit to make the refrigerant condense, and the first heat exchanger making the refrigerant absorb heat from the cooling water to make the refrigerant evaporate. The low temperature circuit includes a first partial circuit through which the cooling water flows through the radiator and the first heat exchanger, and a second partial circuit through which the cooling water flows through the heat generating equipment heat exchanger without passing through the radiator and the first heat exchanger. The cooling water circulates simultaneously and separately at these first partial circuit and second partial circuit.

Abstract: An evaluation device includes a set temperature evaluation portion, an ecological driving evaluation portion, and a notification portion. The set temperature evaluation portion determines a set temperature evaluation value based on a set temperature that is a target temperature. The ecological driving evaluation portion is configured to determine an ecological driving evaluation value based on at least the set temperature evaluation value. The notification portion is configured to notify the occupant of the ecological driving evaluation value. The level of power saving rises with change of the set temperature evaluation value or the ecological driving evaluation value. When the set temperature is changed, and the change of the set temperature causes increase of the level of power saving without decrease in power consumption of the vehicular air conditioner, the set temperature evaluation portion changes the set temperature evaluation value in the one of positive and negative directions.

Abstract: In an air suspension system, starting of a compressor is facilitated in a condition in which there exists a pressure difference. There is provided an air suspension system in which air compressed by a compressor is supplied to a plurality of air chambers provided between a vehicle body side and a wheel side and configured to perform vehicle height adjustment in accordance with the supply and discharge of air. The compressor has a needle connected to a piston and extending in a moving direction of the piston, and an armature reciprocating the needle in the moving direction of the piston.

Abstract: A motor control device includes: a current position detector that detects a current position of a driven object driven by an external motor; a position comparator that compares the current position of the driven object with a target position; a speed controller that subjects the motor to speed control based on a target speed of the driven object; a position controller that subjects the motor to position control based on the target position of the driven object; and a control switcher that switches control of the motor from the speed control to the position control when a difference between the current position and target position of the driven object becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: first internal electrodes each including a first main electrode and a first drawn portion extending from the first main electrode to a first end surface facing in a first direction; and second internal electrodes each including a second main electrode and a second drawn portion extending from the second main electrode to a second end surface facing the first end surface in the first direction, the first and second internal electrodes being alternately laminated, the first drawn portion having a width dimension along a second direction that decreases toward the first end surface and having a predetermined width dimension in the first end surface, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, the second drawn portion having a width dimension along the second direction that increases toward the second end surface and having the predetermined width dimension in the second end surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel road information recognition system capable of highly accurately estimating the positions of lane markers to be located on the far side of a lane after change of lane. The present invention is equipped with a front lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a front imaging means, lane markers located ahead of a host vehicle; a side lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a side imaging means, the positions of lane marker located on both sides of the vehicle and a lane width; and a front lane marker estimation means for estimating the positions of the lane markers to be located on the far side of the lane after change of lane on the basis of the information regarding the lane markers located ahead of the vehicle, which is obtained by the front lane marker detection means, and the positions of the lane markers located on the sides of the vehicle and the lane width, which are obtained by the side lane marker detection means.