Abstract: A system including control devices configured to perform nth-order transmission, each control device including: a storage device storing, in relation to the control devices, a source list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from a most upstream control device to the control device and a destination list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from the control device to a most downstream control device; and a processor performing processing including: when an update request including a first source list of a first control device is received, updating the source list using the update request, generating a new update request using the updated source list, and transmitting the new update request to a second control device; and when a completion response including a second destination list of the second control device is received, updating the destination list using the completion response.

Abstract: There is provided an endoscope in which an operation switch included in the endoscope can be sealed with an airtight structure having a simple structure. A cable (16) of an endoscope (10) has a skin (52) that covers an outer periphery of the cable (16), the skin (52) defines an airtight space (17) inside the cable (16), and an operation switch (50) is disposed in the airtight space (17).

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle is configured to be applied to a hybrid vehicle that includes an electric motor and an engine that are coupled to a drive wheel. The control apparatus includes a transmission mechanism and a torque processor. The transmission mechanism is to be provided between the engine and the drive wheel, and configured to switch between a plurality of fixed gear ratios to perform a shift. The torque processor is configured to temporarily decrease a torque of the electric motor and a torque of the engine upon execution of an upshift of the transmission mechanism, and configured to decrease, before the execution of the upshift of the transmission mechanism, a proportion of the torque of the electric motor to a drive wheel torque of the drive wheel as compared with a recent proportion of the torque of the electric motor to the drive wheel torque.

Abstract: There is provided an endoscope of which a structure is simple and co-rotation of an external cable can be prevented. A fixing member to be rotated integrally with a knob in a direction around an axis is disposed in an operation unit body, and a part of a light guide in a longitudinal direction is fixed by a fixing part of the fixing member. A light guide-insertion space is formed between the fixing part and a distal end-side opening portion in the operation unit body. A light guide is inserted into and disposed in the light guide-insertion space so that tension is not applied to the light guide present between the fixing part and the distal end-side opening portion even in a case where the fixing member is rotated in the direction around the axis by the knob.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle is configured to be applied to a hybrid vehicle that includes an electric motor and an engine that are coupled to a drive wheel. The control apparatus includes a transmission mechanism and a torque processor. The transmission mechanism is to be provided between the engine and the drive wheel, and configured to switch between a plurality of fixed gear ratios to perform a shift. The torque processor is configured to temporarily decrease a torque of the electric motor and a torque of the engine upon execution of an upshift of the transmission mechanism, and configured to decrease, before the execution of the upshift of the transmission mechanism, a proportion of the torque of the electric motor to a drive wheel torque of the drive wheel as compared with a recent proportion of the torque of the electric motor to the drive wheel torque.

Abstract: There is provided an endoscope in which an operation switch included in the endoscope can be sealed with an airtight structure having a simple structure. A cable (16) of an endoscope (10) has a skin (52) that covers an outer periphery of the cable (16), the skin (52) defines an airtight space (17) inside the cable (16), and an operation switch (50) is disposed in the airtight space (17).

Abstract: A driving control mechanism includes: a motor that is coupled to a driving wheel; a transmission that is coupled to the driving wheel; and an internal combustion engine that is coupled to an input shaft of the transmission. In a first state in which a driving force of the motor is transmitted to the driving wheel and a driving force of the internal combustion engine is not transmitted to the driving wheel, the transmission reduces a transmission gear ratio to a value less than a target transmission gear ratio according to a requested driving force when a transition request to a second state in which driving forces of the motor and the internal combustion engine are transmitted to the driving wheel is issued. The motor increases a driving force to be transmitted to the driving wheel when the transition request is issued.

Abstract: A cooling structure includes: a first heat exchanger including a first heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a first device and a second heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a second device, the first and second heat dissipating portions being arranged along a plane facing in a fore and aft direction with respect to the vehicle and constituting a unitary structural body extending along the plane facing in the fore and aft direction; and a second heat exchanger including a third heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a third device, the third heat dissipating portion extending along the plane facing in the fore and aft direction and being disposed in front of the first heat exchanger to overlap with a part of the first heat exchanger as seen in the fore and aft direction.

Abstract: A driving control mechanism includes: a motor that is coupled to a driving wheel; a transmission that is coupled to the driving wheel; and an internal combustion engine that is coupled to an input shaft of the transmission. In a first state in which a driving force of the motor is transmitted to the driving wheel and a driving force of the internal combustion engine is not transmitted to the driving wheel, the transmission reduces a transmission gear ratio to a value less than a target transmission gear ratio according to a requested driving force when a transition request to a second state in which driving forces of the motor and the internal combustion engine are transmitted to the driving wheel is issued. The motor increases a driving force to be transmitted to the driving wheel when the transition request is issued.

Abstract: A method for a digest generating apparatus to generate a digest of image content or sound content is provided. The digest generating apparatus obtains an audience rating or an audience count of image content or sound content at established time intervals, and extracts images from the image content or extracts sounds from the sound content. The extracted images or the extracted sounds correspond to a time when the audience rating or the audience count exceeds a threshold. Then, the digest generating apparatus generates a digest by using the extracted images or the extracted sounds. The audience rating or the audience count can be obtained by using audience data corresponding to an audience group having a specific user profile.

Abstract: A method for a digest generating apparatus to generate a digest of image content or sound content is provided. The digest generating apparatus obtains an audience rating or an audience count of image content or sound content at established time intervals, and extracts images from the image content or extracts sounds from the sound content. The extracted images or the extracted sounds correspond to a time when the audience rating or the audience count exceeds a threshold. Then, the digest generating apparatus generates a digest by using the extracted images or the extracted sounds. The audience rating or the audience count can be obtained by using audience data corresponding to an audience group having a specific user profile.

Abstract: A pinch valve includes a body containing an elastic tube, a cylinder body having a first cylinder portion at the upper interior part and a larger diameter second cylinder portion at the lower interior part, a first piston sliding on the inner periphery of the first cylinder portion, and a second piston sliding on the inner periphery of the second cylinder portion. The first piston is installed with a first interlocking rod having a first pressing piece at its lower end and the second piston is provided with second interlocking rods having a second pressing piece at their lower ends. The pressing pieces press the tube body from the upper and lower sides, a spring is disposed between the second piston and the first pressing piece, and an opening in the cylinder body communicates with a space enclosed by the pistons and the cylinder body.

Abstract: A pinch valve according to the invention comprising a body 18 containing an elastic tube 1; a cylinder body 6 having a first cylinder portion 3 at the upper part of the interior thereof and a second cylinder portion 4 with a diameter larger than that of the first cylinder portion at the lower part of the interior thereof; a first piston 7 sliding on the inner periphery of the first cylinder portion; and a second piston 12 sliding on the inner periphery of the second cylinder portion; wherein the first piston is installed with a first interlocking rod 8 having a first pressing piece 10 at the lower end thereof, the second piston is provided with second interlocking rods 13, 13 having a second pressing piece 14 at the lower ends thereof, the first and second pressing pieces are arranged to press the tube body from the upper and lower sides, a spring 15 urging the first pressing piece is disposed between the second piston and the first pressing piece, and the cylinder body is provided with an opening 27 communic