Abstract: A method for generating a map includes: acquiring a segment including a dividing line and a landmark on a road using a segment acquisition unit, setting a common landmark common with another segment, in the segment acquired by the segment acquisition unit using a common landmark setting unit, setting a dividing line in the segment using the common landmark set by the common landmark setting unit using a dividing line setting unit, and identifying the dividing line in the segment set by the dividing line setting unit, as a dividing line on a map and generates map data using a map data generation unit.

Abstract: An information processing system comprises a plurality of systems (1, 3, 4, 6) communicating through a transmission path (2) and performing a processing base on their own function. One of the plurality of systems acts as as an supervising system having a supervising function. The supervising system (1, 4) sets a goal for each of the plurality of systems, collects the processing result on each system and evaluates the processing result; and on the basis of the processing result, the supervising system sets a new goal for each system considering a goal of the entire system comprising said plurality of systems.

Abstract: In order to control an apparatus, such as a rolling mill, a control device may use a pre-set operation pattern to generate a pre-set command signal, which is then modified. That first modification may be part of a feedback loop in dependence on the variation of a variable operation device of the apparatus, on a plurality of pre-set signals may be combined by fuzzy logic. Then the relationship between the modified pre-set command signal and the variation of the variable operation device is investigated to generate a compensation signal which is used to modify further the pre-set command signal. In a feedback loop, that further modification may compensate for changes in the operating point of the loop, due to changes in the apparatus being controlled. In a fuzzy logic arrangement, the compensation signal may be a further control pattern developed by the control device itself, which is combined with the pre-set patterns by fuzzy logic. The control device may be in the form of a series of modules.

Abstract: An information processing system comprises a plurality of systems (1, 3, 4, 6) communicating through a transmission path (2) and performing a processing base on their own function. One of the plurality of systems acts as as an supervising system having a supervising function. The supervising system (1, 4) sets a goal for each of the plurality of systems, collects the processing result on each system and evaluates the processing result; and on the basis of the processing result, the supervising system sets a new goal for each system considering a goal of the entire system comprising said plurality of systems.

Abstract: In a control system equipped with a plurality of subsystems and a supervising subsystem for supervising these subsystems, a subgoal achievement performance is calculated by the subsystem using its own knowledge and its own condition with respect to a subgoal defined by the supervising subsystem, and the supervising subsystem controls a control system by utilizing the knowledge and conditions of the respective subsystems by applying a subgoal execution instruction to the subsystem based upon the calculation result. Since not only the knowledge but also the condition of the subsystems, proper controls can be realized in not only such a case that the supervising goal is directed to a static temporal aspect, but also such a case that the supervising goal contains a temporal element.

Abstract: In order to control an apparatus, such as a rolling mill, a control device may use a pre-set operation pattern to generate a pre-set command signal, which is then modified.That first modification may be part of a feedback loop in set command signal, which is then modified. That first modification may be part of a feedback loop in logic. Then the relationship between the modified pre-set command signal and the variation of the variable operation device is investigated to generate a compensation signal which is used to modify further the pre-set command signal. In a feedback loop, that further modification may compensate for changes in the operating point of the loop, due to changes in the apparatus being controlled. In a fuzzy logic arrangement, the compensation signal may be a further control pattern developed by the control device itself, which is combined with the pre-set patterns by fuzzy logic. The control device may be in the form of a series of modules.

Abstract: In order to control an apparatus, such as a rolling mill, a control device may use a pre-set operation pattern to generate a preset command signal, which is then modified. That first modification may be part of a feedback loop in dependence on the variation of a variable operation device of the apparatus, on a plurality of pre-set signals may be combined by fuzzy logic. Then the relationship between the modified pre-set command signal and the variation of the variable operation device is investigated to generate a compensation signal which is used to modify further the pre-set command signal. In a feedback loop, that further modification may compensate for changes in the operating point of the loop, due to changes in the apparatus being controlled. In a fuzzy logic arrangement, the compensation signal may be a further control pattern developed by the control device itself, which is combined with the pre-set patterns by fuzzy logic. The control device may be in the form of a series of modules.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an object by giving commands to actuators that control the object to perform desired operations, wherein relationships between respective values of parameters of the model for the controlled object and the input/output states of the model are obtained by learning, the obtained relationships are stored in a memory unit as a result of the learning, parameter values of the model are decided by referring to the learning result stored in the memory unit based on the input/output measured values of the controlled object, and commands are obtained based on the decided parameter values and the obtained commands are given to the actuators.

Abstract: A non-interference control method and device in which an object to be controlled, which is controlled by a plurality of operation quantities and at least one control quantity, is divided into a plurality of partial control systems so that each of the partial control systems has at least one operation quantity and at least one partial control system has more than two operation or control quantities, wherein to the operation quantity in one partial control system is added a compensating element which annuls influences exerted by other partial control systems on said one partial control system, said object to be controlled being controlled on the basis of the relevant compensated operation quantity.

Abstract: A state diagnostic system for equipment is disclosed. The system is constructed of a neural network model for learning in advance one or more samples of information on vibrations, which are produced in a specific operation state of the equipment, in association with the corresponding operation state and obtaining an output signal corresponding to results of the learning when information on vibrations produced upon operation of the equipment is inputted; an input unit for inputting to the neural network model the information on the vibrations produced upon operation of the equipment; and an output unit for outputting the output signal from the neural network model as diagnostic results to a user. State diagnostic methods, learning system, preview/predict system, diagnosis training system, service life estimation assisting system, service life estimation assisting system, and maintenance assisting system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control system for controlling a plurality of control elements, which are effective to control of a given controlled system, is disclosed. In this control system, a characteristic value representing the characteristic of a given controlled system to be controlled is detected, and respective optimum manipulated variables of the plurality of control elements are derived on the basis of the detected characteristic value.

Abstract: A control system for controlling a plurality of control elements, which are effective to control of a given controlled system, is disclosed. In this control system, a characteristic value representing the characteristic of a given controlled system to be controlled is detected, and respective optimum manipulated variables of the plurality of control elements are derived on the basis of the detected characteristic value.

Abstract: A natural language including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc., is suitably processed when an undefined word which is not registered in a dictionary appears in an input character train. When the undefined word appears, a semantic analysis processor decides a semantic concept of the undefined word by using a case dictionary. Further, by using a vocabulary hierarchy dictionary, which registers vocabularies in a hierarchy structure, the semantic analysis processor extracts a group of vocabularies (synonyms) corresponding to a lower concept of the semantic concept of the undefined word. The natural language processing can be achieved practically and efficiently with dictionaries of a limited storage capacity.

Abstract: An actuator suitable for use in a joint device for driving a robot arm or in a subject follow-up device in a video camera, etc., is designed to have a mobility of a freedom of two degrees or more and is adapted to drive a movable part directly using first piezoelectric motor elements each of which consists of piezoelectric elements having a non-ring-like configuration and an elastic body and second piezoelectric motor elements each of which consists of at most one ring-like piezoelectric element and an elastic member. The actuator exhibits a simplified structure, is small and lightweight, provides a powerful driving power and has a wide range of mobility.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of intelligent guidance in a natural language in which the user of an information terminal apparatus is only required to input the content of a job to be executed, in a natural language which is used in usual conversation, and not in the form of the so-called command train, and in which the terminal apparatus automatically analyzes and understands the inputted content, and displays a command train required to execute the job to the user, thus, even when the user not familiar with the manner of manipulating the information terminal manipulates the terminal, he can converse with the information terminal in the natural language.

Abstract: In a controller for an AC elevator in which the frequency of AC power applied to a driving induction motor is varied by a frequency converter, the output frequency of the frequency converter when the elevator is running at its rated speed is at least as high as the frequency of the AC supply, and the AC supply is applied directly onto the induction motor without any frequency conversion during low-speed running, so that the elevator can be run slowly without using the frequency converter.

Abstract: An elevator controller which uses an acceleration command signal that has as its initial value a start shock compensation torque which will offset the unbalance torque caused at the time of starting. From the completion of elevator car acceleration to the start of deceleration, the acceleration command is gradually increased or decreased to control the motor so as to provide a smoother motion of the car. After the inception of the car deceleration a velocity command is issued which decreases with the reducing distance between the car and the destination floor.

Abstract: A pulse generator is coupled to a car drive motor directly coupled to a sheave, over which a rope suspending an elevator car is passed, and the position of the car is calculated through the counting of pulses produced from the pulse generator. First and second car position detectors for detecting respective first and second car positions are provided within a hatchway, and the number of pulses produced during a period from the actuation of the first car position detector till the actuation of the second car position detector is detected. A count value for calculating the car position is corrected according to the difference between the detected pulse number and a reference pulse number corresponding to the distance between the first and second car position detectors, thereby effecting the compensation for the wear of the sheave and rope to improve the precision of the car position detection.

Abstract: An abnormal speed detector for an elevator system having an elevator car for servicing a plurality of floors, means for driving the elevator car in response to a speed command and a speed detector for detecting a running speed of the elevator car is disclosed. The abnormal speed detector comprises means for storing a set of speed data indicating a predetermined abnormal speed checking pattern as a function of running time or running distance of the elevator car, means for reading out of the storage means one of the set of speed data corresponding to an instant value of the running time or running position of the elevator car after the start of run, and means for comparing an actual speed of the elevator car with the readout speed data to determine if the speed of the elevator car is normal or not.

Abstract: In an elevator control system, in which the elevator car is controlled on the basis of elevator car positions obtained through the counting of distance pulses provided in proportion to the distance travelled by the car and floor height data indicative of the heights of individual floors, the distance pulses are counted by moving the car at a low speed from the lowest floor to the highest floor, and the count at the time of the actuation of a floor position detector, which is actuated when the car passes by each floor, is stored as the floor height value of that floor in a RAM (Random Access Memory). With this arrangement, the measurement of the floor heights is facilitated, and also the preparation of a ROM (Read-Only Memory) for storing the floor height data for each elevator car is made needless to promote the standardization.