Abstract: Provided is a vehicle equipped with a steer-by-wire type steering device and designed to ensure that a wheel-turning actuator is activated before the vehicle starts traveling, thereby improving the reliability of steering while the vehicle is traveling. A vehicle 1 includes: a steering member 15 for receiving steering operations; a wheel-turning actuator 19 mechanically separated from the steering member 15 and configured to turn wheels; a state switching device 6 for switching between a fixed state in which the vehicle is fixed at a current position and a release state in which the vehicle is released from being fixed at the current position; and a control device 9 for controlling the wheel-turning actuator 19 and the state switching device 6, wherein the control device permits the state switching device to switch from the fixed state to the release state only on or after completion of activation of the wheel-turning actuator.

Abstract: A liquid pressurizing apparatus, comprises a tank provided on a device installation surface for storing liquid so that a fluid level is located above the device installation surface; and a vertical pump including a suction port connected to the tank, multi-stage impellers arranged in a vertical direction, and a discharge port for discharging the liquid passing through the multi-stage impellers. The multi-stage impellers include a first stage impeller positioned at the lowest part of the multi-stage impellers and being configured such that the liquid from the suction port flows into the first stage impeller. The first stage impeller is disposed below the device installation surface.

Abstract: A liquid pressurizing apparatus, comprises a tank provided on a device installation surface for storing liquid so that a fluid level is located above the device installation surface; and a vertical pump including a suction port connected to the tank, multi-stage impellers arranged in a vertical direction, and a discharge port for discharging the liquid passing through the multi-stage impellers. The multi-stage impellers include a first stage impeller positioned at the lowest part of the multi-stage impellers and being configured such that the liquid from the suction port flows into the first stage impeller. The first stage impeller is disposed below the device installation surface.

Abstract: Provided are novel crystals of [2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-6-(morpholin-4-yl)-9H-purin-8-yl][4-(morpholin-4-yl)piperidin-1-yl]methanone and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having advantageous characteristics. [2-(1-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-6-(morpholin-4-yl)-9H-purin-8-yl][4-(morpholin-4-yl)piperidin-1-yl]methanone and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof provided by the present invention are excellent in stability and have satisfactory physical properties as a drug substance of a pharmaceutical product.

Abstract: A vertical pump includes: a rotary shaft; multi-stage impellers; a casing accommodating the multi-stage impellers; a mechanical seal provided in a penetration part of the casing for the rotary shaft; a balance sleeve, the balance sleeve being positioned between a final stage impeller of the multi-stage impellers and the mechanical seal in the penetration part for the rotary shaft; an intermediate chamber provided between the rotary shaft and the casing and provided on an opposite side of the multi-stage impellers across the balance sleeve in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, the intermediate chamber communicating with an intermediate stage impeller among the multi-stage impellers; a low pressure chamber provided between the rotary shaft and the casing, the low pressure chamber communicating with a low pressure side compared to the intermediate chamber; and a partition wall part dividing the intermediate chamber and the low pressure chamber.

Abstract: In a steer by wire and idle stop vehicle, idle stop conditions for invoking an idle stop operation include that the traveling speed of the vehicle has fallen below a first value (10 km/h). When the vehicle speed is lower than the first value but higher than a second value (5 km/h), a steering actuator control unit 44 executes a position keep control whereby a steering motor 29 is electrically braked, and a reaction force actuator control unit 43 operates a reaction force motor 26 as a dynamic brake. When the vehicle speed has fallen below the second value in the idle stop operation, the steering motor control unit terminates the position keep control.

Abstract: Provided are novel crystals of [2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-6-(morpholin-4-yl)-9H-purin-8-yl][4-(morpholin-4-yl)piperidin-1-yl]methanone and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having advantageous characteristics. [2-(1-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-6-(morpholin-4-yl)-9H-purin-8-yl][4-(morpholin-4-yl)piperidin-1-yl]methanone and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof provided by the present invention are excellent in stability and have satisfactory physical properties as a drug substance of a pharmaceutical product.

Abstract: A steer by wire steering system for a vehicle includes a reaction force actuator 25, a steering actuator 28, a control unit 40, and a clutch 20, 120 that can selectively connect a steering wheel 11 with road wheels 3 to be steered. The control unit is configured to operate in an emergency mode when a failure is detected while the control unit is operating in a steer by wire mode. The emergency mode includes commanding the clutch to engage, terminating the steer by wire mode, performing a position keep control whereby the steering actuator is driven so as to maintain a fixed steering angle of the road wheels, initiating a power assist mode using the reaction force actuator, and once the clutch is fully engaged, terminating the position keep control.

Abstract: A vertical pump includes: a rotary shaft; multi-stage impellers; a casing accommodating the multi-stage impellers; a mechanical seal provided in a penetration part of the casing for the rotary shaft; a balance sleeve, the balance sleeve being positioned between a final stage impeller of the multi-stage impellers and the mechanical seal in the penetration part for the rotary shaft; an intermediate chamber provided between the rotary shaft and the casing and provided on an opposite side of the multi-stage impellers across the balance sleeve in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, the intermediate chamber communicating with an intermediate stage impeller among the multi-stage impellers; a low pressure chamber provided between the rotary shaft and the casing, the low pressure chamber communicating with a low pressure side compared to the intermediate chamber; and a partition wall part dividing the intermediate chamber and the low pressure chamber.

Abstract: A steer by wire steering system for a vehicle includes a reaction force actuator 25, a steering actuator 28, a control unit 40, and a clutch 20, 120 that can selectively connect a steering wheel 11 with road wheels 3 to be steered. The control unit is configured to operate in an emergency mode when a failure is detected while the control unit is operating in a steer by wire mode. The emergency mode includes commanding the clutch to engage, terminating the steer by wire mode, performing a position keep control whereby the steering actuator is driven so as to maintain a fixed steering angle of the road wheels, initiating a power assist mode using the reaction force actuator, and once the clutch is fully engaged, terminating the position keep control.

Abstract: In a steer by wire and idle stop vehicle, idle stop conditions for invoking an idle stop operation include that the traveling speed of the vehicle has fallen below a first value (10 km/h). When the vehicle speed is lower than the first value but higher than a second value (5 km/h), a steering actuator control unit 44 executes a position keep control whereby a steering motor 29 is electrically braked, and a reaction force actuator control unit 43 operates a reaction force motor 26 as a dynamic brake. When the vehicle speed has fallen below the second value in the idle stop operation, the steering motor control unit terminates the position keep control.

Abstract: A vehicle steering system that hardly gives a driver a feeling of strangeness even in mode switching is provided. Even if condition such as a defect of a system, which caused switching from SBW mode to EPS mode, has been resolved, a mode switching section waits for a timing of switching from EPS mode to SBW mode until a second condition is satisfied. The second condition is that the vehicle is in a certain state in which the driver hardly notices mode switching. The mode switching section waits for and judges a timing when the vehicle becomes into a certain state in which the driver hardly notices mode switching, and then performs switching from EPS mode to SBW mode.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device includes a control unit that determines a turning angle of wheels in accordance with a steering angle of a steering wheel provided in a vehicle and mechanically separated from the wheels. The control unit determines whether or not a previous vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined speed when a state of a start switch that starts a driving unit of the vehicle is switched from an ON state to an OFF state. If the previous vehicle speed is higher, the control unit continuously turns ON a power supply of the vehicle steering device regardless of a current vehicle speed until a predetermined time elapses, and turns OFF the power supply of the vehicle steering device after the predetermined time elapses. If the previous vehicle speed is not higher, the control unit turns OFF the power supply of the vehicle steering device.

Abstract: A vehicle steering system that hardly gives a driver a feeling of strangeness even in mode switching is provided. Even if condition such as a defect of a system, which caused switching from SBW mode to EPS mode, has been resolved, a mode switching section waits for a timing of switching from EPS mode to SBW mode until a second condition is satisfied. The second condition is that the vehicle is in a certain state in which the driver hardly notices mode switching. The mode switching section waits for and judges a timing when the vehicle becomes into a certain state in which the driver hardly notices mode switching, and then performs switching from EPS mode to SBW mode.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device includes a control unit that determines a turning angle of wheels in accordance with a steering angle of a steering wheel provided in a vehicle and mechanically separated from the wheels. The control unit determines whether or not a previous vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined speed when a state of a start switch that starts a driving unit of the vehicle is switched from an ON state to an OFF state. If the previous vehicle speed is higher, the control unit continuously turns ON a power supply of the vehicle steering device regardless of a current vehicle speed until a predetermined time elapses, and turns OFF the power supply of the vehicle steering device after the predetermined time elapses. If the previous vehicle speed is not higher, the control unit turns OFF the power supply of the vehicle steering device.

Abstract: A hearing aid includes: first and second microphones; first and second A/D converters; a microphone sensitivity correction unit; a hearing assistance processing unit; a microphone sensitivity correction value calculation unit; a storage unit; a failure detection unit; a sound output unit; a D/A converter; and a receiver. The outputs of the first and second A/D converters are input to the microphone sensitivity correction value calculation unit. One output the microphone sensitivity correction value calculation unit is connected to the microphone sensitivity correction unit, and another output thereof is connected to the storage unit. An output of the storage unit and a signal output from the another output of the microphone sensitivity correction value calculation unit are input to the failure detection unit. Output signals of the failure detection unit and the hearing assistance processing unit are input to the sound output unit.

Abstract: A hearing aid (101) comprises a microphone (121) converting sound into an electrical signal, a processor (105) disposed inside a main body case (102), a first volume adjuster (104) having a variable resistor, and a receiver (123) converting an electrical signal into sound. The processor (105) has an amplifier (135) amplifying an electrical signal from the microphone (121), a second volume adjuster (105b) setting a degree of amplification by the amplifier (135), and a controller (130) controlling the second volume adjuster (105b) and the amplifier (135). The controller (130) detects the resistance value of the variable resistor, determines whether or not the resistance value has exceeded a specific threshold, acquires a specific value for the degree of amplification by the amplifier (135), and sets the degree of amplification by the amplifier (135) to this specific value when the controller determines that the resistance value has exceeded the specific threshold.

Abstract: There is provided an environment adaptive type hearing aid capable of reducing the erroneous estimation of an ambient environment or the unnecessary changeover of a hearing aid process.

Abstract: A non-invasive body information measurement apparatus, in which a blood glucose level is corrected using a blood glucose level measured with an invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus, wherein in a calibration period, measurement of body information is performed at a plurality of luminous energy levels, a plurality of estimated blood glucose levels are calculated from a plurality of characteristic quantities calculated at the various luminous energy levels and from blood glucose levels measured with an invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus, and at the end of the calibration period, the blood glucose levels measured with the invasive blood glucose measurement apparatus are compared with a plurality of estimated blood glucose levels, and in a normal measurement period a light source is controlled so that measurement is performed at a luminous energy level corresponding to the estimated blood glucose level that satisfies the targeted accuracy.

Abstract: A three-dimensional-object can be effectively detected. A pair of image capture devices capture a three-dimensional-object and calculate disparity component data of subdivided-image regions, respectively. On a basis of the disparity component data, gray scale values indicative of distances from the image capture device are calculated and a gray scale image in which each region has its corresponding gray scale value is generated. A model of the three-dimensional-object is defined and correlation values is calculated to show the degree of a similarity between the model and the image subdivided regions in the gray scale image. The model is a two-dimensional image with a shaping characteristic when the three-dimensional object is viewed from positions of the image capture devices while each subdivided region of the two-dimensional image has a gray scale value indicative of a distance from the image capture device at a portion corresponding to the three-dimensional object.