Abstract: A job information provision system includes: a user extraction section that extracts a user who meets a predetermined extraction condition; and a vehicle-based job information provision section that transmits, to a user terminal used by the user extracted by the user extraction section, first vehicle-based job information including a content of a first vehicle-based job to be carried out by using a shared vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a control unit for an inverted pendulum vehicle that can warn the vehicle operator by changing the behavior of the vehicle before the upright control of the vehicle fails. The control unit includes a target tilt command computation unit for computing a target tilt command (M_cmd_xy) for the base frame, and an attitude control computation unit for computing a target translational speed (Vw1_cmd_xy) for fulfilling the target tilt command. When state information of the vehicle has deviated from a prescribed upright control tolerance range, the target tilt command computation unit generates a tilt command for notification, and superimposes the tilt command for notification (M_xy=M1_xy+M2_xy) onto the target tilt command.

Abstract: Provided is a control unit for an inverted pendulum vehicle that can warn the vehicle operator by changing the behavior of the vehicle before the upright control of the vehicle fails. The control unit includes a target tilt command computation unit for computing a target tilt command (M_cmd_xy) for the base frame, and an attitude control computation unit for computing a target translational speed (Vw1_cmd_xy) for fulfilling the target tilt command. When state information of the vehicle has deviated from a prescribed upright control tolerance range, the target tilt command computation unit generates a tilt command for notification, and superimposes the tilt command for notification (M_xy=M1_xy+M2_xy) onto the target tilt command.

Abstract: A mechanism and the like configured to reduce a shock involved in the connection of the engine is made no longer necessary for a hybrid vehicle, and an increase in the number of parts of the hybrid vehicle is inhibited. A clutch is connected between an electric motor and an engine in a case where a difference between a current engine speed and a target engine speed is not greater than a first predetermined value. The absolute value of a difference between the current engine speed and a moving average value of the engine speed at intervals of a predetermined length of time is not greater than a second predetermined value which is used for a settling judgment. The engine speed shows a predetermined inclination representing a decreasing trend.

Abstract: When a control means turns on a pre-charging contactor, an AC current from an AC power source is converted into a DC current by a switching circuit to charge a smoothing capacitor. However, the smoothing capacitor cannot be charged completely due to the operation of a capacitor of an LC filter. Therefore, when the voltage of the smoothing capacitor detected by a voltage detecting means exceeds a predetermined value, the smoothing capacitor is further charged by bringing the switching circuit into a boosting operation. Thus, even if an LC relay required in the prior art for invalidating the capacitor of the LC filter is not provided, it is possible to completely charge the smoothing capacitor, thereby providing a decrease in the number of parts and an enhancement in reliability of the pre-charging circuit, and preventing a reduction in performance of the LC filter due to a loss in the LC relay.

Abstract: In discharging a smoothing capacitor connected to DC sides of first and second switching circuits, a DC-DC converter is first turned on to charge a battery for an auxiliary, thereby discharging the smoothing capacitor. Therefore, an electric charge of the smoothing capacitor can be effectively utilized to the maximum. When the voltage of the smoothing capacitor detected by a voltage detector is reduced to a predetermined value or less, and as a result the DC-DC converter is brought into an inoperable state, electric charge of the smoothing capacitor is consumed by at least one of a motor/generator and an LC filter connected to AC sides of the first and second switching circuits by driving at least one of the first and second switching circuits. Therefore, the smoothing capacitor can be completely discharged without need for a special discharging circuit.

Abstract: When a control means turns on a pre-charging contactor, an AC current from an AC power source is converted into a DC current by a switching circuit to charge a smoothing capacitor. However, the smoothing capacitor cannot be charged completely due to the operation of a capacitor of an LC filter. Therefore, when the voltage of the smoothing capacitor detected by a voltage detecting means exceeds a predetermined value, the smoothing capacitor is further charged by bringing the switching circuit into a boosting operation. Thus, even if an LC relay required in the prior art for invalidating the capacitor of the LC filter is not provided, it is possible to completely charge the smoothing capacitor, thereby providing a decrease in the number of parts and an enhancement in reliability of the pre-charging circuit, and preventing a reduction in performance of the LC filter due to a loss in the LC relay.

Abstract: In discharging a smoothing capacitor connected to DC sides of first and second switching circuits, a DC-DC converter is first turned on to charge a battery for an auxiliary, thereby discharging the smoothing capacitor. Therefore, an electric charge of the smoothing capacitor can be effectively utilized to the maximum. When the voltage of the smoothing capacitor detected by a voltage detector is reduced to a predetermined value or less, and as a result the DC-DC converter is brought into an inoperable state, electric charge of the smoothing capacitor is consumed by at least one of a motor/generator and an LC filter connected to AC sides of the first and second switching circuits by driving at least one of the first and second switching circuits. Therefore, the smoothing capacitor can be completely discharged without need for a special discharging circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control system, which easily carries out modifications such as updating and improvement of the system, improving the transmission efficiency of the data and responsiveness of the system, and allowing the redundancy to be effectively used even during normal operation of the network. In the vehicle control system, an electric control device is formed comprising a cooperative control ECU which acts as a server apparatus and a plurality of subsystems which are connected to this cooperative control ECU and act as client apparatuses. The plurality of subsystems comprise, for example, a motor control ECU, a reactive gas supply control ECU, an electrical power distribution control ECU, and a cell voltage detection control ECU.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control system, which easily carries out modifications such as updating and improvement of the system, improving the transmission efficiency of the data and responsiveness of the system, and allowing the redundancy to be effectively used even during normal operation of the network. In the vehicle control system, an electric control device is formed comprising a cooperative control ECU which acts as a server apparatus and a plurality of subsystems which are connected to this cooperative control ECU and act as client apparatuses. The plurality of subsystems comprise, for example, a motor control ECU, a reactive gas supply control ECU, an electrical power distribution control ECU, and a cell voltage detection control ECU.

Abstract: A data receiving unit includes a data receiving circuit for receiving, through a transmission path, transmission data which has been encoded into a predetermined transmission code by using a predetermined transmission clock signal and includes a reference pulse having a pulse width corresponding to a period of the transmission clock signal, a clock for generating a received clock signal in synchronization with the transmission data, and a data decoding circuit for decoding the transmission data received by the data receiving circuit using the received clock signal generated by the clock, where the clock includes an oscillator generating at least a reference clock having a period which is shorter than that of the transmission clock signal, a counter circuit counting an interval between points of change of the transmission data received by the data receiving circuit according to the reference clock signal, a reference pulse detector circuit for detecting the reference pulse on the basis of a count value from th