Abstract: To prevent a driver from feeling uncomfortable when the driver touches a steering member in a state where a driving source is stopped, a vehicle steering system (1) is provided in a vehicle (2) that travels by a driving force generated by a driving source (51). The vehicle steering system (1) includes; a steering member (10) configured to accept a steering operation; and a reaction force actuator (13) configured to apply a reaction force to the steering member (10) in response to the steering operation. In a state where the driving source (51) is stopped, the reaction force actuator (13) is configured to apply the reaction force to the steering member (10) based on a stopped time position that is a position of the steering member (10) at a time when the driving source (51) is stopped.

Abstract: A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system of a road vehicle including a road wheel actuator to turn steerable road wheels and a steering wheel actuator to apply a feedback torque to a steering wheel, includes calculating the feedback torque by modifying a base steering torque as a function of a longitudinal and/or lateral acceleration measured by sensors of the vehicle, and sending the calculated feedback torque to the steering wheel actuator to provide feedback to the driver at the steering wheel.

Abstract: A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system for a road vehicle including a steering device, a road wheel actuator to actuate road wheels, and a controller configured or programmed to generate a motor torque request for the road wheel actuator based on an actual or an estimated position and a position request, which is based on the position of the steering device, includes detecting a road wheel actuator power limit situation, modifying the position request so that it can be followed by the road wheel actuator within power limits, and using the modified position request to generate the motor torque request for the road wheel actuator.

Abstract: A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system of a road vehicle including a steering wheel coupled to a steering shaft, a road wheel actuator to turn steerable road wheels, a shaft sensor to detect a rotation of the steering shaft and a controller configured or programmed to generate an operation signal for the road wheel actuator from a signal detected by the shaft sensor, includes determining a real steering wheel angle by the shaft sensor, modifying the real steering wheel angle by applying an artificial hysteresis to create an offset between the real steering wheel angle and a modified steering wheel angle to mimic a behavior of an electromechanical power steering mechanism, and generating the motor torque request for the road wheel actuator based on the modified steering wheel angle.

Abstract: A method for power saving in a steering system of a motor vehicle including a road wheel actuator acting on a rack to turn steerable road wheels and a controller configured or programmed to generate an operation signal for the road wheel actuator, wherein the controller includes a position controller to generate a motor torque request based on an actual and/or a measured position of the rack and a requested rack position, includes detecting a passive mode of the steering system by a passive mode detector of the controller if the motor vehicle is stopped and no steering input is provided, and if a passive mode is detected by the passive mode detector, setting the motor torque request to zero in order to save power.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: receive transmission signal light in which first wavelength division multiplexing signal light and second wavelength division multiplexing signal light that have different wavelength bands in which a plurality of rays of main signal light is wavelength-multiplexed are combined with supervisory control signal light that relates to supervisory control of the first wavelength division multiplexing signal light and the second wavelength division multiplexing signal light from a transmission line and that demultiplexes the supervisory control signal light from the transmission signal light; detect input power of the supervisory control signal light; demultiplexer each of the first wavelength division multiplexing signal light and the second wavelength division multiplexing signal light from the transmission signal light; convert at least one of the wavelength bands of the first wavelength division multiplexing signal light and the se

Abstract: The vehicle steering control system includes a control unit configured to control the steering actuator to achieve the steered angle based on at least one of the steering angle and the steering torque. The control unit executes an output restriction control to restrict an output of the steering actuator when a steering torque is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value, and cancels the output restriction control when the detection unit has detected a prescribed mode of operation by the operator while the output restriction control is being executed.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure is mounted on a vehicle, and includes a steering gearbosc that includes a steering rack with rack teeth being formed thereon, and a pinion that meshes with the rack teeth. A shaft of the pinion protrudes rearward and downward of the vehicle. Thus, the vehicle front structure can reduce damage by the steering gearbox to the vehicle interior in case of a frontal collision of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle including a feedback actuator to simulate a steering feel to a steering device and including an electric motor with a motor shaft connected to a steering shaft to transmit a torque, and a steering lock including a latch connected to the steering shaft in a torsion-resistant manner and a lock to engage with the latch at locking positions to block a rotation of the steering shaft, a method for controlling steering locking of the steer-by-wire steering system includes, if an ignition is switched-off and a movement of the steering device is detected, determining a position of the steering shaft and a distance between the lock and a next locking position of the latch in a direction of the movement of the steering device, and if the distance is greater than a predefined value, transmitting a counter-torque to the steering shaft by the feedback-actuator in a direction opposite direction to the movement of the steering device until the locking position reaches the

Abstract: In an evaluation information provision system, subject's motion data is stored in association with attributes. When an attribute is assigned, the evaluation information provision system selects feature data from a plurality of the subject's motion data associated with the assigned attribute. The evaluation information provision system calculates a score for the assigned attribute, for the user's motion, using a statistical distance between the selected feature data and the user's motion data. The calculated score is displayed, for example, as a screen.

Abstract: In an evaluation information provision system, subject's motion data is stored in association with attributes. When an attribute is assigned, the evaluation information provision system selects feature data from a plurality of the subject's motion data associated with the assigned attribute. The evaluation information provision system calculates a score for the assigned attribute, for the user's motion, using a statistical distance between the selected feature data and the user's motion data. The calculated score is displayed, for example, as a screen.

Abstract: A structure for strain detection is provided with a ceramic main body which is attached to a detection target, in which strain is to be detected, and a stress concentrated section which is formed in the main body and which is fractured at a predetermined strain or greater. Assuming the dimension of the entire main body in one direction is represented by Lm and the dimension of the stress concentrated section in the one direction is represented by Lc, then it holds that Lc<Lm. The stress concentrated section is constituted by a thin-walled portion in the one direction.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.

Abstract: A running form diagnosis system capable of automatically scoring a running form of a runner is provided. The running form diagnosis system obtains body motion information as to a test subject running on a treadmill, and calculate a running form score of the test subject by applying obtained characteristics to a given operation expression. The operation expression is generated based on correlation between characteristics of a plurality of test runners and comprehensive evaluation given by an expert with respect to the plurality of test runners.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting section, which drives a probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave toward a subject; a receiving section, which receives an ultrasonic echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject, through the probe, thereby generating a received signal; a property value calculating section for calculating property values of the subject based on the received signal over a period of time; a stability estimating section for sequentially estimating the degrees of stability of the property values that have been calculated over the period of time; and a presenting section for presenting the degrees of stability thereon.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on a surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, the coating composition containing as resin components: (a) 1% to 27% by mass of a polycaprolactonetriol; (b) 20% to 60% by mass of a blocked isocyanate; and (c) 1% to 20% by mass of a melamine resin, each at a percentage content in entire resin components, and the coating composition further containing as a pigment component: (d) 1% to 10% by mass of talc in terms of pigment mass concentration. As the resin component, (e) greater than 0% to 10% by mass of an epoxy resin is preferably contained. A urethane curing catalyst is preferably contained in an amount of greater than 0.01 parts to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the entire resin components.

Abstract: An intermediate coating composition used in forming an intermediate coating layer directly overlaid on the surface of an electrodeposition coating layer constructing a vehicle outer panel, wherein a coating film obtained by curing of the intermediate coating composition alone has following characteristics (1) to (4): (1) a loss tangent (tan ?) at ?20° C. as determined from a measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity under a condition involving a rate of temperature rise of 2° C./min and a frequency of 8 Hz being 0.01 to 0.5; (2) a dynamic glass transition temperature being ?15° C. to 55° C.; (3) percentage of elongation at ?20° C. being 1% to 250%; and (4) a Young's modulus at ?20° C. being 400 kgf/cm2 to 50,000 kgf/cm2. The coating film obtained from the intermediate coating composition preferably further has the following characteristic (5): a tensile strength at ?20° C. being 200 kgf/cm2 to 1,200 kgf/cm2.

Abstract: In forced regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification device 12, data for control such as the number of meshes of a data map and the number of data maps for forced regeneration control is reduced and occurrence of torque shock is avoided by smoothly changing a fuel pressure. In the forced regeneration control of the exhaust gas purification device, when an operation state of an internal combustion engine is in a high-load operation state, normal injection control by stopping multi injection is carried out and according to a rotation speed and a load of the internal combustion engine, a region for control is divided into a multi-injection control region, a transition region, and a normal injection control region, and in the transition region, data for fuel pressure control obtained by interpolation of data for fuel pressure control on the multi-injection control region side and data for fuel pressure control on the normal injection control region side is used.

Abstract: Provided is a treatment method which enables regeneration of bone tissue even when the size of a damaged site of bone is large. The treatment method comprises the steps of: culturing chondrocytes which have been seeded onto a porous body, or differentiating stem cells having chondrogenic differentiation potential which have been seeded onto a porous body into chondrocytes and culturing the chondrocytes; and implanting the porous body having the cultured chondrocytes.

Abstract: A running form diagnosis system capable of automatically scoring a running form of a runner is provided. The running form diagnosis system obtains body motion information as to a test subject running on a treadmill, and calculate a running form score of the test subject by applying obtained characteristics to a given operation expression. The operation expression is generated based on correlation between characteristics of a plurality of test runners and comprehensive evaluation given by an expert with respect to the plurality of test runners.