Abstract: A vehicle power supply system includes a power source control device that executes a process of switching a connection state of a driving circuit to the main power source and an auxiliary power source including; a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a backup state as a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, and a process of switching the connection state so as to transition to a normal state as the voltage decrease of the main power source is resolved. After a voltage decrease of the main power source occurs, a turning-side control device of a steering control unit sets an output-limited state for a turning-side motor. The output-limited state is canceled upon the power source control device completing switching of the connection state so as to transition.

Abstract: A film forming method includes preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film on a surface thereof, diffusing nickel into the amorphous silicon film by supplying a nickel source gas to the amorphous silicon film, and forming a polycrystalline silicon film by heating the amorphous silicon film, and crystallizing the amorphous silicon film by metal-induced lateral crystallization using the nickel diffused in the amorphous silicon film as a nucleus.

Abstract: A front suspension device comprises a suspension arm, one end of which has a front-wheel support portion to support a front wheel of a vehicle and the other end of which is positioned on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the front-wheel support portion and has a vehicle-body attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle-body member of the vehicle and a damper supported at a damper support portion which is provided at a portion of the suspension arm which is positioned in the vicinity of the front-wheel support portion at a lower portion thereof and connected to the vehicle-body member at an upper portion thereof. The damper support portion of the suspension arm has a breakage ease portion to cause breakage of the suspension arm.

Abstract: A satisfaction level calculation device (10) acquires environmental data detected by each of a plurality of environment sensors (20). The satisfaction level calculation device (10) sets each of a plurality of indexes about a space environment as a target index. The satisfaction level calculation device (10) calculates, from the environmental data acquired by measuring the target index, an individual satisfaction level, which is a satisfaction level of the target index. The satisfaction level calculation device (10) calculates, from the individual satisfaction level about each of the plurality of indexes, an overall satisfaction level, which is an overall satisfaction level about the space environment.

Abstract: Exemplary communication system 1 includes game devices 10, communication terminals 20, and game support server 30. Game devices 10 enable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminals 20 runs an application associated with corresponding game device 10. Game support server 30 divides communication terminals 20 into separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devices 10 so that communication terminals 20 belonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a power receiving system having an increased energy conversion efficiency. The power receiving system according to the present disclosure includes a power converter that receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power; a thermal energy converter that is disposed adjacent to the power converter and converts thermal energy generated in the power converter; and a controller that controls operation of the thermal energy converter based on an energy intensity distribution of the electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to effectively reduce vibration or noise caused by a motor. An inverter circuit 300 generates an alternating current from a direct current supplied from a direct current power supply 10 by using a plurality of IGBTs 311 which are switching elements, supplies the generated alternating current to a motor 100, and drives the motor 100. This alternating current includes a fundamental harmonic current corresponding to a rotational speed of the motor 100, and a harmonic current of a switching operation of the IGBTs 311. A controller 200 controls a second phase such that a first phase and the second phase are not superimposed on each other at a predetermined motor rotational speed, the first phase being a phase of an excitation force cyclically produced in the motor 100 by the fundamental harmonic current, and the second phase being a phase of an excitation force cyclically produced in the motor 100 by the harmonic current.

Abstract: In an air suspension system, starting of a compressor is facilitated in a condition in which there exists a pressure difference. There is provided an air suspension system in which air compressed by a compressor is supplied to a plurality of air chambers provided between a vehicle body side and a wheel side and configured to perform vehicle height adjustment in accordance with the supply and discharge of air. The compressor has a needle connected to a piston and extending in a moving direction of the piston, and an armature reciprocating the needle in the moving direction of the piston.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to effectively reduce vibration or noise caused by a motor. An inverter circuit 300 generates an alternating current from a direct current supplied from a direct current power supply 10 by using a plurality of IGBTs 311 which are switching elements, supplies the generated alternating current to a motor 100, and drives the motor 100. This alternating current includes a fundamental harmonic current corresponding to a rotational speed of the motor 100, and a harmonic current of a switching operation of the IGBTs 311. A controller 200 controls a second phase such that a first phase and the second phase are not superimposed on each other at a predetermined motor rotational speed, the first phase being a phase of an excitation force cyclically produced in the motor 100 by the fundamental harmonic current, and the second phase being a phase of an excitation force cyclically produced in the motor 100 by the harmonic current.

Abstract: A control apparatus sets, in a relay device: first control information that forwards, when a packet for flooding is received by a representative port of a trunk, the packet to a prescribed forwarding destination port and to a representative port of another trunk; second control information that executes, when the packet for flooding is received by a nonrepresentative port of the truck, forwarding of the packet to a stack link port associated with the same trunk group as the trunk of the port that received the packet for flooding, and forwarding to a nonrepresentative port of another trunk in the trunk group; and third control information that forwards, when the packet for flooding is received by the stack link port, the packet to a prescribed forwarding destination port and to a representative port of a trunk not belonging to the same trunk group.

Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a vibration analysis program capable of analyzing bidirectional exchanges between a distribution amount and a difference amount with respect to an external system of the part in a part modeled as a finite element, in which the difference amount accumulation characteristic and the distribution amount accumulation characteristic are distributed.

Abstract: In an air suspension system, starting of a compressor is facilitated in a condition in which there exists a pressure difference. There is provided an air suspension system in which air compressed by a compressor is supplied to a plurality of air chambers provided between a vehicle body side and a wheel side and configured to perform vehicle height adjustment in accordance with the supply and discharge of air. The compressor has a needle connected to a piston and extending in a moving direction of the piston, and an armature reciprocating the needle in the moving direction of the piston.

Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a vibration analysis program capable of analyzing bidirectional exchanges between a distribution amount and a difference amount with respect to an external system of the part in a part modeled as a finite element, in which the difference amount accumulation characteristic and the distribution amount accumulation characteristic are distributed.

Abstract: A controller, comprises: a first unit configured to identify a virtual machine(s) capable of providing a function(s) of a network node; a second unit configured to identify information regarding a position of the identified virtual machine(s) in a physical network; and a third unit configured to set based on the information regarding the position a data path implementing the function(s) of the network node on the physical network.

Abstract: The controller, comprises: first unit configured to identify a communication node(s) corresponding to a service(s) requested by a user(s); second unit configured to identify information regarding a position of the identified communication node(s) in a physical network; and third unit configured to set a data path implementing the service(s) on the physical network based on the information regarding the position.

Abstract: A communication system comprises: a first controller controlling a first physical network; and a second controller controlling a second physical network. The first controller comprises: a first unit configured to identify a plurality of communication node included in the first and second physical networks in response to a service(s) requested by a user(s); a second unit configured to identify information regarding positions of the identified plurality of nodes in the first and second physical networks; and a third unit configured to set based on the information regarding the positions a data path(s) that implements the service(s) on the first physical network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a solenoid actuated inlet valve to a pump chamber of a piston pump. A control circuit energizes the solenoid to open the inlet valve in synchronism with the reciprocation of the piston and thereafter de-energize the solenoid to initiate closure of the inlet valve. The inlet valve is decelerated following de-energization of the solenoid thus effectively reducing engine noise attributable to the inlet valve.

Abstract: A communication system includes: a control apparatus that sets broadcast domains or multicast domains respectively for virtual networks configured in a physical network including a forwarding node(s), and sets, in the forwarding node(s), broadcast or multicast control information, associating a packet forwarding destination and a match condition including an identifier for identifying one of the broadcast domains or multicast domains; and the forwarding node(s) that performs a broadcast or multicast using the broadcast or multicast control information.

Abstract: A fuel pump for a direct injection internal combustion engine having a housing defining a pump chamber. Driven and idler toothed gears are rotatably mounted within the pump chamber so that the driven and idler gears are in mesh with each other at a predetermined location in the pump chamber. A fluid inlet is formed through the housing and open to an inlet subchamber in the pump chamber. A fluid outlet is also formed through the housing and open to an outlet subchamber in the pump chamber. A pressure relief passageway fluidly connects the inlet subchamber to the outlet subchamber and a valve is disposed in series with the pressure relief passageway. A control circuit controls the actuation of the valve to control the pump pressure at the pump outlet.

Abstract: A control apparatus sets, in a relay device: first control information that forwards, when a packet for flooding is received by a representative port of a trunk, the packet to a prescribed forwarding destination port and to a representative port of another trunk; second control information that executes, when the packet for flooding is received by a nonrepresentative port of the truck, forwarding of the packet to a stack link port associated with the same trunk group as the trunk of the port that received the packet for flooding, and forwarding to a nonrepresentative port of another trunk in the trunk group; and third control information that forwards, when the packet for flooding is received by the stack link port, the packet to a prescribed forwarding destination port and to a representative port of a trunk not belonging to the same trunk group.