Abstract: A video display mirror is provided with a half mirror, a monitor, and an interlocking mechanism. The half mirror is used so that a vehicle passenger can look toward the rear of the vehicle. The monitor is disposed near the half mirror toward the front of the vehicle. The interlocking mechanism moves in relation to a video image being displayed on the monitor and changes the angle of a reflection surface of the half mirror from the position of the half mirror when the rear of the vehicle is viewed.

Abstract: A video display mirror is provided with a half mirror, a monitor, and an interlocking mechanism. The half mirror is used so that a vehicle passenger can look toward the rear of the vehicle. The monitor is disposed near the half mirror toward the front of the vehicle. The interlocking mechanism moves in relation to a video image being displayed on the monitor and changes the angle of a reflection surface of the half mirror from the position of the half mirror when the rear of the vehicle is viewed.

Abstract: A driving assistance device configured to make an intervention in a predetermined operation of a vehicle comprises a range setter configured to set a predetermined range with regard to a behavior of the vehicle; an acceptable control input range calculator configured to obtain driving action characteristic information indicating a driver's driving action characteristic of the vehicle and to calculate an acceptable control input range of the operation accepted at a present time, in order to cause the behavior of the vehicle estimated using the obtained driving action characteristic information to be kept in the predetermined range over a predetermined estimation interval; a determiner configured to determine whether the operation at the present time is within the acceptable control input range; and an operation intervention executor configured to make the intervention when it is determined that the operation at the present time is out of the acceptable control input range.

Abstract: A video display mirror is provided with a half mirror, a monitor, and an interlocking mechanism. The half mirror is used so that a vehicle passenger can look toward the rear of the vehicle. The monitor is disposed near the half mirror toward the front of the vehicle. The interlocking mechanism moves in relation to a video image being displayed on the monitor and changes the angle of a reflection surface of the half mirror from the position of the half mirror when the rear of the vehicle is viewed.

Abstract: A circuit emulation method and device are provided that can enhance the efficiency in packet transmission and achieve the effective use of the network band by reducing the number of packets. A circuit emulation device for connecting a plurality of TDM circuits to an asynchronous network includes: a table storing the addresses of other circuit emulation devices on the asynchronous network, the addresses serving as the destinations for the plurality of TDM circuits; a packet assembly section that generates a multiplex packet in such a manner that a payload is made by bundling TDM data to those TDM circuits, among the plurality of TDM circuits, having the same destination address, which is found by referring to the table, and that the destination address is added to the payload; and a transmission section that transmits the multiplex packet to the asynchronous network.

Abstract: A signal selecting circuit according to the present invention includes an abnormality detection circuit that detects an abnormality of the signal input as the main signal in an input stage, a select circuit that selects and outputs the signal input as the main signal among the plurality of signals in the normal state, and when the abnormality detection circuit detects an abnormality of the signal input as the main signal, selects and outputs the signal input as the reserve signal, and a delay circuit that delays the signal input as the main signal by a delay time and outputs the delayed signal to the select circuit, the delay time being equal to or greater than a total time of a detection time in the abnormality detection circuit and a signal switching time in the select circuit.

Abstract: An exemplary object is to make it possible to prompt notify a master-end control unit of failure information of a controlled device in a bus control apparatus that employs a structure in which a master-end circuit part is connected to a slave-end circuit part through a serial bus. A master circuit equipped with a control unit generates an access message for access to a control target equipped with a slave circuit, and transmits the access message to the slave circuit connected to the master circuit through a bus. The slave circuit collects information on the control target, generates a response message to the access message, generates an information message based on the information on the control target, and transmits the response message and the information message to the master circuit. If generation of the response message conflicts with generation of the information message, the slave circuit generates the information message, with a higher priority given to the generation of the information message.

Abstract: In order to provide an ATM cell?packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in?band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: an SDRAM for storing the user data; a normality confirmation packet generator; a timing generator for generating the timing of a refresh cycle of the SDRAM; a selector for transferring the normality confirmation packet at the time of the refresh; and a packet reception unit for extracting the packet identifying information from the received packet data, and comparing the normality confirmation packet directly received from the packet generator to the normality confirmation packet received via the switch unit thereby to confirm the normality when the packet data is the normality confirmation packet.

Abstract: A front structure for a vehicle has a grid member configured to allow outside air to be introduced from a forward direction of the vehicle into a compartment of the vehicle, and a part within the compartment disposed on a rear side of the grid member. The grid member has a first bridge and a second bridge intersecting with the first bridge. One of the first bridge and the second bridge has a bridge upper portion having a fragile portion on one of a front side thereof and a rear side thereof in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and a bridge lower portion having a fragile portion on one of a front side thereof and a rear side thereof in the fore-and-aft direction. The fragile portion of the bridge upper portion and the fragile portion of the bridge bottom portion are on opposite sides in the fore-and-aft direction.

Abstract: A circuit emulation method and device are provided that can enhance the efficiency in packet transmission and achieve the effective use of the network band by reducing the number of packets. A circuit emulation device for connecting a plurality of TDM circuits to an asynchronous network includes: a table storing the addresses of other circuit emulation devices on the asynchronous network, the addresses serving as the destinations for the plurality of TDM circuits; a packet assembly section that generates a multiplex packet in such a manner that a payload is made by bundling TDM data to those TDM circuits, among the plurality of TDM circuits, having the same destination address, which is found by referring to the table, and that the destination address is added to the payload; and a transmission section that transmits the multiplex packet to the asynchronous network.

Abstract: A vehicle front body structure including a front end module attached to a body front end. The front end module includes a frame member and a headlamp unit supported on the frame member. The headlamp unit is provided with a mounting device which is configured to flexibly support the headlamp unit on the frame member, and to provide a tendency to move the headlamp unit to its attachment position, upon application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold to the headlamp unit.

Abstract: A front structure for a vehicle has a grid member configured to allow outside air to be introduced from a forward direction of the vehicle into a compartment of the vehicle, and a part within the compartment disposed on a rear side of the grid member. The grid member has a first bridge and a second bridge intersecting with the first bridge. One of the first bridge and the second bridge has a bridge upper portion having a fragile portion on one of a front side thereof and a rear side thereof in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and a bridge lower portion having a fragile portion on one of a front side thereof and a rear side thereof in the fore-and-aft direction. The fragile portion of the bridge upper portion and the fragile portion of the bridge bottom portion are on opposite sides in the fore-and-aft direction.

Abstract: In order to provide an ATM cell/packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in-band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: an SDRAM for storing the user data; a normality confirmation packet generator; a timing generator for generating the timing of a refresh cycle of the SDRAM; a selector for transferring the normality confirmation packet at the time of the refresh; and a packet reception unit for extracting the packet identifying information from the received packet data, and comparing the normality confirmation packet directly received from the packet generator to the normality confirmation packet received via the switch unit thereby to confirm the normality when the packet data is the normality confirmation packet.

Abstract: In order to provide an ATM cell?packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in?band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: an SDRAM for storing the user data; a normality confirmation packet generator; a timing generator for generating the timing of a refresh cycle of the SDRAM; a selector for transferring the normality confirmation packet at the time of the refresh; and a packet reception unit for extracting the packet identifying information from the received packet data, and comparing the normality confirmation packet directly received from the packet generator to the normality confirmation packet received via the switch unit thereby to confirm the normality when the packet data is the normality confirmation packet.

Abstract: A front end module assembly structure for a vehicle, including: a first bracket plate provided on either a front end module or a side member, which is provided with a through hole and a slit extending upward therefrom; a second bracket plate provided on the other of the front end module and the side member to be mated to the first bracket plate, which has an insertion hole formed thereon at a position corresponding to the slit of the first bracket plate; and a locator piece attached to the second bracket plate. The locator piece has a portion configured to be inserted into the slit from a position inside the through hole and held in the slit, and a bottom face configured to be set on a periphery of the insertion hole when the locator piece is inserted into the insertion hole.

Abstract: A front end module assembly structure for a vehicle, including: a first bracket plate provided on either a front end module or a side member, which is provided with a through hole and a slit extending upward therefrom; a second bracket plate provided on the other of the front end module and the side member to be mated to the first bracket plate, which has an insertion hole formed thereon at a position corresponding to the slit of the first bracket plate; and a locator piece attached to the second bracket plate. The locator piece has a portion configured to be inserted into the slit from a position inside the through hole and held in the slit, and a bottom face configured to be set on a periphery of the insertion hole when the locator piece is inserted into the insertion hole.

Abstract: A vehicle front body structure including a front end module attached to a body front end. The front end module includes a frame member and a headlamp unit supported on the frame member. The headlamp unit is provided with a mounting device which is configured to flexibly support the headlamp unit on the frame member, and to provide a tendency to move the headlamp unit to its attachment position, upon application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold to the headlamp unit.

Abstract: In order to provide an ATM cell/packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in-band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: an SDRAM for storing the user data; a normality confirmation packet generator; a timing generator for generating the timing of a refresh cycle of the SDRAM; a selector for transferring the normality confirmation packet at the time of the refresh; and a packet reception unit for extracting the packet identifying information from the received packet data, and comparing the normality confirmation packet directly received from the packet generator to the normality confirmation packet received via the switch unit thereby to confirm the normality when the packet data is the normality confirmation packet.

Abstract: Super-hard grinding particles are electrodeposited on a metallic grinder matrix having recessed portions defined in an outer peripheral surface thereof to thereby produce a desired grinder used for a grinding machine. The grinder matrix is disposed within a mesh-like grinding-particle holder provided in a plating tank. Further, the grinding particles are packed into the grinding-particles holder. The grinding particles held in contact with the recessed portions of the grinder matrix are bonded to the grinder matrix using a plating layer formed by electroplating. The grinder matrix is reversed upsidedown and holding the grinding particles in contact with the recessed portions of the reversed grinder matrix. The grinding particles are bonded again to the grinder matrix using a plating layer formed by electroplating.

Abstract: An electrically conductive layer is formed on a surface of a model, and an organic solvent layer of an organic solvent which is inactive with respect to the conductive layer is formed on a surface of the conductive layer. Particles are then placed on the organic solvent layer to allow the particles to be partly melted by the organic solvent layer, and the organic solvent layer is removed to allow the particles to be adhered to the conductive layer. A metal layer is deposited on the model in an electroforming process to form an electroformed shell thinner than the diameter of the particles. The electroformed shell is separated from the model, and the particles are dissolved away from the electroformed shell with an organic solvent to produce an electroformed object having a number of vent apertures.