Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a vehicle, an information terminal apparatus that can provide, on a display unit, a plurality of contents which provide training on an operation method of the vehicle, and a server that can communicate with the vehicle and the information terminal apparatus. The information terminal apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a first content that provides training on an operation method including a method to start an operation of a specific function of the vehicle and a second content that provides, to a user of the vehicle who has been trained by the first content and is registered in the server, training on an operation method corresponding to a phenomenon that can occur while the specific function is provided.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes an operation detection unit that detects an operation input performed by a user to an operation input unit, to which a first operation input to instruct activation or termination of a predetermined function and a second operation input to instruct suspension of the predetermined function can be performed, and a lane change control unit that controls a lane change on the basis of the operation input performed by the user in response to the lane change proposal issued in a state where the predetermined function is operating. The lane change control unit carries out the lane change in the case that the first operation input is performed by the user in response to the lane change proposal, and does not carry out the lane change in the case that the second operation input is performed by the user in response to the lane change proposal.

Abstract: In an aggregation system comprising a control apparatus which is provided for each consumer and a server apparatus, the server apparatus calculates, for each of the consumers and as an allocation amount of the consumer, an upper limit value for the power which the consumer inputs from the system or a lower limit value for the power which the consumer is to output to the system, according to a requested power provision amount, and sends the respective control instructions designating the calculated allocation amount of each consumer to the control apparatus of the consumer, and the control apparatuses each control the charging and discharging of the corresponding power apparatus so that the power input from the system is equal to or smaller than the allocation amount designated in the control instruction or so that power equal to or larger than the allocation amount is output to the system.

Abstract: A hybrid power conditioning system manages, as a control target, a plurality of electric power units having different response speeds of charge or discharge, and respectively controls a charge or a discharge of the control target and an input/output of power, to and from a system, based on the charge or the discharge of the control target. A server apparatus generates a control order related to a demand response to the hybrid power conditioning system and calculates an allocation amount of each of the users according to at least an amount of power to be procured. The control order includes the calculated allocation amount and a control mode prescribing a discharge source or a charge destination when a triggering condition is satisfied. Upon receiving the control order, each of the hybrid power conditioning systems activates the control targets in order from the control target having a fastest response speed.

Abstract: In an aggregation system comprising a control apparatus which is provided for each consumer and a server apparatus, the server apparatus calculates, for each of the consumers and as an allocation amount of the consumer, an upper limit value for the power which the consumer inputs from the system or a lower limit value for the power which the consumer is to output to the system, according to a requested power provision amount, and sends the respective control instructions designating the calculated allocation amount of each consumer to the control apparatus of the consumer, and the control apparatuses each control the charging and discharging of the corresponding power apparatus so that the power input from the system is equal to or smaller than the allocation amount designated in the control instruction or so that power equal to or larger than the allocation amount is output to the system.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing a display indicating a state of fuel efficiency of a vehicle according to a driving operation, detects an operating state of the vehicle according to a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle. A score for representing the state of fuel efficiency of the vehicle according to the driving operation is determined. Here, the score is allocated to correspond to the operating state. A display indicating the score is performed as the display indicating the state of fuel efficiency. The allocation of the score to the operating state of the vehicle is changed according to a value obtained by accumulating the score. For example, the allocation of the score to the operating state is changed such that the score is lower as the value obtained by accumulating the score is higher. Thus, a degree of strictness with which the score is marked is higher as the level of the driving skill represented by the accumulated value is higher.

Abstract: Coaching for driving operation for improving the fuel efficiency is provided. A first region and a second region adjacent to the first region are visually distinguishably displayed in one direction with respect to a predetermined reference position. A third region and a fourth region adjacent to the third region are visually distinguishably displayed in another direction with respect to reference position. The first region is established as a region indicating a fuel-efficient driving Operation, state for an operation for driving the vehicle. The second region is established as a region indicating a fuel-inefficient driving operation state for the operation for driving the vehicle. The third region is established as a region indicating a fuel-efficient driving operation state for an operation for braking the vehicle. The fourth region is established as a region indicating a fuel-inefficient driving operation state for the operation for braking the vehicle.

Abstract: Coaching for driving operation for improving the fuel efficiency is provided. An instrument panel of the vehicle is structured to be a two-tier panel of an upper level and a lower level. A display means for displaying a color on a display unit disposed in the upper level is provided. If a predetermined driving operation by a driver is detected, a color to be displayed on the display unit is determined based on an operating state of the vehicle according to the detected driving operation. The color displayed on the display unit is changeable between a first color and a second color. The first color is established as a color indicating a fuel-efficient driving operation state. The second color is established as a color indicating a fuel-inefficient driving operation state. The color to be displayed is determined such that the color to be displayed gets closer to the first color as the detected driving operation becomes a more fuel-efficient driving operation state.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing a display indicating a state of fuel efficiency of a vehicle according to a driving operation, detects an operating state of the vehicle according to a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle. A score for representing the state of fuel efficiency of the vehicle according to the driving operation is determined. Here, the score is allocated to correspond to the operating state. A display indicating the score is performed as the display indicating the state of fuel efficiency. The allocation of the score to the operating state of the vehicle is changed according to a value obtained by accumulating the score. For example, the allocation of the score to the operating state is changed such that the score is lower as the value obtained by accumulating the score is higher. Thus, a degree of strictness with which the score is marked is higher as the level of the driving skill represented by the accumulated value is higher.

Abstract: Advice on fuel efficiency is provided for each driving operation. A storage is provided for, for each driving operation to be performed by a driver of the vehicle and each state of fuel efficiency corresponding to each driving operation, storing at least one advice message indicating an advice about the state of fuel efficiency. For each driving operation performed by the driver of the vehicle, a state of fuel efficiency of the vehicle according to the performed driving operation is determined. In response to any driving operation being selected on a predetermined display screen, the storage is referred to based on the selected driving operation and the determined state of fuel efficiency for the selected driving operation to read and display an advice message corresponding to the selected driving operation and the determined state of fuel efficiency. For each driving operation, a driver can receive an advice on the fuel efficiency of his/her driving operation.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes address generation circuit, an address translation circuit, a selection circuit, a memory, a shifter, an ALU and a mixing circuit. The address generation circuit generates a logical address for data including 10 bit imaginary part, 10 bit real part and 12 bit reserved part. The address translation circuit translates the logical address into a physical address for data including 16 successive bits of the imaginary part and the real part. The selection circuit generates a selection signal in response to the logical address. The memory for storing 16 bits of data in accordance with the physical address. The shifter shifts the received data from the memory in response to the selection signal. The ALU processes an arithmetic operation in response to the shifter output. The mixing circuit mixes the data received from the memory and the ALU and outputs the mixed data to the memory.

Abstract: In order to provide a memory control method and a memory controller, which can prevent an extra access even when a transfer frequency is uncertain, a memory access control method according to the invention is a method of controlling continuous transfers from a master connected to a system bus to the memory controller, wherein a transfer frequency of continuous transfers performed with respect to the memory controller is retained, and when the transfer frequency with respect to the memory controller is irregular, the transfer frequency for this time is predicted based on the retained past transfer frequency, and an access to a memory connected to the memory controller is performed first, based on the predicted transfer frequency. In other words, when the continuous access (burst transfer frequency) to the memory controller is irregular, the transfer frequency of the irregular continuous access currently performed is predicted, thereby enabling a reduction of extra access.

Abstract: A matrix type bus connection system comprising a plurality of master devices and slave devices, wherein data transfer between arbitrary master device and slave device is available, and the power reduction method therefor is disclosed. When a slave device is to be setting to low-power operation state, decoding table contents of relevant master device are altered according to the control signal from a low-power control circuit, first of all, then connection request for the destination device is set from the slave device to be in low-power operation state to the predetermined default slave device. After that, the target slave device to be in low-power operation is set to be in low-power operation state by the low-power control signal from the low-power control circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling lookahead of memory data with respect to one bus master selected in a system to which a plurality of bus masters and a memory are connected, comprising the step of determining whether lookahead control should be carried out, based on a signal for discriminating the selected bus master and a signal for discriminating the type of transfer.

Abstract: A dual port RAM includes an any-time readable/writable memory block in which an access can be made to the same storage area from independent first and second ports. In addition, the RAM includes a first test circuit for performing a test to the storage area of the memory block via the first port on the basis of a first clock signal, and a second test circuit for performing a test to the storage area of the memory block via the second port on the basis of a second clock signal. A control circuit of the RAM causes the first and second test circuits to test the memory block in an alternating manner.

Abstract: A digital signal processor includes a programmable memory, a processor and an access controller. The programmable memory has blocks each of which is capable of reading and writing an instruction of a program. The processor sequentially executes the instruction stored in the programmable memory. The access controller sequentially stores the instruction of the program in the blocks of the programmable memory on the basis of an address indicating a location of the respective blocks where the instruction is stored. The access controller controls an access of the processor to the respective blocks.

Abstract: An air flow sensor failure determination apparatus for determining a failure of an air flow sensor for an internal combustion engine in which an air flow sensor, a throttle and a pressure sensor disposed downstream of the throttle are provided in an air induction passage, the air flow sensor failure determination apparatus comprising a first calculating unit for calculating a first induction air volume based on an output signal from the air flow sensor, a second calculating unit for calculating a second induction air volume based on an output from the pressure sensor, and a determination unit for determining a failure of the air flow sensor based on a comparison between the first induction air volume and the second induction air volume.

Abstract: A matrix type bus connection system comprising a plurality of master devices and slave devices, wherein data transfer between arbitrary master device and slave device is available, and the power reduction method therefor is disclosed. When a slave device is to be setting to low-power operation state, decoding table contents of relevant master device are altered according to the control signal from a low-power control circuit, first of all, then connection request for the destination device is set from the slave device to be in low-power operation state to the predetermined default slave device. After that, the target slave device to be in low-power operation is set to be in low-power operation state by the low-power control signal from the low-power control circuit.

Abstract: There is provided a control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of matching an output torque of the engine with a demanded torque excellently when the combustion mode is switched, thereby enhancing drivability. A demanded fuel amount and a demanded torque of the engine are calculated according to detected operating conditions of the engine. A combustion mode is determined to be either the stratified combustion mode or the homogeneous combustion mode according to the demanded torque. A pre-switching demanded fuel injection time period and a pre-switching demanded torque are stored. When the combustion mode is switched, a switching-time demanded fuel amount (limit value) is calculated according to the stored pre-switching demanded fuel injection time period and pre-switching demanded torque, the current demanded torque, and an estimated combustion efficiency parameter.