Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a power conversion unit, a load amount detector, a charge detector that detects whether or not a battery is being charged, a switching frequency setting unit, and a switching controller. The load amount detector detects a load amount of the power conversion unit. The switching frequency setting unit sets a switching frequency of a switching element based on the load amount when the charge detector detects that the battery is not being charged, and sets the switching frequency of the switching element to a predetermined value when the charge detector detects that the battery is being charged.

Abstract: A power-supply control device for battery having a plurality of cells connected in series has a voltage conversion unit that steps down a voltage at the battery to supply the stepped-down voltage to a first load, a first opening and closing unit that opens and closes a supply path of first power from the battery to the voltage conversion unit and a second load, a battery control unit that detects abnormality of the battery, controls opening and closing of the first opening and closing unit, and is operated by second power supplied from the battery or third power supplied from the voltage conversion unit, the second power being lower than the first power, and a second opening and closing unit that opens and closes a supply path of the second power from the battery to the battery control unit.

Abstract: A voltage drop of an output voltage of a DC-DC converter, caused by a wiring resistance, can properly be compensated at low cost. The DC-DC converter is connected to a low-voltage battery through an ignition switch and started up by the ignition switch. A transformation unit transforms a voltage inputted from a high-voltage battery and supplies the voltage to the low-voltage battery. A control circuit calculates a wiring resistance between the transformation unit and the low-voltage battery based on the voltage inputted from the low-voltage battery through the ignition switch in connecting the ignition switch and an output voltage and an output current of the transformation unit. The control circuit corrects a command value of the output voltage of the transformation unit based on the calculated wiring resistance to control the output voltage of the transformation unit. The invention can be applied to a DC-DC converter for electric-powered vehicle.

Abstract: The power supply system, which may be used with an electric car, extends the life of a high voltage battery while minimizing electric power required for vehicle actions. A temperature sensor measures a temperature of the high voltage battery. A controller preferentially drives first loads given first priority among a plurality of loads driven by the high voltage battery, other than a drive motor, based on an electric power amount that the high voltage battery is able to output and an electric power amount required by the drive motor for driving a vehicle when the temperature of the high voltage battery is not higher than a predetermined temperature. The controller preferentially drives in-vehicle devices of the highest priority among in-vehicle devices based on the electric power amount that the high voltage battery is able to output and the required electric power amount of the drive motor for driving the vehicle.

Abstract: A battery state monitoring portion intermittently monitors the low voltage battery for supplying power to electrical components arranged in a vehicle while the power supply to the low voltage system load other than a +B load is stopped, a DCDC converter is stopped, and a +B power supply mode in which the vehicle cannot travel is set. A charging control portion starts up the DCDC converter and charges the low voltage battery with the power of a high voltage battery as a power source of the vehicle through the DCDC converter when the voltage of the low voltage battery becomes lower than or equal to a charging start voltage when the +B power supply mode is set. The present invention can be applied to a charging device of a battery of an electric vehicle.

Abstract: This invention aims to more appropriately perform reserved charging of a battery, which is a power source of a vehicle. A necessary capacity calculation unit obtains a necessary capacity, which is a necessary capacity of the battery, based on at least one of an average traveling distance of the vehicle and an average consuming amount of the battery for a predetermined time. A charging time calculation unit obtains a time necessary for charging from a currently remaining amount of the battery to the necessary capacity as a charging time. A reserved time setting unit sets a charging start time of the battery between a current time and a time in which the charging time is subtracted from a use start time set by a user, and sets a time the charging time elapsed from the charging start time as a charging end time. A charging control unit controls to charge the battery from the set charging start time to the charging end time.

Abstract: Easy execution of proximity communication with a specific vehicle is to be enabled. A mobile proximity radio-communication terminal receives an event-report application which is sent from an application server for causing a mode to transit to a vehicle communication mode which performs proximity communication with an on-board proximity radiocommunication terminal mounted on a vehicle that is suffering from generation of abnormality and permits the mode to transit into the vehicle communication mode based on such event-report application and then sends authentication information to the on-board proximity radiocommunication terminal by proximity communication.

Abstract: An authenticating apparatus has an image capturing section, such as camera, and a controller. The image capturing section captures a facial image of a first person such as a potential driver in a driver seat and a second person such as a passenger in a passenger seat. The controller compares the captured facial images with a pre-registered facial image of an authorized driver stored therein. The controller allows the first person to start an engine if any one of the captured facial images matches the pre-registered facial image.

Abstract: A drive-force distribution controller for a four-wheel-drive vehicle having a torque distribution unit configured to distribute an output torque transmitted from a prime motor to a first set of wheels to a second set of wheels. The drive-force distribution controller includes a first judging device for judging which of the first set is an inner wheel with respect to a turning of the vehicle, a second judging device for judging whether the turning of the vehicle is a tight turn, a third judging device for judging whether the inner wheel is slipping, a fourth judging device for judging whether an outer wheel of the first set of wheels is slipping, and a controlling device for controlling the torque distribution unit.

Abstract: A drive-force distribution controller for a four-wheel-drive vehicle which provides a torque distribution unit distributing an output torque transmitted from a prime motor to driving wheels to driven wheels, is composed of a wheel speed sensor for detecting a wheel speed in each of the driving and driven wheels; a first judging means for judging which of the driven wheel is an inner wheel based upon the detected wheel speeds; a second judging means for judging that the inner wheel of the driving wheels slips when the detected inner wheel speed of the driving wheel is larger than the detected outer wheel speed thereof; a third judging means for judging whether a slip of the outer driving wheel happens or not by comparing the detected wheel speed of the outer driving wheel with a calculated wheel speed thereof based upon the detected wheel speeds of the inner driving wheel and driven wheels; and a transmissible torque control means for controlling the torque distribution unit so as to increase the output torque