Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle including a nonvolatile memory capable of erasing and writing data electrically and two buffers to acquire, by communication, divided data obtained by dividing a program by predetermined size. Then, in parallel with using the two buffers alternately to receive divided data, the electronic control unit for a vehicle uses one buffer that is not used to receive divided data to write the received divided data into the nonvolatile memory.

Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle including a nonvolatile memory capable of erasing and writing data electrically and two buffers to acquire, by communication, divided data obtained by dividing a program by predetermined size. Then, in parallel with using the two buffers alternately to receive divided data, the electronic control unit for a vehicle uses one buffer that is not used to receive divided data to write the received divided data into the nonvolatile memory.

Abstract: Provided is a vacuum cleaner capable of efficiently utilizing exhaust of an electric blower when the vacuum cleaner is used as a blower. An exhaust air path (37) is arranged in a body portion (21) so as to communicate between an exhaust side of the electric blower and an exhaust port. A connecting port (34) is arranged on the body portion (21). A blower air path (38) is arranged in the body portion (21) so as to communicate between the exhaust side of the electric blower and the connecting port (34). A switching valve (39) is arranged capable of opening and closing the connecting port (34), so as to switch between the exhaust air path (37) and the blower air path (38) according to the opening and closing. An attachment (17), when being attached to the connecting port (34), communicates with the blower air path (38) upon switching by the switching valve (39).

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body portion, a secondary battery, an electric blower, a handle and a conductive member. The secondary battery is disposed in the main body portion. The electric blower operates by electric power supply from the secondary battery. The handle is one which a user contacts when the vacuum cleaner is used. At least a part of the conductive member is disposed at the handle and conducts static electricity generated due to operation of the electric blower.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided with a cleaner main body having an electric blower and a handle. The handle is shaped such that a gravity center position of the cleaner main body remains substantially unchanged in a state in which any one region is gripped.

Abstract: The inventors have found that the interaction between HP1 and INCENP can serve as an indicator for chromosome instability and established a method for evaluating chromosome instability of cancer cells. The evaluation system can be used for screening of anticancer agent with a new-concept of targeting chromosome instability of cancer cells. The inventors further prepared an antibody for specifically recognizing phosphorylation of serine at position 92 of HP1?, by which the action of Aurora B can be evaluated. The interaction between HP1 and INCENP can be readily evaluated by the antibody.

Abstract: There is provided a charged particle beam apparatus including: a charged particle source; a condenser lens and an object lens for converging a charged particle beam from the charged particle source and irradiating the converged charged particle beam to a specimen; and plural image shift deflectors for deflecting the charged particle beam. In the charged particle beam apparatus, the deflection of the charged particle beam is controlled using first control parameters that set the optical axis of a charged particle beam to a first optical axis that passes through the center of the object lens and enters a predefined position of the specimen, and second control parameters that transform the first control parameters so that the first control parameters set the optical axis of the charged particle beam to a second optical axis having a predefined incident angle different from the incident angle of the first optical axis.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring device includes: a sensor module provided with a diaphragm; a joint to which the sensor module is attached, the joint including a pressure inlet for delivering fluid to be measured to the sensor module. The joint is made of a synthetic resin and includes a joint body and an elastically deformable claw provided to the joint body and configured to lock the sensor module. Since the claw keeps the sensor module to be held by virtue of the elastic force of the claw, a further attachment process such as welding for attaching the sensor module to the joint is unnecessary. Since the joint body and the claw are integrally made of synthetic resin, it is not necessary to separately manufacture the joint body and the claw.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring sensor includes: a joint having a projection; a ceramic sensor module including a diaphragm and a cylindrical portion integrated with the diaphragm and provided to the projection; and an O-ring interposed between a sensor-module flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and a joint flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the projection.

Abstract: In the present invention, computational efficiency degradation is suppressed when diagnosing a shared storage area in a vehicle control device in which a plurality of computing units are employed. This vehicle control device suppresses computational efficiency degradation by changing an access destination in a storage device while diagnosing a shared storage area that the storage device has.

Abstract: The electronic control device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to use, in executing a task, at least one stack region for the task, which is previously allocated to the task, out of a plurality of stack regions allocated in the memory.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a nonvolatile memory capable of erasing data in units of erasure blocks and also writing data in units of write blocks smaller than the erasure blocks; and a processor. In response to a data rewrite request from outside, the processor of the electronic control unit erases data in a portion of the nonvolatile memory in units of erasure blocks and writes data into the portion of the nonvolatile memory in units of write blocks. The amount of data sent to the electronic control unit from outside is thereby decreased and the time needed to rewrite data in the nonvolatile memory is reduced.

Abstract: An electronic control unit for a vehicle includes a nonvolatile memory that is capable of erasing and writing data electrically, and capable of receiving a program to be written into the nonvolatile memory in units of a predetermined size by means of communication using a communication buffer. The electronic control unit for the vehicle uses communication buffers, the number of which is greater than the number of communication buffers used in an in-vehicle communication environment, to receive the program.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring sensor includes: a joint having a projection; a ceramic sensor module including a diaphragm and a cylindrical portion integrated with the diaphragm and provided to the projection; and an O-ring interposed between a sensor-module flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and a joint flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the projection.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring sensor includes: a joint having a projection; a ceramic sensor module including a diaphragm and a cylindrical portion integrated with the diaphragm and provided to the projection; and an O-ring interposed between a sensor-module flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the cylindrical portion and a joint flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the projection.

Abstract: A power converter with a simple configuration capable of controlling a rush current is provided. The power converter is installed between an electric power system and a power storage device, includes a harmonic filter in an AC circuit on the electric power system side and a DC capacitor and a DC breaker in a DC circuit on the power storage device side, and performs AC/DC conversion processing using an inverter. The power converter is configured in such a way that, when the power storage device starts running, a current limited by a limiting resistor is given from the electric power system side to the DC capacitor, the difference between the voltage of the DC capacitor and the voltage of the power storage device is monitored, and the power converter is connected to the power storage device by switching on the DC breaker on the basis of the difference.

Abstract: A physical quantity measuring device includes: a sensor module provided with a diaphragm; a joint to which the sensor module is attached, the joint including a pressure inlet for delivering fluid to be measured to the sensor module. The joint is made of a synthetic resin and includes a joint body and an elastically deformable claw provided to the joint body and configured to lock the sensor module. Since the claw keeps the sensor module to be held by virtue of the elastic force of the claw, a further attachment process such as welding for attaching the sensor module to the joint is unnecessary. Since the joint body and the claw are integrally made of synthetic resin, it is not necessary to separately manufacture the joint body and the claw.

Abstract: An automotive electronic control unit receives rewrite data wirelessly transmitted in units of a predetermined size from an external device and rewrites data stored in a nonvolatile memory based on the rewrite data. At this time, the rewrite data is communicated by switching between broadcast communication and unicast communication, or between multicast communication and unicast communication.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a nonvolatile memory capable of erasing data in units of erasure blocks and also writing data in units of write blocks smaller than the erasure blocks; and a processor. In response to a data rewrite request from outside, the processor of the electronic control unit erases data in a portion of the nonvolatile memory in units of erasure blocks and writes data into the portion of the nonvolatile memory in units of write blocks. The amount of data sent to the electronic control unit from outside is thereby decreased and the time needed to rewrite data in the nonvolatile memory is reduced.

Abstract: In observation of a sample having a structure in its depth direction, a charged particle beam apparatus that can form an SEM image reflecting a sample shape at a desired depth by a single image acquisition while avoiding enlargement of the apparatus is provided. The apparatus has: an irradiation optical system for irradiating and scanning a charged particle beam generated from a charged particle source on the sample; a detection optical system having a detector that detects charged particles generated from the sample by the irradiation of the charged particle beam, and converts them into an electric signal at a predetermined sampling period; and an image processing unit for forming an image based on the electric signal from the detector, in which the image processing unit detects a peak of wave height values for each pixel from the electric signal at each sampling time, and forms the image based on the peak of the detected wave height values.