Abstract: Provided is a container structure for attaching sensors to tires and, more particularly, to a container structure for attaching sensors to tires, the container structure being able to prevent sensors attached to tires from being damaged by intense heat. The container structure can include: a bottom container that is attached to the inner liner of a tire; a top container that extends from the top of the bottom container and has an insertion space in which a sensor can be inserted; and a channel part that is formed on the inner side of the top container, in which the channel part is provided such that air can cool the sensor by flowing inside and outside with the sensor inserted in the top container.

Abstract: An airless flexible tire comprising a belt, drive lugs, and traction lugs. The drive lugs extend inwardly from the belt and form annularly spaced, rigid, high torque points. The traction lugs extend outwardly from the belt and are annularly offset from the drive lugs so as to form flexible sections that deflect radially inwardly when the tire engages the ground. Each traction lug has an effective height as a function of its actual height, the angle that the traction lug extends relative to a radial axis, the angle of the traction lug's distal surface, and the amount the tire deflects radially inwardly near the traction lug so as to at least partially equalize a rolling radius of the wheel to reduce torque generated near the high torque points.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coupling a tire pump to a valve of a tire and for providing a fluid flow path from said pump to said valve, comprising a pump nipple for covering said valve. The device comprises an elastic band coupled to a body of said device, said band being embodied for positioning around said tire under elastic force. A preferred embodiment comprises a set of device and at least two pump nipples for use with the device. The invention also relates to a method of inflating a tire.

Abstract: A processing device divides an initial tread pattern into multiple mutually adjacent partial patterns, each having a width smaller than that of the initial tread pattern, by at least one straight line along a circumferential direction of a tire. The processing device calculates variation amounts of characteristic values of the partial patterns with respect to the circumferential direction, based on a contact region, each of the characteristic values indicating a shape of a corresponding partial pattern. The processing device modifies the shapes of the partial patterns so as to reduce the variation amounts of the characteristic values of the partial patterns. The processing device relatively moves the partial patterns along the circumferential direction so as to reduce a total variation amount of characteristic values of at least two mutually adjacent partial patterns. The processing device combines the partial patterns with each other to generate a tread pattern of the tire.

Abstract: A locking adjustable trailer hitch system includes a vehicle trailer hitch receiver having a receiver opening. The vehicle trailer hitch receiver includes at least one hitch pin opening for placement of a locking hitch pin. A locking adjustable trailer hitch bar is slidably and removably attached to the trailer hitch receiver through the receiver opening. The trailer hitch bar includes at least one extended slotted depression alongside one of its walls. The slotted depression is adapted to be in alignment with the hitch pin opening and can be a pass through or non-pass through depression. The hitch system further includes an anti-wobble device to secure and stabilize the hitch bar within the vehicle receiver. The hitch bar can extend along the length of the slotted depression such that the distal end of the hitch bar can be positioned a greater or lesser distance from the receiver as desired.

Abstract: An electrical socket for connecting an electrical installation of a towing vehicle with an electrical installation of a trailer is provided. The electrical socket comprises a plurality of electrical connectors and a plurality of holes for receiving pins from an electrical plug to connect to the electrical connectors. The socket further comprises one or more light sources, a proximity sensor and a control unit for and a control unit for activating the light sources in response to the proximity sensor detecting a presence of a user at a distance around the socket below a predetermined threshold distance. An electrical kit for connecting an electrical installation of a towing vehicle with an electrical installation of a trailer comprising such an electrical socket is also disclosed.

Abstract: A roadable aircraft includes an automobile; a retractable wing arrangement secured to the automobile that is movable between an extended flight configuration and a retracted non-flight configuration; an engine and propeller assembly secured to the automobile; and a tail arrangement secured to the automobile that is movable between an extended flight position and a retracted non-flight position. The retractable wing arrangement, the engine and propeller assembly and the tail arrangement comprise components of a kit that may include a frame configured to secure the components of the kit to the automobile. The frame may include an upper frame member to which the engine and propeller assembly is secured, and a pair of side frame members that extend downwardly from opposite ends defined by the upper frame member and that are configured to be engaged with a frame of the automobile.

Abstract: A robotic platform may include left and right platforms, a base platform, wheel assemblies, and a tilting suspension. The tilting suspension may include a tilt shaft coupled to the base platform, a crank, suspension arms, and a tilt assembly. The tilt shaft may extend along a substantially vertical tilt axis. The crank may extend substantially perpendicular to the tilt axis and may be coupled to the tilt shaft such that the crank at least partially rotates about the tilt axis along with the tilt shaft. The suspension arms may extend from the crank to the left and right platforms such that rotation of the crank about the tilt axis controls the tilt of the platforms. The tilt assembly may control rotation of the tilt shaft about the tilt axis to control the tilt of the left and right platforms. Various other systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the production of a fiber plastic composite component may include the following steps: creating a load-adapted multilayer preform structure made of pre-fabricated multi-layered sub-preforms, and inserting the preform structure into a form-shaping tool. A system for the production of a fiber plastic composite component may include the following: a first manufacturing station for forming a load-adapted multi-layer preform structure from prefabricated multilayered sub-preforms, and a form-shaping tool for consolidating the preform structure.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel suspension including a spring unit suspending a vehicle wheel on a vehicle body. The spring unit including a leaf spring portion extending along a Y-axis. The spring unit including a wheel carrier portion receiving a vehicle wheel. The wheel carrier portion at an end or outboard side of the leaf spring portion. The wheel carrier portion extending transversely to the leaf spring portion.

Abstract: A method for a vehicle comprising at least one wheel suspension with at least one damper, wherein the at least one damper is such that it can adjust its damping resistance between a first damping mode and at least a second damping mode, wherein the second damping mode presents a larger damping resistance than a damping resistance of the first damping mode. The method comprises the steps: S1) identifying if the vehicle is in a first situation during driving of said vehicle which may lead to a subsequent impact force (F) on the at least one wheel suspension which is of a magnitude such that the at least one damper, when in its first damping mode, will reach a position where no further damping can be performed; and, if this is the case, S2) adjusting the damping resistance from the first damping mode to the at least second damping mode.

Abstract: A stabilizer includes a stabilizer bar and a rubber bush. The stabilizer bar includes a bar body made of a steel and a coating film covering the bar body. The coating film is formed on the surface of the bar body by using a resin having a water contact angle of more than 65°. By performing surface treatment for reducing the contact angle of the coating film present on an attachment part, the contact angle of the attachment part is changed to 65° or less. A pre-cured liquid adhesive agent is applied to an inner surface (adhesion surface) of the rubber bush. After a region including the attachment part of the stabilizer bar is heated, the rubber bush is overlaid on the attachment part. The adhesive agent is cured in a state where the rubber bush is pressed.

Abstract: A vehicle air handling system includes an air duct housing, a particulate sensor, a first air blower and an electronic controller. The air duct housing has an air inlet and a passenger compartment vent. The particulate sensor is configured to detect a particulate level of particulates in the air duct housing. The first air blower is disposed in the air duct housing to move air within the air duct housing. The electronic controller is operatively coupled to the particulate sensor and the first air blower. The electronic controller is configured to operate the first air blower to reverse an air direction of the first air blower away from the passenger compartment vent upon detection of the particulate level of the particulates in the air duct housing being equal to or greater than a predetermined particulate threshold level in the air duct housing.

Abstract: A vehicle heat exchanger is disclosed that includes a heat exchange unit having first and second plates layered to alternately form a first and second flow path. Operation fluids passing through the paths exchange heat. A first inflow aperture is formed on a second surface of the unit and connected to the first flow path. A first exhaust aperture is formed corresponding to the first inflow aperture on the first surface of the unit and connected to the first flow path. A connection aperture is formed in the plates, connected to the first flow path, and closing a connection to the second flow path. A second inflow aperture is formed corresponding to the first inflow aperture and connected to the second flow path. A second exhaust aperture is formed at a center of the unit and connected to the second inflow aperture through the second flow path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-zone air conditioning system for vehicles (1) with several air conditioning zones (2), in particular for buses, characterized thereby that an air temperature control unit (3) is implemented to generate simultaneously warm air and cold air, wherein the cold air across a cold air duct (5) and the warm air across a warm air duct (6) extend separated from one another as a double conduit over the length of the vehicle (1) and that decentralized air mixing units (4) with at least one air outlet (20) are disposed along the double conduit and that the air outlets (20) are assigned to the air conditioning zones (2) of the vehicle (1).

Abstract: The sealing member includes a first sealing part and a second sealing part and a joining part connecting together the first sealing part and the second sealing part. The first sealing part extends to surround a peripheral edge of the first opening hole on the main body inner peripheral surface side. The second sealing part extends to surround a peripheral edge of the second opening hole on the main body inner peripheral surface side. The joining part is placed at a position where a mutual interval between the first sealing part and the second sealing part is the smallest in the circumferential direction. Each of the first joining end portion and the second joining end portion of the joining part is pressed outward in the valve radial direction by the valve body outer peripheral surface to be resiliently deformed.

Abstract: An air conditioning recharging machine comprising a pair of flexible hoses connected to said air-conditioning system, a recharging assembly to supply a refrigerant fluid to the air-conditioning system through said flexible hoses; a discharging assembly to discharge the refrigerant fluid from the air-conditioning system, and a valve distributor body, which is provided with a series of inlets/outlets hydraulically connected to the flexible hoses, to the recharging assembly and to the discharging assembly. The valve distributor body comprises a monobloc made of rigid material which is provided with straight inner through-ducts, each of which extends in the monobloc so as to have the two axial ends which are arranged on two respective faces of said monobloc opposite one to the other, and are each closed by a respective solenoid valve coupled to the face itself.

Abstract: In a control apparatus for a vehicle and a control method for the vehicle, when a heating operation is executed, an ECU controls an operating point of an engine to a target operating point that is defined as the same operating point of the engine as at the time of normal operation when heating operation is not performed, when the engine operates in a high-load region. Moreover, when the heating operation is executed, the ECU controls the operating point of the engine to a target operating point that is defined as an operating point of the engine at which an output of the engine is larger than at the time of normal operation, when the engine operates in a low-load region or an intermediate-load region.

Abstract: A coolant control valve unit includes a wall including a passage disposed at a predetermined position from one surface to another surface, a valve disposed to be inserted into the passage and open and close the passage according to a movement position, and an actuator opening and closing the passage through the valve by pushing or pulling the valve by using a stem connected with the valve, wherein one side and another side of the wall are formed to have a height difference in a movement direction or in an opposite movement direction so that a portion of the passage is opened and a remaining part of the passage is closed by the valve when the valve moves along the passage.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of thermal management of a transmission of an axle (4) of an electrical vehicle and a circuit used for the method. The circuit comprises a coolant pump (1), one or more on-board units, a three way valve (5) and the axle (4), which axle (4) comprises a transmission. Coolant of a cooling system of the vehicle is made to pass the on-board units to pick up heat losses. The on-board units may be power electronics (2), an electrical machine (3), a battery and/or an on-board charger.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compressor that includes a casing, a fastening part disposed at a portion corresponding to a support bracket provided in a compressor mounting part of a vehicle on the casing, and a fastener connecting the support bracket to the fastening part, wherein a compressor's center of gravity and a compressor's point of support supported by the fastener are positioned in a longitudinal direction of the fastener. The present disclosure has an effect of relieving rotational moment and fatigue stress occurring in the compressor when the compressor is mounted to the vehicle.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system is provided for a motor vehicle. That system includes a vacuum enclosure having a refrigerant, a first section and a second section. The system further includes a radiator, a core and a phase change material vessel downstream from the core. A conduit and valve system operate the air-conditioning system in two modes of operation.

Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system is provided. The thermal management system for includes a cooling apparatus that circulates a coolant cooled in a radiator through a coolant line to cool a driving device in the vehicle. A main centralized energy (CE) module is connected to the cooling apparatus via the coolant line, selectively heat-exchanges heat energy generated during a condensation and evaporation of the refrigerant circulating the inside with a coolant, and supplies the coolant of low temperature or high temperature to a cooling heat exchanger or a heating heat exchanger. A sub CE module is connected to the cooling apparatus through the coolant line, using the coolant received through the coolant line during the condensation of the coolant circulating the inside, and heat-exchanges heat energy generated during an evaporation of the refrigerant with an air to supply the air of low temperature to a controller in the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerant container having a rational structure with a small number of components, the container having both the functions of a receiver and an accumulator. Specifically, the refrigerant container includes a tank 10 capable of temporarily storing a refrigerant; and a gas/liquid inlet port 15, a liquid-phase outlet port 16, and a gas-phase outlet port 17 that are provided in a lower portion of the tank 10. The refrigerant container 1 is adapted to separate a refrigerant introduced through the gas/liquid inlet port 15 into a liquid-phase refrigerant and a gas-phase refrigerant, and has the function of a receiver that guides only the liquid-phase refrigerant after the separation to the side of an expansion valve via the liquid-phase outlet port 16, and the function of an accumulator that guides the gas-phase refrigerant after the separation to the suction side of a compressor via the gas-phase outlet port 17 together with oil contained in the liquid-phase refrigerant.

Abstract: In a register, a ventilation passage is provided inside a retainer so as to communicate with an air outlet of a bezel, and inside the air outlet, a front movable louver and a rear movable louver constituting a cross fin type register are provided by disposing fins orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: A laminated glass includes a pair of glass plates opposite each other; a pair of intermediate bonding layers located between the pair of glass plates, each of the intermediate bonding layers contacting a corresponding glass plate of the glass plates; and a base film located between the pair of intermediate bonding layers, and being provided with a wiring in at least a partial area of the base film. A thickness of one of the intermediate bonding layers is thinner than a thickness of another one of the intermediate bonding layers. A thickness of a thinner intermediate bonding layer of the pair of intermediate bonding layers is 0.20 mm or less.

Abstract: A vehicular door includes an inner panel and an outer panel that is mounted on a vehicular exterior side of the inner panel such that they are mounted to and separated from each other by sliding. The outer panel is mounted to the inner panel while the first outer side stopper and the first inner side stopper being fit to each other and the second outer side stopper and the second inner side stopper being fit to each other. In the relative sliding of the inner panel and the outer panel in the lateral direction, the first outer side stopper, the second inner side stopper, the second outer side stopper, and the first inner side stopper are arranged such that the first outer side stopper is not contacted with the second inner side stopper or the second outer side stopper is not contacted with the first inner side stopper.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first door, a second door and a first hinge assembly connected to the first door and the second door. The first door is movable between a first position and a second position about the first hinge assembly, and in the second position, the first door is received against the second door.

Abstract: A sunshade for a vehicle is provided herein. The sunshade includes a base member having independently movable first and second portions. A first handle is disposed on the first portion and a second handle is disposed on the second portion. A lamp assembly is operably coupled to the base member.

Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle, including a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed and a storage position has a linkage assembly on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane. Each linkage assembly includes a main multi-bar assembly, which is pivotably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, and a front roof link, which pivots relative to the main multi-bar assembly when the linkage assembly is actuated, and is covered with a headliner assembly when the top linkage is in the closed position. The headliner assemblies comprise a front headliner flap which is articulated to the respective front roof link via a link assembly and which can be pivoted between a covering and an uncovering position, in which the front headliner flap is located when the top linkage is in the storage position and in which the respective front roof link is accessible from above.

Abstract: A tonneau cover assembly includes at a luminescent layer that emits visible light responsive to exposure to light, a top clear layer above the luminescent layer, and a bottom clear layer below the luminescent layer. The luminescent layer illuminates a portion of a cargo area covered by the tonneau cover.

Abstract: A top arrangement of a motor vehicle having a hard-top or folding-top section and a top cutout which borders the hard-top or folding-top section and which can be either closed or at least partially opened by means of a top opening system comprising at least one displaceable lid element, which can be shifted over the hard-top or folding-top section, and a top cover, which spans at least the hard-top or folding-top section in a closed position of the top opening system and is fixed to the lid element across its entire width.

Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a rear roof having: a pair of side wall portions located on an outer side in a vehicle width direction with respect to a pair of seats, and extending rearward of the seats; and a rear window for closing a window opening formed between the paired side wall portions. An upward standing deflection plate is provided between the paired seats and on a rear side of the seats. The deflection plate integrally includes a pair of outer air receiving portions away from each other in the vehicle width direction, and a middle air receiving portion connecting the outer air receiving portions in the vehicle width direction, and is made of a material having transparency. A length of the middle air receiving portion in an up-down direction is set shorter than a length of the outer air receiving portion in the up-down direction.

Abstract: A profile strip arrangement includes a profile strip having a first connecting area configured to establish a connection to an edge area of a windshield of a motor vehicle and having a second connecting area configured to establish a connection to a vehicle part that is adjacent to the windshield. A reinforcement strip is detachably connected to the profile strip. The reinforcement strip has an insertion section that is configured to be inserted into and remain permanently in the second connecting area. The reinforcement strip also has a connecting section configured to establish a connection to the adjacent vehicle part.

Abstract: In a vehicle door seal structure in which an outer side weather strip whose tip end portion extends upward from a molding side base end portion toward a door window glass is formed integrally with a molding portion provided on a vehicle outer side of a belt line portion, at least an outer side weather strip positioned at the uppermost portion is configured such that a first hollow portion is formed from the base end portion to the tip end portion and a second hollow portion is formed below the first hollow portion at the base end portion.

Abstract: A hand-held magnetic clamping device for clamping a car cover onto the exterior surface of a car's body includes an encasing structure, a plurality of magnets, a scaffolding, and a reversible handle. The encasing structure clamps the car cover onto the exterior surface of a car's body. The plurality of magnets magnetically affixes the encasing structure to the body's surface, thereby preventing the car cover from sliding off of the exterior body's surface. The scaffolding offsets the plurality of magnets from the center of the encasing structure. As a result, the first contact side of the encasing structure is used to clamp a thickly padded car cover while the second contact side of the encasing structure is used to clamp a thinly padded car cover. The reversible handle allows the user to physically disengage the magnetic connection between the encasing structure and the exterior surface.

Abstract: An engine mount which connects an engine to a vehicle body is provided. The engine mount includes a housing which defines a body of the engine mount and a main rubber body that is installed within the housing and defines a space portion that accommodates a fluid that flows through a nozzle plate. A core is inserted into and fixed to the main rubber body and an a fixing bolt is coupled to the core. A lower support bracket is coupled to the vehicle body and the fixing bolt is inserted therein. A damper that attenuates vibration is disposed at a lower side of the core or at first and second ends of the lower support bracket of the of the engine mount.

Abstract: A sub-roll rod device for mounting a powertrain of a vehicle can, in addition to mounting the powertrain in an engine room of the vehicle using a mounting member in a three-point supporting method, mount the sub-roll rod that can be assembled with the powertrain in a side member of a vehicle body, thus controlling forward-and-backward movement of the powertrain while maintaining Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH) performance by the three-point supporting method and improving ease of assembly of the powertrain with respect to the engine room.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an engine mount for a vehicle. The engine mount includes a rubber assembly that is connected between a vehicle body and an engine. A fluid sealing assembly is detachably assembled to the rubber assembly, allowing tuning of the engine mount to be performed by detaching the fluid sealing assembly while the engine remains connected to the engine mount.

Abstract: A method to use hydraulic pressure to power a vehicle includes providing a hydraulic fluid power system having a motor in communication with a hydraulic pump; a hose in communication with the hydraulic pump, the hose having a one way valve; a gear motor in fluid communication with the hose to receive hydraulic fluid therefrom; and an alternator to receive power from the gear motor and to transfer power to a battery for storage; operating the hydraulic pump via the motor such that hydraulic fluid is pumped through the hose to the gear motor; charging the battery with power generated by the gear motor and alternator; and using the battery for one or more components of the vehicle.

Abstract: A fuel cell plug-in hybrid vehicle includes a fuel cell having an anode side and a cathode side with a compressor connected to the cathode side. An electric motor is drive-connected exclusively to the compressor. A converter is connected electrically on one side to the motor and on the other side to a high-voltage battery. A controller switches the vehicle between two different operating states. In a first operating state, the high-voltage battery supplies electrical power to the motor via the converter so that the electric motor drives the compressor. In a second operating state, an electrical voltage is supplied from a power supply system to the motor or to the converter via a power supply line. The motor can modify the amplitude of the system voltage with the modified voltage present across the converter, which converts the voltage into a DC voltage applied across the high-voltage battery.

Abstract: An integrated hybrid power system for a work vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine. The power system also includes a transmission configured to transfer mechanical power between the engine and the electric machine. The transmission, in a first configuration, is configured to transfer mechanical power in a first direction from the electric machine to the engine to start the engine. Furthermore, the transmission, in a second configuration, is configured to transfer mechanical power in the first direction and, alternatively, in a second direction from the engine to the electric machine after the engine is started.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes an attachment module, a motor module, a battery module, and a wheel. The wheel is rotatably coupled to the attachment module about a rotational axis of the wheel. The attachment module has a plurality of coupling elements, and the motor module and the battery module each releasably couple to one of the coupling elements. The wheel extends around the attachment, motor, and battery modules. The motor and battery modules are identically shaped in a direction along the rotational axis.

Abstract: There is provided herein a modular electric wheel assembly comprising integral/in-built acceleration and braking componentry and/or steering and suspension componentry allowing for the modular application thereof. Each modular wheel assembly may receive drive control data from various sensors (such as accelerator and brake pedal position sensors, steering column rotational offset sensors and the like), vehicle control systems or the like so as to be able to independently drive, brake, steer and/or provide active suspension for the vehicle. In embodiments, the wheel assemblies may communicate with each other across a wheel assembly vehicular network wherein a master wheel assembly may receive drive control data and control the slave wheel assemblies accordingly.

Abstract: A grille shutter device includes a fin unit including slat members inside an opening provided at a part of a decorative side of a vehicle front. The fin unit is configured to selectively assume a closed state and an open state, and the closed state is a state where the slat members are each disposed so as to close the opening in a vehicle front view. The open state is a state where the slat members have been moved from respective positions in the closed state to a vehicle rear side of the opening and arrayed in a row substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filler tube for a fuel tank, having a tube portion made of plastic material and a tubular adapter, which is connected to the tube portion, for coupling the filler tube to the fuel tank, wherein a lateral surface of the adapter is integrally bonded, in particular welded, to a lateral surface of the tube portion, wherein the adapter and the tube portion overlap in the region of the integrally bonded connection.

Abstract: A tank mounting structure includes a frame, a band, and a tank protector. The frame is configured to fix the tank. The band is configured to fix the tank in a state where the band sandwiches the tank with the frame and the band deforms in accordance with expansion or contraction of the tank. The tank protector is configured to be fixed to an inner side of the band or an outer side of the band.

Abstract: A mobile computing device presents a set of user interface (UI) elements and receives user input corresponding to a set of vehicle specification values (e.g., engine type, transmission type, axle ratio) via the set of UI elements. The mobile computing device obtains (e.g., from a remote computer system hosted by a vehicle manufacturer) a vehicle performance value (e.g., a fuel economy value or a greenhouse gas emission value), an optimization value for the vehicle performance value, and vehicle specification analysis information based at least in part on the set of vehicle specification values. The mobile computing device presents the vehicle performance value, the optimization value, and vehicle specification feedback to a user. The vehicle specification feedback is based at least in part on the optimization value and the vehicle specification analysis information.

Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a housing installed on a floor portion of a vehicle, a support provided behind the housing in a vehicle front-rear direction, and provided for a tower portion of the housing, and a pedal pad disposed while being inclined such that the pedal pad extends in a direction from the support to a position above the housing with a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported b the support. The diameter of the largest virtual circle accommodated in a space defined by the pedal pad in a state of being maximally stepped on, the housing, and the support is larger than the diameter of the smallest virtual circle being in contact with the pedal pad in a state of being not stepped on and the housing as seen in a direction toward the pedal pad from a lateral side.

Abstract: Vehicle speed calculating device and method and a driver state monitoring system including the vehicle speed calculating device are provided. The vehicle speed calculating device includes: a signal determining unit configured to receive raw data input from a raw data generating device connected to an input socket via a UART port and a GPIO port, to perform a validation test on two types of raw data received via the UART port and the GPIO port, to determine one type of raw data as valid raw data, and to output the valid raw data and signal type information generated to correspond to the valid raw data; and a vehicle speed calculating unit configured to receive the valid raw data and the signal type information and to generate vehicle speed information corresponding to a vehicle speed which is calculated by processing the valid raw data using a predetermined processing method to match the signal type information.