| FUJITSU TEN LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20120113773 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE - A CAN driver receives vehicle information sent onto CAN. A diagnosis information acquiring module monitors whether an operation of a diagnosis record ECU itself is normal or not and thus generates diagnosis information. A timestamp information generating module generates timestamp information A per sec and generates timestamp information B in which a time difference from the generation timing of the timestamp information A is expressed on the unit of 1/100 sec. A diagnosis record module, each time the timestamp information generating module generates the timestamp information A, transfers a first type record containing the timestamp information A and the diagnosis information generated at this point of time to a memory manager, and transfers a second type record containing the vehicle information and the timestamp information B generated at this point of time to the memory manager. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112976 | ANTENNA - An antenna which reduces the number of end faces and perpendicular corners, and suffers from little deterioration of performance even if used for high frequency transmission/reception, in particular a microstrip patch antenna which is comprised of a dielectric substrate on the bottom surface of which a conductive ground plate is formed and on the top surface of which a patch antenna part formed by a conductor and a feeder circuit connected to the same are provided, wherein the feeder circuit is connected to the antenna part while offset by exactly a predetermined distance to either end side from a center of one side of said antennas part to which said feeder circuit is to be connected so that a transmission loss of the antenna becomes a predetermined value or less. The predetermined distance can be made 20 to 70% of the longitudinal side of the patch antenna part. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112954 | RADAR DEVICE - The conventional ESPRIT method is accompanied by the problem of very long signal processing time. The radar device of the invention includes a signal vector-forming unit for forming signal vectors based on waves reflected from an object and received by using a plurality of receiving antennas; a submatrix-forming unit for forming submatrices based on the signal vectors; a regular matrix operation unit for calculating a regular matrix from the submatrices; an eigenvalue decomposition unit for calculating an eigenvalue of the regular matrix; and an angle calculation unit for calculating an angle at where the object is present from the eigenvalue. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112951 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device transmits an electric wave and receives waves reflected by a plurality of objects to generate a received signal, so as to detect a plurality of up frequency peaks and a plurality of down frequency peaks from the received signal and measure characteristic values with regard to the objects at the up frequency peaks and the down frequency peaks. The radar device pairs each of the plurality of up frequency peaks with the down frequency peaks one by one and, with respect to each pair, based on the measured characteristic values, calculates a Mahalanobis distance to determine the pairs whose Mahalanobis distance is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold as pairing candidates. The up and down frequency peaks of the determined pairing candidates are used to calculate current data values that include at least one of a distance, relative velocity and angle of the objects. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120105643 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - When displaying a peripheral image in the case where a traveling speed of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to provide a user with a state of a necessary area of the vehicle without switching a display mode. In an image display system, when the traveling speed of the vehicle drops to below a predetermined threshold value such that an operation mode shifts into a front mode, the display mode becomes a front/side mode that simultaneously displays both a front area and a side area of the vehicle at the time that the front mode is started. A screen presented in the front/side mode can respond to various circumstances such as approaching an intersection, passing by another vehicle, and moving a vehicle toward a roadside. Accordingly, a user can monitor a state of a necessary area around the vehicle, without switching the display mode. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120099763 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An image recognition part of an image recognition apparatus recognizes an object based on a target area in an outside-vehicle image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle. A position identifying part identifies an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the outside-vehicle image, and an area changing part changes a position of the target area in the outside-vehicle image according to the optical axis position of the camera. Therefore, it is possible to recognize an object properly based on the target area in the outside-vehicle image even though the optical axis position of the camera is displaced. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120078443 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A starting apparatus starts an engine of a vehicle in response to a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control and keeps the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started. Moreover, a function controller included in the starting apparatus disables a function of a powered window apparatus and a sunroof apparatus of the vehicle in response to start of the engine of the vehicle and enables the functions of the powered window apparatus and the sunroof apparatus when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120069188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A technology for displaying images on a displaying apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided. In response to a predetermined instruction signal, synthetic images viewed from a virtual viewpoint around and above the periphery of the vehicle are generated based on a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of cameras for capturing the periphery of the vehicle. The plurality of synthetic images, in which a position of a viewpoint moves sequentially varies such that the synthetic images move in a circle around the vehicle, are sequentially output to the displaying apparatus. Accordingly, the user monitors the entire circumference of the vehicle from the viewpoint where the user sees the vehicle in front of user's eyes, so that the user can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and an obstacle from one screen. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069187 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology for intuitively recognizing a positional relation between a vehicle and an object is provided. In an image display system, in a display image provided to a driver, the side region of the vehicle in a direction indicated by a direction instructing device is displayed in large size. Accordingly, the object that may contact with the vehicle is easily found out, so that a minor crash accident can be effectively prevented. Since a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint directed from a rear position of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle is displayed, the side area of the vehicle is displayed in the same visual field direction as the direction of the visual field of the driver. Accordingly, the driver can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and the object, without undertaking complicated determination such as conducting coordinate transformation in his/her mind. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068840 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology that does not require complicated operation to select a display mode is provided. In an image display system, a back mode stores a display mode that has been recently set as a current mode. When the display mode becomes the back mode next time, the display mode that has been recently set as a current mode is set as a current mode immediately after the display mode becomes the back mode. Accordingly, the driver does not need to perform the complicated operation to select a desired display mode each time the vehicle is reversed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120038685 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel on which images are displayed and which includes a plurality of display regions; a plurality of driving units that display the images in the plurality of display regions; a displayable region detecting unit that detects a displayable region at a time of abnormality of the display panel; an abnormality-time display image generating unit that generates an abnormality-time display image according to the displayable region detected by the displayable region detecting unit; and an abnormality-time display control unit that displays the abnormality-time display image generated by the abnormality-time display image generating unit in a displayable region while causing a driving unit of the plurality of driving units of which a corresponding display region is the displayable region to display an image in the corresponding display region. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120026199 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A image display device is configured to perform the following operations when generating an enlarged image of an input image from the input image. The image display device first generates an enlarged image by performing an enlarging process on an input image, and generates a reduced image by performing a reducing process other than an inverse process of the enlarging process on the enlarged image. Thereafter, the image display device detects a difference between a pixel value of a pixel on the reduced image and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel on the input image, and corrects a pixel value of a pixel on the input image or the enlarged image based on the detected difference, thereby correcting the enlarged image to be finally output. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120016565 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When the operating characteristics of an intake valve are changed by an intake valve stop mechanism, an ECU outputs a command signal (control on) to a solenoid. At this time, a timing, at which the command signal is output to the solenoid, is determined on the basis of a rotational position of a crankshaft, calculated from a signal of a crank position sensor. However, the output timing is corrected on the basis of a rotational phase difference of a camshaft with respect to the crankshaft. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120002050 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system includes a plurality of light sources respectively illuminating a plurality of divided regions. A user can change each of a plurality of light-amount parameters respectively specifying an amount of light to be output by each of the plurality of light sources by an operation on a change screen. Therefore, the user can illuminate each of the plurality of divided regions with an amount of light that he/she desires. As a result, the user can illuminate and definitely identify a subject difficult for the user to see and a subject to which the user needs to pay attention. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110312293 | NOISE REMOVING APPARATUS - A noise removing apparatus includes a variable filter with a changeable cutoff frequency and a variable phase shifter with a changeable cutoff frequency, and switches between the variable filter and the variable phase shifter according to a result of detection of noise component. The variable filter has a circuit configuration corresponding to a function in which a transfer function of second or higher degree is represented as a product of primary factors. The transfer function of second or higher degree is calculated based on the phase characteristics of the variable phase shifter. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110307879 | PROGRAM UPDATE DEVICE, PROGRAM UPDATE METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A program update device includes: a first storage unit to retain a program of a first version; a second storage unit to retain a program of a second version equal to or later than the first version; an acquiring unit to acquire a difference between the program of the second version and a program of a third version later than the second version; and an update unit to generate the program of the third version from the program of the second version that is stored in the second storage unit and the difference acquired by the acquiring unit, and to store the generated program of the third version in the first storage unit. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305301 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A broadcast receiving apparatus receives digital broadcast and analog broadcast including same broadcast contents simultaneously, and outputs the analog broadcast while the reception state of the digital broadcast worsens, thereby reduces uncomfortable auditory sensations caused by output switching from one type of broadcast to another type of broadcast. The broadcast receiving apparatus is configured to perform control to bring the acoustic characteristic of pre-switching broadcast closer to the acoustic characteristic of post-switching broadcast based on received field strength of analog broadcast signals when the output is switched from one broadcast to another broadcast. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110294452 | ANTENNA AMPLIFIER DEVICE AND ANTENNA DEVICE PROVIDED IN MOBILE OBJECT - Even when an input is weak, an antenna amplifier device may achieve a high sensitivity while reducing a noise factor (NF). The antenna amplifier device includes an amplification circuit | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292629 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus includes two electronic boards having flat surfaces that are disposed substantially-parallel to each other and that at least partially overlap each other, and an antenna that is mounted on the two electronic boards. The antenna includes a first metal line that is mounted along the flat surface of a first electronic board out of the two electronic boards, and a second metal line that is disposed substantially-perpendicular to the flat surfaces of the two electronic boards, a first end of the second metal line electrically connected to the first metal line and a second end of the second metal line electrically connected to a circuit on a second electronic board out of the two electronic boards. This enables the antenna to be integrated with the two electronic boards. As a result, it is possible to reduce the production cost while higher performance in receiving a radio wave is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291863 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires information posted by the user and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information and classifies the acquired posted information into categories. The communication device generates map data in which the posted information is displayed in a display format corresponding to the classified category at a position on the map specified by the geographical location data that is acquired together with the posted information and transmits the map data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device displays the received map data on, for example, a liquid crystal monitor. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291860 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires posted information and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information. Then, the communication device generates map data in which the posted information is displayed at a position specified by the geographical location data which is acquired together with the posted information. In addition, the communication device changes a method of displaying the posted information on the generated map data on the basis of the time elapsed from the posting of the information to the acquisition of the posted information and the category of the posted information. Then, the communication device transmits the map data in which the display method of the posted information is changed to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device displays the received map data on, for example, a liquid crystal monitor. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110267380 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays an image implements a correction to reduce a luminance of the image. Next, the display apparatus determines an amount of light of a backlight including a plurality of light sources lighting a screen, based on the reduced luminance of the image. Then, the display apparatus controls the backlight to conform to the amount of light determined based on the reduced luminance. Thus, the amount of light of the backlight is reduced. As a result, the display apparatus can reduce current consumption. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110261991 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device, wherein vibration of a magnetic circuit section is suppressed with a magnetic influence on the magnetic circuit section suppressed. A speaker device having a vibration section and generating an audio sound by vibration of the vibration section is provided with a magnetic section for forming a magnetic field for vibrating the vibration section and also with a weight section fixed to the magnetic circuit section and suppressing vibration of the magnetic circuit section subjected to reaction force caused by vibration of the vibration section. The weight section is fixed to the magnetic circuit section through a joint section for joining the magnetic circuit section and the weight section to each other, and this forms between the magnetic circuit section and the weight section a predetermined space for magnetically separating the magnetic circuit section and the weight section from each other. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261089 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays an image includes a display that has a screen displaying an image used for navigation by a car navigation system, the image having a first area having an own-vehicle position mark and a second area having a selection mark for receiving an operation intended for implementing a prescribed function, a backlight that has a plurality of light sources lighting the screen, and a controller that controls the backlight so as to light an area excluding both the first area and the second area on the image with a brightness lower than a brightness of the first area. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110255730 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device having a speaker section firmly fixed to a stand section so the orientation of the speaker section relative to the stand section can be easily adjusted. The speaker device includes a speaker section, a stand section, and a fastening section for fastening the speaker section and the stand section to each other. The speaker section includes an engaging groove section, and a curved, contact receiving section which allows the angle of the speaker section relative to the stand section to be adjusted. The fastening section includes an engaging section engaging with the engaging groove section, and a screw thread section connected to the engaging section and engaging with a screw thread hole formed in the stand section. The fixation of the speaker section to the stand section can be adjusted by rotating the screw thread section to engage the screw thread section with the hole. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110242320 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image display system makes a range of a region around a vehicle to be shown in a composite image as a subject image in a case where an auxiliary lighting system emits auxiliary light, smaller than that in a case where the auxiliary lighting system does not emit auxiliary light. As a result, an image display system can reduce the number of times when a user has to watch the subject image of an object in a region not illuminated by the auxiliary lighting system. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242144 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A display apparatus for displaying an image determines whether or not an image to be displayed on a screen is a specific image including a mark. In the case where the display apparatus determines the image to be the specific image, the display apparatus controls a backlight so as to illuminate the screen so that areas other than an area including a mark on the specific image are illuminated with less brightness than the brightness of the area including the mark. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242064 | OPERATION UNIT - The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110234802 | ON-VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS - In an image display system, respective light volumes of a plurality of light sources are individually adjusted according to surrounding areas of a vehicle indicated as subject images of display images on a display. Thus, only the light volumes of a necessary part of the light sources can be increased. Therefore, all of the plurality of light sources are not necessary to be emitted at maximum capacity constantly, so that consumed electric power can be reduced. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234801 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image display system is capable of generating a composite image that shows a surrounding area of a vehicle viewed from virtual viewpoints, by combining a plurality of shot images taken by a plurality of on-vehicle cameras that are disposed at different locations on the vehicle. The image display system changes data volumes of two shot images taken by two of the on-vehicle cameras based on a lighting mode of a lighting apparatus, the data volumes being used for an overlap area of the composite image that corresponds to the surrounding area of the vehicle where the two on-vehicle cameras can shoot in overlap. This reduces problems caused by lighting of the lighting apparatus in the overlap area of the composite image. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234574 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display that includes a display panel, a controller controlling the display panel, and drivers for driving the display panel, the drivers including a most previous stage driver supplying a data signal from a controller to a subsequent stage driver, and an at least one subsequent stage driver supplying a data signal from a previous stage driver to a subsequent stage driver, the driver device including: a detection unit supplying a monitoring signal indicating whether a data signal is supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally to the controller; and a substitution controller supplying a substitution data signal based on a substitution control signal from the controller, wherein the controller supplies a substitution control signal making the substitution controller supply a substitution data signal when it determines that a data signal is not supplied to the subsequent stage driver normally by the monitoring signal. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110224890 | IDLING STOP DEVICE, ENGINE START SYSTEM, AND ENGINE START METHOD - An idling stop device is mounted on a vehicle and automatically stops and starts an engine of the vehicle. A microcomputer has an idling stop function of automatically stopping the engine when a predetermined stop condition is established and automatically starting the engine when a predetermined start condition is established during the stopping of the engine. A detecting unit detects that a power voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is lower than a minimum operating voltage of the microcomputer. A storage unit stores voltage reduction information irrespective of a state of the microcomputer if the power voltage is lower than the minimum operating voltage. A power control unit causes a capacitor which stores electric charges corresponding to power for driving a starter motor of the engine to supply power to the starter motor when the engine is started, if the voltage reduction information is stored in the storage unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110213550 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A data providing apparatus included in a navigation system obtains, from the in-vehicle apparatus, first direction data which represents a direction in which the vehicle heads at a start of providing the navigation data and derives second direction data which represents the direction in which the vehicle heads based on a change of a location of the vehicle after a start of traveling of the vehicle. The data providing apparatus transmits, to the in-vehicle apparatus, the navigation data in accordance with the direction in which the vehicle heads and transmits, to the in-vehicle apparatus, the second direction data which is derived. The in-vehicle apparatus included in the navigation system displays the navigation data which is received from the data providing apparatus, and the in-vehicle apparatus stores, during a stop of working of the in-vehicle apparatus, the second direction data received from the data providing apparatus. Then the in-vehicle apparatus transmits the second direction data which is stored, to the data providing apparatus as the first direction data after activation of the in-vehicle apparatus. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110208410 | IDLING STOP DEVICE, POWER CONTROL METHOD, DETERIORATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD - An idling stop device is mounted on a vehicle. A microcomputer has an idling stop function of automatically stopping an engine of the vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is established and automatically starting the engine when a predetermined start condition is established during the stopping of the engine. A detecting unit detects that a power voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is lower than a minimal operation voltage of the microcomputer. A storage unit stores voltage decrease information irrespective of a state of the microcomputer if the power voltage is lower than the minimal operation voltage. A power control unit stops supply of power to some of electrical loads to which power is supplied from the battery when the engine is started, if the voltage decrease information is stored in the storage unit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110207426 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING NOISE COMPONENTS PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise-level detector, and a threshold control unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on a broadcast signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects a signal portion, in which the AM detection signal exceeds an AM noise threshold, as an AM noise component. The FM detector performs FM detection on the broadcast signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise-level detector detects an FM noise level of the FM detection signal. When the FM noise-level detector detects the FM noise level of the FM detection signal, the threshold control unit changes setting of the AM noise threshold in the AM noise detector based on the FM noise level of the FM detection signal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205102 | RADAR DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle mounted radar device operable to scan a transmission wave to detect a detection point representing a position of an object disposed around the vehicle on the basis of a reflected wave of the transmission wave from the object. The radar device includes a reading unit, a continuity determination unit, a setting unit, anti an object determination unit that are configured to prevent the radar device from erroneously determining different pieces of object information as a single object. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110202201 | REMOTE STARTING DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTING METHOD - A remote starting device starts up an engine of a vehicle when receiving an engine starting signal wirelessly transmitted from a remote control terminal. A starting control unit turns on a remote control switch disposed in a path through which power is supplied to ignition devices from a battery to supply power to the ignition devices and to start up the engine when receiving the engine starting signal. An operation state detecting unit detects at least a key insertion operation of inserting a key into a key cylinder and a brake pedaling operation of depressing a brake pedal, by an operator. A remote control stopping unit turns off the remote control switch when stopping of the brake pedaling operation is detected after the engine is started up and the key insertion operation and the brake pedaling operation are detected. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202200 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An engine starting apparatus for starting an engine that is installed in a vehicle starts the engine in response to radio signals received from a remote control. When a result of an authentication implemented after the start of the engine by an authentication part that authenticates a key code stored in a vehicle key that a user possesses is unsuccessful, the engine starting apparatus stores unsuccessful data indicating that the result of the authentication was unsuccessful in a memory part while maintaining the engine running. The engine starting apparatus stops the running of the engine when a door is opened after the start of the engine if the unsuccessful data are stored in the memory part before the start of the engine. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110201290 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRESENCE OF NOISE PERFORMED BY BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus including an AM detector, an AM noise detector, an FM detector, an FM noise detector and a noise determining unit. The AM detector performs AM detection on an IF signal in airwaves received by a receiving antenna that receives incoming airwaves to acquire an AM detection signal. The AM noise detector detects noise components in the AM detection signal. The FM detector performs FM detection on the IF signal to acquire an FM detection signal. The FM noise detector detects noise components in the FM detection signal. The noise determining unit determines a noise status of a broadcast signal based on detection results acquired by the AM noise detector and the FM noise detector. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110197844 | REMOTE STARTING DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTING METHOD - A remote starting device starts up an engine when receiving an RF signal instructing to start up the engine from a remote control terminal. A first switch is provided in parallel to an accessory switch which is disposed in a first power supply line connecting a battery to an electrical device for controlling accessories. A second switch is provided in parallel to an ignition switch which is disposed in a second power supply line connecting the battery to an electrical device for controlling non-accessories. A first controller controls the second switch to be turned on when starting up the engine. A first detector detects an insertion state of a key into a key cylinder by a user. A second detector detects an electrical connection state in the first power supply line. A second controller controls the first switch to be turned off when the first detector detects that the key is inserted in a state where the engine is started up. A third controller controls the second switch to be turned off when the second detector detects that the electrical connection state of the first power supply line is changed from an electrically-connected state to an electrically-disconnected state in a state where the first switch is turned off by the second controller. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110196601 | TRAVEL ROUTE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND TRAVEL ROUTE EVALUATION PROGRAM - A travel route evaluation system is provided which is capable of enhancing the driver's consciousness of traveling on the a recommended route, in order to improve a degree of attainment of purposes, such as suppression of a fuel consumption and shortening of a required time, that would be obtained by presenting the recommended route. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193532 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARGE CONTROL - A device controls charging a battery with power supplied from a power supply located outside of a vehicle through a charge cable. The device includes a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer. The first microcomputer is configured to turn on a charge mode signal upon detecting a change in a pilot signal output through the charge cable, and to turn off the charge mode signal when a charge completion signal output from the second microcomputer is turned off. The second microcomputer is configured to charge the battery through the charge cable when the charge mode signal is turned on, and to turn off the charge completion signal when the charging is complete. When the charge completion signal is turned on at the time of the first microcomputer turning off the charge mode signal due to sudden fluctuations, the charge mode signal is turned on again. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110181540 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is provided. A medium insertion port is disposed on the front surface of a main unit and a portable recording medium is loaded into or unloaded from the main unit through the medium insertion port. A display unit is disposed on the front surface of the main unit and can move between a closed position where the medium insertion port is covered and an opened position where the medium insertion port is exposed. A limitation section limits the movement of the display unit to the opened position. A limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section. An operation section receives an operation on the navigation system. The operation section can receive an operation other than an operation to be intrinsically received by the operation section. The limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section when the operation section receives the operation other than the operation to be intrinsically received. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110177795 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175866 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an oscillation circuit. The oscillation circuit supplies predetermined oscillation signals to a generating circuit having a divider, a phase comparator, and a generator. A clock signal generating section generates clock signals in a cycle based on the comparison results from the phase comparator. A clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals generated by the clock signal generating section to generate the predetermined oscillation signals and supplies the predetermined oscillation signals to the divider. The clock signal mask section masks a part of the clock signals such that the cycle of sampling signals generated by the generator is the same as a predetermined cycle which is the cycle of a clock for use in generating image signals. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110164388 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A controller | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device capable of processing navigation information is provided. A touch panel can display images and can receive a user's touch operation. An image generation section generates a navigation image including a map image and a plurality of operation button images for receiving the touch operation, the images being displayed on the touch panel. A plurality of operation button images include a first operation button image related to a navigation function and a second operation button image related to a plurality of functions other than the navigation function. The image generation section generates a first image which is obtained by combining the navigation image and the first operation button image and a second image which includes the second operation button. The first image and the second image are respectively displayed in a first display region and a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are separated by a movable boundary. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164053 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device capable of processing navigation information is provided. Image processing means generates a signal for displaying a basic screen including a predetermined display element, to which a predetermined function is assigned, on a display device and outputs the signal to the display device. Detection means detects a user's operation of the predetermined display element displayed on the display device. Image generation means generates a superimposed display image for providing the predetermined function assigned to the predetermined display element when the operation is detected by the detection means. When the superimposed display image is generated by the image generation means, the image processing means generates a signal for displaying a superimposed screen, in which the superimposed display image is superimposed on the basic screen, on the display device and outputs the signal to the display device. The superimposed display image generated by the image generation means includes a relation display image which allows the user to visually understand a relation between the predetermined display element and the superimposed display image. The relation display image is generated so as to be continuously displayed even when a displayed content of the superimposed display image is updated. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110160985 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - An in-vehicle control apparatus includes: a first controlling part that controls a controlled object by using data stored in a volatile memory part; and a second controlling part that transmits an abnormality notice signal to the first controlling part when an abnormality occurs in the vehicle. The first controlling part identifies: the type of the abnormality occurring as a first abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents the first abnormality and the data stored in the volatile memory part is initialized; the type of the abnormality occurring as a second abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents an abnormality other than the first abnormality and the data stored in the volatile memory part is initialized; and the type of the abnormality occurring as a third abnormality when the abnormality notice signal represents the third abnormality. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159836 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing system is provided. An in-vehicle apparatus is provided in a vehicle. The in-vehicle apparatus receives a broadcasting, An information providing apparatus transmits area information related to a broadcast channel that is receivable in a traveling area of the vehicle to the in-vehicle apparatus. A storage unit stores the area information for each traveling area. A receiving unit receives probe information including a predetermined reference position or a position of the vehicle from the in-vehicle apparatus. A deciding unit decides a reference area set including a plurality of traveling areas which are within a predetermined distance from the reference position included in the received probe information for each vehicle. An accumulating unit accumulates the received probe information. A determining unit determines a traveling record of the vehicle in each traveling area on the basis of the accumulated probe information. An update unit updates the reference area set on the basis of the traveling record. A transmitting unit transmits the area information corresponding to the reference area set before the update to the in-vehicle apparatus corresponding to the reference area set when the update unit has not yet performed the update, and transmits the area information corresponding to the reference area set after the update to the in-vehicle apparatus corresponding to the reference area set when the update unit has performed the update. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159800 | DATABASE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND BROADCAST RECEIVING SYSTEM - A database construction system constructs a database storing broadcast channels which are receivable in each area. A receiving unit receives probe information from a plurality of broadcast receiving apparatuses, the probe information including reception intensity of each of the broadcast channels and positions of the broadcast receiving apparatuses. An information storage unit stores the probe information received by the receiving unit. An extracting unit extracts the probe information with the same broadcast channel as that of new probe information, which is the probe information newly received by the receiving unit, among the probe information transmitted from a transmission area of the new probe information, from the information storage unit. A determining unit determines whether the new probe information is valid on the basis of the reception intensity included in the probe information extracted by the extracting unit and the reception intensity included in the new probe information. A database update unit updates the database using the new probe information that is determined to be valid by the determining unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110153199 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A drive recorder for installation in a vehicle detects occurrence of predetermined events such as an accident, and records an “event occurrence location” that is a location of the vehicle at the time of the event occurrence. A navigation apparatus obtains the “event occurrence location” recorded by the drive recorder, and if there is the “event occurrence location” in the range of a map displayed on a display, the navigation apparatus superimposes a warning mark on the event occurrence location. Thereby the location, where the event occurred actually, is indicated on the map. Thus it is possible to inform the location where an attention is required for driving, adapting to the actual driving. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148618 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An accelerator opening determining unit determines whether an accelerator opening achieved through an accelerator operation by a driver of a vehicle exceeds an upper limit value thereof. A travel distance adding-up unit adds up a travel distance within accelerator-opening upper limit value when the accelerator opening is not determined to exceed the upper limit value. When the accelerator opening is determined to exceed the upper limit value, the travel distance adding-up unit adds up a travel distance exceeding accelerator-opening upper limit value. A fuel-saving driving rating unit rates the driving of the driver based on each added-up value added up by the travel distance adding-up unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110145529 | CONTROLLER - A controller includes a first judging part that judges abnormality of a first memory part, and a second judging part that judges abnormality of a second memory part based on ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110137512 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A shift lever position determining unit ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137511 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - A fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus detects that the vehicle stops based on a vehicle speed indicating a speed of a vehicle, and detects that the vehicle is in an idling state indicating a state in which the vehicle is idled when a number of engine revolutions of the vehicle whose stop is detected is a predetermined threshold or more. The fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus determines whether the vehicle in the idling state is in a parking state based on a selection lever and/or a parking brake of the vehicle in the detected idling state. Then the fuel-saving driving diagnostic apparatus diagnoses fuel-saving driving based on an idling parking time for which the parking state of the vehicle is maintained. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device that can reduce a noise caused by a signal or data being always output. A vehicle-mounted device includes: a player that reads out and outputs data recorded in a CD or a DVD (i.e., a TBCK signal, a TSD | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133921 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF PRIME MOVER, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling determining unit determines whether the number of engine revolutions of a vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, whether an accelerator opening rate is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, and whether a traveling state is an accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling state where a quantity of fuel injection to an engine is 0. When it is determined that the traveling state is the accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling state, the traveling distance adding-up unit adds up accelerator-off, fuel-cut traveling distances. A fuel-saving driving rating unit rates driving by a driver based on each of the added-up values which were added up by the traveling distance adding-up unit. A fuel-saving driving advice generating unit notifies the driver of a fuel-saving driving advice together with a rating result in accordance with the rating result. Therefore, it is possible to encourage the driver to perform early engine operation by an engine braking, and to enhance the driver's awareness of fuel saving driving. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110131519 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system is installed in a vehicle for displaying information to a user. The system includes a display unit that displays information; an operation unit that is located separately from the display unit and that allows a user to perform user operations including a directional operation and a turning operation; and a receiver that receives user instructions for making entry of plural characters that can be displayed on the display unit, based on displayed content displayed on the display unit and the user operations made with the operation unit. The receiver receives: (i) a first one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a group from amongst a plurality of groups displayed on the display unit each of the plurality of groups representing a plurality of characters which are candidates for entry, and (ii) a second one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a character from amongst the plural characters included in the group that is selected by the first one of the directional operation and the turning operation. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131515 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The receiver respectively receives an instruction by a first operation to select a first item from amongst a plurality of first items displayed on a display unit, an instruction by a second operation to determine the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items, and an instruction by a third operation to display a plurality of second items representing commands relating to the first item selected from amongst the plurality of first items. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided. An item selection device selects, through a selection manipulation unit, an item from a plurality of items which are displayed in the form of a list and arranged in an arrangement direction. A manipulation detection unit detects a state of a selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit. A display area enlargement unit enlarges a display area of the selected item in the arrangement direction when the manipulation detection unit detects that the selection manipulation of the selection manipulation unit is stopped. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110130921 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system for installation in a vehicle displays information. The in-vehicle display system includes a display part that (i) displays multiple items of setting information respectively related to plural types of in-vehicle apparatus on a common area of a screen interchangeably such that the multiple items of one of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus are displayed in the common area at one time, and (ii) displays an index indicating one of the in-vehicle apparatus that is presently a displaying subject of the common area, a first switching member, provided separate from the display part, receiving an instruction from a user for switching the in-vehicle apparatus that is the displaying subject to a first apparatus of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus, and a second switching member, provided separate from the display part, receiving an instruction from the user for switching the in-vehicle apparatus that is the displaying subject to a second apparatus of the plural types of in-vehicle apparatus, the second apparatus being different from the first apparatus, and a position of the second switching member relative to a position of the first switching member corresponds with a displayed position of an index of the second apparatus relative to a displayed position of an index of the first apparatus. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110129112 | EXCITER APPARATUS - An exciter apparatus outputs a sound by vibrating an interior material of a vehicle. The exciter apparatus includes a base part attachable to the interior material, a magnetic circuit generating a magnetic field in a space between a permanent magnet and a magnetic body member, a voice coil fixed to the base part and located in the space, and a damper part which is elastically deformable, is formed outside an outer circumference of the base part, and is connected to the magnetic body member. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128138 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a wide angle range through a curved light receiver, a moving-object detector that detects a moving object approaching an own vehicle from a mounting direction of the imaging unit and from any direction other than the mounting direction, based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a collision-risk determination unit that determines a degree of collision risk indicating a possibility of collision between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the own vehicle, and a moving-object warning unit that warns presence of the moving object included in an image portion in which a distortion of the image is a predetermined value or more, and warns the presence of the moving object according to the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128136 | ON-VEHICLE DEVICE AND RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM - There is provided an on-vehicle device including an image acquisition unit, a moving-object detector, a display unit, a switching unit, and a switching instruction unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image obtained by imaging a peripheral image around a vehicle. The moving-object detector, when the vehicle approaches an intersection, detects whether there is a moving object approaching the vehicle as an own vehicle from a left or a right direction of the intersection based on the peripheral image. The switching unit switches between images in a plurality of systems input to a display unit. The switching instruction unit instructs to switch to the peripheral image when the moving object is detected. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125357 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE, FUEL-SAVING DRIVING RATING DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - A vehicle power indication status quantity display unit displays on an indicator a vehicle power indication status quantity obtained by dividing the torque required for driving a hybrid vehicle by the upper limit value of the torque that does not excessively increase the fuel consumption. A HV eco zone of the vehicle power indication status quantity display unit is the zone that is determined by the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the HV eco zone that indicates the motor is being effectively used to drive the vehicle. A check is made to determine whether the vehicle power indication status quantity is within the HV eco zone, and, if it is determined to be within the HV eco zone, the driving being performed is diagnosed as fuel-saving driving. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110115001 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device controls a control object. An electronic component configured to control the control object is mounted on an electronic substrate. An electrical signal line is formed on the electronic substrate. The electrical signal line transmits an electrical signal. A metal is press-fitted into the electronic substrate and passes through the electronic substrate to be exposed to both surfaces of the electronic substrate. An electronic element has a contact surface portion which comes into contact with a surface of the electronic substrate when the electronic element is mounted on the electronic substrate. The electronic element is connected to the electrical signal line. The electronic element is mounted on the electronic substrate such that the contact surface portion comes into contact with the metal exposed to the both surfaces of the electronic substrate and the electrical signal line connected to the contact surface portion does not come into contact with the metal. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110098904 | DATA WRITE DEVICE AND DATA WRITE METHOD - A data write device receives power supply from a first system guided from a power source and writes data in a nonvolatile first storage unit. A request generation unit generates a write request to write data in the first storage unit under a predetermined condition. A receiving unit receives the write request from a user. A second storage unit receives power supply from a second system guided from the power source and is able to store data. A first write unit writes target data to be written, which is stored in the second storage unit, in the first storage unit in response to the write request. A second write unit writes the target data which is stored in the second storage unit, in the first storage unit if the power supply from the first system is stopped and then restarted at the time of writing by the first write unit. A display control unit causes a display device which carries out predetermined initial display when the power supply from the first system is stopped and then restarted, to display a write result of the target data in the first storage unit. The second write unit is activated when the request generation unit generates the write request and is not activated when receiving the write request from the user. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110093152 | FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE, AND FUEL-SAVING DRIVING DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - A fuel-saving driving diagnostic device stores an external power amount which indicates an amount of power charged by an external device and an internal power amount which indicates an amount of power charged by vehicle driving. The fuel-saving driving diagnostic device calculates a driving power amount which indicates an amount of power required for vehicle driving based on the stored external power amount, stored internal power amount, and an amount of power a vehicle currently has, and makes a diagnosis of fuel-saving driving based on the calculated driving power amount and the stored external power amount. As a result, sufficient information is calculated for prompting the driver of a plug-in hybrid car to do the fuel-saving driving. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110084891 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted device is arranged to be capable of attaching and detaching a portable device including a display unit. Also, the vehicle-mounted device includes a display unit and a controller and the controller detects that the portable device is attached or the portable device is detached, and turns off the display unit when it is detected that the portable device is attached. Thereby, the power consumption of the vehicle-mounted device can be reduced. Also, the same information is not displayed on the display unit and the display unit, and it is unnecessary to execute a process that mutually synchronizes the display timing of information displayed on both display units. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084872 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus of a radar transceiver is provided. The radar transceiver transmits a frequency-modulated transmission signal and generates beat signals having a frequency difference between transmitted/received signals for respective receiving antennas. A distance detection section detects relative distances of objects based on frequencies of the beat signals. A phase detection section detects phases of the beat signals. A level storage section stores a first level of the beat signals that corresponds to the first object and a second level of the beat signals that corresponds to the second object when the beat signals are generated corresponding to the plurality of objects, respectively. A phase derivation section derives first and second phases in which the level of a single beat signal coincides with a sum of the first level corresponding to the first phase and the second level corresponding to the second phase on the basis of the wavelength of the beat signal and the relative distances of the plurality of objects, when the signal beat signal is generated corresponding to the plurality of objects. An azimuth angle detection section derives an azimuth angle of the first object based on the difference of the first phase and an azimuth angle of the second object based on the difference of the second phase in a pair of the antennas. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110078802 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVE RECORDER, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A display device displays data recorded in a portable recording medium by a drive recorder on a display unit. A code recording unit records a security code in the recording medium in which data is recorded by the drive recorder. A nonvolatile storage device stores a security code which is the same as the security code for use at the time of recording in the recording medium. A code acquisition unit acquires the security code from recorded contents of the recording medium in which the data is recorded by the drive recorder. A code authentication unit enables the display unit to display the data recorded in the recording medium when the security code acquired from the recording medium coincides with the security code stored in the storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077820 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device is mounted in a vehicle and controls a control target provided in the vehicle. An acceleration sensor detects an acceleration of the vehicle. An angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity of the vehicle. The acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor are mounted on an electronic substrate. A housing accommodates the electronic substrate and is fixed to a body of the vehicle. The electronic substrate is fixed to the housing at least four fixing points, and the acceleration sensor and the angular velocity sensor are arranged in the smallest target area from among a plurality of areas having multiple points selected from the at least four fixing points as vertexes. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077819 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATA READING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data management device manages data recorded by a drive recorder mounted in each of a plurality of vehicles. The drive recorder records operation data which represents a traveling situation of the vehicle and which does not include images and sounds and a plurality of kinds of contents data which includes at least one of images and sounds in one portable recording medium. A receiving unit receives a user setting regarding reading/non-reading of the contents data for each of the plurality of kinds. A storage device integrates and stores data obtained by the drive recorder of each of the plurality of vehicles. A reading unit reads the operation data and the contents data of a kind that is set for reading by the user setting among the plurality of kinds, among contents recorded in the recording medium by the drive recorder of the vehicle after completion of operation of each of the plurality of vehicles and records the operation data and the contents data in the storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110075307 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - An overcurrent protection circuit is provided. An overcurrent detecting element is connected between a power source and a load and detects an overcurrent flowing through the load. A main switch element is connected between the load and the overcurrent detecting element and controls flow of current to the load according to a voltage applied between a control end and an input end of the main switch element. The main switch element stops the flow of current to the load when a predetermined time is elapsed after the overcurrent detecting element detects the overcurrent flowing through the load. A first switch element has an output end connected to the control end of the main switch element. A current flows to the first switch when the overcurrent detecting element detects the overcurrent flowing through the load. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074622 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus performs an object detection process of detecting object data with respect to peak signals which indicate a difference in frequency between a transmitted signal of which the frequency is changed in a predetermined period and a received signal which is obtained by receiving a reflected wave that corresponds to a transmitted wave which is based on the transmitted signal and is reflected from an object, by deriving the peak signals in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal ascends and in a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal descends and by pairing the peak signals in the first period and the second period. A continuity determination section determines a continuity between the object data and past object data detected prior to the object data. A moving objection data detection section detects newly detected moving object data that has no continuity with the past object data among the object data as a result of continuity determination by the continuity determination section. A position relationship detection section detects a position relationship between the moving object data and other object data. A data determination section re-pairs the moving object data if one object data among the other object data has a predetermined position relationship with the moving object data. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110057831 | RADAR DEVICE - In a radar device including: a transmission antenna group having a plurality of transmission antennas; a reception antenna group having a plurality of reception antennas; and transmission switchover means to transmit transmission waves in a way that sequentially switches over the transmission antennas of the transmission antenna group, the reception antenna group receiving reflected waves, reflected from a target, of transmission waves of the transmission antennas when sequentially transmitting the transmission waves, is made to function as a virtual sub-array corresponding to the transmission antennas. The target is thus detected by executing a space averaging process based on a relative position, to the reception antenna group, of each of the transmission antennas undergoing the transmission switchover with respect to the virtual correlation values corresponding to the plurality of virtual sub-arrays. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057611 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - To properly resume charging when insertion and removal of a charging cable connector are repeated, a control apparatus includes a power control unit that turns on a charging mode signal when a signal state changes from a state with no change for a certain period of time to a changed state, to activate a charging control unit, and turns off the charging mode signal when detecting a charging completion signal turned on by the charging control unit and outputted from a signal generating unit included in the charging cable which connects an external power source to the vehicle; and the charging control unit turns on the charging completion signal when the charging has been completed, and thereafter turns off the charging completion signal when detecting that the charging mode signal has been turned off by the power control unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057509 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted device that is capable of attaching and detaching a portable device including a rechargeable battery, and supplies an electric power to the portable device in a attachment state where the portable device is attached, the electronic device characterized by comprising: a controller that confirms completion of the operation of the portable device when a power source of the electronic device is turned off in the attachment state; and a voltage converting device that stops supplying the electric power to the portable device after the confirmation by the controller. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110050525 | RADAR DEVICE AND ANTENNA ANGLE ADJUSTING METHOD - A radar device is provided. A planar antenna is tiltably provided with respect to a housing. A detecting section detects a tilt angle of the planar antenna with respect to the gravity direction. A moving section moves the planar antenna to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna. A storage section stores a history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and a tiltable range of the planar antenna with respect to the housing. The moving section moves the planar antenna by a first angle to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna to a reference angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is within the tiltable range of the planar antenna. The moving section does not move the planar antenna by the first angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is beyond the tillable range of the planar antenna. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050481 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing device performs object detection processing in which peak signals each representing a differential frequency between a transmitted signal in which a frequency thereof changes in a predetermined cycle and a received signal are derived in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal rises and a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal falls, and the peak signals in the first period are paired with the peak signals in the second period to detect object information related to the peak signals. A range setting unit sets a frequency range in each of the first period and the second period on the basis of a frequency of an integer multiple of the peak signal related to the object information which has been detected in previous object detection processing. A signal setting unit sets a peak signal as a specific peak signal in a case where the peak signal is within the frequency range in each of the first period and the second period. A paring unit pairs the specific peak signal in the first period and the specific peak signal in the second period. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110029239 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A navigation system is provided. An in-vehicle device is mounted on a vehicle. A data providing apparatus provides data regarding navigation to the in-vehicle device. The data providing apparatus detects current position data of the vehicle, accumulates map image data, cuts the map image data in a display size of the in-vehicle device, and separately transmits the detected current position data and the cut map image data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device receives the current position data and the cut map image data from the data providing apparatus, and superimposes the received current position data and the cut map image data to display a guide image. The current position data is transmitted in a first transmission cycle and the cut map image data is transmitted in a second transmission cycle which is shorter than the first transmission cycle. The current position data is updated while maintaining the cut map image data when the current position data is received, and the cut map image data is updated when the current position data is located at an update position in the periphery of the cut map image data. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110004396 | ECO-RUN CONTROL DEVICE AND ECO-RUN CONTROL METHOD - An eco-run control device is provided. A control unit is configured to perform an eco-run control of stopping an engine on the basis of stop conditions and of restarting the engine on the basis of restart conditions. A starter driving unit is configured to drive a starter for restarting the engine. A test unit is configured to perform a failure test of the starter driving unit to determine whether the starter driving unit is out of order before the control unit stops the engine by the eco-run control. A nullifying unit is configured to nullify the failure test by the test unit when it is detected that a power supply voltage supplied to the starter driving unit drops below a predetermined value. A prohibiting unit is configured to prohibit the control unit from performing the eco-run control when the test unit determines that the starter driving unit is out of order. The prohibiting unit prohibits the control unit from performing the eco-run control in a case where the nullifying unit nullifies the failure test by the test unit during a test period in which the test unit performs the failure test. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100312460 | ECO-RUN CONTROL DEVICE AND ECO-RUN CONTROL METHOD - An eco-run control unit performs an eco-run control of stopping an engine mounted on a vehicle automatically on the basis of stop conditions and of restarting the engine automatically on the basis of restart conditions while the engine is stopped automatically by the eco-run control. An acquiring unit acquires information for identifying a vehicle type of the vehicle on which the eco-run control device is mounted. A determining unit determines whether the identified vehicle type is coincident with any of vehicle types stored in a storage unit. A setting unit sets the eco-run control to a specific control depending on one of the vehicle types when the determining unit determines that the identified vehicle type is coincident with the one of the stored vehicle types. The setting unit sets the eco-run control to a default control corresponding to a default vehicle type and permit the eco-run control unit to stop the engine automatically until a determination of the determination unit is completed. The setting unit prohibits the eco-run control unit from stopping the engine automatically when the determining unit determines that the identified vehicle type is different from any of the stored vehicle types. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100305805 | Vehicle status monitoring apparatus - A vehicle status monitoring apparatus monitors a vehicle status in which it is possible to control an engine to stop the engine in a case where the vehicle status satisfies first conditions and a user operation satisfies second conditions. The vehicle status monitoring apparatus calculates level information indicative of an amount of occurrence of a state in which the user operation does not satisfy the second conditions while the vehicle status satisfies the first conditions. A user is informed of the calculated level information. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303253 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE STATE MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle control device has a plurality of speakers and a security ECU which identifies whether a door is opened or unlocked on the basis of output signals from the speakers. The security ECU identifies the driving direction of a driven portion on the basis of the difference between input times of sounds inputted to the speakers. Moreover, the ECU has RAM containing the waveforms of the signals outputted from the speakers and compares the waveforms of the signals contained in the RAM with the waveforms of the signals outputted from the speakers to identify the driving direction of the driven portion. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295507 | CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An oscillator provided in a charging cable outputs a non-oscillating signal when the potential of a pilot signal is around V( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100290774 | On-vehicle lighting apparatus - An image display system generates an image including an intended lighting area surrounding a vehicle to input it on a display. An auxiliary lighting unit can selectively light multiple divided areas into which the intended lighting area is divided. One or more divided areas to be lit out of the multiple divided areas are selected according to a lighting status of a driving lighting system and the selected one or more divided areas are lit by the auxiliary lighting unit. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100259374 | ECO-DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION CALCULATION APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE STATE DISPLAY APPARATUS, ECO-DRIVE ASSIST SYSTEM, AND ECO-DRIVE ASSIST INFORMATION CALCULATION METHOD - An eco drive support apparatus which reports the eco degree of the driving operation of a vehicle by displaying a state relative to a judgment threshold which varies corresponding to the drive state of the vehicle. The apparatus has a power train ECU which computes the judgment threshold and an eco drive state amount expressing a ratio to the judgment threshold on the basis of the drive state of the vehicle and a meter ECU which indicates the eco drive state amount on the basis of information transmitted from the power train ECU. The power train ECU transmits the eco drive state amount to the meter ECU. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100253490 | ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM AND ANTI-THEFT CONTROL METHOD - An anti-theft system of a vehicle includes multiple speakers | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253188 | HOUSING STRUCTURE FOR IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A housing structure for an in-vehicle electronic device is provided. A case body includes a top panel and a side wall continuously and integrally formed at a side edge of the top panel. The case body is configured to accommodate a control board therein. A plurality of brackets outwardly projects and extends from the side wall of the case body. The brackets are fixed to an attachment portion of a vehicle body. A plurality of reinforcement ribs are integrally formed between the brackets and the side wall of the case body at a position lower than the control board in a state where the case body is mounted on the vehicle body. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100246694 | Integrated reception system - An integrated reception system includes an integrated antenna device and an integrated-signal processing device. The integrated antenna device fed with power from the integrated-signal processing device converts a high frequency signal received by an antenna for receiving a plurality of signals of different signal systems into a digital signal, demodulates the converted digital signal, multiplexes digital demodulated signals which are demodulated, modulates the high frequency signal based on the multiplexed demodulated signal, attenuates the modulated high frequency signal by a predetermined amount of attenuation, and outputs the attenuated signal. The integrated-signal processing device demodulates the high frequency signal, separates the demodulated signal into demodulated signals each digitized for each of the signal systems, and outputs the separated demodulated signal. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100232637 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device including: a first speaker; a second speaker opposed to the first speaker; a speaker box housing the first speaker and the second speaker; a coupling portion which couples the first speaker and the second speaker to each other; and a vibration-transmitting chamber provided between the first speaker and the second speaker, in which the vibration-transmitting chamber communicates with an opening portion formed in the speaker box. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100216401 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - An in-vehicle device is provided. A wireless communication section is configured to perform wireless communication with a plurality of mobile terminal devices in a vehicle. A specifying section is configured to specify each of the mobile terminal devices based on radio waves which are transmitted from the mobile terminal devices carried in the vehicle and are received by an antenna provided in the vehicle. An information acquiring section is configured to acquire service specifying information for specifying available services for each of the mobile terminal devices from each of the mobile terminal devices specified by the specifying section. A share setting section is configured to set whether or not to share at least one of the available services among the mobile terminal devices based on the service specifying information acquired by the information acquiring section. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100213896 | CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - A switch of a connecting circuit is connected between a signal line branched from an input terminal for a pilot signal in a charging inlet and a ground line connected to a vehicle earth, and is turned on/off in response to a control signal from a CPU. The CPU causes the switch to be turned on when a connector is not connected to the charging inlet, and detects a break in a control pilot line based on whether or not a change in the potential of the pilot signal occurs at that time. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100208076 | IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND DRIVE RECORDER - An object of the invention is to provide an image recording condition setting apparatus, an image recording condition setting method, and a drive recorder that can always set an optimum recording condition in the drive recorder. In particular, the invention provides an image recording condition setting apparatus, an image recording condition setting method, and a drive recorder, wherein the apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving vehicle driving condition information from the drive recorder, determining means for determining recording condition setting information based on the received vehicle driving condition information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the recording condition setting information, determined by the determining means, to the drive recorder. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100203770 | Connector system for a vehicle antenna - A connector system for a vehicle antenna is a system by joining a fixed connector having legs connected to a terminal of the vehicle antenna, with a movable connector that is removably connected to the fixed connector and has a cable connected to a signal receiving apparatus. A first slide mechanism is located on the fixed connector, extended along a surface where the legs touch, and the second slide mechanism, able to be fitted in the slide mechanism on the fixed connector, is located on the movable connector. By sliding the first slide mechanism and the second slide mechanism to be fitted in each other, the movable connector can be joined to the fixed connector along the surface where the connector system is installed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100195550 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA DEVICE, INTEGRATED DEMODULATING DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED RECEIVING DEVICE - An integrated antenna device includes: a multiplexing processing portion for multiplexing received signals received at antennas of mutually different signal systems; a serial communication portion for outputting a multiplex signal to the outside and for receiving a control signal from the outside; a power-feeding switch for individually controlling power feeding of tuner units on the basis of the received control signal; and a pseudo-signal generating portion for generating a pseudo-signal that simulates a signal input to the multiplexing processing portion. The multiplexing processing portion uses the pseudo-signal generated at the pseudo-signal generating portion instead of a received signal corresponding to a tuner unit that is stopped from being fed power by the power-feeding switch. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100174486 | VEHICLE POSITION SPECIFYING DEVICE, VEHICLE POSITION SPECIFYING METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A vehicle position specifying device includes a reception unit that is installed in a vehicle and receives radio waves transmitted from a positioning satellite, a measurement unit that measures coordinates of the reception unit based on a reception result of the reception unit, a communication unit that acquires vehicle-position information on a position of an own vehicle from outside the vehicle, and a calculation unit that calculates an installation position of the reception unit in the vehicle based on the coordinates of the reception unit and the vehicle-position information. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174477 | Car navigation device - Removal of a memory card from a memory card slot is prevented during copying update data from the memory card loaded in the memory card slot to a storage medium. A control unit | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100169015 | BODY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND BODY DETECTION METHOD - A body detection apparatus includes: movement direction calculation portion that calculates a movement direction of each of acquisition points by using signals that show the acquisition points and that are obtained through detection of a body present around the vehicle; and determination portion that pre-sets a frame commensurate with a shape of a body as a detection object, and for pre-setting for the frame a reference traveling direction as an assumed traveling direction of the body, and for determining, among the acquisition points, acquisition points present within the frame whose reference traveling direction is aligned with the movement direction as being acquisition points of a single body. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164755 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - The present invention is an electronic system and an electronic apparatus | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100142916 | Content reproducing device - A content reproducing device | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100138149 | In-vehicle device and wireless communication system - Upon detection of a portable terminal positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with an in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device in an in-vehicle system performs a pairing process with respect to the detected portable terminal to establish wireless communication with the detected portable terminal. Thereafter, the in-vehicle device acquires an image and sound acquired by an application being executed on the portable terminal from the portable terminal, with which wireless communication has been established. The in-vehicle device converts acquired various types of data into an outputtable format of the in-vehicle device and outputs the converted data to at least one of a display unit and a speaker. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134623 | Method of processing continuously recorded image, computer-readable medium for processing continuously recorded image, drive recorder and reproduction device - A method of processing a continuously recorded image, with the use of a computer, comprising the steps of: judging whether a continuously recorded image is recorded at a certain interval, and storing the continuously recorded image as a data file when the continuously recorded image is stored at a certain interval. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134519 | Method and apparatus for image processing - An image processing apparatus has stored therein in advance, as image conversion parameters to coordinate-convert images acquired by in-vehicle cameras incorporated at different positions in an own vehicle, directions connecting between a sight-line starting position of a driver and predetermined positions of the own vehicle, values of a depression angle from the sight-line starting position of the driver, and a range that the driver is caused to visualize, for each of the in-vehicle cameras, corresponding to a state of the own vehicle. The image processing apparatus receives from the driver an input of a display output condition, and determines a current state of the own vehicle. The image processing apparatus acquires the image conversion parameters based on the display output condition and the current state of the own vehicle, and converts images captured by the in-vehicle cameras, by using the acquired image conversion parameters, and outputs the images. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134344 | RADAR DEVICE AND AZIMUTH ANGLE DETECTION METHOD - An electronic scanning radar device that detects an azimuth angle of a target based on a phase difference between a first pair of received waves received by a first pair of antennas separated by a prescribed distance, and combines the first pair of received waves and generates a first composite wave. The composite wave has a steep antenna pattern, for which the amount of level change is large for the amount of change in azimuth angle, and an azimuth angle judgment unit performs true/false judgment in which a detected azimuth angle is judged to be true when the level of the above first composite wave is equal to or above a reference value, and the azimuth angle is judged to be false when the level is below the reference value. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134326 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - The present invention is an electronic apparatus | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134242 | In-vehicle system, in-vehicle device, and execution control method of command of the in-vehicle device - In an in-vehicle system, a portable terminal interprets a command intended by operation data operated by an occupant via a touch panel of a DA, and determines whether the interpreted command is a prohibition command, that is, whether execution of the command in an own device is prohibited. When the command is not a prohibition command, the portable terminal is caused to execute the command, and when it is a prohibition command, the DA is caused to execute the command. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100129064 | Drive recorder - An object of the present invention is to provide a drive recorder capable of recording video information at the time of an accident or the like and constant recording. The drive recorder according to the present invention has a controller that constantly records information captured by the imaging unit onto a nonvolatile recording medium, and records information captured by the imaging unit onto a nonvolatile recording medium when a predetermined recording condition is established. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127996 | In-vehicle device, remote control system, and remote control method - To provide an in-vehicle device including a layout-information acquiring unit, a relating unit, a combination display unit, a converting unit, and an output-signal transmitting unit. The layout-information acquiring unit acquires layout information of input keys of the portable terminal device. The relating unit relates each input key included in the layout information to a predetermined area on a touch panel display. The combination display unit causes a layout screen of each input key related to a predetermined area on the touch panel display to be displayed in the touch panel display. The converting unit converts an input to the touch panel display into an output signal corresponding to a pressing operation of the input key or a combination of the output signals, based on the layout information. The output-signal transmitting unit transmits the output signal obtained by conversion to the portable terminal device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127842 | Method for reflecting configuration values of drive recorder - In a method in which vehicle-mounted devices on vehicles read configuration data set on a computer using a memory card, when the computer is installed remotely from the vehicles, it is inefficient to have to go back and forth between the vehicles and the place where the computer is installed every time the configuration is changed. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100117810 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - An in-vehicle device for displaying a plurality of screen data generated by a mobile terminal device on one display is provided. A registering unit is configured to register partial area information in which disposition information indicating disposition of each of a plurality of partial areas which are disposed on a display area of the display are associated with priority information indicating priority of each of the partial areas. A adjusting unit is configured to adjust the display area by allocating one of the screen data to one of the partial areas based on the priority information included in the partial area information when receiving a request to display the one of the screen data on the display. A display control unit is configured to display the one of the screen data allocated to the one of the partial areas on the display based on the disposition information included in the partial area information. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100116236 | Engine start control device and method - An engine start control device includes a starter energizing circuit that has two transistors connected in series and energizes a starter relay, and an idling stop ECU that performs energization control to turn on a transistor and energizes the starter relay when automatic start requirements are satisfied. Prior to the energization control, the idling stop ECU sequentially performs OFF failure detection and ON failure detection in one of the transistors, and OFF failure detection and ON failure detection in the other one of the transistors. The failure detection is aborted when failure is found. With this structure, ON failure in the two transistors can be detected with accuracy, and inadvertent driving of the starter can be prevented. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100110094 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control device includes: a differential circuit that detects a difference in luminance between a first image and a second image in units of pixels; a comparison circuit that detects whether or not the difference in luminance between the first image data and the second image data is equal to or greater than a first threshold value on the basis of the detected differential value in luminance; a controller that interpolates a pixel value, having a luminance smaller than an attention pixel of at least one of the first image and the second image, in said at least one of the first image and the second image, when a difference in luminance between an attention pixel of the first image and an attention pixel of the second image is equal to or greater than a first threshold value; and a liquid crystal panel driving unit | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100106390 | ECO-RUN SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM AND ECO-RUN STATE INFORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is an eco-run system having an eco-run function that stops and restarts an internal combustion engine depending on a state of a vehicle. The eco-run system includes: table information that prescribes a relationship between a plurality of eco-run prohibition reasons and priorities in which a user is informed of the eco-run prohibition reasons; an eco-run ECU | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103598 | Electronic apparatus and method for the same - An electronic apparatus includes: a main portion; an electronic device which covers a front face of the main portion, and which moves with respect to the main portion to expose the front face of the main portion; a flexible substrate which is connected between a rear face of the electronic device and the main portion, and which transmits a signal; and a frame which is provided at the front face of the main portion to house at least a part of the electronic device when the electronic device covers the front face of the main portion, and in which a lower portion having a projection amount greater than that of an upper portion from the front face of the main portion, and which has a cutout portion which is lower than a position where the flexible substrate is connected to the front face of the main portion. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100102994 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus from which a portable apparatus having a display can be detached, the electronic apparatus characterized by including: a first output unit that outputs an image signal to the portable apparatus; a second output unit that outputs an image signal to a display apparatus different from the portable apparatus; a detecting unit that detects a detachment of the portable apparatus; and an image processing unit that makes the second output unit continue to output the image signal, and stops the image signal of the first output unit when the detecting unit detects the detachment of the portable apparatus. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100100365 | SIMULATION SYSTEM AND SIMULATION METHOD - A simulation system is provided. A simulator is configured to execute simulation of a simulation object at a processing speed. A user interface module is configured to generate at least one of a first operation screen for inputting simulation conditions on the simulation executed by the simulator and an output screen for representing a result of the simulation executed by the simulator, and to display the at least one of the first operation screen and the output screen on a display unit. An adjustor is configured to adjust an updating speed of the at least one of the first operation screen and the output screen which are displayed on the display unit by the user interface module to be different from the processing speed. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097525 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Provided are a cheap display device and a display method that are capable of preventing loss of high-frequency component during generation of a video signal from a source signal while at the same time securing continuity of pixel data. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097202 | Eco-drive assist apparatus and method - An eco-drive assist apparatus that displays a quantity of eco-drive that indicates a degree of ecology and/or economy in driving in a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine and a motor, includes: a first part configured to calculate the quantity of eco-drive on the basis of a vehicle power generated in the vehicle; and a second part configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an eco-drive judgment threshold value that indicates whether the vehicle is in an eco-drive state and to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an engine startup threshold value that indicates whether the engine is started up. The second part controls a display of the quantity of eco-drive in the graphic manner as the relative quantity to the engine startup threshold value on the basis of a first display change threshold value that changes the display from a first display showing that the engine has not been started up to a second display showing that the engine has been started up and a second display change threshold value that changes the display from the second display to the first display. The first display change threshold value is the engine startup threshold value. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100091190 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display control device and a display device that are capable of preventing degradation of image quality caused by video dot crawling when the display device provides for different displays corresponding to a plurality of viewing directions and is set to display the same video signals when viewed from the viewing directions. A display control device | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100085494 | In-vehicle apparatus - An in-vehicle apparatus such as a navigation system can be installed in an instrument panel in a vehicle, and includes a main unit, a display for displaying video output from the main unit, and a holder frame for holding the display and for adjustably connecting to the main unit. The holder is connected, at a predetermined position, to a finisher having an opening for allowing viewing of the display. As a result, the display is placed at a predetermined position relative to the finisher. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100079105 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CABLE CONNECTION STATE DETERMINING METHOD - A vehicle-side connector included at one end of a cable through which a power source outside a vehicle feeds a power storage device, includes a signal pin, a resistive element R | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100078918 | HOUSING FIXING STRUCTURE - A housing fixing structure for fixing a hosing of an airbag control device to a supporting portion of a vehicle is provided. The airbag control device is provided with an impact detection device and configured to control an airbag based on information detected by the impact detection device. The housing includes a main body which accommodates the impact detection device and three fixing portions which are configured to be fixed to the supporting portion. The housing is provided with a contact portion which is configured to come into contact with the support portion. The contact portion is disposed within a triangular region which is defined by lines connecting center points of the fixing portions. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100075618 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus is to be incorporated in a radar transmitter receiver including a transmission antenna which is configured to transmit a transmission signal, a plurality of reception antennas each of which is configured to receive the transmission signal reflected by a target object, and a generator which is configured to generate a plurality of beat signals for each of the receiving antennas. A synthesizer is configured to synthesize the beat signals to generate a synthesized beat signal. A detector is configured to detect an azimuth angle of the target object based on the synthesized beat signal and one of the beat signals. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100053909 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COVER - The purpose of the present invention is providing an electronic apparatus cover easily detached in the electronic apparatus cover that protects a connector installed in a recess portion of the electronic apparatus. The present invention is an electronic apparatus cover that covers a first connector for electrically connecting to a portable apparatus of an electronic apparatus that includes a recess portion to which the portable apparatus can be attached and a first engagement portion that engages the portable apparatus, including: a third engagement portion that engages with the first engagement portion. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100045251 | VOLTAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A voltage output circuit has a controller controlling ON/OFF switching of a first switch which switches ON/OFF voltage transformation by a first charge pump circuit in order to turning a first voltage outputted from a first voltage output terminal into a desired value, a second charge pump circuit transforming the voltage with the use of an electric power obtained by storing an input voltage according to ON/OFF of the first switch and outputting the voltage as a second voltage, a second switch selecting whether to store the electric power used for transformation by the second charge pump circuit, and a switching unit switching ON/OFF the second switch on the basis of the second voltage outputted from a second voltage output terminal. The circuit having a simple configuration can transform the input voltage and output desired positive and negative voltage, while accomplishing a reduction in cost and size of the circuit. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100036600 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A portable device is mountable on an in-vehicle device. The portable device has a plurality of modes. A control unit is configured to automatically select one mode from among the modes when the portable device is mounted on the in-vehicle device. The one mode to be automatically selected by the control unit is user-presettable. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033366 | RADAR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A radar apparatus is provided. An antenna is configured to transmit a frequency-modulated transmission wave toward an object and receive a reception wave from the object. A mixer is configured to mix the transmission wave with the reception wave to generate a beat signal having a first beat interval and a second beat interval. A detecting section is configured to detect a plurality of first peak signals contained in the first beat interval of the beat signal and a plurality of second peak signals contained in the second beat interval. A grouping section is configured to group the second peak signals. A searching section is configured to search a part of the first peak signals corresponding to the grouped second peak signals. A separating section is configured to separate the part of the first peak signals from the other part of the first peak signals. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033364 | Signal processing device, radar device, vehicle control device, and signal processing method - In order to prevent delays in output of detection results, even when a plurality of frequency modulation methods with different frequency change rates are used, an FM-CW radar device employing frequency modulation with two different frequency change rates, has distance/velocity detection unit for detecting the relative distance or relative velocity of a target object based on beat signals of transmission signals with the same frequency change rate and for detecting the relative distance or relative velocity using beat signals when the frequency change rates are different, and distance/velocity confirmation unit for adding evaluation values for relative distances or relative velocities detected in the detection processing, and for confirming the relative distance or relative velocity based on the evaluation value which has reached a criterion value. As a result, more data can be obtained in one detection cycle, and the same advantageous results as when executing a plurality of detection cycles can be obtained. Consequently, delay of output of detection results from the radar device to a vehicle control device can be prevented. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100030414 | Eco-drive assist apparatus and method - An eco-drive assist apparatus displays a quantity of eco-drive that indicates a degree of ecology and/or economy in driving in a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine and a motor. The apparatus includes a first part configured to calculate the quantity of eco-drive on the basis of a vehicle power generated in the vehicle, and a second part configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed in a graphic manner as a relative quantity to an eco-drive judgment threshold value that indicates whether the vehicle is in an eco-drive state and as a relative quantity to an engine startup threshold value that indicates whether the engine has been started up and configured to cause the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed on a boundary of the engine startup threshold value or displayed at a position where the quantity of eco-drive is worse than the engine startup threshold value when the engine has been started up. The second part causes the quantity of eco-drive to be displayed at a position where the quantity of eco-drive is better than the engine startup threshold value when the engine has been started up and a driver's operation needs no vehicle power. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100027391 | Control apparatus and method for content reproducing - In a content reproducing system ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100017191 | MICROCOMPUTER SIMULATOR - Provided is a microcomputer simulator capable of quickly dealing with change of a target microcomputer to thereby enable a speedy development of software. The microcomputer simulator is a microcomputer simulator for simulating a microcomputer including therein a CPU and a peripheral circuit of the CPU, and includes a mother board including a CPU for executing application software to be processed by the CPU provided in the microcomputer, and an IO board for executing, at an FPGA thereof, processing of the peripheral circuit provided in the microcomputer and IO processing executed by the CPU provided in the microcomputer. The FPGA includes a common memory portion so that the microcomputer simulator updates data stored in the common memory portion through a communication bus provided between the mother board | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100008653 | Content reproducing apparatus, method, and program - A content reproducing apparatus includes: a content control unit ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007306 | CHARGING CABLE, CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM - Provided is a charging cable capable of detecting an abnormal state, such as a break, of a control line through which a pilot signal is transmitted, the charging cable including: a power cable through which an external power source feeds a power storage device; a signal generating circuit for generating a control signal to output to a vehicle; a control line L | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090326814 | Driving Support Apparatus and Method - To provide a driving support apparatus that performs guidance with suitable contents at suitable timing based on a situation. A GPS | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090312850 | Simulation apparatus, model for simulation, and apparatus forming model for simulation - A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090310940 | Reproduction control device, method, and program - A reproduction control device ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309972 | Drive recorder and system - It is an object to provide a drive recorder and a system that that can reduce operations for adjusting an attachment position of a camera. The drive recorder for recording images captured by a camera in a recording medium includes, mode selection means for selecting an angle adjustment mode of the camera, and a control unit for outputting image data based on the images to a display unit ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090299595 | Driving evaluating apparatus, driving evaluating method, and computer program for driving evaluation - In a driving evaluating apparatus, a first unit detects a stable acceleration area that is an area in which an accelerator opening rate fluctuates within a predetermined range, a second unit detects a vehicle speed slowdown area that is an area in which a vehicle speed is decreased according to a reference speed obtained from the vehicle speed in the stable acceleration area and to an actual vehicle speed representing an actual speed of a vehicle, a third unit detects a recovering acceleration area that is an area in which an excessive recovering acceleration is performed according to a reference accelerator opening rate corresponding to a start point of the vehicle speed slowdown area and to an actual accelerator opening rate representing an actual value of the accelerator opening rate, and a judging unit judges whether the accelerator operation is appropriate according to the recovering acceleration area. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299594 | Driving evaluating apparatus and driving evaluation method - In an apparatus for evaluating fuel-saving driving of a vehicle, a detecting unit detects a starting point and an end point of a deceleration area; a storage unit stores therein deceleration value information representing a deceleration value per unit time tolerated for safely decelerating from a predetermined traveling speed to a predetermined deceleration completion speed; a calculating unit calculates an actual traveling distance during a time period from detection of the starting point until detection of the end point; an acquiring/calculating unit acquires the deceleration value corresponding to the traveling speed at the detected starting point from the storage unit, and calculates a tolerance deceleration traveling distance based on the traveling speed and the deceleration value; and a judging unit judges the timing of the starting point based on a result of comparison between the actual traveling distance and the tolerance deceleration traveling distance. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299572 | In-vehicle apparatus - An object of the invention is to provide an in-vehicle apparatus and an in-vehicle system that can use a plurality of expansion modules. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of slots for connecting a plurality of modules, each having a connector for connection, to expand capabilities of the in-vehicle apparatus, and a control unit for identifying the kind of each of the plurality of modules connected to the plurality of slots. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299571 | Car-mounted device and method of inserting modules - A car-mounted device comprising a plurality of slots for inserting modules; detection units for detecting the states where the modules are inserted in the slots; and a control unit for issuing a notice based on the states where the modules are inserted detected by the detection units; wherein if the detection unit detects the module that is incompletely inserted in the slot, then the control unit decides if the module may come in contact with the constituent portion of the car-mounted device due to the operation of the constituent portion and issues an attention notice. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295636 | Receiving Apparatus, Signal Processing Circuit, and Receiving System - An object of the invention is to provide a receiving apparatus in which multipath noise can be reduced. In a diversity receiving apparatus ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090288646 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes: a purge control unit causing fuel evaporative emission to be introduced into an intake passage to attain a purge flow rate based on a pressure in the intake passage; a fuel cut return rich control unit setting a rich target air-fuel ratio when returning from fuel cut, and feedback-controlling a fuel supply rate on the basis of the target air-fuel ratio, purge flow rate and intake air flow rate to attain the target air-fuel ratio; a fuel increase upper limit setting unit setting an allowable upper limit for an increase in fuel supply rate in fuel cut return rich control; and an actual air-fuel ratio control unit controlling an actual air-fuel ratio to a richer side when the fuel supply rate in the fuel cut return rich control has reached the allowable upper limit and the actual air-fuel ratio is lean. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090273720 | Display Apparatus, and Methods for Inspecting and Manufacturing the Same, and Methods for Inspecting and Manufacturing Display Panel - The present invention provides a display apparatus including a display panel that displays individual images to a plurality of viewing directions on a same screen; and a display control portion that causes a first inspection image to a single viewing direction and a second inspection image to another viewing direction to be displayed on the display panel, as well as methods for inspecting and manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, it is possible to execute inspection, confirmation and adjustment of a crosstalk with ease, and reduce the man-hours of the inspection, the confirmation, and the adjustment (manufacture). | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090265048 | Remote startup device, remote startup system, and remote startup method - An object of this invention is to improve convenience to a user when starting up an engine remotely, without detracting from safety with respect to vehicle theft. A remote startup device has an engine startup control unit, which starts the engine in response to a startup instruction signal, and an engine running control unit, which decides, after the engine has been started up, whether to continue or to stop running of the engine based on prescribed conditions. The engine running control unit continues running of the engine when detecting a key at the time of unlocking of a door of the vehicle and at the time of ignition action, and stops running of the engine when not detecting a key either at the time of the door unlocking or at the time of the ignition action, to thereby secure safety with respect to theft. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262045 | In-Vehicle Display Apparatus - There is provided an in-vehicle display apparatus including a display unit that displays different images to be seen from a driver's seat side and a passenger's seat side; and an image control unit that causes the driver's seat side to display a navigation image, when operation mode is switched from a second operation mode in which an operation on a second image displayed on the passenger's seat side is allowed, to a first operation mode in which an operation on a first image displayed on the driver's seat side is allowed. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090257205 | Electronic device and electronic system - An electronic device includes: an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device; an eject unit that ejects the portable device accommodated in the accommodation section; and a guide mechanism that guides the portable device so that a first side of the portable device is positioned in the accommodation section and a second side thereof opposite to the first side is ejected from the accommodation section. The eject unit is arranged behind the accommodation sections and the accommodation section has an opening through which the second side of the portable device accommodated in the accommodation section is exposed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257195 | Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus in which a circuit substrate is installed in a casing, including: first and second groove portions that are formed on a first surface and a second surface of a heat sink, respectively, the heat sink discharging heat from a heat element on the circuit substrate to the outside of the casing; and a through-hole portion that is formed at an intersection point of the first groove portion formed on the first surface of the heat sink and the second groove portion formed on the second surface of the heat sink. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257194 | Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a chassis and a heat sink. The heat sink configures one of side walls of the chassis. The heat sink has inner and outer wall surfaces corresponding to inner and outer surfaces of the chassis. The heat sink has a guide portion guiding a drop of water adhered to the heat sink to the outer wall side. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090257177 | Electronic device and electronic system - An electronic device includes an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device, an engagement part engaged with a side of the portable device at a given position where the portable device is accommodated in the accommodation section, and a guide mechanism that guides the portable device to the given position. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090254243 | ON-BOARD MACHINE, FREQUENCY COLLECTING DEVICE, AND FREQUENCY COLLECTING METHOD - Provided is an on-board machine capable of readily examining whether a self-diagnosing mechanism operates in a normal manner while satisfying statutory requirements. The on-board machine includes an EEPROM for storing a failure diagnosis executing frequency calculated on the basis of a failure diagnosis executed by an electronic control device under a predetermined travel condition set in advance, and a control portion for transmitting the failure diagnosis executing frequency stored in the EEPROM in response to a transmission demand for the executing frequency of the failure diagnosis from an external frequency collecting device | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090245443 | DIVERSITY RECEIVER - A diversity receiver is provided. A first adaptive array unit includes a first combiner that obtains a first combined signal comprised mainly of a first wave of received signals by combining received signals of a plurality of antennas with using first complex weights. A second adaptive array unit includes a first component subtractor that subtract the first combined signal from the respective received signals and a second combiner that obtains a second combined signal comprised mainly of a second wave of the received signals by combining the received signals and outputs of the first component subtractor with using second complex weights. The first combiner includes a delay wave suppressing unit that generates a suppressed signal in which components of the second wave is suppressed from the first combined signal and a first weight coefficient operating unit that determines the first complex weights by complex correlation operation between outputs of the delay wave suppressing unit and the received signals. The second combiner includes a second weight coefficient operating unit that determines the second complex weights by complex correlation operation between the second combined signal and the outputs of the first component subtractor. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090245425 | ANTENNA DEVICE, DEMODULATING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - An antenna device that is placed adjacent to an antenna | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090240477 | Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method - A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240392 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - Provided is a control device including: a storage portion for storing binary data transmitted from outside and received successively; and a control portion for carrying out processing including: production processing of producing a frame where of the stored binary data, pieces of data expressing events occurring in a predetermined period are placed into a group among which pieces of data expressing events each having a small degree of variation are arranged so as to be close to each other; difference computing processing of arranging the frames produced at intervals of the predetermined time in a predetermined order and of computing a difference between two adjacent frames; compression processing of compressing a result of the computation by a run length method; and recording processing of recording, to a recording portion, a first frame in the difference computing processing, a number of difference computations, and the compressed data. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090231303 | Input system, input device, and input method - An input system includes an input unit with a touch panel, a plurality of seating regions in which an operator can be seated, each of the seating region having an individual electric characteristic and connected to an electric base, an electric-signal supply unit that supplies an electric signal to the input unit with respect to the electric base, and a seating-region specifying unit that detects a response passing between the input unit and the electric base via the operator and the seating region in which the operator is seated, corresponding to the electric signal, when the operator operates the input unit, and that specifies the seating region in which the operator operating the input unit is seated from the detected response, based on the response information having each seating region in which the operator is seated related to the response. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090210397 | Data search device and gateway device in communication apparatus - A data search device that is provided in a communication apparatus detects a memory area storing data to be transmitted from a memory unit having memory areas defined by IDs allotted to data. The data search device includes: a first flag that is provided for each of the memory areas of the memory unit, and indicate whether the data in the corresponding memory area is updated; a second flag that is provided for each group consisting of a predetermined number of the first flags, and indicates a data update state when at least one set of data in the first flags in the corresponding group indicates an updated state; and a search control unit that detects the memory area storing the data to be transmitted, by searching for the corresponding first flag after detecting the second flag. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207071 | Radar device and target angle detection method - A radar device has a plurality of receiving antennas which receive, as a reception wave, a radar wave sent in a predetermined reference direction and reflected by a target; a phase difference detection unit which detects a first phase difference of the reception wave received by a first receiving antenna pair that is spaced by a first gap, and a second phase difference of the reception wave received by a second receiving antenna pair that is spaced by a second gap smaller than the first gap; and an angle detection unit which performs a first process of determining, as a detection angle, an angle of the target relative to the reference direction being a mutually coincident angle from among a plurality of first angles corresponding to the first phase difference and a plurality of second angles corresponding to the second phase difference. The radar device allows expanding an angle detection range without reducing the resolution of the angle corresponding to the second phase difference. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090202024 | Reducing Apparatus and Method, and Receiving Apparatus - An object of the invention is to allow receiving a radio wave signal in a comfortable manner by overcoming defects in technique and performance according to the related art in reducing a multipath noise by use of an adaptive digital filter. In a multipath noise reducing apparatus ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090189814 | Radar device and target detection method - A target position is estimated in such a manner to maintain target position continuity, with high accuracy, even when the X coordinate displacement of the target is large. On a scan in which the target position is not detected, when a trajectory of the target in the past is within a predetermined region in the vicinity of the Y-axis, a position for estimate is a position having an X coordinate resulting from shifting, by a first displacement, the X coordinate estimated according to the trajectory, on a basis of the X coordinate of a previous position, while when the trajectory is not within the predetermined region, the position for estimate is a position having an X coordinate resulting from shifting, by a second displacement that is larger than the first displacement, the X coordinate estimated according to the trajectory, on a basis of the X coordinate of a previous position. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090187353 | Crack growth evaluation apparatus, crack growth evaluation method, and recording medium recording crack growth evaluation program - An element damage determination unit calculates a cumulative value of a damage value using a Manson-Coffin law for a plurality of finite elements of a continuum based on a result of a stress/distortion analyzing process, and determines whether or not the cumulative value of the damage value is equal to or exceeds a threshold. A calculation unit obtains first correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the number of cycles of a load and a growth rate of a crack occurring in the continuum based on the determination result. A Manson-Coffin law change unit changes a Manson-Coffin law based on the first correspondence information and second correspondence information indicating the correspondence between an actual measurement value of the number of cycles of a load applied to the continuum and an actual measurement value of the growth rate of a crack occurring in the continuum at that time. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090185083 | Display Device and Display Method - A display device displays a D-seat image and a P-seat image on a display screen in a time-sharing manner, and forms a non-display state by inserting a black image BL or the like when changing the viewing angle of the display screen by controlling a liquid crystal shutter provided on the display screen in synchronization with the switching between the D-seat image and the P-seat image. With this display device, it is possible to prevent the image in one field of view from entering the other field of view, even if there are differences in the switching timing of the liquid crystal shutter. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090171574 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND DESTINATION SETTING METHOD - A navigation system sets a destination of navigation equipment by forwarding spot information managed by a server to the navigation equipment via a mobile terminal. The server includes write information accepting unit accepting write information from a plurality of users via a network, spot information generating unit generating the spot information based on the write information, spot information storage unit stored with the generated spot information, extracting unit extracting predetermined spot information in response to a search request, and transmitting unit transmitting the spot information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes receiving unit receiving the predetermined spot information, terminal display unit displaying the predetermined spot information, and forwarding unit forwarding the predetermined spot information to the navigation equipment. The navigation equipment includes navigation control unit setting the destination from the predetermined spot information. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090160708 | RADAR APPARATUS AND INTERFERENCE DETECTION METHOD - A radar apparatus having a transmit antenna which transmits a transmit wave, a receive antenna which receives a receive wave including a reflected wave reflected on a target of the transmit wave; and an interference detection unit which judges that interference has occurred, when, of the receive waves received by the receive antenna, an average value of received power corresponding to a large distance from the radar apparatus is a threshold value or more. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090157530 | Data processing device and data processing method - Included are reproduction processing unit that reproduces a content distributed as carried on broadcasting waves, display unit that displays an image making distinguishable the content that is in a reproducing process by the reproduction processing unit, request accepting unit that accepts a purchase request for the content corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit, and code generating unit that generates a predetermined code readable by a mobile terminal on the basis of unique identifying information contained in the content having the purchase request accepted by the request accepting unit. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157365 | Simulation device and simulation method - Provided is a simulation device including: a simple model computing portion for generating simulation information by correcting measured information sampled on a real vehicle on the basis of control information input from an electronic control unit; and an outputting portion for outputting the simulation information generated by the simple model computing portion to the electronic control unit. The simulation device generates the simulation information generated by the simple model computing portion as new measured information. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154713 | Acoustic control apparatus for controlling acoustic in each individual space - An acoustic control apparatus in an acoustic apparatus capable of playing individual sound sources in a plurality of individual spaces by executing an acoustic process for the plurality of individual spaces provided in a predetermined range of space, includes an operation display unit enabling the sound source to be individually selected in each individual space, and a playing control unit executing playing control of the sound source selected by the operation display unit in each individual space. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153312 | Information recording apparatus - Image and sound information are acquired from a camera and a microphone and the information is stored into a second RAM for a first time period from detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of a vehicle by a sensor. When occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle has been detected by the sensor during the first time period from the detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, image and sound information is acquired from the camera and the microphone and the information is stored into the second RAM for a second time period from the previous detection of occurrence of an abnormal condition of the vehicle, and the image and sound information stored into the second RAM for the second time period Tb are stored into a nonvolatile ROM. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090143934 | Eco-drive support device and method - An eco-drive support device that notifies a driver of the eco-friendliness of a vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver includes: an operating unit that calculates eco-drive support information that indicates the eco-friendliness of the vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver; and a notification control unit that controls a notifying unit to notify the driver of the eco-drive support information, if there is a request from an input unit for notification of the eco-drive support information. In this device, the notification control unit controls the notifying unit to notify the driver of the eco-drive support information though there is not a request from the input unit for notification of the eco-drive support information, if a predetermined condition for providing the eco-drive support information is satisfied. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090135089 | In-Vehicle Display Apparatus - The present invention provides an in-vehicle display apparatus including a switching button | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090128692 | Video signal processing device - Provided is a video signal processing device capable of judging the viability of phase locking at a PLL circuit and, in accordance with the judgment, automatically switching between the PLL circuit and a DLL circuit to use to generate a sampling clock of an input analog video signal, the device including an AD converter for AD converting an analog video signal, and a clock signal generating circuit for supplying a clock signal to the AD converter. The clock signal generating circuit includes: a PLL circuit for generating a first clock signal on the basis of a horizontal synchronous signal acquired from the analog video signal; a DLL circuit for generating a second clock signal on the basis of a composite synchronous signal acquired from the analog video signal; and a clock selecting portion for selecting and outputting either the first clock signal or the second clock signal on the basis of output of a PLL-dedicated phase comparator. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090125231 | Mobile object location providing device and mobile object location providing system - In a mobile object location providing device, time required for distribution of distribution data per kind of the communicating unit is stored, a current location and a movement history of a mobile object is calculated, distribution time that is time required for distributing the distribution for a communicating unit is estimated based on the distribution condition information, and a future location of a mobile object after lapse of the distribution time is estimated based on use of the movement history, and a requests is made for distributing area information of an area surrounding the future location. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090121850 | Information storage apparatus - There is provided an information storage apparatus capable of storing information on a parked vehicle acquired before and after detection of unusual conditions with lesser amount of power to be consumed. During halt of a vehicle, at least one of image information and sound information of the interior of the vehicle is acquired by an anti-theft device main body, and the acquired information is transmitted from the anti-theft device main body to a drive recorder at a transmission interval that varies between before and after detection of unusual vehicle conditions by the anti-theft device main body. A drive recorder main body allows a second RAM to store therein information received from an anti-theft device at a second transmission period and information received from the anti-theft device at a first transmission period. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090119005 | Navigation control device, navigation equipment, server and destination setting system - A navigation control device, which is mounted in navigation equipment searching for a route and sets a destination from plural pieces of position information forwarded, includes: accepting portion accepting the plural pieces of position information forwarded from the mobile terminal; present position information acquiring portion acquiring present position information about a present position of the navigation equipment; sequencing portion comparing the present position information acquired by the present position information acquiring portion with the plural pieces of position information accepted by the accepting portion, and sequencing the plural pieces of position information on the basis of a distance from the present position to a destination; and destination setting portion setting the destination on the basis of the position information sequenced by the sequencing portion. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116655 | Adaptive filter calculation method and sound field generating device - For an inverse system including an adaptive filter having an inverse characteristic of a reproduction sound field characteristic and arranged in series with a stage previous to an output stage of the reproduction sound field characteristic, and an auxiliary filter for updating the adaptive filter arranged in parallel with an output stage of an arbitrary sound field characteristic, the auxiliary filter is identified based on the arbitrary sound field characteristic as a target using the adaptive filter with an initial value set therein or the adaptive filter having been updated. The adaptive filter is updated using the auxiliary filter thus identified. When update of the adaptive filter satisfied a predetermined end condition, the adaptive filter thus updated is superposed on the reproduction sound field characteristic. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090103748 | Sound Generating Apparatus - An object is to enhance workability in attachment in a sound generating apparatus that generates sound by vibrating a vibration plate with a vibrator while ensuring acoustic performance as good as that achieved by fastening with fine screw threads. Workability in attaching operation is improved while ensuring acoustic performance as good as that provided by fastening with fine screw threads, by providing first fixing means that brings engagement portions | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102702 | Bias adjustment of radio frequency unit in radar apparatus - Disclosed is a method of bias adjustment for a millimeter wave radar apparatus that can efficiently and highly accurately adjust the bias of an MMIC used in a radio frequency circuit in the millimeter wave radar apparatus. The method comprises: providing a DA converter in a bias circuit in the millimeter wave radar apparatus comprising an antenna, a radio frequency unit, and a processing unit for performing transmission and reception processing of the radio frequency unit; connecting a signal generator in place of the antenna; and connecting a test processing unit and a control apparatus to the radio frequency unit, wherein the control apparatus applies an initial bias value in the form of a digital value to the MMIC, calculates the target value for the digital bias value based on the result of the measurement of the received signal, and takes the target value as the digital bias value for the production processing unit when the radio frequency characteristic of the received signal obtained by applying the target value to the MMIC lies within specified limits. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090097679 | Acoustic system for providing individual acoustic environment - To provide an acoustic system including: a sound-leakage reducing unit that generates control sound for negating sound leaked from another speaker in a second individual space to a first individual space based on a leak sound transfer function and an error path transfer function to provide the control sound; a virtual sound-source unit that generates a virtual sound source to form a sound image in front of a listener; a localization correcting unit that corrects rearward localization of the sound image formed by reproduction of the virtual sound source closer to the listener; and a dynamic presuming unit that provides the leak sound transfer function and the error path transfer function to the sound-leakage reducing unit, and provides the error path transfer function to the localization correcting unit. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090097669 | Acoustic system for providing individual acoustic environment - An acoustic system uses a self speaker installed to be at the back of a listener in a first individual space and an error microphone installed to be closer to the listener than the self speaker. A sound-leakage reduction filter generates control sound for negating sound leaked from another speaker installed in a second individual space to the first individual space, and provides the control signal to the self speaker. A virtual sound-source filter generates a virtual sound source, and a rear-sound-source inverse filter corrects rearward localization of a sound image toward the listener. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096811 | Display device and method for mounting the same - An object of the invention is to provide a display device having a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein provisions are made so that the image intended for at least one viewing range can be viewed in good condition, and a method for mounting such a display device. More specifically, a display device according to the invention includes a display section that displays different images intended for a plurality of different viewing ranges on the same screen, wherein the viewing range of at least one of the different images displayed on the display section is not narrower than 20°, but not wider than 40°. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090079617 | DETECTION AND RANGING APPARTUS AND DETECTION AND RANGING METHOD - In a detection and ranging apparatus that performs direction-of-arrival estimation using a sensor array and that enlarges an effective aperture using a plurality of transmitting sensors, adverse effects associated with time division switching are eliminated, achieving high-accuracy measurement. A transmitter wave is spread in modulators by using mutually orthogonal codes, and the resulting transmitter waves are radiated from two transmitting sensors. Signals received by receiving sensors are each split by a splitter into two parts, which are then respectively despread in a demodulator by using the same codes as those used in the transmitter. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090058623 | Digital radio broadcast receiver, radio broadcast receiving unit and digital radio broadcast receiving system - A digital radio broadcast receiver, a radio broadcast receiving unit and a digital radio broadcast receiving system are provided. Character information stored in a memory is displayed as image on a display device when such a condition that a vehicle speed is 0 km/h and a foot brake or a hand brake is on is satisfied, i.e., when a vehicle is halted or parked. Or, the character information stored in the memory is outputted as voice through a voice output device when such a condition that the vehicle speed is 0 km/h and the foot brake or the hand brake is on is not satisfied, i.e., when the vehicle is traveling. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090055046 | On-Vehicle Equipment Control Device and On-Vehicle Equipment Control Method - A situation determining unit determines a situation a vehicle currently faces. A control processing unit controls a vehicle equipment based on a determination of the situation determining unit. An arbitration processing unit determines, when a conflict of control requests occurs, contents of the control by settling the conflict, and when different control requests are issued to an identical vehicle equipment, sets a priority in the control requests, adjusts a timing of performing the control, and adjusts an amount for the control. The control processing unit performs the control based on the contents of the control determined by the arbitration processing unit. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090045912 | Starting control apparatus and starting control method - An immobilizer type outputting part outputs information indicating that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle to an immobilizer-installed body ECU or a body ECU through an in-vehicle communication network in the case where an immobilizer type identification part of a remote start ECU judges that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle. In the case where the immobilizer type identification part judges that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, the immobilizer type output part outputs information indicating the type of the immobilizer device to the immobilizer-installed body ECU or the body ECU through the in-vehicle communication network. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090040297 | Display Apparatus and Display Method - The present invention is an display apparatus including: a display portion | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090027180 | Forward Object Sensor - A forward object sensor includes a plurality of stationary on-road object recognizing units. The stationary on-road object recognizing units recognize a forward object as a stationary on-road object when a preceding vehicle has passed over the forward object, when a preceding vehicle is located ahead of the forward object, when the vehicle is travelling at a speed higher than a predetermined speed and the forward object is located between two other objects, when it is not until the vehicle comes close to the forward object that the forward object is detected, and when the strength of a reflected wave from the forward object monotonically increases until the distance between the forward object and the vehicle reaches a predetermined value and monotonically decreases when the distance falls below the predetermined value, respectively. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090002901 | Power protection apparatus and electronic control unit - A power protection apparatus including: a switch unit | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002268 | Display Control Device, Display Device, and Display Method - A display control device enables to conduct control of automatically switching a display image in a prescribed direction of a plurality of viewing directions to a content or a status desired by a user on a display unit which can display individual images in a plurality of viewing directions on a common screen. The display control device (control unit | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080303147 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT DEVICE AND RADAR - A semiconductor chip is provided with a high-frequency circuit. A multi-layer wiring section is comprised of organic material and formed on the semiconductor chip, an outermost layer of the multi-layer wiring section formed with a bump forming portion. A bump is formed on the bump forming portion. The multi-layer wiring section is provided with a reinforcing means for suppressing a deformation of a bonding portion between the bump and the bump forming portion when the high-frequency circuit device is bonded to a substrate with an ultrasonic vibration applied thereto. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080300731 | Vehicle-running-state display method - The present invention has an object of providing a vehicle-running-state display method capable of easily displaying a running state of a vehicle. The invention provides a vehicle-running-state display method, including the steps of obtaining position information, time information, speed information, and acceleration information of a vehicle, detecting a special state of the vehicle, based on the position information, the time information, the speed information, or the acceleration information, displaying a track of the vehicle on a map screen, based on the position information and the time information, and displaying the detected special state of the vehicle, on the map screen on which the track is displayed. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080298519 | Receiver Device - The enclosure of the receiver device is divided into an antenna vicinity enclosure | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080281549 | Test Apparatus for Control Unit, Pattern Signal Creating Apparatus, and Test Program Generating Apparatus - An apparatus for assisting the creation of a test program, to be run on a simulator that automatically tests an electronic unit, to thereby reduce the number of preparatory steps and enhance the reliability of the automatic testing. The apparatus is a test apparatus including: a simulating unit for simulating a target to be controlled by a control unit; and a testing unit for testing the operation of the control unit based on a relationship between a pattern signal input to the control unit and an output signal output from the simulating unit in response to the pattern signal, wherein the testing unit tests the operation of the control unit at predetermined timing and, if a decision is not obtained that the control unit is operating properly, retries the decision a predetermined number of times. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080277780 | Electrical circuit device - An electrical circuit device includes an electrical circuit that includes a plurality of electrically connected components including a component that necessitates heat measures, a substrate that physically connects main components among the plural components of the electrical circuit, and a package that hermetically seals the substrate. The component that necessitates heat measures is arranged outside the package. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080273036 | Data display apparatus - A plurality of types of measurement data which are measured by a signal measurement section in a time serial manner are displayed on a predetermined coordinate system. A data type assignment section is operable to assign the types of the measurement data to different coordinate axes in the predetermined coordinate system, respectively. A plotting processing section is operable to plot characteristic values on the predetermined coordinate system, the characteristic values specified by the measurement data synchronized at a measurement timing from the measurement data belonging to the types. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080270010 | Method and apparatus for detecting engine racing - An engine racing detecting apparatus detects engine racing of an engine of a vehicle. The engine racing detecting apparatus includes a rotation-speed acquiring unit, a clutch-state acquiring unit, and an engine-racing determining unit. The rotation-speed acquiring unit acquires a rotation speed of the engine. The clutch-state acquiring unit acquires clutch state indicative of whether a clutch of the engine is ON or OFF. The engine-racing determining unit determines whether the engine races based on the rotation speed when the clutch state indicates that the clutch is OFF. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080264087 | Air conditioning controller - An air conditioning controller includes an air conditioning unit and an evaluating unit. The air conditioning unit determines operation of an air conditioner such that a temperature specified by a user setting matches a vehicle interior temperature. The evaluating unit compares the temperature specified by the user setting and an ideal temperature, and determines, for ecology evaluation, whether the user setting is environmentally friendly. The air conditioning controller compares actual operation of the air conditioner with ideal operation, or changes a threshold for the ecology evaluation or suspends the ecology evaluation in a specific state. | 10-30-2008 |
