Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090105894 | Outboard motor control apparatus - In an apparatus installed on a boat for identifying and controlling operation of an outboard motor selected by an operator and clamped to the boat from among outboard motors in different models prepared to be selectable by the operator, including a model having an analog device that produces analog signal and a model having a digital device that converts the analog signal produced by the analog device into a digital signal, it is discriminated whether the inputted signal is the analog signal inputted through the analog signal input/output or the digital signal inputted through the digital signal input/output, and the model of the selected outboard motor is identified based on the discriminated signal, thereby enabling to surely identify the model and control its operation. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106581 | System and method for data writing - In a system for or method of data writing using a CPU and a plurality of memory banks connected to the CPU to enable the CPU to write the data thereon, a combination of data comprising data and their complement are written on a first memory bank and the same combination of data are written on a second memory bank, a sum of the combination of data written on the first and second memory banks is calculated, and when the sum of the combination of data written on one of the first and second memory banks is a specific value, it is determined that the data written on the one of the first and second memory banks are normal. With this, it becomes possible to surely determine whether the written data are normal or not, thereby enabling to enhance the data reliability. | 04-23-2009 |
20090271097 | Control apparatus for general-purpose engine - In a general-purpose engine having a throttle valve installed in an air intake passage connected to a combustion chamber, sucked air mixing with fuel to generate an air-fuel mixture to be ignited to drive a piston to rotate a crankshaft connected to a load, a first warm-up time period during which the engine is warmed up and a second warm-up time period which is longer than the first time period are determined based on detected engine temperature and a fuel quantity is increased during the first time period. The operation of the motor is controlled such that a change rate of throttle valve opening is limited within a range until the measured time exceeds the second warm-up time period after it exceeded the first time period. With this, it becomes possible to complete warm-up operation in a short period of time, while improving rate of fuel consumption and emission performance. | 10-29-2009 |
20100007459 | ANTITHEFT SYSTEM - In a system for preventing an equipment such as lawnmower from theft, there are equipped with an internal combustion engine that is mounted on the equipment and is equipped with a generator that generates electric operating power when the engine is operated, a recoil starter to be manipulatable by an operator to operate the engine, an electronic key that is adapted to be carried by the operator and stores authenticating data for identifying the operator who carries the electronic key; and an authenticator that is installed at the equipment and performs authentication check as to whether the electronic key is an authorized key using stored key-checking data, when the authenticating data is outputted from the electronic key. In the system, the authenticator performs the authentication check when the electric operating power is supplied from the generator, thereby enabling to be installed in battery-less equipment and ensure to prevent the equipment from theft. | 01-14-2010 |
20100123574 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - In a monitoring system for a power wheelchair (low-speed mobility vehicle) and having a remote monitoring device connected to the wheelchair through a communicator, it is determined whether the wheelchair strands based on detected acceleration, and when it does, a vehicle-stranded signal that the vehicle strands is transmitted to the remote monitoring device through the communicator and predesignated information addressees including a dealer, a data terminal owned by the operator's family and emergency assistance providers such as the police or hospital are informed in response to the signal that the vehicle is stranded, thereby enabling to respond rapidly and appropriately when the wheelchair becomes stranded. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125415 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LOW-SPEED MOBILITY VEHICLE AND ANOTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE - In a monitoring system of a power wheelchair (low-speed mobility vehicle) and an automobile (vehicle of different type) having a remote monitoring device connected to them through a first communicator, each of the wheelchair and automobile includes a first transmitter transmitting location data to the remote monitoring device through a first communicator, and the remote monitoring device calculates an inter-vehicle distance between the wheelchair and automobile based on the location data and transmits an approaching signal indicating that they are approaching each other when the inter-vehicle distance is equal to or less than a first predetermined value, thereby reducing the driving burden on the operators and enhances driving safety. | 05-20-2010 |