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20120249050 | AUXILIARY BATTERY CHARGING APPARATUS - When an auxiliary battery is charged, a second switch is turned on and off, a third switch is turned off, and a fourth switch is turned on. When the output voltages of first and second rechargeable battery cells are equalized, the first and second switched are turned on and off respectively, a third switch is turned on, and a fourth switch is turned off. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249058 | AUXILIARY BATTERY CHARGING APPARATUS - When an auxiliary battery is charged, a second switch is turned on and off, a third switch is turned off, and a fourth switch is turned on. When the output voltages of first and second rechargeable battery cells are equalized, the first and second switched are turned on and off respectively, a third switch is turned on, and a fourth switch is turned off. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249082 | BATTERY CONTROL BY UPDATE OF CURRENT PROFILE - A SOC acquisition unit acquires a SOC of a battery. Then, it estimates a capacity profile from the acquired SOC, and transmits the estimated capacity profile to an estimation unit. The estimation unit calculates a current profile for realizing the capacity profile estimated by the SOC acquisition unit. An update unit replaces the existing stored current profile with the current profile calculated by the estimation unit. A storage unit stores a current profile calculated by the estimation unit and updated by the update unit. A charging unit reads the current profile stored in the storage unit, and performs a charging operation based on the current profile. | 10-04-2012 |
20120299545 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWER SUPPLY STARTER AND CELL BALANCING APPARATUS - When a voltage applied to a first capacitor connected to an output of a power generator in parallel is equal to or larger than a threshold, a starter signal output from a monitoring circuit to a control circuit is set from a low level to a high level. The control circuit self-starts, and a first switch arranged between the power generator and a cell balancing circuit is turned ON. Electric power for equalizing an output voltage of each of a plurality of rechargeable batteries of a battery pack is supplied from the power generator to the battery pack via the cell balancing circuit. | 11-29-2012 |
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20150069960 | Auxiliary Battery Charging Apparatus - An auxiliary battery charging apparatus is configured to comprise: a main battery provided with a plurality of rechargeable battery cells connected to each other in series; an external generator; a transistor provided between the external generator and an auxiliary battery; an operational amplifier with a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, and an output terminal, wherein an output voltage of one rechargeable battery cell of the plurality of rechargeable battery cells is input to the positive input terminal, a voltage applied to the transistor is input to the negative input terminal, and the output terminal is connected to a control input terminal of the transistor; a switch provided between the external generator and the transistor; and a control circuit to turn on the switch to supply a current from the external generator via the transistor to the auxiliary battery during charging of the auxiliary battery. | 03-12-2015 |
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20130002202 | CELL BALANCE CONTROL DEVICE AND CELL BALANCE CONTROLLING METHOD - A cell balance control device includes a battery monitor unit, a cell balance unit, and an ECU, and equalizes serially connected chargeable battery cells in a battery loaded into a vehicle. The battery monitor unit detects the voltage of each battery cell. The cell balance unit equalizes the voltages of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage of each battery cell detected by the battery monitor unit. At least one of the times when an idling stop state of the vehicle starts, when the charging operation of the battery starts, and when the charging operation of the battery terminates triggers the ECU allowing the cell balance unit to equalize the voltage of the plurality of battery cells. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002203 | CELL BALANCING DEVICE - A cell balancing device includes a plurality of serially connected battery modules, an external generator, a transformer | 01-03-2013 |
20130021000 | CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS - A charge and discharge control apparatus equalizes the voltages of rechargeable battery cells by using a charger or a capacitor charged by an external power source, by using a first cell balancing unit which charges the rechargeable battery cells until their voltage values become equal to the maximum voltage value of the rechargeable battery cells, and an inductor for charging or discharging adjacent rechargeable battery cells from among the rechargeable battery cells, and by using a second cell balancing unit which sequentially equalizes the voltages of the adjacent rechargeable battery cells. | 01-24-2013 |
20130057213 | BATTERY MONITORING AND CHARGING SYSTEM AND MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE - A battery monitoring and charging system includes a charging equipment and a motor-driven vehicle. The motor-driven vehicle includes a battery, a charger that charges the battery by power supplied from the charging equipment, a charging control device that controls operations of the charger, a communication device that communicates with the charging equipment, a voltage detecting device that monitors voltage of the battery and an activation control device that generates a first control signal if the monitored voltage falls below a threshold value when the charging control device is in off state. When the activation control device generates the first control signal, the charging control device is activated, generating to the charging equipment through the communication device a second control signal that is indicative of a need that the charging equipment should supply power to the motor-driven vehicle and causing the charger to start operation of the charger. | 03-07-2013 |
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20100114474 | ROAD INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE AND ROAD INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A road information acquisition device includes: a surface elevation acquisition unit that obtains a surface elevation; a road information acquisition unit that calculates first road information relating to a travel route to be traveled by a host vehicle on the basis of the surface elevation; and a structure determination unit that determines whether or not a structure exists on the travel route, wherein, when the structure determination unit determines that the structure exists on the travel route, the road information acquisition unit obtains second road information, which is different from the first road information, relating to a point at which the structure exists on the travel route. | 05-06-2010 |
20110213780 | VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING SITE REGISTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A site registering device that registers a site allowing charging where a vehicle battery can be charged, the device including: a position acquisition unit that acquires position information on a charging site where charging of the battery has been conducted; and a registering unit that specifies, on the basis of an actual charging result in the charging site, a category to which the charging site belongs among a plurality of categories, associates the charging site with the specified category and the position information, and registers the thus associated charging site as the site allowing charging. | 09-01-2011 |
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20080239780 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A technology that makes it possible to reduce fluctuation in operating voltage for operating the circuits formed in the core region of a semiconductor device is provided. This semiconductor device is so arranged that the core region is divided into multiple functional blocks and power can be supplied and this power supply can be interrupted with respect to each of the divided functional blocks. The core region formed in the semiconductor chip is divided into multiple functional blocks. A power switch row in which multiple power switches are arranged is disposed in the boundaries between the divided functional blocks. These power switches have a function of controlling the supply of reference potential to each of functional blocks and the interruption of this supply. A feature of the invention is that reference pads are disposed directly above the power switch rows. This shortens the wires coupling together the reference pads and the power switches. | 10-02-2008 |
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20100034044 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A technology that makes it possible to reduce fluctuation in operating voltage for operating the circuits formed in the core region of a semiconductor device is provided. This semiconductor device is so arranged that the core region is divided into multiple functional blocks and power can be supplied and this power supply can be interrupted with respect to each of the divided functional blocks. The core region formed in the semiconductor chip is divided into multiple functional blocks. A power switch row in which multiple power switches are arranged is disposed in the boundaries between the divided functional blocks. These power switches have a function of controlling the supply of reference potential to each of functional blocks and the interruption of this supply. A feature of the invention is that reference pads are disposed directly above the power switch rows. This shortens the wires coupling together the reference pads and the power switches. | 02-11-2010 |
20100090282 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The semiconductor integrated circuit has so-called SOI type first MOS transistors (MNtk, MPtk) and second MOS transistors (MNtn, MPtn). The first MOS transistors have a gate isolation film thicker than that the second MOS transistors have. The first and second MOS transistors constitute a power-supply-interruptible circuit ( | 04-15-2010 |
20110085400 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A technology that makes it possible to reduce fluctuation in operating voltage for operating the circuits formed in the core region of a semiconductor device is provided. This semiconductor device is so arranged that the core region is divided into multiple functional blocks and power can be supplied and this power supply can be interrupted with respect to each of the divided functional blocks. The core region formed in the semiconductor chip is divided into multiple functional blocks. A power switch row in which multiple power switches are arranged is disposed in the boundaries between the divided functional blocks. These power switches have a function of controlling the supply of reference potential to each of functional blocks and the interruption of this supply. A feature of the invention is that reference pads are disposed directly above the power switch rows. This shortens the wires coupling together the reference pads and the power switches. | 04-14-2011 |
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20100221733 | BIOMARKER OF ALLERGIC DISEASE AND USE OF THE SAME - A biomarker is provided for an allergic disease caused by an allergic reaction that is caused not exclusively by histamine release, such as pruritus, and use of the same. Use of Granzyme A as a biomarker makes it possible to provide an indication for chronic itching skin disease, for which existing antiallergic drugs have little effect, and easily and adequately allow diagnosis of the disease. It is possible to, for example, make a diagnosis of an allergic disease with an IV type allergy-like reaction not depending on the antigen-antibody reaction system. Screening with the use of Granzyme A enables the development of novel remedies for allergic diseases. Moreover, a drug capable of specifically controlling the action of a granzyme enables treatment of allergic disease with little side effect. | 09-02-2010 |
20100280398 | LASER DOPPLER BLOOD FLOW MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - [Subject] To provide laser Doppler blood flow measuring method and device which achieve multi-dimensional measurement efficiently at a high degree of accuracy over a wide range with a simple optical system and device. | 11-04-2010 |
20120244553 | BIOMARKER OF ALLERGIC DISEASE AND USE OF THE SAME - A biomarker is provided for an allergic disease caused by an allergic reaction that is caused not exclusively by histamine release, such as pruritus, and use of the same. Use of Granzyme A as a biomarker makes it possible to provide an indication for chronic itching skin disease, for which existing antiallergic drugs have little effect, and easily and adequately allow diagnosis of the disease. It is possible to, for example, make a diagnosis of an allergic disease with an IV type allergy-like reaction not depending on the antigen-antibody reaction system. Screening with the use of Granzyme A enables the development of novel remedies for allergic diseases. Moreover, a drug capable of specifically controlling the action of a granzyme enables treatment of allergic disease with little side effect. | 09-27-2012 |