Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100037840 | Internal combustion engine - When viewed from the upper face of a cylinder head in which an intake port communicating with a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is formed, a starting point of the port is defined as a point of intersection of the streamline of the intake port and an inlet-side opening plane of the intake port as projected on a horizontal plane, and an end point is defined as a point of intersection of the streamline of the port and the center axis of an intake valve as projected on the horizontal plane. The starting point is located closer to the center of the chamber than a straight line that contains the end point and extends in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the crankshaft on the plane, and the streamline of the port projected on the horizontal plane is curved toward the center of the chamber, with respect to a straight line that contains the starting point and extends in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the crankshaft on the plane. | 02-18-2010 |
20100235070 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an exhaust gas recirculation device; and a controller that controls the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas recirculation device. When acceleration of the vehicle is greater than or equal to zero and is less than or equal to a predetermined acceleration, an ignition performed with a predetermined energy and a predetermined number of times of performance that enable the internal combustion engine to efficiently operate for one event of explosion and combustion of the internal combustion engine. When the acceleration of the vehicle is greater than the predetermined acceleration, the ignition performed with an energy that is greater than the predetermined energy and/or a number of times of performance that is greater than the predetermined number of times of performance for one event of explosion and combustion of the internal combustion engine. | 09-16-2010 |
20130025263 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR POWER UNIT - A control apparatus for a power unit equipped with an internal combustion engine and outputs a power. The control apparatus according to the invention starts engine operation when the required power becomes equal to or larger than an engine start threshold during engine stop, and stops engine operation when the required power becomes equal to or smaller than an engine stop threshold during engine operation. The internal combustion engine is equipped with a catalyst. When the purification capacity of the catalyst is lower than a start threshold correction threshold, a value smaller than a reference engine start threshold is set as the engine start threshold. When the purification capacity of the catalyst is equal to or higher than the start threshold correction threshold, a value equal to the reference engine start threshold or a value larger than the reference engine start threshold is set as the engine start threshold. | 01-31-2013 |
20130253747 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor each for generating vehicle driving power. An operation region indicated by rotational speed and torque of the engine includes: an normal region in which a fuel injection amount is calculated in accordance with a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio; and an amount increase region in which an amount of fuel is increased compared with the normal position so as to suppress temperature increase of a catalyst. A control device calculates a total required power of the vehicle depending on the vehicle state, and determines an engine operation point in accordance with the total required power. When the engine operation point is in the OT amount increase region, the engine operation point is changed to fall within the normal region by decreasing the engine output power. An output power of the motor is determined to compensate the decrease of the engine output power and secure the total required power. | 09-26-2013 |
20140012451 | VEHICULAR CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU is mounted in a vehicle including an in-cylinder injection type engine having an EGR device and a motor. The ECU calculates vehicular requested power Preq and the ECU calculates a requested engine operating point OPreq based on the vehicular requested power Preq, and if the requested engine operating point OPreq falls within an EGR range, the ECU sets the requested engine operating point OPreq exactly as a commanded engine operating point OPcom, whereas if the requested engine operating point OPreq falls within a non-EGR range, the ECU corrects the requested engine operating point OPreq to fall within the EGR range and sets the corrected engine operating point as the commanded engine operating point OPcom. The ECU then controls the engine and the motor so that an actual engine operating point coincides with the commanded engine operating point OPcom while satisfying the vehicular requested power Preq. | 01-09-2014 |
20140163803 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A hybrid vehicle is mounted with a traction motor, a power storage device for storing electric power input to and output from the traction motor, an engine, and a power generation mechanism to generate charging electric power for the power storage device by an output from the engine. An ECU sets charging/discharging electric power of the power storage device to control SOC of the power storage device to be within a predetermined range centered about a SOC control target in a running mode with the engine operating. The output from the engine set to ensure the charging/discharging electric power. The ECU sets the charging/discharging electric power such that the power storage device is discharged to an extent corresponding to a predetermined SOC higher than the lower limit SOC according to requirement power required for vehicle running, even when the SOC is lower than the SOC control target. | 06-12-2014 |
20140214254 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor generator for generating driving power for running by using electric power from a power storage device, and an ECU for controlling the motor generator. When user request power is substantially constant, the ECU causes an interval operation of running the vehicle to be performed, the interval operation switching between a first running pattern (coasting running) in which the generation of the driving power by the motor generator is stopped and the vehicle runs with inertial force of the vehicle, and a second running pattern (acceleration running) in which the vehicle runs with the driving power generated by the motor generator. As a result, energy efficiency of the vehicle is improved. | 07-31-2014 |
20140236411 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a driving source generating driving power for running the vehicle, and a control device for controlling the driving source. The control device performs driving power variation operation on the driving source in which the driving source is switched between a first state where the driving source generates driving power and a second state where the driving source generates driving power of a level lower than the level of the driving power in the first state to run the vehicle. The control device performs the driving power variation operation during steady running when variation in driving power requested by a user falls within a prescribed range, and also performs the driving power variation operation during an acceleration request or during a deceleration request when the variation in the requested driving power increases or decreases beyond the prescribed range. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244092 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor generator generating driving power for running, and an ECU. The ECU performs driving power variation operation on the motor generator in which the motor generator is switched between a first state (acceleration running) and a second state (inertial running) when power requested by a user varies within a prescribed range to run the vehicle. In the first state, the motor generator generates driving power. In the second state, the motor generator generates driving power smaller than the driving power in the first state. The ECU variably sets a time for the second state in the driving power variation operation in accordance with magnitude of the user request power. As a result, energy efficiency of the vehicle is improved. | 08-28-2014 |
20140297087 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a motor generator generating driving power for traveling of the vehicle; an ECU for controlling the motor generator; and an inclination detecting unit for detecting an inclination of a road surface. The ECU executes a driving power change operation that causes the vehicle to travel while switching between a first state (high output state) of the motor generator where first-level driving power is generated and a second state (low output state) of the motor generator where driving power smaller than that in the first state is generated. When it is recognized that the vehicle is traveling on a downhill, based on the inclination detected by the inclination detecting unit, the ECU sets the driving power in the first state to be smaller than that when the vehicle travels on a flat road. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300302 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor generator generating driving power for running, and an ECU. The ECU performs driving power variation operation on the motor generator in which the motor generator is switched between a first state (acceleration running) and a second state (inertial running) when power requested by a user varies within a prescribed range to run the vehicle. In the first state, the motor generator generates driving power. In the second state, the motor generator generates driving power smaller than the driving power in the first state. The ECU controls the motor generator in such a manner that the driving power during the acceleration running has a non-rectangular shape. As a result, gradual variation in driving power can be provided at the time of switching between the acceleration running and the inertial running, to improve drivability. | 10-09-2014 |
20140316626 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a motor generator for generating driving power for traveling thereof; an ECU for controlling the motor generator; and an inclination detecting unit for detecting inclination of a road surface. The ECU performs power changing driving in which the vehicle is traveled while switching the motor generator between a first state (high output state) and a second state (low output state). In the first state (high output state), driving power of a first level is generated. In the second state (low output state), the driving power is made smaller than that in the first state. When it is recognized that the vehicle is traveling on an uphill road based on the inclination detected by the inclination detecting unit, ECU sets the driving power in the first state to be larger than that set when the vehicle is traveling on a flat road. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324261 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes: a power storage device; a motor generator that generates traveling driving power using electric power from the power storage device; an ECU; and an inclination detecting unit for detecting inclination of a road surface. The ECU performs power changing driving in which the vehicle is traveled while switching the motor generator between a first state and a second state, driving power of a first level being generated in the first state, driving power smaller than the driving power generated in the first state being generated in the second state. When the ECU recognizes, based on the inclination detected by the inclination detecting unit, that the vehicle is traveling on a road surface having a slope, the ECU eases up at least one of an upper limit value and a lower limit value of SOC of the power storage device. | 10-30-2014 |
20140343777 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an engine and a motor generator generating driving power for running, and an ECU for controlling the engine and the motor generator. If user requested power and a vehicle speed are substantially constant when inertial running control is selected by a user, the ECU causes continuous driving power operation to be performed on the engine in which the engine is driven to continuously generate constant driving power, and causes driving power variation operation to be performed on the motor generator in which the motor generator is alternately switched between a low output state and a high output state in terms of driving power, thereby running the vehicle. As a result, energy efficiency during vehicle running can be improved. | 11-20-2014 |
20140379187 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a motor generator and an engine generating driving power for running, and an ECU for controlling the motor generator and the engine. If user request power and a vehicle speed are substantially constant when inertial running control is selected by a user, the ECU causes driving power variation operation to be performed on the motor generator and the engine in which the motor generator and the engine are switched between a low output state and a high output state. The vehicle runs with inertial force of the vehicle in the low output state. As a result, energy efficiency during vehicle running can be improved. | 12-25-2014 |
20150021916 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150240701 | COOLANT CONTROL DEVICE - A coolant control device includes: first control means for, at warm-up of an internal combustion engine, circulating coolant in a first passage bypassing the engine and stopping coolant circulation in the second passage passing through the engine; second control means 0 for, at engine warm-up and when the quantity of heat required by a heater core is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold, circulating coolant in the first passage while adjusting the flow rate of coolant circulating in the first passage and stopping coolant circulation in the second passage; and third control means for, at engine warm-up and when the required quantity of heat exceeds the predetermined threshold, circulating coolant in the first passage without decreasing the flow rate of coolant circulating in the first passage and circulating coolant in the second passage while adjusting the flow rate of coolant circulating in the second passage. | 08-27-2015 |
20150267602 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - A cooling apparatus comprises a first cooling conduit branching off from a downstream side connection conduit to cool the cylinder head, a second cooling conduit branching off from the downstream side connection conduit, is provided in parallel with the first cooling conduit, an intermediate cooling conduit being connected to the first and second cooling conduits, is provided with an EGR cooler, a third cooling conduit running from a connection point of the intermediate cooling conduit and the first cooling conduit to an upstream side connection conduit, a fourth cooling conduit running from a connection point of the intermediate cooling conduit and the second cooling conduit to the upstream side connection conduit, and a changeover valve for adjusting the flow resistance of the second cooling conduit. And the direction of coolant flow in the intermediate cooling conduit is changed over by operating the changeover valve. | 09-24-2015 |
20150275741 | COOLING WATER CONTROL APPARATUS - A cooling water control apparatus has a setting device which sets a target heat amount line such that a condition where a transferred heat amount which is transferred to a heater core is equal to a required heat amount which is required by the heater core is satisfied at a desired time point at which the transferred heat amount starts to be actually used, the target heat amount line representing a successive target value of the transferred heat amount during a period until the desired time point; and a first controlling device which makes a cooling water circulate in a first pipe, stops the circulation of the cooling water in a second pipe and adjusts an output of an engine such that the transferred heat amount follows the target heat amount line. | 10-01-2015 |
20160102601 | COOLING WATER CONTROL APPARATUS - A cooling water control apparatus is a cooling water control apparatus for controlling a cooling apparatus having a first pipe which circulates cooling water through an engine; a second pipe which circulates the cooling water not through the engine; and a switching valve whose state is changed between opened and closed states, and has: a detecting device which detects first temperature of the cooling water in a pipe portion of the first pipe between the engine and the switching valve; and a determining device which determines that there is failure of the switching valve whose state is the closed state, if required period from the output of the command for changing the state of the switching valve from the opened state to the closed state until the first temperature reaches predetermined temperature is larger than predetermined target period. | 04-14-2016 |
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20080244205 | Storage system and storage control method - The correspondence between a plurality of virtual storage positions in a virtual volume for logically holding a snapshot image of a main volume in which data elements transmitted from a higher-level device are written and a plurality of address information elements indicating a plurality of actual storage positions of a plurality of data elements constituting the snapshot image is managed. In the initial backup, all the data elements stored in all the actual storage positions indicated by a plurality of address information elements are backed up, then storage positions where a difference has occurred between the virtual volume and the backup destination storage device is managed, and in the next and subsequent backups, data elements on the storage positions specified from the address information elements corresponding to the differentially managed storage positions are backed up. | 10-02-2008 |
20090077311 | Storage control method and system for performing backup and/or restoration - A second storage system (SS | 03-19-2009 |
20090112967 | Data access control system and method according to position information of mobile terminal - To restrict data transmission to a mobile terminal according to a location of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal requests data to a second computer, the mobile terminal does not log in the second computer. A communication method for a communication system having a first computer and the second computer, the first computer sends location information of the mobile terminal to the second computer, and the second computer controls data which is to be sent to the first computer according to an access right based on a predetermined location information by referring to received location information. Thereby, it can be controlled data sent to the mobile terminal. | 04-30-2009 |
20090248700 | CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTENT PROVISION METHOD - This content provision system includes a creation unit for associating the first content data and the second content data, assigning a common content ID to the first content data and the second content data, and creating management information of all content data configured from the first content data and the second content data based on the attribute information of content data, an analysis unit for analyzing hobby information of a user based on reference information for deciding hobby information of a user, a search unit for searching content data that coincides with the analyzed hobby information of a user based on the management information of all content data, and a provision unit for providing to a user content information that coincides with hobby information of a user based on the searched content data. | 10-01-2009 |
20100082897 | Load sharing method and system for computer system - The invention is directed to a load sharing method in a computer system including a first storage subsystem, a host computer, and a management computer. In the computer system, the first storage subsystem creates a plurality of first logical units from a storage area of a disk drive group, and the host computer creates a logical storage area configured by a plurality of virtual logical units respectively corresponding to the first logical units. A communications path is set between the host computer and each of the first logical units configuring the logical storage area. The load sharing method includes the steps of: monitoring, by the first storage subsystem, a load of its own; and changing, by the first storage subsystem, the communications paths between the host computer and the first logical units based on the monitoring result of the load. With such a configuration, provided is a computer system high in extensibility not deteriorating the performance at the limit of the system after load sharing among the storage subsystems. | 04-01-2010 |
20110246732 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING BACKUPS USING WIDE AREA NETWORK - One of a backup apparatus and a storage system performs control to store backup data in a storage system which belongs to an organization and/or location different from an organization and/or location to which a storage-target storage system for original data belongs, based on information (P) and/or (Q) below:
| 10-06-2011 |
20110264877 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - Efficiently utilizing the bandwidth of the host interface unit even after restoration. A controller manages a storage area of a disk as multiple logical units (LUs), as well as measures the bandwidth used by each host interface unit as load information, stores the load information at the time of the backup, and at the time of the restoration, restores the backup data in logical units in the restoration destination and, with reference to the load information, distributes the paths connecting the logical units in the access source and the logical units in the restoration destination to the host interface units. | 10-27-2011 |
20120246425 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF STORAGE SYSTEM - It is an object to use a storage region in an efficient manner and maintain a performance of a storage system. | 09-27-2012 |
20130117427 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCE POOL INFORMATION - A computer system is provided that is capable of reducing an administrator's operational errors by connecting a new server to a SAN and automating a SAN boot setting, and capable of lightening the administrator's task of checking for a wrong connection by detecting a wrong connection made when a new server is connected to an SNW connection device. Once a new server connected to a PnP SAN starts with a boot program obtained from a boot management server, the new server transmits configuration information on the new server to a resource management server. In response to a request from the resource management server, a storage device refers to PnP SAN information to transmit SAN information on a storage network connection device to which the new server is connected. The resource management server determines to add the new server to a resource group on the basis of the SAN information and requirement information. The resource management server sets the storage device and the new server for SAN-booting the new server. | 05-09-2013 |