Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Aisin Corporation

Fumiaki Yoshikawa

Takashi Watanabe

Satoshi Matsushita

Hisanori Yanagida

Yuichi Uchida

Seiji Hanatani

Masahiko Kajioka

Osamu Nishimura

Yuki Yamamoto

Shinya Kobayashi

Takeshi Iijima

Shinji Kojima

Tetsu Narutani

Nobuyoshi Takashiba

Masakatsu Yamazaki

Tsuguo Takehara

Hidekaku Yoshimatsu

Masao Tsuzaki

Katashi Takaki

Isamu Shiota

Takayasu Yamada

Rinzo Tachibana

A control device includes an image processing unit that generates an overhead image of a vehicle and its surroundings using a plurality of pieces of imaging data acquired by cameras in the vehicle, a display control unit that displays the overhead image, a touch panel, and a blind spot area determination unit that determines a blind spot area in the imaging data based on detection of a trailer around the vehicle. The image processing unit changes allocation of first imaging data and second imaging data in the overhead image based on whether it is determined that the blind spot area exists in the first imaging data.

Device, method, and program for generating an overhead image around a vehicle relative to a target object

A vehicle control deviceincudes: a detection unit configured to detect an operation onto an accelerator pedal; a driving force limitation unitconfigured to conduct driving force limitation control of limiting driving force of a vehicle in accordance with the operation onto the accelerator pedal; a limitation setting unitconfigured to switch between activation and deactivation of the driving force limitation control for every electronic keyto be used when driving the vehicle, based on limitation setting information set for every electronic keyof the vehicle; and a notification unitconfigured to give a notification to a driver when an abnormality related to conducting the driving force limitation control is detected, in which the notification unitgives the notification to the driver, when the abnormality is detected, in a case where the driving force limitation control is deactivated.

Vehicle control device

A rapid acceleration suppression device of a vehicle includes: a shift position acquisition part configured to acquire an operation position of a gearshift; an accelerator position acquisition part configured to acquire a depression amount of an accelerator pedal; an accelerator operation determination part configured to determine an operating state of the accelerator pedal; and an acceleration suppression control part configured to provide control over a vehicle drive part, (i) such that acceleration of the vehicle is suppressed, when the position of the gearshift is in a non-drive range and also when the accelerator operation determination part determines that a sudden depression of the accelerator pedal, and (ii) such that the vehicle travels at a low speed, and then, at an accelerated speed within a prescribed upper limit, when the position of the gearshift is changed from the non-drive to drive range, while the accelerator pedal is kept on being depressed.

Rapid acceleration suppression device and rapid acceleration suppression control method

A vehicle control device includes: an accelerator pedal operation detecting unit, a state quantity acquiring devices, and a driving force limiting unit that limits a driving force based on an accelerator pedal operation and a vehicle state quantity. The driving force limiting unit executes acceleration suppression control for setting an upper limit value of the driving force to a first limit value when a sudden accelerator pedal operation is detected, executes limited acceleration suppression control for setting the upper limit to a second limit value larger than the first limit value when the accelerator pedal is continuously depressed or depressed again within a predetermined time after the accelerator pedal is returned during execution of the acceleration suppression control, and switches the upper limit value according to the abnormality-occurring state quantity acquiring device when the abnormality has occurred in the state quantity acquiring devices during execution of these controls.

A control modification device for vehicle includes: an acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down that is mounted in a subject vehicle and is configured to limit a speed of the vehicle when a speed of an accelerator pedal step-down exceeds a prescribed threshold; an ID key that stores therein setting information showing whether a function of the acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down is made valid or invalid; a setting change part that is configured to recognize the setting information stored in the ID key and change a setting based on the recognized result; and a control switch part that is mounted on the vehicle and is configured to prompt a user of the vehicle to select and switch whether the function of the acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down is made valid or invalid, independently from the result of the setting change.

Control modification device for vehicle

A driving support device includes: an accelerator pedal operation detection unit configured to detect an accelerator pedal operation; an advancing direction detection unit configured to detect an advancing direction; a shift range detection unit configured to detect a shift range; a switchback determination unit configured to determine that a switchback state is occurring, in which the advancing direction that has been detected is different from an advancing direction based on the shift range; and a driving force limitation unit configured to limit a driving force in accordance with the accelerator pedal operation, in which the driving force limitation unit limits the driving force in accordance with the accelerator pedal operation, and also sets a limit amount of the driving force while the switchback state is occurring to be smaller than a limit amount of the driving force while no switchback state is occurring.

Driving support device

A rapid acceleration suppression device of a subject vehicle includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire information on vehicle speed and time-series information on accelerator position; a determination part configured to determine whether or not the accelerator has been performed abnormally, based on the time-series information on the accelerator position; and a control part configured to provide control over a drive force of the subject vehicle, based on a current vehicle speed and a current accelerator position. If the determination part determines that the accelerator has been performed abnormally, the control part allows an acceleration of the subject vehicle within a range within which the current vehicle speed does not exceed a preset upper limit vehicle speed.

Rapid acceleration suppression device

A vehicle control apparatus that provides control over a brake device or a power plant device of a host vehicle includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire information on state of the brake device and the power plant device and information on front wheel steering angle; a determination part configured to determine whether or not an abnormality has occurred in a turnability improvement control; a deceleration force computation part configured to compute a required deceleration force; and a coordinated control part configured to perform a coordinated control in which a distribution ratio between a brake deceleration force of the brake device and a power plant deceleration force of the power plant device is adjusted. When an abnormality has occurred in the turnability improvement control, a sum of the brake deceleration force and the power plant deceleration force is degenerated according to a prescribed time rate of change.

Vehicle control apparatus

A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet which has no warpage, higher fiber orientation or randomized fiber orientation, manufactured by supplying a dispersion containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin from an inlet onto a moving endless mesh belt and by continuously forming a web in the shape of a sheet while subjecting the dispersion to suction and filtration, is disclosed. The method and apparatus of manufacturing the same by means of controlling the speed ratio and the distribution of the suction amount of the aqueous medium are also disclosed.

Fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet and method of wet

Method of making a fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheet having

The present invention provides an apparatus for wet manufacturing a fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet, having a manifold capable of uniformly distributing the solid concentrations without being affected by inertia force caused by the difference in shape between solids. The invention further provides an apparatus for wet manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin sheet having a buffer inlet or reservoir headbox capable of permitting inhibition of variations of the unit weight distribution under the effect of the dynamic pressure of the raw material dispersing liquid and the resultant fluctuations.

Apparatus for wet manufacturing fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin

A method for producing an oxide useful as a starting material for making soft ferrites comprised mainly of iron, zinc and at least one metal selected from manganese, magnesium, nickel and copper is described. In the method, while chlorides of metals other than zinc are roasted for oxidation to produce a composite oxide, zinc oxide is added during the roasting. This method ensures addition of zinc oxide at high yield without use of zinc chloride having a high vapor pressure. The resultant oxide for ferrites has desired ratios of metal constituents and contains spinel ferrites which are intermediate products with zinc oxide being uniformly dispersed. The use of the starting oxide leads to omission of a calcination step and a powder mixing step in the production process of ferrites. Ferrites with good quality can be obtained by direct sintering. An alternative method using zinc chloride instead of zinc oxide is also described which can provide an equivalent oxide for making ferrites.

Method producing composite oxides for use as starting materials for

A lance for blow-refinement in a converter comprises a primary nozzle generating a high-velocity, high-pressure primary oxygen jet, and an auxiliary nozzle generating an auxiliary oxygen jet. The auxiliary oxygen jet formed by the auxiliary nozzle has a velocity lower than the speed of sound. The auxiliary nozzle is configured so as to impede but not prevent oxygen flow therethrough. In the preferred construction, deceleration of gas-metal reaction induced by the oxygen jet.

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Fumiaki Yoshikawa