Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.k.

Hiroshi Izumi

Yuji Suzuki

Yosuke Hanai

Ayaka Kobayashi

Takaki Kanno

Kazuhiro Kuroda

Takashi Ohta

Muneyuki Maeda

Yohei Nagakura

To prevent a decrease in detection accuracy of an obstacle that occurs when an obstacle detection distance of an infrared beam at the center is set longer than an infrared beam of at least one of the left or the right, an obstacle detection device for a vehicle which detects an obstacle in front includes an effective-range control partwhich controls the maximum effective distance of obstacle detection. The effective-range control partextends the maximum effective distance of the second emitting-and-receiving partsdisposed on at least one of the left or the right from an initial value Lto an extended value Lwhen the first emitting-and-receiving partat the center detects an obstacle

Obstacle detection device for vehicle and misacceleration mitigation device using the same

A portable electronic device including a battery, a direct current (DC) power source, a first device that consumes a first amount of power during operation, a second device that consumes a second amount of power during operation, the second amount of power being more than the first amount of power, a first switch provided in a charging path between the DC power source and the battery, a second switch provided in a path for supplying power from the battery to the second device, and a charging control circuit that controls charging the battery by connecting the first switch when external power is supplied via the DC power source, and control the second switch to be connected and the first switch to be disconnected when the second device is operated during the charging.

Portable electronic apparatus and charging apparatus

A controller for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) mounted in a vehicle. The controller includes a first setting unit for setting a basic speed ratio of the CVT; a second setting unit for setting an adjustment speed ratio of the CVT; and a control unit for controlling the CVT based on the basic speed ratio and adjustment speed ratio. The second setting unit includes an increasing unit for progressively increasing the adjustment speed ratio according to a increase in a target torque interrelated value in a first operating area, and a decreasing unit for progressively decreasing the adjustment speed ratio according to a decrease in the target torque interrelated value in a second operating area. Between the first operating area and the second operating area, the second setting unit maintains the adjustment speed ratio that is set finally.

Controller for continuously variable transmission

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Izumi