Paramount Bed Company, Limited

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renesas Electronics Corporation

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Hiroshi Nagaoka

Satoru Inoue

Masao Horitani

Hideo Nagano

Kenji Kawagoe

Takuya Murakami

Naotaka Kubota

Takaaki Uno

Yukitoshi Tsuboi

Hideo Aimoto

Masaharu Satou

Tamiyoshi Kasahara

Yoshinori Ishibashi

Yutaka Igaku

Takaki Matsumoto

Yusuke Matsunaga

Takeshi Nagayasu

Hironobu Maezawa

Takao Okura

Kazuyuki Nagase

According to one embodiment, a support system includes a server and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server. The terminal device includes an input circuit configured to receive a first signal which indicates that a user is awake, and a controller coupled to the input circuit and configured to determine to provide support to the user based on the first signal.

Support system

In a project management support system, a ratio calculation unit calculates, as an 'FL rate of project management', a ratio of the number of measures recorded in a risk measure to-do list to a sum of the number of problems recorded in a problem management table and the number of measures recorded in the risk measure to-do list. An achievement level calculation unit calculates a level of goal achievement for the 'FL rate of project management' from a calculation result by the ratio calculation unit and a target value of the &#x201c;FL rate of project management&#x201d;. A display control unit sets a display mode of the calculation result by the ratio calculation unit in accordance with the level of goal achievement calculated by the achievement level calculation unit and performs control to display the calculation result on a display in the display mode being set.

Project management support system, project management support method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a project management support program

A semiconductor device includes a system bus, a plurality of Central Processing Unit (CPU) cores each connected to the system bus, including a scan chain, and being assigned one or more tasks and configured to perform one of the tasks in a normal operation state, and a diagnostic test circuit connected to the system bus and capable of communicating with the plurality of the CPU cores, and configured to perform a scan test for the plurality of the CPU cores by using the scan chain. The plurality of the CPU cores outputs a test start instruction signal to the diagnostic test circuit, when the test start instruction signal is output from one of the plurality of the CPU cores, the diagnostic test circuit performs a scan test for the one of the plurality of the CPU cores in accordance with the test start instruction signal.

Semiconductor device, diagnostic test, and diagnostic test circuit

Deterioration in operation performance due to a fault diagnosis is prevented. A semiconductor deviceaccording to the present invention includes a plurality of CPU corestoeach including a scan chain, and a diagnostic test circuitthat performs a scan test for the plurality of CPU corestoby using the scan chain of the CPU core. The diagnostic test circuitperforms a scan test for each of the plurality of CPU corestoin a predetermined order on a periodic basis so that execution time periods of the scan tests do not overlap each other.

A coordinative control method for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed or the like, and a computer program for implementing the method, are provided. Specifically, a method for adjusting the back and knee bottom section is provided, in which the angular positions thereof are adjusted according to a preset action pattern. The initial starting positions of the adjustable sections are taken into account, and adjusted to a position corresponding to the closest point on a curve representing angular movement of the sections during the adjustment process. Then, the sections are adjusted in a manner that prevents exertion of uncomfortable pressure upon the torso of a user, and prevents sliding of a user relative to the foot of the bed.

Coordinative control method for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed, and computer program for implementing same

A bottom adjusting action control system for an adjustable bed is provided that facilitates adjustment of the adjustable bottom sections of the bed via a predetermined path of angular adjustment in reaching final set positions for the back and knee bottom sections. In particular, the control system of the present invention provides a means of adjusting the angular positions of adjustable bottom sections of the bed to predetermined final positions via preset bottom coordinative action patterns carried out by a controller means. The preset bottom coordinative action patterns raise and lower adjustable back and knee bottom sections of the bed in a coordinated manner, so as to adjust the bottom sections of the bed to the chosen angular positions without causing the user to slide relative to the bed, and without exerting uncomfortable abdominal pressure on the user.

Coordinative control system for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed

This invention relates to a method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed that has a back bottom section for lifting the back portion of a lying person and a knee bottom section for lifting his/her knee portion, in which the respective bottom sections can be lifted by the lifting mechanisms respectively provided for them, characterized in that the respective bottom sections are so constituted that they can be operated by the respectively provided lifting mechanisms either respectively independently or in an coordinative manner under a command selectively issued from an operation command means to a control means, and that position detecting means for detecting the lower limit positions of said respective bottom sections are installed at adequate places, wherein the control means lifts the respective bottoms sections in an coordinative manner subject to the condition that the position detecting means of the respective bottom sections detect the lower limit positions.

Method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed

An MPU sends pieces of information supplied by the input signals from a hand switch to a semiconductor memory device and the memory device stores these pieces of information. These pieces of information are: input points of an operation start signal and an operation end signal to a bottom drive unit; input points of a drive start signal of each bottom and a drive end signal of each bottom or a bottom drive time, information on lift-up or lift-down of each bottom; input points of a drive start signal and a drive end signal to a frame drive unit, information on lift-up or lift-down of a frame; and the type of an operated button of a hand switch. The data about bottoms is stored for both the back bottom and knee bottom.

Operation control apparatus for electric bed

In (&#x3b1;, &#x3b2;) coordinates defined by a back angle &#x3b1; and a knee angle &#x3b2;, a pattern that connects between a coordinate point (0, 0) at which each of a back bottom and a knee bottom is horizontal and a coordinate point (&#x3b1;, &#x3b2;) which is a final reaching point for a back lift-up operation and at which the back bottom is lifted up by a plurality of points is set, an optimal pattern which provides less slipperiness and less oppressive feeling is acquired beforehand, and a control section moves the back bottom and the knee bottom along the optimal pattern. This reliably prevents a carereceiver from slipping, regardless of subjective judgment by an operator or a carer, at the time of performing a back lift-up operation and back lift-down operation of an electric bed. It is therefore possible to prevent pressure from being applied onto the abdominal region and chest region of the carereceiver, thus relieving the carereceiver and carer of the burden.

Electric bed and control apparatus and control method therefor

A method of controlling the coordinative lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed that has a back bottom section for lifting the back portion of a lying person and a knee bottom section for lifting his/her knee portion, in which the respective bottom sections can be lifted by the lifting mechanisms respectively provided for them, characterized in that a pressure detecting means is interposed between the back bottom section and the back of the lying person, and when the back bottom section is pivotally rotated and lifted to be kept inclined from a flat state where all the bottom sections are kept down to lie flat, the knee bottom section is also adequately lifted, wherein the knee bottom section is controlled to decline when the pressure applied from the back bottom section to the back of the lying person and detected by said pressure detecting means has increased to a preset value.

Coordinative lifting control method of bottom sections for lying furniture such as a bed

A method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed that has a back bottom section for lifting the back portion of a lying person and a knee bottom section for lifting his/her knee portion, in which the respective bottom sections can be lifted by the lifting mechanisms respectively provided for them, characterized in that the respective bottom sections are so constituted that they can be operated selectively either respectively independently or in an interlocked manner in response to the command issued to a control means from an independent operation switch for operating each bottom section concerned independently or from an interlocked operation switch for operating the bottom sections in an interlocked manner, and that if the control means receives an interlocked operation command from an interlocked operation switch, it actuates the respective lifting mechanisms for operating the respective bottom sections in an interlocked manner, subject to the condition that commands are not issued from plural control switches.

Method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections in lying furniture such as a bed

A method of controlling the coordinative lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed that has a back bottom section for lifting the back portion of a lying person and a knee bottom section for lifting his/her knee portion, in which the respective bottom sections can be lifted by the lifting mechanisms respectively provided for them, characterized in that the back bottom section is provided with an external force detecting means for detecting the external force in the sliding direction acting on the back of the lying person when the back bottom section is lifted while the knee bottom section is kept lifted, that when the back bottom section is pivotally rotated and lifted to be kept inclined from a flat state where all the bottom sections are kept down to lie flat, the knee bottom section is also adequately lifted, and that when the external force in the sliding direction acting on the back of the lying person, detected by said external force detecting means, has risen to a preset value, the knee bottom section is controlled to descend.

Method of controlling the coordinative lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed

This invention relates to a method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed. It is a method of controlling the lifting of bottom sections of lying furniture such as a bed that has a back bottom section for lifting the back portion of a lying person and a knee bottom section for lifting his/her knee portion, in which the respective bottom sections can be lifted by the lifting mechanisms respectively provided for them, characterized in that in the case where all the bottom sections are lowered to lie flat from a state where the back bottom section is kept inclined after having been pivotally rotated and lifted, at first the lifting of the knee bottom section is started, and at a time instant adequately later than the lifting start time instant, the lowering of the back bottom section is started; thereafter the lowering of the back bottom section is continued, while the knee bottom section is lifted to the preset highest position and then is lowered to reach its lower limit position of lying flat at a time instant adequately later than the time instant when the back bottom section is lowered to its lower limit position of lying flat.

Lifting control method for lying furniture such as a bed

A wheel suspension for rear wheels of an automotive vehicle, comprises a coil spring on a rear lateral link having an articulation point on an axle housing, a front lateral link, a radius rod and an upper arm having an articulation point on the axle housing at a position higher than a wheel center. A shock absorber is arranged such that its longitudinal axis crosses the wheel center as viewed the axle housing in a transverse direction with respect to a normal forward driving direction. The upper arm is connected to a suspension member via a forward pivot and a rearward pivot. The arrangement is such that loading the axle housing at the connection point with the upper arm in a rearward direction with respect to the normal forward direction causes the upper arm to position the connection point inwardly with respect to the vehicle body, and loading the axle housing at the connection point in the normal forward direction causes the upper arm to position the connection point outwardly with respect to the vehicle body.

Rear wheel suspension

A rear wheel suspension arrangement for an automotive vehicle provides an axle housing rotatably mounting rear vehicular road wheels, each of the wheels having a wheel center. At each wheel, a radius rod which extends forwardly and inwardly, as viewed in a normal forward direction of the vehicle, is connected to the axle housing at a first articulated connection at a position lower than the wheel center. Further, a front lateral link, extending generally transversely to the forward direction of the vehicle is connected to the axle housing at a second articulated connection also located below the wheel center. In addition, a rear lateral link, positioned rearwardly of the front lateral link and extending in the traverse direction of the vehicle, is connected to the axle housing at a third articulated connection also located below the wheel center. The suspension structure also includes an upper arm having an articulated connection to the axle housing at a position above the wheel center. A coil spring is disposed between a lower side of a vehicle body and an upper surface of the rear lateral link, while a shock absorber having a coaxially mounted bump rubber provided at an upper side thereof is connected at an upper end thereof to the vehicle body and at a lower end thereof to a fourth articulated connection at an upper side of the axle housing.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Nagaoka