Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

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Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Satoshi Nakagawa

Takaaki Enomoto

Masakazu Ninomiya

Norio Omori

Kazuhiro Aoki

Takeshi Endoh

Kouichi Takagi

A data-to-be-recorded generating section generates a piece of data-to-be-recorded by associating an emotion level of a user estimated through an emotion level estimating section with a piece of lifelog data obtained through a lifelog data obtaining section. A log managing section manages whether the piece of data-to-be-recorded should be stored in a memory device based on a selectivity based on the emotion level.

Lifelog recording system

A vehicle alertness control system that executes alertness control to increase an alertness level of a driver of a vehicle includes an alertness level determination unit, an alertness controller, and a conversation controller. The alertness level determination unit is configured to determine an alertness level of the driver. The alertness controller is configured to select a level of a stimulus applied to the driver based on the determined alertness level. The conversation controller is configured to select a conversation category corresponding to the selected stimulus level from conversation categories categorizing a content of utterance in correspondence with each stimulus level and control conversation with the driver through a speaker and a microphone.

Vehicle alertness control system

The automobile power source monitor is provided with: a breaker mounted in the feeding path through which the electric power from the battery is fed to the electric devices through the feed sockets A -Am provided in the car; an engine stop detecting circuit to detect the stop of the engine according to the L signal of the regulator IC , and to shut down the breaker through the driving circuit ; an over current detecting circuits C -Cm to detect the over current according to the detecting values of the current detecting circuits B -Bm, and to shut down the breaker ; an idling-up instruction circuit to detect the increase of the feeding current, and to instruct the idling-up; and a low voltage detecting circuit to detect the lowering of the output voltage of the battery and to shut down the breaker

Automobile power source monitor

A lubricating apparatus for an internal-combustion engine comprises a detector for detecting whether the engine runs or not, a heat storage reservoir connected to lubricating oil outflow and inflow ports of the engine by a circular pipe system for storing the oil and maintaining its temperature, the heat storage reservoir being provided outside the engine, a hydraulic pump provided between the inflow port and the heat storage reservoir for controlling the supply of the oil stored in the heat storage reservoir to portions of the engine in response to a control signal, and a controller responsive to an output of the detector for producing the control signal to stop the hydraulic pump in order to maintain a temperature of the oil stored in the heat storage reservoir when the detector detects a stop of the engine and for producing the control signal to actuate the hydraulic pump to supply the oil, whose temperature is maintained by the heat storage reservoir, to the portions of the engine. The restarting of the engine is easily made because the oil is collected in the heat storage reservoir when the engine is stopped. In addition, the size of the engine is decreased, because the oil pan is omitted or part of the oil pan remains in the engine.

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Satoshi Nakagawa