Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Hitachi Astemo Ltd.

Eastman-Kodak Company

Neturen Co., Ltd.

Envision Aesc Japan Ltd.

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation

Takashi Matsuoka

Masashi Seimiya

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Manabu Sato

Tomoyasu Sakaguchi

Kenji Kanamori

Kouichi Ohira

Masami Tashiro

Kouji Sato

Masato Takiguchi

Takamitsu Tajima

Koji Kagaya

Yutaka Suzuki

Hiroshi Okamoto

Tomohiko Takahashi

Takahiko Kanai

Yoshitsugu Nakatomi

Toru Sato

Hideki Fukano

Taewon Kim

Yoshiki Seto

Shuji Yoshida

Kiyokazu Mori

Satoshi Onuma

Hirotaka Nakayama

Osamu Kenmochi

Koichi Kawamoto

Tsunetaka Takeuchi

Toshiharu Tanaka

Yukinari Goto

Hiroyuki Kanai

Toru Sasaki

Kesao Shindo

The present invention prevents occurrence of abnormal noise and swing of a vehicle in mitigating braking force of a steered wheel while reducing a steering load at the time of stationary steering to reduce a burden of a steering device and reducing stress accumulation due to stationary steering to reduce burdens of a tire, a suspension device and the steering device. The present invention includes a stop braking force control unitthat individually controls braking forces of steered wheelsandand non-steered wheelsandat the time of deceleration of the vehicle, and a pre-detection unitthat detects steering in a stopped state of the vehicle in advance, in which the stop braking force control unit executes, when the steering in a stopped state of the vehicle is detected in advance by the pre-detection unit, braking force mitigation control to decrease the braking forces of the steered wheels to be lower than the braking forces at the time of normal braking.

Vehicle braking force control device

A parking assistance apparatus is provided that is capable of improving convenience for a driver by determining that parking is possible in a case where the local vehicle will protrude from a parking frame but safety is ensured around a prescribed position that corresponds to the parking frame. The presence/absence of an obstacle around a prescribed position that corresponds to a parking frame is also determined for a parking frame from which the local vehicle will protrude. In a case where safety is ensured around the prescribed position that corresponds to the parking frame, it is determined that parking is possible, and the location of the parking frame is presented to a driver.

Parking assistance apparatus

There is proposed a gearshift control device which can reduce a transmission load due to preshift, and improve fuel efficiency of a vehicle. A gearshift control device which controls a transmissionincluding two systems of power transmission mechanisms, and preshifts the transmissionbased on a traveling plan during automatic driving of a vehicle. The gearshift control device makes automatic driving preshift execution decision of planning control contents of the transmissionbased on the traveling plan, and preshift execution decision of deciding whether or not to preshift the transmission based on a control plan of the transmission

Transmission control device

The present invention improves fuel efficiency of a vehicle and decreases a noise, by decreasing a margin value of a hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic pressure control target and decreasing the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic pressure control target, when the vehicle is driven automatically. In a hydraulic pressure control devicefor a vehicle that controls a line pressure or an operation pressure (hydraulic pressure) supplied to a clutchor a transmission(hydraulic pressure control target) provided in the vehicle, the hydraulic pressure control deviceincludes an operation pressure control unit(hydraulic pressure setting device) that sets margin values &#x3b1;and &#x3b1;of the operation pressure (line pressure) supplied to hydraulic circuitsandof the clutchor the transmission, on the basis of a predetermined driving plan (refer to FIG.) in the case of driving the vehicle automatically.

Hydraulic pressure control device and hydraulic pressure control method for vehicle

The present invention proposes a transmission control device capable of shortening a switching time between forward control and reverse control of a transmission. The present invention relates to a transmission control device that controls a transmission, including: a forward power transmission mechanism configured to move a vehicle forward; and a reverse power transmission mechanism configured to reverse the vehicle. Each of the forward power transmission mechanism and the reverse power transmission mechanism includes a driving-side connector and a driven-side connector. The forward power transmission mechanism and the reverse power transmission mechanism are configured to be capable of changing a contact state where the driving-side connector and the driven-side connector are pushed to contact each other, a retracted state where pushing forces are released to retract the driving-side connector and the driven-side connector, and an intermediate state formed as the intermediate state between the contact state and the retracted state. When the vehicle is controlled based on a previously-generated control content including switching between forward control and reverse control, one of the forward control and the reverse control is performed by controlling one power transmission mechanism between the forward power transmission mechanism and the reverse power transmission mechanism to the contact state while controlling the other power transmission mechanism to the intermediate state.

A welding state inspection method for ultrasonic-welded plate-like members includes the steps of measuring energy that has been transmitted to an anvil when ultrasonic-welding a plurality of plate-like members stacked on the anvil while pressing a horn that vibrates against the plate-like members; and determining a quality of a welding state of the plate-like members on the basis of the energy measured in the measuring step.

Welding state inspection method

Provided is a bonding state inspection method to accurately determine the quality of the bonding state of plate materials that have been ultrasonically bonded. The bonding state inspection method comprises a measuring step in which the rate of energy transfer rate to an anvil is measured each time a vibrating horn is pressed against a plurality of superimposed, plate materials on the anvil and the plate materials are ultrasonically bonded; a calculation step in which a variable threshold is calculated using the energy transfer rate measured each time of the ultrasonic bonding; and a determination step in which the quality of the bonding state of the plate materials is determined based on comparison between the magnitude of the energy transfer rate measured in the measuring step and the variable threshold calculated in the calculation step of the previous ultrasonic bonding.

Bonding state inspection method

A large-size face is immediately detected from a subject image. An image processing circuit of an imaging device detects a human face from a subject image and performs AWB, AE, and AF. The image processing circuit has processing for detecting a relatively-large-size face, processing for detecting a relatively-medium-size face, and processing for detecting a relatively-small-size face. When detecting a face, the image processing circuit first repeats, a plurality of times, processing for detecting a relatively-large-size face and outputting a detection result; performs processing for detecting a relatively-medium-size face and outputting a detection result; repeats, a plurality of times, processing for detecting a relatively-large-size face and outputting a detection result; and subsequently performs processing for detecting a relatively-small-size face and outputting a detection result.

Image processing device

A liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets by allowing a galvanized steel sheet and an aluminum alloy sheet to come into close contact with each other and pressing both sheets by using a first mold of a liquid phase diffusion bonding apparatus and a second mold of the same; and heating the sheets at approximately the same heat-up rate and at approximately the same temperature to perform liquid phase diffusion bonding of the sheets by using induction heat generated by applying high frequency currents to a first high frequency induction heating coil provided on the first mold and a second high frequency induction heating coil provided on the second mold. The first high frequency induction heating coil and the second high frequency induction heating coil are positioned to sandwich the sheets at predetermined distances from the sheets, respectively.

Liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets and liquid phase diffusion bonding apparatus for the same

In a semiconductor optical modulator of this invention, each quantum-well layer and each barrier layer of a quantum-well structure serving as a light absorption layer are respectively made of InGaAlN (0&#x2266;X, Y&#x2266;1, 0&#x2266;X+Y&#x2266;1) and InGaAlN (0&#x2266;X', Y&#x2032;&#x2266;1, 0&#x2266;X&#x2032;+Y&#x2032;&#x2266;1). An electric field is being generated in the light absorption layer by spontaneous polarization.

Semiconductor optical modulator and laser with optical modulator

A semiconductor light-emitting device of this invention includes at least a first cladding layer formed on a substrate, a light-emitting structure including an active layer made of InGaAlN (0&#x2266;X, Y&#x2266;1, 0&#x2266;X+Y&#x3c;1) and formed on the first cladding layer, and a second cladding layer formed on the light-emitting structure. The active layer is made of a material with a small Auger effect and a small dependency of its band gap energy on environment temperature.

Semiconductor light-emitting device for optical communications

A compact vehicle production line. The production line comprises a floor process of assembling floor constituent parts. Each is an aluminum alloy extrusion die cast product, which has been made, in an extrusion die casting process, by forcing molten aluminum alloy through a mold cavity in a predetermined direction. The assembled floor constituent parts are welded to make a floor structure. In an interior parts mount process, interior parts are to the floor structure to make a floor unit. In a body main process, each of two body side structures are trimmed to make a body side unit. A roof structure is trimmed to make a roof unit. The floor unit, the body side units, and the roof unit are assembled. The assembly is welded to make a body unit. In a running parts mount process, an under running unit is mounted to the body unit. In an exterior parts attachment process, color body panels are attached to the body unit.

Production of vehicles

A compact vehicle production line is disclosed. The production line comprises a floor process of assembling floor constituent parts. Each is an aluminum alloy extrusion die cast product, which has been made, in an extrusion die casting process, by forcing molten aluminum alloy through a mold cavity in a predetermined direction. The assembled floor constituent parts are welded to make a floor structure. In an interior parts mount process, interior parts are to the floor structure to make a floor unit. In a body main process, each of two body side structures are trimmed to make a body side unit. A roof structure is trimmed to make a roof unit. The floor unit, the body side units, and the roof unit are assembled. The assembly is welded to make a body unit. In a running parts mount process, an under running unit is mounted to the body unit. In an exterior parts attachment process, color body panels are attached to the body unit.

In a sapphire substrate having a heteroepitaxial growth surface, the heteroepitaxial growth surface is parallel to a plane obtained by rotating a (01{overscore (1)}0) plane of the sapphire substrate about a c-axis of the sapphire substrate through 8&deg; to 20&deg; in a crystal lattice of the sapphire substrate. A semiconductor device, electronic component, and crystal growing method are also disclosed.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Matsuoka