A DC power source device (100) comprises: a rectification circuit (2); a reactor (3); a charging unit (4); a charge storage unit (6); and a control unit (10). The charge storage unit (6) has first and second capacitors (6a, 6b) that are connected in series. The charging unit (4) has first and second switching elements (4a, 4b) connected in series and first and second reverse flow prevention elements (5a, 5b), and selectively charges one or both of the first and second capacitors (6a, 6b). The control unit (10) controls, when the rotational speed of a motor provided to a load (8) is equal to or higher than a first speed during control of an operation of the charging unit (4), the first and second switching elements (4a, 4b) so that an electrical capacitance obtained when the charge storage unit (6) is viewed from the charging unit (4) becomes equal to an electrical capacitance of the first or second capacitor (6a, 6b) alone, and individually charges either one of the first and second capacitors (6a, 6b).
H02M 3/155 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H02M 7/12 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
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SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
This signal processing device comprises a target detection unit (12) for detecting a target from reception signals from a plurality of subarrays or element antennas of an array antenna and an estimation unit (13A; 13B) for using a detected target reception signal and advance information relating to the angle and angular velocity of the target to estimate the angle and angular velocity of the target.
G01S 7/02 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group
An air-conditioning management system that includes: an air-conditioning system comprising air-conditioning devices, including an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, and a remote control device, each of which is capable of wired communication; and a communication terminal. Each of the air-conditioning devices is provided with a transmission/reception unit for transmitting its own device data to other air-conditioning devices or to the communication terminal in response to reception of a request signal requesting for the device data. The communication terminal is capable of carrying out near-field communication with at least one of the air-conditioning devices, and is provided with a transmission unit for transmitting the request signal to one of the air-conditioning devices by means of the near-field communication, and a reception unit for receiving, by means of the near-field communication, the device data transmitted in response to the request signal.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology for making it possible to create an appropriate work plan considering the state of a worker on duty and off duty. An acquisition unit acquires: at least one set of information of either biological information or living activity information of a worker at the time of being on duty and at the time of being off duty; attribute information of the worker; and a production plan concerning the worker. A load estimation unit estimates a mental load amount of the worker on the basis of said at least one set of information. A work plan creation unit creates a work plan for the worker on the basis of the attribute information, the production plan, and the mental load amount.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HYDRONICS & IT COOLING SYSTEMS S.P.A. (Italy)
Inventor
Kawashima Mitsuru
Okajima Jiro
Marchetto Federico
Abstract
This air conditioner operates a blower and supplies air-conditioned air into a room through an air supply duct, the air conditioner comprising an outside-air port for taking in outside air, an air supply port to which the air supply duct is connected and which supplies the outside air taken in from the outside-air port into a room, an air circulation port for taking in air from within the room, and a casing in which is formed an air exhaust port for exhausting air taken in from the air circulation port to outside of the room. The air conditioner additionally comprises: an outside-air-side wind path for allowing the outside-air port and the air supply port to communicate, the outside-air-side wind path being formed inside the casing; an air-exhaust-side wind path for allowing the air circulation port and the air exhaust port to communicate, the air-exhaust-side wind path being formed inside the casing separately from the outside-air-side wind path; an indoor heat exchanger through which refrigerant flows and which is disposed in the outside-air-side wind path; a blower for generating an airflow from the outside-air port into the room via the air supply port and the air supply duct during operation, the blower being disposed in the outside-air-side wind path; and an air supply damper for opening and closing the air supply port, the air supply damper being opened while the blower is operating and being closed while the blower is stopped.
A heater is provided which, when warm air blows into an indoor space, suppresses the warm air from rising even when the warm air has buoyancy, and which enables delivering the warm air efficiently to the floor surface. The heater 1 comprises a second air passage 17 which, when warm air is blown out of a first air passage 16, blows out an airflow that has a lower temperature than the warm air blown out of the first air passage such that the airflow flows vertically above the warm air blown out from the ceiling and the first air passage 16; thereby, it is possible to suppress the warm air blown out of the first air passage 16 from rising due to buoyancy by means of the airflow blown out of the second air passage 17; this makes it possible to efficiently deliver the warm air to the floor surface.
An abnormality detection device (23) is provided with a travel determination unit (24) and a sensor abnormality detection unit (25). The travel determination unit (24) determines whether or not the traveling state of an electric railway vehicle is a non-traveling state in which the speed of the electric railway vehicle is less than a speed threshold value. When the electric railway vehicle is not in the non-traveling state, the sensor abnormality detection unit (25) detects that a rotation detector (4) not outputting a rotation detection signal is abnormal when an operation command signal, which indicates an operation command instructing the operation of the electric railway vehicle, indicates a power running command or a brake command. When the electric railway vehicle is in the non-traveling state, the sensor abnormality detection unit (25) does not detect that the rotation detector (4) not outputting a rotation detection signal is abnormal when the operation command signal indicates a power running command or a brake command.
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
A control system (1) in which a camera (20) and a PLC (10) are connected by a control network, wherein: the camera (20) is provided with a first synchronous counter; the PLC (10) is provided with a second synchronous counter; the control network periodically and repeatedly synchronizes the first and second synchronous counters with a high degree of precision by measuring the transmission delay time between the camera (20) and the PLC (10) a plurality of times; the camera (20) adds the count value of the first synchronous counter at the time of capturing an image to a captured image and transfers the resulting image to the PLC (10) via the control network; and the PLC (10) stores, in a storage device in the PLC (10), internal data or data of a connected controlled object, the count value of the first synchronous counter, and image data, together with a count value of the second synchronous counter.
An air-conditioning device comprising an outdoor unit, which is provided with a compressor for circulating a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit, and an outdoor heat exchanger through which the refrigerant flows, a first indoor unit, which is provided with a first indoor heat exchanger through which the refrigerant flows, a relay device, which is provided with a relay heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and a heat medium different from the refrigerant, and a pump for circulating the heat medium in a heat medium circuit, and a second indoor unit, which is provided with a second indoor heat exchanger through which the heat medium flows, wherein the first indoor unit is installed in a first air-conditioned space, the second indoor unit is installed in a second air-conditioned space, the first air-conditioned space has such a volume that even when the total amount of refrigerant sealed in the refrigerant circuit leaks into the first air-conditioned space, the concentration of the refrigerant in the first air-conditioned space is less than a reference value, and the volume of the second air-conditioned space is less than the volume of the first air-conditioned space.
Provided is a refrigeration cycle device having a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, a pressure-reducing device, and an evaporator are connected via piping, and a refrigerant circulates through the piping. The refrigeration cycle device comprises: a refrigerant leak detector that detects a refrigerant leak from the refrigerant circuit and transmits a detection signal; and a control device. The control device performs, on the basis of the detection signal from the refrigerant leak detector, detection of a refrigerant leak from the refrigerant circuit, and performs, on the basis of the state of the refrigerant or a device of the refrigerant circuit, a refrigerant leak determination process for the refrigerant so as to perform detection of a refrigerant leak.
This ozone supply plan creation device (1) is provided with: a consumption amount acquisition unit (12) which acquires the unit ozone consumption amount, which indicates the amount of ozone consumed per unit time in ozone-using facilities (3-1 to 3-N) that use ozone; an autolysis rate calculation unit (13) which calculates an ozone autolysis rate using information indicating the ozone storage environment; and a plan creation unit (18) which creates an ozone supply plan, which is a plan for supplying ozone to the ozone-using facilities (3-1 to 3-N), on the basis of the total amount of ozone storable in the ozone-using facilities (3-1 to 3-N) and the unit ozone consumption amount and the autolysis rate.
This steady range determination system (100) determines the steady range of a multi-valued signal in operation data that includes the multi-valued signal. A conversion unit (122) converts the multi-valued signal into one or more binary signals using a threshold value. A prediction unit (123) inputs the binary signal converted by the conversion unit (122) to a prediction model (133) and calculates a converted-binary-signal prediction value. A range determination unit (126) calculates, on the basis of the converted-binary-signal prediction value and the threshold value, the probability that a signal value of the multi-valued signal included in the operation data is present within a range established on the basis of the threshold value. The range determination unit (126) determines the steady range of the multi-valued signal included in the operation data on the basis of the aforementioned probability.
The present disclosure relates to a traveling trajectory generation device for generating a traveling trajectory of a vehicle, and comprises: a reference value storage unit that stores, as a plurality of previous reference values, a plurality of reference values including information about the state of a vehicle to be referred to when generating the traveling trajectory; a reference value calculation unit that, on the basis of at least the target state, which is the target value of the vehicle state quantity of the vehicle, and the plurality of previous reference values, calculates a plurality of current reference values to be referred to when generating a traveling trajectory in the current calculation cycle; and a trajectory generation unit that generates a travel trajectory on the basis of the plurality of current reference values calculated by the reference value calculation unit.
This behavior assistance system provides assistance with an activity of a user and comprises: a detection device that detects the state of the user; a projection device that performs display or illumination of an image; and a control device that controls the projection device on the basis of the results of the detection by the detection device such that the projection device performs display or illumination of an image relating to a behavior item defined in association with the activity to be assisted.
G16H 20/00 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
A vacuum circuit breaker (100) comprises: a plurality of vacuum valves (20) that are mutually connected in series and that each have a cylindrical vacuum container (21), a fixed electrode (22) fixed to the inside of the vacuum container (21), a movable conductor (25) protruded from the inside of the vacuum container (21) to the outside of the vacuum container (21) and movable in the center axis direction of the vacuum container (21), a movable electrode (23) capable of being separated from the fixed electrode (22) and capable of being contacted with the fixed electrode (22) by moving with the movable conductor (25) in the inside of the vacuum container (21); and a cylindrical tank (10) for accommodating the plurality of vacuum valves (20). The plurality of vacuum valves (20) have at least two vacuum valves (20) adjacent to each other in a direction intersecting with a center axis (N0) of the tank (10).
This positioning device (100) comprises a provisional position calculation unit (120), a two-dimensional position calculation unit (140), a three-dimensional position calculation unit (150), and a position combination unit (160). The positioning device (100) performs three-dimensional positioning of a terminal using relative angles formed by the terminal and respective base stations. The provisional position calculation unit (120) calculates the provisional position of the terminal on the basis of observed data. The two-dimensional position calculation unit (140) calculates the two-dimensional position of the terminal on the basis of observed data and the provisional position. The three-dimensional position calculation unit (150) calculates the three-dimensional position of the terminal on the basis of the observed data and the provisional position. The position combination unit (160) combines the two-dimensional position and the three-dimensional position and obtains the position of the terminal.
A scene captioning system is provided. The scene captioning system includes an interface configured to acquire a stream of scene data signals including frames and sound data, a memory to store a computer-executable scene captioning model including a scene encoder, a timing decoder, a timing detector, and a caption decoder, wherein the audio-visual encoder is shared by the timing decoder and the timing detector and the caption decoder, and a processor, in connection with the memory. The processor is configured to perform steps of extracting scene features from the scene data signals by use of the audio-visual encoder, determining a timing of generating a caption by use of the timing detector, wherein the timing is arranged an early stage of the stream of scene data signals, and generating the caption based on the scene features by using the caption decoder according to the timing.
G06V 20/40 - Scenes; Scene-specific elements in video content
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/70 - Labelling scene content, e.g. deriving syntactic or semantic representations
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
This information processing device (100) comprises a legitimacy verification unit (101). The legitimacy verification unit (101) compares data being verified, which is verification data calculated on the basis of data saved in a saving location indicated by activation recording data that indicates a saving location where activated software being executed during activation of the information processing device (100) should be saved and which is calculated during activation of the information processing device (100), and comparison data, which is verification data calculated before activation of the information processing device (100) on the basis of the activated software and which is used as a subject of comparison with the data being verified, to thereby verify the legitimacy of the activated software.
G06F 21/51 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
G06F 21/64 - Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
19.
A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCENE-A WARE AUDIO-VIDEO REPRESENTATION
Embodiments disclose a method and system for a scene-aware audio-video representation of a scene. The scene-aware audio video representation corresponds to a graph of nodes connected by edges. A node in the graph is indicative of the video features of an object in the scene. An edge in the graph connecting two nodes indicates an interaction of the corresponding two objects in the scene. In the graph, at least one or more edges are associated with audio features of a sound generated by the interaction of the corresponding two objects. The graph of the audio-video representation of the scene may be used to perform a variety of different tasks. Examples of the tasks include one or a combination of an action recognition, an anomaly detection, a sound localization and enhancement, a noisy-background sound removal, and a system control.
G10L 25/57 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for processing of video signals
G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
A failure detection device (10) detects, in a display apparatus (100) having an image display panel (2) attached to a housing (1) and a laser light source (3) for generating light (L1) to be applied to a back surface (2b) of the image display panel (2), a failure in the display apparatus (100). The failure detection device (10) has a first light sensor (11) that detects reflected light (L2) of light (L1) applied to the back surface (2b), and a control unit (13) that, when a detected value by the first light sensor (11) decreases by an amount larger than a predetermined first threshold value during a period when the laser light source (3) is on, turns off the laser light source (3).
G09G 5/00 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
G09F 9/00 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
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ALIGNMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ALIGNMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND ALIGNMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD
An alignment management system (SKS) comprises: a control device (SD) which instructs that a plurality of markers (HY) be displayed that indicate positions where a plurality of persons (KR) who have been assigned serial numbers for receiving a procedure should line up to wait for the procedure; and a display device (HD) which displays the plurality of markers (HY) on a surface (YK) supporting the plurality of persons (KR) in response to the instruction.
An ozone amount calculation device (1) according to the present disclosure comprises: an autolysis amount calculation unit (12) which calculates an autolysis rate of ozone by using information indicating a holding environment of an ozone storage container (2) installed in an ozone utilization facility that utilizes ozone, and which calculates an autolysis amount by using the autolysis rate and the installation day of the ozone storage container (2); a remaining ozone amount calculation unit (13) which calculates a remaining ozone amount, which is a remaining amount of ozone in the ozone storage container (2) that reflects the autolysis amount, by using the autolysis amount and remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of ozone in the ozone storage container (2) that reflects an amount of ozone consumed in the ozone utilization facility; and an output unit (14) which outputs the ozone remaining amount.
A wireless power supply system (100A, 100B) includes a plurality of power transmitting units (10) and a power receiving unit (13). The plurality of power transmitting units (10) are provided in a hoistway (1) so as to be aligned in a direction of travel of a car (2). The power receiving unit (13) is provided on the car (2). Electric power is supplied to the plurality of power transmitting units (10) from a power transmitting device (11), and electric power is transmitted in a non-contact manner from the plurality of power transmitting units (10) to the power receiving unit (13). Electric power accepted by a power receiving device (14) from the power receiving unit (13) is supplied to a load device (9). A dimension of the power receiving unit (13) in the direction of travel of the car (2) is greater than a dimension of each of the plurality of power transmitting units (10) in the direction of travel of the car (2).
This PLC (100) comprises: a collection unit (142) which repeatedly collects, from a device memory (110), values which change according to the control of an apparatus; a buffering unit (144) which stores, in a buffer (120), data that indicates the values collected at a timing corresponding to the establishment of a buffering condition; a logging unit (145) which reads data from the buffer (120) when a logging condition is established, and stores, as log data, the read data in a storage unit (130). The buffering unit (144) destroys the data stored in the buffer (120), when another predetermined condition, which is different from the buffering condition and the logging condition, is established.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Nakano Tomoharu
Tanaka Yosuke
Yamagata Kazunori
Kamakoshi Koji
Abstract
A failure site and replacement part estimation system (100) includes a terminal device (2) and a server (1). The terminal device (2) includes a failure status input unit (21) for inputting customer information data including information related to a purchased device and information about the customer that purchased the device, and device state data including a failure status of the device. The server (1) includes: a failure site estimation unit (12) that estimates a failure site of the device on the basis of the customer information data, the device state data, and device information data including a model of the device; a part category searching unit (13) that searches a part category of a replacement part in accordance with the estimated failure site; and a replacement part searching unit (14) that searches data of candidates for the replacement part in accordance with the searched part category.
A ranging device (1a) has: light emission parts (101-103) for emitting a plurality of emission lights (E1, E2, E3); a plurality of separating optical parts (SP1, SP2, SP3); a scanning optical part (6) for causing the plurality of emission lights (E1, E2, E3) to scan, the plurality of emission lights (E1, E2, E3) proceeding from the plurality of emission parts (101-103) via the plurality of separating optical parts (SP1, SP2, SP3) and being incident at different incidence angles; a plurality of light-receiving elements (PD1, PD2, PD3) for receiving a plurality of return lights (R1, R2, R2), respectively, that are reflected by the scanning optical part (6) and proceed via the plurality of separating optical parts (SP1, SP2, SP3), the return lights (R1, R2, R3) being reflected light from regions irradiated by the scanning plurality of emission lights (E1, E2, E3); and a base member (2) for retaining the plurality of light-receiving elements (PD1, PD2, PD3) and the plurality of separating optical parts (SP1, SP2, SP3).
A propulsion control device (100) comprises a control unit (10) for performing mode switching control and power consumption control, wherein: said mode switching control switches between an asynchronous mode and a synchronous mode on the basis of a filter capacitor voltage and a main electric motor speed; and said power consumption control causes regenerative power generated when a main electric motor (9) operates as a generator to be consumed at a power consumption resistor (52) of a brake chopper circuit (5). The control unit (10) changes the target value of the filter capacitor voltage controlled by the power consumption control, thereby controlling an operation point at which the asynchronous mode and the synchronous mode are switched to each other to a desired position.
H02P 27/06 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using dc to ac converters or inverters
The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a travel control device and a travel control method that are capable of controlling autonomous driving appropriately according to the state of a specific action. The travel control device according to the present disclosure comprises a boarding state detection unit that detects the boarding state of at least one occupant in a vehicle, an occupant action detection unit that detects an occupant action including at least one of the body motion and voice of the occupant, and a control unit that performs, when determining that a specific action person included in the at least one occupant has performed a predetermined specific action on the basis of the occupant action detected by the occupant action detection unit during traveling of the vehicle, control of starting mandatory autonomous driving, which disables cancellation of autonomous driving until a predetermined cancellation operation is performed, on the basis of the type of the specific action and the boarding state detected by the boarding state detection unit.
This air conditioning system (1) comprises an air conditioner (10), a remote monitoring device (21) for monitoring the air conditioner (10), and a server device (31) for communicating with the remote monitoring device (21). The server device (31) is provided with a communication unit (301) for transmitting and receiving data to and from the remote monitoring device (21), and a parser processing unit (302) for executing a process relating to the monitoring of the air conditioner (10) by the remote monitoring device (21).
Provided is a split-type distribution panel that is assembled in the vertical direction and can improve assembly workability and carry-in efficiency. The split-type distribution panel according to the present disclosure has a plurality of casings (3) assembled in the vertical direction with each casing (3) accommodating an electronic apparatus, the split-type distribution panel comprising: a first casing (3a) serving as a casing (3) disposed in a lower tier; a second casing (3b) serving as a casing (3) disposed in an upper tier above the first casing (3a); a rail part (4) including a first rail part (6) and a second rail part (7) provided at an upper surface of the first casing (3a), the first rail part (6) extending along a first direction, and the second rail part (7) extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a movable part (5) provided at a lower surface of the second casing (3b) and movably formed along the rail part (4).
This air conditioner comprises a housing in which an inlet, an outlet, and an air passage that connects the inlet and the outlet are formed and in which a vibration unit that generates a sound for correcting an air blowing noise generated in the air passage is provided on an air passage-forming wall surface.
An air-conditioning device comprising: an outdoor unit; and a plurality of indoor units having refrigerant piping connected thereto in which a refrigerant that has been delivered from the outdoor unit flows. Each indoor unit comprises: a refrigerant circuit in which at least an evaporator is connected to the refrigerant piping; an operation control unit which controls the refrigerant circuit in accordance with the operation state; a sensor which measures the indoor environment; and a plurality of indoor fans which send air to the evaporator. During a dehumidification operation, the operation control unit controls each of the indoor fans to have a different speed, on the basis of the measurement result from the sensor.
F24F 11/74 - Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
This heat exchange ventilator comprises: an air-supplying blower; an exhaust blower; a casing; a heat exchanger; a drain pan; a supplied airflow temperature sensor; a supplied airflow humidity sensor; an exhaust flow temperature sensor; an exhaust flow humidity sensor; and a control unit. The casing includes a supplied air path through which supplied airflow passes and an exhaust path through which exhaust flow passes. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between a supplied airflow and an exhaust flow. The drain pan retains water generated in the heat exchanger due to condensation, and drains the water. The supplied airflow temperature sensor detects the temperature of the supplied airflow. The supplied airflow humidity sensor detects the humidity of the supplied airflow. The exhaust flow temperature sensor detects the temperature of the exhaust flow. The exhaust flow humidity sensor detects the humidity of the exhaust flow. The control unit controls at least one of the air-supplying blower and the exhaust blower on the basis of a total amount of water that has been generated in the heat exchanger due to condensation and is present in the drain pan, the total amount of water being calculated on the basis of the temperature and the humidity of the supplied airflow and the temperature and the humidity of the exhaust flow.
F24F 11/77 - Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity by controlling the speed of ventilators
A power conversion device (100) is provided with a converter (3), an inverter (5), and a control circuit (7) for controlling the converter and the inverter. The control circuit (7) generates a first control signal (s3) for controlling the converter (3) on the basis of a first carrier wave (Scr2), and a second control signal (s5) for controlling the inverter (5) on the basis of a second carrier wave (Scr3) which has a frequency and a phase different from that of the first carrier wave (Scr2). The frequency (fsw2) of the first carrier wave (Scr2) and the frequency (fsw3) of the second carrier wave (Scr3) have a predetermined relationship based on a current in the capacitor (4) which is connected between the converter (3) and the inverter (5).
H02M 5/458 - Conversion of ac power input into ac power output, e.g. for change of voltage, for change of frequency, for change of number of phases with intermediate conversion into dc by static converters using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices to convert the intermediate dc into ac using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
35.
AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AIR CONDITIONER
This air conditioner conditions air to be blown to a destination. This air conditioner comprises: a suction port for sucking, in the suction direction, suction air to be conditioned; and a humidity sensor that transmits and receives sound waves in the cross direction intersecting the suction direction and detects the humidity of the suction air sucked in from the suction port. This method for manufacturing the air conditioner comprises: a suction port placement step wherein the suction port for sucking, in the suction direction, suction air to be conditioned is placed; and a humidity sensor placement step wherein the humidity sensor for detecting the humidity of the suction air sucked in from the suction port is placed. The humidity sensor is configured so as to transmit and receive sound waves in the cross direction intersecting the suction direction and detect humidity.
The present invention can provide an indoor unit and an air conditioner having improved blowing efficiency while ensuring a heat exchange capacity even when the indoor unit is reduced in size. An indoor unit (1) is provided with: a housing (2); a centrifugal blower (4) having an impeller (5), and a spiral casing (6) provided with a wall surface (12) and a side surface (13); and, a heat exchanger (3) for surrounding the periphery of the wall surface by having a curved shape as a whole. The spiral casing (6) has a connection section (15) for connecting the wall surface and the side surface in a chamfered shape. When the angle around the rotational axis is expressed as a rotation angle θ, the distance between the wall surface and the heat exchanger as a radial distance LH, and the length of the wall surface in the direction of the rotational axis as Hc, the heat exchanger (3) is disposed so that LH varies according to the rotation angle θ, and the length Hc of the wall surface in the direction of the rotational axis at a rotation angle θ at which LH is short is shorter than the length Hc of the wall surface in the direction of the rotational axis at a rotation angle θ at which LH is long. An air conditioner (30) is provided with the indoor unit (1) and an outdoor unit (31).
The objective of the present disclosure is to reduce a load on a vehicle occupant in a facial information registration process used for face authentication of the occupant. A facial information registration assistance device (101) is provided with: an occupant information processing unit (12) for calculating, from a facial image of an occupant, occupant information that includes at least a line-of-sight direction and position information about the face of the occupant; a control information calculation unit (15) for calculating, from the occupant information, control information that includes the effective field of view range of the occupant; a control information determination unit (16) for determining whether or not a display device (2) is in the effective field of view range; and a notification control unit (18) for providing a notification for prompting the occupant to move the face. The notification includes a voice notification which outputs a voice for prompting the occupant to look at the display device (2), and a display notification which causes the display device (2) to display guidance information for guiding the occupant to move the face. The notification control unit (18) provides the voice notification when the display device (2) does not exist in the effective field of view range, and provides the display notification when the display device (2) exists in the effective field of view range.
This control device (14) controls a switching element (SW1) which is connected to a conductor (20) and switches the conductor (20) between conducting and non-conducting states by means of a switching action. The control device (14) includes an element control unit (22) and a current value measurement unit (23). When a target duty factor is a positive number less than 1, the element control unit (22) turns on the switching element (SW1) only for the time determined by the switching period and the duty factor for detection, which is a value of 1 or less that is higher than the target duty factor in at least one switching period. The current value measurement unit (23) measures the value of the direct current flowing through the conductor (20), from a current detection value (I1) which is digital data generated by detecting a current sensor signal output by a current sensor (CT1) in each sampling cycle independent of a switching cycle.
H02P 27/06 - Arrangements or methods for the control of AC motors characterised by the kind of supply voltage using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage using dc to ac converters or inverters
39.
SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE
The purpose of the present disclosure is, in a silicon carbide semiconductor device having an SJ structure and an insulation gate structure, to realize low-resistance contact to a pillar region, to suppress variations in withstand voltage, and to reduce channel resistance and JFET resistance. An SJ-SiC-MOSFET (101) comprises an SJ region (90), and a MOSFET region (91) on the upper surface of the SJ region (90). The SJ region (90) comprises a plurality of n-type first pillar regions (21) and a plurality of p-type second pillar regions (30) that extend in a first direction parallel to a first main surface and that are alternately arranged in a second direction parallel to the first main surface and perpendicular to the first direction. The MOSFET region (91) comprises a plurality of BPW regions (31) that are formed from p-type silicon carbide, that are electrically connected to the second pillar regions (30), that extend in the second direction, and that are arranged in the first direction at a second repeat cycle (d2) shorter than a first repeat cycle (d1) which is a repeat cycle of the second pillar regions (30).
The present invention provides an elevator that enables a reduction in the types of components required for a framework of an air regulating device, allowing the structure of the air regulating device to be simplified. The elevator includes a horizontal beam, a car frame 7 that supports a car chamber 5, and an air regulating device 8 supported by the horizontal beam. The horizontal beam extends along an x axis either above or below the car chamber 5. The air regulating device 8 includes a first pipe 19, a second pipe 20, and a cover 16 made of a soft material. The first pipe 19 includes a first rod-like portion 21 and a first bent portion 22. The second pipe 20 includes a second rod-like portion 23, a second bent portion 24, and a third bent portion 25. The cover 16 is installed externally covering the first pipe 19 and the second pipe 20.
An inspection device (11) comprises: a data collection unit (41) that collects, as measurement data, measurement values for each vibration frequency for each of N (where N is an integer greater than or equal to 3) objects under inspection from a vibration detection unit (31) that outputs vibration measurement values by detecting vibration in the objects, which are vibrated by a vibration unit (21); a data analysis unit (51) that, for each combination of two objects under inspection from among the N objects under inspection, carries out processing for calculating the similarity of the measurement data for the two objects under inspection from among the N objects under inspection, and calculates evaluation values that are similarity statistics for each of the N objects under inspection; and a diagnosis unit (61) that compares the evaluation values for the N objects under inspection with each other and uses the result of the comparison to produce a diagnosis for each of the N objects under inspection as to whether the same is abnormal.
A thermal image acquisition unit (11) acquires thermal images of the inside of a residential building, which are captured in time series. An estimation unit (14) inputs the thermal images which have been acquired by the thermal image acquisition unit (11) into a trained model stored in a storage unit (13) and estimates an urgency degree and a notification range that correspond to a thermal anomaly. According to the urgency degree and the notification range estimated by the estimation unit (14), a notification means determination unit (17) determines a user to be notified and a method for notification to the user. A communication unit (18) uses the determined method for notification to notify the thermal anomaly to a mobile terminal (30) which is possessed by the user who has been determined by the notification means determination unit (17).
G08B 25/00 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
G08B 25/04 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using a single signalling line, e.g. in a closed loop
43.
NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ELEVATOR, AND LINEAR CARRIER DEVICE
The power receiving coil (21) of a non-contact power supply device (1) includes a plurality of power receiving coil windings (21a, 21b) arranged along the moving direction of a moving body (2) and is disposed so that parts of the adjacent power receiving coil windings (21a, 21b) are overlapped with each other. A power supply performance is not therefore degraded even under the condition that a power transmission coil (12) is positioned at the boundary between the power receiving coil windings (21a, 21b). In addition, since one power receiving coil winding (21a) does not face two power transmission coils (12a, 12b) at a time, a magnetic field cancelling phenomenon can be prevented, enabling a stable power supply.
A laser processing device (100) comprises: a laser oscillator (1) that outputs a laser beam; a processing head (2) that condenses the laser beam by using a condensing optical system (6) and radiates the beam onto an irradiation position on a workpiece (W); a control unit (8) which, on the basis of a drive command, changes a relative position between the processing head (2) and the workpiece (W) and causes the irradiation position to move in a cutting direction; an intensity distribution adjustment unit (5) that includes an optical component (5a) having an intensity distribution conversion characteristic that is rotationally symmetrical with regard to one axis, and changes the intensity distribution of the laser beam on the basis of an intensity distribution adjustment command; and an optical axis adjustment unit (4) that changes the incident position or incident angle of the laser beam incident on the intensity distribution adjustment unit (5). On the basis of a numeric parameter pertaining to cutting, the control unit (8) determines an optical axis adjustment command for controlling the optical axis adjustment unit (4) so as to correspond to a portion or all of an oscillator command, the drive command, the intensity distribution adjustment command, the material of the workpiece (W), the sheet thickness of the workpiece (W), and the cutting direction.
An information processing device (100) has: an acquisition unit (120) that acquires mobile body information (211) including information that indicates whether each of a plurality of mobile bodies are manned or unmanned, cargo information (212) which is information pertaining to at least one target cargo, collection and delivery information (213) which pertains to at least either collection or delivery, map information (214), weather information (215), and traffic information (216); a calculation control unit (130) that calculates carrier costs which are the costs borne by a carrier, for each combination of target cargo and mobile body, using the mobile body information (211), the cargo information (212), the collection and delivery information (213), the map information (214), the weather information (215), and the traffic information (216); a determination unit (140) that determines an optimum combination from among a plurality of combinations of target cargo and traveling bodies, on the basis of the calculated carrier cost, for each combination; and an output unit (150) that outputs the optimum combination.
Provided is a motor in which the installation volume of an entire motor drive system can be prevented from increasing by embedding a filter in the body of the motor. This motor (1) is driven by an inverter and comprises: a box-type frame (5); a stator (12) having a stator core (4) fixed to the inside of the frame and winding (6); a rotor (11) disposed with a gap interposed between the stator and the rotor and rotatably supported on the frame; wiring for electrically connecting the output cable of the inverter and the winding to each other; and a filter (30) disposed in the gap between the frame and the stator, provided between the ground potential and the wiring, and suppressing a surge voltage.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC BUILDING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Hashioka, Yutaka
Akazawa, Kazutoshi
Okuda, Ryu
Abstract
A chain extension detection device according to this disclosure comprises a pair of rotary shafts that are provided such that a straight line joining the shaft centers thereof is parallel to the travel direction of a given chain (1) and a pair of levers that are attached so as to be capable of rotating freely around the rotary shafts. The distance between the pair of rotary shafts is set to the same distance as the chain pitch of the chain (1). The pair of levers have a pair of end parts that are capable of touching the lateral surfaces of adjacent outer links of the chain (1) or the lateral surfaces of adjacent inner links of the chain (1). The pair of end parts are formed so as to touch the chain (1) in the same way. At least one of the pair of levers has a structure provided at an end part on the reverse side from the side that touches the chain (1), and the state of the structure changes mechanically in response to variation in the relative interval between the pair of end parts of the pair of levers on the sides that touch the chain (1).
G01B 5/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 21/06 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring length, width, or thickness specially adapted for measuring length or width of objects while moving
48.
OBSERVATION PLANNING DEVICE, OBSERVATION PLANNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
An observation planning device (1) comprises: an observation request acquisition unit (11) that acquires observation request information requesting observation of an area to be observed; an observation opportunity identification unit (12) that identifies, on the basis of the observation request information and navigation body information relating to a navigation body, a plurality of paths of the navigation body where the area to be observed can be observed, and identifies an observation opportunity to observe the area to be observed for each of the identified paths; an observation plan determination unit (14) that generates, on the basis of an observation scene list indicating observation scenes that are observation contents to be performed at all observation opportunities identified by the observation opportunity identification unit (12), and the navigation body information, a provisional observation plan combining the observation scenes, and determines the provisional observation plan with a high evaluation value for efficiency as an observation plan; and an observation plan output unit (15) that outputs the observation plan determined by the observation plan determination unit (14).
An air-conditioning device comprising: an outdoor unit; and a plurality of indoor units having refrigerant piping connected thereto in which a refrigerant that has been delivered from the outdoor unit flows. Each indoor unit comprises: a refrigerant circuit in which at least an evaporator is connected to the refrigerant piping; an operation control unit which controls the refrigerant circuit in accordance with the operation state; a sensor which measures the indoor environment; and a plurality of indoor fans which send air to the evaporator. During a dehumidification operation, the operation control unit controls each of the indoor fans to have a different speed, on the basis of the measurement result from the sensor.
F24F 11/74 - Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
This heat exchange element is formed by stacking a plurality of heat transfer plates (1), each of the heat transfer plates (1) having a heat exchange unit (5) for allowing air that has passed by one stacking-direction side of the plurality of heat transfer plates (1) and air that has passed by the other stacking-direction side of the heat transfer plates (1) to pass therethrough in mutually opposite directions and carrying out heat exchange, header parts (6a, 6b) provided to the one side and the other side sandwiching the heat exchange unit (5) as seen along the stacking direction, and joining edge parts (25-28) provided along a side of the heat exchange unit (5) that does not touch the header parts (6a, 6b). The joining edge parts (25-28) provided to the stacked plurality of heat transfer plates (1) are brought into contact with one another and are joined to one another through ultrasonic welding. A first protrusion (16) that protrudes along the stacking direction, and a recess (15) into which a first protrusion (16) of an adjacent heat transfer plate fits, are formed on the joining edge parts (25-28).
A vacuum isolator (1A) comprises: a grounded tank (10) that seals insulating gas; a vacuum valve (12); a movable-side electrode (25); a fixed-side electrode (35); bellows (13) that expand and contract and are fixed to the movable-side electrode that has penetrated inside the vacuum valve; a pressure valve (41) that adjusts gas pressure between a first area (A51) surrounded by the bellows and the movable-side frame (23) and a second area (A52) surrounded by the grounded tank on the outside of the first area; a pressure release valve (42) that releases insulating gas from the first area to outside the grounded tank; and an error determination unit (18) that determines leaks of insulating gas from the grounded tank, on the basis of the gas pressure in the second area measured by a pressure sensor (15). A first gas pressure for the first area is lower than a second gas pressure for the second area. The pressure valve opens when the pressure difference between the first gas pressure and the second gas pressure exceeds a first prescribed value. The pressure release valve opens when the pressure difference between the first gas pressure and the pressure outside the grounded tank exceeds a second prescribed value.
A planar light source device (1) comprises a first light source (10), a light guide plate (30), and an optical sheet (40). The light guide plate (30) has: a front surface (31) spreading in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to each other; and a first lateral surface (32) that crosses the front surface (31) and extends in the second direction. Light (L1) emitted from the first light source (10) and having entered from the first lateral surface (32) is guided and emitted from the front surface (31). The optical sheet (40) has an incidence surface (41) and an emission surface (42), brings the direction of emitted light (L3) emitted from the light guide plate (30) and having entered the incidence surface (41) closer to a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, and causes the emitted light (L3) to be emitted from the emission surface (42). The first lateral surface (32) has a first recessed/protruding shape that includes a plurality of first groove parts (61) extending in the second direction.
This motor comprises: a rotor that can rotate about an axis; and a stator that surrounds the rotor from the outer side in the radial direction centered on the axis. The direction of the axis intersects the direction of gravitational force. The stator comprises a ring-shaped core back that extends in the circumferential direction centered on the axis and a plurality of teeth that extend radially inward from the core back. The plurality of teeth comprise first teeth and second teeth that are mutually adjacent in the circumferential direction below the axis. The core back is provided with a first non-magnetic section between a portion of the first teeth located on the radially outer side and a portion of the second teeth located on the radially outer side.
This refrigerator has: a chilling chamber in which the temperature can be set in a range between a first upper limit value and a first lower limit value; a switching chamber in which the temperature can be set in a range between a second upper limit value that is larger than the first upper limit value and a second lower limit value that is smaller than the first lower limit value; a cooler which generates cold air; a cooler chamber in which the cooler is provided; and a switching chamber airflow path which connects the cooler chamber and the switching chamber and through which cold air generated by the cooler flows, wherein the chilling chamber and the switching chamber are aligned in the horizontal direction, and the chilling chamber and the switching chamber are closed by a single door that can be opened and closed.
F25D 11/02 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling compartments at different temperatures
F25D 17/08 - Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating gas, e.g. by natural convection by forced circulation using ducts
55.
ROTOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE
A rotor (1) has: a first rotor iron core (11); at least one second rotor iron core (21) having a diameter (R2) larger than the diameter (R1) of the first rotor iron core (11); and a magnet (30) inserted in the first rotor iron core (11) and a magnet insertion hole (20b) of the at least one second rotor iron core (21). The first rotor iron core (11) has, in a magnet insertion hole (10b), a magnet holding section (10e), which is a projecting portion facing an end portion (30a) of the magnet (30). The at least one second rotor iron core (21) does not have, in the magnet insertion hole (20b), a projecting portion facing the end portion (30a) of the magnet (30).
A work condition management system (1X) comprising a location tag (2) placed at a fixed position, a smart tag (3) that is attached to a mobile object and receives identification information from the location tag, and a management device (5) that receives the identification information from the smart tag, the management device comprising: a position management unit that identifies position information on a location tag corresponding to the received identification information; a work analysis unit that identifies work details corresponding to the identified position information on the basis of work details association information associating position information with work details, and classifies the identified work details into either one of effective work set as work contributing to production and ineffective work set as work not contributing to production; a work time calculation unit that calculates an effective work time and an ineffective work time on the basis of work details time information and at least one of the effective work and the ineffective work; and an analysis unit that analyzes productivity of the mobile object by using the effective work time and the ineffective work time.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC BUILDING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Japan)
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Kuze, Kenta
Tabata, Hiroyasu
Hamada, Kyohei
Kusano, Katsuhiro
Abstract
A signal acquisition unit (152) acquires a signal that has been transmitted from an elevator control device (200) and indicates whether or not a car (400) is in a closed state. An image acquisition unit (151) acquires an image that has been photographed by a camera (402) and shows the inside of the car (400). An extraction unit (153, 156) extracts person information from the acquired image. A calculation unit (154) calculates the number of passengers on the basis of the extracted person information. A determination unit (155) determines whether or not a specific action of a passenger has occurred on the basis of the extracted person information. The image acquisition unit (151) acquires images regularly if determining that the car (400) is in a closed state on the basis of the acquired signal. The determination unit (155) determines, if the calculated number of passengers is equal to or larger than one, whether or not the specific action has occurred on the basis of a difference between sets of person information extracted from the plurality of regularly acquired images.
A first reactor current (IL1) flowing through a first reactor (L1) and a second reactor current (IL2) flowing through a second reactor (L2) are controlled with ON/OFF control of a first switching element (S1) and a second switching element (S2). On the basis of the first and second reactor currents (IL1, IL2) detected by current detectors (11, 12), a control unit (20) calculates a first operation amount which defines the ON period of the first switching element (S1) and a second operation amount which defines the ON period of the second switching element (S2). The first and second operation amounts are calculated accompanying non-interference control for suppressing interference between the first and second reactor currents (IL1, IL2) generated by magnetic coupling of the first reactor (L1) and the second reactor (L2).
H02M 3/155 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
59.
FIXED DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, CONTROL CIRCUIT, STORAGE MEDIUM AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD
Out of multiple fixed devices, a master device (21) is characterized by belonging to one of multiple areas, and by being provided with: a notification information generation unit (215) which generates notification information that includes position information about multiple fixed devices arranged in areas where the fixed devices belong; and a communication unit (211) which, at a different timing from that of notification signals transmitted from other areas, transmits a notification signal, which includes notification information, to a mobile device that estimates the position on the basis of the notification information.
In a training-data evaluation device (20), for each of a plurality of machine learning models generated through machine learning while individually using, from among a plurality of items of training data, a plurality of combinations of training data that can be combined, a conversion unit (212) executes conversion processing for converting the accuracy of that machine learning model into a converted accuracy according to a conversion rule. A training-data evaluation unit (213) evaluates training data being evaluated from among the plurality of items of training data on the basis of the converted accuracy converted by the conversion unit (212). The conversion rule is a rule for non-linearly converting the accuracy of a machine learning model into a converted accuracy on the basis of such a relationship that the rate of increase in the converted accuracy becomes greater as the accuracy of the machine learning model becomes higher.
A coating film which is a film having a smooth surface and formed from a water-repellent resin having a contact angle of 70° or greater. The coating film includes a plurality of scattered projections formed from the water-repellent resin, each projection having a convex end surface that is a cutout from a spherical surface, the cutout being a continuous area occupying 50% or more of the spherical surface, wherein the spherical surfaces have an average curvature radius of 16 μm or smaller and the average distance between the adjoining projections is up to 30 times the curvature radius.
This air conditioner includes: a compressor; a condenser; a decompression device; an evaporator; a temperature sensor that measures a refrigerant temperature in the evaporator; and a control device that controls the compressor and the decompression device to execute a heating operation or a cooling operation, stops an operation of the compressor when a cooling load or a heating load is reduced, performs an intermittent operation of starting the operation of the compressor when the cooling load or the heating load increases, and performs, when the compressor is operated in the intermittent operation, the intermittent operation at minimum frequency set as a lower-limit frequency within a range of frequencies set for operating the compressor. The control device has a first determination value and a second determination value, the first determination value being a time constant as a response value until stabilization of cooling/heating performances in refrigerant circulation of a refrigerating cycle, the first determination value being obtained by multiplying the time constant at the time of rising of a waveform indicating the cooling/heating performances calculated from a measurement value of the measurement sensor by a first constant set in advance, the second determination value being obtained by multiplying the time constant by a second constant set in advance smaller than the first constant. When an intermittent operation time from an operation start time of the compressor to an operation stop time of the compressor in the intermittent operation is larger than the first determination value, the control device increases the minimum frequency at the time of a subsequent operation of the compressor, and when the intermittent operation time is smaller than the second determination value, the control device reduces the minimum frequency at the time of the subsequent operation of the compressor.
An objective of the present invention is to obtain a motor control device and motor control method in which an electric circuit constant can be measured with high precision in motor control. A motor control device (100) comprises an electric circuit constant measurement unit (150) which measures an electric circuit constant of an electric circuit of a motor (91), such as a resistance value (R). The electric circuit constant measurement unit (150) comprises a detection processing unit (151) which has as inputs a q-axis current signal iq serving as a reference signal and a q-axis voltage instruction vq* serving as a target signal, and measures the resistance value (R) by using synchronous detection to extract, from the q-axis voltage instruction vq*, a signal component comprising the product of the resistance value (R) and the q-axis current signal iq.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE B.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
Bueno Mariani, Guilherme
Voyer, Nicolas
Pellegrino, Gianmario
Varatharajan, Anantaram
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method and and device for injecting a high frequency current vector which has a fixed angle with the measured current vector flowing in the machine. The invention: - measures the motor current vector, - determines a projection value of the motor current on an axis that is orthogonal to a direction having the fixed angle with the measured current vector, - demodulates the high frequency variations of the projection valueusing a first high frequency demodulation signal, - determines at least a first angle from the demodulated high frequency variation, - determines the injection voltage vector at least from the first angle, a predetermined voltage and a second high frequency modulating signal, the second high frequency modulating signal having the same frequency as the first high frequency demodulating signal and a phase difference with the first high frequency demodulating signal that is equal to Π/2.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE B.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
Bueno Mariani, Guilherme
Voyer, Nicolas
Pellegrino, Gianmario
Varatharajan, Anantaram
Abstract
The present invention concerns a device and a method for controlling a motor using a maximum torque per ampere field module and a direct flux vector control module. The invention: - determines by the direct flux vector control module reference voltages in a ft framework, - drives the motor with the summed voltages, - measures a motor current vector, - determines a high frequency injection voltage so that the high frequency current response of the motor to the high frequency injection voltages is perpendicular to the measured motor current vector, - determines an estimated flux from the measured motor currents and the voltage references, - determines, from the estimated flux and the high frequency sinewave signal, the reference flux so that the high frequency flux response to the injected voltage is aligned with the measured current vector.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables suppression of occurrence of molding voids in a resin molded body such as a resin case in a semiconductor device. This semiconductor device comprises: a heat dissipation plate (1); an insulation substrate (2) disposed on the upper surface of the heat dissipation plate (1); a semiconductor element (3) mounted on the upper surface of the insulation substrate (2); a frame-like resin case (4) that is disposed on a peripheral part of the upper surface of the heat dissipation plate (1) and that extends in the up-down direction so as to surround lateral surfaces of the semiconductor element (3) and the insulation substrate (2); and to-be-joined members (5) that are made of resin, that are formed to be attachable /detachable to/from the resin case (4) as a separate body from the resin case (4), and that are to be joined to the heat dissipation plate (1) in a state of being attached to the resin case (4). The to-be-joined members (5) have screw holes (5a) into which screws (7) for joining the members to the heat dissipation plate (1) are screwed.
H01L 23/04 - Containers; Seals characterised by the shape
H01L 25/07 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups , or in a single subclass of , , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
H01L 25/18 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices the devices being of types provided for in two or more different subgroups of the same main group of groups , or in a single subclass of ,
67.
SATISFACTION DEGREE CALCULATOR, SATISFACTION DEGREE CALCULATION METHOD AND SATISFACTION DEGREE CALCULATION PROGRAM
This satisfaction degree calculator (10) acquires environmental data detected by multiple environmental sensors (20). The satisfaction degree calculator (10) sets multiple indicators of a spatial environment to target indicators. From the environmental data obtained by measuring the target indicators, the satisfaction degree calculator (10) calculates individual satisfaction degrees, which are the degrees of satisfaction of the target indicators. From the individual satisfaction degrees of the multiple indicators, the satisfaction degree calculator (10) calculates an overall satisfaction degree, which is the overall satisfaction degree with the spatial environment.
The present disclosure relates to a test specification generation device that generates a model of test specifications for a test target system on the basis of design data of an input new item and design data of accumulated existing items. The test specification generation device includes: a comparison unit that compares the design data of the new item with the design data of the existing items taken out of an existing item database; and a conversion unit that extracts input/output information of the existing items from the design data of the existing items, extracts input/output information of the new item from the design data of the new item, and converts test specifications of the existing items into test specifications of the new item on the basis of an input/output information conversion rule. The comparison unit compares the design data of the existing items and the design data of the new item to determine whether or not the design data of the existing items can be reused. If reuse is possible, the conversion unit extracts the input/output information of the new item and the input/output information of the test specifications and converts the test specifications of the existing items into the test specifications of the new item.
The present invention is characterized by comprising: a plurality of electrodes (21, 22, 201, 202, 211, 212, 211a, 212a) that are provided to the outer circumferential surface of a shaft (1a) and covered with dielectric layers (23, 230); and an electric conductor that is provided to the surface of an operation part (3) facing the shaft (1a) and that faces the plurality of electrodes (21, 22, 201, 202, 211, 212, 211a, 212a) when the relative positions of the operation part (3) and the shaft (1a) are at preset relative positions, the present invention being furthermore characterized in that a voltage can be applied to two mutually adjacent electrodes among the plurality of electrodes (21, 22, 201, 202, 211, 212, 211a, 212a).
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0362 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
An air-conditioning device according to the present invention comprises: a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant flows and in which a compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a throttle device, a load-side heat exchanger, and a shutoff valve are connected in this order by pipes; a heat source-side fan which blows air to the heat source-side heat exchanger; a leak detection means for detecting refrigerant leaks; and a control device which carries out a cooling operation. The control device, when the leak detection means has detected a refrigerant leak during the cooling operation, reduces the operating frequency of the compressor, raises the RPM of the heat source-side fan, and then closes the shutoff valve.
A heat exchanger (HE) comprises: a first heat transmission part (31a) that includes a plurality of first heat transmission pipes (31); a second heat transmission part (32a) that includes a plurality of second heat transmission pipes (32); and a non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant that flows through the plurality of first heat transmission pipes (31a) of the first heat transmission part (31) and the plurality of second heat transmission pipes (32a) of the heat transmission part (32). The plurality of first heat transmission pipes (31a) of the first heat transmission part (31) and the plurality of second heat transmission pipes (32a) of the heat transmission part (32) are arranged in a single row. The first heat transmission part (31) and the second heat transmission part (32) are configured so that the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant flows so as to only flow back once from the first heat transmission part (31) to the second heat transmission part (32).
A harmonic suppression device (4) of the present invention comprises: a system power supply detection unit (21) that detects the phase of the AC voltage of a system power supply (2); a switching circuit (15) in which a pair of switching elements that operate according to a control signal based on a voltage command value are connected; a capacitor (17) connected in parallel to the switching circuit (15); a DC voltage detection unit (22) that detects the DC voltage of the capacitor (17); and a control device (18). The control device (18) has a control signal generating means (30) for generating a control signal based on a DC voltage command value for adjusting the DC voltage, and a correction amount calculating means (35) for calculating, as a correction amount for the DC voltage command value, a correction amount on the basis of the voltage command value on which the control signal is based for each cycle of the AC voltage of the system power supply (2).
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
73.
POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AIRCRAFT, AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD
A gradation-control-type inverter (2), which is a power conversion device (1), performs controls for the gate impedance of a main inverter (20) before the capacitor voltage VDCS of a sub-inverter (30) is controlled to a prescribed voltage to be greater than the gate impedance of the main inverter (20) after the capacitor voltage VDCS of the sub-inverter (30) is controlled to the prescribed voltage. This makes it possible to reduce noise produced by the main inverter (20) when the capacitor voltage VDCS of the sub-inverter (30) is not controlled to the prescribed voltage.
H02M 1/08 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 7/483 - Converters with outputs that each can have more than two voltage levels
74.
SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERTER USING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
A silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present disclosure comprises: a first conductivity-type drift layer (20) on a first conductivity-type semiconductor substrate (10); a second conductivity-type well region (30) of a surface layer of the drift layer; a first conductivity-type source region (40); a first conductivity-type first separation region (21) having a stripe pattern with a uniform width formed inside the well region in a plan view and having a bent end part; a first conductivity-type second separation region formed adjacent to the well region; a gate insulation film (50), a gate electrode (60), and a Schottky electrode (71) on the first separation region; and a source electrode (80).
This current leakage sensor suppresses erroneous detection of current leakage when there is positive/negative excitation magnetic field asymmetry. An imbalance assessment circuit (15) assesses positive/negative excitation magnetic field asymmetry during the flow of balanced current through a current line (30) under measurement on the basis of an excitation signal and an excitation magnetic field acquired from a magnetic sensor (14) during the flow of the balanced current through the current line (30) under measurement, and generates a control signal. On the basis of the control signal, an excitation circuit (16) reduces the magnitude of the positive or negative amplitude of the excitation current or superposes a positive or negative offset current on the excitation current.
G01R 15/18 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using inductive devices, e.g. transformers
G01R 33/04 - Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using the flux-gate principle
G01R 31/52 - Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
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CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRICAL RAILWAY VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD
This control device comprises: a power conversion unit (51); a reference rotational speed acquisition unit (523); and an abnormality determination unit (527). The power conversion unit (51) supplies power to each of a plurality of motors. The reference rotational speed acquisition unit (523) acquires, when it is determined that a plurality of rotational speed sensors include a suspected abnormality sensor which is suspected to be abnormal, a reference rotational speed on the basis of a signal indicating a rotational speed outputted from each of rotational speed sensors other than the suspected abnormality sensor among the rotational speed sensors. The abnormality determination unit (527) determines, when the difference between a modulation rate acquired on the basis of an instruction value of a voltage for causing the power conversion unit (51) to output and a preset comparison modulation rate is equal to or larger than a modulation rate threshold value, that an abnormality has occurred in a motor corresponding to the suspected abnormality sensor. The abnormality determination unit (527) determines, when the difference between a modulation rate acquired on the basis of the reference rotational speed and the comparison modulation rate is smaller than the modulation rate threshold value, that an abnormality has occurred in the suspected abnormality sensor.
H02P 5/46 - Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors for speed regulation of two or more dynamo-electric motors in relation to one another
This heat pump system uses a heat medium flowing through a heat medium circuit to regulate the temperature of a target. A heat source apparatus of the present invention regulates the temperature of the heat medium by exchanging heat with a coolant. The heat pump system has a flow rate acquiring device for acquiring the flow rate of the heat medium. The heat source apparatus comprises a compressor, a heat medium heat exchanger, and a control device. The heat medium heat exchanger causes heat to be exchanged between the heat medium and the coolant. The control device has an adjustment calculating unit and a control calculating unit. When a first condition is satisfied, the adjustment calculating unit uses the operating frequency of the compressor to calculate an adjustment amount for adjusting a first flow rate of the heat medium on the basis of the measurement result acquired by the flow rate acquiring device. The control calculating unit uses the adjustment amount to adjust the first flow rate of the heat medium on the basis of the measurement result acquired by the flow rate acquiring device.
An image processing device (1) comprises a subject image acquisition unit (101), a subject indicator calculation unit (102), a material image acquisition unit (111), an indicator calculation unit (112), a periodic pattern generation unit (113), and a change detection unit (104). The subject image acquisition unit (101) acquires a subject image. The subject indicator calculation unit (102) calculates a subject indicator for a small region that is a part of the acquired subject image. The material image acquisition unit (111) acquires a plurality of time-series material images. The indicator calculation unit (112) calculates time-series indicators for a small material region that is a part of the plurality of acquired material images. The periodic pattern generation unit (113) generates a periodic pattern that fits a temporal change of the calculated indicators. The change detection unit (104) calculates a corrected indicator that is a value of the generated periodic pattern at the date and time of photographing the subject image, and determines that there is a change in small material region if a difference between the subject indicator and the corrected indicator is larger than a threshold value.
This motor control device comprises: a motor drive unit that supplies power to a motor having multi-phase windings and has upper side drive elements and lower side drive elements which are connected in series to the respective phases of the multi-phases; a motor terminal voltage detection unit that detects a motor terminal voltage value based on the voltage of the motor terminal of each phase of the motor; a drive element failure determination unit that performs failure determination on the respective upper side drive elements and lower side drive elements on the basis of the voltage value between both ends of each of the drive elements and outputs a result of the failure determination; and a short/open-circuit failure determination unit that, when the the result of the failure determination output by the drive element failure determination unit indicates that a failure has been determined, determines, on the basis of the motor terminal voltage values detected by the motor terminal voltage detection unit, whether there is a short-circuit failure or an open-circuit failure in each of the upper side drive elements and the lower side drive elements.
Provided is an air conditioning system comprising: sensors (21, 22) that detect data indicating the operating state of an air conditioning operation; a control device (10) that controls the air conditioning operation; and a storage device (7), wherein the control device (10) temporarily holds data that was detected by the sensors (21, 22), and when the data detected by the sensors (21, 22) is at or above the threshold value, stores in the storage device (7) the data that was temporarily held for a duration from period in which the data becomes at or above a threshold value to a period before a reference duration.
The present invention is provided with: a captured image acquisition unit (11) that acquires a captured image of a passenger of a vehicle (100), the captured image having been captured by an image capturing device (2) having an optical axis parallel to the movement direction of a seat of the vehicle (100), the seat being movable back and forth in the travelling direction of the vehicle (100); a skeleton point detection unit (12) that detects a plurality of skeleton coordinate points of the passenger on the basis of the captured image; a correction quantity calculation unit (13) that calculates a correction quantity on the basis of information related to the plurality of skeleton coordinate points detected by the skeleton point detection unit (12) and also on the basis of the ratio of a first distance to a second distance, the first distance being the horizontal distance from a straight line passing through the center of the captured image and parallel to the vertical direction of the captured image to a skeleton coordinate point for correction quantity calculation, and the second distance being the horizontal distance from the straight line to a reference coordinate point, on the captured image, corresponding to the skeleton coordinate point for correction quantity calculation; and a physique estimation unit (16) that estimates the physique of the passenger on the basis of the information related to the plurality of skeleton coordinate points detected by the skeleton point detection unit (12) and the correction quantity calculated by the correction quantity calculation unit (13).
B60R 21/015 - Electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats or child seats, e.g. for disabling triggering
This power conversion device (1) comprises a power conversion circuit (11), a case, at least one heat pipe, and a control unit (12). The power conversion circuit (11) has a plurality of switching elements (13), converts input power into power to be supplied to a load device (91), and supplies the converted power to the load device (91). At least one heat pipe contacts air outside of the case, and dissipates heat transferred from the plurality of switching elements (13) into the air. The control unit (12) controls the switching operations of the plurality of switching elements (13) such that a target voltage is output from the power conversion circuit (11), and such that it is possible to obtain a heat generation amount of the plurality of switching elements (13) that corresponds to the operating state of the load device (91) and the temperature of the air.
H02M 7/48 - Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
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PERSON IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND PERSON IDENTIFYING METHOD
A person identifying device (1) comprises: a region dividing unit (102) that, for each image, divides a region surrounding a person detected by a person detecting unit (12); a region feature extracting unit (103) that, for each image, extracts partial person features of the person detected by the person detecting unit (12), on the basis of the region divided by the region dividing unit (102); and a region feature comparing unit (104) that compares the partial person features extracted for each image by the region feature extracting unit (103), and thereby determines whether the person detected in each image by the person detecting unit (12) is the same person.
In order to obtain a low-cost vacuum valve, provided is a method for manufacturing a vacuum valve in which an intermediate assembly of the vacuum valve obtained by brazing a fixed side end plate (2) and a movable side end plate (3) to join with both the ends of a cylindrical insulation container (1) is disposed in a mold (12, 14), and an insulation resin material is molded on the outer periphery of the intermediate assembly to form an insulation resin layer (9), the method being characterized in that when molding an insulation resin material (13) on the outer periphery of the intermediate assembly, the area of the outer periphery portion of the fixed side end plate (2) is formed such that the load occurring in a brazed portion (10) between the insulation container (1) and the fixed side end plate (2) is smaller than the allowable load for the brazed portion (10).
A thermoplastic resin composition which contains: a thermoplastic resin (A) that is selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A1), a styrene resin (A2), an aromatic polyester resin (A3), a polyphenylene ether resin (A4), a methacrylic resin (A5), a polyarylene sulfide resin (A6), an olefin resin (A7), a polyamide resin (A8) and a mixture of these resins; a hydrophilic copolymer (B) that has an oxyethylene group; and a fatty acid metal salt (C) that is represented by formula (1). With respect to this thermoplastic resin composition, the hydrophilic copolymer (B) is obtained by bonding a plurality of alternating copolymers (a) of a polyester (a1) and a hydrophilic polymer (a2) having an oxyethylene group to each other by the intermediary of an ester bond with at least one compound that is selected from the group consisting of a polyhydric alcohol compound (b1) having three or more hydroxyl groups, an epoxy compound (b2) having two or more epoxy groups, and a polycarboxylic acid compound (b3). (1): M(OH)y(R-COO)x (In formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group; M represents at least one metal element that is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zinc, calcium, magnesium, lithium and barium; and each of x and y independently represents an integer of 0 or more, while satisfying the relational expression (x + y) = (valence of M).)
A programming support device (1) is provided with: a source code input unit (60) that receives input of source code in the process of being created that has been input to programming software; a setting input unit (50) that receives input of a first employed device setting, which is information about a device that uses a program corresponding to first source code, and a first employed function setting, which is information about a function used by the device; an inference device (30) that infers template source code, namely a template of source code, corresponding to combination information that is a combination of source code, an employed device setting, and an employed function setting using a trained model that infers the template source code from the combination information; a difference extraction device (40) that extracts, as difference source code, the difference between the source code input to the source code input unit and the template source code; and a source code output unit (70) that outputs the difference source code.
A capturing device (14) includes a driving mechanism control unit that drives one or more driving mechanisms (21a, 21b) to feed a tape-like enclosing member (31) toward the outside of a housing (32) by a target feed amount. When a space vehicle is positioned in a space enclosed by the enclosing member (31), the driving mechanism control unit causes the one or more driving mechanisms (21a, 21b) to house the enclosing member (31) inside the housing (32) until at least a part of the enclosing member (31) comes into contact with the space vehicle. The enclosing member (31) has a stable shape when being in a first shape in which a cross section orthogonal to a linear extension direction is curved.
A data processing device (10) comprises: a first generation unit (11A) that generates a plurality of sets of candidate input data (KND) including a plurality of sets of trained input data (GND) and a plurality of sets of untrained input data (MND); a second generation unit (11B) that generates a plurality of sets of candidate intermediate data (KCD) including trained intermediate data (GCD) and untrained intermediate data; a first selection unit (12A) that selects one set of candidate intermediate data (KCD) from among the plurality of sets of candidate intermediate data (KCD) such that one set of candidate intermediate data (KCD), which has a larger degree of difference from selected intermediate data (SCD) when used for second training following first training, is selected with higher priority; and a second selection unit (12B) that selects, for use in the second training, one set of candidate input data (KND) corresponding to the selected set of candidate intermediate data (KCD) from among the plurality of sets of candidate input data (KND).
A remote operation system (1) is provided with: an edge device (2000) that contacts with a target (4000); a movement operation transmission device (1200) that receives an operator operation (1000a) for operating the edge device (2000) and outputs a movement transmission information (1200a) to the edge device (2000); and a visual presentation device (1100) that displays a moving image of the target (4000) and the edge device (2000). The edge device (2000) is provided with: a tactile force detection device (2300) that detects a tactile force on the target (4000); a tactile force-to-light converter (2700) that converts a tactile force detected by the tactile force detection device (2300) to a light intensity signal (2700a) for specifying a light intensity; and a light intensity-controlled light emitter (2600) that emits light with an intensity corresponding to the light intensity signal (2700a).
An accumulator (5) comprises: a container (51) that stores refrigerant; an inlet pipe (52) for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the container (51); an outlet pipe (53) for allowing the refrigerant to flow outside the container (51); an oil return unit (54) in which an opening for sucking oil is provided; and a decompression pipe (56) that decompresses the refrigerant. The accumulator (5) is configured by the decompression pipe (56) and oil return unit (54) being arranged on the outlet pipe (53).
F25B 43/00 - Arrangements for separating or purifying gases or liquids; Arrangements for vaporising the residuum of liquid refrigerant, e.g. by heat
F25B 43/02 - Arrangements for separating or purifying gases or liquids; Arrangements for vaporising the residuum of liquid refrigerant, e.g. by heat for separating lubricants from the refrigerant
F25B 1/00 - Compression machines, plants or systems with non-reversible cycle
This heat exchanger (HE) comprises: a first heat transfer part (HP1) having a plurality of first heat transfer pipes (T1); and a non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant, which flows through the plurality of first heat transfer pipes (T1) of the first heat transfer part (HP1). The plurality of first heat transfer pipes (T1) are aligned side by side. The first heat transfer part (HP1) has the plurality of first heat transfer pipes (T1) which are arranged such that the flow of the non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant flowing through the plurality of first heat transfer pipes (T1) is orthogonal to the flow of air flowing through the first heat transfer part (HP1).
The present invention comprises: a machining result collection unit (12) for collecting machining result information; an evaluation value acquisition unit (13) for calculating a provisional evaluation value for executed machining; a convergence determination unit (14) for estimating an estimated convergence value when the provisional evaluation value does not converge; a stop determination unit (15) for determining whether to stop the machining before the provisional evaluation value converges when the provisional evaluation value does not converge; an evaluation determination unit (16) for determining the estimated convergence value as the evaluation value when the machining is stopped, and determining a convergence value of the provisional evaluation value as the evaluation value after the provisional evaluation value converges when the machining is not stopped; and a search stop determination unit (113) for determining optimum machining conditions when a search is stopped and generating machining conditions to be used next time when the search is not stopped, wherein the respective processes performed by the machining result collection unit (12), the evaluation value acquisition unit (13), the convergence determination unit (14), the stop determination unit (15), the evaluation determination unit (16), and the search stop determination unit (113) are repeated until it is determined that the search is stopped.
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
B23Q 15/00 - Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of tool or work
This position detector (5) comprises a position detecting magnet unit (12) installed on each of a plurality of carriers on which movers are mounted, and a position detection unit (22) installed on a conveyance rail on which a stator is mounted. The position detecting magnet unit (12) includes a plurality of magnets (121) disposed side-by-side such that different magnetic poles are alternately arranged along a conveyance direction of the carriers, and a lateral magnetism shielding part (122) installed on the end of the position detecting magnet unit (12) in the conveyance direction of the carriers. The position detection unit (22) includes: a processing substrate (222) disposed in parallel to the conveyance direction of the carriers; a plurality of magnetism detection elements (221) disposed side-by-side along the conveyance direction of the carriers on a front surface of the processing substrate (222) facing the carriers; and a substrate-side magnetism shielding part (223) installed facing the magnetism detection elements on the rear surface, which is the surface of the processing substrate (222) on the reverse side from the front surface of the processing substrate facing the carriers.
A train operation assist device (10) comprises: a driver information identification unit (11) for uniquely identifying the driver (20) of a train; a driver behavior identification unit (12) for identifying a behavior of the driver (20); a train information acquiring unit (13) for acquiring train information; a travel information acquiring unit (14) for acquiring travel information of the train; an external factor acquiring unit (15) for acquiring information of an external factor that possibly becomes a factor causing the delay of train services; an operation status discrimination unit (16) for discriminating the status of a train operation by the driver (20) on the basis of the information obtained from the driver information identification unit (11), the driver behavior identification unit (12), the train information acquiring unit (13), the travel information acquiring unit (14), and the external factor acquiring unit (15); and an assist control unit (18) for determining the necessity of assisting the driver (20) and determining assist contents suitable for the driver (20) when assisting.
An information processing device (100) comprises: an acquisition control unit (120) that acquires an input value that is a numerical input value and a feature word that is a word relevant to the input value, acquires probability distribution information that is information on a probability distribution and corresponds to the feature word, and acquires a plurality of subject numerical values that are a plurality of numerical values corresponding to the feature word; and a calculation unit (130) that uses the input value, the probability distribution information, and the plurality of subject numerical values to calculate a plurality of degrees of similarity that are each a degree of similarity between the input value and each of the plurality of subject numerical values.
The present invention achieves a transportation device (1) which enables a flexible response to a change in a transportation plan when there is a sudden need for a change in the form of transportation due to the conditions of a transportation route, and which improves transportation workability. This transportation device (1) comprises: fixing members (3, 4, 8) attached along an end of a casing (2), which is a transported object; connection members (5) capable of attaching to/detaching from the fixing members (3, 4, 8); and rotation members (6) attached to the connection members (5). The fixing members (3, 4, 8) are provided with a plurality of locking parts (15, 16, 17) formed with the same structure for attaching the connection members (5). The attachment positions of the connection members (5) with respect to the plurality of locking parts (15, 16, 17) of the fixing members (3, 4, 8) are changed in accordance with the form of transportation of the transported object, thereby making it possible to change the attachment positions of the rotation members (6) with respect to the casing (2).
A database conversion unit (154) accumulates, in a driving situation database (160), driving situation data in which the following are associated with a driver identifier: a feature quantity representing a feature of a driving operation; travel environment information including a travel point and a road shape; driver information including a driver attribute and vehicle type information for a vehicle; and whether the driver has experience driving the vehicle. A driving characteristic estimation unit (155) estimates, on the basis of the driving situation database (160), a driving characteristic of a driver who is currently driving a vehicle. On the basis of the driving situation database (160), the database conversion unit (154): determines whether a subject driver has experience driving a subject vehicle; determines whether there was a change in the driving experience of the subject driver with respect to the subject vehicle; and if it is determined that there was a change, updates the driving experience of the subject driver with respect to the subject vehicle in the driving situation database (160).
This heat exchanger includes: a first heat exchanger having a first intermediate header extending in the direction of gravity, a first heat transfer tube connected to the first intermediate header and performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and air, and a first partition partitioning the inside of the first intermediate header into a first space and a second space disposed below the first space; and a second heat exchanger provided side-by-side with and upwind of the first heat exchanger and having a second intermediate header extending in the direction of gravity, a second heat transfer tube connected to the second intermediate header and performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and air, and a second partition partitioning the inside of the second intermediate header into a third space and a fourth space disposed below the third space. The first heat transfer tube is provided in a plurality, and the plurality of first heat transfer tubes include a first heat transfer tube connecting to the first space, and a first heat transfer tube connecting to the second space. The first intermediate header constituting the first space is provided with a first outflow port from which the refrigerant flows out, and the first intermediate header constituting the second space is provided with a second outflow port from which the refrigerant flows out. The second intermediate header connects to the first intermediate header and includes a first inflow port through which the refrigerant flows into the third space from the first outflow port, and a second inflow port through which the refrigerant flows into the third space from the second outflow port.
F28D 1/053 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or mo with the heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
A semiconductor optical element according to the present disclosure comprises: a ridge structure (10) that includes a cladding layer (11) of a first conductivity type and an active layer (12) and is provided on a semiconductor substrate (5) of the first conductivity type; an embedding structure (20) provided on both side surfaces of the ridge structure (10); a cladding layer (30) of a second conductivity type and a contact layer (40) of the second conductivity type provided on the surface of the embedding structure (20); a ridge upper cladding layer (31) of the second conductivity type provided above the ridge structure (10); a recess (51) of which the bottom surface is the upper surface of the ridge upper cladding layer (31) and the side surfaces are the cladding layer and the contact layer of the second conductivity type; a mesa structure (50) in which both side surfaces are formed by a mesa reaching from the contact layer (40) to the semiconductor substrate (5); and an insulation film (60) covering the bottom surface and both side surfaces of the recess (51), the contact layer (40), and both side surfaces of the mesa structure (50).
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE B.V. (Netherlands)
Inventor
Froc, Gwillerm
Abstract
A coherent optical receiver comprises a local oscillator, a polarization- diversity actuator configured for modifying an optical signal output by the local oscillator and a 2 x 2 coupler for coupling the optical signal output by the polarization-diversity actuator and a modulated optical signal received from a coherent optical transmitter. The local oscillator thus provides a boosting effect to the amplitude-shift keying modulated optical signal. The coherent optical receiver comprises a controlling unit performing a domain-switching procedure acting on ellipticity main axis orientation and/or ellipticity phase shift for coarse control of the polarization-diversity actuator, and a phase-refining procedure acting on a controlled error signal injected in the phase of the optical signal output by the polarization-diversity actuator for fine control of the polarization-diversity actuator.
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