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The present invention is to provide a method of setting personal wake-up word by text for voice control, which enables an electronic device to execute the steps of activating an wake-up-word set program; receiving a set message transmitted from an input unit; parsing a first text information contained in the set message and including at least one character; storing the at least one character as a personal wake-up word; and setting the personal wake-up word as a voice command for activating the voice control program when the at least one character is determined to exist in content of a voice database. Thus, a user can customize the personal wake-up word simply and quickly by inputting the text through the input unit to generate the set message, and later speak a voice corresponding to the personal wake-up word to activate the voice control program for voice control of the electronic device.

This invention provides a battery pack for driving a compact electric motor of a compact engine starting device mounted on a working machine, comprising lithium-based secondary battery comprising two cells, the entire discharge capacity of the cells being 500 to 2000 mAh, charging voltage per one cell being 3.0 to 4.2 V, various electronic circuits like driving and battery protection circuits of an electric motor, maximum discharge current of the battery having high rate of 10 to 60 A, the protection circuit including an overdischarge inhibit circuit (A) interposed in the electric motor driving circuit and automatically stopping the driving operation of the electric motor after time required for starting the engine elapsed, the volume of the battery pack being as extremely low as 2.5×104 to 1.0×105 mm3, the tire required until the engine is started from the actuation of the electric motor being set to an interval as short as 5 to 15 seconds, since high current can flow.

A wearable action-assist device for assisting the wearer to act or doing an action for the wearer (1) comprises an action-assist wearable tool (2) having an actuator (201) to give the wearer a mechanical force, a biosignal sensor (221) for detecting a biosignal of the wearer (1), a biosignal processing means (3) for obtaining, from the biosignal (a) detected by the biosignal sensor, a neurotransmitting signal (b) to move the musculoskeletal system of the wearer (1) and a muscle potential signal (c) generated when a muscle activity occurs , a voluntary control means (4) for generating, using the obtained neurotransmitting signal (b) and muscle potential signal (c), a command signal (d) to generate a mechanical force reflecting the intention of the wearer (1) in the actuator (201), and a drive current generating means (5) for producing, according to the command signal (d), currents corresponding to the neurotransmission signal (b) and the muscle potential signal (c) respectively and supplying them to the actuator (201).

The invention discloses an intelligent parking braking and auxiliary starting control method, which includes steps of firstly, initializing an intelligent parking braking controller and reading control parameters stored in a single-chip microcomputer, secondly, reading a vehicular speed signal V, a brake pedal travelling signal Db, an accelerator pedal travelling signal Da, a transmission gear signal Js, an ignition key door switch signal Key, an enable switch signal Button, a front wheel speed signal wf, a rear wheel speed signal wr and a gradient signal Sa, thirdly, invoking and performing an intelligent parking control procedure, an auxiliary starting control procedure, a parking brake automatic retracting control procedure, a long-term parking control procedure, an emergency braking control procedure or manual reset cutting-off control procedure according to the read signals and fulfilled response conditions, fourthly, converting the target torque of a motor according to the motor target braking force calculated from the control procedures, fifthly, calculating the target rotor current of the motor according to the obtained target torque of the motor, and sixthly, controlling the duty ratio of a motor PWM (pulse width modulation) driving control circuit according to the target rotor current of the motor.

A drive control system for an automotive vehicle includes an engine, an automatic transmission, a torque converter, a start clutch, an oil pump, a hydraulic pressure control unit, an engine control unit, an automatic engine stop / restart control unit and a torque transmission control unit configured to calculate target start clutch engagement time and torque based on an accelerator opening of the vehicle, calculate a target engine torque based on the target clutch engagement torque and cause the hydraulic control unit and the engine control unit to control the engagement state of the start clutch and the output torque of the engine according to the target clutch engagement time and torque and the target engine torque at a restart of the engine.

There is provided a parking assist apparatus capable of allowing an automatic steering control to be started smoothly, without requiring any special operation after confirmation of a parking target location. The parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position, a guiding path calculating section for calculating a guiding path to the parking target position, a reporting information outputting section for reporting to the driver upon successful establishment of a guiding path that an automatic steering is now possible, a non-holding state determining section for determining whether there is established a non-holding state of the driver not holding a steering device, and a guiding start determining section configured to allow guiding by the automatic steering to be started, provided the guiding path has been established AND the non-holding state has been realized.

The present invention is automatic engine staring control method. The present invention includes one mixed power controller for controlling the idle stopping and fast starting of engine and one engine controlling module for controlling the engine. Under certain automobile condition and driver's operation, the mixed power controller judges and sends out execution signal and communicates mutually with the engine controlling module through the automobile CAN network for automatic on-off of the engine. The present invention can realize the fast smooth starting of the engine after idle starting and has low noise and low exhaust.

A full hybrid electric vehicle comprises a heat engine, a one-way-clutch connected to the engine shaft, an electric motor, a planetary gear unit, a clutch with limited torque, and a transmission. The planetary gear unit includes at least a sun gear (an input element), a ring gear (an input element) and a pinion carrier (an output element). The torque-limited clutch seats between two of the planetary gear elements. The engine is connected to and applies torque on one of the input elements. The electric motor is connected to and applies torque on the other input element. While the vehicle is running, the engine can be started smoothly by engaging the torque-limited clutch and controlling the motor torque, and a shock on the vehicle similar to a rough shift can be avoided.

A system for successively extracting unprocessed substrates from a cassette, successively conveying the extracted substrates to a plurality of processing units, causing the processing units to process the substrates, and successively returning processed substrates to a cassette is disclosed. In the system, corresponding to a recipe that contains process conditions for each of at least one lot, a process start prediction time at which processes of each lot start and a process completion prediction time at which processes for each lot are completed are calculated for at least two processes. Corresponding to the process start prediction time and the process completion prediction time, at least one of optimum processing units that optimize processes for each lot is selected for each lot.

An electric vehicle employs an oil commonly used as a lubricating oil for gears and a coolant for a motor and is propelled by transmitting the rotational torque of the motor to wheels through the gears, the motor being partly immersed in the oil. It is determined whether the motor is in a state prior to being started or not. If it is judged that the motor is in the state prior to being started, coils of the motor are energized alternately with a first current supplied to the motor at an advanced angle for no torque to generate a magnetic flux, and a second current supplied to the motor at another advanced angle for no torque to generate a magnetic flux in a direction opposite to the magnetic flux generated by the first current, thereby heating the oil.

The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including disclosure-information sender means for transmitting user-disclosure information to an other apparatus, disclosure-information receiver means for receiving other user-disclosure information from the other apparatus, display control means for controlling a process to display information received by the disclosure-information receiver means, connection request means for making a request for a connection to an other apparatus in accordance with a user operation, connection-permission determination means for producing a determination result as to whether or not a connection requested by the connection request means as a connection to an other apparatus has been permitted by the other apparatus on the basis of a response received from the other apparatus, and communication means for transmitting an image and voice of the user to an other apparatus and receiving an image and voice of an other user from the other apparatus in case a determination result produced by the connection-permission determination means indicates that a connection with the other apparatus has been permitted by the other apparatus.

A drive system for a refrigeration compressor such as is used in a natural gas liquefaction plant, allowing the desired compressor speed and maximum turbine efficiency to be maintained throughout varying ambient temperature conditions. A gas turbine is used with an electric starter motor with drive-through capability located on a common drive shaft between the turbine and the compressor. A variable frequency drive (VFD) is connected between the electrical power grid and the electric motor for smooth startups, but also to allow excess turbine mechanical power to be converted to electrical power by the motor operating as a generator, and delivered to the grid at the grid frequency. Pulse width modulation technology may be used to reduce harmonic distortion in the VFD's output. The starter motor also functions as a helper motor when the turbine output is insufficient to drive the compressor at the rotational speed needed to meet throughput requirements.

The object of this invention is to provide an air conditioner with a variable capacity compressor (2) parallely connected to a fixed capacity compressor (4), and a method of controlling the operation of such an air conditioner. When it is required to start the fixed capacity compressor (4) in addition to an operation of the variable capacity compressor (2) due to an increase in the sum of the required cooling capacities of indoor units (9), an outdoor control unit (13) starts the fixed capacity compressor (4) during an unloading mode operation of the variable capacity compressor (2) where the pressure difference between the outlet side and inlet side of the variable capacity compressor is minimized. The fixed capacity compressor (4) is thus smoothly started without causing an induction of excessive starting current, and improves the operational reliability of the air conditioner.

The invention discloses an electronic-parking-brake system with the automatic parking function, a starting method and a vehicle. According to the electronic-parking-brake system, during starting, a vehicle is converted from a brake state acted by the electronic-parking-brake system into a brake state acted by the automatic parking function, the vehicle begins to be started from the brake state acted by the automatic parking function, the vehicle can be started stably, starting noise of the vehicle is lowered, and the driving experience is improved.

The invention is a multi-end flexible direct current transmission system and a starting method thereof. The multi-end flexible direct current transmission system and the starting method thereof comprise two sending end converter stations and a receiving end converter station. A wind power plant is connected with the two sending end converter stations. The two sending end converter stations convert electric energy into direct current and transmit the direct current to the receiving end converter station though a direct current transmission line. The receiving end converter station converts the direct current into alternating current and is connected with a large power network. A first sending end converter station in the two sending end converter stations is connected with a second sending end converter station and the receiving end converter station through a direct current disconnecting switch (Sdc1). The second sending end converter station is connected with the first sending end converter station and the receiving end converter station through a direct current disconnecting switch (Sdc2). The receiving end converter station is connected with the first sending end converter station and the second sending end converter station through a direct current disconnecting switch (Sdc3). The starting procedure of the multi-end flexible direct current transmission system and the starting method thereof is stable and has a safe and reliable property and a wide range of application. The multi-end flexible direct current transmission system and the starting method thereof is used for multi-end flexible direct current transmission projects with modularization multi-end flat topological structures, and can decrease impact current on alternating current side or direct current side at the moment of deblocking of multi-end converter stations, and can stably generate direct voltage to a rated value.

The invention discloses a rotary decelerating and braking energy recovery system of a hydraulic excavator, comprising two valve blocks. Each valve block is provided with a hydraulic control unloading valve, a hydraulic control conversion valve, a hydraulic control reversing valve and two one-way valves; in each valve block, the hydraulic control reversing valve is respectively communicated with a multi-way valve, the hydraulic control conversion valve, the hydraulic control unloading valve, the second one-way valve, a pilot oil path control handle and a rotary motor; the second one-way valve is communicated with a energy accumulator; the hydraulic control conversion valve and the hydraulic control unloading valve are communicated with the energy accumulator via the first one-way valve; the multi-way valve is respectively communicated with the hydraulic control conversion valve and the hydraulic control unloading valve via the first one-way valve; the hydraulic pump and the controller are connected with the second pressure sensor; and the energy accumulator and the controller are connected with the first pressure sensor. The invention enables the hydraulic excavator to automatically judge the motion state of the rotary system and recover the braking energy and enables the engine to work in the high-efficiency interval.

A full hybrid electric vehicle comprises a heat engine, a one-way-clutch connected to the engine shaft, an electric motor, a planetary gear unit, a clutch with limited torque, and a transmission. The planetary gear unit includes at least a sun gear (an input element), a ring gear (an input element) and a pinion carrier (an output element). The torque-limited clutch seats between two of the planetary gear elements. The engine is connected to and applies torque on one of the input elements. The electric motor is connected to and applies torque on the other input element. While the vehicle is running, the engine can be started smoothly by engaging the torque-limited clutch and controlling the motor torque, and a shock on the vehicle similar to a rough shift can be avoided.

The invention provides a hybrid drive system with a hydraulic torque converter, which comprises a motor, the hydraulic torque converter, a planetary row, a planetary carrier clutch, a planetary carrier brake and a drive motor, wherein the motor comprises a crank; the crank is connected with a pump wheel of the pump wheel clutch, a worm wheel of the hydraulic torque converter is connected with the pump wheel through a lockup clutch of the hydraulic torque converter; a sun wheel of the planetary row is connected with the worm wheel; a planetary carrier of the planetary row is connected with a gear ring of the planetary row through the planetary carrier clutch; the planetary carrier brake is arranged to be used for braking the planetary carrier; and a rotor shaft of the drive motor is connected with the gear ring. The hybrid drive system provides a larger output torque when a vehicle is started for accelerating or climbing, reduces the requirement on a drive motor system and an electrical storage device, and meets the requirement on high dynamic property of a heavy vehicle.

A waste heat recovery apparatus includes a Rankine cycle (20) which includes a heater (22) for heating an operation fluid by waste heat from a heat-generating device (10), an expansion unit (23) for converting energy of expansion of the operation fluid flowing out from the heater (22) into mechanical energy, and a condenser (24) for condensing and liquefying the expanded operation fluid, a temperature detector (206) for detecting the temperature of the operation fluid on the inlet side of the expansion unit (23), a pressure detector (207) for detecting inlet-side pressure (Pex_in) of the expansion unit (23), a pressure detector (208) for detecting outlet-side pressure (Pex_out) of the expansion unit (23), and control units (30, 32). The control units control a command rotational speed (N_id) of the expansion unit (23) based on superheated degree information (SH) at the inlet of the expansion unit obtained from the operation fluid temperature and the inlet-side pressure, and pressure information (P) in which the outlet-side pressure (Pex_out) is considered.

The present invention relates to a power generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle comprises an engine which outputs a driving force for the hybrid vehicle; a motor which outputs an assistant driving force so as to assist the driving force of the engine; a power storage unit; and a power generation control apparatus which controls the power generation by the motor. The power generation control apparatus comprises a load torque calculation device which calculates the load torque to be applied to an engine of the hybrid vehicle for generating electrical power used in the hybrid vehicle when the engine is idling; a generable torque calculation device which calculates torque generable by the engine when the engine is idling; and a power generation load torque determination device which determines a limiting value of a power generation load torque to be applied to the engine in accordance with the load torque calculated by the load torque calculation device and the generable torque calculated by the generable torque calculation device.

Disclosed is an ophthalmic lens storage container comprising: a container body including a lens storage portion having a cavity for storing a lens and a preserving solution, and a flange surrounding the cavity; and a cover sheet stripably sealed to the flange in a sealing zone that extends around the cavity to thereby fluid-tightly seal the lens storage portion. The flange of said container body includes an insulating portion located radially outward of an open-end peripheral portion of the cavity, extending circumferentially and includes a shoulder surface that extends in a first direction opposite to a second direction along which the cavity is exposed, and the sealing zone is located radially outward of the insulating portion of the flange.

The invention belongs to the field of power management and relates to a DC-DC step-down converter, in particular to a synchronous rectification step-down converter chip with a high-precision current detection function. The chip is based on a current PWM-mode DC-DC step-down converter. In the chip, the synchronous rectification switch PWM-mode current control technology is adopted, so the efficiency of the converter is greatly improved, and the output current can reach 2 A. By the adoption of a novel current detection sensing module with extremely high precision, the magnitude of a current can be detected more accurately in time, and the chip can be subjected to reliable overcurrent protection. Besides, according to the design of the chip, a double-frequency oscillator is adopted, so the frequency of a switching tube can be selected automatically according to the load capacity, the efficiency of the chip can be improved, and the working time of the chip can be prolonged. Lastly, the chip integrates a soft start circuit, so a surge current and an overshoot voltage which are generated during start can be suppressed, and an LED lamp and a driving chip can be protected against damage.

An input apparatus includes an input unit via which a user can point specific coordinates on a screen, and a display unit for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). A menu for selecting an arbitrary item from a plurality of items is displayed on the GUI. When the user conducts manipulation to move a location of coordinates pointed by the user on the screen so as to draw a circle, center coordinates of a circle locus of the manipulation are presumed regardless of the location of the coordinates. An item selected in the menu is moved so as to be associated with a rotation angle of the manipulation with respect to the center coordinates. The user can conduct selection manipulation of consecutive menu items without depending upon the location of coordinates pointed by the user on the screen.

A system for successively extracting unprocessed substrates from a cassette, successively conveying the extracted substrates to a plurality of processing units, causing the processing units to process the substrates, and successively returning processed substrates to a cassette is disclosed. In the system, corresponding to a recipe that contains process conditions for each of at least one lot, a process start prediction time at which processes of each lot start and a process completion prediction time at which processes for each lot are completed are calculated for at least two processes. Corresponding to the process start prediction time and the process completion prediction time, at least one of optimum processing units that optimize processes for each lot is selected for each lot.

A braking force retaining unit has a cut-off valve and a control unit. The cut-off valve retains predetermined brake hydraulic pressure at the wheel cylinders until a predetermined releasing condition is established even after the depression of a brake pedal is released when a vehicle is stopped, whereas when the predetermined releasing condition is established, the brake hydraulic pressure so retained is released, when the depression of the brake pedal is released, the control unit controls the cut-off valve so as to retain the brake hydraulic pressure while reducing the retained brake hydraulic pressure at a first reduction speed. When the predetermined releasing condition is established, the control unit controls the cut-off valve so as to allow the brake hydraulic pressure retained at the wheel cylinders to be reduced at a second reduction speed which is faster than the first reduction speed.

At the time of startup of an engine having an in-cylinder injector and an intake manifold injector, a risk of pre-ignition during the first-time compression stroke is determined based on a rotational angle of a crankshaft at the time of previous engine stop. When there is a high risk of pre-ignition, fuel injection from the in-cylinder injector having been set to make an air-fuel ratio within the combustion chamber become out of a range enabling combustion (to attain an over-rich condition) is carried out in addition to fuel injection from the intake manifold injector for normal engine startup. Pre-ignition is thus prevented, and smooth engine startup is ensured.

In a working vehicle in which a backhoe support frame for reinforcing is provided in a rear end portion of a vehicle body frame, and a transmission case is mounted on a rear portion of the vehicle body frame so as to be close to the backhoe support frame, each of support brackets provided in an outer side surface of a rear portion of each of main frames constructing the vehicle body frame so as to protrude outward is connected to a protruding end portion protruding to rightwardly and leftwardly relative to each of lower brace members in a reinforcing plate supporting a lower surface of the transmission case in a state in which a rear axle case protruding outward from the right and left side surfaces of the transmission case is sandwiched from upper and lower sides, in order to dissolve a risk that a load generated at a time of traveling in a backhoe installed state or at a time of an excavating work by the backhoe is propagated to the transmission case.

In the prior art in which permanent magnets are regularly arranged over the whole circumference of a rotor core, a satisfactory magnetic flux distribution is hard to obtain, and the cogging torque and the distortion factor of the induced electromotive force waveform are large, whereby characteristics of a rotating electric machine are poor. Also, because the permanent magnets are arranged over the whole circumference, a large number of permanent magnets are required and cost reduction is difficult. A permanent magnet rotating electric-machine of the invention comprises a stator provided with a plurality of windings, and a rotor in which magnets are disposed in slots formed in a rotor core along an outer circumference thereof, the rotor core being fixed on a rotary shaft rotating inside the stator, and in which one magnetic pole is constituted by each group of three or more of the magnets. A total angle occupied by the group of magnets constituting one magnetic pole is in the range of 150 to 165 degrees in terms of an electrical angle.

The invention discloses a start-stop method for a unified power flow controller. A start process comprises the steps of placing a parallel-side transformer into a parallel-side converter for charging and then unlocking the parallel-side converter to control the direct current voltage to be stable; unlocking a serial-side converter, and controlling the current of a by-pass switch of the serial-side converter to be close to zero; disconnecting the by-pass switch to connect a serial-side transformer to a line in series, wherein the serial-side converter enters a normal operation mode when the line stably runs; and during stop, switching the control mode of the serial-side converter firstly to enable the by-pass switch to be switched on in vicinity of zero current, controlling the current of the serial-side transformer to be gradually reduced into zero and stop the serial-side transformer, and then locking the serial-side converter and the parallel-side converter and stopping the parallel-side transformer. By the start-stop method for the unified power flow controller, the direct current overvoltage and overcurrent of the converter can be effectively inhibited when the serial-side transformer is switched off, the compact of current oscillation of an alternating current line to the serial-side transformer is reduced, and stable start and stop of the unified power flow controller are realized.