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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle status notification device, a vehicle status notification system, a vehicle status notification method, a vehicle status notification program and a computer-readable recording medium for recording the vehicle status notification program for properly notifying a vehicle user of the operation forgetfulness of on-vehicle operation equipment. SOLUTION: Under such a circumstance that on-vehicle operation equipment such as an engine or air-conditioner is put in a status that they should not be, after a vehicle user gets off, when any person is not present in a car compartment, it is judged that the status of the on-vehicle operation equipment is due to the operation forgetfulness of the vehicle user, and the vehicle user is notified of the operation forgetfulness of the on-vehicle operation equipment, and when any person exists in the car compartment, it is judged that the status of the on-vehicle operation equipment is not due to the operation forgetfulness of the vehicle user, and the vehicle user is prohibited from being notified of the operation forgetfulness of the on-vehicle operation equipment. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of times of communication between a vehicle and an information center required for acquiring a plurality of diagnosis results following a procedure, concerning a remote failure diagnosis system, a remote failure diagnosis method and the information center. SOLUTION: In this system, the information center selects a diagnosis procedure for executing a plurality of diagnoses necessary for specifying a failure portion on the basis of failure information of the vehicle, and transmits information for showing the diagnosis procedure collectively to the vehicle side. The vehicle side performs the plurality of diagnoses following the diagnosis procedure transmitted as the information from the information center, and transmits a plurality of diagnosis results collectively to the information center. The information center specifies the failure portion of the vehicle on the basis of the plurality of diagnosis results transmitted from the vehicle side. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a holding device, more surely holding an object to be held. SOLUTION: This holding device 1A includes: an elastic passive joint 6 provided at a connecting part of a first node 50 and a second node 20 and passively transmitting holding force elastically in holding an object to be held. The device includes passive range regulating mechanisms 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 for regulating the passive enable range of the first node 50, wherein the passive range regulating mechanisms vary the passive enable range according to a joint angle β made by the first node 50 and the second node 20, thereby performing the holding operation corresponding to the objects different in shape, size and weight. Thus, provided is the holding device for surely holding the objects of different types. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly notify a forgotten operation for an on-vehicle equipment to a vehicle user, while conformed with a characteristic of the individual vehicle user, as to a vehicular condition notification device and a vehicular condition notification system. SOLUTION: The possibility that a condition of the on-vehicle equipment 10 corresponds to the forgotten operation of the vehicle user is transmitted from the on-vehicle equipment to a center 14, together with condition information of a vehicle, when the on-vehicle equipment such as an engine or an air conditioner is not under a regular condition. History information as to operations for the on-vehicle equipments is accumulated in every of the vehicle users, in a database 62 provided in the center 14. The center 14 determines whether the condition of the on-vehicle equipment is caused by the forgotten operation of the vehicle user or not, based on the history information accumulated in the database 62 as to the operation for the on-vehicle equipment in the vehicle user, and notifies the forgotten operation for the on-vehicle equipment to a terminal 12 of the vehicle user, only when determined as "YES". COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To detect a failure related to the heater performance of an air-fuel ratio sensor having a heater with high accuracy, while a detection opportunity for the failure being properly maintained. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control unit (ECU) 51 controls power fed to the heaters 38a to 41a of respective air-fuel ratio sensors 38 to 41, depending upon the operation condition of an engine 1 or the temperature condition of exhaust passages 5L, 5R, 15L and 15R, thereby adjusting the temperature of the sensors 38 to 41. The ECU 51 forcibly interrupts power fed to each of heaters 38a to 41a for the predetermined time, whether the heaters 38a to 41a are electrically energized or not, upon judgement that the operation condition of the engine 1 is not adversely influenced due to the interruption of power. Also, the ECU 51 after interrupting the power, compares the value of current flowing to the heaters 38a to 41a with a reference value, while supplying power thereto, and makes judgement about a failure related a drop in the performance of the heaters 38a to 41a on the basis of the comparison result.
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PURPOSE:To simplify the constitution of a circuit required for data transfer as to the data communication device which has plural central processing units(CPU) and transfer data among the respective CPUs. CONSTITUTION:A monitor device 43 transfers a CPU number (corresponding to CPUNI) containing desired fault data and request data containing an address (corresponding to ADRI) wherein the fault data is stored to a 2nd CPU 20. The request data is transferred to a 1st CPU 10 and a 3rd CPU 30 in order and a CPU instructed with the CPUNI transfers the fault data (DATA01 and DATA03) and the addresses (ADR01 and ADR03) wherein the fault data are stored to a monitor device 43 through the CPU 20. Consequently, the respective CPUs 10-30 need not be connected to the monitor device 43 individually.
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PURPOSE:To allow an effective diagnosis within a short time by inferring the failure cause of a vehicle on the basis of vehicle symptoms information and vehicle state information independently supplied. CONSTITUTION:A measuring device 13 is connected to a vehicle 12 to measure the vehicle state, and in a measuring condition memory means 14, measuring conditions corresponding to causes of vehicle failures are stored. Of the vehicle state information from the device 13, all the information suitable for the measuring condition corresponding to the symptoms of a vehicle failure stored in the means 14 is supplied to an inference processing means 16 by a measuring processing means 15. In a failure diagnostic device 10, the vehicle symptoms information produced by the input from an input means 11 and the vehicle state information from the means 15 are independently supplied to the means 16. Thus, the information possible to estimate a true failure cause can be supplied to the means 16 in the early stage, and accordingly, the diagnosis can be rapidly determined, whereby the diagnostic efficiency can be enhanced, and the diagnostic time can be shortened.
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PURPOSE:To prevent the detection of a momentary abnormality scarcely having any effect on the running during normal running and to eliminate unnecessary anxiousness from a user. CONSTITUTION:An external diagnostic unit 27 is connected with the serial communication controller in an electronic controller (ECU) 51 at the time of inspection of a vehicle, for example. Normal and check mode self-diagnostic programs are stored in the ECU 51. When the external diagnostic unit 27 is connected with the ECU 51 and a predetermined operation is conducted, the ECU 51 conducts self-diagnosis based on the check mode self-diagnostic program having high abnormality detection accuracy. In this regard, a reset pattern is preset and when the reset pattern matches an actual running pattern, the self-diagnostic mode is reset automatically to normal mode. Consequently, even when a dealer missed to reset the self-diagnostic mode to normal mode, it is done automatically to allow the use of self-diagnostic program.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic control device and an electronic control method in which a transfer memory region is arranged between a transmission part or a receiving part and a transmission memory region or a receiving member region, and then a data transfer is carried out between it and another electronic control device in compliance with a short revising space. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a first transfer memory region in which a plurality of kinds of data having a different revision timing are arranged in a predetermined order and stored and a transmission memory region in which a plurality of kinds of data are written at predetermined positions under a revision timing for data. All data in the transmission memory region are transferred to the first transfer memory region under a predetermined timing. Due to this fact, the data in the first transfer memory region is not revised during a time in which data is transmitted from the first transfer memory region and thus data can be transmitted under an optional timing in compliance with a short revision timing.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a failure diagnostic device for an electronic control apparatus for vehicle, by which at least one electronic control apparatus out of a plurality of electronic control apparatuses mutually connected by communication lines so as to form a communication network can deal with a plurality of transmission speeds and by which the electronic control apparatus capable of dealing with a plurality of transmission speeds can decide a transmission speed quickly out of a plurality of transmission speeds. SOLUTION: When an apparatus address signal designates an ECU(electronic control unit) 11 for engine control, the ECU identifies a transmission speed, which is requested by an external vehicle diagnostic apparatus 20, out of transmission speeds of 10.4kbps and 9.6kbps on the basis of transmission speed data stored in a prescribed address for the apparatus address signal. Then, the transmission speed is decided as a transmission speed which is used to transmit and receive data with reference to the external vehicle diagnostic apparatus 20.