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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular drive control apparatus that properly starts an internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is started after deceleration. SOLUTION: The vehicular drive control apparatus is applied to a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a regeneration control means for performing regenerative braking during deceleration. The vehicular drive control apparatus starts the internal combustion engine during deceleration in the following cases: (1) the internal combustion engine is suspended; (2) surplus energy is generated due to regenerative braking during deceleration; and (3) the internal combustion engine is expected to start after the deceleration. There is no need to extract energy from a battery to start the internal combustion engine, thereby improving fuel economy. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-moving body interferometric positioning system can precisely grasp the relative positions of three or more moving bodies by means of efficient positioning processing. SOLUTION: An inter-moving body interferometric positioning system for carrying out positioning in coordination with three or more moving bodies that can mutually communicate, includes: reference vehicle decision means for deciding on a single moving body to function as a reference vehicle from among three or more moving bodies; and positioning means for interferometrically determining respective relative positions of other moving bodies relative to the reference moving body that is to function as a reference vehicle decided on by the reference moving body decision means using satellite wave monitoring data monitored in each of the three or more moving bodies. This inter-moving body interferometric positioning system specifies relative positions among the other moving bodies using positioning results of the positioning means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle position attitude estimating device for improving final calculation accuracy. SOLUTION: This vehicle position attitude estimating device 1 includes a vehicle behavior detecting means 2c for detecting the acceleration of a vehicle, a wheel speed detecting means 2d for detecting the wheel speed of the wheel of the vehicle, a GPS speed detecting means 2e for detecting the GPS speed, a determining means 2f for determining whether slip or lock of the wheel occurs, and a calculating means 2g for calculating the vehicle speed based on the acceleration and wheel speed when the determining means 2f determines that slip or lock of the wheel does not occur. When the determining means 2f determines that slip or lock of the wheel occurs, the calculating means 2g calculates the vehicle speed based on the acceleration and the GPS speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect existence of an influence of multipath; to reduce the influence when the influence of multipath exists; and to improve measurement accuracy. SOLUTION: This GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiving device for calculating a position based on each positioning signal transmitted from a plurality of GNSS satellites is equipped with a multipath determination means for determining whether the positioning signal is received after being influenced by the multipath or not, based on a time characteristic of a pseudo distance determined based on the positioning signal; a phase difference zero point calculation means for determining a zero point where a phase of a direct wave becomes equal to a phase of a reflected wave based on the time characteristic of the pseudo distance, when determined that the positioning signal is received after being influenced by the multipath; a pseudo distance correction means for correcting the pseudo distance based on the time characteristic of an integrated value of a Doppler frequency determined based on the positioning signal and on the zero point determined by the phase difference zero point calculation means; and a positioning operation means for determining a position based on the corrected pseudo distance. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a working assisting device capable of easily moving a tool along a target track without dropping the working efficiency excessively. SOLUTION: The working assisting device is to assist the operator in performing the operation for a workpiece rotating, whereby the tool is moved along the target track set on the workpiece previously. The device comprises: a workpiece rotating device to rotate the workpiece round a rotary shaft; a tool moving device to change the position and direction of the tool in accordance with the operating force applied by the operator; a tool position sensing means to sense the position of the tool; a tool direction sensing means to sense the direction of the tool; and a controlling means to control the workpiece rotating device in such a manner as decreasing the angular velocity of the workpiece rotating device with longer distance from the sensed tool position to the rotary shaft and also decreasing the angular velocity of the workpiece rotating device with greater angle formed between the counter-moving direction of the workpiece in the sensed tool position and the sensed direction of the tool. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for fitting window glass capable of allowing a worker to perform window glass fitting work to a vehicle body by himself/herself by positioning the window glass with respect to the vehicle body. SOLUTION: The window glass fitting device facilitates the fitting work of window glass by a worker to a vehicle body when the worker positions and fits the window glass held by a window glass holder at a predetermined fitting position of the vehicle body. In the window glass fitting device, two cameras mounted to the window glass holder photograph images of right and left ends of the window glass held by the window glass holder. Only one of the photographed images is subjected to mirror image inversion in the right-to-left direction and displayed on a monitor 150. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work assisting device that assists a worker to shift an object. SOLUTION: The work assisting device 100 is provided with: a gripping device 10; and a shifting device 20 that is connected to the gripping device 10 in a manner to be rotatable around a rotation axis Q. The object W is held by the gripping device 10 and a worker T. When the object W is rotated by the worker T, the work assisting device 100 calculates a first shifting command value that directs shifting direction and distance of the rotating axis Q for giving the rotation to the object W presumably to minimize deviation between the object W and a target attitude angle. The shifting device 20 is shifted according to the first shifting command value. The gripping device 10 and the shifting device 20 are revolvably connected, so that a rotation of the object W when shifting the rotating axis Q is defined by a positional relation of the rotating axis Q and the worker T. The worker T easily understands the rotation of the object W when the rotating axis Q is shifted. The worker T shifts the object W using the work shifting device 100 in easy understanding for the worker. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work assisting device, facilitating work regardless of the distance between the tool position and the rotational center of a workpiece when a worker performs work using a tool to the rotating workpiece. SOLUTION: In this work assisting device, a controller 22a calculates the length of a perpendicular R drawn from the position P of an applicator 32 (a tool) to the axis C of rotation of a workpiece rotator 24. The controller 22a controls the angular velocity of a motor 28 so that the longer the perpendicular R is, the smaller the angular velocity ω of a windshield 30 (a workpiece) is. Even if the applicator 32 is located in a position distant from the axis C of rotation of the windshield 30, the relative speed of the applicator 32 and the windshield 30 is restrained to increase. Even if the distance between the applicator 32 and the axis C of rotation changes, the relative speed of the applicator 32 and the windshield 30 does not change largely, so that work using the applicator 32 to the windshield 30 can be assisted to be easily performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power assist device and its adaptive model prediction control method for suppressing deviation from a target final position to small extent as much as possible by smallest possible operation force in cooperation work of a man and a robot. SOLUTION: This power assist device is provided with an articulated arm robot 10 having a fingertip part 11 for gripping an object 1 to be transported rigidly and a controller 20 for controlling the robot. The robot 10 has a sensor for detecting revolute joint angle vector q of multi-revolute joint, a fingertip part position x, and force f e that a worker working in cooperation with the robot applies on the object to be transported. The controller 20 infers coefficient of viscosity of worker's fingertip D e , its modulus of elasticity K e , and a natural length position x e of worker's fingertip based on the revolute joint angle vector q, the fingertip part position x, and worker's force f e detected by the sensor on real time. The robot 10 generates assist force to suppress positioning error to small extent as much as possible by smallest possible operation force based on the inferred values. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract translation:要解决的问题:提供一种动力辅助装置及其自适应模型预测控制方法,用于通过人和机器人的协作工作中最小的可能的操作力尽可能多地抑制从目标最终位置到少量的偏移 。 解决方案:该动力辅助装置设置有铰接臂机器人10,其具有用于夹持要刚性运输的物体1的指尖部分11和用于控制机器人的控制器20。 机器人10具有用于检测与机器人协作工作的工作人员对物体进行多重旋转接头的旋转关节角度矢量q,指尖部位置x和力f e < 被运送 控制器20推测工人的指尖D e SB>的粘度系数,其弹性模量K e SB>和工人的自然长度位置x e SB> 基于由传感器实时检测的旋转关节角度矢量q,指尖部位置x和作业者力f e SB>的指尖。 机器人10产生辅助力,以通过基于推断值的最小可能的操作力尽可能多地抑制定位误差。 版权所有(C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for walking while updating the action plan based upon a difference between the measured foot sole disposition and the target foot sole disposition by measuring the actual disposition of the foot sole of a support leg in a legged robot. SOLUTION: This robot is a legged robot walking by driving joint group based upon the action plan. The legged robot includes: a means for detecting the position of a representative point of the robot seen from the coordinates system fixed on the outside of the robot; a means for detecting the direction of a representative line of the robot seen from the coordinates system fixed on the outside of the robot; a means for detecting the joint angle group of the joint group of the robot; a means for specifying the foot sole disposition of a support leg of the robot seen from the coordinates system fixed on the outside of the robot; and a means for correcting an action plan based upon the foot sole disposition of the specified support leg and the target foot sole disposition course of the support leg. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT