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20130124085 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD - According to navigation systems and methods, when a detected current position has deviated from a guidance route, a navigation device transmits a reroute calculation condition to an information distribution center including the current position and the destination, Based on the reroute calculation condition, the information distribution center determines whether a distance from the current position to a closest adjacent link is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance. When the distance from the current position to the closest adjacent link is longer than the predetermined distance, the information distribution center distributes to the navigation device reroute prohibition information including information regarding the adjacent link and a maximum waiting time. The maximum waiting time is a time that must elapse before the navigation device can again transmit the reroute calculation condition. | 05-16-2013 |
20130162448 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, TRAFFIC INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Systems, methods, and programs distribute traffic information including information on a wrong-way vehicle traveling in a wrong-way direction opposite to a designated travel direction of a road. The systems, methods, and programs distributes the traffic information to the target vehicle, determine a reporting range of the wrong-way vehicle information based on a wrong-way vehicle position. When an end-point distance is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference distance, the systems, methods, and programs set a wrong-way section as the reporting range. When the end-point distance is less than the reference distance, the systems, methods, and programs set the wrong-way section and at least one road section which is adjacent to the wrong-way section as the reporting range. When the target vehicle is in the reporting range, the systems, methods, and programs send the traffic information including the wrong-way vehicle information to the target vehicle. | 06-27-2013 |
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20150362222 | REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND A HEAT PUMP APPARATUS USING THE SAME REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - A refrigerant distribution device is provided for distributing refrigerant to a plurality of heat transfer tubes that constitute a heat exchanger. The refrigerant distribution device includes a first distribution device dividing refrigerant into a plurality of portions, and a plurality of two-way branch pipes each dividing refrigerant divided by the first distribution device into two portions to flow into two of the plurality of heat transfer tubes. | 12-17-2015 |
20160054038 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A heat exchanger is configured such that flat tubes in at least two levels bent or connected to each other at one end in an axial direction of the flat tubes and the flat tubes in at least two columns connected to each other are included in refrigerant passages through which refrigerant flows, and a flow direction of gas is counter to flow of refrigerant through the refrigerant passages in a column direction while the heat exchanger serves as a condenser. | 02-25-2016 |
20160076823 | STACKING-TYPE HEADER, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A stacking-type header according to the present invention includes: a first plate-shaped unit; and a second plate-shaped unit, in which the first plate-shaped unit or the second plate-shaped unit comprises at least one plate-shaped member having formed therein: a flow passage formed in the first plate-shaped member through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the plurality of first inlet flow passages; and a flow passage formed in the second plate-shaped member through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the second inlet flow passage, and in which the at least one plate-shaped member has a through portion or a concave portion formed in at least a part of a region between the flow passage through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the plurality of first inlet flow passages and the flow passage through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the second inlet flow passage. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076824 | STACKING-TYPE HEADER, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A stacking-type header according to the present invention includes: a first plate-shaped unit having a plurality of first outlet flow passages formed therein; and a second plate-shaped unit stacked on the first plate-shaped unit, the second plate-shaped unit having a distribution flow passage formed therein, the distribution flow passage being configured to distribute refrigerant, which passes through a first inlet flow passage to flow into the second plate-shaped unit, to the plurality of first outlet flow passages to cause the refrigerant to flow out from the second plate-shaped unit, in which the distribution flow passage includes a branching flow passage including a straight-line part perpendicular to a gravity direction, and in which the refrigerant flows into the branching flow passage through a part between both ends of the straight-line part, passes through both the ends, and flows out from the branching flow passage through a plurality of end portions. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076825 | STACKING-TYPE HEADER, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a stacking-type header including a first plate-shaped unit and a second plate-shaped unit, a distribution flow passage in the second plate-shaped unit includes at least one branching flow passage, in which the second plate-shaped unit includes at least one plate-shaped member having a groove formed as a flow passage, the groove having at least one branching portion for branching one branch part into a plurality of branch parts, in which the at least one branching flow passage is formed by closing the groove in a region other than a refrigerant inflow region and a refrigerant outflow region, and in which at least part of the refrigerant branched by flowing into the at least one branching flow passage sequentially passes through the one branch part and the plurality of branch parts, and flows out from the at least one branching flow passage through end portions of the groove. | 03-17-2016 |