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20080239419 | Hologram Reproduction Apparatus and Hologram Reproduction Method - A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that can be reduced in size. A hologram reproducing apparatus of the invention reproduces signal information from a recorded media having a domain of diffraction grating that is irradiated with a record light beam containing a coherent reference light component and a signal light component spatially modulated according to the signal information substantially on the same optical axis and is recorded an interference of the reference light component and the signal light component. The hologram reproducing apparatus comprises a light source for emitting a coherent light beam, a light-beam irradiator for irradiating the light beam to the domain of diffraction grating of the recording medium, a light collector for collecting a reproduced light beam reproduced by irradiating the light beam to the domain of diffraction grating toward a convergent position, an incident-light processing unit provided at the convergent position and for separating a Fourier 0-order component of the reproduced light beam and a diffraction light component of the reproduced light beam, and a detecting section for detecting the signal information from the diffraction component. | 10-02-2008 |
20090318663 | Polymerizable Spherical Transition Metal Complex, Spherical Transition Metal Complex, and Production Method Thereof - A polymerizable spherical transition metal complex is provided which has a hollow shell which is formed from transition metal atoms and bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands having a substituent having a polymerizable group moiety at an end thereof, and the substituents being oriented towards the interior of the hollow shell. A spherical transition metal complex in which, in the hollow shell of the polymerizable spherical transition metal complex, the polymerizable groups are polymerized, and a production method thereof are also provided. The polymerizable spherical transition metal complex which is a spherical transition metal complex having a hollow shell, is characterized in that the hollow shell is formed from a transition metal atoms (wherein a represents an integer of 6 to 60), and 2a bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands have a substituent having at least one or more polymerizable group moieties at an end thereof, and the substituents are oriented towards an interior of the hollow shell. The spherical transition metal complex is characterized in that the polymerizable groups are polymerized in the hollow shell of the polymerizable spherical transition metal complex. The production method thereof is also provided. | 12-24-2009 |
20110043890 | LIGHT CONTROLLER - To provide a light controller allowing for an enhanced positional precision in assembly of a spatial light modulator and a random phase mask, and to provide a light controller adapted to prevent positional deviations between a spatial light modulator and a random phase mask against impacts or vibrations, allowing for an enhanced operational integrity, a light controller includes a substrate, a light modulation unit disposed on the substrate and configured for modulation of light, and a random phase mask stacked on the light modulation unit on an optical axis of the light modulation unit. | 02-24-2011 |
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20090231061 | LAMB-WAVE RESONATOR AND OSCILLATOR - A Lamb-wave resonator includes: a piezoelectric substrate; an interdigital transducer electrode formed on a main surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the interdigital transducer electrode including a plurality of electrode finger elements being interdigitated, and a bus bar electrode coupling the plurality of electrode finger elements; and a pair of reflectors disposed on opposite sides of the interdigital transducer electrode in a propagation direction of a Lamb wave. A thickness t of the piezoelectric substrate is in a range expressed by 009-17-2009 | |
20100064492 | LAMB WAVE TYPE FREQUENCY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A Lamb wave type high frequency device comprises: a piezoelectric substrate; an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode formed on a first main surface of the piezoelectric substrate; a reinforcing substrate connected to a second main surface of the piezoelectric substrate; a space portion formed in one of the piezoelectric substrate and the reinforcing substrate, an area of the space portion being larger than a region in which a Lamb wave is propagated; and a connecting surface formed in a periphery of the space portion. | 03-18-2010 |
20100237742 | LAMB-WAVE RESONATOR AND OSCILLATOR - A Lamb-wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate, and an IDT electrode disposed on one principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrode has bus bar electrodes connecting sends of a plurality of electrode finger elements. The plurality of electrode finger elements being interdigitated with each other to form an apposition area. The IDT electrode includes a pair of reflectors disposed on the one principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and respectively arranged on both sides of the IDT electrode in a propagation direction of a Lamb wave. | 09-23-2010 |
20100237959 | LAMB-WAVE RESONATOR AND OSCILLATOR - A Lamb-wave resonator includes: a piezoelectric substrate; an IDT electrode disposed on one principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, having bus bar electrodes each connecting one ends of a plurality of electrode finger elements, the other ends of the plurality of electrode finger elements being interdigitated with each other to form an apposition area; and a pair of reflectors disposed on the one principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and respectively arranged on both sides of the IDT electrode in a propagation direction of a Lamb wave, wherein denoting a thickness of the piezoelectric substrate in the apposition area of the electrode finger elements as ti, a thickness of the piezoelectric substrate in areas between respective ends of the apposition area in a direction perpendicular to the propagation direction of the Lamb wave and the bus bar electrodes as tg, and a wavelength of the Lamb wave as λ, the thickness ti exists in a range represented by 009-23-2010 | |
20120038244 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING RESONANT FREQUENCY - A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration device having a surface acoustic wave element includes a step of forming a functional film adapted to increase a velocity of a wave on a surface of the surface acoustic wave element. Further, the Young's modulus of the functional film is higher than the Young's modulus of each of the excitation electrode and the piezoelectric body, and the density of the functional film is lower than the density of each of the excitation electrode and the piezoelectric body. Thus, it is possible to develop the frequency rise due to the elastic modulus rise while suppressing the influence of the frequency drop due to the mass attachment effect to thereby raise the resonant frequency of the surface acoustic wave element. | 02-16-2012 |
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20080208949 | Distribution Request Control Method and Unit, and Program for Distribution Request Control Method - To provide a distribution request management method and so on in which a communication service providing side can perform data signal distribution while keeping high reliability. | 08-28-2008 |
20090246872 | STRUCTURE FOR CELL CULTURE, CELL CULTURE VESSEL, STRUCTURE WITH SPHEROID, VESSEL WITH SPHEROID, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - By using a microfabrication technique such as nanoimprinting, a structure for cell culture comprising: a concavo-convex structure having a plurality of successive unit structures each formed in a polygonal shape in a planar direction and having a minimum internal diameter of less than or equal to 3 μm, wherein a width between adjoining unit structures is less than or equal to 3 μm, a concavo-convex depth is greater than or equal to 10 nm, and the concavo-convex structure functions as a cell adherence surface. By culturing cells in this structure or a cell culture vessel comprising this structure integrated therein, a structure having a spheroid or a vessel having a spheroid, in which a spheroid with lamellipodia has been formed, can be obtained. Thus, it is possible to produce the structure or the cell culture vessel in which the shape, size and material of the peak-and-valley structure are controlled. Furthermore, a spheroid suitable for, e.g., screening a drug can be easily cultured within a short period of time at a low cost. | 10-01-2009 |
20110146190 | HALF PRECAST SLAB AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURING HALF PRECAST SLAB - Providing a half precast slab even in a case where the thickness of the slab in the site condition is too thick to apply conventional precast construction techniques. A half precast slab including a plurality of floor concrete form members and, each floor concrete form member being provided with: a bottom slab of a long length, in response to the floor concrete form member; a pair of side walls installed upright along each longitudinal edge of the bottom slab, in response to the floor concrete form member; thereby, each floor concrete form member is arranged so as to be parallel to each other and be tightly connected to the adjacent floor concrete form member, along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each floor concrete form member; the height of the side walls other than the side walls on the most outer edge sides of the whole floor concrete form members is set at a common height that is smaller than the height of the side walls on the most outer edge sides. | 06-23-2011 |
20110307170 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system includes a map database | 12-15-2011 |
20120038926 | OPTICAL SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND DETECTION METHOD USING OPTICAL SENSOR - A highly sensitive and reliable optical sensor which has a low production cost, and facilitates a detection is provided. An optical sensor | 02-16-2012 |
20130136817 | TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND IMPRINTING DEVICE USING SAME - A temperature adjusting device that can heat and cool an object like a mold or a molding target uniformly and quickly, and an imprinting device using the same are provided. The temperature adjusting device is for adjusting a temperature of the object like a mold | 05-30-2013 |
20130145643 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a spin chuck ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130160392 | HALF PRECAST SLAB AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURING HALF PRECAST SLAB - Providing a half precast slab even in a case where the thickness of the slab in the site condition is too thick to apply conventional precast construction techniques. A half precast slab including a plurality of floor concrete form members and, each floor concrete form member being provided with: a bottom slab of a long length, in response to the floor concrete form member; a pair of side walls installed upright along each longitudinal edge of the bottom slab, in response to the floor concrete form member; thereby, each floor concrete form member is arranged so as to be parallel to each other and be tightly connected to the adjacent floor concrete form member, along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each floor concrete form member; the height of the side walls other than the side walls on the most outer edge sides of the whole floor concrete form members is set at a common height that is smaller than the height of the side walls on the most outer edge sides. | 06-27-2013 |
20140127531 | HIGH-CORROSION-RESISTANCE HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT APPEARANCE UNIFORMITY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a high-corrosion-resistance hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent appearance uniformity. The steel sheet includes: a coating layer containing Al: 4 to 22 mass %, Mg: 1 to 6 mass %, and Si: 0.001 to 1 mass %, and a balance being composed of Zn and inevitable impurities formed on a surface, in which at an interface between the coating layer and a base steel sheet, Mg | 05-08-2014 |
20140147543 | FLUID PRESSURE IMPRINTING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH PRESSURIZATION UNIT SECURING TOOL - An imprinting device is provided which is capable of using small an opening/closing device even when a transfer area increases. The imprinting device that transfers a molding pattern of a die to a molding target includes a pressurization unit that includes a pressurization chamber to pressurize the die and the molding target by a fluid, a stage that supports the die and the molding target pressurized by the pressurization unit, a pressurization device for adjusting the pressure of the fluid inside the pressurization chamber, an opening/closing device for relatively moving the pressurization unit and the stage, and a securing tool that secures the pressurization unit and the stage so as to prevent or suppress an application of force generated by the pressurization unit to the opening/closing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140319718 | IMPRINTING DEVICE AND IMPRINTING METHOD - An imprinting device to transfer the mold pattern on a die to a molding target includes a casing forming a pressure-adjusting chamber, a stage supporting the die and the molding target, a frame encircling a circumference of the stage, first moving means moving the casing and the stage in a direction coming close to each other or becoming distant from each other, second moving means moving the casing and the frame in a direction coming close to each other or becoming distant from each other, pressure-adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of a fluid in the pressure-adjusting chamber, and decompression means which decompresses a decompression chamber formed by the stage, a frame, and the die or the molding target, and which eliminates a fluid present between the die and the molding target. | 10-30-2014 |
20150042013 | IMPRINT DEVICE AND IMPRINT METHOD - An imprinting device having a stage and a cover that depress the die and the molding target, a frame formed with a hole into which the stage is fitted and surrounding an outer circumference thereof, a first moving means for relatively moving the stage and the cover in a direction coming close to or becoming apart from each other, a second moving means for relatively moving the cover and the frame in a direction coming close to or becoming apart from each other, a first depressurizing means for depressurizing a depressurizing room formed any one of the cover, the die or the molding target, and the stage, and further the frame, and eliminating a fluid between the die and the molding target, and a second depressurizing means for eliminating a fluid in a space between the cover and the die or the molding target. The imprinting device can be thus downsized and costs can be reduced. | 02-12-2015 |
20150091220 | Molding Method And Molding Device - A shaping method and a shaping device are provided which can easily and inexpensively form a curved face in a film including a micropattern. A shaping method is for forming, in a predetermined shaping-target area of a film including a patterned face with a micropattern, and a rear face opposite to the patterned face, a curved face beyond the thickness of the film, and includes a fixing step for fixing an outer edge of the shaping-target area of the film by fixing means, a first heating step for heating the film | 04-02-2015 |
20150158239 | IMPRINT DEVICE AND IMPRINT METHOD - An imprint device and an imprint method which form mold patterns on both surfaces of a molding target. An imprint device transfers mold patterns on both surfaces of a molding target using flexible first and second dies and includes first and second casings which each apply pressure of first and second pressurizing rooms respectively, to the first and second dies respectively and the molding target, a pressurizer that adjusts the pressures of the pressurizing rooms, first and second moving units that move the first and second dies respectively and the molding target in a direction coming close to or distant from each other, a depressurizer that depressurizes a depressurizing room formed between the first and second casings, and eliminates fluids present between the dies and the molding target, and a pressure adjuster that adjusts pressures to reduce pressure differences between the depressurizing room and the pressurizing rooms. | 06-11-2015 |
20150217506 | Roller Pressing Device, Imprinting Device, and Roller Pressing Method - A roller-type depressing device, an imprint device and an imprint method utilizing the same which can depress an object like a die or a molding target by controlling the depressing force of a roller is provided. A roller-type depressing device to depress the object with a roller includes a pressure adjusting plate provided with the roller, a roller moving unit moving the roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit holding the pressure adjusting plate in such a way that force produced by a pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate acts on the roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving the pressure of the roller via the object, and a pressure adjuster adjusting the pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate. | 08-06-2015 |
20150283754 | Roller-Type Pressurization Device, Imprinter, and Roller-Type Pressurization Method - A roller-type depressing device that can depress an object like a die or a molding target by controlling the pressure of a roller, an imprint device, and a method utilizing the same are provided. A roller-type depressing device depresses an object like a die or a molding target by a main roller, and includes a pressure adjusting plate, a roller moving unit that moves the main roller relative to the object, a pressure adjusting unit that holds the pressure adjusting plate so that force produced by a pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate acts on the main roller, a pressure receiving stage receiving pressure of the main roller, a pressure adjuster that adjusts the pressure difference in fluid applied to both faces of the pressure adjusting plate, and a pressure equalizer that equalizes pressure applied to the object by the main roller. | 10-08-2015 |
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20120164840 | Substrate Processing Method and Substrate Processing Apparatus - A substrate processing method includes a liquid processing process that supplies a processing liquid onto a substrate to process the substrate; a heating process that heats the substrate on which a liquid film of the processing liquid is formed; a supplying process that supplies a volatile processing liquid to the substrate on which the liquid film of the processing liquid is formed; a stopping process that stops the supply of the volatile processing liquid to the substrate; and a drying process that dries the substrate by removing the volatile processing liquid, in which the heating process starts before the supplying process that supplies the volatile processing liquid and the substrate is heated so that the surface temperature of the substrate is higher than a dew point before the surface of the substrate is exposed from the volatile processing liquid. | 06-28-2012 |
20130133695 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A chemical liquid process is performed on a substrate. Then, a rinse process that supplies a rinse liquid to the substrate is performed. Thereafter, a drying process that dries the substrate is performed while rotating the substrate. The drying process includes a first drying process that rotates the substrate at a first rotational speed; a second drying process that decreases the rotational speed of the substrate to a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed after the first drying process. In the second drying process, the rinse liquid and a drying solution are agitated and substituted while generating braking effect. In a third drying process, the rotational speed of the substrate is increased from the second rotational speed to a third rotational speed after the second drying process. Thereafter, in a fourth drying process, the drying solution on the substrate is scattered away by rotating the substrate. | 05-30-2013 |
20140137902 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary cup that is provided at a substrate holding unit to surround a substrate held thereon and to be rotated along with the substrate holding unit, and configured to guide a processing liquid dispersed from the substrate; and an outer cup that is provided around the rotary cup with a gap therebetween and configured to collect the guided processing liquid by the rotary cup. Further, a height of an upper end of the rotary cup is higher than that of the outer cup. Furthermore, an outward protrusion protruded outwards in a radial direction thereof and extended along a circumference thereof is provided at an upper end portion of an outer surface of the rotary cup, and the outward protrusion blocks mist of the processing liquid dispersed from the gap between the rotary cup and the outer cup toward a space above the substrate. | 05-22-2014 |
20140360536 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING THEREIN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A throughput in processing a substrate can be improved and a running cost thereof can be reduced. A substrate processing apparatus | 12-11-2014 |
20150128994 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD, SUBSTRATE CLEANING SYSTEM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - A method for cleaning a substrate includes supplying to a substrate a film-forming processing liquid which includes a volatile component and forms a film on the substrate, vaporizing the volatile component in the film-forming processing liquid such that the film-forming processing liquid solidifies or cures on the substrate and forms a processing film on the substrate, supplying to the substrate having the processing film a strip-processing liquid which strips the processing film from the substrate, and supplying to the processing film formed on the substrate a dissolving-processing liquid which dissolves the processing film after the supplying of the strip-processing liquid. | 05-14-2015 |
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20130219881 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of calculating a high-accuracy turbine rotational speed. A turbo supercharger which includes, in an exhaust passage, a turbine that is operated by exhaust energy of the internal combustion engine. A turbine rotational speed model which calculates a turbine rotational speed. The turbine rotational speed is corrected by an exhaust energy correction part equipped with the turbine rotational speed model. | 08-29-2013 |
20130282259 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - A control apparatus for a supercharged internal combustion engine, which can achieve a target torque accurately even if the target torque contains a high-frequency vibration component. The control apparatus determines a target air quantity and a target boost pressure from a target torque, operates an actuator for air quantity control according to the target air quantity, and operates an actuator for boost pressure control according to the target boost pressure. The target torque is formed to contain a low-frequency torque component that is set at all times based on a torque requirement from a driver and a high-frequency torque component that is set as necessary for a specific type of vehicle control. When the target torque contains only the low-frequency torque component, the target boost pressure is formed using a pressure component corresponding to the low-frequency torque. | 10-24-2013 |
20130306026 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device calculates a maximum amount of increase in an intake pipe pressure in a Δt obtained by moving a throttle to an opening side at a maximum speed, and calculates a maximum amount of decrease in an intake pipe pressure in the Δt obtained by moving the throttle to a closing side at a maximum speed. Then, command values for each of a VVT and a WGV are determined such that an amount of change in an intake pipe pressure in the Δt required to achieve a target intake air amount falls within a range from the maximum amount of decrease to the maximum amount of increase. Then, a target opening for the throttle for a purpose of achieving the target intake air amount is calculated on the basis of command values that have been determined for the VVT and the WGV. | 11-21-2013 |
20140174412 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus controls an internal combustion engine provided with an EGR device having an EGR passage and an EGR valve that is provided in the EGR passage and can adjust an EGR amount. This apparatus includes a controller that estimates state parameters of the internal combustion engine that affect the behavior of the EGR gas within a predetermined period of time; sets constraints on the EGR amount within the predetermined period on the basis of an approximated dynamics obtained by approximating a true dynamics, which is a transition of the EGR amount within the predetermined period, so that approximated values do not exceed the true dynamics; determines a target value of the EGR amount according to the estimated state parameters within a range of the EGR amount on which the constraints that have been set; and controls the EGR valve so that the EGR amount becomes the determined target value. | 06-26-2014 |
20140202137 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TURBO SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to control a supercharge pressure in such a manner as not to interfere with warming-up of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, in an internal combustion engine with a turbo supercharger. To this end, a control device for an internal combustion engine with a turbo supercharger provided by the present invention makes a determined value of a target supercharge pressure with respect to a same target intake pressure smaller when a request to warm up the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is present, as compared with when the request is absent. Note that the target intake pressure is determined based on a target air amount determined from a requested torque for the internal combustion engine. The present control device operates a throttle based on the target intake pressure and an actual supercharge pressure, and operates a wastegate valve based on the target supercharge pressure. | 07-24-2014 |
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20130220284 | AIR AMOUNT ESTIMATING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - An air amount estimating apparatus in an internal combustion engine having a supercharger that estimates with high accuracy an amount of air drawn into a cylinder without involving an increased calculation load. The air amount estimating apparatus estimates a cylinder air amount through calculation that incorporates a physical model representing air flowing behavior through an intake path. When, at this time, a ratio of throttle downstream pressure to throttle upstream pressure as calculated with the physical model is smaller than a reference ratio, a throttle flow rate is calculated using an equation of throttle based on the throttle upstream pressure, the throttle downstream pressure, and a throttle opening. When the ratio of the throttle downstream pressure to the throttle upstream pressure is greater than the reference ratio, the throttle flow rate is calculated using a linear interpolation equation based on a compressor flow rate and an intake valve flow rate. | 08-29-2013 |
20150101569 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - An object of this invention is, with respect to a torque-demand-control type controller that subjects two kinds of actuators provided upstream and downstream in an intake passage to coordinated operations based on a requested torque for an internal combustion engine, to enable realization of a pulse-like torque change in a torque decreasing direction that is requested, for example, when performing an upshift operation in an electronically controlled automatic transmission. To achieve this object, according to a controller for an internal combustion engine of this invention, when a pulse component in a torque decreasing direction is included in a requested torque, a second requested torque that does not include the pulse component is generated. In this case, a first actuator provided on the downstream side in the intake passage is operated based on the requested torque. On the other hand, although a second actuator provided on the upstream side in the intake passage is operated based on the requested torque when there is not a valid value of the second requested torque, the second actuator is operated based on the second requested torque when there is a valid value of the second requested torque. | 04-16-2015 |
20150122234 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to detect abnormality of a supercharging pressure sensor accurately in an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger that can change a supercharging pressure by operation of an actuator. For this purpose, a control device according to the present invention operates an actuator so that a supercharging pressure measured by a supercharging pressure sensor becomes a target supercharging pressure, acquires a measured value of a flow rate of air flowing in an intake passage, and calculates an estimated supercharging pressure based on the measured air flow rate. The control device according to the present invention sets a first abnormality flag when a first simultaneous inequality is established, which is a simultaneous inequality evaluating magnitude correlation between the measured supercharging pressure, the target supercharging pressure and the estimated supercharging pressure, and is not established when the supercharging pressure sensor is normal. As a result that the first abnormality flag is set, it can be known that abnormality occurs to the supercharging pressure sensor. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134214 | VEHICLE INTEGRATED CONTROL DEVICE - An object of the present invention, in a vehicle integrated control device, is to cause a request torque having an appropriate magnitude and change speed to be given to an engine control unit from a drive system manager. To this end, according to a vehicle integrated control device according to the present invention, a first maximum torque and a second maximum torque are presented to a drive system manager from an engine control unit. The drive system manager refers to the first maximum torque and the second maximum torque which are presented, and determines a request torque to be given to the engine control unit. The first maximum torque is a maximum torque that can be realized when only an operation amount of a throttle is actively changed without actively changing an operation amount of a wastegate valve. The second maximum torque is a maximum torque that can be realized when both the operation amount of the throttle and the operation amount of the wastegate valve are actively changed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150144114 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to enable monitoring whether a target throttle opening degree to be given to an electronically controlled throttle is not out of an appropriate range, in a controller for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger. To this end, in a controller according to the present invention, propriety of the target throttle opening degree is confirmed with a reference throttle opening degree as a reference by a monitoring device. The target throttle opening degree is calculated based on a target intake air quantity and a measured value or an estimated value of a supercharging pressure by using an inverse model of an air model expressing a dynamic relation that is established among the supercharging pressure, a throttle opening degree and an intake air quantity, by a first arithmetic unit. The reference throttle opening degree is calculated based on the target intake air quantity and a measured value or an estimated value of an atmospheric pressure by using a relational expression that is established between the intake air quantity and an intake pipe pressure in a steady state, and a relational expression that is established among a throttle upstream pressure, the intake pipe pressure and a throttle flow rate in a steady state, by a second arithmetic unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150159546 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH TURBO SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to improve controllability over a supercharging pressure in a transient state, in a control device of an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbo supercharger that determines a manipulated variable of an actuator which acts on a rotational speed of a turbine by feedback control based on a deviation between a target state quantity and an actual state quantity. To this end, a control device according to the present invention determines an opening degree of a throttle by feedforward control based on a target intake air amount, and determines a manipulated variable of the actuator by feedback control based on a deviation between a target intake pressure determined from the target intake air amount and an actual intake pressure. | 06-11-2015 |
20150184606 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SUPERCHARGED ENGINE - It is an object of the invention to enhance the possibility of realizing a required torque in a supercharging region where scavenging occurs in a control apparatus for a supercharged engine. In order to achieve this object, the control apparatus for the supercharged engine according to the invention determines an operation amount of an intake valve driving device from a target in-cylinder air amount that is calculated from a required torque, and determines an operation amount of a throttle from a target intake valve passing air amount that is obtained by adding an amount of air blowing through an interior of a cylinder to the target in-cylinder air amount. | 07-02-2015 |
20150275782 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to calculate an estimated value of an amount of air blowing through an inside of a cylinder by scavenging that occurs in an engine equipped with a supercharger, that is, a scavenging amount. For this purpose, a control device of an engine equipped with a supercharger according to the present invention calculates an estimated value of an intake valve passing air amount from a measured value of an intake air amount, and calculates an estimated value of an in-cylinder air amount from a measured value or an estimated value of intake pipe pressure. From a difference between the estimated value of the intake valve passing air amount and the estimated value of the in-cylinder air amount, the estimated value of the scavenging amount is calculated. | 10-01-2015 |
20150308358 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A time point t | 10-29-2015 |
20160115892 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a parameter that provides a conversion efficiency of an air amount to torque. The value of the parameter gradually changes to lower the conversion efficiency as the requested torque decreases from a second reference value towards a first reference value. The first reference value is calculated based on the engine speed. The second reference value is calculated based on an air amount with which the first reference value is achieved under a second air-fuel ratio, and a first air-fuel ratio. The target air-fuel ratio is set to the first air-fuel ratio when the requested torque is greater than the first reference value, and is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio when the requested torque decreases to a value equal to or less than the first reference value. | 04-28-2016 |
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20160090929 | CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In response to decrease of a requested torque to a reference value or smaller, a value of a virtual air-fuel ratio that is used in calculation of a target air amount for achieving the requested torque is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio that is leaner than the first air-fuel ratio. The target air amount is calculated backwards from the requested torque by using the virtual air-fuel ratio. After the value of the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. A target EGR rate is calculated by using the virtual air-fuel ratio. The target EGR rate is preferably determined by minimum value selection between a first target value of an EGR rate that is calculated by using the virtual air-fuel ratio, and a second target value of the EGR rate that is calculated by using the target air-fuel ratio. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090935 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode from operation in the first air-fuel ratio to operation in the second air-fuel ratio being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, an interval of time passes and the target air-fuel ratio is then switched from the first air-fuel ratio to a third air-fuel ratio that is an intermediate air-fuel ratio between the first air-fuel ratio and the second air-fuel ratio. The target air-fuel ratio is temporarily held at the third air-fuel ratio, and is thereafter switched from the third air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. | 03-31-2016 |
20160123246 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed, the target air-fuel ratio is maintained at the first air-fuel ratio until the ignition timing reaches a retardation limit. Subsequently, in response to the ignition timing reaching the retardation limit, the target air-fuel ratio is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to a third air-fuel ratio. After switching of the target air-fuel ratio, in response to a difference between the target air amount and an estimated air amount becoming equal to or less than a threshold value, the target air-fuel ratio is switched from the third air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123250 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode from operation in the first air-fuel ratio to operation in the second air-fuel ratio being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio is changed in accordance with an air-fuel ratio efficiency within the range from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio efficiency is calculated based on a proportion of the requested torque relative to a torque that can be achieved by means of a current estimated air amount under the theoretical air-fuel ratio and the optimal ignition timing. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123253 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is calculated from the requested torque by using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode from an operation by the first air-fuel ratio to an operation by the second air-fuel ratio being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, a target air-fuel ratio is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, a target valve timing is switched from a first valve timing to a second valve timing. | 05-05-2016 |