| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7370642 |
Fuel vapor treatment apparatus |
May 13, 2008 |
| A CPU measures an actual air-fuel ratio based on the signals detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor. When the difference between the actual air-fuel ratio and a target air-fuel ratio is larger than a predetermined value, the computer determines that a fuel vapor amount purged into the |
| 7158673 |
Image-processing apparatus and image-processing method |
January 2, 2007 |
| An image-processing apparatus for processing the image data input from an image-handling device and then outputting the image data to another image-handling device. The apparatus comprises a black-adaptation correction device. The black-adaptation correction device corrects the image |
| 7007684 |
Controller for internal combustion engine |
March 7, 2006 |
| A controller for an engine including a fuel vapor processing mechanism. The controller determines the amount of fuel vapor drawn into an intake passage based on the concentration of fuel vapor purged into the purge passage. The controller corrects the fuel injection amount of a fuel |
| 6988391 |
Fuel vapor leakage inspection apparatus |
January 24, 2006 |
| A fuel vapor leakage inspection apparatus utilizes a fuel tank, an adsorption container which houses an adsorbent for adsorbing fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank, and an exhaust device for communicating between the adsorption container and an intake pipe. Furthermore, the apparat |
| 6966215 |
Failure diagnosis method and failure diagnosis device of evaporated fuel treating unit |
November 22, 2005 |
| An apparatus detects leak in a fuel vapor treatment system which is referred to as an evaporation system. The apparatus measures a required time T2 that is required for decreasing pressure in the evaporation system from P0 to P1 while opening a base leak hole that provides known amount o |
| 6945093 |
Fuel vapor leakage inspection apparatus |
September 20, 2005 |
| A fuel vapor leakage inspection apparatus utilizes a fuel tank, an adsorption container which houses an adsorbent for adsorbing fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank, and an exhaust device for communicating between the adsorption container and an intake pipe. Furthermore, the apparat |
| 6912306 |
Image-processing apparatus and image-processing method |
June 28, 2005 |
| An image-processing apparatus for processing the image data input from an image-handling device and then outputting the image data to another image-handling device. The apparatus comprises a black-adaptation correction device. The black-adaptation correction device corrects the image |
| 6823851 |
Fuel vapor processing device for internal combustion engine |
November 30, 2004 |
| When purge control of fuel vapor, which is released from a fuel tank and is then adsorbed and retained in a fuel adsorption layer of a canister, is performed through ON/OFF control of a purge valve, ON/OFF of a heater plate received in the canister is controlled based on a purge fuel vap |
| 6817232 |
Failure diagnosis method and failure diagnosis device of evaporated fuel treating unit |
November 16, 2004 |
| An apparatus detects leak in a fuel vapor treatment system which is referred to as an evaporation system. The apparatus measures a required time T2 that is required for decreasing pressure in the evaporation system from P0 to P1 while opening a base leak hole that provides known amount o |
| 6810861 |
Evaporation fuel processing unit |
November 2, 2004 |
| A shut off valve is provided in an intake line farther upstream than a throttle valve of the intake passage and farther downstream than an air cleaner. This shut off valve is opened by a signal or the like from an ECU when an engine is operating. Further, the shut off valve closes when t |
| 6786211 |
Intake device for internal combustion engine |
September 7, 2004 |
| An intake device for an internal combustion engine has: a first intake pipe which is connected to the engine so as to conduct an intake air to the engine, and which has an opening portion that is provided in an upstream-side lower portion of the first intake pipe located at an upstre |
| 6786199 |
Hydrocarbons emission preventive apparatus in intake system for internal combustion engine and m |
September 7, 2004 |
| A throttle valve is opened after stopping an engine to prevent the valve from sticking. Then, when a temperature of the valve has become lower than the polymerization temperature, the valve is closed to seal the vapor of the HCs in a surge tank downstream. Changes in the temperature of t |
| 6707573 |
Image processing apparatus and method, and transfer medium |
March 16, 2004 |
| An image on the original to be printed on a print sheet P.sub.in by a printing machine is scanned by a scanner, and the data is edited by an editing section. The edited data is converted from the data dependent on the device (printing machine) to data not dependent on the device with the |
| 6699310 |
Evaporative fuel adsorbing member and air cleaner |
March 2, 2004 |
| An HC adsorbing sheet inside an air cleaner is disposed such that a large amount of activated carbon is contained on the side of an engine and that a small amount of activated carbon is contained on the other side of the engine. Thus, the HC adsorbing sheet can efficiently adsorb evapora |
| 6698403 |
Fuel vapor adsorption device of internal combustion engine and method of desorbing fuel vapor fr |
March 2, 2004 |
| An absorbent, such as, for example, an active carbon, is provided in an intake air passage, for example, in an air cleaner, to efficiently adsorb fuel vapor. To ensure that fuel vapor adsorbed into the intake air passage can be efficiently desorbed even when there is only a small amount |
| 6695895 |
Fuel vapor handling apparatus and diagnostic apparatus thereof |
February 24, 2004 |
| A fuel vapor handling apparatus supplies a purging air to a canister by using a purge pump and purges fuel desorbed from the canister into an intake pipe. A controller intermittently operates the purge so that the canister internal temperature recovers from a reduced level caused by the |
| 6689196 |
Fuel vapor control apparatus |
February 10, 2004 |
| A fuel adsorption layer formed in a canister is partitioned into an upper adsorption layer and a lower adsorption layer by a partition plate in which a heater is embedded. The relation between a heating value of the heater and thickness X of the upper and lower adsorption layers is set s |
| 6634343 |
Evaported fuel processor and fault diagnosing apparatus therefor |
October 21, 2003 |
| An evaporated fuel adsorbed by an adsorbing member of a canister is compulsively desorbed by driving of a purge pump and is introduced into an intake passage of an internal combustion engine. In this instance, intake pulsation of the intake passage of an internal combustion engine is |
| 6628822 |
TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, PICTURE PROC |
September 30, 2003 |
| In the present invention, RGB data outputted by a transmission side CRT monitor 3 is converted by a profile P.sub.1 stored in a converter 11 into XYZ data which is corrected in agreement with the viewing conditions on the transmitting side by having reference to detection signals from |
| 6509916 |
Printer and printing method |
January 21, 2003 |
| A printer device and a picture printing method is disclosed, in which, if the gradation for cyan is to be represented, an ink C' of low concentration is superimposed to represent the low gradation area. This cyan ink is used in combination with a high-concentration blue ink B and a h |
| 6480202 |
Image processing device and method, image transmission/receptor system and method, and providing |
November 12, 2002 |
| Information on ambient light (viewing environment information) input from ambient light input section 101 is fed to viewing environment converting section 100a, which determines measured color values of monitor 103, and then fed to profile updating section 100b and contrast correcting se |
| 6437792 |
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, COLOR GAMUT CONVERSION TABLE CREATING APPARATUS AND METHO |
August 20, 2002 |
| For converting an image from an input device to an image corresponding to the color gamut of an output device, the color gamut of a color signal outside the color gamut of the output device is reduced to a color closer to the color available at the output device. If the color gamut of an |
| 6388674 |
Gamut mapping method and apparatus |
May 14, 2002 |
| When an output color gamut is different from an input color gamut in a picture input/output system such as DTP, the color is corrected with a predetermined function for a difference in the lightness-directional dynamic range. A three-dimensional compression is made to compress the co |
| 5914457 |
Activated charcoal canister |
June 22, 1999 |
| An antidiffusion layer is provided between a first fuel adsorption layer communicated with a fuel tank and a second fuel adsorption layer communicated with air. Since adsorbing ability of the antidiffusion layer is lower than that of the first and second fuel adsorption layers, pore |
| 5743943 |
Evaporated fuel adsorbing canister preventing diffusion of fuel therethrough |
April 28, 1998 |
| A canister which can control the diffusion of evaporated fuel to surely prevent the evaporated fuel from blowing through into the atmosphere has a main chamber having therein a first adsorbent layer for adsorbing evaporated fuel and including an evaporated fuel lead-in port and a purge |
| 5692480 |
Evaporative emission control system for automotive vehicle |
December 2, 1997 |
| An evaporative emission control system which may be used in automotive vehicles is disclosed. The evaporative emission control system includes a canister, an inlet passage, a fuel vapor passage, an outlet valve, and an inlet valve. The air inlet passage is exposed at an end to the atmosp |
| 5571239 |
Noise control apparatus for internal combustion engine |
November 5, 1996 |
| A noise control apparatus has a thermal-type air flow meter for detecting engine load, an engine speed sensor for detecting engine speed, and an intake temperature sensor for detecting intake temperature. The engine load is detected based on the surging components of the signal from the |
