1. An electric steering apparatus comprising:
a speed reduction mechanism;
an electric motor which applies torque to a steering system through the speed reduction mechanism;
a torque limiter;
a controller which controls the electric motor in accordance with an input of a driver; and
a rotation detector which detects a rotation angle of a rotational shaft of the electric motor;
wherein the rotation detector and the torque limiter are arranged between the electric motor and the speed reduction mechanism.
2. An electric steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electric motor in a brushless motor and the rotation detector is a resolver.
3. An electric steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotation detector is arranged separately from a body of the electric motor.
4. An electric steering apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotation detector is arranged separately from a body of the electric motor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for reducing power consumption by a function of an Access Point (AP) in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
a medium competing unit for allowing the mobile terminal to operate as a virtual terminal and participate in competition for a medium access when data to be transmitted does not exist in the mobile terminal operating as an AP.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the mobile terminal occupies the medium as the virtual terminal in the competition for the medium access, the medium competing unit allows the mobile terminal to operate in a low power mode.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein after entering the low power mode, the medium competing unit generates and transmits an arbitrary frame comprising:
a time period during which the mobile terminal operates in the low power mode to prevent a medium access during the operation of the low power mode.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medium competing unit allows the mobile terminal to participate in the competition for the medium access as the virtual terminal that transmits data of a low priority.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the medium competing unit changes a priority of the virtual terminal to improve performance of a low power mode.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medium competing unit comprises:
a virtual mode unit for changing an operation mode of the mobile terminal from an AP mode to a virtual terminal mode to allow the mobile terminal to compete with terminals that transmit actual data; and
a priority setting unit for setting a priority of the mobile terminal that operates as the virtual mode, wherein the priority setting unit sets the mobile terminal to a virtual terminal of a low priority.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the priority setting unit raises a medium access probability of terminals that transmit actual data by raising the priority of the virtual terminal, and increases a frequency of entering a low power mode by raising a probability that the virtual terminal accesses a medium.
8. A method for reducing power consumption by a function of an Access Point (AP) in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
allowing the mobile terminal to operate as a virtual terminal and participate in competition for a medium access when data to be transmitted does not exist in the mobile terminal operating as an AP.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
when occupying a medium using the virtual terminal in the competition for the medium access, operating in a low power mode.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
after entering the low power mode, preventing a medium access during an operation of the low power mode by generating and transmitting an arbitrary frame comprising a time period during which the mobile terminal operates in the low power mode.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the participating in the competition for the medium access comprises:
operating the mobile terminal as a virtual terminal that transmits data of a low priority.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the participating in the competition for the medium access comprises:
changing a priority of the virtual terminal to improve performance of a low power mode.
13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
changing an operation mode of the mobile terminal from an AP mode to a virtual terminal mode to allow the mobile terminal to compete with terminals that transmit actual data; and
setting a priority of the mobile terminal that operates as the virtual mode and set the mobile terminal to a virtual terminal of a low priority.
14. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
raising the medium access probability of terminals that transmit actual data by raising the priority of the virtual terminal, and increasing a frequency of entering a low power mode by raising the probability that the virtual terminal accesses a medium.