1. A customer satisfaction system comprising:
a server and a plurality of customer satisfaction rating terminals:
the server configured to store and access member services including member registration information, member feedback, member savings accounts and a membership directory;
the server configured to store and access vendor services including vendor registration information, vendor data files, vendor inventory and price lists, and vendor comparisons;
the server and the plurality of customer satisfaction rating terminals configured to execute a member directory component including a geographic area hierarchy that includes neighborhood granularity, a product or service category hierarchy, a shopping venue type hierarchy that classifies the shopping venue type, a price range hierarchy and member discounts component that provides implementation of discounts and rewards offered by participating vendors and a ratings component;
the plurality of customer satisfaction rating terminals configured to receive-customer satisfaction feedback from customers regarding a plurality registered vendors, wherein the plurality of customer satisfaction rating terminals comprise a plurality of point-of-sale terminals, wherein each of the plurality of point-of-sale terminals is assigned to a particular vendor, each of the plurality of point-of-sale terminals is located on the premises of the vendor in association with a purchase checkout station, and configured to receive customer satisfaction feedback in the form of customer satisfaction ratings entered at the time that the customer pays for a purchase while the customers are located at the checkout station;
wherein the system further comprises at least one of a plurality of post-sale customer feedback stations or search engine portals configured to receive via the server, more detailed customer feedback after the purchase has been completed from locations other than the point-of-sale locations;
a customer satisfaction aggregation system configured to receive the customer satisfaction feedback from the each of the plurality of point-of-sale terminals and the post-sale customer feedback stations customer satisfaction rating terminals and consolidating the customer satisfaction feedback to provide an aggregate customer satisfaction rating for each registered vendor;
a customer satisfaction dissemination system operable that provides access to a customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory containing a plurality of vendor entries, wherein each vendor entry contains contact information and the aggregate customer satisfaction rating determined by the customer satisfaction aggregation system for the associated vendor; and
wherein the customer satisfaction qualified vendor directory is organized and searchable by geographic location of the plurality of registered vendors, and for each geographic location contains vendor entries organized and searchable by category of product or service offered by the vendors.
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. A controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle comprising:
a boosting unit for raising the voltage of a battery that is disposed near the battery;
a motor driving unit disposed near the motor to be mounted on the vehicle for controlling the motor to be mounted on the vehicle to be driven in accordance with the boosted voltage outputted from the boosting unit; and
a communication unit disposed between the boosting unit and the motor driving unit.
2. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein
the motor driving unit includes:
a motor rotating state detecting unit for detecting the rotating state of the motor to be mounted on a vehicle;
a boosted voltage control command determining unit for determining a boosted voltage control command to the boosting unit on the basis of the rotating state of the motor detected by the motor rotating state detecting unit, and
a data transmitting unit for transmitting the boosted voltage control command determined by the boosted voltage control command determining unit to the boosting unit through the communication unit.
3. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein
the motor rotating state detecting unit includes:
a rotating speed detecting unit for detecting the rotating speed of the motor to be mounted on a vehicle.
4. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein
the motor rotating state detecting unit includes:
a rotating acceleration detecting unit for detecting the rotating acceleration of the motor to be mounted on a vehicle.
5. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein
the boosting unit includes:
a boosted voltage control unit for controlling a boosted output voltage in accordance with the boosted voltage control command transmitted from the data transmitting unit of the motor driving unit.
6. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein
the boosting unit include:
a boosted output voltage detecting unit for detecting the boosted output voltage, and
a data transmitting unit for transmitting the boosted output voltage detected by the boosted output voltage detecting unit to the motor driving unit through the communication unit.
7. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein
the motor driving unit includes:
an applied voltage detecting unit for detecting applied voltage inputted from the boosting unit, and
a current abnormality detecting unit for detecting the abnormality of the current of the motor driving unit on the basis of the boosted output voltage transmitted from the boosting unit and the applied voltage detected by the applied voltage detecting unit.
8. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein
the motor driving unit includes:
an estimated voltage calculating unit for calculating an estimated boosted output voltage of the boosting unit in accordance with the boosted voltage control command determined by the boosted voltage control command determining unit, and
a boosted voltage abnormality detecting unit for detecting the abnormality of the boosting unit on the basis of the estimated boosted output voltage calculated by the estimated voltage calculating unit and the boosted output voltage transmitted from the boosting unit.
9. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein
the communication unit performs a serial data communication.
10. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein
the communication unit performs an optical data communication.
11. The electric power steering device on which the controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1 is mounted.
12. The electric brake device on which the controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 1 is mounted.
13. A controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle comprising:
a boosting circuit part disposed in the vicinity of a battery mounted on the vehicle to raise the output voltage of the battery: and
a driving control part disposed in the vicinity of a motor to which a driving power is supplied by the battery to PWM control the drive of the motor in accordance with the voltage boosted by the boosting circuit part.
14. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 13, further comprising:
a communication unit for performing a communication between the boosting circuit part and the driving control part.
15. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 14, wherein
the driving control part transmits a boosted voltage command to the boosting circuit part through the communication unit.
16. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 14, wherein
the boosting circuit part transmits the detected result of a battery voltage to the driving control part through the communication unit.
17. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 14, wherein
the boosting circuit part transmits the detected result of a battery current to the driving control part through the communication unit.
18. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 14, wherein
the driving control part includes a deciding unit for deciding an abnormality of the boosting circuit part in accordance with the compared result of the boost voltage command with the detected boosted voltage.
19. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 17, wherein
the driving control part controls a quantity of current supplied to the winding of the motor in accordance with the detected result of the battery current transmitted from the boosting circuit part.
20. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 13, wherein
the driving control part controls a three-phase motor to be driven.
21. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 20, wherein
the three-phase motor is a brush-less motor.
22. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 20, wherein
the driving control part detects the rotating position of a rotor in the three-phase motor by using a resolver disposed in the three-phase motor and performs a PWM control in accordance with the rotating position.
23. The controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 13, wherein
the driving control part includes:
power circuit for generating a controlling power source from the battery voltage.
24. The power steering device including the controller for a motor to be mounted on a vehicle according to claim 13, wherein
a steering drive is assisted by the output torque of the motor.