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20110253763 | MEDIUM SUCTION SUPPORT DEVICE AND MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE - A medium suction support device includes a medium support table, a suction unit, a plurality of flexible tube members and a sliding member. Through-holes are formed in the medium support table to pass through the medium support table. The suction unit is disposed on a side of the back surface to suction the recording medium disposed on the medium support surface via the through-holes. One opening end of each of the flexible tube members surrounds a corresponding one of the through-holes on the back surface. The sliding member is configured to move in parallel along the back surface. The sliding member has openings formed in an opposing surface facing the back surface with each of the openings being configured to respectively accommodate the other opening end of a corresponding one of the flexible tube members. The openings have different lengths in a parallel movement direction of the sliding member. | 10-20-2011 |
20120013669 | RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a suction part that holds the roll paper to the support part by suction, a recording part that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper, a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid, a cleaning part that cleans the recording part, and a controller that causes the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the cleaning part performs a cleaning action for cleaning the recording part. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013670 | RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a recording part that that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper; a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid discharged on the roll paper, a cleaning part that cleans the recording part, and a controller that causes the conveying part to convey the roll paper at a first speed when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the conveying part to convey the roll paper at a second speed, which is slower than the first speed, after the cleaning part performs a cleaning action for cleaning the recording part. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013956 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDINGMETHOD - An image recording device includes a conveying part that conveys a medium along a conveying path, a first medium support part that supports a region of the medium positioned in an image recording area on the conveying path and heats the region, a second medium support part disposed in an upstream area from the image recording area on the conveying path, and supports an upstream region of the medium positioned in the upstream area and heats the upstream region, and a temperature control part that controls a temperature of the first medium support part and a temperature of the second medium support part so that the temperature of the second medium support part corresponding to the upstream region is lower than the temperature of the first medium support part corresponding to the region. | 01-19-2012 |
20120062638 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a conveying part that conveys a portion of a medium to an image recording area, a recording part that records an image on the medium positioned in the image recording area, a medium support part that supports the medium positioned in the image recording area on a support surface provided with openings of suction holes and that heats the medium, a suction part that suctions the medium supported on the medium support part via the suction holes, and a control part that repeatedly performs a conveying action and a recording action, and that suctions the medium supported on the medium support part after the next conveying action and before the recording action when a period from the previous conveying action until the next conveying action is equal to or greater than a predetermined period that is longer than the period required by the recording action. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062672 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a suction part that suctions a medium supported on a medium support part via suction holes, the medium being suctioned by at least two air-blowing parts, and a control part that stops one of the air-blowing parts during an action preceding the conveying action, whereby a first mode in which a first suction force is applied by the suction part on the medium is switched to a second mode in which a second suction force that is lower than the first suction force is applied by the suction part on the medium. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062674 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a suction part and a control part. The suction part is configured to suction a medium on a medium support part via suction holes and has a negative pressure chamber communicating with the suction holes and at least two air-blowing parts whereby air inside the negative pressure chamber is discharged and negative pressure is generated in the negative pressure chamber, the air-blowing parts being attached at different positions on an outer surface of the negative pressure chamber. The control part is configured to switch between a first mode in which a suction force of the suction part on the medium is set to a first suction force and a second mode in which the suction force is set to a second suction force lower than the first suction force. The control part is configured to stop one of the air-blowing parts in the second mode. | 03-15-2012 |
20130235111 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a conveying part that conveys a portion of a medium to an image recording area, a recording part that records an image on the medium positioned in the image recording area, a medium support part that supports the medium positioned in the image recording area on a support surface provided with openings of suction holes and that heats the medium, a suction part that suctions the medium supported on the medium support part via the suction holes, and a control part that repeatedly performs a conveying action and a recording action, and that suctions the medium supported on the medium support part after the next conveying action and before the recording action when a period from the previous conveying action until the next conveying action is equal to or greater than a predetermined period that is longer than the period required by the recording action. | 09-12-2013 |
20130249992 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a support member, a recording head, a surface modifying apparatus, a conveyor unit, and a control unit. The surface modifying apparatus executes surface modification processing to modify a surface of the recording medium at a processing position disposed on an upstream side of the support member. The conveyor unit intermittently passes the recording medium through the processing position at a prescribed passage velocity by feeding the recording medium from the upstream side of the conveyance path to the processing position. The control unit is capable of providing a processing execution signal to the surface modifying apparatus, and provides the processing execution signal to the surface modifying apparatus for a prescribed time within a wait time from when passage of the recording medium through the processing position stops until the recording medium starts passing through the processing position at the prescribed passage velocity. | 09-26-2013 |
20130257942 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device has a support and heating unit for supporting and heating a medium, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on the medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a color image printing process for executing a plurality of color image recording passes by which the head is moved relative to the medium in a moving direction, and a background image printing process. The controller is configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head from above the support and heating unit and moving it to an evacuation position to have the head wait at the evacuation position for at least one of between the color image recording passes and between the background image recording passes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257943 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device has a support and heating unit, a head for discharging color image ink and background image ink on a medium supported by the support and heating unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a color image printing process for discharging the color image ink and printing a color image on the medium, and a background image printing process for discharging the background image ink and printing a background image that is a background of the color image on the medium, and to perform the other one of the processes subsequent to the one of the process. The controller is further configured to execute a wait process of evacuating the head to an evacuation position from above the support and heating unit to have the head wait at the evacuation position between the color image printing process and the background image printing process. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265362 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD - A liquid discharge device includes a head, a carriage, an optical sensor and an outlet port. The head is configured and arranged to discharge liquid. The carriage is configured and arranged to move the head in a prescribed direction. The optical sensor is provided on the carriage further to an edge part side in the prescribed direction than the head, and configured and arranged to detect presence or absence of foreign matter when the carriage is moving in the prescribed direction. The outlet port is provided on the carriage so that air is blown through the outlet port from behind a surface of the optical sensor toward a front. | 10-10-2013 |
20130321511 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a suction part that holds the roll paper to the support part by suction, a recording part that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper, a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid, and a controller that causes the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part is not performing the recording action for recording the image. | 12-05-2013 |
20140118454 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part, a recording part, a suction part and a control part. The conveying part is configured and arranged to convey a medium. The recording part is configured and arranged to record on the medium. The suction part is configured and arranged to suction the medium on a flat surface. The control part is configured to perform a suction action by a suction part to eliminate wrinkles that form in the medium after a conveying action by the conveying part and before a recording action by the recording part, and to vary a period of the suction action by the suction part. | 05-01-2014 |
20140218454 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a recording part, a conveying part, a medium support part, a suction part and a control part. The medium support part is configured and arranged to support the medium on a support surface provided with openings of suction holes. The suction part is configured and arranged to suction the medium supported on the medium support part via the suction holes. The suction part includes a plurality of air-blowing mechanisms aligned in series with respect to an introducing and discharging direction of air. The control part is configured to repeatedly perform an action of conveying the medium using the conveying part and an action of recording the image on the medium using the recording part. The control part is configured to drive each of the air-blowing mechanisms independently. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285566 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE METHOD - A liquid discharge device includes a head, an optical sensor and an air blowing unit. The head is configured and arranged to record on a medium. The optical sensor is configured and arranged to detect presence or absence of foreign matter. The air blowing unit is configured and arranged to blow air toward the optical sensor for removing the foreign matter. | 09-25-2014 |
20140333697 | RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a platen, a recording head, a carriage and a cleaning unit. The platen supports a roll paper. The recording head ejects liquid onto the roll paper on the platen. The carriage supports the recording head. The cleaning unit is installed apart from the platen in a transport direction of the roller paper. The carriage transports the recording head in a direction parallel to the transport direction of the roll paper supported on the platen when the cleaning unit cleaning the recording head. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340442 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a conveying part that conveys roll paper, a support part that supports the roll paper, a suction part that holds the roll paper to the support part by suction, a recording part that ejects liquid and records an image on the roll paper, a heating part that heats the support part to dry the liquid, and a controller that causes the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and causes the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part is not performing the recording action for recording the image. | 11-20-2014 |
20150251460 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device includes a drive roller that conveys a recording medium by rotating, a driven roller that grasps the recording medium between it and the drive roller, a recording unit capable of recording an image on the recording medium arranged further to the downstream side than the drive roller in a first direction which is the recording media conveyance direction, and a control unit that records an image on the recording media while conveying the recording media in the first direction. The control unit, when the conveying of the recording media in the first direction stops, starts conveying the recording media in a second direction which is the reverse direction of the first direction, and stops conveying of the recording media in the second direction in a state with the image recorded on the recording media positioned between the drive roller and the driven roller. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100271452 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that executes recording by ejecting ink onto a recording surface of a recording material; a platen that supports a face opposite the recording surface of the recording material positioned on a recording execution region by the recording head; and a plurality of suction hole sections provided in the platen. The platen is configured so that both side edge sections in a width direction provided with the suction hole sections are retractable with respect to the recording head, and both side edge sections of the platen are advanced towards the recording head and are retracted after attaching by suction of a curling section of the right and left side edges of the recording material and then after retraction, recording is executed on the recording material by the recording head. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271453 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head for performing a recording operation by ejecting ink onto a recording surface of a recording medium while moving; a transport section for transporting the recording medium along a transporting path that passes through a recording region in which the recording head performs the recording operation; a platen located in the recording region for supporting a surface opposite the recording surface of the recording medium; and pressing members located in the recording region and being in contact with outer edge portions in a width direction of the recording surface of the recording medium; wherein the pressing members move so as to press the recording medium at an upstream side and at a downstream side of the recording head, with a movement of the recording head. | 10-28-2010 |
20110050823 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that intermittently transports an elongated recording medium from an upstream side to a downstream side as the lengthwise direction of the recording medium moves along a transport path. A recording unit adheres a recording material to the recording medium when the recording medium is stopped in a midstream position of the transport path. A drying unit downstream from the recording unit heats and dries the recording material. A contact member has a contact surface continuous contact with the surface of the recording medium opposite the surface thereof to which the recording material is adhered, from the time when the recording medium enters into the drying unit to the time when the recording medium is discharged from the drying unit. The contact member forms the transport path with the contact surface having at least one bent section in the drying unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050824 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction. | 03-03-2011 |
20130242017 | RECORDING APPARATUS WITH EXTENDED FIXING UNIT - There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20140009548 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction. | 01-09-2014 |
20140055541 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that intermittently transports an elongated recording medium from an upstream side to a downstream side as the lengthwise direction of the recording medium moves along a transport path. A recording unit adheres a recording material to the recording medium when the recording medium is stopped in a midstream position of the transport path. A drying unit downstream from the recording unit heats and dries the recording material. A contact member has a contact surface continuous contact with the surface of the recording medium opposite the surface thereof to which the recording material is adhered, from the time when the recording medium enters into the drying unit to the time when the recording medium is discharged from the drying unit. The contact member forms the transport path with the contact surface having at least one bent section in the drying unit. | 02-27-2014 |
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20120236059 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a medium support section which supports a recording medium by a medium support surface having a penetration portion; a recording process section which performs a recording process on the recording medium; a suction device which is connected to the medium support section and makes suction power act on the recording medium through the penetration portion; and a control section which controls driving of the suction device, wherein a mesh member of a convex shape which is provided so as to be related to the penetration portion and protrudes farther than the medium support surface is provided at the medium support section, and the mesh member is configured so as to be able to be elastically deformed when the suction power acts on the recording medium of the suction device. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236100 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet printer includes a platen in which a plurality of plate members configuring a support surface supporting a roll paper are disposed at a predetermined interval so that suction grooves are formed between the plate members, a recording unit for performing a recording process on the roll paper placed on the support surface, a pressure chamber disposed at the back side of the platen and communicating with the suction grooves, and a suction mechanism for sucking up the roll paper disposed on the support surface through the suction grooves. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236101 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a platen in which first suction holes passing through from a medium support surface to a rear surface are formed; first pressure chambers provided to communicate with the first suction holes; a second pressure chamber disposed on the side opposite to the platen and communicating with the first pressure chambers; a wall section which is disposed between the first pressure chambers and the second pressure chamber and in which second suction holes each making the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber communicate with each other are formed; a suction mechanism which suctions rolled paper on the medium support surface through the first and second suction holes; and a slide plate movable in a parallel fashion along the wall section and provided with blocking portions having different lengths in a direction of parallel movement and capable of blocking the second suction holes. | 09-20-2012 |
20120281037 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that applies a liquid to a printing medium to perform printing; a support member that supports the printing medium; a drying device that dries the liquid applied onto the printing medium in a drying space; and a control device that is connected to the drying device, wherein the drying device includes an air supply port for supplying a drying gas to the drying space, and an air supply position changing mechanism that changes a position of the air supply port for the drying space with respect to the printing medium. | 11-08-2012 |
20140078201 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member. | 03-20-2014 |
20140240417 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a support that supports a medium; a head that discharges liquid to the medium transported onto the support; and a drying portion that dries the liquid that has landed on the medium. The liquid discharge apparatus has a heated area and a non-heated area. The drying portion is disposed in the heated area, and the support and the head are disposed in the non-heated area. | 08-28-2014 |
20140290571 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a supporting portion that supports a medium, a liquid discharging portion that discharges liquid onto the medium which is transported on the supporting portion, and a drying portion that has a drying path through which the medium passes and dries the liquid landing on the medium, in which a length of the drying path is variable. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292845 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a head and a control unit. The head discharges an imaging liquid for forming an image, and a supplementary liquid for supplementing the formation of the image with the imaging liquid onto a predetermined printing medium. The control unit is capable of selectively executing a first mode, in which the imaging liquid and the supplementary liquid are discharged from the head onto the predetermined printing medium, and a second mode, in which the imaging liquid is discharged from the head and the supplementary liquid is not discharged from the head. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292851 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a head and a control unit. The head discharges an imaging liquid for forming an image, and a supplementary liquid for supplementing formation of the image onto a printing medium. The control unit controls the head to execute a first operation, in which the imaging liquid is discharged onto a first region and a second operation, in which the supplementary liquid is discharged onto a region of the printing medium onto which the imaging liquid is not discharged. The control unit controls the head such that the discharge amount of the supplementary liquid on a second region, which is adjacent to the first region, is less than the discharge amount of the supplementary liquid on a third region, which is a region onto which the imaging liquid is not discharged and is not adjacent to the first region. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292865 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a head and a control section. The head ejects an imaging liquid for forming an image and an auxiliary liquid for assisting the formation of the image by the imaging liquid with respect to a printing medium. The control section controls the head so that the imaging liquid and the auxiliary liquid are ejected with respect to the printing medium. Further, if there is a first region in which the imaging liquid and the auxiliary liquid are ejected, and a second region which is peeled after the image is formed in the first region in a region of the printing medium, the control section controls the head so that ejection of the auxiliary liquid is not executed with respect to the second region. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292868 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus including a head and a control unit. The head ejects, onto a printing medium, an image forming liquid for forming an image and an ancillary liquid ancillary to forming of the image performed by the image forming liquid. The control unit performs control so as to cause the head to perform a first operation of ejecting the image forming liquid onto a first region of the printing medium, and a second operation of ejecting the ancillary liquid onto a second region of the printing medium, the second region being different from the first region. Further, the control unit performs control so as to cause the head to perform the second operation in an anterior pass and perform the first operation in a posterior pass. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292878 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus that includes a rotating drum which has a medium wound around a part of an outer circumferential surface thereof and transports the medium in a circumferential direction and in which the medium is wound at a first position and a second position in an axial direction of the rotating drum, a transport portion which transports the medium which passes through the first position to the second position on the rotating drum, liquid discharge portions which discharge liquid onto the medium at the first position and the second position, and a position correction unit which corrects the axial position of the medium at the second position by adjusting a transport direction of the medium transported by the transport portion. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080284887 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device comprises a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a readout unit operable to read out pixel signals of the pixels included in the pixel array row by row. The readout unit (i) reads out pixel signals of a row of pixels in column order of the pixel array during a horizontal readout period, except during a readout-standby period that is within the horizontal readout period, and (ii) suspends reading out the pixel signals of the row of pixels in the column order during the readout-standby period. | 11-20-2008 |
20100245642 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device which can, in response to the problem of black-crush occurring in an image when strong light is enters the device, positively detect black-crush in a state in which a variance margin has been secured. The solid-state imaging device outputs a luminance signal in accordance with an amount of received light, and includes: a pixel circuit having a light-receiving element; a signal output circuit having a sampling transistor which outputs, from a second signal output line, a luminance signal in accordance with the amount of light received by the light-receiving element, based on an output signal from the pixel circuit; and a high-intensity judgment circuit which is coupled by the pixel circuit and a judgment input coupling capacitor, judges whether or not light entering the light-receiving element is of high intensity based on the output signal from the pixel circuit, and in the case of judging the entering light to be of high intensity, outputs a luminance signal indicating high intensity. | 09-30-2010 |
20110169992 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: an image area including pixels arranged in a matrix; two row memories each of which alternatively (i) stores at a time pixel signals for each of rows, and (ii) sequentially provides each of the stored pixel signals; a reading control unit, during a horizontal period, sequentially reading the stored pixel signals one by one from a first line memory to cause the first line memory, the first line memory representing one of the two row memories; a holding control unit causing, during the horizontal period, a second line memory to hold pixel signals provided from one of the rows in the image area, the second line memory representing another one of the two row memories; and a reading suspending unit causing the reading control unit to suspend reading out the pixel signals from the first line memory during a noise occurrence predicted period. | 07-14-2011 |
20150357369 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an imaging area including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the plurality of pixels converting incident light into a pixel signal; a column signal line provided for each of the columns, for reading out the pixel signal; and a current source connected to the column signal line, in which the current source includes: three transistors connected in series and provided between the column signal line and a GND line; and a transistor having a drain and a source each of which is connected to a different one of connection points connecting adjacent ones of the three transistors. | 12-10-2015 |
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20130078520 | NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles that are a precursor for forming cathode active material comprising lithium nickel manganese composite oxide having hollow structure of particles having a small and uniform particle size for obtaining a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability. | 03-28-2013 |
20130288129 | NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - To obtain a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability, nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles are a precursor for a cathode active material having lithium nickel manganese composite oxide with a hollow structure and a small and uniform particle size. | 10-31-2013 |
20140377660 | NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a lithium composite oxide having a uniform and suitable particle size and high specific surface area due to a hollow structure that can be produced on an industrial scale. A nickel composite hydroxide as a raw material thereof is obtained controlling the particle size distribution of the nickel composite hydroxide, the nickel composite hydroxide having a structure comprising a center section that comprises minute primary particles, and an outer-shell section that exists on the outside of the center section and comprises plate shaped primary particles that are larger than the primary particles of the center section, by a nucleation process and a particle growth process that are separated by controlling the pH during crystallization, and by controlling the reaction atmosphere in each process and the manganese content in a metal compound that is supplied in each process. | 12-25-2014 |
20150228977 | NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles that are a precursor for forming cathode active material comprising lithium nickel manganese composite oxide having hollow structure of particles having a small and uniform particle size for obtaining a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability. When obtaining the nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles from a crystallization reaction, an aqueous solution for nucleation, which includes at least a metallic compound that contains nickel and a metallic compound that contains manganese, and does not include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 11.5 to 13.5, and after nucleation is performed, an aqueous solution for particle growth, which includes the nuclei that were formed in the nucleation step and does not substantially include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 9.5 to 11.5, and is less than the pH value in the nucleation step. | 08-13-2015 |
20150364761 | NICKEL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are a cathode active material having a suitable particle size and high uniformity, and a nickel composite hydroxide as a precursor of the cathode active material. When obtaining nickel composite hydroxide by a crystallization reaction, nucleation is performed by controlling a nucleation aqueous solution that includes a metal compound, which includes nickel, and an ammonium ion donor so that the pH value at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. becomes 12.0 to 14.0, after which, particles are grown by controlling a particle growth aqueous solution that includes the formed nuclei so that the pH value at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. becomes 10.5 to 12.0, and so that the pH value is lower than the pH value during nucleation. The crystallization reaction is performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at least in a range after the processing time exceeds at least 40% of the total time of the particle growth process from the start of the particle growth process where the oxygen concentration is 1 volume % or less, and with controlling an agitation power requirement per unit volume into a range of 0.5 kW/m | 12-17-2015 |
20160087262 | NICKEL MANGANESE COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles that are a precursor for forming cathode active material including lithium nickel manganese composite oxide having hollow structure of particles having a small and uniform particle size for obtaining a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high capacity, high output and good cyclability. When obtaining the nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles from a crystallization reaction, an aqueous solution for nucleation, which includes at least a metallic compound that contains nickel and a metallic compound that contains manganese, and does not include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 11.5 to 13.5, and after nucleation is performed, an aqueous solution for particle growth, which includes the nuclei that were formed in the nucleation step and does not substantially include a complex ion formation agent that forms complex ions with nickel, manganese and cobalt, is controlled so that the temperature of the solution is 60° C. or greater, and so that the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 9.5 to 11.5, and is less than the pH value in the nucleation step. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093885 | TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material that can simultaneously improve the capacity characteristics, output characteristics, and cycling characteristics of a rechargeable battery when used as cathode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery. After performing nucleation by controlling an aqueous solution for nucleation that includes a metal compound that includes at least a transition metal and an ammonium ion donor so that the pH value becomes 12.0 to 14.0 (nucleation process), nuclei are caused to grow by controlling aqueous solution for particle growth that includes the nuclei so that the pH value is less than in the nucleation process and is 10.5 to 12.0 (particle growth process). When doing this, the reaction atmosphere in the nucleation process and at the beginning of the particle growth process is a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and in the particle growth process, atmosphere control by which the reaction atmosphere is switched from this non-oxidizing atmosphere to an oxidizing atmosphere, and is then switched again to a non-oxidizing atmosphere is performed at least one time. Cathode active material is obtained with the composite hydroxide particles that are obtained by this kind of crystallization reaction as a precursor. | 03-31-2016 |
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20090136812 | Nickel oxide powder material for solid oxide fuel cell, production process thereof, raw material composition for use in the same, and anode material using the nickel oxide powder material - This invention provides a nickel oxide powder material, a production process thereof with high efficiency, a raw material composition for use in the same, and an anode material using the nickel oxide powder material. The nickel oxide powder material, when used as an anode material for a solid oxide fuel cell, can reduce heat shrinkage percentage in calcination to reduce a shrinkage difference from other component, and can suppress the occurrence of cracking, delamination, warpage and the like during calcining. Also in power generation after re-reduction after exposure of the anode once to an oxidizing atmosphere, for example, due to the disruption of the fuel supply, deterioration of microstructure of the anode can be suppressed, and the voltage drop percentage of the cell can be reduced. The nickel oxide powder material is used in an anode material constituting a solid oxide fuel cell and is characterized in that spinel compound represented by compositional formula: NiM | 05-28-2009 |
20120270107 | NICKEL-COBALT-MANGANESE COMPLEX HYDROXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide particles having a small particle diameter and a uniform particle size distribution, and a method for producing the same. | 10-25-2012 |
20120282525 | ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES AND USE OF SAME - Active material particles are provided that exhibit performance suitable for increasing the output of a lithium secondary battery and little deterioration due to charge-discharge cycling. The active material particles provided by the present invention have a hollow structure having secondary particles including an aggregate of a plurality of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide, and a hollow portion formed inside the secondary particles, and through holes that penetrates to the hollow portion from the outside are formed in the secondary particles. BET specific surface area of the active material particles is 0.5 to 1.9 m | 11-08-2012 |
20130011331 | ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES AND USE OF SAME - Active material particles are provided that exhibit performance suitable for increasing the output of a lithium secondary battery and little deterioration due to charge-discharge cycling. The active material particles provided by the present invention have a hollow structure having secondary particles including an aggregate of a plurality of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide, and a hollow portion formed inside the secondary particles, and through holes that penetrates to the hollow portion from the outside are formed in the secondary particles. BET specific surface area of the active material particles is 0.5 to 1.9 m | 01-10-2013 |
20130037742 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided that has both good safety and durability characteristics while at the same time has high charge/discharge capacity. The cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention is a lithium nickel composite oxide to which at least two or more kinds of metal elements including aluminum are added, and comprises secondary particles that are composed of fine secondary particles having an average particle size of 2 μm to 4 μm, and rough secondary particles having an average particle size of 6 μm to 15 μm, with an overall average particle size of 5 μm to 15 μm; where the aluminum content of fine secondary particles (metal mole ratio; SA) is greater than the aluminum content of rough secondary particles (metal mole ratio: LA), and preferably the aluminum concentration ratio (SA/LA) is within the range 1.2 to 2.6. | 02-14-2013 |
20130302687 | ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES AND USE OF SAME - Active material particles are provided that exhibit performance suitable for increasing the output of a lithium secondary battery and little deterioration due to charge-discharge cycling. The active material particles provided by the present invention have a hollow structure having secondary particles including an aggregate of a plurality of primary particles of a lithium transition metal oxide, and a hollow portion formed inside the secondary particles, and through holes that penetrates to the hollow portion from the outside are formed in the secondary particles. BET specific surface area of the active material particles is 0.5 to 1.9 m | 11-14-2013 |
20140087263 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Provided are a positive electrode active material for nonagueous secondary batteries, the material having a narrow particle-size distribution and a monodisperse property and being capable of increasing a battery capacity; an industrial production method thereof; and a nonaqueous secondary battery using the positive electrode active material and having excellent electrical characteristics. The positive electrode active material is represented by a general formula: Li | 03-27-2014 |
20140106228 | TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE CAPABLE OF SERVING AS PRECURSOR OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A transition metal composite hydroxide can be used as a precursor to allow a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a small and highly uniform particle diameter to be obtained. A method also is provided for producing a transition metal composite hydroxide represented by a general formula (1) M | 04-17-2014 |
20160006030 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries disclosed herein comprises a lithium transition metal oxide of a layered structure, represented by formula Li | 01-07-2016 |
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20140230883 | CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL, AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT FOR CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - As a structure of a concentrator photovoltaic module, a ribbon-shaped flexible printed circuit is arranged along a bottom surface of a vessel-shaped housing. The flexible printed circuit includes a solar cell on a flexible substrate having flexibility, and furthermore, can also include a concentrating portion (a secondary concentrating portion) for concentrating incident sunlight onto the solar cell. Moreover, a primary concentrating portion having a Fresnel lens is attached to the housing side. | 08-21-2014 |
20150194561 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC UNIT, PRODUCTION APPARATUS USED IN THE METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS USED IN THE METHOD - Mutual alignment between a condenser lens and its power generating element can be performed easily and accurately. | 07-09-2015 |
20150243797 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL - A concentrator photovoltaic module | 08-27-2015 |
20150243821 | CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC UNIT, CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL, AND CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS - A concentrator photovoltaic unit being an optical system base unit includes: a concentrating portion configured to converge sunlight; a cell configured to receive light converged by the concentrating portion to generate power; a package including a frame portion, the frame portion having insulating property and surrounding the cell, the package being in integrated relation with the cell; a shield plate provided between the concentrating portion and the cell, and including an opening allowing light converged by the concentrating portion to selectively pass therethrough; and a protection plate being a heat-resistant member provided on the frame portion to make the cell expose to the light and to shield the package, the protection plate being in contact with nothing but the frame portion, and securing a predetermined insulation distance from a live portion of the cell. | 08-27-2015 |
20160056755 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND PANEL CLEANING METHOD - This photovoltaic system includes: a support portion; a photovoltaic panel supported by the support portion so as to be able to take an orientation at any angle in each of azimuth and elevation; a drive device configured to change the orientation of the photovoltaic panel; and a control device configured to cause, during power generation, the drive device to drive the photovoltaic panel such that sun light hits the photovoltaic panel, the control device configured to, when executing a cleaning mode, control the drive device such that the photovoltaic panel takes an orientation that facilitates removal of attached substance to a light receiving surface of the photovoltaic panel by use of at least one of natural phenomena including rain, wind, dew condensation, and gravity. | 02-25-2016 |
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20080223520 | SEPARATING APPARATUS, SEPARATING/TAKING-OUT APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS, SEPARATING METHOD, AND SEPARATING/TAKING-OUT METHOD FOR SHEET MATERIALS - A sheet material separating apparatus includes a sheet material separating unit. This unit includes a low frictional guide sheet making a surface contact with an upper surface of an uppermost one in stacked sheet materials, and a vibrator contacting a surface of the guide sheet opposite to another surface of the guide sheet contacting the upper surface of the uppermost sheet material. A length from a part of the surface of the guide sheet on which the vibrator contacts to any position on a peripheral edge of the surface is longer than one wavelength of an excited sound wave. | 09-18-2008 |
20090218752 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AND EXTRACTING PAPER LEAVES - In an apparatus, a pile of sheets is mounted on a support base, and is brought into contact with a guide. A high-frequency vibration is applied to the sheets from a vibrating part which is pressed to the pile. A sheet on the uppermost surface of the pile is transferred by a feed roller. The guide has a guide end defining a guide entrance between the guide end and the feed roller, through which the sheets is passed. The guide end is arranged substantially in a virtual plane including a contact position at which the vibrating part is in contact with the uppermost surface of the pile, and substantially parallel with the sheets. A separation section for separating sheets from each other is arranged behind the entrance, and an air blow-off section for blowing air into the side of the pile is provided in the vicinity of the entrance. | 09-03-2009 |
20120073937 | MEDIUM CONVEYOR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medium convey apparatus is provided with an oscillation unit, a cooling unit, a convey unit, a temperature detector and a controller. The oscillation unit applies oscillation to a thin medium as a to-be-conveyed target. The cooling unit cools the air around the thin medium. The convey unit conveys the thin medium. The temperature detector detects the temperature around the medium. The controller controls the cooling unit based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector. | 03-29-2012 |
20120143655 | CHECKOUT APPARATUS AND WORKING STATE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a checkout apparatus includes a counter, a scanner, a register terminal, and a recognition unit. The counter is embedded at least one weight meter and to be put at least one of target objects. The scanner reads codes attached to the target objects. The register terminal settles payment for the target objects. The recognition unit identifies the target objects by referring to working property category information pieces indicating a category in scan work for the target objects, based on the codes read by the scanner, and obtains signals that represent states each including one of steady work and unsteady work for an operator, based on a time history of a weight of the target objects. | 06-07-2012 |
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20090014436 | Pocketable body warmer - The pocketable body warmer includes: a metallic exterior casing with a metal plate being formed to a tube having a closed bottom end and an open opposite end; a plastic-made interior casing with an outer contour being formed to be inserted in the metallic exterior casing, the interior casing being provided with a battery storage portion; a battery loaded in the interior casing; and a heater thermally connected to the metallic exterior casing for heating the metallic exterior casing. | 01-15-2009 |
20090153098 | Battery charger cradle - In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil to be brought closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. | 06-18-2009 |
20130009596 | BATTERY CHARGER CRADLE - In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil for inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism for moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller for detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. | 01-10-2013 |
20140028253 | BATTERY CHARGER CRADLE - In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil for inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism for moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller for detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140125136 | LINE SWITCHING SYSTEM - A line switching system is a line switching system which switches line of a power supply system including: a plurality of PV panels which generate power using renewable energy; at least one PCS which conditions supplied power to output the conditioned power to a power system; and a first switch which connects any one of the PV panels and the PCS, wherein the line switching system includes a display device which displays an image corresponding to the power supply system and receives an operation on the image from the user, and a control unit which is configured to switch between conduction and non-conduction between a plurality of PV panels and the PCS by controlling the first switch according to the operation received by the display device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140285144 | BATTERY CHARGER CRADLE - In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil for inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism for moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller for detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. | 09-25-2014 |
20150015075 | DISTRIBUTION BOARD AND BATTERY PACK - A distribution board includes: a pack housing unit which houses a battery pack and includes a connecting unit; and a charge control unit. The battery pack includes a connecting terminal unit for charge and discharge of power and can supply power to the distribution board and another device different from the distribution board. The connecting unit is connectable to and disconnectable from the connecting terminal unit. The charge control unit converts AC power supplied from a power system into DC power, and supplies the DC power to the battery pack housed in the pack housing unit to charge the battery pack. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021992 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEM - The fuel cell system includes: a power generation unit; an obtaining unit obtaining battery information indicating a storage state of a storage battery; and a control unit selecting one of a first control mode and a second control mode based on the battery information when load power changes from a first load power to a second load power, the first control mode being for supplying power from the power generation unit to the load by causing the power generation unit to generate power without causing the storage battery to charge and/or discharge, the second control mode being for causing the power generation unit to generate power with a change rate of generation power being set to a value smaller than a value in the first control mode, by causing the storage battery to charge and/or discharge. | 01-22-2015 |
20150108833 | DISTRIBUTION BOARD AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD - A distribution board includes: a storage battery including one or more storage batteries and electrically connected to a predetermined load; a detector which detects a power outage state in which no electric power is being supplied from a power system; a first switch between the power system and the storage battery; and a controller which controls at least the first switch. When the detector detects the power outage state, the controller turns off the first switch to electrically disconnect the storage battery and the power system, and the storage battery causes the one or more storage batteries to discharge and supplies electric power to the controller and the predetermined load. | 04-23-2015 |
20150145476 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus includes: a connection unit to which a battery pack is connected; a power conversion unit which converts direct current power output from the battery pack via the connection unit into a first power; a power plug which is connected to an external power source; a power supplying unit to which a power receiving unit of the external apparatus is connected to supply the first power output from the power conversion unit or a second power which is the power supplied from the external power source via the power plug; and a switching unit which switches between outputting the first power to the power supplying unit and outputting the second power to the power supplying unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150214758 | BATTERY PACK, ELECTRICAL HARDWARE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A battery pack has a communicator storing various communication protocols. When new hardware is connected thereto, the battery pack sequentially transmits a respective communication request signal to request communication with the hardware using a stored communication protocol, and establishes communication. The battery pack transmits the communication request signal using a standard such as a compatibility priority among communication protocols, a frequency priority for communication protocols used according to a history record, a communication speed priority for communication protocols, and so on, thereby achieving quick establishment of communication. | 07-30-2015 |
20150306968 | ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND MOBILE UNIT - An electric power management device is an electric power management device that is provided in a facility connected to an electric power system and connects to a mobile unit provided with a power generator and an electricity storage device and includes a receiver operative to accept an instruction for selecting one of a first mode in which generated electric power of the power generator is preferentially supplied to an outside of the mobile unit and a second mode in which the electricity storage device is preferentially charged with the generated electric power of the power generator and control circuitry operative to change a supply destination of the generated electric power of the power generator in accordance with the instruction accepted by the receiver. | 10-29-2015 |
20150326064 | BATTERY CHARGER CRADLE - In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil for inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism for moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller for detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. | 11-12-2015 |
20150333350 | FUEL CELL ACTIVATION APPARATUS, FUEL CELL ACTIVATION METHOD, AND FUEL CELL ACTIVATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell activation apparatus including: a storage battery; a first current sensor detecting a current outputted by the storage battery; a first switch switching between supplying the current outputted by the storage battery and supplying a current provided from the system power supply; a second switch switching between transmitting a result of detecting by the first current sensor and transmitting a result of detecting by a second current sensor which detects the current provided from the system power supply; and a control unit switching between a normal mode for activating, based on the result of detection performed by the second current sensor, the fuel cell using the current provided from the system power supply and a self-sustained mode for activating, based on the result of detection performed by the first current sensor, the fuel cell using the current outputted by the storage battery. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333544 | ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR BATTERY PACK - An electricity distribution device is connected to a system power supply and a battery pack, and includes: a primary power converter circuit converting DC electric power discharged from the battery pack into electric power supplied to the load; a first switch switching conducting and non-conducting states between the primary power converter circuit and the load; and a control circuitry controlling the first switch to switch the conducting and non-conducting states between the primary power converter circuit and the load. The primary power convertor circuit consumes DC electric power discharged from the battery pack, in a state where the first switch switches the non-conducting state between the primary power convertor circuit and the load, and a current value is acquired when discharging from the fully-charged state to an empty state. The fully-charged capacity of the battery pack is measured using the acquired current value. | 11-19-2015 |
20150358214 | STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - a storage battery management method which is performed in a communication terminal, the storage battery management method including: performing communication with a storage battery which is an object to be managed and acquiring storage battery information on the use of the storage battery; storing the acquired storage battery information every time the storage battery information is acquired; and performing communication with a management server managing the storage battery and providing, only when accepting a request for provision of the storage battery information from the management server, storage battery information of the stored storage battery information, the storage battery information in accordance with the request for provision, to the management server. | 12-10-2015 |
20150372518 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE - An information displaying method includes acquiring a battery identifier to identify a battery pack associated with a display device and a device identifier to identify a device to which the battery pack has been mounted, and causing a monitor of the display device to display information indicating that the battery pack corresponding to the acquired battery identifier has been mounted to the device corresponding to the acquired device identifier. | 12-24-2015 |
20150380967 | ELECTRICITY-STORAGE SYSTEM, MONITORING DEVICE, AND POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - An electricity-storage system | 12-31-2015 |
20160006085 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack having a housing and a secondary battery inside the housing, and including a communicator that receives an instruction related to the secondary battery from an external communication terminal device via short-distance wireless communication and a controller that executes an operation in accordance with the instruction by using a status of the secondary battery. The external communication terminal device, by transmitting to the battery pack the instruction, which is related to the status of the secondary battery, acquires a response that is in accordance with the status of the secondary battery from the battery pack, thereby facilitating checking of secondary battery state. | 01-07-2016 |
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20120306841 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit is disposed in correspondence to an intersection of a scanning line and a data line. The pixel circuit is provided with a wiring for shielding an relay electrode connected to a source of the transistor for controlling a current flowing to a light emitting element from the data line. The wiring has a structure in which an relay electrode located on the same layer as the data line, an relay electrode located on the same layer as the relay electrode, an electrode portion of a conductive layer between the data line and the relay electrode are electrically connected to each other. | 12-06-2012 |
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20150102376 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element disposed in a display region and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting functional layer. The light-emitting device includes a wiring formed in a periphery of the display region and that is electrically connected to the second electrode, and a filter layer having a first color filter that overlaps the light-emitting element and a first layer that overlaps the peripheral wiring. The first color filter and the first layer are formed from a first colored layer that transmits light having a first wavelength. | 04-16-2015 |
20150154915 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit is disposed in correspondence to an intersection of a scanning line and a data line. The pixel circuit is provided with a wiring for shielding an relay electrode connected to a source of the transistor for controlling a current flowing to a light emitting element from the data line. The wiring has a structure in which an relay electrode located on the same layer as the data line, an relay electrode located on the same layer as the relay electrode, an electrode portion of a conductive layer between the data line and the relay electrode are electrically connected to each other. | 06-04-2015 |
20150213760 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes one or more control lines that include a scanning line, a data line and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit has a drive transistor, a write-in transistor with a gate which is electrically connected to the scanning line, a light-emitting element that emits light at a brightness that depends on the size of a current that is supplied through the drive transistor, and a control line which overlaps the gate of the drive transistor when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a surface of a substrate on which the pixel circuit is formed is included in the one or more control lines. | 07-30-2015 |