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20120235481 | Storage Unit and Power Generation System - This storage unit includes a power converter that radiates heat by converting power to direct current or alternating current, a storage portion that stores power, a housing that houses at least the storage portion and the power converter, and an air blower provided in the housing, while the air blower is so configured as to send air containing the heat radiated from the power converter into the housing where the storage portion is arranged. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235631 | Storage Unit, Power Generation System, and Charge/Discharge System - This storage unit includes a storage portion that stores power, a converter that converts power, a first temperature detection portion arranged in the vicinity of the converter, and a housing that houses at least the converter, the first temperature detection portion, and the storage portion. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235645 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM - An electricity storage system has secondary battery housing system racks in which secondary batteries and circuit blocks are respectively housed, and a power converter housing rack in which a power converter is housed, and which is orderly disposed together with the plurality of secondary battery housing system racks. The secondary battery housing system rack having a positive-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a positive-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a positive-electrode bus and the secondary battery housing system rack having a negative-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a negative-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a negative-electrode bus, are different from each other. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235687 | SELF-DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - A startup self-diagnostic apparatus for an electrical storage system including an electrical storage device, a charge and discharge switch device disposed to be connected to the electrical storage device, an electrical storage device breaker disposed between the electrical storage device and the charge and discharge switch device, and a load side breaker disposed between the charge and discharge switch device and an external load comprises a state monitoring unit for the electrical storage device breaker, a state monitoring unit for the load side breaker, a converter diagnosing unit, a switching device diagnosing unit, and an electrical storage device monitoring unit, for diagnosing peripheral diagnostic items which may be diagnosed without using the electrical storage device. | 09-20-2012 |
20130187465 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A power management system which carries out charge-discharge control according to lack of storage cell pack characteristic uniformity. A power storage device comprises a power storage unit, a power system switching circuit, and a power management unit. The power management unit: acquires charge information (for example, charge rate SOC) on each of a plurality of storage cell packs contained in the power storage unit; compares the size of said charge information according to the minimum and maximum values thereof respectively with an upper bound and a lower bound, and switches a charge switch and a discharge switch of the power system switching circuit; and transitions the power storage unit between a charge-discharge state, a charge state, and a discharge state. | 07-25-2013 |
20150162768 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An acquisition unit acquires state of health of a storage battery provided to supply electric power, in which the state of health shows a smaller value as the storage battery deteriorates. A display unit performs notification when state of health acquired by the acquisition unit is smaller than a first threshold value. When the acquisition unit has not acquired state of health for a predetermined period, the display unit performs notification if the elapsed period from the manufacture of the storage battery is longer than a second threshold value. | 06-11-2015 |
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20090230056 | Method of treating wastewater and wastewater treatment apparatus - A method of treating a wastewater, containing the steps of: filtering a wastewater supplied into an activated sludge tank and biologically-treated therein, in a membrane module installed outside the activated sludge tank; chemical-cleaning the membrane module with a membrane-cleaning agent while the membrane module is disconnected from the activated sludge tank with a valve; and water-flushing off the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent forming hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances, or the membrane-cleaning agent remaining in the membrane module with water while the membrane module and the activated sludge tank are disconnected from each other with the valve, wherein it is prevented the membrane-cleaning agent from contacting the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent forming hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances. | 09-17-2009 |
20100264068 | Method of produced water treatment, method of water reuse, and systems for these methods - A method of produced water treatment in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the method has the steps of: separating bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid so as to leave produced water, the bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand wells; and filtering the produced water via a microfiltration membrane made of polytetrafluoroethylene. | 10-21-2010 |
20110089013 | Apparatus of produced water treatment, system and method of using the apparatus, and method of water reuse by using the same - An apparatus of produced water treatment, to be adopted in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the apparatus capable of removing the oil from produced water, the produced water of being left by separating the bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand, the apparatus having: a vessel for receiving the produced water; a submerge type filtration membrane module, installed in the vessel, for filtering the produced water in the condition of the membrane being submerged in the produced water; and a bubble generator for generating bubbles to be forwarded toward the submerged filtration membrane in the produced water. | 04-21-2011 |
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20110243787 | POWER OF TUNGSTEN ALLOY WITH TRANSITION METAL DISSOLVED THEREIN AS SOLID SOLUTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention is related to a powder of a tungsten alloy with a transition metal dissolved therein as a solid solution that is suitable as material for a cemented carbide represented by formula [1] and a material for a catalyst. The powder of tungsten alloy is characterized in that at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, manganese and nickel is dissolved as a solid solution in a tungsten grating and a peak derived from a bcc tungsten phase appears in an X-ray diffraction diagram. Formula [1]: M−W wherein M represents one or more elements selected from Co, Fe, Mn and Ni. The use of tungsten alloy powder can provide a tungsten carbide with a transition metal dissolved therein as a solid solution in which a solid solution phase comprising at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, manganese and nickel, tungsten and carbon is included in a tungsten carbide skeleton, and a tungsten carbide diffused cemented carbide. | 10-06-2011 |
20110257003 | TRANSITION METAL-INCLUDED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE, TUNGSTEN CARBIDE DIFFUSED CEMENTED CARBIDE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - This invention is related to a powder of a transition metal dissolved tungsten alloy carbide which comprises a transition metal element forcibly dissolved as a solid solution which represented by Formula [1] of M-W—C wherein M is one or more of Co, Fe, Ni and Mn and its tungsten alloy carbide diffused cemented carbide. The diffused cemented carbide is compatible with the conventional tungsten carbide diffused cemented carbide and comprises a binder metal and a tungsten alloy carbide which is provided with a solid solution phase of at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, nickel and manganese, included in a tungsten carbide skeleton, which exhibits a peak derived from a bcc tungsten phase in an X-ray diffraction diagram. | 10-20-2011 |
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20110268358 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In an image processing technology, an original image is inputted by accepting an input of an original image to be image-processed; a local area is set, with a pixel of which brightness is to be converted being a center of the local area, from the original image; a local histogram relating to brightness of the local area is calculated; a local cumulative histogram is calculated by accumulating the local histogram; first and second monotone increasing functions are determined, respectively, corresponding to cumulative frequency values in first and second classes of the local cumulative histogram; first and second weighting functions are determined, respectively, corresponding to the first and second monotone increasing functions; a conversion function relating to brightness of the pixel is produced from the first monotone increasing function weighted by the first weighting function and the second monotone increasing function weighted by the second weighting function; and the brightness of the pixel is then converted by the conversion function. | 11-03-2011 |
20130177257 | Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium - Converting lightness of each pixel even for images having continuous lightness includes: setting a local area around a pixel for which lightness is converted, in the original image; setting an upper limit conversion function which continuously monotonically increases with respect to the lightness, and determines an output upper limit of lightness conversion; setting a lower limit conversion function which continuously monotonically increases with respect to the lightness, and determines an output lower limit of lightness conversion; calculating upper and lower limit values (upper and lower limit conversion function of lightness of the pixel to be converted); calculating a ratio for setting a value between the upper limit value and the lower limit value according to lightness of each pixel in the local area; and calculating converted lightness of a pixel for which the lightness is converted based on the upper limit value, the lower limit value and the ratio. | 07-11-2013 |
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20110285797 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - The liquid cartridge includes a housing configured to accommodate the liquid container for storing liquid, a groove portion formed on an outer surface of the housing, a liquid lead-out opening, formed on a bottom surface of the groove portion communicating with the liquid container and configured such that the liquid lead-out path for guiding the liquid inside the liquid container to the outside is connected to or disconnected from the liquid lead-out path, a flow path extending toward the inside of the housing from an end of the groove portion in a liquid dripping direction, and a liquid absorbing member provided at an end opposite to the groove portion of the flow path. | 11-24-2011 |
20130201261 | INK TANK - An ink tank includes a light-emitting portion and a light-guiding portion for guiding light emitted from the light-emitting portion, wherein the light-guiding portion includes an output portion configured to output the guided light to project individual information about the ink tank and a display portion formed on a side surface different from the output portion and configured to display information about a status of the ink tank by outputting the guided light. | 08-08-2013 |
20140184708 | INK TANK - A ink tank includes a casing having a partition wall configured to divide from each other an absorber storage chamber for storing an absorber capable of retaining ink and an ink storage chamber for storing ink to be supplied to the absorber storage chamber, and an ink supply port provided at the bottom surface of the absorber storage chamber and configured to supply the ink in the absorber storage chamber to an outside, wherein the sectional configuration when the absorber storage chamber is cut by a plane parallel to the partition wall and passing through the ink supply port is substantially T-shaped. | 07-03-2014 |
20150343790 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head including a liquid storage chamber capable of holding a liquid, a liquid communication pipe communicating with the liquid storage chamber and being configured to supply the liquid from a liquid tank to the liquid storage chamber by installing the liquid tank to the pipe to communicate with the liquid tank, an discharge port communicating with the liquid storage chamber to discharge the liquid, an electrode pair each having an outside end portion located outside the liquid storage chamber and detecting a liquid level of the liquid storage chamber, and an electric contact portion connected to the outside end portion of each of the electrode pair. The electric contact portion is located above the liquid communication pipe with an discharge port surface on which the discharge port opens taking a position facing perpendicularly downward. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343793 | LIQUID STORAGE UNIT, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REMOVING BUBBLES FROM LIQUID STORAGE UNIT - A liquid storage unit including a first liquid storage chamber having a constant volume and being capable of holding liquid supplied from a liquid tank; a second liquid storage chamber communicating with the first liquid storage chamber; a pressure control chamber configured to change a pressure of the pressure control chamber through actuation of a pressure control unit; and an elastic member being configured to tightly partition the second liquid storage chamber and the pressure control chamber from each other and being deformable so as to increase and decrease a volume of the second liquid storage chamber in accordance with the pressure of the pressure control chamber. The elastic member is capable of removing bubbles in the first liquid storage chamber by increasing and decreasing the volume of the second liquid storage chamber through the deformation. | 12-03-2015 |
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20140238174 | FORCE DETECTOR AND ROBOT - A force detector includes a plate-like first member, a plate-like second member provided with a gap between the first member and itself, an elastic member provided between the first member and the second member, and a plurality of pressure-sensitive devices provided between the elastic member and the second member, wherein an area of a surface of the elastic member at the first member side is larger than an area of a surface of the elastic member at the second member side. Further, the first member and the second member respectively have plate-like shapes. Furthermore, three or more of the elastic members are provided. | 08-28-2014 |
20150250621 | FINGER JOINT DRIVING DEVICE - A finger joint driving device includes a first base portion that is mounted on an index finger, a pressure sensor that is provided between the first base portion and the index finger when the first base portion is mounted on the index finger, and a contact portion that is provided between the pressure sensor and the index finger and comes in contact with the pressure sensor in the mounted state. In addition, durometer hardness of the contact portion which is measured based on JIS K 6253 is equal to or greater than 50. | 09-10-2015 |
20150265190 | BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND A BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A biological measurement apparatus that can measure a biological component concentration with favorable precision is provided. This apparatus includes an infrared sensor that irradiates an arm with infrared light, receives infrared light that was reflected by the arm, and outputs light intensity data; a holding unit that holds the infrared sensor such that the infrared sensor comes into contact with the arm; a force sensor that detects the force with which the infrared sensor and the arm are pressed together; a pressing force determination unit that compares the force with determination values and determines whether or not the force is in a predetermined range; and a component concentration calculation unit that calculates a component concentration of the arm using the light intensity data that was output when the pressing force determination unit determined that the force is in the predetermined range. | 09-24-2015 |
20150342818 | DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - A driving device includes a wearable mechanism that is worn on a wearing part, an actuator that drives the wearable mechanism, and first and second force sensors that are provided on the wearable mechanism and detect a force. The first and second force sensors are provided at positions at which a first detected value obtained from the first force sensor and a second detected value obtained from the second force sensor are changed in response to a motion of the wearing part. When a difference between the first and second detected values is less than a pre-decided first threshold value and the first or second detected value is greater than a pre-decided second threshold value, the actuator drives the wearable mechanism so that the second detected value is constant. | 12-03-2015 |
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20080211974 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates includes data lines and scanning lines that intersect each other, pixels arranged in a matrix, at least one first electrode, and at least one second electrode that applies an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode to the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a plurality of electrode portions, and a joint portion for connecting the plurality of electrodes. At least a portion of the joint portion of the first electrode and at least a portion of the joint portion of the second electrode are arranged so as to overlap at least the data lines or the scanning lines, and are aligned in a line extending along the at least the data lines or the scanning lines. | 09-04-2008 |
20090051862 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is made of an inorganic porous film having pores exposed at its surface and grooves to control the orientation of the liquid crystal layer. | 02-26-2009 |
20090296030 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a first light shielding layer that is formed along the second direction in a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction, of a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a first electrode that is formed within the pixel of a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and has an electrode portion extending in a predetermined direction; a second electrode that is disposed corresponding to a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction, of the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and that is formed such that at least a part thereof overlaps the first light shielding layer in plan view and has an electrode portion extending in a direction along the electrode portion of the first electrode; a third electrode that has an electrode portion formed along the first direction in a region, which is positioned between the pixels adjacent to each other in the second direction, of the surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the first and second substrates and is aligned in an in-plane direction of the first or second substrate according to an electric field generated between the first and second substrates. The first electrode has extending electrodes that are formed at both ends thereof to extend in opposite directions along the third electrode. | 12-03-2009 |
20090296036 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An LCD having pixels arrayed along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction includes: opposite first and second substrates having facing first and second surfaces, respectively; a first light shielding layer formed along the second direction between the pixels adjacent in the first direction on the first surface; a first electrode formed within each pixel on the second surface and having a first electrode portion; a second electrode positioned between the pixels adjacent in the first direction on the second surface to at least partially overlap the first light shielding layer in plan view and having a second electrode portion extending along the first electrode portion; a third electrode having a third electrode portion formed along the first direction between the pixels adjacent in the second direction on the second surface. | 12-03-2009 |
20100066952 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between a pair of substrates; a color filter layer has a first coloration layer for transmitting a first light and a second coloration layer for transmitting a second light; first electrodes has a first pixel electrode disposed on a first sub-pixel region corresponding to a planar region of the first coloration layer and a second pixel electrode disposed on a second sub-pixel region corresponding to a planar region of the second coloration layer; and second electrodes each of which faces each first electrode. Any one electrode of each first electrode and each second electrode has a plurality of band-like portions which are arranged at predetermined intervals. A layer thickness of the liquid crystal layer, a width of each band-like portion, and the predetermined intervals within the first sub-pixel region are smaller than they within the second sub-pixel region. | 03-18-2010 |
20120017703 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ROBOT - Disclosed is a detection device for detecting a strength and a direction of an external force applied to a reference point, the detection device including: a first substrate having a plurality of first capacitor electrodes arranged around the reference point; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate by interposing the first capacitor electrodes; a dielectric body arranged between the first and second substrates and made of an elastic body or fluid; a second capacitor electrode arranged to face the first capacitor electrodes by interposing the dielectric body between the first and second substrates; and a third substrate having an elastic projection which has a gravity center in a location overlapping with the reference point and is elastically deformed by the external force while a tip thereof abuts on the second substrate. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022799 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A detection device includes a first substrate that has a plurality of pressure sensors disposed around a reference point, and a second substrate on which disposed an elastic projection whose center is positioned in a position overlapping with the reference point and that elastically deforms due to the external force in a state in which the tip portion of the elastic projection makes contact with the first substrate. When an external force has been applied, the direction and intensity of the applied external force is found by carrying out a predetermined calculation using pressure values detected by the pressure sensors. | 01-26-2012 |
20120072131 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A detection device includes: a detecting unit having a first substrate on which a plurality of pressure sensors are disposed around a reference point and a second substrate on which is formed an elastic projection whose center of gravity is positioned in a position overlapping with the reference point and that elastically deforms due to an external force in a state in which the tip of the elastic projection makes contact with the first substrate; and a controller that carries out detection operations for detecting the presence/absence of the external force based on pressure values detected by at least one of the plurality of pressure sensors, and controls the next detection operations of the detection unit based on the result of the previous detection. | 03-22-2012 |
20120096952 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A first substrate that includes pressure sensors which are disposed in plural around a reference point; an approximately hemispherical elastic protrusion that is positioned so that the center of the elastic protrusion is approximately disposed in a position which is overlapped with the reference point, and is elastically deformed by an external force; and a second substrate that is separated from the elastic protrusion and installed on a side which is opposite to the first substrate are provided. When the external force is applied, a predetermined calculation is performed by using a pressure value which is detected through each pressure sensor, and the direction and the intensity of the applied external force are obtained. | 04-26-2012 |
20120144932 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor. | 06-14-2012 |
20140144253 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A first substrate that includes pressure sensors which are disposed in plural around a reference point; an approximately hemispherical elastic protrusion that is positioned so that the center of the elastic protrusion is approximately disposed in a position which is overlapped with the reference point, and is elastically deformed by an external force; and a second substrate that is separated from the elastic protrusion and installed on a side which is opposite to the first substrate are provided. When the external force is applied, a predetermined calculation is performed by using a pressure value which is detected through each pressure sensor, and the direction and the intensity of the applied external force are obtained. | 05-29-2014 |
20140202259 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor. | 07-24-2014 |
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20100135938 | Oil-In-Water Emulsion Composition And Method For Producing The Same - The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability, low sticky feeling, and low skin irritation. The oil-in-water emulsion composition according to the present invention comprising (a) 1 to 20 mass % of a powder component, (b) 0.001 to 0.5 mass % of a cationic surfactant having two alkyl chains with 12 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms, (c) an oil phase component, and (d) a water phase component, having a structure wherein (a) powder particles are adsorbed on the oil droplets dispersed in the water phase. | 06-03-2010 |
20100291011 | Water-In-Oil Emulsion Type Sunscreen Cosmetic - A water-in-oil emulsified sunscreen cosmetic comprising (a) 0.1-10 wt % of dimethicodiethylbenzalmalonate, (b) 0.02-8 wt % of phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid, and (c) a neutralizing agent for said ingredient (b), said cosmetic having a water phase content of 40 wt % or less. | 11-18-2010 |
20100297039 | Oil-In-Water Emulsion Composition And Method For Producing The Same - The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion composition having excellent emulsion stability, low sticky feeling, and low skin irritation. The oil-in-water emulsion composition according to the present invention comprises (a) 1 to 20 mass % of a powder component, (b) 0.001 to 0.5 mass % of a cationic surfactant having two alkyl chains with 12 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms, (c) an oil phase component, and (d) a water phase component, having a structure that (a) powder particles are adsorbed on the oil droplets dispersed in the water phase, and containing substantively no surfactant other than the (b) cationic surfactant. | 11-25-2010 |
20120045403 | OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an oil-in-water emulsion base which is stable even when ethanol in an amount of 50% by mass or less is blended therein and which exhibits excellent water resistance after being applied to the skin or the like. Specifically disclosed is an oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic composition which is characterized by containing (A) 0.1-10% by mass of a polyether-modified silicone having an HLB(Si) of 5-10, (B) 5-50% by mass of ethanol, (C) 0.01-3% by mass of a hydrophilic thickening agent and (D) 0.1-15% by mass of a polyol. Preferably, the oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic composition additionally contains a UV absorbent, thereby forming a sunscreen cosmetic composition. | 02-23-2012 |