Abstract: A non-contact power supply apparatus includes a transmission-side pad, a transmission-side resonant circuit, a reception-side pad, a reception-side resonant circuit, a power transmission circuit, a power reception circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls an alternating-current voltage supplied to the transmission-side pad and an alternating-current voltage supplied to the power reception circuit, so that a power factor of the alternating current supplied from the power transmission circuit to the transmission-side pad connected to the transmission-side resonant circuit and direct-current power supplied from the power supply circuit to an on-board battery are respectively set to target values. As a result, change in power factor can be suppressed even when the coupling coefficient of the transmission-side pad and the reception-side pad changes, and predetermined electric power can be transmitted.

Abstract: A liquid supply device includes a first storage unit that stores a first liquid, a second storage unit that stores a second liquid separately from the first liquid, the second liquid containing an infrared absorbing agent, a mixing unit that mixes the first liquid and the second liquid to generate a mixture, and a supply unit that supplies the mixture to an outside of the liquid supply device.

Abstract: A magnetic circuit component includes a magnetic core and a coil formed by winding a conductor around the magnetic core. The magnetic circuit component includes a magnetic material section that is formed from a soft magnetic material, and that covers a part of a surface of the coil or the entire surface of the coil and is disposed away from the magnetic core.

Abstract: Provided is a droplet ejection device, including: a droplet ejection head in which a longitudinal direction thereof is aligned with a width direction of a recording medium and that forms an image by ejecting a droplet onto the recording medium to be transported along a transporting path; and three or more movable infrared ray irradiation devices that are movably disposed on a downstream side of the recording medium in a transporting direction in relation to the droplet ejection head and that evaporate moisture in the image formed on the recording medium.

Abstract: A liquid droplet drying device includes: a drying unit that includes a plurality of light sources emitting light to a liquid droplet ejected to a recording medium by a forming unit which ejects the liquid droplet to form an image and drying the image and in which an amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources is variable; and a correction unit that corrects the amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources so that a light amount distribution of the drying unit is within a range of a pre-decided target using light amount information obtained by reading the amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources by a reading unit which reads the image formed on the recording medium by the forming unit.

Abstract: A liquid supply device includes a first storage unit that stores a first liquid, a second storage unit that stores a second liquid separately from the first liquid, the second liquid containing an infrared absorbing agent, a mixing unit that mixes the first liquid and the second liquid to generate a mixture, and a supply unit that supplies the mixture to an outside of the liquid supply device.

Abstract: A drying device is provided and includes: plural light emitting units that are disposed with intervals along a transport direction in which a transported body containing liquid is transported and that cause the liquid to be evaporated by irradiating the transported body with light; and a vent mechanism in which a supply unit and a discharge unit are alternately disposed in spaces on an upstream side and a downstream side of the entirety of the plural light emitting units in the transport direction and spaces between the light emitting units along the transport direction. The supply unit supplies air toward the transported body along the irradiating direction of the light, and the discharge unit discharges air in an opposite direction to the irradiating direction from the transported body side.

Abstract: A droplet drying device includes a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in a two-dimensional manner to irradiate droplets with light to dry the droplets, the droplets being ejected on a recording medium by an ejection unit, a regular irradiation capability portion provided in a region corresponding to an image forming region of the recording medium where an image is formed, the regular irradiation capability portion having a predetermined light irradiation capability, and a low irradiation capability portion provided in a region corresponding to a region of the recording medium set to have a lower image forming density than the image forming region, a light irradiation capability of the low irradiation capability portion being lower than the predetermined Hein irradiation capability.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a base, a laminate of a plurality of conductive metal material layers, and a solder layer made of Au—Sn alloy solder. The laminate is disposed on the base. The solder layer is disposed on the laminate. The laminate includes a surface layer made of Au as the conductive metal material layer constituting an outermost layer. The surface layer includes a solder layer-disposing region in which the solder layer is disposed and a solder layer-empty region in which the solder layer is not disposed. The solder layer-disposing region and the solder layer-empty region are spatially separated from each other.

Abstract: There is provided a droplet drying device including: a light source that irradiates, with light, and dries a droplet ejected to a recording medium by a forming unit that ejects the droplet to form an image; a reading unit that reads a specifying image in which a light emitting condition of the light source is specified and which is formed by the forming unit in a region out of an image forming region on the recording medium; and a light source controller that controls the light source such that the light source emits light in accordance with the light emitting condition specified in the specifying image read by the reading unit so as to irradiate the droplet with the light.

Abstract: A power-supply-side coil receives an alternating current from an AC power source to produce a magnetic flux. A power-supply-side capacitor is connected in parallel with the power-supply-side coil. A power-supply-side filter circuit includes a reactor and a capacitor, which are connected in series between the AC power source and the power-supply-side coil. A power-receiving-side coil is interlinked with a magnetic flux produced by the power-supply-side coil to produce an alternating current. The power-supply-side filter circuit, the power-supply-side capacitor, and the power-supply-side form a circuit having an impedance having a frequency characteristic, in which a frequency of a minimum point formed on a high-frequency side relative to a maximum point is greater than a frequency of a fundamental wave of an alternating current supplied from the AC power source and is less than a frequency of a third order wave of the fundamental wave.

Abstract: A p? type semiconductor substrate 20 has a first principal surface 20a and a second principal surface 20b opposed to each other and includes a photosensitive region 21. The photosensitive region 21 is composed of an n+ type impurity region 23, a p+ type impurity region 25, and a region to be depleted with application of a bias voltage in the p? type semiconductor substrate 20. An irregular asperity 10 is formed in the second principal surface 20b of the p? type semiconductor substrate 20. An accumulation layer 37 is formed on the second principal surface 20b side of the p? type semiconductor substrate 20 and a region in the accumulation layer 37 opposed to the photosensitive region 21 is optically exposed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bonding method (S1) which is capable of achieving a high adhesive force without carrying out any special treatment on the second member (14), even in a case where the first member (11) has a surface on which a gold thin film (12) is formed. The first member (11) is made of a material other than gold and has a surface on which the gold thin film (12) is formed. The bonding method (S1) includes the steps of: (S11) irradiating, with laser light, at least part of a specific region (12a) of the surface of the first member (11), so that a base of the thin film (12) is exposed in the at least part of the specific region (12a); and (S12) bonding the second member (14) to the specific region (12a) by use of an adhesive (13).

Abstract: A p? type semiconductor substrate 20 has a first principal surface 20a and a second principal surface 20b opposed to each other and includes a photosensitive region 21. The photosensitive region 21 is composed of an n+ type impurity region 23, a p+ type impurity region 25, and a region to be depleted with application of a bias voltage in the p? type semiconductor substrate 20. An irregular asperity 10 is formed in the second principal surface 20b of the p? type semiconductor substrate 20. An accumulation layer 37 is formed on the second principal surface 20b side of the p? type semiconductor substrate 20 and a region in the accumulation layer 37 opposed to the photosensitive region 21 is optically exposed.

Abstract: A liquid droplet drying device includes: a drying unit that includes a plurality of light sources emitting light to a liquid droplet ejected to a recording medium by a forming unit which ejects the liquid droplet to form an image and drying the image and in which an amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources is variable; and a correction unit that corrects the amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources so that a light amount distribution of the drying unit is within a range of a pre-decided target using light amount information obtained by reading the amount of light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources by a reading unit which reads the image formed on the recording medium by the forming unit.

Abstract: A reactor includes a magnetic core and a plurality of coils disposed adjacent to each other and electrically connected to each other. The plurality of coils includes an intermediate coil inducing a magnetic flux which does not interlink with an end of the magnetic core, and magnetic paths forming at least two closed magnetic paths run through a portion inside the intermediate coil.

Abstract: A light emitting elements drive control device includes: a supplying unit that supplies a common power source voltage to a plurality of light emitting elements whose light emission quantities are controlled individually by current controls; a determining unit that determines voltage ranges capable of assuring proper current control operations on the individual light emitting elements based on drive voltages for the respective light emitting elements that vary as the current controls are performed; and a setting unit that sets the power source voltage to be supplied from the supplying unit from a common voltage range of the voltage ranges determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: An aqueous ink contains a colorant, an aqueous solvent, and as an infrared absorber, a compound represented by general formula (I): where Rb, Rc, and Rd are each independently alkyl, and Ra is a group represented by general formula (I-R): where Re is hydrogen or methyl, and e is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: An aqueous ink contains a colorant, an aqueous solvent, and as an infrared absorber, a compound represented by general formula (I): where Rb, Rc, and Rd are each independently alkyl, and Ra is a group represented by general formula (I-R): where Re is hydrogen or methyl, and e is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: A light emitting elements drive control device includes: a supplying unit that supplies a common power source voltage to a plurality of light emitting elements whose light emission quantities are controlled individually by current controls; a determining unit that determines voltage ranges capable of assuring proper current control operations on the individual light emitting elements based on drive voltages for the respective light emitting elements that vary as the current controls are performed; and a setting unit that sets the power source voltage to be supplied from the supplying unit from a common voltage range of the voltage ranges determined by the determining unit.