Abstract: A rail breakage detection device includes a first core part provided to a first cable connecting an electrical neutral point of an impedance bond that electrically connects a first rail and a second rail to the first rail, a second core part provided to a second cable connecting the electrical neutral point of the impedance bond to the second rail, a first coil wound around the first core part to generate a first electromotive force in accordance with a current variation occurring in the first cable, a second coil connected electrically to the first coil and wound around the second core part to generate a second electromotive force in accordance with a current variation occurring in the second cable, and a CPU to determine that the first or second rail is broken based on an electromotive force that is a sum of the first and second electromotive forces.

Abstract: An active portion of a piezoelectric actuator includes a first region provided in a region opposed to a recess and extending in a first direction, and a second region provided in a region corresponding to a central part in the first direction of the recess, and being configured such that a laminated body including the active portion and a vibration plate has a thickness larger than a thickness of a portion corresponding to the first region and that deformation of the second region is suppressed as compared to deformation of the first region when a voltage is applied between a first electrode and a second electrode.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a diaphragm provided on a side of one surface of a substrate and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode which are stacked on a side of a surface opposite to the substrate of the diaphragm, in which the piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion in which the piezoelectric body layer is pinched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and has an uneven portion constituted with a plurality of projection portions and a recess portion formed between the projection portions on a surface of the first electrode on a side of the piezoelectric body layer at an end portion of the active portion.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes: a substrate having a plurality of recesses; a vibration plate provided on one side of the substrate; and a piezoelectric actuator including layers of first electrodes, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode provided in this order on the vibration plate side, and the piezoelectric actuator has a plurality of active portions including the first electrode, the second electrode, and the piezoelectric layer held between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode serves as an individual electrode individually provided for each active portion, the second electrode serves as a common electrode shared by the plurality of active portions, and the second electrode includes a first end portion serving as a reference and a protruding portion protruding from an end portion of the active portion beyond the first end portion toward a coupling electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter including a crystalline silicon substrate having a light receiving surface including a smooth section and a rough surface section having surface roughness greater than the surface roughness of the smooth section and a light transmissive inorganic film so provided as to overlap with the smooth section and the rough surface section, and the film thickness t1 of a portion of the inorganic film that is the portion where the inorganic film overlaps with the rough surface section is smaller than the film thickness t2 of a portion of the inorganic film that is the portion where the inorganic film overlaps with the smooth section. The arithmetic average roughness of the rough surface section is preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head that, as a piezoelectric actuator is driven, displaces a vibration plate between a first position where a pressure chamber contracts to the maximum degree and a second position where the pressure chamber expands to the maximum degree and ejects droplets from a nozzle, has a configuration in which, in an abnormal displacement state where the vibration plate exceeds the second position and is displaced to a third position and the displacement amount from a fourth position that is a center between the first position and the second position to the third position is twice or more of the displacement amount from the fourth position to the second position, pressure of a holding portion that is a sealing space is 1.05 times or more of the pressure of the holding portion when the vibration plate is at the second position.

Abstract: An active portion of a piezoelectric actuator includes a first region provided in a region opposed to a recess and extending in a first direction, and a second region provided in a region corresponding to a central part in the first direction of the recess, and being configured such that a laminated body including the active portion and a vibration plate has a thickness larger than a thickness of a portion corresponding to the first region and that deformation of the second region is suppressed as compared to deformation of the first region when a voltage is applied between a first electrode and a second electrode.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrode assembly which includes a first step of forming a molded body that contains an active material, a second step of dipping the molded body in a melt of a solid electrolyte in a first atmosphere, thereby impregnating the melt into voids inside the molded body; and a third step of cooling the molded body impregnated with the melt by moving the molded body to a second atmosphere whose temperature is lower than that of the first atmosphere, thereby combining the molded body with the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter including a crystalline silicon substrate having a light receiving surface including a smooth section and a rough surface section having surface roughness greater than the surface roughness of the smooth section and a light transmissive inorganic film so provided as to overlap with the smooth section and the rough surface section, and the film thickness t1 of a portion of the inorganic film that is the portion where the inorganic film overlaps with the rough surface section is smaller than the film thickness t2 of a portion of the inorganic film that is the portion where the inorganic film overlaps with the smooth section. The arithmetic average roughness of the rough surface section is preferably greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer that has a p-type impurity region and an n-type impurity region, an insulating layer that overlaps with the p-type impurity region and the n-type impurity region and has a groove outside the p-type impurity region and the n-type impurity region in a plan view of a main surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, a p-type electrode electrically connected to the p-type impurity region, an n-type electrode electrically connected to the n-type impurity region, and a barrier layer that has a lower moisture permeability than the insulating layer, in the groove.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a case having an opening including a curve and a photoelectric conversion device that is provided in the case and includes a crystalline semiconductor substrate, the photoelectric conversion having an outer edge that includes at least partially formed of an outer curve portion along the opening, and the photoelectric conversion having an inner edge that includes at least partially formed of an inner curve portion along the outer edge.

Abstract: A method produces an electrode assembly capable of efficiently producing an electrode assembly by reducing a thermal history time associated with a heat treatment, and a method produces a lithium-ion battery. A method for producing an electrode assembly includes a first step of forming a composite body as a molded body containing an active material, a second step of dipping the composite body in a melt of a solid electrolyte in a first atmosphere, thereby impregnating the melt into voids inside the composite body, and a third step of cooling the composite body impregnated with the melt by moving the composite body to a second atmosphere whose temperature is lower than that of the first atmosphere, thereby combining the composite body with the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: [Object] To display a captured image on a display unit in accordance with the intention of a user. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present technology includes a reception unit configured to receive operation information on a user, and a control unit configured to decide, on the basis of a state of a flexible display unit pulled out from a body of an image shooting device, a corresponding range corresponding to a displayable area of the pulled-out display unit from an entire image range acquired by an image shooting unit, the state being received by the reception unit, the flexible display unit being capable of being pulled out from the body.

Abstract: A conductive paste is disposed on a transparent conductive film of a substrate in which a power generating film and the transparent conductive film are disposed in this order, a wiring member is disposed on the conductive paste through an anisotropic conductive film, and the anisotropic conductive film is heated while pressing the substrate and the wiring member by interposing them, and thus the wiring member is fixed.

Abstract: A power generating film is disposed on a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, a first insulating film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 1 ?m is disposed on the transparent conductive film, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by irradiating the substrate with laser light which is condensed thereto and by spraying gas onto the substrate.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a solar cell panel configured to have multiple pieces and a substrate that connects the multiple pieces to each other. The multiple pieces include a first piece and a second piece adjacent to the first piece. Opposing sides of the first piece and the second piece respectively have a mutually fittable shape. A length of the mutually fittable shape is longer than a distance of a straight line which connects both ends of the mutually fittable shape.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell module includes preparing a solar cell substrate including a support substrate, an electric power generating layer that receives light beams and generates electric power, and a conductive layer that is formed on the electric power generating layer, forming a resist layer on the conductive layer in such a manner that an exposed portion at which the conductive layer is exposed is formed, forming an electric conduction portion at a part of the exposed portion, and etching the conductive layer by using the resist layer and the electric conduction portion as a mask.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation recognition unit configured to recognize a drag start area in a first application and a droppable area in a second application, the drag start area being an area where an drag operation is started, and the second application being different from the first application, a paste content processing unit configured to analyze attributes of the drag start area and the droppable area, and to determine a paste content in response to a comparison result between the respective attributes, and a paste execution unit configured to paste the paste content determined by the paste content processing unit, in the droppable area, when the operation recognition unit recognizes a drop operation in the droppable area.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a first segment as a first solar cell segment and a second segment as a second solar cell segment disposed adjacent to each other, and each having electrodes respectively on both of obverse and reverse sides, and a conductive member including a base member having flexibility, a first conductive layer disposed on one surface of the base member, and a second conductive layer disposed on the other surface of the base member, and the base member is bent so as to connect the first conductive layer to the obverse side electrode of the first segment, and connect the second conductive layer to the reverse side electrode of the first segment and the obverse side electrode of the second segment.

Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a recognition unit configured to recognize a display region in a display unit which is visible from outside, an image generation unit configured to generate an image to be displayed in accordance with the display region recognized by the recognition unit, and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, on the display region, the image generated by the image generation unit.