Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series with each other. Each of the solar cell module groups includes one or a plurality of solar cell modules connected in series. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a first electric path in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is connected to the first shut-off device in a two-way communicable manner, is driven by an electrical power supplied from the first shut-off device, and cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a second electric path in response to a second control signal from the first shut-off device.

Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series with each other. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to a first electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is connected to the first shut-off device in a two-way communicable manner by a communication system different from power line communication and cuts off a connection between the solar cell module groups connected to a second electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups in response to a second control signal output from the first shut-off device by a communication system different from power line communication.

Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter a first shut-off device, and a second shut-off device. The string includes a plurality of solar cell module groups connected in series. The first shut-off device is connected to a first electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups. The second shut-off device is connected to a second electric path connecting between the plurality of solar cell module groups. The first shut-off device cuts off a connection between the plurality of solar cell module groups connected to the first electric path in response to a first control signal from the inverter. The second shut-off device is driven by an electrical power supplied from the first shut-off device and cuts off a connection between the solar cell module groups connected to the second electric path in response to a second control signal from the first shut-off device.

Abstract: An embodiment optical body is provided in a propagation path of light between a Si waveguide and an optical fiber. The optical body changes a course of some of radiation mode light, which is emitted from the Si waveguide and propagates in a direction away from an optical axis thereof, to obtain waveguide mode light passing through itself. Thus, the amount of waveguide mode light incident on the optical fiber increases, and the coupling efficiency between the Si waveguide and the optical fiber is improved.

Abstract: A vibration device that includes: a fixing part having a flat plate shape; a vibration part having a flat plate shape, the vibration part being disposed around the fixing part as viewed in a normal direction of the fixing part; a coupling part that couples the vibration part and the fixing part and is constructed to elastically deform, the vibration part constructed to be displaced in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the normal direction of the fixing part with respect to the fixing part; and a vibration film fixed to the vibration part and the fixing part, the vibration film constructed to vibrate the vibration part in the orthogonal direction with respect to the fixing part when an electric signal is applied to the vibration film.

Abstract: An optical connection structure 1 includes a waveguide substrate; a Si waveguide formed on one surface of the waveguide substrate and having a first end surface; an optical fiber having a second end surface facing the first end surface; a terrace section extending further toward the optical fiber side from an end portion on the optical fiber side of the waveguide substrate; and a lens disposed on the terrace section, and arranged on an optical axis connecting the first end surface and the second end surface.

Abstract: A vibration structure that includes a piezoelectric film constructed to deform in a plane direction as a voltage is applied thereto, a frame-shaped member, a vibration portion surrounded by the frame-shaped member in a plan view of the vibration structure, a support portion connecting the vibration portion and the frame-shaped member, and supporting the vibration portion within the frame-shaped member such that the vibration portion vibrates in the plane direction when the piezoelectric film is deformed in the plane direction, a first connection member that connects the piezoelectric film to the vibration portion, and a second connection member that connects the piezoelectric film to the frame-shaped member. Of the connection members, the first connection member is disposed between the center of gravity of the vibration portion and the second connection member.

Abstract: Provided is an oral pharmaceutical composition characterized by containing a medicinal ingredient (A), a hydrophobic liquid (B), a water-soluble macromolecular substance (C), and an excipient (D), but not containing a surfactant, wherein: the medicinal ingredient (A) is included in the hydrophobic liquid (B); and the hydrophobic liquid (B) is dispersed in a composition including the water-soluble macromolecular substance (C) and the excipient (D). The oral pharmaceutical composition: allows easy dose-adjustment; has excellent dosability and safety; is biologically equivalent to a standard formulation having established profiles regarding efficacy, safety, etc.; and can be easily produced.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device that includes a film that has a first main surface and a second main surface, and has piezoelectricity; a first substrate; and a first connection member that connects the film to the first substrate. The first connection member is a thermosetting resin, and a curing temperature of the first connection member is lower than a temperature at which the film thermally contracts.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a deformation detection sensor that includes: preparing a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers, at least one of which has a main surface on which a conductive member is formed; laminating the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers; after lamination, integrally forming the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers by hot pressing to obtain a laminated body configured so that a transmission line is formed from a first portion of the conductive member and the laminated body; and attaching a piezoelectric film to the laminated body so that a piezoelectric element is formed from a second portion of the conductive member, the laminated body, and the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a deformation detection sensor that includes: preparing a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers, at least one of which has a main surface on which a conductive member is formed; laminating the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers; after lamination, integrally forming the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers by hot pressing to obtain a laminated body configured so that a transmission line is formed from a first portion of the conductive member and the laminated body; and attaching a piezoelectric film to the laminated body so that a piezoelectric element is formed from a second portion of the conductive member, the laminated body, and the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A vibration structure that includes a film having a first electrode on a first main surface thereof, the first electrode defining a first connection region on the first main surface where the first electrode is not present, and the film is constructed to be deformed in a plane direction when a voltage is applied thereto; a frame-shaped member; a vibration portion surrounded by the frame-shaped member; a first connection member that connects the first main surface of the film to the frame-shaped member at the first connection region; a second connection member that connects the film to the vibration portion; and an extended electrode that is connected to the first electrode.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire facility information containing an advertisement or publicity on a facility located along a travel route that a vehicle is scheduled to travel or a facility located within a predetermined range from the travel route, and, while the vehicle is traveling along the travel route, process an image of a first facility associated with the facility information or an image of a second facility present around the first facility based on the facility information and display the image of the first facility or the image of the second facility on a display provided in the vehicle.

Abstract: A substrate that includes a film-shaped member that has a first main surface and a second main surface; a first electrode that has a third main surface and a fourth main surface, the third main surface facing the second main surface of the film-shaped member, the first electrode having a first patterning region with a first part where the film-shaped member is exposed from the first electrode and a second part where the film-shaped member is not exposed from the first electrode; and an adhesive tape facing the fourth main surface of the first electrode and the second main surface of the film-shaped member such that the adhesive tape is disposed across the first part and the second part in the first patterning region.

Abstract: A vibration structure that includes a film constructed to deform in a plane direction as voltage is applied thereto, a frame-shaped member, a vibration portion surrounded by the frame-shaped member in a plan view of the vibration structure, a support portion connecting the vibration portion and the frame-shaped member and supporting the vibration portion within the frame-shaped member, a first connection member that connects the film and the frame-shaped member, and a second connection member that connects the film to the vibration portion such that the vibration portion vibrates in the plane direction when the film is deformed in the plane direction. The support portion is disposed at a position closer to a center of gravity of the vibration portion than an end portion of the vibration portion when viewed in the plan view.

Abstract: A deformation detection sensor that includes a conductive member, a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers, and a piezoelectric film. At least one of the thermoplastic resin layers has a main surface, and the conductive member is formed on the main surface thereof. The plurality of thermoplastic resin layers are laminated and integrally formed by hot pressing into a laminated body. A transmission line is formed form a first portion of the conductive member and the thermoplastic resin in the laminated body. The piezoelectric film is attached to the laminated body to form a piezoelectric element made of a second portion of the conductive member, the thermoplastic resin in the laminated body, and the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A vibration device that includes a vibration unit that has a vibrator which vibrates in a plane direction; and a sensor arranged on at least a portion of the vibration unit around the vibrator in a plan view of the vibration unit, and the sensor is constructed to detect a pressing operation in a direction normal to a pressing surface of the vibration device.

Abstract: A device includes a first lens), a second lens, and an adjustment platform. The first lens is arranged between a first end surface and a second end surface, and enlarges the mode field diameter of light that is guided through a first optical waveguide and is emitted from the first end surface. The second lens is arranged between the first lens and a second end surface, and collects light that has passed through the first lens. The first lens is mounted on the adjustment platform. The distance between the optical axis of the first optical waveguide and the principal point of the first lens is adjusted on a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the first optical waveguide using the adjustment platform.

Abstract: Disclosed is a processing device that is mounted in a vehicle and is able to perform communication with a center server during a normal time. The processing device includes a controller configured to execute searching for one or a plurality of other vehicles with which a host vehicle is able to perform communication, in emergency where a situation of emergency occurs and communication with the center server is disrupted, inquiring the other vehicles searched by the search about whether or not to enable intervention control related to the situation, and deciding a center vehicle giving an instruction related to the intervention control from among the other vehicles replying to enable the intervention control and the host vehicle.

Abstract: A vibration device that includes: a fixing part having a flat plate shape; a vibration part having a flat plate shape, the vibration part being disposed around the fixing part as viewed in a normal direction of the fixing part; a coupling part that couples the vibration part and the fixing part and is constructed to elastically deform, the vibration part constructed to be displaced in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the normal direction of the fixing part with respect to the fixing part; and a vibration film fixed to the vibration part and the fixing part, the vibration film constructed to vibrate the vibration part in the orthogonal direction with respect to the fixing part when an electric signal is applied to the vibration film.