Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar battery cell having a built-in discharge circuit that can automatically balance the charged conditions. The bipolar battery cell includes a plurality of bipolar electrodes, each including a collector having a positive-electrode layer on one surface and a negative-electrode layer on another surface. The bipolar battery cell further includes a plurality of electrolyte layers that exchange ions between the bipolar electrodes, and a discharge circuit that electrically connects adjacent bipolar electrodes. The discharge circuit is provided on the same surface of at least one layer of the positive-electrode layers, the negative-electrode layers, or the electrolyte layers. Multiple bipolar battery cells are combined to form an assembled battery for vehicular applications.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to bipolar cells including electrodes surrounding a collector. Embodiments of the bipolar cells include a collector containing a highpolymer material. The disclosure also relates to bipolar electrode batteries containing bipolar cells including a collector body containing electrically conductive highpolymer or electrically conductive particles distributed in a high-polymer. By adding such high molecular weight polymer material to the collector, the weight of the collector may be reduced and the output power density per weight of the battery may be improved. The disclosure further relates to methods of forming collecting bodies and electrodes for bipolar cells using an inkjet printing method. Bipolar cells according to the present invention may be used to fabricate batteries such as lithium ion batteries, which may be connected to form battery modules used, for example, to provide electrical power for a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A scroll compressor (10) includes a lubrication part (70) provided at a sliding part between a cylindrical part (26) of a slide bush (25) and an extension (53) of a movable scroll (50). The lubrication part (70) has a coating formed on the surface of an iron substrate and the coating is made of a composition for a sliding element containing polytetrafluoroethylene, 300 parts by weight of polyamide-imide resin per 100 parts by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene and 100 parts by weight of calcium fluoride as a wear resistant agent per 100 parts by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: A wiring board to be inserted between collector foils of each unit cell in a stacked battery includes a comb-shaped insulating substrate and a wiring layer. The insulating substrate has a plurality of teeth and a rod, and the wiring layer is formed on the insulating substrate and includes a plurality of lead wires individually extending from a distal end of each of the plurality of teeth to an end of the rod to deliver a current of a potential across a conductive member being in contact with the distal ends of the teeth to the end of the rod.

Abstract: A control section of a slideshow display device includes a display control section. The display control section 115 causes a list of thumbnails to be displayed when a display timing at which a target image other than a currently displayed image is to be displayed comes before a predetermined point in time. As such, when display delay occurs, a list of thumbnails can be displayed, instead of the target image. This realizes an image display device which prevents a user from being subject to stress when display delay occurs in slideshow display.

Abstract: A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means (101a, . . . ) has voltage measuring means (102a, . . . ) for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means (103a, . . . ) for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means (104) for detecting the operating status of each storage means from values measured by said voltage measuring means and said current measuring means, and a charging/discharging controlling means (105) for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage means detected by said status detecting means to charge or discharge said storage means.

Abstract: A television 1 of the present invention is a television 1 for processing display data and displaying an image based on the processed display data, the display data containing the image and a control script that defines at least a function of displaying the image, wherein the television 1 includes a basic function executing section 42 for executing a basic function program called from the control script, the basic function program being stored in a basic function program storage section 29; and a control script executing section 41 for controlling basic function executing section 42 according to the control script so as to perform a first function for displaying the image, the first function being defined by the control script, the control script further defines a second function which the television 1 performs while the image is being displayed by the first function, and the control script executing section 41 controls the basic function executing section 42 according to the control script so as to execute th

Abstract: When a content playback apparatus has detected a content data acquisition error in a process of acquiring title screen content serving as next content that is to be reproduced after top screen content, the content playback apparatus reproduces sub-content contained as error-handling information in the top screen content, and then displays an error screen. The error screen is contained as sub-content in the top screen content, and therefore can be changed flexibly. This makes it possible to provide a content playback apparatus capable of performing error handling flexibly in accordance with the content being reproduced.

Abstract: A lubrication part serving as a bearing metal is provided in a scroll compressor at a sliding part between a cylindrical part of a slide busing and an extension of a movable scroll. An inner periphery of the lubrication part is formed so that its iron substrate is given a surface roughness Ra of 3.7 ?m and a resin layer containing FEP and PTFE is then provided on the roughened substrate surface.

Abstract: A picture display apparatus, comprising: a synthesizing section for synthesizing divided screens to display a plurality of pictures on a single screen; a menu display section for displaying a menu in which a list of options is displayed, the options enabling a user to select a change to be made to at least one of a number, shapes, relative sizes, and relative positions of the divided screens and types of the pictures, so that the user can select from the options to switch to a corresponding screen arrangement; an icon display section for displaying an icon indicating a border between the divided screens in association with the options; and a border changing section for updating the divided screens according to a change in position of the border, wherein the icon display section displays the icon indicating a result of the change in position of the border before the border changing section updates the divided screens according to the change in position of the border.

Abstract: A control section of a content reproduction apparatus realized as a slide show display apparatus includes content reproduction means which is realized as a display screen generating section which generates, until reproduction of a slide show becomes ready to start, a title slide display screen based on a title slide display screen generation script (second set of content data) which has been stored in the apparatus at the time, among slide show data. It is therefore possible to show a title of the slide show to the user, when the start of the reproduction of the slide show is delayed. This makes it possible to realize a content reproduction apparatus which shows information corresponding to a content to be reproduced, when the start of reproduction of the content is delayed, so that the user does not feel stress in using the apparatus.

Abstract: An album managing server of the present invention includes: a display-target ID obtaining section to obtain, from a display data request message to request display target data that is to be displayed on a television, a display-target ID of the display target data that is requested; a status determining section to determine a status of the display target data that is identified by the display-target ID; a status information extracting section to generate status information for displaying, on the television, the status of the display target data thus determined; and a display control information generating section to generate display control information to define a position, on the television, of the status information. Accordingly, the image display apparatus is supplied with status information on display target data to be displayed on the image display apparatus, whereby the convenience of users improves.

Abstract: A tracked vehicle has a power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage devices. A voltage measuring device measures voltages of the respective storage devices, and a current measuring device measures currents flowing through the respective storage devices. A status detecting device detects the operating status of each storage device based on values measured by the voltage and current measuring devices; and a charging/discharging controlling device controls currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage device detected by the status detecting device, to charge or discharge the storage devices.

Abstract: Upon receipt of operation entry for processing and editing a currently displayed slide, an operation information generating section generates operation information corresponding to this entry. An operation information reflecting section performs editing on the basis of the operation information and stores the operation information regarding the editing in a storage section. Upon receipt of slide data from the server device, the operation information reflecting section reads operation information of the past regarding this slide data, and generates a display screen in such a manner that editing corresponding to the read operation information is reflected in the received slide data. This makes it possible to display slide data stored in the server device on an image display device in a manner that a user wants, without increasing load on the server device.

Abstract: A battery is basically provided with an electricity generating element and a discharging section. The electricity generating element has a plurality of electric cells connected in series. The discharging section constantly discharges electricity from each of the electric cells at a prescribed discharge rate so that a voltage in each of the electric cells is lower than a voltage corresponding to a prescribed depth of discharge. The battery is especially useful in a power supply component of a vehicle.

Abstract: An electrode and method for preparing the same in which droplets of a first electrode ink composition and droplets of a second electrode ink composition are ejected from an ink jet device onto a base material and the first electrode ink composition contains at least one electrode active material and the second electrode ink composition contains at least one binder material. The resulting electrode is suitable for use in a battery.

Abstract: A battery performance monitoring system anticipates the sudden fall of battery output. The system measures the battery voltage at a time point when the discharge current of a battery becomes smaller than the reference current value or at a time point when the current to the load which is connected to the battery becomes smaller than the reference current value, and judges the battery to be abnormal if the difference of the measured battery voltage from the approximate formula in regard to the current-voltage relation in the former half of a same discharge event becomes out of the reference range.

Abstract: An information server apparatus 116 includes a communication portion 118 receiving a request for getting information including a set of information source specifying information and time specifying information from a client, a user request information analyzing portion 122 and a table reference portion 129 analyzing the request for getting information and selecting information to be transmitted to the client terminal apparatus based on the result of analysis. Further, communication portion 118 returns the selected information to the client.

Abstract: A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means devices has a voltage measuring arrangement for measuring voltages of each of the storage devices, a current measuring arrangement for measuring currents flowing through each of the storage devices, a status detector for detecting the operating status of each storage device from values measured by the voltage and current measuring arrangements, and a charging/discharging control device for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage devices detected by the status detector to charge or discharge the storage devices.

Abstract: A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means (101a, . . . ) has voltage measuring means (102a, . . . ) for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means (103a, . . . ) for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means (104) for detecting the operating status of each storage means from values measured by said voltage measuring means and said current measuring means, and a charging/discharging controlling means (105) for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage means detected by said status detecting means to charge or discharge said storage means.