Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a vibration element comprising: a substrate; a ceramic layer containing glass and provided on the substrate; and a piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer fixed to the substrate with the ceramic layer therebetween and a piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer are integrated by the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer being sintered together at a sintering temperature of from 800° C. or higher to 940° C. or lower.

Abstract: A vibration element includes: a substrate; a ceramic layer containing molten glass and provided on the substrate; and a piezoelectric element fixed to the substrate with the ceramic layer therebetween, wherein the piezoelectric element includes a first electrode layer provided in contact with the ceramic layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer has a thickness larger than that of the second electrode layer.

Abstract: Provided is a vibrator including a substrate; a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer, the piezoelectric element being fixed to the substrate; and a ceramics layer disposed between the substrate and the piezoelectric element, the ceramics layer having a thickness of more than 0.5 times and less than 1 time a thickness of the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: Provided is a vibrating body for a vibratory drive unit, including: a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer; and a plate-shaped elastic member bonded to the piezoelectric element, wherein the vibrating body drives a body to be driven, which is in contact with the plate-shaped elastic member, by a vibration generated in the plate-shaped elastic member through an application of a drive voltage to the piezoelectric element, and the plate-shaped elastic member has a front surface and a back surface each provided with one or a plurality of the piezoelectric elements to generate at least two different vibration modes through the application of the drive voltage to the one or the plurality of the piezoelectric elements.

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric element including: an electrode portion including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer that are laminated; and a non-electrode portion that is in contact with the electrode portion and includes a piezoelectric layer without an electrode layer, in which the non-electrode portion includes a region having a density smaller than a density of the piezoelectric layer of the electrode portion.

Abstract: A vibrating body comprising a substrate a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and electrode layers and joined to the substrate and a ceramic layer between the substrate and the piezoelectric element, wherein the ceramic layer comprises a first region and a second region which is adjacent to the first region in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the ceramic layer, wherein the first region has a quadrangular prism shape, each side of the first region having a length equal to a thickness of the ceramic layer, wherein the second region has a quadrangular prism shape, each side of the second region having the length equal to the thickness of the ceramic layer, and wherein a difference between a porosity of the first region and a porosity of the second region is not greater than 15%.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked piezoelectric element that can suppress periodic damping on miniaturization of a vibration wave motor and improve its performance. A stacked piezoelectric element comprises piezoelectric layers and electrode layers alternately stacked to have a shape of a cylinder. The electrode layers are divided into a plurality of electrode layer regions along a circumferential surface of the shape of a cylinder.

Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver 10 includes the first tuner 106 and the second tuner 107. The first tuner 106 receives a certain channel, whereas the second tuner 107 performs channel detection at a predetermined cycle. If the reception level of the certain channel currently received by the first tuner 106 becomes lower than a threshold, the digital broadcast receiver 10 switches the channel received by the first tuner 106 to a channel whose reception level is equal to or higher than the threshold among channels detected by the second tuner 107.

Abstract: A content data management apparatus that manages tag data indicating attributes relating to content data, comprising: an extraction section that extracts positional information indicating geographic positions associated with the content data and time information indicating time points associated with the content data, the positional information and the time information being attached to the content data; a speed computation section that computes speeds associated with the content data, based on the positional information and the time information extracted by the extraction section; and a grouping section that groups the content data, based on the speeds computed by the speed computation section.

Abstract: A tag data management apparatus for managing tag data indicative of an attribute of content data, comprising: an extraction section that extracts positional information included in the content data, the positional information being indicative of a position associated with the content data; and a priority order determination section that determines a priority order of the content data, based on the positional information extracted by the extraction section.

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric element including: an electrode portion including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer that are laminated; and a non-electrode portion that is in contact with the electrode portion and includes a piezoelectric layer without an electrode layer, in which the non-electrode portion includes a region having a density smaller than a density of the piezoelectric layer of the electrode portion.

Abstract: Provided is a vibrating body for a vibratory drive unit, including: a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer; and a plate-shaped elastic member bonded to the piezoelectric element, wherein the vibrating body drives a body to be driven, which is in contact with the plate-shaped elastic member, by a vibration generated in the plate-shaped elastic member through an application of a drive voltage to the piezoelectric element, and the plate-shaped elastic member has a front surface and a back surface each provided with one or a plurality of the piezoelectric elements to generate at least two different vibration modes through the application of the drive voltage to the one or the plurality of the piezoelectric elements.

Abstract: A tag information management apparatus for managing tag information indicative of an attribute relating to content data, comprising: an extraction unit that extracts existing tag information assigned to the content data; a generation unit that generates new tag information associated with the existing tag information extracted by the extraction unit; and an assignment unit that assigns the new tag information generated by the generation unit to the content data.

Abstract: A vibration element includes a substrate, a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer, and a bonding layer provided between the piezoelectric element and the substrate and comprising ceramic containing melted glass powder, wherein the vibration element causes the substrate to vibrate by vibration energy of the piezoelectric element to output the vibration energy of the substrate, and the piezoelectric element is fixed to the substrate via the bonding layer.

Abstract: What is offered is: a polyarylene sulfide resin composition which includes 100 mass parts of a polyarylene sulfide resin (A), 0.1 to 8 mass parts of a metal fine particle (B) containing at least one metal species selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, and zinc, and 0.1 to 5 mass parts of a thermoplastic elastomer (C); and a piping member for fluid obtained by molding of the pertinent resin composition. This piping member for fluid is useful for water-supply pipes, water-heater pipes, and the like in cold weather climates, as it is high in toughness at low-temperature, inhibits damage or rupture of pipes due to freezing, and also inhibits occurrence of creep deformation at high temperature.

Abstract: A media reproduction apparatus 100 comprises a media reproduction unit 106 capable of reproducing media data received by a wireless LAN interface 101 or a wired LAN interface 102; and a protocol converter 105 for performing protocol conversion between the wireless LAN interface 101 and the wired LAN interface 102. If the wireless LAN interface 101 is connected to an wireless LAN access point, and if the wired LAN interface 102 is connected to a wired-LAN-dedicated television set, the protocol converter 105 performs protocol conversion on data communicated between the wireless LAN access point and the wired-LAN-dedicated television set and then relays the data.

Abstract: A device-control system includes a device operated by a remote controller and a terminal apparatus displaying an image. The device-control system controls the device via a network. The terminal apparatus includes an output section, a terminal's receiver for receiving an image similar to the appearance of the remote controller for operating the device, a terminal's output processor for controlling the output section to output the image received by the terminal's receiver, and a terminal's transmitter for transmitting operational information generated by an operation performed by use of the terminal apparatus with respect to the image outputted by the output section. The device includes a device's processor for performing processing in accordance with the operational information.

Abstract: The digital broadcast receiver 10 includes the first tuner 106 and the second tuner 107. The first tuner 106 receives a certain channel, whereas the second tuner 107 performs channel detection at a predetermined cycle.

Abstract: Provided are a vibrating body and a vibration wave actuator, which can suppress vibration attenuation along with a reduction in size with an inexpensive structure, to thereby improve vibration efficiency, and can output stable vibration energy. A vibrating body includes: a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode layer; a ceramic substrate to which the piezoelectric element is fixed; and a ceramic layer including the same main component as a main component of the ceramic substrate, which is provided between the piezoelectric element and the ceramic substrate, and the piezoelectric element is fixed to the ceramic substrate through intermediation of the ceramic layer.

Abstract: A stacked piezoelectric element comprising a driving unit and a non-driving unit, and a vibration wave driving apparatus, which are capable of suppressing occurrences of deformation, particularly warping, that are generated during firing and polarization of the stacked piezoelectric element. A driving unit has a first conductive layer and a first piezoelectric layer consisting of a piezoelectric material, which is driven by an application of voltage to the first conductive layer to generate vibration on the stacked piezoelectric element. A non-driving unit has a plurality of second conductive layers and a plurality of second piezoelectric layers consisting of the piezoelectric material, which is arranged to have a thickness that enables generation of the vibration.