Abstract: An auxiliary battery which is a main power supply is used as power source electric power supplying means for supplying power source electric power to a control device, and an auxiliary power supply is further provided. When an abnormality occurs in the auxiliary battery, the power supply for supplying power source electric power to the control device is switched from the auxiliary battery to the auxiliary power supply by a power supply switching device, to operate the control device stably and perform discharging of a battery. Thus, the discharging can be stopped before the battery is overdischarged.

Abstract: A plasma deposition apparatus that includes a high-frequency electrode caused to face a deposition target and a ground electrode connected to the deposition target, and deposits a film on the deposition target by using plasma generated between the high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode, wherein the high-frequency electrode includes a first high-frequency electrode caused to face a first deposition target surface of the deposition target, and a second high-frequency electrode caused to face a second deposition target surface on the opposite side of the first deposition target surface, and the first high-frequency electrode, the second high-frequency electrode, and the ground electrode generate plasma between the first high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode for performing deposition on the first deposition target surface and plasma between the second high-frequency electrode and the ground electrode for performing deposition on the second deposition target surface at the same time.

Abstract: In a waterproof control unit (100A) in which a part of a connector housing (330A) mounted on a circuit board (300A) is exposed and the circuit board (300A) is hermetically housed in a casing including a base (200A) and a cover (400A), in a gap between the cover and the connector housing, a waterproof sealing material (501) is applied to a first sealing gap defined by outer-step flat portions (401a,301a), slope portions (401b,301b), and inner-step flat portions (401c,301c), and in a gap between the base (200A) and the connector housing (330A) or between the base (200A) and the cover (400A), a waterproof sealing material (502,503) is applied to a second or third sealing gap defined by convexoconcave sealing surfaces having a convex thread loosely fitted into a concave thread.

Abstract: A mechanical-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber includes a fixed main contact, a movable main contact that moves on an opening-and-closing axis in a connectable and disconnectable manner to and from the fixed main contact, and a mechanical puffer chamber that is provided in the movable main contact and blows compressed insulation gas to an arc. A thermal-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber includes a fixed contact, a movable contact that moves on the opening-and-closing axis in a connectable and disconnectable manner to and from the fixed contact, and a thermal puffer chamber in which compressed insulation gas is blown to the arc. The mechanical-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber and the thermal-puffer-type arc-extinguishing chamber are arranged in series on the opening-and-closing axis, and two breaking portions are electrically connected in series.

Abstract: An image encoding device includes an intra predictor for, when a coding mode corresponding to one of coding blocks into which an inputted image is divided is an intra coding mode, carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block to generate a prediction image; and an encoder for encoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter indicating an average prediction. When the intra predictor carries out the average prediction, the intra predictor carries out a filtering process only on a target pixel of the intra prediction located at an upper end or a left end of the bock, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a trench gate type IGBT achieving both retention of withstand voltage and lowering of ON-state voltage and to provide a method for manufacturing the trench gate type IGBT. The IGBT according to the present invention is an SJ-RC-IGBT which includes a drift layer having super junction structure, and includes an IGBT area and an FWD area on the rear surface. In the IGBT according to the present invention, a first drift layer has an impurity concentration of 1×1015 atms/cm3 or higher and lower than 2×1016 atms/cm3, and a thickness of 10 ?m or larger and smaller than 50 ?m; and that a buffer layer has an impurity concentration of 1×1015 atms/cm3 or higher and lower than 2×1016 atms/cm3, and a thickness of 2 ?m or larger and smaller than 15 ?m.

Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a cooling mechanism driving portion for driving a cooling mechanism in such a manner that an element temperature of a light source element which is detected by an element temperature detecting portion reaches a target temperature, and a control portion for calculating a dew point temperature of the cooling mechanism and controlling the cooling mechanism driving portion and a light source element driving portion by using the calculated dew point temperature and the element temperature.

Abstract: An array substrate has a plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of source signal lines orthogonal to the plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of gate-driver mounting terminals, a plurality of source-driver mounting terminals, a plurality of gate-side array inspection terminals connected to the gate signal lines, a plurality of source-side array inspection terminals connected to the source signal lines, a plurality of gate lead wire disconnection inspection circuits connected between the plurality of gate-driver mounting terminals and a common terminal for a gate lead wire disconnection inspection, and a plurality of source lead wire disconnection inspection circuits connected between the plurality of source-driver mounting terminals and a common terminal for a source lead wire disconnection inspection.

Abstract: The objective is to prevent the flange of a ring member for holding the stator core from enlarging the diameter of a rotating electric machine and to eliminate a screwing space and a pedestal portion in the housing case so as to suppress the weight of the rotating electric machine from increasing; one end of the ring member for holding the stator core protrudes from the outer circumference of the stator core toward the rotation axle and the ring member is fixed to the cover or the housing case at the protruding portion.

Abstract: e and n are public information and d is private information. An electronic signature is generated based on a calculated value of e×d mod n. A signature generation apparatus includes a random number generation unit, a first calculation unit, a second calculation unit, and a signature generation unit. The random number generation unit generates a random number r. The first calculation unit calculates s1=r×n. The second calculation unit calculates s2=s1+e. The signature generation unit calculates s3=s2×d mod n and outputs s3 as the calculated value of e×d mod n. The signature generation apparatus can thereby generate the above electronic signature securely against differential power attacks.

Abstract: A power semiconductor module is provided which is capable of keeping low the degrees of increases in temperatures of wide bandgap semiconductor elements, reducing the degree of increase in chip's total surface area of the wide bandgap semiconductor elements, and being fabricated at low costs, when Si semiconductor elements and the wide bandgap semiconductor elements are placed within one and the same power semiconductor module. The Si semiconductor elements are placed in a central region of the power semiconductor module, and the wide bandgap semiconductor elements are placed on opposite sides relative to the central region or in edge regions surrounding the central region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes signal lines, scanning lines, a common line, and a planarizing film covering the lines. Pattern edge portions of a pixel electrode are arranged to be overlaid above edge portions of the signal lines and the scanning lines. Further, slits being openings formed at the pixel electrode are formed line-symmetrically to each other relative to a reference line which is the extending direction of the common line arranged to cross the center portion of a pixel part.

Abstract: A power system including an uninterruptible power system (UPS) and a maintenance bypass panel (MBP) The UPS has an input to receive input power and an output to provide output power. The MBP has an input to receive the output power provided by the UPS and an output to provide the input power to the input of the UPS. A busbar is configured to couple one of the input of the UPS to the output of the MBP and the output of the UPS to the input of the MBP. The busbar has a first region to couple to one of the input and the output of the UPS, a second region to couple to one of the input and the output of the MBP, and a measurement region. A cover shields the busbar from inadvertent contact and includes a small diameter aperture to permit access to the measurement region of the busbar.

Abstract: A humidity control apparatus and an air-conditioning system are capable of controlling the latent heat processing amount and the sensible heat processing amount in accordance with an indoor heat load without decreasing the operation efficiency. Every time an air route is switched to an air route A or an air route B, the route maintenance time for the switched air route is set on the basis of the heat load within a dehumidification target space, and switching of switching devices is controlled such that the set route maintenance time is ensured.

Abstract: An audio signal processing device 100 includes a period detecting unit 102 for detecting the fundamental period of an input audio signal 101; a square wave generating unit 106 for generating, according to the fundamental period the period detecting unit 102 detects, a square wave 107 whose period is an integer multiple of the fundamental period; an amplitude correction coefficient generating unit 103 for calculating an amplitude correction coefficient 109 approximately equal and proportional to the intensity of the input audio signal 101; a first multiplier 108 for generating an amplitude-corrected square wave 110 by multiplying the square wave 107 by the amplitude correction coefficient 109; and an adder 104 for adding the amplitude-corrected square wave 110 to the input audio signal 101.

Abstract: Provided is an optical communication cross-connection device for exchanging an OTN signal through optical communications, including: a plurality of OTN signal processing units (OTNsp units) for asynchronously conducting OTN signal processing; and a space switch connected between the plurality of OTNsp units, for conducting bidirectional signal exchange for the OTN signal, in which a first and a second OTNsp units that conduct signal transmission among the plurality of OTNsp units subject the OTN signal to skew processing on one side and deskew processing corresponding to the skew processing on another side between the first and second OTNsp units or between a communicating end-side one of the first and second OTNsp units and a communicating end-side OTNsp unit of an optical communication cross-connection device of a communication counterpart destination for the optical communication cross-connection device, and share a clock for the signal transmission therebetween.

Abstract: A travel control device (1) provided to a vehicle travel device (100) performs correction calculation of the rate of change of a requested acceleration using a relatively small value when the rate of change of the requested acceleration obtained from an angle sensor (2) is small, and performs correction calculation of the rate of change of the requested acceleration using a relatively large value when the rate of change of the requested acceleration obtained from the angle sensor (2) is large.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes: an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil that are magnetically coupled to each other; a first switch element for turning on and off a current to the primary coil; and a spark plug, for igniting an air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine by using a spark discharge caused by switching the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state. The internal combustion engine control apparatus is configured to: determine occurrence of one of an abnormality in a discharge voltage and a misfire of the spark plug, when the calculated time duration in which a voltage of the primary coil after the switching of the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state is above a predetermined comparison reference voltage does not fall within an allowable range.

Abstract: An n?-type semiconductor substrate (1) includes an active region and a terminal region disposed outside the active region. A p+-type anode layer (2) is formed in a portion of an upper surface of the n?-type semiconductor substrate (1) in the active region. A plurality of p+-type guard ring layers (3) are formed in a portion of the upper surface of the n?-type semiconductor substrate (1) in the terminal region. An n+-type cathode layer (5) is formed in a lower surface of the n?-type semiconductor substrate (1). An anode electrode (6) is connected to the p+-type anode layer (2). A metallic cathode electrode (7) is connected to the n+-type cathode layer (5). A recess (8) is formed by trenching the n+-type cathode layer (5) in the terminal region. The cathode electrode (7) is also formed in the recess (8).

Abstract: Herein included are: an image display unit that displays hierarchical display images of an application constituted by software having one or more functions; a display information preserving unit in which settings of images to be displayed on the image display unit are preserved; and a display controlling unit that, when the hierarchical display images of the application preserved in the display information preserving unit are displayed, controls a pop-up image that corresponds to said application but is other than the display images, to be displayed on the front side of the hierarchical display images of the application.