Abstract: A headlight determination apparatus includes a camera device, a target light recognition device, and a changing device. The camera device captures an image ahead of a vehicle at a predetermined frame rate. The target light recognition device recognizes target light from the image captured by the camera device. The changing device changes a wavelength of headlight of the vehicle by using a predetermined period slower than the predetermined frame rate. When the wavelength of the headlight is different from a wavelength of the target light and/or when a period of the wavelength of the headlight does not match a period of the wavelength of the target light, the target light recognition device recognizes that there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle and controls light distribution of the headlight when there is target light other than the headlight in front of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes: a compression part; an electric motor; an inverter; a housing including a plurality of housing forming members made of metal; a seal member that has an insulation property and is provided between the housing forming members adjacent to each other; and a potential equalization member that is made of metal and is in contact with both the adjacent housing forming members to equalize potentials of the adjacent housing forming members. The adjacent housing forming members include mating surfaces, respectively. An insertion hole is formed in one of the mating surfaces of the adjacent housing forming members, at a position in which the seal member is not provided. The potential equalization member includes an insertion portion inserted into the insertion hole, and a contact portion that is a plate portion extending in a gap between the mating surfaces and is in contact with both the mating surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is an abnormality prediction system and an abnormality prediction method that are capable of predicting an abnormality occurring in a die that is used in a press machine.

Abstract: Provided are: a sintering binder including nanoparticles, a method for producing the sintering binder, and a method for bonding using the sintering binder. The sintering binder mainly includes cuprous oxide nanoparticles, combines particle stability with bondability, and less undergoes ion migration. A composite particle including metallic copper with the remainder being cuprous oxide and inevitable impurities is used for bonding typically of metals. The composite particle structurally includes metallic copper dispersed inside the particle and has an average particle size of 1000 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided is an abnormality prediction system and an abnormality prediction method that are capable of predicting an abnormality occurring in a die that is used in a press machine.

Abstract: A power system protection system prevents a voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic of a power system. A main device for acquiring a system electric quantity of one or a plurality of upper substations detects a voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic of the power system and transmits a detection signal of the voltage drop to a terminal device for acquiring a system electric quantity of one or a plurality of lower substations. Each terminal device sequentially sheds loads starting from those suffering more from the influence of the voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic based on the load voltage and load current of a load bus.

Abstract: A power system protection system for preventing a voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic of a power system. A main device for acquiring a system electric quantity of one or a plurality of upper substations detects a voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic of the power system and transmits a detection signal of the voltage drop to a terminal device for acquiring a system electric quantity of one or a plurality of lower substations. Each terminal device sequentially sheds loads starting from those suffering more from the influence of the voltage drop resulting from the reactive power characteristic based on the load voltage and load current of a load bus.

Abstract: A protective relay system detects a first electric variable and a second electric variable of a power system to discriminate in a time series whether or not a fault portion of a line or equipment included in the power system exists within a predetermined range, so as to determine whether protection of the power system should be carried out. The system includes a digital filter for outputting a first difference electric variable data indicative of a difference between at least two sample data of plural sampling data of the first electric variable and a difference between at least two sample data of plural sample data of the second electric variable at plural sampling times of the time series. The system also includes an addition filter for outputting first and second additive electric variable data indicative of orthogonal vector data with respect to the first and second difference electric variable data.

Abstract: This resist removing method realizes efficient production of semiconductor devices and is configured to ensure both safe production and reliable semiconductor devices.The present invention can be applied to a resist removing method used in combination with a high dose of ions injection process of applying a high dose of impurity ions to a semiconductor wafer onto which surface a far-ultraviolet-ray hardened resist is partially applied. That is, the present invention comprises a resist hardening step of evenly hardening the resist by treating it in a far-ultraviolet-ray irradiation process and a baking process before a high dose of ions injection process. Additionally, it comprises a resist ashing step of removing the resist by forcing the resist to react under the pressure of 2 through 5 Torr to O.sub.2 plasma excited by a microwave after the high dose of ions injection process.

Abstract: A method and system of transformer protection in which parallel admittance currents indicative of the apparent excitation state of a transformer to be protected are evaluated from the transformer terminal voltages and currents sampled at a proper interval, and discrimination between an internal defect and excitation inrush is made in response to a magnitude of the parallel admittance current, and a breaker opening command is issued in response to a judgement of internal defect. The method and system enables high-accuracy and high-sensitivity fault detection through a simple computation.

Abstract: A static reactive-power compensating apparatus in which transients having a frequency below a predetermined frequency are not compensated for while all other variations are fully compensated for. A reset filter circuit is connected between the output of a rectifier circuit and a thyristor control circuit, the latter controlling the firing of thyristors which couple a reactive energy storage bank to the power system for compensating for voltage variations in the system. Preferably, the reset filter has a transfer characteristic of sT.sub.1 /(1+sT.sub.1).