Abstract: An energy power depositing/charging management system and method is provided. When energy is deposited in an energy storage station from an onboard power storage device of a vehicle, a vehicle energy management unit manages reductions in the remaining stored energy level of energy in the onboard power storage device. The vehicle energy management unit and a storage station energy management unit manage increases in the energy remaining amount of deposited energy in the energy storage station, thereby allowing for charging up to the remaining amount of deposited energy of energy identified with an ID for the vehicle in the energy storage station.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electric storage device of an electrically driven vehicle is charged with a necessary amount of energy, which corresponds to an amount of energy consumption in a next-time running of the electrically driven vehicle, such that a shortage of renewable energy at a charging site is compensated for by charging the electrically driven vehicle with system energy.

Abstract: A vehicle running management system under renewable energy includes an electrically driven vehicle having a battery ECU. The battery ECU manages a remaining amount of renewable energy in a vehicle-mounted electric storage device as it increases and decreases when renewable energy is charged into the vehicle-mounted electric storage device and renewable energy is discharged from the vehicle-mounted electric storage device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises a hydrophobic resin (HR) containing a fluorine atom, wherein the hydrophobic resin (HR) comprises any of repeating units (a) of general formula (I) or (II) below:

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises an array substrate equipped with signal lines and scan lines deployed in a matrix arrangement, thin film transistors (TFTs) provided near the intersections of the signal lines and scan lines, and pixel electrodes of which one is provided in each of the pixel domains delimited by the signal lines and scan lines; a color filter substrate on which are formed color filters and common electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer placed between said two substrates; wherein the pixel electrodes are positioned so as not to overlap the signal lines, or not to overlap the scan lines, or not to overlap either, when viewed from above, and below the spaces between adjacent pixel electrodes, resin black matrices are deployed so as to overlap the pixel electrodes when viewed from above.

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, wherein when a film having a film thickness of 100 nm is formed from the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, the film has a transmittance of 55 to 80% for light at a wavelength of 193 nm, and a pattern forming method using the composition are provided.

Abstract: A sample feeding apparatus includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and a sealing section. The first cylinder is configured to be mounted with a sample tube. The second cylinder is configured to move the first cylinder between a first position and a second position, the first position being for mounting of the sample tube, the second position being for feeding of a sample in the sample tube. The sealing section is configured to cover the sample tube, the sample tube being mounted to the first cylinder being at the second position, the first cylinder applying pressure to an inner space of the sealing section at the second position.

Abstract: In order to notify a user that a facility is present in the neighborhood of a route to a destination, a mobile phone includes a location obtaining portion to obtain a present location (S03, S09), a destination setting portion to set a point of destination (S02), a departure point setting portion to set a point of departure (S04), a facility extraction portion to extract facility information of a facility located in the neighborhood of a route from the point of departure to the destination from among facility information included in map information (S08), and a light emission control portion to give notification at a prescribed timing if at least one facility information is extracted by the facility extraction portion (S14).

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics, with high productivity. A gate electrode is formed over a substrate and a gate insulating layer is formed over the gate electrode. A first semiconductor layer is formed over the gate insulating layer by generating plasma using a deposition gas containing silicon or germanium, hydrogen, and a rare gas. Next, a second semiconductor layer including an amorphous semiconductor and a microcrystal semiconductor is formed in such a manner that the first semiconductor layer is partially grown as a seed crystal by generating plasma using a deposition gas containing silicon or germanium, hydrogen, and a gas containing nitrogen. Then, a semiconductor layer to which an impurity imparting one conductivity is added is formed and a conductive film is formed. Thus, a thin film transistor is manufactured.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises an array substrate 11 equipped with signal lines 33 and scan lines 32 deployed in a matrix arrangement, thin film transistors (TFTs) 34 provided near the intersections of the signal lines 33 and scan lines 32, and pixel electrodes 40 of which one is provided in each of the pixel domains delimited by the signal lines 33 and scan lines 32; a color filter substrate 12 on which are formed color filters 22R to 22B and common electrodes 23; and a liquid crystal layer 13 placed between said two substrates; wherein the pixel electrodes 40 are positioned so as not to overlap the signal lines 33, or not to overlap the scan lines 32, or not to overlap either, when viewed from above, and below the spaces between adjacent pixel electrodes 40, resin black matrices 45 are deployed so as to overlap the pixel electrodes 40 when viewed from above.

Abstract: Disclosed is an EPDM composition for molding sealing materials, containing a plasticizer; the plasticizer being a paraffinic oil or naphthenic oil in which the absolute value of the difference between its SP value (solubility parameter; determined by Small's formula) and the SP value of EPDM is 0.3 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less; and the composition being free of an ether ester plasticizer. The EPDM composition for molding sealing materials has the following excellent effects. Because a paraffinic oil or naphthenic oil that is compatible with EPDM and has an absolute value of the difference between its SP value and the SP value of EPDM of 0.3 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less is used as the plasticizer, a peroxide crosslinked product of the EPDM composition does not form defects that cause the starting point of blisters even when it is subjected to extraction by being brought into contact with HFO-1234yf.

Abstract: Provided is a lubricant composition for a refrigerator, which is characterized by using a substance mainly containing a polyoxyalkylene glycol derivative and having a hydroxyl number of 5 mgKOH/g or less, as a base oil. Also provided is a compressor using such the lubricant composition for a refrigerator. The lubricant composition for a refrigerator is used for a refrigerator which uses a refrigerant having a specific structure such as an unsaturated fluorohydrocarbon and being usable in current air-conditioning systems for cars or the like. The lubricant composition for a refrigerator exhibits excellent compatibility with the refrigerant, while having excellent stability. The compressor uses such the lubricant composition for a refrigerator.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal 10 has a navigation function to perform a route guidance from a present location to a destination by utilizing a network 100 and a GPS signal. A geomagnetism sensor 46, a direction detecting circuit 44 and a gyro sensor 48 detects a traveling direction of the mobile communication terminal 10 (user). The CPU 20 determines whether or not the traveling direction and a direction of the route designated by the navigation function are coincident with each other by the processing in a step S7. Then, if the traveling direction and the direction of the route designated by the navigation function are not coincident with each other, the LED 38 notifies what direction the user has to go by emitting light in any one of red, yellow and orange.

Abstract: An accelerator (1) for adjusting an output of an engine includes: a throttle lever (4) that is turned; a rotating member (16) that is turned in conjunction with the throttle lever (4); a gear member (18) that is concentrically and freely fitted to the rotating member (16); a lock lever (24) that is engaged with the gear member (18) to lock a movement of the gear member (18); a trigger lever (5) that moves the lock lever (24); and an elastic member (22) that frictionally engages the rotating member (16) and the gear member (18). The throttle lever (4) is biased toward an idling position within an output adjustment rage of the engine. The frictional force caused by the elastic member (22) between the rotating member (16) and the gear member (18) is greater than the biasing force of the throttle lever (4) toward the idling position.

Abstract: A developer supply apparatus includes an accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a discharge opening for discharging developer from the accommodating portion; a first feeding member, provided in the accommodating portion, for feeding the developer accommodated in the accommodating portion from one end of the accommodating portion toward the other end; and second feeding member, provided at a position remoter from the discharge opening than the first feeding member, for feeding the developer accommodated in the accommodating portion from the one end of the accommodating portion toward the other end; wherein a feeding power of the second feeding member per unit drive time is higher than that of the first feeding member.

Abstract: A distortion compensator for reducing a level of a distortion component included in an output analog signal of an amplifier, includes: an A/D converter to convert the output analog signal of the amplifier into a digital output signal; a comparator to generate a distortion characteristic of the amplifier based on a digital input signal and the digital output signal; a rate controller to control a sampling rate of the A/D converter based on the digital input signal and the digital output signal; a predistorter to multiply the digital input signal and a compensation value for compensating the amplifier, the compensation value being calculated based on the digital input signal and the distortion characteristic of the amplifier; and a D/A converter to convert multiplication result of the predistorter into an analog input signal to input the analog input signal to the amplifier.

Abstract: An amplifier includes a separating unit, a generator, first to fourth switching amplifiers, and an outputting unit. The separating unit separates a pulse signal into a first separated pulse signal and a second separated pulse signal. The generator generates first to fourth low speed pulse signals by using the first and the second separated pulse signal. The first switching amplifier amplifies the first low speed pulse signal. The second switching amplifier amplifies the second low speed pulse signal by using the output of the first switching amplifier as a power-supply. The third switching amplifier amplifies the third low speed pulse signal. The fourth switching amplifier amplifies the fourth low speed pulse signal by using the output of the third switching amplifier as a power-supply. The outputting unit combines and outputs the first and the second output pulse signal.

Abstract: A thin film transistor is provided, which includes a gate electrode layer over a substrate, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, a layer including an amorphous semiconductor over the gate insulating layer, a pair of crystal regions over the layer including the amorphous semiconductor, and source and drain regions over and in contact with the pair of crystal regions. The source and drain regions include a microcrystalline semiconductor layer to which an impurity imparting one conductivity type is added.

Abstract: A sliding member for a compressor includes a base metal, a first layer and a second layer. The base metal is made of an aluminum-based metal. The first layer is formed on or over the base metal and made of a nickel-based plating layer containing at least one material of nitrogen (N), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr) and aluminum (Al) as an additive. The second layer is formed on the surface of the first layer and made of a diamond-like carbon layer containing the same additive as the additive contained in the first layer.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a Doherty amplifier system has a first Doherty amplifier and a second Doherty amplifier. The first Doherty amplifier operates in a SISO communication mode and in a MIMO communication mode. The first Doherty amplifier comprises a first carrier amplifier and a first peak amplifier. The second Doherty amplifier operates in the MIMO communication mode but not operates in the SISO communication mode. The second Doherty amplifier comprises a second carrier amplifier and a second peak amplifier. A distance between the first carrier amplifier and the second carrier amplifier is less than any of a distance between any of the first carrier amplifier and the second peak amplifier and any of the first peak amplifier and the second peak amplifier. In the SISO communication mode, heat generated by the first Doherty amplifier is conducted to the second Doherty amplifier to warm up the second Doherty amplifier.