Abstract: A failure diagnosis device for a solar battery string includes a plurality of solar battery modules having solar power generation parts and conductive frames, wherein the plurality of solar battery modules are electrically connected in series, and the frames of the plurality of solar battery modules electrically have common connection. The failure diagnosis device includes: a voltage supply part applying DC voltage between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the plurality of solar battery modules connected in series; a measurement part measuring potential, generated by applying the DC voltage, between the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the plurality of solar battery modules connected in series and each of the frames; and a failure determination part determining a position of a faulty solar battery module in the solar battery string based on the potential measured by the measurement part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tactile presentation device presenting tactile to a user, and includes: a touch detection circuit detecting the user having contact with the tactile presentation knob and outputting positional information of the tactile presentation knob; a pressure detection circuit detecting an amount of pressing of the operation surface by the tactile presentation knob; a tactile control circuit determining a voltage signal generating friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface; and a pressure amount calculation circuit calculating a pressure amount based on the amount of pressing detected in the pressure detection circuit and adding the pressure amount to the pressing information, wherein generated is tactile caused by a change of the friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface by the voltage signal determined by the tactile control circuit.

Abstract: A tactile presentation panel according to the present invention includes a tactile presentation voltage generation circuit that generates a voltage signal having a first frequency to be applied to at least one first electrode located in at least a partial region on an operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, and generates a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to be applied to at least one second electrode located in at least a partial region on the operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, a charge discharge portion that is connected to the tactile electrode and discharges charges accumulated in a conductive elastic portion, and a touch detection circuit that detects contact of the user with a tactile presentation knob.

Abstract: In a tactile sensation presentation panel according to the present disclosure, a tactile sensation presentation screen includes a tactile sensation electrode including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes alternately disposed on a transparent insulation substrate at intervals. A first voltage signal having a first frequency is applied to the plurality of first electrodes located in at least a partial region of the transparent insulation substrate, and a second voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency is applied to the plurality of second electrodes located in the at least partial region of the transparent insulation substrate. First electrostatic capacitance formed between the tactile sensation electrode and a pointer is calculated. An amplitude voltage and frequency of first and second voltage signals are adjusted based on the calculated first electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device for a solar cell string and a photovoltaic power generation system includes an impedance measuring instrument to measure a frequency characteristic of a first impedance between solar power generation units connected in the solar cell string and to measure a frequency characteristic of a second impedance, an analysis unit to calculate a first increment from an initial value of a series resistance component, and to calculate a second increment from an initial value of a resistance component between the first end of the plurality of solar power generation units connected in series and the frames in the solar cell string based on the frequency characteristic of the second impedance, and a deterioration determining unit to determine a position of a solar cell module having an increased resistance in the solar cell string based on the first increment and the second increment calculated by the analysis unit.

Abstract: A power generating device includes: a photoelectric conversion unit having a photoelectric conversion film; an electret layer for holding electric charges; an electret power generator configured of a light transmissive material; and an insulating layer which is covering a photoelectric conversion film and transmits light in all wavelength bands available for the photoelectric conversion film or some of the all wavelength bands. The electret layer is stacked on the insulating layer.

Abstract: A rectenna controller connected to a rectenna that receives radio frequency power and converts the radio frequency power into direct current power, the rectenna controller controlling the direct current power received from the rectenna and supplying the controlled direct current power to a load, the rectenna controller including: an input terminal receiving the direct current power converted by the rectenna; an output terminal supplying the controlled direct current power to the load; a first switching element disposed in a current path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal; and a controller controlling the first switching element, wherein when the controller does not operate, the first switching element becomes conducting to render the current path conductive.

Abstract: A rectenna controller connected to a rectenna that receives radio frequency power and converts the radio frequency power into direct current power, the rectenna controller controlling the direct current power received from the rectenna and supplying the controlled direct current power to a load, the rectenna controller including: an input terminal receiving the direct current power converted by the rectenna; an output terminal supplying the controlled direct current power to the load; a first switching element disposed in a current path connecting the input terminal to the output terminal; and a controller controlling the first switching element, wherein when the controller does not operate, the first switching element becomes conducting to render the current path conductive.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements formed on a first main surface of an inner tube, and a plurality of projections formed on a second main surface of an outer tube. The thermoelectric conversion element includes an interconnection, and an electrode formed at a first distance from the second main surface in a second direction. When the thermoelectric conversion module is seen from a first direction, the projections include a first projection and a second projection formed at a spacing therebetween in a third direction. A shortest distance between a first lateral surface and a top portion of the first projection and a shortest distance between a second lateral surface and a top portion of the second projection are smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: A power generating device includes: a photoelectric conversion unit having a photoelectric conversion film; an electret layer for holding electric charges; an electret power generator configured of a light transmissive material; and an insulating layer which is covering a photoelectric conversion film and transmits light in all wavelength bands available for the photoelectric conversion film or some of the all wavelength bands. The electret layer is stacked on the insulating layer.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module includes a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements formed on a first main surface of an inner tube, and a plurality of projections formed on a second main surface of an outer tube. The thermoelectric conversion element includes an interconnection, and an electrode formed at a first distance from the second main surface in a second direction. When the thermoelectric conversion module is seen from a first direction, the projections include a first projection and a second projection formed at a spacing therebetween in a third direction. A shortest distance between a first lateral surface and a top portion of the first projection and a shortest distance between a second lateral surface and a top portion of the second projection are smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: A solar cell manufacturing method including: forming, on one surface of a first conductivity-type semiconductor substrate, a first doped layer in which second conductivity-type impurities are diffused in a first concentration, and a second doped layer in which the second conductivity-type impurities are diffused in a second concentration lower than the first concentration, the second doped layer has surface roughness different from the first doped layer; and forming a metal electrode on the first doped layer to be electrically connected to the first doped layer, wherein a position of the first doped layer is detected based on a difference in light reflectance between the first and second doped layers, which results from a difference in surface roughness between the first and second doped layers, and then the metal electrode is formed in alignment with a detected position of the first doped layer.

Abstract: A solar cell includes a p-type monocrystalline silicon substrate having first and second principal surfaces, an n-type diffusion layer formed on the first principal surface of the p-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, a plurality of grid electrodes formed on the n-type diffusion layer, a first collector electrode including a bus electrode that connects the grid electrodes to establish connection to the outside, and a second collector electrode formed on the second principal surface. The n-type diffusion layer has a lower impurity concentration in a first region surrounding the bus electrode than a second region away from the bus electrode.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; and first and second electrodes formed on surfaces of the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes includes a translucent conductive base layer made of a translucent conductive material, and a translucent conductive mesh layer selectively buried in the translucent conductive base layer, having electrical resistivity lower than electrical resistivity of the translucent conductive base layer, and formed in a translucent conductive film pattern.

Abstract: A solar cell is provided that includes: a solar-battery cell that has a pn junction; a light-receiving-surface side electrode that includes a plurality of grid electrodes that are provided so as to extend in one direction at a given spacing on a light receiving surface of the solar-battery cell, and that collect a photoelectrically-converted charge; and a back-surface electrode that is provided on a back surface that opposes to the light receiving surface of the solar-battery cell. The grid electrode includes a first seed surface that comes into contact with the light receiving surface of the solar-battery cell, a second seed surface that is upright to the first seed surface, and is connected to the first seed surface, and a plated layer that comes into contact with the first seed surface and the second seed surface.

Abstract: In the case of combining images subjected to lighting from a plurality of directions, a manual control such as light quantity control is needed and is therefore troublesome. The present invention includes an input unit receiving a first image obtained by shooting a subject with light applied thereto from a first lighting device in a diagonal direction, the input unit receiving a second image obtained by shooting the subject with light applied thereto from a second lighting device in an opposite diagonal direction, the input unit accepting information on the subject and a shooting device; a blend pattern generating unit calculating and finding, based on the accepted information, a ratio Z for determining a proportion in combining of the first image and the second image for each pixel; an image blending unit obtaining a third image combined by adding the first image multiplied by the ratio Z and the second image multiplied by 1?Z for each pixel; and an output unit outputting the third image.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve segmented image taking and merging processing of segmented images with logical consistency with high efficiency at low cost and thereby to enable easy formation of a high-definition merged image.

Abstract: The coordinate system of the electronic data 112 to be projected on the touch panel 120, and the coordinate system of the two-dimensional object 130 similar to the electronic data pasted, printed etc. on the touch panel 120 to which the electronic data is to be projected, are associated by an alignment instruction from a user to the touch panel to specify the position of electronic data corresponding to the specified position indicated to the touch panel and to specify related data linked to the specified position. Outputting this related data is also an aspect of the present invention. Further, outputting this output to an output device different from the touch panel and displaying and the like with this output device is also an aspect of the present invention.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of screen display whereby either a plurality of screens or a plurality of windows on a single screen are displayed. On at least one screen or in at least one window, areas representing either the other screens or the other windows are displayed. When a pointer pointing to a given position either on that one screen or in that one window is used to select any one of these areas therein, the pointer is made to appear either on another screen or in another window corresponding to the selected area.

Abstract: A process for the treatment of water with ozone in which trace amounts of organic substances contained in water to be treated are oxidized and decomposed by diffusing ozone into the water introduced into a reaction tank, by injecting a chelate compound into the water to be treated after or just before the introduction of the water into the reaction tank. Preferred chelate compounds include ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid calcium salt, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid magnesium salt, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid iron salt and iron citrate.