Abstract: The fiber-reinforced resin intermediate material according to the present invention is formed by attaching a resin powder to an outer surface of a reinforcing fiber substrate formed of reinforcing fibers and heating it to melt the resin powder to the outer surface of the reinforcing fiber substrate so as to have an uneven shape derived from the resin powder and also have an opened void space.

Abstract: The power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives power in a non-contact state from a power transmission apparatus having a primary coil, while facing the power transmission apparatus, a housing which houses the secondary coil to form a space between the secondary coil and the housing, a fluid filled in the space, a sensor which is disposed in the space and detects a change in the a liquid level height of the fluid, and a detection unit which detects a breakage of the housing, based on a the change in the liquid level height detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A voltage detector detects an LPE voltage generated by a weak power that is received by a secondary coil. A tendency determination unit determines whether the voltage value that changes as an electric vehicle travels tends to increase or decrease. A display device and an acoustic device perform a first notification if the voltage value tends to increase, and a second notification if the voltage value tends to decrease.

Abstract: A storage device stores a voltage value-horizontal distance characteristic that represents a relation between a horizontal distance between a primary coil and a secondary coil, and a voltage value. A characteristic setting unit sets a voltage value-horizontal distance characteristic that matches a vehicle state, on the basis of a value for the vehicle state (vehicle speed v, vehicle height h, and inclination i) detected by sensors and the voltage value-horizontal distance characteristic stored in the storage device. A horizontal distance estimation unit estimates the horizontal distance on the basis of the voltage value-horizontal distance characteristic and the voltage value.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a power transmitting unit which is disposed on a plane defined by a front-rear direction and a left-right direction which are at right angles to each other, which transmits power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving unit installed on a vehicle which enables to move on the plane, and a housing which accommodates the power transmitting unit, which is larger by a first specified amount in four directions than the power transmitting unit when the plane is seen from thereabove, and which projects vertically from the plane. In the case where the power receiving unit is positioned to be included in the housing when the plane is seen from thereabove, the first specified amount is a value which satisfies at least one of conditions that a power transmission efficiency between the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit are equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, and that a leakage magnetic field strength is smaller than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A non-contact power supply system includes a power receiving unit mounted on a vehicle, a power transmitting unit which is disposed on a plane and which transmits electric power to the power receiving unit in a non-contact manner, and a housing which projects in a vertical direction from the plane and which accommodates the power transmitting unit. The housing has a height in a vertical direction which satisfies a condition that a vertical height of at least part of a gap defined by a bottom surface of the vehicle and an upper surface of the housing is less than 15 cm and equal to or more than 5 cm. Therefore, the non-contact power supply system which satisfies a standard for exposure of a human body to electromagnetic field and which is free from an occurrence of a physical contact with a bottom surface of a vehicle is provided.

Abstract: The power transmission apparatus includes a power transmitting unit which transmits power to a first power receiving unit in a non-contact manner, a housing which accommodates the power transmitting unit, a second power receiving unit which is disposed on a sidewall of the housing and receives the power from the power transmitting unit in a non-contact manner, and an electric load which operates with power that the second power receiving unit has received. The power transmission apparatus operates only with a leakage magnetic flux and operates of a notification such as a non-contact power supply is in progress.

Abstract: The power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives power in a non-contact state from a power transmission apparatus having a primary coil, while facing the power transmission apparatus, a housing which houses the secondary coil to form a space between the secondary coil and the housing, a fluid filled in the space, a sensor which is disposed in the space and detects a change in the a liquid level height of the fluid, and a detection unit which detects a breakage of the housing, based on a the change in the liquid level height detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A power reception apparatus includes a secondary coil which receives power in a non-contact state from a power transmission apparatus having a primary coil, while being disposed opposite to the power transmission apparatus, a housing which accommodates the secondary coil to form a space between the secondary coil and the housing, an insulating fluid filled in the space, a measurement unit which measures efficiency of a non-contact power transmission between the primary coil and the secondary coil, and a detection unit which detects damage made to the housing based on a change in the efficiency during the non-contact power transmission.

Abstract: An optical microphone includes: an acousto-optic medium section having a pair of principal surfaces and at least one lateral surface provided therebetween; a restraint section which is in contact with the at least one lateral surface for preventing a shape change of the acousto-optic medium section; and a light emitting section for emitting a light wave so as to propagate through the acousto-optic medium section between the pair of principal surfaces. The pair of principal surfaces are in contact with an environmental fluid through which an acoustic wave to be detected is propagating and are capable of freely vibrating, and an optical path length variation of a light wave propagating through the acousto-optic medium section, which is caused by the acoustic wave that comes into the acousto-optic medium section from at least one of the pair of principal surfaces and propagates through the acousto-optic medium section, is detected.

Abstract: An optical microphone for detecting an acoustic wave propagating through an environmental fluid by using a light wave, includes: an acoustic wave receiving section having a propagation medium portion through which an acoustic wave propagate and a first support portion for supporting the propagation medium portion; a light source for outputting a light wave so that the light wave passes through the propagation medium portion across the acoustic wave propagating through the propagation medium portion; a light-blocking portion having an edge line for splitting the light wave having passed through the propagation medium portion into a blocked portion and a non-blocked portion; and a photoelectric conversion section for receiving a portion of the light wave having passed through the propagation medium portion which has not been blocked by the light-blocking portion to output an electric signal.

Abstract: A porous silica material disclosed in the present application is a porous silica material in which a plurality of silica particles are connected to one another three-dimensionally, wherein: a density of the porous silica material is less than 220 kg/m3; a particle diameter of the silica particles is 3.5 nm or more; and the water content of the porous silica material is 8 wt % or less.

Abstract: A porous silica material in which silica particles are connected to one another three-dimensionally, wherein: the porous silica material includes a through hole including first pores smaller than a mean free path of an air, and second pores larger than the first pores; the porous silica material has a density of 100 kg/m3 or more and 300 kg/m3 or less; and an isobutyl group is bound to silicon of silica of the silica particles.

Abstract: An optical microphone includes: a light source; a first polarizer for allowing linearly-polarized light, of light output from the light source, to pass therethrough; a second polarizer for allowing linearly-polarized light having a different polarization plane from the first polarizer to pass therethrough; a sound-receiving section including an acoustic medium having a smaller sound velocity than the air, wherein an acoustic signal propagates through the acoustic medium, the sound-receiving section being arranged so that the linearly-polarized light from the first polarizer passes through the acoustic medium and enters the second polarizer; and a photodetector for converting an intensity of light having passed through the second polarizer to an electric signal, wherein between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, the linearly-polarized light having passed through the first polarizer is given different phase shifts in two orthogonal directions which are each different from a polarization direction.

Abstract: An optical microphone includes: a propagation medium portion; a light source to output a light wave passing through the propagation medium portion across the acoustic wave propagating through the propagation medium portion; a reflecting section to retroreflect the light wave having passed through the propagation medium portion; and a photoelectric conversion section to receive the light wave having been reflected by the reflecting section and passed through the propagation medium portion to output an electric signal. 0th-order, +1st-order and ?1st-order diffracted light waves are respectively produced on outward and return paths, by virtue of a refractive index distribution across the propagation medium portion caused by the propagation of the acoustic wave therethrough. The photoelectric conversion section detects interference light between the +1st-order or ?1st-order diffracted light wave of the outward path and the ?1st-order or +1st-order diffracted light wave of the return path.

Abstract: An acousto-optic image capture device includes: an acoustic wave source to irradiating an object with an acoustic wave; an acoustic lens system which transforms a scattered wave from the object into a plane acoustic wave; an acousto-optic medium portion which is arranged so that the scattered wave transmitted through the acoustic lens system is incident there; a light source to emit a light beam in which monochromatic rays of light with different traveling directions are superposed and which is incident on the acousto-optic medium portion; an imaging lens system which condenses diffracted rays of light of the plane wave monochromatic rays of light produced by the acousto-optic medium portion; and an image receiving member which detects the rays of light condensed by the imaging lens system to output an electrical signal. The acoustic lens system includes at least two reflecting mirrors.

Abstract: There is provided an optical microphone for detecting an acoustic wave propagating in an ambient fluid, the optical microphone including: a propagation medium section; a light source for emitting a light wave to be transmitted through a diffraction region in the propagation medium section; and a photoelectric conversion section for detecting the light wave having been transmitted through the propagation medium section. A first acoustic wave which is a portion of the acoustic wave and a second acoustic wave which is another portion thereof are allowed to propagate in the propagation medium section so as to simultaneously arrive at the diffraction region, and an interference component between a +1st order diffracted light wave and a ?1st order diffracted light wave of the light wave generated based on a refractive index distribution of the propagation medium occurring in the diffraction region.

Abstract: Provided is a composite material which can be preferably used as alternative seal materials to asbestos seal materials or as a heat dissipation sheet with excellent thermal conductivity. The composite material comprises: (1) an inorganic filler-containing material containing an inorganic filler and any of the following: a polyimide film, a polyimide varnish consisting of a polyamide acid solution, an incompletely-imidized and self-standing polyimide precursor film obtained by drying a polyamide acid solution, a polybenzimidazole film, a varnish consisting of a polybenzimidazole solution, a polyazomethine film, a mixed film consisting of a polyimide resin and a polybenzimidazole resin, a mixed varnish consisting of a polyamide acid solution and a polybenzimidazole solution, a mixed film consisting of a polyimide precursor and polyazomethine, a polybenzoxazole film, etc; and (2) a molding consisting of any of expanded graphite, organic fiber and inorganic fiber.

Abstract: An activity-area/time-frame weighting table indicates the likelihood of where a user is most likely to be in a certain time frame, and weighting (the number of points) is set depending on times frames, which are divided into weekdays and weekends. The activity pattern may be obtained through the user's application at the time of registration, or may be obtained by detecting the locations of the user for a predetermined period, such as for one week, using a GPS or PHS. For example, when a user is mostly likely to be on the route to the company from home in the time frame of commuting hours on a weekday, the weighting is set low. Based on an area and time frame in which a corresponding credit card or the like is used, the number of points is determined, and is then used to set an authentication level.