Abstract: A transportation device includes a first transporter, a second transporter movable between a contact position and a separate position toward and away from the first transporter to hold a to-be-transported object between the second transporter and the first transporter in the contact position, and a transportation unit that transports the to-be-transported object to a nip area where the first transporter and the second transporter hold the to-be-transported object therebetween while the second transporter is located in the separate position. The second transporter moves from the separate position to the contact position to hold the to-be-transported object transported to the nip area by the transportation unit between the second transporter and the first transporter to transport the to-be-transported object.

Abstract: A transport device includes: a first transport body; a second transport body that is movable between a contact position and a separate position with respect to the first transport body and that nips a transported material with the first transport body at the contact position; and a transport section that includes a holder to hold a leading end portion of the transported material and that transports the transported material toward a nip region where the first transport body and the second transport body nip the transported material in a state in which the second transport body is located at the separate position. After holding of the leading end portion by the holder for the transported material transported by the transport section has been released, the second transport body nips the transported material with the first transport body and transports the transported material.

Abstract: A computer program and power conditioner requesting a communication connection to a communication device provided in the power conditioner, receiving, from the communication device, screen display information, which is based on screen data stored in the communication device, including a menu for displaying a state of the power conditioner and a menu for displaying a screen for receiving an operation for the power conditioner, and displaying a screen including state information of the power conditioner and the screen for receiving the operation for the power conditioner based on the received screen display information.

Abstract: An information processing device that transmits information on an energy storage device and a power supply-related device in response to a request from the outside or as an event includes, an acquisition unit that acquires information including a state of the energy storage device or the power supply-related device through communication; a storage processing unit that stores the acquired information in a storage medium in association with information that identifies the energy storage device and the power supply-related device, respectively; and a transmission processing unit that transmits display information for collectively displaying the information stored in the storage medium for each system including the energy storage device and/or power supply-related device, or for each place where the energy storage device and/or power supply-related device is installed.

Abstract: A communication device is provided with: a first communication part that is connected to an energy storage device or a power supply related apparatus and communicates with the energy storage device or the power supply related apparatus; an acquisition part that acquires information including a state of the energy storage device or the power supply related apparatus on the basis of a set timing; a change acceptance part that accepts a change in the timing and changes the timing; and a transmission part that transmits, at a timing after the change, the information acquired by the acquisition part to a first apparatus by using a second communication part communicatively connected to the first apparatus.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a computer program capable of visually and easily grasping a state of an energy storage device.

Abstract: A communication device is provided with: a first communication part that is connected to an energy storage device or a power supply related apparatus and communicates with the energy storage device or the power supply related apparatus; an acquisition part that acquires information including a state of the energy storage device or the power supply related apparatus on the basis of a set timing; a change acceptance part that accepts a change in the timing and changes the timing; and a transmission part that transmits, at a timing after the change, the information acquired by the acquisition part to a first apparatus by using a second communication part communicatively connected to the first apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing device that transmits information on an energy storage device and a power supply-related device in response to a request from the outside or as an event includes, an acquisition unit that acquires information including a state of the energy storage device or the power supply-related device through communication; a storage processing unit that stores the acquired information in a storage medium in association with information that identifies the energy storage device and the power supply-related device, respectively; and a transmission processing unit that transmits display information for collectively displaying the information stored in the storage medium for each system including the energy storage device and/or power supply-related device, or for each place where the energy storage device and/or power supply-related device is installed.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer includes: an oscillating section that generates a first signal; a frequency ratio measuring section that measures a frequency ratio of the first signal and a second signal by using the first signal and the second signal; a comparing section that compares the frequency ratio, which is measured by the frequency measuring section, with a target value of a frequency ratio; and a filter that is disposed on a preceding stage of the comparing section. A frequency of the first signal of the oscillating section is adjusted on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing section.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer includes: an oscillating section that generates a first signal; a frequency ratio measuring section that measures a frequency ratio of the first signal and a second signal by using the first signal and the second signal; a comparing section that compares the frequency ratio, which is measured by the frequency measuring section, with a target value of a frequency ratio; and a filter that is disposed on a preceding stage of the comparing section. A frequency of the first signal of the oscillating section is adjusted on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing section.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer includes: an oscillating section that generates a first signal; a frequency ratio measuring section that measures a frequency ratio of the first signal and a second signal by using the first signal and the second signal; a comparing section that compares the frequency ratio, which is measured by the frequency measuring section, with a target value of a frequency ratio; and a filter that is disposed on a preceding stage of the comparing section. A frequency of the first signal of the oscillating section is adjusted on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing section.

Abstract: A frequency synthesizer includes: an oscillating section that generates a first signal; a frequency ratio measuring section that measures a frequency ratio of the first signal and a second signal by using the first signal and the second signal; a comparing section that compares the frequency ratio, which is measured by the frequency measuring section, with a target value of a frequency ratio; and a filter that is disposed on a preceding stage of the comparing section. A frequency of the first signal of the oscillating section is adjusted on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing section.

Abstract: A power generator includes a photocell having a sheet-like shape provided with an opening therethrough and another photocell having a sheet-like shape that is accommodated in the opening and connected to the photocell in series. The center of the opening coincides with the center of the another photocell.

Abstract: An actuator is equipped with a moveable part 160 that moves according to changes in an intake amount of air, a cylinder 140 that contains air and pumps the air through a fluid pipe 150 to the moveable part 160 according to pressure applied to the air, and a piston 130 that applies pressure to the air in the cylinder 140. Further, the actuator is equipped with a motor 100 that generates rotational force, and a screw 110 and a slide nut 120 that convert the rotational force to a force to move the piston 130. The air is enclosed in the moveable part 160, the cylinder 140 and the fluid pipe 150.

Abstract: A pressure distribution sensor includes a sensor element having plurality of current-driven actuator segments each having a first electrode and second electrode arranged in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and a corresponding number of sensing circuits to the number of the actuator segments. The sensing circuits each include a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode, a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode, a third terminal to which an electrode selection signal for selecting one of the first electrode and the second electrode is input, a fourth terminal to which a segment selection signal for selecting the actuator segment out of the plurality of actuator segments is input, and a fifth terminal adapted to output a signal obtained via the electrode selected by the electrode selection signal from the electrodes of the actuator segment selected by the segment selection signal.

Abstract: A power generator includes a photocell having a sheet-like shape provided with an opening therethrough and another photocell having a sheet-like shape that is accommodated in the opening and connected to the photocell in series. The center of the opening coincides with the center of the another photocell.

Abstract: An actuator includes an electrolyte membrane, first and second driving electrodes that are disposed on the opposite surfaces and that give a potential difference to the electrolyte membrane, a sensor that is formed on the electrolyte membrane and that detects a force acting on the electrolyte membrane, and a driving control circuit that supplies a drive voltage to the first and second driving electrodes on the basis of an instruction signal and a detection output of the sensor. The driving control circuit applies a PWM drive voltage with a duty ratio corresponding to a difference between the instruction signal and the detection output of the sensor across the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a temperature detecting unit that detects temperature, wherein the electro-optical device sets a number of sub-frames of plural sub-frames included in one frame according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit and sets a luminance level of pixels in each of the plural sub-frames to at least a first level or a second level to perform gradation display.

Abstract: A display drive circuit that performs digital driving for displaying an image of each one frame based on luminance data of a plurality of subframes is disclosed. The display drive circuit includes a conversion section that converts the luminance data having a plurality of bits indicating a luminance level of each of the plurality of subframes into data indicating the luminance level for pixels in a number greater than the number of the plurality of subframes, and a storage section that stores the data converted by the conversion section.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a pixel that has an electro-optical element with a light transmittance that changes to a predetermined value in response to an applied voltage, which changes in response to the temperature. A light source irradiates light to the pixel. A driving unit includes a predetermined number of sub-fields having the same length in one frame. The driving unit provides either an on-voltage indicating light-on or an off-voltage indicating light-off to the pixel in each of the predetermined number of the sub-fields in response to the grayscale to be displayed. A temperature measuring unit measures the temperature and outputs a temperature signal. A time controlling unit controls the length of one sub-field on the basis of the temperature signal. A light intensity controlling unit controls the intensity of the light incident on the pixel on the basis of the temperature signal.