Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which a compound represented by the following formula (I) is contained in any layer of the at least one organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element has high luminous efficiency and a strong effect of improving the durability by driving aging: wherein X, A1, A2, A3, A4, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide an organic semiconductor element in which carrier mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, and a manufacturing method thereof, to provide a novel compound suitable for an organic semiconductor, and to provide an organic semiconductor film in which mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic semiconductor composition that can suitably form the organic semiconductor film. The organic semiconductor element according to the present invention is an organic semiconductor layer containing a compound having a constitutional repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and having a molecular weight of 2,000 or greater.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor composition, which makes it possible to obtain an organic semiconductor film having high mobility and being excellent in film uniformity and heat resistance, and a method for manufacturing an organic semiconductor element. The organic semiconductor composition of the present invention contains an organic semiconductor as Component A and an organic solvent, which is represented by Formula B-1 and has a melting point of equal to or lower than 25° C. and a boiling point of equal to or higher than 150° C. and equal to or lower than 280° C., as Component B, in which an ionization potential of Component A is equal to or higher than 5.1 eV. In the formula, X represents O, S, S?O, O?S?O, or NR, Y1 to Y4 each independently represent NR1 or CR10R11, R, R1, R10, and R11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and n represents 1 or 2.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element including: a first electrode having a photosensitive layer including a light absorber on a conductive support; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a hole transport layer provided between the first and the second electrodes, in which the light absorber includes a compound having a perovskite-type crystal structure having a cation of Group 1 element of the periodic table or a cationic organic group A, a cation of a metallic atom M that is not Group 1 element of the periodic table, and an anion of an anionic atom X, and an organic solvent content per cubic millimeter of the hole transport layer is 1×10?10 to 1×10?7 mol, a solar cell using this photoelectric conversion element, and a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element including a step of applying a hole-transporting material solution and drying the solution at 40° C. to 180° C.

Abstract: A tennis racket fitting method according to the present invention comprises: a first step of preparing a plurality of test tennis rackets, at least one type of racket property that influences swing for hitting a ball being defined for each of the test tennis rackets; a second step of causing a reference tennis racket to be swung at least one time by a user in order to hit a tennis ball, and acquiring a measured value by measuring transition in at least one of the position, the velocity, the acceleration, and the angular velocity of the reference tennis racket in at least a portion of an interval from when the swing starts until when the swing ends; a third step of calculating at least one evaluation indicator to be an evaluation of the swing of the reference tennis racket based on the measured value; and a fourth step of, based on the racket property, selecting a tennis racket that can improve at least one evaluation indicator from among the test tennis rackets.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element using a compound represented by the following general formula emits dark blue light and has a small change in the chromaticity during luminance modulation: wherein each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; A1 to A4 represent CR31 or N; L and X each independently represent any one of CR32R33, NR34, O, S, and SiR35R36; and each of R31 to R36 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of organic layers including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R17 represents -L-NR19R20 (R19 and R20 each independently represent any of an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group. R19 and R20 may be combined to each other to form a ring. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group). X1 to X18 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X1 to X18 represent nitrogen atoms, R1 to R18 for bonding do not present.

Abstract: A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes: a driving device that drives an opening/closing body of a vehicle using a motor as a driving source; a motor drive circuit that is formed in such a way that a plurality of switching elements are connected to each other in a bridge form; a bypass circuit that forms a regenerative brake circuit via a freewheel diode of the switching element; and a voltage clamping device that is provided in the bypass circuit.

Abstract: In a racket frame 2, stoppers 28 are each located on a tip side of a narrow diameter portion 26 protruding from a side of an inner circumferential surface 4b of a head 4. A steel sheets 16 is fixed on the side of the inner circumferential surface 4b opposing the stoppers 28 via the narrow diameter portion 26. Weights 14 each include a magnet sheet 32. The narrow diameter portion 26 is inserted through notches 36 and 38 of the weights 14. The steel sheets 16 and the magnet sheet 32 are bound with magnetic force. The notches 36 and 38 of the weights 14 are locked to a string protecting member 12. The stoppers 28 prevent the weights 14 from being detached form the head 4. The weights 14 are detachably mounted on the head 4.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of organic layers including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one of the organic layers contains a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1 to R18 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R17 represents -L-NR19R20 (R19 and R20 each independently represent any of an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group. R19 and R20 may be combined to each other to form a ring. L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group). X1 to X18 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X1 to X18 represent nitrogen atoms, R1 to R18 for bonding do not present.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element which exhibits excellent heat resistance and responsiveness, and a photosensor and an imaging device which include the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: a transparent conductive film; a conductive film; and a photoelectric conversion film and an electron blocking layer which are disposed between the transparent conductive film and the conductive film, wherein the electron blocking layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1).

Abstract: If closing operation to the passenger's seat sub switch continues for not less than a prescribed time period Tb, a passenger's seat relay contact on a close side is turned ON. If the closing operation to the passenger's seat sub switch thereafter ends before a prescribed time period Tc elapses, the passenger's seat relay contact on the close side is kept ON. If opening operation to the passenger's seat sub switch continues for not less than the prescribed time period Tb, a passenger's seat relay contact on an open side is turned ON. If the opening operation to the passenger's seat sub switch thereafter ends before the prescribed time period Tc elapses, the passenger's seat relay contact on the open side is kept ON. The invention is applicable to an automatic window system and the like.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate; a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate; and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer includes a compound represented by the following general formula: (R1, R2, and R19 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, a monovalent oligoaryl group having the number of rings of from 2 to 10, or a monovalent fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having the number of rings of from 2 to 6, provided that at least one of R1, R2, and R19 represents a monovalent oligoaryl group having the number of rings of from 2 to 10 or a monovalent fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having the number of rings of from 2 to 6, and that the phenyl group, the monovalent oligoaryl group having the number of rings of from 2 to 10, and the monovalent fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having the number of rings

Abstract: The invention improves detection accuracy of interposition at a vehicle window. An interposition detector determines that a window at a passenger's seat has interposition if motor current for opening and closing the window at the passenger's seat does not decrease to be less than a predetermined threshold but increases to be not less than a second threshold, or if the motor current does not decreases to be less than the predetermined threshold but increases at a predetermined or more increase rate. The interposition detector determines that the window at the passenger's seat does not have interposition if the motor current is less than the predetermine threshold. The invention is applicable to an automatic window system and the like.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: a photoelectric conversion material which has excellent deposition stability such that when the photoelectric conversion material is used in a photoelectric conversion element, the change in the performance of the element due to variations in the concentration of the photoelectric conversion material is small; a photoelectric conversion element using the photoelectric conversion material; and an optical sensor and an imaging element including the photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion material of the invention is a compound (A) expressed by the following Formula (1).

Abstract: A swing analyzing apparatus includes: a three-axis acceleration sensor attached to a tennis racket, for measuring accelerations in the directions of three axes when a swing for hitting a tennis ball is taken with the tennis racket; a three-axis gyro sensor attached to the tennis racket, for measuring angular speeds about the three axes; and an analyzing device. The analyzing device has a receiving function to receive data regarding the accelerations and the angular speeds from the three-axis acceleration sensor and the three-axis gyro sensor; a coordinate axis conversion function to convert relative coordinate axes that are the three axes for the accelerations into absolute coordinate axes on the basis of the angular speeds; and a calculation function to calculate an index of the swing on the basis of accelerations resulting from the coordinate axis conversion.

Abstract: A tennis swing movement analyzing apparatus of the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire sampling data obtained by sampling a swing movement of a tennis racket by a user; a calculation unit configured to, based on the sampling data, calculate an indicator selected from among the velocity, the acceleration, the angular velocity, and the position of the tennis racket or a ball hit by the tennis racket and an arbitrary combination thereof; and a screen creation unit configured to create a GUI screen displaying a graph area that is divided into a plurality of areas respectively indicating types of swings and displaying the indicator in the graph area.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate; a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate; and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer includes a compound represented by the following general formula: wherein: R1, R2, and R19; R11 to R18; and A1 to A4 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element exhibiting excellent responsiveness and high photoelectric conversion efficiency, a method of using the photoelectric conversion element, and an optical sensor and an image sensor including the photoelectric conversion element are provided. The photoelectric conversion element includes a conductive film, a photoelectric conversion film containing a photoelectric conversion material and a transparent conductive film. The conductive film, the photoelectric conversion film and the transparent conductive film are formed in this order.

Abstract: The invention improves detection accuracy of interposition at a vehicle window. An interposition detector determines that a window at a passenger's seat has interposition if motor current for opening and closing the window at the passenger's seat does not decrease to be less than a predetermined threshold but increases to be not less than a second threshold, or if the motor current does not decreases to be less than the predetermined threshold but increases at a predetermined or more increase rate. The interposition detector determines that the window at the passenger's seat does not have interposition if the motor current is less than the predetermine threshold. The invention is applicable to an automatic window system and the like.