Abstract: The purpose is to perform control so that a sufficient amount of stored power is secured when a DR request signal is received. A HEMS 100 is a power control device, which is a power control device that controls a storage battery 400 for supplying power to a communication device 500 that is a load device. In the HEMS 100, a DR activation prediction unit 103 predicts the activation of a demand response. A charge/discharge determination unit 108, which is a control unit, performs discharge control on the storage battery 400 based on this activation prediction. The charge/discharge determination unit 108 changes the discharge timing of the storage battery 400 depending on whether or not the activation of a demand response is predicted.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a nozzle plate having two or more nozzle holes along with a piezoelectric element and an ink containing a solvent containing an organic solvent containing an alcohol-based organic solvent with a boiling point not higher than 250 degrees Celsius, wherein the average number of the two or more nozzle holes on the surface of the nozzle plate is 10 holes/mm2, and the two or more nozzle holes adjacent to each other along a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyance direction of a recording medium is spaced 150 to 500 ?m apart.

Abstract: A touch panel device includes a first conductive film having first and second regions, at least a part of the first conductive film between the first and the second regions being removed, a second conductive film laminated on the first conductive film across a gap, first and second terminals that output signals, a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, and a second electrode facing the first electrode across the first region. A switch may electrically connect the first conductive film to the second conductive film, in the second region.

Abstract: A control device that does not require arithmetic processing of a phase current can be provided. A control device in which a plurality of switching legs including a pair of semiconductor switching elements constituting an upper arm and a lower arm are provided in a number corresponding to the number of phases of a motor that is a load includes a switch short circuit detection unit configured to detect a short circuit failure of the semiconductor switching element, and a control unit configured to execute determination processing of determining whether the short circuit failure has occurred in the upper arm or the lower arm on the basis of a result of detection by the switch short circuit detection unit, and to set all the semiconductor switching elements that constitute an arm in which a short circuit failure has occurred on the basis of a result of the determination processing.

Abstract: A photoelectric sensor includes an indicator lamp that is easily visible in any direction. A photoelectric sensor (1) includes a housing (10) having a first surface (e.g., a top surface 15) and a second surface (e.g., a bottom surface 16) opposite to the first surface, and a first indicator lamp (31) and a second indicator lamp (32) that redundantly indicate information about a state of the photoelectric sensor (1). The first indicator lamp (31) is located on the first surface, and the second indicator lamp (32) is located on the second surface. The first surface and the second surface are parallel to each other. The information indicated redundantly is at least one of an on-off state of a power supply or a workpiece detection state.

Abstract: A semiconductor module, including: a stacked substrate, which includes an insulating plate, and a plurality of circuit boards formed on an upper surface of the insulating plate; a semiconductor element formed on an upper surface of one of the plurality of circuit boards; and a metal wiring board formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor element. The metal wiring board has a plate-shaped bonding portion bonded to the upper surface of the semiconductor element via a bonding material. The plate-shaped bonding portion has a plurality of recessed portions formed on an upper surface thereof, each recessed portion is of a hexagonal shape in a plan view of the semiconductor module.

Abstract: A semiconductor module, including: a stacked substrate including a plurality of circuit boards formed on an upper surface of an insulating plate; a semiconductor element formed on an upper surface of one of the plurality of circuit boards; and a metal wiring board formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor element. The metal wiring board has a bonding portion bonded to the upper surface of the semiconductor element via a bonding material. The bonding portion includes a plate-shaped portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The plate-shaped portion has a roughened region in which a plurality of recessed portions are formed on the upper surface thereof. The plurality of recessed portions include a plurality of kinds, each kind differing in at least one of a size, a shape, and a depth of the recess portions therein from another kind.

Abstract: A vehicle transport planning device includes a transport proposal unit that proposes, to an occupant of a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, transport of the vehicle in a predetermined area where driving of the internal combustion engine is prohibited or restricted, and a transport arrangement unit that requests arrangement of a vehicle transport device for transporting the vehicle when the occupant desires the transport of the vehicle.

Abstract: Described is a stable radiopharmaceutical composition in which the decrease in the radiochemical purity over time is suppressed even in the case where the radioactivity concentration is high immediately after production. The stabilized radiopharmaceutical composition includes a polypeptide labeled with a radionuclide and having a group selected from the group consisting of a thioether group and a thiol group, as an active ingredient, a solubilizing agent having an ethylene glycol group, a solvent including water, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a sulfur-containing amino acid or a salt thereof, a sulfur-containing amino acid derivative or a salt thereof, and a polysaccharide.

Abstract: A semiconductor module, including: a circuit board including a semiconductor element; a lead bonded to an electrode of the semiconductor element by a bonding material; and a sealing material sealing the semiconductor element and the lead. The lead includes: a bonding portion bonded to the electrode, and a roughening recess formed on an upper surface of the bonding portion. The roughening recess includes: a main recess having a first wall surfaces and a second wall surface opposite to each other, and a barbed portion formed on the first wall surface and protruding toward the second wall surface, and a sub-recess having: a center, which is located, in a plan view of the semiconductor module, outside the main recess and at a position away from the first wall surface by a predetermined distance, and an inclined surface that becomes shallower from the center toward an opening end of the main recess.

Abstract: A semiconductor module, including: a circuit board including a semiconductor element having an electrode on an upper surface thereof; a lead bonded to the electrode by a bonding material; and a sealing material that seals the semiconductor element and the lead. The lead includes: a bonding portion bonded to the electrode, the bonding portion having a lower surface facing the electrode, and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and a plurality of recesses formed on the upper surface of the bonding portion. In a plan view of the semiconductor module, the bonding portion has a plurality of sides, and each recess has a bottom surface of a planar shape, the planar shape having a side extending in a direction that is not orthogonal to any of the sides of the bonding portion. Each of the recesses a barbed portion protruding from a wall surface thereof.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of efficiently cooling a recording medium while suppressing an increase in size is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a gripping portion, a medium slot that is provided in inside of the gripping portion, an intake port, an exhaust port, a cooling duct that connects the intake port and the exhaust port, and a first heat transfer member that transfers heat from the medium slot to the cooling duct. The cooling duct includes a cooling fan that flows air into inside of the cooling duct from the intake port toward the exhaust port, and an intake side duct that is connected to the intake port and is provided so as to at least partially overlap the medium slot in the gripping portion when viewed from an optical axis direction of the image pickup apparatus.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device capable of further decreasing, compared to the prior art, misdetection of failures in a chopper circuit which constitutes phases. In order to achieve the foregoing, the present invention comprises: a multi-phase transformer circuit in which a plurality of chopper circuits are connected in parallel according to the number of phases; a drift detection unit which detects drift in a phase current in each chopper circuit; and a failure detection unit which variably sets a failure threshold value according to a state quantity of the chopper circuit, and which detects a failure in the chopper circuit by comparing the drift with the failure threshold value.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus capable of efficiently cooling a recording medium stored therein while suppressing an increase in size of the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus comprising an image pickup apparatus main body, a grip part disposed in the image pickup apparatus main body and to be gripped when the image pickup apparatus is used, a control board provided to the image pickup apparatus main body and arranged substantially perpendicular to an optical axis direction, a storage part that is mounted on the control board in a position not overlapping the grip part as viewed in the optical axis direction, and that is capable of storing a recording medium, and a heat dissipation duct that is disposed in a position not overlapping the grip part as viewed in the optical axis direction and is thermally connected to the storage part.

Abstract: A display control device of the present invention acquires information on a medium temperature of a first recording medium mounted to an electronic device. The display control device performs control to display, on a display, an item and time-series change in the medium temperature, the item indicating a first temperature at which a specific operation of the electronic device is possibly restricted in a case where the medium temperature reaches the first temperature, or indicating a second temperature based on the first temperature and lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: A primer may comprise water, a cationic resin, a polyvalent metal salt, and adiethylene glycol alkyl ether compound. A dry solid film of the primer may have a breaking energy of 20 mJ or more and 1,000 mJ or less and a breaking elongation of 500% or more and 2,500% or less, which are measured by a tensile tester having a tensile speed of 150 mm/min.

Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a balloon extending in an extending direction, and an element disposed at at least a part of an outer surface of the balloon. The element includes linear members extending in the extending direction between a second distal end portion and a second proximal end portion. The linear members include a plurality of slits arranged in the extending direction. The linear members include a dense region where an interval between each of the plurality of slits is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value, and a sparse region where the interval between each of the plurality of slits is larger than a second threshold value being a value equal to or greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A touch panel device includes a first conductive film having first and second regions, at least a part of the first conductive film between the first and the second regions being removed, a second conductive film laminated on the first conductive film across a gap, first and second terminals that output signals, a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, and a second electrode facing the first electrode across the first region. A switch may electrically connect the first conductive film to the second conductive film, in the second region.

Abstract: A balloon for a catheter includes an inflatable portion, a distal end connecting portion, and a proximal end connecting portion. The balloon for the catheter also includes an inner side thick film portion and a thin film portion having differing thicknesses from each other. The thickness of the inner side thick film portion is greater than the thickness of the thin film portion. An inner surface at the inner side thick film portion protrudes further toward an inner side than an inner surface at the thin film portion. An outer surface at the inner side thick film portion does not protrude further to an outer side in the radial direction than an outer surface at the thin film portion.