Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV397654. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV397654, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV397654 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV397654 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV397654.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV197629. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV197629, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV197629 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV197629 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV197629.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV425548. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV425548, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV425548 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV425548 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV425548.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV494787. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV494787, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV494787 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV494787 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV494787.

Abstract: A wheat variety designated XW10Q, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW10Q, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW10Q with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW10Q with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety XW10Q. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety XW10Q and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

Abstract: A wheat variety designated XW10T, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW10T, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW10T with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW10T with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety XW10T. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety XW10T and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

Abstract: A double keyboard piano system is provided. The double keyboard piano system may include a first automatic player piano, a second automatic player piano, and a double keyboard console including a first keyboard and a second keyboard mounted above the first keyboard. The first automatic player piano is in communication with the double keyboard console to receive a first signal including first information describing a first key for the first automatic player piano to automatically play based on a first key of the first keyboard being played, and the second automatic player piano is in communication with the double keyboard console to receive a second signal including second information describing a second key for the second automatic player piano to automatically play based on a second key of the second keyboard being played.

Abstract: A hand-held guitar pick includes a distal end which is twisted at a compound angle with respect to the body of the pick so as to align the tip of the pick with the guitar strings. The compound angle comprises a rotation component in relation to a longitudinal axis and a bent component in relation to a lateral axis. The bend and rotation properly align the distal end of the hand-held pick to better engage a string on a guitar when used in a typical manner. One embodiment resembles a traditional triangular pick. Another embodiment includes a cylindrical, hollow body configured to be worn over a user's fingertip. The distal end comprises an arced bridge spanning edges of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nose pipe instrument capable of modulating the tone thereof. The nose pipe instrument capable of modulating the tone thereof enables a modulating plate to slide to adjust the length of a sealing path for the passage of breath from the nose of a player. Thus, the nose pipe instrument of the present invention can modulate the pitch of the tone to be played, thereby enabling various notes to be played.

Abstract: A drum stand includes a center pipe, a fixed collar, a first movable collar, a second movable collar, legs, and stays. The fixed collar is secured to the lower end of the center pipe. The first movable collar and the second movable collar are slidably fitted to the center pipe. Legs of a first type are pivotally coupled to the first movable collar. A leg of a second type is pivotally coupled to the second movable collar. Stays of a first type are pivotally coupled to the second movable collar. A stay of a second type is pivotally coupled to the fixed collar.

Abstract: A vocal tuning device for use with a microphone is provided, comprising a housing having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes a first connector operably matable with a microphone and capable of receiving an input signal from the microphone in response to a user's voice; a display on the housing capable of providing a visual indicia to a user; processing circuitry within the housing and operably connected between the first connector and the display, wherein the processing circuitry compares the frequency of the input signal to a natural note frequency, and causes the visual indicia to indicate whether the natural note frequency is matched by the frequency of the input signal. In one embodiment, the second end of the device includes a second connector operably matable with a microphone cable.

Abstract: A method of locating, discovering, and memorizing the names of the notes for acoustic and electric stringed musical instruments is disclosed. The method includes joining the frontal view of the fingerboard of the instrument with a labeled virtual view of the fingerboard applied to the back of the instrument neck in a location corresponding to respective frets on the front.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for notating music for a harmonica. The apparatus incorporates a vertical staff in which vertical lines or tracks represent individual notes, the length of which represents duration of the note, and the horizontal location represents the physical location of the corresponding hole in a harmonica. The invention provides a rapid means of learning to play a harmonica and, for experienced players, provides a means for sight reading a new piece of music. The invention further provides ways of representing the dynamics of both pitch and loudness and a convenient way to manually transcribe musical selection for archival purposes.

Abstract: A media data format is described along with devices, methods, computer readable media and a propagating signal in relation to the media data format. The media data format comprises a music data portion defining a music track, and a metadata portion defining metadata associated with said music track. Said metadata comprises a tempo metadata type having a tempo class value indicating a tempo class of the music track.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing a number R greater than or equal to 1 of multimedia peripherals (6) of a portable communication device with an audio file (1), comprising the steps of extracting a number P greater than or equal to 1 of basic synchronization signals (SYNCi) according to a first set of parameters (20); generating, from said P basic synchronization signals, a number Q greater than or equal to 1 of synchronization command signals (COMk) according to a second set of parameters (30) defining rules to convert basic synchronization signals into signals adapted to the type of peripheral to be synchronized; and selecting, among said Q synchronization command signals, R synchronization signals (PSYNCk) for controlling R peripheral drivers (5) driving said R multimedia peripherals (40), according to a third set of parameters (40).

Abstract: An electronic percussion instrument including: a detecting section which is provided in a stick and detects acceleration and angular speed based on movement of the stick; a first timing generating section which generates beat timing based on a predetermined tempo and beat width; a first pre-sound-production movement detecting section which detects a pre-sound-production movement that is performed prior to sound production, based on the acceleration and the angular speed detected by the detecting section; and a sound production instructing section which instructs to produce a sound at the beat timing generated by the first timing generating section, when the first pre-sound-production movement detecting section detects the pre-sound-production movement.

Abstract: Musical instrument pickups and methods of constructing same to achieve a user-desired signal output level and a user-desired tonal characteristic from a stringed instrument are disclosed. The method may include steps for selecting a coil geometry, selecting a number of coils, selecting a coil wire gauge and number of turns for each coil and selecting a pole piece. In selecting the pole piece consideration may be given to pole piece composition, pole piece thickness, height and width, and pole piece response in terms of relative inductive and relative resonant frequency characteristics and/or the shape of the frequency response in the vicinity of resonance.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a musical performance device by which the arrangement of a virtual musical instrument set is suitably changed based on the position of the instrument player, and whereby the instrument player need not play in an uncomfortable position. In the present invention, set layout information includes standard set layout information that serves as reference for the arrangement of a plurality of virtual pads, and a CPU judges whether an operation to form a square has been performed with a pair of drumstick sections. When judged that this operation has been performed, the CPU uniformly adjusts the arrangement of the virtual pads based on preset position coordinates on a captured image plane corresponding to the standard set layout information and the position coordinates of the drumstick sections on the captured image plane at the time of the operation to form a square.

Abstract: A thermoelectric apparatus includes a first and a second assemblies, at least a first and a second heat conductors. The first assembly includes a first and a second substrates, and several first thermoelectric material sets disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate has at least a first through hole. The second assembly includes a third and a fourth substrates, and several second thermoelectric material sets disposed between the third and fourth substrates. The fourth substrate has at least a second through hole. Each of the first and second thermoelectric material sets has a p-type and an n-type thermoelectric element. The first and second heat conductors respectively penetrate the first and second through holes. Two ends of the first heat conductor respectively connect the second and fourth substrates, while two ends of the second heat conductor respectively connect the first and third substrates.

Abstract: The infrared ray absorbing film 2 is provided with a first layer 21 containing TiN and a second layer 22 containing an Si based compound, converting energy of infrared ray made incident from the second layer 22 to heat. TiN is high in absorption rate of infrared ray over a wavelength range shorter than 8 ?m, while high in reflection rate of infrared ray over a wavelength range longer than 8 ?m. Therefore, if an Si based compound layer excellent in absorption rate of infrared ray over a longer wavelength range is laminated on a TiN layer, infrared ray over a wavelength range lower in absorption rate on the TiN layer can be favorably absorbed on the Si based compound layer, and also infrared ray in an attempt to transmit the Si based compound layer can be reflected on a boundary surface of the TiN layer and returned to the Si based compound layer.

Abstract: Solar module with a plurality of lamellar solar panels, which are mounted on an elongated support to pivot around a common axis and are movable between a first position in which they are superposed to be substantially congruent and parallel to the support, and a second position in which, opened out in a fan formation, they lie substantially adjacent to one another around the said axis, wherein the support can be extended via a closable opening out of a housing, which receives it with the solar panels in the first position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photovoltaic module with bypass diodes that has a high electricity generating capacity per unit area and high productivity. This photovoltaic module includes a photovoltaic cell assembly in which a plurality of photovoltaic cells are electrically connected in series, and a diode assembly in which a plurality of diodes are formed on a substrate in the arrangement that is consistent with the arrangement of the photovoltaic cells to which the diodes are to be attached. The diode assembly is disposed on a non-light receiving side of the photovoltaic cells, and the diodes are electrically connected to the photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic cell assembly and the diode assembly are sealed and united by a sealant.

Abstract: Described herein are solar modules including spectral concentrators. In one embodiment, a solar module includes an active layer including a set of photovoltaic cells. The solar module also includes a spectral concentrator optically coupled to the active layer and including a luminescent material that exhibits photoluminescence in response to incident solar radiation. The photoluminescence has: (a) a quantum efficiency of at least 30 percent; (b) a spectral width no greater than 100 nm at Full Width at Half Maximum; and (c) a peak emission wavelength in the near infrared range.

Abstract: Described is a light chamber for amplifying solar radiation for purposes of generating electricity using photovoltaic panels. The light chamber includes a housing; a photovoltaic panel disposed within the housing; a plurality of wedge-shaped reflectors disposed within the housing configured to rotate along one or two axes and can be directed by an integrated circuit controller; a dome lens affixed to the upper end of the housing; a fresnel lens disposed between the dome lens and the photovoltaic panel; a reflector disposed around the inner surface of the housing; and another reflector disposed at or near the lower end of the housing.

Abstract: A solar concentrator is described. The solar concentrator includes a plane including a plurality of concentrating elements, wherein each concentrating element includes a hollow taper including a first opening; and at least one photoelectric conversion layer covering inner side surfaces of the concentrating elements.

Abstract: A structure and a method of the solar cell efficiency improvement by the strain technology are provided. The solar cell has a first surface and a second surfaces which at least a gasket is disposed thereon for supporting the solar cell and being the axle whiling stressing. The method includes the steps of: (a) applying at least a stress on the first surface; (b) generating a supporting force on the second surface; and (c) generating at least a strain in the solar cell. In addition, the present invention also includes a method involving a step of: (a) applying a mechanical stress to the solar cell; (b) generating a tension in the solar cell by at least two materials having different lattice constants; or (c) generating another tension in the solar cell by a shallow trench isolation filler, a high tensile/compressive stress silicon nitride layer and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A solar cell assembly and method are disclosed. The solar cell assembly comprises a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the substrate has a p-n junction providing reverse bias protection, and wherein the substrate functions as a bypass diode. The solar cell assembly further comprises a multijunction solar cell having a plurality of solar cell layers, wherein the multijunction solar cell has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being attached to the front surface of the substrate. The solar cell assembly further comprises an electrical connector element positioned adjacent the front surface of the substrate and the first surface of the multijunction solar cell, a first contact coupled to the back surface of the substrate, and at least one second contact coupled to a portion of the second surface of the multijunction solar cell.

Abstract: Provided is an organic photoelectric conversion element containing: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises: a conductive fiber layer; and a transparent conductive layer containing a conductive polymer comprising a ? conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, and an aqueous binder, and at least a part of the transparent conductive layer containing the conductive polymer and the aqueous binder is cross-linked therein.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a solar cell has base and emitter diffusion regions formed on the back side. The emitter diffusion region is configured to collect minority charge carriers in the solar cell, while the base diffusion region is configured to collect majority charge carriers. The emitter diffusion region may be a continuous region separating the base diffusion regions. Each of the base diffusion regions may have a reduced area to decrease minority charge carrier recombination losses without substantially increasing series resistance losses due to lateral flow of majority charge carriers. Each of the base diffusion regions may have a dot shape, for example.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode of a solar cell including a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, an antireflective layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The antireflective layer is disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer to cover the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the antireflective layer and electrically connected to the first electrode layer, wherein a material of the first electrode layer does not react with the photoelectric conversion layer and the antireflective layer during a sintering process, and at least a material of the second electrode layer reacts with the antireflective layer during the sintering process.

Abstract: A high efficiency solar battery using a fluorescent substance to efficiently use incident light and thereby improve conversion efficiency. The solar battery of the present invention comprises: a front part including a front electrode and configured to receive light; a generating part disposed behind the front part to generate electricity from specific wavelengths of light incident through the front part; and a rear part disposed behind the generating part and comprising a rear electrode, wherein a first fluorescent substance is dispersed in the front part so as to absorb light having wavelengths different from the specific wavelengths, convert the absorbed light into light having the specific wavelengths, and output the converted light.

Abstract: A thin film solar cell is disclosed comprising the following layers deposited on a substrate: a microcrystalline p- or n-layer, an intermediate microcrystalline silicon i-layer applied by a hot-wire chemical-vapor deposition (HWCVD) method on the microcrystalline p- or n-layer a), an additional i-layer of microcrystalline silicon, which is formed by depositing on the intermediate microcrystalline silicon i-layer, by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), a sputtering process, or a photo-CVD method whereby layers b) and c) together form an i-layer, and if a p-layer is present as the layer of step a), an n-layer, and if an n-layer is present as the layer of step a), a p-layer that is either microcrystalline or amorphous.

Abstract: A solar cell employs an optical fiber and semiconductor nanowires grown around the fiber. A p-n junction based design, organic-inorganic heterojunction, or a dye-sensitized structure is built at the surfaces of the nanowires. Light entering the fiber from a tip propagates through the fiber until it enters a nanowire where it reaches a photovoltaic element. Light entering the fiber cannot escape until it interacts with a photovoltaic element, thereby increasing the solar conversion efficiency. The fiber can transmit light, while the nanowires around the fibers increase the surface area of light exposure.

Abstract: Solar cell structures formed using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) that can achieve improved power efficiencies in relation to prior art thin film solar cell structures are provided. A reverse p-n junction solar cell device and methods for forming the reverse p-n junction solar cell device using MBE are described. A variety of n-p junction and reverse p-n junction solar cell devices and related methods of manufacturing are provided. N-intrinsic-p junction and reverse p-intrinsic-n junction solar cell devices are also described.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for passivating and contacting a surface of a germanium substrate. A passivation layer of amorphous silicon material is formed on the germanium surface. A contact layer of metal, e.g., aluminum, is then formed on the passivation layer. The structure is heated so that the germanium surface makes contact with the contact layer. The aluminum contact layer can be configured for use as a mirroring surface for the back surface of the device. Thus, a passivated germanium surface is disclosed, as well as a solar cell comprising such a structure.

Abstract: A shallow electric box has a back wall, and top, bottom, and opposite side walls perpendicularly connected to said back wall to thereby form a box shape. A wire connector connected to an interior surface of each of the side wall, and at least two tab members that are adapted to be mechanically connected to an electrical unit to be inserted within the electric box, and are adapted to frictionally engage respective the wire connectors on respective interior surfaces of each respective of the side wall, to thereby provide a quick and easy means for electrically inserting and removing the electrical unit from the electric box.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a cable interface furniture for a conference table, which cable interface furniture comprises at least a space enabling connections that is disposed below an openable and closable table hatch in the table. The cable interface furniture comprises a casing extending from the bottom upwards that is intended to be placed under and that stands on the floor resting on support means that are adjustable in their height, the top part of which casing contains a bed provided with at least lead-in apertures, above which is a space enabling connections, with at least the connectors of the connecting cables being supported in which bed, and which connecting cables are fitted when free to be disposed in the space below the intermediate bed in the casing.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a wire harness capable of improving productivity and reducing cost as well as enhancing waterproof performance to secure reliability, and a method for manufacturing the wire harness, The wire harness includes an electronic wire having a core wire and a covering part covering the core wire, a male terminal attached to the core wire exposed out of the covering part of the electric wire, a housing attached to the covering part and formed to lay the male terminal therein, and a ring-shaped waterproof member disposed between the housing and the covering part, filling a gap therebetween, and made of soft resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are several examples of an apparatus for connecting the free ends of two electrical power transmission lines having conductor strands disposed around a central, reinforcing core. The examples include an inner sleeve having a body defining an inner bore passing through an axially-extending, central axis, an outer rim surface disposed radially outward from the central bore, and one or more axially-extending grooves penetrating the body at the outer rim surface. Also included is an outer splice having a tubular shaped body with a bore passing coaxially through the central axis, the bore defining an inner rim surface for accepting the inner sleeve. The inner bore of the inner sleeve accepts the reinforcement cores of the two conductors, and the grooves accept the conductor strands in an overlapping configuration so that a majority of the electrical current flows between the overlapped conductor strands when the conductors are transmitting electrical current.

Abstract: An improved conductive busbar assembly and power distribution track utilizing the improved conductive busbar assembly. The busbar assembly including an inner component adapted to engage a stab member of a plug-in unit and an outer component disposed about, and in contact with, the inner component. The inner and outer components are both formed from an electrically conductive material. The busbar assembly provides greater current-carrying capacity and permits take-off devices to be installed at any point along the busway run.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved insulated conductor with a low dielectric constant and reduced materials costs. The conductor (12) extends along a longitudinal axis and an insulation (14, 14<1>) surrounds the conductor (12). At least on channel (16, 16<1>) in the insulation (14, 14<1>) extends generally along the longitudinal axis to form an insulated conductor. Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing the improved insulated conductors are also disclosed.

Abstract: A metal-clad cable assembly includes a conductor assembly having at least two conductors and a binder disposed around the at least two conductors. The cable assembly also includes a bare grounding conductor disposed externally to the conductor assembly and at least partially within at least one interstice formed between the at least two conductors. A metal sheath is disposed around the conductor assembly and the bare grounding conductor. The binder exerts a force on the bare grounding conductor to position the bare grounding conductor against an interior surface of the metal sheath.

Abstract: A substrate having a transparent conductive layer has a transparent conductive pattern that is not easily visually recognizable by a naked human eye on a transparent substrate and can be formed by a simple and efficient method. In the case where a transparent conductive pattern is formed on a transparent substrate, the pattern region does not include conductive regions covered with uniform transparent conductive films or a high-resistance region that is not covered with the transparent conductive film, the high-resistance region electrically insulating the conductive regions. Instead of the conductive regions or the high-resistance region, the inventors use a region having a structure including a mixture of a portion covered with the transparent conductive film and a portion not covered with the transparent conductive film, thereby solving the foregoing visual recognition issue.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a printed circuit board that can be housed at high density in the enclosures of electronic devices. The printed circuit board (40) according to a preferred embodiment of the invention has a construction with a substrate (1), a conductor (7) formed in a flexible region (36) and conductors (8,9) formed in non-flexible regions (46). The conductor (7) formed in the flexible region (36) has a total thickness of 1-30 ?m, and the conductors (8,9) formed in the non-flexible regions (46) have a total thickness of 30-150 ?m.

Abstract: A wired circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a first wire formed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer so as to cover the first wire, and a second wire placed opposite to the first wire in a thickness direction and formed in a smaller width than that of the first wire.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring layer made of copper, an electrode layer made of copper, and an insulating layer arranged adjacent to the electrode layer. The wiring layer is stacked on the electrode layer and the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the wiring layer are stacked with an adhesive layer interposed between the insulating layer and the wiring layer. The electrode layer and the wiring layer are stacked with a copper alloy layer formed adjacent to the adhesive layer and interposed between the electrode layer and the wiring layer.

Abstract: A printed circuit board having at least two spaced apart conductive planes. A plurality of vias extend between the two spaced apart conductive planes with the vias being electrically connected to a selected one of the two conductive planes in an alternating pattern. A differential electrical signal is connectable to the conductive planes so that the vias are alternately energized by the differential electrical signal when the differential electrical signal is connected to the conductive planes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal-integrated package method for a metal base package module that can effectively prevent short-circuit or breakage by not using wire bonding for connection with an external circuit.

Abstract: Implementations of encapsulated nanowires are disclosed.

Abstract: An interconnection component includes a substrate, and an active through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating through the substrate. Active metal connections are formed over the substrate and electrically connected to the active TSV. At least one of a dummy pad and a dummy solder bump are formed at surfaces of the interconnection component. The dummy pad is over the substrate and electrically connected to the active TSV and the active metal connections. The dummy solder bump is under the substrate and electrically connected to the active metal connections. The dummy pad and the dummy solder bump are open ended.