Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100200200 | HEAT-TRANSPORT DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A heat-transport device, which is suitable for reduction in volume and thickness, includes a wick that generates capillary action to reflux working fluid and a line in which a liquid- or vapor-phase working fluid flows, wherein the surface of at least one of the wick and the line are subjected to coating treatment by ion implantation, thermal oxidation, or steam oxidation to prevent the generation of gas, particularly hydrogen. | 08-12-2010 |
20110132422 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION METHOD, ELECTRICAL SIGNAL DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNAL DETECTING METHOD - A thermoelectric generation method using a thermoelectric generator includes: placing a thermoelectric generator in a temperature-changing atmosphere; drawing to outside a current that is generated due to a temperature difference between first and second support members when the temperature of the second support member is higher than that of the first support member, and that flows from a second thermoelectric conversion member to a first thermoelectric conversion member, using first and second output sections as a positive terminal and a negative terminal, respectively; and drawing to outside a current that is generated due to a temperature difference between the first and second support members when the temperature of the first support member is higher than that of the second support member, and that flows from a fourth thermoelectric conversion member to a third thermoelectric conversion member, using third and fourth output sections as a positive terminal and a negative terminal, respectively. | 06-09-2011 |
20120112855 | CAPACITANCE ELEMENT AND RESONANCE CIRCUIT - To provide a capacitative device capable of accurately securing a capacitance value, a variable capacitative device capable of sufficiently securing a capacity variability rate, and a resonance circuit that uses the capacitative devices. A capacitative device according to the present invention includes a capacitative device body constituted of a dielectric layer and at least a pair of capacitative device electrodes that sandwich the dielectric layer and cause a desired electric field in the dielectric layer; and stress adjustment portions to adjust a stress caused in the dielectric layer of the capacitative device body. | 05-10-2012 |
20130124120 | IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an identification apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire power generation information from a power generation unit; and an identification unit configured to identify a behavior characteristic in accordance with the power generation information. | 05-16-2013 |
20140048113 | THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION METHOD, ELECTRICAL SIGNAL DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNAL DETECTING METHOD - A thermoelectric generation method using a thermoelectric generator includes: placing a thermoelectric generator in a temperature-changing atmosphere; drawing to outside a current that is generated due to a temperature difference between first and second support members when the temperature of the second support member is higher than that of the first support member, and that flows from a second thermoelectric conversion member to a first thermoelectric conversion member, using first and second output sections as a positive terminal and a negative terminal, respectively; and drawing to outside a current that is generated due to a temperature difference between the first and second support members when the temperature of the first support member is higher than that of the second support member, and that flows from a fourth thermoelectric conversion member to a third thermoelectric conversion member, using third and fourth output sections as a positive terminal and a negative terminal, respectively. | 02-20-2014 |
20140163708 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND PLAYBACK METHOD - Provided is a portable electronic device including a signal processing unit, a controller that supplies a control signal to the signal processing unit, and a power generation unit that generates an electrical signal as power and supplies the generated electrical signal to the signal processing unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140252884 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electric power generation control system includes: a variation prediction section configured to predict future variation, based on a variation log including a plurality of variation patterns obtained from past physical quantities and a variation pattern obtained from a newly obtained physical quantity; a balance calculation section configured to calculate energy balance between a electric power generation amount and a discharge amount with use of variation prediction in the variation prediction section; and a switching timing calculation section configured to calculate a timing of switching between various modes relating to electric power generation and discharge with use of the energy balance calculated by the balance calculation section. | 09-11-2014 |
20140340376 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a display unit, a power generation unit configured to have one or more power generation mechanisms and to generate electric power necessary for re-writing information displayed on the display unit, and a housing configured to have a substantial flat plate shape as a whole and to accommodate the display unit and the power generation unit. Generation of electric power by at least one power generation mechanism among the one or more power generation mechanisms is associated with an input operation performed by a user. | 11-20-2014 |