Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Atsushi Matsubara

Akio Tasaka

Tatsurou Kawamura

Makoto Ikeda

Masahiko Shioi

Masaru Minamiguchi

Norihiro Nabeshima

Yuusuke Shiono

Toshiya Yokogawa

Akihiko Ishibashi

Gaku Sugahara

Toshiyuki Maeda

Yasutoshi Kawaguchi

Tadashi Hirose

Tetsushi Tsuda

Kousuke Tsuboi

Shimei Tei

Takahiro Nakata

Yoshihiro Kitaura

Takashige Mori

Shigetomi Kouno

Yoshihiro Nishiura

Naoki Matsumura

Naoko Kuriyama

Seiichi Sakai

Hisanori Ohshima

Naveen Gunturu

Yuuki Fujioka

A setting facilitation apparatus () includes a keyword input reception section (), a control command selection section (), and a specific control registration section () and is used to facilitate setting of specific control in a control system () that controls a control device through sound inputs. The keyword input reception section () receives an input of information corresponding to a keyword. The control command selection section () displays a certain control command to the control device () on an edit screen (G) and receives selection of the control command. The specific control registration section () registers a keyword (K) input by the keyword input reception section () and the control command selected by the control command selection section () to a specific control (DBT) while associating the keyword and the control command with each other.

Device control system

An air conditioning system suppresses energy consumption by efficient shared use of air in a common space that is not subjected to air conditioning in an indoor area, among a plurality of air conditioners for the purpose of heat exchange. A plurality of air conditioners each include: a usage-side heat exchanger configured to carry out heat exchange with air in an air-conditioning target space; a heat source-side heat exchanger configured to carry out heat transfer to and from the usage-side heat exchanger; and a heat source-side fan configured to feed air from a common space to the heat source-side heat exchanger and to blow the air into the common space. The heat source-side heat exchangers of the air conditioners are disposed in the common space. A first ventilation fan whose airflow volume is changeable is disposed near an exhaust port through which air is discharged from the common space toward an outdoor area. A controller changes the airflow volume of the ventilation fan, based on information on an air temperature of the common space.

Air conditioning system

In an air conditioning system which conditions air in one air-conditioning-target space with a plurality of air conditioners each including a compressor, the energy consumption efficiency as a whole is improved. The air conditioners (to) each include a service-side heat exchanger exchanging heat between air of a room which is the air-conditioning-target space and a refrigerant, a heat-source-side heat exchanger exchanging heat between air of a common space and the refrigerant, and a compressor (to) compressing the refrigerant circulating through the service-side heat exchanger and the heat-source-side heat exchanger. When an air conditioning capacity falls within a predetermined range for at least two of the plurality of air conditioners (to), part of the air conditioners whose compressors are in operation has its compressor stopped.

In the air conditioner, determination is made whether or not a '3-Dimensional Swing' or a 'Left/Right Swing' relating to movement of a left/right flap is set (step S). When it is determined that the &#x201c;3-Dimensional Swing&#x201d; or &#x201c;Left/Right Swing&#x201d; is set (step S: Yes), a determination is made whether or not the swing range of the left/right flap is set to a part of the movable range (step S). When it is determined in step Sthat the swing range of the left/right flap is set (step S: Yes), the left/right flap is once returned to the reference position (step S), and then reciprocation of the left/right flap within the swing range is started (step S).

Air conditioner

A biogenic substance concentration measuring apparatus includes an optical measuring apparatus for measuring optical properties of a first substrate and a second substrate by using a cell for biogenic substance concentration measurement that includes: the first substrate on which a plurality of first metallic nanorods, each of which is modified with a substance that bonds specifically to a test substance, are immobilized such that the long axes thereof are aligned in the same direction; and the second substrate on which a plurality of second metallic nanorods, each of which is modified with a blocking substance, are immobilized such that the long axes thereof are aligned perpendicularly to the long axes of the first metallic nanorods on the first substrate, and calculates a biogenic substance concentration with high accuracy from the optical properties.

Method for measuring concentration of antigen contained in test solution

An air conditioner has an automatic operation mode or other regular mode, and a rest operation mode. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit, an outdoor air-conditioning unit, an air supply/humidification unit, and a humidity control unit. The indoor unit, the outdoor air-conditioning unit, and the air supply/humidification unit humidify or dehumidify air and supply the air into a room. The humidity control unit controls the devices in the indoor unit, the outdoor air-conditioning unit, and the air supply/humidification unit during the regular mode so that the indoor humidity reaches a first target humidity. The humidity control unit also controls the devices in the indoor unit, the outdoor air-conditioning unit, and the air supply/humidification unit during the rest operation mode so that the indoor humidity reaches a second target humidity, which is lower than the first target humidity.

Air conditioner and indoor humidity control method

The present invention provides an apparatus for biogenic substance concentration measurement including: a cell including therein a first region, a second region, and a test solution retention space; a light source; a polarizing plate; and a photoreceiver, in which a plurality of first metallic nanorods each having a first antibody on a surface thereof are immobilized on the first region, a plurality of second metallic nanorods each having a second antibody on a surface thereof are immobilized on the second region, the respective long axes of the plurality of first metallic nanorods are aligned in the same direction, the respective long axes of the plurality of second metallic nanorods are aligned in the same direction, the long-axis direction of the first metallic nanorod is orthogonal to the long-axis direction of the second metallic nanorod, and at least one of the polarizing plate and the cell is capable of rotation with an optical axis as the rotation axis.

Method and apparatus for biogenic substance concentration measurement

An air conditioner is provided that can reduce the occurrence of situations in which the comfort level of an occupant of a room is degraded. The air conditioner is capable of running in cooling mode and/or dehumidifying mode and is provided with an air delivery unit, a flap, and a control unit. The air delivery unit delivers conditioned air into the room. The flap determines the discharge direction of the air delivered from the air delivery unit. The control unit executes a first control that changes the swing speed of the flap in accordance with the room temperature.

Air conditioner and method of controlling air conditioner

A nitride semiconductor device comprising a substrate () having trenches () each formed of a cavity and peaks () formed from a group III nitride on the surface thereof; a nitride semiconductor layer () formed on the substrate (); and a nitride semiconductor multilayered structure that is formed on the nitride semiconductor layer () and has an active layer, wherein the lattice constant of the substrate () is different from that of the group III nitride substance (), the substrate () has a mask () formed from a dielectric (), the mask () is formed only on the side surfaces of the peaks (), the upper surfaces of the peaks () are exposed and the substrate () is exposed in the trenches (), a height Lof the mask () is not less than 50 nm and not more than 5000 nm, a width Lof the trench () is not less than 5000 nm and not more than 50000 nm, and an aspect ratio L/Lof the trenches () is not less than 0.001 and not more than 1.0. This structure enhances the reliability of the nitride semiconductor devices.

Nitride semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof, and method for forming nitride semiconductor substrate

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Atsushi Matsubara