Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisah

Hideo Okada

Tohru Okuda

Masayuki Nishikawa

Takamitsu Tadera

Hiroaki Takeuchi

Tatsushi Yamamoto

Tetsuo Iwaki

Masaji Tsuji

Akihito Yoshimoto

Rui Mikami

Yoshiya Abiko

Shigeaki Kakiwaki

Chiaki Yamawaki

Shigemi Asai

Yoshinori Kinai

Masafumi Satomura

Mamoru Nakatsuka

Takashi Koyama

Kohjiroh Morii

Osamu Okada

Sigeaki Kakiwaki

Atsuo Yamano

Takao Imanaka

Yuuji Yokosawa

A method of fabricating a solar cell with a connecting sheet includes a fixing step of bonding at least a portion of a peripheral region of a back electrode type solar cell () to a connecting sheet (). A method of fabricating a solar cell module includes the step of sealing the solar cell with a connecting sheet obtained by the method on a transparent substrate () by a sealing material (). A solar cell with a connecting sheet has a first adhesive arranged between a back electrode type solar cell () and a connecting sheet (), and a second adhesive arranged at at least a portion of a peripheral region of the back electrode type solar cell () to bond a back electrode type solar cell () with a connecting sheet (). A solar cell module has the solar cell with a connecting sheet sealed on a transparent substrate () by a sealing material ().

Solar cell with connecting sheet, solar cell module, and fabrication method of solar cell with connecting sheet

When a solution sprayed by a spray nozzle portion reaches one surface portion of a substrate, a thin film forming material contained the solution decomposes thermally because the substrate is heated to a prescribed temperature, and a thin film is formed on the one surface portion of the substrate. An imaging section obtains a prescribed information on the thickness of a thin film to be formed on one surface portion of the substrate, and a main control section controls a valve section based on the prescribed information from the imaging section. Since, based on the prescribed information on the thickness of a thin film to be formed on one surface portion of the substrate, the main control section allows the spraying nozzle portion to spray the solution therefrom, a thin film of the desired thickness can be formed with high accuracy.

Thin film forming apparatus

A reusable digital camera includes a memory storing a picked-up image, and a phototransistor provided in the camera to detect disassembly of the camera. When the user disassembles the digital camera in an unauthorized manner, the phototransistor detects outer light, and the picked-up image stored in the memory is erased. Thus, a digital camera is provided that prevents unauthorized disassembly or unauthorized access.

Reusable digital camera that prevents unauthorized use

The video camera has an opening for removal of a cassette tape. The video camera includes a cassette detecting portiondetecting ejection of the cassette tape from the opening, and a cassette insertion preventing mechanismpreventing re-insertion of the cassette tape when the cassette detecting portiondetects ejection of the cassette tape. As such, a video camera for a recycling system can be provided where a recording medium or the like with a recorded content is easily and rapidly available to a user and a dedicated reproducing device is not required.

Video camera

A device for easily calculating a value remaining in an electrical apparatus and decreasing with use includes a sensor for detecting a state of use of the electrical apparatus, and issuing an electrical signal corresponding to the detected state, a determining portion for determining a history of use of the electrical apparatus based on the electrical signal sent from the sensor, a communication portion for receiving a standard residual value of a member of the electrical apparatus, a storing portion connected to the communication portion for storing the received residual value, a calculating portion connected to the history determining portion and the storing portion for calculating the value remaining in the electrical apparatus based on the detected history and the stored residual value, and a monitor connected to the calculating portion for displaying the residual value calculated by the calculating portion.

Device and method of calculating a residual value of an apparatus based on a history of use of the apparatus as well as an electrical apparatus including the device

A washing machine that facilitates and simplifies the breaking up of the washing machine to recycle or re-use the components thereof and the method of breaking up the washing machine. A plurality of upper receptors are provided in the upper inside of the housing. A plurality of lower receptors are provided in the lower outside of the washing-tub assembly. The upper and lower receptors are linked by rolls to constitute a suspension mechanism. Each rod has an upper support and a lower support at the upper and lower ends, both supports are larger than the rod in diameter. With the upper supports engaged with the upper receptors and the lower supports with the lower receptors, the washing-tub assembly is suspended within the housing. A recess is formed on the top of upper receptor. The bottom of the recess is provided with a hole and a slit that is a path to the hole. The diameter of the hole and the width of the slit are set in such a way that the rod is allowed to pass but the upper support is not allowed to. A retainer is provided at the slit. This retainer can selectively take either one of two positions&mdash;the first position in which it retains said rod in said hole, and the second position in which it allows the rod to get into or get out of said hole through said slit. By shifting the retainer from the first position to the second position, the rod can be removed from the first receptor without raising the washing-tub assembly.

Washing machine and method of breaking up same

An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging element having a matrix of pixels thereon, an optical series for entering a subject image into the solid-state imaging element, and an image shifting mechanism for relatively shifting the subject image in 2-D with respect to the solid-state imaging element. A control circuit is further included for controlling an operation of the image shifting mechanism. Still further, an image synthesizing circuit is included for synthesizing a plurality of images shifted by the image shifting mechanism, along with a moving amount detecting unit for detecting a moving amount of the subject image on the solid-state imaging element. Finally, the imaging apparatus includes a shift amount generating unit for generating an image shift amount for the subject image first, and thence a correction image shift amount based on the image shift amount and moving amount, based on which the image shifting mechanism shifts the subject image. The above arrangement makes it possible to correct a movement of the subject image formed by the imaging apparatus, thereby realizing a high-resolution image.

Imaging apparatus

An image inputting apparatus which allows inputting of an image with a first resolution and another image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution which is provided by increasing the first resolution by image-shifting means, and which is designed to perform moire removal with minimal power consumption in such a manner that moire-removing means is activated to remove the moire when moire-detecting means judges that a moire is present, whereas the moire-removing means is deactivated when it is judged that no moire is present.

Imaging apparatus and method having enhanced moire reduction

The Invention is an image input apparatus equipped with means of image shifting which is capable of inputting images of different resolutions, and enables the transmission band of the spatial filter to be switched in accordance with resolution in order to prevent moire. When a flat transparent refraction plate 22 is inclined relative to the optical axis 10 by which light from the object is introduced, the position where the image is formed on the imaging surface of the CCD 14 is shifted, thus making image shifting possible. High resolution images are obtained by shifting the image a distance shorter than the distance between the photosensitive parts of the CCD 14, and then combining the images. The transmission band of the spatial filter 12 for preventing moire can be switched by changing the relative angles of the double refraction plates 20, 21. The transmission band of the spatial filter 12 is switched to the high frequency side when inputting high resolution images by means of the image shift mechanism 13, thus obtaining images of good resolution.

Image input apparatus having a spatial filter controller

The disclose is intended to miniaturize the actuator of an image shifting mechanism, to operate the actuator at high speed, and to reduce the effect of image shifting on image resolution. In an image shifting mechanism, a pair of bimorph type piezoelectric elements are disposed on both sides of a refraction plate. The bimorph type piezoelectric elements have a cantilever structure. The base end sides of the bimorph type piezoelectric elements are bonded and secured to a stage, and the free end sides are sandwiched between an upper holding plate and a lower holding plate so as to support one end of the refraction plate. When the bimorph type piezoelectric elements are displaced, the refraction plate can be inclined around its rotation center O. In the case of this structure, the specifications of the refraction plate and the bimorph type piezoelectric elements are determined so that the relationship between the moment of inertia Ic around the rotation center of the moving portions of the image shifting mechanism and the moment of inertia Ig around the center of gravity of the image shifting mechanism is Ic/Ig.ltoreq.1.6.

Image shifting mechanism and imaging device

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus compares speed information obtained by speed detecting means for a magnetic tape with a set travelling speed of the magnetic tape in a control circuit, and controls the rotational frequency of a driving motor for a take-up reel, thereby controlling constant-speed travelling of the magnetic tape, with employment of no capstan. According to this system, the overall apparatus can be simplified and miniaturized with reduction in weight and cost. Further, it is possible to improve constant-speed travelling performance of the magnetic tape by adjusting resonance and antiresonance appearing due to total equivalent inertia moment related to the magnetic tape and reels in the transfer characteristic of the control system.

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

A refracting plate is installed in the center of an actuator provided with a gimbaling mechanism element, which includes rotation supporting portions. A pair of voice coil motors are provided for each of the X- and the Y-axis in order to incline the refracting plate about the respective rotation supporting portions, and their own bobbins press the middle parts of the respective sides of the gimbaling mechanism element.

Imaging apparatus having improved resolution due to control of an

The present invention has been achieved to provide a novel tape cassette capable of stable and excellent magnetic recording and reproducing operations realizes highly accurate head touch necessary for tendency to Hi-Fi and digitization with a simple structure that does not require relatively high shape accuracy. In order to achieve the above object, a novel tape cassette for use in magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus of fixed head type, comprises: magnetic tape 2, a pressure pad 3 and a pad base 13 having the pressure pad 3 fixed thereon, incorporated in a tape cassette 10, being characterized in that when a magnetic head 8 is inserted in the tape cassette 10, the pad base 3 is positioned relative to the magnetic head 8 by positioning pins 17a and 17b disposed in the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.

Tape cassette and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus used therefor

In order to obtain a desired output characteristic in magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, a proper range of magnetic tape wrap angles on a magnetic head are determined according to the following expressions, taking account of tension:

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Uda-gun, Japan

Hideo Okada