Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Junichi Onoue

Shinichi Yamamoto

Bunji Mizuno

Takahiro Yamada

Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

Kouichi Watanabe

Toru Fukumoto

Kimimichi Tokuda

The commodity recycling method of the present invention includes the steps of: selling or renting a commodity to a first user (step S); collecting the commodity from the first user (step S); estimating a remaining life of the commodity based on information indicating a usage history of the commodity recorded in a recording section provided in the commodity (step S); determining sale terms or lease terms based on the estimated remaining life of the commodity (step S); selling or renting the commodity to a second user in accordance with the sale terms or the lease terms (step S). The recording section records the information indicating the usage history of the commodity in a manner in which it is substantially impossible for a user of the commodity to alter the usage history information.

Television and lifetime estimating method of a television

A power supply system includes a plurality of electric products; a power generation apparatus capable of varying an amount of power generation; and a power control apparatus for controlling power supply from the power generation apparatus to the plurality of electric products. Each of the plurality of electric products is structured to be capable of outputting a first power request signal for requesting a desired amount of power. The power control apparatus receives the plurality of first power request signals respectively from the plurality of electric products, generates a second power request signal for requesting an amount of power which is determined in accordance with a total amount of power requested by the plurality of first power request signals, and outputs the second power request signal to the power generation apparatus. The power generation apparatus increases or decreases the amount of power generation so as to match the amount of power generation with a target amount of power generation which is determined in accordance with the second power request signal.

Power supply system

A photoelectric transducer provided with a first photoelectric converting section for generating an electric charge according to incident light, an accumulating section for accumulating the electric charge generated by the first photoelectric converting section, an amplifying section for amplifying the electric charge outputted from the accumulating section with a prescribed gain, and a storage section for memorizing signal charges amplified by the amplifying section, characterized in that the prescribed gain in the amplifying section is altered in 1 field/1 frame period on the basis of the number of electric charges accumulated in the accumulating section during a prescribed period before the application of the gain.

Photoelectric transducer and solid-state image pickup device

Apparatus for purifying exhaust gas from a diesel engine includes a wall-flow filter made of a porous ceramic material for capturing carbon components contained in the exhaust gas and burning up the captured carbon components, a first exhaust pipe for introducing the exhaust gas into the filter, a second exhaust pipe for introducing the exhaust gas purified by the filter a bypass pipe bypassing the filter, first and second valves arranged inside of the first and bypass pipes, respectively, for controlling the exhaust gas flow, a heater for burning up carbon components captured in the filter, first and second temperature sensors for detecting temperatures in the first pipe and the filter, respectively, and a controller for controlling opening and closing of the first and second valves based on the temperature difference between temperatures detected by first and second temperature sensors to prevent the filter from cracking.

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Nara, Japan

Junichi Onoue