Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Kazuhiro Deguchi

Akio Miyata

Eiji Satoh

Yasushi Asaoka

Sayuri Fujiwara

Tomoko Teranishi

Tetsuya Ide

Yuka Utsumi

Toshiki Matsuoka

Takashi Yamashita

Yasuyuki Umenaka

Kiyoshi Minoura

Shinichi Nakano

Tomohisa Miyatani

Mitsuhiro Koden

Shigeaki Mizushima

Kazunori Tanimoto

Katsumi Kondoh

Tomoko Kase

Katsuhiro Mikumo

Takafumi Matsuda

The present invention aims to provide cooling equipment which can reduce power consumption. Cooling equipmentincludes a storage chamberthat stores storage goods; latent heat storage materialstodisposed inside the storage chamber; a compressorthat configures a refrigerating cycle for cooling the inside of the storage chamber; a temperature sensorthat detects a temperature of the latent heat storage materialsto; and a control unitthat controls the compressor, based on a state of the latent heat storage materialsto

Cooling equipment, temperature control system, air conditioning system, and hot water supply system for the same

An object is to provide a storage container including latent heat storage materials that provide a high cold insulation effect. A storage containerhas an electric cooling function and stores an object. The storage containerincludes at least one storage chamberthat stores the object; a first latent heat storage material A that is disposed in the storage chamberand has a predetermined phase change temperature; and a second latent heat storage material B that is disposed in the storage chamberand has a phase change temperature higher than the phase change temperature of the first latent heat storage material A.

Storage container

The present invention is to provide a latent heat storage member which is able to more reliably contribute to a daily peak shift of energy consumption, and a building material provided with the latent heat storage member. A latent heat storage memberwhich is formed by using a material including a latent heat storage material such as paraffin and a gelation agent and is used as a building material, includes an outer side surfacearranged on a solar light irradiation side facing the outside, and has a phase change temperature Twithin a temperature range between a lowest temperature Tsmin and a highest temperature Tsmax of the outer side surfacein the daytime.

Latent heat storage member and building material provided with same, microcapsules and thermal storage material using microcapsules

A display device capable of emitting sufficient fluorescence is provided without an increase in the thickness of the liquid crystal layer. The device includes: a fluorescent emission layer () having fluorescent pigment molecules that absorb light to emit fluorescence; and a liquid crystal layer () capable of switching between a transparent state and a scattering state. The fluorescent pigment molecules are dichroic fluorescent pigment molecules () with different emission intensities depending on the direction of emission. The dichroic fluorescent pigment molecules () in the fluorescent emission layer () are oriented so as to have transition dipole moments with the same direction.

Display device

A display device (A) includes a first substrate () and second substrate () that are placed so as to face each other; active color filter layers () which are placed between the first substrate () and the second substrate (), which have memory properties, and which become in a colored state or an uncolored state depending on the voltage applied thereto; and a light-modulating layer () for controlling the intensity or degree of scattering of light incident on the active color filter layers () or the intensity or degree of scattering of light passing through the active color filter layers ().

A display device (A) according to the present invention includes a first substrate (), a second substrate () facing the first substrate (), a first electrode () formed on the first substrate (), a second electrode () formed on the second substrate (), and an electrochromic layer () provided between the first electrode () and the second electrode () and containing an oxidation coloring-type dye and a reduction coloring-type dye.

Display device including electrochromic layer

A display device () includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (), a lower substrate (second substrate) (), and a conductive liquid () that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate () and the lower substrate (). In the display device (), an electrode member (f) for filling the conductive liquid () is provided in the display space (S) and configured so that a predetermined voltage can be applied thereto, and the conductive liquid () is filled in the display space (S) by applying the predetermined voltage to the electrode member (f).

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a black matrix provided on the first substrate, where a display region for displaying an image and a frame region around the display region are defined, and in the frame region, the black matrix includes a plurality of light-blocking regions spaced apart from one another.

Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same

A display device () includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (), a lower substrate (second substrate) (), and a conductive liquid () that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate () and the lower substrate () so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P) or a non-effective display region (P). The display device () includes a signal electrode (), a reference electrode (), and a scanning electrode (). An M voltage (intermediate voltage) between an H voltage (first voltage) and a L voltage (second voltage) and a voltage other than the M voltage are applied to the signal electrode () within a selected period (predetermined period) T during which one of the H voltage and the L voltage is applied to the reference electrode ().

Display device and electric apparatus using the same

A display device () includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (), a lower substrate (second substrate) (), and a conductive liquid () that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate () and the lower substrate () so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P) or a non-effective display region (P). In the display device (), a signal electrode (), a reference electrode (), and a scanning electrode () are configured so that voltages in a predetermined voltage range can be independently applied to the respective electrodes. The same voltages (third voltage and fourth voltage) are applied to the reference electrode () and the scanning electrode () that are provided on the lower substrate () so as to be located on the effective display region (P) side and the non-effective display region (P) side, respectively.

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Kazuhiro Deguchi