Omron Corporation

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Tatsuya Adachi

Tsutomu Aoyama

Mitsunori Sugiura

Hiroaki Ono

Naoyuki Sugeno

Hiroaki Takeya

Munenori Inden

Naotake Yoshida

Takahiro Ono

Hiroyuki Onitsuka

Eiji Kumagai

Takehiro Agata

Ryo Tanabe

Yasuhiro Tonomura

Tetsuo Inakawa

Ryota Isshiki

Tsuyoshi Toukairin

Ryosuke Kono

Yuji Funasaka

Rei Asai

Yasuhiro Watanabe

Koji Umetsu

Shuichi Takizawa

Bunya Sato

Hiroyuki Ibuki

Kohki Watanabe

Masashi Sato

Atsushi Chinen

Takamitsu Ishikawa

Hisato Asai

Noritsugu Yoshizawa

Aniket Khade

An operating unit according to one or more embodiments may include a base and switches on the base. The base according to one or more embodiments may include a first light emitter including at least one light guide plate finely processed with a pattern and having a light emitting surface facing a front surface of the operating unit, and a light emitting board on an end face of the at least one light guide plate in a thickness direction. The light emitting board applies light to the at least one light guide plate.

Operating unit and amusement machine

A power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines constituting a power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; a data collection relay configured to receive data related to measurement results from the plurality of measuring instruments; an imaging unit that is disposed near the data collection relay and configured to capture an image including the data collection relay; an abnormality detector configured to use the image captured by the imaging unit to detect an abnormality in the data collection relay; and a storage unit configured to store image data taken by the imaging unit. The image data consists of a single image previously captured by the imaging unit. The abnormality detector compares the latest image captured by the imaging unit and the image data stored by the storage unit and determines whether or not an appearance of the data collection relay changes. If it is determined that there is no change in the appearance of the data collection relay, the image data in the storage unit is updated with the latest image captured by the imaging unit.

Power distribution network monitoring system and power distribution network monitoring device

An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit having a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate; a light projecting unit having an LED configured to supply light to the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in a depth direction; and a detector having a detection region in front of the light guide plate unit in the depth direction and configured to detect the presence or absence of an object without contacting. The moving mechanism may move the light guide plate unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.

Illumination device and game machine

An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit comprising a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate arranged in a depth direction at a predetermined interval, and a light projecting unit arranged at a side of the light guide plate unit. The light projecting unit may comprise an LED in an amount of one piece among the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; and a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in the depth direction to cause a light incident surface of either one of the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate to be opposed to the light projecting unit.

Illumination device comprising a moving mechanism and a gaming machine comprising the same

A power distribution network monitoring system includes a CT sensor and a power management device. The CT sensor includes a measurement component and a transmitter. The measurement component is installed at a plurality of predetermined positions along a power line constituting the power distribution network, and measures current of the power line at each predetermined position. The transmitter wirelessly transmits, as transmission data, the power spectrums of the fundamental wave, third harmonic, and fifth harmonic, as well as the effective current values used to detect abnormalities in the power distribution network, the data being at least part of the data measured by the measurement components. The power management device includes a receiver and a management database. The receiver receives the transmission data. The management database stores the received data.

Power distribution network monitoring system for detecting abnormalities

A power distribution network monitoring system detects abnormalities that occur in a power distribution network using measuring instruments installed in the power distribution network. The power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines on an upstream side of the downmost-stream power demander, among the power lines constituting the power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; and an abnormality detector configured to determine whether or not data related to the measurement result measured by the measuring instrument has been received a predetermined number of times within a predetermined length of time, and detect the abnormality.

A battery module, a power storage device, a power storage system, an electronic appliance, an electric vehicle, and a power system that can detect the voltage of a plurality of battery cells more accurately are provided. The power storage device includes a connection terminal portion which is coupled with terminal planes of a plurality of battery cells constituting battery columns. The connection terminal portion includes a coupling portion including a first coupling portion configured to couple at least with a first battery column and a second coupling portion configured to couple at least with a second battery column adjacent to the first battery column, and an extension portion extended from an end of the coupling portion in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is provided at a predetermined position.

Battery pack, power storage device, power storage system, electronic appliance, electric vehicle, and power system

A harmonic detection system () comprises a measurement component (), a harmonic abnormality determination unit (), and a smartphone (). The measurement component () is installed at a specific position on a distribution line constituting a distribution network (), and measures data related to the current of the distribution line. The harmonic abnormality determination unit () uses some or all of the data related to current as detection data to detect abnormality related to harmonics. The smartphone () is owned by a user (G), and notifies the user that an abnormality has occurred in the distribution line when a harmonic is detected.

Harmonic detection system

The present invention is provided with: a first detector (A) which detects, as an application result, whether a user could implement, as instructed, teaching content according to a program selected from a training menu; a second detector (B) which detects, as a compatibility result, whether effects of the teaching content were exhibited; a recording part () which cumulatively records the application result and the compatibility result as an execution result together with program identifying information; and a calculation part () which, on the basis of one or more than one execution results recorded in the recording part, calculates for each program, as a compatibility ratio, the ratio of the number of execution results having positive compatibility results to the number of execution results having positive application results.

Teaching compatibility determining device, system, method and recording medium

An electric storage device is provided. The electric storage device includes a case, first and second terminals, a conduction state switch, an electronic component and a cover member including a connecting portion. The case has a first opening and a second opening on a first surface of the case and is configured to house a battery unit including a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion. The conduction state switch is provided between the first terminal portion of the battery unit and the first terminal of the case. The conduction state switch is in a conducting state when the connecting portion of the cover member is connected with the conduction state switch and the cover member is attached to the first surface of the case and covers the first opening, the second opening, the first terminal and the second terminal.

Electric storage device, electric storage device assembly, electric and electronic apparatus, electric moving means and electric power system, and method of assembling electric storage device assembly

There is provided a power storage system comprising a plurality of battery lines and a connection terminal unit. Each battery line comprises a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction. The connection terminal unit is electrically connected to terminal faces of each battery cell of a group of the battery cells, and the group of the battery cells is disposed in a second direction. At least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit. There are also provided a power storage system for a house, a power storage system for a vehicle, an electronic device and an electric vehicle including the power storage device. There is also provided a connection terminal unit for electrically connecting a plurality of battery cells, in which at least one cut out is formed in the connection terminal unit.

Power storage device, power storage system, electronic device, electric vehicle, and power system

A power storage module includes: a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells; a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conductive material arranged in a manner contacting the connecting terminal portion. The heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance. The heat conductive materials are distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.

Power storage module, power storage system, electronic apparatus, electric vehicle, and power system

A battery unit may include a main accommodation casing that includes a power output terminal, at least one sub-module that is accommodated in the main accommodation casing and a control unit that is accommodated in the main accommodation casing and controls at least one of charging and discharging of a unit battery, wherein in the sub-module, two or more battery blocks are accommodated inside a sub-accommodation casing so that the terminals of the battery blocks each including a plurality of unit batteries are not exposed and the battery blocks are connected to each other through an electric connection member.

Battery unit

A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a battery module comprising a plurality of battery units comprising a pair of terminals respectively; and a connector comprising insertion portions, wherein the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion portions and the plurality of terminals are electrically connected to each other.

Battery module

A power storage device includes an outer casing and two battery units housed in the outer casing. Each battery unit includes a battery casing formed with a top casing and a bottom casing. The battery casing houses a battery block group in which battery lines are arranged in parallel in a direction substantially perpendicular to the battery line extending direction, and are arranged in a stacked straw bag arrangement, wherein the two or more battery units are vertically housed in the outer casing and are stacked in two or more stages in a horizontal direction, the bottom surface portions facing in the horizontal direction.

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Fukushima, Japan

Tatsuya Adachi