Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Tomoharu Mukasa

Hiroichi Ishikawa

Hiroshi Hayashi

Norikazu Nakayama

Kazuhito Shimoda

Masayasu Kakinuma

Hideya Chubachi

Shina Kuriki

Kazuhito Hori

Takuya Makino

Yoshiyuki Urakawa

Kanji Yokomizo

Masakazu Yajima

Noriaki Nishi

Junichi Horigome

Hiroyuki Ryoson

Akitoshi Isshiki

An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes an imaging unit having a plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode configured to reduce power consumption and a second operation mode that generates a captured image, and an operation mode setting section that selects one of the plurality of operation modes.

Imaging apparatus having a reduced power consumption mode and mode that generates a captured image

An electric power generation control system includes: a variation prediction section configured to predict future variation, based on a variation log including a plurality of variation patterns obtained from past physical quantities and a variation pattern obtained from a newly obtained physical quantity; a balance calculation section configured to calculate energy balance between a electric power generation amount and a discharge amount with use of variation prediction in the variation prediction section; and a switching timing calculation section configured to calculate a timing of switching between various modes relating to electric power generation and discharge with use of the energy balance calculated by the balance calculation section.

Electric power generation control system, electric power generation control program, and electronic apparatus

Provided is a recording apparatus including a light irradiation and receiving unit configured to irradiate recording light for performing mark recording to a recording layer and an adjacent servo light for an adjacent track servo onto an optical disc recording medium having the recording layer through a common objective lens, and to receive reflected light from the recording layer of the adjacent servo light, a tracking mechanism configured to drive the objective lens in a tracking direction which is the disc radial direction, a tracking servo signal generation unit configured to obtain a corrected servo error signal as a servo error signal based on a light receiving signal for the adjacent servo light, and to generate a tracking servo signal using the corrected servo error signal, and a tracking driving unit configured to drive the tracking mechanism based on the tracking servo signal.

Recording apparatus and recording method

Provided is a vibrating device which can generate efficient vibrations in a vibrating member and efficiently apply vibrations to a gas, a jet flow generating device in which the vibrating device has been implemented, and an electronic device in which the jet flow generating device has been implemented. A jet flow generating devicehas a vibrating deviceincluding a frame, and actuatormounted on the frame, and a vibrating membersupported on the frameby an elastic supporting member. The vibrating memberhas a side plateformed on the perimeter portion of a disc-shaped vibrating plate, for example. Vibration of the vibrating memberapplies vibrations to air within chambersand, whereby gas can alternatingly be blown from nozzlesand

Vibrating device, jet flow generating device, electronic device, and manufacturing method of vibrating device

An information processing device includes: a correction coefficient holding unit configured to hold a correction coefficient which is a ratio between the position of a control target at a start time of control operation, and a detection signal indicating the control result of the control target; an initial-value-compensation matrix holding unit configured to hold an initial-value-compensation matrix for performing compensation of the initial value of a control computing unit for computing control output for controlling the control target from the detection signal based on the position and speed of the control target; and an initial-value generating unit configured to correct the position and speed of the control target at a start time of control operation with the correction coefficient, and employ the position and speed of the control target after correction, and the initial-value-compensation matrix to generate an initial-value-compensation value for compensating the initial value of the control computing unit.

Information processing device and method, program, and recording/reproducing device

A gas ejector capable of effectively dissipating heat generated from a heater while inhibiting noise generation as little as possible, an electronic device equipped with the gas ejector, and a gas-ejecting method are offered. A gas ejector () according to the present invention includes a vibrator () and ejects gas in a form of a pulsating flow such that vibration of the vibrator allows sound waves respectively generated upon ejection of the gas ejected from nozzles () and () to deaden out each other. Also, a control section () optimizes the frequency of the vibrator (), hence, by increasing the gas ejection quantity as much as possible while inhibiting noise generation, heat of a heater is effectively dissipated.

Gas ejector, electronic device, and gas-ejecting method

A jet flow generating apparatus that suppresses noise as much as possible and effectively radiates the heat generated by a heat generating member, an electronic device that is equipped with the jet flow generating apparatus, and a jet flow generating method are provided. According to the present invention, a jet flow generating apparatus comprises a plurality of chambers each having an opening and each containing a coolant, a vibrating mechanism for vibrating the coolant contained in each of the plurality of chambers so as to discharge the coolant as a pulsating flow through the openings, and a control unit for controlling the vibration of the vibrating mechanism so that the sound waves generated by the coolant discharged from the plurality of chambers weaken each other.

Jet flow generating apparatus, electronic apparatus, and jet flow generating method

An airflow generating device includes a housing and a pressure changing mechanism. The housing has a first opening and a first chamber and contains gas. The first opening is where a first airflow is generated at a first flow velocity. The first chamber is connected to the first opening and is where a second airflow is generated. The second airflow has a second flow velocity which is a highest flow velocity in the first chamber and which is lower than the first flow velocity. A pressure changing mechanism discharges the gas through the first opening while generating the second airflow in the first chamber and the first airflow in the first opening by producing a pressure change in the gas in the housing.

Airflow generating device and electronic apparatus

A jet generating device includes a vibrating member which vibrates gas, a driving unit which drives the vibrating member, and a housing which has a first opening and a first chamber connected to the first opening and containing the gas. The housing supports the vibrating member, and is such that, of sounds generated as a result of vibrating the vibrating member, the sound having a maximum noise level has a predetermined frequency. In addition, the housing discharges the gas as pulsating gas through the first opening as a result of driving the vibrating member.

Jet generating device and electronic apparatus

There is provided a screen, which, with a simple configuration, is capable of effectively utilizing light projected thereon and realizing an even luminance distribution on the screen. This screen has a diffusion layer whose diffusion characteristic expressed as a luminance distribution with respect to a scattering angle of incident light incident at an angle of 0&#xb0; is varied such that the peak position of the luminance distribution is shifted towards a greater value of scattering angle in the direction of the central portion of the screen the greater the distance from the central portion of the screen is. The present invention also provides an optical film suitable for use in such a screen, and a manufacturing method therefor.

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Saitama, Japan

Tomoharu Mukasa