Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Nikon Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.

Nippon Steel Corporation

Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Jgc Corporation

Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Unisia Jecs Corporation

Osaka Gas Company Limited

Sony Corporation

Shimano Inc.

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Nsk Corporation

Yoshiyuki Watanabe

Shigeo Ishii

Kenji Ogata

Rikio Chijiiwa

Kazuhiro Fukunaga

Ryuji Uemori

Ryoji Ando

Hiroshi Kishi

Shogo Kurogi

Toru Takagi

Yasushi Hasegawa

Suguru Yoshida

Takashi Tomita

Atsushi Komai

Yutaka Doshida

Akihiko Hosaka

Yasuyuki Inomata

Osamu Saruwatari

Akihiko Kojima

Takashi Abe

Masahiko Fukuda

Takaya Masuda

Fumihisa Ito

Shutaro Kato

Satoshi Nakayama

Junichi Sato

Hiroshi Hamada

Hirofumi Honda

Toru Nakayama

Masaaki Orimoto

Yukihiro Konishi

Kozo Toda

Hirokazu Sugiyama

Atsushi Nagata

Tomohisa Ishida

Norikazu Sashida

Takashi Seo

Kiyoyuki Miyata

Hirokazu Fujie

Toshio Ishibashi

Mitsuyasu Moriya

Sinichi Kondou

Yasukazu Tokuhisa

Yoshihide Nagai

Masanori Takano

Nobufumi Takasu

Humihisa Itoh

Hajime Ishikawa

Masanori Koda

Masaki Mizoguchi

Nobuhiro Yamada

Yukio Shibata

Hiroaki Uenishi

Shuichi Oguro

Sachio Nakayama

Yoshifumi Ikeda

Masaru Wada

Tadayoshi Okada

Hisayoshi Matsui

Yohei Matsuoka

Mitsuya Tsujikawa

Daisuke Kaino

Tsutomu Kawasaki

Takeshi Oohara

Shinsuke Usui

Nobuhiko Mamada

Hidefumi Omori

Kita Hiroshi

Keita Matsuoka

Toru Matsuhara

Ichiro Kitahara

Shintaro Watanabe

Yasushi Mizutani

Tatsuyuki Ogawa

An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge; a holding unit that holds the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; a first transfer path that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit; and a second transfer path that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit via the holding unit.

Image sensor

An image sensor element includes: a first pixel having a first photoelectric conversion part, a first accumulation part which accumulates electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion part, and a first output part based on a voltage of the first accumulation part; a second pixel having a second photoelectric conversion part, a second accumulation part wherein electric charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion part, and a second output part which a second signal based on a voltage of the second accumulation part; an output line to which the first and the second output parts are connected and from which the first and second signals are output; and a control unit which is able to control the voltage of the first accumulation part to be a first voltage and ability to control the voltage of the second accumulation part to be a second voltage different from the first voltage.

Image sensor element and imaging device

An image sensor includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge; a first output unit that outputs a first signal based on the electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of second photoelectric conversion units that photoelectrically convert light to generate electric charges; a plurality of second output units that output second signals based on the electric charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion units; an output line to which the first output unit and the plurality of second output units are connected, and from which at least one of the first signal and the second signals is output; a first control line for controlling the output of the first signal from the first output unit; and second control lines for controlling the outputs of the second signals from the plurality of second output units.

Image sensor and image-capturing device having pixels for focus detection and pixels for image generation

An image sensor includes a plurality of pixel blocks and a connection unit. The plurality of pixel blocks includes: a diffusion unit to which an electric charge resulting from photoelectric conversion is transferred; and a transistor containing a source electrically connected with the diffusion unit. The connection unit is electrically connected with a drain of the transistor included in each of the plurality of pixel blocks.

Solid-state image sensor and image-capturing device

Image sensor with pixels having multiple paths for transferring charge

Diaphragms () each include laminated layers including a piezoelectric layer. The diaphragms () are each warped to oscillate due to expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer or due to an oscillatory force from the outside. The diaphragms have mutually different resonance frequencies. A casing () has an internal space (C) for accommodating the diaphragms () and a fixing part (D) for fixing a portion of each of the diaphragms (). The casing () transmits oscillations between the diaphragms () and the outside via the fixing part (D).

Vibration device

A switch device includes a first rubber dome, a second rubber dome, and a slider disposed on the first rubber dome and the second rubber dome. The slider presses the upper surface of the first rubber dome, causing deformation of the first rubber dome when the slider is moved toward the first and second rubber domes, and presses the upper surface of the second rubber dome, causing deformation of the second rubber dome when the slider is further moved toward the first and second rubber domes in a state in which the first rubber dome is subjected to the deformation. A thick portion is formed on each side of the second rubber dome so as to increase the thickness on the each side of the second rubber dome. Each side of the second rubber dome is in a direction in which the first and second rubber domes are aligned.

Switch device

A switch device that includes a switch, a casing, side wall portions extending in a first direction from the casing, front and back wall portions extending in the first direction from the casing, a dust-proof portion extending from the back wall portion, and an operation knob including an upper surface portion swingable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a third direction opposite to the second direction and covers the dust-proof portion, and a back surface portion extending in a fourth direction opposite to the first direction from the back end of the upper surface portion and faces a part of the dust-proof portion, wherein the side wall portions, the front wall portion, and the back wall portion form a substantially rectangular shape, the side wall portions, the front wall portion, and the dust-proof portion form another substantially rectangular shape greater than the substantially rectangular shape.

A solid-state image sensor includes: a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge accumulating unit that accumulates an electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit; and a connection unit that includes a plurality of linking units each of which electrically connects the charge accumulating units of two adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels.

An oscillator () for warping to oscillate due to expansion and contraction of a piezoelectric layer, having a tabular shape and including a substrate and the piezoelectric layer layered on the substrate. A casing () has an internal space (C) accommodating the oscillator () and a fixing section (D) fixing the circumferential edge of the oscillator (). The casing () is conductive of oscillations transmitted from the oscillator () via the fixing section (D) to the outside. A signal input unit () receives an audio voltage signal input from a smartphone and applies the signal to the piezoelectric layer. The oscillator () has a main surface (A) having an entire width Wlonger than the entire width of the fixing section (D) in a direction orthogonal to a direction from the fixing section (D) to the center of the oscillator ().

Bone conduction device

A piezoelectric material contains ferroelectric particles and an adhesive resin. The ratio of the ferroelectric particles relative to the total mass of the ferroelectric particles and the adhesive resin is 40 mass % or greater and 98 mass % or less.

Piezoelectric sensor for bicycle component

Provided is a production facility for liquefied hydrogen and a liquefied natural gas from a natural gas, including: a first heat exchanger configured to cool a hydrogen gas through heat exchange between the hydrogen gas and a mixed refrigerant for liquefying a natural gas containing a plurality of kinds of refrigerants selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, propane, and nitrogen; a second heat exchanger configured to cool the mixed refrigerant through heat exchange between the mixed refrigerant and propane; and a third heat exchanger configured to cool the hydrogen gas through heat exchange between the hydrogen gas and a refrigerant containing hydrogen or helium, wherein the first heat exchanger has a precooling temperature of from &#x2212;100&#xb0; C. to &#x2212;160&#xb0; C.

Production equipment and production method of liquefied hydrogen and liquefied natural gas

An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light transmitted through a microlens to generate electric charge; an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, wherein: the photoelectric conversion unit, the transfer unit, and the accumulation unit are provided along a direction of an optical axis of the microlens.

Image sensor and image-capturing device

Solid state image sensor and image-capturing device

A piezoelectric driver () includes n piezoelectric layers (A toD) (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) that are stacked, with electrode layers (B toD) each interposed between any adjacent piezoelectric layers, and with electrode layers (A andE) further formed underneath the lowermost piezoelectric layer (A) and on top of the uppermost piezoelectric layer (D), and the piezoelectric driver () is bent and displaced in the direction in which the piezoelectric layers are stacked. A signal converter () converts an n-bit digital signal (IS) into n bits of a bit string data signal (BS) comprising of bit data indicating whether a drive voltage to be applied to each of the piezoelectric layers (A toD) via the electrode layers (A toB) is on or off. An output device () outputs, in accordance with values of the individual bits in the bit string data signal (BS) provided through conversion performed by the signal converter (), drive voltages to be applied to the individual piezoelectric layers (A toD).

Speaker system

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