Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Nec Corporation

Daido Chemical Corporation

Yuichi Yano

Yasuhiko Tanabe

Mitsuhiro Kawazu

Akio Takigawa

Akihito Kohiga

Masaatsu Kido

Hitoshi Shinike

Naoki Kinugasa

Masataka Matoba

Daisuke Shiraishi

A control device controlling the movement route of a transportation vehicle calculates a movement route to a target position of the transportation vehicle and, in a case where an obstacle exists on the calculated movement route, counts the number of detours indicating the magnitude of an influence of the obstacle on movement route calculation, and calculates the movement route again so as to avoid the obstacle.

Control method, control device, and recording medium

A power supply system includes: a plurality of power supply devices; a battery device; an abnormal state detection unit that detects a state of a first power supply device is an abnormal state; and a switching control unit that, when it is detected the state of the first power supply device is the abnormal state, switches a state from an electric power input forbidding state in which electric power is not inputted into a second power supply device to an electric power input permitting state in which electric power is inputted into the second power supply device, and switches the state from an electric power supply forbidding state of not supplying the electric power stored by the battery device to the external load to an electric power supply permitting state of supplying the electric power stored by the battery device to the external load.

Power supply system, power supply control method, power supply control device and program

In the production method of the present invention, an emulsion including a copolymer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of &#x2212;50 to 20&#xb0; C. is obtained by the emulsion polymerization of a monomer group including a monomer A that is a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (where the alkyl group is an open chain group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cyclic group with 5 to 20 carbon atoms) as the main monomer and a monomer B having a carbon-carbon double bond and a nonionic hydrophilic group such as a polyoxyalkylene group, an amide group, and a hydroxyl group. Liquid crystals are dispersed in this emulsion, which is applied onto a conductive film-coated substrate. Another conductive film-coated substrate is laminated thereto, and thus a liquid crystal light control device is obtained. A monomer C having a carboxyl group and/or an amino group and a carbon-carbon double bond may be used in combination with a crosslinking agent so that a crosslinked structure is introduced into the copolymer. The present invention provides a liquid crystal light control device in which the transparency with a voltage applied and the shielding property with no voltage applied are compatible at high level.

Liquid crystal light control device and method for producing the same comprising a step of emulsion polymerization of monomers of a liquid crystal resin composite

An address generator holds a cell list of cell data of a central cell containing a central particle and a predetermined number of surrounding cells located around the central cell in a system. The address generator designates particle data of a central particle and particles that are present around the central particle, from the cell data of the cell list, and successively updates the cell list according to predetermined rules until all the cells in the system will serve as a central cell. A memory controller reads particle data of particles that are used to calculate short-range forces that have been designated by the address generator, from a storage unit, and transfers the read particle data to a force calculator for calculating short-range forces between particles.

Apparatus for and method of calculating many-body problem

There is provided a light adjuster which is capable of improving handleability thereof and preventing the occurrence of operation failure. A light adjusteris comprised of a pair of PET filmsandthat sandwich a liquid crystal layertherebetween, transparent electrically conductive filmsandthat are provided on respective facing surfaces of the pair of PET filmsand, and an electrode structure provided at one end of the light adjuster. The electrode structure is comprised of a connecting base formed of a silver pastethat is applied to an exposed part of the transparent electrically conductive film, a copper tapethat is stuck on the upper surface of the silver paste, and a tabular connectormade of a metal that is pressed onto the copper tapeat one end thereof. A lead lineis secured to the other end of the connectorby solderto supply power from an external power source. The thickness of the electrode structure is not less than the value of the combined thickness of the liquid crystal layer, the transparent electrically conductive film, and the PET film

Laminated glass including a light adjuster with an electrode structure having particular thickness

There is provided a light adjuster and a laminated glass which are capable of reducing labor time while inhibiting formation of cadmium and preventing degradation of the liquid crystal layer. A light adjusteris comprised of a pair of PET filmsandthat sandwich a liquid crystal layertherebetween, transparent electrically conductive filmsandthat are provided on respective facing surfaces of the pair of PET filmsand, and an electrode structure provided at one end of the light adjuster. The electrode structure is comprised of a silver pastethat is applied to an exposed part of the transparent electrically conductive film, a metallic layerformed of a copper tape that is stuck on the upper surface of the silver paste, and a connectorformed of a copper tape that is connected to the metallic layer. Further, the connectoris stuck on a sleevethat accommodates a lead linethat supplies power from an external power source, not shown.

Light adjuster with electrically conductive tape stuck on electrically conductive cylindrical housing in which is accommodated part of wiring

A light adjuster according to which the wavelength dependence of the transmissivity when a voltage is not being applied can be reduced, and a laminated glass containing the light adjuster. The light adjusteris comprised of a single liquid crystal layer, a pair of transparent electrically conductive filmsandhaving the liquid crystal layertherebetween, and a pair of PET filmsandbonded respectively to outer surfaces of the pair of transparent electrically conductive films. The liquid crystal layeris comprised of a transparent polymer filmthat is made of a latex and has a large number of voids therein. Each of the voids is filled with nematic liquid crystalline rod-like molecules, thus forming a liquid crystal capsule. When the light adjusteris in a non-transparent state, the transmissivity exhibits no sudden increase over a wavelength region from 380 nm to 780 nm, the difference between the maximum transmissivity and the minimum transmissivity over this wavelength region being not more than 3%.

Light adjuster and laminated glass

A light adjuster which is free from occurrence of cloudiness, and can maintain sufficient workability to improve the yield. In the light adjuster, transparent electrically conductive filmsandare provided on respective surfaces of a pair of PET filmsand, a liquid crystal layer 101 is interposed between the transparent electrically conductive filmsand, and the force required for stripping the liquid crystal layerfrom the transparent electrically conductive filmsandis in a range of 15 to 50 g/cm.

Disclosed is a liquid crystal device comprising a pair of transparent substrates, transparent conductive films respectively disposed on the inner surfaces of the transparent substrates, and containment means containing a liquid crystal material in gaps interposed between the transparent conductive films, wherein an average refractive index (n.sub.a) of the liquid crystal material, a refractive index (n.sub.b) of the containment means, a total surface quantity (S) [.mu.m.sup.-1 ] of the gaps, and a distance (t) [.mu.m] between the transparent conductive films satisfy the following equation,

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Ichihara, Japan

Yuichi Yano