1. A cholesteric liquid crystal composition containing at least one esterified product selected from the group consisting of:
(1) an esterified product of a hydrolysate of (A) a \u03b3-oryzanol and (B1) a carboxylic acid compound,
(2) an esterified product of a hydrogenated product of a hydrolysate of (A) a \u03b3-oryzanol and (B2) a carboxylic acid compound, and
(3) an esterified product of a hydrogenated product of (A) a \u03b3-oryzanol and (B3) a carboxylic acid compound, the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) being a mixture containing at least one ferulate ester of a vegetable sterol and at least one ferulate ester of a triterpene alcohol, and
the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) being a mixture containing at least one vegetable sterol and at least one triterpene alcohol.
2. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the carboxylic acid compound (B1) and the carboxylic acid compound (B2) are each independently a linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula (b1) or a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula (b2), and
the carboxylic acid compound (B3) is a linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms:
wherein R\u2032 and R\u2033 each independently represents linear alkyl or alkoxy having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
3. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) is a mixture that contains at least one compound represented by the formula (a1) and at least one compound represented by the formula (a2):
wherein R1 represents branched alkyl or alkenyl having from 9 to 10 carbon atoms, and R2 represents branched alkyl or alkenyl having from 8 or 9 carbon atoms.
4. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) is a mixture that contains at least one vegetable sterol selected from compounds represented by the formulae (a1-1) to (a1-4), and at least one triterpene alcohol selected from compounds represented by the formulae (a2-1) to (a2-4):
5. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains two or more esterified products selected from the group consisting of the esterified product (1), the esterified product (2) and the esterified product (3).
6. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains the esterified product (1), the esterified product (2) and the esterified product (3),
the esterified product (1) is an esterified product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms,
the esterified product (2) is an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the carboxylic acid compound represented by the formula (b1), and
the esterified product (3) is an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
7. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains the esterified product (1) and the esterified product (3),
the esterified product (1) contains an esterified product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the carboxylic acid compound represented by the formula (b1), and an esterified product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and
the esterified product (3) contains an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
8. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains the esterified product (2) and the esterified product (3),
the esterified product (2) contains an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the carboxylic acid compound represented by the formula (b1), and an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the hydrolysate of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and
the esterified product (3) contains an esterified product of the hydrogenated product of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
9. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one of the carboxylic acid compound (B1), the carboxylic acid compound (B2) and the carboxylic acid compound (B3) is the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having 18 carbon atoms.
10. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carboxylic acid compound (B1) is the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having 18 carbon atoms.
11. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carboxylic acid compound (B2) is the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having 18 carbon atoms.
12. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carboxylic acid compound (B3) is the linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having 18 carbon atoms.
13. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal composition further contains (4) an esterified product of the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) and (B4) a carboxylic acid compound, wherein the carboxylic acid compound (B4) is a linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
14. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal composition further contains (5) an esterified product of a vegetable sterol extracted from soybean and (B5) a carboxylic acid compound.
15. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 14, wherein the carboxylic acid compound (B5) is a linear or branched and saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula (b3) or a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula (b4):
wherein R\u2032 and R\u2033 each independently represents linear alkyl or alkoxy having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
16. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the \u03b3-oryzanol (A) contains the ferulate ester of a triterpene alcohol in an amount of 60% by weight or more.
17. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal composition further contains at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid ester, a hydrocarbon, a higher alcohol, a lower alcohol, a polyhydric alcohol, a silicone oil, a cyclic ether, a ketone, an amide, an amino acid and an organic amine.
18. A microcapsule comprising a core material containing the cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1, covered with a shell material.
19. Use of the cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1 as one selected from the group consisting of a liquid crystal pigment, a paint, a spray ink, a printing ink, cosmetics, an anticounterfeit printed matter and an ornament.
20. Cosmetics comprising the cholesteric liquid crystal composition as claimed in claim 1.
21. The cosmetics as claimed in claim 20, wherein the cosmetics further contain at least one selected from the group consisting of a body pigment, a colorant, an antioxidant, an antioxidation assistant, an ultraviolet ray absorbent, a sequestering agent, a surfactant, a storage stabilizer, an antiseptic, a diluent, a plasticizer, a moisturizing agent, a viscosity controlling agent, a feel improver, a thickener, a film-forming agent, an ester oil, a liquid oil or fat, a solid oil or fat, wax, a water-soluble polymer, a cyclic ether, a ketone, an amide, an amino acid, an organic amine, a polyhydric alcohol, a polysaccharide, a polymer emulsion, a pH controlling agent, a vitamin, a skin nutrient, a perfume, an extract and water.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A wireless power transmitter, comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit andor receive a message to andor from a wireless power receiver; and
a controller configured to control the transceiver to transmit a message for requesting identification information to the wireless power receiver, and determine whether the identification information is validly received from the wireless power receiver by the transceiver in response to the identification information request, and control the transceiver to transmit a message for requesting sleep mode switching to the wireless power receiver when the identification information is validly received by the transceiver.
2. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the transceiver to transmit a message for requesting identification information to the wireless power receiver again when the identification information is not validly received.
3. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the controller is changed to a power transmission state when a response to the identification information request is not received any more.
4. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the controller registers the identification information of the wireless power receiver.
5. The wireless power transmitter of claim 1, wherein the controller determines that the identification information is validly received when a first message for receiving identification information from the wireless power receiver is not collided with a second message for receiving identification information from another wireless power receiver.
6. A wireless power transmitter, comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit andor receive a message to andor from a wireless power receiver; and
a controller configured to control the transceiver to transmit a message for requesting identification information to the wireless power receiver, and receive a message containing identification information from a first wireless power receiver in response to the identification information request, and transmit a message for requesting status information to the first wireless power receiver,
wherein the message for requesting status information comprises the identification information of the first wireless power receiver.
7. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the controller controls the transceiver to receive a message containing status information from the first wireless power receiver in response to the identification information request from the wireless power receiver.
8. The wireless power transmitter of claim 7, wherein the controller comprises a controller configured to control the transceiver to receive a message containing identification information from a second wireless power receiver in response to the identification information request, and transmit a message for requesting status information to the second wireless power receiver, and
the message for requesting status information comprises the identification information of the second wireless power receiver.
9. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the controller controls the transceiver to receive a message containing status information from the second wireless power receiver in response to the identification information request from the wireless power receiver.
10. The wireless power transmitter of claim 8, wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are different from each other.
11. The wireless power transmitter of claim 7, wherein the message containing status information further comprises the identification information of the first wireless power transmitter.
12. The wireless power transmitter of claim 6, wherein the controller registers the identification information of the wireless power receiver.
13. A wireless power transmitter, comprising:
a transceiver configured for transmitting andor receiving a message to andor from a wireless power receiver; and
a controller configured to control the transceiver to transmit a message for requesting identification information to the wireless power receiver, and determine whether the identification information is validly received from the first and the second wireless power receiver by the transceiver in response to the request, wherein the identification information is received through a time slot selected by the first and the second wireless power receiver, respectively, among a plurality of time slots, and change the time slot assigned to at least one of the first and the second wireless power receiver when the identification information is not validly received from the first and second wireless power receiver.
14. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the controller transmits information on the changed time slot to at least one of the first and second wireless power receiver.
15. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the controller controls the transceiver to transmit a message for the identification information to the wireless power receiver again.
16. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the controller registers the identification information of the first and second wireless power receiver when the identification information is validly received from the first and second wireless power receiver.
17. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the message for requesting identification information comprises the number of the plurality of time slots.
18. The wireless power transmitter of claim 17, wherein the controller waits for a period of time corresponding to the number of the plurality of time slots subsequent to transmitting the message for requesting identification information.
19. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the controller is immediately changed to a power transmission state when identification information is validly received from the first and second wireless power receiver.
20. The wireless power transmitter of claim 13, wherein the controller changes a time slot assigned to at least one of the first and second wireless power receiver to a vacant time slot.