1.-19. (canceled)
20. A PIN active pixel sensor array with self-aligned encapsulated rear electrodes comprising:
a patterned array of rectangular shaped conductive first electrode elements formed over a substrate and each of the first electrode elements including sidewalls;
each of the first electrode elements further comprising first and second doped semiconducting layers comprising a first doping polarity the first doped semiconducting layer covering the surface portion and the second doped semiconducting layer covering the sidewalls to encapsulate each of the first electrode elements on three sides;
an overlying photoactive charge generating semiconducting layer contacting the first and second semiconducting layers of each of the first electrode elements; and,
a third doped semiconducting layer forming a second electrode element comprising a second doping polarity opposite to the first doping polarity disposed over and contacting the photoactive charge generating semiconducting layer.
21. The PIN active pixel sensor array of claim 21, further comprising a photon transparent layer disposed over and in contact with the second electrode layer.
22. The PIN active pixel sensor array of claim 21, wherein the first and second semiconducting layers and the photoactive charge generating semiconducting layers are formed of an amorphous semiconducting material.
23. The PIN active pixel sensor array of claim 22, wherein the amorphous semiconductor material is selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon germanium, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, and silicon carbide.
24. The PIN active pixel sensor array of claim 21, wherein the first electrode elements further comprise one or more layers of metal.
25. The PIN active pixel sensor array of claim 21, wherein the first and second doping polarities comprise one of an N doping and P doping polarity.
26. A PIN sensor comprising:
a first electrode element comprising a conductive upper surface and sidewalls;
a first doped semiconductor on the upper surface;
a second doped semiconductor covering the sidewalls; and,
a photoactive charge generating semiconductor contacting the first and second doped semiconductors.
27. The PIN sensor of claim 26, further comprising a third doped semiconductor layer forming a second electrode on the photoactive charge generating semiconductor.
28. The PIN sensor of claim 27, wherein the third doped semiconductor layer has a charge carrier polarity opposite the first and second doped semiconductors.
29. PIN sensor of claim 27, further comprising a photon transparent electrically conductive layer on the third doped semiconductor layer to form a front electrode.
30. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first and second doped semiconductors have a first charge carrier polarity selected from the group consisting of P and N polarity.
31. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first and second doped semiconductors comprise an amorphous semiconducting material.
32. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the photoactive charge generating semiconductor comprises an intrinsic amorphous semiconducting material.
33. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first and second doped semiconductors comprise the same semiconducting material.
34. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the thickness of the second doped semiconductor has a thickness about equal to or less than the first doped semiconductor.
35. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first and second doped semiconductors are selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon germanium, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, and silicon carbide.
36. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first electrode element comprises a metal.
37. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first electrode element communicates with a CMOS transistor.
38. The PIN sensor of claim 26, wherein the first electrode element comprises a PIN active pixel sensor array.
39. A PIN active pixel sensor array with self-aligned encapsulated rear electrodes comprising:
a patterned array of conductive first electrode elements formed over a substrate, each of said first electrode elements comprising a surface portion and sidewall portions;
each of said first electrode elements further comprising first and second doped semiconducting layers, said first doped semiconducting layer covering the surface portion and said second doped semiconducting layer covering the sidewall portions;
a photoactive charge generating semiconducting layer over and contacting the first and second doped semiconducting layers; and,
a third doped semiconducting layer over and contacting the photoactive charge generating semiconducting layer to form a second electrode element.
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 method for providing information in an information management system that manages log information related to electric home appliances in association with each of a plurality of user IDs, the method comprising:
inputting, via a network, information indicating power usage corresponding to each of the plurality of user IDs;
generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID among the plurality of user IDs in a prescribed period and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID among the plurality of user IDs in a same period as the prescribed period;
generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of a first electric home appliance among electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID;
generating display data indicating that the differential value between i) the first cumulative power usage corresponding to the first user ID and ii) the second cumulative power usage corresponding to the second user ID in the prescribed period corresponds to the first conversion value that is generated by converting the differential value to a use time of the first electric home appliance; and
transmitting the display data to an information terminal device corresponding to the first user ID.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the display data is generated when the first cumulative value is larger than the second cumulative value.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the display data includes the first cumulative value and the second cumulative value.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
generating a first electricity bill value by converting the differential value to an electricity bill, wherein
the display data includes the first electricity bill value.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
generating a second electricity bill value by converting the first cumulative value to an electricity bill; and
generating a third electricity bill value by converting the second cumulative value to an electricity bill, wherein
the display data includes the second electricity bill value and the third electricity bill value.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein
a residence corresponding to the second user ID is located within a prescribed range from a residence corresponding to the first user ID.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein
a composition of residents in a residence corresponding to the second user ID is the same as a composition of residents in a residence corresponding to the first user ID.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein
a layout of a residence corresponding to the second user ID is the same as a layout of a residence corresponding to the first user ID.
9. The method according claim 1, wherein
the second user ID is associated with a plurality of second user IDs, and
the second cumulative value is obtained by averaging cumulative values of power usage of electric home appliances corresponding to the plurality of the second user IDs in the prescribed period.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes a first electric home appliance with highest power usage among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes a first electric home appliance with a longest use time among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period.
12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining a divided value by dividing the differential value using power consumption of the first electric home appliance, to use the obtained divided value as the first conversion value.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes one of an air conditioner, a television set, and a lighting fixture.
14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
generating, when the first conversion value exceeds a prescribed upper limit value, a second conversion value by converting a portion of the differential value to a use time of the first electric home appliance;
generating a third conversion value by converting the remaining portion of the differential value to a use time of a second electric home appliance among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID; and
generating the display data which indicates that the differential value corresponds to i) the second conversion value that is generated by converting a portion of the differential value to a use time of the first electric home appliance and to ii) the third conversion value that is generated by converting the remaining portion of the differential value to a use time of the second electric home appliance.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes a first electric home appliance with highest power usage among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period, and
the second electric home appliance includes a second electric home appliance with second highest power usage among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes a first electric home appliance with a longest use time among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period, and
the second electric home appliance includes a second electric home appliance with a second longest use time among the electric home appliances corresponding to the first user ID in the prescribed period.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes an air conditioner, a television set, or a lighting fixture, and
the second electric home appliance includes an air conditioner, a television set, or a lighting fixture.
18. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the prescribed period includes one month.
19. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the prescribed period includes one week.
20. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the first electric home appliance includes an electric home appliance installed in a prescribed room.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein
the prescribed room includes a living room.
22. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the log information related to the electric home appliance includes information indicating a use time of the electric home appliance.
23. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the log information related to the electric home appliance includes information indicating a use time slot of the electric home appliance on each day.
24. The method according to claim 1, wherein
the first electric home appliance does not include an electric home appliance of a type in which power-on state continues all day.
25. The method according to claim 24, wherein
the electric home appliance of the type in which power-on state continues all day includes a refrigerator.