DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
FIG9 is a graph showing states of power generation by the dielectric elastomer power generation system of FIG6 
FIG9 is a graph showing the input mode, the intermediate mode and the output mode in the dielectric elastomer power generation system A2. From times T11 to T12, the input mode is executed at the input voltage Vi. Subsequently, the intermediate mode is executed from times T12 to T13. The output voltage Vo from the capacitors 311 to 315 in the intermediate mode is one quarter of the input voltage Vi. Subsequently, the output mode is executed from times T13 to T21. The output voltage Vo from the capacitors 315 to 318 in the output mode is a further one quarter of the output voltage Vo in the intermediate mode, and is 1/16 of the input voltage Vi in the input mode. Similarly, with such an embodiment, power generated by the power generation unit 1 can be more efficiently stored in the power storage unit 5. Also, in the present embodiment, by executing the intermediate mode between the input mode and the output mode, the output voltage Vo in the output mode can be reduced to 1/16 of the input voltage Vi in the input mode in the example shown in FIG9. This is due to the fact that the ratio of the input voltage Vi in the input mode and the output voltage Vo in the output mode will be a ratio obtained by the ratio of the input series number and the intermediate output series number being multiplied by the ratio of the intermediate input series number and the output series number.
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output path
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electrode layers
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capacitors
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intermediate path
['1. A dielectric elastomer power generation system comprising: a power generation unit including a dielectric elastomer power generation element having a dielectric elastomer layer and a pair of electrode layers that sandwich the dielectric elastomer layer; an intermediate power storage unit including a plurality of capacitors of a specific number and configured to receive input of output power from the power generation unit; a power storage unit configured to receive input of output power from the intermediate power storage unit; and a control unit configured to perform setting control by switching a mode between an input mode and an output mode, wherein in the input mode, some number of the plurality of capacitors of the intermediate power storage unit are connected to the power generation unit such that a series number is an input series number of less than or equal to the specific number, and in the output mode, some number of the plurality of capacitors are connected to the power storage unit such that the series number is an output series number which is smaller than the input series number.']