Nissha Co., Ltd.

Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.

Jx Nippon Oil Energy Corporation

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Teijin Chemicals Limited

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Institute of Microelectronics

Oki Techno Centre Pte Ltd.

Other

Sony Corporation

Teijin Limited

Junichi Shibata

Ryomei Omote

Yuji Watazu

Keisuke Ozaki

Eiji Kakutani

Chuzo Taniguchi

Shuzo Okumura

Tadaaki Motoyama

Tatsushi Sato

Kai Tuan Yan

Jun Sasaki

Takao Hashimoto

Yoshihiro Sakata

Shoichi Maekawa

Yoshiro Fujii

Rajinder Singh

Yoshiko Suetomi

Naoto Imae

Hideaki Nitta

Kazuhiko Endou

Takahiro Suzuki

Takashi Hashimoto

Akihiro Goto

Takeshi Yamasaki

Makoto Nishimura

Takashi Yuzawa

Koichi Yoshida

Yoshihiro Kai

Tomomi Yukumoto

Yoshikazu Ukai

Takeshi Nishimura

Eiji Kawashima

Yuichiro Takai

Yuko Endo

Takashi Kanagawa

Yoichi Otomo

Satoshi Suda

Susumu Honma

Katsumi Tokuno

Arimichi Fukuda

Shohei Morimoto

Toshifumi Kurosaki

Toshio Nakashima

Masahiro Murakami

Atsushi Sasaki

Shuichi Taya

Shinichi Hagihara

Masahiro Hosoi

Kazuo Yahata

Inyeol Moon

Masanori Ibi

Norio Sembongi

Yukio Matsuzaki

Juichi Murata

Ryoma Tanimoto

To provide a sensor-equipped hood capable of detecting force applied to the hood without narrowing an operating field viewed through the hood. A sensor-equipped hood protrudes from a tip end portion of an endoscope main body, and is attached to the tip end portion. The sensor-equipped hood includes a transparent tubular hood main body and a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor fixed to a first fixing point of the hood main body and having a Bragg grating. In the FBG sensor, the wavelength of reflected light at the Bragg grating changes based on fluctuation of the first fixing point in the hood main body.

Sensor-equipped hood and endoscope

A molded article or an electrical product facilitates layout of a wiring line from an electrical circuit of a circuit film integrally molded with a molded body to a connection terminal. The molded article includes a circuit film and a molded body. The circuit film includes an insulating film and an electrical circuit. The molded body is integrally molded with the circuit film. The circuit film includes a flexible wiring portion. The molded body has a through-hole that penetrates from a first main surface to a second main surface. In the flexible wiring portion, a connection terminal is arranged at a position of passing through the through-hole and beyond the second main surface.

Molded article, electrical product and method for producing molded article

An endoscopic hood and an endoscope to which the endoscopic hood is attached improve visibility for the user. The endoscopic hood includes a body formed of a transparent cylinder having two open ends and a conductive film embedded integrally in the body. The conductive film includes a transparent film and a transparent electrode pattern on the transparent film. The transparent electrode pattern includes a transparent electrode, a transparent wire portion extending from the transparent electrode, and a transparent terminal at an end of the transparent wire portion. The transparent terminal is exposed from the body. The endoscope includes an insertion portion insertable into a body of a subject, the endoscopic hood attached to a distal end of the insertion portion, and at least one wire having one end electrically connected to the transparent terminal and another end electrically connected to an external device.

Endoscopic hood and endoscope

An illumination display panel that forms part of a housing and has a display portion for illuminated display comprises a resin panel having a first molded portion made of an opaque resin at a portion excluding the display portion, and a second molded portion disposed on the back surface side of the first molded portion and made of a light-transmitting resin having a protrusion where the first molded portion is not present. The protrusion is fitted to the first molded portion. A light source mounting substrate is disposed on the back surface side of the resin panel. At least a light source of the light source mounting substrate is sealed by the second molded portion. An integrally molded product of the light source mounting substrate and the second molded portion is filled and solidified at a low pressure while compressing a cavity of a molding mold.

Illumination display panel and method of manufacturing the same

A wire electrical discharge machine to cut a workpiece by generating an electrical discharge in a dielectric working fluid between wire electrodes arranged in parallel and the workpiece includes: a work tank that stores the dielectric working fluid; a Z-axis stage that is disposed in a lower portion of the work tank and moves the workpiece in a Z-axis direction that is a vertical direction; a pillar that extends upward from the Z-axis stage and has an upper end portion located above the highest level of a fluid level of the dielectric working fluid in the work tank; an adjuster that is installed downward from a portion of the pillar located above the highest level of the fluid level, is disposed above the highest level of the fluid level, and adjusts the position or posture of the workpiece in a direction other than the vertical direction.

Wire electrical discharge machine

Problem: To achieve a pressure sensitive sensor capable of suppressing a drop in the accuracy of detecting a pressing force even in cases where the ambient temperature changes. Resolution means: A pressure sensitive sensor () includes: an elastically deformable covering member (A) covering a front surface side; a variable resistance electrode (A), electrical resistance thereof changing in response to a change in posture; a pyroelectric material layer () disposed covering the variable resistance electrode (A); and a pair of charge detection electrodes () disposed on both sides of the pyroelectric material layer () in a layering direction (L).

Pressure sensitive sensor and touch panel

A resistive film type touch panel includes a transparent insulating film, a plurality of upper electrodes, and a plurality of routing wires. The plurality of upper electrodes are formed on the lower surface of the transparent insulating film and are arranged in a direction, and includes a group of the electrodes electrically connected with each other. The electrical combinations of the detection electrodes adjacent with each other in the direction of a planned simultaneous detection number are different from one another. The plurality of routing wires extend from the plural upper electrodes, and are formed in a frame area outside of the plurality of upper electrodes on the lower surface. Thus, the number of the electrodes is increased in order to improve the resolution, while also miniaturizing the touch panel.

Resistive film type touch panel having electrode grouping and routing wires arranged to miniaturize the touch panel, and a method of detecting a pressing position on the touch panel

An antenna-equipped touch panel is one that is laminated on a display device in order to be used. The antenna-equipped touch panel includes an antenna pattern including an antenna element and a first wire of an antenna, the first wire being electrically connected to the antenna element; and a detection pattern including electrodes and second wires of the touch panel, the second wires being electrically connected to the electrodes. In plan perspective view, a shortest distance between the antenna pattern and the detection pattern is greater than or equal to 1.0 mm and less than or equal to 20.0 mm.

Antenna-equipped touch panel having an opening between antenna pattern and detection pattern

In a pressure detecting apparatus, a pressure sensor includes a piezoelectric sheet that generates a piezoelectric signal according to a load that is applied. A touch detecting unit detects contact with the pressure sensor. An acquirer acquires a piezoelectric output based on the piezoelectric signal. A rate-of-change calculator calculates a rate of change with respect to time of the piezoelectric output acquired within an arbitrary time range before a touch detection time when the touch detecting unit detects contact with the pressure sensor. An applied pressure calculator calculates applied pressure by correcting the piezoelectric output acquired after an end time of the time range used in the calculation of the rate of change using the rate of change. The apparatus enables precise measurement of applied pressure in a pressure sensor.

Pressure detecting apparatus, method of controlling the pressure detecting apparatus, and program

A piezoelectric sensor in which position detection and load detection can be achieved. The piezoelectric sensor includes a piezoelectric layer interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. In the piezoelectric sensor, at least one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode includes a plurality of electrodes patterns.

Piezoelectric sensor and pressure detection apparatus

A multi-layer film having excellent surface hardness and transparency, a small heat shrinkage factor and such high brittleness that it is easily trimmed after decorative molding. The multi-layer film comprises a layer (layer A) which contains a polycarbonate resin having a viscosity average molecular weight of 13,000 or more to less than 20,000 and layers (layer B-1 and layer B-2) which contain an acrylic resin and are formed on both sides of the layer A, respectively, wherein the total thickness of the multi-layer film is 50 to 200 &#x3bc;m, and the thickness of the layer A accounts for 5 to 30 $ of the total thickness.

Multi-layer film, decorative molding film and molded body

An input device of the present invention is configured in the following manner: an input part includes electrode parts, which are contactable arranged with facing each other and one of which is to be an operation object, and a pressure-sensitive layer disposed between the electrode parts facing each other; a charge/discharge waveform forming part includes a charge/discharge circuit having a constant current source, a switching element, a capacitor and a resistor, and forms a charge/discharge waveform with a capacitance detection part and a resistance detection part connected; a charge/discharge waveform calculating part detects the change of a capacitance and of a pressure in the input part based on the charge/discharge waveform formed by the charge/discharge waveform forming part, and calculates an operation state, an operation position and an operation pressure.

Input device using detection of both capacitance and pressure, and capacitance-system hybrid touch panel equipped with pressure-sensitive function

[Object] To provide a pressure detector capable of accurately detecting a pressing force. [Solution] A pressure detector according to the present invention includes a first piezoelectric sheet, a second piezoelectric sheetlocated so as to be close to or in contact with the first piezoelectric sheet, and a detection electrodethat sandwiches the first piezoelectric sheetand the second piezoelectric sheet. The first piezoelectric sheetand the second piezoelectric sheetare composed of materials having identical characteristics and have a thickness of 5 &#x3bc;m to 50 &#x3bc;m. Potential differences respectively generated between surfaces on a support substrateside and surfaces opposite to the support substrateof the first piezoelectric sheetand the second piezoelectric sheetwhen the first piezoelectric sheetand the second piezoelectric sheetare pulled in an in-plane direction have a relationship expressed by expression 1: V/V&#x3c;0. In expression 1, Vand Vrepresent potential differences respectively generated between the surfaces on the support substrateside and the surfaces opposite to the support substrateof the first piezoelectric sheetand the second piezoelectric sheet

Pressure detector and touch panel provided with pressure detector

A touch panel equipped with both a capacitive sensor and a piezoelectric sensor, wherein the touch panel solves the problems of increased panel thickness, changes in the optical properties, and increased manufacturing costs. This touch panel is provided with force measurement using a piezoelectric body and capacitive point detection. The force measurement uses a pair of electrodes arranged with the piezoelectric body sandwiched therebetween. The point detection uses one electrode and another electrode. At least one top electrode is disposed on the side of the top surface of the piezoelectric body, and at least one bottom electrode is disposed on the side of the bottom surface of the piezoelectric body. One electrode among the pair of electrodes used in force measurement is a bottom electrode, and at least one electrode among the two electrodes used in point detection is a top electrode.

Touch panel with pressing-force measuring performance

A piezoelectric sensor that can perform position detection and load detection. The touch panel having press detection function can detect the pressing load inputted to the pressing surface. An upper electrode, an upper insert member, an intermediate electrode, a lower insert member, and a lower electrode are arranged away from the pressing surface in this order. Among the upper electrode, the intermediate electrode, and the lower electrode, capacitance detection electrodes Cx, Cy for detecting the pressing position, and detection electrodes S for measuring the electric charge according to the pressure when the operation is inputted to the touch panelhaving press detection function are included. One of the upper insert member and the lower insert member is composed of an insulating body, and the other is composed of a piezoelectric body.

Touch panel having press detection function

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