Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Masaki Hirota

Masao Funada

Takashi Ozawa

Takayuki Yamada

Junji Okada

Kazuaki Tabata

Masahiro Taguchi

Kenji Kawano

Kazuhiro Sakai

Tsutomu Hamada

Kenichi Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kojima

Seiichi Takagi

Shinobu Ozeki

Kazuya Hongo

Hiroshi Fujimagari

Hiroki Ishida

Teruyoshi Mihara

Yasushi Nakajima

Norio Fujiki

Tetsuo Ohta

Yoshimi Ohta

Takekazu Shiotani

Hiroshi Ikeda

Ryojiro Akashi

Daisuke Nakayama

Makoto Uchiyama

Fuminori Satou

Mutsuya Takahashi

Daisuke Nagao

Yoshihisa Yamazaki

Shinya Kyouzuka

A micro fluidic device comprises a micro channel in which a plurality of fluids form laminar flows and are supplied, wherein an inner wall of the micro channel comprise a protruding part that is substantially parallel to the flows of the fluids and protrudes in directions substantially vertical to interfaces formed by the plurality of fluids.

Micro fluidic device

A microchannel device is provided, the microchannel device containing a microfluidic channel including a sub fluidic channel in which at least one filtration diaphragm is provided, wherein the microfluidic channel has at least a supply port, a first discharge port and a second discharge port, the supply port and the first discharge port are connected through the filtration diaphragm, the supply port and the second discharge port are connected without the filtration diaphragm, and the filtration diaphragm is provided parallel to a fluidic channel direction of the microfluidic channel.

Microchannel device, separation apparatus, and separation method

A micro fluidic device is provided, the micro fluidic device including: at least one first introduction pipe into which first fluid is introduced; at least one second introduction pipe into which second fluid is introduced, the second introduction pipe being disposed adjacent to the first introduction pipe; a common channel connected to the first introduction pipe and the second introduction pipe, wherein in the common channel the first fluid and the second fluid are mixed; and a first group of rectification parts, the rectification parts of the first group being provided individually for the first introduction pipe or the second introduction pipe and generating a helical flow in the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein the helical flow in the first fluid and the helical flow in the second fluid have a same circumferential direction.

Micro fluidic device and fluid control method

A microchannel device includes; a microchannel that forms two or more different fluids as a multiphase flow, and a section shape of the multiphase flow having in at least one portion a first shape in which plural polygons are two-dimensionally arranged, and adjacent to one another, a second shape in which a polygon is inscribed in one of a circle and an ellipse, or circumscribes one of a circle and an ellipse, or a third shape in which at least plural circles and polygons are two-dimensionally arranged, and adjacent to one another.

Microchannel device

A liquid transporting apparatus includes: a microchannel; a transporting liquid supply port through which transporting liquid is supplied to the microchannel; a partition wall as defined herein, and that has an opening; a first split channel that is provided on an upper side of the partition wall; a second split channel that is provided on a lower side of the partition wall; a particle dispersion supply port through which a particle dispersion is supplied to a middle portion of a width direction of the first split channel; and at least one drain port through which the fluid is discharged from downstreams of the first and second split channels, and a pattern that generates an upward-directed flow with respect to a vertical direction in a middle portion of a section of the microchannel is formed in an inner wall of the microchannel or in the partition wall.

Liquid transporting apparatus, classifying apparatus, and classifying method

A microreactor device comprises: a microchannel that sends one or more fluids; and a section that isolates vibrations to a first portion of the microchannel.

Microreactor device

A reaction method using a microreactor, comprises: forming, in a microchannel, an at least two-layered laminar flow in n kinds (n is an integer of 3 or more) of a fluid, a fluid, . . . , and a fluid n at least two kinds of which are mutually incompatible; and pulsating at least one kind of the fluids.

Reaction method using a microreactor, and a microreactor

A classifying device for classifying particles using a centrifugal force contains a microchannel includes a curved portion including a first tubular channel and a second tubular channel; and a diaphragm that is provided within the curved portion, and that is located at a position between the first tubular channel and the second tubular channel; and wherein the diaphragm has at least a first apertured group formed in a central region of the diaphragm and a second apertured group formed in a first end region and a second end region of the diaphragm, the first apertured group and the second apertured group communicate the first tubular channel with the second tubular channel along a direction of the centrifugal force, the first apertured group has a mesh, and the second apertured group has a mesh that is different in size from the mesh of the first apertured group.

Classifying device and method of classification

An infrared ray sensing element, includes: 1) a semiconductor substrate; 2) an infrared ray receiver disposed above the semiconductor substrate in such a manner as to be isolated from the semiconductor substrate, the infrared ray receiver being configured to receive an infrared ray; and 3) a beam configured to support the infrared ray receiver to the semiconductor substrate and include a thermopile configured to sense a temperature increase of the infrared ray receiver, wherein one of the following has a cross sectional shape that includes at least one protruding part: i) the beam, and ii) the thermopile.

Infrared ray sensing element and method of producing the same

A microreactor device includes: a microchannel; magnetic particles that are introduced into the microchannel; and a magnet that is arranged on an outside of the microchannel and exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic particles.

Microreactor device and microchannel cleaning method

An infrared detection element is configured to prevent decreases in detection precision when a beam bends. The infrared detection element basically has a substrate structure, a light receiver configured and arranged to receive infrared rays and at least one beam having one end fixed to the substrate and another end fixed to the light receiver to support the light receiver above the substrate. At least one protuberance is provided on at least one of the substrate, the light receiver and the beam with the at least one protuberance being configured and arranged to limit direct contact between any two of the beam, the light receiver and the substrate structure during bending of the beam, except at the at least one protuberance.

Infrared detection element

An infrared radiation detecting device is provided that comprises a substrate, an infrared radiation absorbing unit, at least one support beam and a thermopile. The at least one support beam has a first end portion coupled to the substrate and a second end portion coupled to the infrared radiation absorbing unit. The thermopile includes first and second electrical conductors disposed on the support beam with the first and second electrical conductors having different electric conductivities. The first and second electrical conductors is dimensioned and shaped to improve structural rigidity of the support beam in comparison to an identically shaped support beam including a thermopile with a pair of first and second electrical conductors that are identically shaped and disposed parallel to each other.

Infrared radiation detecting device

An operator identifying device for a vehicle with an operating section located between driver's and non-driver's seats includes a photographing section and an image processing section. The photographing section is configured to obtain image data of a prescribed region encompassing the operating section and at least one of hands of a driver and a non-driver when the at least one of the hands is extended toward the operating section. The image processing section is configured to process the image data to determine whether at least one of the driver and the non-driver is an operator of the operating section. Moreover, an onboard apparatus is provided with the operator identifying device, an operating section and a control section. The control section is configured to control an operation of the onboard apparatus based on an operator identification result of the operator identifying device.

Operator identifying device

A radiation-absorbing layer for a thermopile radiation detector highly absorbs incident radiation within a predetermined band of wavelengths. The layer comprises a solid construction of a mixture of an oxide of silicon and separate and/or linked particles of at least one material selected for absorbing incident radiation within the predetermined band.

Radiation-absorbing layers for thermopile radiation detectors

An infrared radiation detecting device is constructed using a manufacturing method to increase the infrared radiation absorptance of the infrared radiation absorbing film. The infrared radiation detecting device has an infrared radiation absorbing film. In one embodiment, the infrared radiation absorbing film has a varying film thickness. The film thickness difference between the thickest points and the thinnest points and the spacing between the thickest points within the same plane are set to decrease the effective surface reflectance cause by the interference or scattering effects of the infrared radiation. Preferably, the film thickness differences between the thickest points and the thinnest points are equal to or greater than &frac14; of the wavelength of the infrared radiation being measured, and the spacing between the thickest points within the same plane is shorter than the wavelength of the infrared radiation being measured.

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Masaki Hirota