Sony Corporation

Daio Paper Corporation

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Shuichi Ito

Yoichiro Sako

Tatsuya Inokuchi

Masayuki Obata

Kazuko Sakurai

Toru Takeda

Yuichiro Deguchi

Takayuki Usami

Masahiro Hotori

Sadanao Manabe

Kosuke Murai

Yosuke Mori

Tatsuyoshi Haga

Mikimasa Honma

Yuji Uchida

Akifumi Hayashi

Yasufumi Yonezu

Masanobu Osaki

A method of producing an underpants-type disposable diaper includes forming an outer member having a non-stretchable region disposed in an intermediate region in the width direction and stretchable regions disposed on the two sides of the non-stretchable region in the width direction by: fixing elastic members to an inner sheet layer and an outer sheet layer in at least two edge portions of portions to be the stretchable regions without fixing the elastic members to the inner sheet layer nor the outer sheet layer in a portion to be the non-stretchable region; disposing a graphic sheet and disposing a no-extra-sheet region between the inner sheet layer and the outer sheet layer in the side portion of the non-stretchable region; cutting the elastic members and leaving cut marks and idle elastic members over the no-extra-sheet region; and leaving the elastic members in a region overlapping with the graphic sheet uncut.

Underpants-style disposable diaper and manufacturing method therefor

An underpants-type disposable diaper includes outer membersF andB having stretchable regions Aand Adisposed adjacent to the inner edges of the side seal portionsA in the width direction. The stretchable regions Aand Ainclude multiple elongated elastically stretchable membersdisposed between two sheet layersS andH at predetermined intervals in the front-back direction and extending in the width direction. The elastically stretchable memberseach include two fixed endsfixed to the two sheet layersS andH, and the section between the fixed endsis unfixed to the two sheet layersS andH. The two sheet layersS andH are welded into sheet bonding sections, at positions between the elastically stretchable membersin the stretchable regions Aand Aadjacent is the front-back direction. No sheet bonding section protrudes from the side seal portion in the stretchable regions Aand A

Underpants-type disposable diaper with reduced lateral side seal tearing

An absorbent article includes an absorbent element obtained by wrapping an absorbent body in a wrapping sheet. The wrapping sheet includes an intermediate part located on one side of a front side and a back side of the absorbent body and both side parts folded back to the other side of the absorbent body from the intermediate part. The both side parts are overlapped with each other on the other side of the absorbent body. An overlapped part is bonded through a hot melt adhesive to form a connecting portion. A surface of the absorbent body on a side of the connecting portion is bonded to an internal surface of the wrapping sheet through hot melt adhesives, and the connecting portion of the wrapping sheet extends in a width direction to extend over both widthwise sides of a slit provided in the absorbent body.

Absorbent article

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part that forms an image on printing paper; an image reader that reads a printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part; and a hardware processor that determines whether the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part is non-defective in accordance with a threshold for determination and read data, the threshold for determination specifying an error margin in a printed state of the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part, the read data corresponding to the printed material read by the image reader, wherein the hardware processor performs control to reprint a page on which the printed material including the image formed on printing paper by the image forming part is determined to be defective, and replace the page.

Image forming apparatus

Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a 'bookmark'. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.

Transmitting method and transmitting device, receiving method and receiving device, and transfer method and transfer system

An image forming apparatus includes a printer unit to form an image and outputting the image on a sheet, a storage unit, a control unit to control hardware resources of the image forming apparatus including at least the printer unit and the storage unit by executing a first OS that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program operating on the first OS and that can execute second to N-th OSs that activate at least one application and an emulator disposed between the first OS and the second to N-th OSs to allow the second to N-th OSs to operate on the first OS, wherein the control unit can cause the first OS to enter into a sleep mode and inhibits the first OS from entering into the sleep mode when at least one of the second to N-th OSs is active.

Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same

When the amount of money billed each time the information is distributed once is determined depending on the number of times that the information is distributed within a predetermined time period, the intention of information offerer and the estimation of user reflects automatically on the amount of money billed when the information is distributed.

Information distributing method and system

A system control circuitdetermines whether or not an external apparatus connected to an interfaceis one that can store data, by transmitting data to the apparatus through the interface. It the system control circuitdetermines that the external apparatus can store data, the circuitturns off a switch, stopping the transmission of audio data to the external apparatus through the interface. As a result, illegal copying of the data can be effectively prevented.

Data transmission apparatus, data transmission method, and data recording medium

An education system includes a network, individual learning terminals, a group learning terminal and a learning management server. The individual learning terminals are connected with the network and are provided for individual learning of students. The group learning terminal is connected with the network and provided for group learning of a group of the students. The learning management server is connected with the network to provide first education modules for the individual learning to the individual learning terminals and second education modules for the group learning to the group learning terminal.

Education system suitable for group learning

An information distributing apparatus and method wherein value standards of content information to be distributed to a user exhibit different usage values distinguished by a trait of the content information and selectable by the user. Billing for receipt of the information is based on the value standards, and the content, standards and billing information are distributed to the user.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shuichi Ito