Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Fuji Electric Corporate Research and Developement Ltd.

Toshiaki Sasaki

Sadayuki Sugama

Hideo Okada

Hisashi Yamamoto

Yasuo Kotaki

Masanori Takenouchi

Osamu Sato

Yuji Hamasaki

Hitoshi Shimizu

Hiroyuki Tokuda

Hideo Saikawa

Keiichi Murai

Shosaku Kawashima

Jun Hinami

Hajime Yamamoto

Yasuyuki Tamura

Junichi Kobayashi

Akira Goto

Akira Asai

Masayoshi Tachihara

Shigeo Toganoh

Masayoshi Kato

Hitoshi Kanda

Tsutomu Kawai

Satoshi Mitsumura

Takayoshi Tsutsumi

Shinji Fujikake

A portable terminal carried and owned by each user is provided with a display screen, a communication unit, a memory storing personal information about each user, and an input/output device such as an inhaler. A database that communicates with each portable terminal is provided with a personal information storage unit storing the personal information about each user carrying the portable terminal, a medical information storage unit storing information about a medical facility, a drugstore, a medicine, and the input/output device, and a communication unit for communicating with each portable terminal. In the database, the user of the portable terminal is identified by collating the part of the information transmitted from the communication unit with information stored in the personal information storage unit. When a specific signal is transmitted from the communication unit, communication is performed with a medical facility while information, of the information stored in the medicine information storage unit, which is necessary for the user is provided for the portable terminal as an emergency measure. This makes it possible to properly and quickly handle an emergency.

Portable terminal and health management method and system using portable terminal

A liquid ejection head can eject very fine droplets on the order of sub-picoliters. The liquid ejection head is provided with an ejection port for ejecting liquid as liquid droplets and comprises an energy generating element arranged vis-&#xe0;-vis the ejection port to generate ejection energy to be applied to the liquid. No head-constituting member exists in the space formed by translating the area of the energy generating element toward the ejection port. The meniscus surface of the ejection port receives impact energy from the energy generating element. With this arrangement, droplets of the liquid are ejected from the central part of the meniscus surface having an area smaller than the meniscus surface so that they break the meniscus section at or near the central part thereof.

Liquid ejection head

A liquid ejection head includes a liquid path; an ejection outlet forming member which constitutes a part of a wall of the liquid and which forms an ejection outlet for ejecting a droplet of liquid; a heat generating element, provided at a position opposing to the ejection outlet of the wall of the liquid flow path, for generating a bubble in the liquid by application of heat to the liquid; a restrictor portion, provided at a recessed portion of the ejection outlet, wherein the recessed portion is recessed from a plane in which the ejection outlet is formed, wherein the liquid forms a meniscus and is retained in the ejection outlet such that the restrictor portion is within the liquid, wherein an area So of an opening of the restrictor portion and a surface Sh of the heat generating element satisfy So&#x2266;Sh. According to this invention, a central portion of the meniscus opposed to the fine opening at the ejection outlet bulges, and the liquid is ejected in this state. Namely, very small amount of the liquid can be ejected, since not all of the liquid in the recess portion in the ejection outlet is ejected.

An n layer, an i layer and a p layer are laminated, in that order, in a non-single-crystal thin film solar cell. The n layer, a part of the n layer, or the n layer and part of the i layer, is formed at a low substrate temperature T . The i layer and the p layer; the residual n layer, i layer and p layer; or the residual i layer and p layer, are formed at a higher substrate temperature T than T . More particularly, T is between about 70&deg; C. and 120&deg; C., and T is between about 120&deg; C. and 450&deg; C.

Method of manufacturing a non-single-crystal thin film solar cell

A liquid container includes a substantially prism-like outer wall provided with a substantial air vent portion and having a corner formed by 3 surfaces: an inner wall having outer surfaces equivalent or similar to inside surfaces of said outer wall and a corner corresponding the corner of said outer wall, said inner wall defining a liquid accommodating portion for containing liquid therein, said inner wall further having a liquid supply portion for supplying the liquid out of said liquid accommodating portion; wherein said inner wall has a thickness which decreases from a central portion of the surfaces of the prism-like shape to the corner, and said outer wall and and said inner wall are separable from each other.

LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER PROVIDING NEGATIVE PRESSURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, INK JET CARTRIDGE HAVING THE CONTAINER AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD AS A UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS

The film thickness of a p-type semiconductor was adjusted in order to achieve 0.85-0.99 times the maximum pre-irradiation open-circuit voltage. In order to achieve 0.85-0.99 times the maximum pre-irradiation open-circuit voltage, it was also shown to be favorable to control acceptor impurity levels in p-type semiconductors. Irradiation conditions of more than 10 hours at 1 SUN or (light intensity &lsqb;SUN&rsqb;) &times;10 or more (time &lsqb;h&rsqb;)>10 were utilized.

Non-single-crystal solar cell

A liquid container includes a substantially prism-like outer wall provided with a substantial air vent portion and having a corner formed by 3 surfaces; an inner wall having outer surfaces equivalent or similar to inside surfaces of said outer wall and a corner corresponding the corner of said outer wall, said inner wall defining a liquid accommodating portion for containing liquid therein, said inner wall further having a liquid supply portion for supplying the liquid out of said liquid accommodating portion; wherein said inner wall has a thickness which decreases from a central portion of the surfaces of the prism-like shape to the corner, and said outer wall and and said inner wall are separable from each other.

Liquid accommodating container providing negative pressure, manufacturing method for the same, ink jet cartridge having the container and ink jet recording head as a unit, and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink container for containing ink includes an inner container having a plurality of adjacent accommodating chambers for accommodating the ink; and an outer casing for enclosing an outer side of the inner container. The inner container and the outer casing are composed of resin materials which are substantially non-stretched.

Ink container, manufacturing method therefor, ink jet cartridge and ink jet apparatus

A liquid container includes a substantially prism-like outer wall provided with a substantial air vent portion and having a corner formed by 3 surfaces: an inner wall having outer surfaces equivalent or similar to inside surfaces of said outer wall and a corner corresponding the corner of said outer wall, said inner wall defining a liquid accommodating portion for containing liquid therein, said inner wall further having a liquid supply portion for supplying the liquid out of said liquid accommodating portion; wherein said inner wall has a thickness which decreases from a central portion of the surfaces of the prism-like shape to the corner, and said outer wall and said inner wall are separable from each other.

Liquid accommodating container providing negative pressure,

An ink filling method in which ink is filled to an ink container provided with a porous material for retaining the ink to be supplied to a head portion for ejecting the ink and a container casing for accommodating the porous material, including the steps of compressing the porous material accommodated in the container casing, and filling the ink using restoring force of the porous material when it is released from compression state

Ink filling method and apparatus

A method for manufacturing an ink jet head comprises a process to prepare a substrate where ink discharging energy generating elements are arranged; a process to provide a solid layer on the aforesaid substrate for the formation of liquid passages corresponding to the foregoing energy generating elements and at the same time, to provide a solid layer for the formation of a liquid chamber; a process to cover the substrate having the aforesaid solid layers with a resin; and a process to remove the aforesaid solid layers. The thickness of the aforesaid resin layer covering the upper part of at least a portion of the aforesaid solid layer for the formation of the ink passages on the side which is different from the side where the solid layer for the formation of a liquid chamber exists is made thinner than the thickness of the aforesaid resin layer covering the upper part of the solid layer for the formation of the liquid chamber, hence providing a highly reliable ink jet head having an excellent property suitable for cutting process required for obtaining the discharging port portion precisely and accurately as well as a secure adhesion between the resin and the substrate.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toshiaki Sasaki