Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Nitto-denko Corporation

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Yoshihiro Kitamura

Yasuhisa Nakamura

Hisashi Saiga

Yuji Sawada

Hideaki Tanaka

Keisuke Iwasaki

Masafumi Yamanoue

Toshiaki Morita

Masashi Hirosawa

Hiroshi Akagi

Yoshimasa Sakata

Isao Hirose

Toshiyuki Umehara

Kiichi Shimodaira

Mitsuaki Nakamura

Katsuhiro Nakano

Kazutaka Hara

Kazuyuki Nako

Tadanobu Kitagawa

Hiroshi Matsuo

Tadayuki Kameyama

Shoichi Matsuda

Minoru Yagi

Shuzo Fujiwara

Yoshiaki Asanoi

Hitoshi Hirose

Kanji Nishida

Katsuhiko Sato

Nobuyoshi Yagi

Tomoo Yamaguchi

Atsuhito Koumoto

Shogo Sasaki

Yasunobu Ina

Hiroshi Tomohisa

Hirotoshi Ishizuka

Yoshiaki Kitani

Ikuya Kuzuhara

Mituaki Nakamura

Tetsuo Nasu

Tadao Horie

Hiroo Igarashi

Ken Nishiura

Yuu Takashima

Provided is a method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped separation membrane that allows a sheet-shaped separation membrane having uniform separating ability to be manufactured at a high speed, the method comprising manufacturing a sheet-shaped separation membrane by forming a microporous layer on a porous substrate, wherein the method is characterized in having: a membrane-forming solution application step of coating a porous substrate with a membrane-forming solution in which a polymer is dissolved in a solvent, a congealing liquid application step of applying a congealing liquid by a liquid membrane drop method to the porous substrate coated with the membrane-forming solution, and a solvent removal step of removing the solvent from the congealed microporous layer.

Method for manufacturing sheet-shaped separation membrane

The present invention provides an optical laminated body having a patterning polarizer layer in which a more complicated pattern can be set. The optical laminated bodyA of the present invention has a patterning polarizer layerA having at least two polarizing regionsA andA having different single transmittances, and a substrateA. The two polarizing regionsA andA are different in thickness.

Optical laminated body and method for production of optical laminated body

An inner deckle for a die includes a shaft-shaped deckle main body and a sheet- or film-shaped deckle auxiliary portion extending from the deckle main body. The inner deckle is arranged at each end of a die. The die includes a die piece and is formed with a manifold and a slit. The deckle main body includes a seal reinforcing portion. A liquid material is supplied into the manifold. The seal reinforcing portion includes at least one sealing member having two or more films. The films slide and are simultaneously elastically deformed against an inner wall of the manifold when a position of the inner deckle is moved with respect to the die. The films cooperate with each other and are closely attached to the inner wall by an elastic restoring force when the position of the inner deckle is fixed with respect to the die.

Inner deckle for die and die

On a tip of a main body case is formed a cylindrical brush attachment shaft tube to which a toothbrush head (holding unit) is removably attached. In a space within the cylindrical brush attachment shaft tube is disposed a motor to which an eccentric weight generating vibration is attached. Therefore, it is possible for the tip of the toothbrush head to approach the main body case side by the length of the cylindrical brush attachment shaft tube, thereby shortening the total length of an electric toothbrush.

Electric toothbrush

An elastic ring is disposed between a grip case and a trunk which is formed on an inner case of a body case to which a toothbrush head is mounted. As a result, the vibration of a motor which is contained in a motor accommodation portion of the inner case is less likely to be transmitted to the grip case because of the elastic ring, and is transmitted to the toothbrush head side in a concentrated manner. Also, the tooth cleaning performance is increased, and vibration to the hand which grips the grip case is reduced to enable the user to comfortably brush the teeth.

A solid type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition capable of being applied without the necessity of using an organic solvent or water and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which are excellent in both adhesive force and holding power and, in particular, undergo no decrease in low-temperature adhesive force even when the adhesive layer thickness is small. The crosslinked solid type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising (a) a rubbery polymer, (b) a tackifier, and (c) a crosslinking agent comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of thiuram vulcanizing agents, quinoid vulcanizing agents, quinone dioxime vulcanizing agents, and maleimide vulcanizing agents.

Crosslinked solid type pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising the composition, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for waterproofing/airproofing comprising the sheet

A data distribution system includes a plurality of data sources each capable of transmitting a data item, and a data vending machine capable of receiving the data item from the plurality of data sources and selling the received data item to a user. The data vending machine includes a data selecting apparatus operated by a user to select a desired data item, a data source selecting apparatus connected to the data selecting apparatus for selecting, among the plurality of data sources, one that holds the data item selected by the data selecting apparatus, in accordance with a specific standard, a data receiving apparatus connected to the data source selecting apparatus for receiving selected data item from the data source selected by the data source selecting apparatus, and a data updating apparatus to which an external storage device is detachably mounted, for writing the data item received by the data receiving apparatus to the external storage device.

Data distribution system and data selling apparatus therefor, data retrieving apparatus, duplicated data detecting system, and data reproduction apparatus

An electronic book display control device capable of solving the problem of a conventional page turning method of an electronic book device that pages are turned in accordance with a value predetermined by a speed controller and hence it is difficult to turn pages flexibly in accordance with the contents of the book and the characteristics of the user. The control device is provided with a CPU () which controls the whole device, an image data storage unit () in which the contents of the book are stored as image data, an image data control unit () which receives the image data and performs the required control, a display preparation image data memory unit () in which image data of the page being displayed and the page to be displayed next are stored, and a display unit () on which information concerning the image data and information concerning the operation of the electronic book are displayed. The data displayed on the display unit at a specific time in a page turning period are stored in a page turning data memory unit () and the column information of the page turning data is stored in a column information storage table (). In accordance with the column information, the address of the display preparation image data memory unit () and the image data on the page being displayed and the page to be displayed next are selected by a display changeover control unit ().

Display control device and reproduction display device for electronic books

A resin sheet containing dispersed particles which is thin and lightweight, and has excellent mechanical strength and light-diffusing properties. The resin sheets may be used in liquid crystal displays. A resin sheet having a hard coat layer, an epoxy resin layer containing 100 parts by weight of the resin to 200 parts by weight of a diffuser having a refractive index different from that of the epoxy resin and having an average particle diameter from 0.2 to 100 &#x3bc;m, and a thin metal layer as a reflecting layer, wherein the diffuser localizes so as to have a concentration distribution in the direction of the thickness of the epoxy resin layer. A resin sheet having dispersed particles which is obtained by superposing a reflecting layer, an inorganic gas barrier layer, or a color filter layer thereon. A process for producing the resin sheet having a color filter layer.

Resin sheets containing dispersed particles, processes for producing the same, and liquid crystal displays

A resin sheet containing dispersed particles which is thin, lightweight, and has excellent mechanical strength and light-diffusing properties. The resin sheets may be used in liquid crystal displays. A resin sheet having a hard coat layer, an epoxy resin layer containing 100 parts by weight of the resin to 200 parts by weight of a diffuser having a refractive index different from that of the epoxy resin and having an average particle diameter from 0.2 to 100 &#x3bc;m, and a thin metal layer as a reflecting layer, wherein the diffuser localizes so as to have a concentration distribution in the direction of the thickness of the epoxy resin layer. A resin sheet having dispersed particles which is obtained by superposing a reflecting layer, an inorganic gas barrier layer, or a color filter layer thereon. A process for producing the resin sheet having a color filter layer.

An electronic copyrighted work distribution management system includes an electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus selling an electronic copyrighted work, a copyright management apparatus administering a copyright royalty of an electronic copyrighted work sold by the electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus, a seller terminal used by a seller, and a copyright terminal used by a copyright holder. The electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus calculates and transmits to the copyright management apparatus the copyright royalty of a selected electronic copyrighted work. The copyright management apparatus stores the received copyright royalty data for each copyright holder. Since the copyright management apparatus receives and stores for each copyright holder the copyright royalty data transmitted from the electronic copyrighted work sales apparatus, the copyright royalty can be administered.

Copyright management apparatus

Resin sheets containing dispersed particles and liquid crystal displays

A data processing device enabling stable data processing reads digital data including object data, an identifier indicating a type of the object data, and an attached program associated with at least one identifier for performing a predetermined process for object data associated with the identifier, to process the object data. The data processing device includes a program storing unit for recording an internal program including a processing module associated with the at least one identifier, an input unit for reading the digital data, and an external program executing unit for processing the object data by one of the attached program and the processing module when the attached program associated with the identifier of the read object data is present in the digital data.

Data processing device and method of processing data

In connection with the detection of an amount of movement of an image such as a document image having a small gradient of brightness, it has been difficult to detect the amount by a representative point method, and a block matching method requires much time. An image (F ) at a time (T ), which has been imaged by moving an imaging section ( ), is taken into a memory ( ) and a feature point extracting section ( ), where feature points of the image (F ) are extracted, and an image (F ) at a start time (T ) of the subsequent frame is taken in the memory ( ) and the feature point extracting section ( ). A correlation operating section ( ) operates feature points of the image (F ) and the image (F ) in an area designated by a search area deciding section ( ) to output an amount of movement.

Movement detecting apparatus with feature point extractor based on luminance gradient in current frame

An electronic book display control device capable of solving the problem of a conventional page turning method of an electronic book device that pages are turned in accordance with a value predetermined by a speed controller and hence it is difficult to turn pages flexibly in accordance with the contents of the book and the characteristics of the user. The control device is provided with a CPU ( ) which controls the whole device, an image data storage unit ( ) in which the contents of the book are stored as image data, an image data control unit ( ) which receives the image data and performs the required control, a display preparation image data memory unit ( ) in which image data of the page being displayed and the page to be displayed next are stored, and a display unit ( ) on which information concerning the image data and information concerning the operation of the electronic book are displayed. The data displayed on the display unit at a specific time in a page turning period are stored in a page turning data memory unit ( ) and the column information of the page turning data is stored in a column information storage table ( ). In accordance with the column information, the address of the display preparation image data memory unit ( ) and the image data on the page being displayed and the page to be displayed next are selected by a display changeover control unit ( ).

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Yoshihiro Kitamura