3m Innovative Properties Company

Yukio Nojiri

Shinichi Irie

Kenji Matsumoto

Kazuma Nuno

Kanji Matsumoto

Problem: To extract an image including a desired area included in a moire area from an image in which a sheet that includes the moire area has been imaged. An image area extracting deviceextracts an image area from an image in which a sheet has been imaged provided with a first layer section having a first pattern including a plurality of drawn lines extending in a first direction, a second layer section overlapping the first layer section and including a plurality of drawn lines extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a low adhesion section where adhesive force is lower than that of an adhesive section and an adhesion section arranged on an adhesive surface opposite a surface facing the first layer section and the second layer section. At this time, the image area extracting deviceexecutes processing that includes acquiring sheet image data showing a sheet image including a sheet imaged so as to include a moire area where a moire is created by overlaying the first pattern and the second pattern is acquired, extracting the moire area from the sheet image, extracting a non-fixing area where the low adhesion section is arranged based on a size of a fixing area where the adhesion section is arranged, and outputting non-fixing area image data showing a non-fixing area image including the non-fixing area.

Image area extracting method, image area extracting program, image area extracting system, and image area extracting device

A light-illuminating rod comprises a flexible rod member formed from a light piping plastic material and a light diffusible reflective film which is fixedly bonded to part of the outer periphery of the rod member along the longitudinal direction thereof. The light diffusible reflective film comprises a light-transmittable polymer and light diffusible reflective particles dispersed in the polymer. The light-transmittable polymer contains from 10 to 100% by weight of an adhesive polymer based on the total amount of the light-transmittable polymer. The light-transmittable polymer further contains from 2 to 90% by weight of a dispersible polymer having hydrophilic functional groups within the molecule based on the total amount of the light-transmittable polymer. In one embodiment, the light diffusible reflective particles contain from 10 to 100% by weight of an inorganic material based on the total amount of the light diffusible reflective particles.

Light-illuminating rods

The present invention relates to a light-illuminating rod, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to handle the light-illuminating rod while the rod is being deflected or install it while it is being bent. A light-illuminating rod comprising (a) a flexible rod member and (b) a light diffusible reflective film which is fixedly bonded to part of the outer periphery of the rod member along the longitudinal direction thereof and which comprises (i) a light-transmittable polymer and (ii) light diffusible reflective particles dispersed in the polymer, the light-transmittable polymer of the light diffusible reflective film having a storage modulus of 1.0&times;10 to 1.0&times;10 dyne/cm .

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yukio Nojiri