Abstract: A display device includes a frame body (15) formed by joining a plurality of frame members (15a to 15f) for supporting a circumferential end portion of a display panel (2), wherein a cushioning material (17a) of a first frame member (15a) of the plurality of frame members includes a protruding portion (Ta) protruding toward a second frame member (15b) to be joined to the first frame member and a recessed portion (Ha) recessed inwardly, and a cushioning material (17b) of the second frame member (15b) includes a recessed portion (Hb) recessed inwardly so as to correspond to the protruding portion (Ta) of the cushioning material (17a) of the first frame member and a protruding portion (Tb) protruding so as to correspond to the recessed portion (Ha) of the cushioning material (17a) of the first frame member (15a).

Abstract: A backlight device includes: an LED; an optical sheet having an opening at each end on four sides; a support member for supporting the optical sheet; and a locking member for locking each end on the four sides of the optical sheet, the locking member having an penetrating part rising from a support surface and passing through the opening and an extending part extending from the tip of the penetrating part in a direction away from the center position of the optical sheet, the extending part being formed smaller than the opening width of the opening while having a first inclined surface inclining from the tip to the middle portion of the extending part on the side facing the optical sheet so that the extending part increases in diameter from the tip to the middle portion.

Abstract: A backlight device is provided with the following: LEDs; a light guide plate formed in a rectangular plate shape and having at the end surfaces thereof a light-receiving face opposing the LEDs and a reflection surface disposed on the side opposite the light-receiving face, and having on the plate surface thereof a light-emitting surface that emits light; a portion to be supported provided to the corner part, from among the corner parts of the light guide plate, that is disposed on the opposite surface side; a supporting portion that supports the light guide plate in a first direction and a second direction by coming into contact with the portion to be supported, when the first direction is a direction in which the LEDs and the light guide plate are lined up, and the second direction is a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and that follows along the light-emitting surface of the light guide plate; and a inclined portion that is provided to the portion to be supported and that forms a slanted s

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes an LED unit 30, a liquid crystal panel 11, a light guide plate 16, a chassis 14, and a frame 13. The LED unit 30 includes an LED 17 and an LED board 18. The light guide plate 16 arranged such that a light entrance surface 16b faces the LED 17. The frame 13 is fixed to the chassis 14. The frame 13 and the chassis 14 hold the liquid crystal panel 11 and the light guide plate 16 therebetween. The frame 13 includes a panel holding portion 13a and a sidewall portion 13b. The panel holding portion 13a holds the liquid crystal panel 11 from the display surface 11a side. The sidewall portion 13b continues from the panel holding portion 13a and extends on the light entrance surface 16b side. The frame 13a includes a through hole 40 that runs through the sidewall portion 13a.

Abstract: When a display panel and/or a circuit substrate, for example, is thermally expanded or contracted, the invention prevents damage, such as breaking of a substrate that connects the display panel with the circuit substrate or snapping of lines on that substrate. A line substrate (140), which is flexible, connects a display panel (10) with a circuit substrate (160) that is located substantially level with the panel. One edge of the line substrate (140) is connected with the display panel (10), while another, opposite edge is connected with the circuit substrate (160). A driver (142) is provided on the line substrate (140) for driving the display panel (10) and includes a first flexible region (141a) and a second flexible region (141b).

Abstract: A display device includes a frame body (15) formed by joining a plurality of frame members (15a to 15f) for supporting a circumferential end portion of a display panel (2), wherein a cushioning material (17a) of a first frame member (15a) of the plurality of frame members includes a protruding portion (Ta) protruding toward a second frame member (15b) to be joined to the first frame member and a recessed portion (Ha) recessed inwardly, and a cushioning material (17b) of the second frame member (15b) includes a recessed portion (Hb) recessed inwardly so as to correspond to the protruding portion (Ta) of the cushioning material (17a) of the first frame member and a protruding portion (Tb) protruding so as to correspond to the recessed portion (Ha) of the cushioning material (17a) of the first frame member (15a).

Abstract: A linear heater is formed of an enamel wire composed of a heating wire and an enamel layer. The heating wire is made of a copper alloy containing silver, for example. The enamel layer is made of polyester imide (PEI), polyimide (PI) or polyamide imide (PAI), for example. The enamel layer is coated with an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer is made of fluororesin such as perfluoroalkoxy mixture (PFA), polyimide (PI), or polyamide imide (PAI). The linear heater is bonded to the lower surface of an upper toilet seat casing such that it is sandwiched between a metal foil and a metal foil made of aluminum, for example.

Abstract: An optical biological information measuring apparatus includes a measuring surface to be placed on the surface of a living body, a mark display section which displays a mark at a region to be measured on the surface of the living body, a light-emitting section which irradiates the living body with light of a predetermined wavelength and a light-receiving section which receives light irradiated onto the living body and returned from the living body, and measures information on the living body based on the received light. The optical biological information measuring apparatus is capable of measuring biological information with improved alignment accuracy.

Abstract: Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D1, the control section performs low electric power drive of a lamp heater provided at the toilet seat section. The control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time t1 after the control section detects user's entry into a room, and the control section maintains the 600 W drive during an inrush current reduction period D2. The control section starts 1200 W drive of the lamp heater at time t2 and maintains the 1200 W drive during a first temperature rise period D3.

Abstract: A subcutaneous fat measuring unit measures the subcutaneous fat thickness by pressing a predetermined face against the living body surface. A pressing pressure measuring unit measures the pressure applied from the subcutaneous fat measuring unit to the living body surface, and a database holds information on the relationship among the values of a plurality of subcutaneous fat thicknesses in the condition where no pressure is applied to the living body surface, the pressure applied to the living body surface with respect to each of the plurality of subcutaneous fat thicknesses and the subcutaneous fat thickness in a condition where the pressure is applied.

Abstract: A subcutaneous fat thickness measuring apparatus includes: a light source section that irradiates a surface of a living body with plural light rays having different central wavelengths; a light receiving section that receives the plural light rays of different wavelengths emerging from the surface of a living body and determining the quantities of the plural light rays received; and a calculator section that calculates the thickness of subcutaneous fat of the surface of a living body from the quantities of the plural light rays received measured by the light receiving section using a previously determined relationship among subcutaneous fat thicknesses, blood concentrations in subcutaneous fat and quantities of plural light rays having different central wavelengths.

Abstract: A linear heater is formed of an enamel wire composed of a heating wire and an enamel layer. The heating wire is made of a copper alloy containing silver, for example. The enamel layer is made of polyester imide (PEI), polyimide (PI) or polyamide imide (PAI), for example. The enamel layer is coated with an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer is made of fluororesin such as perfluoroalkoxy mixture (PFA), polyimide (PI), or polyamide imide (PAI). The linear heater is bonded to the lower surface of an upper toilet seat casing such that it is sandwiched between a metal foil and a metal foil made of aluminum, for example.

Abstract: An optical biological information measuring apparatus includes a measuring surface to be placed on the surface of a living body, a mark display section which displays a mark at a region to be measured on the surface of the living body, a light-emitting section which irradiates the living body with light of a predetermined wavelength and a light-receiving section which receives light irradiated onto the living body and returned from the living body, and measures information on the living body based on the received light. The optical biological information measuring apparatus is capable of measuring biological information with improved alignment accuracy.

Abstract: Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D1, the control section performs low electric power drive of a lamp heater provided at the toilet seat section. The control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time t1 after the control section detects user's entry into a room, and the control section maintains the 600 W drive during an inrush current reduction period D2. The control section starts 1200 W drive of the lamp heater at time t2 and maintains the 1200 W drive during a first temperature rise period D3.

Abstract: A compact apparatus of measuring biological information using light capable of measuring biological information with high reproducibility and accuracy is provided. The apparatus of measuring biological information using light comprises a light source part irradiating an organism, a light receiving part receiving light propagating from the light source part through the inside of the organism and outgoing from the surface of the organism, a forming part forming the surface of the organism into a predetermined shape by applying a pressure thereto, and a calculation part calculating information of the relation between the amount of received light and the biological information of the organism previously determined based on the amount of light received in the light receiving part.

Abstract: A conventional living body information acquiring apparatus for measuring a skinfold thickness of a living body could not fix a relative position of skinfold thickness measuring means to the living body. Thus, the present invention comprises skinfold thickness measuring means of measuring a skinfold thickness of a living body 9 composed of a light source 1 and a photodetector 2, a protruding part 3 as relative position fixing means of fixing a relative position of living body information acquiring means to the living body 9 substantially constant, and holding means 4 of holding the light source 1, the photodetector 2, and the protruding part 3.

Abstract: An optical fat thickness meter includes a light source section which is provided on a measuring surface and which emits light to a living body, a photoreception section which is provided on the measuring surface, and which receives the light passing the living body, a protruding section which is provided so as to surround the light source section and photoreception section substantially, and an arithmetic section which calculates information with regard to a living body on the basis of the amount of the received light.

Abstract: In an optical fat measuring apparatus, after a waveguide has been placed opposite a light source and a light receiving section, a reference value for the predetermined quantity of light received predetermined for each light receiving section is compared with the quantity of received light which has been guided from the lighted light source section to the plurality of light receiving sections through the waveguide. If the quantities of light received by a number of light receiving sections are smaller than the reference value for the quantity of light received corresponding to these light receiving sections, and the number of these light receiving sections is smaller than that of the plurality of light receiving sections, the need to clean the light receiving section is displayed.