Abstract: A touchpad includes a flat surface portion and a protruding solid portion having a hemispherical shape. An operation recognition part and an operation validity determination part are implemented in a touchpad control part. The operation recognition part recognizes a gesture operation performed on an operation region of the touchpad. The operation validity determination part determines only a rotating slide operation that is a slide operation with a finger along a lower periphery of the solid portion as a valid operation while an automobile is in a state of manual driving.

Abstract: A touch panel control unit controls a touch panel including a solid region. A gesture determination unit obtains solid shape information from a solid shape information table, specifies a content of a gesture operation with respect to the touch panel based on the solid shape information, and generates gesture specification information. An AP interface unit transmits the gesture specification information to the AP execution unit and receives response information from the AP execution unit. A display control unit controls display of the touch panel based on the received response information.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a conductive laminate includes extracting a long flexible substrate from a roll on which the flexible substrate is wound, forming a to-be-plated layer precursor layer on at least one main surface of the flexible substrate while the extracted flexible substrate is transported in the longitudinal direction, preparing a support, bonding the flexible substrate with a to-be-plated layer precursor layer to at least one main surface of the support, applying energy to the support with a to-be-plated layer precursor layer to obtain a support with a patterned layer to be plated, forming the support into a three-dimensional shape including a curved surface, and performing a plating treatment on the patterned layer to be plated to obtain the conductive laminate having a three-dimensional shape.

Abstract: According to the invention, there are provided a conductive film which has a mesh-like metal layer composed of metal thin wires and in which visual recognition of the metal thin wires is suppressed and the metal layer has excellent conductive characteristics, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. A conductive film according to the invention includes a substrate; a patterned to-be-plated layer which is disposed on the substrate in a mesh pattern and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof; and a mesh-like metal layer which is disposed on the patterned to-be-plated layer and has a plurality of metal thin wires intersecting each other, an average thickness of the patterned to-be-plated layer is 0.05 to 100 ?m, an average thickness of the metal layer is 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and an average intersection growing rate at an intersection of metal thin wires of the mesh of the metal layer is 1.6 or less.

Abstract: A high-refractive-index hardcoat layer of a sufficiently reduced haze value can be obtained from an aqueous composition containing Si, Al and at least one of Ti and Zr, in which the ratio of the number of atoms of Ti and Zr with respect to the number of atoms of Si is 2.5 to 18, the ratio of the number of atoms of Al with respect to the number of atoms of Si is 0.08 to 0.22, and the aqueous composition has a haze value of 0.5% or less.

Abstract: A steering wheel includes a functional device and a control device, which is electrically connected to the functional device. The functional device includes a functional case, which constitutes a housing of the functional device. The control device includes a control case, which constitutes a housing of the control device. A first connector is partially exposed to an outside of the functional case. A second connector is partially exposed to an outside of the control case. The first connector is coupled to the second connector, so that the functional device is electrically connected to the control device without a harness between the functional case and the control case.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate with which a metal layer-containing laminate with the occurrence of pattern thickening being suppressed can be obtained. Further, the present invention provides methods for producing a substrate with a patterned plated layer and a metal layer-containing laminate, as well as a touch panel sensor and a touch panel.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily producing an electroconductive laminate having a three-dimensional shape and having a metal layer disposed thereon (for example, an electroconductive laminate having a three-dimensional shape including a curved surface and a metal layer disposed on the curved surface). Another object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional structure with a plated-layer precursor layer, a three-dimensional structure with a patterned plated layer, an electroconductive laminate, a touch sensor, a heat generating member, and a three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a film having a plated-layer precursor layer which is capable of forming a metal layer having excellent roll-to-roll productivity and excellent adhesiveness to a substrate. Another object of the present invention is to provide a film having a patterned plated layer as well as an electroconductive film and a touch panel using the same. The film having a plated-layer precursor layer of the present invention is a film having a plated-layer precursor layer including a substrate, and an undercoat and a plated-layer precursor layer disposed on the substrate in this order from the substrate side, in which the undercoat has a hardness on the surface thereof of 10 N/mm2 or less and a friction coefficient with release paper of 5 or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminate containing patterned layers to be plated includes a step of preparing a laminate having a substrate having two main surfaces, and layers for forming a layer to be plated, respectively disposed on two main surfaces of the substrate and containing a polymerization initiator, a step of irradiating a layer for forming a layer to be plated in the laminate with light in a patternwise fashion under a predetermined requirement, and a step of removing non-light irradiated regions in the layers for forming a layer to be plated, thereby forming patterned layers to be plated on two main surfaces of the substrate. Also set forth are a touch panel sensor, a touch panel, a laminate containing patterned layers to be plated, and a metal layer-containing laminate.

Abstract: A touch pad includes a flat portion and a convex type three-dimensional portion having a hemispherical shape. An outer circumferential surface of the three-dimensional portion constitutes a spherical operation area. A second recognition unit of the touch-pad controller recognizes a gesture operation of at least two fingers to be the same gesture operation as a pinch-in operation in a planar operation area, in a case where movement trajectories of the at least two fingers in the spherical operation area are arc-shaped movement trajectories which are bulged outwardly in a case where the spherical operation area is viewed in a plan view.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of simply manufacturing a conductive laminate which has a three-dimensional shape including a curved surface and in which a metal layer is disposed on the curved surface, a conductive laminate, a plated layer-attached substrate, a plated layer precursor layer-attached substrate, and a touch sensor.

Abstract: According to the invention, there are provided a conductive film which has a mesh-like metal layer composed of metal thin wires and in which visual recognition of the metal thin wires is suppressed and the metal layer has excellent conductive characteristics, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. A conductive film according to the invention includes a substrate; a patterned to-be-plated layer which is disposed on the substrate in a mesh pattern and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof; and a mesh-like metal layer which is disposed on the patterned to-be-plated layer and has a plurality of metal thin wires intersecting each other, an average thickness of the patterned to-be-plated layer is 0.05 to 100 ?m, an average thickness of the metal layer is 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and an average intersection growing rate at an intersection of metal thin wires of the mesh of the metal layer is 1.6 or less.

Abstract: A conductive film includes: a substrate; a plurality of first wavy wires which have semicircular arcs arranged opposite to each other in direction on the substrate; and a plurality of second wavy wires which have the semicircular arcs arranged opposite to each other in direction and are symmetrical to the first wavy wires in an arrangement direction, and has a conductive sheet body in which an arrangement direction of the arcs of each first wavy wire and an arrangement direction of the arcs of each second wavy wire are made parallel to each other, each first wavy wire and each second wavy wire are separated by a previously set distance, and the arcs of each first wavy wire and the arcs of each second wavy wire facing each other are at least in contact with each other. The first wavy wire and the second wavy wire are made of a conductive material. A wiring has the conductive film. A touch panel sensor also has the conductive film.

Abstract: A steering wheel provided with a vibration device. The vibration device includes a vibration motor with an eccentric weight attached to a rotational axis protruding out of a motor body and a mounting bracket which mounts the motor on a mounting section located at a region continuous with a ring section on a steering wheel core. The mounting section includes a vibration receiving section and a mounting base. The mounting bracket includes a pressing section which presses the motor body against the vibration receiving section and a mounting tongue which is secured to the mounting base. The mounting bracket is mounted on the mounting base with the motor body disposed on the pressing section in such a manner as to press a region of the motor body facing the vibration receiving section against the vibration receiving section and transmit a vibration of the motor body to the vibration receiving section.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminate containing patterned layers to be plated includes a step of preparing a laminate having a substrate having two main surfaces, and layers for forming a layer to be plated, respectively disposed on two main surfaces of the substrate and containing a polymerization initiator, a step of irradiating a layer for forming a layer to be plated in the laminate with light in a patternwise fashion under a predetermined requirement, and a step of removing non-light irradiated regions in the layers for forming a layer to be plated, thereby forming patterned layers to be plated on two main surfaces of the substrate. Also set forth are a touch panel sensor, a touch panel, a laminate containing patterned layers to be plated, and a metal layer-containing laminate.

Abstract: A steering wheel provided with a vibration device. The vibration device includes a vibration motor with a weight attached to a rotational axis protruding out of a motor body, a mounting bracket which mounts the motor on the steering wheel body, a circuit substrate which includes a connector for feeding the vibration motor with electricity and a terminal which is plugged in a terminal hole of a mounting base of the motor body such that the circuit substrate is connected to the motor body, and a clip which is assembled with the motor body and mounted on the mounting bracket together with the motor body. The clip includes a pressing section which presses the circuit substrate against the motor body and a retaining element that is engaged with and holds the mounting bracket so as to help the pressing section to keep pressing the circuit substrate toward the motor body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive laminate for a touch panel which includes a substrate, and a patterned metal layer which is visually recognized to have greater blackness when viewed from the substrate side; a touch panel; and a transparent conductive laminate. The conductive laminate includes a substrate which has two main surfaces; a patterned plated layer which is disposed on at least one main surface of the substrate and has a functional group that interacts with metal ions; and a patterned metal layer which is disposed on the patterned plated layer, in which the patterned plated layer includes a metal component constituting the patterned metal layer and the ratio of the average peak intensity resulting from the metal component contained in the patterned plated layer to the average peak intensity resulting from the metal component constituting the patterned metal layer is in a range of 0.5 to 0.95.

Abstract: An aqueous composition contains alkoxy silane containing an epoxy group, alkoxy silane not containing an epoxy group, inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 60 nm to 350 nm, and a metal complex, in which the inorganic particles satisfy Expression (I); Expression (I): A=?0.1×B+C. Here, A represents a ratio of the inorganic particles to the total solid content, B represents the average particle diameter of the inorganic particles, A is a value in terms of volume %, B is a value in terms of nm; and C represents a coefficient and satisfies a relationship of 50?C?70.

Abstract: A steering wheel provided with a vibration device. The vibration device includes a vibration motor with a weight attached to a rotational axis protruding out of a motor body, a mounting bracket which mounts the motor on the steering wheel body, a circuit substrate which includes a connector for feeding the vibration motor with electricity and a terminal which is plugged in a terminal hole of a mounting base of the motor body such that the circuit substrate is connected to the motor body, and a clip which is assembled with the motor body and mounted on the mounting bracket together with the motor body. The clip includes a pressing section which presses the circuit substrate against the motor body and a retaining element that is engaged with and holds the mounting bracket so as to help the pressing section to keep pressing the circuit substrate toward the motor body.