Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine a relationship between first product manufacturing information and second product manufacturing information included in three-dimensional model data; and generate, on a basis of the determined relationship, information indicating the relationship between the first product manufacturing information and the second product manufacturing information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: obtaining plural items of writing information including writing position information and writing timing information, each of the plural items of writing information being associated with one page of one document; displaying an image in accordance with plural items of writing information associated with an identical page among the obtained plural items of writing information; receiving a specified writing timing; updating a display mode of the displayed image in accordance with the received writing timing; and changing an association between at least one of the plural items of writing information corresponding to the displayed image and a document, based on the received writing timing.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: generating a first path which represents positions on a medium specified by a digital pen; obtaining a second path which represents positions on the medium specified by the digital pen and which satisfies a predetermined condition; obtaining information for specifying an area on the medium, the area having a predetermined positional relationship with the second path; and erasing the first path in accordance with a positional relationship between the area and the first path.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: obtaining plural items of writing information including writing position information and writing timing information, each of the plural items of writing information being associated with one page of one document; displaying an image in accordance with plural items of writing information associated with an identical page among the obtained plural items of writing information; receiving a specified writing timing; updating a display mode of the displayed image in accordance with the received writing timing; and changing an association between at least one of the plural items of writing information corresponding to the displayed image and a document, based on the received writing timing.

Abstract: A bidirectional optical module according to the present invention comprises light emitting elements 110, 130 that emit light to enter an optical fiber 71, a light receiving element 190 that receives light having exited the optical fiber 71 and a light branching element 160 that guides the light having exited the optical fiber 71 onto the light receiving element 190. It further includes a stray light shielding member 185 disposed between the light branching element 160 and the light receiving element 190 and having formed therein an opening 186, through which the light to enter the light receiving element 190 passes. The stray light shielding member 185 blocks stray light 100b while light 100a having exited the fiber 71 passes through the opening 186. Therefore, any increase in the extent of error in the detection of the returning light level or the position of a reflecting point is prevented.

Abstract: A bidirectional optical module according to the present invention emits light to an optical fiber and allows returning light from the optical fiber to enter and includes a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to enter the optical fiber, a light receiving element that receives light having exited the optical fiber, and a non-reciprocal unit for making an optical path in a forward direction from the light emitting element to the optical fiber and an optical path in a backward direction from the optical fiber to the light emitting element different. Then, polarization planes of light incident on the optical fiber after being emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements are mutually orthogonal, and the non-reciprocal unit emits returning light of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements from the optical fiber toward the light receiving element to one light receiving element.

Abstract: A bidirectional optical module according to the present invention emits light to an optical fiber and allows returning light from the optical fiber to enter and includes a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light to enter the optical fiber, a light receiving element that receives light having exited the optical fiber, and a non-reciprocal unit for making an optical path in a forward direction from the light emitting element to the optical fiber and an optical path in a backward direction from the optical fiber to the light emitting element different. Then, polarization planes of light incident on the optical fiber after being emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements are mutually orthogonal, and the non-reciprocal unit emits returning light of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements from the optical fiber toward the light receiving element to one light receiving element.

Abstract: A bidirectional optical module according to the present invention comprises light emitting elements 110, 130 that emit light to enter an optical fiber 71, a light receiving element 190 that receives light having exited the optical fiber 71 and a light branching element 160 that guides the light having exited the optical fiber 71 onto the light receiving element 190. It further includes a stray light shielding member 185 disposed between the light branching element 160 and the light receiving element 190 and having formed therein an opening 186, through which the light to enter the light receiving element 190 passes. The stray light shielding member 185 blocks stray light 100b while light 100a having exited the fiber 71 passes through the opening 186. Therefore, any increase in the extent of error in the detection of the returning light level or the position of a reflecting point is prevented.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module includes plural thermoelectric semiconductor chips connected in series, first and second substrates, plural first and second electrodes formed on the first and second substrates, first solder through which the first and second electrodes are bonded to end portions of the thermoelectric semiconductor chips. The first substrate includes two or more protrusions protruding toward opposite sides with respect to the second substrate when being viewed vertically. A method of assembling a thermoelectric module in a radiating member includes the steps of mounting the first substrate on a radiating member through the second solder having a liquidus temperature lower than a solidus temperature of the first solder; holding the protrusions by leading edges of support arms where the second solder is melted to push the first substrate toward the radiating member under pressure while rocking the first substrate in a direction orthogonal to the pushing direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel carboxylic acid compound, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them useful as an insulin sensitizer, and a medicament comprising the compound as an active ingredient. That is, the present invention provides a carboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof, an ester thereof or a hydrate of them.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module includes plural thermoelectric semiconductor chips connected in series, first and second substrates, plural first and second electrodes formed on the first and second substrates, first solder through which the first and second electrodes are bonded to end portions of the thermoelectric semiconductor chips. The first substrate includes two or more protrusions protruding toward opposite sides with respect to the second substrate when being viewed vertically. A method of assembling a thermoelectric module in a radiating member includes the steps of mounting the first substrate on a radiating member through the second solder having a liquidus temperature lower than a solidus temperature of the first solder; holding the protrusions by leading edges of support arms where the second solder is melted to push the first substrate toward the radiating member under pressure while rocking the first substrate in a direction orthogonal to the pushing direction.

Abstract: A high-frequency circuit exhibiting favourable characteristics even in frequency domains in excess of 40 GHz is obtained by configuring a matching circuit 40 with open stubs 16 joined to a microstrip line 14.

Abstract: A relief image scanner scans successive linear areas on an information-carrying medium such as a plastic card, illuminating each area from two different directions. The reflected light is converted to first gray-level data when the illumination is from one direction, and to second gray-level data when the illumination is from the other direction. The second gray-level data are subtracted from the first gray-level data; then the difference, and its additive inverse, are compared with a threshold to detect edges of relief patterns on the card, and pairs of edges are connected to create an accurate, distortion-free image of the relief. Additional facilities may be provided to extract edge skeletons before joining the edges, and to capture printed information by binarizing the gray-level data.

Abstract: A contact-type image scanner, having a plurality of CCD image sensors arranged in a row, includes a timing controller for individually controlling a clock control signal for each of the CCD image sensors, and a merging circuit for merging the outputs from the CCD image sensors into a signal for transmission on a single electrical conductor.

Abstract: An image reader is adapted to read an image represented on a document. The image reader comprises a reading unit, an LEDs driving circuit, and means for moving the reading unit and the document relatively. The above reading unit comprises an LEDs array arranged in a straight line as light sources, a rod lens array for guiding the light emitted from each LED of the LEDs array and focusing the light on the document, and a pair of photosensors being disposed in parallel and connected in parallel with respect to each other for converting a reflected light from the document to a photocurrent. And each LED of the LEDs array is turned on only one at a time sequentially by means of the LEDs driving circuit, then the reading of the document is effected by means of the photosensors.