Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.

Abstract: There are provided a method of producing reclaimed carbon fibers in which, even if a carbon fiber reinforced resin is not heated at 800° C. or higher, pieces of carbon fiber base material that are contained in the carbon fiber reinforced resin can be directly collected, and the variation in the resin residue content in the collected pieces of carbon fiber base material can be reduced, a device for producing reclaimed carbon fibers that can be used in the production method, and a method of producing a carbon fiber reinforced resin in which reclaimed carbon fibers can be effectively used.

Abstract: There are provided a method of producing reclaimed carbon fibers in which, even if a carbon fiber reinforced resin is not heated at 800° C., or higher, pieces of carbon fiber base material that are contained in the carbon fiber reinforced resin can be directly collected, and the variation in the resin residue content in the collected pieces of carbon fiber base material can be reduced, a device for producing reclaimed carbon fibers that can be used in the production method, and a method of producing a carbon fiber reinforced resin in which reclaimed carbon fibers can be effectively used.

Abstract: A mold for compression molding a resin article, which mold consists of male and female molds, wherein, at the time of complete mold closing, the length L in a mold closing direction of a mated part formed between the outermost wall of said male mold and the innermost wall of said female mold satisfies the equation: (t1−t0+10)mm≧L≧(t1−t0)mm wherein t1 is a distance (mm) between the male and female molds when the resin melt first reaches the mating outermost edge of the male mold, and t0 is a distance (mm) in the mold closing direction between the same points on the male and female molds as those used for measuring t1 when the mold closing is complete, and the horizontal distance of a mating gap between the outermost wall surface of said male mold and the innermost wall surface of said female mold is from 0.02 to 0.1 mm, with which mold, squeeze-out of a resin melt during molding is prevented.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article with good appearance is produced by supplying a skin material and a melt of a thermoplastic resin between unclosed upper and lower molds and simultaneously molding the thermoplastic resin to form a molded article and laminating the skin material on a part of a surface of the molded article by pressing and cooling the thermoplastic resin in the molds, in which the lower mold has a protruding part at a position where an edge of the skin material is located, the upper mold has a depressed part at a position corresponding to the protruding part of the lower mold, and, during molding, the edge of the skin material is fixed to the lower mold by sucking it through a gap which opens at the root of the protruding part.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article is produced using a composite skin layer made of a skin material and a foam sheet on a core layer of a thermoplastic resin in which a tensile modulus E of the skin material is not larger than 950 kg/cm2, and a tensile modulus E (kg/cm2), a heat shrinkage factor F (%) and a thickness t (cm) of the skin material satisfy the following relationship: 20/(E×t)+F≧2.5, which method produces a large size multilayer molded article having a complicated shape and no wrinkles, breakage or uneven marks in the skin material on the surface of the article.

Abstract: A molded article of a thermoplastic resin with good apperance which may have a skin material is produced by providing upper and lower molds having a product part-molding section and a non-product part-molding section, supplying a melt of a thermoplastic resin in a cavity of the molds or a space between the skin material and either one of the upper and lower molds through a resin melt passage which is formed in a wall of one of the molds and has an opening for supplying the melt in the non-product part-molding section when a clearance of the cavity is larger than a thickness of a finally produced article, closing the molds to effect press molding, cooling the molds.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article having a core layer and a skin material laminated on the core layer is produced by providing a skin material between a pair of upper and lower molds, supplying a thermoplastic resin melt between the skin material and one of the molds, closing the molds to press and form the resin melt while holding edges of the skin material with pins provided on a skin material-fixing frame which moves along an outer peripheral wall of one of the upper and lower molds, and cooling the molds and removing the multilayer molded article from the molds.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer molded article by facing a preheating panel on which a preheated skin material is placed towards one of upper and lower molds, forming a closed space by the mold and the preheating panel, evacuating the closed space to suck the skin material onto a surface of the mold, removing the preheating panel, supplying a resin through a resin conduit with closing the molds or temporarily stopping mold closing, and finishing the mold closing. By this method, a multilayer molded article having a resin body which is made by deep drawing or has a complicated shape and a skin material laminated on a surface of the resin body can be produced.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article made of a first member having a first core layer and a first skin material laminated on the first core layer, and a second member having a second core layer and a second skin material layer laminated on the second core layer, in which the first member is insert laminated in a part of the surface of the second skin material, and which is beautifully finished at a boundary between the first and second skin materials.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing multi-layer molded-products, including the steps of supplying molten thermoplastic resin between an upper mold and a lower mold, and applying pressure to a forming cavity by clamping in a forming process. With this method, it is possible to easily produce a multi-layer molded-product wherein the covering material, such as a woven fabric, is entangledly fused to and integrally formed on the surface of a base plate with at least one hole that is made of thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article with improved appearance having a core of a thermoplastic resin and a skin material laminated on the resin core, in which the skin material is made of a fabric which is lined with a nonwoven fabric having a weight of at least 50 g/m.sup.2 and an elongation at break of 20% to 80% and optionally has an intermediate foam layer between the fabric and the nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: A molded article of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin which suffers less deformation and has good appearance is produced by a method which includes the steps of:supplying at least two porous fibrous sheets,supplying a resin melt of a thermoplastic resin in a space between the porous fibrous sheets, andforcing the resin melt to fill the pores of the porous sheets by resin supplying pressure and/or pressing pressure and to reach outer surfaces of the porous fibrous sheet.

Abstract: A manufacturing device for multi-layer molded-products, which is provided with: a mold having a pair of upper and lower molds, one of which is a movable mold and the other is a fixed mold; and a movable member that presses a covering material against the molding surface of the upper or lower mold and that is capable of retreating out of the cavity of the mold. The device can be used in a manufacturing method for multi-layer molded-products which comprising the steps of supplying molten thermoplastic resin between the upper mold and the lower mold, and applying pressure to a forming cavity by clamping. With this method and device, it is possible to easily produce a multi-layer molded-product wherein the covering material, such as a woven fabric, is entangledly fused to and integrally formed on the surface of a base plate with at least one hole that is made of thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer molded article that includes a resin body and a skin material on a surface of the resin body, which method uses a mold having male and female molds. The shortest horizontal distance of a mating gap between the horizontally outermost wall surface of the male mold to which the skin material contacts and the horizontally innermost wall surface of the female mold to which the skin material contacts is 0.25 to 3 times the minimum thickness from which the once compressed skin material can restore the original thickness. The shortest length L in a mold closing direction of a mated part formed between the outermost wall of the male mold to which the resin melt contacts and the innermost wall of of a flange of the female mold satisfies the equation:(t.sub.1 -t.sub.0 +10)mm.gtoreq.L.gtoreq.(t.sub.0 -t.sub.0)mmwherein t.sub.1 is a distance (mm) between the male and female molds when the resin melt first reaches the horizontally outermost edge of the male mold, and t.sub.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article is produced using a composite skin layer made of a skin material and a foam sheet on a core layer of a thermoplastic resin in which a tensile modulus E of the skin material is not larger than 950 kg/cm.sup.2, and a tensile modulus E (kg/cm.sup.2), a heat shrinkage factor F (%) and a thickness t (cm) of the skin material satisfy the following relationship:20/(E.times.t)+F.gtoreq.2.5,which method produces a large size multilayer molded article having a complicated shape and no wrinkles, breakage or uneven marks in the skin material on the surface of the article.

Abstract: A method of forming a multilayer molded article with improved appearance having a core of a thermoplastic resin and a skin material laminated on the resin core, in which the skin material is made of a fabric which is lined with a nonwoven fabric having a weight of at least 50 g/m.sup.2 and an elongation at break of 20% to 80% and optionally has an intermediate foam layer between the fabric and the nonwoven fabric.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article having a body of a thermoplastic resin and a skin material which is laminated on a surface of said body and made of an olefin thermoplastic elastomer having 100% modulus (M100) at 23.degree. C. of from 20 to 60 kg/cm.sup.2 and a frictional resistance (tan .delta.) against a metal surface of 1.0 or lower which is backed with a foam layer, which has good appearance and also good weather resistance.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin shaped article is prepared by supplying a preheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet between upper and lower molds, positioning the upper and lower molds so that a clearance between the upper and lower molds at the time of the completion of mold clamping is larger than a thickness of the unpreheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet, and supplying a molten thermoplastic resin in a recess provided in at least one of the upper and lower molds through a resin passage provided in the mold so that a portion formed from the molten thermoplastic resin in the recess is integrated by fusion with a portion formed from the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet. The article is light-weight and also has a rib, a boss or any other projection.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a core resin layer and a skin laminated integrally thereon is provided. The laminate has the projections, such as ribs, formed integral with the core resin layer with the same resin material as the core resin. Also, a hollow portion is formed in the inside of the resin layer near the intersection of the core resin layer and each projection. The laminate is free of sinks on the surface at its positions corresponding to the projections on the back side and has good appearance and excellent mechanical strength.