Abstract: A transmission unit includes a transmission pulse signal generating circuit which generates a transmission pulse signal having pulses corresponding to a plurality of clock signals generated in a clock signal generating circuit, existing between a first pulse and a second pulse which are generated in an edge pulse generating circuit. A receiving unit is configured to decode a received pulse signal based on the transmission pulse signal received from the transmission unit via an isolated communication unit, as a signal that transitions from a first level to a second level when an initial pulse of the received pulse signal is detected and that transitions from the second level to the first level when a subsequent pulse is not detected within a predetermined first time period from when a most recent pulse of the received pulse signal is detected.

Abstract: A narrow frame touch input sheet, and a conductive sheet used in the narrow frame touch input sheet, are suitable for a capacitive touch sensor having a narrow frame and two layers of transparent conductive film patterns. The conductive sheet includes one or more transparent base sheets stacked into a layer, transparent conductive films, light-excluding conductive electrode films, and first resist layers, which are layered sequentially on the uppermost and lowermost surfaces thereof. The first resist layers are exposed simultaneously on both surfaces, and after development, the transparent and light-excluding conductive electrode films are simultaneously etched, the first resist layers are stripped away, then second resist layers are formed as coating on the both surfaces in an outer edge portion, so that the light-excluding conductive electrode films are etched only in the central window portions. Thus, circuit patterns of the transparent conductive films are exposed.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon feedstock gasifier (gasifier) is provided with: a heat transmission surface disposed within a gasification region of a gasifier configured from a pressure vessel for generating produced gas by partially oxidizing coal which is a hydrocarbon feedstock; a heat exchanger disposed on the path of a circulation line for a circulation medium circulating within the heat transmission surface and for exchanging the heat of the circulation medium; and a circulation pump for circulating the circulation medium.

Abstract: A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member (1) and a lower transparent electrode base member (2) is filled with a transparent adhesive layer (3) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer.

Abstract: A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member and a lower transparent electrode base member is filled with a transparent adhesive layer as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer.

Abstract: A cover glass integrated sensor has an excellent visibility of sharp outlines of the display screen as seen through the cover glass and has a sense of unity in appearance in portions surrounding the display screen. The cover glass integrated sensor includes a cover glass and a capacitance type film sensor. The cover glass includes a glass substrate and a first frame-like light-blocking layer made of a screen printing film formed on peripheral portion on the rear surface of the glass substrate. The capacitance type film sensor has a second frame-like light-blocking layer made of an exposure/development product of color resist material formed on a periphery of the front surface. The capacitance type film sensor is attached to a rear surface of the cover glass. An inner edge of the second frame-like light-blocking layer is closer to the center than an inner edge of the first frame-like light-blocking layer.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive conductive member is arranged in a through hole of a base-material bonding layer so as to be in contact with a peripheral-switch upper electrode and a peripheral-switch lower electrode, and when a force applied to a peripheral switch is transmitted to the pressure sensitive conductive member through an upper electrode base material and the upper electrode, a current flows, so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode are electrically connected.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a narrow frame touch input sheet having very good anticorrosion properties and suitable for a narrow frame capacitance type touch sensor having a double-layer transparent conductive film pattern. The method uses an electrical conductivity sheet obtained by sequentially forming transparent and light blocking conductive films, and first resist layers, on both sides of a transparent base sheet, exposing and developing the resist layers on both sides simultaneously, etching the transparent and light blocking films simultaneously, removing the resist layers, laminating second resist layers with anticorrosion agent on the revealed light blocking films, etching the light blocking films in center windows and terminal portions to reveal the transparent films, and side etching revealed end faces of the light blocking films at center window and terminal portion boundaries to create visor structured second resist layers that are heat softened as an anticorrosion layer on the revealed faces.

Abstract: A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member (1) and a lower transparent electrode base member (2) is filled with a transparent adhesive layer (3) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer.

Abstract: A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member (1) and a lower transparent electrode base member (2) is filled with a transparent adhesive layer (3) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer.

Abstract: Provided is a capacitive touch sensor, in which an adhesion layer can be prevented from being whitened by water vapor, while deterioration of optical characteristics is prevented. A transparent base material sheet (312), a transparent conductive-film layer (313), and a transparent adhesion layer (314) are formed on a protection sheet (311). The adhesion layer (314) is formed on the transparent conductive-film layer (313) so as to cover the transparent conductive-film layer (313). The protection sheet (313) has a water vapor transmission rate of 1 g/(m2·day·atm) or smaller, and an in-plane direction retardation value of 20 nm or smaller at a wavelength of 550 nm. The base material sheet (312) has an in-plane direction retardation value of 20 nm or smaller at a wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: A protective panel having touch panel function is used for protecting a front surface of a display device that is disposed so as to be visually recognized from outside, and the protective panel is fitted in a panel fitting part of a casing provided with an opening such that an outer surface of the protective panel forms a flat plane identical with that of the casing with no gap formed therebetween. The protective panel includes: an upper electrode sheet having a decorative layer and upper electrodes provided thereon; and a lower electrode sheet having lower electrodes provided on an upper surface thereof, and the upper electrode sheet and the lower electrode sheet are disposed such that the respective electrodes thereof face with each other.

Abstract: [Object] It is an object to provide a mount structure of a touch panel with a vibration function which is superior in impact resistance, dust-proofness, and drip-proofness, and can effectively transmit a vibration of a vibration element.

Abstract: There is provided a resistive film type touch panel with a pressing detection function capable of detecting not only a pressed position (X, Y coordinates) of a screen, but also a Z direction (pressure) at the same time, superior in visibility, and low in cost. According to a resistive film type transparent touch panel, a first member and a second member are bonded with a transparent bonding layer having many uniformly dispersed through holes between the first and second transparent conductive films, and a conductive pressure sensitive ink member is arranged in each of the through holes, formed on at least one surface of opposed surfaces of the first member and the second member, and has electric characteristics to be changed by an applied pressed force.

Abstract: A portable device including a transparent cover (1) having a light transmittance of not less than 50%. A circuit pattern of a conductive material is provided in the cover between two sheet-like transparent substrates (5a). A device main body (2) is coupled to the transparent cover 1 thereto in an openable/closable manner such that members provided on a surface thereof are concealed or exposed by the transparent cover (1) being opened or closed. An open/close determination part (7) is provided for determining whether the transparent cover is open or closed, and function switching parts (22, 23) are provided for switching functions of the circuit pattern based on the determination of the open/close determination part as to whether the transparent cover is open or closed.

Abstract: A narrow frame touch input sheet, and a conductive sheet used in the narrow frame touch input sheet, are suitable for a capacitive touch sensor having a narrow frame and two layers of transparent conductive film patterns. The conductive sheet includes one or more transparent base sheets stacked into a layer, transparent conductive films, light-excluding conductive electrode films, and first resist layers, which are layered sequentially on the uppermost and lowermost surfaces thereof. The first resist layers are exposed simultaneously on both surfaces, and after development, the transparent and light-excluding conductive electrode films are simultaneously etched, the first resist layers are stripped away, then second resist layers are formed as coating on the both surfaces in an outer edge portion, so that the light-excluding conductive electrode films are etched only in the central window portions. Thus, circuit patterns of the transparent conductive films are exposed.

Abstract: Provided is a transparent thin plate including a transparent substrate in a sheet form, a mesh layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate and made of an opaque material having a structure wherein an outline of meshes is made of bands that are very thin and have a substantially equal width, and having a light transmittance of 50% or more, and a colored layer that is arranged in a state that the layer is laminated in a partial area of the mesh layer and on the surface of the mesh layer, and has a color different from that of the opaque material constituting the mesh layer.

Abstract: Provided is an integrated coal gasification combined cycle apparatus that can operate a coal pulverizer using gas turbine exhaust gas as drying gas even when the concentration of oxygen in the gas turbine exhaust gas to be used as the drying gas is temporarily increased. In the integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant using combustion exhaust gas from a gas turbine as the drying gas for a coal pulverizer and adjusting the temperature of the drying gas by mixing outlet gas from a denitration device installed inside an exhaust gas boiler and outlet gas from the exhaust gas boiler, an auxiliary burner is started when the concentration of oxygen in the drying gas is increased to a predetermined value or more and is installed so as to adjust the concentration of oxygen in the drying gas using the combustion exhaust gas generated thereby.

Abstract: A receiving unit converts a pulse received from a transmission unit into a digital output signal and send back the received pulse to the transmission unit via an isolated communication unit, when it receives the pulse transmitted from the transmission unit; the transmission unit includes: an edge pulse generating circuit for generating a pulse corresponding to a transition of the digital input signal between a first level and a second level; and a verification circuit configured to receive the pulse sent back from the receiving unit, determine whether or not the pulse has been sent back from the receiving unit, and generate an additional pulse when the verification circuit determines that the pulse has not been sent back from the receiving unit and is configured to transmit the pulses generated in the edge pulse generating circuit and in the verification circuit, to the receiving unit, via the isolated communication unit.

Abstract: A gasifying agent supply path A from an axial flow compressor 21 which boosts pressure of a gasifying agent to a gasifying furnace 2 is branched, and a gasifying agent bypass path D having an escaping pressure adjusting valve 23 is provided. The flow quantity or pressure of the gasifying agent supplied to the gasifying furnace 2 from the gasifying agent supply path A can be adjusted according to the degree of opening of the adjusting valve 23 disposed in the gasifying agent bypass path D, whereby providing a control valve in the gasifying agent supply path A is no longer necessary. Thus, pressure loss at the gasifying agent supply path A can be suppressed, and the discharge pressure of the axial flow compressor 21 can be greatly reduced.