Abstract: Provided is a light absorption anisotropic film capable of preparing an image display device having excellent display performance and excellent durability, and a laminate and an image display device formed of the light absorption anisotropic film. The light absorption anisotropic film is used for an image display device, which is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, in which in a signal derived from the dichroic substance detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, a relationship between a maximum intensity Imax of the light absorption anisotropic film in a thickness direction and an intensity Isur1 in a surface of the light absorption anisotropic film on a viewing side of the image display device satisfies Expression (I-1) 2.0?Imax/Isur1.

Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to calculate an action of each object within a field to cause a match between the user and the opponent to proceed, and for providing the game in which the first turn of an offense and the second turn of a defense are switched between the user and the opponent based on a calculation result of the action, wherein the computer program causes the computer to serve as a selection opportunity provision unit that suspends the action of each object in conjunction with switching of the turns and provides an opportunity of selection regarding the match to the user, and a calculation control unit that controls calculation of the match so that the selection by the user is reflected in the calculation of the match within a target period until switching of the turns occurs next.

Abstract: Provided is a composition which has excellent temporal stability and excellent spectral characteristics, and with which a film with suppressed defects can be formed. The composition includes a coloring agent represented by Formula (1) and a curable compound, in which R1 to R4 each independently represent a substituent, R5 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R11 to R15 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. However, at least one of R11, R12, R13, or R14 is a substituent or each of R11 to R15 is a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: Provided is a light absorption anisotropic film capable of preparing an image display device having excellent display performance and excellent durability, and a laminate and an image display device formed of the light absorption anisotropic film. The light absorption anisotropic film is used for an image display device, which is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, in which in a signal derived from the dichroic substance detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, a relationship between a maximum intensity Imax of the light absorption anisotropic film in a thickness direction and an intensity Isur1 in a surface of the light absorption anisotropic film on a viewing side of the image display device satisfies Expression (I-1) 2.0?Imax/Isur1.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition capable of forming an optically anisotropic layer with suppressed cissing during formation of an optically anisotropic layer and an excellent alignment degree, a fluorine-containing polymer, an optically anisotropic layer, a laminate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound and an interface improver, in which the interface improver is a fluorine-containing polymer having a repeating unit B1 represented by Formula (B-1) and a repeating unit B2 having a fluorine atom.

Abstract: An infrared-absorbing composition includes particles of an infrared-absorbing coloring agent and a solvent, in which the particles in the infrared-absorbing composition have two or more maximal absorption wavelengths exhibited in a wavelength range of 650 to 1500 nm, and in the range, in a case where an absorbance at a maximal absorption wavelength existing on a second shortest wavelength side is set to 1, an absorbance at a maximal absorption wavelength existing on a shortest wavelength side is 0.6 to 2.0.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a light absorption anisotropic film having a three-dimensional shape and having excellent alignment, which is capable of manufacturing a light absorption anisotropic film having a high degree of polarization even where a three-dimensional shape is provided by heating molding. The method includes a step of producing an intermediate laminate having an optical coating film formed using a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystalline compound and a dichroic substance, and an alignment film; a step of heating the intermediate laminate produced by the film forming step to impart a three-dimensional shape; an aligning step of aligning a liquid crystalline component included in the optical coating film in the intermediate laminate imparted with the three-dimensional shape by the heating molding step to produce a light absorption anisotropic film; and a step of curing the light absorption anisotropic film produced by the aligning step.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate including a light absorption anisotropic layer, in which a decrease in a degree of polarization is suppressed even in a case where the laminate is simultaneously stretched in a plurality of directions, and an optical device and a display device, each using the laminate. The laminate of an embodiment of the present invention is a laminate having at least a resin substrate and a light absorption anisotropic layer, in which a tan ? peak temperature of the resin substrate is 170° C. or lower, the light absorption anisotropic layer includes a liquid crystalline compound and a dichroic substance, and an alignment degree of the dichroic substance is 0.95 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a polarizer with excellent durability and an image display device including the polarizer. The polarizer includes a composition for forming a polarizer which contains a polymer liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material, in which the dichroic material includes a first dichroic material and a second dichroic material, an absolute value of a difference between a log P value of the first dichroic material and a log P value of the second dichroic material is 1.0 or less, and a stabilization energy indicating an energy loss in a case where one dichroic material of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material is incorporated into a structure singly formed of the other dichroic material that is aligned therein is 30 kcal/mol or less.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a terminal apparatus, a communication method, a settlement processing apparatus, a settlement method, and a settlement system that are configured to execute the adjustment of payment with simplicity and without waste. The terminal apparatus acquires the settlement ID of another terminal apparatus, acquires settlement conditions related with settlement processing, and sends the settlement ID of own apparatus and the settlement ID of another terminal apparatus to the settlement processing apparatus by linking these IDs and the settlement conditions.

Abstract: A multilayer stack displaying a red omnidirectional structural color. The multilayer stack includes a reflector layer, a dielectric layer extending across the reflector layer, and an absorbing layer extending across the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer reflects more than 70% of incident white light that has a wavelength greater than 580 nanometers (nm). In addition, the absorbing layer absorbs more than 70% of the incident white light with a wavelength less than 580 nm. In combination, the reflector layer, dielectric layer, and absorbing layer form an omnidirectional reflector that reflects a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation with a center wavelength between 580-680 nm, has a width of less than 200 nm wide and a color shift of less than 100 nm when the reflector is viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees.

Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus includes a first display screen and a second display screen serving as a rear surface of the first display screen. The portable terminal apparatus sets regions of the first and second display screens as regions in which operation inputs indicating a pair of processes are received. Thereby, the portable terminal apparatus can receive a plurality of input operations using the first and second display screens without increasing the size of the first display screen. Accordingly, the size increase of the portable terminal apparatus can be eliminated and the operability thereof can be improved.

Abstract: A supporting-point position detecting unit detects a supporting-point position of a thumb when the finger moves in a state in which a portable electronic apparatus (portable information apparatus) is held, and a finger length acquiring unit acquires a length of the thumb. Then, an application processing unit sets a touch region (for example, a display region of an icon of a push button) in which a touch operation serving as a predetermined input operation is received within a movable range of the finger obtained based on the supporting-point position of the thumb and the length of the thumb in a region in which the touch sensor is able to detect a touch.

Abstract: A multilayer stack displaying a red omnidirectional structural color. The multilayer stack includes a reflector layer, a dielectric layer extending across the reflector layer, and an absorbing layer extending across the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer reflects more than 70% of incident white light that has a wavelength greater than 580 nanometers (nm). In addition, the absorbing layer absorbs more than 70% of the incident white light with a wavelength less than 580 nm. In combination, the reflector layer, dielectric layer, and absorbing layer form an omnidirectional reflector that reflects a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation with a center wavelength between 580-680 nm, has a width of less than 200 nm wide and a color shift of less than 100 nm when the reflector is viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees.

Abstract: An optical film comprising a cellulose ester film and, as formed on at least one surface thereof, a hard coat layer having a thickness of from 0.1 to 6 ?m, wherein the tensile elastic modulus of the cellulose ester film both in the machine direction (MD) thereof and in the direction transverse to the machine direction (TD) thereof is at least 4.0 GPa.

Abstract: There is disclosed a mouse including: an obtaining unit that obtains a vein image; a generation determination unit that determines a predetermined generation from the vein image; and a setting switch unit that switches content of settings, which is set in a computer connected through a predetermined transfer path, to content of settings assigned to the generation determined by the generation determination unit.

Abstract: An identification information creation apparatus and method capable of improving reliability in an identification process. A prescribed number or fewer isolated pixels are eliminated as condition noises from a binarized image created from images obtained by imaging blood vessels unique to a body, and identification information is created based on the blood vessels of the resultant noise-free binarized image. This can reduce a possibility of creating the identification information with the condition noises as a part of the blood vessels, thus making it possible to prevent the identification information from deteriorating due to different imaging conditions and physiologic change of imaging target and thus improving reliability in the identification process.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus is provided. The authentication apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of registration authentication information each of which is unique to an authentication target. These pieces of registration authentication information are based on biological information obtained from different and the same kind of parts of a living body of a registered user. The authentication apparatus also acquires biological information from a part of the living body selected by a user, and then generates personal authentication information based on the biological information acquired. The authentication apparatus subsequently arranges a collation order of the plurality of pieces of registration authentication information, and then sequentially collates the plurality of pieces of registration authentication information with the personal authentication information in accordance with the collation serial numbers.

Abstract: A data distribution system in which distribution data is generated by a distribution data generation portion, a second range is specified by a specifying portion, the second range is mapped to a first range by a mapping portion, and third image data is generated by performing binarization based on a threshold value regulated in the first range by various components. In this way, binarization can be suitably performed even when pixel value distribution data differs for each subject.

Abstract: There is disclosed a mouse including: an obtaining unit that obtains a vein image; a generation determination unit that determines a predetermined generation from the vein image; and a setting switch unit that switches content of settings, which is set in a computer connected through a predetermined transfer path, to content of settings assigned to the generation determined by the generation determination unit.