Abstract: There is provided an optical connector device which prevents leakage of light until right before connectors are connected to each other and is small-sized by a reduction in space for housing shutters. The optical connector device is an optical connector device comprising a first optical connector and a second optical connector. When shutters for shutting out light from the optical connectors are collided with each other, the shutters move to positions where they do not shut out the light. Therefore, the first optical connector and the second optical connector are connected to each other. After moving, the shutter of the first optical connector and the shutter of the second optical connector are inserted into the second optical connector while remaining contacting each other.

Abstract: An end portion of an optical fiber element 11 is dipped into an etchant to shape that portion of the fiber element immersed in said etchant into a coaxial reduced-diameter portion by etching while causing that portion of the fiber element where the etchant rising to a certain height above the level surface of the etchant due to surface tension into a conical tapered surface portion which is formed between the reduced-diameter portion and un-etched portion of the fiber element, and subsequently thereafter, the reduced-diameter portion is cut to have a very short length thereof remained.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having at least two magnetic layers and a non-magnetic intermediate layer held between them. The first magnetic layer (which is closer to the substrate than the non-magnetic intermediate layer) is formed from an alloy composed of Co, Pr, and Cr, with Pt content being 3-9 at %. The second magnetic layer (which is farther from the substrate than the non-magnetic intermediate layer) is formed from a Co-based alloy containing Pt, Cr, and B. The first and second magnetic layers are magnetized in the mutually antiparallel direction in the absence of an applied magnetic field. The magnetic recording medium is characterized by good thermal stability for recording bits, high recording resolution, and low media noise. It is suitable for a magnetic storage for high recording density with high reliability.

Abstract: To allow any image to be viewed naturally and to determine a scene structure as close to a real object as possible, frame memories store therein three types of basic depth models indicating the depth values of three basic types of scene structures, one basic depth model for each scene structure. A composition ratio is determined according to the high frequency component estimation values or activity values of the luminance signal of a received non-3D image that are received from a top activity unit and a bottom activity unit and, based on the composition ratio, the three types of basic depth models are composed. The R signal of the non-3D image is superimposed on the composed basic depth model in an adder to produce final depth estimation data.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a acute tip, multi-wall carbon nanotube radial aggregate, comprising the steps of leading a graphite rod into plasma flame generated in a hydrogen-added inert gas atmosphere to evaporate carbon from the graphite rod and stacking, on the surface of the graphite rod, the acute tip, multi-wall carbon nanotube radial aggregation of novel carbon nano-structure useful as field emission electron sources such as probes for STM and APM, display elements, and displays.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas, which can be used to obtain clinical information by noninvasive and bloodless operations and is useful for in-home medical care and health management. The apparatus includes a device for collecting skin permeable gas including a container for storing skin permeable gas; a partition, disposed at a lower section inside the container, having an opening at the center thereof; and an operating member for opening and closing the opening of the partition.

Abstract: By analyzing hematopoietic stem cell proliferation regulators produced by stroma cells, a cDNA library is constructed and novel hematopoiesis-associated genes are isolated. Genes encoding the proteins as specified in the following (a) or (b): (a) having an amino acid sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NOS selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12; or (b) having an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence as defined in the above (a) by deletion, substitution or addition of one to several amino acids and having an activity of regulation hematopoietic stem cell proliferation.

Abstract: A high frequency power amplifying device has two amplifying lines. Each amplifying line has a configuration in which a plurality of amplifying stages are connected in cascade having two source voltage terminals, of which one is connected to the first amplifying stage of one amplifying line and to the remaining amplifying stages of the other amplifying line, and the other, to the first amplifying stage of the latter amplifying line and to the remaining amplifying stages of the former amplifying line. An air core coil with a low D.C. resistance, formed by spirally winding a copper wire of about 0.1 mm in diameter, is connected in series between the final amplifying stage of each amplifying line and the source voltage terminal.

Abstract: A biometric authentication apparatus includes an illumination section, an imaging section, a photographic subject placing section, and an authentication section. The illumination section irradiates at least near infrared light onto a biological portion placed in contact with a housing surface. The imaging section images a near infrared light image of the biological portion. The photographic subject placing section is provided in the vicinity of the illumination section, in which at least a part of the light emanation portion of the illumination section on a side where the imaging section is disposed is covered by the photographic subject when the photographic subject is placed. The authentication section performing biometric authentication by making a comparison between a specific pattern extracted from the near infrared light image of the biological portion imaged by the imaging section and a preliminarily registered specific pattern.

Abstract: A laminated film obtained by carrying out anti-reflection processing on the surface of a reflection polarizing film. This laminated film comprising (A) a monoaxially oriented laminated film consisting of 501 or more alternating first layers made of a first thermoplastic resin having a positive stress optical coefficient and a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 ?m and second layers made of a second thermoplastic resin different from the first thermoplastic resin and having a thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and a low-reflectance layer formed on at least one side of the monoaxially oriented laminated film and having a reflectance of the surface measured from the input side of 3% or less.

Abstract: A solution including a single-stranded nucleic acid (10) having a target base (11) related to SNP or the like is mixed with a solution including two kinds of single-stranded detecting nucleic acids (20a) and (20b) complementary to partial sequences that sandwich the target base (11) between them to hybridize the target nucleic acid (10) and the detecting nucleic acids (20a) and (20b). Thus, a gap part (21) is intentionally formed at a position opposed to the target base (11). Then, a receptor molecule (30) having hydrogen bonding characteristics and fluorescence emitting characteristics is inserted to the gap part (21) as a hydrophobic space. Then, the change of fluorescent strength of the receptor molecule (30) depending on the difference of the target base (11) is detected to detect a single nucleotide substitution.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution for an electric double layer capacitor comprising a quaternary ammonium salt in a mixed solvent containing ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate as an electrolyte. The electrolytic solution for electric double layer capacitor has a low coefficient of viscosity, has an excellent low temperature characteristics of not coagulating at a low temperature, possesses high electrical conductivity over a wide temperature range, and has a long-term reliability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous oxide and a thin film transistor using the amorphous oxide. In particular, the present invention provides an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3, and a thin film transistor using such an amorphous oxide. In a thin film transistor having a source electrode 6, a drain electrode 5, a gate electrode 4, a gate insulating film 3, and a channel layer 2, an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3 is used in the channel layer 2.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing various types of microdroplets. The apparatus has a cross intersection portion at which a first continuous phase, a first dispersion phase, and a second dispersion phase intersect with each other. A first liquid feed device controls the first dispersion phase and a second liquid feed device controls the second dispersion phase. A control device is connected to the first liquid feed device and the second liquid feed device. The first liquid feed device and the second liquid feed device are controlled by a signal from the control device so that microdroplets formed of the first dispersion phase and microdroplets formed of the second dispersion phase are sequentially produced.

Abstract: A volume measuring apparatus is provided with: an acoustic tube whose one end is communicated with a container in which an object to be measured is contained; another container communicated with the other end of the acoustic tube; a partition chamber which defines a sealed space disposed adjacent to the another container and which includes a partition plate for dividing the sealed space and an inner space of the another container; and an electromotive-type speaker which is disposed in the sealed space and whose acoustic wave output surface is disposed opposite to the partition plate. A processing device obtains a volume of the object to be measured, on the basis of an acoustic signal associated with an acoustic wave outputted into the another container via the partition plate from the acoustic wave output surface.

Abstract: A method of producing a polyoxalate resin including polycondensing a dialkyl oxalate represented by formula (2): wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with a saturated aliphatic diol represented by formula (3): HO-A-OH, wherein A represents a divalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, in which polycondensation reaction product, the molar amount of the dialkyl oxalate [M1] and the molar amount of the saturated aliphatic diol [M2] satisfy relationship (I): 0.5?[M2]/[M1]<1 while controlling the total content of water in the starting reaction mixture to 2,000 ppm or less.

Abstract: In a connector adapted to be connected to a mating object in a first direction, a plurality of contacts arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the contacts includes a contacting portion to be contacted with a mating object and an intermediate portion between the contacting portion and a terminal portion. The contacts include a plurality of paired signal contacts and a plurality of ground contacts. A combination of the paired signal contacts in one of the rows and the ground contact in the other row forms a first set. A combination of the paired signal contacts in the other row and the ground contact in the one row forms a second set. Adjacent ones of the intermediate portions in the first and the second sets are shifted in position from each other in the first direction.

Abstract: When displaying map information including a place where a 2-dimensional code is set according to the information containing the 2-dimensional code, the map can be displayed in a direction facilitating a user to view the map. A mobile terminal includes 2-dimensional code read means for reading a 2-dimensional code set at a particular location and containing position information on the location where it is set and the azimuth information on the location with respect to the read reference direction of the 2-dimensional code. The mobile terminal further includes display means for displaying a map, rotation angle calculation means, and map rotation means. The 2-dimensional code read means outputs position information recorded in the 2-dimensional code and the 2-dimensional code read reference direction and azimuth information. The rotation angle calculation means calculates a rotation angle from the 2-dimensional code read reference direction and azimuth information.

Abstract: An FM signal demodulating method and a device thereof are provided, for easily changing the sensitivity, as an FM signal demodulator, preventing the change in response speed due to the change of the sensitivity and using differentiation without waveform distortion. Reference signals with phases different from each other by 90 degrees and having frequencies equal to the central frequency of an FM signal to be demodulated are frequency-mixed to the FM signal inputted, respectively, the mixed signals are converted into intermediate-frequency signals I and Q having phases different from each other by 90 degrees with frequencies of 0 Hz as center, signals dI and dQ obtained by time-differentiating the intermediate-frequency signals I and Q and the intermediate-frequency signals I and Q are multiplied across each other, signals I•dQ and Q•dI are thus obtained, and the difference of I•dQ?Q•dI is outputted.