Abstract: A method for forming a functional layer includes giving information to the functional layer while forming the functional layer on a surface of an object. The functional layer includes an information area having the information and a non-information area other than the information area. The information area is different in color from the non-information area.

Abstract: An infrared detecting device is provided. The infrared detecting device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first layer having a first conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate; a light receiving layer on the first layer; and a second layer having a second conductivity type on the light receiving layer. A part of the first layer, the light receiving layer, and the second layer form a mesa structure. The second layer contains AlzIn1-zSb (0.05<z<0.18). The side surfaces and an upper surface of the mesa structure are covered with the protective layer. A part of an upper surface of the second layer that forms an interface between the second layer and the protective layer has an oxide layer made of a constituent material of the second layer. The oxide layer includes an oxide of Al and has no oxide of Sb.

Abstract: Disclosed is an infrared detecting device with a high SNR. The infrared detecting device 100 includes a semiconductor substrate 10; a first layer 20 formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type; a light receiving layer 30 formed on the first layer; and a second layer 40 formed on the light receiving layer and having a second conductivity type. The first layer includes, in the stated order: a layer containing Alx(1)In1-x(1)Sb; a layer having a film thickness ty(1) in nanometers and containing Aly(1)In1-y(1)Sb; and a layer containing Alx(2)In1-x(2)Sb, where ty(1), x(1), x(2), and y(1) satisfy the following relations: for j=1, 2, 0<ty(1)?2360×(y(1)?x(j))?240 (0.11?y(1)?x(j)?0.19), 0<ty(1)??1215×(y(1)?x(j))+427 (0.19<y(1)?x(j)?0.33), and 0<x(j)<0.18.

Abstract: A printer includes a paper holder which includes a shaft portion for supporting roll paper, and a movable member in a predetermined vertical height position near and above a first end portion of the shaft portion. The movable member is configured to be displaced along an extending direction of the shaft portion between a pressing position, in which the movable member is brought into contact with and pressed against an end surface of the roll paper supported by the shaft portion, and a non-pressing position, in which the movable member is not in contact with the end surface of the roll paper. The movable member is also biased toward the non-pressing position. A movable member detector is configured to detect that the movable member is in the non-pressing position, and a remaining amount notifier is configured to notify that a remaining amount of the roll paper is low.

Abstract: A printer includes a paper holder which includes a shaft portion for supporting roll paper and a movable member in a predetermined vertical height position near and above one end portion of the shaft portion, the movable member being configured to be displaced along an extending direction of the shaft portion between a pressing position in which the movable member is brought into contact with and pressed against an end surface of the roll paper supported by the shaft portion and a non-pressing position in which the movable member is not in contact with the end surface of the roll paper, the movable member being biased toward the non-pressing position; a movable member detector configured to detect that the movable member is in the non-pressing position; and a remaining amount notifier configured to notify that a remaining amount of the roll paper is low.

Abstract: Operation information which is provided from a construction DB server, assists an operation relating to a cable to which the operation is allowed, and is previously associated with a cable ID, is downloaded to a PDA which an operator carries. An RFID tag reader of a PDA is used to read information of an RFID integrated with a name indication card attached to a helmet possessed by the operator, and to read a cable ID of a cable from an index seal provided with an RFID and attached to an end of the cable. On the basis of the cable ID, operation information regarding the corresponding cable is acquired from among the downloaded operation information, and is displayed on a display means of the PDA.

Abstract: A cable installation support system capable of saving the labor of, and speeding up, work and check work while eliminating human error has terminals with a fixed pitch, and a terminal block cover having RFIDs with the same pitch as the pitch of the terminals of the terminal block. A terminal is provided with an R FID reader that reads identification information stored in the RFIDs. Also, in the terminal, identification information in RFID tags attached to core wires of a cable and terminals to which the core wires are attached are associated with each other, and predetermined RFIDs attached to the terminal block cover and the respective terminals of the terminal block are associated with each other. When an RFID tag and an RFID in the terminal block cover are read by the RFID reader, the terminal determines whether or not the core wire is connected to a correct terminal.

Abstract: According to a cable installation support and management system of the present invention, each worker downloads the operation information which supports operations on cables authorized for use onto the portable terminal carried by the worker, the operation information being associated in advance with cable identification information and provided by the server. Then, the worker reads the cable identification information about a cable from the cabling data card attached to the end of the cable using the reading device of the portable terminal. Based on the cable identification information, the worker acquires operation information about the appropriate cable from the downloaded operation information and displays the acquired operation information on the display device of the portable terminal. This allows the worker to perform necessary operations by referring to the operation information displayed on the display device.

Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus of side light type includes a transparent resin plate, a reflector disposed at one major surface of the transparent resin plate, and a light source disposed in a light source space formed toward one end of the transparent resin plate, wherein the reflector includes a main part having a rectangular shape and fold parts formed at peripheral edges of the main part so as to rise up therefrom, slits are formed through portions of the transparent resin plate located inside and off its peripheral edges, and wherein the fold parts of the reflector are inserted though the slits of the transparent resin plate.

Abstract: Provided is a cable installation support system capable of saving the labor of, and speeding up, work and check work while eliminating human error. A terminal block is provided with terminals with a fixed pitch, and a terminal block cover provided with RFIDs with the same pitch as the pitch of the terminals of the terminal block is attached to the terminal block. A terminal is provided with an RFID reader that reads identification information stored in the RFIDs. Also, in the terminal, identification information in RFID tags attached to core wires of a cable and terminals to which the core wires are attached are associated with each other, and predetermined RFIDs attached to the terminal block cover and the respective terminals of the terminal block are associated with each other. When an RFID tag and an RFID in the terminal block cover are read by the RFID reader, the terminal determines whether or not the core wire is connected to a correct terminal, based on the associated information.

Abstract: A spread illuminating apparatus of side light type includes a transparent resin plate, a reflector disposed at one major surface of the transparent resin plate, and a light source disposed in a light source space formed toward one end of the transparent resin plate, wherein the reflector includes a main part having a rectangular shape and fold parts formed at peripheral edges of the main part so as to rise up therefrom, slits are formed through portions of the transparent resin plate located inside and off its peripheral edges, and wherein the fold parts of the reflector are inserted though the slits of the transparent resin plate.

Abstract: According to a cable installation support and management system of the present invention, each worker downloads the operation information which supports operations on cables authorized for use onto the portable terminal carried by the worker, the operation information being associated in advance with cable identification information and provided by the server. Then, the worker reads the cable identification information about a cable from the cabling data card attached to the end of the cable using the reading device of the portable terminal. Based on the cable identification information, the worker acquires operation information about the appropriate cable from the downloaded operation information and displays the acquired operation information on the display device of the portable terminal. This allows the worker to perform necessary operations by referring to the operation information displayed on the display device.