Abstract: An information reception device is provided with: operation surface which is adjusted to produce a characteristic index vibration by an object contact; a storage device stores candidate information (candidate information is related with the index vibration) which serves as a candidate of input information; a microphone which acquires observation information according to observation of the actual vibration arising in the surrounding environment; and a CPU. The CPU (selecting part) judges whether or not the index vibration exists in the observation information acquired. When the CPU judges that the index vibration exists, the CPU selects the candidate information which is related with the index vibration as the input information.

Abstract: A translucent conductive film includes a film substrate, a metal wiring layer provided as a pattern, and a colored layer. The film substrate has a plurality of protrusions on a surface at a side where the metal wiring layer is provided. The metal wiring layer has a line width of greater than 5 ?m but less than 8 ?m, and the metal wiring layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m but less than 0.5 ?m. The colored layer is provided on a main surface of the metal wiring layer at a viewing side but not on a side surface of the metal wiring layer.

Abstract: To provide a touch senor having an improved productivity, and also achieving high reliability since there is no occurrence of a wire break in a metal wiring and having good usability since the metal wiring layer is less likely to be visually recognized. A touch senor of the present invention includes a film substrate (11) having a plurality of protrusions on both surfaces (11a), (11b) thereof, a metal wiring layer (12) provided over one surface (11a) of the film substrate, a circular polarizer film (14) provided at a viewing side A of film substrate (11), and a metal wiring layer (15) provided over the other surface (11b) of the film substrate (11). The metal wiring layer (12) has a line width of greater than 5 ?m but less than or equal to 8 ?m, and a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m but less than 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: An information reception device is provided with: operation surface which is adjusted to produce a characteristic index vibration by an object contact; a storage device stores candidate information (candidate information is related with the index vibration) which serves as a candidate of input information; a microphone which acquires observation information according to observation of the actual vibration arising in the surrounding environment; and a CPU. The CPU (selecting part) judges whether or not the index vibration exists in the observation information acquired. When the CPU judges that the index vibration exists, the CPU selects the candidate information which is related with the index vibration as the input information.

Abstract: A translucent conductive film includes a film substrate, a metal wiring layer provided as a pattern, and a colored layer. The film substrate has a plurality of protrusions on a surface at a side where the metal wiring layer is provided. The metal wiring layer has a line width of greater than 5 ?m but less than 8 ?m, and the metal wiring layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m but less than 0.5 ?m. The colored layer is provided on a main surface of the metal wiring layer at a viewing side but not on a side surface of the metal wiring layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel liquid seasoning and a method for producing the liquid seasoning. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel liquid seasoning that retains the function of salted rice malt, has a good balance among umami, sweetness and saltiness, has a less koji smell and is highly convenient, and to provide a method for producing the liquid seasoning.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a film substrate having a plurality of protrusions on both surfaces thereof, a first metal wiring layer provided as a pattern over a surface at a viewing side of the film substrate, a circular polarizer film laminated at a viewing side of the first metal wiring layer, and a second metal wiring layer provided as a pattern over a surface at a side opposite to the viewing side of the film substrate. Each of the first and second metal wiring layers has a line width of greater than 5 ?m but less than 8 ?m, and each of the first and second metal wiring layers has a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m but less than 0.5 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel liquid seasoning and a method for producing the liquid seasoning. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel liquid seasoning that retains the function of salted rice malt, has a good balance among umami, sweetness and saltiness, has a less koji smell and is highly convenient, and to provide a method for producing the liquid seasoning.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminated optical film that allows three-dimensional images to be reproduced, which is preferably used in a large image display apparatus. One embodiment of the method includes laminating a polarizing plate and a ?/4 plate and forming a ?/2 layer partially on the ?/4 plate. The polarizing plate and the ?/4 plate are laminated such that an angle between an absorption axis of a polarizer of the polarizing plate and a slow axis of the ?/4 plate is substantially 45°, and the ?/2 layer is formed such that an angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the ?/2 layer is substantially 45°.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated optical film capable of enhancing a contrast ratio in an oblique direction remarkably while enhancing viewing angle characteristics when being used in a liquid crystal display apparatus or the like, and a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the laminated optical film. The laminated optical film of the present invention includes a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, and a second optical compensation layer in the stated order, in which the first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>nz>ny and is placed so that a slow axis direction thereof is substantially parallel to or substantially perpendicular to an absorption axis direction of the polarizer, and the second optical compensation layer converts linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light or circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light in a visible light region.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a laminated optical film that allows three-dimensional images to be reproduced, which is preferably used, particularly, in a large image display apparatus. A method of producing a laminated optical film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes laminating a polarizing plate and a ?/4 plate and forming a ?/2 layer partially on the ?/4 plate. The polarizing plate and the ?/4 plate are laminated so that an angle between an absorption axis of a polarizer of the polarizing plate and a slow axis of the ?/4 plate is substantially 45°, and the ?/2 layer is formed so that an angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the ?/2 layer is substantially 45°.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film capable of contributing to reduction in thickness, preventing uneven heating, and favorably preventing light leak in black display, and an image display apparatus using such an optical film. An optical film of the present invention includes a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer having a refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz, and a second optical compensation layer having a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz in the stated order. In the optical film, an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer is +17° to +27° or ?17° to ?27°, an angle formed between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the second optical compensation layer is +85° to +95°, and an Nz coefficient of the second optical compensation layer is 1.2?Nz?2.

Abstract: An optical compensation layer-attached polarizing plate including a polarizing plate, an optical compensation layer and another optical compensation layer that are laminated in this order, wherein the optical compensation layer has the relation nx1>ny1=nz1, including a resin with a photoelastic coefficient absolute value of at most 2.0×10?11 m2/N, and has an in-plane retardation (nx1?ny1)d1 in the range of 200 nm to 300 nm, the optical compensation layer has the relation nx2>ny2>nz2, including a resin with a photoelastic coefficient absolute value of at most 2.0×10?11 m2/N, and has an in-plane retardation (nx2?ny2)d2 in the range of 90 nm to 160 nm, a slow axis of the optical compensation layer makes an angle of 10° to 30° with an absorption axis of the polarizing plate, and a slow axis of the optical compensation layer makes an angle of 75° to 95° with the absorption axis of the polarizing plate.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal panel which contributes to reduction in thickness and is excellent in optical properties and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer disposed on another side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical compensation layer and a first negative C plate disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, and a second negative C plate and a second optical compensation layer disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, in which the first optical compensation layer is disposed between the first polarizer and the first negative C plate, the second optical compensation layer is disposed between the second negative C plate and the second polarizer, the first and second optical compensation layers each include a coating layer functioning as a ?/4 plate, and each have a thickness of 0.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus each of which: contributes to a reduction in thickness; and is excellent in optical characteristics, and a method of producing the liquid crystal panel with extremely high production efficiency. A liquid crystal panel of the present invention has a first polarizer, a first protective layer, a first optical compensation layer, a first negative C plate, a liquid crystal cell, a second negative C plate, a second optical compensation layer, a second protective layer, and a second polarizer in the stated order. The first optical compensation layer is arranged between the first protective layer and the first negative C plate to be in close contact with the first protective layer without using any adhesive. The second optical compensation layer is arranged between the second negative C plate and the second protective layer to be in close contact with the second protective layer without using any adhesive.

Abstract: A twist-obliquely oriented liquid crystal layer and a twist-obliquely oriented film is formed by forming an alignment layer, on a substrate, containing at least one selected from a glassy macromolecule and a silane coupling agent, performing a rubbing treatment on the alignment layer, and then applying a liquid crystal coating solution containing a chiral agent and a photopolymerizable liquid crystal composition.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated optical film capable of enhancing a contrast ratio in an oblique direction remarkably while enhancing viewing angle characteristics when being used in a liquid crystal display apparatus or the like, and a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the laminated optical film. The laminated optical film of the present invention includes a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, and a second optical compensation layer in the stated order, in which the first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>nz>ny and is placed so that a slow axis direction thereof is substantially parallel to or substantially perpendicular to an absorption axis direction of the polarizer, and the second optical compensation layer converts linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light or circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light in a visible light region.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated optical film, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display apparatus that have an excellent screen contrast and have a small color shift. A laminated optical film of the present invention includes in this order: a polarizer; a first optical compensation layer that has a refractive index ellipsoid exhibiting a relationship of nx>ny=nz and an in-plane retardation Re1 of 80 to 300 nm; a second optical compensation layer that has a refractive index ellipsoid exhibiting a relationship of nz>nx=ny; and a third optical compensation layer that has a refractive index ellipsoid exhibiting a relationship of nx>ny=nz and an in-plane retardation Re3 of 80 to 200 nm, wherein an absorption axis of the polarizer is perpendicular to a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer.

Abstract: Provided are an elliptically polarizing plate that is excellent in contrast in an oblique direction and has a broadband and a wide viewing angle, and an image display device using the elliptically polarizing plate. The elliptically polarizing plate of the present invention includes in order: a polarizer; a protective layer; a first birefringent layer having a refractive index profile of nz>nx=ny; a second birefringent layer that functions as a ?/2 plate; and a third birefringent layer that functions as a ?/4 plate. A ratio Rth1/Rthp between an absolute value Rthp of a thickness direction retardation of the protective layer and an absolute value Rth1 of a thickness direction retardation of the first birefringent layer is preferably in a range of 1.1 to 4.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing liquid crystal alignment film of the present invention comprises the steps of: (1) aligning a transparent substrate film by rubbing; (2) laminating a surface protective sheet having a release force of 0.5 N/50 mm or less onto an aligned face of the transparent substrate; (3) coating a liquid crystal material comprising a liquid crystal monomer and/or a liquid crystal polymer onto the aligned face after releasing the surface protective sheet; and (4) fixing the liquid crystal material after aligning the liquid crystal material. The method can make satisfactorily align the liquid crystal material on the substrate.