Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane that is suitable for separating an acid gas from a gas mixture containing the acid gas and has a high acid gas permeability. A separation membrane (10) of the present invention includes: a separation functional layer (1); a porous support member (3) supporting the separation functional layer (1); and an intermediate layer (2) disposed between the separation functional layer (1) and the porous support member (3), and including a matrix (4) and nanoparticles (5) dispersed in the matrix (4).

Abstract: A channel member of a liquid ejection head includes an ejection surface, an outer peripheral surface that is connected to an outer edge of the ejection surface and that faces outside of the ejection surface in a direction along the ejection surface, and a plurality of ejection holes that open in the ejection surface. The channel member includes a plurality of concave portions in the outer edge of the ejection surface, the plurality of concave portions being recessed in the ejection surface and being recessed in the outer peripheral surface. With the configuration, it is possible to collect, in the concave portions, a liquid (such as ink mist) that has leaked out from the ejection holes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane having high separation performance in terms of a gas mixture containing an acid gas. A separation membrane 10 of the present invention includes a separation functional layer 1 including: graphene oxide; an ionic liquid; and a polymer. The ionic liquid is, for example, hydrophilic and contains an imidazolium ion and tetrafluoroborate. A method for manufacturing the separation membrane 10 of the present invention includes: applying a coating liquid containing the graphene oxide, the ionic liquid, and the polymer to a substrate to obtain a coating film; and drying the coating film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane suitable for separating water from a liquid mixture containing an alcohol and water, the separation membrane being capable of reducing a decrease in separation performance regardless of long-term use. A separation membrane 10 of the present invention includes a polyimide having a structural unit X represented by the following formula (1) and a structural unit Y represented by following formula (2). A1 is a linking group including no arylene group in a main chain and having a solubility parameter, in accordance with a Fedors method, of more than 5.0 (cal/cm3)½. A2 is a tetravalent organic group including an arylene group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane that is suitable for separating an acid gas from a gas mixture containing the acid gas and has a high acid gas permeability. A separation membrane (10) of the present invention includes: a separation functional layer (1); a porous support member (3) supporting the separation functional layer (1); and an intermediate layer (2) disposed between the separation functional layer (1) and the porous support member (3), and including a matrix (4) and nanoparticles (5) dispersed in the matrix (4).

Abstract: A channel member of a liquid ejection head includes an ejection surface, an outer peripheral surface that is connected to an outer edge of the ejection surface and that faces outside of the ejection surface in a direction along the ejection surface, and a plurality of ejection holes that open in the ejection surface. The channel member includes a plurality of concave portions in the outer edge of the ejection surface, the plurality of concave portions being recessed in the ejection surface and being recessed in the outer peripheral surface. With the configuration, it is possible to collect, in the concave portions, a liquid (such as ink mist) that has leaked out from the ejection holes.

Abstract: There is provided an image generation method and an image synthesis method each of which can achieve an entire image having excellent image quality. An image generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: arranging an image taking apparatus, a first polarizing plate, an object, and a second polarizing plate in the stated order; arranging a retardation plate between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate; and monochromatizing a color of the second polarizing plate recognized by the image taking apparatus to a color complementary to that of the object through use of the retardation plate.

Abstract: There is provided an image generation method and an image synthesis method each of which can achieve an entire image having excellent image quality. An image generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: arranging an image taking apparatus, a first polarizing plate, an object, and a second polarizing plate in the stated order; arranging a retardation plate between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate; and monochromatizing a color of the second polarizing plate recognized by the image taking apparatus to a color complementary to that of the object through use of the retardation plate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coating film remover composition comprising water, benzyl alcohol, and at least one kind of cellulose derivative, the coating film remover composition having a pH in the range of 5 to 9.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a sensor sheet formed by a roll-to-roll scheme for a touch sensor, the sensor sheet including a roll sheet and a sensor electrode layer thereon, the sensor electrode layer including sensor electrodes running in a prescribed direction, the sensor sheet further including a terminal connected to the sensor electrode layer and alignment marks, the method including: arranging the sensor sheet on an inspection table of an inspection device, the inspection table having an alignment mark and inspection electrodes running in another prescribed direction such that at least one of the alignment marks aligns with the alignment mark on the inspection table and such that the inspection electrodes face the sensor electrodes orthogonally in a plan view and are vertically separated by a dielectric to form capacitances at respective intersections therebetween; measuring the capacitances at the respective intersections; and outputting the measured capacitances as an inspection result.

Abstract: Provided is a method for inspecting a touch panel with which method it is possible to perform an inspection with high accuracy and to allow an improvement in yield. A drive signal is supplied to either one of sensor electrodes (12) and an inspection electrode (142), a plurality of sense signals related to the respective sensor electrodes (12) are obtained from the other of the sensor electrodes and the inspection electrode, and conditions of the sensor electrodes (12) are determined according to the sense signals.

Abstract: An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can suppress variability in areas of individual dividing sections formed on the metallic lines, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface. In the input device having the row electrode and the column electrode made by patterning the meshed metallic layer by forming the dividing section on the metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer, a mesh side section intersecting with an ideal contour Sp2 of the column electrode (meshed electrode) corresponding to one side of a mesh in the metallic line Mw2 is divided by a dividing section Rs that does not overlap with an intersection Mcp of the metallic lines to form an actual contour of the column electrode.

Abstract: An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can make areas of individual dividing sections of the metallic lines uniform, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface. In the input device having the row electrode and the column electrode made by patterning the meshed metallic layer by forming the dividing section on the metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer, at an intersecting section where metallic lines Mw2 constituting a meshed conductive layer Lp2 intersects an ideal contour Sp2 of a meshed column electrode, the direction for dividing the metallic lines at the intersecting section is set to the direction matching the direction of width of the metallic lines such that the area of the dividing section traversing the metallic line is minimal.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a sensor sheet formed by a roll-to-roll scheme for a touch sensor, the sensor sheet including a roll sheet and a sensor electrode layer thereon, the sensor electrode layer including sensor electrodes running in a prescribed direction, the sensor sheet further including a terminal connected to the sensor electrode layer and alignment marks, the method including: arranging the sensor sheet on an inspection table of an inspection device, the inspection table having an alignment mark and inspection electrodes running in another prescribed direction such that at least one of the alignment marks aligns with the alignment mark on the inspection table and such that the inspection electrodes face the sensor electrodes orthogonally in a plan view and are vertically separated by a dielectric to form capacitances at respective intersections therebetween; measuring the capacitances at the respective intersections; and outputting the measured capacitances as an inspection result.

Abstract: Provided is a method for inspecting a touch panel with which method it is possible to perform an inspection with high accuracy and to allow an improvement in yield. A drive signal is supplied to either one of sensor electrodes (12) and an inspection electrode (142), a plurality of sense signals related to the respective sensor electrodes (12) are obtained from the other of the sensor electrodes and the inspection electrode, and conditions of the sensor electrodes (12) are determined according to the sense signals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel substrate capable of preventing a detection circuit from being broken down due to application of electrostatic voltage. The touch panel substrate includes a flexible substrate (20) for electrically connecting sensor electrodes (12) and a touch controller (32) to each other. The flexible electrode (20) has one end connected to a terminal section (13) including terminals. The touch panel substrate is further provided with a shielding electrode (14), on an outer side of the terminal section (13).

Abstract: A touch panel substrate that has more uniform light transmittance in the surface thereof is provided. An electrode layer is made of a mesh of first conductive lines. The mesh has first cuts that partition the first conductive lines to form a plurality of first sensor electrodes. The plurality of first sensor electrodes each further include second cuts while maintaining an electrical continuity within each of the plurality of first sensor electrodes.

Abstract: An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can make areas of individual dividing sections of the metallic lines uniform, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface. In the input device having the row electrode and the column electrode made by patterning the meshed metallic layer by forming the dividing section on the metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer, at an intersecting section where metallic lines Mw2 constituting a meshed conductive layer Lp2 intersects an ideal contour Sp2 of a meshed column electrode, the direction for dividing the metallic lines at the intersecting section is set to the direction matching the direction of width of the metallic lines such that the area of the dividing section traversing the metallic line is minimal.

Abstract: An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can suppress variability in areas of individual dividing sections formed on the metallic lines, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface. In the input device having the row electrode and the column electrode made by patterning the meshed metallic layer by forming the dividing section on the metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer, a mesh side section intersecting with an ideal contour Sp2 of the column electrode (meshed electrode) corresponding to one side of a mesh in the metallic line Mw2 is divided by a dividing section Rs that does not overlap with an intersection Mcp of the metallic lines to form an actual contour of the column electrode.

Abstract: A long liquid discharge head of the present invention includes a passage member 4 in one direction having a plurality of discharge holes 8 and a plurality of pressurizing chambers 10; a plurality of pressurizing sections 30 for pressurizing liquid in a plurality of the respective pressurizing chambers 10; and a long reservoir 540 in the one direction bonded along the passage member 4 and having a reservoir passage 42 for supplying the liquid to a plurality of the pressurizing chambers 10, and when viewed in the direction in which the reservoir 540 and the passage member 4 are bonded, the reservoir 540 includes a plurality of heat insulating sections (the reservoir passage 42 and a space 541a-4) extending in the one direction and a heat transfer section 541a-3 provided between a plurality of the heat insulating sections.