Abstract: A vehicle interior monitoring system is installed in a vehicle. A door of the vehicle is configured to be locked or unlocked based on a result of communication with a mobile terminal. The vehicle interior monitoring system includes an image-capturing device configured to capture an image in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle, and an interior monitoring unit configured to, when timing at which it is estimated that the number of articles or a weight of articles in the vehicle cabin has changed is first timing, acquire an image captured by the image-capturing device at second timing that comes before the first timing and acquire an image captured by the image-capturing device at third timing that comes after the first timing.

Abstract: A server device includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire temperature information that is information associated with a temperature of a predetermined area inside a vehicle, the predetermined area being configured to store a luggage and the predetermined area being configured to be locked and unlocked. The controller is configured to acquire luggage information that is information on the luggage to be stored in the predetermined area, and determine whether the predetermined area is an environment suitable for storage of the luggage at a scheduled storage time of the luggage based on the luggage information and the temperature information.

Abstract: A locking and unlocking system includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a state of locking and unlocking, of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from a portable terminal, and send a notification to a first device associated with the vehicle, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a first timing.

Abstract: An information providing device is provided, which provides a user with information on driving circumstances of a vehicle by using a plurality of characters as interfaces. The information providing device includes: a collection unit configured to determine information to be provided to the user, based on information acquired by one or more sensing units installed in the vehicle; an utterance generation unit configured to generate a content of utterance to be given by each of the characters, based on the determined information; and an output unit configured to cause each of the characters to give the utterance in order to provide the user with the information.

Abstract: In a water treatment system, fouling is made earlier detectable, considering additionally the effect of spacers arranged between its separating membrane layers. A water treatment system 1 includes a pre-treating unit for pre-treating a raw water; a desalting unit having a separating membrane unit for separating substance to be separated from the raw water pre-treated in the pre-treating unit, using a separating membrane; and a monitoring unit between the pre-treating unit and the desalting unit. The monitoring unit has a monitor device fitted to a bypass pipe and configured to have a closed vessel having at least one transparent or semitransparent surface, and an image-pickup device which makes the raw water flowing in this vessel visible through the transparent or semitransparent surface. In the vessel, separating membrane layers which the separating membrane unit has, and a fouling-generating member are arranged to be put onto each other.

Abstract: A water purification system has a closed water channel to circulate circulating water not containing substances causing fouling at the downstream side separated from the water to be treated with a semipermeable membrane. By performing reverse osmosis membrane treatment on the circulating water of a low concentration of organic substances after reclaiming water from the water to be treated containing organic substances to the circulating water through a forward osmosis membrane in which fouling is hard to occur, the substances causing fouling can be prevented from contacting onto the reverse osmosis membrane and thus fouling can be suppressed.

Abstract: The same phenomenon as the phenomenon that a component of feed water is adsorbed to the surface of the membrane is used to assess water quality. Specifically, a sensor whose surface has a thin layer made of the same material as the material of the surface of the membrane and which includes a measurement unit such as a quartz crystal sensor that measures an adsorption rate on the thin layer is used to assess an effect of the water quality of the feed water on the membrane on the basis of a change in the adsorption rate on the sensor surface.

Abstract: A cigarette package of the invention has a casing (10), which includes an open end (12) that is opened/closed with a tongue lid (16). The tongue lid (16) has a lid portion (18), a tongue portion (22), and a magnet (28) fixed onto the tongue portion (22). A sheet (34) capable of being attracted to the magnet (28) is fixed onto a front wall (10f) of the casing (10). When the tongue lid (16) is in the closed position, the magnet (28) and the sheet (34) keep the tongue portion (22) attracted to the front wall (10f) in cooperation with each other by using the attracting force of the magnet (28). At the time of closing the tongue lid (16), the tongue portion (22) hits the front wall (10f) and thus makes a clap sound.

Abstract: A cigarette package according to the present invention has a thin outer case (10) and an inner tray (14) inserted into the outer case (10) in a manner allowing the inner tray to be pulled out, the inner tray (14) having a head (16) functioning as a grip to pull the inner tray (14) out from the outer case (10) and a plurality of grooves (22) holding filter-tipped cigarettes (F) along the direction that the inner tray (14) is pulled out.

Abstract: A package (2) has a case (4) formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and having an open end (12) at a top thereof; a tongue lid (6) rotatably connected to a rear edge of the open end (12) through a lid hinge (26), the tongue lid (6) having a lid portion (5) for opening/closing the open end (12) and a tongue (7) connected to a tip end of the lid portion (5) through a tongue hinge (28), in which the tongue (7) is superimposed upon a front wall (14) of the case (4) when the lid portion (5) is in a closed position; and an inner holder (10) contained in the case (4), the inner holder (10) having a recessed area (10a) for holding a content, wherein the case (4), the tongue lid (6) and the inner holder (10) are made of transparent or translucent material, and the recessed area (10a) is positioned away from a bottom wall (20) and side walls (18) of the case (4).

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display panel of a type having common electrodes, one solidly formed for each pixel, over the main face of an insulating substrate and a comb-shaped pixel electrode over the common electrodes via an insulating film, the patterning of the common electrodes is accurately accomplished without using sputtered film formation or a photolithographic step. A bank 50 for common electrodes is formed simultaneously with a gate wiring/electrode 3 and common electrode wiring 10 to be formed over the main face of an insulating substrate 1 and, by applying electroconductive ink to the inside surrounded by this bank 50, the common electrodes 2 are formed without using photolithography.

Abstract: The same phenomenon as the phenomenon that a component of feed water is adsorbed to the surface of the membrane is used to assess water quality. Specifically, a sensor whose surface has a thin layer made of the same material as the material of the surface of the membrane and which includes a measurement unit such as a quartz crystal sensor that measures an adsorption rate on the thin layer is used to assess an effect of the water quality of the feed water on the membrane on the basis of a change in the adsorption rate on the sensor surface.

Abstract: A cigarette package according to the present invention has a thin outer case (10) and an inner tray (14) inserted into the outer case (10) in a manner allowing the inner tray to be pulled out, the inner tray (14) having a head (16) functioning as a grip to pull the inner tray (14) out from the outer case (10) and a plurality of grooves (22) holding filter-tipped cigarettes (F) along the direction that the inner tray (14) is pulled out.

Abstract: A cigarette package of the invention has a casing (10), which includes an open end (12) that is opened/closed with a tongue lid (16). The tongue lid (16) has a lid portion (18), a tongue portion (22), and a magnet (28) fixed onto the tongue portion (22). A sheet (34) capable of being attracted to the magnet (28) is fixed onto a front wall (10f) of the casing (10). When the tongue lid (16) is in the closed position, the magnet (28) and the sheet (34) keep the tongue portion (22) attracted to the front wall (10f) in cooperation with each other by using the attracting force of the magnet (28). At the time of closing the tongue lid (16), the tongue portion (22) hits the front wall (10f) and thus makes a clap sound.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display panel of a type having common electrodes, one solidly formed for each pixel, over the main face of an insulating substrate and a comb-shaped pixel electrode over the common electrodes via an insulating film, the patterning of the common electrodes is accurately accomplished without using sputtered film formation or a photolithographic step. A bank 50 for common electrodes is formed simultaneously with a gate wiring/electrode 3 and common electrode wiring 10 to be formed over the main face of an insulating substrate 1 and, by applying electroconductive ink to the inside surrounded by this bank 50, the common electrodes 2 are formed without using photolithography.

Abstract: A cap surrounding projection is formed on an outer periphery of a light transmitting cap substrate simultaneously with the formation of pixel separation banks. A surrounding recess is formed at a position, opposed to the cap surrounding projection, on a substrate provided with emitter elements, the projection and the recess being joined through a sealant with an absorbent arranged therein. With such a construction, it becomes possible to efficiently take out light from an emitting layer and to highly accurately seal the substrate provided with the emitter elements and the light transmitting cap substrate, thus realizing an organic electro-luminescence device of high reliability.

Abstract: In a process for forming an alignment film on a substrate that is used for a liquid crystal display, a coating destined to be the alignment film is formed on one surface of the substrate, and a gas flow is formed by a nozzle on a surface side on which the coating is formed. By thus implementing, an uniform alignment film can be formed on the substrate for use in the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A cap surrounding projection is provided on an outer periphery of a light transmitting cap substrate simultaneously with pixel separation banks, and a surrounding recess is formed in a position, opposed to the cap surrounding, projection, on a substrate provided with emitter elements, the projection and the recess being joined through a sealant with an absorbent arranged therein.

Abstract: In a process for forming an alignment film on a substrate that is used for a liquid crystal display, a coating destined to be the alignment film is formed on one surface of the substrate, and a gas flow is formed by a nozzle on a surface side on which the coating is formed. By thus implementing, an uniform alignment film can be formed on the substrate for use in the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic disk unit of a high memory capacity wherein a magnetic head and a magnetic disk with a lubricant layer formed on the surface thereof are allowed to perform a relative motion in a mutually contacted state to write and read out information of a high recording density, and the invention is also concerned with the shape and material of the magnetic head suitable for a continual sliding motion of the head on the magnetic disk surface, as well as the lubricant layer formed on the disk surface. According to the present invention, the magnetic head, which has a slider surface of a predetermined curvature, is supported by an arm through a spring and is pushed onto the magnetic disk surface with the lubricant layer formed thereon, then with rotation of the magnetic disk, the lubricant layer liquefies and information is recorded or read out in a contacted state of the head and the disk.