Abstract: A measuring instrument that reads a measure including a plurality of reading patterns arranged in a length direction of the measure, each reading pattern including a plurality of patterns arranged in a width direction of the measure, includes: a flattening member that increases a flatness of the measure; and a first reader that optically reads the plurality of patterns arranged in the width direction included in a single reading pattern from the measure in a state where the flatness is increased by the flattening member.

Abstract: An input device includes: a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed; a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer; and an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.

Abstract: A measuring instrument that reads a measure including a plurality of reading patterns arranged in a length direction of the measure, each reading pattern including a plurality of patterns arranged in a width direction of the measure, includes: a flattening member that increases a flatness of the measure; and a first reader that optically reads the plurality of patterns arranged in the width direction included in a single reading pattern from the measure in a state where the flatness is increased by the flattening member.

Abstract: An input device includes: an inputter including a plurality of keys; a sensitivity controller that determines a sensitivity of input operation to the keys; an input detector that detects the presence or absence of input to the keys based on the input operation and the sensitivity; and an area controller that sets one or more input areas including at least one key to the inputter; wherein the sensitivity controller sets the sensitivity for each input area.

Abstract: An input device includes: a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed; a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer; and an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.

Abstract: A measuring device includes: a holding device that holds a container containing a measured object detachably; a measuring unit that measures a weight of the container or a volume of the measured object; a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of use of the measured object based on the weight or the volume measured by the measuring unit and a last measurement result by the measuring unit; and a communication device that transmits the amount of use of the measured object to an external terminal.

Abstract: A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.

Abstract: A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.

Abstract: A touch panel including a panel body and a gas passage provided in the panel body. The panel body includes a pair of electrode plates, and each electrode plate is provided with a conductive layer. The electrode plates are fixedly attached to each other so that conductive coats thereof are opposed to each other with a gap defined therebetween. The gas passage is configured to allow a gas existing in the gap to circulate in the panel body.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a touch panel, includes forming a print layer on a peripheral portion of a surface of a touch panel body portion; coating resin on the surface of the touch panel body portion on which the print layer is formed and, after coating, curing the resin to form a resin layer; and adhering an optical clear adhesive sheet on a surface of a cover film and further adhering the surface of the cover film, at which the optical clear adhesive sheet is adhered to, to the surface of the touch panel body portion at which the resin layer is adhered to.

Abstract: A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a touch panel, includes forming a print layer on a peripheral portion of a surface of a touch panel body portion; coating resin on the surface of the touch panel body portion on which the print layer is formed and, after coating, curing the resin to form a resin layer; and adhering an optical clear adhesive sheet on a surface of a cover film and further adhering the surface of the cover film, at which the optical clear adhesive sheet is adhered to, to the surface of the touch panel body portion at which the resin layer is adhered to.

Abstract: A touch panel including a panel body and a gas passage provided in the panel body. The panel body includes a pair of electrode plates, and each electrode plate is provided with a conductive layer. The electrode plates are fixedly attached to each other so that conductive coats thereof are opposed to each other with a gap defined therebetween. The gas passage is configured to allow a gas existing in the gap to circulate in the panel body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning method which can remove, particularly, all of an organic contaminant, a particle contaminant, and a metal contaminant adhered to a semiconductor substrate at a high cleaning level, and which can realize the reduction in environmental load caused by the cleaning. The method of cleaning the semiconductor substrate includes a first cleaning process of cleaning the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning composition including a transition-metal-containing water-soluble salt (A), a chelating agent (B1), and a peroxide (C), a ratio of the chelating agent (B1) to the transition-metal-containing water-soluble salt (A) being 0.5 molar equivalent or more; and a second cleaning process of cleaning the semiconductor substrate, which is cleaned through the first cleaning process, with an acidic solution containing a chelating agent (B2).