Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester coating composition used for forming a coating film of a coated metal plate, a metal container, a metal closure, etc. The coating composition has a crosslinking agent and a curing catalyst incorporated into a mixed polyester resin comprising a mixture of a polyester resin (A) having an acid value of 2 to 50 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 35 to 100° C. and a polyester resin (B) having an acid value of 0 to 50 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?20 to 25° C. Thus, a coating composition excellent in resistance to embrittlement over time, corrosion resistance, scrape resistance, retort resistance, and blocking resistance can be provided.

Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel incorporating a switch electrode region, and an actuator. The switch electrode region includes a switch electrode and a ground electrode disposed side by side with the switch electrode. The actuator includes a push button having an operation surface, an elastic body, a conductor, and a facing surface. The conductor faces the switch electrode region and is separated from the switch and ground electrodes. The conductor moves in line with a press put on the push button such that a capacitance value between the conductor and each of the switch and ground electrodes changes in response to a distance between the conductor and the switch electrode.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source disposed inside of a vehicle, an external light sensor that detects illuminance of light outside of the vehicle, and a controller that controls the light source such that a lower light intensity ratio of the light source is set for higher illuminance detected by the external light sensor. The controller performs a light intensity ratio maintaining control that maintains the light intensity ratio of the light source even when the illuminance changes from a low state to a high state during a period from when a change amount of the illuminance exceeds a predetermined value until a predetermined period elapses.

Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel incorporating a switch electrode region, and an actuator. The switch electrode region includes a switch electrode and a ground electrode disposed side by side with the switch electrode. The actuator includes a push button having an operation surface, an elastic body, a conductor, and a facing surface. The conductor faces the switch electrode region and is separated from the switch and ground electrodes. The conductor moves in line with a press put on the push button such that a capacitance value between the conductor and each of the switch and ground electrodes changes in response to a distance between the conductor and the switch electrode.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source disposed inside of a vehicle, an external light sensor that detects illuminance of light outside of the vehicle, and a controller that controls the light source such that a lower light intensity ratio of the light source is set for higher illuminance detected by the external light sensor. The controller performs a light intensity ratio maintaining control that maintains the light intensity ratio of the light source even when the illuminance changes from a low state to a high state during a period from when a change amount of the illuminance exceeds a predetermined value until a predetermined period elapses.

Abstract: An input device includes an electrode part, a switching circuit, a driving circuit, a detecting circuit, and a controller. The electrode part includes a plurality of electrode pieces. The switching circuit is formed of a plurality of switches connected to the electrode pieces respectively. The driving circuit and the detecting circuit are connected to the electrode part via the switching circuit. The controller is connected to the driving circuit, the switching circuit, and the detecting circuit. The controller controls the respective switches such that the electrode pieces are individually opened or connected to one of the driving circuit and the detecting circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester coating composition used for forming a coating film of a coated metal plate, a metal container, a metal closure, etc. The coating composition has a crosslinking agent and a curing catalyst incorporated into a mixed polyester resin comprising a mixture of a polyester resin (A) having an acid value of 2 to 50 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 35 to 100° C. and a polyester resin (B) having an acid value of 0 to 50 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?20 to 25° C. Thus, a coating composition excellent in resistance to embrittlement over time, corrosion resistance, scrape resistance, retort resistance, and blocking resistance can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin coated seamless aluminum can and a resin coated aluminum can lid having adhesiveness and corrosion resistance by applying a non-chromium chemical conversion coated film to an aluminum alloy sheet and by applying an organic resin layer to the non-chromium chemical conversion coated film. For this end, an organic-inorganic composite surface treated layer containing 2 to 20 mg/m2 of zirconium compound expressed in terms of zirconium atoms, 1 to 10 mg/m2 of phosphorus compound expressed in terms of phosphorus atoms, and 5 to 60 mg/m2 of organic compound expressed in terms of carbon atoms is formed on at least one-side surface of an aluminum alloy sheet, and an organic resin coated layer is formed on the organic-inorganic composite surface treated layer.

Abstract: An input device includes an electrode part, a switching circuit, a driving circuit, a detecting circuit, and a controller. The electrode part includes a plurality of electrode pieces. The switching circuit is formed of a plurality of switches connected to the electrode pieces respectively. The driving circuit and the detecting circuit are connected to the electrode part via the switching circuit. The controller is connected to the driving circuit, the switching circuit, and the detecting circuit. The controller controls the respective switches such that the electrode pieces are individually opened or connected to one of the driving circuit and the detecting circuit.

Abstract: An optical element is disposed on an optical path between a beam branching element and a photodetector. The optical element is disposed at a focal position of a stray light beam reflected by a recording layer except a target recording layer, and shields or attenuates the light beam in a region where the stray light beam converges.

Abstract: A diffraction element is disposed between a beam branching element (such as a beam splitter) and a photodetector. The diffraction element further segment an interference fringe introduced into stray light by a diffraction grating which divides a laser beam emitted from a laser beam source into a main beam and two sub-beams.

Abstract: An antenna including a rectangular ground plane, a feed point disposed in a vicinity of a corner of the ground plane, an antenna element coupled to the feed point, and a parasitic element coupled to the ground plane. In this antenna, the shortest length from the feed point to a distant narrow side of the ground plane and a shortest length from the feed point to a tip of the parasitic element via the ground plane have substantially the same electrical length. Such a configuration can correspond to a small and thin size and reduce SAR easily.

Abstract: An antenna including a rectangular ground plane, a feed point disposed in a vicinity of a corner of the ground plane, an antenna element coupled to the feed point, and a parasitic element coupled to the ground plane. In this antenna, the shortest length from the feed point to a distant narrow side of the ground plane and a shortest length from the feed point to a tip of the parasitic element via the ground plane have substantially the same electrical length. Such a configuration can correspond to a small and thin size and reduce SAR easily.

Abstract: A diffraction element is disposed between a beam branching element (such as a beam splitter) and a photodetector. The diffraction element further segment an interference fringe introduced into stray light by a diffraction grating which divides a laser beam emitted from a laser beam source into a main beam and two sub-beams.

Abstract: An optical element is disposed on an optical path between a beam branching element and a photodetector. The optical element is disposed at a focal position of a stray light beam reflected by a recording layer except a target recording layer, and shields or attenuates the light beam in a region where the stray light beam converges.

Abstract: A laser beam emitted from a light source is divided into a main beam and two sub-beams by a diffraction grating. A filter is arranged between a collimator lens and an objective lens. A filter unit is arranged in a predetermined pattern in the filter. The filter unit gives a maximum transmittance or a maximum reflectance at an incident angle at which the laser beam is incident in a parallel light state. The filter unit is formed in a pattern in which at least the laser beam reflected from a layer except a recording layer of an irradiation target is prevented from entering a sub-beam sensor pattern.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an electrically insulating base section and a metallic first antenna element fixed to the base section. The first antenna element includes an adjusting section shaped like a ladder or a lattice, which is formed of rails confronting each other and connecting bars which couple a part of the rails. The structure discussed above allows the adjusting section to adjust frequency characteristics corresponding to the antenna element to desirable ones with ease, so that a basic tooling die can be commonly used and standardized antenna device is obtainable with ease.

Abstract: An antenna for portable cellular telephone can adjust each of multiple antenna elements efficiently and independently to a predetermined resonance frequency. A first antenna element and second antenna element are mounted on and anchored to one common base. Terminals for feeding power to the first antenna element and the second antenna element are provided respectively. The terminals are coupled to matching circuits. This structure facilitates separate and efficient adjustment of resonance frequency of the first antenna element and the second antenna element.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a first antenna element resonating with a first frequency, a first feeding point coupled to the first antenna element and disposed on a ground plane in the wireless device, and a first matching circuit of which its first end is coupled to the first feeding point. The wireless device also includes a second antenna element resonating a second frequency higher than the first frequency, a second feeding point coupled to the second antenna element and disposed on the ground plane, a second matching circuit of which one end is coupled to the second feeding point, and a radio circuit coupled via a transmission line to a common connection point shared by respective second ends of the first and second matching circuits.

Abstract: The present invention can be used for mobile communication and is able to provide an antenna which can assure excellent radiation characteristic, decreasing the degree of coupling between two antenna elements without using any changeover switch. The second antenna element of this antenna is nearly half in length of the wavelength of corresponding frequency, and its tip is connected to the grounding point of a ground plane.