Abstract: A near-infrared cut filter has an absorption layer and a reflection layer and satisfies following requirements: average transmittance (R) of 620-750 nm is ?20%, average transmittance (G) of 495-570 nm is ?90%, and a ratio (R)/(G) is ?0.20; |T0(600-725)?T30(600-725)| is ?3%·nm where T0(600-725) is a transmittance integral value of 600-725 nm in a spectral transmittance curve (0°), and T30(600-725) is a transmittance integral value of 600-725 nm in a spectral transmittance curve (30°); wavelengths ?IRT(80), ?IRT(50), and ?IRT(20) where transmittance becomes 80%, 50%, and 20% respectively in 550-750 nm in the spectral transmittance curve (0°) normalized by maximum transmittance in 450-650 nm satisfy following formulae: 0??IRT(80)??T(80)?30 nm, 0??IRT(50)??T(50)?35 nm, and 0??IRT(20)??T(20)?37 nm where ?T(80), ?T(50), and ?T(20) are wavelengths on a long wavelength side where relative visibility of 0.8, 0.5 and 0.2 is exhibited in a relative visibility curve.

Abstract: To form a light distribution pattern having a light illuminance distribution desirable for a vehicular lamp while reducing the temperature bias of a liquid crystal element. A vehicular lamp system capable of variably setting an irradiation pattern of light irradiated to the surroundings of an own vehicle including a light source, a first optical system for making uniform the intensity distribution of light from the light source, a liquid crystal element for modulating light emitted from the first optical system to form an image, a driving unit for driving the liquid crystal element, and a second optical system for projecting the image formed by the liquid crystal element, wherein the vehicular lamp system has a central axis in which the image incident on the plane including the central axis is projected at a relatively large enlargement ratio as it is farther from the central axis.

Abstract: A container lid is composed of a synthetic resin inside plug to be mounted on the mouth of a container, and a synthetic resin lid to be mounted on the inside plug. A breakable thin-walled line formed in a closing wall has an outer arcuate portion extending from a breakage start end portion, and an inner arcuate portion extending from the breakage start end portion, and defines an arcuate deformation region. A locked element is annexed to the deformation region, and a locking element is in the lid. When the lid is rotated in a predetermined direction, the locking element is locked to the locked element. When the lid is rotated further in the predetermined direction, a force is exerted on the deformation region via the locking element and the locked element, so that the breakable thin-walled line of the inside plug is broken and the deformation region is deformed.

Abstract: An evaluation criterion for a call performed between an operator and a customer is set without taking time and effort. A voice recognition system includes a call recording unit that records a call performed between a customer and an operator, a voice recognition unit that recognizes the call recorded by the call recording unit and a value of non-verbal information indicating a feature of a calling party in the call and accumulates a recognized result in a storage unit, and a voice recognition result managing unit that sets a reference value for evaluating the calling party on the basis of the value of the non-verbal information included in the recognized result.

Abstract: A lighting device comprising: a light source for emitting lights along optic axis toward field of view; a liquid crystal element disposed on the optic axis, having electrode pattern in far field FF corresponding region and having no electrode pattern in near field corresponding region; a pair of polarizers including input side and output side polarizers sandwiching the liquid crystal element, constituting crossed Nicol polarizers; driver circuit for forming voltages applied to the electrode pattern; and phase shift forming element disposed between the pair of polarizers in the near field corresponding region of the liquid crystal element; wherein the far field corresponding region constitutes normally black optic system together with the pair of polarizers, and the near field corresponding region constitutes normally-on optic system together with the phase shift forming element and the pair of polarizers.

Abstract: A synthetic resin container lid (2) has a shape including a body (4), which is mounted on a mouth-neck portion (56) of a container by locking a locking means (26) to a locked means (58) of the mouth-neck portion (56), and an upper lid (6) coupled to the body (4) via a hinge means (32). The synthetic resin container lid (2) is improved so that the entire container lid (2) is fully and easily detached from the mouth-neck portion of the container. The axial depth of an annular or arcuate groove (46) formed in a hanging wall (10) of the body (4) and extending in a circumferential direction is changed as required. At least in a second break region (B) and a third break region (C), a circumferential breakable line (53) extending continuously in the circumferential direction along an axially lower end part of the groove (46) is formed in the hanging wall (10).

Abstract: There are provided a near-infrared cut filter having a sufficient near-infrared blocking property and being capable of reducing or preventing, in a solid-state imaging device using the near-infrared cut filter, occurrence of a phenomenon that an object which did not exist on the original subject appears in a taken image, and also a highly sensitive solid-state imaging device having the near-infrared cut filter. A near-infrared cut filter includes a stack having a near-infrared absorbing glass substrate and a near-infrared absorbing layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye and a transparent resin on at least one main surface of the near-infrared absorbing glass substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film formed on at least one main surface of the stack, wherein maximum transmittance at an incident angle of 31 to 60 degrees with respect to light with a wavelength of from 775 to 900 nm is 50% or less.

Abstract: A call and recorded information management server transmits a requested call identification ID for recognition and an incoming call number corresponding to the ID, to a voice recognition server, which searches for the recognition engine corresponding to the number of the received call, and adds the received ID to a recognition queue. The voice recognition server requests the call and recorded information management server to obtain recorded data by the received ID. The call and recorded information management server transfers the recorded data corresponding to the ID to the voice recognition server to perform voice recognition by the corresponding recognition engine on the recorded data corresponding to the call identification ID stored in the recognition queue, and stores the result as text data. Thus, the most appropriate voice recognition engine can be used and the recognition rate of voice recognition can be increased.

Abstract: There is provided an allergen inactivating agent having less lowering in performance due to fluctuation in pH, and being capable of not only adsorbing and removing an allergen, but also inactivating and removing the allergen itself. In addition, there is provided a house dust treatment agent, spray, and sheet, capable of effectively removing house dust, without any disadvantages upon use such as generation of stains.

Abstract: An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens is 20 ?m or greater on the optical axis, and when Sg1H is the amount of sag in the image side lens surface of the object side lens and Sg2H is the amount of sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens. The bonding operation is easy without damage occurring to the cemented surfaces, with a design that takes into account thickness of the resin adhesive layer; therefore various forms of aberration can be corrected.

Abstract: A lighting tool for a vehicle that radiates light from a vehicle toward a road surface, the lighting tool for a vehicle including a light source device, a light modulation device that modulates light emitted from the light source device to form multi-gradation light including a high gradation part, a low gradation part and a zero gradation part, a projection unit that projects the multi-gradation light emitted from the light modulation device to the road surface as a light distribution pattern, and a control unit that controls the light source device and the light modulation device, wherein the light modulation device forms a drawing pattern as the high gradation part which is surrounded by the low gradation part in the light distribution pattern

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp unit for irradiating light in front of the vehicle with a high contrast ratio and is capable of sufficiently cutting off the illumination light is provided. The unit includes a light source, a parallel optical system that produces parallel light, a polarizing beam splitter that splits light emitted from the parallel optical system into two polarized beams having polarization directions orthogonal to each other, a reflection-type liquid crystal element capable of switching between a first state where the light emitted from a first surface of the polarizing beam splitter is reflected without rotation of the polarization direction, and a second state where the light is reflected with rotation of the polarization direction, in each predetermined section, and a projection optical system that projects light, reflected by the reflection-type liquid crystal element and passed through the polarizing beam splitter once again, in front of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp unit for irradiating light in front of the vehicle with a high contrast ratio and is capable of sufficiently cutting off the illumination light is provided. The unit includes a light source, a parallel optical system that produces parallel light, a polarizing beam splitter that splits light emitted from the parallel optical system into two polarized beams having polarization directions orthogonal to each other, a reflection-type liquid crystal element capable of switching between a first state where the light emitted from a first surface of the polarizing beam splitter is reflected without rotation of the polarization direction, and a second state where the light is reflected with rotation of the polarization direction, in each predetermined section, and a projection optical system that projects light, reflected by the reflection-type liquid crystal element and passed through the polarizing beam splitter once again, in front of the vehicle.

Abstract: An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens is 20 ?m or greater on the optical axis, and when Sg1H is the amount of sag in the image side lens surface of the object side lens and Sg2H is the amount of sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens. The bonding operation is easy without damage occurring to the cemented surfaces, with a design that takes into account thickness of the resin adhesive layer; therefore various forms of aberration can be corrected.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium has a program stored thereon and readable by a processor of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving an execution request to cause the image processing apparatus to perform the image processing, the execution request corresponding to a job; acquiring status information indicating a status of the image processing apparatus; and providing notification, during a notification time period, of error information based on the status information when the status information is acquired during the notification time period, which starts at a time when the execution request is received.

Abstract: An information processor requests a recognition result manager to transmit recording information about a call including a keyword and a recognition result of speech recognition using an extension number as a key. The manager transmits the recording information about the call including the keyword corresponding to the extension number and the recognition result of the speech recognition to the processor. The processor displays a recognition result of speech recognition of the call including the keyword on a display unit. Upon receiving an input of an instruction to perform speech playback, the processor transmits recording information in association with text displayed on the display unit to a recorder. The recorder transmits speech data corresponding to the recording information to the processor. The processor plays back speech data corresponding to the recording information.

Abstract: An image printing apparatus includes a printer assembly, a control panel configured to receive a user input, a memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive first data from a first data source such as a PC external to the printer assembly, store the first data in the memory, and control the printer assembly to print a first image based on the first data stored in the memory. In response to a first user input received from the control panel during the print of the first image, the controller is configured to receive second data from a second data source such as a scanner assembly, and store the second data in the memory during the print of the first image.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp unit for irradiating light in front of the vehicle with a high contrast ratio and is capable of sufficiently cutting off the illumination light is provided. The unit includes a light source, a parallel optical system that produces parallel light, a polarizing beam splitter that splits light emitted from the parallel optical system into two polarized beams having polarization directions orthogonal to each other, a reflection-type liquid crystal element capable of switching between a first state where the light emitted from a first surface of the polarizing beam splitter is reflected without rotation of the polarization direction, and a second state where the light is reflected with rotation of the polarization direction, in each predetermined section, and a projection optical system that projects light, reflected by the reflection-type liquid crystal element and passed through the polarizing beam splitter once again, in front of the vehicle.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium has a program stored thereon and readable by a processor of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The program, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: receiving an execution request to cause the image processing apparatus to perform the image processing, the execution request corresponding to a job; acquiring status information indicating a status of the image processing apparatus; and providing notification, during a notification time period, of error information based on the status information when the status information is acquired during the notification time period, which starts at a time when the execution request is received.

Abstract: Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user).