Abstract: A food inspection apparatus includes: a conveyance unit; a light irradiation unit; an unit capturing an image of an inspection object A; a wavelength emphasis emphasizing a foreign substance specific wavelength characteristic of a foreign substance F from light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 1100 nm by using a first and/or second optical filter or a wavelength-specific light source; and an identification processing device identifying the foreign substance and including: a lightening unit normalizing the captured image with 256 or less of gradations into lightened data; and an identification unit having been provided with deep-learning of an identification processing of the foreign substance specific wavelength from the lightened data and identifying the foreign substance or a good item S in line from the lightened data obtained through capturing the image during conveyance of the inspection object.

Abstract: A food inspection apparatus 1 includes: a conveyance unit 2; a light irradiation unit 3; an imaging unit 4 capturing an image of an inspection object A; a wavelength emphasis unit 5 emphasizing a foreign substance specific wavelength characteristic of a foreign substance F from light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 1100 nm by using a first and/or second optical filter 51, 52 or a wavelength-specific light source; and an identification processing device 6 identifying the foreign substance and including: a lightening unit 61 normalizing the captured image with 256 or less of gradations into lightened data; and an identification unit 62 having been provided with deep-learning of an identification processing of the foreign substance specific wavelength from the lightened data and identifying the foreign substance or a good item S in line from the lightened data obtained through capturing the image during conveyance of the inspection object.

Abstract: A repositioning device and a garment (101), to be used in daily activities or exercise, correct one's posture to a proper ideal one and create superior body balance. A posture molding method and a training instruction method utilize the repositioning device and the garment. The repositioning device contains a vibration generator inside a case. From the vibration generator, vibratory stimulation is provided to the skin on a human body surface, thereby promoting neurotransmission in muscles. The garment (101) is equipped with point stimulation parts (10a) and/or surface stimulation parts (10b) for promoting facilitation and inhibition of neurotransmission in muscles, respectively. In molding a posture or giving training instructions, a practitioner/trainer utilizes the repositioning device and the garment (101) to facilitate and/or inhibit neurotransmission in muscles.

Abstract: A repositioning device and a garment (101), to be used in daily activities or exercise, correct one's posture to a proper ideal one and create superior body balance. A posture molding method and a training instruction method utilize the repositioning device and the garment. The repositioning device contains a vibration generator inside a case. From the vibration generator, vibratory stimulation is provided to the skin on a human body surface, thereby promoting neurotransmission in muscles. The garment (101) is equipped with point stimulation parts (10a) and/or surface stimulation parts (10b) for promoting facilitation and inhibition of neurotransmission in muscles, respectively. In molding a posture or giving training instructions, a practitioner/trainer utilizes the repositioning device and the garment (101) to facilitate and/or inhibit neurotransmission in muscles.

Abstract: The moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating intermediate material of the present invention is inserted between an outer material and a lining, both having a moisture-permeable/waterproof property, a windproof property and other desired properties, thereby constituting a heat-retaining article. It comprises a blend of a heat-retaining fiber including an air layer of not less than 50 ml per 1 gram and a moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating fiber. The moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating fiber generates heat by absorbing moisture in a vapor phase or in a liquid phase discharged from a human body and an immobile air layer formed by the heat-retaining fiber retains the heat.

Abstract: In textile products (e.g. yarns, woven fabrics, knit fabrics) comprising highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers (made of acrylic fibers by partially hydrolyzing a nitrile group to generate an amido group and a carboxylic acid group), fibers blended with the highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers can be dyed in an even hue. A pre-dyeing treatment process for such textile products (e.g. yarns, woven fabrics, knit fabrics) comprising highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers comprises a pretreatment step of immersing the textile product into an acidic solution and treating it at a high temperature and an elevated pressure. A dyeing process comprises the steps of conducting this pre-dyeing treatment process, and thereafter conventionally dyeing fibers blended with the highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers. A pretreated and undyed textile product and a dyed textile product are obtained by the pre-dyeing treatment process and the dyeing process mentioned above, respectively.

Abstract: A picture recording method for recording original picture data encodes the original picture so that the entirety of the original picture is displayed at its original resolution on a television monitor after being decoded. The method involves first scaling down an original picture image, then filling top, bottom, and left and right side regions around the scaled down picture image with pixels to attain a picture image that is of the same size and resolution as that of the original picture image. The scaled down and filled in image is then recorded by encoding and storing the picture data at the original resolution. The recorded picture data is then subsequently decoded for displaying all pixels of the original picture image at the original resolution on a television monitor.

Abstract: In textile products (e.g. yarns, woven fabrics, knit fabrics) comprising highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers (made of acrylic fibers by partially hydrolyzing a nitrile group to generate an amido group and a carboxylic acid group), fibers blended with the highly crosslinked polyacrylic fibers can be dyed in an even hue.

Abstract: The binder resin used for color toner is a polyester resin comprising a mixture of a polyvalent carboxylic acid with a specific dicarboxylic acid, and a dihydric alcohol component.

Abstract: A toner binder is disclosed which comprises a polyester resin in which an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain terminated with an ester and/or an ether bond to the aliphatic group contains a constituent element consisting of ethylene in an amount of from 1 to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the resin. Further disclosed is a toner binder using both of a crosslinked polyester having a peak molecular weight of 10,000 or less and a linear polyester having a peak molecular weight of 8,000 or more as binder resins, the peak molecular weight of the linear polyester being greater than the peak molecular weight of the crosslinked polyester.

Abstract: A feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adjacent to one another for transferring and opening the fiber material fed from the feeder 1 and having metallic wires 2a mounted to the surface thereof, a conveyor 7 arranged for receiving the opened fiber unloaded from the fiber opening cylinder 2n mounted at the outlet end, and a suction box 8 arranged beneath the conveyor 7 for drawing the opened fiber towards the conveyor 7 by a sucking action. The fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n being enclosed in a housing 3 which has fiber transfer openings 4 between any two adjacent fiber opening cylinders and a fiber releasing opening 5 for unloading the opened fiber from the last fiber opening cylinder 2n. At least one of the fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n is driven to produce a centrifugal acceleration of more than 3.4.times.10.sup.5 cm/sec.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a fiber web comprising a feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adjacent to one another for transferring and opening the fiber material fed from the feeder 1 and having metallic wires 2a mounted to the surface thereof, a conveyor 7 arranged for receiving the opened fiber unloaded from the fiber opening cylinder 2n mounted at the outlet end, and a suction box 8 arranged beneath the conveyor 7 for drawing the opened fiber towards the conveyor 7 by a sucking action, said fiber opening cylinders 2.sub.1, 2.sub.2, 2.sub.3, . . . 2n being enclosed in a housing 3 which has fiber transfer openings 4 between any two adjacent fiber opening cylinders and a fiber releasing opening 5 for unloading the opened fiber from the last fiber opening cylinder 2n, and also arranged so that any two adjacent cylinders can rotate in opposite directions.

Abstract: A signal read-out apparatus for a solid-state imager employing CCDs (charge-coupled devices) and CPDs (charge priming devices) includes a clamp circuit for eliminating reset noise generated in an amplifier provided at the output of the imager. For eliminating thermal noise of high frequency generated in the amplifier and incapable of being eliminated by the clamp circuit, a low-pass filter is provided in precedence to the clamp circuit. The frequency band of the low-pass filter is not higher than 1.5 times the frequency of a clock pulse signal for driving the solid-state imager. In place of providing the low-pass filter as a discrete component, a low-pass filter having the same characteristics may be constituted by a capacitance of the capacitor and ON-resistance of a switch incorporated in the clamp circuit. The capacitance of the capacitor in the clamp circuit is set to a value greater than the input electrostatic capacity of the amplifier.

Abstract: A solid stage imaging device, in which photodiodes each capable of converting incident light into a electric charge and accumulating the electric charge are arranged regularly in a matrix, e.g. in horizontal and vertical directions, and electric charges of the photodiodes are sent to the outside by means of CCD's, includes a scanning circuit which scans switching MOS transistors for transferring the electric charges of the photodiodes to vertical CCD's, in a vertical direction so that switching MOS transistors in a row parallel to a horizontal direction can be driven independently of switching MOS transistors in another row. When the solid state imaging device is driven, an operation for transferring an electric charge in each vertical CCD and an operation for driving switching MOS transistors in the next row with the aid of the scanning circuit are alternately performed, to reduce the amount of smear and to increase the dynamic range of each vertical CCD, without increasing the number of CCD's used.