Abstract: An individual identification system includes an acquiring means and a determining means. The acquiring means is configured to acquire a matched image obtained by shooting part of a predetermined region of a matching target object. The determining means is configured to calculate a score representing a degree to which a partial image similar to the matched image exists in a registration image obtained by shooting a predetermined region of a registration target object, and determine based on the score whether or not the matching target object is identical to the registration target object.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body of roughly rectangular solid shape which is constituted by dielectric layers alternately stacked with internal electrode layers having different polarities, with a pair of cover layers formed on it to cover the top and bottom faces in the direction of lamination of the foregoing, and which has a pair of principal faces, a pair of end faces, and a pair of side faces, wherein external electrodes are formed on the pair of end faces and at least one of the pair of principal faces of the element body, and Tt representing the thickness of the external electrode and Tc representing the thickness of the cover layer satisfy the relationship of 1/30?Tt/Tc?4/5, and the thickness of the cover layers, or Tc, is 10 ?m or more but 30 ?m or less.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body of roughly rectangular solid shape which is constituted by dielectric layers alternately stacked with internal electrode layers having different polarities, with a pair of cover layers formed on it to cover the top and bottom faces in the direction of lamination of the foregoing, and which has a pair of principal faces, a pair of end faces, and a pair of side faces, wherein external electrodes are formed on the pair of end faces and at least one of the pair of principal faces of the element body, and Tt representing the thickness of the external electrode and Tc representing the thickness of the cover layer satisfy the relationship of 1/30?Tt/Tc?4/5, and the thickness of the cover layers, or Tc, is 10 ?m or more but 30 ?m or less.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 includes a capacitor boy 11 which has a sixth face f6 provided with a first tapering face f6a over the entire width direction and at a position adjacent to a first face f1, and which also has a second tapering face f6b over the entire width direction and at a position adjacent to a second face f2. The height-direction dimension of the first tapering face f6a on the sixth face f6 is constituted in a manner accommodating an error in the end height of the first part 12a of the first external electrode 12, while the height-direction dimension of the second tapering face f6b on the sixth face f6 is constituted in a manner accommodating an error in the end height of the first part 13a of the second external electrode 13.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, a main component of the dielectric layers being ceramic, a main component of the internal electrode layer being a metal, wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 30 nm or less, wherein a maximum height Rz of the at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 360 nm or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: producing a plurality of dielectric green sheets; producing therefrom a plurality of internal electrode-printed green sheets; producing therefrom a plurality of individually cut unsintered laminates by stacking some of the plurality of dielectric green sheets, as cover layers, and the plurality of internal electrode-printed green sheets together; producing therefrom element body precursors by applying a ceramic paste to side faces of the unsintered laminates for forming side margins thereon, wherein an application thickness of the ceramic paste is adjusted in a manner such that a thickness of the side margins is greater than a thickness of the cover layers in the final product; producing therefrom element bodies by sintering; and forming external electrodes on at least one of principal faces and on both end faces of the element bodies.

Abstract: A blade includes an edge to be pressed against an end portion of a carrier film to fold the end portion upwards from a sheet. A clamp mechanism peels the carrier film off from the sheet by moving while clamping the upwardly folded end portion of the carrier film.

Abstract: A game machine includes an input device that is capable of detecting a position at which a user performs an operation, and a control device that commands the user respective positions and timings at which a plurality of operations is to be performed by the user upon the input device, and that evaluates the operations by the user: wherein the control device includes an operation determination device that determines presence or absence of an operation corresponding to a command for any one operation, on the basis of whether or not the operation has been detected within a range of determination; and when an operation is detected in an overlapped region between ranges of determination, the operation determination device allocates an operation detected in the overlapped region as an operation detected in one of the ranges, and excludes the operation in relation to another of the ranges.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 includes external electrodes 12 on both of first-direction ends of a capacitor body 11. Also, groups of metal grains 13 are provided on one third-direction face and another third-direction face of the capacitor body 11. Both of the first-direction ends of the groups of metal grains 13 provided on the other third-direction face of the capacitor body 11 are covered by second parts 12c of the respective external electrodes 12, while both of the first-direction ends of the groups of metal grains 13 provided on the one third-direction face of the capacitor body 11 are covered by first parts 12b of the respective external electrodes 12. The multilayer ceramic electronic component can offer excellent heat dissipation property.

Abstract: A blade includes an edge to be pressed against an end portion of a carrier film to fold the end portion upwards from a sheet. A clamp mechanism peels the carrier film off from the sheet by moving while clamping the upwardly folded end portion of the carrier film.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body of roughly rectangular solid shape which is constituted by dielectric layers alternately stacked with internal electrode layers having different polarities and which has a pair of principle faces, a pair of end faces, and a pair of side faces, wherein the multilayer ceramic capacitor is such that: external electrodes are formed on the pair of end faces and one principle face of the element body; and on a cross section taken in parallel with one end face of the multilayer ceramic capacitor near the end face, the ratio of area A constituted by the internal electrode layers connected to the external electrode on this end face side and the dielectric layers present between the internal electrode layers, and area B covering the part of the section excluding the external electrodes, A/B, is 0.92 or more.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, a main component of the dielectric layers being ceramic, a main component of the internal electrode layer being a metal, wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 30 nm or less, wherein a maximum height Rz of the at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 360 nm or less.

Abstract: A robot of the invention can be moved by a carrying apparatus, and in which a period between a settling start time and a settling end time of the robot overlaps with at least a part of a period between a settling start time and a settling end time of the carrying apparatus. Further, the settling start time of one having a shorter settling time of the robot and the carrying apparatus is later than the settling start time of the other having a longer settling time of the robot and the carrying apparatus or the same as the settling start time of the other having the longer settling time.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body of roughly rectangular solid shape which is constituted by dielectric layers alternately stacked with internal electrode layers having different polarities and which has a pair of principle faces, a pair of end faces, and a pair of side faces, wherein the multilayer ceramic capacitor is such that: external electrodes are formed on the pair of end faces and one principle face of the element body; and on a cross section taken in parallel with one end face of the multilayer ceramic capacitor near the end face, the ratio of area A constituted by the internal electrode layers connected to the external electrode on this end face side and the dielectric layers present between the internal electrode layers, and area B covering the part of the section excluding the external electrodes, A/B, is 0.92 or more.

Abstract: A game machine includes an input device that is capable of detecting a position at which a user performs an operation, and a control device that commands the user respective positions and timings at which a plurality of operations is to be performed by the user upon the input device, and that evaluates the operations by the user: wherein the control device includes an operation determination device that determines presence or absence of an operation corresponding to a command for any one operation, on the basis of whether or not the operation has been detected within a range of determination; and when an operation is detected in an overlapped region between ranges of determination, the operation determination device allocates an operation detected in the overlapped region as an operation detected in one of the ranges, and excludes the operation in relation to another of the ranges.

Abstract: A water-soluble lubricant composition for warm and hot plastically working of an aluminum material comprising (A) hydrophilic polyester resin, (B) alkali metal salt of a polymaleic acid resin, (C) alkali metal salt of carboxylic acid and (D) water, and optionally (E) a wax.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: producing a plurality of dielectric green sheets; producing therefrom a plurality of internal electrode-printed green sheets; producing therefrom a plurality of individually cut unsintered laminates by stacking some of the plurality of dielectric green sheets, as cover layers, and the plurality of internal electrode-printed green sheets together; producing therefrom element body precursors by applying a ceramic paste to side faces of the unsintered laminates for forming side margins thereon, wherein an application thickness of the ceramic paste is adjusted in a manner such that a thickness of the side margins is greater than a thickness of the cover layers in the final product; producing therefrom element bodies by sintering; and forming external electrodes on at least one of principal faces and on both end faces of the element bodies.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 includes external electrodes 12 on both of first-direction ends of a capacitor body 11. Also, groups of metal grains 13 are provided on one third-direction face and another third-direction face of the capacitor body 11. Both of the first-direction ends of the groups of metal grains 13 provided on the other third-direction face of the capacitor body 11 are covered by second parts 12c of the respective external electrodes 12, while both of the first-direction ends of the groups of metal grains 13 provided on the one third-direction face of the capacitor body 11 are covered by first parts 12b of the respective external electrodes 12. The multilayer ceramic electronic component can offer excellent heat dissipation property.

Abstract: A water-soluble lubricant composition for warm and hot plastically working of an aluminum material comprising (A) hydrophilic polyester resin, (B) alkali metal salt of a polymaleic acid resin, (C) alkali metal salt of carboxylic acid and (D) water, and optionally (E) a wax.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a multilayer ceramic capacitor 10 includes a capacitor boy 11 which has a sixth face f6 provided with a first tapering face f6a over the entire width direction and at a position adjacent to a first face f1, and which also has a second tapering face f6b over the entire width direction and at a position adjacent to a second face f2. The height-direction dimension of the first tapering face f6a on the sixth face f6 is constituted in a manner accommodating an error in the end height of the first part 12a of the first external electrode 12, while the height-direction dimension of the second tapering face f6b on the sixth face f6 is constituted in a manner accommodating an error in the end height of the first part 13a of the second external electrode 13.