Abstract: In a portable telephone, a display device, a telephone receiver, a ten-numeral entry key, a telephone transmitter, and the like are mounted on surface sides of a first housing (1) and a second housing (2), which are located on inner sides thereof when the first housing and the second housing are closed, both the first housing and the second housing being hinged to each other via a hinge portion in a freely openable/closable manner; and a speaker for producing at least a telephone call-receiving sound is provided on the surface side of any one of the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge portion. Also, a sound projection portion (12) for projecting the telephone call-receiving sound produced from the speaker is formed in a side of the portion where the speaker is provided even under such a condition that the first housing and the second housing are closed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first image pick-up unit, a projecting unit that projects imaging light, an optical unit that transmits part of light entering from a first image pick-up direction and guides the part of the light to the first image pick-up unit while reflecting part of the imaging light projected from the projecting unit and outputting the reflected light in the first image pick-up direction, and reflects part of light entering from a second image pick-up direction and guides the part of the light to the first image pick-up unit while transmitting part of the imaging light projected from the projecting unit and outputting the part of the imaging light in the second image pick-up direction, and an attenuating unit that is movably placed between two positions.

Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus including a display portion that displays a first image in a given display region, a projection portion that projects to superimpose a second image on the first image displayed with the display portion in the display region, an image recording portion that records the display region, and a controller that controls at least one of displaying the first image with the display portion and projecting the second image with the projection portion, on the basis of a third image of the display region obtained with the image recording portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring board, including: providing a resin substrate on which is formed a metal layer including a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer; forming an interconnecting pattern by etching the metal layer so that the interconnecting pattern includes the patterned first layer and second layer and a part of the first layer remains outside the second layer as a residue of the first layer; electroless plating the interconnecting pattern and the residue of the first layer; and then washing the resin substrate. The washing of the resin substrate is performed by using at least one of an acidic solution used for dissolving and removing the residue of the first layer and a metal deposited on the residue of the first layer by the electroless plating and an alkaline solution used for dissolving the resin substrate to remove an area which supports the residue of the first layer.

Abstract: A double folding mechanism of a seat of a vehicle can fold a seat cushion from a space on a floor and fold a seat back into the space, thereby changing the seat from its use condition to its retracted condition. The double folding mechanism can include a first connecting mechanism connecting the seat cushion and the floor and a second connecting mechanism connecting the seat back and the floor. The second connecting mechanism can control the rotational speed of the seat back such that the seat back can enter inside a rotational trajectory of a rear end of the seat cushion after the seat cushion comes out of a rotational trajectory of an upper end portion of the seat back. The double folding mechanism can change the seat from the use condition to the retracted condition in one operation.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display capable of decreasing the number of components and easily carrying out an assembly. When a liquid crystal body 13 is to be attached to an opening 12 of a housing 11, the liquid crystal body 13 is supported and attached to the housing 11 by means of a plate portion 16 provided in parallel with the opening 12 through a wall portion 15 on a back side 11a of the housing 11. In this case, a flexible board 14 drawn from an end face of the liquid crystal body 13 is pulled out of an insertion hole 17 provided on the wall portion 15. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a holding member in the attachment of the liquid crystal body to the housing as in the conventional art. Therefore, it is possible to decrease the number of components and to reduce an attachment man-hour of the holding member.

Abstract: To provide a flip electronic device in which even when rain water or the like enters therein to a certain extent, it is absorbed and hence an electric circuit therein is not affected. In the flip electronic device, slight clearances are formed between bearings (3a), (3b), (4a), (4b) for rotatably connecting first and second enclosures (1), (2), and cylindrical members (13), (14) formed coaxially with the bearings (3a), (3b), (4a), (4b), and hence rain water may enter through these clearances. Therefore, water-absorbing members (19), (20) are mounted to an end of a printed wiring assembly (17), and rain water entered through the clearances is absorbed by the water absorbing members (19), (20), so as to prevent an electric circuit located in the enclosure from being affected.

Abstract: A CCD camera 10 picks up multiple adjacent targeted portions on a document 2, and to obtain distance information, a distance measurement unit 11 calculates the distances to the targeted portions of the document 2. Based on the distance information, a synthesization controller 16 prepares perspective information for the images, adjusts the sizes of the multiple obtained plane images so they correspond, and synthesizes the resultant plane images to form a single image.

Abstract: A position measurement system, includes: a plurality of concentric pattern projectors each for projecting a concentric pattern; an image sensor that has a sensor plane and that detects the concentric pattern; and an arithmetic unit that calculates a position of the image sensor and a normal direction of the sensor plane from a detection signal of the image sensor.

Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus carrying out printing using a plurality of ejecting portions for ejecting different kinds of inks respectively, wherein a condition for wiping of an ejection face provided with ink ejection openings of a plurality of ejecting portions is appropriately determined and an defective ejection due to wet and dirty ejection face is effectively prevented. A timing of wiping is controlled considering an ink condition. Specifically, the timing of wiping is determined not simply based on a dot count value being a number of ejection carried out by a plurality of ejecting portions to perform printing, but also a condition of an amount of mist generated in accordance with ink types as well.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring board, including: providing a resin substrate on which is formed a metal layer including a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer; forming an interconnecting pattern by etching the metal layer so that the interconnecting pattern includes the patterned first layer and second layer and a part of the first layer remains outside the second layer as a residue of the first layer; electroless plating the interconnecting pattern and the residue of the first layer; and then washing the resin substrate. The washing of the resin substrate is performed by using at least one of an acidic solution used for dissolving and removing the residue of the first layer and a metal deposited on the residue of the first layer by the electroless plating and an alkaline solution used for dissolving the resin substrate to remove an area which supports the residue of the first layer.

Abstract: Pattern projection apparatuses are placed on each other in a stack manner in a stripe pattern direction for projecting the same patterns. An image pickup apparatus (camera 1) is placed between the pattern projection apparatuses. The optical axes of the pattern projection apparatuses and the image pickup apparatus are aligned on the same plane parallel with the stripe pattern direction. On the plane, the principal points also become the same. An image of a stripe pattern is picked up directly by the image pickup apparatus without the intervention of a half mirror, etc., and is recoded. An image of the recoded stripe pattern is picked up by an image pickup apparatus (camera 2) and is decoded and the range of an object is measured by triangulation based on image correspondence points.

Abstract: A CCD camera 10 picks up multiple adjacent targeted portions on a document 2, and to obtain distance information, a distance measurement unit 11 calculates the distances to the targeted portions of the document 2. Based on the distance information, a synthesization controller 16 prepares perspective information for the images, adjusts the sizes of the multiple obtained plane images so they correspond, and synthesizes the resultant plane images to form a single image.

Abstract: A CCD camera 10 picks up multiple adjacent targeted portions on a document 2, and to obtain distance information, a distance measurement unit 11 calculates the distances to the targeted portions of the document 2. Based on the distance information, a synthesization controller 16 prepares perspective information for the images, adjusts the sizes of the multiple obtained plane images so they correspond, and synthesizes the resultant plane images to form a single image.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes electroless plating wiring patterns provided on a base substrate and cleaning the base substrate. The step of cleaning the base substrate includes at least either using an alkaline solvent or using an acid solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that efficiently identifies input characters and the like by an intensity image analysis based on range information. The image processing apparatus performs distance measurement by performing three-dimensional measurement by pattern projection to characters written to a manuscript, whiteboard, and the like, gets an intensity image used as a so-called actual image and an image for distance measurement in parallel, and identifies input characters by an intensity image analysis based on range information. The image processing apparatus picks up characters, patterns, and the like written onto paper or the like with a pen, performs geometric transformation for picked-up images, and performs natural input character analysis and reading processing. Furthermore, by comparing images picked up in a time-series, noise elimination and manuscript position modifications become possible.

Abstract: To provide a flip electronic device in which even when rain water or the like enters therein to a certain extent, it is absorbed and hence an electric circuit therein is not affected. In the flip electronic device, slight clearances are formed between bearings (3a), (3b), (4a), (4b) for rotatably connecting first and second enclosures (1), (2), and cylindrical members (13), (14) formed coaxially with the bearings (3a), (3b), (4a), (4b), and hence rain water may enter through these clearances. Therefore, water-absorbing members (19), (20) are mounted to an end of a printed wiring assembly (17), and rain water entered through the clearances is absorbed by the water absorbing members (19), (20), so as to prevent an electric circuit located in the enclosure from being affected.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a lever having one end supported to an outer wall of a housing containing a liquid therein and the other end as a free end, the lever being elastically deformable. The liquid container further includes a projection provided in an area of the housing which is opposite to and away from the supported one end of the lever, the projection covering at least a part of a space between the free end of the lever and the housing in the above area. By virtue of the projection, the lever can be protected against accidental external forces. In a cap-equipped liquid container, a straight line connecting a projected end of the projection of the liquid container and a distal end of a tab of a cap is set to cross a movable range of the lever provided on the liquid container in which the lever is allowed to angularly move with elastic deformation thereof.

Abstract: In a portable telephone, a display device, a telephone receiver, a ten-numeral entry key, a telephone transmitter, and the like are mounted on surface sides of a first housing (1) and a second housing (2), which are located on inner sides thereof when the first housing and the second housing are closed, both the first housing and the second housing being hinged to each other via a hinge portion in a freely openable/closable manner; and a speaker for producing at least a telephone call-receiving sound is provided on the surface side of any one of the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge portion. Also, a sound projection portion (12) for projecting the telephone call-receiving sound produced from the speaker is formed in a side of the portion where the speaker is provided even under such a condition that the first housing and the second housing are closed.

Abstract: Pattern projection apparatuses are placed on each other in a stack manner in a stripe pattern direction for projecting the same patterns. An image pickup apparatus (camera 1) is placed between the pattern projection apparatuses. The optical axes of the pattern projection apparatuses and the image pickup apparatus are aligned on the same plane parallel with the stripe pattern direction. On the plane, the principal points also become the same. An image of a stripe pattern is picked up directly by the image pickup apparatus without the intervention of a half mirror, etc., and is recoded. An image of the recoded stripe pattern is picked up by an image pickup apparatus (camera 2) and is decoded and the range of an object is measured by triangulation based on image correspondence points.