Abstract: An article management system includes RFID tags (102) fixed above a reader transmission line (101), a metal sheet (103) having an opening (103a) at positions corresponding to RFID tags (102) located within an assigned position (108) assigned to place an article (106), a tag reading unit (104) that reads the plurality of RFID tags (102) by electromagnetic coupling through the reader transmission line (101), and an article presence/absence determination unit (105) that determines presence or absence of the article (106) at the assigned position (108) on the metal sheet (103) based on results of reading the plurality of RFID tags (102). It is thereby possible to manage articles at high speed even when a plurality of RFID tags are placed.

Abstract: A wireless power feeding system capable of long distance and highly efficient space transmission of power is provided. A wireless power feeding system includes a power transmitter, a power receiver, and a power receiving body. The power transmitter generates electromagnetic waves. The power receiver is supplied with power by means of the electromagnetic waves received from the power transmitter using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon. The power receiving body is inserted into an electromagnetic field created by the power transmitter and the power receiver, and receives power by means of the electromagnetic field.

Abstract: It is impossible to individually identify management target articles in a conventional article management system. An article management system according to the present invention includes a reader antenna that transmits and receives a radio signal; a plurality of tag sheets each including an RF tag and placed on the reader antenna; an RFID reader that reads tag information unique to the RF tag via the reader antenna; and an identification mark attached to each of management target articles and arranged between the management target articles and each tag sheet. On a surface of the identification mark that faces the tag sheets, an identification pattern for identifying the identification mark is formed of a first pattern and a second pattern having a dielectric constant or conductivity lower than that of the first pattern.

Abstract: An object detection system includes a reader waveguide (101) formed as an open transmission line, an RFID tag (102) placed above the reader waveguide (101), a signal strength acquisition unit (103) that acquires signal strength of a read signal read from the RFID tag (102) by electromagnetic coupling through the reader waveguide (101), and an object detection unit (104) that detects physical characteristics of an object (105) corresponding to the acquired signal strength based on a relationship between a plurality of (three or more values of) signal strength of the read signal and physical characteristics of the object to be detected.

Abstract: An article management system includes RFID tags (102) fixed above a reader waveguide (101), a tag position table storage unit (106) that stores tag information and fixed positions of the RFID tags (102) in association with each other, an article position table storage unit (105) that stores identification information and an assigned position of an article (108) in association with each other, an article management table storage unit (107) that stores the identification information of the article (108) and the tag information of the RFID tags (102) in association with each other, a tag reading unit (103) that reads the RFID tags (102) by electromagnetic coupling through the reader waveguide (101), and an article presence/absence determination unit that determines presence or absence of placement of the article (108) corresponding to the RFID tags (102) based on results of reading the RFID tags (102).

Abstract: An article management system includes RFID tags (102) fixed above a reader transmission line (101), a metal sheet (103) having an opening (103a) at positions corresponding to RFID tags (102) located within an assigned position (108) assigned to place an article (106), a tag reading unit (104) that reads the plurality of RFID tags (102) by electromagnetic coupling through the reader transmission line (101), and an article presence/absence determination unit (105) that determines presence or absence of the article (106) at the assigned position (108) on the metal sheet (103) based on results of reading the plurality of RFID tags (102). It is thereby possible to manage articles at high speed even when a plurality of RFID tags are placed.

Abstract: An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that effectively counts, on a type basis, articles of a plurality of types displayed in a depth direction on a display shelf. The information processing apparatus includes a display count acquirer that acquires display count information of articles using article presence/absence sensors provided on the display shelf on which the articles are placed, an article identifier that acquires article identification information capable of identifying the types of articles based on an image acquired by capturing the display shelf, and a display recognizer that recognizes, based on the display count information and the article identification information, display count of each type of the articles.

Abstract: A commodity promotion system includes output unit that presents a customer with information, commodity presence/absence determination unit that determines presence or absence of the target article on the basis of signal strength information of the RF tag, commodity information storage unit that stores commodity information list in which the tag information of the RF tag, commodity presence/absence information indicating presence or absence of the target article, output unit ID information of the output unit, and output information indicating information to be presented are associated with one another, and commodity pickup determination unit that detects that the target article has changed from a presence state to an absence state, on the basis of a determination result of the presence or absence of the target article and the commodity presence/absence information in the commodity information list and outputs the output information associated with the tag information to the output unit.

Abstract: A marketing data collection system includes commodity information storage unit (203) that stores at least one of position information of the target article placement region and commodity identification information, commodity presence/absence determination unit (201) that determines presence or absence of the target article on the basis of the signal strength information of the RF tag to generate article presence/absence information, refers to the position information of the target article placement region and the commodity identification information to generate commodity presence/absence information in which presence/absence information of the target article and the commodity information are associated with each other and commodity detection time information in which information about the time when the commodity presence/absence information has been generated and the commodity information are associated with each other, and recording accumulation unit (204) that accumulates the commodity presence/absence info

Abstract: An article management system according to the present invention includes: a reader antenna (102) including an open-type transmission line terminated in an impedance matched state; an RF tag (104) that is placed at a location that is electromagnetically coupled to the reader antenna (102) and is visible from the reader antenna (102) in a state where a management target article (105) is placed in the vicinity of the RF tag; a management target article arrangement region in which the management target article (105) is placed, the management target article arrangement region being set in a location where the management target article (105) is electromagnetically coupled to a tag antenna of the RF tag (104); and an RFID reader (103) that sends a transmitted signal to the reader antenna (102) and receives a response signal output from the tag antenna via the reader antenna (102).

Abstract: An edge portion which defines a planar shape has two long end sides (108a, 108b) which extend in parallel to each other, and two short end sides (107, 109) which have parallel portions extending in parallel to each other. The two long end sides and the two short end sides are reflection terminals. The parallel portion of the first short end side (107) includes a first portion (107a) and a second portion (107b). The positions of the antinodes of a first standing wave formed by a traveling wave directed toward the first portion (107a) and a reflected wave of the traveling wave and a second standing wave formed by a traveling wave directed toward the second portion (107b) and a reflected wave of the traveling wave in a direction substantially parallel to the long end sides (108a, 108b) are deviated by 1/4 of the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave propagating through an electromagnetic wave transmission sheet.

Abstract: A wireless power feeding system capable of long distance and highly efficient space transmission of power is provided. A wireless power feeding system includes a power transmitter, a power receiver, and a power receiving body. The power transmitter generates electromagnetic waves. The power receiver is supplied with power by means of the electromagnetic waves received from the power transmitter using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon. The power receiving body is inserted into an electromagnetic field created by the power transmitter and the power receiver, and receives power by means of the electromagnetic field.

Abstract: A peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments containing one or more selenocysteine that has a lowered toxicity than selenocystine and that exhibits a cytotoxicity-inhibitory activity. The peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments according to the present invention has preferably the amino acid sequence from 260th to 362nd amino acid residues from the C-terminal of selenoprotein P, or said amino acid sequence with one or several amino acid residues therein being deleted, substituted or added, or a partial sequence of either of the above amino acid sequences, or an amino acid sequence comprising as a part any of the above amino acid sequences. A screening method for a peptide fragment having the cytotoxicity-inhibitory activity is also provided.

Abstract: An electrophoresis chip is provided with a channel that is filled with a solution in which a sample is dissolved, the electrophoresis chip being configured to carry out electrophoresis by applying voltage along the channel in a state in which the channel is hermetically sealed to separate the sample in the channel, and after this electrophoresis is performed, to carry out mass spectrometry by scanning a laser along the channel in a state in which the channel is open to an environment in which gas is present. A pattern is formed on the bottom surface of the channel to hold the solution as droplets. This pattern is made into a pattern in which hydrophilic areas are surrounded by hydrophobic areas and side-walls of the channel.

Abstract: A channel (1) formed in a substrate (41) branches into channels (2, 3) at a branch point (43). On this branch point, obstacles (8) having a columnar structure are aligned at certain intervals.

Abstract: A sample which contains protein is stably maintained in a liquid state during electrophoresis. Electrophoresis chip 1 includes substrate 2, channels 5a to 5d which is provided on surface 3 of substrate 2 and which has openings 4a to 4d at the top thereof, wherein a sample solvent is adapted to be supplied to the channel, and evaporation inhibitor reservoirs 8a, 8b for storing an evaporation inhibitor for the sample solvent, the reservoir being provided independently of channel 5a to 5d and being spatially connected to opening 4a to 4d of channel 5a to 5d.

Abstract: A channel formed on a chip is opened without contaminating contents of the channel. Channels (107a) and (107b) provided on a substrate (103) are covered by pressing a lid (113) composed of a resin layer (102) and a plate-like lid (101) to a surface of the substrate (103). A fixing device has a retainer plate (104), which retains the plate-like lid (101) of a chip (112), a board (108) on which the substrate (103) is placed, and a screw (106). When covering the channels (107a) and (107b), the screw (106) is fastened and the lid (113) is pressed to the substrate (103) to be fixed. And, when opening an upper portion of the channels (107a) and (107b), the screw (106) is turned upward and a pressure is released, and the lid (113) is removed from the upper potion of the substrate (103).

Abstract: A chip 400 is composed of a substrate 401, and a frame component 402 provided on the surface of the substrate 401, so as to be brought into contact with the substrate 401. A flow path 102 which retains a liquid sample, and serves as a trench-type flow path allowing therethrough electrophoretic migration of a sample to be subjected to mass analysis, is configured to use the substrate 401 as the bottom surface, and to use the frame component 402 as the sidewall. The substrate 401 and the frame component 402 are configured to be separable.

Abstract: A solution of a matrix contains a liquid mixture consists of acetonitrile and water as main solvent component, wherein a volumetric ratio of acetonitrile and water is within a range of from acetonitrile 6.5: water 3.5 to acetonitrile 8: water 2, and wherein sinapinic acid is contained as the matrix.

Abstract: A fragmenting reaction of peptide is achieved while maintaining the isolated state of peptide. Isolated peptide fractions isolated by electrophoresis are prepared in flow paths. Subsequently, prepared peptide fractions are dried by each of the flow paths. Then, dried peptide fractions are in contact with protease. Then, independent liquid membranes of a solvent are formed over the surfaces of peptide fractions, which have been in contact with protease, disposed on the flow paths, respectively.