Abstract: An animal individual identification member includes a first base brought into contact with a body of an animal, a second base including an identification portion indicating identification information of the animal by a sequence of mutually different adjacent colors, and an adhesive layer which is located between the first base and the second base and bonds the first base and the second base. The first base, the second base, and the adhesive layer have identical resin skeletons.

Abstract: An animal information management system includes an identification information obtaining unit which obtains identification information of an animal included in a first image, based on the first image captured by an imaging device during patrol imaging of a predetermined region in a first zoom setting in which only part of the predetermined region is an imaging target, the animal being included in animals present in the predetermined region; and a control unit which causes the imaging device to capture a second image including the animal in a second zoom setting having a zooming magnification lower than that of the first zoom setting when the identification information is obtained.

Abstract: A weight estimation system includes: an image capturer that captures an image of an inside of a poultry house; a calculator that calculates a flocking behavior feature quantity of chickens in the poultry house by performing image processing on the image captured by the image capturer; and an estimator that estimates a weight for each chicken in the poultry house, based on the flocking behavior feature quantity calculated.

Abstract: An animal information management system includes a storage and an information processor. The information processor causes an imaging device to perform tracking imaging of a pig, and accumulates still pictures including the pig in the storage, the still pictures being obtained during the tracking imaging. The information processor brings the imaging device into a zoom-in state having a zooming magnification higher than that during the tracking imaging when a predetermined requirement for the accumulated still pictures is satisfied, obtains the identification information of the pig by causing the imaging device in the zoom-in state to capture an image of the pig, and stores the identification information in the storage, in association with the accumulated still pictures.

Abstract: A livestock house monitoring method includes: capturing a moving image of an inside of a poultry house; converting a plurality of images included in the moving image captured into black-and-white images; and generating an image for monitoring purposes showing a distribution of chickens inside the poultry house by performing statistical processing on the plurality of images converted into the black-and-white images. The poultry house is an example of a livestock house, and chickens are an example of livestock.

Abstract: An animal information management system includes an identification information obtaining unit which obtains identification information of an animal included in a first image, based on the first image captured by an imaging device during patrol imaging of a predetermined region in a first zoom setting in which only part of the predetermined region is an imaging target, the animal being included in animals present in the predetermined region; and a control unit which causes the imaging device to capture a second image including the animal in a second zoom setting having a zooming magnification lower than that of the first zoom setting when the identification information is obtained.

Abstract: An animal individual identification member includes a first base brought into contact with a body of an animal, a second base including an identification portion indicating identification information of the animal by a sequence of mutually different adjacent colors, and an adhesive layer which is located between the first base and the second base and bonds the first base and the second base. The first base, the second base, and the adhesive layer have identical resin skeletons.

Abstract: An infrared detection element includes first and second pyroelectric elements which are arranged in a single pyroelectric substrate. First pyroelectric element includes a first surface electrode, a first back face electrode, and a first portion interposed between first surface and back face electrodes. First portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Second pyroelectric element includes a second surface electrode, a second back face electrode, and a second portion interposed between second surface and back face electrodes. Second portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Pyroelectric substrate is provided in part thereof surrounding first pyroelectric element with a slit shaped along an outer periphery of first pyroelectric element. Slit is formed out of regions in which a first surface wiring and a first back face wiring are disposed. Part of pyroelectric substrate surrounding second pyroelectric element is continuously formed over an entire circumference of second portion.

Abstract: An infrared detection element includes first and second pyroelectric elements which are arranged in a single pyroelectric substrate. First pyroelectric element includes a first surface electrode, a first back face electrode, and a first portion interposed between first surface and back face electrodes. First portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Second pyroelectric element includes a second surface electrode, a second back face electrode, and a second portion interposed between second surface and back face electrodes. Second portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Pyroelectric substrate is provided in part thereof surrounding first pyroelectric element with a slit shaped along an outer periphery of first pyroelectric element. Slit is formed out of regions in which a first surface wiring and a first back face wiring are disposed. Part of pyroelectric substrate surrounding second pyroelectric element is continuously formed over an entire circumference of second portion.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal for visit activity management is provided which can perform management even when wireless communication with a wireless base station cannot be performed in a visited place. A communication terminal of the present invention includes: an activity information generating section to generate activity information including position information in addition to an activity record indicating that a predefined action has been performed, and a communication control section to, if the communication control section determines that wireless communication is available, read out and send the activity information to a management server, and if the communication control section determines that wireless communication is unavailable, wait until wireless communication becomes available, and then read out and send the activity information to the management server.

Abstract: An infrared detection element includes first and second pyroelectric elements which are arranged in a single pyroelectric substrate. First pyroelectric element includes a first surface electrode. a first back face electrode, and a first portion interposed between first surface and back face electrodes. First portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Second pyroelectric element includes a second surface electrode, a second back face electrode, and a second portion interposed between second surface and back face electrodes. Second portion is provided as part of pyroelectric substrate. Pyroelectric substrate is provided in part thereof surrounding first pyroelectric element with a slit shaped along an outer periphery of first pyroelectric element. Slit is formed out of regions in which a first surface wiring and a first back face wiring are disposed. Part of pyroelectric substrate surrounding second pyroelectric element is continuously formed over an entire circumference of second portion.

Abstract: A personal information management system which can easily collect and manage various personal information. A personal information management system according to the present invention includes: an input processing section to acquire input personal information that includes one or more input data items; a search processing section to perform search using some or all of the input data items as one or more keywords to acquire retrieved personal information; a selection processing section to allow an operator to select a retrieved data item to be saved from among the retrieved personal information; and a registration processing section to store the input personal information and the retrieved data item selected using the selection processing section in a storage device in a manner that the input personal information and the retrieved data item are associated with each other.

Abstract: An information management system enables the display position of a location mark on a map to be corrected with a simple operation. The information management system of the present invention includes: a geographical coordinate information acquisition unit acquiring geographical coordinate information corresponding to a designated address; and a display processing unit displaying a map corresponding to the address on a display unit and displaying a location mark on the map at a position corresponding to the geographical coordinate information. Further, the display processing unit has a function of changing the display position of the location mark on the map according to an operation by an operator, and a function of correcting the geographical coordinate information according to the changed display position of the location mark and outputting the corrected geographical coordinate information as the geographical coordinate information on the address corresponding to the location mark before being changed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a switching device capable of further minimizing the ON resistance of a switching element. Switching element has hole injecting unit that includes injecting electrode which is directly connected to semiconductor substrate. Injection driving unit of driving unit is connected to injecting electrode and source electrode of switching element, and applies an injection voltage Vin between injecting electrode and source electrode. Injection driving unit injects holes from hole injecting unit to a hetero-junction interface of semiconductor substrate, by applying the injection voltage Vin exceeding a threshold value to switching element. Because the injected holes pull the equivalent amount of electrons to the hetero-junction interface, concentration of the 2-dimensional electron gas as the channel region becomes high, and the ON resistance of switching element 10 becomes small.

Abstract: The present invention provides a switching device capable of further minimizing the ON resistance of a switching element. Switching element has hole injecting unit that includes injecting electrode which is directly connected to semiconductor substrate. Injection driving unit of driving unit is connected to injecting electrode and source electrode of switching element, and applies an injection voltage Vin between injecting electrode and source electrode. Injection driving unit injects holes from hole injecting unit to a hetero-junction interface of semiconductor substrate, by applying the injection voltage Vin exceeding a threshold value to switching element. Because the injected holes pull the equivalent amount of electrons to the hetero-junction interface, concentration of the 2-dimensional electron gas as the channel region becomes high, and the ON resistance of switching element 10 becomes small.

Abstract: The present invention provides a switching device capable of further minimizing the ON resistance of a switching element. Switching element has field application electrode that is connected to semiconductor substrate with insulating film interposed therebetween. Field control unit of driving unit is connected to field application electrode and source electrode of switching element, and applies a bias voltage Ve between field application electrode and source electrode. Field control unit applies an electric field from field application electrode to a hetero-junction interface of semiconductor substrate, by applying the bias voltage Ve exceeding a threshold value to switching element. In short, in the ON state of switching element, the electric field that is applied from field application electrode to semiconductor substrate works to increase electron concentration in a channel region by a field effect and decrease the ON resistance of switching element.

Abstract: An infrared flame detector of the present invention has an infrared radiation receiving element accommodated in a package. In the infrared radiation receiving element, a set of two pyroelectric elements are arranged side by side and connected in anti-series on a pyroelectric element forming substrate. An infrared optical filter includes a filter forming substrate made of an infrared radiation transmitting material, a set of two narrowband transmission filter sections formed at positions respectively corresponding to positions of the pyroelectric elements on a first surface of the filter forming substrate and configured to transmit infrared radiation of a first selective wavelength and infrared radiation of a second selective wavelength, and a broadband blocking filter section formed on a second surface of the filter forming substrate and configured to absorb infrared radiation of a wavelength longer than an upper limit of an infrared reflection band.

Abstract: An infrared gas detector includes an infrared reception member, a package configured to accommodate the infrared reception member, and an optical filter. The infrared reception member includes a plurality of thermal infrared detection elements each configured to detect infrared based on heat caused by received infrared. The thermal infrared detection elements are placed side by side. The package is provided with a window opening configured to allow the infrared reception member to receive infrared. The optical filter is attached to the package so as to cover the window opening, and includes a plurality of filter elements respectively corresponding to the plurality of the thermal infrared detection elements. Each of the filter elements includes a filter substrate made of an infrared transparent material, a transmission filter configured to transmit infrared of a selected wavelength, and a cut-off filter configured to absorb infrared of a wavelength longer than the selected wavelength.

Abstract: The infrared optical filter of the present invention comprises a substrate formed of an infrared transmitting material and a plurality of filter parts arranged side by side on one surface side of the substrate. Each filter part includes: a first ?/4 multilayer film in which two kinds of thin films having mutually different refractive indices but an identical optical film thickness are alternately stacked; a second ?/4 multilayer film in which the two kinds of thin films are alternately stacked, said second ?/4 multilayer film being formed on the opposite side of the first ?/4 multilayer film from the substrate side, and; and a wavelength selection layer interposed between the first ?/4 multilayer film and the second ?/4 multilayer film, said wavelength selection layer having an optical film thickness different from the optical film thickness of each the thin film according to a desired selection wavelength.

Abstract: An optical interference filter whose major component is a film member. The film member includes a plurality of window regions arranged discretely in a surface direction selectively transmit, using an effect of optical interference, light having a waveband that substantially belongs to a visible spectrum, the plurality of window regions being arranged discretely in the surface direction, and one or more boundary regions selectively transmit, using the effect of the optical interference, light having a waveband that substantially belongs to an invisible spectrum excluding the visible spectrum, the one or more the boundary regions being located between adjacent window regions.