Abstract: A method for reducing the volume of a raw material liquid, the raw material liquid containing at least a valuable and a first solvent, wherein the raw material liquid further contains an accessory component other than the valuable and the first solvent, or contains a mixed solvent including the first solvent and a second solvent as a solvent, and the method for reducing the volume of the raw material liquid is performed by combining a first process in which the first solvent is removed from the raw material liquid and a second process in which the concentration of the second solvent or the accessory component is adjusted from the raw material liquid using a dialysis method with a dialysis membrane.

Abstract: A touch sensor unit, that is installed on one of an opening provided in a vehicle and an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, includes: a touch sensor having a long sensor body; and a bracket configured to hold the touch sensor in a longitudinal direction of the sensor body and fixed to one of the opening and the opening and closing body. One of the touch sensor and the bracket includes an inserting portion including a locking piece, the other of the touch sensor and the bracket includes a holding portion including a locking portion locked to the locking piece and configured to accommodate the inserting portion, and one of the inserting portion and the holding portion is made of an elastomer having an elastic modulus lower than that of the other.

Abstract: A touch sensor unit, that is installed on one of an opening provided in a vehicle and an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, includes: a touch sensor having a long sensor body; and a bracket configured to hold the touch sensor in a longitudinal direction of the sensor body and fixed to one of the opening and the opening and closing body. One of the touch sensor and the bracket includes an inserting portion including a locking piece, the other of the touch sensor and the bracket includes a holding portion including a locking portion locked to the locking piece and configured to accommodate the inserting portion, and one of the inserting portion and the holding portion is made of an elastomer having an elastic modulus lower than that of the other.

Abstract: A spacer for a foreign object detection sensor including an elongated hollow sheath, two conductive members, and two core wires buried in the two conductive members, the spacer being used for a terminal portion of the foreign object detection sensor and including a first member including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a space between the two conductive members, and a concave-shaped second member including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion at which a locking portion is provided to be locked to a first end of the first member, the second end portion which is opposed to the locking portion and is connected to a second end of the first member via an integral hinge, the second member containing one of the two conductor portions inside a closed cross-section formed between the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A spacer for a foreign object detection sensor including an elongated hollow sheath, two conductive members, and two core wires buried in the two conductive members, the spacer being used for a terminal portion of the foreign object detection sensor and including a first member including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a space between the two conductive members, and a concave-shaped second member including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion at which a locking portion is provided to be locked to a first end of the first member, the second end portion which is opposed to the locking portion and is connected to a second end of the first member via an integral hinge, the second member containing one of the two conductor portions inside a closed cross-section formed between the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A foreign object detection sensor includes an outer cover formed in a longitudinal hollow shape, the outer cover including an insulating property and an elasticity, the outer cover including an attachment portion at an outer surface, a first electrode and a second electrode each including a conductivity and the elasticity, the first electrode and the second electrode extending along a longitudinal direction of the outer cover in a state of being spaced apart from each other inside the outer cover, the second electrode being disposed at a position away from the attachment portion relative to the first electrode, the second electrode including a coefficient of elasticity lower than the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode detecting a foreign object by coming in contact with each other in accordance with an elastic deformation of the outer cover by a pressurizing force from the foreign object.

Abstract: A gamut compressing device for compressing video data in a first gamut into video data in a second gamut. The device includes a compression unit compressing a value of color data in the first gamut, not contained in the second gamut, into a value of color data contained in the second gamut through a predetermined compression calculation. A gradation generating unit generates gradation such that a plurality of values of color data having the same value as a result of the compression become different in the second gamut.

Abstract: A gamut compressing device for compressing video data in a first gamut into video data in a second gamut, includes a compression unit compressing a value of color data in the first gamut, not contained in the second gamut, into a value of color data contained in the second gamut through a predetermined compression calculation, and a gradation generating unit generating gradation in a manner such that a plurality of values of color data having the same value as a result of the compression in the compressing step become different in value in the second gamut.