1. A heat storage material comprising:
a heat storage granule having a plurality of microcapsules mixed with a binder and granulated into the heat storage granule; wherein:
each of the microcapsules has an outer case and a phase change material contained therein,
the outer case is made of synthetic resin,
the phase change material can absorb and dissipate latent heat in response change in temperature; and
the heat storage granule has a cover layer covering a surface of the heat storage granule, the cover layer having heat conductivity and resistance against alcohol, both of which are higher than those of at least one of a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin.
2. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein the cover layer comprises a metal layer.
3. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein the cover layer comprises a diamond-like carbon layer.
4. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein the cover layer comprises an electrolessly deposited nickel layer.
5. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein:
the heat storage granule has voids formed between the microcapsules;
an underlying layer is provided between the cover layer and a surface of the heat storage granule, so that the voids within at least a surface layer part of the heat storage granule are filled with the underlying layer.
6. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein the underlying layer is made of a resin having resistance against alcohol.
7. The heat storage material as in claim 1, wherein the heat storage material comprises a plurality of the heat storage granules, the heat storage material is used in combination with an adsorption material for a canister, and the adsorption material can adsorb and desorb a fuel vapor.
8. A method of manufacturing a heat storage material comprising the steps of:
granulating a mixture of a plurality of microcapsules and a binder into a plurality of porous heat storage granules each having voids between the microcapsules; wherein:
each of the microcapsules has an outer case and a phase change material contained therein,
the outer case is made of synthetic resin; and
the phase change material can absorb and dissipate latent heat in response change in temperature; and
providing an underlying layer on each of the porous heat storage granules, so that the voids within at least a surface layer part of each of the porous heat storage granules are filled with the underlying layer; and
providing a cover layer on a surface of each of the porous heat storage granules having the underlying layer, the cover layer having heat conductivity and resistance against alcohol, both of which are higher than those of at least one of a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin.
9. A method of manufacturing a heat storage material comprising the steps of:
granulating a mixture of a plurality of microcapsules and a liquid binder into a plurality of non-porous heat storage granules; wherein:
each of the microcapsules has an outer case and a phase change material contained therein,
the outer case is made of synthetic resin; and
the phase change material can absorb and dissipate latent heat in response change in temperature; and
providing a cover layer on a surface of each of the non-porous heat storage granules, the cover layer having heat conductivity and resistance against alcohol, both of which are higher than those of at least one of a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin.
10. The method as in claim 8, wherein the step of providing the cover layer comprises electrolessly depositing nickel.
11. The method as in claim 9, wherein the step of providing the cover layer comprises electrolessly depositing nickel.
12. A heat storage granule comprising:
a granule body including a plurality of microcapsules each capable of absorbing and dissipating heat in response to change in temperature; and
a metal cover layer formed on a surface of the granule body, so that the microcapsules are prevented from being exposed to the outside of the granule body.
13. The heat storage granule as in claim 12, wherein the metal cover layer is made of nickel.
14. The heat storage granule as in claim 12, further comprising an intermediate layer formed between the granule body and the cover layer, wherein the intermediate layer is made of resin.
15. A heat storage granule comprising:
a granule body including a plurality of microcapsules capable of absorbing and dissipating heat in response to change in temperature; and
a carbon cover layer formed on a surface of the granule body, so that the microcapsules are prevented from being exposed to the outside of the granule body.
16. The heat storage granule as in claim 15, wherein the carbon cover layer is made of diamond-like carbon.
17. The heat storage granule as in claim 15, further comprising an intermediate layer formed between the granule body and the cover layer, wherein the intermediate layer is made of resin.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A document management system comprising:
a metadata acquisition unit configured to acquire plural metadata relating to a document as a management object, and to store the acquired plural metadata in a memory; and
a display control unit configured to hierarchically display the plural metadata in a tree form based on respective attributes of the plural metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit on a display,
wherein the document includes plural page images formed on each page having the metadata, and the display control unit groups, based on metadata acquired from the plural page images in common by the metadata acquisition unit, page images from which the metadata is acquired and displays the grouped page images.
2. The document management system according to claim 1, further comprising a hierarchical determination unit configured to determine hierarchies to which the plural metadata are made to correspond respectively in a tree structure hierarchically displayed by the display control unit based on the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit,
wherein the display control unit hierarchically displays the plural metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit in the tree form based on a determination result of the hierarchical determination unit.
3. The document management system according to claim 2, wherein the hierarchical determination unit determines hierarchies to which the plural metadata are made to correspond respectively in the tree structure hierarchically displayed by the display control unit based on a dependence relation between the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit.
4. The document management system according to claim 2, further comprising a frequency determination unit configured to determine an appearance frequency, in the plural metadata, of arbitrary metadata of the plural metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit,
wherein the display control unit displays metadata with a high appearance frequency determined by the frequency determination unit to be positioned at an upper level among metadata belonging to a hierarchy to which the metadata belongs.
5. The document management system according to claim 2, further comprising an order determination unit configured to determine an appearance order of metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit in a document including, as content, the metadata or information relating to the metadata,
wherein the display control unit displays metadata appearing early in the appearance order determined by the order determination unit to be positioned at an upper level among metadata belonging to a hierarchy to which the metadata belongs.
6. The document management system according to claim 1, wherein in respective trees individually made to correspond to each metadata having a specified attribute included in the plural metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit, the display control unit hierarchically displays metadata made to correspond to the respective trees and relevant metadata.
7. The document management system according to claim 1, further comprising an operation input unit configured to accept an operation input of a user,
wherein in respective trees individually made to correspond to each metadata having an attribute selected by the operation input to the operation input unit among the plural metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit, the display control unit hierarchically displays metadata made to correspond to the respective trees and relevant metadata.
8. The document management system according to claim 1, wherein the metadata is data relating to at least one of a file name of the document as the management object, a file creation date of the document, a file creation place of the document, setting content set in a file of the document, text information extracted from content of the document, and layout information of a display object in a page of the document.
9. A document management method comprising:
acquiring plural metadata relating to a document as a management object; and
hierarchically displaying the plural metadata in a tree form based on respective attributes of the acquired plural metadata,
wherein the document includes plural page images formed on each paging having the metadata, and based on metadata acquired in common from the plural page images, page images from which the metadata is acquired are grouped and the grouped page images are displayed.
10. The document management method according to claim 9, wherein
hierarchies to which the plural metadata are respectively made to correspond in a hierarchically displayed tree structure are determined based on the acquired metadata, and
the acquired plural metadata are hierarchically displayed in the tree form based on a determination result.
11. The document management method according to claim 10, wherein hierarchies to which the plural metadata are respectively made to correspond in the hierarchically displayed tree structure are determined based on a dependence relation between the acquired metadata.
12. The document management method according to claim 10, wherein
an appearance frequency, in the plural metadata, of arbitrary metadata of the acquired plural metadata is determined, and
metadata in which the determined appearance frequency is high is displayed to be positioned at an upper level among metadata belonging to a hierarchy to which the metadata belongs.
13. The document management method according to claim 10, wherein
an appearance order of the acquired metadata in a document including, as content, the metadata or information relating to the metadata is determined, and
metadata appearing early in the determined appearance order is displayed to be positioned at an upper level among metadata belonging to a hierarchy to which the metadata belongs.
14. The document management method according to claim 9, wherein in respective trees individually made to correspond to each metadata having a specified attribute included in the acquired plural metadata, metadata made to correspond to the respective trees and relevant metadata are hierarchically displayed.
15. The document management method according to claim 9, wherein in respective trees individually made to correspond to each metadata having an attribute selected by an operation input of a user among the acquired plural metadata, metadata made to correspond to the respective trees and relevant metadata are hierarchically displayed.
16. The document management method according to claim 9, wherein the metadata is data relating to at least one of a file name of the document as the management object, a file creation date of the document, a file creation place of the document, setting content set in a file of the document, text information extracted from content of the document, and layout information of a display object in a page of the document.
17. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
acquiring plural metadata relating to a document as a management objects; and
hierarchically displaying the plural metadata in a tree form based on respective attributes of the acquired plural metadata,
wherein the document includes plural page images formed on each page having the metadata, and the display control unit groups, based on metadata acquired from the plural page images in common by the metadata acquisition unit, page images from which the metadata is acquired and displays the grouped page images.
18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the computer program causes the computer to execute a process comprising:
determining hierarchies to which the plural metadata are made to correspond respectively in a hierarchically displayed tree structure based on the acquired metadata; and
hierarchically displaying the acquired plural metadata in the tree form based on a determination result.