Abstract

Provided are a laminated piezoelectric element and an electroacoustic transducer, in which a high sound pressure can be obtained even after long-term use of a laminated piezoelectric element obtained by laminating a piezoelectric film in a plurality of layers. In the laminated piezoelectric element, in which a plurality of piezoelectric films are laminated with adhesive layers interposed between the plurality of piezoelectric films, the adhesive layer has an adhesive region and a gap portion, in a case where a cross section of the piezoelectric films of the laminated piezoelectric element in a lamination direction is observed with a scanning electron microscope in each of one in-plane direction of a main surface of the piezoelectric films, a direction orthogonal to the one direction, a direction inclined by 45° with respect to the one direction, and a direction inclined by 135° with respect to the one direction to acquire ten continuous visual fields, and an average value of thicknesses of the piezoelectric films observed in each visual field is denoted by d1 and an average value of thicknesses of the adhesive layers observed in each visual field is denoted by d2, a ratio d2/d1 is 0.15 or more and 1.0 or less, and a ratio of a total area of the gap portions to a total area of the adhesive layers observed in each visual field is 1% or more and less than 40%.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 30/50 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices having a stacked or multilayer structure
• H04R 17/02 - Microphones
• H10N 30/00 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices
• H10N 30/20 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators
• H10N 30/85 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive active materials
• H10N 30/857 - Macromolecular compositions
• H10N 30/87 - Electrodes or interconnections, e.g. leads or terminals

Abstract

A display limit value setting unit sets a display upper limit value as a display limit value based on signal intensities of a plurality of reception signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of transducer elements and acquired by a transmission and reception unit. A display control unit displays a graph indicating the signal intensity of each reception signal corresponding to each transducer element on a display. In a case where a signal intensity of a reception signal of a certain transducer element is greater than the display upper limit value, the display control unit displays the display upper limit value as the signal intensity of the reception signal on the graph. On the other hand, in a case where a signal intensity of a reception signal of a certain transducer element is equal to or less than the display upper limit value, the display control unit displays the signal intensity of the reception signal itself on the graph.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 29/44 - Processing the detected response signal
• G01N 29/30 - Arrangements for calibrating or comparing, e.g. with standard objects

Abstract

There is provided an imaging apparatus including an image sensor, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to acquire information related to distances at a plurality of positions within an imaging area of the image sensor, generate moving image data represented with a vertical axis and a lateral axis, based on imaging data obtained by the image sensor, generate distance image data in which a first axis corresponds to the vertical axis or the lateral axis and a second axis represents the information related to the distance, and output the moving image data and the distance image data.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 23/67 - Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
• H04N 23/698 - Control of cameras or camera modules for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• H04N 23/958 - Computational photography systems, e.g. light-field imaging systems for extended depth of field imaging

Abstract

A digital camera includes a first battery, a power supply circuit, and a power supply management unit, and an accessory having second batteries and a communication unit is connectable to the digital camera. The power supply management unit performs control to supply power to the communication unit from the first battery and to supply power to the power supply circuit from any one of the second batteries, in a state in which the accessory is connected, and performs control to supply power to the power supply circuit from the first battery in a state in which the accessory is not connected.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• H02J 9/06 - Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over

Abstract

The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a negative refractive power; a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; a third lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group that has a positive refractive power. During zooming, in each lens group, distances between the adjacent groups in the direction of the optical axis are changed. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power. The third lens group consists of a negative lens. During focusing, only the third lens group moves along the optical axis. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 9/34 - Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or – having four components only
• G02B 7/14 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses adapted to interchange lenses
• G02B 13/00 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
• G02B 15/14 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective
• G02B 15/177 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective with interdependent non-linearly related movements between one lens or lens group, and another lens or lens group having a negative front lens or group of lenses
• G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
• G02B 27/64 - Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image
• H04N 23/55 - Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensorsMounting thereof

Abstract

A 3D organ model acquisition unit acquires a 3D organ model. A rigid endoscope image acquisition unit acquires a rigid endoscope image including an organ to be observed. An orientation matrix estimation unit estimates an orientation matrix representing an orientation of the organ to be observed included in the rigid endoscope image in a three-dimensional coordinate system used for the 3D organ model. A display control unit controls display of the 3D organ model based on the orientation matrix.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 19/20 - Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• A61B 34/10 - Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
• G06V 20/50 - Context or environment of the image
• G16H 50/50 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

This coloring composition contains a colorant A containing a dye a, a polymerization initiator B, a polymerizable compound C, and a compound D which is a salt of a cation dx and an anion dz and has a specific absorbance of 5 or less. The anion dz contains a boron atom, and has a fluorine atom content of 50 mass% or less. In this film, color filter, solid-state imaging element, and image display device, said coloring composition is used.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/20 - Filters
• G03F 7/004 - Photosensitive materials
• G03F 7/027 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds
• H10F 39/12 - Image sensors

Abstract

Provided are a medical image processing apparatus and a medical image processing method that effectively display an observation state indication related to the comprehensiveness of observation while suppressing a decrease in the visibility of an endoscopic image. The medical image processing apparatus is a medical image processing apparatus including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to acquire a plurality of medical images in a time-series manner, make a determination of an observation state in units of a small area of a photographic subject on the basis of the medical images, cause the memory to store a result of the determination, and upon an observation state of the photographic subject being changed, cause a monitor to display an observation state indication of the photographic subject, the observation state indication being based on the result of the determination stored in the memory.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters

Abstract

A light absorption filter including a resin, a dye having a main absorption wavelength band in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm, and a compound that generates a radical upon ultraviolet irradiation, in which the dye contains at least two kinds of dyes with hues in a complementary color relationship, an optical filter using the light absorption filter, a manufacturing method for an optical filter, an organic electroluminescent display device, an inorganic electroluminescent display device, and a liquid crystal display device.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/22 - Absorbing filters

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a chemical solution that, when applied to an object to be treated, can suppress the occurrence of defects containing alkali metals and defects containing boron after the application to the object to be treated and that, when used as a washing solution for pipes, can suppress the occurrence of particle defects on the surface of a substrate supplied with a composition through the washed pipes. The chemical solution of the invention is a chemical solution containing propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate and boron atoms. The content of propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is 80% by mass or more based on the total mass of the chemical solution, and the content of boron atoms is 0.001 to 100 ppt by mass based on the total mass of the chemical solution.

IPC Classes  ?

• C11D 7/50 - Solvents
• B08B 9/032 - Cleaning the internal surfacesRemoval of blockages by the mechanical action of a moving fluid, e.g. by flushing
• G03F 7/16 - Coating processesApparatus therefor

Abstract

A compound and a pharmaceutical composition have an inhibitory activity on a drug efflux pump of drug-resistant bacteria, and can restore the antibacterial activity of other agents in a case of being used in combination with other drugs. A compound represented by General Formula [1], or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or the salt are provided. In Formula [1], each symbol is as described in the specification. A compound and a pharmaceutical composition have an inhibitory activity on a drug efflux pump of drug-resistant bacteria, and can restore the antibacterial activity of other agents in a case of being used in combination with other drugs. A compound represented by General Formula [1], or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or the salt are provided. In Formula [1], each symbol is as described in the specification.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07D 409/12 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing two hetero rings linked by a chain containing hetero atoms as chain links
• A61K 31/496 - Non-condensed piperazines containing further heterocyclic rings, e.g. rifampin, thiothixene or sparfloxacin
• A61K 31/675 - Phosphorus compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. pyridoxal phosphate
• A61K 31/69 - Boron compounds
• C07D 211/34 - Heterocyclic compounds containing hydrogenated pyridine rings, not condensed with other rings with only hydrogen or carbon atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom having no double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon radicals directly attached to ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring carbon atoms with hydrocarbon radicals, substituted by carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals
• C07D 213/56 - Amides
• C07D 277/30 - Radicals substituted by carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals
• C07D 295/185 - Radicals derived from carboxylic acids from aliphatic carboxylic acids
• C07D 305/08 - Heterocyclic compounds containing four-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only ring hetero atoms not condensed with other rings having no double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with hetero atoms or with carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals, directly attached to ring atoms
• C07D 307/54 - Radicals substituted by carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals
• C07D 307/81 - Radicals substituted by nitrogen atoms not forming part of a nitro radical
• C07D 309/06 - Radicals substituted by oxygen atoms
• C07D 319/24 - [b, e]-condensed with two six-membered rings
• C07D 333/22 - Radicals substituted by doubly bound hetero atoms, or by two hetero atoms other than halogen singly bound to the same carbon atom
• C07D 333/28 - Halogen atoms
• C07D 333/32 - Oxygen atoms
• C07D 401/06 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing only aliphatic carbon atoms
• C07D 401/10 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing aromatic rings
• C07D 401/12 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, having nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, at least one ring being a six-membered ring with only one nitrogen atom containing two hetero rings linked by a chain containing hetero atoms as chain links
• C07D 405/06 - Heterocyclic compounds containing both one or more hetero rings having oxygen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, and one or more rings having nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing only aliphatic carbon atoms
• C07D 405/12 - Heterocyclic compounds containing both one or more hetero rings having oxygen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, and one or more rings having nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom containing two hetero rings linked by a chain containing hetero atoms as chain links
• C07D 409/06 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing only aliphatic carbon atoms
• C07D 409/10 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing aromatic rings
• C07D 417/06 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing two hetero rings linked by a carbon chain containing only aliphatic carbon atoms
• C07D 417/12 - Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group containing two hetero rings linked by a chain containing hetero atoms as chain links
• C07D 471/04 - Ortho-condensed systems
• C07D 495/04 - Ortho-condensed systems
• C07F 5/02 - Boron compounds
• C07F 9/6558 - Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. containing phosphorus as a ring hetero atom containing at least two different or differently substituted hetero rings neither condensed among themselves nor condensed with a common carbocyclic ring or ring system

Abstract

A request reception unit receives structure information of a candidate drug by receiving a prediction request. A derivation unit derives a feature value of the candidate drug from the structure information. A prediction unit predicts an inclusion property of the candidate drug in a liposome from a contributing feature value of the candidate drug. A screen delivery controller presents a prediction result of the inclusion property of the candidate drug in the liposome and a known characteristic of a reference drug in a comparable manner.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16H 70/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

An optically-anisotropic layer that is an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition containing a liquid crystal compound, the optically-anisotropic layer including a region A having a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a region B having a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and a region not having the liquid crystal alignment pattern, in which the region A, the region B, and the region not having the liquid crystal alignment pattern are provided in the same in-plane direction of the optically-anisotropic layer.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/1337 - Surface-induced orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, e.g. by alignment layers
• G02B 27/01 - Head-up displays
• G02B 27/28 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups , for polarising
• G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a lithography step, an etching step, and an ion implantation step, wherein at least one of a treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor device used at the end of each step or before moving to the next step includes one kind or two or more kinds of metal atoms selected from Cu, Fe, and Zn, and wherein a total content of particulate metal comprising at least one kind of the metal atoms is 0.01 to 100 mass ppt with respect to a total mass of the treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/32 - Liquid compositions therefor, e.g. developers
• B65D 25/14 - Linings or internal coatings
• B65D 85/00 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
• C11D 3/02 - Inorganic compounds
• C11D 3/26 - Organic compounds containing nitrogen
• G03F 7/16 - Coating processesApparatus therefor
• G03F 7/20 - ExposureApparatus therefor
• G03F 7/26 - Processing photosensitive materialsApparatus therefor
• G03F 7/30 - Imagewise removal using liquid means
• G03F 7/40 - Treatment after imagewise removal, e.g. baking
• G03F 7/42 - Stripping or agents therefor
• H01L 21/027 - Making masks on semiconductor bodies for further photolithographic processing, not provided for in group or
• H01L 21/308 - Chemical or electrical treatment, e.g. electrolytic etching using masks

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a retardation film, a laminated optical film, an optical article, and a virtual reality display device in which occurrence of a ghost is small in a case of being used in a virtual reality display device, an electronic finder, or the like. A retardation film according to an aspect of the present invention includes a light interference layer, and a retardation layer, in which the light interference layer and the retardation layer are disposed adjacent to each other in this order to form the retardation film, and a film thickness of the light interference layer satisfies 60 nm to 110 nm or 230 nm to 330 nm.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/30 - Polarising elements
• G02B 1/11 - Anti-reflection coatings

Abstract

It is an object of the invention to provide a treatment liquid that, when used as a developer or a rinsing liquid for a metal resist, exhibits a high ability to suppress the occurrence of pattern defects and a high pattern resolution and exhibits a high ability to suppress the occurrence of defects originating from the treatment liquid even after storage under cyclic heating and cooling and a high pattern resolution even after storage under cyclic heating and cooling, to provide a treatment liquid-housing article that houses the treatment liquid, and to provide a pattern forming method and an electronic device production method that use the treatment liquid. The treatment liquid of the invention is a treatment liquid containing propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, water, and an organic acid. The content of propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is 60% by mass or more based on the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the content of water is 1 to 100 ppm by mass based on the total mass of the treatment liquid. The content of the organic acid is 1.00% by mass or more and less than 40.00% by mass based on the total mass of the treatment liquid, and the ratio of the content mass of the organic acid to the content mass of water is 100 to 100000.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/32 - Liquid compositions therefor, e.g. developers
• G03F 7/42 - Stripping or agents therefor

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel directivity switching lighting device that can switch the directivity of irradiated light. A light source; a polarization switching member that switches between right circularly polarized light and left circularly polarized light; a liquid crystal lens array; and a directivity control member that controls directivity of light emitted from the light source are provided, the light source, the polarization switching member, and the liquid crystal lens array are disposed in this order, and the directivity control member is disposed between the light source and the polarization switching member or between the polarization switching member and the liquid crystal lens array to achieve the object.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/29 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
• G02B 3/00 - Simple or compound lenses
• G02F 1/13 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
• G02F 1/13363 - Birefringent elements, e.g. for optical compensation

Abstract

An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin that is subjected to an action of an acid to undergo an increase in polarity and an onium salt having a specified structure, a resist film using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a pattern forming method, a method for producing an electronic device, and onium salts having specified structures are provided. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition has high LWR performance and can achieve reduction in the amount of post-development residue.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/004 - Photosensitive materials
• C07C 25/18 - Polycyclic aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons
• C07C 309/17 - Sulfonic acids having sulfo groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of an acyclic saturated carbon skeleton containing carboxyl groups bound to the carbon skeleton
• C07C 309/19 - Sulfonic acids having sulfo groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of a saturated carbon skeleton containing rings
• C07C 313/04 - Sulfinic acidsEsters thereof
• C07C 381/12 - Sulfonium compounds
• C07D 309/12 - Oxygen atoms only hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom directly attached to ring carbon atoms, e.g. tetrahydropyranyl ethers
• C07D 327/06 - Six-membered rings
• C07D 333/08 - Hydrogen atoms or radicals containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms
• C07D 333/48 - Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings having one sulfur atom as the only ring hetero atom not condensed with other rings substituted on the ring sulfur atom by oxygen atoms
• C07D 333/76 - Dibenzothiophenes
• C07D 493/18 - Bridged systems
• C08K 5/42 - Sulfonic acidsDerivatives thereof
• G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
• G03F 7/038 - Macromolecular compounds which are rendered insoluble or differentially wettable
• G03F 7/039 - Macromolecular compounds which are photodegradable, e.g. positive electron resists

Abstract

An information processing apparatus receives person-in-charge information of a certain application, person-in-charge information for specifying a person in charge who has performed examination of an application relating to an intellectual property right for which a notice of rejection has been received, or identification information for specifying the application for which the notice of rejection has been received, extracts the person-in-charge information for specifying the person in charge who has examined the application for which the notice of rejection has been received based on the identification information in a case where the identification information has been received, and generates argument case information related to a specific application that has been granted only by argument without amendment or correction of translation errors for a notice of reasons for rejection immediately before the grant among past applications for which the person in charge has performed examination based on the person-in-charge information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/18 - Legal services

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a porous carrier that is capable of being acquired by separating extracellular vesicles with high purity according to the size and affinity, a method for acquiring extracellular vesicles using the porous carrier, a method for producing extracellular vesicles using the porous carrier, and a kit for acquiring extracellular vesicles, which contains the porous carrier. According to the present invention, there are provided a porous carrier that is for acquiring extracellular vesicles and has an exclusion limit molecular weight of 800 to 60,000 kDa, to which a substance having an affinity for extracellular vesicles is bound, a method for acquiring extracellular vesicles using the porous carrier, a method for producing extracellular vesicles using the porous carrier, and a kit for acquiring extracellular vesicles.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 15/38 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving specific interaction not covered by one or more of groups , e.g. affinity, ligand exchange or chiral chromatography
• B82Y 30/00 - Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• C07K 14/47 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans from vertebrates from mammals

Abstract

This display control device comprises at least one processor, wherein the processor displays a designated image designated from among a plurality of medical tomographic images and displays an object indicating a position of the designated image in the plurality of tomographic images; a specific position of a specific image, which is the tomographic image to which at least one piece of multiple types of associated information is attached, is displayed to the object so that the type of the associated information can be distinguished; control is executed such that when selection of the type of the associated information is received, the display of the specific position is limited only to the specific position of the specific image to which the associated information of the selected type is attached.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 6/46 - Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
• A61B 6/03 - Computed tomography [CT]

Abstract

This display control device comprises at least one processor, wherein the processor performs control to display a designated image designated from among a plurality of medical tomographic images, an object indicating a position of the designated image in the plurality of tomographic images, and a reduced image of a specific image which is a tomographic image to which associated information is attached, and to display, to the object, a specific position of the specific image in the plurality of tomographic images.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 6/46 - Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
• A61B 6/03 - Computed tomography [CT]

Abstract

Provided are: a wavelength-selective absorption filter comprising a first wavelength-selective absorption layer that contains a transparent resin and a dye and a second wavelength-selective absorption layer that contains a transparent resin and a dye, wherein the dye contained in the first wavelength-selective absorption layer has a main absorption wavelength band in a wavelength range different from that of the dye contained in the second wavelength-selective absorption layer; and a display device comprising the wavelength-selective absorption filter.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/22 - Absorbing filters
• C08K 5/34 - Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen in the ring
• C08L 101/02 - Compositions of unspecified macromolecular compounds characterised by the presence of specified groups
• G02B 5/20 - Filters
• G09F 9/00 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
• H10K 50/86 - Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light
• H10K 59/10 - OLED displays
• H10K 59/38 - Devices specially adapted for multicolour light emission comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM]

Abstract

A processor acquires medical practice information including date and time related to a medical practice and information related to an index value related to the medical practice, derives a difference between a first statistical value of the information related to the index value in the comparison target period and a first statistical value of the information related to the index value in the reference target period for each of a plurality of item values of at least one item, derives an influence degree on the increase or decrease in the index value in the reference target period relative to the comparison target period for each item value of the item, based on a second statistical value based on the medical practice information in the reference target period and the difference, and performs a display process for displaying the influence degree for at least one item value included in the item.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a method for delivering a therapeutic agent to endothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, or cancer cells which can realize excellent delivery efficiency to organs other than the liver, and a composition containing a therapeutic agent and lipid nanoparticles which can realize excellent delivery efficiency to an organ other than the liver. The present invention provides a method for delivering a therapeutic agent to endothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, or cancer cells, which comprises administering a lipid composition to a subject, wherein the lipid composition comprises the therapeutic agent and lipid nanoparticle, and wherein the lipid nanoparticle comprises an ionizable lipid and a compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for delivering a therapeutic agent to endothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, or cancer cells which can realize excellent delivery efficiency to organs other than the liver, and a composition containing a therapeutic agent and lipid nanoparticles which can realize excellent delivery efficiency to an organ other than the liver. The present invention provides a method for delivering a therapeutic agent to endothelial cells, mesenchymal cells, or cancer cells, which comprises administering a lipid composition to a subject, wherein the lipid composition comprises the therapeutic agent and lipid nanoparticle, and wherein the lipid nanoparticle comprises an ionizable lipid and a compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof. wherein G1 represents —C(O)—, —OC(O)—, —O(CO)O— or —C(O)O—, LY represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1-14 carbon atoms, a substituted alkylene group having 1-14 carbon atoms, a heteroalkylene group having 1-14 carbon atoms, and a substituted heteroalkylene group having 1-14 carbon atoms. X represents a basic functional group.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 9/51 - Nanocapsules
• A61K 31/713 - Double-stranded nucleic acids or oligonucleotides
• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides

Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor treatment liquid which has excellent anticorrosion properties with a metal and excellent cleanability for organic residues, in a case of being brought into contact with an object to be treated containing a metal, which has been subjected to a chemical mechanical polishing treatment. The semiconductor treatment liquid of the present invention contains a compound represented by Formula (1), and a pH of the semiconductor treatment liquid is more than 7.0. Provided is a semiconductor treatment liquid which has excellent anticorrosion properties with a metal and excellent cleanability for organic residues, in a case of being brought into contact with an object to be treated containing a metal, which has been subjected to a chemical mechanical polishing treatment. The semiconductor treatment liquid of the present invention contains a compound represented by Formula (1), and a pH of the semiconductor treatment liquid is more than 7.0.

IPC Classes  ?

• C11D 3/28 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen in the ring
• C11D 1/00 - Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compoundsUse of these compounds as a detergent
• C11D 3/00 - Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group
• C11D 3/30 - AminesSubstituted amines
• H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a chemical solution that, when used as a developer or a rinsing liquid for a metal resist film, exhibits a high ability to suppress the occurrence of defects originating from alkali metal elements and/or alkaline-earth metals and the occurrence of defects originating from boron atoms and also exhibits a high pattern resolution. It is another object of the invention to provide a chemical solution-housing article that houses the chemical solution. It is an object of the present invention to provide a chemical solution that, when used as a developer or a rinsing liquid for a metal resist film, exhibits a high ability to suppress the occurrence of defects originating from alkali metal elements and/or alkaline-earth metals and the occurrence of defects originating from boron atoms and also exhibits a high pattern resolution. It is another object of the invention to provide a chemical solution-housing article that houses the chemical solution. The chemical solution of the invention is a chemical solution containing propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate and an organic acid. The content of the organic acid is 1% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass based on the total mass of the chemical solution, and the content of boron atoms is 0.001 to 100 ppt by mass based on the total mass of the chemical solution.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/32 - Liquid compositions therefor, e.g. developers

Abstract

An object is to provide an optical system capable of improving the brightness of a main image while eliminating a ghost image. In an optical system including: an image display device that emits an image; a linear polarizer through which light associated with the image passes; a first quarter wavelength plate which receives the light from the linear polarizer; a half mirror; a reflective polarizer; and a second quarter wavelength plate provided between the reflective polarizer and the half mirror, retardance of the first quarter wavelength plate and retardance of the second quarter wavelength plate are equal, and thus the object is achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/30 - Polarising elements
• C09K 19/50 - Mixtures of liquid crystal compounds covered by two or more of the preceding groups containing steroidal liquid crystal compounds
• G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to methods of purifying a solvent, such as an alcohol including n-propanol. The purified solvent can be used, e.g., as a pre-wet liquid, solution developer, and cleaner in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07C 29/80 - SeparationPurificationStabilisationUse of additives by physical treatment by distillation
• B01D 3/14 - Fractional distillation
• B01D 3/36 - Azeotropic distillation
• B01D 36/00 - Filter circuits or combinations of filters with other separating devices
• B01D 39/16 - Other self-supporting filtering material of organic material, e.g. synthetic fibres
• C07C 31/10 - Monohydroxylic acyclic alcohols containing three carbon atoms

Abstract

This display control device comprises at least one processor. The processor displays a designated image that is designated from among a plurality of medical tomographic images, and a list of medical information for a subject obtained further in the past than the designated image. Upon receiving the selection of medical information, the processor performs a control to display details of the selected medical information together with the designated image.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 6/46 - Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
• A61B 6/03 - Computed tomography [CT]

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to methods of purifying a solvent, such as an alcohol including n-propanol. Such methods can be performed, for example, by: distilling feed grade n-propanol in a first distillation column to obtain an intermediate grade n-propanol, wherein the first distillation column is operated at a pressure of less than about 200 Torr; transferring the intermediate grade n-propanol to a second distillation column, wherein the second distillation column is operated at between about 730 and about 760 Torr; and distilling the intermediate grade n-propanol in the second distillation column to provide finished goods grade n-propanol. The purified solvent can be used, e.g., as a pre-wet liquid, solution developer, and cleaner in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07C 7/04 - Purification, separation or stabilisation of hydrocarbonsUse of additives by distillation
• C07C 31/10 - Monohydroxylic acyclic alcohols containing three carbon atoms
• C11D 7/50 - Solvents
• C07C 7/06 - Purification, separation or stabilisation of hydrocarbonsUse of additives by distillation with the aid of auxiliary compounds by azeotropic distillation
• C07C 7/08 - Purification, separation or stabilisation of hydrocarbonsUse of additives by distillation with the aid of auxiliary compounds by extractive distillation

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of more simply and efficiently performing analysis and specification of a long gene sequence at a lower cost. The present invention also addresses the problem of efficiently performing such an analysis by using a general-purpose device.　The inventors of the present invention provide a nucleic acid molecule complex including, in a single molecule, a combination of a nucleic acid molecule having a specified sequence and an identification molecule having a specific sequence for identifying the nucleic acid molecule, and have revealed that, by merely determining the specific sequence of the identification molecule in the overall structure of the nucleic acid molecule complex, it becomes possible to specify the structure of the nucleic acid molecule on the basis of previously obtained information without determining the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule each time.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/6869 - Methods for sequencing
• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof
• C40B 40/06 - Libraries containing nucleotides or polynucleotides, or derivatives thereof

Abstract

A mammary gland region specifying unit specifies a mammary gland region in a target breast ultrasound image formed by transmitting and receiving an ultrasound wave to and from a breast. A fat region specifying unit specifies a fat region in the target breast ultrasound image. A threshold value specifying unit specifies a brightness threshold value based on a brightness value of each pixel constituting the fat region. A GTC calculation unit divides a pixel group constituting the mammary gland region into a high-brightness pixel of which a brightness value is equal to or more than a brightness threshold value and a low-brightness pixel of which a brightness value is less than the brightness threshold value. The GTC calculation unit calculates a GTC that is a parameter indicating a ratio of the number of low-brightness pixels in the mammary gland region.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 7/00 - Image analysis
• A61B 8/08 - Clinical applications
• G06T 7/11 - Region-based segmentation
• G06T 7/136 - SegmentationEdge detection involving thresholding

Abstract

There are provided: a laminate including a wavelength selective absorption layer containing a resin, a dye containing at least one of four specific dyes A to D, and an antifading agent for a dye and a gas barrier layer directly arranged on at least one surface of the wavelength selective absorption layer, in which the gas barrier layer contains a crystalline resin, has a layer thickness of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, and has a layer oxygen permeability of 60 cc/m2·day·atm or less; and an organic electroluminescent display device.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10K 59/80 - Constructional details
• H10K 50/842 - Containers
• H10K 50/86 - Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light

Abstract

A display control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires first viewpoint position information, and a first control unit that performs a control of displaying a first viewpoint video selected from among a plurality of viewpoint videos generated based on images obtained by imaging an imaging region from a plurality of viewpoint positions on a first display unit, in which the first control unit performs a control of displaying first specific information for specifying a first viewpoint position in the first viewpoint video in a case in which the first viewpoint position indicated by the acquired first viewpoint position information is included in the first viewpoint video and performs a control of changing a display size of the first specific information depending on an angle of view of the first viewpoint video displayed on the first display unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 13/282 - Image signal generators for generating image signals corresponding to three or more geometrical viewpoints, e.g. multi-view systems
• G02B 27/01 - Head-up displays
• H04N 13/279 - Image signal generators from 3D object models, e.g. computer-generated stereoscopic image signals the virtual viewpoint locations being selected by the viewers or determined by tracking

Abstract

A fluorescence intensity enhancer containing a water-soluble compound having a melting point of 50° C. or higher, a fluorescence intensity enhancing method of a fluorescently labeled target biological substance using the fluorescence intensity enhancer, and a kit for fluorescence detection containing the fluorescence intensity enhancer.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 33/58 - Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urineTesting involving biospecific ligand binding methodsImmunological testing involving labelled substances
• C09K 11/06 - Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent, materials containing organic luminescent materials

Abstract

Provided is an accessory information generation method in an imaging apparatus that is attachable to an optical device. The accessory information generation method includes: first generating accessory information that includes at least whether or not imaging is performed via the optical device in image data captured by the imaging apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 23/60 - Control of cameras or camera modules
• G11B 27/34 - Indicating arrangements

Abstract

An electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, including: an active material layer on at least one surface of a collector, in which the active material layer has an inorganic solid electrolyte (A) having an ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table and an active material (B), and the active material layer satisfies Expression (1) and Expression (2), the all-solid state secondary battery having the electrode sheet as at least one electrode. An electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, including: an active material layer on at least one surface of a collector, in which the active material layer has an inorganic solid electrolyte (A) having an ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table and an active material (B), and the active material layer satisfies Expression (1) and Expression (2), the all-solid state secondary battery having the electrode sheet as at least one electrode. 1 . 4 < S ⁢ 1 / S ⁢ 100 , Expression ⁢ ⁢ ( 1 ) 0.05 < S ⁢ 1 < 0 . 6 ⁢ 0 Expression ⁢ ⁢ ( 2 ) An electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery, including: an active material layer on at least one surface of a collector, in which the active material layer has an inorganic solid electrolyte (A) having an ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table and an active material (B), and the active material layer satisfies Expression (1) and Expression (2), the all-solid state secondary battery having the electrode sheet as at least one electrode. 1 . 4 < S ⁢ 1 / S ⁢ 100 , Expression ⁢ ⁢ ( 1 ) 0.05 < S ⁢ 1 < 0 . 6 ⁢ 0 Expression ⁢ ⁢ ( 2 ) S1 represents an area ratio of a total area of a material containing a carbon atom in a cross-sectional region having a layer thickness of 1% or less of the active material layer from the surface of the collector, and S100 represents an area ratio of a total area of the material containing a carbon atom in a cross-sectional region having a layer thickness of more than 1% of the active material layer from the surface of the collector.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
• H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
• H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an image acquisition device, an image acquisition method, a program, and a recording medium for appropriately acquiring a second image based on a first image. An object of the present invention is to provide an image acquisition device, an image acquisition method, a program, and a recording medium for appropriately acquiring a second image based on a first image. An image acquisition device for acquiring a second image based on a first image includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to execute a process of acquiring first information related to a feature of an image, a process of acquiring second information based on the first information and the first image, and a process of acquiring the second image based on the second information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 11/60 - Editing figures and textCombining figures or text
• G06T 7/73 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using feature-based methods

Abstract

A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit, a measurement unit that measures a distance to a subject by emitting directional light which is light having directivity to the subject and receiving reflection light of the directional light, and a deriving unit that acquires a correspondence relation between an in-provisional-image irradiation position, which corresponds to an irradiation position of the directional light onto the subject, within a provisional image acquired by provisionally imaging the subject by the imaging unit whenever each of a plurality of distances is provisionally measured by the measurement unit and a distance which is provisionally measured by the measurement unit by using the directional light corresponding to the in-provisional-image irradiation position, and derives an in-actual-image irradiation position, within an actual image acquired by performing actual imaging by the imaging unit, based on the acquired correspondence relation.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01S 17/08 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only
• G01C 3/08 - Use of electric radiation detectors
• G01S 7/481 - Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
• G01S 7/497 - Means for monitoring or calibrating
• G01S 17/86 - Combinations of lidar systems with systems other than lidar, radar or sonar, e.g. with direction finders

Abstract

Provided are a slurry for forming an electrode of a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery, containing an electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a dispersion medium, and satisfying the following expressions (1) to (4); a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery using the slurry; and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided are a slurry for forming an electrode of a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery, containing an electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a dispersion medium, and satisfying the following expressions (1) to (4); a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery using the slurry; and a manufacturing method thereof. 0 < y - x ≤ 10 Expression ⁢ ( 1 ) 0 ≤ x ≤ 30 Expression ⁢ ( 2 ) S BET ≥ 170 Expression ⁢ ( 3 ) Δ ⁢ E ≤ 3 ⁢ 0 Expression ⁢ ( 4 ) x: a liquid absorption amount (mL) of the dispersion medium per 100 g of the total of the electrode active material and the conductive auxiliary agent y: an amount (mL) of the dispersion medium per 100 g of the total of the electrode active material and the conductive auxiliary agent SBET: a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the conductive auxiliary agent ΔE: an absolute value (mN/m) of a difference between a surface free energy of the dispersion medium and a surface free energy of the conductive auxiliary agent

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 5/24 - Electrically-conducting paints
• C09D 1/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, based on inorganic substances
• C09D 7/45 - Anti-settling agents
• H01M 4/04 - Processes of manufacture in general
• H01M 4/131 - Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
• H01M 4/1391 - Processes of manufacture of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
• H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFySelection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
• H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Provided are a photosensitive composition containing a blocked isocyanate compound, in which a blocked group of the blocked isocyanate compound includes an aromatic ring, and the aromatic ring is bonded to a carbonyl group included in the blocked isocyanate compound through an oxygen atom; a cured film; a photosensitive transfer material; a film; a touch panel; and a laminate.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03F 7/028 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with photosensitivity-increasing substances, e.g. photoinitiators
• C08F 265/06 - Polymerisation of acrylate or methacrylate esters on to polymers thereof
• G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
• G03F 7/033 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with binders the binders being polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers
• G03F 7/16 - Coating processesApparatus therefor

Abstract

An optical system includes at least one lens component, in which in a case in which a distance, on an optical axis, from a lens surface of the optical system closest to an object side to a lens surface of the optical system closest to an image side is denoted by TD, and the lens component, in which at least a part of the lens component is located in a range of 0.3×TD from the lens surface of the optical system closest to the object side to the image side on the optical axis, among the lens components included in the optical system is defined as a front lens component, a film having a light reflectivity of less than 30% is provided on 50% or more of a total area of edge surfaces of all the front lens components.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 9/64 - Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or – having more than six components
• G02B 13/00 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
• G02B 13/02 - Telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + – in which the distance from the front vertex to the image plane is less than the equivalent focal length

Abstract

Provided is a control method of an imaging apparatus that is attachable to an optical device in a first state in which imaging via the optical device is possible and a second state different from the first state. The control method includes switching, by a processor, control of the imaging apparatus based on information indicating whether or not the imaging apparatus is attached to the optical device in the second state.

IPC Classes  ?

• G03B 17/56 - Accessories
• G02B 7/06 - Focusing binocular pairs
• G02B 7/09 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
• G02B 23/18 - HousingsCapsMountingsSupports, e.g. with counterweight for binocular arrangements
• H04M 1/02 - Constructional features of telephone sets

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel filter that is used as a band-pass filter or the like. To achieve the object, three or more liquid crystal layer sets, each consisting of a first liquid crystal layer formed by twisting, aligning, and fixing a liquid crystal compound and a second liquid crystal layer in which a twisted direction of a liquid crystal compound is opposite to that in the first liquid crystal layer, are provided, alignment directions of the liquid crystal compound are parallel to each other at an interface between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer, and a twisted angle of the liquid crystal compound in the first liquid crystal layer and a twisted angle of the liquid crystal compound in the second liquid crystal layer are equal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 5/20 - Filters
• G02B 5/30 - Polarising elements

Abstract

The present invention provides an optically-anisotropic layer having excellent antireflection property, and a manufacturing method of the optically-anisotropic layer. The optically-anisotropic layer of the present invention is an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition containing a liquid crystal compound, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has at least one region where a birefringence index Δn continuously changes in a thickness direction and a wavelength dispersion is constant in the thickness direction.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 1/111 - Anti-reflection coatings using layers comprising organic materials

Abstract

A processor acquires medical information including date information associated with a medical practice for a target patient and prediction date information for predicting a fall of the target patient, derives fall prediction information of the target patient using a prediction model that has been trained through machine learning to predict the fall of the target patient based on the number of elapsed days derived from the date information and the prediction date information, and notifies of the fall prediction information.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons

Abstract

Provided is an endoscope in which a distal end cap can be easily attached to and detached from a distal end member and a problem in which a distal end cap is turned up during treatment can be eliminated. A protruding portion having an inner vertical surface that faces an X(+) direction side and an upper surface that faces a Z(+) direction side is provided on an end surface of a first wall portion, and a distal end cap includes flat surfaces that engage with the inner vertical surface and the upper surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 1/00 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges

Abstract

An endoscope includes a distal end member that is connected to a distal end side of an insertion part and that is made of a conductive material, and an insulating ring that is mounted on a base end side of the distal end member and that has an insulating property, in which the distal end member has a first region in which an observation window, an illumination window, and a treatment tool outlet port are disposed, and a second region that is provided on a base end side of the first region and on which the insulating ring is mounted, and in a case in which the first region and the second region are projected onto a projection plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the insertion part, a maximum outer diameter of the second region is smaller than a maximum outer diameter of the first region.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 1/00 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor
• A61B 1/018 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor for receiving instruments
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges

Abstract

An ultrasound endoscope includes: a transducer array in which a plurality of transducers are arranged in a curved shape; an observation window; an imaging module including an imaging optical system and an imaging unit; and a support member as defined herein, an opening angle of the transducer array as viewed in the first direction is 90 degrees or more and less than 180 degrees, as viewed in the first direction, one end edge of the transducer array in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the insertion part is included in an observation visual field of the observation window, an angle of the observation visual field is equal to or less than the opening angle, the support member includes a hole portion and a side surface as defined herein, and a gap is formed between the side surface and the imaging unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
• A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

Abstract

The ink jet ink that contains a polymerizable monomer and an α-aminoketone-type photopolymerization initiator having a molecular weight of 600 or more, in which a weighted average value of a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer of the polymerizable monomer is 0° C. to 50° C., and applications thereof are provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
• B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
• B41M 7/00 - After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
• C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
• C09D 11/107 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from unsaturated acids or derivatives thereof
• C09D 11/328 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by colouring agents characterised by dyes

Abstract

An image processing device includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to: input at least one processing target tomographic image to a derivation model constructed by contrastive learning using a plurality of tomographic images acquired by imaging an interior of a body such that a specific anatomical structure is included, the derivation model being constructed by the contrastive learning so as to derive a normalized relative position in the interior of the body based on a relative reference position, which is determined in advance for the specific anatomical structure, in the interior of the body; and derive a normalized relative position of the at least one processing target tomographic image in the interior of the body via the derivation model.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 7/00 - Image analysis
• G06T 7/73 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using feature-based methods
• G06T 7/77 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using statistical methods

Abstract

A multilayer film that is provided on a substrate includes: a silicon oxide layer that has a moth eye structure on a surface thereof and exhibits hydrophilicity; and a titanium oxide layer that is disposed in contact with the silicon oxide layer and exhibits a photocatalytic function.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 1/18 - Coatings for keeping optical surfaces clean, e.g. hydrophobic or photo-catalytic films
• G02B 1/115 - Multilayers

Abstract

There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing program, a learning device, a learning method, a learning program, and a derivation model capable of performing domain conversion of an image in which an anatomical structure is maintained. A processor derives a second image from a first image of a first modality, and derives a third image of a second modality different from the first modality, from the second image.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image fieldCutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniquesDetection of occlusion
• G06V 10/77 - Processing image or video features in feature spacesArrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using data integration or data reduction, e.g. principal component analysis [PCA] or independent component analysis [ICA] or self-organising maps [SOM]Blind source separation
• G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks

Abstract

A processor performs transfer learning on a first slice interpolation model for generating, in response to input of a two-dimensional image in a first expression format consisting of a plurality of slice images, the two-dimensional image being acquired by two-dimensionally imaging a first range of a subject, a pseudo three-dimensional image in the first expression format by performing slice interpolation on the two-dimensional image in the first expression format by using a three-dimensional image for learning in a second expression format acquired by three-dimensionally imaging a second range narrower than the first range, to construct a second slice interpolation model for generating, in response to input of a two-dimensional image in the second expression format, a pseudo three-dimensional image in the second expression format by performing slice interpolation on the two-dimensional image in the second expression format.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 3/4007 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting based on interpolation, e.g. bilinear interpolation
• G06T 3/4046 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting using neural networks

Abstract

A rotational movement suppression mechanism of an operation ring that is provided on an outer periphery of a fixed cylinder fixing an optical system and that is rotationally movable around an optical axis, includes: a fastening member that is provided on the operation ring, has a movement stroke in a direction intersecting the optical axis, and has a biasing portion at a distal end portion thereof; an intermediate barrel that suppresses rotational movement of the operation ring by pressure from the biasing portion; and a plurality of fixing members that fix the intermediate barrel to the fixed cylinder, in which the plurality of fixing members fix the intermediate barrel in a state where a gap is present between the intermediate barrel and the fixed cylinder, and fix the intermediate barrel to be movable with respect to the fixing member in a direction intersecting the optical axis.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 7/04 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification

Abstract

An auxiliary device includes: a cylindrical bendable body that is configured to cover and bend an end part on a bendable part side of a flexible part between a bendable part and an operating part of the endoscope in the insertion part of an endoscope and that is attachable to and detachable from the end part; an operating member that is connected to the bendable body and that is capable of bending the bendable body; and an operating device that is connected to the operating member. The operating member is exposed between the bendable body and the operating device, and both ends of the bendable body in an axial direction are located closer to the flexible part than the bendable part, and at least one of both ends of the bendable body is supported at the end part of the flexible part.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 1/01 - Guiding arrangements therefor
• A61B 1/00 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor
• A61B 1/005 - Flexible endoscopes
• A61B 1/008 - Articulations
• A61M 25/01 - Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
• A61M 25/06 - Body-piercing guide needles or the like

Abstract

A radiography apparatus detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and generates a radiation image on the basis of an electric signal corresponding to the number of photons of the radiation, and the radiography apparatus includes a plurality of circuit elements having a photon counting circuit that counts the photons; a temperature measurement device that measures a temperature of a region where the plurality of circuit elements are arranged; and a processor that adjusts the temperature of the plurality of circuit elements by performing drive control of the plurality of circuit elements on the basis of a measured value of the temperature measured by the temperature measurement device, in a standby period that is a period in which the photon counting circuit does not count the photons.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 6/00 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
• A61B 6/03 - Computed tomography [CT]
• A61B 6/42 - Arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
• G01T 1/17 - Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector

Abstract

An ultrasound probe inserted into a body cavity includes: an ultrasound transducer that radiates an ultrasound wave; and a case that has a substantially cylindrical shape and that accommodates the ultrasound transducer. The case includes a direction marker that is a surface indicating a radiation direction of the ultrasound wave. The direction marker is provided at a position where the direction marker is visible from an outside and at least a portion of the direction marker overlaps a radiation range of the ultrasound wave in an axial direction.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
• A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges

Abstract

An ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transducer that radiates an ultrasound wave, and a case that has a substantially cylindrical shape and that accommodates the ultrasound transducer, and the case includes one or more range markers that are provided at positions visible from an outside and that indicate a radiation range of the ultrasound wave.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 8/12 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
• A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
• A61B 90/00 - Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
• A61B 90/92 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags coded with colour

Abstract

Provided are a sensor unit and a medical image capturing apparatus in which movement of the sensor unit caused by movement of a subject is suppressed. The sensor unit is attached to a surface on which a subject is placed and detects a heartbeat of the subject, and includes an FBG sensor that is provided with one or more sensor elements for detecting the heartbeat of the subject, a fixing member that fixes a side of the FBG sensor opposite to a side facing the subject and that has a surface on which the FBG sensor is fixed, the surface having a predetermined stiffness, and a cover that covers the side of the FBG sensor facing the subject and that has a structure in which a cover hole is formed at a position corresponding to the sensor element on a surface of the side facing the subject.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/024 - Measuring pulse rate or heart rate
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• A61B 34/20 - Surgical navigation systemsDevices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis

Abstract

A variable magnification optical system consists of, in order from an object side, a front group, an intermediate group, and a subsequent group. The front group consists of two or fewer lens groups having a positive refractive power. The intermediate group consists of two or fewer lens groups having a negative refractive power. The subsequent group consists of a plurality of lens groups. A lens group of the subsequent group closest to the object side is a first subsequent lens group having a positive refractive power. Two or fewer focusing groups that move along an optical axis during focusing are disposed in the subsequent group. During magnification change, a lens group of the front group closest to the object side is fixed with respect to an image plane.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 15/20 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective with interdependent non-linearly related movements between one lens or lens group, and another lens or lens group having an additional movable lens or lens group for varying the objective focal length
• G02B 15/14 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective
• G02B 27/64 - Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image

Abstract

Provided are a medical image processing device, a medical image processing method, and a program that reduce a load on a user in a case of designating a three-dimensional region and improve an interpretation accuracy and efficiency of the three-dimensional region. A first image, which is a tomographic image or cross-sectional image orthogonal to a first direction of three-dimensional medical image data, is displayed on a display device, a rectangular region designated in the displayed first image is received, a length of a normal line of the first image is determined based on the rectangular region, a three-dimensional region surrounded by a rectangular parallelepiped defined by the rectangular region and the normal line in the three-dimensional medical image data is determined, image processing is performed on the determined three-dimensional region, and a result of the image processing is displayed on the display device.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 7/11 - Region-based segmentation
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• A61B 6/03 - Computed tomography [CT]
• A61B 6/46 - Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
• G06T 7/00 - Image analysis
• G06T 11/00 - 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a photodetector and a method for manufacturing an image sensor includes forming a first electrode on a support; filtering a quantum dot dispersion liquid containing quantum dots having a maximal absorption in terms of absorbance in a wavelength range of 900 to 1700 nm, a ligand, and a solvent, and forming a semiconductor film containing quantum dots on the first electrode by using the filtered quantum dot dispersion liquid; and forming a second electrode on the semiconductor film.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10F 77/45 - Wavelength conversion means, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements
• C09K 11/08 - Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent, materials containing inorganic luminescent materials
• H10F 39/00 - Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group , e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
• H10F 77/20 - Electrodes

Abstract

Provided is an imaging module having a biometric authentication function, which is suitable for a wearable electronic device, is thin, and can be made compact. An imaging module is included in a wearable electronic device, the imaging module including: a light emitting element that is provided to face a measurement target side in a worn state and that emits light to a measurement target; a light field camera that is provided to face the measurement target side in a worn state and that images the light emitted from the light emitting element to the measurement target; and a processor configured to process an image obtained by imaging the light emitted from the light emitting element to the measurement target using the light field camera, in which the light field camera includes a liquid crystal lens array and an image sensor array in order from the measurement target side.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/1171 - Identification of persons based on the shapes or appearances of their bodies or parts thereof
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons

Abstract

A dispersion liquid including quantum dots having a band gap of 1.35 eV or less; a ligand; and a solvent, in which a content of the quantum dots in a component obtained by removing the solvent and the ligand from the dispersion liquid is 50% by mass or more, and the ligand contains a compound having a pKa of 3 or less or a salt of the compound. A photoelectric conversion film using a dispersion liquid, a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion film, a photodetector, and an image sensor.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 5/24 - Electrically-conducting paints
• B82Y 15/00 - Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors
• B82Y 40/00 - Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures
• C09D 7/62 - Additives non-macromolecular inorganic modified by treatment with other compounds
• G01J 1/44 - Electric circuits
• H10F 77/45 - Wavelength conversion means, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements

Abstract

A polymer composition including particles having a ratio of an average particle diameter D90 to an average particle diameter D50 of 2.3 or less, and a polymer having a dielectric loss tangent of 0.01 or less, and applications thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 177/12 - Polyester-amides
• C09D 153/02 - Vinyl aromatic monomers and conjugated dienes
• H05K 1/03 - Use of materials for the substrate

Abstract

Provided are an optically-anisotropic layer which can make brightness of light emitted from a light guide plate uniform, a light guide element, and an AR display device. The optically-anisotropic layer is an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition containing a liquid crystal compound, in which a birefringence index Δn of the optically-anisotropic layer in a thickness direction varies in at least a part of a plane, and the optically-anisotropic layer has a birefringence index change region where an average value Δna of the birefringence indices in the thickness direction varies in the plane of the optically-anisotropic layer.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/13363 - Birefringent elements, e.g. for optical compensation
• G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors

Abstract

The present invention provides a laminate having an anisotropic conductive member with excellent handling when diced into individual pieces. This laminate comprises a support, an adhesive layer, and an anisotropic conductive material laminated in that order. The anisotropic conductive member has an insulating base material having electrical insulation properties and a plurality of conducting paths that penetrate through the insulating base material in the thickness direction and are electrically insulated from each other. The plurality of conducting paths are each formed from a conductive material and have different diameters on one side of the insulating base material in the thickness direction and on the other side in the thickness direction such that 0.1 ≤ R ≤ 0.98, where R is the value of small diameter/large diameter, i.e., the ratio of the small diameter to the large diameter out of the diameters of the conducting paths on the one side and the other side.

IPC Classes  ?

• B32B 7/025 - Electric or magnetic properties
• H05K 3/40 - Forming printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits

Abstract

Provided is an image processing device comprising one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors perform importance derivation processing that relates to a plurality of images with an overlapping region and in which the importance of a predetermined division region in the overlapping region is derived, said division region corresponding to an angle formed by radiation emitted from a radiation source or a light beam emitted from a light source in order to obtain the images and a normal line of a detection surface for detecting the radiation or of a light reception surface for receiving the light beam through a subject.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 6/50 - Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific body partsApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosisApparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific clinical applications
• G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
• G01N 23/18 - Investigating the presence of defects or foreign matter
• G06T 7/00 - Image analysis
• H04N 23/60 - Control of cameras or camera modules

Abstract

This information processing device is provided with a processor. The processor acquires second-order differential data by subjecting waveform data, which indicate the change in extracellular potentials in accordance with the pulsation of cardiomyocytes, to second-order differentiation, detects a repolarization time at an action potential of the cardiomyocytes on the basis of the second-order differential data, and presents the results of the detection.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters

Abstract

This information processing device comprises a processor. By analyzing, using a method independent of dispersion in measurements, the morphology of control waveform data that represents an electrical change corresponding to the pulsation of a cardiomyocyte and that is used for a toxicity evaluation test of a drug candidate substance, the processor determines eligibility of whether or not the control waveform data can be used for the toxicity evaluation test of the drug candidate substance, and presents the determination result of the eligibility.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters

Abstract

This information processing device is provided with a processor. The processor: analyzes post-drug treatment waveform data which is waveform data indicating electrical change in accordance with the pulsation of cardiomyocytes and is acquired after the administration of a drug candidate substance to the cardiomyocytes; and presents an abnormal waveform candidate included in a boundary region that is set in advance as a boundary between abnormal waveforms and normal waveforms.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters
• G01N 33/15 - Medicinal preparations
• G16H 70/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging device has: a pair of coil units for a static magnetic field for generating a uniform magnetic field in an imaging region, each of said coils being annular and having a superconducting coil; and a housing including a pair of accommodating parts in each of which an annular accommodating groove constituting a space for accommodating the coil unit in a vacuum state is formed, and a connection part for connecting the pair of accommodating parts and supporting the accommodating parts in a position facing each other across the imaging region in the vertical direction, the accommodating part and the connection part being integrally formed of a magnetic body.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61B 5/055 - Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fieldsMeasuring using microwaves or radio waves involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• H01F 6/06 - Coils, e.g. winding, insulating, terminating or casing arrangements therefor
• H01F 7/20 - ElectromagnetsActuators including electromagnets without armatures

Abstract

LL of 10,000 Ω/Sq or less at 25℃ at an applied voltage of -40 V to 40 V.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01Q 19/02 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic Details
• H01Q 21/06 - Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart

Abstract

The present invention provides a solution preparation device for continuously supplying a solvent and a powder to a mixing container via a solvent supply channel and a powder supply channel, respectively, and mixing the solvent with the powder in the mixing container to thereby prepare a solution at a set concentration, the solution preparation device comprising a gas supply mechanism for supplying a gas to the powder supply channel, the gas supply mechanism generating a flow of gas along the inner wall surface of the powder supply channel.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01F 21/00 - Dissolving
• B01F 23/50 - Mixing liquids with solids
• B01F 35/11 - Maintenance of mixers using fluids
• B01F 35/12 - Maintenance of mixers using mechanical means
• B01F 35/71 - Feed mechanisms
• B01J 4/00 - Feed devicesFeed or outlet control devices
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• B01F 101/22 - Mixing of ingredients for pharmaceutical or medical compositions
• B01F 101/44 - Mixing of ingredients for microbiology, enzymology, in vitro culture or genetic manipulation

Abstract

This image processing device includes a processor which: acquires a captured image obtained by imaging a marker image that is associated with content and that serves as a trigger for outputting the content; and performs image quality correction processing on at least one of the marker image and the captured image to reduce a difference in image quality between the marker image and the captured image.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 1/00 - General purpose image data processing
• G06F 16/73 - Querying

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an immunological testing method which is highly sensitive and in which false positives are unlikely to occur. This immunological testing method comprises: a concentration step in which a liquid that could contain an antigen is mixed with a highly water-absorbent polymer to concentrate the liquid that could contain an antigen and to obtain an antigen-concentrated liquid; and a detection step in which an antigen in the antigen-concentrated liquid is detected by using an antigen-antibody reaction. The content, in the antigen-concentrated liquid, of a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000,000 is more than 0 mg/mL and less than 35 mg/mL.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 33/48 - Biological material, e.g. blood, urineHaemocytometers
• G01N 33/53 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a concentration jig with little variation in concentration ratio when a specimen liquid is concentrated. A concentration jig according to the present invention is used for concentration processing in inspection for detecting a polymer contained in a liquid sample, the concentration jig including: a water-absorbing polymer for absorbing at least part of the moisture of the liquid sample; and a container which accommodates the water-absorbing polymer, into which the liquid sample is taken, and at least a portion of which is flexible, wherein the water-absorbing polymer can be pressed through the inner wall of the container, and the swelling ratio of the water-absorbing polymer is between 0.2 g/g and 800 g/g inclusive.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 1/40 - Concentrating samples
• G01N 33/48 - Biological material, e.g. blood, urineHaemocytometers
• G01N 33/531 - Production of immunochemical test materials
• G01N 33/543 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals

Abstract

This mirror drive device comprises a first drive signal generation circuit that generates a first drive signal having a first frequency, a second drive signal generation circuit that generates a second drive signal having a second frequency, a first rectangular wave signal generation circuit that has a first phase accumulator that accumulates first phase amounts in synchronization with a clock signal and generates a first rectangular wave signal having a first frequency on the basis of the output of the first phase accumulator, a second rectangular wave signal generation circuit that has a second phase accumulator that accumulates second phase amounts in synchronization with the clock signal and generates a second rectangular wave signal having a second frequency on the basis of the output of the second phase accumulator, and a frame synchronization signal generation circuit that generates a frame synchronization signal in response to the coincidence of rising or falling of the first rectangular wave signal and the second rectangular wave signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02B 26/10 - Scanning systems
• G09G 3/02 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes by tracing or scanning a light beam on a screen

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing: an electro-optical composition capable of forming an electro-optical layer having a high electro-optical constant and excellent stability of the electro-optical constant over time; an electro-optical layer; a laminate; a transfer film; an optical waveguide; and an optical modulator. The electro-optical composition of the present invention contains at least one dye compound from among the dye compounds represented by A to C below. However, when a dye compound represented by C is contained, at least one compound among the compounds represented by A, B and D is additionally contained.　A: A liquid crystalline polymer dye compound A having a repeating unit L containing a mesogenic group and having a crosslinkable group in a side chain of the repeating unit L or another repeating unit B: A liquid crystalline low molecular weight dye compound B having a crosslinkable group C: A liquid crystalline low molecular weight dye compound C having no crosslinkable group D: A compound D having a crosslinkable group

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/137 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
• G02F 1/061 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on electro-optical organic material
• G02F 1/13 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells

Abstract

Provided is an ink for textile printing, the ink containing a pigment and a urethane resin having a weight average molecular weight of at least 50,000, wherein the urethane resin is a reaction product of a diol, a diisocyanate, and a monoalcohol having 1-6 carbon atoms and is a linear urethane resin including an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms at a molecular chain terminal portion thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/30 - Inkjet printing inks
• B41J 2/01 - Ink jet
• B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
• C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
• D06P 1/44 - General processes of dyeing or printing textiles or general processes of dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form, classified according to the dyes, pigments or auxiliary substances employed using insoluble pigments or auxiliary substances, e.g. binders
• D06P 5/00 - Other features in dyeing or printing textiles or dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form
• D06P 5/30 - Ink jet printing

Abstract

This piezoelectric laminate and piezoelectric element include, on a substrate, a lower electrode, a first piezoelectric film, an intermediate electrode, and a second piezoelectric film in this order. The first piezoelectric film consists of a first perovskite oxide as a main component and has a first columnar structure including a plurality of columnar bodies extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to a substrate surface of the substrate. The second piezoelectric film consists of a second perovskite oxide as a main component and has a second columnar structure including a plurality of columnar bodies extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the substrate surface of the substrate. A first column diameter, which is the average column diameter of the first columnar structure, and a second column diameter, which is the average column diameter of the second columnar structure, have a difference that exceeds 10% of the larger of the first column diameter and the second column diameter.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 30/853 - Ceramic compositions
• H03H 9/17 - Constructional features of resonators consisting of piezoelectric or electrostrictive material having a single resonator
• H10N 30/20 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with electrical input and mechanical output, e.g. functioning as actuators or vibrators
• H10N 30/045 - Treatments to modify a piezoelectric or electrostrictive property, e.g. polarisation characteristics, vibration characteristics or mode tuning by polarising
• H10N 30/063 - Forming interconnections, e.g. connection electrodes of multilayered piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts

Abstract

This piezoelectric laminate and piezoelectric element include, on a substrate, a lower electrode, a first piezoelectric film, an intermediate electrode, and a second piezoelectric film in this order. The first piezoelectric film consists of a first perovskite oxide as a main component and has a first columnar structure including a plurality of columnar bodies extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to a substrate surface of the substrate. The second piezoelectric film consists of a second perovskite oxide as a main component and has a second columnar structure including a plurality of columnar bodies extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the substrate surface of the substrate. The difference between a first column diameter, which is the average column diameter of the first columnar structure, and a second column diameter, which is the average column diameter of the second columnar structure, is within 10% of the larger of the first column diameter and the second column diameter.

IPC Classes  ?

• H10N 30/853 - Ceramic compositions
• H04R 17/00 - Piezoelectric transducersElectrostrictive transducers
• H10N 30/06 - Forming electrodes or interconnections, e.g. leads or terminals
• H10N 30/87 - Electrodes or interconnections, e.g. leads or terminals
• H10N 39/00 - Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive element covered by groups

Abstract

Provided is a transfer printing ink and an application thereof, the transfer printing ink comprising water, a pigment, a polymer having a crosslinked structure, and resin particles. The content of the resin particles is 5 mass% or more in relation to the total amount of the transfer printing ink.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09D 11/30 - Inkjet printing inks
• B41J 2/01 - Ink jet
• B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
• C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
• D06P 5/00 - Other features in dyeing or printing textiles or dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form
• D06P 5/08 - After-treatment with organic compounds macromolecular
• D06P 5/26 - Heat transfer printing

Abstract

The present invention provides: a composition with which it is possible to form a coating that is formed in a specific region of a substrate and suppresses film formation by atomic layer deposition processing; a method for manufacturing a modified substrate; a method for manufacturing a laminate; and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. This composition is for forming a coating that suppresses film formation by atomic layer deposition processing, and contains a compound having a functional group that interacts with a substrate, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the water content is 10-90 mass% with respect to the total mass of the organic solvent and the water.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01L 21/314 - Inorganic layers
• C11D 7/24 - Hydrocarbons
• C11D 7/26 - Organic compounds containing oxygen
• C11D 7/32 - Organic compounds containing nitrogen
• C11D 7/34 - Organic compounds containing sulfur
• C11D 7/36 - Organic compounds containing phosphorus
• C11D 7/50 - Solvents
• C23C 16/455 - Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating characterised by the method used for introducing gases into the reaction chamber or for modifying gas flows in the reaction chamber
• H01L 21/316 - Inorganic layers composed of oxides or glassy oxides or oxide-based glass
• H01L 21/318 - Inorganic layers composed of nitrides

Abstract

Provided are a processing kit and a processing method with which there is little variation in the amount of collected liquid for each collection of concentrated liquid of a liquid sample. The processing kit comprises: a water-absorbent polymer that absorbs water from a liquid sample that contains an analyte and water; a container that accommodates the water-absorbent polymer; and a recovery liquid container that accommodates a recovery liquid containing a salt. The recovery liquid is added after the liquid sample is placed into the container.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 1/40 - Concentrating samples
• G01N 1/28 - Preparing specimens for investigation
• G01N 33/48 - Biological material, e.g. blood, urineHaemocytometers

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a composition having a large refractive index anisotropy with respect to a radio wave, excellent melting point lowering properties, and a low melting point; and a radio wave control element.　This composition contains two or more liquid crystal compounds. The two or more liquid crystal compounds include a first liquid crystal compound and a second liquid crystal compound that satisfy a relationship in which the Tanimoto similarity is 0.75 or less. At least one of the first liquid crystal compound and the second liquid crystal compound has an asymmetric carbon atom, satisfies the relationship represented by formula (X), and satisfies the relationship represented by formula (Y).

IPC Classes  ?

• C09K 19/02 - Liquid crystal materials characterised by optical, electrical or physical properties of the components, in general
• H01Q 3/34 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elementsArrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the phase by electrical means
• H01Q 15/14 - Reflecting surfacesEquivalent structures

Abstract

The present invention provides: a film in which the amount of power generation that can be obtained when said film is applied, as an electret material, to a vibration-type power generation element is large, and which has excellent thermal stability of charges; an electret material using said film; a vibration-type power generation element; and a film production method. A film according to the present invention has the absolute value of the surface charge density being 0.5 mC/m2 or more, and the ratio of the elastic modulus at 150°C to the elastic modulus at 25°C being 0.6 or more.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08J 5/18 - Manufacture of films or sheets
• H10N 30/30 - Piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices with mechanical input and electrical output, e.g. functioning as generators or sensors
• H10N 30/045 - Treatments to modify a piezoelectric or electrostrictive property, e.g. polarisation characteristics, vibration characteristics or mode tuning by polarising
• H10N 30/857 - Macromolecular compositions

Abstract

A membrane electrode assembly includes an anion conductive membrane, a cathode catalyst layer that is in direct contact with one surface of the anion conductive membrane, and an anode catalyst layer that is in direct contact with the other surface, and in a catalyst layer X of at least one of the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer, the surface roughness Rα of the surface α in contact with the anion conductive membrane is less than the surface roughness Rβ of the surface β on the reverse side to the surface α. Additionally provided are a method for producing the membrane electrode assembly, and a catalyst layer for a membrane electrode in which the surface roughness of the two surfaces thereof differ.

IPC Classes  ?

• C25B 13/02 - DiaphragmsSpacing elements characterised by shape or form
• C25B 1/04 - Hydrogen or oxygen by electrolysis of water
• C25B 9/00 - Cells or assemblies of cellsConstructional parts of cellsAssemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assembliesProcess-related cell features

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a viewing angle switching system that, when applied to an image display device, excels in brightness in a predetermined oblique direction when in a sharing mode and excels in a light shielding property in the predetermined oblique direction when in a privacy mode. A viewing angle switching system according to the present invention comprises a light-absorbing anisotropic layer, a polarization conversion unit that includes one or more liquid crystal cells, and a polarizer, in that order, and: the angle formed by a transmittance central axis of the light-absorbing anisotropic layer and a normal line of the light-absorbing anisotropic layer is 0-45°; and it is possible to switch between a predetermined first state and second state regarding the intensity of a P-polarization component and the intensity of an S-polarization component via a voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer included in the liquid crystal cell.

IPC Classes  ?

• G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
• G02B 5/30 - Polarising elements
• G02F 1/1347 - Arrangement of liquid crystal layers or cells in which the final condition of one light beam is achieved by the addition of the effects of two or more layers or cells
• G09F 9/00 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements