An image forming device includes a development member carrying a developer for forming a toner image at an image carrier, a cleaning member abutting against the development member for removing the developer remaining on the development member, a transportation member provided in contact with the development member for transporting the developer supplied to the development member, and a driving unit controlling driving of at least one of the transportation member and the development member. The driving unit executes preliminary driving of the development member and transportation member for a given time under a state where supply of the developer to the transportation member is stopped, prior to main driving in image formation. Consumption and/or degradation of the developer in preliminary driving is suppressed while strain at the development member or transportation member formed of a resilient member is removed.
Whether or not allocation to router control is used up is determined. Whether or not CPU utilization allocated to the router control is used up is determined. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is used up, a sub-allocation changing process is executed for changing the CPU utilization. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is not used up, a router control allocation subtracting process is executed.
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G06F 9/06 - Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation
G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
[Technical Problem]
It is an object to provide a microchip solution sending system that is provided with the high reaction efficiency and the high detection accuracy.
[Solution of Problem]
A microchip solution sending system comprises a fine flow passage that is provided with a reaction field to which an antibody that reacts with a specific antigen is fixed and a solution sending pump that is configured to send a specimen material solution that includes the specific antigen, wherein a specimen material solution passes through a reaction field of a fine flow passage in a repetitive manner in the case in which the solution sending pump sends the specimen material solution, and a flow rate of a specimen material solution that is sent by the solution sending pump is in the range of 1,000 μl/min to 50,000 μl/min.
Provided are an actinic energy radiation curable ink, which can achieve a high fineness and natural glossiness when recording is carried out onto a non-absorptive recording medium such as a film or a laminated paper or a slightly absorptive recording medium such as a coated paper; and an actinic energy radiation curable inkjet recording method. This actinic energy radiation curable ink, which is to be used in inkjet recording, is characterized by: said actinic energy radiation curable ink undergoing reversible sol/gel phase transition depending on temperature; said actinic energy radiation curable ink containing from 1% or more by mass to less than 10% by mass of a gelling agent; and, at temperature Tm (° C.) that is separately defined, the storage elastic modulus (G′) of the actinic energy radiation curable ink being from 0.1 or more Pa to less than 1000 Pa and the storage elastic modulus (G′) being smaller than the loss elastic modulus (G″) thereof.
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
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film possessing a substrate in the form of a belt and provided thereon, a gas barrier layer containing silicon oxide, possessing a coating step in which a coating solution comprising a polysilazane compound is coated on the substrate to form a coating film, and a UV radiation exposure step in which the coating film is exposed to the vacuum UV radiation emitted from the plural light sources facing the substrate while moving the substrate on which the coating film is formed relatively to the plural light sources, the plural light sources each exhibiting even illuminance along a width direction of the substrate to form a gas barrier layer, and provided is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film by which the gas barrier film suitable for production coupled with roll-to-roll system, exhibiting excellent gas barrier performance can be prepared.
B05D 3/06 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to radiation
B05D 7/04 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to macromolecular substances, e.g. rubber to surfaces of films or sheets
C23C 18/12 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coatingContact plating by thermal decomposition characterised by the deposition of inorganic material other than metallic material
C23C 18/14 - Decomposition by irradiation, e.g. photolysis, particle radiation
H01L 51/44 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - Details of devices
H01L 51/52 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED) - Details of devices
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Method and device for generating threshold matrix for determining state of formation of dots composing output image, quantizer comprising threshold matrix for generating output image data, and image forming device and storage device comprising threshold matrix
A threshold matrix generating method includes: generating q(x, y, g) in which the number of dots in an initial dot pattern is varied; calculating an error matrix (ERR(x, y, g)) of q(x, y, g); calculating AVE(a, b) representing the uniformity of the number of dots in discrete blocks into which the dot pattern has been divided; determining two pixels, of which the dot positions are to be swapped, on the basis of ERR (x, y, g) and AVE(a, b); swapping the dot positions; calculating the evaluation value (MSE(n)) of q(x, y, g) after the positional swapping; and repeating the positional switch of the dots repeating the generation of q(x, y, g) and the positional swapping of the dots with q(x, y, g) functioning as the initial dot pattern until a q(x, y, g) satisfying MSN(n)
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
Provided is a print preparation method possessing an ejection step in which liquid drops of actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink each containing a polymerizable compound, a photo-polymerizable initiator and a gelling agent are injected from an ink-jet recording head to supply the actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink onto a recording medium, and an actinic energy radiation exposure step, wherein the print preparation method further comprises step (A) in which the recording medium is exposed to electromagnetic waves having a longer wavelength than a wavelength of an absorption wavelength of the photo-polymerization initiator contained in the actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink from a side of a surface on which the image is formed, before conducting the actinic energy radiation exposure step, the print preparation method by which a print having images exhibiting excellent image wear resistance, gloss evenness and image density evenness is provided.
A simple manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent panel in which organic electroluminescent elements are arranged and sealed by a sealing adhesive. The electroluminescent panel has excellent sealing properties and excellent durability as a result of the organic electroluminescent elements being adhered to one another by a heat-curable adhesive. The manufacturing method is for an organic electroluminescent panel in which at least a first electrode, an organic functional layer containing a light-emitting layer, an organic electroluminescent element having a second electrode, and a sealing substrate are bonded together on a substrate by the heat-curable adhesive. The method includes forming a heat-curable adhesive layer on the sealing substrate, subjecting the heat-curable adhesive layer formed on the sealing substrate to pre-heating treatment, bonding the pre-heated heat-curable adhesive layer to the organic electroluminescent element, and subjecting the heat-curable adhesive layer to heat curing, in the given order.
H01J 9/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereofRecovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps
H01L 51/52 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED) - Details of devices
In an eccentricity measuring method according to the present invention, a first position of a light source image formed by reflection at one optical surface is measured (S2), a predetermined second position related to another optical surface is measured (S3), and a relative eccentricity between both optical surfaces is calculated based on the first and second positions (S5). Therefore, the eccentricity measuring method enables measurement of eccentricity by a same measurement optical system regardless of a radius of curvature of an optical surface of an optical element.
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that makes it possible to suppress the scale enlargement of the electric circuit, so as to make the apparatus highly flexible. The apparatus forms an image based on image data acquired by applying a rendering operation to depiction commands and includes: a converting section to convert input data to the depiction commands; a first rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a first depiction command; a second rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a second depiction command; a reading section to read out first information from the storage section; a determining section to determine whether the first rendering section or the second rendering section should apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands; and a control, section to make either the first rendering section or the second rendering section apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands.
A sheet loading device that includes a tray having a sheet loading surface, transports sheets one by one to the tray along a transport path, and loads the sheets one by one onto the sheet loading surface, comprising: a guide member for guiding a sheet to the tray along the transport path; a drive member; a restriction member; and a bias mechanism. Along a course of movement for pressing a loaded sheet against the sheet loading surface, the guide member engages with the restriction member, causes the restriction member to move to a position for restricting forming of a curl on the loaded sheet, and thereby prevents the transport path from being blocked by the curl. When the engagement between the guide member and the restriction member is released, the restriction member returns to an initial position by bias force applied by the bias mechanism.
Image forming apparatus having sheet transport device transporting sheet through nip between pressing and drive members by applying rotational force to drive member via power transmission mechanism that includes: first and second rotational shafts connected to drive member and drive source, respectively; first and second rotation transmitting members attached to first and second rotational shafts, respectively; holding member including first and second contact parts disposed on opposite sides of second rotation transmitting member; and rotational move member switching to power non-transmission and transmission states by moving holding member rotationally to first and second positions in conjunction with opening and closing operations of opening/closing member of apparatus housing. Power is not transmitted between rotational shafts in power non-transmission state and transmitted in power transmission state. Rotational move member moves holding member causing contact parts to move second rotation transmitting member toward first and second directions, respectively.
B65H 5/00 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines
G03G 21/00 - Arrangements not provided for by groups , e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
F16D 11/04 - Clutches in which the members have interengaging parts disengaged by a contact of a part mounted on the clutch with a stationarily-mounted member with clutching members movable only axially
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Image forming system, controller and rasterization accelerator
An image forming system comprising: a controller, provided with a list creation means to create a display list by analyzing PDL data, a decompression means to decompress compressed image data, a drawing means to execute drawing based on the image data, and a print data creation means to create the print data based on the image data, for sending the print data to a printer; and a rasterization accelerator, provided with a second drawing means to execute drawing processing based on the display list, and a compression means to compress the image data drawn by the second drawing unit, for sending the image data to the controller, wherein the rasterization accelerator comprises a determination means for determining, based on the information of the display list, whether to execute or not the compression of the image data, and a compression method in case of executing the compression.
A printed matter production process including ejecting droplets of an actinic ray curable inkjet ink in a heated state through a head to supply the droplets onto a recording medium, thereby forming an image, the actinic ray curable inkjet ink including a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a gelling agent, having a viscosity of from 60 to 200 mPasecond at 25° C. and at a shear rate of 1000/second and showing a phase transition at a temperature of not lower than 25° C., characterized in that the actinic ray curable inkjet ink includes a bifunctional polymerizable compound with a molecular weight of not lower than 400 and with a viscosity at 25° C. of not more than 100 mPasecond in an amount of not less than 75 % by mass of the total amount of the polymerizable compound.
A light source device having: a light source; first and second light guides extending in a first predetermined direction to guide light in the first predetermined direction and irradiate a document with the light; and a confinement portion that confines light emitted by the light source and is connected to one end of the first light guide and one end of the second light guide, in which the light confined in the confinement portion is reflected off both first and second reflection surfaces provided in the confinement portion, and thereby travels through the first and second light guides in the first predetermined direction.
A wet-type development device includes a draw-up roller and a conveyance roller rotating in contact with each other's surface, and a developer regulating member arranged facing to and keeping a distance from a nip section formed between the draw-up roller and the conveyance roller at the contact surface. The developer regulating member forms a storage space for storing developer to be supplied toward the nip section, on the upstream side of the nip section. The fluid level of developer in the vertical direction in the storage space is higher than the nip section when the developer is being supplied to the nip section.
The detection of rare cells can be achieved with high efficiency, without deteriorating the sensitivity of the detection. A detection method which enables the above-mentioned detection comprises: a first step of carrying out a pretreatment for removing erythrocytes from blood to prepare a cell suspension containing leukocytes and rare cells; a second step of providing all of the cells contained in the cell suspension produced in the first step onto an observation area having multiple holes formed thereon; a third step of taking an optical image of the cells that have been provided on the observation area; and a forth step of detecting the rare cells from the image obtained by the image taking in the third step.
G01N 15/14 - Optical investigation techniques, e.g. flow cytometry
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01N 33/49 - Physical analysis of biological material of liquid biological material blood
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Method for manufacturing piezoelectric element and piezoelectric element manufactured using same
A stress relaxing layer L22 composed of MgO is formed on the upper surface of a substrate layer L1 in order to alleviate stress acting on a piezoelectric layer L3, the stress relaxing layer L22 is removed while leaving behind a region D1 where the piezoelectric layer L3 is to be formed, and the single crystal piezoelectric layer L3 is formed on the upper surface of the stress relaxing layer L22. As a result, the stress relaxing layer L22 in a region D2 where the piezoelectric layer L3 is not to be formed is preliminarily removed, the region D1 where the piezoelectric layer L3 is to be formed is reduced in size, and stress acting on the piezoelectric layer L3 attributable to the difference in lattice constant between the stress relaxing layer L22 and the piezoelectric layer L3 and thermal expansion is alleviated, thereby enabling favorable single crystallization of the piezoelectric layer L3.
H01L 41/04 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof - Details of piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
F02D 11/02 - Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated characterised by hand, foot, or like operator controlled initiation means
H01L 41/316 - Applying piezo-electric or electrostrictive parts or bodies onto an electrical element or another base by depositing piezo-electric or electrostrictive layers, e.g. aerosol or screen printing by vapour phase deposition
H01L 41/319 - Applying piezo-electric or electrostrictive parts or bodies onto an electrical element or another base by depositing piezo-electric or electrostrictive layers, e.g. aerosol or screen printing using intermediate layers, e.g. for growth control
H01L 41/08 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
F02D 11/10 - Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated characterised by non-mechanical control linkages, e.g. fluid control linkages or by control linkages with power drive or assistance of the electric type
H01L 41/09 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with electrical input and mechanical output
Provided is a small, highly accurate Fourier spectrometer which enables highly accurate detection of an optical path difference in an interferometer. An element for changing to a narrow band is provided to return reflected light to a second light source (4), and the wavelength of light emitted by the second light source is locked, whereby the position of a movable mirror (8) is measured highly accurately and an optical path length (1) and an optical path length (2) match highly accurately.
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an image compression conversion unit that, in an event of quantizing an image having attribute data for each pixel, creates a density pattern in which pixel values of plural pixels composing a region as a quantization target are binarized, quantizes the region based on the density pattern, and binarizes, for each pixel, the attribute data individually owned by the plural pixels composing the region; and an image extension conversion unit that, in an event of decoding the image of the region quantized based on the density pattern by the image compression conversion unit, decides a density pattern of the region before the quantization in response to an attribute pattern that is based on the binarized attribute data of each of the plural pixels composing the region, and decodes the region in response to the decided density pattern.
G06K 9/36 - Image preprocessing, i.e. processing the image information without deciding about the identity of the image
G06K 9/46 - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image
G06K 9/34 - Segmentation of touching or overlapping patterns in the image field
G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
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Aqueous ink for inkjet and inkjet recording method
Disclosed is an aqueous ink for inkjet that contains water, pigment, organic or inorganic acid (A) and ammonia or amines (B) or ammonium salts of organic or inorganic acids, a resin having anionic groups (C), and an amphoteric resin having both anionic and cationic groups (D). The aqueous ink for inkjet is characterized by fulfilling the relationship pKa(A)
Disclosed is a color adjustment method for each of image forming apparatuses, including: a gradation pattern creation step of forming a gradation pattern image including patches different in gradation for each of colors in n pieces of coloring materials; a density detection step of detecting densities of the respective patches, and obtaining density information; a gamma curve creation step of associating the density information of the respective patches in a second image forming apparatus with that in the first, and creating a gamma curve correcting a gradation of received image data so as to obtain densities of the respective patches in the first image forming apparatus; and a color adjustment step of extracting respective color components, deciding output values based on the gamma curve corresponding to the second image forming apparatus, creating output image data, and forming an image on a sheet in the second image forming apparatus.
Provided is a virtual collaboration system for holding a meeting among a server and computer terminals connected to a network, the system having: a server configuredtobe connected to tte network; a plurality of computer terminals configured to be connected to the network; and a storage device configured to be connected to the sever; wherein a first meeting element and first attribute information including a first time of receiving the first meeting element and a first user ID is stored, in correlation to each other, and when there is a second meeting element, to be inserted in the fast meeting element, having been transmitted from one of the computer terminals, link information to link the second meeting element to the first meeting element stored, and also provided are a method for holding the meeting and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for holding the meeting.
G06F 3/00 - Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computerOutput arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
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Image processing apparatus which performs anti-aliasing on input image data and image processing method thereof
An image processing apparatus and method is provided which performs anti-aliasing on input image data. The apparatus and method may be utilized to improve resolution of, for example, images formed by a group of dots and lines, such as characters and marks. The apparatus and method disclosed herein can perform anti-aliasing with a lighter processing load than previously disclosed methods.
G09G 5/00 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
The purpose of the invention to provide a micromixer that has a simple configuration and is capable of efficiently mixing two or more liquids, and a microfluidic chip provided with said micromixer. To achieve said purpose, the micromixer is configured so as to provide microflow channels in which first and second liquids respectively flow and a mixing tank in the bottom of which is provided a liquid infusion port that communicates with said microflow channels, and to provide the liquid infusion port at a position in the bottom that is shifted from the center of the bottom. The liquid infusion port may also be provided at a position that is shifted from the center line of the mixing tank. Starting from the position at which an imaginary line extending up from the center of the liquid infusion port passes through a horizontal cross section of the internal space encompassed by the inner wall of the mixing tank, a first distance to the inner wall in one direction can be made to differ from a second distance to the inner wall in the direction opposite to the first direction.
Provided is an inventory management device, connected over a network to groups of image processing devices, for managing inventory, by device group, of consumable supplies used in the image processing devices. The inventory management device includes an inventory information storage unit that stores inventory information by device group and an inventory supplement selection unit that selects supplies to supplement the inventory. The inventory information includes, in association for each supply, an inventory amount, an image processing device identifier, a device group identifier, a maximum inventory amount for the device group, and a projected replacement timing. When a supply is replaced, the inventory supplement selection unit refers to the inventory information for the device group of the image processing device in which the supply was replaced to select supplies to supplement the inventory without exceeding the maximum inventory amount, starting from the supply with the earliest projected replacement timing.
An electronic document generation system includes a first layer generation unit that generates a character image layer that represents a character image in the scanned image by a predetermined number of bits, an edge image generation unit that generates an edge image of the character image, a second layer generation unit that generates an antialiasing layer that includes a binarized image generated based on the edge image and that is to be superimposed in a semi-transparent state on the character image layer, a file generation unit that generates the electronic document that includes the character image layer and the antialiasing layer, and a base color determination unit that determines a base color of the character image. The second layer generation unit sets the same color as the base color for the antialiasing layer.
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to reduce the frequency of image defect occurrences to a level as lower as possible by detecting abnormalities generated with age on the photoreceptor member and/or in the cleaning section, so as to suppress an amount of spoiled paper sheets and material. The image forming apparatus includes: a light source that is disposed at a position located between a cleaning section and a charging section, to emit an inspection light, which is to be irradiated onto a photoreceptor member over a main-scanning direction thereof; a tight-contact type image sensor that has a line image sensor to receive the inspection light reflected from a surface of the photoreceptor member; and a control section to determine a status of a surface of the photoreceptor member, based on a result of analyzing the inspection light receive by the line image sensor.
A sheet feed device feeding paper including; a loading platen loaded with sheets; a ventilation section providing a first ventilation port for blowing air to float a first side of a sheet of one sheet of the sheets loaded on the loading platen, and a second ventilation port for blowing air to float a second side opposed to the first side; and a control section for controlling the ventilation section; wherein the first side is a side of a topmost of loaded envelopes, the side of which height is lower than other sides, and when envelopes are to be fed, the control section controls the ventilation section to change air volume of the first ventilation port and the second ventilation port so as to float the first side more greatly than in case when sheets other than envelopes are fed.
An image forming apparatus includes: a development member carrying developer for forming a toner image on an image carrier; a cleaning member in contact with the development member for removing the developer left on the development member; a carrying member provided in contact with the development member, for carrying the supplied developer to the development member; a driving part driving at least one of the carrying member and the development member; and a regulating mechanism for separating the cleaning member and the development member from each other. The driving part causes preliminary rotation of the development member and the carrying member with the cleaning member separated from the development member, before starting main rotation for image formation.
There is provided a zoom lens which is suitable for a digital still camera and a video camera and includes a small number of lenses, especially a zoom lens which has an angle of view of 75° or more at the wide-angle end and a variable power ratio of about ×10. The zoom lens includes a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, and, a fourth lens group with positive refractive power. The zoom lens varies power by changing an interval of each neighboring lens groups. The first lens group is composed of a negative lens and a positive lens. The third lens group is composed of an aperture stop, a cemented lens formed by a positive lens in a biconvex shape and a negative lens, and a positive lens.
G02B 15/00 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification
G02B 15/15 - 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 compensation by means of only one movement or by means of only linearly related movements, e.g. optical compensation
In the present invention, the following are measured: the intensity of the light emitted at a metal film (55) while varying the polarization of linearly polarized excitation light (α) and ensuring that the excitation light (α) enters a prism (51) under full reflection conditions; the excited fluorescence resulting from the enhanced electrical field produced by the exit, from the prism (51), of excitation light (α) having a first polarization direction at which the maximum amount of light was detected; and the excited fluorescence resulting from an enhanced electrical field produced by the exit, from the prism (51), of excitation light (α) having a second polarization direction at which the minimum amount of light was detected. A specimen is detected on the basis of a first light level (Smax), which is the light level of the excited fluorescence generated by excitation light (α) polarized in the first direction, and a second light level (Smax), which is the light level of the excited fluorescence generated by excitation light (α) polarized in the second direction.
In the present invention, a specimen is made to flow over a metal film (55) on a prism (51), and excitation light (α) is shone in a prescribed direction. By changing the position of a reflective member (36) that reflects the excitation light (α), and adjusting the orientation of the reflective surface (36a) of said member, the angle of incidence (θ) is changed while maintaining a state in which excitation light (α) that enters the prism (51) is reflected at a prescribed position. The intensity of the light that is generated at the metal film (55) is measured, and the reflective member (36) is positioned to match the position of the reflective member (36) and the orientation of the reflective surface (36a) when the greatest amount of light was measured.
In the present invention, a test liquid is made to flow over a metal film (55) on a prism (51), and excitation light (α) is shone into the prism (51). The intensity of the excitation wavelength light that occurs at the metal film (55) is measured while varying the angle of incidence (θ) and maintaining maintaining a state in which excitation light (α) that enters the prism (51) is reflected at a prescribed position on the metal film (55). The excitation light (α) is irradiated onto a prescribed position on the metal film (55) so as to achieve an angle of incidence (θ1 ) based on the results of these measurements, while a light receiving unit (41) receives and measures the intensity of the excited fluorescence produced at the metal film (55). When light of the excitation wavelength is measured, a light filter (46) that blocks light having the wavelength of the excitation light is retracted from between the light receiving unit (41) and the metal film (55). When excitation fluorescence is measured, the light filter (46) is inserted between the light receiving unit (41) and the metal film (55).
This secondary battery type fuel cell system is provided with a hydrogen generator (1) that generates hydrogen by an oxidation reaction with water and is capable of regeneration by a reduction reaction with hydrogen and a SOFC (5) having an electricity generating function and a water electrolysis function. The system circulates a gas containing hydrogen and water vapor between the hydrogen generation part (1) and SOFC (5). Also provided is a water vapor partial pressure ratio setting section (heater (2), temperature sensor (3), and controller (7)) that sets the water vapor partial pressure ratio for the hydrogen generator (1).
A lighting device comprising: a light emitting panel pack (1000, 1000A) which is formed by stacking light emitting panels (100) each having a light emitting surface (105a) located at the center region of the main surface (100a) of the light emitting panel (100) and also having electrodes (103, 104) located at the peripheral edge of the main surface (100a); a support member (13) which supports the light emitting panel pack (1000, 1000A) from the main surface (100a) side, has an opening section (13h) for allowing a light emitting surface (105a) to be exposed therefrom, and has terminal sections (15) for conducting electricity to the electrodes (103, 104) of the light emitting panel (100), the light emitting surface (105a) of which is exposed from the opening section (13h); and a light-emitting-panel replacement mechanism which allows the light emitting panel (100), the light emitting surface (105a) of which is exposed from the opening section (13h), to be removed from the support member (13), exposes the light emitting surface (105a) of the next light emitting panel (100) from the opening section (13h), and causes the terminal sections (15) to make contact with the electrodes (103, 104) of the next light emitting panel (100).
F21V 19/00 - Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
F21S 8/04 - Lighting devices intended for fixed installation intended only for mounting on a ceiling or like overhead structure
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
An image formation device provided with: a development member that supports a developer for forming a toner image on an image carrier; a cleaning member, which abuts against the development member, for removing residual developer from the development member; a conveyance member, provided in contact with the development member, for conveying supplied developer to the development member; and an actuation unit that controls actuation of the conveyance member and/or the development member. Before a main actuation performed when forming an image, the actuation unit performs preliminary actuation of the development member and the conveyance member for a given amount of time with the supply of the developer to the conveyance member stopped, thereby minimizing developer consumption or degradation during the preliminary actuation while eliminating warpage of the development member or the conveyance member, which are formed from elastic members.
Provided are: a coating method whereby a uniform film thickness can be achieved steadily when a strip-shaped base that has a patterned film formed on the surface thereof is conveyed at a low tensile force and a coating solution is applied on the strip-shaped base using a slit-type die coater to form a thin coating film on the base; and a process for producing an organic electronics element employing the coating method. The coating method comprises applying a coating solution on a strip-shaped base, which has, formed on the surface thereof, a patterned film composed of a different material from a material constituting the base, is held on a back roll and is conveyed continuously at a conveying tensile force of 5 to 100 N/m width, using a slit-type die coater, wherein the coating method is characterized in that the back roll has a porous surface having pores having an average equilibrium diameter of 0.1 to 25.0 μm and also has an adsorption means for adsorbing the base onto the surface of the back roll, and the coating solution is applied on the strip-shaped base while adsorbing/holding the strip-shaped base on the surface of the back roll by means of the adsorption means.
B05D 3/00 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 1/26 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by applying the liquid or other fluent material from an outlet device in contact with, or almost in contact with, the surface
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a transparent electrode having superior conductivity, transparency, resistance to washing, and surface uniformity, and having superior drive voltage when used in an organic electronic device. The purpose is also to provide an organic electronic device using the same. This method for producing a transparent electrode is a method for producing a transparent electrode that has a patterned conductive layer on a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer containing at least a conductive polymer and a nonconductive polymer that contains a hydroxyl group. The method is characterized by the patterned conductive layer being a metal oxide or a metal material. The method is also characterized by the nonconductive polymer that contains a hydroxyl group being a polymer (A) containing a structural unit selected from general formula (I) and general formula (II) and the transparent conductive layer being formed by heat treatment in a temperature range of 150°C - 300°C.
H01B 13/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
H05B 33/28 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode of translucent electrodes
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ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT
Provided is an organic electroluminescent element which exhibits high luminous efficiency, while having excellent color stability and life in room-temperature and high-temperature environments. Specifically provided is an organic electroluminescent element, which comprises, on a substrate, a pair of electrodes and an organic functional layer including a light emitting layer, and which is characterized in that: the light emitting layer contains a host compound, a blue phosphorescent dopant compound and a phosphorescent dopant compound of a color other than blue; the blue phosphorescent dopant compound in the light emitting layer has a concentration gradient in the thickness direction; the dopant compound concentration at the positive electrode-side interface of the light emitting layer is 15-40% by mass (inclusive); and the dopant compound concentration at the negative electrode-side interface of the light emitting layer is lower than the dopant compound concentration at the positive electrode-side interface by 5% by mass or more.
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
42.
PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device, which comprises: a piezoelectric body formation step (S3) wherein a piezoelectric body (4) is formed on a substrate (1); and a polishing step (S7) wherein a surface of the substrate (1) is polished after the piezoelectric body formation step, said surface being on the reverse side of the surface on which the piezoelectric body (4) is formed. In the piezoelectric body formation step, the piezoelectric body (4) is formed on a substrate (1) so that the orientation thereof is in the (001) direction with respect to the surface of the substrate (1).
H01L 41/09 - Piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements with electrical input and mechanical output
H01L 41/18 - Selection of materials for piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
H01L 41/22 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the assembly, manufacture or treatment of piezo-electric or electrostrictive devices or of parts thereof
H01L 41/253 - Treating devices or parts thereof to modify a piezo-electric or electrostrictive property, e.g. polarisation characteristics, vibration characteristics or mode tuning
H01L 41/312 - Applying piezo-electric or electrostrictive parts or bodies onto an electrical element or another base by laminating or bonding of piezo-electric or electrostrictive bodies
H01L 41/337 - Shaping or machining of piezo-electric or electrostrictive bodies by machining by polishing or grinding
H03H 3/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of impedance networks, resonating circuits, resonators for the manufacture of electromechanical resonators or networks for the manufacture of piezoelectric or electrostrictive resonators or networks
H03H 9/17 - Constructional features of resonators consisting of piezoelectric or electrostrictive material having a single resonator
43.
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus for scaling an image including: an operation position determining section for determining a pixel operation position, which is either a pixel inserting or deleting position, based on a scaling ratio; an inserting/deleting section for inserting/deleting a pixel to/from the pixel operation position determined by the operation position determining section; an error calculating section for calculating a density difference as an error between densities in a vicinity of the inserted/deleted pixel via the inserting/deleting section, before and after the insertion or deletion; and an error allocating section for allocating the error, calculated by the error calculating section, to the inserted pixel and pixels in a vicinity of the inserted or deleted pixel, so that a pixel value, after allocation, of a pixel of an allocation destination, falls within an allowable range estimated from a pixel value of a pixel near the pixel of allocation destination.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that reduces visual discomfort experienced by a user when generating a pseudo-moving image viewed from a virtual viewpoint. In order to achieve this purpose, an image processing device is provided with: an image capture unit that captures a moving images that includes a plurality of frames; a target parallax setting unit that sets a target parallax for each frame, on the basis of predetermined rules for each pixel; an initial parallax setting unit that sets the initial parallax for each pixel of the first of a plurality of frames; and a parallax adjustment unit that adjusts the parallax for each pixel from the initial parallax towards the target parallax, for a plurality of frames related to a first period and a second period that sequentially follow on from the first of a plurality of frames. In the image processing device, a first rate of change, obtained by dividing the change in parallax in a first period by the length of the first period, is smaller than a second rate of change obtained by dividing the change in parallax in a second period by the length of the second period.
In the present invention, it is determined (step S20) whether or not router control allocation will be exhausted. It is determined whether or not the CPU usage rate of the router control allocation has been exhausted. If it is determined that the router control allocation will be exhausted, a sub-allocation alteration process is executed (step S22) for altering the CPU usage rate. In step S20, if it is determined that the router control allocation will not be exhausted (NO in step S20), a router control allocation subtracting process is executed (step S24).
An inkjet recording device for ejecting ink onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium while a recording head is moved with relative movement to the recording medium in a direction along an upper surface of the recording medium, including: a recording head for ejecting ink onto a recording medium; a heating device for heating the recording medium; a conveyance device for conveying the recording medium having been heated by the heating device to under the recording head; and a cooling device which is provided in a state of insulation from the recording head, and has a cooling surface which is cooled to a temperature lower than a temperature of a nozzle surface of the recording head, wherein the cooling surface and the nozzle surface of the recording head are disposed along a direction of the relative movement and to face the recording medium.
This liquid developer contains toner particles which each comprise both a resin and a pigment, wherein the resin contains a vinyl copolymer resin that comprises, as constituent monomers, a first monomer consisting of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene (which may be substituted with lower alkyl), lower alkyl acrylates and lower alkyl methacrylates and a second monomer consisting of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, with the proportion of the second monomer being 5 to 25mol%, and the pigment comprises a first pigment and a second pigment at a specific ratio, the first pigment being carbon black, and the second pigment being at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of copper phthalocyanine blue pigment, phthalocyanine green pigment, carmine pigments, naphthol pigments and quinacridone pigments.
Provided is an organic EL element that achieves increased brightness with a fixed current and additionally achieves increased life at a fixed brightness. The organic electroluminescent element which has a plurality of light emitting units sandwiched between a positive electrode and negative electrode is characterized by the positive electrode or negative electrode being a transparent electrode containing a conductive polymer formed on a transparent support.
H05B 33/12 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces
G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
H05B 33/28 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode of translucent electrodes
49.
TRANSLATION MECHANISM, MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER, AND FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPE
A translation mechanism (19) comprises: a parallel plate spring structure (40), further comprising a fixed body (44), plate springs (41, 42) facing one another with a gap therebetween with one end (41a, 42a) of each said plate spring being fixed to the fixed body (44), and a rigid body (43) which connects the other ends (41b, 42b) of each said plate spring (41, 42); a drive unit (45) which causes translational vibrations in the other ends (41b, 42b) of the plate springs together with the rigid body (43); and a cantilever (50), one end whereof (50a) is fixed to the fixed body (44), and which extends in the same direction as the plate springs (41, 42). The eigenfrequency of the parallel plate spring structure (40) and the eigenfrequency of the cantilever (50) are approximately identical.
The present invention provides a thin film laminate, which has high film density, high film hardness and excellent adhesion between a base and a constituent layer, and which is reduced in occurrence of cracks and the like even on a flexible base. This thin film laminate comprises a constituent unit A that is configured of two or more structures A, each of which has regions, wherein the film density is continuously decreased in the thickness direction, on both sides of a high film density region. The thin film laminate is characterized in that: the structures A constituting the constituent unit A have a thickness λ (nm) of 1.0-500 nm (inclusive); the structures A have a film density ratio ρT(n)/ρB(n) (wherein ρT(n) represents the maximum film density of the nth structure, ρB(n) represents the minimum film density of the nth structure and n represents an integer) of 1.03-1.50 (inclusive); and the maximum amplitude ∆ρ (g/cm3) that is the difference between the maximum film density and the minimum film density within the constituent unit A is 0.03-1.50 (inclusive).
B32B 5/14 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by a layer differing constitutionally or physically in different parts, e.g. denser near its faces
B32B 7/02 - Physical, chemical or physicochemical properties
B32B 9/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups
The present invention provides: an organic electroluminescent element which does not undergo the change in color of emitted light when the driving voltage is changed, has a low driving voltage, and causes little increase in voltage when driven continuously; a process for producing the organic electroluminescent element; and a display device and a lighting device, each of which is equipped with the organic electroluminescent element. The organic electroluminescent element comprises a pair of electrodes and at least a hole transport layer and a light-emitting layer all arranged on a substrate, and is characterized in that the hole transport layer contains semiconductor nanoparticles and the surface of the hole transport layer has an uneven structure.
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element having a high external quantum efficiency (EQE) and increased p-type semiconductor light absorption due to plasmons generated around metallic microparticles. The disclosed organic photoelectric conversion element has a charge transport layer and a photoelectric conversion layer between a transparent electrode and a counter electrode, wherein either of the layers of the aforementioned organic photoelectric conversion element contains nanoparticles coated on the surface with organic matter.
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
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RECORDING DEVICE, LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING METHOD
Disclosed is a recording device characterized in that, a first emission peak wavelength λr1 of a light irradiation device is present on the first predetermined amount short wavelength side from a first absorption peak wavelength λa1 of a photo-curable ink, and a second emission peak wavelength λr2 of the light irradiation device is equal to the first absorption peak wavelength λa1 of the photo-curable ink or present on the second predetermined amount long wavelength side.
A secondary battery type fuel cell system comprises: a hydrogen generation section that generates hydrogen by an oxidation reaction with water and can regenerate by a reduction reaction with hydrogen; and a power generation/electrolysis section having an electric power generating function and an electrolysis function for water. Gas containing hydrogen and steam are circulated between the hydrogen generation section and power generation/electrolysis section. The hydrogen generation section is constituted of a plurality of hydrogen generators (1), and a temperature control section that can individually control the temperature of each of the plurality of hydrogen generators (1) is provided.
H01M 8/06 - Combination of fuel cells with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues
C01B 3/08 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of inorganic compounds containing electro-positively bound hydrogen, e.g. water, acids, bases, ammonia, with inorganic reducing agents with metals
The present invention provides: a method for manufacturing a gas barrier film, which is manufactured at high productivity, and has extremely high gas barrier performance and stability thereof with time, excellent surface smoothness and bending resistance, and high durability; a gas barrier film obtained using the method; and an organic photoelectric conversion element using the gas barrier film. In the method, after forming a coating film by applying a coating liquid containing polysilazane to a base material, a gas barrier layer is formed by applying vacuum-ultraviolet light to the coating film surface thus formed. The method is characterized in that the coating film is irradiated with the vacuum-ultraviolet light, while drying the solvent in the coating film.
B05D 3/06 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to radiation
B05D 5/00 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures
B32B 9/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups
B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
This invention maintains the quantity of water in the atmosphere in the manufacture steps low, suppresses the quantity of water contained in an organic electroluminescent (EL) element, and improves light emitting initial characteristics and service-life of the organic EL element by drying process members to be used on the manufacture line of the element. This method for manufacturing an organic EL element at least includes: a step of forming a first electrode on a flexible film; a step of forming one or more organic functional layers that include at least a light emitting layer; a step of forming a second electrode; and a step of bonding a sealing member. The method is characterized in that, in at least one of the steps, a material including at least the flexible film is transferred from roll to roll, and the material to be transferred from roll to roll is dried such that the water quantity is 300 ppm or less before the transfer.
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
Provided are a stable method for forming a ceramic film and a ceramic film forming device that apply a polysilane composition to a base material and carry out modification treatment by irradiating the coating film that is formed with vacuum-ultraviolet light, making possible efficient modification of the polysilane composition with good production efficiency. To do so the method for forming a ceramic film that is used comprises an application step for forming a coating film by applying a polysilane composition on a continuously transported strip-shaped base material and a surface modification step for carrying out surface modification by irradiating this coating film with vacuum-ultraviolet light after this application step. This method is characterized by the surface modification step having a vacuum-ultraviolet irradiation means and a surface modification device provided with a surface modification chamber having an oxygen concentration of 10,000 ppm or less and an entrained air elimination chamber having an entrained air elimination means adjacent to the surface modification chamber. The entrained air elimination means controls the pressure in the entrained air elimination chamber to be higher or lower than the pressure in the surface modification chamber.
B05D 7/24 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05C 9/12 - Apparatus or plant for applying liquid or other fluent material to surfaces by means not covered by groups , or in which the means of applying the liquid or other fluent material is not important for applying liquid or other fluent material and performing an auxiliary operation the auxiliary operation being performed after the application
B05D 3/06 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to radiation
58.
SPFS SENSOR EQUIPPED WITH NON-SPECIFIC ADSORPTION TYPE PURIFICATION MECHANISM
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sensor area which can prevent the decrease in an assay signal and the increase in an assay blank in an surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS) measurement. [Solution] The present invention provides an SPFS sensor chip characterized in that a purification area is arranged upstream of a flow path for an SPFS measurement relative to the direction of flow and a sensor area is arranged downstream of the flow path.
Provided are an active ray-curable ink, which can achieve a high fineness and natural glossiness when recording is carried out onto a non-absorptive recording medium such as a film or a laminated paper or a slightly absorptive recording medium such as a coated paper; and an active ray-curable inkjet recording method. This active ray-curable ink, which is to be used in inkjet recording, is characterized by: said active ray-curable ink undergoing reversible sol/gel phase transition depending on temperature; said active ray-curable ink containing from 1 mass% inclusive to 10 mass% exclusive of a gelling agent; and, at temperature Tm (°C) that is separately defined, the storage modulus (G') of the active ray-curable ink being from 0.1 Pa inclusive to 1000 Pa exclusive and the storage modulus (G') being smaller than the loss modulus (G") thereof.
This apparatus comprises a cleaning blade, a cleaning fluid supply unit for supplying a cleaning fluid constituting a carrier fluid, a cleaning roller for applying the cleaning fluid to a photosensitive element, and a recovery means for recovering an excess of applied cleaning fluid. The recovery means recycles the recovered cleaning fluid and feeds the recycled cleaning fluid to the cleaning fluid supply unit.
A cleaning device (6) comprises: a cleaning blade (15); a housing (11) which forms a collection tank for collecting liquid developer in the cleaning device (6); a seal member (16); and a positioning member (14) which is connected to the seal member (16) and which adjusts the position of the seal member (16). When a photoreceptor (1) rotates, a liquid build-up (22) is created at the end part of the cleaning blade (15). The liquid developer in the liquid build-up (22) drips, due to gravity, into the casing (11) acting as a collection tank, which is provided below. When the photoreceptor (1) has stopped, the position of the seal member (16) is adjusted by the positioning member (14) such that the seal member (16) comes into contact with the photoreceptor (1).
G03G 21/10 - Collecting or recycling waste developer
G03G 15/10 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a liquid developer
G03G 15/11 - Removing excess liquid developer e.g. by heat
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
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QUANTIZATION DEVICE, THRESHOLD-MATRIX GENERATION METHOD, AND THRESHOLD MATRIX
Disclosed is a quantization device (200) that quantizes image data used in image formation by means of an image formation device in which a print head (H), which moves relative to recording media in a y direction, has a plurality of nozzles (N) provided along an x direction orthogonal to the y direction, at least. Said quantization device is provided with: an acquisition unit (201) that acquires image data; a memory unit (202) that stores a threshold matrix; and a quantization processing unit (203) that quantizes the image data on the basis of the image data and the threshold matrix. The threshold matrix is generated on the basis of a plurality of matrix values that indicate the presence or absence of dots in a plurality of dot patterns that have different tone values (g), being generated under layered constraint conditions and corresponding to a prescribed pixel region. In said dot patterns having tone values in the range g1 ≤ g < g2, a plurality of pixels that form each dot are contiguous in the X direction or the Y direction.
B41J 2/205 - Ink jet for printing a discrete number of tones
B41J 2/52 - Arrangement for printing a discrete number of tones, not covered by group , e.g. applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking process
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for observing cells, a method for observing cells, and a system for observing cells with which all of the cells included in a specimen, such as sampled blood or body fluid, can be observed with a microscope easily and in a manner such that the cells are kept from overlapping one another. [Solution] The device for observing cells is characterized by having at least a super-hydrophilic surface.
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus that can implement a job by effectively employing the charged electric power, generated and stored by the locally-equipped power generator, and can cope with such a job whose urgency level is specifically high. The apparatus includes a job implementing section to implement a job in regard to image data; an electric generator section; an electrical accumulator section; and a controlling section to change a job implementation mode between a first job implementation mode, in which the job is implemented by employing the electrical accumulator section after the electrical accumulator section is sufficiently charged by an electric power generated by the electric generator section, and a second job implementation mode, in which the job is instantaneously implemented by employing an external electric power source, when an amount of electric power charge, stored in the electrical accumulator section, is in short supply for implementing the job.
The present invention provides a highly flexible near-infrared reflecting film which has achieved good near-infrared reflection characteristics by comprising layers that have different refractive indexes and which is not susceptible to bending or cracks. This near-infrared reflecting film has a multilayer film, in which films having refractive indexes different from each other are laminated, on a film, and is characterized in that: the difference of the refractive indexes between at least two adjacent layers is 0.3 or more; at least one of the two adjacent layers contains a metal oxide; and at least one of the two adjacent layers contains a polyvinyl alcohol or an inorganic polymer.
The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element which has improved light extraction efficiency, lower driving voltage and improved light emission life, while having improved film properties. This organic electroluminescent element comprises an organic layer that is arranged between a pair of electrodes, namely a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that: the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode is configured of a transparent electrode; and at least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode or the organic layer contains at least one kind of anisotropic fine particles selected from among anisotropic fine metal oxide particles, anisotropic fine metal salt particles and anisotropic fine organic compound particles that are composed of carbon atoms and atoms other than metal atoms, each of said anisotropic fine particles having a major axis and a minor axis.
H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/28 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode of translucent electrodes
An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor for bearing a toner image; a transfer body onto which the toner image borne by the photoreceptor is transferred; a drive section for driving the photoreceptor and transfer body respectively, and a control section for controlling the drive section so as to drive the photoreceptor and transfer body at a predetermined driving speed, wherein the control section, under a state in which the control section controls to drive the transfer body at the predetermined driving speed, controls to: a) drive the photoreceptor while changing the driving speed of the photoreceptor within a range of driving speeds between low speed and high speed, including the predetermined driving speed, b) extract torque characteristics under the control which includes the change of driving speed of the photoreceptor, and c) determine the driving speed of the photoreceptor based on the extracted torque characteristics.
Disclosed is a transparent electrode which provides an organic EL element that has excellent transparency, conductivity and film strength and shows little deterioration in transparency, conductivity and film strength even in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment, that has excellent stability and light-emission uniformity, and that has excellent light emission life with little deterioration of light-emission uniformity. In order for the organic EL element, which employs the electrode, to have excellent life with high light-emission uniformity and little deterioration in light-emission uniformity, in a transparent conductive film comprising a first conductive layer made of metal material formed in a pattern shape on a substrate and a second conductive layer containing a conductive polymer, the second conductive layer contains a binder resin including structural units comprising a hydroxy group and structural units not comprising a hydroxy group but comprising an ester or amide bond.
H05B 33/28 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode of translucent electrodes
C08F 220/28 - Esters containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen containing no aromatic rings in the alcohol moiety
C08F 220/58 - Amides containing oxygen in addition to the carbonamido oxygen
H01B 5/14 - Non-insulated conductors or conductive bodies characterised by their form comprising conductive layers or films on insulating-supports
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
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METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEAR INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM AND NEAR INFRARED REFLECTIVE BODY PROVIDED WITH SAME
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a near infrared reflective body in which a near infrared reflective film is manufactured that has excellent manufacturing cost performance, is capable of being employed over a large area, has excellent application stability, and has excellent resistance to refractive index irregularity in the surface. A method for manufacturing a near infrared reflective film in which a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer are alternately laminated on a support body, wherein the difference in the refractive index of adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and the near infrared reflective film is formed using a high refractive index layer application fluid and a low refractive index layer application fluid such that, if the viscosity of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers at 15°C is η15 and the viscosity at 45°C is η45, the viscosity ratio (η15/η45) in each case is at least 2.0.
The present invention provides a gas barrier film having high barrier properties, folding/bending resistance and smoothness and excellent cutting suitability, and also provides an organic photoelectric conversion element equipped with the gas barrier film. The gas barrier film is characterized by having a gas barrier layer unit (5) on a side face of at least one surface of a base material (2), wherein the gas barrier layer unit (5) comprises a first barrier layer (3) formed by a chemical deposition method and a second barrier layer (4) formed by applying a silicon compound onto the first barrier layer (3) to form a coating film and modifying the coating film, and wherein the second barrier layer (4) has an unmodified region (4B) on a side facing the base material and a modified region (4A) on a side facing the front layer of the film.
The present invention provides a near-infrared reflective film and a near-infrared reflector, which can be used over large areas and are flexible, and have low haze and high visible light transmittance. The near-infrared reflective film comprises at least one unit composed of a high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer on a substrate, and is characterized in that the refractive index difference between an adjacent high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer is at least 0.1, and said high refractive index layer contains at least one type of compound (A) selected from: 1) a rutile-type titanium oxide having a volume-average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm; 2) a water-soluble polymer; and 3) the following group of compounds. Group of compounds: a carboxyl group-containing compound, hydroxamic acids, pyridine derivatives
The present invention provides a near-infrared reflective film and a near-infrared reflector provided with the same, which provide excellent manufacturing cost performance, can be used over large areas, exhibit excellent flexibility, and have high visible light transmittance. The near-infrared reflector is characterized in that, in an infrared film in which high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers are alternately laminated on a support body, the refractive index difference between adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and at least one of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers contains a metal oxide and a polysaccharide thickener.
A pixel output order pattern selecting section selects the first pixel output order pattern set by the pixel output order pattern setting section when the edge detecting section detects the edge portion in the pixel block, and selects any of the plurality of second pixel output order patterns stored in the pixel output order pattern storage section when the edge detecting section does not detect the edge portion in the pixel block. An image data generating section generates the image data of the pixel block in order that the dots may be output in conformity with the pixel output order pattern selected by the pixel output order pattern selecting section based on the gradation value obtained by the gradation converting section.
Disclosed is a method for producing a gas barrier film, wherein a coating liquid containing a polysilazane is applied and a VUV treatment is carried out, and which prevents incorporation of a modification-inhibiting adsorbate into the coating film, thereby further improving the gas barrier performance. In the method for producing a gas barrier film, a coating film is formed by applying a coating liquid that contains a polysilazane over the surface of a film, and after having the resulting film pass through a drying zone, the film is irradiated with vacuum ultraviolet light from the coating film side and modified. The method for producing a gas barrier film is characterized in that an inert gas is supplied into the drying zone so that the oxygen concentration therein is 10% or less.
B05D 7/24 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
B05D 3/06 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to radiation
a shape measurement of a workpiece surface is carried out in such a manner that the cut face of the probe is faced with a face intersecting a face containing the measuring position of the workpiece surface, and a surface of the sphere is contacted with the measuring position of the workpiece.
G01B 5/008 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring coordinates of points using coordinate measuring machines
Disclosed is a fuel cell comprising a fuel electrode (2), an oxidizing agent electrode (3), an electrolyte membrane (1) sandwiched between the fuel electrode (2) and the oxidizing agent electrode (3), a fuel supply unit (4) for supplying a fuel to the fuel electrode (2), and an oxidizing agent supply unit (5) for supplying an oxidizing agent to the oxidizing agent electrode (3). Each of the fuel electrode (2), the oxidizing agent electrode (3), the electrolyte membrane (1), the fuel supply unit (4) and the oxidizing agent supply unit (5) has a solid structure.
Disclosed are: a weather-resistant barrier film which has extremely high gas barrier performance, excellent ultraviolet blocking properties and excellent water resistance; and an organic electronic device such as an organic photoelectric conversion element or an organic EL element, which uses the barrier film. Specifically disclosed is a gas barrier film which comprises a gas barrier layer on at least one surface of a resin substrate, while having a weather-resistant layer, which contains fine metal oxide particles and a resin binder, on another surface of the resin substrate, said another surface being on the reverse side of the surface on which the gas barrier layer is provided. The gas barrier film is characterized in that the amount of the fine metal oxide particles is 50-80% by mass (inclusive) based on the total mass of the fine metal oxide particles and the resin binder and that the resin binder contains an active light-curable resin.
B32B 27/18 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives
H01L 31/04 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
[Problem] To provide a fluorescence detection device which can produce measurement results having reduced fluctuations and can achieve the detection of an analyte with high accuracy and a fluorescence detection method using the device. [Solution] A fluorescence detection device in which excited light is ejected from a light source to release an evanescent wave from a reflection surface, thereby exciting a fluorescence substance that labels an analyte immobilized on the reflection surface, and the excited fluorescence is detected by a light detection means, and a fluorescence detection method using the device. The fluorescence detection device and the fluorescence detection method using the device are so adapted that a chip structure comprising a reflection surface and a reaction layer formed on the reflection surface is attached to or removed from a main body of the device upon use or is fixed on the main body of the device upon use, wherein the reaction layer comprises a flow path and a reaction area which is formed in the flow path and has a ligand for capturing the analyte, and wherein the relationship between the size of the reaction area formed in the flow path and the size of an excitation area which is an area to be irradiated with the excited light for exciting the fluorescent substance that has labeled the analyte captured in the reaction area are so defined as to fulfill the following relationship: the reaction area > the excitation area.
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01N 33/543 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals
79.
PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT
The present invention provides a process for producing an organic electroluminescent (EL) element, which involves a vacuum film formation step using a flexible film, and which can improve the driving voltage, the occurrence of dark spots or the like, the light-emitting properties and the service life of the organic EL element. Specifically provided is a process for producing an organic EL element, which comprises at least a step of forming a first electrode, an organic functional layer comprising a light-emitting layer and a second electrode in this order on a flexible film (a long base material) and uses at least one of a leader film and a side tape. The process is characterized in that the step involves a vacuum film formation step using a vacuum film formation device, the flexible film to be introduced into the vacuum film formation device and at least one of the leader film and the side tape are dried prior to the introduction into the vacuum film formation device, and the vacuum film formation step is carried out at a water partial pressure of 5×10-5 Pa or less.
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
80.
GAS BARRIER FILM PRODUCTION METHOD, GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER
Disclosed is a gas barrier film production method comprising: a coating step in which an application liquid containing a polysilazane compound is applied on a substrate to form a coating film; and an ultraviolet irradiation step in which the substrate is moved relative to a light source, and vacuum ultraviolet light is applied to the coating film, thereby forming a gas barrier layer. In the ultraviolet irradiation step, the illuminance of the vacuum ultraviolet light received by the coating film on the coating film surface is not more than 160 mW/cm2, and the amount of energy of the vacuum ultraviolet light on the coating film surface received during an interval (T), in which the illuminance of the vacuum ultraviolet light on the coating film surface is between 50 mW/cm2 and 160 mW/cm2, is between 180 mJ/cm2 and 1800 mJ/cm2. The gas barrier film production method is suitable for the roll-to-roll production method, and enables gas barrier films to be produced with excellent productivity, and excellent gas barrier performance.
B05D 7/24 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
B05D 3/06 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to radiation
B32B 9/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups
H01L 31/04 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
81.
AQUEOUS INKJET INK, AND METHOD FOR FORMING INKJET IMAGE
Disclosed is an aqueous inkjet ink which contains water, a pigment, an organic or inorganic acid, an amine, a resin that has a higher pKa than the organic or inorganic acid, and a crosslinking agent. The aqueous inkjet ink exhibits excellent abrasion resistance even in cases where the drying time is short, while having high bleeding resistance and high storage stability. Also disclosed is a method for forming an inkjet image.
Disclosed are: an organic photoelectric conversion element which has improved short-circuit current density (Jsc) by reducing the optical loss of a charge transport layer, while achieving excellent fill factor (FF) by reducing damage to the charge transport layer during the formation of a counter electrode and suppressing leakage; and a method for manufacturing the organic photoelectric conversion element. Specifically disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which comprises, between a first electrode and a second electrode, at least a power generating layer that contains a p-type semiconductor material and an n-type semiconductor material and a charge transport layer that mainly transports either holes or electrons. The organic photoelectric conversion element is characterized in that the charge transport layer contains a polymer (A) that has at least one unit structure selected from the three unit structures described below.
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
83.
TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT
Disclosed is a novel transparent conductor which, when used in the production of a flexible organic electronic element (e.g., an organic EL element, an organic solar cell) having both high electrical conductivity and high transparency, can impart good properties to the organic electronic element. Specifically disclosed is a transparent conductor which comprises a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive layer containing carbon nanotubes and formed on the transparent substrate, and which is characterized in that the transparent conductive layer has an average transmittance of 70% or more at a spectral wavelength of 400-700 nm and a sheet resistance value of less than 10Ω/□ at 25˚C and 50% RH, and the surface of the transparent conductive layer has a calculated surface roughness (Ra) of 10 nm or less and a 10-point average roughness (Rz) of 40 nm or less.
H05B 33/28 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode of translucent electrodes
B82Y 20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
84.
ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL USING SAME
Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which has a reverse layer structure wherein at least a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode are arranged on a substrate in this order. The organic photoelectric conversion element is characterized in that: the photoelectric conversion layer is a bulk heterojunction layer that is composed of a p-type organic semiconductor material and an n-type organic semiconductor material; and a compound that has a linear or branched fluorinated alkyl group having 6-20 carbon atoms is contained as the p-type organic semiconductor material.
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
85.
METHOD FOR FORMATION OF ORGANIC THIN FILM LAYER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT
Disclosed are: an organic thin film layer formation method for forming at least one organic thin film layer having a stable film thickness by applying a coating solution for organic thin film layer formation use by a coating mode on a strip-shaped base material that is conveyed continuously, without causing drying unevenness; and a method for producing an organic EL element by the aforementioned method. Specifically disclosed is an organic thin film layer formation method which comprises a coating step of coating a coating solution for organic thin film layer formation use on a strip-shaped base material that is supported on a back roll and is conveyed by the back roll and a drying step of drying a coating film that has been formed in the coating step, and is characterized in that the drying step is carried out using a drying apparatus which is equipped with the back roll and a drying chamber placed on the back roll.
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
B05D 3/02 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by baking
F26B 13/30 - Arrangements of devices using drying processes not involving heating for applying suction, e.g. through perforated rollers
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
86.
INTERFEROMETER AND FOURIER TRANSFORMATION SPECTROPHOTOMETER
In a first optical system (10), light from a measurement optical input section (11) is divided at a BS (13) and guided to a moving mirror (15) and a fixed mirror (14). The light obtained by reflection at the moving mirror (15) and the fixed mirror (14) is combined at the BS (13) to form first interference light which is guided to a first optical detector (17). The moving mirror (15) is moved in the direction of the optical axis of the incoming light by means of a drive mechanism (18). An inclination correction section (100) implements drive for the fixed mirror (14) for example, in order to correct the relative inclination of the light reflected by the moving mirror (15) and the light reflected by the fixed mirror (14), said relative inclination being produced by the inclination of the moving mirror (15) during drive implemented by the drive mechanism (18). The drive for the moving mirror (15) implemented by the drive mechanism (18) is resonant drive, and the drive for the fixed mirror (14) implemented by the inclination correction section (100) is non-resonant drive.
An inkjet head (3) comprises: a wiring board (80) which has, two-dimensionally arranged thereon, sets of nozzles (11), pressure chambers (41), and actuators (60) and which also has lines of wiring (91) which are connected respectively to the actuators, through-vias (85) which are connected respectively to the lines of wiring, and ink flow paths (88) which supply ink respectively to the pressure chambers; and connection sections (110, 111) which connect the lines of wiring to a drive section. The nozzles are arranged in N rows (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2), with each of the N rows comprising M nozzles (M is an integer greater than or equal to 2) which are arranged rectilinearly. The through-vias which correspond to the nozzles in the first row are disposed at positions closer to the connection section than the ink flow paths which correspond to the nozzles in the first row, and the through-vias which correspond to the nozzles in the N-th row are disposed at positions closer to the connection section than the ink flow paths which correspond to the nozzles in the N-th row. The configuration enables the nozzles to be more densely arranged and the reliability of the lines of wiring to be improved.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 2/055 - Devices for absorbing or preventing back-pressure
An inkjet head (3) comprises: a wiring board (80) which has, two-dimensionally arranged thereon, sets of nozzles (11), pressure chambers (41), and actuators (60) and which also has lines of wiring (87, 91), through-vias (85), and ink flow paths (88); and connection sections (110, 111) which connect the lines of wiring to a drive section, the connection sections (110, 111) being disposed outside the arrangement region (R) in which the sets of the nozzles, the pressure chambers, and the actuators are arranged two-dimensionally. The nozzles are arranged in N rows (N is an integer greater than or equal to 2), with each of the N rows comprising M nozzles (M is an integer greater than or equal to 2) which are arranged rectilinearly. The through-vias which correspond to the nozzles of arbitrary n nozzle rows of the N nozzle rows (1 ≤ n < N) are provided in the arrangement region, and the through-vias which correspond to the nozzles of the nozzle rows other than the arbitrary n nozzle rows are disposed outside the arrangement region. Thus, the simple configuration enables the space of the wiring board to be effectively utilized to reduce cost, enables the nozzles to be more densely arranged, and can improve the reliability of the lines of wiring.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 2/055 - Devices for absorbing or preventing back-pressure
89.
GAS BARRIER FILM AND GAS BARRIER FILM FORMATION METHOD
Disclosed is a gas barrier formation method which, without heat treating a coating film formed by applying a coating liquid containing polysilazanes, has high gas barrier performance achieved by an extremely quick modification treatment of a few seconds; also disclosed is a gas barrier film. In the disclosed gas barrier film formation method, a discharge gas containing an inert gas is supplied to the surface of a coating film formed by coating a substrate with a coating liquid containing polysilazanes. Plasma formed in a discharge space to which a high frequency electric field is applied, or light emitted from said plasma, is irradiated onto the surface of the aforementioned coating film to modify the same and to form a gas barrier film. The aforementioned discharge gas contains at least a carbon dioxide gas or carbon monoxide gas, the content thereof being between 0.01 volume% and 3.0 volume%, and the frequency of the aforementioned high frequency electric field is in the microwave range between 300 and 30,000 MHz.
B05D 5/00 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures
B05D 3/04 - Pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be appliedAfter-treatment of applied coatings, e.g. intermediate treating of an applied coating preparatory to subsequent applications of liquids or other fluent materials by exposure to gases
B05D 7/24 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having improved luminance half-life and voltage increase during drive time. The disclosed organic electroluminescent element comprises a substrate, an anode and a cathode which are on the substrate, and a plurality of organic functional layers which are sandwiched between the electrodes. The organic functional layers comprise at least a hole injection layer and a light emitting layer, and there is at least one intermediary layer containing fluorinated polymers, which is between two arbitrary organic functional layers amongst the plurality of organic functional layers.
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions includes a scroll display portion that displays a row of markers and a slider for specifying one or more markers sequentially by moving along the row, an image display portion that displays functional images for representing functions corresponding to the markers specified by the slider, a setting portion that receives setting item details for a function specified by one of the functional images selected, and an extraction portion that extracts a function having the setting item details received by the setting portion different from an initial value. The image display portion displays a functional image for a longer time when the functional image represents the function extracted by the extraction portion than when the functional image does not represent the function extracted by the extraction portion.
The disclosed liquid-delivery device (20) has a channel (11), an opening (16) of which is sealed by a sealing film (17), and delivers a liquid to a test chip (10). Said liquid-delivery device (20) is provided with: a nozzle (22) that discharges or suctions a liquid into the channel (11); a reciprocal movement means (30) that moves the nozzle (22) closer to or further away from the test chip (10), with the tip of the nozzle (22) pointed towards the aforementioned opening (16); and a control means (50) that controls the reciprocal movement means (30). The outside diameter of the nozzle (22) decreases towards the tip thereof. Each time the control means (50) inserts the nozzle (22) into the channel (11) via the opening (16), the control means inserts the tip of the nozzle (22) further past the opening (16) than the previous time.
G01N 35/10 - Devices for transferring samples to, in, or from, the analysis apparatus, e.g. suction devices, injection devices
G01N 35/08 - Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups Handling materials therefor using a stream of discrete samples flowing along a tube system, e.g. flow injection analysis
G01N 37/00 - Details not covered by any other group of this subclass
93.
Organic electronic panel and method for manufacturing organic electronic panel
Provided is an organic electronic panel wherein warping (deformation) of a metal member is suppressed when the metal member is used as a packaging board, an electrical short-circuit due to the warping is eliminated, and generation of light emission failure and deterioration of power generating performance are eliminated. In the organic electronic panel, the packaging board is composed of a metal foil, and a polymer film is laminated on the metal foil surface on the reverse side of the side having the adhesive layer. The thickness of the polymer film is not more than that of the metal foil, and heat is applied at the time of bonding/laminating the packaging board or at the time of hardening the adhesive layer.
H01L 29/08 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions with semiconductor regions connected to an electrode carrying current to be rectified, amplified, or switched and such electrode being part of a semiconductor device which comprises three or more electrodes
H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
H01L 21/00 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid-state devices, or of parts thereof
H01L 21/4763 - Deposition of non-insulating-, e.g. conductive-, resistive-, layers on insulating layersAfter-treatment of these layers
H01L 21/44 - Manufacture of electrodes on semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups
Disclosed is a process for producing an analysis element chip (10) which can be used in a surface plasmon resonance analyzer or a surface plasmon resonance fluorescent analyzer, and in which a prism (11) having a metal film (15) formed on a predetermined surface (13) thereof is provided. The process involves a film formation step of forming the metal film (15) on the predetermined surface (13) of the prism (11), and is characterized in that the metal film (15) having a predetermined thickness (D3) is produced in the film formation step, wherein the predetermined thickness (D3) is determined on the basis of the boundary thickness (D2) that is a film thickness achieved when a film formation rate, i.e., the relationship between the film formation time and the thickness of the metal film (15) formed, is varied.
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
Disclosed is a maintenance device (5) for performing maintenance with respect to a recording head (1) comprising a nozzle surface (10) provided with a plurality of nozzles to discharge ink from the nozzles, wherein the maintenance device is provided with a liquid flowing pump (50) for discharging air bubbles retained inside of the recording head (1) with the ink from the nozzles, an ink scraping member (52) which scrapes and removes the ink attached to the nozzle surface (10) by allowing the ink to move along the nozzle surface (10) under the conditions that the ink scraping member is not in contact with the nozzle surface (10), and an ink absorber (53) which abuts the nozzle surface (10) to absorb the ink attached to the nozzle surface (10).
The disclosed fluorescence measurement method increases the efficiency of detection of fluorescence emitted from fluorescent molecules generated as a result of an enzyme reaction, thereby providing increased sensitivity and allowing fluorescent substrates from conventional enzyme reactions to be used as is. Said fluorescence measurement method includes: a step (b) wherein water-soluble macromolecules and fluorescent-molecule precursor molecules are introduced onto an enzyme-immobilizing substrate; a step (c) wherein an enzyme reaction is induced on the enzyme-immobilizing substrate and the fluorescent-molecule precursor molecules are converted to fluorescent molecules; a step (d) wherein the fluorescent molecules are bound to the aforementioned water-soluble macromolecules, thereby forming fluorescent-molecule/water-soluble-macromolecule complexes on the enzyme-immobilizing substrate; and a step (e) wherein fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent-molecule/water-soluble-macromolecule complexes is detected.
G01N 21/78 - Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated by observing the effect on a chemical indicator producing a change of colour
A ink-jet recording device is provided with a head for discharging droplets of ink, a flow path for supplying the ink to the head, said flow path including, in a portion thereof, a storage unit for storing the ink, a storage unit pressure adjustment unit for adjusting the pressure applied to the ink in the storage unit, and a temperature adjustment unit capable of adjusting the temperatures of the flow path and the head independently of each other. The temperature adjustment unit controls the temperatures of the flow path and the head so as to change the ink in the head from a solid to a liquid after the pressure is adjusted by the storage unit pressure adjustment unit so as to change the ink in the flow path from a solid to a liquid.
Disclosed are: an organic EL material which emits light having a short wavelength and has high luminous efficiency and long light emission life; an organic EL element which contains the organic EL material; and a lighting device and a display device, each of which comprises the organic EL element.
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
The disclosed device and method suppress damage to thin film glass caused by unevenly distributed stress generated in rolled thin film glass. The disclosed conveyance device (1) conveys long length thin film glass (G) along the lengthwise direction thereof via a feed roll (42), and winds the glass into a roll by means of a winding roll (3) which is adjacent to the feed roll (42). The feed roll (42) is arranged such that the length of the thin film glass (G), stretching between the feed roll (42) and the rolled glass wound by the winding roll (3), in the conveyance direction of said thin film glass, is at least 200mm.
C03B 35/00 - Transporting of glass products during their manufacture
B65D 85/48 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for glass sheets
B65D 85/672 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for web or tape-like material wound in flat spiral form on cores
B65G 49/06 - Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles for fragile sheets, e.g. glass
B65H 26/04 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs for variation in tension
B65H 27/00 - Special constructions, e.g. surface features, of feed or guide rollers for webs
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PHOTOCURABLE INK JET INK, METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE, MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE AND PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
C07D 207/452 - Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom with only hydrogen or carbon atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom having three double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members having two doubly-bound oxygen atoms directly attached in positions 2 and 5 with only hydrogen atoms or radicals containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms directly attached to other ring carbon atoms, e.g. maleimide with hydrocarbon radicals, substituted by hetero atoms, directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom
C07D 209/48 - Iso-indolesHydrogenated iso-indoles with oxygen atoms in positions 1 and 3, e.g. phthalimide
