| FUJIFILM CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120035477 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - An ultrasound image having a good image quality is generated in the neighborhood of a puncture needle without lowering the image quality of the whole ultrasound image. A first echo signal received by transmitting first ultrasonic waves focused on an imaging target position and a second echo signal received by transmitting second ultrasonic waves having the depth of the focal point positioned at a uniform position are obtained, the weights of the first echo signal and the second echo signal are determined according to the focal point positions of the respective ultrasonic waves, and weighted addition is performed to generate a corrected image. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035419 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An electronic endoscope system is composed of an electronic endoscope, a light source apparatus, and a temperature converter. The electronic endoscope has a CMOS sensor in a distal portion of an insert section to be inserted into a patient's body cavity. Illumination light from the light source apparatus is applied to the body cavity through the distal portion. The temperature converter obtains an average pixel value of an optical black (OB) region out of an imaging signal from the CMOS sensor, and converts the average OB pixel value into a temperature of the CMOS sensor on a frame-by-frame basis with the use of data in a temperature conversion table. The table represents a relationship between the average OB pixel value and the temperature of the CMOS sensor. Light quantity of the illumination light is adjusted in accordance with the temperature of the CMOS sensor to prevent deterioration of image quality. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034564 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A positive photosensitive composition includes:
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| 20120034559 | ACTINIC-RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM THEREFROM AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN THEREWITH - Provided is an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition, includes a resin (P) containing a repeating unit (A) that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, is decomposed to thereby generate an acid and a repeating unit (B) with a structure that when acted on by an acid, is decomposed to thereby increase its solubility in an alkali developer, and a compound (U) structured so that when the composition is formed into a film, the compound is unevenly distributed in a surface of the film. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034322 | INTESTINAL BACTERIAL FLORA DISTRIBUTION RATIO REGULATOR - A food or pharmaceutical capable of regulating an intestinal bacterial flora distribution ratio, which is safe and has few side effects, is provided. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033866 | DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - Structures in the vicinity of a target point (point of interest) within a diagnostic image are enabled to be observed in detail from multiple directions. Overview images ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032980 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE DEVICE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTION, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image display device including a display that displays an image according to a piece of photography image data on a display screen based on plural pieces of photography image data stored in a storage unit, so as to display another image that includes photography attitude angle information that represents an attitude angle with an angle altered according to the attitude angle alteration amount with respect to an attitude angle which is represented by the photography attitude angle information of the image which is displayed. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032960 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining section obtaining an input image; a first image processing section generating a predetermined quality image resulting from rendering the input image in high image quality using a predetermined image processing parameter; a display section displaying the predetermined quality image; a characteristic region identifying section identifying a plurality of characteristic regions in the input image; a parameter determining section determining, respectively for the plurality of characteristic regions, image processing parameters for rendering images of the plurality of characteristic regions, in higher image quality; a second image processing section generating a plurality of high quality characteristic-region images respectively of the plurality of characteristic regions, using the image processing parameters determined by the parameter determining section; and a display control section replacing the plurality of characteristic regions in the predetermined quality image under display, with the plurality of high quality characteristic-region images. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031460 | SOLAR BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A solar battery including a transparent conductive film; and a solar battery element, wherein the transparent conductive film is bonded to a surface of the solar battery element, and the transparent conductive film is electrically connected to the solar battery element. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030560 | WEBSITE BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND WEBSITE BROWSE ASSISTING METHOD - A website browse assisting method according to an aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes the steps of: receiving a request for desired page content from a client terminal; acquiring the requested page content; converting the acquired page content into an image; extracting UI information from the acquired page content; determining whether or not the extracted UI information is needed for the client terminal for each item of the UI information; generating UI metadata on the UI information determined to be needed for the client terminal; and transmitting the converted image and the generated UI metadata to the client terminal. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029344 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHIING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is a technique capable of reducing the burden on an examinee and improving imaging efficiency. A radiographic method includes: radiating radiation to a subject in different radiographing directions by moving a radiation source; capturing radiological images in the different radiographing directions using the emission of radiation; and acquiring an image using a modality that acquires an image related to anatomical information of the subject which is different from the radiological images during the movement of the radiation source from a predetermined radiographing direction to the next radiographing direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028467 | POLISHING FLUID AND POLISHING METHOD - Provided is a polishing fluid that has a fast polishing rate, and can selectively suppress polishing of layers including polysilicon or modified polysilicon during the chemical mechanical polishing in the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits, and a polishing method using the same. A polishing fluid used for the chemical mechanical polishing in which each of the components represented by the following (1) and (2) is included, the pH is 1.5 to 5.0, and a polishing workpiece can be polished in a range of a ratio represented by RR (other)/RR (p-Si) when the polishing rate of the first layer is RR (p-Si), and the polishing rate of the second layer is RR (other) of 1.5 to 200.
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| 20120028196 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND ORGANIC PROCESSING LIQUID FOR USE IN THE METHOD - An embodiment of the method of forming a pattern, comprises (a) forming a chemically amplified resist composition into a film, (b) exposing the film to light, and (c) processing the exposed film with an organic processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid contains an organic solvent whose normal boiling point is 175° C. or higher, the organic solvent being contained in the processing liquid in a content of less than 30 mass %. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028002 | ACTINIC RAY CURABLE INKJET INK COMPOSITION, PRINTED ARTICLE, SHAPED PRINTED PRODUCT, AND PRINTED ARTICLE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an actinic ray curable ink composition for inkjet recording, which has a high sensitivity for inhibiting a blocking phenomenon and capability for forming an image, obtained by curing, which exhibits excellent shaping suitability and punching suitability, and which includes: a colorant; a polymerization initiator; a polymerizable monomer; and organic fine particles, the polymerizable monomer containing a monofunctional monomer in an amount of 90% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the polymerizable monomer, and organic fine particles that are crosslinked. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027950 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD - To provide a pattern forming method, which contains: providing an active species-supplying source to a pattern formable body; and applying excitation light to the active species-supplying source to form an oxide film on a surface of the pattern formable body. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027830 | COSMETIC - The present invention provides a cosmetic composition comprising composite powder grains including: metal oxide flakes having an average thickness in a range of from 50 nm to 200 nm and an aspect ratio in a range of from 10 to 1000; and a coating layer which coat a surface of the metal oxide flakes, and which has a higher refractive index than that of the metal oxide flakes. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027170 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Even when one side of a radiological image detector is inclined with respect to a straight line linking two focal positions of radiation, an appropriate stereoscopic image is displayed. The amount d of shift between two radiological images in a direction perpendicular to a parallax direction is acquired and a stereoscopic image is displayed using the two radiological images which are relatively shifted in the direction perpendicular to the parallax direction so that the acquired amount d of shift is reduced. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027169 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image radiographing apparatus performing both an equal-magnification radiographing operation and an enlarged radiographing operation displays a stereoscopic image with a magnitude of parallax suitable for both radiographing operations without changing two focal positions of radiation. Two radiological images are relatively moved and displayed in a parallax direction which is obtained by projecting an extending direction of a straight line connecting two focal positions onto the corresponding radiological image based on the angle formed by two radiographing directions of two radiological images constituting the stereoscopic image and the enlargement ratio thereof. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027168 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS - It is possible to always display a stereoscopic image obtained by observing a subject from the front side even when the position of the subject is shifted. A radiological image radiographing and displaying method includes irradiating a subject with radiation emitted from two focal positions in two different radiographing directions, detecting a radiological image in each radiographing direction resulting from the irradiation with the radiation by the use of a radiological image detector, displaying a stereoscopic image using the two detected radiological images, acquiring position information of the subject in an extending direction of a straight line connecting two points obtained by projecting the two focal positions onto the radiological image detector, and changing the two radiographing directions based on the acquired position information. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027166 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes an overlapping area specifying unit which acquires a plurality of radiation images of the plurality of image capturing ranges of an elongate test subject in advance, specifies overlapping areas in the radiation images, and registers information of the specified overlapping areas in an information table, an image joining unit which acquires a plurality of radiation images of the plurality of image capturing ranges of the elongate subject, and joins the acquired plurality of radiation images based on the information of the overlapping areas registered in the information table to generate a single joined radiation image, and an image generating unit for generating a tomographic image on an arbitrary image plane based on the joined radiation image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026608 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes a first lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the image side of the imaging lens, a second lens that is a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side of the imaging lens, a third lens that is a negative lens having a concave surface facing the image side, a fourth lens that is a double-convex lens, a fifth lens that is a negative meniscus lens having a concave surface facing the object side, and a sixth lens that is a negative lens, which are arranged in this order from the object side. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026604 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group, which are arranged in this order from the object side of the zoom lens. The focal length of the entire system of the zoom lens is changeable by changing a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group. The first lens group includes two cemented lenses, each composed of a negative meniscus lens and a positive lens cemented together in this order from the object side, and a positive lens, and the two cemented lenses and the positive lens being arranged in this order from the object side. Further, a predetermined formula related to the focal length of the first lens group and the focal length of the entire system is satisfied. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026264 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method includes applying an ink composition including water, a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and polymer particles to a recording medium at an application amount of the ink composition of 6 g/m | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided which can effectively adapt stacked sheets of paper to the surrounding environment. A controller controls a moving member to move a position at which air is blown to an end portion of a sheet bundle in up and down direction of sheets of paper being stacked. The driving of an air blower is controlled so that the air volume when air is blown toward the lower-side end portion of the sheet bundle by the air blower is larger than the air volume when air is blown toward the upper-side end portion of the sheet bundle. By moving the position at which air is blown by the air blower in the up and down direction, it is possible to effectively adapt the stacked sheet bundle to the surrounding environment, compared with a case where air is simultaneously blown to the entire sheet bundle. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026240 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition includes: first pigment particles selected from self-dispersing carbon black and a carbon black of which at least a part is covered with a water-insoluble resin, in an amount of from 1% by mass to 5% by mass relative to the entire mass of the ink composition; second pigment particles formed by a cyan pigment of which at least a part is covered with a water-insoluble resin, in an amount of from 1% by mass to 50% by mass relative to the first pigment particles; water-insoluble resin particles A; and water. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026239 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an ink composition comprising a colorant, water and wax particles, the wax particles comprising at least two kinds of wax; an ink set including the ink composition; and a method of forming an image using the ink composition. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026236 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An inkjet recording method is provided that includes an image formation step of forming an image on a recording medium by discharging an ink composition containing a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator and having a surface tension at 25° C. in a range of 34.0 to 40.0 mN/m using an inkjet head having a nozzle plate with a face on the ink discharge side treated so as to have affinity for an ink, and a curing step of curing the ink composition by irradiating the discharged ink composition with actinic radiation. There is also provided a printed material recorded by the inkjet recording method. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026235 | INKJET INK COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An inkjet ink composition is provided that includes (Component 1-A) an N-vinyllactam, (Component 1-B) a compound represented by Formula (1), and (Component 1-C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a bisacylphosphine compound, a thioxanthone compound, a thiochromanone compound, and an α-aminoketone compound, the inkjet ink composition either not comprising a silicone-based surfactant or a fluorine-based surfactant or comprising a silicone-based surfactant and a fluorine-based surfactant at a total content of greater than 0 wt % but no greater than 0.03 wt % relative to the entire weight of the inkjet ink composition. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026225 | Line image forming method and apparatus - A line image forming method includes the steps of: ejecting a plurality of droplets of liquid sequentially from an inkjet head, the liquid containing a functional component; and depositing the droplets of the liquid onto a non-permeable medium, the deposited droplets becoming joined together on the non-permeable medium to form a line pattern of the liquid, wherein a receding contact angle of the liquid with respect to the non-permeable medium being not larger than 10°. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026162 | DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING PROGRAM, AND DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - Providing a diagnosis assisting apparatus that allows, in a diagnostic screen of a tubular tissue, easy understanding of the positional relationship between a curved cutting surface represented by a CPR image and the tubular tissue. Extracting a tubular tissue region representing a tubular tissue from volume data obtained by imaging and setting a core line to the tubular tissue, generating a CPR image which includes the core line and a longitudinal section of the tubular tissue region, obtaining the longitudinal section from the CPR image generation means, generating a pseudo three-dimensional image that includes a mark representing the obtained longitudinal section, as well as the tubular tissue in the extracted tubular tissue region based on the volume data, and displaying the pseudo three-dimensional image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025190 | Radiation detector - The present invention provides a radiation detector that may set output characteristics of an electrical signal for output so as to match the detection range of an amplifier. Namely, a charge storage capacitor is provided to each sensor section so as to be electrically connected to a bias line in parallel to the respective sensor section. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025185 | ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - An electroluminescence device ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025184 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - In an electroluminescence device, highly efficient light emission is realized without reducing the durability thereof. The electroluminescence device includes electrodes, a plurality of layers deposited between the electrodes, a light emitting region between the plurality of layers, the light emitting region emitting light by application of an electric field between the electrodes. The plurality of layers include a metal thin-film in the vicinity of the light emitting region. The metal thin-film induces plasmon resonance on the surface thereof by the emitted light. Surface modification is provided on at least one of the surfaces of the metal thin-film. The surface modification includes an end group having polarity that makes the work function of the metal thin-film become close to the work function of at least a layer next to the metal thin-film. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025179 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion element includes: an electrically conductive thin layer; an organic photoelectric conversion layer containing a compound having a partial structure represented by formula (I) and a fullerene or a fullerene derivative; and a transparent electrically conductive thin layer: | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025088 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS - To display a stereoscopic image enabling a viewer to appropriately view the entire image stereoscopically even when the inclination of a detection plane of a radiological image detector is changed depending on the radiographing directions of radiological images constituting a stereoscopic image. The inclination of a detection plane of a radiological image detector is changed depending on radiographing directions and a stereoscopic image is displayed using projected radiological images obtained by projecting radiological images detected on the inclined detection plane onto a plane perpendicular to a desired viewpoint direction of the stereoscopic image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024572 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR USING THE SAME, AND TOUCH PANEL CONTAINING THE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - A conductive composition including metal nanowires having an average minor axis diameter of 5 nm to 45 nm, and a water-insoluble polymer containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024224 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A resin composition for laser engraving, comprising (Component A) a compound having two or more ring structures selected from the group consisting of an epoxy ring, an oxetane ring and a five-membered carbonate ring, (Component B) a curing agent capable of reacting with Component A to thus form a crosslinked structure, and (Component C) a compound having at least one of a hydrolyzable silyl group and a silanol group. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120022327 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - Widening an angle of view, and obtaining a clear image with no distortion by sufficiently correcting an aberration caused by widening the angle of view. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021358 | PROCESS FOR MAKING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, DEVELOPER FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR, AND REPLENISHER FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR DEVELOPMENT - A process for making a lithographic printing plate is provided that includes (A) a step of preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor that includes above a support a photosensitive layer that includes (i) a binder polymer, (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iii) a radical polymerization initiator, (B) an exposure step of exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor, and (C) a development step of removing the photosensitive layer of a non-exposed area of the lithographic printing plate precursor, the development step (C) being carried out by means of a developer that includes an enzyme. There are also provided a developer for a lithographic printing plate precursor, the developer including (a) an enzyme and (b) a surfactant, and a replenisher for lithographic printing plate precursor development, the replenisher including an enzyme. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021356 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE SUPPORT AND PRESENSITIZED PLATE - A presensitized plate bringing about the lithographic printing plate which exhibits a high resistance to scumming and in which formation of bulges causing image dropouts is suppressed is provided with the lithographic printing plate support which includes an aluminum plate and an anodized film of aluminum provided on the aluminum plate, and has a micropore extending in the anodized film in the direction of depth from a film surface opposite with a film surface facing the aluminum plate. The micropore is sealed at least partially on its inside with protrusions made of boehmite, and the protrusions made of boehmite which are located on the anodized film have a mean height of less than 15 nm. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021354 | COLORED CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR RESIST, INK-JET INK, COLOR FILTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY, AND COLORANT COMPOUND AND TAUTOMER THEREOF - A colored curable composition including: at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following Formula (1a) and a tautomer thereof; and at least one polymerizable compound, | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021253 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - [Problem] Provided is a novel lubricant composition that is useful as a material of a lubricating layer of a magnetic recording medium. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image processing device includes an image data input unit for receiving data of moving images and still images; an image grouping unit for classifying the moving images and the still images into groups; an image analyzer for analyzing the moving images and the still images classified by group, and obtaining analysis information of the images, and information on relationship between the moving images and the still images; a frame image extractor for extracting frame images from the moving images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; a layout determining unit for determining a layout of the still images and the frame images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; and an image arranging unit for arranging the still images and the frame images according to the layout. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020513 | DOCUMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method, and associated apparatus, for printed document verification. A document to be printed will have related content data, imposition data, and finishing data, wherein the imposition data describes at least one imposition signature for the document and the finishing data describes the application of one or more finishing operations to be performed in order to produce the printed document. This data is obtained using an input device and is passed to a representation system that generates an electronic output representation of the document to be printed and finished, in accordance with the said content, imposition and finishing data. An operator can then inspect this electronic representation to check for errors that might arise. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020464 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND COMPRESSION PADDLE - A radiographic image capturing device includes a subject table including a pressed surface against which a breast of a subject is pressed; and a compression paddle support portion including a first member and a second member, and to which a compression paddle is attached by sandwiching the compression paddle between the first member and the second member, and including multiple pressure sensors for detecting pressures applied to multiple sites of the attached compression paddle. At least one of the subject table or the compression paddle support portion is movable in a first direction that is toward and away from one another. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020454 | Radiation imaging system and collimator unit - A collimator unit includes a filter set for regulating a spectrum of X-rays emitted from an X-ray source, and a source grating having plural X-ray shielding portions and X-ray transmitting portions. The X-ray shielding portions and X-ray transmitting portions extend in a y direction parallel to a rotational axis of a rotating anode of the X-ray source, and are alternately arranged in an x direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction (z direction) of the X-rays. The intensity of the X-rays is reduced in the y direction by a heel effect. However, further reduction in the intensity of the X-rays by vignetting does not occur in the y direction. Since the filter set is disposed upstream from the source grating in an application direction of the X-rays, the source grating forms arrayed narrow focuses of X-ray beams from the X-rays disturbed by a filter element. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019938 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR CEMENTED LENS, IMAGING LENS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - A curable resin composition for a cemented lens capable of manufacturing a cemented lens excellent in heat resistance in reflowing treatment at a temperature of 260° C. or higher and adhesion between lenses, and capable of reducing manufacturing costs of lenses and capable of lightening lenses, is provided. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019766 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming a hard coat layer having a surface energy of less than 30 mN/m and a pencil hardness of at least 2H on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d). | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019765 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming an antistatic layer having a surface energy of at least 30 mN/m on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d). | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019532 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM - Three-dimensional processing is applied to more than one images taken from different points of view to generate a stereoscopic image, and the stereoscopic image is stereoscopically displayed. An instruction to control a stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopically displayed stereoscopic image is received, and the three-dimensional processing is applied to the more than one images to achieve a stereoscopic effect according to the instruction. Then, control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction are recorded in a recording unit with the control values being associated with the more than one images. At this time, if there are the control values of the stereoscopic effect recorded in the recording unit, difference values between the control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction and the recorded control values of the stereoscopic effect are recorded in the recording unit. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019125 | DISPERSION-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - A dispersion-type electroluminescence device is provided, the dispersion-type electroluminescence device including: a pair of electrodes including a transparent electrode and a back electrode; and at least a light emitting layer provided between the pair of electrodes, the light emitting layer containing phosphor particles, wherein the phosphor particles have D10 of more than 10 μm, D90 of less than 32 μm, and a D90/D10 value of less than 2.40, where D10 and D90 are particle diameters at 10% and 90% values in cumulative distribution of particle size distribution. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018685 | Optical film, retardation film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device - An optical film contains a cellulose ester and more than 30% by mass, relative to the cellulose ester, of a condensation product of at least one polyhydric alcohol having an average of 2.01 or more carbon atoms and at least one polybasic acid having an average of 4.10 or more carbon atoms, and at least one of the at least one polyhydric alcohol contains at least three carbon atoms bonded together without being interrupted by any other atom. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018665 | MAGNETIC PARTICLE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing a magnetic particle, which comprises attaching a transition metal-containing organic compound to a surface of a hard magnetic particle and then thermally decomposing the transition metal-containing organic compound to obtain the magnetic particle. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018641 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes: a radiation image capturing device that includes an irradiation detecting/image capturing mode in which a start of irradiation of radiation is detected and a radiation image is captured; a detection unit that detects whether a radiographer has completed positioning of a subject with respect to the radiation image capturing device or has completed image capturing preparation; and a control unit that controls the radiation image capturing device to transit to the irradiation detecting/image capturing mode, in a case in which it is detected by the detection unit that the radiographer has completed the positioning of the subject or has completed the image capturing preparation. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018640 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing device includes: an image capturing unit that captures a radiation image using irradiated radiation; a radiation detection unit that detects the radiation; a determination unit that determines whether image capturing preparation is completed; and a control unit that starts detection of the radiation by the radiation detection unit, in a case in which the determination unit determines that the image capturing preparation is completed, and controls the image capturing unit to capture a radiation image, in a case in which the radiation detection unit detects the radiation. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018011 | CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR ENDOSCOPE - A check valve assembly includes a valve housing upstream of an endoscope. A tubular discharge nozzle unit is mounted in the valve housing, and supplied with fluid by a fluid supply source. The discharge nozzle unit includes a large diameter portion, a small diameter portion, formed on the large diameter portion on a distal side, and having a closed distal end nearer to the endoscope, and a fluid opening formed through a wall of the small diameter portion. An elastic tubular portion (sleeve) is contained in the valve housing, disposed around the small and large diameter portions, shaped tubularly with a substantially regular thickness, having an inner diameter which is smaller than an outer diameter of the small diameter portion in a normal state, for preventing the fluid from backflow into the fluid opening through the outer surface on a side downstream of the discharge nozzle unit. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017993 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SOLAR BATTERY USING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor circuit on an insulated metal substrate, which includes an anodized film formed on at least one side of an Al substrate, wherein the Al substrate has a potential higher than an average potential of the semiconductor circuit when the semiconductor circuit is driven. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017977 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is provided which is capable of providing a potential gradient in the thickness direction, can be manufactured at a lower cost than a layer formed by vacuum film forming, and capable of providing high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is a layer that generates a current by absorbing light and is formed of a particle layer in which a plurality of particles is disposed in plane and thickness directions. Preferably, the photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer includes, as the plurality of particles, a plurality of types of particles having different band-gaps, and the potential in the thickness direction of the layer is distributed. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017969 | SOLAR CELL DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A solar cell device is formed of an insulating layer provided metal substrate and a photoelectric conversion circuit, which includes a photoelectric conversion layer, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode, formed on the substrate. The substrate is constituted by a metal substrate and a porous Al anodized film. The metal substrate is formed of a base material of a metal having a higher rigidity, a high heat resistance, and a smaller linear thermal expansion coefficient than Al and an Al material integrated by pressure bonding to at least one surface thereof, and the porous Al anodized film is formed on a surface of the Al material. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017842 | MEASUREMENT OBJECT HOLDER, LIVING BODY HOLDER, AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A measurement object holder that holds a measurement object in an optical measurement instrument, wherein the optical measurement instrument takes, as the measurement object, a living body in which isotropic scattering of light occurs inside and receives light emitted from the measurement object is disclosed. The measurement object holder includes a block that is formed in a predetermined outer shape by a material having optical properties in which the isotropic scattering of light occurs inside; and a cavity portion that is formed inside the block, that has an inner shape following the outer shape of the measurement object and in which the measurement object is accommodated. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017787 | RELIEF PRINTING PLATE, PLATE-MAKING METHOD FOR THE RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PLATE-MAKING APPARATUS FOR THE RELIEF PRINTING PLATE - According to an aspect of the invention, on the relief printing plate where a relief serving as a halftone dot is formed on a surface of a plate material, an elliptical frustoconical relief is formed as the relief as well as the minor direction of the elliptical frustum matches the printing direction so that the longitudinal section of the relief in the same direction as in the printing direction is smaller than the longitudinal section of the relief in a direction orthogonal to the printing direction. Thereby, the relief having the aforementioned sectional shape has resistance to pressure as a whole of the relief as well as flexibility in the printing direction. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120017144 | CONTENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a content analysis apparatus including an input section which inputs original content; a content analyzer which analyzes details of the original content input into the input section and acquires content analysis information which is information pertaining to the content; and an anchor point information generator which analyzes an anchor point where a visual line of a reader stops and a transition sequence of the anchor point with respect to the original content input into the input section pursuant to a prescribed analysis rule corresponding to the original content input into the input section, and generates anchor point information indicating the analyzed anchor point and the transition sequence of the anchor point. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016293 | ENDOSCOPE GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM - Gases are smoothly and automatically switched when using two gas supply sources, that is, an air pump and a carbon dioxide gas cylinder. By using a gas supply flow rate adjusting unit, a carbon dioxide gas is supplied to an endoscope, and a gas using a carbon dioxide gas and water are delivered. When the remaining amount of the carbon dioxide gas of the cylinder is detected and the detected pressure of the carbon dioxide gas becomes less than a predetermined value, the air pump is rotated to supply pressurized air. The rotation number of the air pump is controlled, and the same amount of pressurized air is supplied as that of the supplied carbon dioxide gas. The switching to the pressurized air is automatically performed. The supply amounts before and after the switching become equal to each other, and a surgical operator does not feel any discomfort. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016201 | ENDOSCOPE BEAM SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The endoscope beam source apparatus includes a beam source for emitting a radiation beam to be supplied to the endoscope, and a beam source control unit for controlling the emission beam intensity of the beam source according to a beam quantity specified value input therein. The beam source control unit specifies the emission beam intensity corresponding to the beam quantity specified value based on at least three of control amounts. The control amounts include a control amount corresponding to pulse number modulation (PNM) control for changing lighting time of the beam source, a control amount corresponding to pulse width modulation (PWM) control for changing a plus width which indicates the lighting or lighting-out time within a control cycle, a control amount corresponding to pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) control for changing the lighting intensity, and a control amount corresponding to pulse density modulation (PDM) control for changing a lighting interval. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016200 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The endoscope system includes an endoscope, a control unit, a beam source control unit and a type check unit. The endoscope has a radiation optical system for radiating a beam from a beam source onto a subject and an imaging optical system including an imaging device. The endoscope is removably connected to the control unit. The beam source control unit controls the emission beam intensity of the beam source according to a beam quantity specified value input from the control unit. The type check unit checks a type of the imaging device mounted on the endoscope. The beam source control unit has a plurality of control patterns representing a relationship between the beam quantity specified value and a control output value, switches to any one of the control patterns according to the check results, and controls the emission beam intensity according to the switched control pattern. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016199 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - To widen an angle of view and make an image surface coincide with the neighborhood of an image pickup surface over the whole angle of view. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015302 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: (A) a resin capable of increasing a solubility of the resin (A) in an alkali developer by an action of an acid; and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, wherein (B) the compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation is contained in an amount of 10 to 30 mass % based on the entire solid content of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, and a pattern forming method uses the composition. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015301 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including: (A) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, the resin containing (a) a repeating unit represented by the following formula (AN-01), (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a resin that contains at least either a fluorine atom or a silicon atom and contains a repeating unit having a group capable of decomposing by the action of an alkali developer to increase the solubility in an alkali developer: | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015293 | POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION FOR USE IN LIQUID IMMERSION EXPOSURE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE PATTERN USING THE SAME - A positive type resist composition for use in liquid immersion exposure comprises: (A) a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon structure, the resin increasing its solubility in an alkali developer by an action of acid; (B) a compound generating acid upon irradiation with one of an actinic ray and a radiation; (C) an alkali soluble compound having an alkyl group of 5 or more carbon atoms; and (D) a solvent. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ALUMINUM ALLOY STRIP FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - An apparatus for manufacturing aluminum alloy strip for a lithographic printing plate supports includes a filter, a launder connected to the filter, a liquid level controller connected to the launder, and a melt feed nozzle connected to the liquid level controller. The liquid level controller includes a step to trap settled particles within an aluminum melt which forms the alloy strip. The launder has a length L (m) which satisfies the condition | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014685 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. Ina reproducing mode, displayposture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014585 | RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A multiple resolution converting means administers multiple resolution conversion on a plurality of radiation images, which are targets of comparison, to generate a plurality of band images having different frequency bands. An image processing means administers image processes on the plurality of band images having corresponding frequency bands to match the appearances thereof, based on anatomical information of structures included in the mammogram MA reconstructing means reconstructs the band images, on which the image processes have been administered, to generate processed radiation images. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014561 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE TAKING METHOD - An image taking apparatus according to an aspect of the invention comprises: an image pickup device which picks up an object image and outputs the picked-up image data; a face detection device which detects human faces in the image data; a face-distance calculating device which calculates the distance between the faces among a plurality of faces detected by the face detection device; and a controlling device which controls the image pickup device to start shooting, after a shooting instruction is issued, in the case where the distance between the faces calculated by the face-distance calculating device is not greater than a first predetermined threshold value. The image taking apparatus allows shooting the moment the distance between the faces is close enough not be greater than to a predetermined threshold value. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014505 | RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information obtaining means obtains imaging information related to states during imaging and positioning information related to positioning of breasts during imaging regarding a plurality of mammograms, which are targets of comparison. An image processing means administers image processes onto the plurality of mammograms based on predetermined image processing conditions. A judging means judges whether image processes are to be administered onto the plurality of mammograms according to the same image processing conditions, based on the imaging information and the positioning information. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014498 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a radiation source for applying radiation to a subject and at least one marker; a detecting unit for detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject; and an image obtaining unit for moving the radiation source relative to the detecting means, applying the radiation to the subject from a plurality of radiation source positions provided by the movement of the radiation source, and obtaining a plurality of images corresponding respectively to the radiation source positions. The apparatus further includes a radiation source position obtaining unit for obtaining positional information of each radiation source position of interest relative to a reference radiation source position among the radiation source positions based on at least one marker image contained in each of a reference image obtained with the reference radiation source position and an image of interest obtained with the radiation source position of interest. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012754 | Diffraction grating, method for producing the same, and radiation imaging apparatus - When a substrate is curved cylindrically, stress concentrates along a stress concentration line on the substrate. First to fourth sub-diffraction gratings are arranged on the substrate such that the stress concentration line overlaps one of the sub-diffraction gratings. This reinforces the substrate to improve its stiffness along the stress concentration line and thus prevents the damage to the substrate along the stress concentration line. Additionally, for example, the first to fourth sub-diffraction gratings are arranged on the substrate such that a gap between the first and second sub-diffraction gratings is out of alignment with a gap between the third and fourth sub-diffraction gratings in a direction of the stress concentration line. This also reinforces the substrate and prevents the damage to the substrate along a line or a portion other than the stress concentration line. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012182 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer having high photoelectric conversion efficiency is provided at a low cost. Photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is a layer that generates a current by absorbing light and is formed of a particle layer in which a plurality of plate-like particles is disposed only in a plane direction or a sintered body thereof, or a particle layer in which a plurality of plate-like particles is disposed in a plane direction and a thickness direction or a sintered body thereof. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010465 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A first irradiation portion that radiates white light onto a subject, a second irradiation portion that radiates narrow bandwidth light having a narrower wavelength bandwidth than the white light, and an observation window used to observe the subject are respectively disposed on a leading end surface of an endoscope insertion portion. Each of the first and second irradiation portions includes a pair of irradiation windows for emitting light therefrom. A straight line passing through a center point of the observation window and bisecting the leading end surface is defined as a boundary line. The pair of irradiation windows of the first irradiation portion are disposed on both sides of the boundary line. The pair of irradiation windows of the second irradiation portion are disposed on the both sides of the boundary line. Spectra of lights radiated from the irradiation windows of the second irradiation portion can be changed individually. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009522 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, wherein when a film having a film thickness of 100 nm is formed from the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, the film has a transmittance of 55 to 80% for light at a wavelength of 193 nm, and a pattern forming method using the composition are provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009385 | RESIN COMPLEX AND LAMINATE - A resin complex which is capable of being plated, is highly hydrophobic, and has excellent molding properties and good adhesion to a plated layer, a laminate including a layer of the resin complex, and a method of manufacturing the laminate are provided. The resin complex capable of being plated includes a hydrophobic compound A having a functional group capable of interacting with a plating catalyst, its precursor or a metal, and a hydrophobic resin B incompatible with the hydrophobic compound A. The resin complex has a phase-separated morphology in which the hydrophobic compound A forms a dispersed phase and the hydrophobic resin B forms a continuous phase and the hydrophobic compound A is exposed on at least part of a surface of the resin complex. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008748 | MOBILE X-RAY DEVICE - A mobile X-ray device | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007860 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SHUTTER ARRAY - An optical shutter array is constituted by a first electrode that transmits three colors of light, a modulating layer that transmits the three colors of light transmitted through the first electrode, formed by a material of which the refractive index changes by application of voltage; and a second electrode constituted by a plurality of linear electrodes arranged in each of a plurality of divided regions, into which pixel portions have been divided, that transmit the three colors of light transmitted through the modulating layer. The first electrode, the modulating layer, and the second electrode are layered and provided between a pair of partially light transmitting mirrors. A configuration is adopted, in which the three colors of light transmitted through the linear electrodes are sequentially transmitted through the partially light transmitting mirror by sequentially switching and applying voltages to the linear electrodes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120006788 | CHEMICAL AMPLIFICATION RESIST COMPOSITION, AND MOLD PREPARATION METHOD AND RESIST FILM USING THE SAME - A chemical amplification resist composition that is used for preparation of a mold, and a mold preparation method and a resist film each using the composition are provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005564 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A content distribution system comprising an anchor point information generation unit to analyze anchor points that are positions at which a reader's visual line stops and a transition order of the anchor points with respect to original contents in accordance with a specific analytical rule corresponding to the original contents and generate anchor point information indicating the analyzed anchor points and the transition order of the anchor points. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004551 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and ultrasonic diagnosis method - An ultrasonic diagnosis method of one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter: transmitting ultrasonic waves to an object through an ultrasonic probe including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, and outputting ultrasonic detection signals after receiving the ultrasonic waves reflected by the object; calculating at least one of a reception time and a reception wave at each of respective elements corresponding to two or more lattice points at different depths in the object with respect to the ultrasonic probe; and calculating a local sound velocity which is a sound velocity in a local region, using calculated one of the reception time and the reception wave. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004550 | Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and ultrasonic diagnosis method - An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe which includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers which transmit ultrasonic waves to an object, receive the ultrasonic waves reflected by the object, and output ultrasonic detection signals; a reception time calculating device which calculates at least one of a reception time and a reception wave at each of elements corresponding to lattice points set in a shallower region than a region of interest in the object; an image generating device which generates an image at a lattice point in the region of interest, based on a hypothetical sound velocity set in the region of interest and the calculated one of the reception time and the reception wave; an image analyzing device which analyzes the generated image; and a local sound velocity calculating device which calculates a local sound velocity in the region of interest, based on a result of the image analysis. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004410 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL COMPRISING ORTHOMETALATED IRIDIUM COMPLEX, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, HIGH EFFICIENCY RED LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND NOVEL IRIDIUM COMPLEX - A light-emitting material comprises iridium and at least one ligand represented by the following formula: | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004385 | MAINTENANCE LIQUID - Disclosed is a maintenance liquid for property carrying out imprints excellent in patternability. The maintenance liquid for imprints of an ink-jet discharging device comprises a compound comprising an ester group and/or an ether group. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003591 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND DEVELOPER FOR USE IN THE METHOD - Provided is a method of forming a pattern, including (a) forming a chemically amplified resist composition into a film, (b) exposing the film to light, and (c) developing the exposed film with a developer containing an organic solvent, wherein the developer contains an alcohol compound (X) at a content of 0 to less than 500 ppm based on the total mass of the developer. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003590 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin having (A) a repeating unit represented by a specific formula (I) and (B) a repeating unit capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003586 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM USING THE SAME AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - Provided are an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition; a resist film using the composition; and a pattern forming method. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (A) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, the resin containing a repeating unit represented by formula (I), a repeating unit represented by formula (II) and a repeating unit represented by formula (III), and (B) a compound capable of generating a fluorine atom-containing acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation: | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003585 | ACTINIC-RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE COMPOSITION - According to one embodiment, an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises (A) any of the compounds of General Formula (I) below and (B) a resin that contains the residue (c) of a compound having an ionization potential value lower than that of phenol and when acted on by an acid, exhibits an increased solubility in an alkali developer, | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003583 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE COMPOSITION - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising (A) a guanidine compound having a logP value of 1.2 or more, and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003503 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprising dispersing magnetic particles in a water-based solvent having a pH that is lower than an isoelectric point of the magnetic particles to prepare a magnetic liquid, wherein the dispersing is conducted to a state of dispersion where a particle diameter in liquid is equal to or lower than 35 nm; adjusting a zeta potential of the magnetic particles to within a range of 0 to 25 mV by modifying a surface of the magnetic particles with the addition of a prescribed surface-modifying agent to the. magnetic liquid; dispersing the magnetic particles after the adjusting together with an organic solvent and a binder to prepare a magnetic coating material; and forming a magnetic layer of the magnetic recording medium with the magnetic coating material that has been prepared. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003437 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING MATERIAL AND PHOTOSENSITIVE FILM USING THE SAME, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, PATTERN FILM, ANTIREFLECTION FILM, INSULATING FILM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photosensitive composition contains (A) a polymer obtained from a silsesquioxane constituted of one or two or more kinds of a cage-shaped silsesquioxane compound represented by the specific formula. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003436 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING MATERIAL, AND PHOTOSENSITIVE FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, PATTERN FILM, LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX FILM, OPTICAL DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE EACH USING THE SAME - A photosensitive composition contains (A) a hollow or porous particle, (B) a compound capable of generating an active species upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a compound capable of changing in the solubility for an alkali developer by the action of the active species. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003288 | DISPERSION COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPERSION COMPOSITION - The present invention provides: a dispersion composition including a poorly water-soluble polyphenol compound, an emulsifier including a sucrose fatty acid ester, and a water-soluble polymer, in which a content of a polyglycerin fatty acid ester in the composition is 0, or 0.1 or fewer times a total mass of the sucrose fatty acid ester in the composition, and a particle size of the dispersed particles including the poorly water-soluble polyphenol is 200 nm or smaller; and a method for manufacturing the dispersion composition, the method including an oil phase preparation process in which an oil phase is prepared by dissolving one or more oil phase components including the poorly water-soluble polyphenol in a good solvent for the poorly water-soluble polyphenol compound, and a mixing process in which the obtained oil phase and a phase of a poor solvent for the poorly water-soluble polyphenol compound are mixed to obtain the dispersion composition which includes the poorly water-soluble polyphenol compound and includes dispersed particles having an average volume particle size of 200 nm or smaller. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002855 | STENT LOCALIZATION IN 3D CARDIAC IMAGES - Systems and methods are described for automatically identifying coronary stents within a 3D cardiac image. Based on feature analysis on a cardiac image, coronary stents can be detected by filtering the cardiac images for stent candidates, applying a score based on factors related to coronary stents and applying a threshold. Once coronary stents are identified, in-stent restenosis and stent fractures can be further detected. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002785 | Grating production method, diffraction grating device, and radiation imaging apparatus - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a diffraction grating device. The diffraction grating device has a composite grating, including small grating plates having radiopaque areas and radio-transparent areas arranged in a grating pattern, and a first support plate being radio-transparent, for receiving the small grating plates secured thereto. A first holding plate being radio-transparent retains the composite grating thereon. The first holding plate includes a concave surface for retaining and curving the composite grating. A second holding plate being radio-transparent is secured to the composite grating, for sandwiching in cooperation with the first holding plate. Also, an opening is formed in each of the holding plates to open in an area of the small grating plates. A clamping cap squeezes the holding plates for sealing. Also, a second support plate being radio-transparent sandwiches the small grating plates with the first support plate. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002784 | Radiographic image capturing apparatus and radiographic image capturing system - A radiographic image capturing apparatus has a mobile cart unit, a radiation source device detachably attached to the cart unit and including a radiation source, a detector device detachably attached to the cart unit and including a radiation detector, a determiner for determining whether or not a present position of the cart unit is in a predesignated zone, and an electric power supply activator enabling supply of electric power at least between the radiation source device and the detector device, if the determiner judges that the present position is in the predesignated zone. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002301 | ZOOM LENS APPARATUS HAVING MOVABLE LENS HOLDER - A zoom lens apparatus includes a movable magnification lens component, a stationary barrel, a movable lens holder, and a rotatable cam barrel. Plural cam grooves are formed in the cam barrel, have a pair of cam surfaces opposed to one another, for moving the movable lens holder in the optical axis direction by rotation of the cam barrel relative to the stationary barrel. Plural shaft devices are disposed on a peripheral surface of the movable lens holder, for extending in a radial direction being perpendicular to the optical axis direction. A cam follower device is secured to each of the shaft devices, and inserted in each of the cam grooves. A pair of cam follower surfaces are provided on the cam follower device, deformable resiliently about each of the shaft devices, and pressed by respectively the cam surfaces. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002125 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING LIGHT-REFLECTIVE FILM AND LIGHT-REFLECTIVE FILM - A process for producing a light-reflective film is disclosed. The process comprises (a) applying a curable liquid crystal composition to a first film having a thickness of d | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001201 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - In a radiation image detection apparatus having a radiation image detector that includes the following stacked in the order listed below: a bias electrode, a photoconductive layer, a substrate side charge transport layer, and an active matrix substrate, the radiation image detector does not include an area adjacent to the interface between the substrate side charge transport layer and photoconductive layer having an oxygen or chlorine element density not less than two times the average density of oxygen or chlorine element in the substrate side charge transport layer. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001133 | PIGMENT COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING INK, COLORING COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTER, AND COLOR FILTER - A pigment composition including (A) an azo pigment represented by formula (1), and | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001080 | RADIATION DETECTION ELEMENT AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect irradiation of radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, the present invention provides a radiation detection element and a radiographic imaging apparatus, in which radiographic imaging pixels and radiation detection pixels are provided at intersecting portions of scan lines and signal lines. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001079 | Radiation detecting element and radiographic imaging device - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, in the radiation detecting element and the radiographic imaging device of the present invention, plural pixels including radiographic imaging pixels and plural radiation detection pixels are disposed in a matrix in a detection region that detects radiation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110319744 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD - A region selecting means sequentially selects a plurality of partial regions, into which a range to be imaged of a subject is divided. A light irradiation detecting section detects light which is irradiated onto the subject from a laser light source. A signal obtaining section samples acoustic signals detected by probe elements corresponding to the selected partial region, and stores the acoustic signals in an element data memory. An image constructing section constructs a tomographic image of the subject based on the data read out from the element data memory. A synchronization correction processing section obtains the differences in the timings at which the light irradiation detecting section has detected irradiation of light, and corrects the temporal axes of the sampled data in the element data memory based on the obtained timing differences. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319743 | ULTRASONIC PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - An ultrasonic photoacoustic imaging apparatus which includes a probe incorporating an array transducer having a plurality of transducers and an acoustic image generation unit that generates, based on a mixed signal obtained by converting an acoustic wave, in which an ultrasonic wave and a photoacoustic wave are mixed and making use of a difference between phase shift aspect of electrical signals of the ultrasonic waves from the same reflection source in the inside of the subject and phase shift aspect of electrical signals of the photoacoustic waves from the same generation source in the inside of the subject, an electrical signal reflecting the ultrasonic wave and an electrical signal reflecting the photoacoustic wave, and generates an ultrasonic image based on the electrical signal reflecting the ultrasonic wave and a photoacoustic image based on the electrical signal reflecting the photoacoustic wave. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319716 | GAS SUPPLY AND LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS - A gas supply and liquid supply apparatus includes: a first fluid pipe which is provided in a distal end part of an insertion part of an endoscope, the first fluid pipe for supplying a first fluid; a second fluid pipe which is provided in the distal end part of the insertion part of the endoscope together with the first fluid pipe, the second fluid pipe for supplying a second fluid; and a confluence pipe which is connected to the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe, a central axis of the confluence pipe in a connection portion to the first fluid pipe and the second fluid pipe having a skew relationship to at least any one of a central axis of the first fluid pipe and a central axis of the second fluid pipe. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319712 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system is able to stably obtain an image free from speckle interference. A captured image including a first basic color component B on which a speckle noise of a laser beam is superimposed and a second basic color component G not including the speckle noise. A speckle noise component Bs is extracted based on difference information between the first basic color component B and the second basic color component G Based on the extracted speckle noise component Bs, the speckle noise component Bs is removed from the first basic color component B, so as to obtain a good observation image free from the speckle noise. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319711 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE, IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD - In a search mode of an electronic endoscope system, ordinary light images and special light images are captured from a body cavity respectively under white light and special light. Simultaneously, biological information on the body cavity is acquired from image signals obtained under the special light. The ordinary and special light images are associated with the acquired biological information and stored in an image accumulator. By pressing a lock-on switch while confining a target in an area designating frame on an ordinary image on a monitor, the target is designated and biological information on the target is determined. Thereafter, biological information associated with the latest image in the image accumulator is compared with the biological information on the search target. If the latest image contains an area having the same biological information as the search target, the area designating frame is displayed on that area on the monitor. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319563 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING RELIEF PRINTING PLATE - A resin composition is provided that includes two or more types of compounds selected from the group consisting of (Component A) a compound comprising a silicon atom having a total of one or two alkoxy and hydroxy groups, (Component B) a compound comprising a silicon atom having a total of three alkoxy and hydroxy groups, and (Component C) a compound comprising a silicon atom having a total of four alkoxy and hydroxy groups. There are also provided a relief printing plate precursor that includes a relief-forming layer formed from the resin composition, a process for producing a relief printing plate precursor that includes a layer formation step of forming a relief-forming layer from the resin composition and a crosslinking step of thermally crosslinking the relief-forming layer so as to form a crosslinked relief-forming layer. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318693 | ACTINIC-RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the composition contains a resin (P) containing a repeating unit (A) that is configured to decompose when exposed to actinic rays or radiation to thereby generate an acid. The repeating unit (A) contains a cation structure with a monocyclic or polycyclic heterocycle containing a nitrogen atom. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318691 | RESIST COMPOSITION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR, AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An embodiment of the composition contains any of compounds of general formula (I) below: | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318687 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition including: (A) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a resin which contains (c) a repeating unit having at least one polarity conversion group and has at least either a fluorine atom or a silicon atom. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318537 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE - There are provided a resin composition for laser engraving that can give a relief printing plate having excellent hardness, film elasticity, printing durability, and aqueous ink transfer properties and that has excellent rinsing properties for engraving residue generated when laser-engraving a printing plate and excellent engraving sensitivity in laser engraving, a relief printing plate precursor employing the resin composition for laser engraving, a process for producing a relief printing plate employing the same, and a relief printing plate obtained thereby. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317817 | Radiographic image capturing apparatus - A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a mobile cart unit, a plurality of devices used for capturing a radiographic image, and an electric power supply activator enabling supply of electric power between the devices, based on an instruction of permission to supply electric power. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317263 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY UTILIZING THE SAME - An antireflection film is provided and includes at least one layer containing fine pores. When a surface portion of the antireflection film comes into contact with water for 15 minutes and then the water is wiped away, the surface portion has a chromaticity change ΔE of 0.45 or less, the chromaticity change ΔE being a chromaticity change in a CIE1976 L*a*b* color space and measured under a standard light source D65. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316950 | PAPER SEASONING APPARATUS, PAPER SEASONING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a paper seasoning apparatus, a paper seasoning method, and an inkjet recording apparatus, that may improve seasoning achieved by blowing air against a paper stack. A paper seasoning apparatus includes, an upwards protruding shaped mounting surface on which a paper stack is mounted, and first air blowing devices and second air blowing devices that blow air against a side face of the paper stack mounted on the mounting surface. The second air blowing devices are disposed in the vicinity of a maximum height position and at a height of a position where air outlets of the second air blowing devices include the mounting surface. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316949 | PAPER SEASONING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a paper seasoning apparatus and an inkjet recording apparatus including a paper seasoning apparatus, capable of seasoning paper configured in a paper stack, and separating the paper stacks by introducing separation plates between sheets of the paper. Namely, separation plates for separating paper into specific numbers of sheets are introduced from a plate feeding apparatus into a housing of a paper seasoning apparatus. A separation plate lowering device lowers the separation plate that is supporting a paper stack. Seasoning is performed by blowing air from an air blowing device against the paper stack. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316934 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - In a droplet ejection head, each of droplet ejection units includes: a nozzle which ejects droplets of liquid, a pressure chamber which is filled with the liquid and connected to the nozzle, a drive element which applies pressure to the liquid inside the pressure chamber, and an individual supply channel and an individual recovery channel which are connected to the pressure chamber. The liquid is supplied to and recovered from the pressure chamber through the individual supply channel and the individual recovery channel. In each of the droplet ejection units, a diameter Dn (μm) of the nozzle, a flow channel resistance R1 (Ns/m | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316909 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus of the present invention includes: a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium; a conveying speed detection unit that detects a conveying speed of the recording medium; a conveying control unit that controls the conveying unit so as to accelerate or decelerate the conveying speed of the recording medium detected by the conveying speed detection unit between a stationary state and a constant speed state; a recording unit that faces the recording medium and records an image; a recording control unit that varies a recording frequency of the recording unit according to the conveying speed of the recording medium; and a throw distance control unit that controls a throw distance between the recording unit and a recording face of the recording medium according to the conveying speed of the recording medium. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316904 | LIQUID DROPLET CIRCULATION CONTROL APPARATUS, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a liquid droplet circulation control apparatus including: a first circulation controller that sets a first circulation mode in which liquid is circulated with pressure control by driving a supply side pressure generator and a return side pressure generator, the supply side pressure generator supplying the liquid to the liquid droplet ejector and the return side pressure generator returning the liquid from the liquid droplet ejector; a second circulation controller that sets a second circulation mode in which the liquid is circulated by driving the supply side pressure generator and/or the return side pressure generator, such that the liquid is made to bypass at least the liquid droplet ejector; a selector that selects one or other circulation modes; and a setting unit that sets a circulation path of the liquid based on the selected circulation mode. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314921 | Method and apparatus for imaging biological data - An imaging apparatus for generating photoacoustic images and ultrasound images that is capable of generating both types of images with high resolution is provided. An ultrasound probe includes a plurality of probe elements. A first phase matching adding section reads out photoacoustic signals from a photoacoustic element data memory, and administers phase matching addition within a first phase matching range. An image processing section generates a photoacoustic image based on phase matched and added data. A second phase matching adding section administers phase matching addition on reflected acoustic signals sampled by a signal obtaining section within a second phase matching range. An image processing section generates an ultrasound image based on phase matched and added data. The first phase matching range is greater than the second phase matching range. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110311914 | RESIST COMPOSITION FOR NEGATIVE-TONE DEVELOPMENT AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a resist composition for negative-tone development, including: (A) a resin having an acid-decomposable repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) and being capable of decreasing the solubility in a negative developer by the action of an acid: | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311800 | MICROSTRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURE PRODUCTION METHOD - A microstructure enabling provision of an anisotropic conductive member capable of reducing wiring defects and a method of producing such microstructure. The microstructure includes through-holes formed in an insulating matrix and filled with a metal and an insulating substance. The through-holes have a density of 1×10 | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311776 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RELIEF PRINTING PLATE - A resin composition for laser engraving, including: a compound (A) having at least one of a hydrolyzable silyl group or a silanol group; and a binder polymer (B) having a functional group capable of forming a crosslinked structure by reacting with at least one of a hydrolyzable silyl group or a silanol group. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311738 | Process of producing cellulose acylate film, cellulose acylate film, polarizing plate liquid crystal display device and optical compensation film - A process of producing a cellulose acylate film is disclosed. The process comprises a forming step of forming a web of a fluid, comprising a cellulose acylate, aromatic group-containing oligomer and solvent, by casting the fluid onto a support, a stretching step of stretching the web, thereby to align molecules of the aromatic group-containing oligomer along the stretching direction, and a heat-treatment step of subjecting the stretched web to a heat treatment, thereby to at least increase the alignment degree of molecules of the aromatic group-containing oligomer. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110308846 | CONDUCTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A conductive film has a transparent support, a first conductive silver image disposed on one main surface of the transparent support, and a second conductive silver image disposed on the other main surface of the transparent support. The first and second conductive silver images are obtained by forming at least one silver halide emulsion layer on each of the surfaces of the transparent support and then exposing and developing the silver halide emulsion layer. The first silver image and the second silver image each contain a net-like structure in a region required to be transparent. The net-like structure comprises thin metal wires having a line width of 10 μm or less, and forms a conductive layer having a sheet resistance of 50 ohm/sq or less. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110306838 | ENDOSCOPE - Provided is an endoscope which is capable of letting a liquid drain off to a satisfactory level at the time of cleaning, while securing the degree of freedom of a layout. An observation window is placed on an observation window base part which is formed on a distal end surface of a distal end part so as to protrude from the surrounding area. An outer peripheral shape of the observation window base part is formed into a streamline shape with respect to a flow of a cleaning fluid jetted from a nozzle. With this feature, it is possible to block a liquid flow having a low flow rate from flowing on the observation window, and to allow the liquid flow which has been used for cleaning to promptly move to the outside of the observation window. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306837 | ENDOSCOPE - Provided is an endoscope which is capable of preventing liquid drops from attaching onto the vicinity of an observation window even in the case where the observation window is placed in the vicinity of a round-chamfered peripheral edge part. In the case where an observation window is placed in the vicinity of a round-chamfered peripheral edge part, the peripheral edge part in the vicinity of the observation window is round-chamfered in a manner that the radius of curvature (round-chamfer) becomes larger along with an increase in distance from a starting point, the starting point being the point closest to the observation window. With this feature, it is possible to prevent the liquid drops from attaching onto the vicinity of the observation window to thereby block the field of view. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306747 | POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, BACKSHEET FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A polyester film containing a polyester resin having an intrinsic viscosity IV of from 0.73 to 0.9 dL/g in which the polyester film has a specific heat change at 85° C. to 135° C. (ΔCp) of from 0.06 to 0.1 J/g, has an excellent weather resistance, a good planar surface state and a low thermal shrinkage. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306487 | OPTICAL GLASS - An optical glass in includes SiO | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305992 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND RESIST COMPOSITION, DEVELOPER AND RINSING SOLUTION USED IN THE PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A pattern forming method comprising a step of applying a resist composition whose solubility in a negative tone developer decreases upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation and which contains a resin having an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure and a dispersity of 1.7 or less and being capable of increasing the polarity by the action of an acid, an exposure step, and a development step using a negative tone developer; a resist composition for use in the method; and a developer and a rinsing solution for use in the method, are provided, whereby a pattern with reduced line edge roughness and high dimensional uniformity can be formed. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305991 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN-FORMING METHOD - A positive resist composition comprises: (A) a resin that has a repeating unit represented by general formula (a1) and increases its solubility in an alkali developer by action of an acid; (B) a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or a radiation; and (C) a resin that has at least one of a fluorine atom and a silicon atom and has a group selected from the group consisting of (x), (y) and (z); and (D) a solvent:
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| 20110305880 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET RECORDING, INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND PRINTED MATERIAL OBTAINED BY INKJET RECORDING - The invention provides an ink composition for inkjet recording, including:
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| 20110305405 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR ALIGNING IMAGES - A band image generating means generates a plurality of first band images and a plurality of second band images that represent structures of different frequency bands within a first and a second image of the same portion of a single subject. A positional shift amount obtaining means obtains amounts of positional shift among corresponding positions within the first band images and the second band images of corresponding frequency bands. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305321 | Radiographic apparatus and method - A timing to acquire a still image signal is controlled such that a sum (Tst+Trd) of a storage period Tst and a readout period Trd for the still image signal is an integral multiple (Ts+Tr=Tck×n, where n is an integer of 2 or greater) of a cycle Tck of a moving image capturing mode, when a detector controller acquires the still image signal while acquiring a moving image signal from a radiation detector during the cycle Tck (Ts+Tr) of the moving image capturing mode. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304929 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes a first group having a positive or negative refractive power, a second group having a positive refractive power, a third group having a positive or negative refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from the object side of the imaging lens. The first group includes an aperture stop, and the second group includes a positive lens, and a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens. The third group is composed of a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens, and the following formula (1) is satisfied: | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304923 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a positive first-lens-group, which is fixed during zooming, a negative second-lens-group, which is moved during zooming, a positive third-lens-group, which is fixed during zooming, and a positive fourth-lens-group, which is moved during zooming, these lens groups being arranged in this order from the object side. The first-lens-group consists of four lenses of a negative first-group first lens, a positive first-group second lens, a positive first-group third lens, and a positive first-group fourth lens, arranged in this order from the object side. The first-group first lens and the first-group second lens are arranged in such a manner that a space is formed therebetween. Further, the following formula (1) is satisfied: | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304921 | ZOOM LENS FOR PROJECTION AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A zoom lens for projection includes a negative magnification-side lens group fixed while magnification is changed, a plurality of lens groups that move while magnification is changed, and a positive reduction-side lens group fixed while magnification is changed which are arranged in this order from the magnification side. The magnification-side lens group is composed of a negative front-group and a positive rear-group, arranged in this order from the magnification side. The rear-group is composed of a positive lens, a negative lens and a positive lens, arranged in this order from the magnification side, and focusing is performed by moving the rear-group. Further, the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304856 | LIGHTWAVE INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A microinterferometer applies low coherent measurement light, which travels along an optical axis in a converging manner, to a front surface of a flange. A part of the measurement light is reflected inside an interferometric optical system, and becomes reference light. Apart of the measurement light passed through the interferometric optical system is reflected from the front surface of the flange, and is incident again upon the interferometric optical system. By combining the reflected light with the reference light, interference light is obtained. While a sample rotating stage rotates a sample lens through 360 degrees, a first imaging camera having one-dimensional image sensor captures 3600 images of the interference light, i.e., the image of the interference light is captured every time the sample lens is rotated by 0.1 degrees. Based on the images of interference fringes, the shape of the front surface of the flange is analyzed. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304855 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SURFACE MISALIGNMENT AND ANGULAR MISALIGNMENT - Through a first diffraction grating, two conical fluxes different in wavefront propagation angle relative to its optical axis are applied to a first surface. Through a second diffraction grating, two conical fluxes different in wavefront propagation angle relative to its optical axis are applied to a second surface. Two sets of interference fringes formed by the fluxes reflected from the first surface and a reference beam are analyzed to obtain surface misalignment and angular misalignment of the first surface relative to the optical axis. Similarly, two sets of interference fringes formed by the fluxes reflected from the second surface and the reference beam are analyzed to obtain surface misalignment and angular misalignment of the second surface relative to the optical axis. Surface misalignment and angular misalignment of a sample lens are obtained from the measurement results of the first and second surfaces. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304759 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - An image pickup lens includes a first lens having a positive meniscus shape convex toward an object side, a second lens disposed on an image side of the first lens and has a meniscus shape convex toward the image side, and an aperture stop disposed on the object side of the image side surface of the first lens, and satisfies conditional expressions given below, in which f is a focal length of the entire system, f1 is a focal length of the first lens, f2 is a focal length of the second lens, R5 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the object side surface of the second lens, and R6 is a paraxial radius of curvature of the image side surface of the second lens. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110300485 | ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPMENT OR MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN-FORMING METHOD USING ELECTRON BEAMS OR EUV RAYS - Provided is a pattern-forming method including, in the following order: (1) a process of forming a film with an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising a resin which contains an acid-decomposable repeating unit and is capable of decreasing the solubility in an organic solvent by the action of an acid; (2) a process of exposing the film with an electron beam or an EUV ray; and (4) a process of developing the film with a developer containing an organic solvent. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300400 | METAL MEMBER - High aspect-ratio metal members such as a nanopillar, a nanorod, and the like, and a method of producing the same. The present invention provides high aspect-ratio metal members such as a nanopillar or a nanorod, and a method of producing the same, such metal members being produced by filling the micropores of an anodized film having a degree of ordering of 70% or more with a metal having an aspect ratio of 5 or more, followed by baking in inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum at 300° C. or more to 1000° C. or less to improve crystallinity. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300344 | INK SET, RECORDED MATERIAL AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An ink set is provided, the ink set including a yellow ink composition; and at least one of a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition, wherein a colorant of the yellow ink composition contains an azo pigment represented by formula (1), its tautomer, or a salt or hydrate thereof, the magenta ink composition contains at least one pigment selected from quinacridone pigments, and the cyan ink composition contains at least one pigment selected from phthalocyanine pigments: | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300127 | DRUG-CONTAINING COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a drug-containing composition capable of stably retaining a water-soluble compound without the loss of drug efficacy of a pharmaceutically active ingredient and thus preventing the compound from diffusing in the body, which is unlikely to cause disassociation at a non-target site and thus achieves disassociation/sustained release/delivery specifically at a target site. The present invention provides a composition which is composed of: (a) at least one a water-soluble compound; and (b) a carrier comprising a polymer having binding affinity with the water-soluble compound. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299198 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC SIGNAL REPRODUCTION SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC SIGNAL REPRODUCING METHOD - The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the magnetic layer has a thickness δ ranging from 10 to 80 nm, a product, Mrδ, of a residual magnetization Mr of the magnetic layer and the thickness δ of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 1 mA but less than 5 mA, a ratio, Sdc/Sac, of an average area Sdc of magnetic clusters in a DC demagnetized state to an average area Sac of magnetic clusters in an AC demagnetized state as measured by a magnetic force microscope, MFM, ranges from 0.8 to 2.0. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299178 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup lens having a four lens configuration in which a bi-concave first lens, a bi-convex second lens, a bi-concave third lens, and a positive fourth lens are disposed in this order from an object side. Here, at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth lenses has an aspherical surface on each side. The image pickup lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1) given below when a refractive index of the second lens with respect to d-line is taken as Nd | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299173 | ZOOM LENS FOR PROJECTION AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A zoom lens for projection includes a negative first group composed of two lenses, a second group composed of a positive lens, an aperture stop, a third group composed of a positive lens, a fourth group composed of a negative fourth-group-first lens, a fourth-group-second lens arranged in such a manner that a negative air lens is formed between the fourth-group-first lens and the fourth-group-second lens, and a positive fourth-group-third lens, and a fifth group composed of a positive lens having a convex surface facing the magnification side of the zoom lens, which are arranged in this order from the magnification side. Further, the following formula (1) is satisfied: | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299163 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL-CAMERA LENS SYSTEM - In each of left and right lens devices used in the three-dimensional camera, an antivibration lens group for preventing image blur caused by vibrations is disposed in an image-pickup optical system. A movement instructing device which adjusts, by manual operation, a reference position at which the vibration lens group is fixedly held when antivibration control is stopped is provided in an operation unit about the vibration control. An improper feeling of a three-dimensional image caused by optical-axis misalignment can be reduced by adjusting the reference position of the antivibration lens group by the movement instructing device. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299090 | REAL-TIME INTERFEROMETER - A detour unit splits a light beam from a light source unit into first and second beams and makes the first beam travel longer than the second beam by a predetermined optical distance, and then combines the first and second beams into a single combined light beam. In the detour unit, a first λ/2 plate is disposed on an optical path of the first beam. A second μ/2 plate is disposed on an optical path of the second beam. Directions of optical axes of the first and second λ/2 plates are different from each other by 45 degrees. A λ/4 plate is disposed on an optical path between the detour unit and a beam expanding unit. Thereby, the first and second beams are converted into two circularly polarized beams having opposite rotation directions, respectively. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299016 | COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, COATING FILM OF COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN TRANSFER MATERIAL, METHOD OF FOAMING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN LAYER, COLOR FILTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLOR FILTER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A colored photosensitive resin composition comprising (1) an alkali-soluble binder, (2) a monomer or an oligomer, (3) a photopolymerizaton initiator or a photopolymerization initiator system, and (4) a coloring agent, wherein the coloring agent is a specific pigment in a specific quantity. Also provided is a color filter obtained by using the colored photosensitive resin compositions for formation of the respective photosensitive resin layers of R, G and B. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298908 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an endoscope including an imaging part and a controller separated from the endoscope and connected to the endoscope through a signal line. The imaging part includes a plurality of light receiving portions two-dimensionally arranged and a driving part that reads a charge signal stored in each of the light receiving portions. The driving part conducts read scan in which read of the charge signals from the light receiving portions in a main and sub scanning direction. The driving part changes an order of outputting the lines in the image data by conducting the read scan on all lines included in the captured image so as to scan some lines successively with a prescribed number of lines interlaced along the sub scanning direction and scan the other lines successively from an interlaced line with the prescribed number of lines interlaced. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297222 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, POLYESTER FILM, AND SOLAR CELL POWER GENERATION MODULE - The present invention provides a polyester resin composition including: a polyester resin; and a titanium compound derived from a catalyst; and the composition satisfying a relationship represented by the following Formula (1): | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110294993 | AZO PIGMENT OR TAUTOMER THEREOF, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, PIGMENT DISPERSION, COLORING COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING INK, COLORING COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTER, AND COLOR FILTER - An azo pigment selected from the group consisting of: an azo pigment represented by the following formula (1), which has: a characteristic X-ray diffraction peak at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 6.9°, 21.5°, and 27.3° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction, a peak height at 11.9° of 0.6 or less relative to a peak height at 10.9° or a tautomer thereof, or a salt, hydrate, or solvate of the azo pigment or tautomer thereof; and an azo pigment represented by the following formula (1), which has: a characteristic X-ray diffraction peak at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 6.9°, 25.8°, and 27.1° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction, a peak height at 10.9° of 0.2 or less relative to a peak height at 11.9° or a tautomer thereof, or a salt, hydrate, or solvate of the azo pigment or tautomer thereof. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294050 | PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION, RED COLORED COMPOSITION, COLORED CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER FOR A SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a pigment dispersion composition suitable for a colored curable composition which enables retaining adhesion capability of a colored pattern and inhibiting the generation of residues, even when a relatively severe development condition is employed. Furthermore, a red colored composition capable of forming a red colored thin film with excellent spectral characteristics. The pigment composition contains an azo pigment represented by the following Formula (1); at least one of acidic functional group-containing organic pigment derivative, anthraquinone derivative, and triazine derivative; and a dispersant. The red colored composition contains a red pigment; a yellow pigment; and a dispersant, in which specific spectral characteristics are satisfied when a colored transmitting film having a thickness of 0.6 μm is formed using the red colored composition. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294049 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, METHOD OF PRODUCING COLOR FILTER AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - The invention provides a polymerizable composition including an oxime ester photopolymerization initiator, an organic acid anhydride having a molecular weight of 300 or less, and a polymerizable compound. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293900 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, wherein the acid has a polarity converting group, and the fluorine content of the fluorine-containing compound (A) is 20% or more based on the molecular weight of the fluorine-containing compound (A). | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293897 | RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING, PROCESS FOR MAKING RELIEF PRINTING PLATE, AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE - A relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving is provided that includes above a support, as a crosslinked relief-forming layer, a thermally crosslinked layer of a resin composition for laser engraving that includes (Component A) a compound containing a hydrolyzable silyl group and/or a silanol group and that does not include (Component B) a binder polymer or includes it at less than 2 wt % relative to the total weight on a non-volatile component basis. There are also provided a process for making a relief printing plate that includes a step of preparing the relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving and a step of forming a relief layer by laser-engraving the crosslinked relief-forming layer, and a relief printing plate that includes a relief layer formed by the process for making a relief printing plate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293896 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A resin composition for laser engraving is provided that includes (Component A) a compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group and/or a silanol group, (Component B) a depolymerization catalyst and/or a depolymerization catalyst precursor, and (Component C) a depolymerizable binder polymer. There are also provided a relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving that includes a relief-forming layer containing the resin composition for laser engraving, a relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving having a crosslinked relief-forming layer formed by crosslinking by means of light and/or heat a relief-forming layer that includes the resin composition for laser engraving, a process for producing a relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving that includes a layer formation step of forming a relief-forming layer from the resin composition for laser engraving and a crosslinking step of crosslinking the relief-forming layer by light and/or heat to thus obtain a relief printing plate precursor having a crosslinked relief-forming layer, a process for making a relief printing plate that includes a layer formation step of forming a relief-forming layer from the resin composition for laser engraving, a crosslinking step of crosslinking the relief-forming layer by light and/or heat to thus obtain a relief printing plate precursor having a crosslinked relief-forming layer, and an engraving step of laser-engraving the relief printing plate precursor having a crosslinked relief-forming layer to thus form a relief layer, and a relief printing plate having a relief layer made by the process for making a relief printing plate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293070 | Portable radiographic apparatus system - A portable radiographic apparatus system reduces the number of types of spare rechargeable battery. A first rechargeable battery for operation of a portable radiographic apparatus has the same shape and characteristics as a second rechargeable battery for operation of a portable X-ray source. The first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery are interchangeable. When, in order capture images during a visit to an individual's home or a visit to a nursing facility, the portable radiographic apparatus and the portable X-ray source are taken to the visit destination, spare rechargeable batteries must be taken in case of trouble with the rechargeable batteries. Because the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery are interchangeable, by bringing either the first rechargeable battery or the second rechargeable battery, trouble can be addressed if it arises. In this way, the number of types of spare rechargeable battery can be reduced. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292324 | IPS or FFS mode liquid crystal display device - An IPS or FFS mode liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device comprises a first optical film, fulfilling the conditions of formulas (I)-(IV), consisting of a layer with low degree of total acyl substitution comprising a cellulose acylate as a main ingredient, or comprising the layer with low degree of total acyl substitution and an outermost layer with high degree of total acyl substitution comprising a cellulose acylate as a main ingredient, disposed on at least one surface of the layer with low degree of total acyl substitution: | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292045 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - A three-dimensional image output device includes: a viewpoint image acquiring device for acquiring a plurality of viewpoint images obtained by photographing a same subject from a plurality of viewpoints; a parallax information acquiring device for acquiring parallax amounts in a plurality of sets of feature points at which features substantially correspond to one another from the acquired plurality of viewpoint images; a parallax amount adjusting device for adjusting the parallax amount in each of the acquired feature points, and performing adjustment of assigning different weights to the parallax amounts in accordance with values of the parallax amounts; a parallax image generating device for generating a parallax image corresponding to the parallax amount of each of the feature points after the adjustment; and a parallax image output device for outputting a plurality of parallax images including the generated parallax image. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291610 | Diagnostic device system - A diagnostic device system has a weight-reduced rechargeable battery. When a portable radiographic apparatus and a portable X-ray source are carried to and used for imaging at a private home or a care home, the portable radiographic apparatus and the portable X-ray source are loaded on an automobile. When the charge amount of rechargeable batteries for operation housed in the portable radiographic apparatus or the portable X-ray source loaded on the automobile is low, or when there are plural destinations and the charge amount of the rechargeable batteries becomes low, a rechargeable battery for charging mounted on the automobile is used to charge the rechargeable batteries for operation while traveling. Because the rechargeable batteries for operation are charged while traveling, a large number of rechargeable batteries for operation does not need to be charged in advance, whereby the weight of the rechargeable batteries for operation can be reduced. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110290631 | CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - First conductive patterns, which each contain two or more first large lattices electrically connected by a first connection in series in a first direction, are formed on a first transparent substrate, and second conductive patterns, which each contain two or more second large lattices electrically connected by a second connection in series in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, are formed on a second transparent substrate. As viewed from above, the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns are arranged adjacent to each other, and the first connection and the second connection are arranged facing each other. The first large lattices are electrically connected via three or more connection paths in the first connection, and the second large lattices are electrically connected via three or more connection paths in the second connection. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289771 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TOUCH PANEL - A first exposure treatment for irradiating a first photosensitive layer formed on one main surface of a transparent support with a first light thereby to expose the first photosensitive layer and a second exposure treatment for irradiating a second photosensitive layer formed on the other main surface of the transparent support with a second light to expose the second photosensitive layer are performed such that the first light incident on the first photosensitive layer does not substantially reach the second photosensitive layer and the second light incident on the second photosensitive layer does not substantially reach the first photosensitive layer. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110288222 | OPTICAL RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide an optical resin composition containing carbonate crystals, which have oriented birefringence, have a needle- or rod-like shape, and are able to negate the birefringence without sacrificing the light transmittance of a transparent polymeric resin where the carbonate crystal exists, and a method for producing the resin composition. To achieve this provided are an optical resin composition containing a resin and carbonate crystals, wherein the carbonate crystals have a specific surface area of 4 m | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287750 | LINK SERVER AND PROGRAM THEREOF, WEBSITE BROWSING SYSTEM, WEBSITE BROWSING METHOD, AND WEBSITE BROWSING PROGRAM - In response to a browsing request of a website from a mobile phone, a link server acquires content information from the web server. Based on the content information, a plurality of page images generated by making a picture of the web page, pseudo UIF display data corresponding to UIF included in the web page, URL information indicating URL address of a top page of the website to be browsed, and a control code for providing the mobile phone with various functions related to the website browsing are combined, and thereby generating a website browsing application. The link server delivers the generated website browsing application to the mobile phone. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287548 | THERMAL DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONFIRMING THERMAL DISTRIBUTION - Provided is a thermal distribution display including, on a support, a thermal distribution display layer which includes an organic polymer composite containing an electron-donating dye precursor and a polymer; at least an electron-accepting compound A represented by the following formula (1) and an electron-accepting compound B represented by the following formula (2); and a binder, wherein the content ratio (A:B) is from 95:5 to 50:50 on a mass basis, and the content of the electron-accepting compound A in the total amount of electron-accepting compounds is 40% by mass or greater: | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287244 | HYDROPHILIC FILM - A hydrophilic film comprising a hydrophilic layer formed with a hydrophilic composition on a polyester film, wherein the hydrophilic composition contains 80% by weight or more of a hydrophilic polymer based on a total solid content of the hydrophilic composition. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287235 | PIGMENT DISPERSION LIQUID, CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER PRODUCED USING THE SAME, AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A color filter or solid state imaging device comprising a colored pattern formed from a curable composition which includes (A) a pigment, (B) a compound having a defined cyclic urea structure and having an acid group or a basic group, (C) a dispersant, (D) a solvent, (E) a radical polymerizable compound, and (F) a photopolymerization initiator. The pigment may be a pigment having a urea structure or an imide structure. The pigment may also be a pigment having a barbituric skeleton. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287234 | NEGATIVE RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD, DEVELOPER AND NEGATIVE CHEMICAL-AMPLIFICATION RESIST COMPOSITION USED THEREFOR, AND RESIST PATTERN - A resist pattern forming method including in the following order, (1) a step of forming a film by using a negative chemical-amplification resist composition capable of undergoing negative conversion by a crosslinking reaction, (2) a step of exposing the film, and (4) a step of developing the exposed film by using a developer containing an organic solvent; a developer and a negative chemical-amplification resist composition used therefor; and a resist pattern formed by the pattern forming method. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285883 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a MOS transistor circuit. The photoelectric conversion layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The MOS transistor circuit reads out a signal corresponding to charges generated in the photoelectric conversion layer and then collected, and that is formed in the semiconductor substrate, the charges having a given polarity. The MOS transistor circuit includes a charge accumulation portion, a reset transistor, and an output transistor. The charge accumulation portion is electrically connected with the photoelectric conversion layer. The reset transistor resets a potential of the charge accumulation portion to a reset potential. The output transistor outputs a signal corresponding to the potential of the charge accumulation portion. The reset transistor and the output transistor have carriers whose polarity is opposite to the given polarity. In the MOS transistor circuit, following formula (1) is satisfied: | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285789 | Method of manufacturing at least one projecting section of nozzle plate, nozzle plate, inkjet head and image forming apparatus - A method of manufacturing at least one projecting section of a nozzle plate used in a liquid ejection head, includes: a partial lyophilic rendering step of rendering a lyophilic characteristic to a portion of a lyophobic film provided on an ejection surface side of a substrate in which a nozzle is formed, so as to form a lyophobic portion and a lyophilic portion on the ejection surface side of the substrate; a resin deposition step of depositing a curable resin on the lyophilic portion which has been rendered the lyophilic characteristic; and a curing step of curing the resin deposited on the lyophilic portion in such a manner that the cured resin forms the projecting section. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284749 | Radiation detector - The present invention provides a radiation detector that may suppress a decrease in dynamic range, and may improve an S/N ratio at a low radiation amount. Namely, pixels are provided with sensor sections each having different sensitivity characteristics, the sensor sections generating electric charge in response to irradiation of radiation and accumulating the electric charge in accordance with the amount of irradiated radiation. A control signal flows through a switch element provided for each pixel via scan lines. An electric signal corresponding with the electric charge accumulated in the sensor section of each pixel flows through signal lines in accordance with the switching state of the respective switch elements. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284158 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing functionally gradient material - A method of manufacturing a functionally gradient material having a gradient from a first material to a second material different to the first material by ejecting inks onto a base material from a plurality of inkjet heads, includes the steps of: supplying a first functional ink containing the first material to a first inkjet head; supplying a second functional ink containing the second material to a second inkjet head; specifying a ratio between a volume of the first functional ink ejected from the first inkjet head and a volume of the second functional ink ejected from the second inkjet head; causing the first inkjet head to eject the first functional ink and/or causing the second inkjet head to eject the second functional ink, in accordance with the specified ratio, so as to form one layer; and stacking a plurality of layers onto the base material by repeating the forming step, so as to obtain a laminated body, wherein in the control step, the ratio between the first functional ink and the second functional ink is specified in such a manner that respective layers of the plurality of layers progressively have a smaller ratio of the first functional ink and a larger ratio of the second functional ink, toward an upper layer. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284075 | POLYMER SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL BACK SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - There is provided a polymer sheet for a solar cell back sheet, which includes a polymer support, an undercoat layer which contains a binder and is provided on at least one surface of the polymer support to a thickness of 0.05 to 10 μm, and a fluorine-containing polymer layer which contains a binder including at least a fluorine-based polymer and is provided in contact with the undercoat layer of the at least one surface of the polymer support, to a thickness of 0.8 to 12 μm. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110281436 | CLEANING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CLEANING METHOD - Provided are a cleaning composition which is capable of inhibiting the metal of a semiconductor substrate from corrosion, and has an excellent removability of plasma etching residues and/or ashing residues on the semiconductor substrate, a method for producing a semiconductor device, and a cleaning method using the cleaning composition. The cleaning composition for removing plasma etching residues and/or ashing residues formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a preparation method and a cleaning method for a semiconductor device, using the cleaning composition, wherein the cleaning composition includes (Component a) water; (Component b) an amine compound; (Component c) hydroxylamine and/or a salt thereof; (Component d) a quaternary ammonium compound; (Component e) an organic acid; and (Component f) a water-soluble organic solvent; and has a pH of 6 to 9. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110281086 | INFRARED ABSORBING COMPOSITION, INFRARED ABSORBING INK, RECORDED ARTICLE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND IMAGE DETECTING METHOD - An infrared absorbing composition including a compound that is represented by formula (1) and has solubility of 30 mg/mL or less in toluene at 25° C., an organic solvent having a solubility parameter of from 7.3 to 12.1, and a resin is disclosed. In formula (1), each of R | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280482 | IMAGE DATA EXPANSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A portion of an image that has been compressed is displayed promptly. To achieve this, an image is divided into a number of units and an RST marker is inserted into a unit every ten units. The image is compressed and recorded unit by unit. In a case where an area which is a portion of the image is displayed, the image data of all units of the original data is not expanded. Rather, units in which the image data is to be expanded are decided utilizing the RST markers. Only the image data of the units decided is expanded. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280374 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, and radiographic image capturing method - An electronic cassette in a radiographic image capturing system includes a radiation detector for detecting radiation applied from an image capturing apparatus and transmitted through a patient, a contactless power receiver for receiving electric power supplied contactlessly from a power feeder and supplying the electric power to a battery, an A/D converter for performing an A/D conversion to convert analog radiographic image information generated based on the radiation applied to the radiation detector into digital radiographic image information, an end-of-A/D-conversion determining unit for determining whether the A/D conversion is finished or not, and a charging controller for stopping the power feeder from supplying electric power contactlessly after the image capturing apparatus has started capturing images until the end-of-A/D-conversion determining unit judges that the A/D conversion is finished. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280369 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM, PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE TABLE - An inflow port is provided to a casing of an electronic cassette in order to pass air from outside through the inside of electronic cassette. Air is flowed to the inflow port when the electric cassette is housed in a housing section of a prone image capture table. Efficient cooling can accordingly be achieved with a simply configured portable radiographic image capture device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279906 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable magnification optical system includes a negative first lens group, a stop and a positive second lens group, arranged from the object side in the order mentioned above. The magnification of the variable magnification optical system is changed by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group in the direction of an optical axis. The first lens group includes a negative plastic lens, and the second lens group includes a positive plastic lens. Further, the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279823 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC ASPHERIC SURFACE - A low coherent light from a white light source is emitted to a sample surface. A detour distance in a detour section is adjusted such that an optical path difference between a reference light and a sample light is equal to or shorter than a coherence length of interference light. The interference light is incident on an image sensor only when an inclination angle of a diffraction grating plate and a wavelength of the interference light satisfy a predetermined condition. Thus, an interference fringe image is formed. Based on each of the interference fringe images taken on a wavelength-by-wavelength basis of the interference light and an optical distance between a reference surface and the sample surface along an optical path of a measuring light at the time of taking the interference fringe image, a shape of the sample surface is measured. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279759 | DISPERSED COMPOSITION, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, LIGHT SHIELDING COLOR FILTER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING LIGHT SHIELDING COLOR FILTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, WAFER-LEVEL LENS, AND IMAGING UNIT HAVING WAFER LEVEL LENS - The invention provides a dispersed composition including: (A) titanium black; (B) a polymer compound including a constituent component having a side chain structure to which an acidic group is linked via a linking group; and (C) a solvent. The (B) polymer compound is a polymer having a structure in which an acidic group is linked to a main chain part via a linking group. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279743 | REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A PBS sheet is curved into a partially cylindrical shape so as to be concave or convex toward a panel surface along a central axis which is perpendicular to both an incident light axis of illumination light and a reflection light axis perpendicular to the incident light axis. The illumination light from a light source is converted into s-polarized light by a polarization converting system, and energy distribution thereof is made uniform by a rod integrator. Then, the illumination light is sequentially split into three color lights, R, G, and B, by a color wheel. The illumination light is approximately totally reflected on the PBS sheet, and applied toward a liquid crystal display panel. The illumination light having been reflected on the PBS sheet illuminates the panel surface with neither too large nor too small illumination range. The R, G, and B component images having been reflected on the panel surface are sequentially projected on a screen so as to be observed as a full color image. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279665 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING PROGRAM - There is provided an image recording apparatus including an image-capturing section that captures an image of the observed person, an observation result input section that inputs a result of the observation done by the observer, an input detecting section that detects the input of the observation result by the observation result input section, and an image storing control section that stores the image of the observed person which is captured by the image-capturing section when the input detecting section detects the input of the observation result. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279457 | PLATE CHECK SUPPORTING METHOD, PLATE CHECK SUPPORTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Sizes for blocks are determined depending on a resolution of a first image or a second image, at a time when the first image or the second image is printed. Image data areas of first image data and second image data are divided into a grid pattern of blocks. The first image data and the second image data are judged for agreement, and a check image is displayed, which includes at least one of a first check image produced by coloring the first image and a second check image produced by coloring the second image, for each of the blocks in which the first image data and the second image data are judged as not being in agreement with each other. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278461 | INFRARED ABSORBING COMPOSITION, INFRARED ABSORBING INK, RECORDED ARTICLE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND IMAGE DETECTING METHOD - An infrared absorbing composition including a compound that is represented by formula (1) and has a hue in a powder state in the range of 20| 11-17-2011 | |
| 20110278267 | SCRIBING APPARATUS AND SCRIBING METHOD - Performing scribing accurately with a high yield rate. A scribing apparatus ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277834 | POLYMER SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL BACKSHEET AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - The present invention provides a polymer sheet for a solar cell backsheet, which has high light reflectance, and adequate adhesion and adhesion durability, and which includes at least a support and polymer layers on both surfaces of the support, the polymer layers including white inorganic fine particles and a binder, a content of the white inorganic fine particles being in a range of from 4 g/m | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110276660 | RELAY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Security is maintained in a data communication system while minimizing the frequency with which communication is carried out. A data transmitting server and a relay server communicate based upon https utilizing port 443 of a firewall. When query data is transmitted from the data transmitting server to the relay server, the relay server determines whether there is a data request from a mobile telephone within a fixed period of time. If there is a data request from the mobile telephone within the fixed period of time, the requested data is transmitted from the data transmitting server to the relay server in response to this data request. This requested data is transferred from the relay server to the mobile telephone. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275827 | Mitotic Kinesin Inhibitor - A mitotic kinesin Eg5 inhibitor which comprises a thiadiazoline derivative represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275592 | EMULSION COMPOSITION AND FOOD AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE EMULSION COMPOSITION - The invention provides an emulsion composition obtained by mixing an oil phase containing a carotenoid having a melting point of 100° C. or more as detected when it is contained in an oil; and an aqueous phase containing a polyglycerol fatty acid ester and a nonionic emulsifier different from the polyglycerol fatty acid ester, wherein a weight ratio (A)/(B) of an amount (A) of the polyglycerol fatty acid ester to an amount (B) of the nonionic emulsifier different from the polyglycerol fatty acid ester is in the range of 2.5 to 10, and a particle diameter of dispersed particles that contain the carotenoid is 200 nm or less. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275021 | SILVER HALIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHT-SENSITIVE MATERIAL FOR MOVIE - A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material for movie, having a specific layer structure by using particles of at least one kind of electroconductive metal oxide and at least one kind of an electroconductive polymer. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274947 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising on one surface of a nonmagnetic support a nonmagnetic layer containing a nonmagnetic powder and a binder and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder in this order, as well as comprising a backcoat layer on the other surface of the nonmagnetic support. The nonmagnetic layer is a radiation-cured layer formed by curing with radiation a given radiation-curable composition, and the backcoat layer comprises filler particles with an average primary particle diameter, D50, ranging from 0.05 to 1.0 μm, the filler particles being selected from the group consisting of organic polymer particles and inorganic colloidal particles. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274846 | CARRIER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, BIOREACTOR, AND CHIP FOR SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE ANALYSIS - A carrier comprises a base plate, a polymeric film, which has been bound on a surface of the base plate, and a ligand, which has been bound with the polymeric film. The ligand has been bound with the polymeric film at a density falling within the range of 1.0×10 | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273826 | Display element, portable equipment and imaging device - An electronic device includes a display unit that includes a flexible display element which displays an image on a front surface thereof, and a member which is placed facing a rear surface opposite to the front surface of the flexible display element, in which the member applies tension to the flexible display element when the flexible display element is unfurled. | 11-10-2011 |
