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| 20120123073 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - In the present invention, provided is an organic electroluminescent element material having a high externally taking-out quantum efficiency, which is suitable for manufacturing an element exhibiting long light emission lifetime, and also provided is an organic electroluminescent element possessing the material, a method of manufacturing the organic electroluminescent element, and a display as well as an illuminating device fitted with the organic electroluminescent element. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120113177 | INKJET PRINTER - A inkjet printer including a plurality of heads installed in a staggered arrangement, and a relay board for receiving image data, a control signal conforming to each head, and a timing signal for determining timed intervals to emit ink particles from the control unit of the inkjet printer, and for sending the received image data, control signal and timing signal to the aforementioned plurality of respective drive signal generating circuits. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120105527 | INKJET PRINTER - A inkjet printer including a plurality of heads installed in a staggered arrangement, and a relay board for receiving image data, a control signal conforming to each head, and a timing signal for determining timed intervals to emit ink particles from the control unit of the inkjet printer, and for sending the received image data, control signal and timing signal to the aforementioned plurality of respective drive signal generating circuits. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120100207 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES BY TWO-STEP EMULSIFICATION METHOD UTILIZING OUTER AQUEOUS PHASE CONTAINING SPECIFIC DISPERSING AGENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF USING THE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES, AND LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF PRODUCED THEREBY - [Problem] To provide a process for producing liposomes, a liposome dispersion or a dry powder of the dispersion by a two-step emulsification method using an additive (dispersing agent) by which a liposome dispersion and a dry powder thereof which can inhibit leakage of an encapsulated drug or the like from liposomes even in the long-term storage and can be stably used over a long period of time are obtained. [Solution to problem] A process for producing liposomes by a two-step emulsification method characterized by using, in the secondary emulsification step, an outer aqueous phase containing a dispersing agent which forms no molecular self-aggregate or a dispersing agent which exclusively forms molecular self-aggregates having a volume mean particle diameter of not more than 10 nm (said dispersing agent being referred to as a “specific dispersing agent” hereinafter), and a process for producing a liposome dispersion or a dry powder thereof utilizing the process for producing liposomes. The specific dispersing agent preferably contains at least one of gelatin, albumin, dextran and a polyalkylene oxide-based compound. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098419 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE, PURIFYING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE FIBERS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Disclosed are a transparent electrode with excellent optical transmittance and conductivity, a purifying method of conductive fibers employed in the transparent electrode and an organic electroluminescence element with reduced luminance unevenness and long product lifetime employing the transparent electrode. The transparent electrode of the invention comprises a transparent substrate and provided thereon, a transparent conductive layer containing conductive fibers and a transparent conductive material, featured in that the content rate of conductive fibers with an aspect ratio of not less than 100 contained in the transparent conductive layer is 99.00% or more. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120086331 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is a white light-emitting organic EL element wherein a flexible plastic substrate is used, but the resistance to negative effects caused by the flexibility is excellent; a removal of a light emitting layer interface caused by folding the element and a contact failure do not tend to occur, and the drive voltage can be reduced. The white light-emitting organic EL element is formed by providing at least two layers, i.e., a light emitting layer (A) and a light emitting layer (B) on the plastic substrate. The white light-emitting organic EL element is characterized in that the light emitting layer (A) contains more than three kinds of luminescent dopants including a red luminescent dopant, a green luminescent dopant, and a blue luminescent dopant; the light emitting layer (B) contains the blue luminescent dopant; the light emitting layer (A) and the light emitting layer (B) are adjacent to each other, the light emitting layer (A) is formed on the side adjacent to the positive electrode, and the light emitting layer (B) is formed on the side adjacent to the negative electrode; and a mixed area is provided between the light emitting layer (A) and the light emitting layer (B). | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085997 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is characterized in that constituent layers including at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, and at least one of the constituent layers contains a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, A | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120062640 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device for ejecting ink onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium while a recording head is moved with relative movement to the recordin medium in a direction along an upper surface of the recordin medium including: a recording head for ejecting ink onto a recording medium; a heating device for heating the recording medium; a conveyance device for conveying the recording medium having been heated by the heating device to under the recording head; and a cooling device which is provided in a state of insulation from the recording head, and has a cooling surface which is cooled to a temperature lower than a temperature of a nozzle surface of the recording head, wherein the cooling surface and the nozzle surface of the recording head are disposed along a direction of the relative movement and to face the recording medium. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120037889 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - Provided is an organic electroluminescence element having an anode, a cathode and an organic compound layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, provided that the organic compound layer containing at least a phosphorescence dopant and a polymer which contains a partial structure represented by Formula (1), and a terminal end of the polymer is end-capped, wherein the phosphorescence dopant is a metal complex containing a ligand composed of a 5 or six membered aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a 5 or six membered aromatic heterocyclic group which is bonded to a five membered nitrogen containing aromatic heterocyclic group: Formula (1) | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120032157 | COATING METHOD, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Disclosed are a coating method of forming a coating with a stable thickness from a coating solution with a low viscosity employing a slit-type die coater and an organic electroluminescence element prepared employing the coating method. The coating method employing a slit-type die coater comprises the steps of allowing a lip tip of the slit-type die coater to bring close to the substrate to form a coating solution bead between the lip tip and the substrate, and coating on the substrate a coating solution ejected from a slit outlet at the lip tip while relatively moving the slit-type die coater and the substrate, thereby forming at least two coating layers in the stripe shape, featured in that the lip tip has at least one groove in the coating region in the coating width direction, and a pressure at the slit outlet of the coating solution of the bead is negative or zero. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120027994 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - Provided is a low-cost transparent conductive film which has high optical transparency and excellent surface conductivity and surface smoothness. A method for manufacturing such transparent conductive film is also provided. The transparent conductive film has, on a transparent base material, a conductive fiber layer which includes at least a transparent resin and a conductive fiber. At least a part of the conductive fiber is exposed from the surface of the transparent conductive film, and the relationship between the surface roughness (Rz) of the transparent conductive film and the average diameter (D) of the conductive fiber satisfies the inequalities of 0| 02-02-2012 | |
| 20120018714 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent device containing:
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| 20120007498 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110315977 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC PANEL - Provided is an organic electronic panel wherein warping (deformation) of a metal member is suppressed when the metal member is used as a packaging board, an electrical short-circuit due to the warping is eliminated, and generation of light emission failure and deterioration of power generating performance are eliminated. In the organic electronic panel, the packaging board is composed of a metal foil, and a polymer film is laminated on the metal foil surface on the reverse side of the side having the adhesive layer. The thickness of the polymer film is not more than that of the metal foil, and heat is applied at the time of bonding/laminating the packaging board or at the time of hardening the adhesive layer. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315972 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides an organic electronic element manufacturing method which provides a low manufacturing cost and excellent performance stability, and specifically an organic electronic element manufacturing method which provides a low manufacturing cost, and minimizes emission unevenness, lowering of emission efficiency and shortening of lifetime due to deterioration of as barrier property of sealing. The organic electronic element manufacturing method is featured in that it comprises the steps of forming an organic electronic structure composed of a first electrode, at least one organic layer and a second electrode on a flexible substrate, and applying a flexible sealing substrate to the organic electronic structure, followed by heating treatment, wherein a heating temperature, at which the heating treatment is carried out, is less than Tg (a glass transition temperature) of the substrate and not less than Tg of the sealing substrate. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110309352 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device which is free from color shift while having high efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display and illuminating device comprising such an organic electroluminescent device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110305600 | MICROCHIP SOLUTION SENDING SYSTEM - [Technical Problem] | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110300770 | GAS BARRIER FILM, GAS BARRIER FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD, RESIN SUBSTRATE FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING THE AFORESAID GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING THE AFOREMENTIONED GAS BARRIER FILM - A gas barrier film comprising a resin substrate provided thereon at least one layer of a ceramic film, wherein the density ratio Y (=ρf/ρb) satisfies 1≧Y≧0.95 and the ceramic film has a residual stress being a compression stress of 0.01 MPa or more and 100 Mpa or less, wherein ρf is the density of the ceramic film and ρb is the density of a comparative ceramic film being formed by thermal oxidation or thermal nitridation of a metal as a mother material of the ceramic film so as to being the same composition ratio of the ceramic film. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110279024 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an organic electroluminescence element with significantly improved light extraction efficiency and improved film properties and an illumination device that uses said element. The organic electroluminescence element has a transparent electrode, an organic electroluminescence layer, and a cathode sequentially stacked on a transparent base material. The element is characterized in that the transparent base material is a transparent resin film, there is a hard coat layer on both sides, the respective refractive indices satisfy the expressions (1)-(4), and there is a function to scatter light to the light emission side with respect to the organic electroluminescence layer. Expression (1): −0.2≦n(H1)−n(A)≦0.2, Expression (2): −0.1≦n(H1)−n(B)≦0.1, Expression (3): −0.1≦n(H2)−n(B)≦0.1, Expression (4): −0.1≦n(H1)−n(H2)≦0.1. In the expressions, n(A) is the refractive index of the transparent electrode; n(H1) is the refractive index of the hard coat layer (on the transparent electrode side); n(H2) is the refractive index of the hard coat layer (on the side opposite the transparent electrode); and n(B) is the refractive index of the transparent resin film. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277922 | BASE MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD, NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND MOLD DUPLICATING METHOD - Disclosed are a base material manufacturing method, in which transfer of the structure of a mold to the entire surface of a base material is possible, irrespective of planarity of the mold or the base material, and in-plane uniformity of the transfer and uniformity of in-plane distribution of a remaining layer thickness can be achieved, and a nanoimprint lithography method and a mold duplicating method employing the base material manufacturing method. The method comprises forming on a transfer mold a cured layer composed of a transfer material, superposing on the surface of the cured transfer material layer a base material having a surface capable of adhering to the cured transfer material layer by physical interaction so that the cured material layer and the base material are adhered to each other to form an integrated material, and then separating the integrated material from the transfer mold to obtain a base material with the transfer material layer transferred thereon. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110272687 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE EACH COMPRISING THE ELEMENT - Provided is an o organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of composing layers including a light emitting layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein an electron transport layer containing the compound represented by Formula (1) is included in the composing layers; the light emitting layer contains a phosphorescence emitting organic metal complex; and the cathode or one composing layer adjacent to the cathode contains a metal or a metal compound belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 of the periodic table of elements, provided that the metal exhibits a standard electrode potential larger than −3 V vs. SHE in a system of the metal ion (M | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272176 | PATTERN ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PATTERN ELECTRODE - The present invention can easily provide a method of manufacturing a pattern electrode with excellent electroconductivity and excellent transparency and a pattern electrode manufactured according to the method. The method of manufacturing a pattern electrode is characterized in that it comprises the steps of forming on a substrate an electroconductive layer containing metal nanowires, and carrying out pattern printing on the electroconductive layer employing a metal nanowire removing solution, followed by washing with water. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110267334 | METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - In the case of depositing a metal in a plurality of stages by applying deposition voltages having a plurality of rectangular waves at different voltages to an electrochemical display element, the application time of the rectangular wave at the highest voltage among the plurality of rectangular waves is set to a time (Tip) required for reaching a resistance inflexion point (Rip) where the resistance value (R) of a pixel starts to rapidly increase or shorter. Thus, the element can be prevented from being broken without deteriorating the response characteristics of a display element. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110266945 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - Disclosed is a display element that is capable of implementing a black-and-white display as well as a full-color display with a simple member configuration, and has improved rewriting speed when colors other than black and white are displayed. This display element is characterized in that the display element contains between a pair of opposing electrodes an electrolyte and a compound expressed by Formula (L); said electrolyte contains a metallic salt compound and a mercapto compound expressed by Formula (G); the acidity of said electrolyte is 5.0 or more and 9.0 or less; and by means of the driving operation of the opposing electrodes, white is displayed, black is displayed, and colors other than black are displayed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110260155 | BOTTOM EMISSION TYPE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL - Provided is a bottom emission type organic EL panel capable of preventing or delaying loss of light emission from an end portion of the light emission area and reduction of the light emission area in an organic EL element. This organic electro luminescence panel includes an organic electro luminescence element having at least one organic layer between an anode and a cathode arranged on a substrate. This panel has a main light emission area emitting light with a high luminance and a non-light emission area or a low light emission area emitting light with a lower luminance than the main light emission area, arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. By limiting the main light emission area to a smaller size than the cathode forming area, the end portion of the cathode forming area is arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260154 | BOTTOM EMISSION TYPE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL - Provided is a bottom emission type organic EL panel capable of preventing or delaying loss of light emission from an end portion of the light emission area and reduction of the light emission area in an organic EL element. This organic electro luminescence panel includes an organic electro luminescence element having at least one organic layer between an anode and a cathode arranged on a substrate. This panel has a main light emission area emitting light with a high luminance and a non-light emission area or a low light emission area emitting light with a lower luminance than the main light emission area, arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. By limiting the main light emission area to a smaller size than the cathode forming area, the end portion of the cathode forming area is arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260152 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - Provided is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and at least one light emitting layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode as a constituting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a dopant and a host; crystal grains made of the dopant, the host, or the mixture of the dopant and the host are contained in the light emitting layer; and the crystal grains exhibit an X-ray diffraction peak. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110254003 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Provided are an organic TFT manufacturing method whereby flow of ink into an unnecessary area can be suppressed and excellent characteristics and high reliability can be obtained, and an organic TFT. The organic TFT manufacturing method comprises a step of providing a source electrode and a drain electrode on a base member; a step of providing a bank layer, which has an opening on a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode, an opening on a predetermined area of the base member, and a groove or grooves around the opening on the predetermined area, which surround the opening on the predetermined area; and a step of supplying an organic semiconductor solution to the opening of the bank layer formed on the channel to form an organic semiconductor layer. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110253990 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence device which can be stably produced by a wet process and exhibits enhanced external quantum efficiency and reduced coating unevenness and a production method thereof. Specifically, disclosed is a method of producing the organic electroluminescence device comprising at least a layer, which is formed by a wet process comprising of coating a solution of an organic material dissolved in a solvent to form a liquid layer, followed by removal of the solvent by blowing air to form the layer, wherein the relative drying rate of the solvent to butyl acetate is from 1 to 1000, (based on the drying rate of butyl acetate being 100), the thickness of the formed liquid layer is from 1 to 100 μm, a air-blowing rate is from 0.1 to 5 m/s and the time between completion of coating and start of blowing is from 0 to 60 sec. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110233566 | LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is a lightweight flexible lighting device with excellent durability and stable performance over repeated use that combines an organic electroluminescent element, an organic photoelectric conversion element, and a secondary cell. The lighting device has a control means for controlling the electrical connections of the organic electroluminescent element, the organic photoelectric conversion element, and the secondary cell. The control means controls the electrical connections such that a reverse bias voltage is applied to the organic electroluminescent element when the organic electroluminescent element receives light, generates power, and charges the secondary cell, and such that a reverse bias voltage is applied to the organic photoelectric conversion element when the organic electroluminescent element is supplied with power from the secondary cell and emits light. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110220895 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - The present invention makes it possible to prepare a thin film transistor fitted with a resin substrate by lowering a process temperature during formation of an oxide semiconductor, and further makes it possible to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce variations in thin film transistor performance. Disclosed is a thin film transistor of the present invention possessing a semiconductor containing metal oxide, the semiconductor comprising a coating film made from a solution or a dispersion of a precursor, wherein the metal oxide contains indium as a first metal element, gallium or aluminum as a second metal element, and zinc or tin as a third metal element, and a ratio of the third metal element to total metal elements in the metal oxide is 25 at % or less, or 0 at %. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110216124 | ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed is an actinic energy radiation curable inkjet ink which can be printed on various types of recording media, has excellent printed image quality and excellent fixability particularly on coated printing paper, and is improved in storage stability and ejection stability. Also disclosed is an inkjet recording method using the actinic energy radiation curable inkjet ink. The actinic energy radiation curable inkjet ink is characterized by containing a compound represented by Formula (1) or a compound represented by Formula (2) in an amount of not less than 0.1% by mass and less than 20% by mass based on a total mass of the ink. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110204348 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATOR - A white light emitting organic electroluminescent element comprising two electrodes having therebetween one or more constituting layers including a light emission layer, the one or more constituting layers comprising at least two phosphorescent compounds, wherein at least one of the phosphorescent compounds is a green light emitting ortho metalated complex; and a spectral ratio of the green light emitting ortho metalated complex in ae emission spectral distribution in a range of 400-800 nm is not less than 60%. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110199530 | IMAGING UNIT AND IMAGING DEVICE - A technique of enabling both of higher functionality and higher accuracy in a compact optical system is provided. To achieve this object, an imaging unit has a laminated structure formed by laminating a plurality of layers including: an image capturing element layer including an image capturing element part; a lens layer capable of changing a distance from the image capturing element layer; and an actuator layer including a movable part for moving the lens layer; and a signal transmitter disposed so as to connect the actuator layer and the image capturing element layer, and transmitting a drive signal for driving the movable part from the image capturing element layer side to the actuator layer, and the movable part is deformed according to the drive signal transmitted through the signal transmitter, and the actuator layer is provided between the image capturing element layer and the lens layer. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199367 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus having: a voltage application control section to apply a voltage onto electrochemical display elements of an ED type for each frame period; a frame control section | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110197966 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an organic photoelectric conversion element having a high photoelectric conversion ratio. Provided is also a method for manufacturing an organic photoelectric conversion element which can significantly reduce the manufacturing cost by forming a transparent electrode and an organic generation layer portion by coating a material. The organic photoelectric conversion element includes on a transparent substrate, a first electrode unit having a transparent conductive layer, an organic generation unit, and a second electrode unit which are successively arranged in this order when viewed from the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive layer constituting the first electrode unit contains conductive fiber and transparent conductive material. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110184176 | PRODUCING METHOD OF NITROGEN CONTAINING CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND - Provided is a method for producing a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound containing the step of: reacting a compound represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b) with a compound represented by Formula (2) under existence of cupper or a cupper ion, and a ligand to produce a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (3a) or Formula (3b): | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181960 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY - Provided are an image display device and HMD, which can make an observer observe an image with reduced luminance nonuniformity and reduced color nonuniformity, while making the image bright by reducing the degree of diffusion with a constitution employing a means which diffuses incident light in one direction. In the image display device, light from a light source is diffused in one direction with the diffusing means and is guided to a display element, and image light emitted from the display element is guided to an optical pupil through a lens. The image display device with the constitution satisfies the expression Hw/f≦tan 1′Kw/(f+δ), wherein Hw is the aperture width of pixels of the display element in the diffusing direction of the diffusing means, Kw is the maximum pitch of recesses and protrusions in the diffusing direction of the diffusing means, f is the focal length of the lens, and δ is the distance between the display surface of the display element and the diffusing surface of the diffusing means. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110175799 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A video image display device ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110169893 | INKJET IMAGE-DRAWING DEVICE - An inkjet image-drawing device having: a head module having inkjet heads for forming a pattern on a substrate; a head module moving means; a substrate support stage; a substrate support stage moving means including first and second linear moving means, and a rotation moving means; an image pickup means which picks up an mage of the substrate; and an alignment adjusting means which picks up images of markers arranged on the substrate with the image pickup means, and moves the substrate support stage based on a result of the picking up images to adjust the alignment, wherein the image pickup means has, on the main body the device, a camera fixedly disposed outside of a moving range of the head module in the vector direction of the first linear moving means, and a camera fixedly disposed outside of the moving range, in the vector direction of the second linear moving means. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168990 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent element including at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises at least a compound represented by Formula (A), | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110165394 | WEATHER-RESISTANT ARTICLE, WEATHER-RESISTANT FILM AND OPTICAL MEMBER - Provided is a support exhibiting excellent weather resistance, which is usable in an outdoor location for a long duration and is a support capable of sufficiently shielding UV radiation; and further provided are a weather-resistant article, a weather-resistant film, and an optical member which exhibit sufficient weather resistance even though receiving influences by heat, light or moisture. Disclosed is a weather-resistant article of the present invention possessing a support and provided thereon, a polymer layer containing a light stabilizer and a UV radiation reflective layer containing plural materials each having a different refractive index, the UV radiation reflective layer provided on the polymer layer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110156996 | IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - An image input/output device is provided that can instantaneously write an image by applying an optical pattern and that can acquire information on the written image as image data. This image input/output device includes a TFT ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110156577 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescent element wherein the light extraction efficiency is improved without lowering the electrical conductivity or the transporting or blocking performance for electrons or holes in a transparent electrode or an organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element comprises, on a transparent substrate, at least a light-transmitting first electrode part, an organic light-emitting layer part and a second electrode part, in this order from the substrate, and is characterized in that the first electrode part contains at least metal nanowires and that the average refractive index of the first electrode part is lower than the average refractive index of the organic light-emitting layer part. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110148961 | DRIVING APPARATUS OF INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head driving apparatus, wherein serial data indicating emission or non emission of nozzles respectively for a plurality of heads, is latched and memorized, and the nozzles are driven respectively based on the data memorized, the inkjet head driving apparatus having: an emission timing signal outputting device disposed in common for a plurality of heads so as to output a plurality of emission timing signals in one emission cycle; a setting device disposed respectively for the plurality of the heads so as to select the sequential emission timing signals at which emission starts synchronously, among the emission timing signals outputted from the emission timing signal outputting device in one emission cycle. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110143211 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - Disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising a pair of electrodes and provided therebetween, a gelled nonaqueous electrolyte composition containing an electrolyte and a gelling agent having two or more amide groups in the chemical structure. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141187 | METHOD FOR FORMING INKJET IMAGE - Provide is a method for forming an inkjet image in which a high-resolution image can be formed by a stable ink ejection and an inkjet image exhibits excellent curability, wherein the inkjet image is formed by ejecting an ink composition onto a medium from a nozzle of an inkjet recording head comprising a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of nozzles in communication with the pressure chambers and an ink chamber in communication with a side of a plurality of the pressure chamber on which side is opposite to a side of the nozzle of the pressure chamber, and the ink chamber is filled with the ink composition, wherein the ink composition comprises an photo-initiator, a polymerizable compound and a gelling agent; and comprising steps of heat-keeping a temperature of the ink composition in the ink chamber at 70° C.-140° C. during an image recording including during standing-by, and flowing the ink composition in the ink chamber. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110139253 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND PRODUCING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is an organic photoelectric conversion element containing: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises: a conductive fiber layer; and a transparent conductive layer containing a conductive polymer comprising a π conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, and an aqueous binder, and at least a part of the transparent conductive layer containing the conductive polymer and the aqueous binder is cross-linked therein. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110139026 | INK-JET PLATEMAKING METHOD - An ink-jet platemaking method is provided which takes advantage of the high convenience and high productivity characteristic of platemaking by ink-jet printing and which mitigates or improves the liquid gathering caused by droplet coalescence and printing durability, which have been problematic in platemaking by ink-jet printing. The ink-jet platemaking method comprises: using an ink for platemaking comprising water, one or more water-soluble organic solvents, and fine resin particles; adhering the ink for platemaking to a heated printing plate material; and volatilizing the solvent contained in the platemaking ink to dry the ink and thereby form an image. The ink-jet platemaking method is characterized in that the fine resin particles have a minimum film-forming temperature (MFT (water)) of 40° C. or higher, the ink for platemaking contains a water-soluble organic solvent (A) which lowers the MFT of the fine resin particles by 5° C. or more, the water-soluble organic solvent (A) accounts for 20% or more of all water-soluble organic solvents contained in the ink, and the water-soluble organic solvent (A) has a boiling point of 180-300° C. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110133192 | METHOD OF FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATTERN AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - In the present invention, provided is a method of forming a conductive pattern exhibiting excellent adhesion of the conductive pattern to a substrate and high fine line reproduction via a simple process, and an organic thin film transistor exhibiting excellent element properties. Disclosed is a method of forming a conductive pattern, possessing a step of treating a substrate surface employing a compound represented by the following Formula (1), a step of decomposing the compound represented by Formula (1) via a photocatalytic action, and a plating step: Formula (1) (R) | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110121280 | SUBSTRATE, CONDUCTIVE PATTERN FORMATION PROCESS AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - The present invention provides a substrate with excellent thin line reproducibility and excellent adhesion with conductive wiring, a conductive pattern formation process employing the substrate and an organic thin film transistor employing the substrate. The substrate is characterized in that it has a sensitizing dye and a compound represented by the following formula (I): | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110111588 | WIRING FORMING METHOD - Size reduction and high integration of each of the laminated substrates are achieved, while forming an excellent wiring which electrically connects the substrates to each other. A conductive ink, i.e., an ink, containing a conductive material is used, and in a state where a voltage is applied between a print head and a substrate unit, an ink droplet of the conductive ink is discharged from the print head, while relatively shifting the substrate unit and the print head substantially parallel to at least the upper surface of the substrate. Thus, a conductive layer which electrically connects electrodes to each other between the substrates is formed. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109680 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device comprising a line head including a plurality of recording element arrays arranged in one direction such that the recording elements have overlapping regions at the mutually adjoining end portions, characterized by comprising a halftone processor for subjecting multilevel image data to a halftone process in accordance with a first half tone processing rule to form the pattern of the dots to be recorded, as a recording pattern, an allocation processor for allocating which of the recording element arrays adjoining in the overlapping regions is used to record according to the recording pattern, by using a second half tone processing rule to suppress the low-frequency component of a space frequency, and a driver for driving the recording elements so that the dot data allocated to the individual recording element arrays may be recorded by the recording elements of the individual recording element arrays contained in the line head. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109582 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a reflective type display device which can display handwritten image at a practical speed regardless of the handwriting input timing, without degrading the display characteristic of electrochemical display elements. The reflective type display device comprises: a first memory for storing a value X of the next display density to be displayed; a second memory for storing a value Y of the display density being displayed; and a driver for applying a write current to the respective electrochemical display element in accordance with a comparison result of the value X and Y. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110096132 | INK JET RECORDING DEVICE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided are an inkjet recording device and an inkjet recording method for providing an image wherein concentration nonunifomiity is reduced with less ink bleed between inks of different colors, in high speed multicolor printing of single path system. In the device and the method, a conditional expression of 0.6≦R/R0≦0.9 is satisfied, where, R is a dot radius of a second ink jetted on a first ink which is jetted on the recording medium and semi-cured by a beam applied, and R0 is a dot radius of the second ink directly jetted on the recording medium. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095278 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - In an organic electroluminescence element which incorporates a substrate having thereon an anode and a cathode and which incorporates a plurality of organic layers between the aforesaid anode and cathode, wherein at least one of the aforesaid organic layers is a first organic layer incorporating a compound having at most 10 repeating units, the first organic layer being prepared by coating the compound having at least one polymerizable group, followed by polymerization. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110090237 | INFORMATION CONVERSION METHOD, INFORMATION CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION CONVERSION PROGRAM - Provided is an information conversion method including: a first area extracting step which extracts a first area constituting a dot, a line or a character in a displayable area of the original image data; a first area color extracting step which extracts a color of the first area; a second area determining step which decides a second area constituting a periphery of the first area; and an image processing step which generates an intensity modulation element in which the intensity has been modulated in accordance with the color of the first area if the first area color is a predetermined color and adds the intensity modulation element to the second area or the first and the second areas for output. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110084601 | WHITE LIGHT EMISSION ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND DISPLAY - Disclosed is a coating type organic EL element having excellent chromaticity stability to driving current, excellent chromaticity stability during continuous driving and excellent color rendering property. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110074674 | PORTABLE INPUT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CALIBRATION THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CALIBRATION - Provided are a portable input device for inputting coordinates, a method of calibrating the device, and a computer readable recording medium storing a computer program for making a computer perform the method. The portable input device includes two digital cameras, a calibration tool, a storage section, and a controller for calculating coordinates of an object on an input surface based on images taken by the two digital cameras based on images taken by the two digital cameras so as to include the calibration tool. The controller also calibrates positions and widths of a detection band which corresponds to a detection zone defined in a vicinity of the input surface. The positions and the widths of the detection band are stored in the storage section in relationship to positions on the input surface. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073851 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, ILLUMINATOR AND DISPLAY - An organic electroluminescent element containing an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a guest compound having a substructure represented by the following Formula (A): | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110073850 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, ILLUMINATOR AND DISPLAY - An organic electroluminescent element containing an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a guest compound having a substructure represented by the following Formula (A): | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110064958 | WEATHER-RESISTANCE RESIN BASE MATERIAL AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - Provided are a weather-resistant resin base material and an optical member having satisfactory weather resistance even when affected by heat, light and moisture. The weather-resistant resin base material has on at least one side of a resin base material which contains a light-stabilizer at least one ceramic layer having, as the main component, oxide, oxynitride or nitride containing Si or Al, and the steam permeability (JIS K7129-1992, method B, under conditions of 40° C. and 90% RH) is not more than 0.01 g/(m | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110061908 | PATTERN ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PATTERN ELECTRODE - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a pattern electrode which excels in electroconductivity, transparency and etching property and a pattern electrode, the method comprising a step of applying a metal particle containing solution onto a substrate to form a conductive layer, a step of pattern printing a metal particle removing solution on a portion of the conductive layer, which is to be removed, and a step of washing the resulting printed material, whereby the portion of the conductive layer on which the metal particle removing solution has been printed is removed to form a non-conductive portion. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110058244 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT - Disclosed is an electrochromic display element which is capable of forming a full color display of high quality by a simple display element structure without performing complicated operations. The electrochromic display element is characterized by comprising a plurality of electrolyte layers and containing a redox active compound which is contained in at least one of the electrolyte layers and substantially immiscible with an adjacent electrolyte layer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110052926 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Provided is a transparent electrode containing a transparent substrate having thereon a transparent conductive layer containing a conductive fiber, a conductive polymer and a water soluble binder resin, wherein the water soluble binder resin contains a low molecular weight component in an amount of 0 to 5 weight % based on a weight of the water soluble binder resin, provided that the low molecular weight component has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 or less measured by GPC. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052924 | THIN FILM FORMING METHOD AND THIN FILM STACK - A thin film forming method by a plasma discharging treatment under atmospheric pressure with a thin film forming apparatus which has a first discharging space for forming a functional thin film on a substrate, and a second discharge space for post-treating the substrate which formed the thin film. The first discharge space has a roller electrodes pair. The thin film forming method includes, a film forming process at the first discharge space which includes the steps of transporting the substrate by the roller electrodes; supplying discharging gas and thin film forming gas into the first discharging space; and generating a high frequency electric field between the roller electrodes. The post-treatment process includes the steps of introducing the substrate on which the functional film is formed; and supplying a discharging gas and post-treatment gas between the facing electrodes; and, generating a high frequency electric field between the facing electrode and the roller electrode. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110045169 | FILM DISPERSED OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND LIGHT EMITTING BODY - Disclosed is a film of dispersed carbon nanotubes that emit intensive light with a particular wavelength. The film of dispersed carbon nanotubes is a film in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a transparent binder, and each carbon nanotube is dispersed isolatedly in an oriented manner. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110037870 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the dynamic range based on a detection result of the detector. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110032308 | NOZZLE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a nozzle sheet manufacturing method by which highly fine manufacture and low cost are achieved. The method for manufacturing a nozzle sheet to be used for an inkjet head for an inkjet printer is provided with a step of forming a first resin sheet on a patterned liquid repellent film on a first dummy substrate, a step of forming a first nozzle which penetrates the first resin sheet, and a step of peeling the first dummy substrate. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110031482 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent element comprising: an organic laminate comprising at least an light emission layer formed via a wet process, the light emission layer comprising a host material and a guest material; and a pair of electrodes, wherein a solvent used for forming the light emission layer has a boiling point of 105° C. or less and a saturation vapor pressure at 20° C. of 20 mmHg or more, and a method of manufacturing the organic electroluminescent element | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110028332 | MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER, TEST METHOD, AND TEST KIT - An embodiment of the present invention provides a marker, a test method, and a test kit which can detect the onset of breast cancer that cannot be detected by palpation or mammography examination or breast cancer in an early stage (clinical stage 0), which are simple, and which have high reliability. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026773 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A technique is provided which can improve the precision of a matching point search with a plurality of images taking the same object where distant and near views coexist. A plurality of first images obtained by time-sequentially imaging an object from a first viewpoint, and a plurality of second images obtained by time-sequentially imaging the object from a second viewpoint, are obtained. Reference regions including a reference point are set respectively in the first images with the same arrangement, and comparison regions corresponding to the form of the reference regions are set respectively in the second images with the same arrangement. One reference distribution of pixel values about two-or-more-dimensional space is generated from the distributions of pixel values about the plurality of reference regions, and one comparison distribution of pixel values about two-or-more-dimensional space is generated from the distributions of pixel values about the plurality of comparison regions. Then, a matching point in the plurality of second images that corresponds to the reference point is detected by using the reference distribution of pixel values and the comparison distribution of pixel values. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110026148 | ACTUATOR ARRAY SHEET - Provided is a technique for achieving both higher functionality and higher precision in a device including a compact drive mechanism. In order to achieve the object, an actuator array sheet comprises a plate-like sheet main body in which a plurality of opening portions penetrating from a front surface to a back surface of the sheet main body are formed in a predetermined arrangement and a first movable unit and a second movable unit protruded from the sheet main body in each of the opening portions, having a displacement element and a support unit for supporting the displacement element. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110023112 | Authentication Method, Authentication Device and Computer-Readable Medium Storing Instructions for Authentication Processing Capable of Ensuring Security and Usability - An authentication method in a system having a display and a storage device is provided. The authentication method includes the steps of registering an object selected for each user from among a plurality of visually distinguishable objects prepared in advance as a key object in the storage device; and presenting the plurality of objects to the display, accepting selection of an object by a user to be authenticated, and performing authentication based on matching/mismatching of the selected object with the key object registered in association with the user. The step of registering includes a step of determining a degree of freedom of selection of the object at the time of registration of the key object according to a degree of overlapping of the key object already registered in the storage device. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110020043 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING A WEB OF PRINTABLE CARRIER MATERIAL - In a device or method for drawing a web made of a printable substrate material in a printer or copier, the web is directed in a transport gap between a drive roller and a contact pressure roller. The drive roller is driven by a motor via an electrically controllable coupling. The coupling is controlled so that the web is charged with a predetermined draw force by the drive roller. A rotation of the drive roller is detected wherein, given a set operating state with a standstill of the web, the controllable coupling is controlled depending on the detected rotation so that a draw force of the drive roller is reduced until the drive roller comes to a standstill. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019873 | PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE AND PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD - A flow calculating section | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019426 | SURFACE LIGHT EMITTER - A front luminance of light emitted from a surface light emitting apparatus having a surface light emitting element is greatly improved. The surface light emitting apparatus is provided with a surface light emitting element ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018973 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE - A three-dimensional imaging device ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017988 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic EL device element having high external quantum efficiency and long life time. A lighting device and a display device each using the organic EL device element are also disclosed. The organic EL element comprises plural organic compound layers including a light-emitting layer and at least one hole transport layer, interposed between an anode and a cathode, and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound contained in the light-emitting layer emits light. The organic EL device is characterized in that at least one hole-transport layer contains two or more polymerizable compounds represented by general Formula (1) or two or more polymer compounds having a structural unit derived from a compound. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017987 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - In the present invention, disclosed is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element in which at least an anode, a light emission layer and a cathode are laminated, wherein at least one light emission layer possesses two kinds of light-emitting dopants, the method comprising the step of conducting a process in which the organic EL element is subjected to an annealing treatment after forming at least the anode, the at least one light emission layer and the cathode as an element structure. By the method of the present invention, a stably manufacturable organic electroluminescent element exhibiting high light emission efficiency and long lifetime is possible to be prepared, and a white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element is suitably prepared. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110013261 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - Provided is an electrochemical display element composed of a simple member structure, capable of driving at low voltage, and exhibiting high display contrast and white display reflectance, and further to provide the electrochemical display element exhibiting reduced variation in reflectance during repetitive driving even after storage for a long duration. Disclosed is an electrochemical display element possessing an N-oxyl derivative represented by the following Formula (1), an electrolyte and a pair of facing electrodes: | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013063 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A technique capable of satisfying both higher functionality and higher accuracy in a compact imaging device is sought to be provided. In order to accomplish the above object, an imaging device is formed by lamination of a plurality of layers including: an imaging element layer that has an imaging element part; a lens layer that has a lens part whose distance from the imaging element part is changeable, and is disposed between a subject and the imaging element part; and an actuator layer that has an actuator part to move the lens part, and is disposed between the subject and the imaging element part. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110006670 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, NEW COMPOUND FOR THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound,
| 01-13-2011 |
| 20110001779 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - This aims to provide an inkjet recording apparatus which prevents a beading or a color bleeding in a recording system using a line head, and an inkjet recording method. The inkjet recording apparatus comprises an ink line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging inks containing coloring materials, and a fixing liquid line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging fixing liquids to enhance the fixtures of the inks to a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus performs the records by discharging the inks and the fixing liquids from the individual line heads to the recording medium while moving the recording medium and the individual line heads relatively in predetermined directions. The inkjet recording apparatus is characterized in that the nozzle rows of the ink line head and the fixing liquid line head are arranged such that they are deviated from each other by one half of the predetermined pitch in the nozzle row direction. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100328298 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is characterized by including a first storage section ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100323473 | METHOD OF FORMING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is a method of forming an organic semiconductor layer comprising the steps of preparing a substrate having a groove formed on the surface, applying, to the surface of the substrate, a droplet of an organic semiconductor liquid in which an organic semiconductor material is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, and drying the droplet to form the organic semiconductor layer, wherein the droplet is applied to a position of the substrate where a part of the circumference of the droplet is introduced into the groove. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319057 | Information Processing Apparatus Capable of Authentication Processing with Improved User Convenience, Control Program for Information Processing Apparatus, and Recording Medium Having Control Program for Information Processing Apparatus Recorded Thereon - Whether box access is made or not is determined. When it is determined that a box region is accessed, a box ID entry screen appears. CPU determines whether a box ID is entered or not. If it is determined that a box ID is entered, then device information is obtained. After the device information is obtained, whether a hardware keyboard is present or not is determined. If it is determined that a hardware keyboard is present, a password authentication screen appears. If it is determined that no hardware keyboard is present, an image authentication screen appears. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100306842 | Information Processing Apparatus Capable of Authentication Processing Achieving Both of User Convenience and Security, Method of Controlling Information Processing Apparatus, and Recording Medium Recording Program for Controlling Information Processing Apparatus - Whether a log-in button has been pressed or not is determined. When it is determined that the log-in button has been pressed, an ID selection screen is displayed. Whether an ID has been selected or not is determined. When it is determined that an ID has been selected, whether a secure printing job is present or not is determined. Thereafter, whether password matching is successfully achieved or not is determined. Thereafter, whether a password image function is ON or not is determined. Then, when it is determined that password matching was successfully achieved and a password image authentication function is ON, password image authentication is carried out. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302405 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing device for sensing light representing a subject image; a first component extractor for extracting a first component having a predetermined frequency out of a photographic image obtained by the image sensing device; a second component extractor for extracting a second component having a frequency higher than the frequency of the first component out of the photographic image; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the first component extracted by the first component extractor with a predetermined compression ratio; an image generator for generating an image based on a compressed first component obtained by compressing the dynamic range of the first component by the compressor, and the second component extracted by the second component extractor; and a compression correction coefficient calculator for calculating a compression correction coefficient used in compressing the first component, using the second component extracted by the second component extractor, wherein the compressor determines the compression ratio in such a manner that the larger compression correction coefficient increases the compression ratio based on the compression correction coefficient calculated by the compression correction coefficient calculator, and compresses the dynamic range of the first component based on the determined compression ratio. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100300529 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell which can simultaneously realize an excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and excellent durability. The dye-sensitized solar cell is also suitable when a resin film is used as a base material. The dye-sensitized solar cell comprises an electroconductive base material, and a metal oxide semiconductor layer formed of a semiconductor film with a dye adsorbed on the surface thereof, a charge transfer layer, and a counter electrode provided in that order on the electroconductive base material and is characterized in that a metal oxide intermediate layer formed of fine particles of a metal oxide is provided between the electroconductive base material and the metal oxide semiconductor layer and the electroconductive base material comprises a transparent base material, and a metallic current collecting layer formed of metallic fine wires and an electroconductive polymer-containing transparent electroconductive layer provided on the transparent base material. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295026 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element containing organic layers sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the organic layers incorporates an emission layer A containing a host compound A and at least two types of emission dopants, and an emission layer B containing a host compound B and at least one type of emission dopant, provided that at least one of the emission dopants contained in the emission layer A is a phosphorescence-emitting material. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100288531 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a transparent conductive film exhibiting high conductivity together with excellent transparency, and also exhibiting film strength tolerant to a washing treatment and a pattern forming treatment while maintaining conduction to an electronic device layer formed on an transparent conductive layer. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film possessing a transparent substrate and provided thereon, a transparent conductive layer containing a metal nanowire, possessing the steps of forming a layer containing a crosslinking agent on the substrate, coating a coating solution containing a metal nanowire onto the layer containing the crosslinking agent, drying the coating solution, and conducting a treatment by which the crosslinking agent is reacted. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100276637 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - In the present invention, provided is an organic electroluminescent element material having a high externally taking-out quantum efficiency, which is suitable for manufacturing an element exhibiting long light emission lifetime, and also provided is an organic electroluminescent element possessing the material, a method of manufacturing the organic electroluminescent element, and a display as well as an illuminating device fitted with the organic electroluminescent element. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100271412 | INKJET PRINTER - A inkjet printer including a plurality of heads installed in a staggered arrangement, and a relay board for receiving image data, a control signal conforming to each head, and a timing signal for determining timed intervals to emit ink particles from the control unit of the inkjet printer, and for sending the received image data, control signal and timing signal to the aforementioned plurality of respective drive signal generating circuits. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100267180 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT - Provided is a manufacturing method by which each functional layer of various types of organic electronic elements can be uniformly formed by wet process. Specifically, a method for manufacturing an organic electronic element which uniformly emits light with high emission efficiency is provided. The method for manufacturing the organic electronic element includes a step of forming a functional layer by laminating at least an organic layer (A) and an organic layer (B) in this order on a substrate. After forming at least the organic layer (A), the organic layer (B) is applied and formed on the organic layer (A) by using a fluorine-containing solvent. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100264354 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100259655 | IMAGING DEVICE - A high-precision imaging device implemented by minimizing the number of members interposed between imaging surfaces of imaging elements and minimizing the cumulative error between the imaging surfaces of the imaging elements. The imaging device comprises imaging elements each including pixels having a photoelectric conversion function and a support in which the imaging elements are mounted. The imaging elements are positioned in respective optical axis directions by abutting on the support. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100255323 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Disclosed is a transparent electrode including a transparent substrate having thereon a conductive fiber, a conductive polymer and a water soluble binder resin, wherein a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253734 | METHOD FOR FORMING INK-JET IMAGE - Provided are an aqueous ink-jet ink and a method for forming an ink-jet image enabling to decrease bleed occurrence during high-speed printing and to realize highly detailed image quality. An aqueous ink-jet ink characterized by containing water, a pigment, an organic or inorganic amine salt, and a water-soluble resin having a higher pKa than an acid component formed by dissociation of the amine salt in an ink. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100248025 | ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a secondary battery exhibiting excellent durability. Also disclosed is an electrolyte possessing a porous particle, an ionic liquid and a supporting electrolyte salt, wherein the electrolyte has a dynamic elastic modulus of at least 10 | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247870 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A transparent conductive film which is excellent in transparency, electrical conductivity, in-plane uniformity and durability is disclosed, comprising a metal conductive pattern and a transparent conductive material on a transparent film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive material contains a conductive polymer and at least one of a conductive fiber and a conductive metal. A production method thereof is also disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245508 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is a method for forming an image with an ink-jet recoding method which forms the image on a coated printing paper by employing an ink containing water in an amount of 20 to 90 weight based on the total weight of the ink, a pigment and a resin, the method containing the sequential steps of: applying an aqueous processing solution on the coated printing paper; drying the aqueous processing solution applied on the coated printing paper; and ejecting droplets of the ink on the coated printing paper, wherein the aqueous processing solution is capable of aggregating the ink or increasing a viscosity of the ink, and the coated printing paper is heated from 40 to 60° C. during the step of ejecting the droplets of the ink. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245493 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A droplet ejection head provided with a piezoelectric actuator made by using a KNbO | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244007 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - The present invention provides a white organic electroluminescent element which can emits white light and is free from deviation of chromaticity. This organic electroluminescent element comprises a substrate and, provided on the substrate, at least an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer held between the anode and the cathode. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that the light emitting layer contains at least three types of light emitting materials different from each other in X max, and the absolute value of HOMO level of the light emitting material having the shortest wavelength is smaller than the absolute value of HOMO level of the other light emitting materials. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100231123 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of −5.15 to −3.50 eV and a LUMO of from −1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229791 | COATING APPARATUS - A coating apparatus for conducting coating by discharging liquid droplets onto a substrate, is provided with a discharging head having an external terminal to receive control signals and a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets in response to the control signals; a drive control board to output the control signals to the discharging head; a cable to transmit the control signals from the drive control board to the discharging head; a relay board having a first terminal to form a first joint section to joint with the external terminal of the discharging head and a second terminal to form a second joint section to joint with the cable; and an intercepting member to intercept contact between the first joint section and outside air and to intercept contact between the second joint section and outside air. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100221547 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescence element which is driven with a reduced drive voltage without deteriorating emission luminance and has a high power efficiency. The organic electroluminescence element having at least one light emitting layer is characterized in that two or more types of light emitting dopants having different emission colors are included in at least one light emitting layer, the concentration of all the light emitting dopants included in the light emitting layer is 5 Vol % or more, and the concentration of the light emitting dopant giving a main emission color among the light emitting dopants in the light emitting layer is 2 Vol % or less. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100219398 | BOTTOM EMISSION TYPE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL - Provided is a bottom emission type organic EL panel capable of preventing or delaying loss of light emission from an end portion of the light emission area and reduction of the light emission area in an organic EL element. This organic electro luminescence panel includes an organic electro luminescence element having at least one organic layer between an anode and a cathode arranged on a substrate. This panel has a main light emission area emitting light with a high luminance and a non-light emission area or a low light emission area emitting light with a lower luminance than the main light emission area, arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. By limiting the main light emission area to a smaller size than the cathode forming area, the end portion of the cathode forming area is arranged outside the end portion of the main light emission area. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100215582 | LIPOSOME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME - It is intended to provide a liposome preparation which is a liposome, has a lipid bilayer membrane composed of an inner membrane constituted by a lipid including one or more types of functional lipids (a lipid capable of chemically interacting with another compound such as a charged lipid, a polarizable lipid, a lipid-soluble lipid or a water-soluble lipid) and an outer membrane constituted by a lipid with or without including one or more types of functional lipids, and is characterized in that at least a condition that the amount of any one type of functional lipid contained in the inner membrane is larger than in the outer membrane is satisfied. The liposome preparation is suitable as a liposome for encapsulating a contrast agent (a neutral substance having a hydroxy group), siRNA (an anionic substance) having an anticancer activity or the like. Its encapsulation ratio of drug agents, dispersion stability, control release and the like have been improved. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214602 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS CAPABLE OF QUEUING AND HOLDING PRINT JOBS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPABLE OF QUEUING AND HOLDING PRINT JOBS - An image formation apparatus obtains an amount of sheets remaining in its accommodation unit and from that amount determines whether a print job of interest can successfully be processed for printing. If so, then the print job of interest is processed for printing. If not, a print notification dialog box is output to provide notification that the print job cannot successfully be processed for printing and that it is necessary to resupply sheets required to process the print job for printing. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100192364 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte layer, the solid electrolyte layer being interposed between a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode and a negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode, the process comprising the steps of heat-melting a solid electrolyte, coating the heat-melted solid electrolyte on a first layer which is one layer of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, thereby forming a solid electrolyte layer, and combining the solid electrolyte layer with a second layer which is the other layer of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, through a heated liquid. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100184253 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a thin film transistor, the process comprising the steps of providing an oxide semiconductor precursor solution for an oxide semiconductor layer in which an oxide semiconductor precursor is dissolved in a solvent, coating the oxide semiconductor precursor solution on a substrate to form an oxide semiconductor precursor layer, patterning the oxide semiconductor precursor layer so that the oxide semiconductor precursor layer remains at portions where the oxide semiconductor layer is to be formed, and heating the remaining oxide semiconductor precursor layer to form the oxide semiconductor layer. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100184252 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - A method for manufacturing an organic thin film transistor having excellent characteristics by a simple process, and an organic thin film transistor are provided. In a manufacture method of an organic thin film transistor element having a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an organic semiconductor layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode on a support, the method is characterized by comprising a step for forming an organic semiconductor precursor layer by applying a solution in which an organic semiconductor precursor is dissolved, and a step for forming an organic semiconductor layer by converting the organic semiconductor precursor to an organic semiconductor by exposing the organic semiconductor precursor layer to a discharging gas in a plasma state. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100178727 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC FILM TRANSISTOR - A method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor exhibiting excellent semiconductor performance by which an organic TFT can be formed continuously on a flexible base such as a polymer support through a simple coating process, and thus the fabrication cost can be reduced sharply, and an organic semiconductor layer thus formed has a high carrier mobility, In the method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor by forming a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode sequentially on a support, the organic semiconductor layer contains an organic semiconductor material having an exothermic point and an endothermic point in a differential scanning thermal analysis, and the organic semiconductor layer thus formed is heat-treated at a temperature not less than the exothermic point and less than the endothermic point. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100173146 | LAMINATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A laminate is disclosed, comprising a resin substrate provided thereon with a composite layer, wherein the composite layer contains an inorganic compound and a cellulose fiber exhibiting an average fiber diameter of not less than 2 nm and not more than 200 nm. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172389 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PLANE EMISSION LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal plane emission laser of the invention includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal which has a two-dimensional photonic crystal area and a light reflecting area, and which selects a wavelength of light to be generated in an active layer. The light reflecting area is formed in such a manner that when light leaking from the two-dimensional photonic crystal area and reflected on a reflecting surface of the light reflecting area is returned to the two-dimensional photonic crystal area, the reflection light is combined with a standing wave residing in a propagating direction of the reflection light without disturbing its resonant state. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171101 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An objective in the present invention is to provide an organic EL element exhibiting high emission efficiency and long lifetime, together with a lighting device and a display device thereof. In the present invention, disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a support substrate provided thereon an anode and a cathode, the organic electroluminescent element comprising an organic layer containing a reactive organic compound between the anode and the cathode, wherein the reactive organic compound contained in the organic layer has nonuniform concentration at any point in time between termination of a process of preparing the organic electroluminescent element and a start of electricity application to the organic electroluminescent element. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100166946 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY ELEMENT - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electrochromic display element having improved durability. Specifically disclosed is a method of manufacturing a display element containing opposed electrodes and a porous layer which is arranged between the opposed electrodes and containing a metal oxide and an electrochromic dye supported on the metal oxide. The method contains the step of applying plural kinds of inks to the porous layer by an inkjet apparatus, wherein the inks are capable of uniformizing the amount of the electrochromic dye supported on the porous layer containing the metal oxide in one pixel of the display element. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165449 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - Provided is a display element, which has simple member configuration, can be driven at a low voltage, and has high display contrast, white display reflectance and high display speed and less display nonuniformity in a long term. The display element has an electrolyte layer, which includes silver or a compound having silver in the chemical structure, between counter electrodes and drives the counter electrodes to melt and deposit the silver. The electrolyte layer contains a butyral resin, a coloring material having an average primary grain diameter of 200 nm or more but not more than 1,000 nm, and an organic solvent having a boiling point of 120° C. or higher but not higher than 300° C. The mass ratio of the organic solvent to the butyral resin is 10:1 or more but not more than 10:5. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165444 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - The present invention provides a display element which can be driven at a low voltage in a simple member construction, provides high display contrast, and gives a white impression to a viewer while suppressing white reflectance. The display element comprises an electrolyte containing silver or a compound containing silver in its chemical structure between opposed electrodes to be driven so as to cause dissolution and precipitation of silver, and comprises a color tone-adjusting layer, a transparent electrode and an electrolyte layer being provided in that order as viewed from a viewing direction of the element. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100159156 | THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is a thin film forming apparatus which is a plasma discharge processing apparatus for performing a plasma discharge processing on the surface of a continuously transported base at or near atmospheric pressure, wherein a reverse flow of the processing gas is prevented and thus a thin film having good quality is formed by a uniform gas flow. The thin film forming apparatus is characterized by having an auxiliary gas discharge means for discharging an auxiliary gas for preventing a reverse flow of the processing gas. Also disclosed are a thin film forming method, and a thin film. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100150466 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - To effectively remove halo in an image processing method and an image processing apparatus for compressing the dynamic range of an image to convert the image to an image suitable for image recording or image display. The means for achieving this purpose comprises, in an image processing method for compressing the dynamic range of an image, an inputting step of inputting image data; a low frequency component calculating step of calculating the low frequency component of the input image data for each pixel; an image processing step of calculating an image process value for each pixel by use of an equation indicated below; and an outputting step of outputting image data including the image process value calculated in the image processing step. Snp=a | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149231 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a method for forming an image using an ink-jet recording method which forms the image with a single pass printing method employing an ink comprising water in an amount of 20 to 90 weight % based on the total weight of the ink, a pigment and a water soluble resin containing an acidic group which is neutralized with ammonia or an amine compound, the method containing the steps of: applying a processing solution on a coated paper for printing; and ejecting droplets of the ink on the coated paper for printing, wherein the processing solution is capable of aggregating an ingredient of the ink or increasing a viscosity of the ink, and the coated paper for printing is heated from 40 to 60° C. during the step of ejecting the droplets of the ink. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100141126 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element emitting a short wavelength light and having high emission efficiency and high storage stability, and a display and an illuminating device each employing the organic electroluminescent element. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141125 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - An organic EL element, which has high light emission efficiency, a long light emission life and a small color change when continuously driven, an illuminating device and a display device are provided. Especially, an organic EL element which emits white light and can be manufactured at low cost is provided. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100135545 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed are an image processing method, an image processing apparatus, and an image processing program which perform appropriate gradation processing in each brightness region while gradation continuity is maintained. The image processing apparatus which applies image processing including gradation conversion processing to image data, the image processing apparatus having: an image processing section for applying image processing to the image data based on each of a plurality of different gradation conversion processing characteristics, thereby generating a plurality of image-processed image data; a synthesis ratio calculating section for calculating the synthesis ratios of the plurality of image-processed image data by referencing image information of the image data prior to image processing; and a synthesis section for synthesizing the plurality of image-processed image data based on the synthesis ratios, thereby generating image data to be outputted. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134864 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - This invention provides a novel process for producing an electrochemical display element, which can easily form a white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, has a high level of suitability for production, and has high stability after long-term use. The production process is characterized in that a film containing a white scattering material and a polymeric binder is formed on at least one electrode in opposed electrodes, the other electrode is disposed so as to face the electrode with film formed thereon, a low-viscosity electrolyte is poured into a space between the opposed electrodes, and the polymeric binder is dissolved in or swollen in the electrolyte to form a gel-like electrolyte layer containing the white scattering material and the polymeric binder within the space. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100127246 | WHITE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a white light-emitting organic electroluminescent device, which is excellent in stability of emission chromaticity over a long operation period, while having high electrical efficiency, long life, excellent storage stability and excellent color rendering properties. Also disclosed is an illuminating device using such an organic electroluminescent device. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode, which is characterized by comprising a light-emitting layer A having a maximum emission wavelength of not more than 480 nm and containing a phosphorescent dopant having a maximum emission wavelength of not more than 480 nm, and a light-emitting layer B arranged between the light-emitting layer A and the anode, which has a maximum emission wavelength of not less than 510 nm and contains a phosphorescent dopant. This organic electroluminescent device is also characterized in that the concentration of the phosphorescent dopant contained in the light-emitting layer A varies in the thickness direction of the light-emitting layer A. Also specifically disclosed is an illuminating device using such a white light-emitting organic electroluminescent device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100112497 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a method for forming an image with an ink-jet recorder provided with an ink-jet head, the method comprising the following steps in the sequence set forth: ejecting a photo-acid generator solution through the ink-jet head on a recording material, provided that the photo-acid generator solution contains a solvent and a photo-acid generator without containing a photopolymerizable compound; irradiating the ejected photo-acid generator solution on the recording material with actinic radiation rays; ejecting an actinic radiation curable ink containing a colorant through the ink-jet head on the recording material to form an image; and irradiating the image with actinic radiation rays so as to fix the formed image. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100108991 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and long life, an illuminating device and a display device. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100101660 | CHANNEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A channel switching system includes two microvalves i.e. a first valve (stopper valve) and a second valve (water retaining valve). The first valve is openable and closable, and the second valve is operable to block fluid flow by a surface tension force. Changing the first valve from an open state to a close state enables to switch the system from a condition that the fluid flows through the channel where the first valve is mounted by blocking the flow at the second valve by the surface tension force to a condition that the fluid flows through the channel where the second valve is mounted by releasing the system from the condition that the flow is blocked at the second valve by the surface tension force. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100098878 | INK-JET INK AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink-jet ink is disclosed, comprising a colorant, water, a polymeric compound which is comprised of a hydrophilic backbone having plural side chains and is capable of curing via the side chains upon exposure to an actinic ray and a fluorine-containing surfactant having a specific structure. An ink-jet recording method is also disclosed. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097684 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - A display element containing at least 1 type of electrochromic compound, which is reversibly subjected to coloration or decoloration by at least either of electrochromic oxidation and reduction reaction, and an electrolyte between a pair of a display electrode and an opposed electrode; and undergoing a color tone change by an electrode driving operation, wherein a compound represented by following Formula (1) is held on the opposed electrode. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100093900 | WATER-BASED INK-JET RECORDING INK - An ink-jet recording ink which is utilized for printing on a heated recording medium, wherein the ink contains at least (1) a pigment, (2) an ink-soluble resin of 2-10 weight % based on a solid content, (3) a water-soluble organic solvent, and (4) a silicone type or a fluorine type surfactant, and the ink-soluble resin and the water-soluble organic solvent satisfy the following conditions: 1) at least one type of the ink-soluble resin is provided with a carboxyl group as an acid group, and an acid value of not less than 80 and less than 300, and 2) the water-soluble organic solvent contains at least 5-15 weight % of solvent A, and 2-15 weight % of solvent B; solvent A: a glycol ether or 1,2-alkanediols, and solvent B: a cyclic solvent, a cyclic ester solvent or a dimethyl sulfoxide, containing a nitrogen or a sulfur atom. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091353 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a novel electrochemical display element which performs bright white display, high contrast black/white display and full-color display with a simple member configuration. A method for driving such display element is also provided. The display element contains an electrochromic compound, which is colored or has its color disappear due to oxidation or reduction, a metallic salt compound, an electrolyte and a white scattered material, between opposing electrodes. The display element substantially performs multiple color display of three colors or more, i.e., black display, white display and colored display other than black, by driving operation of the opposing electrodes. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091352 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a novel electrochemical display element, which can realize bright white display, high-contrast black and white display, and full-color display by a simple member construction, and a method for driving the display element. The display element is characterized in that it comprises opposed electrodes, and an electrolyte, an electrochromic compound, a metal salt compound, and a white scattering material between the opposed electrodes, and multicolor display of three or more colors is carried out by black display, white display, and display of color other than black by driving the opposed electrodes by taking advantage of 1) a color change as a result of oxidation and reduction reactions of the electrochromic compound, and 2) a color change as a result of reduction precipitation and oxidation dissolution of a metallic element contained in the metal salt compound in at least one of the opposed electrodes. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091090 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD AND WIDE-ANGLE STEREO CAMERA DEVICE - Epipolar lines of first and second images are made consistent with each other in a paralleling step, so that it has the advantages (1) and (2) as set forth in the background section. Further, distortions of the first and second images are corrected in a correcting step, and, even if characters conversion is carried out, it can avoid excessively reduction of central portions in the first and second images or excessively enlargement of side edge portions. Thus, while maintaining of the above mentioned advantages (1) and (2), wide angle image acquiring method and a wide angle stereo camera device which make three-dimensional space holding possible can be provided. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090815 | HANDWRITING ELECTRONIC INPUT SYSTEM - An handwriting electronic input system in which a feeling representing that of handwriting performed actually using a writing instrument can be attained when handwriting input is performed electrically. The electric handwriting input system to perform handwriting electrically is provided with a handwriting input section used in handwriting input of operator's handwriting information, a handwriting input detection section to detect handwriting input through the handwriting input section, wherein the handwriting input section is provided with a handwriting feeling producing section to generate a vibration represents a handwriting feeling in accordance with operation of the handwriting input section at handwriting input of information. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090199 | Organic Semiconductor Film Forming Method, Organic Semiconductor Film and Organic Thin Film Transistor - A method for forming an organic semiconductor film having a high carrier mobility is provided by having an average volatilization rate of a solvent within a prescribed range during a step of drying, at the time of applying a coating solution, which includes an organic semiconductor material and a non-halogen solvent, on a substrate. In such forming method, characteristic fluctuation in repeated use of the organic semiconductor film is suppressed, and an organic thin film transistor having an excellent film forming characteristic even on an insulator with reduced gate voltage threshold can be obtained. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100084966 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100074149 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECEIVING DEVICE - An information transmitting and receiving system having an information transmitting device including: an information reading section; an information processing section which divides the information into a plurality of information segments, and gives an identifier uniquely to each divided information segment; and an information transmitting section which repeatedly transmits a bundle of identifiers in a first period of time, and an information receiving device including: an information receiving section which receives the identifiers; an information selecting section which selects an information segment desired to read; a display section which displays the information segment desired to read; and a display control section which controls the information display section such that if the information receiving section does not receive the identifier given to the information segment desired to read within a second period of time, stops displaying the information segment. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073258 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a supporting board, a planar first radiating plate having a feeding point formed on a first surface of the supporting board, a transmission line electrically connected to the feeding point formed on the first surface and extending up to a side of the supporting board, and a planar second radiating plate formed on a second surface of the supporting board. The first and the second radiating plates are each formed in line symmetry with respect to the centerline of the transmission line and/or the extended line of the centerline. At least one of the first and second surfaces has a dielectric which is formed in either one of the two regions located on mutually opposite sides of the center line of the transmission line and the extended line of the center line when viewed from the thickness direction of the supporting board. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100072435 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF METAL OXIDE PRECURSOR LAYER, PRODUCTION METHOD OF METAL OXIDE LAYER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A production method of a metal oxide precursor layer provided with a substrate, a solution containing a metal ion as a metal oxide precursor, and a process to coat the solution while the temperature of the substrate is adjusted in the temperature range of 50%-150% of the boiling point (° C.) of a main solvent of the solution. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100067369 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information management method and an information processing device functioning as a node are provided to enable an effective use of information distributed to, and shared with, a plurality of nodes on a network and to enable maintenance of security against leakage of information by controlling information retention. This management method of information gathers information distributed to, and shared with, a plurality of the nodes on a network and holds the information in a state accessible from other nodes to a temporary information memory unit when generating restored information. The information management method is also characterized in setting a flag for showing a history of the information and immediately discarding the information in the case that the retention of restored information becomes improper from a view point of contents of the flag. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100045172 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescent element having at least an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer held between the anode and the cathode on a substrate and emitting white light. The light-emitting layer consists of three or less layers, the light-emitting material contained entirely in the light-emitting layer consists of at least four kinds of light-emitting material having different emission maximum wavelengths (λmax). The four kinds of light emitting material have emission colors of blue, green, yellow red and red, and since one or more layers out of the three or less layers of the light-emitting layer contain two or more kinds of light-emitting material simultaneously, there is obtained an organic electroluminescent element excellent in color rendering and exhibiting high power efficiency in which variation in emission color is small even if current density varies. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045171 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having high external quantum efficiency and long emission life. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each comprising such an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device is characterized by comprising at least an anode and a cathode on a supporting substrate, while having at least one light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode. The organic electroluminescent device is also characterized by containing a polymer which at least partially contains a compound A having a partial structure represented by the general formula (a) below and a reactive group, and is obtained by polymerizing the compound A through the reactive group. (In the formula, Ar1 and Ar2 respectively represent an aromatic ring.) | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100044898 | MOLDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A molding device for easily releasing a molding material produced by transferring a minute shape to resin using a die having the minute shape formed thereon from the die with no damage. A method for controlling such molding device is also provided. The molding device and the control method are characterized in that the force for releasing the molding material from the die is detected and an alarm signal is delivered if the number of times when the releasing force becomes higher than a level preset depending on the molding material reaches a preset number of times. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100034973 | WATER-BASED INK JET INK AND RECORDING METHOD - This invention provides a water-based ink jet ink, which can yield high-quality and highly fast images, can be stably ejected, can be stably printed for a long period of time, and, at the same time, can realize easy recovery in maintenance, and a recording method using the water-based ink jet ink. The water-based ink jet ink is characterized by comprising at least a pigment, not less than 2% by mass and not more than 10% by mass of an ink soluble resin, not less than 20% by mass and less than 45% by mass of a solvent having a surface tension of not less than 25 mN/m and not more than 40 mN/m, and a silicone-type or fluorine-type surfactant, at least one type of the ink soluble resin containing a carboxyl or sulfonic acid group as an acidic group and having an acid value of not less than 80 and less than 300. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100028798 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner for electrostatic latent image development, in which the image quality is fine, toner blister would not occur, and furthermore, the image quality which can fulfill customer's satisfaction can be obtained regardless of the temperature humidity environment in the image forming. The toner for electrostatic latent image development is made by agglomeration of resin particles and colorant particles in an aqueous medium. The acid value of the toner is less than 20 mgKOH/g, and the hydroxyl value of the toner is 7 to 57 mgKOH/g. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026175 | MULTICOLOR PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - This invention provides a multicolor phosphorescent organic electroluminescent element having an excellent electric power efficiency, a prolonged service life, an excellent storage stability, and an excellent stability of chromaticity against drive current, and a lighting system using the multicolor phosphorescent organic electroluminescent element. The multicolor phosphorescent organic electroluminescent element contains a plurality of phosphorescent dopants different from each other in luminescence wavelength and particularly exhibits white luminescence. Specifically, the multicolor phosphorescent organic electroluminescent element contains two or more phosphorescent dopants different from each other in luminescence wavelength and comprises two or more luminescent layers, the luminescent dopant being a phosphorescent dopant. The multicolor phosphorescent organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one layer formed of luminescent layer A containing two or more phosphorescent dopants different from each other in luminescence wavelength in the same layer is provided, the content of the luminescent dopant having the highest concentration used in the luminescent layer A is not less than 4% by mass and not more than 20% by mass, and luminescent layer B having a maximum luminescence wavelength of not more than 480 nm is provided at a position near the cathode side as compared with the luminescent layer A. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100018647 | Manufacturing method of inkjet head, and adhesive agent composition - Disclosed are an adhesive agent composition which has high chemical resistance and solvent resistance and is curable at around room temperature, an inkjet head which has good durability and jetting performance even in the case of using solvent ink, and a manufacturing method of the inkjet head. For these characteristics, the adhesive agent composition contains, as an activator, an imidazole derivative in which an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group is substituted at the 1-postion or at the 1- and 2-positions, and as a base, a compound having three or more epoxy groups. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100007756 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus received input of a base image and a reference image that are images picked up by two cameras provided on left and right. A window setting portion determines a size of a window based on an edge value of an image around a gaze point in the base image. A position deviation operation portion operates deviation between the image in the window of the base image and the image in the window of the reference image. A three-dimensional coordinate operation unit portion operates a three-dimensional coordinate of a surface of an object based on deviation between the images. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100003482 | TRANSPARENT GAS BARRIER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT GAS BARRIER FILM - Disclosed is a transparent gas barrier film having good transparency and good gas barrier properties, which exhibits excellent adhesion even after storage under severe environmental conditions, and does not deteriorate even when a large impact is applied thereto. The transparent gas barrier film is characterized by having, on a resin base, at least two layers having different elastic moduluses. The transparent gas barrier film is further characterized in that the elastic modulus difference between adjoining layers is not less than 1 GPa but not more than 20 GPa, and each layer has a thickness of not less than 1 nm but not more than 10 nm. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100002176 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device possessing transparent conductive layer exhibiting excellent optical transparency, resistance characteristic, evenness, adhesion to substrate, and hardness, and liquid crystal display device thereof. The liquid crystal display device possessing liquid crystal display panel and backlight unit, wherein liquid crystal display panel has a structure in which display electrode and reference electrode are provided on surface of region corresponding to unit pixel on liquid crystal layer side of one transparent substrate or each of both transparent substrates provided facing to each other via liquid crystal layer, and light transmitting liquid crystal layer is modulated by electric field generated parallel to transparent substrate between reference electrode and display electrode, wherein the method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device possesses the step of forming transparent conductive layer in pixel region by atmospheric pressure plasma method employing nitrogen gas as thin film forming gas. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090327730 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION PROCESSING - To provide an apparatus and a method for encrypted communication processing having a high communication speed in inter-node communication on a network capable of performing effective encrypted communication with improved security without losing the high speed. In the inter-node communication on the network, a plurality of shared encryption keys are first set and are switched arbitrarily for each packet to be transmitted, thus there is no need to repeat the handshaking for changing, whenever needed, the encryption keys to be used. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090316249 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an electrochromic display device which can realize a reduction in color drift in storing images and has excellent memory properties. The electrochromic display device is an active matrix drive-type electrochromic display device containing opposed electrodes, at least one type of a porous layer containing titanium oxide with an electrochromic dye adsorbed thereon, and at least one type of a porous layer containing tin oxide. The active matrix drive-type electrochromic display device is characterized in that the tin oxide-containing porous layer is connected to a pixel circuit used in active matrix drive through one of the opposed electrodes. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090302745 | Organic Electroluminescence Element Material, Organic Electroluminescence Element, Display Device and Lighting Apparatus - Provided is an organic EL element, which has a controlled emission wavelength, a high emission efficiency and a long emission life. An organic EL element material for such organic EL element, a lighting device, and a display device using such organic EL element are also provided. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090298955 | ALTERED VIRUS CAPSID PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF - An altered capsid protein of a primate-infective papovavirus in which a foreign peptide sandwiched by 1 to several glycine residues at each end is inserted into at least one of the DE-loop or the HI-loop of the capsid protein of the primate-infective papovavirus, and a virus-like particle formed from the altered capsid protein. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090284138 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the anode and the cathode,
| 11-19-2009 |
| 20090279285 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - This invention provides an organic electroluminescent element that has a thin and compact sealing structure and is excellent in heat resistance in sealing, particularly a high-brightness organic electroluminescent element comprising a phosphorescence emitting substance, and a liquid crystal display device and lighting equipment using the same. The organic electroluminescent element comprises a substrate and a first electrode, one or more organic layers including a luminescent layer, and a second electrode provided on the substrate. An adhesive layer is disposed on the whole area of a light emitting surface and remote from the light takeout side in the organic electroluminescent element, and a flexible film having a barrier film is applied thereto to form the light emitting surface. The organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the luminescent material contained in the luminescent layer is phosphorescence emitting substance, and not less than 80% by mass of the organic material constituting the organic layer has a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or above. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090271630 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Provided are an authentication method, authentication system and a terminal device in which the authentication of a non-participating third node is can be simplified and can be executed in the case of multicast by using an authentication ticket in a distributed processing network system, the non-participating third node being intended to access each of the nodes, including a first and a second node, constituting a workgroup. The first node that has already participated in the workgroup authenticates the third node intended to participate in the workgroup and issues the authentication ticket including the signatures of both nodes, and when the authentication ticket is submitted to the second node, the second node permits the third node to access, without password-based-authentication, by authenticating the first node and the second node which have signed the authentication ticket. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268275 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - Disclosed is display element which is constituted of simple members, can be driven at a relatively low voltage exhibits high display contrast and white display reflectance, and can achieve a high display speed, comprising an electrolyte layer between opposed electrodes, and the electrolyte layer containing silver or a compound including silver in the chemical structure, wherein the opposed electrodes are driven so that the silver is dissolved or deposited and the electrolyte layer contains a mercapto compound having a sulfonamido group or a carbamido group in the molecule. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267507 | Process for Producing Organic Electroluminescent Element and Organic Electroluminescent Display Device - This invention provides a process for producing an organic EL element that, in forming, by a coating method, an organic EL element comprising a substrate bearing a plurality of organic EL elements each comprising at least a first electrode, one or more organic compound layers, a second electrode, and a sealing layer, can easily form an external connection terminal forming part for external connection terminal formation and can realize high production efficiency and stable performance quality. The process for producing an organic EL element is a process for producing an organic EL element comprising a substrate bearing at least one organic EL element comprising at least a first electrode (an anode layer), at least one organic compound layer, a second electrode (a cathode layer), and a sealing layer and is characterized by comprising a masking member application step of laminating a masking member having an adhesive strength of 1 N/25 mm to 10 N/25 mm onto the organic compound layer formation prohibition region on the substrate, an organic compound layer formation step of forming the organic compound layer on the substrate, and a masking member separation step of separating the masking member. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267489 | GAS BARRIER THIN FILM LAMINATE, GAS BARRIER RESIN SUBSTRATE AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE - Disclosed is a gas-barrier thin film laminate which can be produced with high yield while having higher gas barrier properties than the conventional ones. The gas barrier properties of this gas-barrier thin film laminate do not deteriorate even when the laminate is bent. Also disclosed is an organic EL device (hereinafter also referred to as OLED) with excellent environmental resistance which uses the gas-barrier thin film laminate. The gas-barrier thin film laminate having at least one inorganic film and at least one stress relaxation film is characterized in that at least one stress relaxation film is formed by an atmospheric pressure plasma method wherein two or more electric fields of different frequencies are applied. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090256142 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Disclosed are an organic thin film transistor exhibiting a high switching current value even when a distance (channel length) between source and the drain electrodes is large, and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic thin film transistor of the invention comprises a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and at least one different type electrodes characterized in that the different type electrode is formed in a channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the organic semiconductor layer. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256121 | ELECTROCHROMIC COMPOUND, ELECTRODE, AND DISPLAY ELEMENT - An electrochromic compound represented by Formula (1), | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090251571 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090244471 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which is provided with a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer, a first transparent base board pasted on an display surface side of the liquid crystal layer and a second transparent base board pasted on a back side of the liquid crystal layer, and a backlight unit to make light to transmit toward the display surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, comprises a step of making a mixed gas including a transparent conductive layer forming gas and at least a rare gas as a discharging gas into an excited state by an atmospheric pressure plasma process such that a transparent conductive layer is formed on the display side surface of the first transparent base board. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243479 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having high external quantum efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and, a display device. The organic electroluminescent device is characterized by containing at least one compound having a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1). [chemical formula 1] (1) In the formula, R | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243462 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - This invention provides a display element having a reduced white color tone variation during repeated drive. This display element contains an electrolyte between opposed electrodes. The electrolyte contains silver or a compound containing silver in its chemical structure. The opposed electrodes are driven so that silver is dissolved and precipitated. The display element is characterized in that the electrolyte contains a compound represented by general formula (A) and a compound represented by general formula (1) or (2). | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090239000 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having high luminance and long-term stability under high temperature, high humidity conditions. This organic electroluminescent device is suppressed in voltage increase and generation of dark spots when driven at a constant current. Also disclosed are a display and an illuminating device using such an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that at least one of organic layers constituting the device is a light-emitting layer containing a host compound and a phosphorescent compound represented by the general formula (1) below, and the at least one organic layer has a film surface density of 1.10-1.25 g/cm | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237769 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - A display element comprising an electrolyte layer containing silver or a compound containing silver in a chemical structure thereof and a porous white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, and carrying out driving operation for the opposed electrodes to induce silver dissolution and deposition, wherein the porous white scattering layer is structured of at least 2 layers and an average particle diameter of main component particles forming a first layer is larger than that of main component particles forming a second layer, provided that a porous white scattering layer adjacent to the electrode is designated as the first layer and a porous white scattering layer, located on a side farther than the first layer when viewed from the electrode, is designated as the second layer. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090236974 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent (EL) device having high emission luminance and high emission efficiency. Particularly disclosed are a blue-light emitting organic EL device, which is high in emission luminance, color purity, emission efficiency and durability, a display and an illuminating device each employing the organic EL device. The organic El device is characterized in that it comprises a light emission layer containing two or more kinds of host compounds and at least one dopant, wherein at least one of the two or more kinds of host compounds has an excited triplet energy of not less than 2.7 eV, and the dopant is a phosphorescent compound. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090230850 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having excellent power efficiency wherein white balance can be easily controlled. Also disclosed are a liquid crystal display and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent device. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having three or more light-emitting layers of different emission wavelengths, while containing a phosphorescent dopant having an emission maximum wavelength of 440-490 nm in a solid state in at least one of the light-emitting layers. This organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that the ionization potential energy of the phosphorescent dopant is lower than 5.1 eV and than the ionization potential energy of at least one other light-emitting dopant. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090210719 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER COMMUNICATION IS PERMITTED/NOT PERMITTED, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - In a first information processing device, a specific part of a binary code of a first application program developed in a first memory and a specific function are used to calculate a first identification value. The first identification value is transmitted from the first information processing device to a second information processing device. In the second information processing device, a specific part of a binary code of a second application program developed in a second memory and a specific function are used to calculate a second identification value, and the first identification value received from the first information processing device is compared with the second identification value. If these identification values are identical, connection with the first information processing device is permitted in the second information processing device. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207479 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - This invention provides a display element comprising an electrolyte between opposed electrodes. The electrolyte contains silver, or a compound containing silver. The opposed electrodes are driven and operated so that silver is dissolved and precipitated. The display element is characterized in that this electrolyte satisfies the following requirements a to c: a. a cyclic carboxylic acid ester having a dielectric constant of not less than 30 and not more than 50 is contained as an organic solvent; b. formula (1) is satisfied: 0<[x]/[Ag]≦0.1 (1) wherein [x] represents the total molar concentration (mol/kg) of halogen ions or halogen atoms contained in halide molecules; and [Ag] represents a total molar concentration (mol/kg) of silver or a compound containing silver; and c. the concentration of silver or a compound containing silver in an organic solvent is not less than 0.2 mmol/g and not more than 0.5 mmol/g. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090202744 | INKJET INK, INKJET INK SET AND METHOD OF INKJET RECORDING - An inkjet ink comprising:
| 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201385 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - There is described an image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to conduct a high-accurate range finding operation irrespective of the position of the subject. The apparatus, comprises: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of luminance signal generating sections, each of which generates a luminance signal by mixing the plural wavelength signals with each other at a predetermined mixture ratio; a plurality of mixture ratio controlling sections, which respectively correspond to the plurality of imaging elements, and each of which changes a mixture ratio, at which the plural wavelength signals are mixed with each other, based on a positional relationship between a corresponding one of the plurality of imaging elements and a subject; and a range detecting section to detect a distance to the subject, based on a correlation between luminance signals, each of which is the luminance signal generated by each of the luminance signal generating sections. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201239 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - A display element in which a tone variation in halftone color is reduced at the time of repetitive driving. The display element contains electrolyte which contains silver between counter electrodes or contains a compound including silver in the chemical structure, and performs drive operation of the counter electrodes to cause dissolution deposition of silver. The display element is characterized by satisfying a relation A | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090200925 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a means to obtain long lifetime of an organic EL element, and a long lifetime lighting device and a long lifetime display device utilizing the means are further provided. Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an emission layer containing a host material and a dopant material, and a hole transport layer, provided between cathode and anode facing each other, wherein an intermediate layer is provided on an anode side of the emission layer so as to be brought into contact with the emission layer, and the hole transport layer is provided on the anode side of the intermediate layer, satisfying the following Formulae E1E4, where E1 represents an ionization potential of a hole transport material, E2 represents an ionization potential of an intermediate material, E3 represents an ionization potential of the host material, and E4 represents an ionization potential of the dopant material. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090196152 | QUARTER-WAVE PLATE, AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - A quarter-wave plate includes a base member including a ridge and trough periodic structure with a structural period of λ | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195774 | ANALYZER - A parallax calculator sets a plurality of target points in each standard image and calculates parallaxes of the individual target points. An optical flow calculator calculates two-dimensional optical flows of the individual target points by searching for points corresponding to the target points set in the standard image captured in a frame immediately preceding a current frame. A movement calculation block calculates a forward moving speed of the moving body and angular velocities thereof in both a pitch direction and a pan direction. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090193658 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATES WITH FEEDTHROUGH ELECTRODES FOR INKJET HEADS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET HEADS - A method of producing substrate 3 having feedthrough electrodes for an inkjet head, including: a step of forming grooves in the substrate | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090186201 | PLATE MAKING METHOD AND PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A plate making method comprising the steps of: (1) ejecting a plate making ink onto a printing plate material via an ink-jet recording method, (2) irradiating actinic energy rays onto the ejected plate making ink, and (3) forming an image via evaporating of an ink solvent followed by drying, wherein the plate making ink comprises water and an actinic energy ray curable polymer, having a plurality of side chains with a main chain, and cross-linking can be induced among the side chains by irradiation of actinic energy ray radiation, and having a polymerization degree of 200-4000, in a range of 0.8%-5.0 weight % based on the total weight of the ink. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090180170 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A display element that excels in electrode durability. This display element is one having opposed electrodes and, interposed therebetween, an electrolyte containing either silver or a compound containing silver in its chemical structure, the opposed electrodes driven and operated so as to induce dissolution and precipitation of silver, characterized in that of the opposed electrodes, the electrode at a face not lying on an image observation side, after hermetic charging of the electrolyte, is plated with silver with the use of the electrolyte as a silver plating solution. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090173938 | METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor comprising the step of: conducting a transformation treatment on a semiconductor precursor layer containing a metal salt to form the metal oxide semiconductor, wherein the metal salt comprises one or more metal salts selected from the group consisting of a nitrate, a sulfate, a phosphate, a carbonate, an acetate and an oxalate of a metal; and the semiconductor precursor layer is formed by coating a solution of the metal salt. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090169765 | INK-JET INK AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink-jet ink comprising water, a pigment dispersion, a water-soluble polymerizing or cross-linking substance having an ethylenic unsaturated group, and a water-soluble photo-initiator, wherein the pigment dispersion is anionic, and the photo-initiator is anionic and a cleaving-type photo-initiator selected from a benzylketal type photo-initiator, a benzoine type photo-initiator, an α-hydroxyacetophenone type photo-initiator, and an oxime ester type photo-initiator. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168131 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - Provided is an image display apparatus that has resistance to dust and water, that is compact and lightweight, and that has see-through characteristics. The image display apparatus is provided with a display device displaying an image, a prism guiding light of the image displayed by the display device to an optical pupil, and transmitting outside light such that an outside world can be viewed therethrough, and an enclosure housing and holding the display device and part of the prism. Here, a first sealing member is provided so as to make contact with a part around the prism where image light is not reflected and with the enclosure. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167829 | DEGASSING METHOD OF INK-JET INK, PRODUCTION METHOD OF INK-JET INK AND INK-JET PRINTER - A degassing method of an ink-jet ink comprising at least a pigment, and having a viscosity of not less than 10 mPa·second and not more than 50 mPa·second at 25° C., comprising the step of: carrying out degassing employing an external refluxing type hollow fiber degassing module under a condition of a pressure loss of the hollow fiber degassing module during degassing being less than 0.1 MPa. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167805 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is described an image forming apparatus, which can conduct the countermeasure for eliminating an ink clogging defect with accuracy lower than a recording element arrangement resolution. The apparatus includes a defect position detecting section to detect a defect position at which no recording material is outputted; a defect position specifying section to specify a defect recording element, which resides at the defect position, and a kind of recording material to be outputted by the defect recording element; a mixture ratio determining section to determine a mixture ratio of plural recording materials, so as to make the mixture ratio of a specific recording material to be outputted by plural recording elements residing in a peripheral area of the defect position and including the defect recording element, decrease to a value lower than a normal mixture ratio, while using the normal mixture ratio for other recording elements residing in other areas. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167165 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is a novel organic EL device material. Also disclosed are an organic EL device, an illuminating device and a display each having high emission efficiency and long emission lifetime, which are obtained by employing the organic EL device material. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167164 | GAS BARRIER FILM, RESIN BASE FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GAS BARRIER FILM - Disclosed is a gas barrier film which uses a polymerizable inorganic compound and has both high barrier property and high surface smoothness. Also disclosed are a resin base for organic electroluminescent devices using such a gas barrier film, an organic electroluminescent device and a method for producing a gas barrier film. The gas barrier film is characterized by comprising at least one ceramic film and a coating layer, which is formed through application of a coating liquid containing a polymerizable inorganic compound, on a resin film in this order. The gas barrier film is further characterized in that the ceramic film has a residual stress of not less than 0.01 MPa but not more than 20 MPa. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090160318 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and long emission life, wherein emission wavelength is controlled. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device containing at least a light-emitting layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. This organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that the light-emitting layer contains a metal complex having a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1). | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090159880 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an electronic device comprising the subsequent steps of: providing a thermal conversion material or an area comprising the thermal conversion material and, in an adjoining area or in a vicinity of the thermal conversion material or the area comprising the thermal conversion material, a material having an electromagnetic wave absorbing function or an area comprising the material having the electromagnetic wave absorbing function, in at least a portion on a substrate; and irradiating the substrate with an electromagnetic wave to transform the thermal conversion material into a functional material using a heat generated by the material having the electromagnetic wave absorbing function. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090153713 | Imaging Device - An imaging device including an imaging element having a plurality of pixels for switching a linear conversion mode for linearly converting incident light to an electric signal and a logarithm conversion mode for logarithmically converting incident light to an electric signal on the basis of incident light intensity,
| 06-18-2009 |
| 20090141058 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus has a head which includes, a plurality of nozzles each of which jets ink containing spacer beads dispersed therein on a substrate; a plurality of pressure chambers each of which communicates with each of the nozzles; and an plurality of electromechanical transducers which change a capacity of each of the pressure chambers by applying a voltage pulse, wherein the ink is jetted from each of the nozzles by applying to each of the electromechanical transducers the voltage pulse which includes a first pulse for increasing the capacity of the pressure chamber and then decreasing the capacity after a lapse of a predetermined time, wherein, when a half of an acoustic resonance period of a pressure wave in the pressure chambers is assumed as AL, a width of the first pulse is twice of the AL or more. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140639 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence element comprising at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises a metal complex having a partial structure represented by Formula (1): | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140125 | IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides an imaging device where the temperature of an imaging area of the imaging device is accurately detected to perform precise temperature compensation and the imaging device can be minimized as a whole. This imaging device is characterized in that the device includes: the imaging element ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090135487 | DIFFRACTION GRATING DEVICE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A diffraction grating device for splitting or coupling light beams permits the divergence of the light beams to be minimized easily. A first light beam is incident on a diffraction grating from the side thereof facing the inside of the device, and a second light beam is incident on the diffraction grating from the side thereof facing air. The diffraction grating transmits the first light beam by diffraction of the minus first order so that it travels in the reverse direction along the optical path of the second light beam before incidence, and transmits the second light beam by diffraction of the zero order. The second light beam, transmitted by diffraction of the zero order, spreads over a certain width of wavelengths, but does not diverge even after diffraction. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090134778 | Organic Electroluminescent Element, Production Method of the Same, Display Device, and Lighting Device - An organic electroluminescent element comprising a laminated body incorporating an anode substrate, an anode, at least one non-light emitting organic layer A exhibiting positive hole transportability, at least one light emitting organic layer B, at least one non-light emitting organic layer C exhibiting electron transportability, a cathode, and a cathode substrate in the sequence set forth, wherein at least 80% by weight of the organic layer A and the organic layer C in the laminated body is formed via a wet process, and the laminated body is made with an adhesion process between the organic layer A and the organic layer B, or between the organic layer B and the organic layer C. | 05-28-2009 |
