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20100193740 | Method of producing an electroluminescence phosphor - A method of producing an electroluminescence phosphor, which contains the steps of: mixing a phosphor matrix, a flux, an activator, and a particle diameter-controlling additive that does not enter into a crystal lattice of the phosphor matrix, to give a mixture; and baking the mixture, to produce the electroluminescence phosphor, the method containing the step of: adding an acidic or alkaline solution, to remove the particle diameter-controlling additive from the phosphor; an electroluminescence phosphor, which is produced by the method; and an electroluminescence device, which contains the electroluminescence phosphor. | 08-05-2010 |
20140255728 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, which comprises magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has an activation volume ranging from 800 nm | 09-11-2014 |
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20110088782 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND SOLAR BATTERY - A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer for generating an electric current when it absorbs light, a first electrode formed in contact with a light-absorbing surface of the semiconductor layer, and a second electrode formed in contact with a rear surface of the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is a single-particle film including a binder layer and separate photoelectric conversion semiconductor particles. At least parts of the photoelectric conversion semiconductor particles are embedded in the binder layer. The photoelectric conversion semiconductor particles have a mean particle diameter of not less than 1 μm and not more than 60 μm and a variation coefficient of particle diameter of less than 30%. Parts of the semiconductor particles are in contact with the second electrode at the rear surface and parts of the semiconductor particles are in contact with the first electrode at the front surface via a buffer layer. | 04-21-2011 |
20110232729 | SOLAR BATTERY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SOLAR BATTERY ELEMENT - A solar battery element has a structure equipped with: photoelectric converting semiconductor particles formed by a particulate base substance, semiconductor layers of a first conductive type formed by a material different from that of the particulate base substance that cover at least portions of the particulate base substance, and semiconductor layers of a second conductive type that cover portions of the semiconductor layers of the first conductive type so as to form pn junctions therewith; a first electrode that contacts the semiconductor layers of the first conductive type; a second electrode that contacts the semiconductor layers of the second conductive type; and an insulating binder for immobilizing the photoelectric converting semiconductor particles between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232760 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer containing a semiconductor and having a first surface as a light absorption surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first electrode formed substantially in contact with the first surface; and a second electrode formed substantially in contact with the second surface. The photoelectric conversion layer is a monograin film of semiconductor grains which are monograin film of separate semiconductor grains which are arranged substantially in a single layer and each of which is at least partially buried in a binder layer, the semiconductor grains have a photoelectric conversion property and an average diameter in the range from one micrometer to 60 micrometers, and each of at least part of the semiconductor grains contains at least one stacking fault. | 09-29-2011 |
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20090026926 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND DISPERSION-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE USING SAID FILM - To provide a low-resistance transparent conductive film with high light transmittance, which is a transparent conductive film including a transparent polymer film having on one surface thereof a transparent thin film layer with conductivity and a blocking layer containing at least one material selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin and a UV-curable resin on the thin film, which is characterized in: that a surface resistivity of the transparent thin film layer with conductivity is 0.1Ω/□ or more and not more than 100Ω/□; and that a refractive index of the material constituting the blocking layer is 1.6 or more and less than 1.9, and a dispersion-type EL device with high luminance and long life using the same. | 01-29-2009 |
20090115328 | SURFACE EMITTING-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - In an electroluminescent device which is applied to a backlight and a display device and characterized in that a flexible material construction using a plastic substrate is enabled and the device can be produced at a low cost through a relatively simple step without using a vacuum unit and also in that the emission color of the device can be easily controlled by mixing a plurality of fluorescent material particles differing in the emission color or by using a fluorescent dye for the color conversion, the present invention provides a surface emitting-type electro-luminescent device capable of using a low voltage AC power source, realizing uniform brightness and having a large-area emission surface. | 05-07-2009 |
20090167172 | SURFACE EMITTING-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - A surface emitting-type electroluminescent device capable of being driven by a DC power source and excellent in durability is provided. | 07-02-2009 |
20090186243 | INORGANIC PHOSPHOR - An inorganic phosphor includes: a host material that contains at least one host compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of group 2 element with group 16 element of the periodic table and compounds of group 12 element with group 16 element of the periodic table, or a mixed crystal of the host compound; and a dopant that includes at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of first metal elements belonging to second transition series of from group 6 to group 11 of the periodic table and second metal elements belonging to third transition series of from group 6 to group 11 of the periodic table, and does not include Cu and Mn. | 07-23-2009 |
20090218942 | DISPERSION TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A dispersion type EL element is provided which shows an excellent luminance and has an improved life. Further, a dispersion type EL element is provided which permits a large-sized panel, shows an excellent luminance and an excellent durability and has an improved life. | 09-03-2009 |
20110133125 | INORGANIC PHOSPHOR PARTICLE - Inorganic phosphor particles are provided, each of which containing: a matrix including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of II Group-XVI Group compounds, XII Group-XVI Group compounds, and mixed crystals thereof; and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of metal elements belonging to Groups 6 to 11 in second transition series and third transition series of the periodic table, the metal element forming a luminescent center including wherein at least 30% of all the inorganic phosphor particles are particles each having at least 10 stacking fault planes at intervals of at most 5 nm. | 06-09-2011 |
20110140594 | INORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An inorganic electroluminescent device is provided, the inorganic electroluminescent device including: a multilayer structure containing at least one pair of electrodes, and a light-emitting layer provided between the electrodes, the light-emitting layer contains at least one matrix material, at least one element forming a luminescent center, and Cu, wherein the matrix material is selected from the group consisting of II Group-XVI Group compounds, XII Group-XVI Group compounds, and mixed crystals thereof, and the light-emitting layer constitutes an inorganic phosphor layer having a composition gradient that Cu concentration in the host material varies by a factor of at least 10 in a thickness direction of the light-emitting layer. | 06-16-2011 |
20120019125 | DISPERSION-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - A dispersion-type electroluminescence device is provided, the dispersion-type electroluminescence device including: a pair of electrodes including a transparent electrode and a back electrode; and at least a light emitting layer provided between the pair of electrodes, the light emitting layer containing phosphor particles, wherein the phosphor particles have D10 of more than 10 μm, D90 of less than 32 μm, and a D90/D10 value of less than 2.40, where D10 and D90 are particle diameters at 10% and 90% values in cumulative distribution of particle size distribution. | 01-26-2012 |
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20090002732 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes an attribute determining unit that determines an attribute concerning a hue of an original; a multi-page layout unit configured to arrange image data of a plurality of originals on a single sheet thereby obtaining a multi-page layout; and a cost calculating unit that calculates a printing cost of the originals. The cost calculating unit calculates the printing cost for the multi-page layouts of different combinations of the image data of the originals arranged by the multi-page layout unit based on an outcome of determination by the attribute determining unit. | 01-01-2009 |
20090295824 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes an extraction unit extracting predetermined color areas from an input image, a calculation unit calculating each of representative colors of the extracted predetermined color areas, an evaluation unit evaluating whether hue values of the representative colors of the predetermined color areas are distributed in both directions from the hue value of a target color, and a color correcting unit, in which when it is determined that the hue values of the representative colors of the predetermined color areas are not distributed in both directions from the hue value of the target color, color correction is performed on the predetermined color areas. | 12-03-2009 |
20110058200 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus includes: an extractor to extract colors used in input data; a converter to convert signals of the extracted colors into intermediate color signals each including three color signal components including brightness; an evaluator to evaluate recognizabilities of the colors based on the intermediate color signals; a generator to generate additional image data to be added to data for ordinary image formation based on a result of the evaluation and the input data; and a color convertor to convert the input data into the data for ordinary image formation. | 03-10-2011 |
20110141501 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image processing apparatus includes an object type determining unit that determines whether a drawing object in the input image data includes a color character group; a background area extracting unit that extracts the background area on which the color character group is formed in the drawing object; a monochromatic conversion unit that, when the drawing object is determined to include the color character group, generates monochromatic image data by performing monochromatic conversion of the input image data with minimum luminance of a main color; a pattern generating unit that, when the drawing object is determined to include the color character group, generates, according to the hue of the color character group, pattern image data to be added to the background area of the post-monochromatic-conversion color character group; and a synthesizing unit that synthesizes the monochromatic image data and the pattern image data. | 06-16-2011 |
20120327467 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING USABILITY OF IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130208994 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a correction target image and user information indicating characteristics of a user requesting a correction; an image accumulating unit configured to accumulate images therein; an extracting unit configured to extract an image from the image accumulating unit based on the user information acquired by the acquiring unit, the image matching the characteristics of the user requesting the correction; a setting unit configured to set a correction target value based on the image extracted by the extracting unit; and a correcting unit configured to correct the correction target image based on the correction target value. | 08-15-2013 |
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20080278695 | Exposing method, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus comprises: a first detection apparatus, which detects the temperature of a liquid after the liquid contacts a prescribed object; and a processing apparatus that detects the relationship between the temperature of the liquid and the temperature of the object based on the detection result of the first detection apparatus. | 11-13-2008 |
20090279059 | Exposure apparatus adjusting method, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method - An adjusting method that adjusts an immersion exposure apparatus that comprises a first holder, which holds a substrate, and a second holder, which holds the substrate before the substrate is held by the first holder, and that exposes the substrate, which is held by the first holder, through a liquid. The adjusting method comprises: holding a thermometer with the first holder; holding the thermometer with the second holder; and adjusting the temperature of at least one of the first holder and the second holder based on the detection result of the thermometer held by the first holder and the detection result of the thermometer held by the second holder. | 11-12-2009 |
20090316120 | Exposure apparatus, cleaning method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light that passes through an exposure liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: an optical member, which has an emergent surface wherefrom the exposure light emerges; a first supply port, which supplies the exposure liquid; a liquid immersion member, which is capable of forming an immersion space so that an optical path of the exposure light that emerges from the optical member is filled with the exposure liquid; a second supply port, which supplies a cleaning liquid so that it contacts the liquid immersion member; and a preventive apparatus, which prevents the cleaning liquid and the optical member from contacting one another. | 12-24-2009 |
20120262683 | EXPOSING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - An exposure apparatus comprises: a first detection apparatus, which detects the temperature of a liquid after the liquid contacts a prescribed object; and a processing apparatus that detects the relationship between the temperature of the liquid and the temperature of the object based on the detection result of the first detection apparatus. | 10-18-2012 |