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| 20080246839 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - It is possible to check for observation success or failure and the observation history without waiting for observation to be completely finished, thus saving time and energy required for observation, and avoiding lost opportunities for observation of precious samples etc. Provided is a microscope apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of frame images while varying a plurality of parameters; an image saving unit for successively saving the frame images acquired by the image acquisition unit; a property-information saving unit for saving property information in which identifying information of the saved frame images is associated with the parameters; and a control unit for controlling these units, wherein the control unit saves updated property information in the property-information saving unit each time the frame image is saved in the image saving unit. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252967 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - An image can be prevented from becoming unclear over time during long-term observation. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including a specimen container for containing a specimen; an objective lens disposed opposite the specimen container for collecting light from the specimen in the specimen container; an immersion-liquid supplying unit for supplying immersion liquid to a space between the objective lens and the specimen container; and an immersion-liquid removing unit for removing the immersion liquid from the space between the objective lens and the specimen container. The immersion-liquid removing unit includes a nozzle for ejecting compressed air to the space between the objective lens and the specimen container. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259442 | Scanning microscope and adjusting method for the same - A scanning microscope includes an objective lens for focusing illumination light onto a specimen; a scanning device for deflecting and scanning the illumination light; a pupil-projection optical system for illuminating a pupil of the objective lens with the scanned illumination light; and a total-magnification specifying unit for specifying a total magnification. An optical-system selecting unit changes at least one of the objective lens and the pupil-projection optical system such that a magnification of an optical system including the objective lens and the pupil-projection optical system is equal to or less than the total magnification specified by the total-magnification specifying unit and that the numerical aperture of the optical system is maximized. A deflection-angle determination unit determines a deflection angle of the illumination light deflected by the scanning device based on the ratio of the magnification of the optical system to the total magnification to achieve the total magnification. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090135476 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE - Beth of highly stable light having the same optical performance and fast-modulated light are emitted simply and inexpensively. A light source apparatus is provided, which includes semiconductor laser elements that emit laser light according to an inputted current signal, a light receiving element that receives the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element, and a controller that controls light emission of the semiconductor laser element, wherein the controller includes a first semiconductor laser element drive circuit that outputs a current signal to the semiconductor laser elements according to an instruction signal, a second semiconductor laser element drive circuit that adjusts the current signal on the basis of light quantity of the laser light received by the light receiving element, and outputs the adjusted current signal to the semiconductor laser element, and a circuit switching section that switches between the first and the second semiconductor laser element drive circuits according to an instruction signal. | 05-28-2009 |
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| 20080252841 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A spacer includes a spacer seat formed on an array substrate and a spacer member formed on the spacer seat. A front end of the spacer member is a curved surface. The spacer seat is formed during a process for producing the array substrate. The spacer member is formed by a reverse printing or inkjet process. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090143609 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES - To provide a liquid crystal composition having low viscosity in a wide temperature range and to provide a liquid crystal device excellent in response speed in the wide temperature range, a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2) is contained in the composition. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100165278 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a plurality of column spacers and a first alignment film which are formed above the first substrate; an insulating layer which is formed on the second substrate and a second alignment film which is formed on the insulating layer; and column spacer receiving members which are provided between the insulating layer and the second alignment film in places opposed to the plurality of column spacers, the column spacer receiving members each being made of a material different from both of a material of the insulating layer and a material of the second alignment film, in which a thickness of the second alignment film in places above the column spacer receiving members is ⅓ or less of a thickness of the second alignment film in places in which the second alignment film is formed directly on the insulating layer. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110001917 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES - There is provided a liquid crystal device that exhibits excellent response properties over a wide temperature range even when the weight percentage of the polymerizable monomer used for generating polymers is decreased. The liquid crystal device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal device which includes a first substrate and a second substrate, at least one of which has an electrode group formed thereon for driving liquid crystals; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the liquid crystal layer contains a polymer which is eccentrically distributed on at least one substrate side among the first substrate and the second substrate. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110075073 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates including at least one transparent substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates; and an electrode group formed on at least one of the pair of substrates so as to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer contains at least one kind of liquid crystalline compound and at least one kind of chiral dopant. The concentration c of the chiral dopant is lower than a saturation solubility s thereof. The concentration c of the chiral dopant and a helical twisting power [HTP] of the chiral dopant satisfy a relation of [HTP]·c≧5.5 (μm | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110101401 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device that comprises a light-emitting layer formable simply by a wet process and has a prolonged service life. Also disclosed is an organic light-emitting device that comprises an upper transparent electrode having a lowered wiring resistance that can lower wiring resistance-derived power consumption. Further disclosed are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an organic light-emitting element having a prolonged service life. In a first embodiment, an organic light-emitting display device is provided that comprises a moisture capturing layer provided between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. In a second embodiment, an organic light-emitting apparatus is provided that comprises a metal substrate, an organic light-emitting element provided on the metal substrate, and an upper transparent electrode connected electrically to the metal substrate through a contact hole. In a third embodiment, a method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting element comprising a first organic compound including a light-emitting layer and a second organic compound is provided that comprises the steps of forming the first organic compound, heating the first organic compound in vacuo, and forming the second organic compound. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120075563 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal layer filled between a first and a second substrate; two polymer structures; and a plurality of pixels each including a first and a second electrode, one of the first and the second electrode being a pixel electrode, in which: each of the plurality of pixels is provided within a region surrounded by a signal line, a part of the signal line being formed between adjacent two of the plurality of pixels; each of the two polymer structures, which extends along the part of the signal line so as to sandwich the part of the signal line in plan view and is formed from one of the first and the second substrate toward another thereof, is formed so as to overlap with any of the region; and the two adjacent polymer structures has the liquid crystal layer provided therebetween. | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20090201537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a data reception unit for receiving data sent from another electronic device via a predetermined network; a state detection unit for detecting a current status regarding at least an image forming operation; a data storage unit for storing a plurality of image data corresponding to a plurality of states beforehand; a data selection unit for selecting, based on the current status detected by the state detection unit, at least one of the plurality of the image data stored by the data storage unit; and a data transmission unit for transmitting, when a predetermined request is received from the another electronic device via the predetermined network, the image data selected by the data selection unit to the another electronic device according to the predetermined request. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090303527 | NETWORK FILE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SCANNER DEVICE - A network file processing system comprising: a scanner device connected to a network, for reading a document and generating image data; and a plurality of file servers connected to the network, each having an area to save data to, in which: the scanner device comprising: an acceptance request issuance unit for sending multicast acceptance requests for the image data to the plurality of file servers across the network after generating the image data; a data transmission unit for transmitting the image data to at least one of the plurality of file servers that has returned a reading response; and a related information saving unit for saving related information associated with the image data. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120021597 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including: forming a silicon layer on an upper face of a nitride semiconductor layer including a channel layer of a FET; thermally treating the nitride semiconductor layer in the process of forming the silicon layer or after the process of forming the silicon layer; and forming an insulating layer on an upper face of the silicon layer after the process of forming the silicon layer. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120028423 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a channel layer; forming an electron supply layer on the channel layer; forming a cap layer made of gallium nitride on the electron supply layer; and performing an oxygen plasma treatment to an upper surface of the cap layer at a power density of | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20090154216 | Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device group - A semiconductor device includes a first CMOS inverter, a second CMOS inverter, a first transfer transistor and a second transfer transistor wherein the first and second transfer transistors are formed respectively in first and second device regions defined on a semiconductor device by a device isolation region so as to extend in parallel with each other, the first transfer transistor contacting with a first bit line at a first bit contact region on the first device region, the second transfer transistor contacting with a second bit line at a second bit contact region on the second device region, wherein the first bit contact region is formed in the first device region such that a center of said the bit contact region is offset toward the second device region, and wherein the second bit contact region is formed in the second device region such that a center of the second bit contact region is offset toward the first device region. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100238716 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GROUP - A semiconductor device includes a first CMOS inverter, a second CMOS inverter, a first transfer transistor and a second transfer transistor wherein the first and second transfer transistors are formed respectively in first and second device regions defined on a semiconductor device by a device isolation region so as to extend in parallel with each other, the first transfer transistor contacting with a first bit line at a first bit contact region on the first device region, the second transfer transistor contacting with a second bit line at a second bit contact region on the second device region, wherein the first bit contact region is formed in the first device region such that a center of said the bit contact region is offset toward the second device region, and wherein the second bit contact region is formed in the second device region such that a center of the second bit contact region is offset toward the first device region. | 09-23-2010 |
