KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160138118 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA, AND A METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PROSTATE CANCER FROM PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY USING THAT METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA - A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. | 05-19-2016 |
20150140460 | Secondary Battery Type Fuel Cell System - This secondary battery type fuel cell system is provided with a hydrogen generator ( | 05-21-2015 |
20140170423 | Method For Manufacturing A Transparent Gas Barrier Film And An Organic Electroluminescence Element Comprising Such A Film - A transparent gas barrier film comprising a substrate having thereon a gas barrier layer comprising at least a low density layer and a high density layer, wherein one or more intermediate density layers are sandwiched between the low density layer and the high density layer. | 06-19-2014 |
20140076490 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a transparent electrode containing a transparent support having thereon: a conductive layer A having a conductive fiber; and a conductive layer B having a conductive polymer, wherein the conductive layer A and the conductive layer B are disposed adjacent each other and the conductive layer A is located nearer to the transparent support than the conductive layer B; and a first surface of the conductive layer B contacting with the conductive layer A has a smoothness Ra(B): Ra(B)≦30 nm. | 03-20-2014 |
20130215190 | INKJET DRAWING APPARATUS - An inkjet drawing apparatus includes a head module which holds a droplet jetting head provided with a nozzle for ejecting droplets, and which is unmovable in a horizontal direction, and a drawing table which supports a recording member on an upper surface, and which is movable in the horizontal direction. The inkjet drawing apparatus executes a prescribed drawing by ejecting the droplets onto the recording member from the droplet jetting head. A maintenance unit transfer mechanism is movable within a prescribed region including a position under the head module, and transfers a maintenance unit for conducting maintenance of the droplet jetting head toward the position under the head module, and executes positioning of the maintenance unit with respect to the droplet jetting head. A maintenance unit selecting/arranging mechanism selects one of a plurality of kinds of maintenance units, and places the selected maintenance unit on the maintenance unit transfer mechanism. | 08-22-2013 |
20130176587 | Image Forming Apparatus - Whether or not allocation to router control is used up is determined. Whether or not CPU utilization allocated to the router control is used up is determined. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is used up, a sub-allocation changing process is executed for changing the CPU utilization. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is not used up, a router control allocation subtracting process is executed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175457 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS METHOD - In the present invention, a specimen is made to flow on a metal film on a prism, and excitation light (α) is emitted in a predetermined direction. By changing the position of a reflective member that reflects the excitation light (α), and adjusting the orientation of a reflective surface of the reflective member, the incident angle (θ) is changed while maintaining a state in which the excitation light (α) that enters the prism is reflected at a specific position on the metal film. The intensity of light to be generated on the metal film is measured, and the reflective member is positioned to match the position of the reflective member and the orientation of the reflective surface when a maximum amount of light is measured. | 07-11-2013 |
20130171739 | MICROCHIP SOLUTION SENDING SYSTEM - [Technical Problem] | 07-04-2013 |
20130146860 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides: a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film, which is manufactured at high productivity, and has extremely high gas barrier performance and stability thereof with time, excellent surface smoothness and bending resistance, and high durability; a gas barrier film obtained using the method; and an organic photoelectric conversion element using the gas barrier film. In the method, after forming a coated layer by applying a coating liquid containing polysilazane to a substrate, a gas barrier layer is formed by applying vacuum ultraviolet light to the coated layer surface thus formed. The method is characterized in that the coated layer is irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light, while drying the solvent in the e coated layer. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146813 | MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A material for an organic EL element showing high light emission efficiency and high color purity of the emission light, an organic EL element, a lighting device and a displaying device each using the material. | 06-13-2013 |
20130143332 | SPFS SENSOR EQUIPPED WITH MECHANISM PURIFYING NON-SPECIFICALLY ADSORPTIVE CONTAMINANTS - [Object] It is an object of the invention to provide a sensor area which can suppress a decrease in assay signal and an increase in assay blank in an SPFS measurement. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141505 | ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK AND ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Provided are an actinic energy radiation curable ink, which can achieve a high fineness and natural glossiness when recording is carried out onto a non-absorptive recording medium such as a film or a laminated paper or a slightly absorptive recording medium such as a coated paper; and an actinic energy radiation curable inkjet recording method. This actinic energy radiation curable ink, which is to be used in inkjet recording, is characterized by: said actinic energy radiation curable ink undergoing reversible sol/gel phase transition depending on temperature; said actinic energy radiation curable ink containing from 1% or more by mass to less than 10% by mass of a gelling agent; and, at temperature Tm (° C.) that is separately defined, the storage elastic modulus (G′) of the actinic energy radiation curable ink being from 0.1 or more Pa to less than 1000 Pa and the storage elastic modulus (G′) being smaller than the loss elastic modulus (G″) thereof. | 06-06-2013 |
20130136470 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section attached on an apparatus main body, having a forming and writing section that forms and writes an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier based on image information, and a transfer section which transfers a developed image after the electrostatic latent image has been developed, onto a sheet; a sheet conveyance section detachably attached on the apparatus main body, which conveys the sheet to the image forming section; a sheet detection section attached on the apparatus main body, which detects a sheet position conveyed to the image forming section by the sheet conveyance section; and a position correction section which corrects an image writing position for an image in the image forming section based on information of the detected sheet position. | 05-30-2013 |
20130126083 | 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. | 05-23-2013 |
20130122217 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM - A method of manufacturing a gas barrier film inhibits modification-suppressing adsorbed substances from being taken in a coating film to further improve gas barrier performance. In the method, a coating solution containing polysilazane is coated, followed by application of a VUV radiation treatment. In addition, a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film includes coating a coating solution containing polysilazane on a surface of a film to form a coating film, followed by making the resulting film pass through a drying zone, and exposing the surface of the coating film to vacuum UV radiation to conduct a modification treatment. An oxygen concentration in the drying zone, achieved by supplying inert gas into the drying zone, is 10% or less. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120504 | INKJET PRINTHEAD - An inkjet printhead includes multiple sets each of which includes a nozzle, pressure chamber, and actuator; a circuit board; and a connection member. The circuit board includes a wire, through hole via, and ink channel. The connection member, which connects the wire to a driving unit, is provided outside of an array area where the sets are two-dimensionally arrayed. The number of the nozzle rows is N, and each row includes M nozzles (M and N: integer of 2 or more). The through hole vias corresponding to the nozzles of n nozzle row of the N nozzle rows are provided inside of the array area (n: 1≦n05-16-2013 | |
20130115423 | GAS BARRIER FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a gas barrier film having high barrier properties, folding/bending resistance and smoothness and excellent cutting suitability, and also provides an organic photoelectric conversion element equipped with the gas barrier film. The gas barrier film is characterized by having a gas barrier layer unit ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130114132 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM AND NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVE BODY PROVIDED WITH SAME - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective body in which a near-infrared reflective film is manufactured that has excellent manufacturing cost performance, is capable of being employed over a large area, and has excellent application stability and resistance to refractive index unevenness in the surface. A method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective film in which a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer are alternately laminated on a support, wherein the difference in the refractive index of adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and the near-infrared reflective film is formed using a coating liquid for a high refractive index layer and a coating liquid for a low refractive index layer, if the viscosity of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers at 15° C. is η | 05-09-2013 |
20130114131 | NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM AND NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTOR PROVIDED WITH SAME - The present invention provides a near-infrared reflective film and a near-infrared reflector provided with the same, which provide excellent manufacturing cost performance, can be used over large areas, exhibit excellent flexibility, and have high visible light transmittance. The near-infrared reflector is characterized in that, in an infrared film in which high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers are alternately laminated on a support body, the refractive index difference between adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and at least one of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers contains a metal oxide and a polysaccharide thickener. | 05-09-2013 |
20130107355 | NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTING FILM AND NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTING BODY PROVIDED WITH SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130106945 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK AND METHOD FOR FORMING INKJET IMAGE | 05-02-2013 |
20130100523 | NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVE FILM, AND NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTOR - The present invention provides a near-infrared reflective film and a near-infrared reflector, which can be used over large areas and are flexible, and have low haze and high visible light transmittance. The near-infrared reflective film comprises at least one unit composed of a high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer on a substrate, and is characterized in that the refractive index difference between an adjacent high refractive index layer and low refractive index layer is at least 0.1, and said high refractive index layer contains at least one type of compound (A) selected from: 1) a rutile-type titanium oxide having a volume-average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm; 2) a water-soluble polymer; and 3) the following group of compounds. Group of compounds: a carboxyl group-containing compound, hydroxamic acids, pyridine derivatives. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100215 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, INK SUPPLY METHOD, POWER SHUTDOWN METHOD, AND METHOD FOR SHUTTING DOWN TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT UNIT OF INK-JET RECORDING DEVICE - An ink jet recording apparatus includes: a head that ejects droplets of ink; a flow passage portion; and a temperature adjustment unit. The flow passage portion supplies the ink to the head. The flow passage portion includes, in a part thereof, a reservoir unit that reserves the ink. The temperature adjustment unit is capable of adjusting temperatures of the flow passage portion and the head independently of each other. The temperature adjustment unit controls the temperatures of the flow passage portion and the head so that the ink in the head becomes liquid from solid after ink in the flow passage portion is turned to liquid from solid. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099216 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed are: an organic EL material which emits light having a short wavelength and has high luminous efficiency and long light emission life; an organic EL element which contains the organic EL material; and a lighting device and a display device, each of which comprises the organic EL element. The organic EL material is a compound represented by Formula ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130098449 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL USING SAME - Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which has a reverse layer structure wherein at least a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode are arranged on a substrate in this order. The organic photoelectric conversion element is characterized in that: the photoelectric conversion layer is a bulk heterojunction layer that is composed of a p-type organic semiconductor material and an n-type organic semiconductor material; and a compound that has a linear or branched fluorinated alkyl group having 6-20 carbon atoms is contained as the p-type organic semiconductor material. | 04-25-2013 |
20130095236 | INKJET INK AND INKJET IMAGE FORMATION METHOD USING SAME - Provided is an ultraviolet curable inkjet ink and an inkjet image formation method that uses said inkjet ink. The inkjet ink can be ejected from an inkjet head without being diluted by a solvent, has high photo curing sensitivity and produces high quality images with excellent weather resistance (smear resistance). The inkjet ink is characterized by a polymerizable compound which contains a maleimide compound having a chiral group and a compound selected from a vinyl ether compound and a N-vinyl compound. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092239 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM, GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film possessing a substrate in the form of a belt and provided thereon, a gas barrier layer containing silicon oxide, possessing a coating step in which a coating solution comprising a polysilazane compound is coated on the substrate to form a coating film, and a UV radiation exposure step in which the coating film is exposed to the vacuum UV radiation emitted from the plural light sources facing the substrate while moving the substrate on which the coating film is formed relatively to the plural light sources, the plural light sources each exhibiting even illuminance along a width direction of the substrate to form a gas barrier layer, and provided is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film by which the gas barrier film suitable for production coupled with roll-to-roll system, exhibiting excellent gas barrier performance can be prepared. | 04-18-2013 |
20130087778 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Disclosed are: an organic electroluminescent element which has high power efficiency, excellent resistance to luminance decrease due to continuous operation and excellent storage stability at high temperatures, while being reduced in chromatically change of color developing light; and a method for manufacturing the organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode on a supporting substrate, while comprising an organic layer, which contains at least one light-emitting layer, between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one layer in the organic layer contains a crown ether compound and a compound having a dibenzofuran skeleton. | 04-11-2013 |
20130078148 | NEAR FIELD-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE SENSOR CHIP - A surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy [SPFS] sensor chip may include a transparent support, a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support, a self-assembled monolayer [SAM] formed on a surface of the metal thin film, said surface not being in contact with the transparent support, a solid phase layer formed on a surface of the SAM and having a three-dimensional structure, said surface not being in contact with the metal thin film, and a ligand immobilized in the solid phase layer. A fluctuation ratio represented by the following formula is not less than 0% but not more than 30%: | 03-28-2013 |
20130078146 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS METHOD - A surface plasmon resonance fluorescence analysis device emits a light beam to a prism in which a metal film is formed on a prescribed surface while changing an angle of incidence relative to the metal film in a state in which the light beam is totally reflected, measures light generated on a surface of the metal film, determines an angle at which the light beam enters the metal film based on a change in intensity of the measured light, adjusts the emitting direction of the light beam so that the light beam enters the metal film at the determined angle of incidence, and measures fluorescence generated on the surface of the metal film in a state in which the light beam is emitted the adjusted direction. | 03-28-2013 |
20130063786 | THRESHOLD MATRIX GENERATING METHOD, THRESHOLD MATRIX GENERATING DEVICE, THRESHOLD MATRIX, QUANTIZATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATTING DEVICE - A threshold matrix generating method includes: generating q(x, y, g) in which the number of dots in an initial dot pattern is varied; calculating an error matrix (ERR(x, y, g)) of q(x, y, g); calculating AVE(a, b) representing the uniformity of the number of dots in discrete blocks into which the dot pattern has been divided; determining two pixels, of which the dot positions are to be swapped, on the basis of ERR (x, y, g) and AVE(a, b); swapping the dot positions; calculating the evaluation value (MSE(n)) of q(x, y, g) after the positional swapping; and repeating the positional switch of the dots repeating the generation of q(x, y, g) and the positional swapping of the dots with q(x, y, g) functioning as the initial dot pattern until a q(x, y, g) satisfying MSN(n)03-14-2013 | |
20130062654 | LIGHT EXTRACTION SHEET, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a novel light extraction sheet which not only improves light extraction efficiency but suppresses color change with the angle of observation, an organic EL dement employing this light extraction sheet, and art illumination device employing the element. The light extraction sheet is featured in that it comprises a transparent resin film and provided thereon, a light scatter layer containing a binder resin and light scattering particles with an average particle size of front 0.2 to 1.0 μm dispersed in the binder resin and a concavo-convex layer containing a binder resin and spherical particles with an. average particle size of from 3 to 10 μm. | 03-14-2013 |
20130044168 | INK-JET IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK-JET INK SET - In the present invention, provided are an ink jet image forming method employing actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink exhibiting no offset resistance during storage by superposing printed portions after printing in addition to excellent properties of printing durability, gloss evenness of coated paper and paper-feeding suitability, and an ink jet ink set thereof. It is a feature that the ink jet image forming method possessing the steps of providing colorless ink on a substrate, followed by heating the colorless ink provided on the substrate, and subsequently exposing the colorless ink provided on the substrate, to actinic energy radiation, wherein the colorless ink contains no colorant but an actinic energy radiation curable composition and a gelling agent with which a thermoreversible gel is formed. | 02-21-2013 |
20130038668 | PRINT PREPARATION METHOD - Provided is a print preparation method possessing an ejection step in which liquid drops of actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink each containing a polymerizable compound, a photo-polymerizable initiator and a gelling agent are injected from an ink-jet recording head to supply the actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink onto a recording medium, and an actinic energy radiation exposure step, wherein the print preparation method further comprises step (A) in which the recording medium is exposed to electromagnetic waves having a longer wavelength than a wavelength of an absorption wavelength of the photo-polymerization initiator contained in the actinic energy radiation curable type ink-jet ink from a side of a surface on which the image is formed, before conducting the actinic energy radiation exposure step, the print preparation method by which a print having images exhibiting excellent image wear resistance, gloss evenness and image density evenness is provided. | 02-14-2013 |
20130027735 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ACCELERATOR AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that makes it possible to suppress the scale enlargement of the electric circuit, so as to make the apparatus highly flexible. The apparatus forms an image based on image data acquired by applying a rendering operation to depiction commands and includes: a converting section to convert input data to the depiction commands; a first rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a first depiction command; a second rendering section to apply the rendering operation to a second depiction command; a reading section to read out first information from the storage section; a determining section to determine whether the first rendering section or the second rendering section should apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands; and a control, section to make either the first rendering section or the second rendering section apply the rendering operation to each of the depiction commands. | 01-31-2013 |
20130014980 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT USING SAMEAANM Takeda; AkihikoAACI Sagamihara-shiAACO JPAAGP Takeda; Akihiko Sagamihara-shi JPAANM Koyama; HirokazuAACI Hino-shiAACO JPAAGP Koyama; Hirokazu Hino-shi JP - Disclosed is a transparent electrode which is configured of a first conductive layer that is composed of a metal or metal oxide fine wire that is formed in a pattern on a substrate; and a second conductive layer that covers the first conductive layer and contains a conductive polymer. The transparent electrode is characterized in that the fine wire of the first conductive layer satisfies the conditions mentioned below. Also disclosed is an organic electronic element Line width (W): 20-200 μm Height (H): 0.2-2.0 μm Aspect ratio: 0.00101-17-2013 | |
20130012412 | 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. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011951 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Disclosed is a production method for an organic electroluminescent element that is provided with a substrate, an organic laminate with an organic light emitting layer that was formed by a method involving a wet process, and a pair of electrodes, wherein the method produces an organic electroluminescent element with high luminous efficiency, low driving voltage, and a minimal rise in voltage when continuously driven, by applying the coating liquid for said organic light emitting layer, and thereafter, in a drying process, heating the substrate while applying tension in a manner such that a stress that is less than the yield stress is applied to the substrate. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010040 | INKJET INK AND METHOD FOR FORMING INKJET IMAGE - An inkjet ink which is reduced in system load and is superior in continuous ejection stability, high aptitude for plain paper and excellent in text quality, fixability and image texture is disclosed, comprising an unsaturated fatty acid ester, a compound capable of allowing an ink composition to reversibly gel in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by mass, based on total mass of the ink, and a resin in an amount of 10 to 30% by mass, based on total mass of the ink, and an inkjet image forming method is also disclosed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130003101 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND RASTERIZATION ACCELERATOR - An image forming system comprising: a controller, provided with a list creation means to create a display list by analyzing PDL data decompression means to decompress compressed image data, a drawing means to execute drawing based on the image data, and a print data creation means to create the print data based on the image data for sending the print data to a printer; and a rasterization accelerator, provided with a second drawing means to execute drawing processing based on the display list, and a compression means to compress the image data drawn by the second drawing unit, for sending the image data to the controller, wherein the rasterization accelerator comprises determination means for determining, based on the information of the display list, whether to execute or not the compression of the image data, and a compression method in case of executing the compression. | 01-03-2013 |
20120327157 | PRINTED MATTER PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRINTED MATTER AND ACTINIC RAY CURABLE INKJET INK - Disclosed is a printed matter production process comprising ejecting droplets of an actinic ray curable inkjet ink in a heated state through a head to supply the droplets onto a recording medium, thereby forming an image, the actinic ray curable inkjet ink containing a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a gelling agent, having a viscosity of from 60 to 200 mPasecond at 25° C. and at a shear rate of 1000/second and showing a phase transition at a temperature of not lower than 25° C., characterized in that the actinic ray curable inkjet ink contains a bifunctional polymerizable compound with a molecular weight of not lower than 400 and with a viscosity at 25° C. of not more than 100 mPasecond in an amount of not less than 75% by mass of the total amount of the polymerizable compound. The process excels in ink ejection properties, enables high speed printing, and provides a printed matter having an image with high precision image quality, excellent stability and reduced deformation. | 12-27-2012 |
20120326601 | 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,
| 12-27-2012 |
20120322046 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CELL AND CELL DETECTING SYSTEM - The detection of rare cells can be achieved with high efficiency, without deteriorating the sensitivity of the detection. A detection method which enables the above-mentioned detection comprises: a first step of carrying out a pretreatment for removing erythrocytes from blood to prepare a cell suspension containing leukocytes and rare cells; a second step of providing all of the cells contained in the cell suspension produced in the first step onto an observation area having multiple holes formed thereon; a third step of taking an optical image of the cells that have been provided on the observation area; and a forth step of detecting the rare cells from the image obtained by the image taking in the third step. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321846 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - Provided is a transparent electroconductive film. The film includes a transparent electroconductive layer. The layer contains an electroconductive polymer and a self-dispersing polymer dispersible into aqueous solvent. The self-dispersing polymer has a dissociable group, and has a glass transition point of 25° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower. | 12-20-2012 |
20120319139 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescent member comprising: a positive electrode and a negative electrode on a substrate; multiple organic layers which include at least a positive hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer and an electron transport layer, and which are arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electron injection layer arranged between the electron transport layer and the negative electrode. The electron injection layer is formed from at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and compounds containing alkali metals having melting point of less than 90° C., and at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, compounds containing alkali metals, and compounds containing | 12-20-2012 |
20120319094 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device, wherein an organic electronic device that controls the injection and mobility of carriers in an organic charge transport layer thereof is manufactured by laminating organic layers comprising the same charge transportable organic compound, when manufacturing the organic electronic device with the coating method. In this method of manufacturing an organic electronic device, which comprises a pair of electrodes on a substrate, and at least an organic functional layer and an organic charge transport layer in between the electrodes, the organic charge transport layer is formed by, in the following order: 1) a process for forming a first organic layer by coating, on the organic functional layer, a first organic layer coating-liquid, containing a charge transportable organic compound; and 2) a process for forming a second organic layer by coating, on the first organic layer, a second organic layer coating-liquid containing the charge transportable organic compound and a metallic compound. The method of manufacturing an organic electronic device is further specified by sections 3), 4), and 5). | 12-20-2012 |
20120315577 | Liquid Developer - A liquid developer includes toner particles, an insulating liquid, and a dispersant, and is characterized in that the toner particles includes a resin and a pigment dispersed in the resin, the resin includes a polyester resin, the dispersant includes a basic polymeric dispersant, and a solid obtained by drying the liquid developer has a melting point of at least 55° C. | 12-13-2012 |
20120295171 | Fuel Cell System - Disclosed is a fuel cell system ( | 11-22-2012 |
20120293693 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An objective of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of generating a virtual viewpoint image without causing any visually uncomfortable feeling. In order to achieve this objective, a first image obtained by being captured from a first viewpoint at a first image capture time, and a second image obtained by being captured at a second image capture time different from the first image capture time are acquired. To each of pixels in a non-image capture area corresponding to a portion of a subject not captured in the first image of a first virtual viewpoint image that is generated in a pseudo manner based upon the first image and can be acquired by being captured from a first virtual viewpoint different from the first viewpoint, a pixel value is added in accordance with the second image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120287439 | Interferometer and Fourier Spectrometer using same - Provided is a small, highly accurate Fourier spectrometer which enables highly accurate detection of an optical path difference in an interferometer. An element for changing to a narrow band is provided to return reflected light to a second light source ( | 11-15-2012 |
20120282612 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA, AND A METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PROSTATE CANCER FROM PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY USING THAT METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA - A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. | 11-08-2012 |
20120268519 | WATER-BASED INK JET INK AND RECORDING METHOD - This invention provides a water-based ink jet ink and a method to use the ink. The ink yields high-quality and highly-fast images, is stably ejected, is stably printed for a long period of time, and, at the same time, provides easy recovery in maintenance. The water-based ink jet ink has a pigment, 2-10% by mass of an ink soluble resin, 20-45% by mass of a solvent having a surface tension of 25-40 mN/m, and a silicone-type or fluorine-type surfactant. The ink soluble resin contains a carboxyl or sulfonic acid group as an acidic group and has an acid value of 80-300. | 10-25-2012 |
20120261654 | 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,
| 10-18-2012 |
20120248972 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent element includes 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. 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. | 10-04-2012 |
20120242233 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is an illumination apparatus, which is constituted by a plurality of OLED devices and makes it possible to improve an accuracy of a dimming control operation. The apparatus is provided with a driving electric power source including: a pulse generating section; an OLED driving section; a first voltage source; a second voltage source; a current source; a switchover section that conducts a switchover operation between the first voltage source and the current source during the time when the duty ratio of the driving pulses is increasing, and also conducts another switchover operation between the first voltage source and the current source during the time when the duty ratio of the driving pulses is decreasing; and an OLED illumination disabling section that makes the second voltage source supply the second electric power to the OLED unit, only during the time when each of the pulses is the OFF state. | 09-27-2012 |
20120241889 | GAS BARRIER FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a gas barrier film which has both high gas barrier performance and high cracking (bending) resistance. Specifically disclosed is a gas barrier film which comprises, on a substrate in the following order, at least one silanol-containing layer and at least one gas barrier layer that contains silicon atoms and hydrogen atoms. The gas barrier film is characterized in that the relative SiOH ion strength in the central part of the silanol-containing layer in the film thickness direction as detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (Tof-SIMS) is 0.02-1.0 when the relative Si ion strength is taken as 1. Also disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which comprises the gas barrier film. | 09-27-2012 |
20120241003 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and excellent temperature stability with respect to power generation. The organic photoelectric conversion element comprises at least one photoelectric conversion layer and at least one carrier transport layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, and is characterized in that the carrier transport layer contains the salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal or the complex thereof of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. | 09-27-2012 |
20120235023 | Solid-State Image-Sensing Device and Camera Provided Therewith - By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal φTX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T | 09-20-2012 |
20120228601 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescence element containing a light transmissive base material laminated thereon a transparent electrode, a light emitting layer and a counter electrode in this order, wherein the light transmissive base material contains a light transmissive resin substrate (resin substrate B) provided with a hard coat layer on both surfaces of the light transmissive resin substrate, the hard coat layers containing metal oxide nano particles; and the transparent electrode is formed on one hard coat layer (H1); and a rugged structure is formed on one surface of the other hard coat layer (H2), the one surface being opposite to another surface of the other hard coat layer (H2) which is contacted with the light transmissive resin substrate (resin substrate B). | 09-13-2012 |
20120225117 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF W/O/W EMULSION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LIPOSOME EMPLOYING THE PROCESS, AND POROUS MEMBRANE FOR USE IN THE PROCESSES - The present invention provides a liposome production process which enables production of a liposome that has a nano-size particle diameter and a high water-soluble drug encapsulation rate. The process for producing a W1/O/W2 emulsion of the present invention includes the steps of (1) emulsifying an organic solvent (O) that is a volatile organic solvent, an aqueous solvent (W1) and a mixed lipid component (F1) to give a W1/O emulsion; and (2) dispersing the W1/O emulsion produced in step (1) in an aqueous solvent (W2) by use of a porous membrane, to give a W1/O/W2 emulsion, wherein the porous membrane has been surface-treated with a hydrophilic drug so as to allow its surface to have a water contact angle of 0 to 42° in the air. | 09-06-2012 |
20120218342 | AQUEOUS INK FOR INKJET AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed is an aqueous ink for inkjet that contains water, pigment, organic or inorganic acid (A) and ammonia or amines (B) or ammonium salts of organic or inorganic acids, a resin having anionic groups (C), and an amphoteric resin having both anionic and cationic groups (D). The aqueous ink for inkjet is characterized by fulfilling the relationship pKa(A)08-30-2012 | |
20120211739 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The organic electronic device prevents short-circuiting between electrodes and improves lifetime without deteriorating transmittance, driving voltage stability and storage stability thereof. The organic electronic device has a substrate and provided thereon, a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to each other and at least one organic functional layer located between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes has an electrically conductive polymer-containing layer containing a hydrophilic polymer binder and an electrically conductive polymer having a π conjugated electrically conductive polymer component and a polyanion component. At least a part of the electrically conductive polymer-containing layer is subjected to crosslinking, and the electrically conductive polymer-containing layer has been subjected to wet washing treatment. | 08-23-2012 |
20120205643 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an organic electronic device exhibiting excellent conductivity and transparency of an electrode, and low driving voltage, together with en excellent storing property and excellent lifetime. Also disclosed is an organic electronic device possessing a transparent substrate and provided thereon, a first transparent electrode, a second electrode and an organic functional layer provided between the first transparent electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first transparent electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, and a transparent conductive layer containing a conductive polymer and an aqueous binder is provided between the first transparent electrode and the organic functional layer. | 08-16-2012 |
20120201724 | MICRO MIXER AND MICROFLUIDIC CHIP - There are provided a micro mixer capable of efficiently mixing at least two types of liquids in a simple structure and a microfluidic chip provided with the micro mixer. In order to achieve the object, the micro mixer includes a minute passage through which first and second liquids are caused to flow respectively, and a mixing vessel in which a liquid injecting port caused to communicate with the minute passage is provided in a bottom part, and the liquid injecting port is provided in a shifted position from a center of the bottom part in the bottom part. Moreover, the liquid injecting port may be provided in a shifted position from a center line of the mixing vessel. | 08-09-2012 |
20120201716 | SURFACE PLASMON-ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus having a beam geometry changing device that changes the beam geometry of excitation light, and a control device that controls the beam geometry changing device, with favorable precision, which the apparatus performs a resonance angle scan and to detect a target material. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199186 | TANDEM-TYPE ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR BATTERY - A tandem-type organic photoelectric conversion element has at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of bulk heterojunction layers each comprising a p-type organic semiconductor material and an n-type organic semiconductor material. The tandem-type organic photoelectric conversion element and a solar battery are characterized in that when the absorption wavelengths of the bulk heterojunction layers are such that a second bulk heterojunction layer absorbs up to a longer wavelength than a first bulk heterojunction layer, the LUMO energy level (LUMO(n1)) of the film of the n-type semiconductor in the first bulk heterojunction layer and the LUMO energy level (LUMO(n2)) of the film of the n-type semiconductor in the second bulk heterojunction layer satisfy the following equation (1): 0.4 eV≧LUMO(n1)−LUMO(n2)≧0.1 eV . . . (1) | 08-09-2012 |
20120196385 | ASSAY METHOD AND KIT FOR ASSAY EMPLOYING SENSOR CHIP FOR FLUORESCENT MEASURING APPARATUS UTILIZING SURFACE PLASMON-FIELD ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY - An assay method with use of a sensor chip which includes a metal member, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), and ligands on a support, and is configured to be used for a fluorescence measuring apparatus with utilization of a surface plasmon-field enhanced Fluorescence Spectrometry, including the steps of: forming a hydrophilic high molecule layer on the self-assembled monolayer in the sensor chip; immobilizing the ligands at least one of in the hydrophilic high molecule layer and on the surface of the hydrophilic high molecule layer; and bringing a moisturizer in contact with the hydrophilic high molecule layer. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193619 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING SAME - An organic EL element having a high productivity and a multi-unit structure is produced by using an organic EL material which can meet the demands of an increased area and high productivity, uses a high-speed process at atmospheric pressure, that is, the non-discharge type coating process, and which has a high process adaptability. An organic electroluminescent element is provided, between a plurality of light-emitting units, with a charge generating layer which generates a hole and an electron by applying an electric field, wherein the charge generating layer comprises one or more layers, at least one layer of which is formed by means of the non-discharge type solution coating process, and the plurality of light-emitting units are formed by means of the non-discharge type solution coating process. | 08-02-2012 |
20120190129 | TEST DEVICE, REACTION APPARATUS AND REACTIVE TEST METHOD - A test device having a micro flow channel including a reaction part where a reactant that is reactive to a tested chemical dispersed in a tested fluid is fixed, and at least one actuator for actuating the tested fluid to move in at least one of two opposite sides of the micro flow channel so as to homogenize a density distribution of the tested chemical in the tested fluid. The tested fluid is sent in the micro flow channel a plurality of times. | 07-26-2012 |
20120182337 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an inkjet recording apparatus capable of recording a high quality image without limiting the kinds of ink or recording media, including an inkjet head having a plurality of nozzles to eject ink droplets, wherein the ink droplets ejected from the plurality of the nozzles is charged by applying voltage between the inkjet head and the recording medium, and land on the recoding medium so as to record the image on the recording medium, wherein after a first ink droplet lands on the recording medium, a second ink droplet lands on the recording medium so as to overlap with the first ink droplet before discharging of the first ink droplet is completed. | 07-19-2012 |
20120171586 | Fuel Cell - Disclosed is a small-sized low-cost fuel cell having high fuel efficiency, wherein a solid oxide electrolyte membrane is interposed between a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode. The fuel cell comprises a fuel production member which produces a fuel by a chemical reaction with water that is generated at the fuel electrode. A discharge surface of the fuel production member, from which the fuel is discharged, and a supply surface of the fuel electrode, to which the fuel is supplied, are arranged in parallel so as to face each other. The discharge surface discharges the fuel in the form of a plane. | 07-05-2012 |
20120156800 | LIQUID FEEDING SYSTEM FOR MICROCHIP, SAMPLE DETECTION DEVICE, AND LIQUID FEEDING METHOD FOR LIQUID FEEDING SYSTEM FOR MICROCHIP - A liquid feeding system for a microchip performs: a first liquid feeding step in which a sample liquid in a sample liquid containing section is fed in the direction to a primary containing section via a reaction field; a second liquid feeding step in which, after the first liquid feeding step, the sample liquid is fed from the primary containing section in the direction to the reaction field; and a third liquid feeding step in which, after the second liquid feeding step, the feedings of the sample liquid from and to the reaction field and the primary containing section a rear side gas-liquid boundary face of the sample liquid in the first liquid feeding step and the front side and rear side gas-liquid boundary faces of the sample liquid in the second and third liquid feeding steps do not pass through the reaction field. | 06-21-2012 |
20120153421 | BARRIER FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a barrier film production method and a barrier film comprising at least one organic layer and two or more inorganic layers on a surface of a plastic film, wherein, under an atmosphere of at least 0.3 atmospheric pressure and at most 1.1 atmospheric pressure (1 atmospheric pressure is 1.01325×105 Pa), an organic layer coating liquid is applied on at least one surface of the plastic film, and dried to form the organic layer, thereafter, an inorganic layer coating liquid containing an inorganic compound is applied and dried on the organic layer to laminate at least 2 to 6 inorganic layers, and thereafter, at least two layers of the laminated inorganic layers are subjected to a modification process. | 06-21-2012 |
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 002-02-2012 | |
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 |