Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130206890 | TAPE GUIDING MEMBER - There is provided a tape guiding member including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound or is trained; a flange main body that is provided at the hub, and that restricts a position in a transverse direction of the recording tape; a tape contacting layer that is formed in a shape of a sheet of a material that is different from a material that structures the flange main body, and that is superposed on a surface, at the recording tape side, of the flange main body; and a holding portion that is provided at the flange main body, and covers an outer peripheral edge portion of the tape contacting layer from the recording tape side, and holds the tape contacting layer at the flange main body. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206966 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Also provided is a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device including: a first process where a plurality of pixel electrodes | 08-15-2013 |
20130206998 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, RADIATION DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation detection device includes a radiation detection sensor, a first integration section, a second integration section and a determination section. The first integration section obtains a first integration value by integrating values expressed by signals output from the sensor over a predetermined period of time. The second integration section obtains a second integration value by integrating amounts of change per specific time duration in values expressed by the signals output from the sensor over the predetermined period of time. The determination section determines whether or not radiation has been detected by the sensor based on a ratio of the first integration value to the second integration value. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207310 | NANOIMPRINTING MOLD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE NANOIMPRINTING MOLD, AND NANOIMPRINTING METHOD EMPLOYING THE NANOIMPRINTING MOLD - Fluctuations in the thickness of resist films after imprinting are eliminated, in a nanoimprinting method that employs a fine pattern of protrusions and recesses. A nanoimprinting mold is produced by forming a fine pattern of protrusions and recesses on the surface of a substrate. A substrate having a surface shape after a mold release process is administered thereon and before the pattern of protrusions and recesses is formed with a 3σ o value related to a height difference distribution within a range from 1 nm to 3 nm is employed as the substrate. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208038 | LIQUID SUPPLYING MECHANISM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid supplying mechanism includes a control unit that controls a first pressure adjusting unit and a second pressure adjusting unit by control parameters each having a given initial value on the basis of a supply pressure detected by a first detecting unit and a discharge pressure detected by a second detecting unit, respectively, so that the supply pressure is higher than the discharge pressure while a back pressure at a nozzle surface is maintained at a given value, and when deviations of the detected supply pressure and the detected discharge pressure with respect to the corresponding target pressure value exceed a given reference value, controls each of the first pressure adjusting unit and the second pressure adjusting unit by changing the control parameters from the initial values. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208042 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD FOR SAME - An aspect of a recording defect inspection method for an image recording apparatus includes: a recording step of sequentially recording test patterns of respective recording heads onto a recording medium, an image capturing step of capturing an image of a test pattern recorded on the recording medium by means of a scanner, an analysis step of analyzing the captured test pattern and detecting a recording defect of the recording head which has recorded the test pattern, an evaluation frequency setting step of setting an evaluation frequency for each of the recording heads on the basis of a recording defect occurrence frequency for each recording head, and a control step of setting a frequency of each of the recording heads in the test patterns to the set evaluation frequency. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208045 | INK COMPOSITION, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINTED ARTICLE USING THE SAME - Provided is an ink composition that can form an image in which bleeding caused when the image is recorded by an ink jet method is inhibited and which has excellent toughness and glossiness and shows excellent adhesiveness with respect to various substrates, even when being dried at a low temperature. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208059 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a head including: a nozzle configured to eject liquid; a supply port to which the liquid is continuously supplied; and a recovery port from which the liquid is continuously recovered; a supply flow channel through which the liquid is supplied to the head; and a recovery flow channel through which the liquid is recovered from the head. A flow channel resistance inside the head from the supply port to the nozzle is R_HEAD_IN. A flow channel resistance inside the head from the nozzle to the recovery port is R_HEAD_OUT. A flow channel resistance of the supply flow channel is R_CHANNEL_IN. A flow channel resistance of the recovery flow channel is R_CHANNEL_OUT. The supply and recovery flow channels are laid out so as to satisfy a condition of R_CHANNEL_IN>R_CHANNEL_OUT when R_HEAD_IN>R_HEAD_OUT, or a condition of R_CHANNEL_IN08-15-2013 | |
20130208147 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: a device control unit that performs a driving in which a first captured image signal during a first exposure period and a second captured image signal during each of second exposure periods are read by sequentially exposing second photoelectric conversion elements for the second exposure periods while exposing first photoelectric conversion elements for the first exposure period, and an image processing unit that performs a processing in which a captured image signal with a dynamic range is generated by using the first captured image signal and at least one of the second captured image signals, and the processing includes plural types of processings where numbers of the second captured image signals to be used are different. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208175 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device for an imaging apparatus adapted to image an object through an image formation lens includes: a light receiving section having a plurality of light receiving elements; a microlens section having a plurality of microlenses respectively provided corresponding to a plurality of the light receiving elements to make the corresponding light receiving elements receive an object light beam that passed through the image formation lens; a control section adapted to control shapes of the plurality of the microlenses so as to control pupil regions in an exit pupil of the image formation lens that pass a light beam that should be received by each of the plurality of the light receiving elements; and an image signal generation section adapted to generate an image signal of an image of the object based on imaging signals of the plurality of the light receiving elements. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208330 | MIRROR DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DEVICE - A mirror driving device can include: a mirror part having a reflection surface configured to reflect light; mirror support parts formed at portions of the mirror part diagonal to each other; and a first actuator and a second actuator placed so as to surround the mirror part, wherein the first actuator and the second actuator each have a structure in which a plurality of first piezoelectric cantilevers with a longitudinal direction oriented to a direction of a first axis and a plurality of second piezoelectric cantilevers with a longitudinal direction oriented to a second axis are coupled together so as to be folded, and each of the first actuator and the second actuator has one end connected to the mirror part via a relevant one of the mirror support parts and another end connected to a fixing part near the mirror support part to which the one end is coupled. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208852 | RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A detection field setting unit of a console sets a detection field of detection pixels of an electronic cassette which are used to detect the dose of X-rays passing through a subject so as to correspond to each irradiation position on the basis of irradiation positions of an X-ray source set by a driving condition setting unit and ROI information such as the position and the size of a region of interest (ROI) of the subject M input through an input device and the height thereof from a radiography platform. The electronic cassette performs an automatic exposure control of detecting the dose of X-rays by the use of the detection pixels in the detection field set by the detection field setting unit of the console and automatically controlling the irradiation dose of X-rays on the basis of the detected dose, when performing a radiographing operation at the irradiation positions. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208860 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC CASSETTE, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - An AEC signal is transmitted and received always in a wireless manner between a wireless communicator of an electronic cassette and a wireless communicator of a control device, regardless of the presence or absence of wired communication. If communication failure occurs in the wired communication and X-ray image data cannot be transmitted in a wired manner, a memory of the electronic cassette temporarily stores the X-ray image data. Since the AEC signal is wirelessly transmitted, X-ray imaging is continued even if the wired communication is unusable. A cause of the communication failure is more easily identified in wireless communication than in the wired communication. Thus, even if the communication failure occurs in the wireless communication, the wireless communication quickly recovers from the failure and downtime of an X-ray imaging system does not become too long. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209695 | INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An inkjet ink composition includes: (a) particles of a polymer compound having at least one reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, an acetoacetoxy group, a halomethyl group, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a carboxy group; (b) a reactive compound having a functional group that reacts with the reactive functional group of the (a) particles of the polymer compound by energy application; (c) a coloring agent; and (d) a water-soluble organic solvent. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209942 | PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - A pattern is formed by forming, on a substrate, a resist layer made of oxonol-based dye, and by scanning the formed resist layer with a laser beam at a scan speed of higher than or equal to 1 m/s and lower than or equal to 30 m/s, and by developing the resist layer scanned with the laser beam using a developer containing alcohol as a main component. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211198 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - In order to prevent floating matters from attaching to a glass plate fixed on a leading end face of an endoscope insertion portion, gas-feed ports are formed around the glass plate. Between the glass plate and the gas-feed ports, a protective barrier is formed in a manner surrounding the glass plate. Ejection of gas through the gas-feed ports generates gas streams to remove unnecessary floating matters existing between the glass plate and an observation target from sight. The gas streams also generate secondary gas streams flowing toward the glass plate. Some of the secondary gas streams are drawn forward with the primary gas streams, while the other of the secondary gas streams collide with the protective barrier. The secondary gas streams cannot flow along the surface of the glass plate, which prevents floating matters flowing with the secondary gas streams from attaching to the surface of the glass plate. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211217 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD - First and second white light is generated by excitations of phosphors with first and second laser beams having center wavelengths of 473 nm and 445 nm, respectively. The first and second white light is applied, in respective frames, sequentially to a region of interest in a subject. A color image sensor images the region of interest in the each frame. Based on a shift amount, calculated from green signals of first and second frames, between images, an image of a blue signal of the first frame is moved to be aligned with an image of a green signal and an image of a red signal of the second frame. After the alignment, an oxygen saturation image representing an oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood is produced from the blue signal of the first frame and green and red signals of the second frame, and displayed on a display. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING LAYOUT OF OBJECTS - When an image is touched on a touch screen, the image is displayed as if a touched side of the image is pressed down and an opposite side of the touched side is lifted up. Priority levels of peripheral portions of the image are set in accordance with up and down of the image. Rendering priority between images to be overlapped is determined in accordance with a dominant-subordinate relationship between the priority levels of the peripheral portions of the respective images to be in contact. One of the images is displayed in an overlapped portion of the images based on the rendering priority. | 08-15-2013 |
20130213249 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving that comprises a relief-forming layer formed from a resin composition for laser engraving, wherein the flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving has matting agent particles at the surface of the relief-forming layer, and the matting agent particles comprise a water-soluble resin and have a number average particle size of 2 μm to 40 μm. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213930 | NANOIMPRINTING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATES UTILIZING THE NANOIMPRINTING METHOD - Droplets of resist material are coated using the ink jet method under conditions that: the viscosity of the resist material is within a range from 8 cP to 20 cP, the surface energy of the resist material is within a range from 25 mN/m to 35 mN/m, the amount of resist material in each of the droplets is within a range from 1 pl to 10 pl, and the placement intervals among the droplets are within a range from 10 μm to 1000 μm. A mold is pressed against the surface of the substrate in a He and/or a depressurized atmosphere such that: an intersection angle formed between a main scanning direction of the ink jet method and the direction of the lines of the linear pattern of protrusions and recesses, which is an intersection angle when pressing the mold against the surface of the substrate, is within a range from 30° to 90°. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213931 | METHOD FOR FORMING A PATTERN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLD - A method for forming a pattern is provided. A photoresist layer constituted by organic dye, which is capable of deformation in a heat mode, is formed on a substrate. A laser beam is irradiated onto the photoresist layer, to form hole portions in the photoresist layer at portions onto which the laser beam is irradiated. The photoresist layer is etched within a vacuum using a predetermined gas, following the step in which the hole portions are formed in the photoresist layer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213932 | PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND METAL STRUCTURE FORMATION METHOD - A resist layer made of oxonol-based dye, and the OD value of which is greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 1.6 with respect to light having the wavelength of 580 nm, is formed on a substrate. The formed resist layer is scanned with a laser beam at a scan speed of higher than or equal to 3 m/s and lower than or equal to 10 m/s. A ring-shaped pattern is formed by developing the resist layer scanned with the laser beam using a developer containing alcohol as a main component. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214084 | DRIVE DEVICE - There is provided a drive device including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound; a pair of flanges that are provided at both axial direction sides of the hub so as to be able to rotate relative to the hub, and that restrict a position, in a transverse direction, of the recording tape; a connecting member that connects outer peripheral portions of the pair of flanges together at least at a portion other than a traveling path of the recording tape; and a casing having, at an interior, a space in which the hub and the pair of flanges are accommodated and in which the recording tape travels, a fixing portion, that is provided at at least one of the pair of flanges or at the connecting member, being fixed to the casing. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214157 | ELECTRONIC CASSETTE AND ELECTRONIC CASSETTE APPARATUS - A USB memory device incorporates a flash memory and a memory controller. An access lock is placed on a data storage area of the flash memory. When the USB memory device is attached to an electronic cassette, a cassette controller controls a USB controller to input an unlock password to the USB memory device. The memory controller unlocks the access lock on the data storage area when the unlock password matches a password stored in a program area of the flash memory in advance. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214265 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: plural pixel electrodes two-dimensionally arranged above a substrate; a counter electrode constituted of a transparent electrically conductive oxide having a resistance of not more than 100 kΩ/□, which is formed at an upper layer of the plural pixel electrodes; a light receiving layer including a photoelectric conversion layer containing an organic material, which is formed between the plural pixel electrodes and the counter electrode; and a connecting section for undergoing electrical connection between a voltage supply line for supplying a bias voltage to be impressed to the counter electrode, and in a plan view, a rectangular region in which the plural pixel electrodes are arranged is defined as a pixel region; the pixel region has a size of not more than 5 inches; the connecting section is formed as defined herein; and the counter electrode is formed as defined herein. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214440 | LENS SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LENS SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A lens sheet manufacturing method according to one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes: conveying an original lens sheet having a plurality of linear lens elements arranged and formed in parallel with each other on a front sheet surface; detecting an edge line of one of the lens elements; determining whether the detected edge line and a trimming direction blade included in a punching blade are parallel with each other; when it is determined that they are not parallel with each other, controlling a conveying direction of the original lens sheet so that the trimming direction blade and the detected edge line are parallel with each other; and temporarily stopping conveying with the edge line of the lens element and the trimming direction blade being parallel with each other and punching the original lens sheet with the punching blade to manufacture a separated lens sheet. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215149 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, DIGITAL CAMERA, HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY, PROJECTOR, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A digital camera functioning as an information presentation device is provided with a CG superimposition unit | 08-22-2013 |
20130215178 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to the inkjet recording apparatus and the image recording method of the present invention, since the droplet volume of droplets ejected from ejection abnormality nozzles is limited to not greater than a prescribed upper limit value, and the droplet volume of droplets ejected from other normally functioning nozzles is corrected on the basis of correction values used for correction of non-uniformities in the image caused by ejection abnormality nozzles, then in even in cases where the interval between droplets ejected from adjacent nozzles which are adjacent to an ejection abnormality nozzle becomes larger due to landing interference, in particular, it is possible to perform image recording by using droplets m ejected from deflecting nozzles. As a result of this, the occurrence of non-uniformities (stripe non-uniformities) in the image can be suppressed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215181 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium; a liquid droplet ejection head that ejects liquid droplets onto the recording medium; an emission unit that emits a detection beam and a reference beam, which is farther from a conveying surface of the conveying unit than the detection beam, along the conveying surface of the conveying unit, the emission unit being provided upstream of the liquid droplet ejection head in a conveying direction of the recording medium; a light receiving unit that receives the detection beam and the reference beam emitted from the emission unit; and a floating determination unit that determines whether the recording medium is floated, based upon a magnitude of a difference between an amount of light of the detection beam received by the light receiving unit and an amount of light of the reference beam received by the light receiving unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215204 | PAPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A paper conveyance apparatus includes: a drum that conveys a paper by winding the paper around an outer peripheral surface thereof and being rotated; a press roller that presses a surface of the paper at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral surface of the drum and brings a reverse surface of the paper into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drum; and a back tension providing unit having an adsorption surface by which the surface or the reverse surface of the paper is absorbed, the back tension providing unit being configured so that provides the paper with a back tension by causing the adsorption surface to adsorb the surface or the reverse surface of the paper with an adsorption force which decreases from the center in a width direction of the paper toward both ends in the width direction of the paper. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215317 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disposing from an object side in the order of a positive first lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, a negative second lens group which is moved at the time of zooming, an aperture stop, a positive third lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, and a fourth lens group which is moved along the optical axis at the time of zooming to correct a change in image plane position arising from the zooming for focusing. The zoom lens is configured to simultaneously satisfy, when a focal length of the overall lens system at the telephoto end, an overall optical length, and an Abbe number of the second group first lens with respect to d-line are taken as ft, TL, and νd21 respectively, conditional expressions (1): 0.6208-22-2013 | |
20130216733 | OPTICAL FILM AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film having an acrylic resin layer and a cellulose acylate layer, wherein the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin used as the main ingredient in the acrylic resin layer is from 600,000 to 4,000,000, hardly causes display unevenness when it is incorporated in a liquid crystal display device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216749 | INFUSION SOLUTION BAG AND EXTERIOR FILM - An infusion solution bag includes a bag made of a resin film including polyethylene and/or polypropylene, and a barrier layer provided on at least one surface of the bag, wherein the barrier layer has a structure in which a first organic layer, an inorganic layer and a second organic layer mutually adjoin in this order. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216794 | INKJET INK COMPOSITION, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINTED ARTICLE - Provided is an inkjet ink composition, which forms an image having an excellent blocking resistance, and particularly which forms an image having an excellent blocking resistance in a case where images come into contact with one another overlapped, an image forming method using the ink composition and a printed article with the image having the excellent blocking resistance. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216950 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND PLATE MAKING METHOD USING THE SAME - A lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support, an undercoat layer and an image-recording layer in this order, in which by exposing imagewise the image-recording layer with laser and then supplying at least any of printing ink and dampening water on a cylinder of a printing machine, an unexposed area of the image-recording layer can be removed, and the image-recording layer contains (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) a polymerizable compound and (C) a binder polymer, and the undercoat layer contains the copolymer (D1) as defined herein and the copolymer (D2) as defined herein and a weight of the copolymer (D1) is from 5 to 95% based on a total weight of the copolymers (D1) and (D2). | 08-22-2013 |
20130217035 | BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING METHOD - A configuration was adopted, in which the orientations of free molecules and binding molecules within a solution are switched by switching the vibration direction of orientation controlling light, thereby switching the amount of light emitted by each free molecule and each binding molecule. There is a difference in the amounts of time required for the orientations of the free molecules and the binding molecules to switch accompanying the switch in the emission direction of the orientation controlling light. Therefore, the timings at which the amounts of light emitted by each type of molecule increase differ. Accordingly, the fluorescence contributed by fluorescent molecules associated with free molecules and the fluorescent molecules associated with binding molecules can be respectively calculated, even if all of the fluorescent molecules within the solution emit fluorescence. Thereby, the concentration of a detection target substance can be accurately measured with a simple structure. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217150 | ASSAY APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND REACTION CONTAINER FOR ASSAY - In an assay apparatus for performing an assay related to a specimen received from the outside thereof based on a reaction between the specimen and a reagent by using a reaction container that holds the reagent, the apparatus includes a detection means that detects a state in which an assay has ended before completion, and a mark providing means that provides a predetermined mark for the reaction container when the state in which the assay has ended before completion is detected by the detection means. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217236 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor device is provided with a porous structure layer formed by silicone resin between a substrate and a semiconductor element. Alternatively, a porous layer having a density of 0.7 g/cm | 08-22-2013 |
20130217969 | ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - In a tip face of an insertion part of an endoscope, gas is discharged from a plurality of air supply ports formed around an observation window, and air currents are generated. This removes suspended matter, such as oil particles and fat particles, from an imaging visual field. The interval between adjacent air supply ports of the air supply port is specified so that the gas around air currents is caught in the air currents by the air currents without being directed towards the imaging lens. The surrounding gas by the air currents being discharged is pulled in the imaging direction along with the air currents. Since the surrounding gas induced by the air currents is prevented from being induced in the direction of the imaging lens, the imaging lens can be prevented from being contaminated by an unnecessary object. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221565 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FILM - According to a process for producing a thermoplastic resin film according to one aspect of the present invention, a molten resin, while the molten resin is discharged from a die and thereafter lands onto a cooling roller, is uniformly heated in a direction of a flow by a heater. Thereby, a thermoplastic resin film having very slight thickness unevenness in a longitudinal direction can be formed. Moreover, according to the process for producing a thermoplastic resin film, heating by the heater can reduce a viscosity of the molten resin at the time of landing, and can suppress generation of retardation at the time of landing. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222313 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS - An image editing apparatus has editing functions for editing a still image displayed on a screen of an LCD. The image editing apparatus is provided with a touch panel, a judgment section, and a display controller. The judgment section determines which of the editing functions is requested to be executed, in accordance with how a second touch operation is performed while a first touch operation on the still image on the touch panel is maintained. The display controller executes the editing function determined by the judgment section, and displays an edited image on the LCD. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222467 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method including applying a treatment liquid; and applying a first ink containing a pigment, water, and polymer particles of with the content is 1.0 mass % to 3.0 mass %, and applying a second ink having a different hue to the first ink onto the applied first ink at an ink droplet speed of 6 m/sec to 10 m/sec to form a multi-color image, in which an interval from a landing time point of the first ink to a landing time point of the second ink is 200 msec or less, and a dot diameter φ2 of the second ink, and a dot diameter φ1 of the second ink in an ink droplet amount equal to an ink droplet amount in the forming of the multi-color image satisfy a relationship of 0.90≦φ2/φ1≦1.10. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222475 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a long wiping member configured to come in contact with and wipe a liquid ejection face of the head; a wiping member conveyance device configured to drive the wiping member to be conveyed in a lengthwise direction of the wiping member; a pressing member configured to cause the wiping member to come in contact and pressed against the liquid ejection face when the pressing member is placed at a first position; and a slack elimination mechanism configured to push down the pressing member to a second position lower than the first position before the wiping member is brought into contact with the liquid ejection face, and to stop pushing the pressing member so as to move the pressing member along with the wiping member to the first position to bring the wiping member into contact with the liquid ejection face. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222476 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a long wiping member configured to come in contact with and wipe a liquid ejection face of the head; a wiping member conveyance device configured to convey the wiping member in a lengthwise direction of the wiping member; an elastic member configured to elastically deform and apply a force to cause the wiping member to be pressed against the liquid ejection face through a pressing member when the wiping member comes in contact and pressed against the liquid ejection face; and a slack eliminating member arranged in a front side of the head in a direction of travel of the head with respect to the wiping member, the slack eliminating member being configured to eliminate slack in the wiping member caused by elastic deformation of the elastic member when the wiping member comes in contact with the slack eliminating member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222479 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - There is provided an inkjet recording apparatus including: plural jetting heads that jet respectively different types of photocurable color inks onto a conveyed recording medium and which, when layer-jetting the different types of photocurable color inks onto the recording medium, first jet the photocurable color ink having the largest light blocking effect among the plural photocurable color inks that the plural jetting heads layer-jet; and an irradiation device that applies light to the photocurable color inks that have been jetted onto the recording medium. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222500 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method comprising a jetting step using a paper sheet, wherein a decay rate of ultrasonic transmittance through the paper sheet after five seconds with respect to ultrasonic transmittance through the paper sheet immediately after immersion of the paper sheet in pure water is from 4% to 26%, and jetting aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink onto a front surface of the paper sheet with an inkjet recording head; a conveyance step of conveying the paper sheet to an exposure section such that an amount of time from the jetting step until exposing the aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink on the paper sheet to ultraviolet light is from 1 second to 8 seconds; and an exposure step of exposing the aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink on the paper sheet to ultraviolet light to thereby cure the aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222501 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method has applying an ink composition which includes: at least a pigment, water, and polyvalent (meth)acrylamide of 3.0 mass % or more and 15.0 mass % or less with respect to the entire ink composition as a polymerizable compound, to a coated paper having a pigment layer on at least one surface of a support in which cellulose pulp is a main component, using an ink jet method; at least drying the applied ink composition; and curing the ink composition on the coated paper by irradiating the active energy rays at an illuminance of 1 W/cm | 08-29-2013 |
20130222502 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method uses an ink set that includes applying a liquid composition onto a recording medium; further applying a ink composition onto the recording medium with an ink jet method to form an image; drying the image at a surface temperature of the image of 35° C. to 55° C. until a difference between a residual water content of a non-image portion on the recording medium and a residual water content of a image portion where an application amount of the ink composition is the maximum is 2 g/m | 08-29-2013 |
20130222546 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A plurality of pixels PD | 08-29-2013 |
20130222553 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup device, comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a first microlens; and a second microlens, which is one microlens provided above n×n (n: 2 or more) of the photoelectric conversion elements laterally and longitudinally adjacent to each other, the second microlens pupil-dividing light entering the microlens for guiding to a light receiving surface of each of the n×n photoelectric conversion elements, the first microlens and the second microlens being provided in a mixed manner so that a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image can be respectively generated based on at least a first output signal corresponding to the first microlens and a second output signal corresponding to the second microlens, color filters of any of the colors being provided above the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and color filters of a same color being provided to the n×n photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to the second microlens. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222563 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic endoscopic apparatus includes an endoscopic scope, an imaging device provided in the endoscopic scope, a signal processing unit processing a captured image signal obtained by the imaging device to generate an observation image, a monitor device displaying the observation image, and a control unit controlling the signal processing unit to generate a high definition observation image and a high sensitivity observation image as the observation image, in which the control unit makes the signal processing unit generate the high sensitivity observation image at the time of screening the inside of the biological body, and generate the high definition observation image at the time of precise inspecting for an interest area in the body. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222676 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus, including: an image formation lens having focal lengths different in every region; a light receiving section having light receiving elements; optical elements corresponding to a plurality of the light receiving elements to make the corresponding light receiving elements receive an object light beam that passed through predetermined pupil regions in an exit pupil of the image formation lens; and an image generation section, wherein in the case of selecting, for generation of the image of the object, any one of the pupil regions in the exit pupil through which an object light beam passes, the image generation section selects, based on an object distance and focal lengths each corresponding to a plurality of the pupil regions of the exit pupil, at least one of the pupil regions through which an object light beam that forms an image at a position of the light receiving section passes. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222813 | CALIBRATION JIG FOR OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A CALIBRATION CONVERSION TABLE - A calibration jig allowing simple and repeatable calibration of a probe optical tomographic apparatus is disclosed. The jig includes a holding member removably attachable to an attachment section of the apparatus and a reflective surface held by the holding member. The reflective surface reflects measurement light emitted from an emitting section of the attachment section and directs reflected light back to the emitting section. If a probe of the apparatus is covered with a sheath, the jig may include a light transmitting member, which generates the same dispersion as dispersion at the sheath, between the emitting section and the reflective surface. The reflective surface may be a single reflective surface disposed within an area corresponding to twice a coherence length of the laser light with a zero path position of the reflective surface being the center of the area. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222882 | POLYMER DISPERSANT FOR IMAGE DISPLAY PARTICLES, IMAGE DISPLAY PARTICLES, DISPERSION LIQUID FOR IMAGE DISPLAY PARTICLES, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A polymer dispersant for image display particles, including a copolymer having a repeating unit derived from a polymer component with a silicone chain, a repeating unit derived from a hydrophobic polymer component other than the polymer component with a silicone chain, and a repeating unit derived from a polymer component with a polyalkylene glycol structure. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222883 | DISPLAY PARTICLES, DISPLAY PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display particles including: a copolymer having a repeating unit corresponding to a vinyl compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a repeating unit corresponding to a compound with a polar group and an ethylenically unsaturated bond: | 08-29-2013 |
20130222884 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an electrophoretic particle, which contains a colored particle containing a charged group-containing polymer and a coloring agent, and a branched silicone-based polymer being attached to the colored particle and containing, as copolymerization components, a reactive monomer and at least one monomer selected from specific monomers, and a particle dispersion liquid for display, a display medium and a display device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222885 | DISPERSION LIQUID FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a dispersion liquid for electrophoretic display, containing a dispersion medium | 08-29-2013 |
20130222886 | DISPERSION LIQUID FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A dispersion liquid for display including: a dispersion medium; and floating particles which are dispersed and float in the dispersion medium, wherein the floating particles containing: core particles including a colorant and a hydrophilic resin; and a shell covering a surface of each of the core particles and containing a hydrophobic resin with a difference in a solubility parameter of 7.95 (J/cm | 08-29-2013 |
20130222887 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an electrophoretic particle which contains a core material particle formed of a composition containing a resin, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having any one of an imino group, a methylol group and an alkoxymethyl group in the molecule and a heterocyclic ring having a nitrogen atom, and a coloring agent. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222888 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an electrophoretic particle which contains a polymer and a coloring agent, wherein the total content of a calcium element and a sodium element or a magnesium element and a sodium element is about 0.1% by mass or less, an electrophoretic particle dispersion liquid which contains a dispersion medium and the electrophoretic particle dispersed therein. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222910 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE-FORMING DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film having: a hard coat layer; an optically anisotropic layer; and a transparent support, wherein the optically anisotropic layer contains a liquid crystalline compound and a binder, the hard coat layer, the transparent support, and the optically anisotropic layer are laminated in this order, a surface of the optically anisotropic layer contains a fluorine-containing compound not forming covalent bond with the binder of the optically anisotropic layer, a surface of the optical film on the hard coat layer-formed side contains a fluorine-containing or silicone series compound being fixed by covalent bond, and a topmost surface properties of the optical film on hard coat layer-formed side satisfies the specific conditions. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222924 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disposing from an object side in the order of a positive first lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, a negative second lens group which is moved at the time of zooming, an aperture stop, a positive third lens group which is fixed at the time of zooming, and a fourth lens group which is moved along the optical axis at the time of zooming to correct a change in image plane position arising from the zooming for focusing. When a refractive index of the third group first lens with respect to d-line, a focal length of the third group, and focal lengths of the overall lens system at a wide angle end and a telephoto end are taken as Nd31, f3, fw, and ft respectively, conditional expressions (1): 1.7708-29-2013 | |
20130223101 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND PLANAR LIGHTING DEVICE - The light guide plate includes two or more layers superposed on each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to a light exit surface and containing scattering particles at different particle concentrations. The thicknesses of the two or more layers in the direction substantially perpendicular to the light exit surface are changed so that the combined particle concentration of the light guide plate has, in a direction perpendicular to at least one light incidence surface, a first local maximum value on at least one side closer to the at least one light incidence surface and a second local maximum value located at a position farther from the at least one light incidence surface than at least one position of the first local maximum value and being larger than the first local maximum value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223592 | RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DRIVE CONTROL PROGRAM AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - It is possible to reliably avoid a problem that radiation irradiation does not stop even when an accumulated radiation dose reaches a target radiation dose. An AEC unit starts monitoring an integrated value of a radiation dose detection signal from a detection pixel and an output of an irradiation continuation signal at the same time, and continuously transmits the irradiation continuation signal in a predetermined period while the integrated value does not reach a threshold value. When the integrated value reaches the threshold value, the output of the irradiation continuation signal is stopped. The irradiation continuation signal is transmitted to an irradiation signal I/F of a radiation source control device through an irradiation signal I/F by wireless. The radiation source control device stops X-ray irradiation by an X-ray source when the irradiation signal I/F does not receive the irradiation continuation signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224074 | CHROMATOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Higher economic efficiency is ensured in a chromatographic measurement even when a chromatographic measurement apparatus is used at a place with risk of contamination of testing equipment. A chromatographic measurement apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a measurement unit, wherein the apparatus main body and the measurement unit are configured to be capable of wireless communication of a signal representing measurement information obtained by the measurement unit and capable of mutual pairing setting. The apparatus main body includes a storage section for storing the measurement information, an extracting section for extracting, from a signal obtained via wireless communication, a signal from the measurement unit paired with the apparatus main body based on the pairing setting, and a display section for displaying the measurement information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224435 | FUNCTIONAL FILM - A manufacturing method of functional film comprising the steps of:
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20130224763 | BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING METHOD - A biological molecule detecting apparatus capable of highly sensitive measurements is provided. A laser was emitted onto a solution, to impart external force onto free molecules and binding molecules within the solution. The external force inhibited Brownian motion of the free molecules and the binding molecules. The concentration of a detection target substance which is associated the binding molecules can be measured with high sensitivity, by measuring the Brownian motion of the free molecules and the binding molecules within the solution irradiated with the laser. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224764 | BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE DETECTING METHOD - A biological molecule detecting apparatus capable of highly sensitive measurements is provided. The emission direction of an orientation controlling light beam was periodically switched, to periodically switch the orientation direction of binding molecules | 08-29-2013 |
20130224767 | IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - In an immunochromatographic assay method for performing an assay related to a specimen by reacting a reagent held by a carrier and the specimen with each other, and by obtaining an image signal by imaging a reagent portion by a camera, and by measuring, based on the image signal, the color-developed state of the reagent, a morphological opening-operation is applied to the image signal by using a structuring element the size of which is less than or equal to a signal-change-width of the reagent portion that has developed color, and a morphological opening-operation is applied to the image signal by using a structuring element the size of which is larger than the signal-change-width of the reagent portion that has developed color. The color-developed state is measured based on a difference signal obtained by performing a subtraction between the image signals to which the opening-operations have been applied respectively. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224768 | IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - In an immunochromatographic assay method for assaying a specimen by reacting a reagent held by a carrier and the specimen with each other, and by obtaining an image signal by imaging a reagent portion that has been reacted, and by measuring, based on the image signal, the color-developed state of the reagent caused by the reaction, the carrier holds reagents in such a manner that they do not extend continuously for the full length of the carrier in any one of two-dimensional directions along the surface of the carrier. A morphological opening operation is applied to the image signal, with respect to each of the two-dimensional directions, by using a structuring element the size of which is less than or equal to a signal change width of the reagent portion that has developed color, and the color-developed state is measured based on the image signal after the opening operation. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224895 | CBD (CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION) FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUFFER LAYER - A support-heat unit that supports and heats a substrate from the back side of the substrate, a reaction bath having an opening for supplying a CBD reaction solution for forming a film onto a front surface of the substrate, which is supported by the support-heat unit, and a reaction bath forward-backward drive unit that can press the opening onto the front surface of the substrate by moving the reaction bath toward the front surface of the substrate, which is supported by the support-heat unit, and that can detach the opening from the front surface of the substrate by moving the reaction bath away from the front surface of the substrate are provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226002 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasound probe including a transducer array for transmitting and receiving ultrasound; a diagnostic apparatus body for generating ultrasound images; a communications cable connecting the ultrasound probe and the apparatus body with each other; an apparatus body-side connector for connecting one end of the communications cable with the diagnostic apparatus body; analog-to-digital converters for processing reception signals from the transducer array; an electrical-to-optical conversion unit for converting the processed reception signals into optical signals; an optical fiber provided in the communications cable in order to transmit the reception signals as optical signals; and an optical-to-electrical conversion unit for converting the transmitted reception signals into electric signals. The diagnostic apparatus body generates an ultrasound image based on the reception signals as converted by the optical-to-electrical conversion unit into electric signals. | 08-29-2013 |
20130296606 | PRECURSOR OF POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND - A compound represented by formula (I): | 11-07-2013 |
20130300254 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A piezoelectric device includes: a substrate; a lower electrode provided on a substrate; a piezoelectric film provided by being laminated on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film being formed of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) containing 6 at % or more in atomic composition percentage of at least one type of metal element selected from V group and VI group; an oxide electrode layer provided by being laminated on the piezoelectric film; a first metal electrode layer containing an oxidation-resistant precious metal provided by being laminated on the oxide electrode layer; a second metal electrode layer provided by being laminated on the first metal electrode layer; and a wire connected to the second metal electrode layer. | 11-14-2013 |
20130308750 | RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - In a radiographic system and a radiographic image generating method that generate a phase contrast image and an absorption image of an subject, the absorption image in which density irregularity is removed or reduced is generated on the basis of a plurality of pieces of image data obtained for generating the phase contrast image. | 11-21-2013 |
20140061496 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a radiographic imaging device including: a radiation detector including plural radiographic image acquisition pixels that are arranged in a matrix in an imaging region for capturing a radiographic image and that acquire image information representing the radiographic image by converting applied radiation into electric charges and storing the electric charges and plural radiation detection pixels that are arranged in the imaging region, that have mutually different characteristics, and that detect the applied radiation by converting the applied radiation into electric charges and storing the electric charges; and a detecting unit that uses the radiation detection pixels selectively according to the characteristics to detect a state of application of the radiation. | 03-06-2014 |
20140137939 | SOLAR-CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A solar-cell submodule sealed by an adhesive filler. A water-vapor-barrier film, a first adhesive filler layer, and a front-surface protection layer are layered on the front surface side of the solar-cell submodule, and a second adhesive filler layer and a back surface protection layer are layered on the back surface side of the solar cell submodule. A light-absorbing layer in the solar cell submodule comprises a CIGS film, and of the front surface protection layer and back surface protection layer, at least the front surface protection layer includes a plastic sheet. The plastic sheet has a heat-shrinkage ratio of not more than 0.04%. | 05-22-2014 |