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20110032560 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that can be connected to an image-forming apparatus, a method, and a program used for the information processing apparatus are disclosed. The information processing apparatus comprises a control unit for controlling print-setting information set for document data to be printed, a recognition unit for recognizing information about a first function specified by the print-setting information by translating the print-setting information controlled by the control unit, an obtaining unit for obtaining information about a second function of the image-forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, a determination unit for determining whether or not the image-forming apparatus can perform the first function recognized by the recognition unit based on the second-function information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a modification unit for modifying the print-setting information controlled by the control unit based on the determination result. | 02-10-2011 |
20110170926 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention relates to a printing control method and apparatus, a computer program product, and the like in which printing data is held in a hierarchical structure and a printing job is issued to a printer to cause the printer to print. In the printing control method according to the present invention, different setting values can be set in the lower and upper layers of the hierarchical structure as printing setting data containing double-sided printing or single-sided printing setting. When a setting value different from that of the upper layer is set in the lower layer of the hierarchical structure, the printer is instructed on a setting in the lower layer for each printing data to which the setting value is applied. | 07-14-2011 |
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20090047553 | Fuel cell system and method for judging fuel gas leak in a fuel cell system - A high-precision gas leak judgment comparable to that when the fuel cell is operating normally is achieved even when a fuel cell is restarted. A gas leak judgment unit (for example ECU | 02-19-2009 |
20090064764 | Anomaly judgment device - There is provided an anomaly judgment device that is capable of detecting an abnormal state of a system highly accurately and obtaining an accurate result. The anomaly judgment device comprises a plurality of anomaly judgment means for judging an anomaly of the system and, in cases where it is judged by the plurality of anomaly judgment means that there is an anomaly, judgment means judges that a system anomaly exists. Hence, even in the event of a localized abnormal state judgment by one anomaly judgment means or failure, a final judgment is not made based on that anomaly alone, and at least one other anomaly judgment is made, whereby erroneous judgments can be eliminated and a highly accurate anomaly judgment is possible. | 03-12-2009 |
20090088915 | VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - There is disclosed a vehicle assistance system including an assistance vehicle provided with a power source; an assisted vehicle driven by power; and an electric cable which electrically connects the assistance vehicle to the assisted vehicle, wherein the power of the power source is supplied from the assistance vehicle to the assisted vehicle via the electric cable. | 04-02-2009 |
20090142633 | Fuel Cell System and Mobile Article - A fuel cell system, which includes a fuel cell for generating electric power and which discharges externally water remaining in the fuel cell by supplying a gas to the fuel cell, includes discharge amount estimating means, for estimating, based on the state of the fuel cell (the amount of residual water or an inclination angle), the amount of water to be discharged from the fuel cell. | 06-04-2009 |
20090169934 | Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a fuel cell, measurement means for measuring impedances of the fuel cell in two kinds or more of frequency regions, and first judgment means for judging two or more parameters concerned with an internal state of the fuel cell based on measurement results of the impedances in the respective frequency regions. According to such a constitution, the impedances in the two or more types of frequency regions (a high frequency region, a low frequency region and the like) are measured to judge two or more parameters such as a wet state of an electrolytic film of the fuel cell and a supply state of a fuel gas, which are concerned with the internal state of the fuel cell based on this measurement result. Since such judgment is performed, as compared with the conventional technology, the internal state of the fuel cell can accurately be grasped, and highly efficient and highly robust control of the fuel cell system can be performed. | 07-02-2009 |
20090258270 | Fuel Cell System and Mobile Article - There is disclosed a fuel cell system including a fuel cell for generating electric power by a reaction of a fuel gas an oxidation gas, and a power storage device, and being configured to perform a scavenging operation when an operation of the fuel cell is stopped for discharging a moisture from the fuel cell by supplying a gas into the fuel cell by using the power supplied from the power storage device. The fuel cell system further includes control means for setting an operating condition of the fuel cell so that a moisture content of the fuel cell when it is in operation is less than a target moisture content set in accordance with a state of the power storage device. | 10-15-2009 |
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20080261281 | Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Thereof and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a polypeptide having an activity to asymmetrically reduce (3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanone to produce (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 10-23-2008 |
20090104671 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE 2-(N-SUBSTITUTED AMINOMETHYL)-3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID ESTER - The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active 2-(N-substituted aminomethyl)-3-hydroxybutyric acid esters wherein a 2-(N-substituted aminomethyl)-3-oxobutyric acid ester is treated with an enzyme source capable of stereoselectively reducing said ester to the corresponding optically active 2-(N-substituted aminomethyl)-3-hydroxybutyric acid ester having the (2S,3R) configuration. The present invention provides an efficient method for industrially producing optically active 2-(N-substituted aminomethyl)-3-hydroxybutyric acid esters, in particular such compounds having the (2S,3R) configuration, which are useful as intermediates for the production of medicinal compounds, among others. | 04-23-2009 |
20110236955 | ARYLACYLAMIDASE GENE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an efficient method of producing an arylacylamidase. In an aspect, the present invention provides (a) a DNA comprising the base sequence shown in the sequence listing under SEQ ID NO:1, or (b) a DNA capable of hybridizing, under stringent conditions, with a DNA comprising the base sequence complementary to the base sequence shown in the sequence listing under SEQ ID NO:1 and coding for a polypeptide having arylacylamidase activity. In another aspect, the invention provides a polypeptide encoded by the DNA mentioned above and having arylacylamidase activity, a vector containing the DNA mentioned above, a transformant which is transformed using the DNA or the vector mentioned above, and a method for producing an arylacylamidase which comprises cultivating the transformant mentioned above and obtaining the arylacylamidase from the culture medium. | 09-29-2011 |
20130149769 | NOVEL CARBONYL REDUCTASE, GENE THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - The present invention is to provide a process for efficiently producing an optically active alcohol including (R)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile. One of the features of the present invention is a polypeptide having an activity of asymmetrically reducing 3-oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 06-13-2013 |
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20090029430 | Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Therefor and Use Thereof - The present invention is to provide a process for efficiently producing an optically active alcohol including (R)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile. One of the features of the present invention is a polypeptide having an activity of asymmetrically reducing 3-oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 01-29-2009 |
20100317075 | Novel Carbonyl Reductase, Gene Thereof and Method of Using the Same - The present invention relates to a polypeptide having an activity to asymmetrically reduce (3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanone to produce (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 12-16-2010 |
20120202889 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ASTAXANTHIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method for reducing the relative ratio of 3-hydroxy-3′,4′-didehydro- β, Ψ-caroten-4-one (HDCO) to astaxanthin in a composition containing astaxanthin and HDCO by contacting the composition with an acidic medium having a pH of 3 or less and/or a basic medium having a pH of 9 or greater, and also relates to a method for producing an astaxanthin-containing composition which includes reducing the relative ratio of HDCO by the above method. By means of the method of the present invention, the relative ratio of HDCO, the biological function of which is not known, in an astaxanthin-containing composition can be easily reduced. | 08-09-2012 |
20140242109 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING ALGA AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALGINIC ACID-CONTAINING COMPOSITION - The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for cultivating an alga having ability to produce alginic acid industrially and effectively and a method for producing an alginic acid-containing composition industrially advantageously. The method for cultivating an alga according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the step of cultivating the alga heterotrophically, wherein the alga belongs to the genus | 08-28-2014 |
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20120127525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the, image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127527 | Image Forming Apparatus, Information Setting System, And Information Setting Method - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. It is monitored whether there is a job in the function. Timing for setting the common setting information, which is received by the receiving part to the setting information stored in the storage part, is controlled based on whether a non-processed job is prioritized or an update is prioritized. | 05-24-2012 |
20130063761 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores setting information for operating the image processing apparatus; and an updating control unit that sends a request for obtaining predetermined differentiated setting information, which is a part of a set of setting information stored in a data processing apparatus in a differentiated manner in accordance with a predetermined differentiating criterion, to the data processing apparatus via a network, obtains the predetermined differentiated setting information from the data processing apparatus via the network and controls to update the setting information stored in the storing unit by the obtained predetermined differentiated setting information. | 03-14-2013 |
20130336746 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THE COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a detecting unit which detects the number of manuscript sheets; a calculating unit which calculates the anticipated number of sheets of recording media based on the detected number of sheets; a determining unit which determines whether the anticipated number of sheets calculated exceeds the predetermined number of sheets; and a bookbinding unit which binds multiple recording media, wherein the calculating unit calculates the anticipated number of sheets, further including a cover arranged on the outside of the multiple recording media which are stacked in an overlapping manner, and wherein the bookbinding unit binds multiple recording media without arranging the cover on the outside of the multiple recording media when an image is not formed on the cover if the determining unit determines that the anticipated number of sheets exceeds the predetermined number of sheets. | 12-19-2013 |
20130341854 | LOADING DEVICE FOR RECORDING MEDIA, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A loading device includes a disposing unit to dispose the recording media, and a detector to detect the disposed recording media. The disposing unit includes a loading member on which the recording media are loaded, a pair of guide members movable in width directions of the recording media that are mounted on the loading member, and a guide driver to move the guide members. The end detector detects positions at which the guide members are in contact with the recording media as the ends of the recording media. The guide driver further moves the guide members in the width direction to cause the recording media to form flexures, subsequently moves the guide members to separate from the recording media, and then moves the guide members to be in contact with the recording media again. | 12-26-2013 |
20140270835 | FIXING CONTROL DEVICE, FIXING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing control device includes an image detection unit that determines presence of an image in each of areas obtained by division of an image formation region in which the image is formed, a heater selection unit that selects from heaters of a fixing device heaters at positions corresponding to areas in which the presence of the image is determined, a heating amount computation unit that computes a heating amount of a heating area heated by each of the selected heaters in a fixing region corresponding to the image formation region, a change amount computation unit that computes an amount of change of the heating amount between adjoining ones of the heating areas, and a heating amount correction unit that corrects one of the heating amounts of the adjoining heating areas so that the amount of change after the correction is less than a predetermined threshold. | 09-18-2014 |
20150222776 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part. | 08-06-2015 |
20160088696 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CONTROL TARGET UNITS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTROL TARGET UNITS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system for controlling one or more control target units in a predetermined space includes a first control rule management unit managing heat source existence information and a control item of the control target unit associating with each other, a second control rule management unit managing position information indicating a position of the area and adjustment information associating with each other, a receiver receiving detection data indicating a temperature, a first generator generating heat source data including heat source existence information, a second generator obtaining a control item of the control target using the heat source existence information from the first control rule management unit, obtaining adjustment information from the second control rule management unit, and generating control data indicating a modified control item, and a transmitter transferring the control data generated by the second generator to one or more apparatuses each controlling the control target unit. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088706 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A DETECTION PROGRAM - A detection device includes a detection unit that detect a temperature at each of multiple areas in a predetermined space where the detection device is provided, a determination unit that determines whether the detected temperature at each of the multiple areas is within a predetermined range to generate a first determination result, a generator that generates heat source data indicating that a heat source exists at a specific area of the multiple areas, when the first determination result indicates that the specific area has the detected temperature that is within the predetermined range, and a transmitter that transmits the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area to a management system, wherein the management system controls one or more control target devices provided on the specific area of the predetermined space using the heat source data. | 03-24-2016 |
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20120156120 | SILICON OXIDE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A silicon oxide in the form of powder is represented by SiO | 06-21-2012 |
20120181477 | SIOx AND VAPOR DEPOSITION MATERIAL FOR BARRIER FILM AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY EACH USING THE SAME - Provided is SiO | 07-19-2012 |
20120211695 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, comprising SiO | 08-23-2012 |
20130089785 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE MATERIAL POWDER FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR CAPACITOR, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND CAPACITOR - Provided is a negative-electrode material powder used for a lithium-ion secondary battery having a large discharge capacity and sufficient cycle characteristics as being durable in use. The powder for the battery includes a conductive carbon film on a lower silicon oxide powder, surface and satisfies requirements that: Si in SiC is 15.1 wt % or less in content, or A3 (=A2−A1) is 15.1 or less, given A1 (wt %): Si content measured by acid solution process, and A2 (wt %): Si content measured by alkali solution process; and a specific resistance is 30,000 Ωcm or less. In the lower silicon oxide powder, a maximum value P1 of SiO | 04-11-2013 |
20130164621 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL POWDER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR CAPACITOR, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND CAPACITOR - A negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery having a conductive carbon film on the surface of a lower-silicon-oxide powder; wherein a specific surface area in BET measurement ranges from more than 0.3 m | 06-27-2013 |
20130224600 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL POWDER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR CAPACITOR, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND CAPACITOR - In a lithium ion secondary battery using a negative electrode material powder including a lower silicon oxide powder as a negative electrode material, a charge electric potential at 0.45-1.0 V relative to a Li reference upon initial charging results in a lithium ion secondary battery having a large discharge capacity with excellent cycle characteristics, which can be durable in practical use. On this occasion, the charge electric potential being 0.45-1.0 V relative to the Li reference upon initial charging means that an electric potential plateau caused by the generation of Li-silicate is observed, and the Li-silicate is uniformly generated in the negative electrode material, and this results in excellent cycle characteristics. The negative electrode material powder can have an electrically conductive carbon film on the surface with a ratio of the carbon film to the surface of the powder to be 0.2-10 mass %. | 08-29-2013 |
20130292605 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL POWDER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - Provided is a negative electrode material powder for a lithium ion secondary battery, including SiO | 11-07-2013 |
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20090059611 | MOTORCYCLE - A motorcycle is easily recognized by other vehicles or pedestrians and is hardly damaged during a maximum bank, by devising the disposition of lighting fixtures. An area surrounded by a vertical line passing on each of both side surfaces of a front wheel, a horizontal line passing through a protrusion of a step serving as a first grounding portion, and a straight line for connecting the first grounding portion with an intersection between the vertical line and the ground, is set. Lighting fixtures are provided in the area, as seen from the front side. The lighting fixtures are mounted to lower ends of front forks that support a shaft of the front wheel. The lighting fixture are mounted to lower rear ends of swing arms that support a shaft of the rear wheel. A lamp of each of the lighting fixtures is composed of an assembly of a plurality of light-emitting diodes. | 03-05-2009 |
20110062690 | OCCUPANT RESTRAINING APPARATUS FOR A MOTORCYCLE - An occupant restraining apparatus for a motorcycle which can release an occupant smoothly from a motorcycle body upon falling down. An occupant's seat includes a releasing mechanism which allows release thereof from a seat support member together with an occupant upon falling down of the motorcycle. When the motorcycle falls down, the occupant's seat can be released smoothly from the seat support member. Accordingly, an occupant restraining apparatus for a motorcycle which allows, upon falling down, the occupant to be released smoothly from the seat support member (motorcycle body) can be provided. | 03-17-2011 |
20110288870 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - Part units of speech information are arranged in a predetermined order to generate a sentence unit of a speech information set. To each of a plurality of speech part units of the speech information, an attribute of “interrupt possible after reproduction” with which reproduction of priority interrupt information can be started after the speech part unit of the speech information is reproduced or another attribute of “interrupt impossible after reproduction” with which reproduction of the priority interrupt information cannot be started even after the speech part unit of the speech information is reproduced is set. When the priority interrupt information having a high priority rank than the speech information set being currently reproduced is inputted, if the attribute of the speech information being reproduced at the point in time is “interrupt impossible after reproduction,” then the priority interrupt information is reproduced after the speech information is reproduced. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090079675 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A device includes a substrate including a first insulating substrate, a first electrode located on the first insulating substrate, and a second electrode located between the first insulating substrate and the first electrode via an insulating underlayer interposed between the second and the first electrode, a substrate including a second insulating substrate and a third electrode on the second insulating substrate, a liquid crystal layer which is held between the first and the third electrode and which exhibits a transition from a first state to a second state in an initializing process, and a voltage supply unit which supplies, a first voltage to the first and the second electrodes and a second voltage to the third electrode, wherein the first electrode includes a transition nucleus forming section which forms nuclei of the transition in the liquid crystal layer on the basis of the respective voltages supplied to the respective electrodes. | 03-26-2009 |
20090079925 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - After supply of power, a liquid crystal display device performing transition from a first state to a second state different from the first state before a display operation is provided with a transition nucleus forming portion around a pixel electrode or inside. The transition nucleus forming portion performs transition to the second state prior to other portion during a transition drive period. The transition nucleus forming portion of the pixel electrode has an edge portion formed into a reverse taper shape decreasing in its thickness toward the tip end. Therefore, transition from a splay alignment to a bend alignment is performed with simple element and drive circuit configuration in all pixels. | 03-26-2009 |
20090243502 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting device is provide, which includes a first substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode, which are disposed above the first substrate and insulated from each other, enabling a difference in electrical potential to be given between the first electrode and the second electrode, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate and spaced apart from the first substrate, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting material which emits light through an electrochemical oxidation or reduction thereof and chloride ions, and a barrier electrode interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to partition the light-emitting layer. This barrier electrode is used as a standard for the electrical potential. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244426 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate of a liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, signal line groups supported by the insulating substrate and each including first and second signal lines, and pixel circuits arranged along the signal line groups. Each of the pixel circuits includes first and second pixel electrodes, a first switch connected between the first pixel electrode and the first signal line, and a second switch connected between the second pixel electrode and the second signal line. | 10-01-2009 |
20110163687 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes an emitting layer, first and second electrodes, a voltage-supply circuit, an ammeter and a controller. The emitting layer includes a solution containing an emitting material and a solvent. The first and second electrodes are in contact with the solution. The voltage-supply circuit applies an operating voltage between the first and second electrodes. The ammeter measures the amount of electric current flowing between the first and second electrodes. The controller controls the operation of the voltage-supply circuit such that the polarity of the operating voltage reverses and determining a timing of reversing the polarity based on the output of the ammeter. | 07-07-2011 |
20110205214 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a partition electrode, a luminescent layer and a voltage source. The luminescent layer includes a luminescent material emitting light rays due to an electrochemical oxidation or reduction reaction thereof. The voltage source is configured to generate a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes so as to apply first and second potentials, wherein the first and second potentials are maintained at one and opposite polarities in respect to the reference potential during a predetermined segment period respectively and are periodically reversed, each of the first and second potentials is changed first to second absolute levels during the predetermined segment period, the second absolute potential is determined depending on the gradation of input image data, and the first absolute potential is higher than the second absolute potential. | 08-25-2011 |
20120307184 | LIQUID CRYSTAL/POLYMER COMPOSITE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal/polymer complex includes a liquid crystal material, a polymer, and a chiral agent. The liquid crystal material exhibits blue phase and contains liquid crystal molecules that are spirally arranged to form liquid crystal molecular cylinders having a spiral arrangement. The polymer maintains the arrangement and has a dendrimer-type structure including a dendrimer unit and a polymerizable unit bonded to an end of the dendrimer unit. The dendrimer unit contains a central atom and at least two branched structures bonded to the central atom and has a generation of two or more. The polymerizable unit contains a polymerizable group which can bond to a polymerizable group. | 12-06-2012 |
20130208224 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a support substrate, first electrodes, second electrodes, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first and second electrodes are provided on a surface of the support substrate. The first and second electrodes are alternately arranged. A counter substrate opposes the surface. The liquid crystal layer is held between the support substrate and the counter substrate. 0.7≦D/(L+S)≦2 is satisfied. L is an average width of at least two of the first electrodes and at least two of the second electrodes. S is an average distance between at least two pairs of adjacent ones of the first and second electrodes. D is a distance between the support substrate and the counter substrate. | 08-15-2013 |
20140285703 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE, SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device includes: a first electrode unit including a first substrate transparent to light, a light-transmitting layer formed on the first substrate, and a first electrode formed on the light-transmitting layer and being transparent to light, the light-transmitting layer including recesses formed on a surface facing the first electrode, arranged in a first direction, and extending in a second direction; a second electrode unit including a second substrate, the second substrate being transparent to light, and two second electrodes formed on the second substrate, the second electrodes being arranged in the second direction and extending along the first direction; a liquid crystal layer located between the first and second electrode units; a first polarizing plate located on an opposite side of the second electrode unit from the liquid crystal layer; and a drive unit that applies voltages to the first and second electrodes. | 09-25-2014 |