Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090050879 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY - An organic thin film transistor is disclosed. The organic thin film transistor includes a substrate, a gate electrode , a gate insulating film , a source electrode on the gate insulating film, a drain electrode on the gate insulating film at an interval with the source electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer. The gate insulating film includes an electrode formation region having surface energy modified by energy deposition, one or more corners of the electrode formation region has an obtuse-angled shape, and the source electrode and/or the drain electrode is formed in the electrode formation region so as to have substantially the same corner shape as the electrode formation region having the obtuse-angled shaped corners. | 02-26-2009 |
20090071701 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, FORMING METHOD OF THE SAME, WIRING BOARD, MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A disclosed laminated structure includes a wettability variable layer containing a wettability variable material whose surface energy changes when energy is applied thereto and including at least a high surface energy area having high surface energy and a low surface energy area having low surface energy; and a conductive layer disposed on the high surface energy area. The conductive layer includes a first high surface energy area, a second high surface energy area smaller in width than the first high surface energy area, and a third high surface energy area smaller in width than the second high surface energy area. The first high surface energy area and the second high surface energy area are connected by the third high surface energy area. | 03-19-2009 |
20090081571 | FIXING SOLUTION, CAPSULE STRUCTURE, FIXING METHOD, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing solution for fixing toner to a recording medium, includes aliphatic ester held by solvent in a soluble manner, and having solubility or swelling property with respect to resin included in the toner. | 03-26-2009 |
20100078642 | LAYERED STRUCTURE AND ELECTRON DEVICE THAT USES SUCH A LAYERED STRUCTURE, FABRICATION PROCESS THEREOF, ELECTRON DEVICE ARRAY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A layered structure comprises a variable wettability layer including a material that changes a critical surface tension in response to energy provided thereto, the wettability changing layer including at least a high surface energy part of large critical surface tension and a low surface energy part of low critical surface tension, a conductive layer formed on the variable wettability layer at the high surface energy tension part, and a semiconductor layer formed on the variable wettability layer at the low surface energy part. | 04-01-2010 |
20100181571 | LAMINATE STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A laminate structure is disclosed that has a region having high surface free energy and a region having low surface free energy that are well separated, has high adhesiveness between an underlying layer and a conductive layer, and can be formed easily with low cost. The laminate structure includes a wettability-variable layer including a first surface free energy region of a first film thickness and a second surface free energy region of a second film thickness, and a conductive layer formed on the second surface free energy region of the wettability-variable layer. The second film thickness is less than the first film thickness and the surface free energy of the second surface free energy region is made higher than the surface free energy of the first surface free energy region by applying a predetermined amount of energy on the second surface free energy region. | 07-22-2010 |
20100193775 | ORGANIC TRANSISTOR, ORGANIC TRANSISTOR ARRAY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic transistor includes a substrate; a gate electrode and a gate insulating film sequentially formed on the substrate in the stated order; and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer formed on at least the gate insulating film. Ultraviolet light is radiated to the substrate from a side without the gate electrode, transmitted through the substrate and the gate insulating film, reflected at the gate electrode, and absorbed at the organic semiconductor layer. Conductivity of the organic semiconductor layer that has absorbed the ultraviolet light is lower than that of the organic semiconductor layer that has not absorbed the ultraviolet light. | 08-05-2010 |
20110002718 | FIXING SOLUTION, FIXING METHOD, FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium, the fixing solution including: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and which softens or swells at least part of the fine resin particles while dissolved in the diluent. | 01-06-2011 |
20110215336 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a laminated structure includes a step of supplying a droplet of a functional fluid selectively to at least a first region of a high surface energy area formed in a wettability variable layer of the laminated structure. In the step, the droplet is supplied by inkjet printing, and a center position of the droplet is determined in such a manner as to satisfy both Equations (1) and (2) below: | 09-08-2011 |
20110217098 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A disclosed fixing device includes a fixer application unit configured to apply a fixer containing a softener, capable of softening resin by dissolving or swelling at least a part of the resin, and water to resin particles formed on a recording medium such that the resin particles are fixed on the recording medium, and an anti-tack agent application unit configured to apply a liquid anti-tack agent immiscible with the softener to surfaces of the resin particles that are mixed with the softener by the application of the fixer containing the softener. | 09-08-2011 |
20110266549 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, MULTILAYER CIRCUIT BOARD, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A disclosed laminated structure includes a wettability-variable layer containing a wettability-variable material whose surface energy changes when energy is applied thereto and including at least a high-surface-energy area having high surface energy and a low-surface-energy area having low surface energy; and a conductive layer formed on the high-surface-energy area. The high-surface-energy area includes a first area and a second area extending from the first area and having a width smaller than that of the first area. | 11-03-2011 |
20110280635 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed fixing device includes a fixing material application unit applying a fixing material to a fixing material carrier, a transfer unit transferring the fixing material onto a recording medium, a cleaning blade cleaning the fixing material carrier after the fixing material is transferred onto the recording medium, and a lubricant agent application unit disposed on a downstream side of the cleaning blade on the fixing material carrier and applying a lubricant agent to the fixing material carrier. Further, before a fixing operation is started, the lubricant agent application unit applies the lubricant agent to the fixing material carrier, and the fixing material carrier moves in a direction opposite to a direction when the fixing operation is performed and to a position where the applied lubricant agent is adhered to the cleaning blade. | 11-17-2011 |
20120135342 | FIXING SOLUTION, FIXING METHOD, FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium, the fixing solution including: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and plasticizers which soften or swell at least part of the fine resin particles, wherein the plasticizers contain a liquid plasticizer which is liquid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent. | 05-31-2012 |
20140070790 | TYPE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, TYPE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A type determination apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to chronologically acquire power consumption consumed by an electrical device; and a determination unit configured to determine that a type of the electrical device is a type to be determined in accordance with a reference pattern representing a predetermined pattern of a power fluctuation when a fluctuation pattern of the power consumption acquired for a duration equal to or more than a reference period of time is matched with the reference pattern. | 03-13-2014 |
20140114493 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An environment control system comprising: a positioning system; and an electric facility control system, the positioning system comprising: at least one sensor configured to detect the location and the motion of the human being; and an operation unit configured to compute at least a value of a motion activity of the human being, the electric facility control system comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether the human being is in a moving state or a resting state by comparing the value of the motion activity with a predetermined threshold value; and a controller configured to control the electric facility to change the environment of the given space, wherein the operation unit computes the value of the motion activity based on the operation result. | 04-24-2014 |
20140266153 | ARBITRATION DEVICE, ARBITRATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis. | 09-18-2014 |