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A liquid crystal display device includes: a driver circuit portion; a pixel portion; a signal generation circuit for generating a control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and an image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion; a memory circuit; a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of image signals for a series of frame periods among image signals stored for respective frame periods in the memory circuit; a selection circuit which selects and outputs the image signals for the series of frame periods when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit; and a display control circuit which supplies the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit, to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stops supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit.

In a conventional semiconductor light-emitting device having a semiconductor light-emitting element-mounted body and an optical lens which are located adjacent each other, interfacial peeling sometimes occurs at the contact interfaces between components when the device is subjected to outside temperature changes. This may lead to the deterioration of optical characteristics and the reduction in reliability of the device. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosed subject matter, a semiconductor light-emitting element-mounted body can be integrated with the optical lens via a soft resin spacer. Hence, the soft resin spacer can serve as a thermal stress relaxation layer located between the semiconductor light-emitting element-mounted body and the optical lens, which are integrated together. The thermal stress relaxation layer can possibly prevent peeling, caused by thermal stresses due to outside temperature changes, from occurring at the interfaces between the components.

An optical imaging system is provided comprising a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive or negative power; and a fourth lens group having a positive or negative power.

An organic thin-film transistor manufacturing method and an organic thin-film transistor manufactured by the method are disclosed, the method comprising the steps of a) forming a gate electrode on a substrate, b) forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate, c) forming an organic semiconductor layer on the substrate, d) forming an organic semiconductor layer protective layer on the organic semiconductor layer, e) removing a part of the organic semiconductor layer protective layer, and f) forming a source electrode and a drain electrode at portions where the organic semiconductor layer protective layer has been removed, so that the source electrode and drain electrode contacts the organic semiconductor layer.

An organic thin-film transistor manufacturing method and an organic thin-film transistor manufactured by the method are disclosed, the method comprising the steps of a) forming a gate electrode on a substrate, b) forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate, c) forming an organic semiconductor layer on the substrate, d) forming an organic semiconductor layer protective layer on the organic semiconductor layer, e) removing a part of the organic semiconductor layer protective layer, and f) forming a source electrode and a drain electrode at portions where the organic semiconductor layer protective layer has been removed, so that the source electrode and drain electrode contacts the organic semiconductor layer.

A switching circuit arranged to switch the input of an input power supply is connected to a primary winding of a transformer at a primary side of the transformer. A digital control circuit including a switching controller arranged to output control pulses to the switching circuit and a rectifying / smoothing circuit connected to secondary windings of the transformer are disposed at a secondary side of the transformer. The digital control circuit outputs the control pulses via a pulse transformer, calculates the input power-supply voltage on the basis of the on-duty cycle of the control pulses, the output voltage, and the ratio of the number of turns of the primary winding to the number of turns of the secondary windings of the transformer, and performs converter control in accordance with the calculated input power-supply voltage.

A reduction in deterioration of a switching element over time in a current driving type emissive apparatus is realized. At the same time, a reduction in power consumption is realized. To this end, an AC voltage or an alternating current is applied between a source and a drain terminal of a switching element, and a DC voltage or a direct current is applied between a first and a second terminal of a luminescent element. This is realized by application of a voltage, which is inverted at predetermined intervals, to two luminescent elements heterogeneously arranged, to a luminescent element and a rectifier arranged in reverse orientation and in parallel, or to a full-wave rectification circuit. At this time, the rectifier is formed by a thin-film transistor, a PN junction, or a PIN junction, and is formed simultaneously with an existing switching element.

A toner for developing an electrostatic image is formed of toner particles; wherein each toner particle includes (i) 100 wt. parts of a binder resin having a glass transition point (Tg) of 50-70 DEG C., (ii) 0.2-20 wt. parts of solid wax, and (iii) colorant particles or magnetic powder carrying a liquid lubricant, so that the toner particle retains at its surface the liquid lubricant gradually released from the particles (iii). The toner may be further blended with an organically treated inorganic fine powder to provide a developer. The toner or developer retains good lubricity and releasability so that it is suitable to be used in an image forming method including means contacting a latent image-bearing means, such as a contact charging means, a contact transfer means or a contact cleaning means.

In order to provide an image processing system that can correct color non-uniformity due to deterioration with time in a more appropriate manner, a projector is provided with an image projection section which displays a calibration image; a sensing section which senses the displayed calibration image; an area detection section which detects an image display area based on sensing information, and also divides the image display area into a plurality of target areas; a brightness information generation section which generates brightness information which indicates an average brightness index value within each of the target areas that have been divided by the area detection section, based on the sensing information; a correction amount calculation section which calculates a correction amount for input-output characteristic data from each of the target areas, based on the brightness information; and a color non-uniformity correction section which corrects color non-uniformity of the image, based on input-output characteristic data that has been corrected based on the correction amount.

The plastic polarized lens (10) of the present invention contains a polarized film (12) and layers (resin layers) (14a and 14b) comprising a thiourethane-based resin stacked over both surfaces of the polarized film (12), and the polarized film contains an organic coloring compound represented by the following general formula (1).

An orifice plate sealing tape for an orifice plate of a micro-fluid ejection device and methods for sealing an orifice plate with the sealing tape. The sealing tape includes a flexible polymeric backing film and a radiation cured adhesive applied to a surface of the orifice plate. The adhesive is cured in a pattern sufficient to seal adjacent to nozzle holes in the orifice plate and to enhance removal of the backing film and adhesive from the orifice plate prior to use of the micro-fluid ejection device. Upon removal of the sealing tape, a minimum of residue is left on the nozzle plate surface adjacent to and / or in the nozzle holes.

The present invention provides: a water-absorbing agent which has excellent urine resistance; a water-absorbing agent which has not only excellent urine resistance, but also excellent absorption properties that are stable to any composition of urine and show little change with time; and production processes and uses for these water-absorbing agents. The present invention water-absorbing agent exhibits a specific or larger value of absorption capacity under a load in a process in which the absorption capacity under a load is measured in a new manner using a specific liquid to be absorbed, and the present invention provides an absorbent matter and an absorbent article which display a specific or larger value of new absorption index as is, for example, led from the absorption capacity under a load or from the resin concentration using the above water-absorbing agent. The present invention further provides a production process for a water-absorbing agent having the above specific parameter.

Emulsions, emulsifier, a method of use and a production process of said emulsions are presented in the present invention. The emulsion composed of a mixture of water and oils and additives sheared into small droplets using a low pressure, three shearing stage emulsifier. The oils used in the preparation of said emulsions are botanical oils and in most cases, edible oils.

An agricultural system including an emulsifier, an oils and additives tank, an oils and additives feed pump, a water tank, a water feed pump, a spray pump, and at least one spay nozzle, wherein the agricultural system is configured for shearing oil drops into oil droplets at a first mechanical shear stage of the emulsifier and forcing the oil, the additive, and the water by centrifugal force for shearing the oil droplets at a second mechanical shear stage of the emulsifier into oil emulsion droplets against a centrifugal force.

A semiconductor device includes: an insulating base; a semiconductor element provided on the insulating base; a protector provided on the semiconductor element; and a frame provided on a periphery of the insulating base and surrounding the semiconductor element. A region inside the frame is filled with a sealing resin, and at least one groove is provided in an upper corner portion of the frame on the semiconductor element side of the frame.

An image-fixing method for heat-fixing a toner image, by feeding an transfer medium carrying the toner image between a heating unit heated by an induction-heating process and a pressurizing unit placed to press against the heating unit, wherein the electric resistivity at least of the outermost layer of the heating unit is 10−7 Ωm or more and less than 10−2 Ωm, and the toner image is formed by using a toner containing an amorphous resin having an ionic concentration in the range of 10−5 to 10−3 mole / g as the binder resin.

A recording time acquiring device is provided to acquire the recording time of the video signal recorded on the digital videotape on the basis of signals outputted from the digital video camera when the digital videotape is fast-forwarded from a leading position to an ending position of recording in the digital video camera. In an automated correction mode, a bit rate computing device records the video signal for recording on the optical disk on the basis of the recording time acquired by the recording time acquiring device.

Disclosed is a thin-film type light-absorbing film including multiple layers formed on a substrate. The multiple layers include: an iron oxide layer including triiron tetraoxide; and a dielectric layer including dielectric substance, wherein thickness of the iron oxide layer is 40 nanometers or more and the iron oxide layer and the dielectric layer form an anti-reflecting layer.

A banknote inspection apparatus has a conveyance path, and midway of this conveyance path there are conveyance rollers for conveying a banknote, and a fluorescence sensor for detecting a fluorescent component included in the banknote. The fluorescence sensor has a housing and in this housing there are a light-emitting device for emitting light toward a banknote, and a light-detecting device for detecting fluorescence emitted from the surface of the banknote irradiated with ultraviolet light. A fluorescent member that generates fluorescence in response to the light emitted from the light-emitting device is placed in an inspection area of the conveyance path. In inspection of the banknote, the quantity of fluorescence from the fluorescent member is first detected, and the quantity of the light emitted from the light-emitting device is corrected based on the quantity of the fluorescence detected. Then the content of the fluorescent component in the banknote is detected in that state.

A phosphor layer is provided on a back glass substrate placed opposite a front glass substrate with a discharge space in between, and formed in a double-layer structure consisting of a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer having its surface covered by the first phosphor layer. The first phosphor layer is formed of materials that permit the passing-through of a xenon molecular beam but absorb a xenon resonance line in the vacuum ultraviolet light generated from a discharge gas by means of a discharge, and have a higher resistance to the resonance line than that of the second phosphor layer. The second phosphor layer is formed of materials that have, as compared with the first phosphor layer, a higher light-emission brightness based on the xenon molecular beam in the vacuum ultraviolet light generated from the discharge gas by means of the discharge.