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In a liquid crystal display (10) having a curved display surface, long sides of pixel structures (11) are arranged along the curve direction (Y) of the display surface and on a side of counter substrate provided is a black matrix having a black matrix opening (41a) whose length in the curve direction (Y) is not longer than E−L {(T1 / 2)+(T2 / 2)+d} / R, assuming that the length of the display surface in the curve direction (Y) is L, the thickness of an array substrate is T1, the thickness of the counter substrate is T2, the size of the gap between the array substrate and the counter substrate is d, the radius of curvature of the curved display surface is R and the length of a long side of a pixel electrode (29) provided in each of the pixel structures (11) is E. It thereby becomes possible to suppress display unevenness resulting from positional misalignment of the two substrates due to curvature and provide a liquid crystal display achieving a high-quality display image.

An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An image input unit receives a long-time exposure image and a short-time exposure image. An image analysis unit detects a brightness-change pixel in which a brightness change has occurred during a photographic period on the basis of analysis of pixel values in the long-time exposure image and the short-time exposure image. A pixel value correction unit corrects a pixel value of the detected brightness-change pixel. In the pixel value correction unit, a combined image generator selectively combines pixel values in the long-time exposure image and pixel values in the short-time exposure image to generate a combined image; an intermediate image generator generates a blurred image of the combined image; and an output image generator determines a pixel value of the detected brightness-change pixel using a pixel value of a corresponding pixel in each of the combined image and the blurred image.

An inkjet recording apparatus has: a recording head of an inkjet type having a liquid ejection surface where a plurality of nozzles which eject liquid are arranged, a supply port which supplies the liquid to an internal flow channel connected to the plurality of nozzles, and an outlet port which is connected to the supply port via the internal flow channel and through which the liquid in the internal flow channel is expelled; a first liquid chamber which is connected to the supply port of the recording head via a first external flow channel; a second liquid chamber which is connected to the outlet port of the recording head via a second external flow channel; a liquid buffer chamber which stores the liquid supplied from a liquid supply source; a first connecting flow channel which connects the first liquid chamber to the liquid buffer chamber; a second connecting flow channel which connects the second liquid chamber to the liquid buffer chamber; a first pressure determination device which determines an internal pressure of the first liquid chamber; a second pressure determination device which determines an internal pressure of the second liquid chamber; a liquid movement device which moves the liquid between the first liquid chamber, the second liquid chamber and the liquid buffer chamber; and a pressure control device which controls the liquid movement device in accordance with determination results of the first pressure determination device and the second pressure determination device in such a manner that interiors of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber respectively assume prescribed pressures, wherein the pressure control device controls the liquid movement device so as to adjust the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber in such a manner that a prescribed pressure differential between the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber is produced and a prescribed back pressure is applied to the liquid inside the plurality of nozzles of the recording head.

A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device, associated software and processes which enable a commercially available wireless communication device, such as a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission via a secure connection to a central server. The capture device is designed to focus on the difficult task of capturing the highest possible quality image for encoding and comparison, while the overall system is designed to leverage the existing cellular communication network. At the server level, the server system receives the image, encodes the image to a biometric template, and compares the encoded template to a plurality of reference templates stored in a database to identify the individual. Identification data is then transmitted back to the smartphone device and displayed.

A toner characterized by improved fixing performances with no or minimum oil application is formed of: (i) a binder resin, (ii) a colorant, (iii) a hydrocarbon wax, (iv) a resin composition formed by copolymerization of a styrenic monomer together with at least one of nitrogen-containing vinyl monomers, carboxyl group-containing monomers, hydroxyl group-containing monomers and (meth)acrylate ester monomers, in the presence of a hydrocarbon unit; and (v) an organometallic compound. The binder resin (i) comprises a polyester component in a proportion of at least 60 wt. % of the binder resin. The toner has a GPC molecular weight distribution including a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 4.0x10<4 >an a ratio Mw / Mn of at least 50 between the Mw and a number-average molecular weight (Mn).

A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device, associated software and processes which enable a commercially available wireless communication device, such as a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission via a secure connection to a central server. The capture device is designed to focus on the difficult task of capturing the highest possible quality image for encoding and comparison, while the overall system is designed to leverage the existing cellular communication network. At the server level, the server system receives the image, encodes the image to a biometric template, and compares the encoded template to a plurality of reference templates stored in a database to identify the individual. Identification data is then transmitted back to the smartphone device and displayed.

The image forming apparatus comprises: a first inkjet head which ejects ink for forming a first image to be recorded on a recording medium; a first intermediate transfer medium on which the first image is formed by the ink ejected from the first inkjet head, the first intermediate transfer medium having a structure that includes an elastic body in a first image formation area in which the first image is formed; a second inkjet head which ejects ink for forming a second image to be recorded on the recording medium; a second intermediate transfer medium on which the second image is formed by the ink ejected from the second inkjet head, the second intermediate transfer medium having a structure that includes an elastic body in a second image formation area in which the second image is formed; and a transfer recording device which transfers and records the first image and the second image to a first surface of the recording medium in contact with the first image formation area and a second surface of the recording medium in contact with the second image formation area, while holding the recording medium between the first intermediate transfer medium and the second intermediate transfer medium, and conveying the recording medium with respect to the first intermediate transfer medium and the second intermediate transfer medium.

An image processing apparatus includes an image correction processing unit configured to correct an input image so as to generate a corrected image and a super-resolution processing unit configured to receive the corrected image generated by the image correction processing unit and increase a resolution of the corrected image through super-resolution processing so as to generate a high-resolution image. The image correction processing unit performs at least one of a time-direction noise removal process, a space-direction noise removal process, a compression noise removal process, and an aperture control correction process.

An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationic polymerizable group.

An ink jet head is formed of a nozzle material compound of a condensation product comprising a hydrolysable silane compound having a fluorine-containing group and a photo-polymerizable resin composition.

An object detection system and method is applied to an active surveillance system for detecting at least one target object appeared in an area of interest. The object detection system includes a processor for defining the area of interest into at least a first and a second zone; a controller for assigning a first and a second weight to the first and the second zone, respectively, wherein the first weight is higher than the second weight; and a first image capturing device for capturing an image of the target object appeared in the first zone prior to capturing an image of the target object appeared in the second zone. With these arrangements, the detection of at least one target object appeared in more than one zone having a specific weight assigned thereto may be implemented with improved efficiency and accuracy in object selection and reduced interferences from environmental variables.

The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a prescribed pattern in a first direction and a plurality of pressure generating elements provided to correspond with the plurality of nozzles respectively, wherein liquid is ejected toward a recording medium from the nozzles by supplying drive signals to the pressure generating elements; a plurality of drive waveform generating circuits which generate drive signal waveforms for driving the pressure generating elements; a circuit selection device which selectively switches the drive waveform generating circuits for applying the drive signal waveforms to the pressure generating elements, of the plurality of drive waveform generating circuits; a power source which supplies power to the pressure generating elements via the drive waveform generating circuits; and a control device which selects a first drive waveform generating circuit used for driving each of the pressure generating elements, with respect to each of the pressure generating elements, of the plurality of drive waveform generating circuits, in such a manner that the liquid ejected from the nozzles is deposited substantially linearly in the first direction on the recording medium, and controls the circuit selection device in such a manner that the first drive waveform generating circuit is connected to each of the pressure generating elements.

Automotive audio systems that use directional planar magnetic transducers in a layout or placement configuration to provide direct or reflected audio imaging in stereo or surround sounds for individual passengers of an automotive vehicle with reduced crossed audio interference.

A three part microendoscope system including a cannula, a dilator, and endoscopic insert for detection of breast cancer are disclosed. To facilitate surgical entry of an endoscope system through the sphincter of a breast, a special dilator is used with an endoscope so that the endoscope can more readily pass through tortuous passageways. In accordance with the present invention, a semi-rigid endoscope can be advanced through the sphincter in the nipple using a nipple dilator. The microendoscope uses a special lumen tube that is usable with various insertable tools that allows for minimal invasive damage to surrounding cells. Insertable tools to irrigate, lavage, or perform biopsies on targeted areas of the breast are disclosed. A novel video coupler having a predetermined focus and orientation to be used with the present system is also disclosed. A method of using the three part microendoscope system and its various insertable tools are disclosed. A method of manufacturing the video coupler is disclosed.

A capacitance-type fingerprint sensor. The capacitance-type fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of pixel groups, each of which electrically connects a plurality of sensing electrodes to a plurality of coupling electrodes, respectively; a plurality of first sensing-electrode switches for connecting the sensing electrodes to a voltage source; a plurality of second sensing-electrode switches for interconnecting the sensing electrodes contained in the pixel groups; a plurality of third sensing-electrode switches for interconnecting the pixel groups; and a plurality of coupling-electrode switches for interconnecting the coupling electrodes contained in all pixel groups. Therefore, the fingerprint sensor blocks or corrects capacitance generated by internal components of a fingerprint sensor, such that it acquires a high-quality fingerprint image. Also, the fingerprint sensor corrects or reduces the influence of the dry or moist state of a finger surface, such that a fingerprint image can be more uniformly indicated.

In an image recording apparatus, reference patterns are provided on a surface of a transport belt that transports a recording medium such as paper attracted thereto to image recording sections defined by recording heads. It is arranged such that the reference patterns are detected while being transported as the transport belt is driven, and a speed change of the transport belt and a position shift in a direction perpendicular to the transporting direction of the transport belt are calculated based on information resulting from the detection, thereby controlling ejection timing and ejection position of ink droplets ejected from the recording heads.

An image forming apparatus including: at least one image forming unit including an image bearing member bearing a latent image and a developing device configured to develop the latent image with a developer including a toner to form a toner image thereon; optionally an intermediate transfer configured to receive the toner image from the image bearing member; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image to a receiving material; an image pattern measuring device configured to evaluate at least a formal property of a test toner image formed on the image bearing member or the intermediate transfer medium; an image quality predicting device configured to predict image qualities of the toner image to be formed on the receiving material on the basis of the evaluation data; and an image forming condition adjusting device configured to adjust image forming conditions on the basis of the image quality prediction data.

Provided is a charging member hardly causing a cleaning failure to suppress occurrence of a vertical streak image in an electrophotographic apparatus. The charging member comprises a support, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. The surface layer comprises a polymer compound having at least one bond of Si—O-M bond and Si—O—Ta bond, at least one bond of M-O—Ge bond and Ta—O—Ge bond, and Si—O—Ge bond. M represents any element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The polymer compound has structural units represented by the formula (1) and (2), and at least one structural unit of structural units represented by the formula (3) and (4). The charging member has a crack extending from its surface to the elastic layer, and the crack has a convexly raised edge by which a surface of the charging member is roughened.

An inkjet recording apparatus has: a pressure control device which controls a liquid movement device in accordance with determination results of a first pressure determination device and a second pressure determination device in such a manner that interiors of a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber respectively assume prescribed pressures, wherein the pressure control device controls the liquid movement device so as to adjust the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber in such a manner that a prescribed pressure differential between the internal pressures of the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber is produced and a prescribed back pressure is applied to the liquid inside a plurality of nozzles of a recording head.

A device and method for vehicular invisible road illumination and imaging is provided. The device includes invisible for human eye and precisely synchronized for all vehicles pulsed laser or nonlaser sources of light to illuminate the road. The design and method of the invention involves providing a low probability of being blinded by oncoming vehicles and illumination of the road by light pulses which are shorter than the time which is necessary for the light pulse to travel the illuminated distance observed by the driver. Using a timing signal acquired from at least one satellite global positioning system, the period between the illuminating pulses is set the same for all vehicles with a high level of precision. The period between the illuminating pulses is divided into a predetermined number of time zones with a predetermined duration for each zone. Each predetermined time zone is assigned to a predetermined group of vehicles, for example, for military, government, law enforcement, ambulance, fire rescue, trucks, luxury vehicles, small, large vehicles etc. In order to further decrease the probability of being blinded by oncoming vehicles and also to reduce the necessary pulse energy of the illumination laser, the imaging system uses gated, spectrally selective imaging detectors with a luminosity-resolving power product at least 104 cm2 Sr. To increase the reliability for the whole system, especially for the most demanding types of vehicles such as police, ambulance and fire rescue, an additional improvement is included. For these purposes an additional generator of triggering pulse is included which illuminates an electromagnetic pulse of a different frequency from that which is used to illuminate the road. This additional triggering pulse is generated prior to the pulse which illuminates the road with a predetermined time difference, precisely set for all vehicles.

A printer includes a first transporting belt that transports a print medium and a second transporting belt that receives the print medium from the first transporting belt and further transports the print medium. A liquid ejection head ejects liquid according to a liquid-ejection timing signal to the print medium transported by the first transporting belt and the second transporting belt. A signal generator outputs the liquid-ejection timing signal according to a first signal and a second signal that correspond to the travel of the first and second transporting belts, respectively. When the phase difference between the first and second signals has a predetermined threshold value or less, the signal generator switches from outputting the liquid-ejection timing signal according to the first signal to outputting the liquid-ejection timing signal according to the second signal.

An image forming method including: charging an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer comprising a crosslinked surface layer on a surface thereof, which is located overlying the electroconductive substrate, irradiating the electrophotographic photoreceptor with imagewise light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon; developing the electrostatic latent image with a toner to form a toner image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor; transferring the toner image onto a transfer material; and fixing the toner image on the transfer material, wherein the photosensitive layer is sensitive to light having a wavelength of from 400 to 450 nm, and the crosslinked surface layer is formed by crosslinking and hardening a radical polymerizing monomer having three or more functional groups without a charge transport structure and a radical polymerizing compound having one functional group with charge transport structure.

An image processing circuit inputs pixels arranged in RGB Bayer pattern. A chroma value calculation circuit calculates a chroma coefficient for evaluating chroma of a peripheral region of a target pixel. A correlation value calculation circuit calculates a correlation value for gray image and a correlation value for color image. When the chroma coefficient is higher than a first threshold value, a correlation judging method for color image and a pixel interpolation method for color image are selected. When the chroma coefficient is not higher than the first threshold value and higher than a second threshold value, a correlation judging method for gray image and the pixel interpolation method for color image are selected. When the chroma coefficient is not higher than the second threshold value, the correlation judging method for gray image and a pixel interpolation method for gray image are selected. Interpolation is executed in a pixel interpolation circuit.

A cleaning device, a process cartridge, an image forming apparatus and toner are disclosed to maintain improved cleaning performance for a long time. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade, an antifriction agent coating part and a toner removing part. The cleaning blade is disposed in contact with a surface of an image support body. The antifriction agent coating part coats a solid antifriction agent on the surface of the image support body, and is disposed in an upstream side from the cleaning blade with respect to a rotational direction of the image support body. The toner removing part removes toner particles, and is disposed in an upstream side from the antifriction agent coating part with respect to the rotational direction of the image support body.

A color solid-state image sensing device including: a semiconductor substrate having a surface portion where high density impurity regions connected to signal reading circuits respectively are formed; a blue light detecting photodiode formed in a shallow portion of the semiconductor substrate; and a red light detecting photodiode formed in a deep portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein connection regions which are provided so as to be continued to the photodiodes respectively and exposed to the surface of the semiconductor substrate are formed only in portions adjacent to the high density impurity regions so that electric charge accumulated in each photodiode can be transferred to corresponding one of the corresponding high density impurity regions.

An inkjet recording apparatus includes: an inkjet head that ejects an active energy-curable ink to form an image on a recording medium; an irradiating unit that includes a light source, and that irradiates an active energy ray from the light source to cure the active energy-curable ink ejected by the inkjet head; an energy intensity measuring unit that measures an intensity value of the active energy ray irradiated on the recording medium; and an irradiation condition control unit that controls an irradiation condition of the active energy ray on the recording medium on the basis of the intensity value measured by the energy intensity measuring unit after a passing of time to the extent of allowing the temperature of the irradiating unit to be stabilized at the start-up from lighting or rest of the irradiating unit.

A display element includes: a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent; a medium, between the substrates, the medium being changeable in an optical anisotropy magnitude by and according to electric field application; and a region in which a pixel electrode and a counter electrode overlap with each other with an insulating layer therebetween.

A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a principal surface, and three or more pixel regions formed in at least one direction of two different directions along the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate. Each pixel region includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions having different sensitivities. The photoelectric conversion region having the highest sensitivity in peripheral pixel regions of the pixel regions has a higher sensitivity than the photoelectric conversion region having the highest sensitivity in a central pixel region of the pixel regions.

In an image recording apparatus equipped with plural printing heads each for jetting ink drops having a photo-setting property towards a recording medium, a conveyance unit for conveying the recording medium to the printing heads, and each of plural light radiation devices for radiating light to the ink drops landed on the recording medium to harden, is arranged at the downstream side of each of the plural printing heads, one having largest light energy, which is located at the most downstream position among the plural light radiation devices is determined at least to satisfy the light energy necessary for hardening of the ink drops jetted by any one of the printing heads positioned upstream thereof, and the light energy becomes smaller gradually for every light radiation device in the order from the light radiation device at the most downstream position to those at more upstream positions.