Abstract: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber.

Abstract: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber.

Abstract: A droplet jet head includes a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate having recesses whose bottoms serve as diaphragms, and the recesses serving as ejection chambers; an electrode substrate having separate electrodes opposed to the diaphragms; a reservoir substrate having a recess serving as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the ejection chambers, through holes for transferring the droplets from the common droplet chamber to the ejection chambers, and nozzle communicating holes for transferring the droplets from the ejection chambers to the nozzle holes; and a driver IC that supplies a driving signal to the separate electrodes. The cavity substrate has a first hole, and the reservoir substrate has a second hole. The first hole and the second hole communicate with each other to form a housing. The driver IC is housed in the housing.

Abstract: A method for driving a droplet ejecting head that includes a liquid pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle hole, and a pressure application unit applying pressure on liquid stored in the liquid pressure chamber for ejecting a droplet from the nozzle hole, includes applying on the liquid stored in the liquid pressure chamber pressure having a waveform whose phase is delayed by 90 degrees from a waveform of a residual vibration of the liquid by the pressure application unit after an ejection of the droplet from the nozzle hole.

Abstract: A droplet jet head includes a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate having recesses whose bottoms serve as diaphragms, and the recesses serving as ejection chambers; an electrode substrate having separate electrodes opposed to the diaphragms; a reservoir substrate having a recess serving as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the ejection chambers, through holes for transferring the droplets from the common droplet chamber to the ejection chambers, and nozzle communicating holes for transferring the droplets from the ejection chambers to the nozzle holes; and a driver IC that supplies a driving signal to the separate electrodes. The cavity substrate has a first hole, and the reservoir substrate has a second hole. The first hole and the second hole communicate with each other to form a housing. The driver IC is housed in the housing.

Abstract: A rendering control unit determines movie and graphic display modes with reference to a rendering processing command, and acquires maximum speed information indicating the maximum value of a read/write speed allowed for a memory. The rendering control unit decides a speed to be distributed to a read/write speed of the movie data and a speed to be distributed to a read/write speed of the graphic data with respect to the memory, of a maximum speed indicated by the maximum speed information, based on the determination result. The rendering control unit controls a read/write access of an image with respect to the memory based on the rendering processing command, in accordance with the decided speeds.

Abstract: A remote control system capable of changing the control window layout in accordance with a process where a controlled apparatus is used is provided. The controlled apparatus includes a management unit which manages the apparatus status of the controlled apparatus, and a generation unit which generates UI window candidate information. A remote control terminal acquires display priority information of each apparatus status, and displayable area information of the remote control window. The remote control terminal receives the UI window candidate information and determines, based on the display priority information and the displayable area information, items of UI window information. The remote control window in which the items of UI window information are laid out in the determined layout is displayed.

Abstract: A droplet discharge head includes: a nozzle; a plurality of discharge chambers each of which is provided with a respective one of a plurality of vibrating plates to be displaced so as to pressurize a liquid, and formed in series in a flow channel, communicating with the nozzle, of the liquid; and a fixed electrode that is opposed to each of the vibrating plates of each of the discharge chambers and generates an electrostatic force for displacing each of the vibrating plates. In the droplet discharge head, removing volumes removed by the displacement of the vibrating plates are different from each other.

Abstract: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a lens-barrel block having a lens barrel in which a predetermined lens is disposed, an image pickup block having an image pickup element that converts a light signal of a subject taken in through the lens-barrel block into an image signal, a circuit block having a circuit substrate that at least processes the image signal, and a recording block that records the image signal. When a side of the device that is proximate to the subject is defined as a front side of the device, the image pickup block and the circuit block are arranged adjacent to each other in a front-rear direction of the device, and the recording block is disposed adjacent to the image pickup block and the circuit block in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the image pickup block and the circuit block are arranged.

Abstract: An electrostatic actuator, a liquid droplet ejection head, and a liquid droplet ejection device which have a good response and are driven by a small drive voltage includes a vibration plate as a sheet-shaped movable electrode and an individual electrode acting as a rectangular fixed electrode confronting the vibration plate and having stepped portions or an inclined portion in a long side direction with respect to the vibration plate, wherein the thickness of the vibration plate is reduced according to an order by which the vibration plate is made to abut against the individual electrode by electrostatic attracting force generated between the vibration plate and the individual electrode. Methods of manufacturing the above devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrostatic actuator is provided which can increase the amount of displacement of a diaphragm, thereby improving the ejection pressure when employed as a drive mechanism in a droplet ejection head. The electrostatic actuator comprises: a first substrate having a diaphragm functioning as a first electrode; and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and having a second electrode opposite the first electrode, wherein: the diaphragm is displaced with an electrostatic force generated by applying a voltage between the electrodes; and an insulation film is provided on a coupling surface of the first substrate which couples with the second substrate, and an area of the insulation film corresponding to the diaphragm has a reduced thickness region.

Abstract: A droplet jet head includes a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate having recesses whose bottoms serve as diaphragms, and the recesses serving as ejection chambers; an electrode substrate having separate electrodes opposed to the diaphragms; a reservoir substrate having a recess serving as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the ejection chambers, through holes for transferring the droplets from the common droplet chamber to the ejection chambers, and nozzle communicating holes for transferring the droplets from the ejection chambers to the nozzle holes; and a driver IC that supplies a driving signal to the separate electrodes. The cavity substrate has a first hole, and the reservoir substrate has a second hole. The first hole and the second hole communicate with each other to form a housing. The driver IC is housed in the housing.

Abstract: An electrostatic actuator includes: a diaphragm constituting one electrode; and an electrode substrate on which an opposed electrode opposite to the diaphragm has been formed with a gap, in which the opposed electrode is formed in a grooved portion, having a rectangular shape in plan view, formed on the electrode substrate and is formed in a plurality of steps such that the gap gradually increases stepwise toward a center part in a long edge direction of the grooved portion.

Abstract: A droplet-discharging head comprising: a nozzle substrate in which a plurality of nozzle holes for discharging droplets are formed; a cavity substrate in which a recess to serve as a discharging chamber for pooling the droplets is formed, the recess having a diaphragm formed in a bottom face thereof; an electrode substrate in which an individual electrode opposite to the diaphragm for driving the diaphragm is formed; and a reservoir substrate having a recess to serve as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the discharging chamber, a penetrating hole for transporting droplets to the discharging chamber from the common droplet chamber, and a nozzle communicating hole for transporting droplets to the nozzle hole from the discharging chamber, wherein the reservoir substrate has the nozzle substrate bonded to one face thereof and has the cavity substrate bonded to the other face thereof.

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Abstract: An electrostatic actuator is provided which can increase the amount of displacement of a diaphragm, thereby improving the ejection pressure when employed as a drive mechanism in a droplet ejection head. The electrostatic actuator comprises: a first substrate having a diaphragm functioning as a first electrode; and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and having a second electrode opposite the first electrode, wherein: the diaphragm is displaced with an electrostatic force generated by applying a voltage between the electrodes; and an insulation film is provided on a coupling surface of the first substrate which couples with the second substrate, and an area of the insulation film corresponding to the diaphragm has a reduced thickness region.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyolefins by polymerizing or coploymerizing an olefin or olefins in the presence of a catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component and an organometallic compound is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel transition metal composition of a metaracycle structure represented by the formula wherein M1 is an element of Group IVB in the Periodic Table, M2 is an element of Group IIIA in the Periodic Table, R1 and R2 each are for instance a cyclopentadienyl group, R3 and R4 each are for instance a hydrocarbon group, R5 and R6 each are a hydrogen atom and R7 and R8 indicate an indan ring formed by bonding to each other.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyolefins by polymerizing or coploymerizing an olefin or olefins in the presence of a catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component and an organometallic compound is provided.