Abstract: Disclosed herewith is an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a reversible thermal recording medium that has a thermal recording layer containing a cholesteric liquid crystal compound having medium molecular weight. The image recording apparatus comprises: a recording head for heating the reversible thermal recording medium; a sensor for detecting a kind of the reversible recording medium; and a speed control unit which is capable of changing, based on the detected kind of the reversible image recording medium, a relative print feeding speed of the recording head and the reversible thermal recording medium.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus which has a liquid crystal display and a controller. The liquid crystal display has a plurality of rectangular pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scanning electrodes extending in the direction parallel to the longer sides of the rectangular pixels, a plurality of signal electrodes extending in the direction orthogonal to the longer sides of the rectangular pixels. The controller is to drive the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes. An image is written on the liquid crystal display by using a driving pulse for carrying out writing after resetting the liquid crystal and by carrying out interlace scanning with one frame divided into a plurality of fields. The pixel pitch in the vertical direction is 1/n (for example, 1/1.5) of the pixel pitch in the horizontal direction. If the pixel pitch in the vertical direction is 1/1.

Abstract: An image bearing medium which has a flexible substrate and an image bearing layer disposed on the substrate. The image bearing layer contains a low molecular compound which selectively exhibits a solid phase and a thermosensible cholesteric liquid crystal phase. The low molecular compound, when changing its temperature rapidly, changes from the thermosensible cholesteric liquid crystal phase to the solid phase keeping the state in the thermosensible cholesteric phase.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which carries out matrix driving of a liquid crystal layer by applying AC pulses to the liquid crystal layer through a plurality of scan electrodes and a plurality of data electrodes which face and cross each other. A method of driving such a liquid crystal display comprises a reset step of applying a reset pulse to liquid crystal to reset the liquid crystal to an initial state, a selection step of applying a selection pulse to the liquid crystal to select a final state of the liquid crystal, an evolution step of applying an evolution pulse to the liquid crystal to cause the liquid crystal to evolve to the selected final state. The reset pulse and the evolution pulse have alternating cycles which are longer than that of the selection pulse, and the adjustment of the alternating cycles of the reset pulse and of the evolution pulse are made by changing the pulse waveform applied to each of the scan electrodes.

Abstract: A matrix driving method of a liquid crystal display which has liquid crystal which exhibits a cholesteric phase by applying voltages to the liquid crystal through a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes which cross each other at a right angle and face each other. In order to carry out writing on a target pixel which is in a planar state, a voltage V1 is applied to a row electrode which defines the target pixel, and a divided voltage of −V1 is applied to other peripheral row electrodes. Meanwhile, a voltage −V1 is applied to a column electrode which defines the target pixel, and a divided voltage of V1 is applied to other peripheral column electrodes. Thereby, only the target pixel is driven, and the reflectance of the part of the liquid crystal becomes lower. Thus, writing is carried out only on the target pixel.

Abstract: A display device which has a liquid crystal display which has a plurality liquid crystal pixels arranged in a matrix and which writes an image thereon after resetting the liquid crystal. The method of writing on the liquid crystal display can be selected from driving methods according to interlace scanning in which a frame is divided into a plurality of fields and writing by interlace scanning is performed and driving methods according to sequential scanning in which scanning lines are subjected to writing serially. When high-speed writing is required, for example, when display of a motion picture, display of inputted letters or scroll display is desired, one of the driving methods according to interlace scanning is selected. In interlace scanning, based on the end of a blackout state of a scanning line in a field, selection of a scanning line in the next field for writing is started.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-like electronic member, e.g., an electro luminescence element or the like, and an electronic device. In the electronic member (1) of the invention, first and second electrodes are formed on respective surface of a plate-like electronic member body a first electrode connecting portion is formed on the first electrode, and, a second electrode connecting portion which is electrically connected with the second electrode is formed on a same side of the first electrode as the first electrode connecting portion with an insulating layer disposed between the second electrode connecting portion and the first electrode. The electronic device according to the invention comprises the electronic member (1) and an apparatus case (15) having the electronic member built-in.

Abstract: A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from the area sensor and an apparatus that detects image shaking caused by camera shake, based on the output from the area sensor.

Abstract: A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from the area sensor and an apparatus that detects image shaking caused by camera shake, based on the output from the area sensor.

Abstract: A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from the area sensor and an apparatus that detects image shaking caused by camera shake, based on the output from the area sensor.

Abstract: A camera having a blurring correction apparatus according to the present invention includes a photographic lens for forming an image of an object to be photographed, a detecting apparatus for detecting the degree of movement of the formed image of the object, a correcting apparatus operative at least during exposure time for correcting the position of the image of the object in response to a detection output of the detecting apparatus so as to compensate the movement of the image of the object, a setting apparatus for setting exposure time, a calculating apparatus for calculating the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time based on the detection output of the detecting apparatus and the set exposure time, and a prohibiting apparatus for prohibiting the operation of the correcting apparatus when the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time is smaller than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from the area sensor and an apparatus that detects image shaking caused by camera shake, based on the output from the area sensor.

Abstract: A camera having a blurring correction apparatus according to the present invention includes a photographic lens for forming an image of an object to be photographed, a detecting apparatus for detecting the degree of movement of the formed image of the object, a correcting apparatus operative at least during exposure time for correcting the position of the image of the object in response to a detection output of the detecting apparatus so as to compensate the movement of the image of the object, a setting apparatus for setting exposure time, a calculating apparatus for calculating the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time based on the detection output of the detecting apparatus and the set exposure time, and a prohibiting apparatus for prohibiting the operation of the correcting apparatus when the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time is smaller than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A camera wherein the light emitted by a subject, which has passed through a photographic optical system, is formed as an image on an area sensor, and which includes an electronic viewfinder that indicates the image of the subject based on the output from the area sensor and an apparatus that detects image shaking caused by camera shake, based on the output from the area sensor.

Abstract: A focus detecting photoelectric device includes a plurality of photodiodes each formed by an amorphous silicon layer sandwiched between transparent and non-transparent electrodes. The photodiodes are provided in pairs and are aligned in an array and deposited on a glass plate such that the transparent electrode is directly mounted on the glass plate. The photodiodes in a pair are located closely adjacent to, but in a spaced relation with, each other and are electrically connected in series to each other. An image formed on the photodiodes in a pair effects the generation of photocurrent from the photodiodes such that the photocurrents from both photodiodes are approximately the same when the image is out of focus, and they vary from each other as the image becomes sharp.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a focus detecting device for detecting a focusing condition of an objective lens on a focal plane by the detection of contrast of an image formed by the objective lens. The device includes an elongated biconcave cylindrical lens for forming a line image, a glass plate positioned parallelly to the cylindrical lens, and a plurality of photodiodes deposited on the opposite flat surfaces of the glass plate in arrays parallel to the axial direction of the elongated cylindrical lens such that the photodiode arrays on the opposite flat surfaces are disposed alternately in an interlaid manner. When the line image formed on the photodiodes deposited on one surface of the glass plate is front-focus condition and the line image formed on the photodiodes deposited on the other surface of the glass plate is rear-focus condition, a detector indicates that the line image formed on a plane between the opposite flat surfaces is in-focus condition.