Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having high impact resistance and good display properties is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a transparent substrate having rigidity, and a fusion bonding layer including a thermoplastic resin, where the transparent substrate is bonded to a viewing-side surface of the liquid crystal display panel with the fusion bonding layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare film having excellent anti-glare property, and suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks when attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time. An anti-glare film comprises a light-transmitting substrate; and a diffusion layer having a surface roughness and provided on at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, in which the diffusion layer is obtainable by applying, on the at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, a coating composition including organic fine particles and a radiation curable binder that includes a (meth)acrylate monomer as an essential component, drying the composition to form a coating, and curing it, the organic fine particles in the diffusion layer have an impregnation layer being impregnated with the radiation curable binder, and the impregnation layer has an average thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-glare film having excellent anti-glare property, and suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks when attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time. An anti-glare film comprises a light-transmitting substrate; and a diffusion layer having a surface roughness and provided on at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, in which the diffusion layer is obtainable by applying, on the at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, a coating composition including organic fine particles and a radiation curable binder that includes a (meth)acrylate monomer as an essential component, drying the composition to form a coating, and curing it, the organic fine particles in the diffusion layer have an impregnation layer being impregnated with the radiation curable binder, and the impregnation layer has an average thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: To provide an anti-glare sheet for a liquid crystal display device with excellent vivid complexion and blackness and excellent image crispness, that is suitable for combination of dynamic images and still images. An anti-glare sheet for a liquid crystal display device having a diffusion factor in the interior on at least one side of a transparent base material and provided with a functional layer with an irregular surface on the side opposite the transparent base material side, and either having or not having a transparent resin layer with a film thickness of 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a metal silicide layer, the method includes forming a metal layer including impurities on a silicon layer by a vapor deposition method using a gas of a metal and a gas of the impurities, and forming a metal silicide layer including the impurities by chemically reacting the metal layer with the silicon layer. A thickness and a composition of the metal silicide layer are controlled by an amount of the impurities in the metal layer.

Abstract: To provide a gas barrier film including a film having optical anisotropy as a base material, which has excellent gas barrier performance and favorable productivity and is applicable for an OLED display and also excellent in visibility. The gas barrier film includes a film base material having optical anisotropy and a gas barrier unit disposed on at least one surface of the film base material, in which the gas barrier unit includes, from the side of the film base material, a first barrier layer containing an inorganic material and a second barrier layer obtained by performing a conversion treatment to a coating film formed by applying polysilazane.

Abstract: According one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a pair of element isolation insulation films on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode structure on sides of the gate electrode structure, selectively removing oxide films that are formed on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode by placing the substrate in a gas atmosphere selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, H, O, Ar, or N; and irradiating the semiconductor substrate with microwave radiation. The method also includes depositing a metal film on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode, and a silicide film is formed by heating the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film having a first gas barrier layer formed by irradiating a polysilazane-containing layer with a vacuum ultraviolet ray, a second gas barrier layer formed by irradiating a polysilazane-containing layer with a vacuum ultraviolet ray, and a hydrophobic intermediate layer disposed between the first gas barrier layer and the second gas barrier layer and containing a metal compound particle. The invention can provide a gas barrier film having extremely excellent gas barrier property and durability and good productivity.

Abstract: A signal transmission device includes a transmission unit, a first connection unit, a second connection unit, and a reception unit. The transmission unit sends a transmission signal. The first connection unit includes a first electrode electrically connected to the transmission unit. The second connection unit includes a second electrode that engages with the first connection unit, and, when engaged with the first connection unit, is statically coupled with the first electrode. The reception unit is electrically connected to the second electrode and receives the transmission signal.

Abstract: A system and method for processing sensor signals is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor array, a multiplexer, a converter, a selection module and a combination module. The sensor array measures a physical parameter in a first dimension on a seat and generates a first set of sensor signals. The sensor array measures the physical parameter in a second dimension on the seat and generates a second set of sensor signals. The multiplexer multiplexes the first set of sensor signals into a first signal stream and the second set of sensor signals into a second signal stream. The converter converts the first signal stream to a first set of digital signals and the second signal stream to a second set of digital signals. The selection module determines a set of first-dimension data and a set of second-dimension data. The combination module forms a set of two-dimensional data.

Abstract: A controller and indoor unit introducing outdoor air and/or return air from an air conditioning control target, and discharging introduced air to the air conditioning control target as supply air. The indoor unit includes a first space including an outdoor air introducing unit introducing outdoor air, a cooler, and a second space including a return air introducing unit introducing return air from the air conditioning control target. The controller, after determining air conditioning control on the air conditioning control target is necessary, introduces the outdoor air to the first space through the outdoor air introducing unit, subjecting such to cooling by the cooler and/or dehumidification to result in processed outdoor air, and introduces the return air to the second space through the return air introducing unit, where the processed outdoor air is mixed with the return air and supplied to the air conditioning control target as the supply air.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a fault-tolerant basis to execute instructions is disclosed. The system comprises an error detector, a rewriting module, a recovery engine, a fault locator and a fallback programming module. The error detector detects a first error in the execution of an instruction in a faulty stage unit of a first pipeline unit. The rewriting module rewrites the instruction to form a rewritten instruction responsive to detecting the first error. The recovery engine executes the rewritten instruction in the first pipeline unit. The error detector determines if a second error occurs in the execution of the rewritten instruction. Responsive to detecting the second error, the recovery engine selects a substitute stage unit for the faulty stage unit from a second pipeline unit. The fault locator locates a faulty component for the faulty stage unit. The fallback programming module establishes a fallback unit for the faulty component.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-glare film having an excellent anti-glare property, and sufficiently suppressing white muddiness and scintillation, generation of cracks in a process for attaching the films to polarizing elements and a fabrication process of liquid crystal cells, and changes of an anti-glare property over time, even if the film is used in a high definition display.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a metal silicide layer, the method includes forming a metal layer including impurities on a silicon layer by a vapor deposition method using a gas of a metal and a gas of the impurities, and forming a metal silicide layer including the impurities by chemically reacting the metal layer with the silicon layer. A thickness and a composition of the metal silicide layer are controlled by an amount of the impurities in the metal layer.

Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer in which a texturized layer comprising diffusion particles and a first binder, and a smoothing layer comprising a second binder are layered in said order from the transparent substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film that has a thin antiglare layer and suppresses generation of scintillation and white muddiness at significantly high levels, while maintaining the hard-coating property and antiglare property, thereby providing favorable high-contrast display images.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive optical layered body which does not cause interference fringes but excels in hard coat properties, antistatic properties, and antireflection properties. An optical layered body comprises: a light-transmitting substrate; and a hard coat layer (A) and a hard coat layer (B) on one face of the light-transmitting substrate in this order, wherein the hard coat layer (B) has a region (B1) not containing inorganic fine particles and a region (B2) containing inorganic fine particles, in this order from a portion adjacent to the hard coat layer (A), a boundary between the region (B1) not containing inorganic fine particles and the region (B2) containing inorganic fine particles has irregularities, and the inorganic fine particles have a particle size smaller than a visible light wavelength.