Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus and method for presenting a moving image of less degradation to an observer who is a person viewing a displayed moving image, on the basis of human visual characteristics without unnecessarily increasing the frame rate. A control signal generation section 125 and data line driving circuits 133-1 to 133-4 control display so as to display a moving image made of 105 or more frames/sec on an LCD 131. The LCD 131 displays a moving image made of 105 or more frames/sec on the basis of the control of the control signal generation section 125 and the data line driving circuits 133-1 to 133-4. In the LCD 131, the display of each pixel on the screen is maintained during each frame period. The present invention can be applied to image display systems.

Abstract: A polyamide filament is disclosed. The filament includes a polyamide resin. The resin is obtained from mixing crystalline polyamide (A) with another polyamide (B). Crystalline polyamide (A) is obtained by a polycondensation reaction of metaxylenediamine and adipic acid. Crystalline polyamide (A) comprises from 5 to 50 wt. % of the resin. Polyamide (B) comprises from 50 to 95 wt. % of the resin. The filament is heated to 160 to 200° C. under a constant length condition at an initial load of 20 mg/d. After heating, a thermal contraction stress of the filament is not reduced in a cool-down region not greater than 80° C.

Abstract: A pixel circuit provided on a substrate on which a signal line, first and second scanning lines supplying first and second control pulse signals, a fixed power line, and a variable power line are arranged includes a capacitance element, a sampling transistor connected between the signal line and one of ends of the capacitance element, where the gate of the sampling transistor is connected to the first scanning line, a drive transistor of which gate is connected to the other end, where one of a drain and a source of the drive transistor is connected to the fixed power line, an initializing transistor of which gate is connected to the second scanning line, which is connected between the other end and the other of the drain and the source, and a light emitting element connected between the variable power line and the other of the drain and the source.

Abstract: A sample detector B includes a member 6 provided with an aperture 60, as well as a light receiving element 5 which receives two light beams directed from a pair of light sources 40, 41 to a detection area AR and having passed through the detection area and outputs a signal corresponding to the amount of light received, and a determination means 8 for determining whether or not a sample is properly supplied to the detection area AR based on the signal. Two light beams emitted from the paired light sources 40, 41 travel through paths defined by the aperture 60 to regions ARr, ARf of the detection area AR which are positionally deviated from each other. With this arrangement, whether or not a sample is properly supplied to the detection area AR is precisely determined without using an expensive component such as an optical lens.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body having an outer casing, at least a shutter mechanism and an imaging device placed inside the outer casing, an opening formed in the outer casing, and a storage space and a placement space defined inside the outer casing and communicating with the opening and the storage space, respectively, a strobe unit having a lid part and a light-emitting part and connected to the apparatus body so as to be movable between close and open positions, a sensor unit placed in the placement space and having an autofocus sensor and a sensor adjusting part having plural adjusting screws, and a mirror placed inside the outer casing to reflect part of incident light toward the autofocus sensor. When the strobe unit is moved to the open position, the storage space is defined as an adjustment space into which an adjustment jig can be inserted.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a display section displaying an image in a predetermined resolution. The apparatus includes a fetching section fetching image data, a processing section processing the form of characters of character data to be added to the image data fetched by the fetching section, a synthesis section synthesizing the image data fetched by the fetching section and the character data whose character form has been processed, an output section outputting the image data out of the apparatus to display the image in a resolution different from the predetermined resolution, and an output control section for outputting the image data synthesized by the synthesis section to the display section and output section. The processing section processes the form of characters of the character data according to the resolution of the image to be displayed at the destination to which the data are output by the output control section.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array portion and a driving portion for driving the pixel array portion. The pixel array portion includes row scanning lines, column signal lines, and pixels arranged in a matrix form at intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines. The driving portion includes a write scanner for supplying a control signal to each of the scanning lines by sequentially scanning the scanning lines in each field and a signal selector for supplying a video signal to each of the signal lines in synchronization with the sequential scanning. The pixels each includes a storage capacitor, a light-emitting element, a sampling transistor for being turned on in response to the control signal, sampling the video signal, and storing the video signal in the storage capacitor, and a drive transistor for supplying a driving current to the light-emitting element in accordance with the stored video signal.

Abstract: A self-luminous display apparatus, a peak luminance adjustment apparatus is disclosed wherein power to be consumed by a self-luminous display panel is compulsorily suppressed to a level within a prescribed range and consequently the life of a battery is maintained. A mean gradation value calculation section calculates a mean gradation value of a video signal inputted within a period of one frame. A power consumption calculation section determines a standard peak luminance corresponding to the calculated mean gradation value and calculates a power consumption amount to be consumed based on the standard peak luminance and the calculated mean gradation value. A peak luminance adjustment section adjusts the standard peak luminance so that a total value of the power consumption to be consumed within a fixed period of time may not exceed a preset power amount.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup lens; an image pickup device; a microlens array; an image processing section; and a data storage section, in which the image processing section produces a plurality of arbitrary viewpoint images based on image pickup data obtained by the image pickup device by synthesizing pixel data extracted from pixels located at the same position in image regions each of which corresponds to each of microlenses included in the microlens array, and the arbitrary viewpoint images are stored in the data storage section, and a plurality of pixel data recorded at pixel positions adjacent to one another are collectively read out as a read-out unit from each of the arbitrary viewpoint images stored in the data storage section, and a predetermined sorting process and a predetermined integration process are performed on the pixel data read out, thereby the refocus image is produced.

Abstract: A connecting assembly for transmitting torque comprising a shaft journal with an outer annular groove and a hollow shaft with an inner annular groove, wherein, for torque transmitting purposes, the hollow shaft is rotationally fixed to the shaft journal and comprises at least one recess towards the outer circumferential face of the hollow shaft in a partial circumferential region of the inner annular groove. The connecting assembly also includes a radially elastically widenable axial securing ring which is positioned in the outer annular groove of the shaft journal and in the inner annular groove of the hollow shaft, wherein the axial securing ring comprises at least one outwardly projecting projection which is arranged in the at least one recess of the hollow shaft, and securing means which cover the at least one recess and prevent the axial securing ring from being radially widened.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device configured to decrease a leakage current in a current-blocking layer and including a light-emitting portion composed of a first compound semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a second layer having a second conductivity type, and a current-blocking layer in contact with the side of the light-emitting portion and composed of a third layer having the first conductivity type and a fourth layer having the second conductivity type.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a pixel array section, and a driving section configured to drive said pixel array section having pixels respectively including a drive transistor and light emitting element. A first time correction for the mobility of the drive transistor is applied, and then a second time correction for additional correction time is applied if the signal potential of an image signal is not high.

Abstract: An imaging optical system includes: a light control element formed of a dye pigment-containing dichroic guest-host liquid crystal, and that is disposed on a light path to adjust a quantity of incident light for an image sensing device; and an optical filter disposed on the light path, and that includes an infrared absorbing material, the optical filter having a spectral transmittance that satisfies the following conditions (1), (2), and (3) 0.6<TIRCF(580)/TIRCF(540)<1.05 ??(1) 0.1<TIRCF(640)/TIRCF(540)<0.5 ??(2) |TIRCF(700)/TIRCF(540)|<0.05 ??(3) where TIRCF(540), TIRCF(580), TIRCF(640) and TIRCF(700) are the spectral transmittance of the optical filter for the light with a wavelength of 540 nm, 580 nm, 640 nm and 700 nm, respectively.

Abstract: In a case when a structure of forming a p+ layer on a substrate rear surface side is employed in order to prevent dark current generation from the silicon boundary surface, various problems occur. According to this invention, an insulation film 39 is provided on a rear surface on a silicon substrate 31 and a transparent electrode 40 is further provided thereon, and by applying a negative voltage with respect to the potential of the silicon substrate 31 from a voltage supply source 41 to the insulation film 39 through the transparent electrode 40, positive holes are accumulated on a silicon boundary surface of the substrate rear surface side and a structure equivalent to a state in which a positive hole accumulation layer exists on aforesaid silicon boundary surface is to be created. Thus, various problems in the related art can be avoided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel section having pixel circuits arranged to form a matrix with at least a plurality of columns, pixel data being written to each of the pixel circuits via a switching element; at least one scan line disposed to be associated with rows of the pixel circuits and adapted to control the conduction of the switching elements; a plurality of signal lines disposed to be associated with columns of the pixel circuits and adapted to convey the pixel data; and a horizontal driving circuit having a plurality of signal drivers, the plurality of signal drivers being associated with a plurality of groups into which the signal lines are divided, and being adapted to convey the image data supplied to the signal lines.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a characteristic value generating circuit and an imaging device that can generate anticipated variation in the performance of an imaging device due to the individual difference and can easily evaluate the result of correction processing for the variation. A variation generating circuit 30 has a command receiver 31 that acquires characteristic value data S40, a characteristic value generator 33 that refers to the characteristic value data S40 and generates a characteristic value of a limit of correction possibility for input image data S20, and an adder 34 that adds a characteristic limit value S33 generated by the characteristic value generator 33 and the input image data S20.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a semiconductor memory device including: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of pads formed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to permit data input and output; and a memory core block and an I/O block integrated on the semiconductor substrate. The data items are input and output to and from the plurality of pads at twice a maximum access rate in effect.