Abstract: Preference of tone and color for a specific target is reflected on image data obtained by a digital camera, and colors and tones can be set as desired for each model of a digital camera. A reference tone setting menu and a model tone setting menu are prepared in a memory and can be customized when provided to tone setting device. Color correction device can also select and customize a desired one of reference color correction conditions and a desired one of model color correction conditions from a reference color correction menu and a model color correction menu prepared in a memory.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the ink ejection device and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative movement direction by conveying at least one of the ink ejection device and the recording medium; a radiation irradiation device which irradiates radiation to the droplets deposited on the recording medium by the ink ejection device; a dot formation conditions determination device which determines a dot size of dots and a pitch between adjacent dots to be formed by the ejected droplets, according to print data; and a droplet ejection timing control device which sets an ejection interval between the droplets according to information relating to the dot size and the dot pitch determined by the dot formation conditions determination device, and controls an ejection timing of a subsequent droplet ejected subsequently in an overlapping fashion, in such a

Abstract: To provide an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography that suppresses blocking, allows toner images to fix satisfactorily, has excellent glossiness and reduced brittleness and can form high-quality images and to provide a process for image formation using the image-receiving sheet for electrophotography, an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography includes a substrate containing a base and a resin layer arranged on at least one side of the base; and at least one toner-image-receiving layer arranged on the resin layer of the substrate. The resin layer arranged between the toner-image-receiving layer and the base includes a polyethylene resin having a mass-average density of 0.935 g/cm3 or less and/or a melt flow rate MFR of 11 g/10 min. or less. In addition, an image-receiving sheet for electrophotography including a support and at least one toner-image-receiving layer over the support, the toner-image-receiving layer including a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: The liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head having a plurality of ejection ports which eject droplets of liquid; a light emitting device which emits a determination light beam intersecting with flight paths of the droplets ejected from at least two of the ejection ports to be examined; a light receiving device which receives the determination light beam having passed through the flight paths of the droplets and outputs a determination signal corresponding to an amount of received light; an ejection port selection device which selects the at least two of the ejection ports to be examined so that the at least two of the ejection ports are disposed on a line parallel to an optical axis of the determination light beam, and that a distance between the at least two of the ejection ports along the optical axis of the determination light beam is smaller than a prescribed specific distance; an ejection control device which performs ejection driving to eject the droplets at substantially same time f

Abstract: There is provided an album whose contents of images is well balanced.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing an image; a person determining section for determining whether the image captured by the image capturing section includes any person; an input notification section for notifying a user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted when the image determining section determines that the image includes the person; a personal identification information input section for causing the user to input personal identification information indicative of the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section by a predetermined timing after the input notification section notifies the user that the person included in the image captured by the image capturing section should be inputted; and an image storage section for storing the personal identification information inputted by the personal identification information input section in association with the image captured by the ima

Abstract: To provide a polarizing plate which has superior characteristics of expressing in-plane and thicknesswise retardation and which is less susceptible to time-varying changes in retardation value attributable to ambient humidity, as well as to provide a liquid crystal display which undergoes little tune-varying change in view angle characteristic, the polarizing plate which contains a transparent protective film having the retardation specified in the specification is housed in a moisture-proofed container under the humidity condition specified in the specification, and the liquid crystal display contains the polarizing plate.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided and has; three photoelectric conversion layers stacked above a semiconductor substrate 1, each detecting a different color; three signal charge accumulators in a semiconductor substrate for accumulating signal charges generated in each of the three photoelectric conversion layers: and a signal readout circuit in the semiconductor substrate for reading out signals corresponding to the signal charges accumulated in the signal charge accumulators. The three signal charge accumulators are arranged in a direction in the surface of the semiconductor substrate as a pixel and a plurality of the pixels are arranged in a square lattice pattern both in the direction and a direction perpendicular thereto. The three signal charge accumulators arranged in each pixel in an odd row are arranged such that an array of the signal charge accumulators in the first sub-row of each pixel has all of the three signal charge accumulators.

Abstract: There is provided an album generating apparatus for generating an album in which a desirable combination of images is disposed in one and same page.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus to conduct an on-screen display operation, the bus band of an image memory is minimized. The apparatus includes an image memory including a first memory area to store a first image data group of a first image for a background and a second memory area for storing a second image data group of a second image for an on-screen display, a display buffer memory for storing, in a format to be displayed on a display screen, the first image and the second image read from the image memory; and a control section for controlling accesses in the image memory and the display buffer memory, for reading the first image data group from the first memory area and writing the first image data group in the display buffer memory, and for reading the second image data group from the second memory area and writing the second image data group in a specified area of the display buffer memory.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anti-trypanosomiasis agent having a high selective toxicity, and high preventing or treating effect against trypanosomiasis, comprising a compound shown by the following general formula (1) as an active ingredient (wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, oxygen atom, C1-5 alkyl group, C1-5 alkoxy group, C5-8 aryl group, C5-8 aryloxy group, C2-6 alkoxycarbonyl group or C2-6 alkylaminocarbonyl group, and may be bound to each other; R3, R4, and R5 each independently represents a C1-5 alkyl group or C5-8 aryl group; R6 and R7 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, oxygen atom, C1-8 alkyl group, C1-5 alkoxy group, C5-8 aryl group, C5-8 aryloxy group, or C2-6 alkoxycarbonyl group, and may be bound to each other; Y and Z each independently represents an atom group necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle; m and n each represent 0 or 1; Q represents a physiologically accepta

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a light reflection film 12 which is formed on an insulating substrate 10; an anode electrode 16 which has a transparent conductive film 14 which is formed on the light reflection film 12 so as to cover the light reflection film 12; an organic electroluminescence layer 18 which is formed on the anode electrode 16; and a cathode electrode 20 which is formed on the organic electroluminescence layer 18 and has light transmittance. Thereby, a high luminous efficiency can be realized without involving degradation of the device characteristics.

Abstract: A support for an image recording medium comprises a base paper, made by press-drying a wet base paper, which has a density preferably in a range of from 0.8 to 1.04 g/m3 and more preferably in a range of from 0.85 to 0.94 g/m3 and a formation index preferably greater than 60 and more preferably greater than 80 (aperture: 1.0 mm), and a cast coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base paper, the cast coating layer being treated by a smoothing device having a smooth surface such as a metal roller having a mirror finished surface.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element having an organic light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode is provided, wherein the organic light-emitting layer comprises, as an organic light-emitting layer forming material, a fluorescent material comprising either one or both of a perylene compound having a specific chemical structure and an anthanthrene compound having a specific chemical structure. A fluorescent material that emits red light with a high color purity and a high luminous efficiency-when used singly or as a guest, an organic EL element having a high luminous efficiency, and a high-performance organic EL display having a high luminous efficiency are realized.

Abstract: A color photographic material is disclosed comprising a black image forming coupler substituted in the 2, 4 and/or 6 position shown by formula (I) or formula (II), where in LINK represents a divalent linking group, BALL represents a group that prevents the coupler from diffusing away from the layer containing it. X and Y each represent a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent. The material has a good color reproduction and excellent light stability.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a multilayer analysis element with small intra-lot and lot-to-lot differences that has high measurement accuracy and which is small in size. The present invention provides a multilayer analysis element for liquid sample analysis wherein at least one functional layer and at least one porous liquid sample spreading layer of non-fibrous porous film are integrally laminated in this order on one side of a water-impermeable planar support, and the non-fibrous porous film has a bending rupture strength of 20 gram-weight or more and a tensile percentage of 2% or less when the film is stretched with a tensile force of 50 gram-weight.

Abstract: A process for producing a master carrier contains steps of: forming a desired pattern on a support to form a resist pattern support; forming a first ferromagnetic thin film on the resist pattern support by a vacuum film forming method; forming a third ferromagnetic thick film on the first ferromagnetic thin film by an electroplating; and peeling the support from the resist pattern support provided with the first ferromagnetic thin film and the third ferromagnetic thick film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treatment apparatus containing a sheet heating unit for heating a sheet, a sheet cooling unit for cooling the sheet. The apparatus satisfying at least one of following conditions: (1) the apparatus transfers a surface quality of the contact member to a surface of the image recording layer and an interface of the thermoplastic resin layer facing the image recording layer of the sheet; (2) the apparatus further contains the contact member selecting unit which selects the contact member having a desired surface quality; (3) the apparatus further comprises a treatment control unit which controls treatment conditions of at least one of the sheet heating unit and the sheet cooling unit; and (4) the sheet heating unit includes a sheet preheating part preheating the sheet and the apparatus transfers a surface quality of the contact member to the sheet heated by the sheet preheating part.

Abstract: A surface treating apparatus includes: a sheet which includes; a base, and a thermoplastic resin layer disposed on the base; a contact member configured to convey the sheet while carrying out a surface treatment of the sheet; a surface property forming unit configured to form a certain surface property on a surface of the contact member by using a surface property forming material; and a sheet heating unit configured to heat the sheet contacting the contact member, to thereby transfer the surface property of the contact member to the sheet.

Abstract: A digital camera 10 includes a systems control section 20. When the systems control section 20 receives any of operation signals from a key operation section 18, the systems control section 20 measures the passage of time with a timer 22, and continues the time measurement for a specified period of time until any of the operation signals is supplied. In an imaging mode, the system controls section 20 generates an oscillation frequency higher than a normal oscillation frequency with a signal generation circuit 260 in response to a button depressing operation of a release shutter button 180, and generates the normal oscillation frequency upon receipt of any one of the operation signals in a specified period of time.