Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes an anode, a metal layer, a cathode, an organic electroluminescent unit, first and second insulating layers, and a plurality of conductive piercing layers. The metal layer has an electrical resistance lower than that of the anode. The cathode is provided between the anode and the metal layer. The organic electroluminescent unit is provided between the anode and the cathode. The first insulating layer is provided between the cathode and the metal layer. The conductive piercing layers pierce the organic electroluminescent unit, the cathode, and the first insulating layer along a direction from the anode toward the metal layer to electrically connect the anode to the metal layer, and are separate entities from the metal layer. The second insulating layer is provided between the organic electroluminescent unit and the conductive piercing layers and between the cathode and the conductive piercing layers.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, an emissive layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, a hole injection layer arranged between the anode and the emissive layer and including a polyethylenedioxythiophene, and a hole-transport layer arranged between the hole injection layer and the emissive layer and including a hole-transport material. The emissive layer includes a cathode side first area including a hole transport host material, an electron transport host material and an emitting dopant, and an anode side second area including the hole transport host material and no electron transport host material.

Abstract: A light-emitting device assured of high reliability, high efficiency and high color rendering, is provided. The light-emitting device includes a frame, an LED chip provided on the frame, and a fluorescent layer containing an inorganic fluorescent material and an organic fluorescent material and being provided on the LED chip. In the fluorescent layer, the concentration of the inorganic fluorescent material is decreased toward the top from the bottom of the fluorescent layer, and the concentration of the organic fluorescent material is decreased toward the bottom from the top of the fluorescent layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a fluorescent complex comprising a rare earth atom and a ligand having a structure comprising a plurality of coordinating groups bonded to each other in a ring form, and a lighting system and a flashlight device using the same. This fluorescent complex can realize high-intensity fluorescence and a prolonged service life and gives a sharp fluorescence spectrum.

Abstract: A lighting device including a substrate (10), and at least three light emitting elements (11) mounted on the substrate, each having an upper light emitting surface in rectangular shape and side light emitting surfaces in rectangular shape. The light emitting elements are positioned to surround a light-gathering region (12) where the light emitting elements are not located, and one of the side light emitting surfaces of each light emitting element is directed to face approximately a central portion of the light-gathering region.

Abstract: A lighting device including a supporting member, a light emitting element disposed on the supporting member, and emitting light from an upper and side surfaces thereof, a first fluorescent layer containing an organic phosphor and disposed on the supporting member, and a second fluorescent layer containing only an inorganic phosphor and disposed on the supporting member, wherein the second fluorescent layer is disposed to cover the upper and side surfaces of the light emitting element, and the first fluorescent layer is disposed on at least side surface of the light emitting element with the second fluorescent layer being interposed between the light emitting element and the first fluorescent layer.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a luminescent medium. The luminescent medium contains a rare earth complex wherein a compound represented by the following formula (1) is employed as a ligand: wherein X and Y are the same or different and are individually O, S or Se; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different, excluding a situation where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are all the same as each other, and are individually an alkyl or alkoxy group of a linear or branched structure having not more than 20 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, a naphthyl group, a heterocyclic group or a substitution product of any of these groups; n is an integer ranging from 2 to 20; and Z and W are the same or different and are individually a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent substance excellent in emission intensity and in emission efficiency. The substance can be excited by light at a longer wavelength than ever. The present invention also provides a luminous composition comprising the fluorescent substance and a light-emitting element using the substance. The fluorescent substance comprises a rare earth metal and a phosphine oxide ligand which coordinates to said rare earth metal and said ligand containing at least one siloxane bond in its structure. The fluorescent substance can be produced from a reaction between a compound having a siloxane bond and a rare earth complex coordinated by a phosphine oxide ligand. The luminous composition comprises the fluorescent substance.

Abstract: Provided is a voice communication device for carrying out voice communication among a plurality of locations, including: a sound source direction identification block for identifying a direction of a sound source; a voice sender block for sending the collected voice to a different location; a voice receiver block for receiving a voice from a different location; a player block for playing the received voice; a playing information setting block for setting playing information for the voice being played; a speaker volume storage block for acquiring the direction of the sound source for which the playing information is set from the sound source direction identification block and storing the direction of the sound source in association with the playing information; and a voice manipulating block for acquiring the playing information corresponding to the direction of the sound source of the voice and manipulating the voice based on the playing information.

Abstract: In a device for sensing and informing danger which is held by a person to be protected without requiring any active actions from the person to be protected, the number of false reports and miss-detections is reduced. A function of comparing the audio signals acquired from the microphone with the audio signal model of the person to be protected that has been stored inside, and a function of calculating the degree of danger from the speech intervals from the person to be protected and the speech intervals from the person not to be protected are provided in the device.

Abstract: A uniform thin film can be formed simply through coating by using a spin-coating method, and a satisfactory optical property (high refractive index) is obtained by using a dye material (a dye composition containing a mono(aza)methine dye and a basic compound) capable of forming an H-aggregate. The mono(aza)methine dye and the basic compound, which exhibit good solubility, are used as the dye material, and thereby, a solvent that does not corrode a substrate can be employed. Consequently, an optical recording layer composed of a thin film that has formed an H-aggregate is provided, a dye thin film exhibiting a large difference in refractive index between before and after the recording can be used, wherein the decomposition of the dye is an endothermic reaction, and application on a substrate can be performed by a spin-coating method.

Abstract: This invention provides a fluorescent complex possessing excellent durability and luminous intensity, and a lighting system utilizing the same. The fluorescent complex comprises a rare earth ion and a ?-diketone ligand. In the fluorescent complex, the ?-diketone ligand comprises a ?-diketone skeleton, a fluoroalkyl group, and an electron donative linking group for linking the ?-diketone skeleton to the fluoroalkyl group. The fluorescent complex can be utilized in a lighting system. The rare earth ion is preferably a lanthanoid ion, particularly preferably a europium or terbium ion. When the ?-diketone ligand further comprises an aromatic group, the luminous intensity can be further improved.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium includes an optical recording layer onto which information is to be recorded by a laser beam, wherein the optical recording layer includes a dye film containing a specific mono(aza)methine compound and an acid and is directly provided on a surface of a layer that allows transmittance of the laser beam therethrough, the surface being arranged opposite a surface of the layer through which the laser beam enters. The optical recording layer is formed by applying a solution of a mono(aza)methine dye composition containing the acid and the specific mono(aza)methine dye compound by a spin-coating method.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a luminescent medium. The luminescent medium contains a rare earth complex wherein a compound represented by the following formula (1) is employed as a ligand: wherein X and Y are the same or different and are individually O, S or Se; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different, excluding a situation where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are all the same as each other, and are individually an alkyl or alkoxy group of a linear or branched structure having not more than 20 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, a naphthyl group, a heterocyclic group or a substitution product of any of these groups; n is an integer ranging from 2 to 20; and Z and W are the same or different and are individually a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A light-emitting device assured of high reliability, high efficiency and high color rendering, is provided. The light-emitting device includes a frame, an LED chip provided on the frame, and a fluorescent layer containing an inorganic fluorescent material and an organic fluorescent material and being provided on the LED chip. In the fluorescent layer, the concentration of the inorganic fluorescent material is decreased toward the top from the bottom of the fluorescent layer, and the concentration of the organic fluorescent material is decreased toward the bottom from the top of the fluorescent layer.

Abstract: Conventional independent component analysis has had a problem that performance deteriorates when the number of sound sources exceeds the number of microphones. Conventional l1 norm minimization method assumes that noises other than sound sources do not exist, and is problematic in that performance deteriorates in environments in which noises other than voices such as echoes and reverberations exist. The present invention considers the power of a noise component as a cost function in addition to an l1 norm used as a cost function when the l1 norm minimization method separates sounds. In the l1 norm minimization method, a cost function is defined on the assumption that voice has no relation to a time direction. However, in the present invention, a cost function is defined on the assumption that voice has a relation to a time direction, and because of its construction, a solution having a relation to a time direction is easily selected.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a luminescent medium. The luminescent medium contains a rare earth complex wherein a compound represented by the following formula (1) is employed as a ligand: wherein X and Y are the same or different and are individually O, S or Se; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different, excluding a situation where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are all the same as each other, and are individually an alkyl or alkoxy group of a linear or branched structure having not more than 20 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, a naphthyl group, a heterocyclic group or a substitution product of any of these groups; n is an integer ranging from 2 to 20; and Z and W are the same or different and are individually a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group.

Abstract: Disclosed are a fluorescent complex comprising a rare earth atom and a ligand having a structure comprising a plurality of coordinating groups bonded to each other in a ring form, and a lighting system and a flashlight device using the same. This fluorescent complex can realize high-intensity fluorescence and a prolonged service life and gives a sharp fluorescence spectrum.

Abstract: A fluorescent pattern forming article including a first layer containing a metal ion, and a second layer disposed facing the first layer and containing a ligand coordinating with the metal ion contained in the first layer to thereby enable an intensity of fluorescence based on the metal ion to be changed.

Abstract: A lighting device including a supporting member, a light emitting element disposed on the supporting member, and emitting light from an upper and side surfaces thereof, a first fluorescent layer containing an organic phosphor and disposed on the supporting member, and a second fluorescent layer containing only an inorganic phosphor and disposed on the supporting member, wherein the second fluorescent layer is disposed to cover the upper and side surfaces of the light emitting element, and the first fluorescent layer is disposed on at least side surface of the light emitting element with the second fluorescent layer being interposed between the light emitting element and the first fluorescent layer.