Abstract: A lubricating oil composition may have a high flash point, a low pour point, and excellent electrical insulation, while having excellent cooling performance. Such a lubricating oil composition may include a base oil (A), wherein the base oil (A) includes at least one synthetic oil (A1) selected from a polyalkylene glycol having a specific degree of polymerization and a polyvinyl ether having a specific degree of polymerization.

Abstract: Provided are: a lubricant base oil capable of achieving both a high traction coefficient and an excellent low-temperature fluidity at a higher level and having a high flash point, which contains a ring-containing compound having at least (i) a crosslinked bicyclic ring where two rings are bonded while sharing 3 or more carbon atoms, and (ii) an acyloxy group or a hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group each containing a branched hydrocarbon group with a main chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, a lubricating oil composition containing the lubricant base oil, and a continuously variable transmission using the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: Provided are: a lubricant base oil capable of achieving both a high traction coefficient and an excellent low-temperature fluidity at a higher level and having a high flash point, which contains a ring-containing compound having at least (i) a crosslinked bicyclic ring where two rings are bonded while sharing 3 or more carbon atoms, and (ii) an acyloxy group or a hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group each containing a branched hydrocarbon group with a main chain having 4 or more carbon atoms, a lubricating oil composition containing the lubricant base oil, and a continuously variable transmission using the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a visual processing device that has a hardware configuration that does not depend on the visual processing to be achieved. A visual processing device 1 is provided with a spatial processing portion 2 and a visual processing portion 3. The spatial processing portion 2 performs predetermined processing with respect to an input signal IS that has been received as input, and outputs the result as an unsharp signal US. The visual processing portion 3 outputs an output signal OS, which is the input signal IS after visual processing, based on a two-dimensional LUT 4 that lists the relationship between the input signal IS that has been received as input and the unsharp signal US, and the output signal OS.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit.

Abstract: Adamantane derivatives are provided including a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing adamantane derivative, a glycidyloxy group-containing adamantane derivative, and an adamantyl group-containing epoxy modified acrylate, which exhibit excellent transparency, light resistance, and heat resistance properties. Also provided are resin compositions containing the adamantane derivatives. Further provided are corresponding methods for producing the adamantane derivatives, as well as the resin compositions containing the same.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an image processing device with which color processing can be adjusted with ease. An image processing device (10) is provided with a processing degree setting portion (18), a profile creation portion (15), and a color processing execution portion (16). The processing degree setting portion (18) sets a target degree of color processing with regard to at least two properties of a plurality of properties of an image signal (d2), as a single target processing degree (d8). The profile creation portion (15) creates a color transformation profile for performing color processing at the target processing degree (d8), based on the target processing degree (d8) that has been set by the processing degree setting portion (18) and a plurality of base color transformation profiles for performing the color processing to differing degrees.

Abstract: An aim of the invention is to achieve an image processing method that performs color information correction of an image more naturally with a simple configuration. The image processing method of the invention is an image processing method that performs color information correction of image data that have been input, and includes an information calculation step (S11), a characteristic calculation step (S12), a color information correction step (S13), and an output step (S14). The information calculation step (S11) calculates the color information of the image data. The characteristic calculation step (S12) calculates the visual characteristic information in accordance with the color information. The color information correction step (S13) corrects the color information based on the visual characteristic information that is calculated in the characteristic calculation step (S12).

Abstract: A visual processing device that achieves gradation processing and further enhances a visual effect. The visual processing device 1 performs gradation processing for each image region of an input signal IS, and includes an image partitioning portion 2, a gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10, and a gradation processing portion 5. The image partitioning portion 2 and the gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10 use a brightness histogram Hm of a wide area image region Em to create a gradation transformation curve Cm of an image region Pm. The gradation processing portion 5 performs gradation processing of the image region Pm based on the derived gradation transformation curve Cm.

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved]The object of the present invention is to provide an industrially favorable production process whereby adamantanes can be produced in a high yield using a catalyst, which is used for the isomerization reaction of a tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon compound having 10 or more carbon atoms, does not require a complicated waste liquid treatment operation, and makes high-yield production of adamantanes possible. [Solution] A process for producing a compound having an adamantane structure, wherein one or more catalysts selected from the following (a) to (c) are used: (a) zeolite having MWW topology; (b) delaminated MWW-type zeolite; and (c) interlayer-expanded MWW-type zeolite prepared by treatment with a metal compound.

Abstract: The invention is a visual processing device having a hardware configuration that does not depend on achieving visual processing, wherein the visual processing device includes a spatial processing portion and a visual processing portion. The spatial processing portion performs predetermined processing with respect to an input signal IS that has been received as input, and outputs the result as an unsharp signal US. The visual processing portion outputs an output signal OS, which is the input signal IS after the visual processing, based on a two-dimensional LUT that lists a relationship between the input signal IS, which that has been received as an input, the unsharp signal US, and the output signal OS.

Abstract: A visual processing device that achieves gradation processing and further enhances a visual effect. The visual processing device 1 performs gradation processing for each image region of an input signal IS, and includes an image partitioning portion 2, a gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10, and a gradation processing portion 5. The image partitioning portion 2 and the gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10 use a brightness histogram Hm of a wide area image region Em to create a gradation transformation curve Cm of an image region Pm. The gradation processing portion 5 performs gradation processing of the image region Pm based on the derived gradation transformation curve Cm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide solder bumps sufficiently satisfying the expected functions and having a small diameter which conventional methods cannot attain, a semiconductor device on which these bumps are mounted, and a bump transferring sheet. The present invention provides a method for forming the bumps, which includes forming a solder alloy material layer and flux material layer one by one on an intermediate metallic layer formed on an external electrode pad in a semiconductor device, and then fusing these layers, wherein each of the solder alloy material layer and flux material layer is formed by a liquid spraying method (e.g., ink jetting method).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (11) performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit (12) combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit (13).

Abstract: A visual processing device that achieves gradation processing and further enhances a visual effect. The visual processing device 1 performs gradation processing for each image region of an input signal IS, and includes an image partitioning portion 2, a gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10, and a gradation processing portion 5. The image partitioning portion 2 and the gradation transformation curve derivation portion 10 use a brightness histogram Hm of a wide area image region Em to create a gradation transformation curve Cm of an image region Pm. The gradation processing portion 5 performs gradation processing of the image region Pm based on the derived gradation transformation curve Cm.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (11) performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit (12) combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit (13).

Abstract: The present invention is an adamantane derivative which provides optical characteristics such as transparency, (long term) light resistance and the like, long term heat resistance, electric characteristics such as dielectric constant and the like, and good mechanical properties; a production method thereof; and a resin composition containing the above-mentioned adamantane derivative that is an adamantane derivative represented by general formulae (I) to (III); for example, a production method of an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (III) by reacting an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (II) with acrylates, a resin composition containing an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (II) and an epoxy resin curing agent, and a resin composition containing an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (III) and a thermopolymerization initiator or a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for removing block distortion comprises an area specifying unit 103 for specifying a block distortion area to remove the block distortion therefrom in a reconstructed image decoded from a compressed data, and a block distortion area noise removing unit 104 for removing the noise from the block distortion area.