Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).

Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).

Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a phosphor includes plural columnar crystals located on a columnar crystal growth starting surface of a scintillator layer, roots of the plural columnar crystals exist independently from each other, and a thickness region from the columnar crystal growth starting surface up to a height of 5 ?m has a radiation absorptivity x of from 5.4 to 8.6%. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 ?m from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).

Abstract: Provided is a scintillator panel realizing reduced image unevenness and the like by virtue of having a cushioning layer between a support and a phosphor. The cushioning layer absorbs irregularities on the phosphor layer when the scintillator panel is compression bonded to a planar light-receiving element and thereby allows the phosphor layer to be in contact with the planar light-receiving element without any gaps in the interface. The scintillator panel includes, in the order named, a support, a cushioning layer disposed on a surface of the support, and a phosphor layer deposited on the surface of the cushioning layer, the cushioning layer having a specific thickness, the phosphor layer being configured to be placed into uniform contact with a surface of a planar light-receiving element when the phosphor layer is pressed against the planar light-receiving element by the application of a pressure from the support side.

Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 ?m from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness.

Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.

Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.

Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603).

Abstract: A lens barrel according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes the lens frame which holds the lens, and the holding frame which holds the lens frame in a state where the lens frame is movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis. A biasing means which generates a force in the direction that the lens frame is lifted up against the gravity is provided to at least the holding frame out of the holding frame and the lens.

Abstract: A display driving circuit having a shift register is formed on the display panel. The shift register includes a first stage having first and second transistors and a second stage having a third and fourth transistor. A voltage of a control electrode of the first transistor is boosted by a voltage of a first pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the second transistor connects the control electrode of the first transistor and a constant voltage line. A voltage of a control electrode of the third transistor is boosted by a voltage of a second pulse line changing from low to high. In an On state, the fourth transistor connects the control electrode of the third transistor and a constant voltage line. The fourth transistor is switched on by a signal from the first stage.

Abstract: A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Abstract: A photosensor array includes plural photosensor pixels. Each of the photosensor pixels includes a lower electrode, an amorphous silicon film, an n-type amorphous silicon film, and an upper electrode. The photosensor array includes plural scanning lines connected to the upper electrodes, plural read lines connected to the lower electrodes, a scanning circuit that is connected to the plural scanning lines, and sequentially supplies a selection scanning signal of a first voltage to the respective scanning lines, a first unit that inputs a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the plural read lines in a blanking period of one horizontal scanning period, and thereafter puts the plural read lines into the floating state, and a second unit that outputs a voltage change in each of the read lines within one horizontal scanning period as the sensor output voltage of the photosensor pixel.

Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a display panel includes a dynamic ratioless shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratioless shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element.

Abstract: A printing medium including at least base paper and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer is directly formed on the base paper by a cast coating method using a coating liquid, which contains kaolin and amorphous silica and contains the amorphous silica in an amount of 3% by mass to 20% by mass.

Abstract: Provided is an image display device for displaying an image by causing a light emitting element to emit light, the light emitting element being disposed in each of a plurality of pixel areas which are defined by dividing a display area into a grid pattern, the image display device including a pixel circuit for controlling light emission of the light emitting element disposed in each of the plurality of pixel areas, the pixel circuit being formed in an area having a portion that protrudes from the pixel area of the pixel circuit toward an adjacent pixel area and a portion where an adjacent pixel area protrudes into the pixel area.