Abstract: A resin composition including a thermoplastic resin, a glass fiber, a resin which is different from the thermoplastic resin and contains at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond, and a compatibilizer, wherein a part of the resin which is different from the thermoplastic resin and contains at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond forms a coating layer around the glass fiber, and wherein the thickness of the coating layer is from 50 nm to 700 nm.

Abstract: Light that enters from an incident light surface of a light guide plate includes not only light which is guided toward the forward direction in front but also light whose optical path is modified by optical elements while progressing through the inside of the light guide plate, and thus wasteful emission from an emitting surface is inhibited. Lights are guided in a longitudinal direction of the optical elements. Light is diffused in the course over which the lights are guided and the region to which they are guided. The lights are guided by the optical elements in the longitudinal direction of the optical elements, and thereby light diffusivity is exhibited in the region in which the optical elements are provided while controlling the directivity of the light.

Abstract: A resin composition contains: polyolefin; a carbon fiber; a resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond; and a compatibilizer, the resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond forms a coating layer around the carbon fiber, and a thickness of the coating layer is from 50 nm to 700 nm.

Abstract: A resin composition including a thermoplastic resin, a glass fiber, a resin which is different from the thermoplastic resin and contains at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond, and a compatibilizer, wherein a part of the resin which is different from the thermoplastic resin and contains at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond forms a domain having a diameter of from 5 ?m to 10 ?m in a matrix of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a guide portion, a reader, a first drive roller and a second drive roller, and a first driven roller and a second driven roller. A first protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the first drive roller. A second protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the second drive roller. The second protrusion may protrude upward more than the first protrusion.

Abstract: There is provided an effect control device including an effect control unit that controls an effect added to a target image based on information regarding a direction of a sound.

Abstract: There is provided an effect control device including an effect control unit that controls an effect added to a target image based on information regarding a direction of a sound.

Abstract: A planar lighting device includes: a light source; a light-guiding plate including: a light incident end face on which the light source is arranged; a facing end face facing the light incident end face; and a pair of principal faces that couple the light incident end face and the facing end face with each other; and plurality of optical elements that are provided on at least one of the pair of the principal faces and include a plurality of first elements each having an unevenly shaped part in which recesses and/or projections are repeatedly arranged, the plurality of the first elements being arranged intermittently from the light incident end face toward the facing end face.

Abstract: There is provided a dispersion liquid for electrophoretic display, containing a dispersion medium 50, a colored electrophoretic particle group 34 that is dispersed in the dispersion medium and migrates in the dispersion medium according to an electric field, a non-electrophoretic particle group 36 that is dispersed without migrating in the dispersion medium and has a color different from that of the electrophoretic particle group, and a compound having a neutral polar group and a hydrophobic group, which is contained in the dispersion medium in a ratio of about 0.01 to about 1 mass % based on the entire dispersion liquid.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor. The conveyor includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact portion. The first roller is configured to rotate on a first axis. One of the second roller and the contact portion is disposed on an upstream side of the first axis along a conveyance path, and the other of the second roller and the contact portion is disposed on a downstream side of the first axis along the conveyance path. A first distance between a surface of the first roller and a surface of the second roller and a second distance between a surface of the first roller and a surface of the contact portion is fixed.

Abstract: This analysis method includes: subjecting a sample solution of a dye-containing sample in an organic solvent to normal-phase liquid chromatography to separate the sample solution and detect separated components. The normal-phase liquid chromatography involves (B1) using a separation column filled with a column packing material which is prepared by modifying a base material with a polar modifying group, and (B2) using as an eluent a polar organic solvent containing an acid.

Abstract: Light that enters from an incident light surface of a light guide plate includes not only light which is guided toward the forward direction in front but also light whose optical path is modified by optical elements while progressing through the inside of the light guide plate, and thus wasteful emission from an emitting surface is inhibited. Lights are guided in a longitudinal direction of the optical elements. Light is diffused in the course over which the lights are guided and the region to which they are guided. The lights are guided by the optical elements in the longitudinal direction of the optical elements, and thereby light diffusivity is exhibited in the region in which the optical elements are provided while controlling the directivity of the light.

Abstract: A particle dispersion for display includes color particles for display that move in response to an electric field and include first color particles and second color particles; and a dispersion medium that disperses the color particles for display, in which the second color particles have a larger particle diameter than a particle diameter of the first color particles and the same charging characteristic as a charging characteristic of the first color particles, and in the color particles for display, a ratio (Cs/Cl) of a charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to a charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5.

Abstract: An image scanning apparatus is provided with a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet, which are spaced from each other. A width of the first inlet is wider than that of the second inlet. A first guide is defined in the housing, connected to the first inlet and the outlet and has first and second guide surfaces opposing each other. A second guide is defined in the housing, connected to the second inlet and a confluence position, and has third guide and fourth guide surfaces opposing each other. The confluence position is defined in the second guide surface, the third guide surface is defined on the second guide surface side of the second inlet side with respect to the confluence position, a driven roller exposing from the third guide surface, and a scanning unit arranged between the confluence position and the outlet.

Abstract: A production line monitoring device that identifies a cause of a production defect, reduces the amount of analysis data and computation, and performs real-time processing, is provided. The production line monitoring device includes a defect indication detection unit that detects an indication of a production defect of a production line, and a defect cause identification unit that identifies a cause of the production defect. The defect indication detection unit collects measurement information measured by an inspection apparatus for each reference that identifies a position on products, and detects an indication of the production defect from the change with time of the measurement information at the references. The defect cause identification unit performs stratified analysis based on production information related to the reference when the defect indication detection unit detects an indication of a production defect, and identifies a cause of a production defect from a result of the analysis.

Abstract: A sheet conveyer, including a first roller to rotate to convey a sheet in a conveying direction; a separator arranged to be opposed to the first roller and configured to nip the sheet and to separate the sheet from other sheets; a multiple sheet sensor arranged in a downstream position with respect to the first roller and configured to sense presence of multiple sheets, the multiple sheet sensor including an emitter and a receiver; and a second roller arranged in a downstream position with respect to the multiple sheet sensor and configured to convey the separated sheet, is provided. A component being at least one of the emitter and the receiver is arranged in an outer side position with respect to the separator, and at least a part of the component is arranged in an inner side position with respect to the second roller.

Abstract: Provided is a waveform processing assistance system for helping users determine the value of a parameter which is necessary in a waveform processing method for determining the rising and falling points of a peak and whose validity cannot be easily and intuitively determined The system includes: a waveform displayer for showing, on a display screen, a waveform including a peak; a marker displayer for showing, on the display screen, a marker which is capable of being moved by a user; and a slope information displayer for showing information related to the slope of the waveform at a point lying on the waveform and meeting the marker, or at a point which lies on the waveform, which meets the marker, and at which a predetermined operation has been performed by the user. Examples of the slope-related information include a numerical value of the slope, a tangent, and a grid.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a guide portion, a reader, a first drive roller and a second drive roller, and a first driven roller and a second driven roller. A first protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the first drive roller. A second protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the second drive roller. The second protrusion may protrude upward more than the first protrusion.

Abstract: An image scanning apparatus is provided with a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet, which are spaced from each other. A width of the first inlet is wider than that of the second inlet. A first guide is defined in the housing, connected to the first inlet and the outlet and has first and second guide surfaces opposing each other. A second guide is defined in the housing, connected to the second inlet and a confluence position, and has third guide and fourth guide surfaces opposing each other. The confluence position is defined in the second guide surface, the third guide surface is defined on the second guide surface side of the second inlet side with respect to the confluence position, a driven roller exposing from the third guide surface, and a scanning unit arranged between the confluence position and the outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid processing apparatus and a liquid processing method in which a substrate is processed by a processing liquid in the form of liquid droplets. The liquid processing apparatus includes: a first processing liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a first processing liquid in a form of liquid droplets which contains pure water toward the surface of the substrate; and a second processing liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a second processing liquid as a continuous liquid stream toward the surface of the substrate processed by the first processing liquid in the form of the liquid droplets. The second processing liquid inverts a zeta potential on the surface of the substrate into a negative zeta potential.