Abstract: A shape sensor is provided for acquiring a shape profile along an extension direction of an existing weld bead, and a control unit includes a welding information acquisition unit for acquiring welding information during formation of an adjacent weld bead when forming the adjacent weld bead at a position adjacent to the existing weld bead, and a defect candidate extraction unit for determining an angle characteristic portion having a base angle equal to or greater than a threshold in the existing weld bead based on the shape profile, determining a welding characteristic portion of the welding information based on the welding information, and extracting the welding characteristic portion corresponding to the angle characteristic portion as a defect candidate by associating the welding characteristic portion with the angle characteristic portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating substrate and including a channel region between a source region and a drain region, a first insulating film provided in a region on the oxide semiconductor layer, which corresponds to the channel region, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, a first protective film provided on the oxide semiconductor layer, the first insulating film and the gate electrode, as an insulating film containing a metal, a second protective film provided on the first protective film and a third protective film provided on the second protective film, as an insulating film containing a metal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating substrate and including a channel region between a source region and a drain region, a first insulating film provided in a region on the oxide semiconductor layer, which corresponds to the channel region, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, a first protective film provided on the oxide semiconductor layer, the first insulating film and the gate electrode, as an insulating film containing a metal, a second protective film provided on the first protective film and a third protective film provided on the second protective film, as an insulating film containing a metal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating substrate and including a channel region between a source region and a drain region, a first insulating film provided in a region on the oxide semiconductor layer, which corresponds to the channel region, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, a first protective film provided on the oxide semiconductor layer, the first insulating film and the gate electrode, as an insulating film containing a metal, a second protective film provided on the first protective film and a third protective film provided on the second protective film, as an insulating film containing a metal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel area including pixels each including at least one thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first terminal area including a first wiring line disposed thereon connected to the at least one thin film transistor, a first protective film provided on the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the first wiring line, a first insulating film provided on the first protective film, a second protective film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second protective film, a first opening formed in the first terminal area, and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second opening formed to correspond to the first opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating substrate and including a channel region between a source region and a drain region, a first insulating film provided in a region on the oxide semiconductor layer, which corresponds to the channel region, a gate electrode provided on the first insulating film, a first protective film provided on the oxide semiconductor layer, the first insulating film and the gate electrode, as an insulating film containing a metal, a second protective film provided on the first protective film and a third protective film provided on the second protective film, as an insulating film containing a metal.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate including a thin film transistor and a capacitor formed of a pair of electrodes, which includes: a first electrode above a substrate; a first insulating film above the first electrode; a second electrode above the first insulating film; a second insulating film above the second electrode; and a semiconductor layer above the second insulating film, in which the capacitor includes the first electrode as one of the pair of electrodes and the second electrode as the other of the pair of electrodes, and the thin film transistor includes the second electrode as a gate electrode, the second insulating film as a gate insulating film, and the semiconductor layer as a channel layer.

Abstract: This invention provides a viscosity modifier for high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles which can reduce, by giving excellent viscosity modifying function to a high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles (e.g., printing ink composition, functional paste composition or paint composition, of high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles), the occurrence of inconvenience in a printing step or coating step for the manufacture of components or substrates, and also provides a high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles which contains said viscosity modifier.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate including a thin film transistor and a capacitor formed of a pair of electrodes, which includes: a first electrode above a substrate; a first insulating film above the first electrode; a second electrode above the first insulating film; a second insulating film above the second electrode; and a semiconductor layer above the second insulating film, in which the capacitor includes the first electrode as one of the pair of electrodes and the second electrode as the other of the pair of electrodes, and the thin film transistor includes the second electrode as a gate electrode, the second insulating film as a gate insulating film, and the semiconductor layer as a channel layer.

Abstract: Provided is a surface light source unit which has a high-directivity point light source and has a decreased thickness in the in the direction in which light is irradiated from said point light source. Also provided are a surface illumination device and a liquid crystal display device. A plurality of small chambers (311 to 322) having an opening on the top are formed in a housing (3) from side plates (3b to 3e) that have a predetermined height and partition plates (4) which partition the inside of the housing (3). Each small chamber is provided with a point light source (2) on the bottom part.

Abstract: An illumination device including a light source device includes a light source being constituted by LED(s); a light source side reflective plate to which the light source is fixed; an emission side reflective plate facing the light source side reflective plate; and a fixing means for fixing the both reflective plates, wherein the emission side reflective plate is formed so that a portion thereof facing the light source has the highest optical reflectance and the lowest optical transmittance while the optical reflectance decreases and the optical transmittance increases farther away from the light source, and the distance between the both reflective plates is greatest at a portion where the light source is disposed, while the distance decreases at portions farther away from the portion where the light source is disposed. Thus the device can supply light in a substantially uniform manner from a light irradiation surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing system provided with a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus, and a control method thereof, wherein, when an instruction is given to execute an off-line job in which a post-process by the post-processing apparatus is performed without printing by the printing apparatus (S11), a screen for selecting an off-line job using the post-processing apparatus can be displayed by the second user interface of the post-processing apparatus and the off-line job can be selected (S12), and, in response to an instruction to start the off-line job from the first user interface of the printing apparatus (S16), the off-line process is executed (S17 and S18).

Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a surface illumination fixture using a point light source having strong directivity. [Constitution] In the surface illumination fixture 3 including a surface illumination light-source device 6 converting light from a plurality of point light sources 36 having strong directivity into surface illumination and an illumination fixture main body 41, the surface illumination light-source device 6 includes a casing 30 having a flat plate part 35 being used to attach the surface illumination light-source device to the illumination fixture main body, lateral plate parts standing from the flat plate part, and an opening on a surface opposite to the flat plate part, and includes a light-guide reflection plate covering the opening. The flat plate part 35, the lateral plate parts 32 and 33, and the light-guide reflection plate 40 are formed by members having a high light reflectance and a low light transmittance.

Abstract: To provide a planar light source device that can provide large-area, uniform, and high-quality planar illumination light. A planar light source device includes a main body case 4 that surrounds the periphery of a gap between a pair of optical reflection plates disposed to face each other with side plates, and a plurality of point light sources 2 arranged at predetermined intervals on at least one side plate of the main body case. The planar light source device allows light from the point light sources 2 to be transmitted through at least one of the pair of optical reflection plates 5 and emitted to the outside.

Abstract: This invention provides a viscosity modifier for high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles which can reduce, by giving excellent viscosity modifying function to a high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles (e.g., printing ink composition, functional paste composition or paint composition, of high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles), the occurrence of inconvenience in a printing step or coating step for the manufacture of components or substrates, and also provides a high concentration dispersion of inorganic fine particles which contains said viscosity modifier.