Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores therein a data storage program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes obtaining first data by grouping values of spatially discrete distribution points at each of times by each of the spatially discrete distribution points and chronologically sorting the grouped values, obtaining second data by compressing the first data in accordance with at least one of a plurality of compression conditions for each of the distribution points or each group of a plurality of the distribution points, the plurality of compression conditions including a necessity of compression, a compression interval, and a compression algorithm type, and storing the second data in a storage device.

Abstract: An illuminating apparatus is provided and includes a plurality of point light sources in one plane and a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet overlapped in a region facing the plurality of point light sources. The plurality of point light sources are arranged in a first direction and also arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first optical sheet has a plurality of first three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the first direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the second direction. The second optical sheet has a plurality of second three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the second direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the first direction. Each of the second three-dimensional structures has a shape which generates a larger amount of return light from normal incident light as compared with the first three-dimensional structures.

Abstract: An optical sheet stack body includes two optical sheets disposed to overlap a plurality of point light sources arranged in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The optical sheets are disposed so that a long-side direction of the optical sheet crosses the first and second directions at an angle other than right angle. A first optical sheet disposed on the point light source side has a plurality of first three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to or almost parallel to the first direction. A second optical sheet disposed on the side opposite to the point light source has a plurality of second three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to or almost parallel to the second direction. The second three-dimensional structure has a shape by which return light is generated from normal incident light more than the first three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: There is provided an optical sheet stack which includes a first optical sheet having a large number of irregularities consecutively arranged on one surface thereof, and a second optical sheet stacked thereon. In the optical sheet stack, the second optical sheet has, on a bonding surface thereof, an adhesive layer bonded with apexes of the irregularities, and while assuming pitch of arrangement of the irregularities as P, and width of bonding of each apex of the irregularities bonded to the adhesive layer as Pw, the relation of 0<Pw/P?0.2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data display apparatus is provided with a screen display processing section that generates a display screen with a structure arranged in a virtual space of a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system based on structure information stored in a data storage section and displays the display screen on a monitor, a grid setting-updating section that sets a grid in the virtual space, an operation information acquiring section that acquires operation information from a mouse, an input point position calculation section that calculates coordinates of an input point in the virtual space, calculates a moving destination of the input point based on the operation information, selects coordinates nearest to the moving destination of the input point from any one of the coordinates of each grid lattice based on the grid in the virtual space, the coordinates of a boundary of the structure and the coordinates of the point of intersection between the boundary of the structure and the grid and updates t

Abstract: An optical element laminate is provided which, while an increase in thickness of a liquid crystal display device is suppressed, improves insufficient rigidity of an optical element and, in addition, which does not degrade display characteristics of the liquid crystal display device. The optical element laminate includes a plate-shaped support member having a first primary surface and a second primary surface and an optical element which is laminated on at least one of the first primary surface and the second primary surface of the support member and, in addition, which has a film shape or a sheet shape. The periphery of the laminated optical element is at least bonded to facing two sides of the support member, the optical element and the support member are placed in close contact with each other, and a thickness t of the support member, a length L of the support member, and a tensile force F of the optical element satisfy the relational expression of 0?F?1.

Abstract: An optical packaged body capable of preventing generation of a wrinkle, deflection, and warpage, and capable of being thinned is provided. The optical packaged body includes a support medium and a packaging film that covers the support medium in a state of being applied with shrinkage force. The packaging film has an optical function section that acts on light from a light source in at least one of a first region into which the light from the light source enters and a second region from which the light from the light source is emitted after passing through the optical packaged body when the light source is arranged on one face side of the optical packaged body.

Abstract: A diffusion plate includes a base body including a plurality of convex portions formed on a principal surface of the base body. An angle of inclination of the convex portions at a base of the convex portions ranges from 38° to 42°. Also, a ratio R/Cp between a curvature R of a summit of the convex portions and a pitch Cp between adjacent convex portions is 0.0014<R/Cp<0.43.

Abstract: The optical sheet includes a first lens sheet having a plurality of first three-dimensional structures arrayed to extend to one surface thereof, and a reflective polarizer sheet for transmitting either one of p-polarization component and s-polarization component of incident light and reflecting the other of p-polarization component and s-polarization component of the incident light. Head portions of the first three-dimensional structures are bonded to the reflective polarizer sheet.

Abstract: An electromagnetic distribution processing device calculates an electromagnetic distribution over areas that are spatially discretized. The electromagnetic distribution processing device includes an electromagnetic processing unit configured to calculate a physical amount of an electromagnetic current in each of the areas based on an electromagnetic field intensity; an electromagnetic change amount processing unit configured to calculate, for each of the areas, a temporal change amount of the physical amount of the electromagnetic current calculated by the electromagnetic processing unit; and a cumulative change amount processing unit configured to calculate, for each of the areas, a cumulative value that is obtained by accumulating the temporal change amounts of the physical amount of the electromagnetic current calculated by the electromagnetic change amount processing unit.

Abstract: An optical element covering member is provided which can suppress degradation in display performance caused by warping and undulation. The optical element covering member includes at least one optical element, a support medium supporting the optical element; and a covering member covering the optical element and the support medium. In the above optical element covering member, the covering member has a Vicat softening point of more than 85° C., and at least one surface of the covering member, which covers the support medium, has a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 85% to 160% of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the support medium.

Abstract: An e-mail processing system includes an e-mail received from an external apparatus through a network and a managing center that manages the information regarding spam mails. An e-mail system detects a spam mail from the received e-mail based on the information received from the managing center, and user PCs that receive a legitimate e-mail other than spam mails, through the e-mail system.

Abstract: An optical sheet has a large number of cylindrical lens elements provided successively on one of principal faces thereof. The cylindrical lens elements have a hyperboloidal face or a paraboloidal face and have a finite focal distance on the emission side of illumination light. Where a Z axis is taken in parallel to a normal line direction to the optical sheet and an X axis is taken in a direction of the row of the cylindrical lens elements, a cross sectional shape of the cylindrical lens elements satisfies Z=X2/(R+?{square root over ( )}(R2?(1+K)X2)) (where R is the radius of curvature of a distal end vertex, and K is a conic constant).

Abstract: An optical sheet has a large number of cylindrical lens elements provided successively on one of principal faces thereof. The cylindrical lens elements have a finite focal distance on the emission side of illumination light and have an aspheric face of a leftwardly and rightwardly symmetric sectional shape. Where a Z axis is taken in parallel to a normal line direction to the optical sheet and an X axis is taken in a direction of the row of the cylindrical lens elements, a cross sectional shape of the cylindrical lens elements satisfies Z=X2/(R+?{square root over ( )}(R2?(1+K)X2))+AX4+BX5+CX6+ . . . (where R is the radius of curvature of a distal end vertex, K is a conic constant, and A, B, C, . . . are aspheric coefficients).

Abstract: An optical element covering member capable of improving insufficiency in rigidity of the optical element while an increase in thickness of a liquid crystal display device or deterioration of display characteristics of the liquid crystal display device is reduced, a backlight provided with the optical element covering member, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The optical element covering member includes at least one optical element, a support medium for supporting the at least one optical element, and a covering member for covering the at least one optical element and the support medium. The at least one optical element and the support medium constitute a stack.

Abstract: An analyzing apparatus includes a result-data storing unit that determines whether result data that is calculated as a result of analysis is restorable by linear interpolation. If the result data is determined to be unrestorable by the linear interpolation, the result-data storing unit stores the result data in a predetermined storage unit. Moreover, the analyzing apparatus includes a data restoring unit that reads the result data from the storage unit. The data restoring unit performs the linear interpolation using the result data acquired, thereby restoring the result data.

Abstract: An optical element covering member includes: at least one optical element; a support medium supporting the at least one optical element; and a shrinkable covering member covering the at least one optical element and the support medium. In the optical element covering member, among sides forming primary surfaces of the support medium, at least one set of sides facing each other is covered with the covering member, and the following equation (1) is satisfied under conditions at a temperature of 70° C., 0?F?1.65×104×t/L ??(1) where t indicates the thickness of the support medium, L indicates the length of the side of the support medium covered with the covering member, F indicates a tensile force of the covering member, which acts in a direction parallel to the side having the length L.

Abstract: An optical packaged body capable of preventing generation of a wrinkle, deflection, and warpage, and capable of being thinned is provided. The optical packaged body includes a support medium and a packaging film that covers the support medium in a state of being applied with shrinkage force. The packaging film has an optical function section that acts on light from a light source in at least one of a first region into which the light from the light source enters and a second region from which the light from the light source is emitted after passing through the optical packaged body when the light source is arranged on one face side of the optical packaged body.

Abstract: An illuminating apparatus is provided and includes a plurality of point light sources in one plane and a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet overlapped in a region facing the plurality of point light sources. The plurality of point light sources are arranged in a first direction and also arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first optical sheet has a plurality of first three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the first direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the second direction. The second optical sheet has a plurality of second three-dimensional structures extending in a direction parallel to the second direction and arranged in a direction parallel to the first direction. Each of the second three-dimensional structures has a shape which generates a larger amount of return light from normal incident light as compared with the first three-dimensional structures.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a position acquiring unit that acquires position information concerning a current position of a mobile object; an extracting unit that extracts position information related to regions included on a road information sign; a calculating unit that, based on the position information concerning the current position of the mobile object and the position information related to the regions included on the road information sign, calculates distances to each of the regions from the current position of the mobile object; and a display control unit that sets, based on the distances calculated by the calculating unit, a display state for text indicating the regions included on the road information sign and displays, in the display state set and on a display screen, the road information sign having the text.