Abstract: An inkjet ink composition includes: (a) particles of a polymer compound having at least one reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, an acetoacetoxy group, a halomethyl group, a carboxylic acid anhydride, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a carboxy group; (b) a reactive compound having a functional group that reacts with the reactive functional group of the (a) particles of the polymer compound by energy application; (c) a coloring agent; and (d) a water-soluble organic solvent.

Abstract: Fluctuations in the thickness of resist films after imprinting are eliminated, in a nanoimprinting method that employs a fine pattern of protrusions and recesses. A nanoimprinting mold is produced by forming a fine pattern of protrusions and recesses on the surface of a substrate. A substrate having a surface shape after a mold release process is administered thereon and before the pattern of protrusions and recesses is formed with a 3? o value related to a height difference distribution within a range from 1 nm to 3 nm is employed as the substrate.

Abstract: A pattern is formed by forming, on a substrate, a resist layer made of oxonol-based dye, and by scanning the formed resist layer with a laser beam at a scan speed of higher than or equal to 1 m/s and lower than or equal to 30 m/s, and by developing the resist layer scanned with the laser beam using a developer containing alcohol as a main component.

Abstract: When an image is touched on a touch screen, the image is displayed as if a touched side of the image is pressed down and an opposite side of the touched side is lifted up. Priority levels of peripheral portions of the image are set in accordance with up and down of the image. Rendering priority between images to be overlapped is determined in accordance with a dominant-subordinate relationship between the priority levels of the peripheral portions of the respective images to be in contact. One of the images is displayed in an overlapped portion of the images based on the rendering priority.

Abstract: In order to prevent floating matters from attaching to a glass plate fixed on a leading end face of an endoscope insertion portion, gas-feed ports are formed around the glass plate. Between the glass plate and the gas-feed ports, a protective barrier is formed in a manner surrounding the glass plate. Ejection of gas through the gas-feed ports generates gas streams to remove unnecessary floating matters existing between the glass plate and an observation target from sight. The gas streams also generate secondary gas streams flowing toward the glass plate. Some of the secondary gas streams are drawn forward with the primary gas streams, while the other of the secondary gas streams collide with the protective barrier. The secondary gas streams cannot flow along the surface of the glass plate, which prevents floating matters flowing with the secondary gas streams from attaching to the surface of the glass plate.

Abstract: First and second white light is generated by excitations of phosphors with first and second laser beams having center wavelengths of 473 nm and 445 nm, respectively. The first and second white light is applied, in respective frames, sequentially to a region of interest in a subject. A color image sensor images the region of interest in the each frame. Based on a shift amount, calculated from green signals of first and second frames, between images, an image of a blue signal of the first frame is moved to be aligned with an image of a green signal and an image of a red signal of the second frame. After the alignment, an oxygen saturation image representing an oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood is produced from the blue signal of the first frame and green and red signals of the second frame, and displayed on a display.

Abstract: An imaging device for an imaging apparatus adapted to image an object through an image formation lens includes: a light receiving section having a plurality of light receiving elements; a microlens section having a plurality of microlenses respectively provided corresponding to a plurality of the light receiving elements to make the corresponding light receiving elements receive an object light beam that passed through the image formation lens; a control section adapted to control shapes of the plurality of the microlenses so as to control pupil regions in an exit pupil of the image formation lens that pass a light beam that should be received by each of the plurality of the light receiving elements; and an image signal generation section adapted to generate an image signal of an image of the object based on imaging signals of the plurality of the light receiving elements.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition that can form an image in which bleeding caused when the image is recorded by an ink jet method is inhibited and which has excellent toughness and glossiness and shows excellent adhesiveness with respect to various substrates, even when being dried at a low temperature. The ink composition is an ink composition for an ink jet including (a) an alkyl(meth)acrylate copolymer which contains an alkyl(meth)acrylate having 7 to 22 carbon atoms in total and a repeating unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid and has an acid value of 1.3 mmol/g to 2.0 mmol/g in an unneutralized state, and (b) an aqueous medium containing water.

Abstract: A liquid supplying mechanism includes a control unit that controls a first pressure adjusting unit and a second pressure adjusting unit by control parameters each having a given initial value on the basis of a supply pressure detected by a first detecting unit and a discharge pressure detected by a second detecting unit, respectively, so that the supply pressure is higher than the discharge pressure while a back pressure at a nozzle surface is maintained at a given value, and when deviations of the detected supply pressure and the detected discharge pressure with respect to the corresponding target pressure value exceed a given reference value, controls each of the first pressure adjusting unit and the second pressure adjusting unit by changing the control parameters from the initial values.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a head including: a nozzle configured to eject liquid; a supply port to which the liquid is continuously supplied; and a recovery port from which the liquid is continuously recovered; a supply flow channel through which the liquid is supplied to the head; and a recovery flow channel through which the liquid is recovered from the head. A flow channel resistance inside the head from the supply port to the nozzle is R_HEAD_IN. A flow channel resistance inside the head from the nozzle to the recovery port is R_HEAD_OUT. A flow channel resistance of the supply flow channel is R_CHANNEL_IN. A flow channel resistance of the recovery flow channel is R_CHANNEL_OUT. The supply and recovery flow channels are laid out so as to satisfy a condition of R_CHANNEL_IN>R_CHANNEL_OUT when R_HEAD_IN>R_HEAD_OUT, or a condition of R_CHANNEL_IN<R_CHANNEL_OUT when R_HEAD_IN<R_HEAD_OUT.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a device control unit that performs a driving in which a first captured image signal during a first exposure period and a second captured image signal during each of second exposure periods are read by sequentially exposing second photoelectric conversion elements for the second exposure periods while exposing first photoelectric conversion elements for the first exposure period, and an image processing unit that performs a processing in which a captured image signal with a dynamic range is generated by using the first captured image signal and at least one of the second captured image signals, and the processing includes plural types of processings where numbers of the second captured image signals to be used are different.

Abstract: A radiation detection device includes a radiation detection sensor, a first integration section, a second integration section and a determination section. The first integration section obtains a first integration value by integrating values expressed by signals output from the sensor over a predetermined period of time. The second integration section obtains a second integration value by integrating amounts of change per specific time duration in values expressed by the signals output from the sensor over the predetermined period of time. The determination section determines whether or not radiation has been detected by the sensor based on a ratio of the first integration value to the second integration value.

Abstract: An aspect of a recording defect inspection method for an image recording apparatus includes: a recording step of sequentially recording test patterns of respective recording heads onto a recording medium, an image capturing step of capturing an image of a test pattern recorded on the recording medium by means of a scanner, an analysis step of analyzing the captured test pattern and detecting a recording defect of the recording head which has recorded the test pattern, an evaluation frequency setting step of setting an evaluation frequency for each of the recording heads on the basis of a recording defect occurrence frequency for each recording head, and a control step of setting a frequency of each of the recording heads in the test patterns to the set evaluation frequency.

Abstract: There is provided a tape guiding member including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound or is trained; a flange main body that is provided at the hub, and that restricts a position in a transverse direction of the recording tape; a tape contacting layer that is formed in a shape of a sheet of a material that is different from a material that structures the flange main body, and that is superposed on a surface, at the recording tape side, of the flange main body; and a holding portion that is provided at the flange main body, and covers an outer peripheral edge portion of the tape contacting layer from the recording tape side, and holds the tape contacting layer at the flange main body.

Abstract: A mirror driving device can include: a mirror part having a reflection surface configured to reflect light; mirror support parts formed at portions of the mirror part diagonal to each other; and a first actuator and a second actuator placed so as to surround the mirror part, wherein the first actuator and the second actuator each have a structure in which a plurality of first piezoelectric cantilevers with a longitudinal direction oriented to a direction of a first axis and a plurality of second piezoelectric cantilevers with a longitudinal direction oriented to a second axis are coupled together so as to be folded, and each of the first actuator and the second actuator has one end connected to the mirror part via a relevant one of the mirror support parts and another end connected to a fixing part near the mirror support part to which the one end is coupled.

Abstract: An AEC signal is transmitted and received always in a wireless manner between a wireless communicator of an electronic cassette and a wireless communicator of a control device, regardless of the presence or absence of wired communication. If communication failure occurs in the wired communication and X-ray image data cannot be transmitted in a wired manner, a memory of the electronic cassette temporarily stores the X-ray image data. Since the AEC signal is wirelessly transmitted, X-ray imaging is continued even if the wired communication is unusable. A cause of the communication failure is more easily identified in wireless communication than in the wired communication. Thus, even if the communication failure occurs in the wireless communication, the wireless communication quickly recovers from the failure and downtime of an X-ray imaging system does not become too long.

Abstract: A detection field setting unit of a console sets a detection field of detection pixels of an electronic cassette which are used to detect the dose of X-rays passing through a subject so as to correspond to each irradiation position on the basis of irradiation positions of an X-ray source set by a driving condition setting unit and ROI information such as the position and the size of a region of interest (ROI) of the subject M input through an input device and the height thereof from a radiography platform. The electronic cassette performs an automatic exposure control of detecting the dose of X-rays by the use of the detection pixels in the detection field set by the detection field setting unit of the console and automatically controlling the irradiation dose of X-rays on the basis of the detected dose, when performing a radiographing operation at the irradiation positions.

Abstract: According to the present invention, recording density information indicating a recording density of a plurality of recording elements is acquired on the basis of a test chart for density measurement output to a recording medium after carrying out recording defect correction in respect of existing recording elements having a recording defect, recording elements which record in the periphery of a new recording element having a recording defect are extracted as correction hold recording elements on the basis of a test chart for recording defect detection output to the recording medium, predetermined density correction values are set in respect of the correction hold recording elements, density correction values calculated on the basis of the acquired recording density information are set in respect of recording elements other than the correction hold recording elements, and output image data is output to the recording medium on the basis of the set density correction values.

Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a photographing device for obtaining two images through photographing from different positions, a three-dimensional processing device for generating a stereoscopic image from the two images, a display device capable of both a two-dimensional display and a stereoscopic display, an input device for receiving an instruction to start changing a parallax level of the stereoscopic image and an instruction to change the parallax level, and a display control device for changing stereoscopic display of the stereoscopic image into two-dimensional display of the two images overlapped with each other in a response to the instruction to start changing the parallax level inputted when the stereoscopic image is stereoscopically displayed as a live view image, and two-dimensionally displaying the two images with changing the parallax level of the images in a response to the instruction to change the parallax level.

Abstract: Provided are a polarization beam splitter 69 disposed between a subject side finder window 16 and a photographer side observation window 17 and disposed to be obliquely inclined at 45 degrees with respect to an optical axis L of an incident light from the subject side finder window 16, a polarizing filter installed at the incident light entering side of the polarization beam splitter 69 and configured to reflect or cut the s-polarized wave of the incident light; and a display device 61 configured to project a display information of the s-polarized wave on the polarization beam splitter 69 and project the display information reflected from the polarization beam splitter 69 in a direction of the photographer side observation window 17.