Abstract: A semiconductor device (10) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a driving section (40) that drives an object to be driven; an abnormality detecting circuit (30), which is one example of an instruction circuit that outputs an instruction signal to the driving section (40); and a light amount detecting section (20) that detects an amount of incident light and invalidates the instruction signal output from the abnormality detecting circuit (30) in accordance with the amount of incident light.

Abstract: A display system with high display quality in which display unevenness is reduced is provided. The display system includes a processing unit and a display portion. The processing unit generates second image data by using first image data. The display portion displays an image on the basis of the second image data. The processing unit includes three layers. The first image data is supplied to the first layer. The first image data contains a plurality of pieces of data. The plurality of pieces of data each correspond to any one of the plurality of pixels. The first layer generates first arithmetic data by making the number of data corresponding to one pixel larger than the number of the first image data by using the first image data. The second layer generates second arithmetic data by multiplying the first arithmetic data by a weight coefficient.

Abstract: A display system with high display quality in which display unevenness is reduced is provided. The display system includes a processing unit and a display portion. The processing unit generates second image data by using first image data. The display portion displays an image on the basis of the second image data. The processing unit includes three layers. The first image data is supplied to the first layer. The first image data contains a plurality of pieces of data. The plurality of pieces of data each correspond to any one of the plurality of pixels. The first layer generates first arithmetic data by making the number of data corresponding to one pixel larger than the number of the first image data by using the first image data. The second layer generates second arithmetic data by multiplying the first arithmetic data by a weight coefficient.

Abstract: A novel display system is provided. The display system includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion includes a controller and a memory device. The display portion has a function of displaying an image. The controller has a function of outputting a signal for controlling a refresh rate of the image. The memory device has a function of storing data including data indicating a recognition state of the image and data on whether a flicker is recognized in the recognition state by a user or not. The controller has a function of changing the refresh rate of the image with reference to the data stored in the memory device when data on whether a flicker is recognized or not is input by the user.

Abstract: liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel, a common electrode positioned to face the liquid discharge head, and a control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to each of the plurality of electrodes to control the plurality of electrodes as a discharging electrode, which is to discharge a liquid, or as a non-discharging electrode, which is to discharge no liquid, wherein the control unit adjusts a value of the voltage to be applied to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode, based on the voltage to be applied to the electrode adjacent to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode.

Abstract: A novel display system is provided. The display system includes a display portion and a control portion. The control portion includes a controller and a memory device. The display portion has a function of displaying an image. The controller has a function of outputting a signal for controlling a refresh rate of the image. The memory device has a function of storing data including data indicating a recognition state of the image and data on whether a flicker is recognized in the recognition state by a user or not. The controller has a function of changing the refresh rate of the image with reference to the data stored in the memory device when data on whether a flicker is recognized or not is input by the user.

Abstract: liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel, a common electrode positioned to face the liquid discharge head, and a control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to each of the plurality of electrodes to control the plurality of electrodes as a discharging electrode, which is to discharge a liquid, or as a non-discharging electrode, which is to discharge no liquid, wherein the control unit adjusts a value of the voltage to be applied to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode, based on the voltage to be applied to the electrode adjacent to the electrode that is to be driven as the non-discharging electrode.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes an endless attraction member (200) attracting a sheet and rotating, and the attraction member (200) includes a plurality of electrode pattern areas. Each of the electrode pattern areas includes first and second electrodes (510 and 511) supplied the voltages from a power feed portion respectively. The electrode pattern areas are arrayed in the circumferential direction in such a manner that the electrode pattern areas are electrically insulated each other, and each circumferential direction length of the electrode pattern areas is set shorter than a circumferential direction length, between the power feed portion and the discharge portion, of the attraction member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL light-emitting device in which a permeation and diffusion of moisture from outside are prevented and a stable light-emitting characteristic is able to be maintained for a long period. The present invention relates to an organic EL light-emitting device comprising a sealing layer, a hygroscopic layer and a protective layer, which are aligned on the back of an organic electroluminescence element under a predetermined condition, wherein the sealing layer and the protective layer are constituted from a specific material, whereby it is possible to maintain a stable light-emitting characteristic for a long period together with suppressing the deterioration caused by moisture being permeated from outside.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member, a toner supplying member, and a carrier recovering member configured to recover magnetic carrier particles from the toner supplying member. An outer surface of the toner supplying member includes a plurality of protrusion portions with a regular interval between adjacent protrusion portions. The regular interval is equal to or larger than a particle diameter of a toner particle having an average particle diameter from among the particle diameters of the toner particles and smaller than a carrier particle diameter of a magnetic carrier particle having an average particle diameter from among the particle diameters of the magnetic carrier particles. The protrusion portions protrude from the remainder of the outer surface of the toner supplying member with a height that is smaller than the average particle diameter of the toner particles.

Abstract: A developing device configured to develop an electrostatic image includes a developing member and a carrier recovering member. An outer surface of the developing member includes a plurality of protrusion portions which extend in a direction intersecting a toner particle carrying direction and are aligned with a regular interval between adjacent protrusion portions. The regular interval is equal to or larger than a particle diameter of a toner particle having an average particle diameter from among the toner particles and smaller than a carrier particle diameter of a magnetic carrier particle having an average particle diameter from among the magnetic carrier particles. The protrusion portions protrude from the outer surface of the developing member with a height that is smaller than the average particle diameter of the toner particles, and the developing member contacts with the image bearing member at a developing portion.

Abstract: A toner bearing member has a plurality of convex portions formed on the surface thereof and extended in a direction crossing a developer carrying direction. An opening width between the adjacent convex portions in the developer carrying direction is equal to or greater than a particle diameter of a toner and less than a particle diameter of a carrier. The convex portion has a height equal to or less than the particle diameter of the toner 11. At a developing portion at which the toner bearing member and an image bearing member face each other to develop an electrostatic image, the toner bearing member and the image bearing member are moved so as to have a relative velocity difference.

Abstract: Provided is a developing device including a toner carrying member which carries a toner, a toner supplying member which transports the toner to the toner carrying member, wherein an outer layer surface of the toner supplying member includes a plurality of protrusion portions which extend in a direction intersecting a toner transporting direction, an aperture width in the toner transporting direction between the adjacent protrusion portions is equal to or larger than a particle diameter of the toner and smaller than a particle diameter of the carrier, and a height of the protrusion portions is equal to or smaller than the particle diameter of the toner, and wherein the toner supplying member and the toner carrying member are movable so as to have a relative velocity difference in a toner supplying portion where the toner is supplied from the toner supplying member to the toner carrying member.

Abstract: The developing device includes a developing container that stores a developer including a non-magnetic toner and a magnetic carrier, a toner bearing member that bears the toner and conveys the toner to a developing portion and a separating portion wherein a surface of the toner bearing member includes a plurality of recess structures. A percentage of the recess structures per unit area in a toner bearing region of the toner bearing member is equal to or larger than 55%.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearing member, a second image bearing member, a developing device for forming a toner image on the basis of an electrostatic latent image formed on the first image bearing member, and an electrostatic latent image forming portion for forming an electrostatic latent image mark on the first image bearing member. In addition, a detecting portion detects a position of the electrostatic latent image mark, and an adjusting portion adjusts, on the basis of a detection result of the position of the electrostatic latent image mark, superposition between the toner image formed on the first image bearing member and the toner image formed on the second image bearing member. An electrostatic latent image which is undetectable by the detecting portion is formed between a formation region of the toner image on the first image bearing member and a formation region of the electrostatic latent image mark on the first image bearing member.

Abstract: The developing device includes: a developing container that stores a developer including a non-magnetic toner and a magnetic carrier; a toner bearing member that bears the toner and conveys the toner to a developing portion; and a separating portion wherein a surface of the toner bearing member includes a plurality of recess structures in which a smallest opening width R is equal to or larger than rt10 and equal to or smaller than rc10, and a depth D is equal to or larger than rt10/2, where rt10 is a particle diameter in which an accumulated number distribution in a toner granularity distribution is 10%, and rc10 is a particle diameter in which an accumulated number distribution in a carrier granularity distribution is 10%; and a percentage of the recess structures per unit area in a toner bearing region of the toner bearing member is equal to or larger than 55%.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL light-emitting device in which a permeation and diffusion of moisture from outside are prevented and a stable light-emitting characteristic is able to be maintained for a long period. The present invention relates to an organic EL light-emitting device comprising a sealing layer, a hygroscopic layer and a protective layer, which are aligned on the back of an organic electroluminescence element under a predetermined condition, wherein the sealing layer and the protective layer are constituted from a specific material, whereby it is possible to maintain a stable light-emitting characteristic for a long period together with suppressing the deterioration caused by moisture being permeated from outside.

Abstract: A biochemical processing apparatus for performing biochemical processing in a container having a plurality of wells capable of holding liquid includes an opening/closing mechanism configured to open or close a lid capable of hermetically and selectively sealing the plurality of wells.