Abstract: A spring member is provided between two pressed bodies facing each other in a first direction and includes base plates stacked in the first direction. Each base plate is provided with spring protrusions protruding toward either one pressed body of the two pressed bodies and pressing the two pressed bodies in directions such that the pressed bodies move away from each other in the first direction. Between two base plates adjacent to each other in the first direction, a base plate positioned closer to the one pressed body is provided with an insertion hole into which a spring protrusion of the other base plate is inserted in a state of penetrating therethrough in the first direction. Among portions in an along-plane direction along a plane orthogonal to the first direction provided with the spring protrusions, the spring constant of at least one portion is different from that of another portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting element including: a first electrode; a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains at least a first compound in which a naphthalene ring and a tricyclic or higher cyclic fused ring are bonded together by a single bond and a second compound in which the naphthalene ring and the fused polycyclic ring of the first compound are further cyclized.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode; and a light-emitting layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a first compound represented by the following formula [1] and a second compound represented by the following formula [2]. In the following formula [1], L denotes a bidentate ligand with a main backbone of naphtho[2,1-f]isoquinoline or phenanthro[2,1-f]isoquinoline.

Abstract: An organic compound represented by the following formula [1]: Ar is selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group. R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a substituent. m and n are selected from integers of 1 or more and 3 or less.

Abstract: An organic compound is represented by general formula [1-1]. In general formula [1-1], X is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, or a tellurium atom, and R1 to R18 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, and a cyano group.

Abstract: An asymmetric flow field flow fractionation apparatus 1 is provided with a separation cell having a semi-permeable membrane. Each flow path is connected to the separation cell. A mobile phase that has passed through the semi-permeable membrane of the separation cell flows through a crossflow discharge flow path. The crossflow discharge flow path is provided with a flow controller 14 for adjusting the flow rate. A voltage control unit 332 applies a voltage according to a set flow rate to the flow controller 14 when the set flow rate of the mobile phase of the crossflow discharge flow path is constant, and applies a voltage in which an offset is added to the voltage according to the set flow rate to the flow controller 14 to the flow controller 14 when the set flow rate of the crossflow discharge flow path mobile phase increases.

Abstract: A print method in which carrying, cutting and printing of a continuous medium are performed according to print data includes a step of generating the print data that includes; a copy unit printing designation, a cut page number and a page number equalization designation; and a step of determining whether or not the page number equalization designation is included in the print data and whether or not a total number of print pages in printing the print data in the copy units is not a multiple of the cut page number, a step of inserting one or more of blank pages into the print data in order to make the total number of print pages, to which the blank pages are added, equal to the multiple of the cut page number when the page number equalization designation is included and the total number of print pages is not the multiple of the cut page number.

Abstract: A print method in which carrying, cutting and printing of a continuous medium are performed according to print data includes a step of generating the print data that includes; a copy unit printing designation, a cut page number and a page number equalization designation; and a step of determining whether or not the page number equalization designation is included in the print data and whether or not a total number of print pages in printing the print data in the copy units is not a multiple of the cut page number, a step of inserting one or more of blank pages into the print data in order to make the total number of print pages, to which the blank pages are added, equal to the multiple of the cut page number when the page number equalization designation is included and the total number of print pages is not the multiple of the cut page number.

Abstract: There is provided a recording medium having a printer driver embodied therein, the printer driver causing, when executed by a processor, the processor to implement a method. The method includes: receiving, with the processor, an input of information that includes an instruction on setting a first region; and generating, with the processor, frame data that includes a first frame and an instruction marker. The first region is included in a medium region that corresponds to a print medium. The first frame surrounds the first region. The instruction marker is adapted to give an instruction on setting a position of the first frame in the medium region.

Abstract: Embodiments may include a reception processor that receives image data corresponding to an image including a plurality of image objects. A controller may determine whether image objects are in contact with a boundary of a printing area of medium, and, based on a result of the determination, may perform expansion processing on one of the plurality of image objects that is in contact with the boundary of the printing area of the medium to expand image objects in contact with the boundary of the printing area and does not perform expansion processing on image objects not in contact with the boundary of the printing area of the medium such image objects not in contact with the boundary of the printing area are not expanded. Expansion image data including the expanded image objects and image objects on which expansion processing is not performed may be generated and output.

Abstract: There is provided a recording medium having a printer driver embodied therein, the printer driver causing, when executed by a processor, the processor to implement a method. The method includes: receiving, with the processor, an input of information that includes an instruction on setting a first region; and generating, with the processor, frame data that includes a first frame and an instruction marker. The first region is included in a medium region that corresponds to a print medium. The first frame surrounds the first region. The instruction marker is adapted to give an instruction on setting a position of the first frame in the medium region.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a data-loading unit that loads print data of a print image including one or more pieces of image data; an expansion-target detector that detects image data targeted for expansion, from among the image data included in the print data; an identification unit that identifies a characteristic of an image based on the image data targeted for expansion; an expansion processor that performs expansion processing on the image data targeted for expansion according to the characteristic of the image based on the image data targeted for expansion, thereby generating expansion image data; and an expansion-print-data generator that generates expansion print data based on the expansion image data.

Abstract: There is disclosed a transflective liquid crystal display having pixels each including a reflective region and a transmissive region. The aperture ratio of the pixels can be enhanced. End portions of two adjacent color filters are overlapped to form an optically shielding portion for each pixel. The optically shielding portion and the reflective region cooperate to form an optically shielding film acting as a black matrix for the transmissive region. The aperture ratio is enhanced by improving the positional relationship between the reflective regions and the color filters.

Abstract: There is disclosed a transflective liquid crystal display having pixels each including a reflective region and a transmissive region. The aperture ratio of the pixels can be enhanced. End portions of two adjacent color filters are overlapped to form an optically shielding portion for each pixel. The optically shielding portion and the reflective region cooperate to form an optically shielding film acting as a black matrix for the transmissive region. The aperture ratio is enhanced by improving the positional relationship between the reflective regions and the color filters.

Abstract: The present invention realizes an image display of high quality by eliminating a defective display which is attributed to a stepped portion of a light shielding film which is generated in a boundary region by exposure of two or more times using an exposure mask having a size smaller than a size of a display region. Assuming a width of a scanning line GL as WG, a width of a common line CL as WC, an interval between the scanning line GL and the common line CL as WP, and a width of a light shielding film BM1 as WBM, the relationship WBM<WG+WC+WP is established. Further, both end peripheries of the light shielding film BM1 are positioned between an end periphery of the scanning line GL at a side opposite to the common line CL and an end periphery of the common line CL at a side opposite to the scanning line GL.

Abstract: The present invention realizes an image display of high quality by eliminating a defective display which is attributed to a stepped portion of a light shielding film which is generated in a boundary region by exposure of two or more times using an exposure mask having a size smaller than a size of a display region. Assuming a width of a scanning line GL as WG, a width of a common line CL as WC, an interval between the scanning line GL and the common line CL as WP, and a width of a light shielding film BM1 as WBM, the relationship WBM<WG+WC+WP is established. Further, both end peripheries of the light shielding film BM1 are positioned between an end periphery of the scanning line GL at a side opposite to the common line CL and an end periphery of the common line CL at a side opposite to the scanning line GL.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate having switching elements formed for respective pixel electrodes thereon and a second substrate having color filters and a common electrode formed on a main surface thereof, the present invention provides a plurality of columnar spacers formed on both areas of the second substrate inside and outside the common electrode, covers a group of the columnar spacers formed on the common electrode with an alignment film, and arranges another group of the columnar spacers formed around the common electrode at both sides of a sealing material sticking the first substrate and the second substrate to one another. According to the present invention, the group of the columnar spacers fixed to the second substrate with the alignment film firmly secures a gap between the first and second substrates in cooperation with the another group of the columnar spacers arranged so as to compensate for deformation of the sealing material.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate having switching elements formed for respective pixel electrodes thereon and a second substrate having color filters and a common electrode formed on a main surface thereof, the present invention provides a plurality of columnar spacers formed on both areas of the second substrate inside and outside the common electrode, covers a group of the columnar spacers formed on the common electrode with an alignment film, and arranges another group of the columnar spacers formed around the common electrode at both sides of a sealing material sticking the first substrate and the second substrate to one another. According to the present invention, the group of the columnar spacers fixed to the second substrate with the alignment film firmly secures a gap between the first and second substrates in cooperation with the another group of the columnar spacers arranged so as to compensate for deformation of the sealing material.

Abstract: A magnetron having an anode cylinder, cooling fins fixed thereto, permanent magnets vertically superposed on the anode cylinder and a yoke, serving as a magnetic path, for surrounding these components. The cooling fins extend on the windward direction to facilitate a discharge of the air in the orthogonal direction to the air blowing direction by an arrangement such that an outer width of the fins and a width of the yoke or the former is equalized to a diameter of the anode cylinder. Also included are a dielectric heater having a heating space for accommodating materials for heating and a space for accommodating the magnetron, an inverter power supply and a cooling air blower. The cooling air is discharged to the heating space and/or to the outside via a vent hole formed in a partition wall after impinging on the anode cylinder while cooling the fins.