Abstract: An imprint apparatus is operable to perform an imprint process, which is for forming a pattern on an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, for each of shot regions of the substrate. The apparatus includes a controller configured to control alignment between the mold and the substrate. The controller determines a target position obtained by adding a predetermined additional amount to a movement amount of a substrate stage according to a positional deviation between the mold and the substrate, starts movement of the stage towards the determined target position, and starts curing of the imprint material by a curing device at a timing at which the detected positional deviation falls within an allowable range during the movement of the stage.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element which exhibits low scattering and high sharpness of diffracted light, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: Provided are an image display unit and a head-mounted display where the size is small, the light utilization efficiency is high, and a decrease in image quality is small. The image display unit includes: an image display apparatus; a polarization diffraction element that diffracts light emitted from the image display apparatus; and a polarizing plate that allows transmission of the polarized light diffracted by the polarization diffraction element and absorbs light not diffracted by the polarization diffraction element, in which the polarization diffraction element is a polarization diffraction lens having a lens function, and in a case where a focal length of the polarization diffraction lens is represented by f and a distance between the image display apparatus and the polarization diffraction lens is represented by d, d?f is satisfied.

Abstract: An object is to provide a liquid crystal diffraction element that has small wavelength dependence of diffraction efficiency and diffracts light having the same wavelength at the same angle, an optical element including the liquid crystal diffraction element, and an image display unit, a head-mounted display, a beam steering, and a sensor including the liquid crystal diffraction element or the optical element.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light deflection device having a simple structure suitable for reducing the size and weight where a deflection angle can be increased. The object can be achieved with a light deflection device including: a light deflection element that deflects incident light in one direct to be emitted; a driving unit that drives the light deflection element; and a diffraction element that is disposed on a light emission side of the light deflection element in which a periodic structure pitch gradually changes from a center of deflection from the light deflection element toward an outside.

Abstract: A method of providing a dental mouthpiece comprises: an oral cavity shape acquisition step for acquiring the shape of the oral cavity; a design requirement specification step of receiving a selected range and an amount of a medicine as design requirements; and a design step for outputting design on the basis of the shape of the oral cavity and the range and amount of application of the medicine, design data of a dental mouthpiece that is provided with a space for the medicine and is able to retain the above-mentioned amount of the medicine in the application range.

Abstract: An aspect of this disclosure is to provide a battery wiring module that enables the case to stably hold bus bars. A battery wiring module (10) according to an aspect of this disclosure includes a plate-shaped bus bar (11) to be connected to a secondary battery (BT); and a case (12) that holds the bus bar (11). Also, the case (12) includes a holding portion (33) that holds the bus bar (11), and a regulating portion (34) that regulates rotation of the bus bar (11) about the holding portion (33) when the bus bar (11) is viewed in the plate thickness direction of the bus bar (11), i.e., in the height direction (Z).

Abstract: An imprint method of performing an imprint process for a shot region of a substrate using a mold is provided. The substrate includes a valid region where a chip is to be formed, and an invalid region outside the valid region where no chip is to be formed, and the invalid region is a region formed by etching an outer region outside the valid region. The method includes deciding, based on a height difference between the valid region and the invalid region, an imprint condition for a partial shot region defined by an outer edge of the valid region, and performing the imprint process for the partial shot region in accordance with the decided imprint condition.

Abstract: -- A first cover includes: a cover body portion that covers a wire insertion portion, a first engaging portion that extends from the cover body portion to a case body side, and is engaged with a first engagement portion of the case body, and a second engaging portion that extends from the cover body portion to the case body, and is engaged with a second engagement portion of the case body. A length in an extending direction of the first engaging portion is set longer than a length in an extending direction of the second engaging portion. Moreover, the case body includes a first regulation portion that abuts against a leading end portion in the extending direction of the first engaging portion when the first engaging portion is about to be engaged with the second engagement portion, and regulates displacement of the first engaging portion in an attachment direction.

Abstract: One problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a battery wiring module that can facilitate parts control. A case (12) includes a first case body (21) including first wire inserting portions (31), a second case body (22) including second wire inserting portions (41), first covers (24) attached to the first case body (21) to cover the first wire inserting portions (31), and second covers (25) attached to the second case body (22) to cover the second wire inserting portions (41). Furthermore, the first covers (24) and the second covers (25) have shapes identical to each other.

Abstract: An optical element comprising: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by cholesteric alignment of a liquid crystal compound, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a helical pitch of a helical axis direction in the cholesteric alignment gradually changes in a thickness direction of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a peak of reflection at each of a first wavelength ? and a second wavelength ?/2.

Abstract: A transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes a rod-like liquid crystal layer where a rod-like liquid crystal compound is aligned and a disk-like liquid crystal layer where a disk-like liquid crystal compound is aligned that are alternately laminated, in which each of the liquid crystal layers has a predetermined liquid crystal alignment pattern, rotation directions of optical axes in the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same, single periods of the liquid crystal alignment patterns are the same, a thickness direction retardation |Rth| of each of the liquid crystal layers is 65 nm or less, and at an interface between the liquid crystal layers, longitudinal directions of the liquid crystal compounds match with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for forming a pattern in an imprint material on a substrate using an original, comprising: an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the substrate; and a processor configured to perform, based on fine-detection marks and rough-detection marks in the image obtained by the image capturing unit, an alignment process of the original and the substrate in forming the pattern in the imprint material, and overlay inspection of the substrate and the pattern formed in the imprint material, wherein the processor is configured to change, between the alignment process and the overlay inspection, a rough-detection mark group to be used to specify positions of fine-detection marks in the image obtained by the image capturing unit.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element that can make the brightness of light emitted from a light guide plate uniform and a light guide element. The liquid crystal diffraction element includes: an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed of a composition including a liquid crystal compound, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound continuously rotates in at least one in-plane direction, and a diffraction efficiency of the optically-anisotropic layer increases from one side to another side in the one in-plane direction.

Abstract: An optically anisotropic film is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction of the optically anisotropic film, and the optically anisotropic film satisfies predetermined requirements.

Abstract: An optical element includes an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group, in which a ratio of a bend elastic constant K33 to a splay elastic constant K11 in the liquid crystal composition satisfies 0.8?K33/K11?1.2 at any temperature of a nematic temperature range, and the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition includes: at least one of a compound represented by Formula (I) or a compound represented by Formula (II); and a rod-like liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group that does not correspond to both of Formula (I) and Formula (II)

Abstract: Provided are an optical element that can make the brightness of light emitted from a light guide plate uniform, a light guide element, and an image display device. The optical element includes a patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer that is obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, in which the patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and the patterned cholesteric liquid crystal layer has regions having different pitches of helical structures in a plane.

Abstract: A transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes a first optically-anisotropic layer and a second optically-anisotropic layer each of which has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, in which a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the first optically-anisotropic layer and a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the second optically-anisotropic layer are opposite to each other, and a single period of the liquid crystal alignment pattern in the first optically-anisotropic layer and a single period of the liquid crystal alignment pattern in the second optically-anisotropic layer are the same.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light deflection device having a simple structure suitable for reducing the size and weight where a deflection angle can be increased. The object can be achieved with a light deflection device including: a light deflection element that deflects incident light in one direct to be emitted; a driving unit that drives the light deflection element; and a diffraction element that is disposed on a light emission side of the light deflection element in which a periodic structure pitch gradually changes from a center of deflection from the light deflection element toward an outside.