Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including an LCD panel modulating light transmissivities of plural pixels disposed in a matrix form on the basis of respective gradation data; an illumination device for irradiating light to the respective pixels while a ratio (duty ratio) of a lighting time in one frame period is changed; and a display data conversion part for calculating respective lightnesses and a lightness histogram from the respective gradation data, determining a threshold lightness from the lightness histogram on the basis of a previously determined ratio of pixels to be saturated in brightness, processing the respective gradation data on the basis of the threshold lightness to output them to the LCD panel, and outputting duty ratio data to change the duty ratio to the illumination device.

Abstract: In a lighting unit, fluorescent lights and LEDs of different spectroscopic characteristics are alternately arranged in a direction X on an irradiation plane. Light sources of equal light intensity are arranged in a certain pitch for the fluorescent lights such that a uniform light amount is achieved around end portions in the direction X. The LEDs include LEDs aligned on a bottom surface of a chassis and LEDs arranged on an inner sidewall surface of the chassis. As a result, a lighting unit having a uniform amount of light across an entire irradiation plane is achieved.

Abstract: Provided is the following novel pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a moderately weak adhesion during a time period from a production process (during its production) to the time of the accomplishment of the product as a result of the completion of the production (immediately after the production). Accordingly, a peeling failure and the occurrence of a wrinkle resulting from strong adherence of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to a roll or the like at the time of the production can be sufficiently suppressed. As a result, stable product supply can be performed. On the other hand, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape can express a sufficiently strong adhesion for an adherend after a lapse of a predetermined time from the production (e.g., at the time of its use).

Abstract: Provided is the following novel pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that expresses a sufficiently strong adhesion for an adherend. The adhesion of the novel pressure-sensitive adhesive tape in its production process is controlled so as to be moderately weak. Accordingly, a peeling failure and the occurrence of a wrinkle are sufficiently suppressed, and hence stable product supply is performed.

Abstract: Provided is the following base material for a surface protective sheet. The slipping property of the back surface of the sheet is moderately excellent, and scratches in the surface of an adherend laminated to contact the back surface of the sheet can be suppressed. Also provided is a surface protective sheet containing such base material for a surface protective sheet. The base material for a surface protective sheet of the present invention is a base material for a surface protective sheet including a base material layer (A), in which: at least one surface of the base material for a surface protective sheet is the surface of the base material layer (A); the base material layer (A) contains a polyolefin-based resin as a main component; the base material layer (A) contains polymer fine particles having an average particle diameter of 3 to 20 ?m at a content of 0.

Abstract: In a lighting unit, fluorescent lights and LEDs having different spectroscopic characteristics are alternately arranged in a direction X on an irradiation plane. The fluorescent lights are arranged in certain intervals so as to provide uniform light intensity even around the end portions of the direction X. The LEDs installed at the ends of the direction X have a light intensity that is weaker than that of other LEDs in order to provide uniform light intensity around the end portions. As a result, the lighting unit provides uniform light intensity across the entire irradiation surface.

Abstract: A lighting device 12 of the present invention includes a light source 33, a chassis 14 configured to house the light source 33, a heat conductive part 24 that transfers heat generated from the light source 33, and a columnar member 50 that keeps a shape of the chassis 14. The columnar member 50 is configured by a hollow member that is provided on a side of the chassis 14 opposite from a side facing the light source 33, and the hollow member has an openings 52a, 52b that communicate inside with outside of the hollow member. The heat conductive part 24 is provided on a part of the chassis 14 that overlaps with the light source 33 and extends from the part overlapping with the light source 33 to a part of the chassis 14 that overlaps with the columnar member 50.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a liquid crystal display module 11 and a pair of exterior members 13, 14. The liquid crystal display module 11 includes a liquid crystal panel 15 and LEDs 21b. The liquid crystal panel 15 is configured to display images and the LEDs 21b are arranged on a surface that is substantially perpendicular to a display surface 15a of the liquid crystal panel 15. The exterior members 13, 14 house the liquid crystal display module 11 therein and one of the exterior members 13, 14 is provided close to the display surface 15a and another one of the exterior members 13, 14 is provided far from the display surface 15a, and the exterior members 13, 14 are connected to each other. The exterior members 13, 14 include side walls 13b, 13c, 14b, 14c that form a connecting part of the exterior members 13, 14. A hole 26 is formed in long-side side walls 13b, 14b so as to penetrate therethrough. An opening edge 27 of the hole 26 is shared by the exterior members 13, 14.

Abstract: Provided is a novel surface protective sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a supporting base material, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a high anchoring force for the supporting base material, and no adhesive residue occurs upon peeling of the surface protective sheet after its attachment to an adherend. The surface protective sheet of the present invention is a surface protective sheet including: a supporting base material; a surface layer (I) as one outermost layer of the supporting base material; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the surface layer (I), in which: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a thermoplastic elastomer; and the surface layer (I) contains a linear, low-density polyethylene at the content of more than 50 wt %.

Abstract: Provided is a novel surface protective sheet including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a supporting base material, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a high anchoring force for the supporting base material, and no adhesive residue occurs upon peeling of the surface protective sheet after its attachment to an adherend. The surface protective sheet of the present invention is a surface protective sheet including: a supporting base material; a surface layer (I) as one outermost layer of the supporting base material; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the surface layer (I), in which: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a thermoplastic elastomer; and the surface layer (I) contains a random polypropylene at a content of more than 50 wt %.

Abstract: A lighting device 12 of the present invention includes a plurality of point light sources 32 and a conductive pattern 34. Each of the point light sources 32 includes two electrodes 33a, 33b having different polarities, and the point light sources 32 are defined in a plurality of light source arrays 40 each including a predetermined number of point light sources 32, and driving power is supplied to each light source array 40. The adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 are arranged so that the point light source 32 of one of the adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 is opposed to the point light source 32 of another one of the adjacent light source arrays 40, 40 with each one electrode 33a, 33a being opposed to each other. The opposing electrodes 33a, 33a are arranged to have a same polarity and connected to a same conductive pattern 34.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a loaf of bread of this invention is comprised of a forming step to form a sheet from a block of bread dough that is kneaded from the raw materials for bread, a further forming step to form a bar-like dough by rolling or folding the sheet, a cutting step to cut the bar-like dough, and a placing step to place the bar-like pieces of dough that were cut at the cutting step into a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces upward. If there are air bubbles between layers of the bar-like pieces of dough, the air bubbles can escape from a cutting surface of the bar-like pieces of dough when they rise and expand at the fermenting and baking steps.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape each of which is adjusted so as to be capable of achieving compatibility between low haze property excellent in transparency and such large surface roughness that foreign matter such as a fish eye is hardly observed without fluctuations in mechanical properties of the entire laminated film or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Also provided is such a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as described below capable of protecting the uneven surface of a member having unevenness on its surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape brings together sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness for, and sufficient releasability from, the member.

Abstract: Provided is such a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as described below, which is capable of protecting the uneven surface of a member having unevenness on its surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape brings together sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness for, and sufficient releasability from, the member. In addition, even upon deformation of the member protected with the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape by, for example, lamination or continuous winding, the uneven shape does not deform and a base material layer in the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is not damaged. Also provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape useful as such a surface protective film for a prism sheet as described below, which is capable of effectively protecting, for example, a lens surface of a prism sheet having multiple triangle pole-shaped prisms fixed on its surface. The surface protective film brings together sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness for, and sufficient releasability from, the prism sheet.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which the color purity of red display can be improved and also to provide an electric apparatus using the same. A controller (19) of the display device is provided with an illumination control part (22) that turns on a light-emitting diode (first light source) (9C) to emit a cyan light during the former half of one frame time period and turns on a light-emitting diode (second light source) (9M) to emit a magenta light during the latter half of the one frame time period. In addition, a video signal converting part (21b) is provided to a panel control part (display control part) 21. The video signal converting part 21b converts an inputted video signal to video signals for the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period, on the basis of the inputted video signal and the colors of the lights in the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period.

Abstract: Provided are a laminated film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape in each of which a haze value and surface roughness are adjusted without fluctuations in mechanical properties of the entire laminated film or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. The laminated film of the present invention is a laminated film including a base material layer and a surface layer, in which the base material layer contains a thermoplastic resin, the surface layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 0.5 ?m to 2.0 ?m, and the laminated film has a haze value of 13.5% to 80%.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape in each of which a difference between an image clarity in a lengthwise direction and an image clarity in a widthwise direction is small and hence the distortion of transmitted light is small, and desired mechanical properties are substantially free of reduction. The laminated film of the present invention is a laminated film including a base material layer, and a surface layer, in which the base material layer contains a thermoplastic resin, and the absolute value of a difference between an image clarity in the lengthwise direction of the laminated film and an image clarity in the widthwise direction of the laminated film is 10% or less.

Abstract: The low friction sliding member includes a substrate and an amorphous hard carbon film formed on the surface of the substrate and makes sliding contact with a mating member under a wet oiling condition. The lubricant oil includes at least one of sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P) and at least one of zinc (Zn), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), barium (Ba) and copper (Cu). The amorphous hard carbon film comprises carbon (C) as a major component, and hydrogen (H) in the range from 5 to 25 atomic % and a predetermined amount of boron (B), aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn) or molybdenum (Mo) assuming that the total atomic % of the amorphous carbon film is 100.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is provision of a surface protection sheet for laser processing to be applied to the surface on the opposite side of the laser beam irradiation face, which can protect the surface of an application object, and does not allow easy development of a dross during laser cutting processing. According to the present invention, a surface protection sheet 1 for laser processing to be applied to the surface on the opposite side of the laser beam irradiation face 2a of a workpiece 2 during a cutting process by irradiation of a laser beam 6 on the workpiece 2 is provided, which contains a substrate layer and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the substrate layer is made of a resin material having a melt viscosity measured based on JIS K7199 (1999) at 290° C. of not more than 200 Pa·s, and has a thickness of 0.01-0.12 mm.

Abstract: Provided is an illuminating device which is capable of suppressing occurrence of irregular color in illuminating light. The illuminating device is provided with a light source substrate (4) and light-emitting devices (7a) which are provided on the front surface of the light source substrate (4) and emit light wherein blue light and fluorescent light are color-mixed with each other. On the front surface of the light source substrate (4), light-emitting devices (7b) which emit blue light are further provided. The light-emitting devices (7a) and the light-emitting devices (7b) are arranged so that the colors emitted respectively therefrom are color-mixed with each other.