Abstract: An electrophoretic device includes: a porous layer including a first fibrous structure and a non-electrophoretic particle held in the first fibrous structure; an electrophoretic particle configured to move through a space formed at the porous layer; a second fibrous structure covering the porous layer; and a partition provided from the porous layer to the second fibrous structure.

Abstract: An electrophoretic element according to the disclosure includes: an insulating liquid (1); a plurality of electrophoretic particles (10) provided in the insulating liquid (1); and a porous layer (20) provided in the insulating liquid (1) and having a fibrous structure (21). The electrophoretic particles (10) and the porous layer (20) have same charging polarity as one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus that includes a first layer (30A) and a second layer (30B) disposed adjacent one another. The index of refraction of the second layer (30B) may be different from the index of refraction of the first layer (30A). The apparatus further includes a plurality of electrophoretic particles (20) associated with at least one of the first layer (30A) and the second layer (30B). The present disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing a display apparatus, including positioning a first layer (30A) adjacent to a second layer (30B). A plurality of electrophoretic particles (20) is positioned within at least one of the first layer (30A) and the second layer (30B). The display apparatus is operated by applying an electric field to cause movement of a plurality of electrophoretic particles (20) through the first layer (30A) toward the second layer (30B).

Abstract: A method of processing a target object includes (a) exposing a resist mask to active species of hydrogen generated by exciting plasma of a hydrogen-containing gas within a processing vessel while the target object is mounted on a mounting table provided in the processing vessel; and (b) etching a hard mask layer by exciting plasma of an etchant gas within the processing vessel after the exposing of the resist mask to the active species of hydrogen. The plasma is excited by applying of a high frequency power for plasma excitation to an upper electrode. In the method, a distance between the upper electrode and the mounting table in the etching of the hard mask layer ((b) process) is set to be larger than a distance between the upper electrode and the mounting table in the exposing of the resist mask to the active species of hydrogen ((a) process).

Abstract: An electrophoresis device including: in an insulating liquid, migrating particles in a charged state; and a porous layer including a fibrous structure and non-migrating particles, the fibrous structure having a potential opposite to that of the migrating particles, and the non-migrating particles held by the fibrous structure.

Abstract: A multifunction apparatus includes a transporting unit that transports the document, a reading unit that irradiates the document passing through a reading position with light and reads reflected light so as to generate image information representing an edge of the document and an image of the document, an inclination amount calculating unit that calculates an inclination amount of the document on the basis of the image information; a first inclination correcting unit that corrects an inclination of the image represented by the image information, on the basis of the inclination amount of the document, so as to generate new image information representing the image whose inclination is corrected, and a controller that prevents, in a transmission mode for transmitting image information, the first inclination correcting unit from performing an image inclination correction operation, and transmits a facsimile signal on the basis of the image information generated by the reading unit.

Abstract: A plasma etching method includes a plasma process of plasma-processing a surface of a photoresist, which has a predetermined pattern with plasma generated from a hydrogen-containing gas. Further, the plasma etching method includes an etching process of etching a silicon-containing film with plasma generated from a CF-based gas and a gas containing a CHF-based gas by using the plasma-processed photoresist as a mask. Furthermore, in the plasma etching method, the plasma process and the etching process are repeated at least two or more times.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source that includes at least one LED element and a module including a substrate on which the light source is mounted, and a holder in which at least a part of the module is arranged and held. The holder includes a cylindrical portion that includes a stepped portion and a flange of a heat conductor extending from an outer peripheral edge of the stepped portion on which the substrate is arranged, and the holder includes an insulation layer that covers at least outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A display unit includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a display layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and allowed to control light transmission or light reflection; and a seal layer including an additive and provided between the first substrate and the display layer.

Abstract: A light-emitting module of the present invention comprises: a light source in which an LED element is disposed on a substrate and electrodes electrically connected to the LED element are provided on the substrate; a metal plate on which the light source is disposed; lead wires connected to the electrodes directly or via other electrode pattern; and a housing made of resin fixed onto the metal plate and housing the light source therein. Moreover, the housing includes a hole opening above the light source, and includes at least one pair of protrusions that protrude facing one another inside the hole and apply a bias to the light source to press the light source onto a metal plate side.

Abstract: A document feeding device has: a document placement stand on which documents of different sizes can be placed; a conveying section separating, one-by-one, documents of a document stack placed on the document placement stand, and conveying a separated document to a discharging section; a first document width sensing unit sensing a maximum document width of the document stack placed on the document placement stand; a second document width sensing unit sensing a document width of a document separated from the document placement stand by the conveying section; and a controller that, in a case in which a mixed size document mode that permits conveying of documents of different sizes is not set, causes the conveying section to restartably interrupt conveying of the document when the maximum document width sensed by the first document width sensing unit and the document width sensed by the second document width sensing unit differ.

Abstract: A multifunction apparatus includes a transporting unit that transports the document, a reading unit that irradiates the document passing through a reading position with light and reads reflected light so as to generate image information representing an edge of the document and an image of the document, an inclination amount calculating unit that calculates an inclination amount of the document on the basis of the image information; a first inclination correcting unit that corrects an inclination of the image represented by the image information, on the basis of the inclination amount of the document, so as to generate new image information representing the image whose inclination is corrected, and a controller that prevents, in a transmission mode for transmitting image information, the first inclination correcting unit from performing an image inclination correction operation, and transmits a facsimile signal on the basis of the image information generated by the reading unit.

Abstract: There are provided an electrophoresis device and a display unit which are capable of realizing high contrast. The electrophoresis device includes a plurality of electrophoretic particles and a porous layer that are contained in an insulating liquid, the porous layer being formed using a fibrous structure including a plurality of non-migrating particles. An average particle size of the electrophoretic particles is equal to or less than one-fifth of an average pore size of the porous layer.

Abstract: An electrophoretic device includes: in an insulating liquid, a plurality of electrophoretic particles; and a porous layer formed of a fibrous structure, the fibrous structure including a plurality of non-migrating particles. The fibrous structure is configured of superposed fibers extending in an identical direction or different directions, and includes a cross-linking section in which the fibers are linked to each other in part or all of contact points between the fibers.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device comprising a plurality of first particles configured to migrate between a remain region and a display region in response to an electric field, as well as a plurality of non-migrating second particles fixedly disposed between the remain and display regions and configured to (a) allow the plurality of first particles to pass between the remain and display regions in response to the electric field, and (b) cover the plurality of first particles when the first particles are disposed in the remain region.

Abstract: A complex joystick system master unit embodiment utilizes joystick segments and joystick joints arranged in a particular order with a slave unit arranged in a similar order. A sample master unit with three joystick segments has segment lengths that provide a relative ratio of lengths between themselves. The slave unit articulated arm utilizes controlled segments and articulated arm joints arranged in the same order and having the same relative ratio of lengths between themselves. Articulated arm electronic angle sensors and joystick segment angle sensors produce signal that are applied to a plurality of servos. The servos control movement of the articulated arm so that said respective relative angular articulated arm positions of the articulated arm controlled segments match those of the complex joystick segments.

Abstract: An electrophoretic device includes: a porous layer including a first fibrous structure and a non-electrophoretic particle held in the first fibrous structure; an electrophoretic particle configured to move through a space formed at the porous layer; a second fibrous structure covering the porous layer; and a partition provided from the porous layer to the second fibrous structure.

Abstract: An electrophoretic element includes: an electrophoretic particle; a porous layer formed of a fibrous structure containing a non-migrating particle having optical reflective characteristics different from those of the electrophoretic particle and having a plurality of pores; and a partition that is partially adjacent to the porous layer and defines a space for accommodating the electrophoretic particle. An area rate of the pores per unit area of the porous layer is small in an adjacent region where the partition is adjacent to the porous layer compared with in a non-adjacent region where the partition is not adjacent to the porous layer.

Abstract: An electrophoretic element includes an electrophoretic particle, and a porous layer formed of a fibrous structure having a non-electrophoretic particle with different optical reflection characteristics from optical reflection characteristics of the electrophoretic particle. A difference ?1 (=A?B) between a solubility parameter value A of the fibrous structure and a solubility parameter value B of a particle surface of the electrophoretic particle is 2 or more and 5.2 or less.

Abstract: An electrophoresis device includes: a plurality of electrophoretic particles included in insulating liquid and configured of a first particle and a second particle, in which the first particle and the second particle have respective charging characteristics that are different from each other; and a porous layer included in the insulating liquid and formed of a fibrous structure.