Abstract: A thin film forming method includes: attaching a mixture of a dielectric material and a fluorocarbon resin as a first layer on a substrate; and thereafter attaching only a dielectric material as a second layer on the first layer to form a two-layer thin film on the substrate. The method is capable of manufacturing a thin film whose production is easy and costs low, whose substances attached by vapor deposition or the like do not easily suffer cracking, peeling, breakage, and so on, and in which a low refractive index is achieved in a wide band by freely controlling its packing ratio.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method which make it possible to realize interpolation more suitable for viewing when interpolating motion between original images. Provided is a display device which includes a signal processing unit that, when an interpolation frame is generated for original frames along a time axis, the interpolation frame interpolating between the original frames, controls an interpolation rate of the interpolation frame depending on motion between the original frames in a certain direction. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a display device, a signal processing device, and a signal processing method which make it possible to realize interpolation more suitable for viewing when interpolating motion between original images. Provided is a display device which includes a signal processing unit that, when an interpolation frame is generated for original frames along a time axis, the interpolation frame interpolating between the original frames, controls an interpolation rate of the interpolation frame depending on motion between the original frames in a certain direction. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver.

Abstract: A thin film forming method includes: attaching a mixture of a dielectric material and a fluorocarbon resin as a first layer on a substrate; and thereafter attaching only a dielectric material as a second layer on the first layer to form a two-layer thin film on the substrate. The method is capable of manufacturing a thin film whose production is easy and costs low, whose substances attached by vapor deposition or the like do not easily suffer cracking, peeling, breakage, and so on, and in which a low refractive index is achieved in a wide band by freely controlling its packing ratio.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical part manufacturing method and an optical part manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing optical parts, whereby aligning an optical part with a bonded member and bonding the optical part and the bonded member can be accomplished successively, and a mold manufacturing method and a mold manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing a mold that is used to mold optical parts as above.

Abstract: Molded articles, such as a lens, are produced by multiple repetitions of a transfer process composed of the transformation step of bringing a transfer member (62) provided with a transfer configuration area consisting of the same configuration as that of a lens part with aspherical configuration or the configuration opposed to the lens part with aspherical configuration into contact with a photohardening resin to thereby transform the photohardening resin in conformity with the transfer configuration of the transfer member (62); the hardening step of irradiating at least a transformed area of the transformed photohardening resin with light by the use of a light irradiation unit (60) to thereby attain hardening; and the departing step of letting the photohardened resin and the transfer member depart from each other.

Abstract: There is provided a method of molding which is capable of more highly precisely molding a molded article to be molded such as a lens than conventional technologies. A molded article such as a lens array and a mold for nanoimprinting is molded by repeating multiple times a transfer step including: a transformation step of bringing a light curable composition containing a compound having a polymerizable functional group and a polymerization initiator into contact with a transfer member 62 on which a transfer shape portion shaped equally to or reversely to an aspherical lens portion 312 is formed to transform the light curable composition to the transfer shape of the transfer member 62; a curing step of irradiating at least a transformed portion of the transformed light curable composition with light by a light irradiation unit 60 to cure the light curable composition; and a separation step of separating the cured light curable composition and the transfer member.

Abstract: Molded articles, such as a lens, are produced by multiple repetitions of a transfer process composed of the transformation step of bringing a transfer member (62) provided with a transfer configuration area consisting of the same configuration as that of a lens part with aspherical configuration or the configuration opposed to the lens part with aspherical configuration into contact with a photohardening resin to thereby transform the photohardening resin in conformity with the transfer configuration of the transfer member (62); the hardening step of irradiating at least a transformed area of the transformed photohardening resin with light by the use of a light irradiation unit (60) to thereby attain hardening; and the departing step of letting the photohardened resin and the transfer member depart from each other.

Abstract: Molded articles, such as a lens, are produced by multiple repetitions of a transfer process composed of the transformation step of bringing a transfer member (62) provided with a transfer configuration area consisting of the same configuration as that of a lens part with aspherical configuration or the configuration opposed to the lens part with aspherical configuration into contact with a photohardening resin to thereby transform the photohardening resin in conformity with the transfer configuration of the transfer member (62); the hardening step of irradiating at least a transformed area of the transformed photohardening resin with light by the use of a light irradiation unit (60) to thereby attain hardening; and the departing step of letting the photohardened resin and the transfer member depart from each other.

Abstract: This invention enables information on a connection wiring with a substrate of a mounted component to be accurately and easily inputted in an X-ray examination apparatus. In teaching of a substrate examination, when a user inputs a two-dimensional region of a component to be examined with respect to a visible light image of the substrate, three-dimensional data is generated for the relevant region, which data is then analyzed to acquire a center coordinate, the number, the number of rows, and the number of columns on a ball terminal connecting the component to the substrate. Results such as the center coordinate acquired in such a manner may be displayed. The visible light image for the substrate is displayed in a display field of a screen.

Abstract: There is provided a method of molding which is capable of more highly precisely molding a molded article to be molded such as a lens than conventional technologies. A molded article such as a lens array and a mold for nanoimprinting is molded by repeating multiple times a transfer step including: a transformation step of bringing a light curable composition containing a compound having a polymerizable functional group and a polymerization initiator into contact with a transfer member 62 on which a transfer shape portion shaped equally to or reversely to an aspherical lens portion 312 is formed to transform the light curable composition to the transfer shape of the transfer member 62; a curing step of irradiating at least a transformed portion of the transformed light curable composition with light by a light irradiation unit 60 to cure the light curable composition; and a separation step of separating the cured light curable composition and the transfer member.

Abstract: A laser oscillator for improving efficiency of conversion from solar rays to laser beams is provided. The laser oscillator includes: a laser medium 31 excited by solar rays S to output laser beams; an output mirror 35 having a concave surface 35a opposed to an output end of the laser medium 31; and a light guide 20 having a reflector 22 extending from the output end of the laser medium 31 towards the outside of the laser medium 31 and reflecting the solar rays Sf to guide them to the laser medium 31.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical part manufacturing method and an optical part manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing optical parts, whereby aligning an optical part with a bonded member and bonding the optical part and the bonded member can be accomplished successively, and a mold manufacturing method and a mold manufacturing apparatus capable of manufacturing a mold that is used to mold optical parts as above.

Abstract: Molded articles, such as a lens, are produced by multiple repetitions of a transfer process composed of the transformation step of bringing a transfer member (62) provided with a transfer configuration area consisting of the same configuration as that of a lens part with aspherical configuration or the configuration opposed to the lens part with aspherical configuration into contact with a photohardening resin to thereby transform the photohardening resin in conformity with the transfer configuration of the transfer member (62); the hardening step of irradiating at least a transformed area of the transformed photohardening resin with light by the use of a light irradiation unit (60) to thereby attain hardening; and the departing step of letting the photohardened resin and the transfer member depart from each other.

Abstract: This invention enables information on a connection wiring with a substrate of a mounted component to be accurately and easily inputted in an X-ray examination apparatus. In teaching of a substrate examination, when a user inputs a two-dimensional region of a component to be examined with respect to a visible light image of the substrate, three-dimensional data is generated for the relevant region, which data is then analyzed to acquire a center coordinate, the number, the number of rows, and the number of columns on a ball terminal connecting the component to the substrate. Results such as the center coordinate acquired in such a manner may be displayed. The visible light image for the substrate is displayed in a display field of a screen.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide synthetic quartz glass optical materials suitable for use in YAG of higher order harmonics. The damage threshold value in J/cm2 (energy density at which cracks occur generated by irradiation) is to be considered when synthetic quartz glass material is irradiated with YAG laser of third or higher order harmonics with single pulses or continuously. Regarding a synthetic quartz glass optical material in use for the optical parts constituting the prism and lens used in a laser beam machine, this invention provides a synthetic quartz glass material suitably used for the YAG laser with the third or higher order of harmonic, choosing the following conditions: OH group concentration is in the range of ?1 to ?300 ppm; contained hydrogen molecule concentration is in the range of ?2×1018 to ?2×1019 molecules/cm3; transmittance of ultraviolet rays at 245 nm of wavelength is 99.9% or more; and the fictive temperature is in the range of ?880 to ?990° C.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide synthetic quartz glass optical materials suitable for use in YAG of higher order harmonics. The damage threshold value in J/cm2 (energy density at which cracks occur generated by irradiation) is to be considered when synthetic quartz glass material is irradiated with YAG laser of third or higher order harmonics with single pulses or continuously. Regarding a synthetic quartz glass optical material in use for the optical parts constituting the prism and lens used in a laser beam machine, this invention provides a synthetic quartz glass material suitably used for the YAG laser with the third or higher order of harmonic, choosing the following conditions: OH group concentration is in the range of ?1 to ?300 ppm; contained hydrogen molecule concentration is in the range of ?2×1018 to ?2×1019 molecules/cm3; transmittance of ultraviolet rays at 245 nm of wavelength is 99.9% or more; and the fictive temperature is in the range of ?880 to ?990° C.

Abstract: A method for forming an optical thin film used for optical elements of laser systems including high-energy lasers and an optical element of optical apparatuses is provided. The optical thin film can be easily formed on a desired substrate with reproducibility by vapor-depositing a porous fluoride layer for preventing reflection in the deep ultraviolet region, and can be easily removed in a short time to reuse the substrate if the thin film damaged. A water-insoluble material (2) for preventing reflection is vapor-deposited onto an optical element substrate (1). A water-soluble material (3) having a higher particle energy is vapor-deposited onto the surface of the water-insoluble material (2). The water-soluble material (3) permeates deep into the water-insoluble material (2) to form a mixed film on the surface of the substrate (1). Then, the water-soluble material (3) is dissolved and removed to form a porous thin film (5) comprising the water-insoluble material (2).

Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided which is capable of improving efficiency of light emission and of achieving a stable operation with a driving margin being kept wide by keeping a discharge initiating voltage low and by maintaining an erroneous discharge voltage high. Each of first electrode portions of transparent electrodes formed on a first substrate forms a clearance being smaller than a width of each of partition walls on each of the partition walls formed between discharge cells being adjacent to each other in a row direction on a screen. Each of second electrode portions is formed apart from each of the partition walls. Each of third electrode portions is so constructed that its width in the row direction on the screen is smaller than that of each of second electrode portions.

Abstract: A method for forming an optical thin film used for optical elements of laser systems including high-energy lasers and an optical element of optical apparatuses is provided. The optical thin film can be easily formed on a desired substrate with reproducibility by vapor-depositing a porous fluoride layer for preventing reflection in the deep ultraviolet region, and can be easily removed in a short time to reuse the substrate if the thin film damaged.