Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.

Abstract: An anti-glare sheet that exhibits excellent glossy black textures, blackness in dark locations, and anti-glare properties for dynamic images, and that is suited to the implementation of high quality images. The anti-glare sheet has, on at least one surface of a transparent substrate, an anti-glare layer comprising binder resin, diffusion particles, and binder particulates.

Abstract: The self-healing system comprises a self-healing processor and an error mitigation system. The self-healing processor includes a code block associated with the operation of a portion of digital logic. The self-healing processor also includes a dynamic signature analysis circuit. The processor executes the code block. The dynamic signature analysis circuit creates a dynamic signature representing the operation of the portion of digital logic associated with the code block. The error mitigation system receives the dynamic signature from the dynamic signature analysis circuit. The error mitigation system compares the dynamic signature to a static signature to determine if the signatures match. If the signatures do not match, then the digital logic associated with the code block has an error. The error mitigation system retries execution of the code block. The error mitigation system stores log information describing the above events.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to achieve a video display device antiglare sheet having excellent black glossiness, darkness in dark places, and antiglare properties in video applications, and suited to realizing high image quality. An antiglare layer including a transparent resin and diffusion particles is provided on at least one surface of a transparent substrate. The antiglare layer is uneven on the surface opposite of the transparent substrate, said unevenness being formed mainly by convexities resulting from the diffusion particles which have an impregnation layer in which all or a part of the component constituting the transparent resin is impregnated.

Abstract: An object is to provide a gas barrier film which has high gas barrier performance and a method for producing a gas barrier film with excellent continuous productivity. A gas barrier film, which is obtained by laminating at least one gas barrier layer on a resin substrate, wherein a hardness and an elastic modulus recovery ratio of at least one layer that is adjacent to the gas barrier layer satisfy 0.5 GPa?hardness?5.0 GPa and 50%?elastic modulus recovery ratio?100% as measured by a nanoindentation method.

Abstract: To provide a fluorinated elastomer composition which can improve, in production of a fluorinated foamed rubber by foaming and crosslinking a fluorinated elastomer using an organic peroxide as a crosslinking agent, the foamed state and physical properties of the fluorinated foamed rubber. A fluorinated elastomer composition which comprises 100 parts by mass of a fluorinated elastomer, from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a blowing agent and from 0.05 to 10 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent comprising a peroxide compound, and which contains no crosslinking aid or contains a crosslinking aid comprising a compound having at least two carbon-carbon double bond-containing groups in the same molecule, in a content of at most 0.3 part by mass, is foamed and crosslinked to produce a fluorinated foamed rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film having an excellent antiglare property and being capable of suitably preventing the occurrence of scintillation and a decrease in contrast. The present invention provides an antiglare film comprising a light-transmitting substrate and a diffusion layer, the diffusion layer having a surface roughness on a surface thereof and being formed on at least one side of the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the diffusion layer contains a cured product of a binder component and organic fine particles (A) dispersed in the cured product of the binder component, and the following expression (1) is satisfied: |NA?nb|>|nA?nb|>0??expression (1), where NA represents a refractive index of the organic fine particles (A) before the organic fine particles (A) are introduced into the diffusion layer, nA represents a refractive index of the organic fine particles (A) in the diffusion layer, and nb represents a refractive index in the cured product of the binder component.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film having an excellent antiglare property and being capable of suitably preventing the occurrence of scintillation and a decrease in contrast.

Abstract: Provided is an antiglare film having a hard coat property, capable of highly suppressing generation of a rainbow interference pattern and interference fringes in display images, preventing white muddiness and scintillation of a display screen, while giving high contrast in a bright room and a dark room. The antiglare film includes an antiglare layer having an uneven form on its surface and formed on one face of a transparent substrate having an in-plane birefringence and a retardation of 3000 nm or higher. The antiglare layer contains silica fine particles, organic fine particles, and a binder resin. The silica particles include particles forming agglomerates to be contained coarsely and densely in the antiglare layer. The agglomerates are distributed densely around the organic fine particles, and some agglomerates adhere to surfaces of the organic particles and/or some silica particles are impregnated in the inside of the organic particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiglare film having an excellent antiglare property and being capable of suitably preventing the occurrence of scintillation and a decrease in contrast.

Abstract: According one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a pair of element isolation insulation films on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode structure on sides of the gate electrode structure, selectively removing oxide films that are formed on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode by placing the substrate in a gas atmosphere selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, H, O, Ar, or N; and irradiating the semiconductor substrate with microwave radiation. The method also includes depositing a metal film on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode, and a silicide film is formed by heating the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a gas barrier film which has high barrier performance and is excellent in bending resistance and smoothness as well as cutting processing suitability; a method for producing the gas barrier film; and an electronic device in which the gas barrier film is used. A gas barrier film, comprising a gas barrier layer unit on at least one surface side of a base, wherein the gas barrier layer unit comprises a first barrier layer formed by a chemical vapor deposition method, a second barrier layer obtained by performing conversion treatment to a coating film formed by coating a silicon compound onto the first barrier layer and an intermediate layer between the first barrier layer and the base.

Abstract: There is provided an optical sheet for use as a display device surface, which has a functional layer on at least one side of a base material and has a diffusion factor on the outer surface and/or interior of the functional layer, wherein the relationship represented by the following formula (I) is satisfied. 0.16<S×?<0.70??(I) S: Diffuse regular reflection intensity/regular reflection intensity of base material ?: The diffusion angle exhibiting ? of the diffusion intensity, obtained by extrapolating a straight line connecting the reflection intensity for diffuse regular reflection intensity at ±2 degrees and the reflection intensity for diffuse regular reflection at ±1 degree, to the diffuse regular reflection angle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus has a chamber, a microwave generator for generating a microwave, a waveguide for introducing the microwave into the chamber, a stage for mounting a semiconductor substrate, and a cover for covering an outer circumference portion of the stage exposed from the semiconductor substrate. In the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, the stage is made of a material to be heated by the microwave, and the cover is made of a material through which the microwave penetrates.

Abstract: There is provided an optical sheet used as a display device surface as a functional layer on at least one side of a transparent base material. A diffusion factor on the outer surface and/or interior of the functional layer, wherein the relationship represented by the following formula (I) is satisfied. 2.1<Q/U<21.4 (I), where Q (regular transmission intensity) is diffuse transmission intensity at 0 degrees and U (virtual regular transmission intensity is transmission intensity, which is a straight line connecting the transmission intensities at diffusion regular transmission ±2 degrees and diffusion regular transmission ±1 degree, extrapolated from the diffuse regular transmission angle.

Abstract: A system and method for processing sensor signals is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor array, a multiplexer, a converter, a selection module and a combination module. The sensor array measures a physical parameter in a first dimension on a seat and generates a first set of sensor signals. The sensor array measures the physical parameter in a second dimension on the seat and generates a second set of sensor signals. The multiplexer multiplexes the first set of sensor signals into a first signal stream and the second set of sensor signals into a second signal stream. The converter converts the first signal stream to a first set of digital signals and the second signal stream to a second set of digital signals. The selection module determines a set of first-dimension data and a set of second-dimension data. The combination module forms a set of two-dimensional data.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a fault-tolerant basis to execute instructions is disclosed. The system comprises an error detector, a rewriting module, a recovery engine, a fault locator and a fallback programming module. The error detector detects a first error in the execution of an instruction in a faulty stage unit of a first pipeline unit. The rewriting module rewrites the instruction to form a rewritten instruction responsive to detecting the first error. The recovery engine executes the rewritten instruction in the first pipeline unit. The error detector determines if a second error occurs in the execution of the rewritten instruction. Responsive to detecting the second error, the recovery engine selects a substitute stage unit for the faulty stage unit from a second pipeline unit. The fault locator locates a faulty component for the faulty stage unit. The fallback programming module establishes a fallback unit for the faulty component.

Abstract: A system for measuring physical parameters of a tire, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a sensor layer and a circuit layer. The sensor layer is communicatively coupled to the circuit layer. The sensor layer is configured as a first thin film and embedded in the tire. The sensor layer provides a signal related to a physical parameter of the tire. The circuit layer is configured as a second thin film and embedded in the tire. The circuit layer processes the signal provided by the sensor layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film having high barrier properties, folding/bending resistance and smoothness and excellent cutting suitability, and also provides an organic photoelectric conversion element equipped with the gas barrier film. The gas barrier film is characterized by having a gas barrier layer unit (5) on a side face of at least one surface of a base material (2), wherein the gas barrier layer unit (5) comprises a first barrier layer (3) formed by a chemical vapor deposition method and a second barrier layer (4) formed by applying a silicon compound onto the first barrier layer (3) to form a coating film and modifying the coating film, and wherein the second barrier layer (4) has an unmodified region (4B) on a side facing the base material and a modified region (4A) on a side facing the front layer of the film.