Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a red-light-emitting element (1), a green-light-emitting element (2), and a blue-light-emitting element (3). The red-light-emitting element (1) and the green-light-emitting element (2) each include an organic EL section (20) and a color converting layer (15). The color converting layer (15) has an optical distance that extends from (i) a position of the color converting layer from which position light is emitted to (ii) an extraction surface of the color converting layer, the optical distance being varied between the red-light-emitting element (1) and (2). The blue-light-emitting element (3) may include a film-thickness adjusting layer (19) instead of the color converting layer (15).

Abstract: A plurality of illumination panels (10) are hung by up-and-down cords (3). The up-and-down cords (3) have a function of hanging the illumination panels (10) and a function of supplying electric power to the illumination panels (10). Pulling a rod (7), which is a take-up tool causes the up-and-down cords (3) to be taken up and, at the same time, the bottom rail (4) and the illumination panels (10) are also raised. At this time, the up-and-down cords (3) are taken up into the head box (2). As such, when the bottom rail (4) is raised, the up-and-down cords (3) are taken up without bending. This makes it possible to distribute stress that may otherwise be concentrated locally on the up-and-down cords (3). As a result, the up-and-down cords (3) can be prevented from getting broken due to deterioration caused by concentration of stress on the up-and-down cords (3), which concentration is caused by bending etc. of the up-and-down cords (3).

Abstract: An organic EL component (1) of the present invention includes a reflective anode (11), an organic light-emitting unit (12), a semitransparent cathode (13), and a color converting layer (15). The color converting layer (15) absorbs light emitted by the organic light-emitting unit (12) and having a first color, and emits converted light having a second color different from the first color. The semitransparent cathode (13) has a film thickness of not less than 20 nm and not greater than 30 nm, and efficiently reflects, toward a light extraction side, light emitted from the color converting layer (15).

Abstract: A robot system calculates positional information of a workpiece with respect to a visual sensor and calculates positional information of an arm tip at a second time based on first times stored by a storing section and the second time at which the visual sensor measures the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device for use in the control of a plant disease, which has a light source capable of emitting light containing ultraviolet ray. The light source can emit both of UV-B having a wavelength component with a wavelength of about 280 to 340 um and UV-C in which a wavelength component with a wavelength of about 255 nm or less is cut off from wavelength components with wavelengths of about 100 to 280 nm to plant in a superimposed manner. The irradiation of a plant with the UV-C and the UV-B ensures to further inhibit the spore formation or the hypha growth of a filamentous fungus that causes a disease or the like, and to induce a resistance against a disease in the plant.

Abstract: An organic EL element (1) according to the present invention is such that a positive and negative charge transport layer (30) is interposed between a cathode (20) and an anode (10). The positive and negative charge transport layer (30) is composed of a single host material and has a light-emitting region (33) which is doped with a light-emitting dopant. The positive and negative charge transport layer (30) further has at least one of the following blocking regions: an electron blocking region (32), provided closer to the anode (10) than the light-emitting region (33), having a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital lower than that of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the light-emitting region (33); and a hole blocking region (34), provided closer to the cathode (20) than the light-emitting region (33), having a highest occupied molecular orbital higher than that of the highest occupied molecular orbital of the light-emitting region (33).

Abstract: Provided are an image display device in which a desired number of panels are combined so that a large light-emitting surface is realized, a panel provided in the image display device, and a method for manufacturing the panel. For this purpose, a panel (11) of the present invention includes a rectangular light-emitting section (13); a substrate (12) having a flat surface (12a?) on which the rectangular light-emitting section (13) is provided and a curved adjacent surface (12b?) that is adjacent to one of edge portions of the flat surface which extend along long sides of the rectangular light-emitting section (13); and a terminal group that is drawn out from a long side of the rectangular light-emitting section (13) and that is disposed in the adjacent surface.

Abstract: An electro-optic device (100) includes a conductive wiring board (110) on one surface of which a plurality of conductive wires (140) are arranged so as not to intersect with each other, and a plurality of optical elements (130) each of which is provided on the board (110), and in which an insulating base member (131), a lower electrode (132), a function layer (133), and an upper electrode (134) are sequentially formed on the board (110). In this device (100), the lower electrode (132) is electrically connected to one of the conductive wires (140); the upper electrode (134) is electrically connected to one of the conductive wires (140) which is not connected to the lower electrode (132); and each of the optical elements (130) is provided such that part of the optical element (130) overlaps with part of one or more of the conductive wires (140) in plan view.

Abstract: Panel (11) of the present invention includes substrate (12) having flat surface (12a?) having rectangular display section (13), and adjacent surface (12b?) curved from an edge part of surface (12a?) in the vicinity of a long side of surface (12a?). On surface (12b?), terminals, extending from display section (13) (in the vicinity of the long side), are arranged. Edge parts of surfaces (12a?) of substrates (12) of adjacent panels (11) are combined so that longitudinal directions of light-emitting sections (13) are parallel to each other. Surface (12b?) projects on a back surface side of substrate (12). It is thus possible to provide a light-emitting panel device realizing a large light-emitting surface by combining a desired number of panels, an image display device including the light-emitting panel device, an illumination device including the light-emitting panel device, a panel in the light-emitting panel device, and a method of producing the panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recoding apparatus and a recording method, a playback apparatus and a playback method, a recording/playback apparatus and a recording/playback method, and a program, whereby processing relating to a file can be readily performed. With a video camera wherein with regard to H.264/AVC for example, which is a coding method arranged to encode or decode data, a codec class arranged to classify the performance of a codec configured to encode or decode data, and a codec level serving as a group of said one or more codec classes whose upper compatibility is ensured, are based on stipulated specifications, data is encoded into, for example, coded data of a codec class #2, for example, within a codec level AVC_A by H.264/AVC. The coded data is recorded in a recording medium, for example, as a file “AVCA0001.MP4” whose file name represents the codec level AVC_A of the coded data.

Abstract: In an organic EL illumination device (1), a plurality of organic EL elements (4) are provided between an element substrate (30) and a covering substrate (20). A heat dissipation member (14) which covers surfaces of the organic EL elements (4) is provided in a space formed between the element substrate (30) and the covering substrate (20), between each organic EL element (4).

Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.

Abstract: In an insect pest attraction lighting system which irradiates a field with attraction light for attracting insect pests to keep the insect pests away from a plant, an effect of protection against diurnal insect pests is improved. An insect pest attraction lighting system 1 includes: a setting unit 2 which sets, as an operating time zone, an arbitrary time zone during nighttime; an artificial sunlight source unit 3 which irradiates the entirety of an interior of a plastic greenhouse H1 with artificial sunlight which does not include wavelength components of 500 to 600 nm, in the operating time zone; and an attraction light source unit 4 which irradiates a portion of the interior of the plastic greenhouse H1 with attraction light in the operating time zone.

Abstract: A recording apparatus, a reproduction apparatus and a file management method are disclosed wherein, even if one of files recorded on a recording medium cannot be reproduced regularly, another file selected by the user can be reproduced normally. A file having a hierarchical structure formed from video data and audio data both in the form of compressed data together with information necessary for processing of the video data and audio data is produced and recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Upon production of the file, information regarding decoding of the video data and audio data is disposed collectively on the top side of the file.

Abstract: In an engine-driven power generator, a fan-equipped flywheel and a drive shaft of a power generation section are connected to a crankshaft of an engine, and the power generation section is driven by the drive shaft being driven via the crankshaft. The fan-equipped flywheel is disposed between a crankcase of the engine and the power generation section, and small- and large-diameter cooling fans for cooling the engine and power generation section are provided on the fan-equipped flywheel.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for recording video data to a record medium is disclosed, that comprises an encoding means for encoding video data in a group structure of a plurality of frames corresponding to a compression-encoding process in a combination of an inter-frame predictive encoding process and a motion compensative process, a transforming means for transforming the data structure of encoded video data that is output from the encoding means into a file structure that can be processed by a computer software program without a dedicated hardware portion so that moving pictures and so forth are synchronously reproduced, and a recording means for recording data having the file structure to a record medium, wherein the file structure has a first data unit and a second data unit, the second data unit being a set of the first data units, and wherein at least one data structure is matched with the first data unit.

Abstract: A plant growing system of the present invention includes: a first light source for irradiating red light to a plant; a second light source for irradiating far-red light to the plant; a control part that controls irradiation operations of the first light source and the second light source; and a time setting part that sets a time zone in which the control part operates the irradiation of the first light source and the second light source. The time setting part is designed such that the first light source starts red light irradiation before sunset; and the second light source starts far-red light irradiation after the red light irradiation.

Abstract: Engine-driven power generator includes: a power generation section having a drive shaft connected to a crankshaft; a gas-liquid separation unit provided upstream of the power generation section and having an air inlet port for taking in cooling air, the inlet port being disposed immediately under a fuel tank, the separation unit separating moisture from the taken-in air; and a cooling fan rotatable by the drive shaft to direct the taken-in air into the power generation section.

Abstract: An insect pest-controlling apparatus (1) includes a light-reflecting attraction unit (4) that reflects sunlight and a trap (6) to trap insects attracted to light reflected by the light-reflecting attraction unit (4). The light-reflecting attraction unit (4) is a reflector whose reflectance of 220 to 390 nm light wavelength components is 5% or less. Because the light-reflecting attraction unit (4) reflects almost no ultraviolet rays, the contrast of ultraviolet rays is increased in the space compared with sunlight by the insect pest-controlling apparatus (1) and diurnal agricultural insect pests are strongly attracted to the light-reflecting attraction unit (4). Accordingly, diurnal agricultural insect pests can be attracted and trapped in large quantities in the daytime.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a composition which is useful for flavoring food or drinks. The method includes utilizing a heating reaction of methionine and a sugar, which results in methional being present in the composition at a higher concentration. The present invention also provides a food, etc. containing the composition produced by the method. Methionine and a sugar are mixed, and the mixture is heated under a two stage process having particular pH conditions for a particular time at a particular temperature. Moreover, during the mixing and heating of methionine and a sugar, one or more of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride and phosphate is/are added, and the mixture is heated under particular pH conditions for a particular time at a particular temperature.