Abstract: A glucose compound represented by Formula (I): wherein, R11 and R12 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein one CH2 group or two or more non-adjacent CH2 groups in the alkyl and alkenyl groups may be replaced by O; L1 represents —OCO—*, —OCH2—* (binding to B at the * side), or a single bond; A and B each independently represent a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group which may be substituted or a 1,4-phenylene group which may be substituted; and R13 and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and a cellulose composition, a cellulose film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and a retardation-increasing agent which have the glucose compound.

Abstract: An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is a transparent object, the color conversion processing is executed on a rendering color space, and when the object is a gradation object, the color conversion processing is executed on a device color space.

Abstract: No scheme for calculating a color obtained by mixing two spot colors (composite spot color) has been established yet. Hence, an image processing apparatus of this invention includes a spectral database which stores spectral data of spot colors and mixed colors of the spot colors. Upon rendering, a mixed color region of spot colors is detected. A colorimetry table of the spectral DB which corresponds to a combination of the spot colors of the mixed color region is selected with reference to a combination table of the spectral DB. Spectral data corresponding to a mixed color is obtained from the colorimetry table on the basis of the density values of the spot colors of the mixed color region, and the obtained spectral data is supplied to rendering processing.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus which captures object light to take an image includes: an optical device through which the object light is transmitted; an image pickup device which generates an image signal representing an object image; and a cleaning section which is deformed by receiving a predetermined stimulus, the cleaning section being brought into contact with, and being separated from, the optical device and/or the image pickup device to clean substances attached to the contact portion. The apparatus further includes: a stimulus application section which applies the stimulus to the cleaning section; and a control section which controls the deformation of the cleaning section by controlling the stimulus applied from the stimulus application section, and which thus causes the cleaning section to clean the contact portion.

Abstract: An optically driven actuator includes a crosslinked polymer obtained by crosslinking at least part of the side chains of a condensation polymer having, on its backbone chain, a photoisomerizable group that undergoes structural change under optical stimulation. The crosslinked polymer deforms reversibly depending on optical stimulation, thereby performing the function of an actuator.

Abstract: The image taking apparatus of the invention includes a light quantity control device that is arranged on the optical axis of subject light and controls transmitted volume of the subject light. The light quantity control device includes a light quantity control layer and a pair of light-transmissive electrodes. The light quantity control layer expands and contracts in accordance with an electric field generated therein and thereby changes the transmitted volume of the subject light. The electrodes are disposed so as to sandwich the light quantity control layer and generate an electric field in the light quantity control layer, in response to application of voltage, thereby causing the light quantity control layer to expand and contract.

Abstract: A surface treating agent for resist pattern formation comprises a compound having two or more nucleophilic functional groups in each of the molecules thereof, or its salt, and a solvent.

Abstract: An optical film, which has been subjected to an orientation treatment, containing a low-molecular weight compound, in which a birefringence ?n(550 nm) is larger than zero (0) in an orientation direction, and the optical film satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and a phase difference plate, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same: 0.5<?n(450 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.0; and??Expression (1) 1.05<?n(630 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.5.

Abstract: A novel composition is disclosed. The composition comprises, at least, a polymer material and inorganic fine particles having adsorbed thereto molecules having at least one adsorptive group to the inorganic fine particle and a group capable of forming a liquid crystal core. A film made of the composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: A novel optically anisotropic film is disclosed. The film is a film produced by irradiating a polymer film, comprising at least one photoreactive compound and at least one non-liquid crystalline polymer, with a light, thereby inducing or changing an optical anisotropy of the polymer film. A novel process for producing an optically anisotropic film is also disclosed. The process comprises irradiating a polymer film, comprising at least one photoreactive compound and at least one non-liquid crystalline polymer, with a light, thereby controlling an optical anisotropy of the polymer film.

Abstract: An optically-driven actuator includes a condensation polymer containing, on its backbone chain, a photoisomerizable group that undergoes structural change under optical stimulation and deforming depending on the structural change of the photoisomerizable group. The condensation polymer deforms under optical stimulation and is functional as an actuator.

Abstract: A positive working photosensitive composition comprises: (A) a resin having a heterocyclic group containing plural sulfur atoms in a cyclic structure of the heterocyclic group, the resin decomposing by action of an acid to increase its solubility in an alkaline developer; and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation.

Abstract: A process for preparation of an optical compensatory sheet is disclosed. The process comprises the steps in order of: coating a support with a photosensitive compound; exposing the photosensitive compound to beams of linearly polarized light emitted from a semiconductor laser to form an orientation layer; coating the orientation layer with a liquid crystal composition containing polymerizable liquid crystal molecules; aligning the liquid crystal molecules to form an optically anisotropic layer; and then polymerizing the liquid crystal molecules to fix alignment.

Abstract: Using a drawing engine, a printer subjects image data to color matching processing into its own device color space. If the image data is a geometric object having a change in color, a gradation handler interpolates a changed value of color in the geometric object in the device color space based upon results of the color matching at a point of the geometric object.

Abstract: A polymerizable monomer represented by the following Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted group; Y1 represents an oxygen atom or —NR3—, wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represents an aromatic ring having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and each of Ar1 and Ar2 may have a substituted group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including a pair of electrodes and a layer that is disposed between the pair of electrodes and includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of A1, A2, B, C, n1 and n2 is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus which captures object light to take an image includes: an optical device through which the object light is transmitted; an image pickup device which generates an image signal representing an object image; and a cleaning section which is deformed by receiving a predetermined stimulus, the cleaning section being brought into contact with, and being separated from, the optical device and/or the image pickup device to clean substances attached to the contact portion. The apparatus further includes: a stimulus application section which applies the stimulus to the cleaning section; and a control section which controls the deformation of the cleaning section by controlling the stimulus applied from the stimulus application section, and which thus causes the cleaning section to clean the contact portion.

Abstract: An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is a transparent object, the color conversion processing is executed on a rendering color space, and when the object is a gradation object, the color conversion processing is executed on a device color space.

Abstract: A camera shake compensation unit includes (1) a mobile optical device which changes the direction of the light running through the mobile optical device by moving on a two-dimensional plane which intersects with the direction along the light; (2) a camera shake detection section; (3) a polymer actuator; and (4) a camera shake compensation section which compensates for displacement of the light by supplying a voltage corresponding to a detection result by the camera shake detection section to the plurality of electrodes. The polymer actuator includes (i) a polymer membrane which expands and contracts in response to application of a voltage, and connects the mobile optical device with a holding section, and (ii) a plurality of electrodes for application of a voltage to parts of the polymer membrane.

Abstract: The image taking apparatus of the invention includes a light quantity control device that is arranged on the optical axis of subject light and controls transmitted volume of the subject light. The light quantity control device includes a light quantity control layer and a pair of light-transmissive electrodes. The light quantity control layer expands and contracts in accordance with an electric field generated therein and thereby changes the transmitted volume of the subject light. The electrodes are disposed so as to sandwich the light quantity control layer and generate an electric field in the light quantity control layer, in response to application of voltage, thereby causing the light quantity control layer to expand and contract.