Abstract: A color solid-state image sensing device comprising unit cells arranged two-dimensionally in a surface of a silicon substrate, each unit cell including a blue pixel provided as defined herein, a red pixel as defined herein and a green pixel as defined herein, wherein the relation P?W holds when W is a distance between the position of the center of gravity in a sensitivity distribution of the green pixel and the position of the center of gravity in a sensitivity distribution of the red pixel, and P is a pitch of arrangement of the unit cells.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device comprises: a plurality of photoelectric converting films stacked via an insulating layer, the photoelectric converting films being above a semiconductor substrate in which a signal read circuit is formed, in which each of the photoelectric converting films is sandwiched between a pixel electrode film and an opposing electrode film, wherein the pixel electrode film of an upper one of the photoelectric converting films is connected to the signal read circuit by a longitudinal line passing through a lower one of the photoelectric converting films, and, in the longitudinal line, a passing portion which passes through the lower photoelectric converting film is formed by filling an opening with a conductive material, the opening being formed from a same plane of the pixel electrode film stacked on the lower photoelectric converting film to an upper end face of the insulating layer stacked above the photoelectric converting film.

Abstract: In a shooting operation of a digital camera including a MOS-type solid-state image pickup device to produce a still picture, a predetermined electronic shutter operation is interrupted to conduct a reset operation for all photoelectric converter elements at a time, a strobe device is operated after the reset operation, a light shielding device is then operated for a predetermined period of time, and an image signal readout operation is conducted during the operation of the light shielding device to obtain still picture data. Even if a shooting object is moving at a high speed, a still picture undergone backlight correction can be obtained without any blur.

Abstract: A curable composition and a negative type color filter including a compound represented by the following formula (1). A is a residue of a five-membered heterocyclic diazo component A-NH2. B1 and B2 are each —CR1?, —CR2? or N. R5 and R6 are each H, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group or the like. G, R1 and R2 are each H, a halogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or the like. R1 and R5, or R5 and R6 may be bonded with each other to form a five-membered or six-membered ring.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided in which noise caused by fluctuation of potential of a readout pulse is prevented from being superposed on the amount of signal charges even if the potential of the readout pulse fluctuates. The solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a charge-storage region and a signal readout circuit having a charge coupled element; and a photoelectric conversion film converting incident light into signal charges in accordance with the intensity of the incident light, the signal charges being accumulated in the signal charge-storage region and read out by the signal readout circuit; and a potential barrier unit provided around a connection portion for passing the signal charges through the signal charge-storage region so that the potential barrier unit serves as a potential barrier against charges in the wiring connection portions.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises pixels including: a light receiving portion comprising intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions, formed in a silicon substrate, that detect light rays of different color, an on-substrate photoelectric conversion portion, stacked above the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions, that detects light rays of a color differing from the colors detected by the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions; first and second signal read circuits that read signals corresponding to electric charges in the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions and signals corresponding to electric charges in the on-substrate photoelectric conversion portion, respectively. The electric charges in the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions are electrons, and the electric charges in the on-substrate photoelectric conversion portions are positive holes.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a tryptophan derivative that activates osteoblasts and to provide a therapeutic drug for osteoporosis and an osteoblast activator using this tryptophan derivative.

Abstract: A specimen preprocessing system including a specimen rack which supports a specimen container with its opening sealed with a plug for storing the specimen, a carrier line for carrying the specimen rack, a preprocessing unit to which the specimen rack is carried by the carrier line, and a control unit for controlling the carrier line and the preprocessing unit is provided with a plug opening unit which is capable of opening plugs of the specimen containers each having a different height (different plug configuration or diameter) mounted in the same specimen rack.

Abstract: A plurality of low-sensitivity pixels 10 and a plurality of high-sensitivity pixels 20 are arranged like a tetragonal grid respectively, and are provided in positions shifted by ½ of an array pitch from each other in a row direction X and a column direction Y. The detected charges of the low-sensitivity pixel 10 and the high-sensitivity pixel 20 are transferred in the column direction Y by a vertical transfer section 31. The charges of the low-sensitivity pixel 10 and the high-sensitivity pixel 20 which are adjacent to each other in the column direction are transferred through the vertical transfer sections 31 which are different from each other.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a memory that stores registered routes, wherein each registered route includes a previously traveled route, a corresponding starting point, and a corresponding destination point. The navigation apparatus includes a controller that searches for a route from a specified starting point to a specified destination point, compares the searched route with the registered routes, and utilizes, if a corresponding starting point is substantially identical to the specified starting point or a corresponding destination point is substantially identical to the specified destination point, a portion of a registered route including the substantially identical starting point or the substantially identical destination point as a navigation route.

Abstract: An image composition method comprises: composing a high-sensitivity image signal H and a low-sensitivity image signal L, so as to generate a composite image signal Gc according to a composing expression: Gc=k·H+(1?k)·L where k is a composite parameter satisfying 0?k?1, wherein the high-sensitivity image signal H is generated based on high-sensitivity image outputs from corresponding ones of a plurality of pixel positions in a solid-state imaging element that has imaged a subject; the low-sensitivity image signal L is generated based on low-sensitivity image outputs from corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel positions in the solid-state imaging element; and the composing is performed at every common pixel position by determining k at every common pixel position.

Abstract: A plurality of low-sensitivity pixels 10 and a plurality of high-sensitivity pixels 20 are arranged like a tetragonal grid respectively, and are provided in positions shifted by ½ of an array pitch from each other in a row direction X and a column direction Y. The detected charges of the low-sensitivity pixel 10 and the high-sensitivity pixel 20 are transferred in the column direction Y by a vertical transfer section 31. The charges of the low-sensitivity pixel 10 and the high-sensitivity pixel 20 which are adjacent to each other in the column direction are transferred through the vertical transfer sections 31 which are different from each other.

Abstract: An upper end 3 of a nozzle tip 2 is adapted to have an inside diameter dimension smaller than an outside diameter of a lower portion of a barrel 4, so that nozzle tips 2 are not piled up. An upper curved surface 11, which is curved in an outer direction of the nozzle tip 2 starting with a boundary portion between the barrel 4 and a leading end opening 5 of the nozzle tip 2 and the leading end opening 5, is formed. A lower curved surface 12 is formed continuously from the upper curved surface 11 to be curved in an inner direction. An angle formed between a line tangent to a boundary portion 13 between the upper curved surface 11 and the lower curved surface 12 and a center axis of the nozzle tip 2 is adapted to fall within a range between 45° and 20°.

Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an activity input unit and a document creation unit. The activity input unit allows a user to input activities each including a name of the activity and a task description. The document creation unit creates, based on the activities input through the activity input unit, a document for an inner control including at least one of a business process narrative describing a flow of each business process, a business flow diagram visually describing the flow of each business process, a risk control matrix indicating assumed risks and control activities corresponding to the respective risk and a separation-of-duties table showing a correspondence relation between a person in charge and each business process.

Abstract: In a solid-state image capturing device including a pixel array arranged in a row direction and a column direction orthogonal thereto, and a vertical register having a plurality of transfer electrodes which serves to read signal charges Qa, Qb, . . . generated by light receipt of each of pixels A, B, . . . and to sequentially transfer the signal charge in the column direction upon receipt of a transfer pulse, an electric potential well for a smear charge is generated and an unnecessary charge q in the vertical register is collected into the electric potential well for a smear charge before the signal charge is read from the pixels A, B, . . . onto the vertical register (a timing t707), an electric potential well for signal charge transfer is then generated and the signal charges Qa, Qb, . . . are read from the pixels A, B, . . .

Abstract: The present invention provides a closed forging die and a forging method with which sagging can be reduced, a constant velocity joint and a universal joint can be made compact and lightweight, remove of a shaft tip thereof by machining prior to heat treatment is not required, and material costs and machining costs can be reduced. The closed forging die according to the present invention includes openable dies (11, 12), and punches (14, 15) that move in an opening/closing direction of the dies (11, 12) to pressurize a material in the dies (11, 12). By using the die, a product (16) having shaft portions (17) formed radially is manufactured. A clearance (26) is provided to each of the formed shaft portions (17) between a tip surface (17a), and abutting portions (25) are provided to the dies side abutting against at least a tip side of an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portions (17).

Abstract: A sample dispensing apparatus dispenses a sample from a container accommodating a sample such as blood or urea sampled for checking. This sample dispensing apparatus can prevent internal contamination of the apparatus due to dripping of the sample and abnormal sucking operations caused by drainage, condensation and fixing of the sample. The sample dispensing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a dispensing device for dispensing a sucked sample, a dispensing head provided in the dispensing device, and a disposable nozzle chip dismountably set on the dispensing head. In this apparatus, dispensing of a sample to child sample containers is performed exchanging the child sample containers with new ones. When the state, in which dispensing to the child container cannot be carried out, is continued for a prespecified period of time, the nozzle chip is automatically released from the dispensing head.

Abstract: In a solid-state image capturing device including a pixel array arranged in a row direction and a column direction orthogonal thereto, and a vertical register having a plurality of transfer electrodes which serves to read signal charges Qa, Qb, . . . generated by light receipt of each of pixels A, B, . . . and to sequentially transfer the signal charge in the column direction upon receipt of a transfer pulse, an electric potential well for a smear charge is generated and an unnecessary charge q in the vertical register is collected into the electric potential well for a smear charge before the signal charge is read from the pixels A, B, . . . onto the vertical register (a timing t707), an electric potential well for signal charge transfer is then generated and the signal charges Qa, Qb, . . . are read from the pixels A, B, . . .

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises pixels including: a light receiving portion comprising intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions, formed in a silicon substrate, that detect light rays of different color, an on-substrate photoelectric conversion portion, stacked above the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions, that detects light rays of a color differing from the colors detected by the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions; first and second signal read circuits that read signals corresponding to electric charges in the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions and signals corresponding to electric charges in the on-substrate photoelectric conversion portion, respectively. The electric charges in the intra-substrate photoelectric conversion portions are electrons, and the electric charges in the on-substrate photoelectric conversion portions are positive holes.