Abstract: A nozzle plate includes a substrate having thereon at least a base layer and a liquid-repellent layer. A substrate adhesion layer is provided between the substrate and the base layer. A surface portion of the substrate adhesion layer has a higher concentration (atm %) of Cr than a surface portion of the substrate. The base layer is a layer containing at least an inorganic oxide or an oxide containing carbon (C). The liquid-repellent layer is a layer formed by using a coupling agent containing fluorine (F).

Abstract: An image recognition assistance apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of image recognition carried out by an image recognition engine on a target image output by an image output unit using a predetermined set value; and a setting unit configured to determine a set value with which the recognition result meets a predetermined criterion and set the determined set value in an image output unit. Accordingly, by adjusting a target image to be input to the image recognition engine in consideration of the recognition results obtained by the image recognition engine, improvement of a recognition accuracy is assisted.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an illumination device, a second light guide includes a plurality of fourth projecting portions provided in a first area of a fifth main surface opposing a prism sheet, a plurality of fifth projecting portions provided in a second area of a fifth main surface, and a plurality of sixth projecting portions on a sixth main surface opposing the fifth main surface, cross-sectional shapes of the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are scalene triangles, and the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are arranged in respective positions line-symmetrical position with respect to each other in plan view.

Abstract: A power transmission system is provided, which includes a biasing member configured to bias a second power-transmission member in a rotational direction with respect to a first power-transmission member by a spline part of the biasing member being engaged with a spline part of the second power-transmission member while the biasing member is locked by the first power-transmission member and a spring part thereof is in a first elastically displaced state, and a temporarily fixing member having a temporarily fixing part which temporarily fixes the biasing member to the first power-transmission member in a second elastically displaced state with greater elastic displacement than in the first state. The second power-transmission member is provided, on a first axial side of the spline part, with a canceling part configured to cancel the temporary fixing of the biasing member to the first power-transmission member by the temporarily fixing part.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus that includes a replenishing port of toner and an introduction port that is able to communicate with the replenishing port, at least a part of the introduction port is located in a first quadrant or a second quadrant in a two-dimensional coordinate system configured of a first virtual line that and extends in a horizontal direction and a second virtual line that and extends in a gravity direction, and a control portion controls a stirring member to stop rotating in a state in where at least a part of a second end portion of a sheet is located in a quadrant that is different from a quadrant in which the introduction port is disposed in the coordinate system by a timing at which toner passes through the introduction port when the toner is replenished from a toner container to an accommodating chamber.

Abstract: A backlight includes: a light source capable of emitting light spreading in first and second directions perpendicular to each other, from an optical axis; a first cylindrical lens that refracts and brings the light closer along the first direction to the optical axis, the first cylindrical lens overlapping with the light source in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions; a second cylindrical lens that refracts and brings the light even closer along the first direction to the optical axis, the second cylindrical lens overlapping with the light source and the first cylindrical lens in the third direction; and a reflector that reflects and brings the light closer along the second direction to the optical axis, the reflector being positioned between the first cylindrical lens and the second cylindrical lens in the third direction, the reflector avoiding overlap with the light source.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and an emitted light control area. The camera includes a light-entering surface and a light source. The liquid crystal panel is configured to selectively transmit visible light emitted from the light source in the emitted light control area and to selectively transmit visible light from outside in order to cause visible light to enter the camera from the outside in the incident light control area.

Abstract: The ambient illuminance sensor system disclosed herein includes a light sensor to generate a series of ambient illuminance values from an area surrounding a computing device, a human presence sensor configured to detect presence of a human in vicinity of the computing device, and computer implemented instructions for determining ambient illuminance level (AIL) based on at least in part on the series of ambient illuminance values, determining presence of a human in vicinity of the light sensor, and based on at least in part on determining that the AIL is below a threshold and that a human is present, applying a hysteresis filter to process the series of ambient illuminance values.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source capable of emitting light and a collimator lens. The collimator lens has a recess facing the light source. The recess includes an interior surface. The interior surface includes a bottom surface smaller than an opening. The interior surface includes an inner side surface tapering toward the bottom surface. The inner side surface is generated by rotating a straight line around an optical axis of the light. The straight line is inclined at an angle of at least 10 degrees and at most 20 degrees with respect to the optical axis. The light enters the bottom surface at a light distribution angle of only three degrees or less with respect to the optical axis, and enters the inner side surface at a light distribution angle of more than three degrees with respect to the optical axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device including a light guide plate, a plurality of LEDs, a prism sheet disposed on a side toward the upper surface of the light guide plate, and a reflective sheet disposed on a side toward the lower surface of the light guide plate. The plurality of LEDs are arrayed on a side surface corresponding to a first side of the light guide plate in a first direction along the first side. The prism sheet includes a first prism array that is formed on a surface facing the light guide plate. The first prism array includes prisms that are extended in the first direction and arrayed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The upper surface of the light guide plate and the prism sheet sandwich a diffusion sheet therebetween. The diffusion sheet has a haze value between 30% and 65% when measured in compliance with JIS K7361. The prisms on the first prism array have an apex angle between 55 degrees and 66 degrees.

Abstract: A backlight includes: a light guide plate including a front surface and a back surface, the light guide plate including an end face that connects one edge of the front surface and one edge of the back surface, at least part of the end face being inclined at an angle other than a right angle relative to the front surface; and a light source that emits light, the light source being set in an arrangement enabling emission of the light parallel to the front surface towards the at least part of the end face of the light guide plate, wherein the light is incident on and refracted at the at least part of the end face, propagates inside a material of the light guide plate, is reflected off the back surface, and is surface-emitted from the front surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and an emitted light control area. The camera includes a light-entering surface and a light source. The liquid crystal panel is configured to selectively transmit visible light emitted from the light source in the emitted light control area and to selectively transmit visible light from outside in order to cause visible light to enter the camera from the outside in the incident light control area.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an illumination device, a plurality of first projection portions and a plurality of second projection portions are provided in a second area of a first light guide, a thickness of the first light guide becomes less as a location thereof which is further away from a first side surface and closer to a first central portion, a plurality of third projection portions and a plurality of fourth projection portions are provided in a third area of a second light guide, and the third area has a constant thickness and a fourth area of the second light guide is a recess portion.

Abstract: The present technology provides an optical apparatus in which different light guide plate units can be used. The present technology provides an optical apparatus including: a light guide plate unit including a light guide plate; an optical unit that guides incident light to the light guide plate unit; and a fixing mechanism that detachably fixes the light guide plate unit to the optical unit. In accordance with the present technology, an optical apparatus in which different light guide plate units can be used can be provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a first nonvolatile memory; a second volatile memory; a controller; a power control circuit configured to perform control such that a first voltage is applied to the first memory, the second memory, and the controller based on first power supplied from an external power supply; and a power storage device configured to supply second power to the power control circuit while the first power from the external power supply is interrupted. While the first power supplied from outside is interrupted, the power control circuit applies a second voltage based on the second power supplied from the power storage device to the first memory, the second memory, and the controller. The power control circuit stops the application of the second voltage to the second memory after the data is read from the second memory and before the data is written into the first memory.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an illumination device, a second light guide includes a plurality of fourth projecting portions provided in a first area of a fifth main surface opposing a prism sheet, a plurality of fifth projecting portions provided in a second area of a fifth main surface, and a plurality of sixth projecting portions on a sixth main surface opposing the fifth main surface, cross-sectional shapes of the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are scalene triangles, and the fourth projecting portions and the fifth projecting portions are arranged in respective positions line-symmetrical position with respect to each other in plan view.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first projecting portion on a first main surface and a second projecting portion on a second main surface on an opposite side to the first main surface in a first area of a first guide, a third projecting portion on a third main surface opposing the second main surface and a fourth projecting portion on a fourth main surface on an opposite side to the third main surface, in a third area of a second guide, and the first projecting portion and the third projecting portion have a cross sectional shape of a scalene triangle and the second projecting portion and the fourth projecting portion have a cross sectional shape of an isosceles triangle.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a first nonvolatile memory; a second volatile memory; a controller; a power control circuit configured to perform control such that a first voltage is applied to the first memory, the second memory, and the controller based on first power supplied from an external power supply; and a power storage device configured to supply second power to the power control circuit while the first power from the external power supply is interrupted. While the first power supplied from outside is interrupted, the power control circuit applies a second voltage based on the second power supplied from the power storage device to the first memory, the second memory, and the controller. The power control circuit stops the application of the second voltage to the second memory after the data is read from the second memory and before the data is written into the first memory.