Abstract: In an image sensor, pixels each including a photoelectric converter PD converting an amount of incident light into a charge, charge storage including at least one of capacitors storing the charges, and an amplifier Tr6 amplifying a voltage according to the charges stored in the capacitor and outputs the voltage are disposed. The image sensor includes: comparing units 3 to 5 comparing the output voltage from the amplifier Tr6 to a predetermined threshold voltage; a memory unit 1 storing comparison results from the comparing units 3 to 5; switchers Tr9 to Tr14 deciding the capacitor connected to the photoelectric converter PD and the amplifier Tr6 among the capacitors included in the charge storage based on the comparison results stored in the memory unit 1; and a signal line transmitting a signal ?sc for controlling whether the switchers Tr9 to Tr14 decide the capacitor to the switchers Tr9 to Tr14.

Abstract: A biological information processing apparatus, including: a conversion element which receives an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a subject and converts the ultrasonic wave into an analog signal; an analog-digital converting unit; a first memory which records a digital signal; a signal processing unit which outputs information on an inside of a biological body from the signal recorded in the first memory; a second memory which records information on an ineffective area, for which information need not be recorded; and a controlling unit which controls activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory, wherein the controlling unit stops the activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory in a period in which the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ineffective area is received based on the information recorded in the second memory.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including multiple light emitting devices, in which each of the light emitting devices includes a reflective layer and a light emitting layer which are stacked, using interference between light directed from the light emitting layer to the reflective layer so as to be reflected by the reflective layer and light directed from the light emitting layer in the direction opposite to the reflective layer, and in which the multiple light emitting devices include a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device having a light emission color different from the first light emitting device, and a third light emitting device having the same emission spectrum as a spectrum in which light emission of the first light emitting device and light emission of the second light emitting device are mixed.

Abstract: A biological information processing apparatus, including: a conversion element which receives an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a subject and converts the ultrasonic wave into an analog signal; an analog-digital converting unit; a first memory which records a digital signal; a signal processing unit which outputs information on an inside of a biological body from the signal recorded in the first memory; a second memory which records information on an ineffective area, for which information need not be recorded; and a controlling unit which controls activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory, wherein the controlling unit stops the activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory in a period in which the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ineffective area is received based on the information recorded in the second memory.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of Image sensing elements.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display unit and a voltage source, with the display unit having display devices and pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits is provided with a drive transistor which has a first primary electrode connected to one terminal of each of the display devices, a second primary electrode connected to a first common electrode, and a control electrode for controlling by an electric potential the magnitude of a drive current supplied to the display devices. In addition, and a control transistor has a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the control electrode and the first primary electrode, respectively, and a gate electrode to which a signal switching between an on-state and an off-state is supplied, with an electric potential of the control electrode being set up at the on-state. The voltage source can adjust a voltage applied between the first common electrode and a second common electrode with another terminal of the display device being connected thereto.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus including an X-ray image sensing unit having a non-destructive read function, adapted to sense an object image, and a subtractor adapted to sequentially output as a corrected value a difference between a plurality of frames sequentially read out non-destructively from the X-ray image sensing unit and a frame read out before the plurality of frames.

Abstract: A configuration for decreasing the leakage electric current of a transistor for control for controlling an electric potential holding operation of a control electrode of a transistor for drive for flowing an electric current through a display device by adjusting the output electric potential of an electric potential source is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display apparatus includes (i) preparing a display unit, wherein the display unit has a plurality of pixel circuits, each of the plurality of pixel circuits being provided with a drive transistor having a first main electrode connected to one terminal of a display device and a second main electrode and a control electrode connected to a power supply, for supplying a drive current to the display device, and a control transistor disposed between the control electrode and the first main electrode in the drive transistor for setting an electric potential of the control electrode of the drive transistor, and (ii) adjusting a voltage applied to between the second main electrode and another terminal of the display device.

Abstract: A drive circuit including a drive transistor for feeding to a load a drive current corresponding to an input signal. The drive circuit has a correction circuit that supplies a correction signal corresponding to an impedance of the load to a gate of the drive transistor to correct the drive current to be fed to the load by the drive transistor, and in which the load is a light-emitting element. One terminal of the light-emitting element is connected to a gate of a transistor for correction, and when a predetermined potential Ps is set to a value calculated by deducting a threshold voltage Vth of the transistor for correction from a terminal potential Pi of the light-emitting element with respect to a drive current, the drive circuit sets a source potential of the transistor for correction to the predetermined potential Ps to thereby generate a voltage corresponding to an impedance of the light-emitting element as a source-to-drain current of the transistor for correction.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including multiple light emitting devices, in which each of the light emitting devices includes a reflective layer and a light emitting layer which are stacked, using interference between light directed from the light emitting layer to the reflective layer so as to be reflected by the reflective layer and light directed from the light emitting layer in the direction opposite to the reflective layer, and in which the multiple light emitting devices include a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device having a light emission color different from the first light emitting device, and a third light emitting device having the same emission spectrum as a spectrum in which light emission of the first light emitting device and light emission of the second light emitting device are mixed.

Abstract: In case an input voltage is zero, to sufficiently shut off an output current, a source side of a first transistor T1 is connected to the drains of fourth and fifth transistors T4 and T5, and during a self-bias period of the first transistor T1, a source of the first transistor T1 is made a second potential through the fourth transistor T4, and in a gate potential setting period of the first transistor T1 by an input voltage Vin after the completion of the self-bias period, the source of the first transistor T1 is made a third potential through the fifth transistor T5.

Abstract: A light emitting apparatus which can protect a light emitting device from external stress, etc. The light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device, a housing, and a protective plate. A filler is disposed in a space between the light emitting device and the protective plate.

Abstract: A display panel comprises a plurality of arranged pixels of organic EL devices, each having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer containing an organic EL material and sandwiched between the electrodes. The plurality of arranged pixels include fluorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a fluorescent material and phosphorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a phosphorescent material. A display apparatus comprises a controller for controlling the display panel, including correcting the difference between the electroluminescent characteristics of the fluorescent pixels and those of the phosphorescent pixels.

Abstract: A display panel comprises a plurality of arranged pixels of organic EL devices, each having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer containing an organic EL material and sandwiched between the electrodes. The plurality of arranged pixels include fluorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a fluorescent material and phosphorescent pixels of organic EL devices formed by mainly using a phosphorescent material. A display apparatus comprises a controller for controlling the display panel, including correcting the difference between the electroluminescent characteristics of the fluorescent pixels and those of the phosphorescent pixels.