Abstract: A radiation detecting apparatus includes: a sensor panel having a substrate and a photoelectric conversion element array arranged on the substrate; a scintillator layer arranged on one surface side of the sensor panel; and a light generator arranged on the sensor panel at the other side in opposition to the one side on which the scintillator layer is arranged, in corresponding to an area in which the photoelectric conversion element array is arranged. The light generator includes a light transmitting electrode layer, a rear electrode layer and a light emitting layer arranged between the light transmitting electrode layer and the rear electrode. The light emitting layer according to a first aspect is formed from light emitting substance, a binder and a black pigment.

Abstract: A paper feeding apparatus used in a state where the apparatus accumulates paper sheets for an image forming apparatus to form images thereon and the paper feeding apparatus is attached to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein an engaging-holding member is provided for an exterior wall face of the paper feeding apparatus, and the engaging-holding member engages and holds the paper feeding apparatus with an exterior housing of the image forming apparatus so as to enable the paper feeding apparatus to move into/from the exterior housing of the image forming apparatus, is provided for an exterior wall face of the paper feeding apparatus, and wherein the engaging-holding member is provided for a specific one of the exterior wall faces of the paper feeding apparatus corresponding to the moving direction determined according to the specification of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus including a sensor panel, having a photoreceiving unit constituted of plural photoelectric converting elements two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate and electrical connecting portions provided in an external portion of the photoreceiving unit and electrically connected to the photoelectric converting elements of respective rows or columns of the photoreceiving unit, a phosphor layer provided at least on the photoreceiving unit for converting a radiation into a light detectable by the photoelectric converting element, and a phosphor protective member covering the phosphor layer and in contact with the sensor panel, characterized in that the phosphor protective member includes a frame member provided between the phosphor layer and the electric connecting portion on the sensor panel, and a phosphor protective layer covering an upper surface of the phosphor layer and provided in close contact with an upper surface of the frame member.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: A three-dimensional guidance system of the present invention includes a bed (1) horizontally driven by a bed drive motor (11), a position detecting sensor (6) for detecting a position of a magnetic particle carrier (8), a plurality of electromagnets (3, 4, 5) arranged to surround the bed (1), and a controller (7) for controlling a current to be supplied to the plurality of electromagnets (3, 4, 5) and a drive signal to be supplied to the bed drive motor (11). The controller (7) holds a vascular route as three-dimensional route data, and feedback-controls the current to be supplied to the plurality of electromagnets (3, 4, 5) and the drive signal to be supplied to the bed drive motor (11), based on a deviation of the current position of the magnetic particle carrier (8) detected by the position detecting sensor (6) from a target position.

Abstract: A radiation detecting apparatus includes a substrate 1, a scintillator layer 7 converting a radiation into light, and scintillator protection members 8, 9 and 10 to cover the scintillator layer 7, wherein the scintillator protection member includes a scintillator protection layer 8 consisting of a hot-melt resin, and the scintillator protection layer 8 touches the scintillator layer 7. As the substrate 1, a sensor panel including a photoreceiving layer 15 on which photoelectric conversion elements 2, receiving light, are arranged in two-dimension, and a protection layer 5 provided on the photreceiving layer 15 and touching the scintillator layer 7 and the scintillator protection layer 8. By using such a scintillator protection layer, a film formation time of the scintillator protection layer can be shortened, and the film thickness dispersion of the scintillator protection layer can be suppressed.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: A radiation detecting apparatus having: a substrate; a phosphor layer which is formed on a principal plane of the substrate and converts a wavelength of a radiation; and a phosphor protective member including a phosphor protective layer which covers the phosphor layer and is adhered to the substrate, wherein the phosphor protective layer is made of a hot melt resin and an upper surface and a side surface of the phosphor layer and at least a part of at least one side surface of the substrate are covered with the phosphor protective layer. Thus, a moisture-proofing effect for penetration of the moisture from an interface between the phosphor layer and the substrate on the side surface side of the substrate can be improved. Further, by using the hot melt resin for the phosphor protective layer, simplification of manufacturing steps, remarkable reduction in the number of working steps, and remarkable reduction in costs of a product can be accomplished.

Abstract: In a method of providing a portfolio by combining a plurality of financial instruments for a prefixed operating period, there are included a setting step of systematically setting up beforehand a plurality of fluctuation scenarios of market prices related to said instruments, a simulation step of making profit and loss simulation in the future for each one of said plurality of fluctuation scenarios, by using first parameters representing said fluctuation scenarios and second parameters representing characteristics of market, an optimizing step of configuring the optimum portfolio out of the set of portfolios which have been reduced in the preceding step, and a step of making a presentation as the optimum portfolio together with the whole or a part of said fluctuation scenarios.

Abstract: At a radiation incident side of light generating means comprising light guiding means 300 including a light source such as an LED 301, a light guiding plate 303, a reflecting plate 304, a diffusing plate 305, and the like, radiation shielding members 401 to 403 for shielding the radiation are provided. As the radiation shielding members, those absorbing or reflecting 70% of the incident radiation are used. Further, the radiation shielding member is disposed between a radiation detecting panel 500 and a light generating source such as the LED 301 and the like or disposed between the radiation detecting panel and a drive circuit which drives the light source such as the LED 301, and the like.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.

Abstract: An exposure device includes a transmissive member and a shutter. The transmissive member allows passage therethrough of a light beam directed toward a scanning object. The shutter is mounted so as to be pivotable around a pivot shaft between a closed position and an open position. The shutter has a first member and a second member. In the closed position, the first member shields the transmissive member, and, in the open position, unshields the transmissive member so as to allow the light beam to pass through the transmissive member. In the closed position, the second member is positioned above the first member so as to extend at least beyond peripheral ends, including a free end, of the first member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, determining in sorting recording sheets whether or not recording sheet transport interval is shorter than a first predetermined value, sets the longest time settable as a delay time when the interval is longer than the first value. When the interval is shorter than the first value, the apparatus, determining whether or not the interval is shorter than a second predetermined value, sets the shortest delay time settable when the interval is shorter than the second value, and sets a reference delay time when the interval is longer than the second value. The apparatus prevents sheet jam before a sheet eject mechanism by ensuring that the mechanism returns to an initial position before the front end of a following sheet reaches sheet eject rollers after the rear end of a preceding sheet passes through the rollers.

Abstract: In an illumination device, a light guide is adapted to emit the light from a face thereof and is provided with an area, on a face opposite to the light emitting face, for diffusing and/or reflecting the light introduced into the light guide from an end face thereof or is provided with uneven light emitting characteristics along the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and the center of the light source positioned at the end of the light guide is placed at a position aberrated from the normal line to the area, whereby attained are compactness, a low cost, a low electric power consumption, a high efficiency of utilization of the light emitted by the light source, and excellent and uniform illumination characteristics. An image reading device and an information processing apparatus can also be equipped with the above-mentioned illumination device.

Abstract: There is disclosed an illumination device in which a light guide is adapted to emit the light from a face thereof and is provided with an area, on a face opposite to the light emitting face, for diffusing and/or reflecting the light introduced into the light guide from an end face thereof or is provided with uneven light emitting characteristics along the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and the center of the light source positioned at the end of the light guide is placed at a position aberrated from the normal line to said area, whereby attained are compactness, a low cost, a low electric power consumption, a high efficiency of utilization of the light emitted by the light source, and excellent and uniform illumination characteristics. There are also disclosed an image reading device and an information processing apparatus, equipped with the above-mentioned illumination device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device or a radiographic imaging apparatus includes a substrate and a supporting member, the substrate having a semiconductor element or a conversion element and being bonded to the supporting member with a laminating member. The semiconductor device or the radiographic imaging apparatus further includes at least one cushioning member in at least one space between the substrate and the supporting member at least in a region including an electrical connection portion connected to at least one electrical component. Thus, when a malfunction or a defect is found in the at least one electrical component, such as TCP, on the periphery of the substrate, the defective electrical component can easily be replaced.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric converting portion in which a first electrode layer, an insulating layer for inhibiting carriers from transferring, a photoelectric converting semiconductor layer of a non-single-crystal type, an injection blocking layer for inhibiting a first type of carriers from being injected into the semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer are laminated in this order on an insulating substrate.