Abstract: The present invention provides a bipolar battery made by using a polymer gel electrolyte or a liquid electrolyte in an electrolyte layer, which is highly reliable and prevents liquid junction (short circuit) caused by leak out of an electrolyte solution from the electrolyte part. The present invention provides a bipolar battery laminated, in series, with a plurality pieces of bipolar electrodes which is formed with a positive electrode on one surface of a collector, and a negative electrode on the other surface, so as to sandwich an electrolyte layer, characterized by being provided with a separator which retains the electrolyte later, and a seal resin which is formed and arranged at the outer circumference part of a part of the separator where the electrolyte is retained.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery according to the present invention has a collector and a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the collector and containing negative electrode active material particles. In the negative electrode active material layer, an insulating material is arranged between the negative electrode active material particles so as not to develop conductivity by a percolation path throughout the negative electrode active material layer. It is possible in this configuration to effectively prevent the occurrence of a short-circuit current due to an internal short circuit and the generation of heat due to such short-circuit current flow in the secondary battery while securing the battery performance of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A signal processing device including: a color coordinate adjuster performing color coordinate adjustment processing for adjusting color coordinates of an image input signal according to a color reproduction range of a display device; a brightness adjuster performing brightness adjustment processing for adjusting a brightness component of the image input signal; and a coefficient controller controlling a color coordinate adjustment coefficient and a brightness adjustment coefficient. The coefficient controller controls the brightness adjustment coefficient so as to decrease the brightness component of the image input signal, when saturation of a pixel having a first hue is high, controls the brightness adjustment coefficient so as to increase the brightness component of the image input signal, when saturation of a pixel having a second hue is high, and decreases the brightness adjustment coefficient when increasing the color coordinate adjustment coefficient.

Abstract: The projection display apparatus comprises: an image control unit configured to control a second viewpoint image of the plurality of viewpoint images to suppress crosstalk of a first viewpoint image. The image control unit controls a suppression amount of crosstalk according to a position on the projection plane.

Abstract: An image signal processor includes a controller configured to generate a red output signal, a green output signal, a blue output signal and a fourth color output signal in accordance with image input signals. A fourth color light component enables to reproduce a color outside the range of a color reproducible by the red light component, the green light component and the blue light component. The controller generates the fourth color output signal on the basis of a reference signal corresponding to a color different from a complementary color of a color reproduced by the fourth color light component.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately determining even a renal disease that could not have been detected by various conventional renal disease test methods with a reduced burden on a subject (a donor of a test sample). Another object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of determining an early stage renal disease, focusing on a renal disease marker substance with a small blind GFR area. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for screening for a prophylactic/therapeutic agent for a renal disease capable of efficiently screening for a novel prophylactic/therapeutic agent for a renal disease that focused on a new, previously unnoticed renal disease marker substance. In order to achieve these objects, the present invention employs the step of detecting or quantifying one or two or more renal disease marker substances present in a test blood sample.

Abstract: An image display device includes a light source which emits laser light; an optical element which is operable to switch between a first state for reducing a coherence of the laser light and a second state for substantially maintaining the coherence of the laser light; a switching control circuit which controls the optical element; an imager which modulates the laser light transmitted through the optical element; and a modulation control circuit which controls the imager based on an image signal. The modulation control circuit causes the imager to render an image pattern for generating an image by changing alight amount at each pixel position when the optical element is in the first state, and causes the imager to render a hologram pattern for generating an image by diffraction when the optical element is in the second state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery having an improved life. Specifically disclosed is a battery which comprises an electric power generating element in which one or more unit cell layers are stacked, each being constituted by sequentially laminating or stacking a positive electrode, an electrolyte and a negative electrode; a first collector plate which is provided on the outermost positive electrode surface of the electric power generating element; a second collector plate which is provided on the outermost negative electrode surface of the electric power generating element; a convex or protruding portion provided on the first collector plate and/or the second collector plate with a width that is not less than a half of the width of the end edge of the collector plate; and a terminal which is attached to the convex portion for retrieving electric current from the convex portion.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes: an imager; a projection unit; an acquisition unit; a shape correction unit that performs a shape correction process for projecting a shape correction pattern image on the projection plane, calculating shape correction values from the picked-up image of the shape correction pattern image, and correcting the shape of the image projected on the projection plane, based on the shape correction values; and a coordinate calibration unit that performs an interactive calibration process for projecting a calibration pattern image on the projection plane, calculating calibration correction values from the picked-up image of the calibration pattern image, associating coordinates of the picked-up image captured by the image pick-up element and coordinates of the image projected on the projection plane with each other, based on calibration correction values. The interactive calibration process is performed after the shape correction process.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus (100) includes a housing case (200) that houses a light source unit (110), a color separation and combination unit (140) for modulating the light emitted from the light source, and a projection unit (150) for projecting the light emitted from the color separation and combination unit (140) onto a projection plane (300). The projection display apparatus further includes: a first interface (190A) provided on a first lateral-surface side sidewall (250) and displaying detailed information on errors having occurred within the housing case; and a second interface (190B) provided on a front-surface-side side wall (220) and displaying the levels of the errors having occurred within the housing case.

Abstract: In a vehicle drive system including a motor and a secondary battery, the motor and secondary battery are integrated to provide a drive system having good mountability. In a gap between a cylindrical outer housing (116) and a rotor (112), a layered cylindrical secondary battery is provided within the outer housing. A cylindrical cooling member (180) is further arranged between the rotor and secondary battery.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image formed of at least parts of three or more line segments defining three or more intersection points. The projection display apparatus computes a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection surface, based on the three or more intersection points. The test pattern image has a distortion in an opposite direction to a direction of the lens.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus according to a first feature includes: an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source; and a projection unit that projects the image light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane. The projection plane includes a projectable region where the image light can be projected. The projectable region includes a projection region on which the image light is projected based on an image signal and a non-projection region other than the projection region. The projection display apparatus further includes: an adjustment unit that adjusts the shape of the projection region within the projectable region; and a control unit that displays additional information at least in the non-projection region within the projectable region.

Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a light source unit that includes a plurality of single-color light sources emitting light beams of different wavelengths and a control unit that controls actuation of the light source unit. The control unit sets a single-color light emission period in which at least two single-color light sources of the plurality of single-color light sources emit the light beams in a time division manner and a multiple-color light emission period in which at least two single-color light sources of the plurality of single-color light sources emit the light beams simultaneously, within one frame period, based on a result of analyzing the video signal for each image data on a frame basis. Further, the control unit changes a ratio between amounts of the light beams emitted from at least two single-color light sources in the multiple-color light emission period, in accordance with the image data.

Abstract: A bipolar battery includes: a bipolar electrode composed, by forming a positive electrode active material layer 12 an one surface of a current collector and forming a negative electrode active material layer 13 on the other surface; and a separator 14 composed to be stacked alternately with the bipolar electrode, wherein, in a single cell layer 15 composed by including the positive electrode active material layer 12, the separator 14 and the negative electrode active material layer 13, which are adjacent to one another, a thickness of the separator 14 is 0.68 times or more to less than 1.0 times a thickness of the positive electrode active material layer 12, and is 0.68 times or more to less than 1.0 times a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer 13.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus according to embodiments includes a light source that emits color component light beams of a plurality of colors and an imager that modulates the color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source. The projection display apparatus includes an element control unit that controls the imager; and a light source control unit that controls the light source. The element control unit controls the imager based on an image output signal obtained by a signal expansion process of an image input signal. The light source control unit performs a power reduction process of reducing power supplied to the light source according to an expansion amount of the image input signal expanded by the signal expansion process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bipolar battery made by using a polymer gel electrolyte or a liquid electrolyte in an electrolyte layer, which is highly reliable and prevents liquid junction (short circuit) caused by leak out of an electrolyte solution from the electrolyte part. The present invention provides a bipolar battery laminated, in series, with a plurality pieces of bipolar electrodes which is formed with a positive electrode on one surface of a collector, and a negative electrode on the other surface, so as to sandwich an electrolyte layer, characterized by being provided with a separator which retains the electrolyte later, and a seal resin which is formed and arranged at the outer circumference part of a part of the separator where the electrolyte is retained.

Abstract: An display apparatus displays a three-dimensional image formed of a plurality of viewpoint images, and includes an image controller that controls a second viewpoint image to suppress a crosstalk of a first viewpoint image the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image are included in the plurality of viewpoint images. The image controller switches a control mode for suppressing the crosstalk, between a subtraction mode and an addition mode in accordance with an image input signal forming the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bipolar battery made by using a polymer gel electrolyte or a liquid electrolyte in an electrolyte layer, which is highly reliable and prevents liquid junction (short circuit) caused by leak out of an electrolyte solution from the electrolyte part. The present invention provides a bipolar battery laminated, in series, with a plurality pieces of bipolar electrodes which is formed with a positive electrode on one surface of a collector, and a negative electrode on the other surface, so as to sandwich an electrolyte layer, characterized by being provided with a separator which retains the electrolyte later, and a seal resin which is formed and arranged at the outer circumference part of a part of the separator where the electrolyte is retained.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a solid-state light source; a Peltier element configured to cool the solid-state light source; a light amount sensor configured to detect an amount of a light emitted from the solid-state light source; a power consumption monitor configured to monitor power consumptions of the solid-state light source and the Peltier element; and a power controller configured to control powers supplied to the solid-state light source and the Peltier element. The power controller controls the powers supplied to the solid-state light source and the Peltier element, on the basis of the light amount detected by the light amount sensor and a sum of the power consumptions of the solid-state light source and the Peltier element.