Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet, which can have improved storage stability. The curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention can be applied in an inkjet mode, and can be cured by the irradiation with light and the application of heat, the curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention comprises a polyfunctional compound having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups, a compound having a cyclic ether group, a heat-curing agent and a color material which cannot be dissolved in the polyfunctional compound and which is dissolved in the curable composition.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures for providing bidirectional C-band and L-band transmission employing optical circulators which advantageously eliminates C\L WDM couplers while still blocking any backward amplified spontaneous emissions from optical amplifiers.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures for providing C-band and L-band transmission exhibiting increased power efficiency by diverting a portion of C-band optical energy to an input of L-band optical amplifiers (C-seeding) while optionally employing circulators to eliminate the need for optical isolators.

Abstract: A communication apparatus including: an optical multiplexer that is configured to receive one or more optical signals for transmitting data, and generate a wavelength multiplexed signal that is an optical signal obtained by multiplexing the one or more optical signals; a first conversion signal generator that is configured to select a signal of a first wavelength from the wavelength multiplexed signal generated by the optical multiplexer, and to generate a conversion signal by converting the signal of a first wavelength being selected into a signal of a second wavelength; and a first signal selector that is configured to receive the wavelength multiplexed signal generated and the conversion signal, and to select and output at least one of a signal included in the wavelength multiplexed signal and the conversion signal, for each wavelength of a signal included in the wavelength multiplexed signal and the conversion signal.

Abstract: An optical communication substrate includes a plurality of cores to communicate optical signals; a rectangular input delivering a pump laser, and a shaped portion to combine the optical signals and the pump laser into a ring geometry at an output.

Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion device includes: a plunger that extrudes a deformable intraocular lens into an eye along an extrusion axis, the deformable intraocular lens including an optical part and one or a plurality of support parts extending outward from a periphery of the optical part; an installation part in which the intraocular lens is installed in a state where at least one support part is placed closer to a proximal end side of the extrusion axis than the optical part; and an off-axis movement part that presses the support part of the intraocular lens installed in the installation part from a direction different from the extrusion axis to deform and move the support part.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communication with an optimized constellation include coding an input data stream to a symbol stream according to an optimized constellation that has a non-Gray bit mapping and that has neighboring points having more than one bit difference farther apart than neighboring points having one bit difference. The symbol stream is modulated onto a transmission signal and subsequently demodulated at a receiver to produce a received symbol stream. The received symbol stream is decoded to a bitstream according to an optimized constellation that has a non-Gray bit mapping and that has neighboring points having more than one bit difference farther apart than neighboring points having one bit difference.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet which can have a prolonged pot life even under an environment in an inkjet device that is warmed to 50° C. or higher and which can be cured into a cured product having improved heat resistance and insulation reliability, in spite of the fact that a thermally curable compound is used in the curable composition. The curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a photocurable compound, a thermally curable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a thermal curing agent and does not contain a solvent or contains the solvent, wherein the content of the solvent in 100% by weight of the curable composition is 1% by weight or less when the curable composition for inkjet contains the solvent, the photocurable compound contains a polyfunctional compound having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups, and the thermal curing agent is an aromatic amine having at least one benzene ring and at least two amino groups.

Abstract: To provide a POS terminal or the like which enables adjustment of white balance of an object to be sufficiently accurate even in the change of external light illuminating the object. The POS terminal includes: an image capture unit which captures an object including a plurality of respectively different reference colors and generates an image; a comparison unit which compares a portion of the image relating to each of the reference colors with a standard image which is a standard of the reference colors; and an adjustment unit which adjusts white balance based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable and thermosetting adhesive for inkjet which can increase the thickness accuracy of an adhesive layer formed by curing an adhesive and can further cause the adhesive layer to hardly generate voids. A photocurable and thermosetting adhesive for inkjet according to the present invention contains a photocurable compound, a thermosetting compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a thermal curing agent, wherein the elastic modulus at 25° C. of a B-staged adhesive is at least 5.0×102 Pa and at most 8.0×104 Pa when the B-staged adhesive is obtained by irradiating the adhesive with light of a cumulative light quantity of 1000 mJ/cm2 so that illumination at a wavelength of 365 nm is 100 mW/cm2.

Abstract: It is intended to suppress the deterioration of the transmission quality of an optical signal propagating through an optical fiber due to the intensity variation of a control signal. An exemplary aspect of the present invention includes outputting main signal light; generating a first optical signal by intensity-modulating an optical signal depending on a control signal; generating a second optical signal by intensity-modulating an optical signal depending on a differential component between a prescribed signal having a constant intensity and the control signal; outputting a wavelength-multiplexed optical signal by multiplexing the first optical signal being generated and the second optical signal being generated; and transmitting a transmitting signal by multiplexing the output main signal light being output and the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal being output.

Abstract: A POS terminal device capable of extracting a commodity image from an image taken by image pickup means in order to contribute to an improvement in the recognition rate of commodities is provided. A POS terminal device (1) includes at least one image pickup unit (2) and a 3D image generation unit (4), and a commodity image extraction unit (6). The image pickup unit (2) generates a plurality of 2D images by shooting a commodity from a plurality of viewpoints, each of the plurality of 2D images corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of viewpoints. The 3D image generation unit (4) generates a 3D image including an image of the commodity by using the plurality of 2D images generated by the image pickup unit (2). The commodity image extraction unit (6) extracts the image of the commodity by using the 3D image.

Abstract: In order to allow for a flexible network configuration and establish an alternative path without performing communication between optical branching units in the event of a failure on a path in an optical communication system to which a plurality of optical branching units are connected, the optical branching unit includes optical add-drop unit for outputting an input WDM signal to any of a plurality of paths on a per-wavelength basis, light wavelength detecting unit for detecting a wavelength of the input WDM signal, a wavelength database storing, on a per-wavelength basis, information about sections through which optical signals contained in the WDM signal pass, and control unit for changing a setting of the optical add-drop unit so that a path of an optical signal of a wavelength passing through a particular one of the sections bypasses the particular section when all wavelengths stored in the wavelength database are not detected in the particular section by the light wavelength detecting unit.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection device capable of applying a high quality curable composition stably and efficiently by heating the curable composition to a temperature at which the curable composition can be ejected from a head, in a short time without heating the curable composition rapidly and excessively.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communication with an optimized constellation include coding an input data stream to a symbol stream according to an optimized constellation that has a non-Gray bit mapping and that has neighboring points having more than one bit difference farther apart than neighboring points having one bit difference. The symbol stream is modulated onto a transmission signal and subsequently demodulated at a receiver to produce a received symbol stream. The received symbol stream is decoded to a bitstream according to an optimized constellation that has a non-Gray bit mapping and that has neighboring points having more than one bit difference farther apart than neighboring points having one bit difference.

Abstract: A molding material for a sliding member, the molding material being superior in processability and sliding properties, and a sliding member formed from the molding material for a sliding member are provided. The molding material for a sliding member contains a phenol resin, a boron compound, an elastomer and a filler. The elastomer preferably contains at least one selected from the group consisting of are acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, a urethane rubber and a silicone rubber, and more preferably an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber among them. The boron compound preferably contains at least one selected from the group consisting of boric acid, zinc borate and boron oxide, and the filler preferably contains a carbon fiber. Furthermore, the content of the elastomer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon fiber is preferably no less than 5 parts by mass and no greater than 50 parts by mass.

Abstract: When a plurality of transport apparatuses perform their respective signal compensations using dummy lights, such compensations performed by the plurality of transport apparatuses affect each other in multiplex, with the result that such compensations produce no expected effects. A transport apparatus of the invention is characterized in that the transport apparatus comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a first signal; a generation unit that generates a dummy signal for compensating the first signal transmitted by the transmission unit; and a combination unit that combines the first signal with the dummy signal; wherein the generation unit adjusts the intensity of the dummy signal, which is to be generated, such that a second signal obtained by combining the first signal with the dummy signal will have a constant intensity.

Abstract: At a receiver side, to enhance the performance of concatenated LDPC and TCM coding, an iterative decoding between TCM decoder and LDPC decoder enables improvement in the reliability of received LLRs of each symbol after each iteration. A SOVA output of the TCM is used for LDPC decoding, and then the updated LLRs from LDPC decoder are further looped back to the TCM decoder for the next iteration. In such a manner, the decoding performance could be significantly improved after just several iterations.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an electronic component, which is capable of forming a cured adhesive layer easily with high accuracy. The method for producing a curable film electronic component according to the present invention includes an application step in which an adhesive is applied onto a first electronic component body using an ink jet device to form an adhesive layer, a first light irradiation step in which an adhesive layer is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, an attachment step in which a second electronic component body is disposed on the adhesive layer irradiated with light and attached, and a step in which the adhesive layer is cured by heating, thereby giving an electronic component, the ink jet device includes an ink tank to store the adhesive, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the adhesive is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an electronic component, which is capable of forming a cured adhesive layer easily with high accuracy. The method for producing a curable film electronic component according to the present invention includes an application step in which an adhesive is applied onto a first electronic component body using an ink jet device to form an adhesive layer, a first light irradiation step in which an adhesive layer is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, an attachment step in which a second electronic component body is disposed on the adhesive layer irradiated with light and attached, and a step in which the adhesive layer is cured by heating, thereby giving an electronic component, the ink jet device includes an ink tank to store the adhesive, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the adhesive is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.