Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes an array of pixels, each pixel includes: a pixel electrode; an organic layer; a counter electrode; a sealing layer; a color filter; a readout circuit; and a light-collecting unit as defined herein, the photoelectric layer contains an organic p type semiconductor and an organic n type semiconductor, the organic layer further includes a charge blocking layer as defined herein, an ionization potential of the charge blocking layer and an electron affinity of the organic n type semiconductor in the photoelectric layer has a difference of at least 1 eV, and the sealing layer includes a first sealing sublayer formed by atomic layer deposition and a second sealing sublayer formed by physical vapor deposition and containing one of a metal oxide, a metal nitride, and a metal oxynitride.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, a third electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a plurality of signal reading portions, at least one of electric potential adjusting portions. The plurality of first electrodes is arranged on an upper side of a substrate in two dimensions with a predetermined gap interposed between one of the first electrodes and another first electrode adjacent to the one of the first electrode. The second electrode is arranged next to the first electrodes arranged on an outermost side of the first electrodes with the predetermined gap interposed between the first electrodes arranged on the outermost side and the second electrode. The third electrode faces both of the plurality of first electrodes and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the second electrode and the third electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides application software with a function of allowing reproduction of an audio-only disk-shaped recording medium by a similar command to that for reproduction of a disk-shaped recording medium for computer data. The function is interposed between a computer controlling operating system and application software.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a control unit of performing a series of drive operations of discharging electric charges in photoelectric conversion portions of all pixel units to a semiconductor substrate, simultaneously starting an exposure in all the pixel units, injecting the electric charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portions during the exposure period into floating gates FG during the exposure period, reading first signals corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the FG after the end of the exposure period, discharging the electric charges in the FG to writing drains and reading drains, and reading second signals corresponding to noises accumulated in the FG, at different times by lines and a CDS generating an image capturing signal for generating image data by subtracting the second signals from the first signals.

Abstract: In an imaging apparatus having plural pixel units each including a photoelectric conversion portion, each pixel unit has a writing transistor WT and a reading transistor RT each including a floating gate FG disposed on a semiconductor substrate so as to accumulate electric charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, and the imaging apparatus includes a control unit independently performing a first charge discharging drive operation of discharging the electric charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion of each pixel unit in a group to a writing drain WD or a reading drain RD in the pixel unit by groups including plural pixel units and controlling an exposure period start time of each group.

Abstract: In an imaging apparatus having a plurality of pixel portions containing photoelectric converting portions, each of the pixel portions is provided with a writing transistor and a reading transistor, which contain a floating gate provided above a semiconductor substrate in order to store thereinto electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion; and a control portion for performing such a driving operation that the electric charges stored in the floating gate are ejected to a writing drain of the writing transistor and a reading drain of the reading transistor.

Abstract: In an imaging apparatus equipped with a solid-state imagining element includes: a photoelectric converting portion; a floating gate provided above a semiconductor substrate, for storing thereinto electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion; and a writing transistor for injecting the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion into the floating gate, the solid-state imaging element is further comprised of: a control portion for driving a writing transistor in such a manner that injecting of the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion into the floating gate is stopped during an exposing time period, and after the exposing time period has accomplished, the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion during the exposing time period are injected into the floating gate.

Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device is provided and includes: an organic photoelectric conversion layer that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light and generates a signal charge; a first electrode provided on one side of the organic photoelectric conversion layer and a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the other side of the organic photoelectric conversion layer. A gap between adjacent pair of the second electrodes is 3 ?m or below.

Abstract: A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that determines whether a received email is urgent by comparing words and phrases contained in the received email with keywords and phrases in a database. The controller generates notice information, such as an icon, when the received email is determined to be urgent, so that a user can recognize that there is an email whose sender wants to contact the user. When the notice information is selected by manipulating a key input device, the controller makes a communication with the sender of the received email.

Abstract: According to the embodiment of the invention a communication apparatus including: a first communication module radio communicating based on a first radio access technology; a second communication module radio communicating based on a second radio access technology; a first information storing module storing radio access technology information indicating at least one of the first and second radio access technologies to be used in a radio communication of the communication apparatus; a chip storing module configured to store an information chip that stores company information with respect to a company providing a communication service; a search module configured to read out the company information from the information chip to perform a radio wave search according to one of the first and second radio access technologies based on the company information; and a setting module configured to set the radio access technology information in the first information storing module based on the result of the radio wave sear

Abstract: A judgment section determines whether or not a reduction in the power dissipation is possible by relocation of an improvement-target cell. If a reduction in the power dissipation is possible, a calculation section calculates the delay time of a target path including the improvement-target cell to obtain a possible shift distance of the improvement-target cell, within which the timing constraint is satisfied. A layout change section relocates the improvement-target cell within a range in which the power dissipation can be reduced and timing constraint can be satisfied.

Abstract: A color solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer provided over the semiconductor substrate, for absorbing light of a first color among three primary colors so as to generate photocharges; plural charge storage regions arranged in a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, for storing the photocharges; plural first photodiodes arranged in the surface layer of the substrate, for detecting mixed light of second and third colors among the three primary colors that has passed through the photoelectric conversion layer and for storing generated photocharges; plural second photodiodes arranged in the surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, for detecting light of the second color of the mixed light that has passed through the photoelectric conversion layer and for storing generated photocharges; color filter layers provided over the second photodiodes, for interrupting light of the third color; and signal reading units as defined herein.

Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor that is capable of three-dimensional compression, ensuring a required wrap strength while increasing a shoulder section height of a spiral wrap, and facilitating wrap processing. The scroll compressor includes shoulder sections at an end surface and a bottom surface of spiral wraps of a paired fixed scroll member and revolving scroll member and configured to be capable of three-dimensional compression in a circumferential direction and a height direction of the spiral wraps by setting a spiral wrap height of the spiral wraps further toward the outside of the shoulder sections greater than the spiral wrap height of the inward side, and wherein the shoulder sections provided on the end surface and the bottom surface at the spiral wrap are constructed of a plurality of shoulder sections, and the heights of the shoulder sections are set to heights in which base stresses at the shoulder sections are substantially equal.

Abstract: A cellular phone, which can be applied to a mobile terminal of the present invention in emergency, has a main display and a control device. The cellular phone receives an emergency mail from the mobile terminal, and the main display displays the received emergency mail. The control device notifies that the emergency mail is received using a vibrator, a speaker, an light emitting device, and the like and executes a control such that it is notified that the emergency mail is received each preset and predetermined period of time during a period of time until a confirming operation to the emergency mail is executed. With this operation, convenience of the cellular phone is improved in emergency.

Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device is provided and includes: an organic photoelectric conversion layer that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light and generates a signal charge; a first electrode provided on one side of the organic photoelectric conversion layer and a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the other side of the organic photoelectric conversion layer. A gap between adjacent pair of the second electrodes is 3 ?m or below.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a pair of electrodes; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes, wherein one of the electrodes is a first electrode that collects electrons generated in the organic photoelectric conversion layer; the other one of the electrodes is a second electrode that collects holes generated in the organic photoelectric conversion layer; and the photoelectric conversion element further comprises a hole blocking layer that comprises silicon oxide and inhibits injection of holes into the organic photoelectric conversion layer from the first electrode while applying a bias voltage between the electrodes, the hole blocking layer being disposed between the first electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion layer, and an oxygen/silicon composition ratio of the silicon oxide is 0.5 or greater and 1.2 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disk label printer that includes a slot-in type optical disk driving mechanism and a printing mechanism integrated with each other, has a small size, and smoothly transfers optical disks. The disclosed disk label printer includes: a case that has a slot through which an optical disk is inserted or ejected formed therein; an optical disk driving mechanism that is provided in the case and writes and/or reads signals to and/or from the optical disk mounted to a disk mounting portion; and a printing mechanism that is provided in the case and includes a thermal head which prints a desired image on a label surface of the optical disk. The printing mechanism is provided on a transfer path of the optical disk toward the optical disk driving mechanism between the slot and the optical disk driving mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disk label printer that includes a slot-in type optical disk driving mechanism and a printing mechanism integrated with each other, has a small size, and prints a high-quality image on the label surface of an optical disk. The disclosed disk label printer includes: a case that has a slot through which an optical disk is inserted or ejected formed therein; an optical disk driving mechanism that is provided in the case and writes and/or reads signals to and/or from the optical disk mounted to a disk mounting portion; and a printing mechanism that is provided in the case and includes a thermal head printing a desired image on a label surface of the optical disk. The printing mechanism is provided on a transfer path of the optical disk toward the optical disk driving mechanism between the slot an optical disk driving mechanism.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of pixel parts each capable of obtaining one color signal, said plurality of pixel parts being arranged in the same plane, wherein each of the pixel parts comprises: a photoelectric conversion element comprising a lower electrode formed on or above a substrate, an upper electrode formed above the lower electrode and a photoelectric conversion film sandwiched between the lower electrode and the upper electrode; and a color filter formed on or above the upper electrode, wherein d<p where d is a distance from a lower face of the photoelectric conversion film to an upper face of the color filter and p is an arrangement pitch of the photoelectric conversion element.

Abstract: An ink cartridge includes an ink containing section including an ink absorbing body made of a porous material for retaining ink. The ink cartridge satisfies 200?N·R?320, where N is the cell density, expressed in the number of pores per inch, of the ink absorbing body before the ink absorbing body is contained in the ink containing section; and R is a compressibility, which is a volume ratio of the ink absorbing body when the ink absorbing body is contained in a compressed state in the ink containing section to the ink absorbing body before the ink absorbing body is contained in the ink containing section.