Abstract: The emission efficiency of a light-emitting device including a microcavity structure is improved. The light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The plurality of light-emitting elements each include a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode, a plurality of light-emitting layers, and a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode stacked in that order. The plurality of light-emitting layers emit light of different colors. A surface roughness of the transparent electrode in the light-emitting element which is among the plurality of light-emitting elements and in which light emitted from the light-emitting layer closest to the reflective electrode is amplified and emitted outside is greater than surface roughnesses of the transparent electrodes in the other light-emitting elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which inhibits deterioration in display quality caused by color mixture of luminescent layers. In a case where vapor deposition particles are deposited onto a substrate, P+2Lc?{(Ts×M+0.96×G×Wn)/(Ts?G)}+2Dm and 3 ?m?Dm?5 ?m are satisfied, where “M” is a width of a mask opening, “Wn” is a width of an injection hole, “G” is a distance between the TFT substrate and a vapor deposition mask, “Ts” is a distance between the TFT substrate and a vapor deposition source, “P” is a width of a first pixel opening, and “Lc” is a width of a non-display region.

Abstract: With this analysis device, air that has been heated by a heater is blown by a fan in the direction of an analysis receptacle rotary driver and an analysis receptacle that is rotationally driven by the analysis receptacle rotary driver. The analysis receptacle rotary driver rotates the analysis receptacle within the analysis chamber in the same direction as the direction of air flow produced by the fan.

Abstract: The vapor deposition device includes a plurality of vapor deposition masks whose lengths in Y axis and X axis directions are shorter than those of a film formation target substrate. Vapor deposition masks adjacent to each other in the Y axis direction is positionally displaced in the X axis direction. In an overlapping area in which mask opening group areas adjacent to each other in the Y axis direction overlap with each other in the X axis direction, opening lengths in the Y axis direction become shorter toward the outer side of each of the mask opening group areas in the plan view.

Abstract: A mask frame according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a side with a surface having a shape of a mountain that has the highest point at a center in the lengthwise direction thereof and respective lowest points at an end and another end in the lengthwise direction, and a side facing the side and having the same shape as the side.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detection unit, a first determination unit, a second detection unit, a second determination unit, a correction unit, and a transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires image information having multiple pixels. The first detection unit detects sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in accordance with the image information. The first determination unit determines whether or not a development-related defect occurs in a preset number of pixels downstream of the sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in the sub-scanning direction. The second detection unit detects an end pixel in the main scanning direction. The second determination unit determines whether or not each of sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels arranged in the main scanning direction is close to the end pixel in the main scanning direction. The correction unit corrects the image information.

Abstract: A light guiding element has a first principal surface, a second principal surface which opposes the first principal surface, a first lateral surface which intersects with the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and a second lateral surface which opposes the first lateral surface. The light guiding element allows light incoming from the first lateral surface to propagate between the first principal surface and the second principal surface. The light guiding element includes a portion in which a refractive index varies substantially continuously from the first principal surface toward the second principal surface.

Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, a partition, a layer with high conductivity, light-emitting layers, and an upper electrode. The conductivity of the layer with high conductivity is higher than the conductivity of each of the light-emitting layers and lower than the conductivity of each of the lower electrodes and the upper electrode. The partition includes a first slope located on a first lower electrode side and a second slope located on a second lower electrode side. The thickness of the layer with high conductivity located over the first slope in a direction perpendicular to the first slope is different from the thickness of the layer with high conductivity located over the second slope in a direction perpendicular to the second slope.

Abstract: Occurrence of a crosstalk phenomenon is suppressed in a light-emitting device including a tandem element. A light-emitting device includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode over an insulating layer; a partition which is formed over the insulating layer and positioned between the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; a projecting object formed over the partition; a first light-emitting unit over each of the first lower electrode, the partition, the projecting object, and the second lower electrode; an intermediate layer over the first light-emitting unit; a second light-emitting unit over the intermediate layer; and an upper electrode over the second light-emitting unit. A recess is formed by a side surface of the projecting object and a side surface of the partition.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer container, a moving mechanism that moves a toner of a developer to the image carrier, a stirring and transporting member that transports the developer in the developer container to the moving mechanism, a layer thickness regulating member that regulates the layer thickness of the developer held by a developer holder of the moving mechanism, and a movement regulating unit that regulates movement of the developer. An end of the movement regulating unit at a stirring and transporting member side is located at the stirring and transporting member side with respect to a tangent line tangent to the outer circumference of the stirring and transporting member and passing through a position where the density of magnetic flux of an attraction magnetic pole of a magnet member of the moving mechanism on the surface of the developing holder is the highest.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to minimize decrease in an open area ratio while preventing color mixture between adjacent pixels. A color filter substrate (20) includes a substrate and light-shielding members (21, 22) provided in a matrix manner on the substrate, the light-shielding members (21, 22) having different thicknesses on the substrate depending on positions of the light-shielding members (21, 22).

Abstract: A mask unit is arranged such that at any location along an X direction with respect to openings (S) of a vapor deposition mask, the length of that portion of openings S which is uncovered by a beam portion totals a constant length along a Y direction in a plan view and that the beam portion has a part in contact with the vapor deposition mask which part does not bridge an opening of a frame portion along the Y direction but extends to cross the Y direction continuously or intermittently.

Abstract: An organic EL display device is provided with: an organic EL element, which is formed on an insulating substrate, and which is provided between the insulating substrate and an insulating substrate; a sealing material, which is provided in a frame region, and which is sandwiched between the insulating substrate and the insulating substrate to bond the insulating substrates to each other; and a wall member, which is provided in the frame region by being adjacent to the outer face side of the sealing material, and which forms level differences in the sealing material so as to make the height of the outer face side of the sealing material small.

Abstract: In a deposition device, a deposition mask of a mask unit (54) has a width in the scanning (movement) direction thereof that is less than a width of a target substrate (on which film will be deposited) in the same scanning direction. A substrate holder includes a substrate holding surface that has at least one curve along the scanning direction matching a bend in the target substrate caused by the weight thereof, and this curve occurs in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.

Abstract: A two-component developer includes toner and a magnetic carrier. The two-component developer is used in a developing device including a circular cylindrical developer transporting member that is disposed so as to be separated by 125 ?m to 250 ?m from a latent image carrier that rotates. The two-component developer is used so as to satisfy a condition in which a width of a region where a magnetic brush contacts a surface of the latent image carrier is in a range of from 1.0 mm to 2.25 mm, and a condition in which a developer density of the region where the magnetic brush contacts the surface of the latent image carrier is in a range of from 0.75×10?6 to 1.50×10?6 g/m3.

Abstract: An EC region (second region) of an organic EL display device (1) has an optical interference layer which is a multilayer of (i) an edge cover (7) made from an acrylic resin having a lower refractive index, (ii) an organic layer (8), and (iii) a second electrode (9) which is a thin and semi-transparent film. Therefore, the organic EL display device (1) can suppress a deterioration in contrast without narrowing a display region, and can have a high reliability.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer container, a moving mechanism that moves a toner of a developer to the image carrier, a stirring and transporting member that transports the developer in the developer container to the moving mechanism, a layer thickness regulating member that regulates the layer thickness of the developer held by a developer holder of the moving mechanism, and a movement regulating unit that regulates movement of the developer. An end of the movement regulating unit at a stirring and transporting member side is located at the stirring and transporting member side with respect to a tangent line tangent to the outer circumference of the stirring and transporting member and passing through a position where the density of magnetic flux of an attraction magnetic pole of a magnet member of the moving mechanism on the surface of the developing holder is the highest.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to minimize decrease in an open area ratio while preventing color mixture between adjacent pixels. A color filter substrate (20) includes a substrate and light-shielding members (21, 22) provided in a matrix manner on the substrate, the light-shielding members (21, 22) having different thicknesses on the substrate depending on positions of the light-shielding members (21, 22).

Abstract: A developing roller includes a cylindrical transporting member and a magnet member. The transporting member is disposed so as to rotate with a gap being disposed between the transporting member and a latent image carrying member that rotates. The transporting member carries and transports magnetic developer, and is formed of a nonmagnetic material. The magnet member is disposed with multiple magnetic poles being fixed in a cylindrical interior of the transporting member. In the developing roller, multiple magnetic members are disposed in a regular arrangement at a carrying surface of the transporting member that carries the developer.

Abstract: An abrasive cloth which comprises an article in a sheet form having, in at least a part thereof, nanofibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and having a number average single fiber fineness of 1×10?8 to 2×10?4 dtex wherein the sum of single fiber fineness percentages (which is defined in the specification) of a single fiber fineness of 1×10?8 to 2×10?4 dtex is the range of 60% or more, and exhibits a stress at 10% elongation in a longitudinal direction of 5 to 200 N/cm-width; and a method for preparing a nanofiber structure, which comprises providing a nanofiber dispersion having a dispersant and, dispersed therein, nanofibers comprising a thermoplastic polymer and having a number average diameter of 1 to 500 nm, attaching the dispersion to a support, and then removing said dispersant. The above abrasive cloth is excellent in texturing characteristics, and the above method allows the preparation of a nanofiber structure wherein nanofibers form a composite with the support.