Abstract: According to an embodiment, in a display device, pixels have memories respectively. A signal supply circuit includes a mode control circuit, and switches into a first mode or a second mode to supply digital data pieces to sub-pixels. In the first mode, the circuit receives from the outside first video data pieces corresponding to n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories. In the second mode, the signal supply circuit receives from the outside second video data pieces corresponding to m sub-pixels fewer than n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories based on the second video data pieces.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flaky metal pigment that is reduced in particle size. According to the flaky metal pigment of the present invention, in the case where the flaky metal pigment is measured by a flow-type particle image analyzer, P50 showing a 50% cumulative frequency of a diameter equivalent to an area circle in a number distribution is less than 0.500 ?m.

Abstract: A display device includes: sub-pixels each including a memory block including memories; memory selection line groups each including memory selection lines electrically coupled to the memory blocks in the sub-pixels that belong to the corresponding row; a memory selection circuit configured to concurrently output memory selection signals to the memory selection line groups; a potential line; a conduction switch provided for at least one memory in the memory block on a one-to-one basis; and an operating-memory conduction circuit configured to output, to the conduction switch, an operation signal for determining whether to electrically couple or uncouple the potential line and the corresponding one memory. Each memory is capable of storing sub-pixel data therein when being coupled to the potential line. Each sub-pixel displays an image based on the sub-pixel data stored in one memory in the sub-pixel according to the memory selection line supplied with the memory selection signal.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of sub-pixels each including a memory block; a clock signal output circuit configured to output a plurality of clock signals having different frequencies; a selection circuit configured to select one of the clock signals as a selected clock signal; a plurality of memory selection line groups provided for respective rows; a memory selection circuit configured to output a memory selection signal concurrently to the memory selection line groups in synchronization with the selected clock signal, the memory selection signal being a signal for selecting one from a plurality of memories in each of the memory blocks; a common electrode to which a common potential common to the sub-pixels is supplied; and a common-electrode driving circuit configured to switch the common potential in synchronization with the reference clock signal and output the switched common potential.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus. A reception unit receives a change of a printing setting for each page in a case where, in a printing setting is designated for printing data that is made up of a plurality of pages, a page on which printing processing is impossible to perform is included in the printing data. An output unit outputs the printing data according to the printing setting that is received by the reception unit.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of sub-pixels each including a memory block that includes a plurality of memories each of which is configured to store sub-pixel data; a plurality of memory selection line groups provided to respective rows and each including a plurality of memory selection lines electrically coupled to the corresponding memory blocks in the sub-pixels that belong to a corresponding row; a memory selection circuit configured to simultaneously output a memory selection signal to the memory selection line groups, the memory selection signal being a signal for selecting one from the plurality of memories in each of the memory blocks. In accordance with the memory selection lines supplied with the memory selection signal, the sub-pixels display an image based on the sub-pixel data stored in memories in the respective sub-pixels, the memories each being one of the plurality of memories in the corresponding sub-pixel.

Abstract: A colored metallic pigment according to the present invention is a colored metallic pigment including at least a metallic pigment, an amorphous silicon oxide film layer formed on a surface of the metallic pigment, a metallic-particle-supporting layer formed on a surface of the amorphous silicon oxide film layer, and metallic particles formed on a surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, characterized in that the metallic-particle-supporting layer is formed of one or both of a metal layer and a metal oxide layer composed of a metal oxide other than silicon oxide, the metallic particles are formed to directly cover a part of the surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, and the amorphous silicon oxide film layer has a thickness of more than 500 nm.

Abstract: A color metallic pigment according to the present invention contains at least a metallic pigment, an amorphous silicon oxide film layer that is formed on the surface of the metallic pigment, a metal oxide layer that is formed on the surface of the amorphous silicon oxide film layer and contains a metal oxide other than silicon oxide, and metal particles that are formed on the surface of the metal oxide layer, wherein the metal particles are so formed as to directly cover a part of the metal oxide layer.

Abstract: A vehicle light source unit includes an optical supporting portion that supports the optical portion, a metal-made supporting portion, a fixing portion that fixes the metal-made supporting portion and the optical supporting portion in a partial and mutual manner, and a sliding portion that slidably supports the metal-made supporting portion and the optical supporting portion in a partial and mutual manner; the sliding portion is configured in such a way that the metal-made supporting portion and the optical supporting portion can slide on each other in a sliding direction and in such a way as to not only support the optical supporting portion against the metal-made supporting portion but also support the metal-made supporting portion against the optical supporting portion, toward the both sides of a supporting direction that are perpendicular to the sliding direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel electrode and a memory in each of pixels, a common electrode, a first drive circuit which supplies a digital signal, a second drive circuit which supplies an AC common signal to the common electrode, a storage control circuit which stores the digital signal in the memory in a storage period, and a select control circuit which selectively supplies, in a display period, to the pixel electrode, one of a display signal and a non-display signal. A frequency of the common signal in the storage period is a first frequency. The frequency of the common signal in the display period is a second frequency. The first frequency is higher than the second frequency.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels each of which includes a memory for storing a signal; a plurality of image signal lines each of which is configured to supply the signal; a plurality of switches each of which is included in a corresponding one of the pixels and couples a corresponding one of the image signal lines to the memory of the corresponding one of the pixels; a plurality of gate signal lines; a plurality of logic circuits coupled in series, the logic circuit at a most upstream stage being configured to receive a control signal, and each of the logic circuits being configured to output an output signal; and a plurality of control circuits each of which is configured to output a gate signal to a corresponding one of the gate signal lines based on the control signal or the output signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a signal supply circuit used for a display device includes a plurality of subpixels each including a memory. The signal supply circuit includes a first mode. The first mode receives first video data in a unit of n bits corresponding to the subpixels from outside, and supplies digital data for the subpixels in a unit of m bits less than n bits to the subpixels based on the first video data.

Abstract: A colored metallic pigment according to the present invention is a colored metallic pigment including at least a metallic pigment, an amorphous silicon oxide film layer formed on a surface of the metallic pigment, a metallic-particle-supporting layer formed on a surface of the amorphous silicon oxide film layer, and metallic particles formed on a surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, characterized in that the metallic-particle-supporting layer is formed of one or both of a metal layer and a metal oxide layer composed of a metal oxide other than silicon oxide, the metallic particles are formed to directly cover a part of the surface of the metallic-particle-supporting layer, and the amorphous silicon oxide film layer has a thickness of more than 500 nm.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus. A receiving unit receives image data. A plurality of supply units supplies different sizes of recording media. A tray detecting unit detects a supply unit to be set as a supply target from the plurality of supply units. A switching unit, according to the remaining number of recording media accommodated in the supply unit, makes a switch from supply by a supply unit, of the plurality of supply units, accommodating a recording medium of a size required for image formation to supply by another supply unit detected by the tray detecting unit. An adjusting unit adjusts the image data received by the receiving unit to have the same output image size regardless of a switching operation by the switching unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, in a display device, pixels have memories respectively. A signal supply circuit includes a mode control circuit, and switches into a first mode or a second mode to supply digital data pieces to sub-pixels. In the first mode, the circuit receives from the outside first video data pieces corresponding to n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories. In the second mode, the signal supply circuit receives from the outside second video data pieces corresponding to m sub-pixels fewer than n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories based on the second video data pieces.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a drive circuit for a display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a memory, and a display element driven based on output data of the memory. The drive circuit includes a storage control circuit for storing, in the memory, the data from a signal line, and a display control circuit which provides the display element with a display signal or a non-display signal based on the data stored in the memory. The drive circuit changes a display area from a first display state to a second display state. When the drive circuit sets the display area to the second display state, the drive circuit supplies a signal which does not depend on the image data to the display element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel electrode and a memory in each of pixels, a common electrode, a first drive circuit which supplies a digital signal, a second drive circuit which supplies an AC common signal to the common electrode, a storage control circuit which stores the digital signal in the memory in a storage period, and a select control circuit which selectively supplies, in a display period, to the pixel electrode, one of a display signal and a non-display signal. A frequency of the common signal in the storage period is a first frequency. The frequency of the common signal in the display period is a second frequency. The first frequency is higher than the second frequency.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a pixel electrode and a memory provided in each of pixels, a common electrode, a signal line to which a digital signal is supplied, a first drive line to which a display signal is supplied, a second drive line to which a non-display signal is supplied, a storage control circuit which stores the digital signal in the memory in a storage period, and a select control circuit which selectively supplies, in a display period, to the pixel electrode, one of the display signal and the non-display signal. The second drive circuit maintains potential of the common signal of the display period in the storage period when the display period transitions to the storage period.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flaky metal pigment that is reduced in particle size. According to the flaky metal pigment of the present invention, in the case where the flaky metal pigment is measured by a flow-type particle image analyzer, P50 showing a 50% cumulative frequency of a diameter equivalent to an area circle in a number distribution is less than 0.500 ?m.

Abstract: A metal-coated flake glass of the present invention includes: a flake glass; a metal coating layer formed to coat a surface of the flake glass; and a silicon oxide-based protective layer formed to coat a surface of the metal coating layer. The silicon oxide-based protective layer contains nitrogen at an amount of 0.05 mass % to 0.5 mass % relative to a whole of the metal-coated flake glass.