Abstract: An analog-to-digital convertor of an integration type, includes: a charging circuit having a capacitor configured to store electric charges based on an input current; a discharging circuit configured to discharge the electric charges stored in the capacitor; and a counting circuit configured to count a charge-discharge count of the capacitor in a first conversion period and in a second conversion period, in order to convert a current value of the input current into a digital value, wherein the first conversion period includes a first pre-charging period and a first counting period, the second conversion period includes a second pre-charging period and a second counting period, and the analog-to-digital convertor further comprises a phase changing circuit configured to change a first phase of an output signal of the charging circuit in the first counting period to a second phase in the second counting period.

Abstract: A time measuring device comprises a signal generating circuit configured to generate a plurality of reference signals in an equivalent cycle with different phases; a first counter configured to output a fine count value, using a plurality of first pulse signals obtained from the plurality of reference signals; a second counter configured to output a coarse count value, using a plurality of second pulse signals obtained from the plurality of reference signals and having frequencies lower than frequencies of the plurality of first pulse signals; and a control unit configured to determine whether to correct the coarse count value in accordance with the fine count value and the coarse count value latched with a latch signal, and, if the coarse count value needs to be corrected, configured to calculate a bin number, using the fine count value and a coarse correction value obtained by correcting the coarse count value.

Abstract: A light detector includes a SPAD; a resistor component; a switch element; and a control circuit configured to control the switch element to discharge or charge a first node. In response to a change in a potential of the first node from a first potential to a second potential, the control circuit turns on the switch element until a second period elapses after a lapse of a first period measured from the change to the second potential, or until the potential of the first node changes back to the first potential during the second period, and the control circuit turns off the switch element upon a lapse of the second period without the potential of the first node changing back to the first potential, and the control circuit turns on the switch element again after a lapse of a third period measured from the turning off of the switch element.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a master, and a plurality of slaves to which a plurality of mutually different identifiers is assigned respectively, wherein each slave of the plurality of slaves transmits, to the master, a first signal representing a bit sequence containing a bit representing whether or not an interrupt is occurring in that slave and changes a position of the bit based on the identifier assigned to the slave.

Abstract: A distance measuring apparatus includes: a light-emitting portion that transmits a plurality of light-emitting pulse signals corresponding to a plurality of pulsed light beams; an object light-receiving portion that transmits a plurality of object pulse signals corresponding to a plurality of object pulsed light beams; a time-to-digital converter that converts a light-emitting timing of the plurality of light-emitting pulse signals and an object light-receiving timing of the plurality of object pulse signals into digital values; and a histogram-generating-and-distance-calculating unit that generates an object histogram that has a horizontal axis representing a difference between the digital value of the object light-receiving timing and the digital value of the light-emitting timing and that calculates a distance to the distance-measurement object, based on a center of gravity of the object histogram, wherein the light-emitting portion emits the plurality of pulsed light beams at a random interval correspondi

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes the following: a light measuring instrument disposed opposite the display surface of a display panel provided with a self-emission element, and disposed for measuring the ambient-light illuminance of the display panel; a storage device configured to store a plurality of first measurements measured by the light measuring instrument in synchronization with a synchronizing signal of the display panel during a plurality of first measurement periods that are shorter than an ON/OFF period of the self-emission element; and a calculation unit configured to calculate the light emission illuminance of the self-emission element in accordance with the plurality of first measurements stored in the storage device, and configured to calculate the ambient-light illuminance by subtracting a value based on the light emission illuminance from a second measurement measured by the light measuring instrument during a second measurement period that is longer than the plurality of first measurement pe

Abstract: Provided is a laminate that includes a thin glass film and is hence excellent in flexibility, and that is excellent in puncture resistance. A laminate for an image display apparatus of the present invention includes: a glass film; and a resin layer arranged on one side of the glass film, wherein the glass film has a thickness of more than 50 ?m and 150 ?m or less, wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a puncture strength measured in conformity with JIS Z 1707:1997 of more than 2 kg and 50 kg or less, and wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a bending radius of from 15 mm to 200 mm.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds. At the time of defining a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) as 100% by weight, the composition comprises one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 15% or more by weight. The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition preferably comprises, as the alkyl (meth)acrylate(s) (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A1) having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A2) having 15 to 20 carbon atoms. A ratio by weight of the component (A1) to the component (A2) (A1/A2) is preferably from 1.0/9.0 to 4.0/6.0.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least radical polymerizable compounds. The radical polymerizable compounds comprise a component A having a log Pow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a log Pow more than 7, each of these log Pow values representing an octanol/water distribution coefficient. The component A preferably comprises at least one nitrogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide derivatives, amino-group-containing monomers, and nitrogen-containing and heterocycle-containing vinyl monomers. The component B preferably comprises an alkyl (eth)acrylate having 18 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An organic metal compound-containing composition, comprising: at least one organic metal compound (A) selected from the group consisting of metal alkoxides and metal chelates, and a polymerizable compound (B) having a polymerizable functional group and a carboxyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate that includes a thin glass film and is hence excellent in flexibility, and that is excellent in puncture resistance. A laminate for an image display apparatus of the present invention includes: a glass film; and a resin layer arranged on one side of the glass film, wherein the glass film has a thickness of more than 50 ?m and 150 ?m or less, wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a puncture strength measured in conformity with JIS Z 1707:1997 of more than 2 kg and 50 kg or less, and wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a bending radius of from 15 mm to 200 mm.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive-adhesive layer attached polarizing film comprises a polarizing film in which a transparent protective film is laid on/over at least one surface of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer between the surface and the transparent protective film, and a pressure-sensitive-adhesive layer laminated on a transparent protective film side of the polarizing film. The adhesive-layer-laid surface of the polarizer is subjected to an activating treatment. The adhesive layer is a cured product layer of an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition comprises an active-energy-ray-curable component, and a shrinkage inhibitor having a structural formula having an M-O bond wherein M is silicon, titanium, aluminum or zirconium, and O represents an oxygen atom.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds. At the time of defining a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) as 100% by weight, the composition comprises one or more alkyl (meth) acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 15% or more by weight. The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition preferably comprises, as the alkyl (meth)acrylate(s) (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A1) having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A2) having 15 to 20 carbon atoms. A ratio by weight of the component (A1) to the component (A2) (A1/A2) is preferably from 1.0/9.0 to 4.0/6.0.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of -60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.

Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least radical polymerizable compounds. The radical polymerizable compounds comprise a component A having a log Pow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a log Pow more than 7, each of these log Pow values representing an octanol/water distribution coefficient. The component A preferably comprises at least one nitrogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide derivatives, amino-group-containing monomers, and nitrogen-containing and heterocycle-containing vinyl monomers. The component B preferably comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate having 18 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A curing type adhesive composition for polarization film, contains an active energy ray curable component (X), at least one organometallic compound (A) selected from the group consisting of a metal alkoxide and a metal chelate, and a polymerizable compound (B) having a polymerizable functional group and a carboxyl group. It is preferred that a metal of the organometallic compound (A) is titanium. The curing type adhesive composition for polarizing film preferably contains, as the organometallic compound (A), the metal alkoxide, and an organic group which the metal alkoxide has having three or more carbon atoms. The curing type adhesive composition for polarizing film contains, as the organometallic compound (A), the metal chelate, an organic group which the metal chelate has having four or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: There is provided a polarizer protective film excellent in both bending resistance and adhesiveness with a polarizer. A polarizer protective film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an acrylic resin; and reinforcing particles dispersed in the acrylic resin. The reinforcing particles have flat shapes, and have a length-to-thickness ratio of 7.0 or less.