Abstract: The present invention provides a luminance-enhancing film including a ?/4 plate, and a reflection polarizer, including a first light reflection layer, a second light reflection layer, and a third light reflection layer from the ?/4 plate side sequentially, the light reflection layers being light reflection layers formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, and including blue, green and red light reflection layers, and Rth(550) of the first light reflection layer and Rth(550) of the second light reflection layer having inverse signs; and a luminance-enhancing film including a ?/4 plate and a reflection polarizer including at least a light reflection layer formed of a rod-like cholesteric liquid crystal material and a light reflection layer formed of a disk-like cholesteric liquid crystal material. The luminance-enhancing film has high luminance and is able to suppress an oblique change in the color.

Abstract: An ion exchanger includes a lower casing, an upper casing, and a cartridge. The lower casing includes an upper opening and a circumferential wall, which includes an intake port and a discharge port. The upper casing includes a lid, which is arranged on the opening of the lower casing, and a cylinder, which extends downward from the lid and is accommodated in the circumferential wall. The cartridge, which is provided integrally with the inner side of the cylinder, accommodates an ion exchange resin. The cylinder includes a communication hole, through which the inner side of the cylinder is in communication with the intake port. The upper casing includes an accumulation limiting structure that limits the air remaining immediately below the lower surface of the lid in the upper casing after flowing into the cylinder together with coolant.

Abstract: An image capturing system to capture an image of an object from various directions. The system includes a mobile terminal and an image-capturing assist device. The mobile terminal includes an image capturing unit, and a terminal-equipment controller to control the mobile terminal. The image-capturing assist device includes a turntable including a placing table to place the object thereon, a housing rotatably supporting the placing table, an actuator to rotate the placing table, and a turntable-equipment controller to control the turntable, and a mobile-terminal placing table to place the mobile terminal such that the image capturing unit and the object on the placing table face each other. The mobile terminal and the image-capturing assist device perform communication therebetween, and the terminal-equipment controller controls the actuator when starting image capturing to intermittently or continuously photograph the object on the placing table, sequentially when the placing table is rotating.

Abstract: There is provided a phase difference film which includes a substrate, an acrylic resin layer, an intermediate layer containing a main component of the substrate and a main component of the acrylic resin layer between the substrate and the acrylic resin layer, and a specific phase difference layer directly on a surface on the opposite side to the intermediate layer of the acrylic resin layer, in which the substrate contains at least one kind of resin selected from a cellulose acylate resin, a cyclic olefin resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and a styrene resin, the acrylic resin layer contains an acrylic resin having a polar group, the intermediate layer has a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m, and the phase difference layer is formed by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound containing a vertical alignment agent.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes an input image acquisition module for acquiring an input image generated by reading a document, a character string information calculator for calculating character string density or character string variance in the input image, and a document type identification module for identifying a type of the document based on the character string density or the character string variance.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery that includes a composite grain formed of lithium iron silicate crystals or lithium manganese silicate crystals and a carbon material. The composite grain has a sea-islands structure in which the lithium iron silicate crystals or lithium manganese silicate crystals are scattered like islands in the carbon material, and the islands have an average value of circle-equivalent diameter of smaller than 15 nm.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multiple oxide includes: a solution preparing step of adding to iron and steel pickling waste liquid, a lithium compound soluble in acidic aqueous solution and an oxoanion raw-material compound to prepare a mixed solution; a roasting step of introducing the mixed solution into a roasting furnace to roast the mixed solution; and a collecting step of collecting the multiple oxide obtained in the roasting step.

Abstract: In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user.

Abstract: A contextual community paradigm is engineered to define context between human and machine. This contextual community paradigm enables support of multiple taxonomies for any given object. Human and machine share context. The contextual community paradigm simplifies resolution of the user's intent, enabling automated interactions between human and machine spanning functions and applications. The paradigm facilitates real-time context resolution. The paradigm also resolves intent for the purpose of automating and assisting in the execution of tasks involving people, devices, and concepts, such as events and information.

Abstract: In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes an input image acquisition module for acquiring an input image generated by reading a document, a character string information calculator for calculating character string density or character string variance in the input image, and a document type identification module for identifying a type of the document based on the character string density or the character string variance.

Abstract: There is provided a phase difference film which includes a, an intermediate layer, and a phase difference layer to which an alignment state of a liquid crystal material is fixed in this order, in which the substrate contains cellulose acylate in which an average substitution degree DS of an acyl group satisfies 2.0<DS<2.6, specific polycondensation ester, or specific sugar ester, the intermediate layer contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin or an acrylic resin having a polar group, and the phase difference layer contains a liquid crystal compound which is homeotropically aligned and has specific optical characteristics.

Abstract: There is provided a phase difference film which includes a substrate, an acrylic resin layer, an intermediate layer containing a main component of the substrate and a main component of the acrylic resin layer between the substrate and the acrylic resin layer, and a specific phase difference layer directly on a surface on the opposite side to the intermediate layer of the acrylic resin layer, in which the substrate contains at least one kind of resin selected from a cellulose acylate resin, a cyclic olefin resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, and a styrene resin, the acrylic resin layer contains an acrylic resin having a polar group, the intermediate layer has a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m, and the phase difference layer is formed by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound containing a vertical alignment agent.

Abstract: To provide an optically-compensatory film that can improve the contrast, to provide a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display including the optically-compensatory film and a method of producing the optically-compensatory film. An optically-compensatory film including a transparent support; and at least one optically anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal composition containing liquid crystal compounds, in the transparent support; wherein when the optically-compensatory film is disposed between two polarizing plates in a cross nicol state, degree of depolarization as seen from the front face is 0.000022 or less, and degree of depolarization as seen from a polar angle of 50° from an absorption axis direction of one of the polarizing plates is 0.00077 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery that includes a composite grain formed of lithium iron silicate crystals or lithium manganese silicate crystals and a carbon material. The composite grain has a sea-islands structure in which the lithium iron silicate crystals or lithium manganese silicate crystals are scattered like islands in the carbon material, and the islands have an average value of circle-equivalent diameter of smaller than 15 nm.

Abstract: In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first polarizing film; a first retardation region; a liquid crystal cell which includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates, in which liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are oriented parallel to surfaces of the pair of substrates at a time of black display; and a second polarizing film, a slow axis of the first retardation region is arranged orthogonally or parallel to a long axis of the liquid crystal molecule at a surface of the liquid crystal layer at a side of the substrate of the liquid crystal cell adjacent to the first retardation region in a state of no application of voltage, the liquid crystal cell operates in a lateral electric field mode, and the first retardation region includes a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer as defined herein.

Abstract: A cathode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes: a metal oxide as a cathode active material; and a carbon material which coats at least a part of a surface of a particle of the metal oxide, wherein the cathode material has hydrophilicity so as to be precipitated into pure water.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multiple oxide includes: a solution preparing step of adding to iron and steel pickling waste liquid, a lithium compound soluble in acidic aqueous solution and an oxoanion raw-material compound to prepare a mixed solution; a roasting step of introducing the mixed solution into a roasting furnace to roast the mixed solution; and a collecting step of collecting the multiple oxide obtained in the roasting step.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit that includes light receiving units arranged in two-dimensional array and reads an image on an original in two-dimensional directions, a cover portion that forms a reader chamber with the image reading unit, and a read-start instruction unit that instructs the image reading unit to start reading the image on the original when the original is inserted into the reader chamber. The reader chamber has a space for containing the original therein, and forms an original insertion/ejection port with the cover portion for inserting or ejecting the original therethrough.