Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent linearity of a pattern, and a light-shielding film, a color filter, a solid-state imaging device, and an infrared sensor, each formed using the curable composition. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pattern forming method and a method for manufacturing a color filter, each using the curable composition.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition including a pigment and a resin which satisfies at least one or the following requirement 1 or the following requirement 2; a film and a color filter formed from the curable composition; a method for manufacturing a color filter formed from the curable composition; a solid-state imaging element and an image display device including the film or the color filter; and a polymer compound. Requirement 1: the resin includes a constitutional unit having, in the same side chain, an anionic structure, a quaternary ammonium cationic structure which is ionically bonded to the anionic structure, and a radically polymerizable group. Requirement 2: the resin includes a constitutional unit having, in a side chain, a quaternary ammonium cationic structure and a group to which a radically polymerizable group is linked.

Abstract: A curable composition contains a resin containing a curable group, a colorant, a polymerization inhibitor, and a polymerization initiator. A manufacturing method of the curable composition includes a colorant dispersing step of mixing together the resin containing a curable group, the colorant, and the polymerization inhibitor and a mixing step of mixing together the colorant dispersion and the polymerization initiator so as to obtain the curable composition. A cured film is obtained by curing the curable composition. A color filter, a solid-state imaging element, and an infrared sensor have the cured film. A manufacturing method of the cured film includes a curable composition layer-forming step, an exposure step, and a development step.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition capable of forming a cured film having excellent linearity of a pattern, and a light-shielding film, a color filter, a solid-state imaging device, and an infrared sensor, each formed using the curable composition. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pattern forming method and a method for manufacturing a color filter, each using the curable composition.

Abstract: Provided are a coloring composition including a green colorant, a resin, and an organic solvent, in which the green colorant includes a squarylium compound having a solubility of 30 mg/L or less in propylene glycol methyl ether acetate at 25° C.; a film formed of the coloring composition; a color filter; a method for manufacturing a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a curable compound including a pigment, a compound A, a photopolymerization initiator, a curable compound other than the compound A, and a resin, in which a content of the compound A in a total solid content of the curable composition is 1 to 15 mass %. The compound A is a compound having each of a coloring agent partial structure, an acid group or a basic group, and a curable group. The present invention further provides a method for producing the curable composition, a film formed of the curable composition, a color filter, a method for manufacturing a color filter, a solid-state imaging element, and an image display device.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive composition including a pigment, a compound which is represented by Formula (1) (A1-L1-Z1) and has 3000 L·mol?1·cm?1 or less of a maximum value of a molar light absorption coefficient in a wavelength range of 400 to 700 nm, a polymerizable compound, and an oxime-based photopolymerization initiator. In Formula (1), A1 represents a group including an aromatic ring, L1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Z1 represents a group represented by Formula (Z1).

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition including a pigment, a resin having a structural unit represented by Formula 1, and a photopolymerization initiator; as well as a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, a color filter including the cured product, a method for producing the color filter, and a solid-state imaging element or an image display device, each of which including the color filter. R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X1 represents —COO—, —CONR—, or an arylene group, R4 represents a divalent linking group, L1 represents a group represented by Formula 2 or 3, R5 represents an (n+1)-valent linking group, X2 represents an oxygen atom or —NRA-, RA represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and n represents an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which calculates a code amount obtained upon coding a coding block being obtained by dividing an image to be processed, determines an assigned code amount to be assigned to each of the coding blocks, based on a reference code amount and the code amount calculated for each of coding blocks in a coding group including a plurality of coding blocks, and generates coded data by coding each of the coding blocks using the assigned code amount as a target code amount, wherein the assigned code amount is determined so that a total of the assigned code amounts of the coding blocks in the coding group is the same among a plurality of coding groups, and fixed-length coding is carried out on a coding group-by-coding group basis by coding using the determined assigned code amounts.

Abstract: A composition includes a compound represented by Formula (1) and a pigment. In Formula (1), R1 represents an (m+n)-valent linking group, P1 represents a polymer chain which has a polyester repeating unit in a main chain, and of which a weight-average molecular weight is 1000 or more, P2 represents a polymer chain which is different from P1 and has a repeating unit derived from a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bonding group in a main chain, m represents a number of 1 to 9, n represents a number of 1 to 9, and m+n satisfies 4 to 18.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which calculates a code amount obtained upon coding a coding block being obtained by dividing an image to be processed, determines an assigned code amount to be assigned to each of the coding blocks, based on a reference code amount and the code amount calculated for each of coding blocks in a coding group including a plurality of coding blocks, and generates coded data by coding each of the coding blocks using the assigned code amount as a target code amount, wherein the assigned code amount is determined so that a total of the assigned code amounts of the coding blocks in the coding group is the same among a plurality of coding groups, and fixed-length coding is carried out on a coding group-by-coding group basis by coding using the determined assigned code amounts.

Abstract: A curable composition contains a particle and at least one polymer compound selected from the group consisting of a polymer compound having a specific structure and a specific absorbance E of less than 5 at a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 400 to 800 nm and a polymer compound having a specific structure and a specific absorbance E of less than 5 at a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 400 to 800 nm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition capable of forming a film having a high refractive index and excellent exterior characteristics. Another object of the present invention is to provide a film, a lens, and a solid-state imaging element in which the composition is used. Still another object of the present invention is to provide novel compounds. The composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains a compound represented by General Formula (I), a solvent, and a resin, in which a solubility of the compound represented by General Formula (I) in the solvent is less than 0.5% by mass at 25° C., and a maximum absorption wavelength of the compound represented by General Formula (I) at a wavelength range of 300 to 800 nm is equal to or shorter than 450 nm.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which calculates a code amount obtained upon coding a coding block being obtained by dividing an image to be processed, determines an assigned code amount to be assigned to each of the coding blocks, based on a reference code amount and the code amount calculated for each of coding blocks in a coding group including a plurality of coding blocks, and generates coded data by coding each of the coding blocks using the assigned code amount as a target code amount, wherein the assigned code amount is determined so that a total of the assigned code amounts of the coding blocks in the coding group is the same among a plurality of coding groups, and fixed-length coding is carried out on a coding group-by-coding group basis by coding using the determined assigned code amounts.

Abstract: A structure includes: a near infrared transmitting filter that shields light in a visible range and allows transmission of at least a part of light in a near infrared range; and a member that is provided on an optical path of the near infrared transmitting filter on at least one of an incidence side into the near infrared transmitting filter or an emission side from the near infrared transmitting filter, allows transmission of light in a near infrared range, and has a refractive index of 1.7 or higher for the light in the near infrared range.

Abstract: A curable composition contains a resin containing a curable group, a colorant, a polymerization inhibitor, and a polymerization initiator. A manufacturing method of the curable composition includes a colorant dispersing step of mixing together the resin containing a curable group, the colorant, and the polymerization inhibitor and a mixing step of mixing together the colorant dispersion and the polymerization initiator so as to obtain the curable composition. A cured film is obtained by curing the curable composition. A color filter, a solid-state imaging element, and an infrared sensor have the cured film. A manufacturing method of the cured film includes a curable composition layer-forming step, an exposure step, and a development step.

Abstract: This invention provides a technique of efficiently encoding image data while especially suppressing a decrease in resolution caused by a difference in illuminance. An encoding apparatus includes a transforming unit which performs discrete wavelet transform for image data to be encoded up to preset decomposition level n (n?2) to generate a plurality of sub-bands, a quantizing unit which quantizes coefficient data in the sub-bands of the respective decomposition levels, and an encoding unit which encodes the coefficient data. The quantizing unit quantizes each sub-band of decomposition level n based on a quantization parameter set for each sub-band, and quantizes each sub-band of decomposition level n?1 or less based on a quantization parameter set for each sub-band and a weighting coefficient dependent on coefficient data of a sub-band LL of decomposition level n.

Abstract: A colored composition of the present invention includes a dye compound having an anionic moiety including at least one of a structure represented by the following General Formula (A1), a structure represented by the following General Formula (A2), and a structure containing a boron atom, and a dye structure having a cationic moiety, in which the anionic moiety and the cationic moiety are bonded to each other via a covalent bond and present in the same molecule; a curable compound; and a solvent.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups by the deciding unit.

Abstract: A colored composition of the present invention includes a dye compound having an anionic moiety including at least one of a structure represented by the following General Formula (A1), a structure represented by the following General Formula (A2), and a structure containing a boron atom, and a dye structure having a cationic moiety, in which the anionic moiety and the cationic moiety are bonded to each other via a covalent bond and present in the same molecule; a curable compound; and a solvent. (in General Formula (A1), R1 and R2 each independently represent —SO2— or —CO—) (in General Formula (A2), R4 represents —SO2— or —CO—; and R4 and R5 each independently represent —SO2—, —CO—, or —CN).