Abstract: A vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body contains a vinyl chloride-based copolymer as the main component. The vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body has continuous pores having a pore size of 0.1 to 40 ?m, the pores have a skeletal diameter of 0.1 to 20 ?m, and the vinyl chloride-based copolymer has a thickness of 1 mm or more. Such a vinyl chloride-based copolymer porous body can be produced by a production method including the steps of: heating and dissolving the vinyl chloride-based copolymer in a solvent to obtain a vinyl chloride-based copolymer solution; cooling the vinyl chloride-based copolymer solution to obtain a precipitated product; and separating and drying the product to obtain a porous body containing the vinyl chloride-based copolymer as the main component.

Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling a display device in which a write operation for changing a display state of one pixel is performed by performing a plurality of operations of applying a driving voltage. The method includes determining whether a previous write operation is currently performed for the one pixel in a case where a new write operation is determined to be required and starting the new write operation for the one pixel in a case where the write operation for the one pixel is determined not to be currently performed in the determining of whether a previous write operation is currently performed, and continuing the write operation that is currently performed and starting the new write operation for the one pixel after completion of the previous write operation in a case where the write operation is determined to be currently performed for the one pixel.

Abstract: A heat and moisture exchanger includes: a heat and moisture exchanger material formed by coiling a strip-shaped porous body, the porous body having a plurality of slits formed therein that are arranged along the lengthwise direction, into a spirally-wound shape with the slits facing radially outwardly; and a housing that accommodates the heat and moisture exchanger material. Such a structure for an HME makes it possible to reduce pressure loss and improve moisture retention capabilities by means of a relatively simple structure, thereby allowing the inexpensive provision of an HME that lowers the burden on a patient.

Abstract: A frame memory stores a plurality of captured images. An image selection unit selects a reference image, which is a standard for composition, from images other than an image which is captured earliest and an image which is captured latest among the plurality of images stored in the frame memory and selects images to be combined with the reference image from a group of images which are captured earlier and later than the reference image among the plurality of images. A composition processing unit composes the images to be combined selected by the image selection unit with the reference image selected by the image selection unit to generate a composite image.

Abstract: A method for forming a conductive film on a substrate includes forming a precursor-containing film on the substrate; and irradiating plasma of a treatment gas to the precursor-containing film by an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment device, removing the organic substances and forming a conductive film from the metallic fine particles or the metallic compounds, the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment device including: a microwave generator, a hollow waveguide, a gas supply device, and an antenna portion configured to discharge to the outside, whereby the treatment gas being converted to plasma by the microwaves, the plasma thus generated being irradiated to the precursor-containing film on the substrate, and a hydrogen radical density of the plasma at a position spaced apart 7 mm from the slot holes being equal to or higher than 2×1014/cm3.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images captured under different exposure conditions, a detection unit configured to detect a position shift of an image to the reference image, wherein the reference image is an image serving as an alignment reference in processing for composing the plurality of images; and a composition unit configured to correct the position shift and compose the plurality of images in accordance with a composition ratio calculated based on brightness of a predetermined image, wherein the composition unit does not compose a plurality of images according to the composition ratio in a region of the reference image in which at least parts of the plurality of images do not overlap, and the composition unit composes images generated from the predetermined image.

Abstract: A diameter of a main bearing member 12m is defined as Dm, a length thereof is defined as Lm, a diameter of the eccentric bearing member 11e is defined as De and a length thereof is defined as Le. A ratio (=Lm/Dm) of the length and the diameter of the main bearing member 12m and a ratio (=Le/De) of the length and the diameter of the eccentric bearing member 11e are set to Le/De?Lm/Dm?1. Therefore, contact at edge portions of both ends of the eccentric bearing member 11e does not occur, and it is possible to prevent contact at edge portions of both ends of the main bearing member 12m even if the main shaft 13m inclines, and to reduce a viscosity loss caused by oil 9a. Hence, the present invention provides a scroll compressor securing reliability of the bearing members 12m, 11e and 16s and having high efficiency.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a transparent electroconductive laminate having extremely high visibility.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position are provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position.

Abstract: Cooling performance is secured by reducing a compression loss when a high-pressure gas refrigerant is allowed to flow without heat exchange on cooling in a vehicle interior heat exchanger. In the vehicle interior heat exchanger, an upstream header and a downstream header are communicated and connected with the same end side of the refrigerant circulation tubes of an upstream tube group and a downstream tube group where the refrigerant circulation tubes are stacked. Internal spaces of the upstream header and the downstream header are communicated and connected with each other via communication holes in the boss portions of the connecting member. In the vehicle interior heat exchanger, the total opening area of the communication holes is set such that the percentage thereof, with respect to the total opening area of the channel on the uppermost stream side of the upstream tube group, is in the range of 38% to 93%.

Abstract: A multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application is provided. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission peak on the shorter wavelength side than light emitted from the second light-emitting layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes memory cell units, bit lines, word lines, and a controller. Each of the memory cell units includes a plurality of memory cells connected in series. Bit lines are connected respectively to the corresponding memory cell units. Each of the word lines is commonly connected to control gates of the corresponding memory cells of the memory cell units. The controller is configured to control a programming operation of data to the memory cells. The controller is configured to execute a first procedure including programming the data to the memory cell connected to the (4n?3)th (n being a natural number) bit line and the memory cell connected to the (4n?2)th bit line, and a second procedure including programming the data to the memory cell connected to the (4n?1)th bit line and the memory cell connected to the 4nth bit line.

Abstract: A forging die device is provided with an upper die 10 and a lower die 20. At least one die 10 (20) of the upper die 10 and the lower die 20 has a die holder 12 (22) which surrounds the outer periphery of the die 10 (20) and holds the die 10 (20). The die holder 12 (22) is configured to bear the radial tensile stress (tensile force) received by the die 10 (20) during forging. By this means, the die 10 (20) can be miniaturized.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing accommodating therein a compression mechanism and an electric motor which drives the compression mechanism through a rotating shaft thereof, and an inverter cover which is joined to the housing and accommodates therein an inverter circuit portion. The inverter circuit portion is supported by a base member which is mounted to the housing and includes electrolytic capacitors mounted to the base member in such an orientation that the longitudinal direction of the electrolytic capacitors intersect the axis of the rotating shaft and a capacitor holder for housing the electrolytic capacitors. The electrolytic capacitors and the capacitor holder are disposed at a position radially inward of mounting legs of the base member and also radially inward of an imaginary extension extending in the axial direction.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes an input rotary member having a pressing portion, and an output rotary member having a receiving portion to be pressed by the pressing portion. The input rotary member forces the output rotary member to rotate when resilient members disposed between the input rotary member and the output rotary member are deformed by predetermined amounts.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a switch circuit includes an output transistor, a charge pump circuit, and a high pass filter. The output transistor includes a first end to which an input voltage is input, a second end from which an output voltage is output, and a control terminal. The charge pump circuit receives a first clock signal based on both of a reference clock signal and a first signal, and outputs a charge pump voltage to the control terminal of the output transistor, the first signal is based on the charge pump voltage. The high pass filter includes a first end receiving the charge pump voltage and a second end to which a ground voltage is applied, and generates a second signal.

Abstract: A communication device includes a determining unit and a sending unit. The determining unit determines, when setting information related to a predetermined item is received from a predetermined apparatus, whether another piece of setting information related to the predetermined item is newly received from the predetermined apparatus before a predetermined time period elapses after the setting information is received. The sending unit sends, when the determining unit determines that the another piece of setting information is not newly received from the predetermined apparatus before the predetermined time period elapses, the setting information to a server device.

Abstract: There is provided a display control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire contact information of contact of an operation body on an operation surface, a display control unit that has a first function of moving a cursor displayed on a display device in accordance with a change amount of a contact position indicated by the contact information acquired by the acquisition unit and a second function of displaying the cursor at a position, on a given display area of the display device, corresponding to the contact position, and a switch unit configured to switch a function to be exerted by the display control unit between the first function and the second function. The switch unit exerts the second function when the acquisition unit has acquired first contact information of contact of the operation body on a given operation area of the operation surface.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a metal housing accommodating a compression unit and an electric motor and a cover coupled to the housing. The cover and the housing define an accommodation chamber that accommodates a motor driving circuit that drives the electric motor. The cover includes a metal shield that blocks electromagnetic noise, a resin outer insulator that is fixed to an outer side of the shield and includes an outer circumferential portion, and a resin inner insulator that is fixed to an inner side of the shield and includes an outer circumferential portion. The shield, the outer insulator, and the inner insulator are separate from one another and stacked together. The shield is held between the outer insulator and the inner insulator. The outer circumferential portion of the outer insulator is joined to the outer circumferential portion of the inner insulator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for encapsulating electronic components that contains a phenol resin curing agent and an epoxy resin, in which either the phenol resin curing agent or the epoxy resin has a biphenyl structure; a resin composition for encapsulating electronic components that contains a phenol resin curing agent and an epoxy resin, in which a glass transition temperature of a cured material is equal to or higher than 200° C., and a weight reduction rate of the cured material is equal to or lower than 0.3%; and an electronic device that includes an electronic component encapsulated with the resin composition.