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The invention provides a car-mounted imaging apparatus that renders a frame rate variable and yet does not spoil image quality and does not either invite the drop of sensitivity and deterioration of an S / N ratio. The car-mounted imaging apparatus 1 has two-dimensional imaging means (pixel unit 3, vertical scanning unit 4, horizontal scanning unit 5, output unit 7) having a large number of pixels 2 arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and pixel information addition means (pixel switch control unit 8) for combining a plurality of pixels 2 and adding and extracting their pixel information. When the number of combination of the pixels 2 is changed, a frame rate becomes variable.

A plane vibrator of an angular velocity sensor and a movable member of an acceleration sensor are provided in a spaced floating state on the same substrate. A lid is formed so as to cover and be spaced from the upper side of the plane vibrator and the movable member. A space defined by the substrate and the lid is sectioned into a angular velocity sensor space and an acceleration sensor space by use of a sectioning wall. The angular velocity sensor space is hermetically sealed to be in the vacuum state. The acceleration sensor space is hermetically sealed to be under atmospheric pressure. The plane vibrator is vibrated at a high frequency and a large amplitude so that the angular velocity detection sensitivity is enhanced. The movable member, even if vibration of the plane vibrator is transmitted thereto, is prevented from vibrating at a high frequency and a large amplitude, due to the damping effect of air. Thus, the acceleration detection sensitivity is enhanced.

A resist composition which is stable relative to solvents used in immersion lithography processes and displays excellent sensitivity and resist pattern profile, and a method of forming a resist pattern that uses such a resist composition are provided. The resist composition is in accordance with predetermined parameters, or is a positive resist composition comprising a resin component (A) which contains an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group and displays increased alkali solubility under the action of acid, an acid generator component (B), and an organic solvent (C), wherein the component (A) contains a structural unit (a1) derived from a (meth)acrylate ester containing an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group, but contains no structural units (a0), including structural units (a0-1) containing an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid and structural units (a0-2) containing a phenolic hydroxyl group.

A hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment is characterized by having a maximum peak wavelength within a range of from 810 nm to 839 nm in optical absorption spectrum in a wavelength range of from 600 nm to 900 nm.

A solid-state imaging device includes a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a substrate contact, and a first contact. The arrangement of the substrate contact with respect to a light-receiving section forming a peripheral pixel is shifted, or not shifted, from the arrangement of the substrate contact with respect to a light-receiving section forming a central pixel, by a shift amount r from the peripheral portion toward the central portion. The arrangement of the first contact with respect to the light-receiving section of the peripheral pixel is shifted from the arrangement of the first contact with respect to the light-receiving section of the central pixel, by a shift amount s1 from the peripheral portion toward the central portion. The shift amount s1 is greater than the shift amount r.

An objective of this invention is to prevent resist poisoning and sensitivity deterioration in a chemically amplified resist. The chemically amplified resist comprises a base resin, a photoacid generator and a salt exhibiting buffer effect in the base resin.

An apparatus and method for obtaining biometric information in an electronic device are provided. An electronic device comprising a display comprising a plurality of pixels, a biometric sensor disposed in at least a partial region of the display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive an input for sensing biometric information of an external object, in response to the input, select at least one pixel among a first pixel and a second pixel in accordance with history information about use of the first pixel and second pixel, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are disposed in the at least the partial region of the display proximate to the biometric sensor, and obtain the biometric information of an external object through the biometric sensor by using light irradiated by the selected at least one pixel.

The present invention provides a radiation detector capable of detecting the radioactive substance accumulated in the tissue inside a body by inserting a detection unit into blood vessels. In the radiation detector of the present invention, comprising a detection unit (2) having a bar-type scintillator (4) which emits light by an incidence of radiation so as to transmit the light from the scintillator through an optical fiber, the detection unit is formed in a size capable of being inserted into the tubules while fine convexoconcaves are provided on the peripheral surface of the scintillator.

A high withstand voltage insulating substance is formed between a radiation sensitive type amorphous semiconductor thick film suitable for forming a large area and an end edge portion of a voltage application electrode. As a result, concentration of an electric field on the end edge portion of the voltage application electrode is eliminated and a prestage phenomenon of penetration discharge or discharge breakdown is not caused.

A resist composition which is stable relative to solvents used in immersion lithography processes and displays excellent sensitivity and resist pattern profile, and a method of forming a resist pattern that uses such a resist composition are provided. The resist composition is in accordance with predetermined parameters, or is a positive resist composition comprising a resin component (A) which contains an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group and displays increased alkali solubility under the action of acid, an acid generator component (B), and an organic solvent (C), wherein the component (A) contains a structural unit (a1) derived from a (meth)acrylate ester containing an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group, but contains no structural units (a0), including structural units (a0-1) containing an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid and structural units (a0-2) containing a phenolic hydroxyl group.

A miniature loudspeaker may include a driver module with a flexible carrier having a proximal portion arranged within the perimeter of the frame and a distal portion arranged outside the perimeter of the frame, the flexible carrier carrying an output amplifier. The flexible carrier may be provided with electrically conductive traces connecting an amplifier input with input contact pads placed on the distal portion. The flexible carrier may be provided with electrically conductive traces connecting an amplifier output with output contact pads placed at the proximal portion. The output amplifier may be arranged on the proximal portion of the flexible carrier within the perimeter of the frame. The proximal portion of the flexible carrier may be rigidly attached to the static part. The output contact pads may be connected with the voice coil through flexible lead wires.

A magnetic core to be used in a current sensor includes a first open end plane, which has a first element holding hole for holding a magnetoelectric conversion element formed therein, and a second open end plane, which has a second element holding hole for holding the magnetoelectric conversion element formed therein, and which faces the first open end plane. With such configuration, the magnetic core can improve the detection sensitivity of the current sensor.

Disclosed is a method for fabricating a high-performance field-effect transistor biosensor for diagnosing cancers using micro conductive polymer nanomaterials funtionalized with anti-VEGF aptamer. Disclosed is a high-sensitivity field-effect transistor biosensor for diagnosing cancers using a micro conductive polymer nanomaterial transistor array including a micro polymer nanomaterial transistor array including a channel region provided with a metal source electrode, a metal drain electrode, a gate and micro polymer nanomaterials, and an anti-VEGF aptamer covalently bound to the surface of the micro polymer nanomaterials constituting the channel region of the micro polymer nanomaterials transistor array, to target VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor).

A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between a TFT array substrate and a counter substrate. The TFT array substrate has photo sensor elements in pixels, and has transparent shield electrodes which cover the photo sensor elements provided. The transparent shield electrodes are electrically insulated from pixel electrodes. Therefore, in the liquid crystal display device, an effect of electric noise on the photo sensor elements can be reduced for avoiding deterioration of sensitivity of the photo sensor elements.

An inexpensive image forming apparatus, which can suppress a ghost to obtain an image maintaining satisfactory density and gradations for a long time. The apparatus including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a contact charger in contact with the photosensitive member for charging the photosensitive member, a charging voltage applying device for applying direct current voltage to the contact charger, a charging current detector for detecting electric current flowing through the contact charger, a pre-exposure device for exposing the photosensitive member to light to remove residual charge on the photosensitive member, and a pre-exposure light amount controller for controlling an exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device in image formation based on the results of detection by the charging current detector when the exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device is changed with direct current voltage applied from the charging voltage applying device to the contact charger during non-image formation.

Disclosed is a method for fabricating a high-performance field-effect transistor biosensor for diagnosing cancers using micro conductive polymer nanomaterials funtionalized with anti-VEGF aptamer. Disclosed is a high-sensitivity field-effect transistor biosensor for diagnosing cancers using a micro conductive polymer nanomaterial transistor array including a micro polymer nanomaterial transistor array including a channel region provided with a metal source electrode, a metal drain electrode, a gate and micro polymer nanomaterials, and an anti-VEGF aptamer covalently bound to the surface of the micro polymer nanomaterials constituting the channel region of the micro polymer nanomaterials transistor array, to target VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor).

A piezoelectric-vibrator series circuit including two series-connected piezoelectric vibrators to which stresses induced by a dynamic quantity are applied in opposite directions is used, and a Colpitts oscillator circuit is defined by the piezoelectric-vibrator series circuit and an amplifier circuit / load impedance circuit. A phase-difference-to-voltage converter circuit is provided to convert a phase difference between an output voltage of the oscillator circuit and a voltage at a piezoelectric-vibrator series node of the piezoelectric-vibrator series circuit into a voltage signal.

The present invention provides a gas sensor having excellent humidity resistance even if used in a high temperature and high humidity atmosphere. According to the present invention, a gas sensor is comprised of: a silicon substrate; a metal-oxide semiconductor portion comprised mainly of SnO2 and formed on the substrate; and a catalytic portion comprised of Pd and dispersed on a surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor portion, wherein the metal-oxide semiconductor portion and the catalytic portion constitute a gas sensing portion. Furthermore, an insulating portion comprised mainly of SiO2 is formed dispersedly on a surface of the gas sensing portion. Further, the catalytic portion and the insulating portion are formed on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor portion so that the surface additive rate, which is expressed by Si / (Pd+Si) representing the ratio in the number of atoms of Si to Pd, of the gas sensing portion having the insulating portion may be 65% or more to 97% or less, and so that the surface additive rate, which is expressed by Si / (Sn+Si) representing the ratio in the number of atoms of Si to Sn, of the gas sensing portion may be 75% or more to 97% or less.

An inkjet recording ink composition, including polymerizable compounds including a monofunctional polymerizable monomer and a polyfunctional polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator, wherein the polymerizable compounds include a polymerizable compound having, in a molecule thereof, a polymerizable unsaturated bond and an amino group, and a content ratio of the monofunctional polymerizable monomer with respect to the total amount of the polymerizable compounds is from 90% by mass to 99.9% by mass, and a content ratio of the polyfunctional polymerizable monomer with respect to the total amount of the polymerizable compounds is from 0.1% by mass to 10% by mass.

A haptic feedback input device includes an operating section that is operated by a user, a motor that pivots in conjunction with the pivot operation of the operating section, a base that pivotably holds the motor via a pivot holder (motor supporting section), a cam member and driving rods (click feeling imparting unit) which impart a click feeling according to the pivot operation of the operating section. The pivot center of the motor is disposed below the center of gravity of the motor.

The piezo-resistance type triaxial acceleration sensor includes a frame section, a mass section disposed in the frame section, beam elements which flexibly support the mass section, and piezo-resistors for the X, Y and Z axes formed on the beam elements. The length of the Z-axis piezo-resistors is longer than the length of the X-axis piezo-resistors and the Y-axis piezo-resistors, so as to decrease the sensitivity.

An inexpensive image forming apparatus, which can suppress a ghost to obtain an image maintaining satisfactory density and gradations for a long time. The apparatus including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a contact charger in contact with the photosensitive member for charging the photosensitive member, a charging voltage applying device for applying direct current voltage to the contact charger, a charging current detector for detecting electric current flowing through the contact charger, a pre-exposure device for exposing the photosensitive member to light to remove residual charge on the photosensitive member, and a pre-exposure light amount controller for controlling an exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device in image formation based on the results of detection by the charging current detector when the exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device is changed with direct current voltage applied from the charging voltage applying device to the contact charger during non-image formation.

A solid-state image capturing device includes, in a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion section which performs photoelectric conversion on incident light to obtain signal charges; a pixel transistor section which outputs the signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion section; a peripheral circuit section which is formed in the periphery of a pixel section including the photoelectric conversion section and the pixel transistor section; and isolation areas which electrically separate the photoelectric conversion section, the pixel transistor section, and the peripheral circuit section from each other. The isolation areas in the periphery of the pixel transistor section each have an insulating section formed higher than a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A first gate electrode of a transistor of the pixel transistor section is formed between the insulating sections and on the semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween.

A photo magnetic field sensor includes a Faraday rotator made of a paramagnetic material, a polarizer, an analyzer, a light-irradiating element, and a light-sensing element. The Faraday rotator is made of a paramagnetic garnet single crystal including at least Tb and Al.

The present invention provides a gas sensor having excellent humidity resistance even if used in a high temperature and high humidity atmosphere. According to the present invention, a gas sensor is comprised of: a silicon substrate; a metal-oxide semiconductor portion comprised mainly of SnO2 and formed on the substrate; and a catalytic portion comprised of Pd and dispersed on a surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor portion, wherein the metal-oxide semiconductor portion and the catalytic portion constitute a gas sensing portion. Furthermore, an insulating portion comprised mainly of SiO2 is formed dispersedly on a surface of the gas sensing portion. Further, the catalytic portion and the insulating portion are formed on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor portion so that the surface additive rate, which is expressed by Si / (Pd+Si) representing the ratio in the number of atoms of Si to Pd, of the gas sensing portion having the insulating portion may be 65% or more to 97% or less, and so that the surface additive rate, which is expressed by Si / (Sn+Si) representing the ratio in the number of atoms of Si to Sn, of the gas sensing portion may be 75% or more to 97% or less.

An image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate having a light receiving unit that receives incident light passed through a microlens; and a light shielding unit that blocks a part of the light passed through the microlens and enters the semiconductor substrate. The light receiving unit receives the incident light passed through the microlens, between the microlens and the light shielding unit.

The present invention provides a solid state image sensor including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged therein, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion device and a microlens configured to guide incident light to the photoelectric conversion device, the microlens having a lower surface, on an exit side of the incident light, which has a convex shape with respect to the photoelectric conversion device, with a vertex of the convex shape shifting from a center position of the microlens to a central side of the pixel array.

A photoelectric conversion element according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a photoelectric conversion region inside a semiconductor layer. The photoelectric conversion region includes a region in which a depletion region is to be formed by voltage application to the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first main surface and a second main surface. The depletion region converts light into a photoelectron, in which the light enters from side on which the first main surface is disposed. The photoelectric conversion element further includes an isoelectronic trap region in the region in which the depletion region is to be formed.

A method and material for increasing the sensitivity of near-field probes used in detecting a wide variety of materials and objects such as biological anomalies in tissues, cracks on metallic surfaces, composition of material such as permittivity and permeability . . . etc., is disclosed. The present invention includes having a metamaterial in front of near-field probes that result in increased sensitivity. The metamaterial to be placed in the presence of the near-field probe has electrical characteristics that can be described as single negative or double negative media. Once the single negative or double negative medium is placed in the close proximity or between the material to be investigated and the near-field probe, the sensitivity of the near-field probe to variation in the detected object or material will be enhanced. This invention is useful when the near-field probe is insensitive enough not to detect small variation in the composition or geometry of the target.