Abstract:
A disclosed timer circuit for clocking a predetermined time includes an oscillator and a frequency dividing unit for dividing a frequency of an oscillating signal output from the oscillator. A comparing unit determines whether a short-time mode instruction is received by comparing a voltage received at an external terminal with a predetermined voltage. A switch causes the oscillating signal to bypass a part of the frequency dividing unit in response receiving the short-time mode instruction.
Abstract:
The invention provides a compact, thin, and lightweight lighting system and projector. A lighting system included in a projector according to the present invention is provided with an LED array having LEDs and a reflective plate at the rear side of the LEDs in the light emitting direction, retardation films, a taper rod lens array, a rod lens array, and a reflective polarizing plate.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus that displays an image through scanning by a plurality of beam lights, includes: a light source section that supplies the beam lights; and a scanning section that subjects to scanning the beam lights coming from the light source section. In the image display apparatus, the light source section is driven for a tone representation using the beam lights each having a light amount that is assigned a weight depending on how many bit is allocated in a range from minimum to maximum, and allocates at least two of the beam lights to at least one higher-order bit in the range.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel or the like in which it is easy to enlarge a size of the display panel. A display panel according to exemplary embodiments includes a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer which are optically transparent, a conductivity-variable layer which is provided on the first transparent electrode layer, and an electroluminescent layer which is provided between the conductivity-variable layer and the second transparent electrode layer, and which emits light by applying a voltage thereto.
Abstract:
A content terminal is storing management information that indicates the management status of a content. When some change occurs in the management status of the content, the content terminal updates the management information in its storage to meet the change, and notifies the updated details to a reference server. The reference server is the one storing reference information, which carries the same types of details as the management information. When receiving the updated details of the management information from the content terminal, the reference server uses thus notified updated details to update the reference information of a user. Because the management information and the reference information are correlated with each other, the user can see the details of the management information in the reference site using the content terminal. In such a manner, the user can refer to and update the details of the management information without directly accessing the control terminal.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a technique of providing illumination light having an even intensity, in order to make intensity of three illumination light with a simple structure. A second optical waveguide having a second incidence plane for second color light and a third optical waveguide having a third incidence plane for third color light are joined to a first optical waveguide having a first incidence plane for first optical light and an emergence plane opposed to the first incidence plane. A first dichroic filter that reflects the first color light and the third color light and transmits the second color light is formed on a joint surface between the first optical waveguide and the second waveguide. A second dichroic filter that reflects the first color light and the second color light and transmits the third color light is formed on a joint surface between the first optical waveguide and the third waveguide.
Abstract:
The invention provides a compact and bright image display device using a tilt-mirror device and a projector using the image display device. An image display device of the present invention can include a first color-ray light-source for supplying a G-ray, a second color-ray light-source for supplying a R-ray or B-ray, and a tilt-mirror device having a plurality of movable mirror elements being alternatively switchable the position thereof between a first reflection position and a second reflection position. The first color-ray light-source can be arranged so that the G-ray is reflected in a predetermined direction when the movable mirror elements are located in the first reflection position, and the G-ray is reflected in a direction when the movable mirror elements are located in the second reflection position. The second color-ray light-source can be arranged so that the R-ray or B-ray is reflected in the predetermined direction when the movable mirror elements are located in the second reflection position, while the R-ray or B-ray is reflected in a direction when the movable mirror elements are located in the first reflection position.
Abstract:
A light conducting unit is disposed between a light source and a region which is to be illuminated. In addition, a light conducting unit includes a polygonal prism made from a first medium with a first coefficient of refraction, a first light conducting unit which directs light to be incident upon a first surface of the polygonal prism, and a second light conducting unit upon which light emitted from a second surface of the polygonal prism is incident, wherein the polygonal prism includes a reflective device which reflects light which is incident into the polygonal prism from the first surface towards the second surface, and a second medium with a second coefficient of refraction which is less than the first coefficient of refraction is provided at the first surface and the second surface.
Abstract:
An optical switching device comprises: a light guide including a total reflection plane capable of totally reflecting light thereby transmitting the light; a switching part capable of, at a position where its extraction plane is in close contact with the total reflection plane, capturing evanescent light and reflecting the captured light thereby outputting it; and a driving part for driving the optical switching part. The light guide, the switching part, and the driving part are laminated in this order into a multilayer structure. The employment of the multilayer structure makes it possible to optimize the respective layers independently of one another. The extracted light does not pass through the driving part. This allows the driving part to be optimized so as to achieve an optical switching device capable of operating at a high speed with low power consumption. Thus, it is possible to provide a low-loss and high-contrast optical switching device using an evanescent wave, which can respond at a high speed.
Abstract:
A radiation sensitive composition containing resist materials such as quinonediazido photo active compound and alkali soluble resin, and a mixed solvent comprising (A) 1 to 25% by weight of propylene glycol derivatives as represented by the formula:R.sub.1 --O--CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)--O--R.sub.2wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 2 to 5 carbons and acetyl group, and total number of carbons in R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is less than 8, both the R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not hydrogen atom at the same time, and (B) 75 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of solvent selected from propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate and ethyl lactate. The radiation sensitive composition is used for the manufacturing of semiconductor device and liquid crystal display element. The solvent is safe to human body and the amount of residual solvent in the resist film is small.