Nippon Oil Corporation

Subaru Corporation

Jx Nippon Oil Energy Corporation

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Kyoto University

Nippon Oil Company

Jxtg Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

Petroleum Energy Center

Satoru Ikeda

Tetsuya Uesaka

Haruyo Miyakawa

Hyoungwook Choi

Yuji Takahashi

Toshinobu Ohno

Fukashi Matsumoto

Yuko Takao

Kazuyuki Moriwaki

Akira Matsuo

Kousuke Yamaki

Susumu Yoshikawa

Takashi Ino

Takatoshi Ito

Toshiyuki Iwai

Takashi Sagawa

Soichi Uchida

Souichi Uchida

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a lead frame; a first bonding material; a semiconductor chip including a lower surface, an upper surface, a first electrode connected to the first bonding material, a second electrode provided on the upper surface, and electrode pads connected to the second electrode; second bonding materials provided on each of the electrode pads; and a first connector connected to at least one of the second bonding materials, wherein the second bonding material which is not connected to the first connector is not connected to a connector or a wire.

Semiconductor device

A movable body monitoring apparatus is configured to receive movement data related to movements of a movable body. The apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a memory, a detector, and a non-support managing unit. The acquiring unit acquires movement data on a non-support movable body from a support movable body. The memory stores and records the acquired movement data. The detector detects passing of a movable body from the host vehicle. The non-support managing unit manages the movement data on the non-support movable body recorded in the memory. When it is determined that the non-support movable body the movement data on which has been recorded in the memory has passed by based on detection data by the detection of the detector, the non-support managing unit invalidates or deletes the movement data on the non-support movable body from the memory on a movable-body by movable-body basis.

Movable body monitoring apparatus, and vehicle control system and traffic system using the movable body monitoring apparatus

A vehicular communication apparatus configured to receive movement data related to a movement of other movable bodies includes an acquiring unit, a memory, and a data managing unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire the movement data on the other movable bodies. The memory is configured to store and record therein the movement data acquired by the acquiring unit. The data managing unit is configured to manage the record of the movement data in the memory. The data managing unit is configured to acquire a speed of each movable body that is obtained from the movement data recorded in the memory, and invalidate or delete the movement data recorded in the memory on a movable-body by movable-body basis in accordance with the acquired speed of the each movable body.

Vehicular communication apparatus, and vehicle control system and traffic system using the vehicular communication apparatus

A movable body monitoring apparatus is mounted on a movable body and to receive movement data related to movements of other movable bodies. The apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a generator, a determining unit, and a monitoring unit. The acquiring unit acquires the movement data on the other movable bodies. The generator generates group information on a plurality of low-speed movable bodies which are determined based on actual speeds or types of the other movable bodies. The determining unit determines whether to generate the group information by the generator, in accordance with a travel environment. The monitoring unit collectively monitors movements of the plurality of low-speed movable bodies using the group information, when the group information is generated. The monitoring unit individually monitors the movements of the plurality of low-speed movable bodies, when the group information is not generated.

A vehicular communication apparatus is configured to be mounted on a movable body and to receive movement data related to movements of other movable bodies. The apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a memory, and a data managing unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire the movement data on the other movable bodies. The memory is configured to store and record therein the movement data acquired by the acquiring unit. The data managing unit is configured to manage the record of the movement data in the memory. The data managing unit is configured to acquire a virtual speed of each movable body that is obtained from the movement data recorded in the memory, and invalidate or delete the movement data recorded in the memory on a movable-body by movable-body basis, in accordance with the acquired virtual speed of each movable body.

A movable body monitoring apparatus is configured to be mounted on a movable body and to receive movement data related to movements of other movable bodies. The apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a generator, and a monitoring unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire the movement data on the other movable bodies. The generator is configured to generate, for low-speed movable bodies that are determined based on an actual speed or a type of the other movable bodies, a monitoring curve that curves along positions of a plurality of low-speed movable bodies. The monitoring unit is configured to monitor movements of the plurality of low-speed movable bodies based on a movement of the generated monitoring curve.

A transparent light scattering body according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a transparent binder and metallic microparticles, wherein the regular reflectance R of the metallic material of the metallic microparticles is 50% or more in the measured wave length of 550 nm, and the absolute value of the difference between the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 450 nm and the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 650 nm is within 25% of the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 550 nm, and the average particle size of the secondary particles of the metallic microparticles in the transparent light scattering body is from 100 nm to 2000 nm.

Transparent light scattering body, reflective transparent screen comprising same, and video image projection system comprising same

The present invention provides a fullerene derivative having an electron donating group adjacent to the fullerene nucleus, represented by formula (I) which exhibits a high LUMO energy and a high open circuit voltage based thereon and which is highly compatible with polymers and excellent in charge mobility and charge separation ability: wherein the encircled FL represents fullerene Cor C, Donor-Sub represents a substituent having at least one electron donating substituent atom located at a position apart from the fullerene nucleus by two bonds, R is hydrogen, Donor-Sub, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxy-substituted alkyl, alkoxy-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio-substituted alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylthio-substituted alkylthio, or alkoxy-substituted alkylthio group, having a total carbon atoms of 1 or more and 20 or fewer, or a benzyl or phenyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.

Fullerene derivative and photoelectric conversion device using same

The present invention provides a novel methanofullerene derivative applicable as an organic semiconductor material in electronics devices such as organic FETs and electroluminescence devices and solar cells, represented by formula (I) wherein the average value ofC-NMR chemical shift values of carbons Cand Con FL, bonded to Cis 80.10 ppm or greater, wherein FL represents fullerenes, X1 and X2 are each an aromatic hydrocarbon, an alkyl group or the like, Cand Care carbon atoms on FL, bonded to C, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.

Methanofullerene derivatives and photoelectric conversion devices using same

An elliptical polarizer with excellent viewing angle characteristics is provided which comprises at least a first polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, a second optical anisotropic layer, and a third optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order, wherein the first optical anisotropic layer satisfies [1] 50&#x2266;Re&#x2266;500, the second optical anisotropic layer satisfies [2] 0&#x2266;Re&#x2266;20 and [3] &#x2212;500&#x2266;Rth&#x2266;&#x2212;30, and the third optical anisotropic layer satisfies [4] 100&#x2266;Re&#x2266;180 wherein Re and Rth indicate the retardation values in the plane and thickness direction, respectively, of each of the optical anisotropic layers.

Elliptical polarizer and vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device comprising the same

An elliptical polarizer is provided having excellent viewing angle improving effects. The elliptical polarizer includes a polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order. The first optical anisotropic layer satisfies the requirements of 0.8&#x2266;NZ1&#x2266;1.6 and 120&#x2266;Re1&#x2266;250 and is disposed so that the slow axis thereof is orthogonal to the absorption axis of the polarizer. The second optical anisotropic layer is a liquid crystal film having a retardation value in the plane of 30 to 150 nm with respect to a 550 nm wavelength light and fixed in a nematic hybrid alignment wherein the average tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystalline polymer exhibiting a positive optical uniaxiality, and is disposed so that the aligned direction thereof is parallel to the absorption axis of the first polarizer. The elliptical polarizer is used in a TN type liquid crystal display device so that the second optical anisotropic layer is disposed on the liquid crystal cell side.

Liquid crystal display device having an elliptical polarizer with first and second anisotropic layers

The present invention provides an elliptical polarizer with excellent viewing angle characteristics. The elliptical polarizer comprises at least a first polarizer, a first optically anisotropic layer, a second optically anisotropic layer, and a third optically anisotropic layer, laminated in this order, the first optically anisotropic layer satisfying [1] 50&#x2266;Re1&#x2266;500, [2] 30&#x2266;Rth1&#x2266;750, and [3] 0.6&#x2266;Rth1/Re1&#x2266;1.5, the second optically anisotropic layer satisfying [4] 0&#x2266;Re2&#x2266;20 and [5] &#x2212;500&#x2266;Rth2&#x2266;&#x2212;30, and the third optically anisotropic layer satisfying [6] 100&#x2266;Re3&#x2266;180, [7] 50&#x2266;Rth3&#x2266;600, and [8] 0.5&#x2266;Rth3/Re3&#x2266;3.5, wherein Re indicates the retardation value in the plane of each optically anisotropic layer and Rth indicates the retardation value in the thickness direction of each optically anisotropic layer.

Elliptical polarizer and vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device using the same

The present invention provides a transparent liquid crystal display device which is less in display characteristics and viewing angle dependency and can provide bright images and high contrasts. The transparent liquid crystal display device comprises at least: a backlight; a polarizer; a second optical anisotropic layer with a retardation of 50 to 180 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a first optical anisotropic layer with a retardation of 20 to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a homogeneously aligned liquid crystal cell comprising upper and lower substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates; a third optical anisotropic layer with a retardation of 50 to 200 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; and a polarizer, arranged in piles in this order from the backlight, wherein the first optical anisotropic layer comprising at least a liquid crystal film with a fixed nematic hybrid liquid crystal alignment structure.

Transmissive liquid crystal display device

The present invention provides a transmissive liquid crystal display device which is less in display characteristics fluctuations, bright in display images, high in contrast and less in viewing angle dependency and comprises a backlight, a polarizer, a second optically anisotropic layer, a first optically anisotropic layer, a homogeneously aligned liquid crystal cell comprising upper and lower substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates, and a polarizer, arranged in piles in this order from the backlight, wherein a liquid crystal film forming the first optically anisotropic layer, a liquid crystal film forming the second optically anisotropic layer and the liquid crystal cell have a predetermined relationship in the wavelength dispersion of birefringence, the first optically anisotropic layer, the second optically anisotropic layer and the liquid crystal cell upon application of an electric voltage for black image display, have a predetermined relationship in retardation, and the first optically anisotropic layer comprises a liquid crystal film with a fixed nematic hybrid orientation.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising at least: a backlight; a polarizer; a first optically anisotropic layer with a retardation of 210 to 300 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a second optically anisotropic layer with a retardation of 50 to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a third optically anisotropic layer with negative optical anisotropy; a liquid crystal cell comprising upper and lower substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates; a fourth optically anisotropic layer with a retardation of 50 to 140 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; a first optically anisotropic layer with a retardation of 210 to 300 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm; and a polarizer, arranged in piles in this order from the backlight, the second optically anisotropic layer comprising at least a liquid crystal film with a fixed nematic hybrid liquid crystal orientation structure. The liquid crystal display device provides bright images and is high in contrast and less in viewing angle dependency.

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Tokyo, Japan

Satoru Ikeda