Fujifilm Corporation

Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Shiseido Company, Limited

Yuko Suzuki

Keisuke Kodama

Shunya Katoh

Kei Yamaji

Karin Kon

Atsushi Misawa

Tonni Sandager Larsen

William Arthur Schupp

Max Wu

Norifumi Takaya

Liviu Burciu

Yuki Nakamura

Toru Ichikawa

Kazuhiro Mino

Hiroshi Inada

Hiroyuki Kikkoji

Nozomu Okuzawa

Yuko Wada

Hiroyuki Kakoki

Takashi Minami

Noriko Tomita

Takayuki Miyazaki

Hiroshi Minatogawa

Hirotaka Takada

Yoshie Nagasaka

Meiji Itoh

Hotsumi Ihara

Takashi Sakurazawa

Tsuguyo Goto

Yoriko Mune

Ellen Tave

Rosalin Yin

William Schupp

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, which is capable of freely controlling a tilt angle of an arrangement direction of bright portion and dark portion derived from a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase with respect to a normal line of a main surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer; an optically anisotropic body; and a reflective film. The method for producing a cholesteric liquid crystal layer according to the present invention includes a step X of forming a cholesteric liquid crystal layer A in which a liquid crystal compound is aligned into a state of a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, satisfying all of the conditions 1 to 3, and a step Y of carrying out a treatment to increase or decrease a helical pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase in the cholesteric liquid crystal layer A obtained by the step X to increase or decrease a tilt angle of an arrangement direction of bright portion and dark portion derived from the cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, as observed in a cross-section perpendicular to a main surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer A, with respect to a normal direction of the main surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer A.

Method for producing cholesteric liquid crystal layer, cholesteric liquid crystal layer, optically anisotropic body, and reflective film

A liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a non-liquid crystal compound, in which both of the liquid crystal compound and the non-liquid crystal compound are compounds having any of aromatic rings selected from the group consisting of groups represented by predetermined formulae, and a ratio of a molecular weight of the non-liquid crystal compound to a molecular weight of the liquid crystal compound is 1 or less.

Liquid crystal composition, optically anisotropic layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

The present invention provides a compound having an excellent rate of change in HTP due to exposure. The present invention further provides a composition formed of the compound, a cured product, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film. The compound of the present invention is a compound represented by General Formula (1).

Compound, composition, cured product, optically anisotropic body, and reflective film

A compound has an excellent rate of change in HTP caused by exposure. A liquid crystal composition is formed of the compound. A cured product, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film can be obtained by curing the liquid crystal composition. The compound is represented by General Formula (1):

Compound, liquid crystal composition, cured product, optically anisotropic body, and reflective film

A compound having an excellent rate of change in HTP caused by exposure is achieved and is represented by General Formula (1). In addition, a composition is formed of the compound, and a cured product, an optically anisotropic body, or a reflective film is obtained by curing the composition.

Provided are a liquid crystal composition which has excellent planarity in a case of being formed into a coating film and is also capable of forming a reflective layer having excellent diffuse reflectivity, a reflective layer that is formed using the liquid crystal composition, and a method for producing a reflective layer. Provided also is a copolymer that can be used as an alignment control agent for a liquid crystal compound.

Liquid crystal composition, reflective layer, method for producing reflective layer, and copolymer

Provided is a makeup cosmetic which has a good feeling of use, without showing tautness or stiffness as in the case of using a silicone-based resin film or an offensive odor as in the case of using polyisoprene, and exhibits a good effect of preventing color migration. This makeup cosmetic is characterized by comprising polyisobutylene having a relative mass of 30,000-100,000 and a volatile hydrocarbon oil. Also provided are a top coating agent, which can be appropriately applied on the aforesaid makeup cosmetic, imparts glossiness and shows little color migration or blurring, a makeup kit comprising the aforesaid makeup cosmetic and the top coating agent, and a makeup method using the makeup kit.

Makeup cosmetic and makeup kit comprising the makeup cosmetic and a top coating agent

A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode.

Method and system for scanning television systems using a first quick scan and a second slower scan

A required number of images for creating an album are compensated using existing still images, and an album with a fine appearance is created by effectively using a small number of available still images (still images in stock). A value N, which is obtained by subtracting the total number of selected images from the total number of images that a template of a photo album requires (the total number of combination frames), is determined as the minimum number of shortfall images that are required for compensating the shortage of images. An image (original image for creation) appropriate for the original, from which images for compensating the shortage of images are created, is selected from among selected images. New images are created by applying a predetermined image processing to the selected original image for creation, until the minimum number N of shortfall images is satisfied.

Method and apparatus for creating album, and recording medium

A size of a region to be allocated to an image layout date is bigger than a size of a region to be allocated to a date other than the image layout date (image-not-layout date). An image to be allocated to the image layout date is enlarged so that a size of the image matches a size of an allocation region allocated to the image layout date, and the enlarged images is laid. Characters indicating the dates are arranged to regions allocated to previous dates, the image layout date, and following dates. Accordingly, a calendar with an attractive appearance can be generated by altering the layout of the dates and information to be output, even if a user has taken photographs on not so many days in the unit such as a month or a week.

Calendar outputting method and apparatus for the same, and recording medium

The image forming apparatus and method combine images to form one combined image by using an image formed by clipping, from images including the same person, parts of a face and a body of the person and combining the parts. The apparatus and method select, from images stored in advance, images to be combined in image combination frames of a template for the combined image, the template being stored in advance and including the image combination frames for which image editing conditions are defined, edit the selected images according to each of the image editing conditions for each of the image combination frames of the template and arrange the edited images in the image combination frames of the template and combining the arranged images.

Apparatus and method for forming a combined image by combining images in a template

It is so arranged that a mount image suited to a user photo image can be selected. To accomplish this, a creator accesses a scrapbook server using a computer and executes a simulation for creating a scrapbook by affixing part images such as photographic images and decorative images to an image of a paper mount on the display screen of the computer. When a user photo image and a mount image are selected, thumbnail images of decorative images recommended as decorative images for the user photo image and mount image are displayed in a small window. The creator selects a desired decorative image from among the thumbnail images of the recommended decorative images. The selected decorative image is displayed on a scrapbook edit image.

Server for combining images, and method of controlling same

When a retrieval keyword that requires contents is transmitted to a server, the server retrieves contents from a database based on the retrieval keyword, and generates page information including retrieved list information of contents, and appending information that displays whether or not the page information is provided with a consecutive reproduction function of making a terminal device consecutively reproduce part of contents included in the list information respectively to the page information, and transmits the page information. The terminal device displays a list of contents on a display unit based on the page information, and displays an icon in case the list is provided with the consecutive reproduction function to demonstrate that the consecutive reproduction is possible.

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Yuko Suzuki