A color photographic material is disclosed comprising a black image forming coupler substituted in the 2, 4 and/or 6 position shown by formula (I) or formula (II), where in LINK represents a divalent linking group, BALL represents a group that prevents the coupler from diffusing away from the layer containing it. X and Y each represent a hydrogen atom or a coupling-off group capable of being released upon an oxidative coupling reaction with a developing agent. The material has a good color repro…

A digital camera 10 includes a systems control section 20. When the systems control section 20 receives any of operation signals from a key operation section 18, the systems control section 20 measures the passage of time with a timer 22, and continues the time measurement for a specified period of time until any of the operation signals is supplied. In an imaging mode, the system controls section 20 generates an oscillation frequency higher than a normal oscillation frequency with a signal gene…

In an image processing apparatus to conduct an on-screen display operation, the bus band of an image memory is minimized. The apparatus includes an image memory including a first memory area to store a first image data group of a first image for a background and a second memory area for storing a second image data group of a second image for an on-screen display, a display buffer memory for storing, in a format to be displayed on a display screen, the first image and the second image read from t…

A lighting apparatus and a display apparatus therewith are disclosed. The lighting apparatus includes a first light-transmitting electrode layer, a second light-transmitting electrode layer, and a luminous layer that is sandwiched by the first and the second light-transmitting electrode layers. At least one of the first and the second light-transmitting electrode layers includes at least a first conductive member and a second conductive member. Layout patterns of the first and the second conduct…

A surface treating apparatus includes: a sheet which includes; a base, and a thermoplastic resin layer disposed on the base; a contact member configured to convey the sheet while carrying out a surface treatment of the sheet; a surface property forming unit configured to form a certain surface property on a surface of the contact member by using a surface property forming material; and a sheet heating unit configured to heat the sheet contacting the contact member, to thereby transfer the surfac…

A solid state image pickup device comprises: a semiconductor substrate defining a two-dimensional surface; a number of photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a light receiving area of the semiconductor substrate in a matrix shape and in a plurality of rows and columns; signal processors, each formed for each column of the photoelectric conversion elements, the signal processor at least converting analog image data from the photoelectric conversion elements into digital image data; and a n…

An organic electroluminescent element having an organic light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode is provided, wherein the organic light-emitting layer comprises, as an organic light-emitting layer forming material, a fluorescent material comprising either one or both of a perylene compound having a specific chemical structure and an anthanthrene compound having a specific chemical structure. A fluorescent material that emits red light with a high color purity and a high luminous effic…

The method and apparatus for displaying an image using liquid generate a segment fluid row, in which plural liquid masses each of which includes first liquid having at least one predetermined coloring matter and are separated from each other are arranged in a row shape, by sequentially and intermittently supplying predetermined amounts of the first liquid in accordance with image information of a desired image to be displayed to a flow path provided in accordance with an image display region for…

The present invention provides a surface treatment apparatus containing a sheet heating unit for heating a sheet, a sheet cooling unit for cooling the sheet. The apparatus satisfying at least one of following conditions: (1) the apparatus transfers a surface quality of the contact member to a surface of the image recording layer and an interface of the thermoplastic resin layer facing the image recording layer of the sheet; (2) the apparatus further contains the contact member selecting unit whi…

The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the ink ejection device and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative movement direction by conveying at least one of the ink ejection device and the recording medium; a radiation irradiation device which irradiates radiation to the droplets deposited on the recording medium by the ink ejection device; a…