Abstract:
The present technology relates to a display control apparatus and a method, an image processing apparatus and a method, and a program that enable easy and noninvasive observation of an object to be observed. A first display control unit configured to perform display control of a cell image with one or a plurality of images including cells, and a second display control unit configured to perform display control such that a part or all of a motion amount generated for each of subregions with the one or the plurality of images is associated with each of the subregions, and is superimposed on the cell image and is displayed, are provided. The present disclosure can be applied to a display control apparatus or an image processing apparatus.
Abstract:
A functional molecule element capable of exerting its function under the action of electric field, including a compound comprising linear or membranous base axial molecule (2) having a conjugated system and exhibiting electric conductivity and, covalently bonded thereto, pendant molecule (3) of 4-pentyl-4’-cyanobiphenyl having a positive dielectric constant anisotropy or having a dipole moment in a long axis direction of the molecule, so that upon application of an electric field, the pendant molecule (3) assumes an orientation change to thereby induce a conformation change, resulting in switching of the conductivity of the conductive base axial molecule (2).
Abstract:
An area modulation element, which uses a functional molecule element changing the conformation of an organometallic complex being near to the shape of a disc through the application of an electric field, to thereby express a function, wherein the structure of the molecule of the organometallic complex and thus the area occupied thereby are changed by the application of an electric field. The area modulation element can change the area occupied by a molecule through various changes of the structure of the molecule by the control of the electric field applied thereto, and thus can be used for manufacturing a functional device such as an optical filter and an optical screen.
Abstract:
A high-display-quality electrochromic display unit comprising a transparent electrode (1), a display layer (2) formed in contact with the transparent electrode (1) and having its color changed according to an accumulated charge amount, and an ion conduction layer (3) formed in contact with the display layer (3). A plurality of pixel electrodes (4) are formed in contact with the surface, opposite to the surface in contact with the display layer (2), of the ion conduction layer (3). The pixel electrodes (4) are driven independently by, for example, a corresponding thin film transistor (6). When driven, a drive current having a specified charge amount is run and then a reverse current is run in a specified amount to thereby reduce coloring by a specified amount and eliminate the surplus coloring of the display layer (2).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional molecule element whose function is controlled by an electric field, based on an emerging principal, and to provide a functional molecule apparatus using the element. SOLUTION: A compound is used which comprises linear or membranous base axial molecule 2 composed of oligofluorene having a conjugated system and exhibiting electric conductivity and, covalently bonded thereto, pendant molecule 3 of 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl having a positive dielectric constant anisotropy or having a dipole moment in a long axial direction of the molecule, so that upon application of an electric field, the pendant molecule 3 assumes an orientation change to thereby induce a conformation change, resulting in switching of the conductivity of the conductive base axial molecule 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional molecular apparatus such as a CMOS inverter or the like using a functional molecular device whose function is controlled by an electric field on the basis of a new principal. SOLUTION: A Lewis base molecule 14 having a positive dielectric constant anisotropy or a dipole moment in the direction of a long axis is arranged like a pendant by means of a metallic ion 3 functioning as Lewis acid against a linear or membranous standard molecule 2 having a conjugated system and exhibiting conductivity, and an electric field is applied to change conformation so that a functional molecular device 1 expressing a function. The conductive standard molecule 2 and the Lewis base molecule 14 form the metallic ion 3 and a complex 6. The Lewis base molecule 14 starts wobbling or acts like a seesaw when the electric field is applied, thereby switching the conductivity of the standard molecule 2. Such molecule tends to exhibit a reverse electric characteristic according to whether the electric field is applied, and as the result, a molecular device having a function equivalent to the CMOS is realized by using the same material. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new organic compound with conformation change, having a low activation energy, structurally stabilized, enabling the conformation change, and suitably acting as a molecular element in a electronics field. SOLUTION: This organic compound with the conformation change has a first constitutional component and a second constitutional component bonded to the first constitutional component. The first constitutional component is a metal complex comprising a transition metal as a center atom (e.g. a silver atom) or a conformation factor, and a basic ligand (e.g. a pyrrole ring) comprising a 5-membered heterocyclic aromatic compound having an allosteric site. The second constitutional component has a basicity lower than that of the ligand. The structure between the first and the second constitutional components is conformationally changed by changing the number of atoms (or the number of electrons) related to the coordinating properties caused by position change of the center atom as the conformation changing factor by an internal factor such as the transfer of charge, or an external factor such as the impression of electric field or the change of acidity in a environmental condition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optically functional element that breaks through the limitation of the device density, when a flat face substrate is used, alleviate the wiring difficulty, when a ball semiconductor is used and is based on a novel principle of operation. SOLUTION: A functional element, for example, a photo-electronic device 2 is formed on the circumference of the one-dimensional structure 1, 5 formed with a material, for example, an organic substance to prepare fibrous functional material. The one-dimensional structure 1, 5 is allowed to have a hierarchical structure according to the objective, for example, allowed to have a refractive index distribution or a hollow structure. This functional material is used as a basic fiber and woven up to form the two-dimensional intelligent fabric having a desired functions. The resultant intelligent fabric is used in an artificial muscle, a computer, a chemical treatment system. In another case, a photofunctional element is constituted by using the mutual action of 4 or more outer wires as the principle of operation and the constituted photofunctional element is used to constitute a display unit.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent liquid crystal from being degraded without necessitating a DC neutirizing condition for canceling a DC component by providing a first period and a second period for a unit pixel selection period and making an electric signal selecting the state of one side a pulse signal having a positive polarity when it is seen from a reference level and an electric signal selecting the state of other side a pulse signal having a negative polarity when it is seen from the reference level. SOLUTION: The waveform of a pulse is a waveform in which the ratio between a pulse impressing time and a memory time (that is a neutrizing time) which is sufficient to invert a spontaneous polarization, that is, the relation of (a pulse impressing time/a memory time) is smaller than 1, for example, the waveform of 1/2. It may be sufficient to make the pulse impressing time 50 μsec and the memory time 100 μsec. The driving waveform may be monopolar pulsed waveform and it may be even a rectangular pulse (A), a trapezoidal pulse (B), a three-dimensional function pulse or an exponential functional pulse (C). Moreover, it may be sufficient to add the pulse of a short time being the same sign (D) or a different sign (D) or the combination of them.