Abstract: A server system of the present invention includes a server apparatus and one or more terminal apparatuses electrically connected to the server apparatus through a transmission line, in which each of the one or more terminal apparatuses include one or more input devices, the server apparatus implements an operating system and an application program, the server apparatus includes input information recognition means for recognizing an input information signal which is output from each of the one or more input devices and input to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus executes the operating system and the application program based on the input information signal.

Abstract: An immediate printing type image forming apparatus is provided of which the warm-up time is sufficiently shortened without causing any trouble to occur in the execution of image reading processing and/or image forming processing. The image forming apparatus is configured to determine a time required to raise the current temperature of the surface of a heating roller in a fixing unit to a predetermined temperature and increase the duty ratio of a power waveform to be fed to each of a copy lamp and a motor driving a polygon mirror when the time required thus determined is shorter than each of a time required to increase the current light quantity of the copy lamp to a predetermined light quantity and a time required to raise the current rotational speed of the motor to a predetermined speed, thereby turning each of the copy lamp and the motor into respective predetermined condition before the elapse of the determined time required.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder for receiving a tool, especially a boring, milling, or grinding tool, which can be rotated about a rotational axis and which comprises a clamping shank. In a preferred form of embodiment, said clamping shank comprises a receiving opening (9) which is centrically arranged in an end socket (7) in relation to the rotational axis, said end socket being closed in an annular manner and said receiving opening being used for the interference fit of a holding shank pertaining to the tool. The end socket (7) contains a plurality of pressure chambers which are distributed in the circumferential direction and which extend at least approximately in the direction of the rotational axis. Said pressure chambers (13) can be connected to a pressure means supply which is especially hydraulic, in order to radially expand the receiving opening (9).

Abstract: A potential of a data signal line S during a scanning period is charged to a substantially intermediate potential of a data signal at a corresponding frame. Thus, extremely large dispersion does not occur in a potential of each pixel capacitor with respect to a potential of the data signal line S, so that it is possible to restrict dispersion of a leak current flowing via an active element of each pixel. Thus, potential variation of a pixel PIX is reduced, so that it is possible to improve display quality during a non-scanning period. That is, in an active-matrix-type liquid crystal display, when a frame frequency is reduced by setting the non-scanning period to be sufficiently larger than a scanning period while a standby image is being displayed so as to realize low power consumption, the display quality is improved.

Abstract: A suturing instrument is configured for to apply sutures to approximate, ligate, or fixate tissue in, for example, open, mini-incision, trans-vaginal, or endoscopic surgical procedures. The suturing instrument includes an elongate body member, a needle exit port, a needle receiving port, and a needle deployment mechanism. The suturing instrument eliminates the need for a preassembled needle and suture and reduces or eliminates the possibility of needle loss during suturing.

Abstract: A source driver outputs a data signal and a reset (black) signal alternately to a source line. Four-hundred and eighty gate lines are divided into three groups each comprising 160 lines, and connected to gate drivers. A display control section outputs a discriminant signal, a scan start signal and a clock signal to the gate drivers, where the nth gate line is selected with the data signal outputted by the source driver, and where the (n+160)th gate line is selected with the reset signal outputted. Further, n is shifted sequentially. By writing the reset signal during the latter ? of one frame like this, light leakage of pixels that are changed over from white display to black display is eliminated. Also, blurs of edge portions of a motion picture are reduced. Thus, display grade for motion pictures is enhanced with a minimum improvement.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording an image on the surface of a 3D object uses a laser projector that scans a light beam over the surface in an image pattern. The projector operates in a template imaging mode and an image recording mode where the beam scans at a speed that in a single pass/scan mode is typically four to five orders of magnitude slower than in the template imaging mode. A layer of a photosensitive material is applied to the surface of the object either partially or fully. Projection in the template imaging mode can guide the applying. The layer is substantially insensitive to ambient light for at least a period of time necessary to perform a desired processing step on the object. The layer has a maximum spectral sensitivity in the vicinity of the wavelength of the laser light beam. In one or multiple passes of the beam over the image pattern operating in the image record mode, the accumulated light energy dose density is sufficient to react the material and record the image.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device is composed of at least one optical retardation compensator plate 2 (and 3) inserted between a liquid crystal display element 1 and polarizer plates 4 and 5. The liquid crystal display element 1 is composed of a pair of electrode substrates 6 and 7 and a liquid crystal layer 8 sealed therebetween. The polarizer plates 4 and 5 flank the liquid crystal display element 1. The optical retardation compensator plate 2 (and 3) has a negative refractive index anisotropy (na=nc>nb). The direction of a principal refractive index nb parallel to the normal to the surface and the direction of either a principal refractive index na or nc in the surface incline either clockwise or counterclockwise around the direction of the principal refractive index nc or na in the surface.

Abstract: An optical pickup device which includes (A) a light source, and (B) an objective lens and an aberration correcting optical system which are located in a light path from the light source to an optical recording medium is so arranged that the aberration correcting optical system imparts a phase distribution to luminous flux which transmits the aberration correcting optical system, so as to correct a predetermined aberration; and an amount of phase of the aberration correcting optical system when correcting the aberration is set in such a manner that the aberration correcting optical system imparts a larger amount of phase at a position farther from a point where the aberration correcting optical system crosses an optical axis of light emitted from the light source. With this, it is possible to increase a tolerance for the center misalignment of the objective lens so as to reduce aberration caused by the center misalignment.

Abstract: Robust ceramic igniters are provided that include an improved sealing system which can significantly enhance operational life of the igniter. Preferred igniters comprise a conductive cold zone and hot zone with higher resisitivity. A hermetic sealant material covers one or more electrical connections on the of each cold zone, thus shielding the electrical connections from environmental exposure, and thereby avoiding igniter failure resulting from electrical shorts and/or undesired oxidation.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a plurality of scan lines and signal lines on a transparent insulative substrate which cross each other; a plurality of switching elements formed at predetermined intersections of the scan lines and signal lines, the switching elements being electrically connected to the scan lines and signal lines; a connection electrode electrically connected to a corresponding one of the switching elements; an interlayer insulating film formed over the scan lines, the signal lines, the connection electrode, and the switching elements; a contact hole formed in the interlayer insulating film over the connection electrode; and a pixel electrode at each intersection, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the connection electrode through the contact hole, wherein each of the scan lines and signal lines includes an opaque electrode layer; and the contact hole is formed such that a portion of the contact hole exists outside the connection electrode.

Abstract: A developing device is provided with a developer conveying member in which a plurality of electrodes arranged on a substrate at a predetermined interval are coated with a surface protection layer, the developer conveying member being provided in a developing area that faces an image carrying body whose surface carries an electrostatic latent image, wherein developer is conveyed on the developer conveying member using a traveling-wave electric field that is formed by applying a polyphase voltage to the respective electrodes. The developing device is further provided with a supplying member for supplying the developer onto the developer conveying member, wherein (i) an effective electrode width Le of the respective electrodes in their width direction orthogonal to their arranging direction and (ii) a width Lt of a developer existing area on the supplying member, the width Lt being orthogonal to a direction of supplying the developer, are set so as to satisfy a relation of Lt<Le.

Abstract: A method is proposed for fabricating a TFBGA (Thin & Fine Ball-Grid Array) package with embedded heat spreader. Conventionally, since an individual TFBGA package is quite small in size, it would be highly difficult to incorporate an embedded heat spreader therein. As a solution to this problem, the proposed method utilizes a single substrate predefined with a plurality of package sites, and further utilizes a heat-spreader frame including an integrally-formed matrix of heat spreaders each corresponding to one of the package sites on the substrate. A batch of semiconductor chips are then mounted on the respective package sites on the substrate. During the encapsulation process, a single continuous encapsulation body is formed to encapsulate the entire heat-spreader frame and all the semi-conductor chips. After ball implantation, a singulation process is performed to cut apart the encapsulation body into individual package units, each serving as the intended TFBGA package.

Abstract: A bidirectional optical communication device satisfies a condition of ?fb?0??fa or ?fa?0??fb when ?fa and ?fb are angles of inclination between an optical axis of an optical fiber and transmission light after incidence with a numerical aperture NA at an outermost periphery, and ?fa and ?fb are expressed as the follows: ?fa=Sin?1[{n0 Sin(?L+Sin?1(NA)/n0+?T)}/nf]??T ?fb=Sin?1[{n0 Sin(?L?Sin?1(NA)/n0+?T)}/nf]??T where nf and no denote refractive indexes of a core of the optical fiber and air, respectively. The bidirectional optical communication device is capable of decreasing restraint of a transmission distance by reducing fluctuation of reception efficiency by the transmission distance and reducing interference between transmission light and reception light.

Abstract: An optical component comprising a substrate and a transparent polymer coating film laminated thereon, said polymer coating film including: (1) a processed surface formed into a desired shape by selectively removing with a laser abrasion process; (2) a ? bond structure in the main chain of a constituting material, wherein the main chain contains an interatomic bond having bond energy smaller than photon energy of laser used for the laser abrasion process.

Abstract: A process is provided for producing a three-dimensional object having the steps forming the object (3) in a container (1, 200) arranged within a process chamber (100) on a carrier (4) which can be displaced in the container by sequential selective solidification of layers of a pulverulent material (11) which can be solidified by the action of electromagnetic or particle radiation at positions corresponding to the cross-section of the object in the particular layer, characterised by the step of controlled removal of non-solidified pulverulent material (11) after completing the object (3).

Abstract: A phase correction circuit includes a phase control data generation circuit which judges whether or not the present sector is a leading sector in an ECC block, which is the minimum recording unit in a magneto-optical disk, and generates phase control data by referring to a phase difference data of a previous sector when the present sector is not the leading sector, based on a phase difference detected by a phase difference detection circuit; and a phase control circuit for controlling the phase of a channel clock based on the output of the phase control data generation circuit. With this structure, it becomes possible to provide the phase correction circuit for a disk reproduction device which can generate a sampling clock even when there is a flaw, etc. in a fixed pattern area of the magneto-optical disk, by making a correction so as to avoid or reduce influence by the flaw, etc., and to provide the disk reproduction device using the circuit.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes a package substrate and a solid state imaging element on the package substrate. The package substrate has a mounting plane on which the solid state imaging element is mounted. The package substrate has two reference planes having the same height as the mounting plane, the reference planes projecting in two opposite directions from the mounting plane. The reference planes respectively have at least one pair of positioning reference holes formed therein, such that the centers of the respective pairs of holes are away from the center of an imaging plane of the solid state imaging element by the same distance.

Abstract: An optical communication module in accordance with the present invention includes: an optical fiber; a light-receiving device for converting the beams of light emitted from the optical fiber to an electric signal; and a receiving optical section for coupling at least a part of the beams of light emitted from the optical fiber with the light-receiving device. The receiving optical section includes: a collecting optical system for directing at least a part of the beams of light emitted from the optical fiber to the light-receiving device; and an interference restraining section for restraining module-reflected beams of light reflected in a part of the optical communication module from being coupled with the optical fiber, the interference restraining section being provided in an area irradiated with at least a part of the module-reflected beams of light.