Abstract: An image display apparatus with a display device for displaying images and a viewing device for viewing an image in the left eye and a different image in the right eye. Two smaller images, a left image and a right image, are created from the same two-dimensional image. The left image includes, as it's left most part, the left most part of the two-dimensional image, the right image includes, as it's right most, the right most part of the image two-dimensional image, and both the left and right images include a common central part of the full image. When the left and right images are displayed such that the left eye sees one image and the right eye sees the other image, the viewer sees the two-dimensional image as a virtual image that can be wider than the viewable width of the display device. The width of the virtual image can be varied to accommodate the viewer.

Abstract: A whip antenna is movable between a first position corresponding to a state in which the whip antenna is extended from a casing of the mobile communication terminal, and a second position corresponding to a state the whip antenna is accommodated within the casing. A built-in antenna is disposed within the casing. A power feeding circuit is disposed within the casing. A first matching circuit has a first impedance, through which the power feeding circuit and the whip antenna are electrically connected when the whip antenna is placed at the first position. A second matching circuit has a second impedance which is higher than the first impedance, through which the whip antenna is grounded when the whip antenna is placed at the second position. A switch mechanism is opened so that the built-in antenna is electrically disconnected from the power feeding circuit when the whip antenna is placed at the first position, and closed so that the built-in antenna is electrically connected to the power feeding circuit.

Abstract: A ceremonial illuminary including a voltage supply mechanism, a switching mechanism that is electrically connected to the voltage supply mechanism, a first lamp electrically connected to the switching mechanism, a second lamp electrically connected to the switching mechanism wherein the switching mechanism provides voltage to the first lamp to illuminate the first lamp and then switches to provide voltage to the second lamp instead of the first lamp when the first lamp burns-out and no longer illuminates. The first lamp and the second lamp are secured with an enclosure.

Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna is a cuboid having a first edge, a second edge and a third edge. The first edge is the shortest edge and forms part of a first surface and a second surface of the cuboid. The first surface is for coupling to a transmission line and the second surface is for mounting on a circuit board. The second and third edges have substantially equal lengths. Further, the first and second surfaces are coated with a conducting layer.

Abstract: A low cost glass mount vehicle antenna system utilizes, in a preferred embodiment, an over-coupled quasi-TEM mode transmission line coupler having two simple stamped or printed plates stacked over an L shape internal ground plane. The two conductive plates are located on opposite sides of the glass. With proper open circuit terminations on two of the four coupler ports, the backwards and forward coupling signals are redirected/combined and are effectively fed diagonally between the other two ports, thereby achieving through-glass coupling. The over-coupling achieves this efficient through-glass coupling effect at two spaced-apart frequencies (e.g. 800 MHz and 1800 MHz). The coupler is of a low impedance type and can be used with a variety of collinear array and elevated-feed antennas. It features high efficiency, low backwards radiation, and mechanical simplicity.