Abstract: An input-display device includes a display screen disposed on a display substrate, the display screen including a multitude of display pixels. The input-display device further includes a multitude of capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a source driver circuit configured to generate a data voltage for driving a pixel circuit associated with one display pixel of the multitude of display pixels and determine a timing for a compensatory modulation of the data voltage. The timing is determined using a sensing waveform of the capacitive sensing. The source driver circuit is also configured to determine an amplitude of the compensatory modulation, generate a modulated data voltage by applying the compensatory modulation to the data voltage, and drive the pixel circuit using the modulated data voltage.

Abstract: An oil separator has a filter portion in a differential pressure generation mechanism configured to collect, by a differential pressure, lubricating oil that is in a form of mist included in high-pressure refrigerant that flows in a first pipe that is connected to a discharge port of a compressor and allows the collected lubricating oil to move downstream along an internal wall of the first pipe.

Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a lens barrel with which looseness caused by a gap formed between a fixed barrel and a cam barrel can be effectively suppressed without increasing the rotational torque of the cam barrel, as well as a camera equipped with this lens barrel. A lens barrel 100 comprises first to seventh lens group units 21 to 27, a substantially cylindrical rectilinear barrel 11, a substantially cylindrical cam barrel 12, and spacers 11ga, 11gb, 11ha, 11hb, 11ia and 11ib. The cam barrel 12 moves the third to seventh lens group units 23 to 27 in the optical axis OP direction by being rotated with respect to the rectilinear barrel 11 in a state in which main cam followers 11b and main cam grooves 12b are engaged with each other.

Abstract: A touch detection device is provided and includes driving electrodes for detecting an external proximity object, extending in first direction and arranged in second direction; first voltage line extending in second direction; second voltage line extending in second direction; third voltage line extending in second direction, third voltage line being narrower in than first voltage line and second voltage line in width; and switching circuit for electrically connecting driving electrodes and first voltage line, second voltage line, or third voltage line.

Abstract: A liquid sample testing device includes: an upper case having: a hole allowing a liquid sample to be dropped in the hole; and a window to determine a test result, the hole and the window being located beside each other; a lower case assembled to the upper case; and a test strip housed between the upper case and the lower case. The upper case has: a first protrusion protruding toward the lower case; and a second protrusion protruding toward the lower case. The first protrusion and the second protrusion each has a predetermined shape to allow a capillary force generated between the second protrusion and the liquid sample to be larger than a capillary force generated between the first protrusion and the liquid sample.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying instrument including a measuring unit including a tilt sensor configured to acquire tilt angle data of the instrument, and an environment sensor to acquire environment data correlating with a leveling time and leveling accuracy, a leveling unit including a leveling drive unit and configured to level the instrument, an arithmetic control unit configured to control the measuring unit and the leveling unit, and a storage unit configured to store the environment data, leveling result data of the leveling unit, and information on leveling operation conditions. The storage unit has surveying instrument-specific information.

Abstract: A gate/barrier assembly includes a first post, a second post, a gate, and a barrier. The first post is arranged to be fixedly supported by a semiconductor processing system. The second post extends in parallel with the first post and is arranged to be pivotably supported by the semiconductor processing system. The gate is pivotably supported by the first post and has a closed position where the gate overlaps the second post and an open position wherein is the gate is spaced apart from the second post. The barrier is fixedly supported by the second post, has guard and guide positions, is spaced apart from the first post in the guide position, and abuts the first post in the guard position. The gate overlaps the barrier when the gate is in the closed position and the barrier is in the guard position.

Abstract: A processing system for an input device comprises sensor circuitry. The sensor circuitry is configured to operate sensor electrodes for input sensing during a first sensing frame. During a first period of the first sensing frame the sensor circuitry is configured to drive a first portion of the sensor electrodes with a sensing signal, drive a second portion of the sensor electrodes with a guarding signal, and drive a third portion of the sensor electrodes with a reference signal. The guarding signal and the sensing signal have at least one characteristic in common selected from the group consisting of amplitude, phase and frequency. The third portion of the sensor electrodes overlaps a first gate line of a display panel selected for updating during the first period.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to image an object to generate a captured image, a display control unit configured to display the captured image and additional information superimposed on the captured image on a display unit, a detection unit configured to detect a user viewpoint in the display unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a display state of the displayed captured image to a first state or a second state inferior to the first state, based on a position of the detected user viewpoint.

Abstract: An active material includes, as constituent elements, silicon, oxygen, a first element, a second element, and a third element. The first element includes boron, phosphorus, or both. The second element includes at least one of an alkali metal element, a transition element, or a typical element. The typical element excludes silicon, oxygen, boron, phosphorus, an alkali metal element, and an alkaline earth metal element. The third element includes an alkaline earth metal element. The content of silicon with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 60 at % or greater and 98 at % or less. The content of the first element with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 1 at % or greater and 25 at % or less. The content of the second element with respect to all the constituent elements excluding oxygen and carbon is 1 at % or greater and 34 at % or less.

Abstract: A copper pillar bump for an electrode pad of a semiconductor chip includes a first copper layer, a first metal layer formed directly on the first copper layer, a second copper layer formed directly on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer formed directly on the second copper layer, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer are made of a metal having a different etching rate than copper, wherein an outer perimeter ring of the first metal layer protrudes beyond a lateral surface of the first copper layer, and wherein an outer perimeter ring of the second metal layer protrudes beyond a lateral surface of the second copper layer.

Abstract: An input-display device includes a display screen disposed on a display substrate, the display screen including a multitude of display pixels. The input-display device further includes a multitude of capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a source driver circuit configured to generate a data voltage for driving a pixel circuit associated with one display pixel of the multitude of display pixels and determine a timing for a compensatory modulation of the data voltage. The timing is determined using a sensing waveform of the capacitive sensing. The source driver circuit is also configured to determine an amplitude of the compensatory modulation, generate a modulated data voltage by applying the compensatory modulation to the data voltage, and drive the pixel circuit using the modulated data voltage.

Abstract: A laser treatment device performing treatment by irradiating a target object having a plate surface with laser light, including: a light-transmitting region transmitting laser light emitted onto the target object; a rectifier that has a rectifier surface separated from the target object and extending along the plate surface of the target object and outward from the end of the light-transmitting region; a gas supply unit that feeds a gas to a gap between one side of the rectifier surface and the light-transmitting region, in a position separated from the light-transmitting region; and a gas exhaust unit that exhausts, on the other side that is on the other side of the light-transmitting region from the one side, the gas present in a gap between the rectifier surface and the target object from the gap, in a position separated from the light-transmitting region, thereby generating a stable local gas atmosphere.

Abstract: A thermal analysis device, a sample holder assembly and a thermal analysis method, capable of DSC measurement and TG measurement while simplifying replacement of a temperature sensor or the like upon damages. The thermal analysis device includes a sample holder assembly that is detachably mounted, a first sample stage and a second sample stage that are detachably mounted, a heater (heating furnace) that heats the sample holder assembly and the like, a temperature controller, a temperature measuring section for detecting a temperature difference between the sample and a reference substance, and a weight measuring section (balance) for measuring a weight difference between the sample and the reference substance.

Abstract: This invention is intended to process data synchronization more efficiently. Disclosed is a data synchronization system comprising: an all records fetching unit that fetches all records of synchronization target data, i.e., data specified as a target of synchronization, from a first device that is a source of synchronization; one or more storage units to prestore synchronization destination data, namely, data that is now retained on a second device that is a destination of synchronization and store synchronization target data fetched by the all records fetching unit; and a difference extraction unit that identifies difference to be reflected in the data on the second device by using the synchronization destination data and the synchronization target data, makes identified difference reflected in the data on the second device, and, after the reflection, updates the synchronization destination data based on the synchronization target data.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes: a stage 2 capable of levitating and transporting a substrate 3 by jetting gas from a front surface; a laser oscillator configured to irradiate a laser beam 20a onto the substrate 3; and a gas jetting port arranged at a position overlapping a focus point position of the laser beam 20a in plan view, and being configured to jet inert gas. The front surface of the stage 2 is constituted by upper structures 5a and 5b, and the upper structures 5a and 5b are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other and face each other. A gap between the upper structures 5a and 5b overlaps the focus point position of the laser beam 20a in plan view. A filling member 8 is arranged between the upper structures 5a and 5b so as to fill the gap between the upper structures 5a and 5b.

Abstract: A processing system for an input device comprises sensor circuitry. The sensor circuitry is configured to operate sensor electrodes for input sensing during a first sensing frame. During a first period of the first sensing frame the sensor circuitry is configured to drive a first portion of the sensor electrodes with a sensing signal, drive a second portion of the sensor electrodes with a guarding signal, and drive a third portion of the sensor electrodes with a reference signal. The guarding signal and the sensing signal have at least one characteristic in common selected from the group consisting of amplitude, phase and frequency. The third portion of the sensor electrodes overlaps a first gate line of a display panel selected for updating during the first period.

Abstract: A gas analysis device and a gas analysis method for performing measurement in a direct mode and a trap mode without carrying out a complicated control. The gas analysis device includes a branching section that branches a target gas, a mass spectrometer performing mass spectrometry of one branched target gas, a trap section holding the other branched target gas, a gas chromatograph analyzing the other branched target gas, and a controller controlling the flow path of the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas. The branching section is controlled so that, while a thermal analysis is performed by a thermal analysis device, the branching section continuously branches the supplied target gas and discharges the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas, and when the thermal analysis is completed, the other branched target gas held by the trap section is supplied to the gas chromatograph.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a non-plasma etch, such as a gas-phase and/or remote plasma etch, of titanium-containing material layers with tunable selectivity to other material layers. A substrate is received within a process chamber, and the substrate has exposed material layers including a titanium-containing material layer and at least one additional material layer. The additional material layer is selectively etched with respect to the titanium-containing material layer by exposing the substrate to a controlled environment including a halogen-containing gas. For one embodiment, the halogen-containing gas includes a fluorine-based gas. For one embodiment, the titanium-containing material layer is a titanium or a titanium nitride material layer. For one embodiment, the additional material layer includes tungsten, tungsten oxide, hafnium oxide, silicon oxide, silicon-germanium, silicon, silicon nitride, and/or aluminum oxide.

Abstract: A printed wiring board to which an electronic component is soldered by a jet soldering device, the printed wiring board includes as insulating substrate, a land provided on one surface of the insulating substrate, the one surface serving as a soldering surface, a through hole provided in the land and passing through the insulating substrate in a thickness direction of the insulating substrate. A lead of the electronic component is inserted into the through hole from the other surface of the insulating substrate, the other surface is opposed to the one surface, and an auxiliary conductor is provided in a region of a plane on the one surface, the region is adjacent to the land in a predetermined direction. The auxiliary conductor is provided to have a width equal to a width of the land in the same region of the plane.