Abstract: A liquid crystal compound is represented by the formula (1). For example, in the formula (1): R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy having 1 to 9 carbon atoms; a ring A1 and a ring A2 each represent 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1 and Z2 each represent a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH?CH—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2O—, or —OCH2—; and a and b each represent 0, 1, 2, or 3 and the sum of a and b is 4 or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. The compound is represented by formula (1-1): wherein, for example, R1 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons; ring A1, ring A2, ring A3, ring A4 and ring A5 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are independently a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH?CH— or —CF?CF—: and a, b, c and d are independently 0 or 1, and a sum of a, b, c and d is one or more.

Abstract: A display control apparatus that controls to display images so that a plurality of images are assigned to each page changes display from a page being displayed to another page according to a user's operation. Here, the display control apparatus performs pre-reading in which images to be displayed in pages other than the page being displayed are read from a device storing the images and stored in a temporary memory unit while the page is being displayed. In the pre-reading, a predetermined number of images fewer than the number of images assigned to each page are pre-read for each page other than the page being displayed, in ascending order of distance of each page to the page being displayed.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a moving image display unit configured to control a display apparatus to display a moving image thereon, a reading unit configured to read animation information including a plurality of frame images, a detection unit configured to detect touch on the display apparatus, and a display control unit configured to control the display apparatus to display a first frame image of the animation information thereon if touch on a specific position of the display apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the moving image is being displayed on the display aparatus, and to start a transition display of frame images of the animation information if the touch on the display apparatus becomes undetected by the detection unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound that has an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds and also has at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light or the like, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (?n), a low threshold voltage and a suitable dielectric anisotropy (??). A compound represented by formula (1) For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, R2 is halogen or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; the ring A1, the ring A2 and the ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 4 carbons; G is —CH2— or —O—; and m is 1, and n and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: When rendering a graphic according to the locus of an input position, it is determined whether a region which has been preset for the graphic to be rendered, and has the start position of the continuous input as a reference overlaps a region preset for an already rendered graphic by a predetermined amount or more. If it is determined that the regions do not overlap each other by the predetermined amount or more, a graphic is rendered according to the locus of the input position. Alternatively, if it is determined that the regions overlap each other by the predetermined amount or more, control is switched to remove the already rendered graphic according to the locus of the input position.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus obtains a first partial image, which is a part of a projection target image. The image projection apparatus also receives, from another image projection apparatus, a first overlap image that is a portion of an image corresponding to a predetermined overlap area in which a projected image that the image projection apparatus projects and a projected image projected by another image projection apparatus overlap with each other, and that is not included in the first partial image. Then, the image projection apparatus projects a combined image obtained by combining the received first overlap image and the first partial image.

Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. The compound is represented by formula (1-1): wherein, for example, R1 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons; ring A1, ring A2, ring A3, ring A4 and ring A5 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are independently a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH?CH— or —CF?CF—: and a, b, c and d are independently 0 or 1, and a sum of a, b, c and d is one or more.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound that has an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds and also has at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light or the like, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (?n), a low threshold voltage and a suitable dielectric anisotropy (??). A compound represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, R2 is halogen or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; the ring A1, the ring A2 and the ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 4 carbons; G is —CH2— or —O—; and m is 1, and n and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound that has an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds and also has at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light or the like, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (?n), a low threshold voltage and a suitable dielectric anisotropy (??). A compound represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, R2 is halogen or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; the ring A1, the ring A2 and the ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 4 carbons; G is —CH2— or —O—; and m is 1, and n and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal compound that has a liquid crystal phase with a wide temperature range, has an excellent compatibility with another polymerizable liquid crystal compound, has an excellent solubility in organic solvent and is polymerizable in air by heat or light. Means for Solving the Subject A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (1) wherein A1 and A2 are a ring such as 1,4-cyclohexylene and 1,4-phenylene; Z1 to Z3 are a bonding group such as a single bond and —O—, m is an integer of 1 to 5; Q1 and/or Q2 are —O(C2H4O)n1(C3H6O)n2— or —O(C3H6O)n2(C2H4O)n1—, where n1 and n2 are integer of 0 to 5 and the sum of n1 and n2 is 2 to 5; one of Q1 and Q2 may be alkylene; P1 and P2 are a polymerizable group represented by any one of formula (2-1) to formula (2-3) and R is hydrogen, halogen or alkylene having 1 to 5 carbons.

Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for a liquid crystal compound, a high stability to heat, light or the like, a small viscosity, a suitable refractive index anisotropy, a suitable dielectric anisotropy and steep electro-optic characteristics, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, and a liquid crystal compound especially having a wide temperature range of a nematic phase. A compound represented by formula (1). with, for example, R1 and R2 are alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons; A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene; A2 is 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; X is fluorine or chlorine; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond; and p and q is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A display control apparatus is provided that allows a user to easily continue a scroll operation while making the user recognize a particular position when the particular position is reached during the scroll operation. The display control apparatus controls a display unit to display a display object in a particular order and, further performs control to scroll the displayed display object by a movement amount according to an operation amount of an operation member which is a touch sensor or a rotation operation member. During the control, the display control apparatus determines the movement amount the display object is scrolled so that the movement amount according to the operation amount is smaller when the particular position, a break in the particular order, is included in the displayed screen than when the particular position is not included.

Abstract: When rendering a graphic according to the locus of an input position, it is determined whether a region which has been preset for the graphic to be rendered, and has the start position of the continuous input as a reference overlaps a region preset for an already rendered graphic by a predetermined amount or more. If it is determined that the regions do not overlap each other by the predetermined amount or more, a graphic is rendered according to the locus of the input position. Alternatively, if it is determined that the regions overlap each other by the predetermined amount or more, control is switched to remove the already rendered graphic according to the locus of the input position.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a moving image display unit configured to control a display apparatus to display a moving image thereon, a reading unit configured to read animation information including a plurality of frame images, a detection unit configured to detect touch on the display apparatus, and a display control unit configured to control the display apparatus to display a first frame image of the animation information thereon if touch on a specific position of the display apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the moving image is being displayed on the display aparatus, and to start a transition display of frame images of the animation information if the touch on the display apparatus becomes undetected by the detection unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound that has an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds and also has at least one of characteristics such as a high stability to heat, light or the like, a suitable refractive index anisotropy (?n), a low threshold voltage and a suitable dielectric anisotropy (??). A compound represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, R2 is halogen or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; the ring A1, the ring A2 and the ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 4 carbons; G is —CH2— or —O—; and m is 1, and n and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for a liquid crystal compound, a high stability to heat, light or the like, a small viscosity, a suitable refractive index anisotropy, a suitable dielectric anisotropy and steep electro-optic characteristics, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, and a liquid crystal compound especially having a wide temperature range of a nematic phase. A compound represented by formula (1). with, for example, R1 and R2 are alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons; A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene; A2 is 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; X is fluorine or chlorine; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond; and p and q is 0 or 1.

Abstract: The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl or ethyl; X1 and X2 are hydrogen, fluorine, methyl or trifluoromethyl; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH?CH—COO—, —OCO—CH?CH—, —CH2CH2—COO—, —OCO—CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —CONH—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2— or —C?C—; Z3 and Z4 are a single bond or —O—; A1 and A2 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl or tetrahydronaphtlane-2,6-diyl; and Y1 and Y2 are alkylene having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A display control apparatus that controls to display images so that a plurality of images are assigned to each page changes display from a page being displayed to another page according to a user's operation. Here, the display control apparatus performs pre-reading in which images to be displayed in pages other than the page being displayed are read from a device storing the images and stored in a temporary memory unit while the page is being displayed. In the pre-reading, a predetermined number of images fewer than the number of images assigned to each page are pre-read for each page other than the page being displayed, in ascending order of distance of each page to the page being displayed.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal compound that has a liquid crystal phase with a wide temperature range, has an excellent compatibility with another polymerizable liquid crystal compound, has an excellent solubility in organic solvent and is polymerizable in air by heat or light. Means for Solving the Subject A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (1) wherein A1 and A2 are a ring such as 1,4-cyclohexylene and 1,4 -phenylene; Z1 to Z3 are a bonding group such as a single bond and —O—, m is an integer of 1 to 5; Q1 and/or Q2 are —O(C2H4O)n 1(C3H6O)n 2— or —O(C3H6O)n 2(C2H4O)n 1—, where n1 and n2 are integer of 0 to 5 and the sum of n1 and n2 is 2 to 5; one of Q1 and Q2 may be alkylene; P1 and P2 are a polymerizable group represented by any one of formula (2-1) to formula (2-3) and R is hydrogen, halogen or alkylene having 1 to 5 carbons.