Abstract: Upon reading an A3-size sample image, a colorimeter that can read A3 size can be used but such A3-size calorimeter is expensive. For this reason, an A3-size recording paper sheet is cut into halves, i.e., two A4-size sample images, which are measured by an A4-size calorimeter. To prevent such troublesome operation, color patches are divided into nearly half groups, and these color patch groups are printed on an A3-size recording paper sheet to have their top positions on the opposite sides. In this way, after one color patch group is measured, the sample image is rotated through 180° and is set on the calorimeter to measure the other color patch group.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer having one or more pad electrodes is joined to a reinforcing insulator plate formed with a plurality of through holes. On both sides of the reinforcing plate, there are formed conductive layers which are electrically connected through the through holes filled with a first solder. Each conductive layer has electrically separated sections. The wafer and reinforcing plate are joined together by bonding the pad electrodes to the sections of the conductive layer confronting the wafer. The thus-formed assembly of the wafer and plate enables backside grinding of the wafer to a desired thickness to reduce the on resistance of a semiconductor device. The assembly is then divided into chips, and each chip is mounted on a support member such as a lead frame.

Abstract: An underlying electrode is formed on nearly the entire surface of an opposing substrate and a color filter is formed on the underlying electrode. An overcoat layer is formed on the color filter. A stripe-shaped overlying electrode connected to the underlying electrode and extending to a part of each pixel area is formed on the overcoat layer, and an alignment film is formed on the overlying electrode. Formed on a TFT substrate are TFT's, pixel electrodes and another alignment film which covers the TFT's and pixel electrodes. A liquid crystal is provided between both substrates. When a drive voltage is applied between the underlying electrode and the pixel electrodes, the drive voltage is applied almost directly to the liquid crystal between the overlying electrode and the pixel electrodes, and a drive voltage dropped by the color filter and overcoat layer is applied to the liquid crystal between the underlying electrode and the pixel electrodes.

Abstract: A method for forming a connector contact in which a workpiece is punched by a press to form a contact surface which includes steps of forming a provisional contact surface by a first punching operation of the workpiece, and forming a final contact surface by shaving the provisional contact surface. The provisional contact surface is subject to a split-shaving operation from the front and rear sides of the workpiece to separately shape the top and bottom halves of the provisional contact edge in the direction of the thickness of the workpiece to form the final contact surface.

Abstract: A method for liquid crystal orienting film is disclosed, comprising:a step of preparing a thin film by laminating a monomolecular film on a substrate having an electrode formed thereon, said monomolecular film being formed by spreading on water surface an amphiphilic high molecular material having a repeating unit as represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a tetravalent group containing at least two carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a divalent group containing at least two carbon atoms and each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is an aliphatic, an alicyclic or an aromatic monovalent group having 1-30 carbon atoms or combinations thereof, which may be substituted by a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, a cyano group, a methoxy group or an acetoxy group, or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: There is provided an audio signal subband encoder which attains improved quality of sound by controlling allocation of the number of quantization bits to subband signals on the basis of an evaluation function combining the noise-to-mask ratio criterion with noise-to-signal ratio criterion in order to lessen the influence of the application error of the auditory masking rule such as the aliasing distortion of subband filters.

Abstract: A scanning control system for use in a transmission or reception system of a facsimile equipment for controlling the secondary scanning speed of an image reader or recorder provided therein. In the transmission system, the scanning control system is coupled to an image memory for storing image information inputted from the image reader and supplying the image information to a coder, and responsive to the input signal and output signal of the image memory so as to detect the remaining capacity of the image memory. The scanning control system controls the secondary scanning speed in accordance with the detection results of the remaining capacity of the image memory.

Abstract: An audio subband encoded signal decoder which, when an error occurs in an audio subband encoded signal of a plurality of pieces of data, conceals the error in accordance with the contents of the data involving the error and the occurrence of the error in consideration of the degree of influence on a possible reproduced sound quality to thereby improve the sound quality.

Abstract: This invention relates to a time code recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing time codes corresponding to a digital signal. Time code converting means (100) converts a first time code into a second time code. A frame phase which occurs during the recording of input information is determined by frame timing generating means. A phase difference between a frame of the second time code and a recording frame is detected by phase difference detecting means (103). Phase difference correcting means (104) outputs a third time code on the basis of the detected phase difference. The input information is recorded together with the third time code. Thereby, the recording can be performed while the relation of the correspondence between the input information and the time code is held. In addition, the reproduction can be performed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a time code recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing time codes corresponding to a digital signal. Time code converting means (100) converts a first time code into a second time code. A frame phase which occurs during the recording of input information is determined by frame timing generating means. A phase difference between a frame of the second time code and a recording frame is detected by phase difference detecting means (103). Phase difference correcting means (104) outputs a third time code on the basis of the detected phase difference. The input information is recorded together with the third time code. Thereby, the recording can be performed while the relation of the correspondence between the input information and the time code is held. In addition, the reproduction can be performed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal shutter comprising a light source, a liquid crystal element including a pair of substrates and liquid crystal interposed between the substrates, a pair of polarizing plates formed on the outer surfaces of the substrates, and a heater for heating the liquid crystal element. At least one electrode is formed on the inner surface of either substrate, and an aligning orientating layer is formed on the electrode and the inner surface of the substrate. The polarizing axis of at least one of the polarizing plates extends either parallel or at right angles to the direction of the optical axis of a substrate having an optical anisotropy caused by a temperature gradient created over the liquid crystal element in a direction toward a periphery from a center of the liquid crystal element heated by the heater, and crossing at a certain degree with an arrangement direction of liquid crystal molecules oriented by the aligning orienting layer.

Abstract: A label issuing apparatus which feeds labels adhered in a line on a base carrier paper, is arranged to stop the feed of the labels at a first printing position and to print thereat on each label, and then to feed the labels so that printed labels issue from a label issuing outlet. The label issuing apparatus is comprised of a keyboard including a RAM having first and second memory areas, a set key, an execution key and ten numerical entry keys. The keyboard stores first and second feed distance data into the first and second memory areas when the keys are operated, and a feed control unit feeds the label carrier paper through a distance corresponding to the first feed distance data when a leading edge of a printed label is detected. The feed control unit sets and prints the label at the first printing position, and then feeds the carrier paper through a distance corresponding to the second distance data to define a second printing position.