Abstract: An integrally packaged optronic integrated circuit device (310) including an integrated circuit die (322) containing at least one of a radiation emitter and radiation receiver and having top and bottom surfaces formed of electrically insulative and mechanically protective material, at least one of the surfaces (317) being transparent to radiation, and electrically insulative edge surfaces (314) having pads.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising a detecting unit, a communications unit, and a power control circuit. The power control circuit supplies power to a communication circuit unit based upon a result of detection of the detecting unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic signal reproducing device including heating means for locally heating a reproducing region of a magnetic recording medium, first reproducing means for reading magnetic information in the reproducing region in a first temperature state to obtain a first reproduced signal, second reproducing means for reading magnetic information in almost the same region as the reproducing region in a second temperature state which is different from the first temperature state to obtain a second reproduced signal, and correcting means for correcting the first reproduced signal based on the second reproduced signal to obtain an information reproducing signal representing information recorded in the reproducing region. According to this, even if a medium temperature in a non-heated region of the magnetic recording medium is shifted from a magnetization compensation point, a signal from the region is prevented from mixing into a reproducing signal.

Abstract: A driving method for an active-matrix-type image display in which: in the case when the number of divisions of a video signal decreases in accordance with the scanning frequency of an original video signal, eight video signal lines 31a through 31h are divided into groups the number of which corresponds the reduced number of divisions so that the same video signal is inputted to the video signal lines 31 belonging to the same group; and four systems of shift registers SRA through SRD are also divided into groups, SRA, SRB, SRC and SRD so that the same shift clock signal is inputted to the same group. With this method, even upon application of the device to a usage having a different scanning frequency, the construction of the external circuits are optimized so as to fit the different scanning frequency, and the shared use of the substrate is available so that cost reduction is achieved.

Abstract: A snowboard boot binding device comprising a binding mount plate for fixedly mounting a snowboard binding thereto, said binding mount plate having a cavity centrally defined therein, a ring fixedly attached to said binding mount plate having a bore centrally defined therethrough, a hub for mounting said boot binding device to a snowboard, said hub being centrally disposed in said cavity and extending through said bore, wherein said binding mount plate is free to rotate about said hub, thereby allowing for adjustment of an angular position of said binding mount plate, and locking means for arresting and releasing rotation of said binding mount plate, thereby allowing the angular position of said binding mount plate to be adjusted.