Abstract: A technique for generating a Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signal based on a Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation (CAZAC) sequence is disclosed. A method embodiment of this technique comprises generating a frequency domain representation of the CAZAC sequence by providing an analytical representation of the CAZAC sequence in the frequency domain with an integer phase term and calculating the integer phase term in a recursive manner for each of a plurality of frequency domain samples of the CAZAC sequence. The resulting frequency domain representation of the CAZAC sequence is then mapped to a pre-determined frequency location before being transformed into the time domain to obtain a time domain representation of the SC-FDMA signal. The SC-FDMA signal may be a random access signal for transmission on a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 100 includes: a liquid crystal layer 1; a front substrate 3 and a rear substrate 2 between which the liquid crystal layer 1 is held; a pair of electrodes 4, 8 between which the liquid crystal layer 1 is interposed and which are configured to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal layer 1; circular polarizers 15, 16 respectively provided on a front side of the front substrate 3 and a rear side of the rear substrate 2; and first and second alignment films 13, 12 respectively provided between the liquid crystal layer 1 and the front substrate 3 and between the liquid crystal layer 1 and the rear substrate 2. The liquid crystal layer 1 includes, in each of the pixels, a continuous wall 10, a plurality of small sections 14 separated by the wall 10, and a plurality of liquid crystal regions 11, each of which is formed in any one of the plurality of small sections 14.

Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell module which is characterized by providing a pair of opposed substrates 10 and 17 in which at least one of the substrates is transparent and a plurality of conductive layers 11 and 18 are formed in parallel with one another on the each opposed surface of the substrates, a plurality of adjacent photoelectric conversion devices 1a and 1b formed in a state of being electrically connected in series between the pair of conductive substrates 11 and 17, and insulating layers 16 formed between the adjacent photoelectric conversion devices 1a and 1b, wherein the photoelectric conversion devices 1a and 1b have a porous semiconductor layer 12 adsorbing a dye, an electrolyte layer 13 and a catalyst layer 14 and the insulating layer 16 is formed by dividing into two or more times in the direction of a substrate thickness.

Abstract: A method of lifting an aircraft at a lifting location, the method comprising: securing a fitting (10) to the aircraft when the aircraft is at the lifting location; engaging the fitting with a crane hook (100); transmitting lifting load from the crane hook to the aircraft via the fitting; and removing the fitting from the aircraft. A fitting (10) for transmitting lifting loads from a crane hook (100) to an item, the fitting comprising: an attachment member (11) configured to be secured to the item; and a lifting member (12) which is pivotally coupled to the attachment member and configured to be engaged by the crane hook (100) so as to transmit lifting loads from the crane hook to the item. A crane hook (100) with a ball-and-socket connection is provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes an LCD panel 10 including a liquid crystal layer, electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a pixel, of which the luminance varies according to a display signal voltage supplied through a transistor. The pixel includes a first subpixel to have a first luminance and a second subpixel to have a second luminance, which is different from the first luminance, in response to at least one display signal voltage supplied.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus communicates with an image acquisition apparatus provided with an image acquisition region comprising light-shielded pixels and effective pixels. Data of an image are acquired based on output signals from the effective pixels. An edge of an object is extracted in the acquired image data using a preset edge threshold, and the object is recognized based on the extracted edge. Output signals are acquired from the light-shielded pixels and a degree of variations in noise contained in the output signals from the effective pixels is estimated based on the output signals acquired. The edge threshold is set based on the degree of variations in noise which is estimated, such that the noise having a level which exceeds the edge threshold occurs at a probability lower than a preset value.

Abstract: Cell scanning operations are enhanced making them more time and power efficient. A base station communicates with mobile radios in a cellular communication system. The base station transmits in a cell a known symbol sequence over a broadcast channel to permit mobiles to detect and synchronize to the base station. It transmits a time indicator indicating when the base station will transmit service information from which a mobile may determine whether the base station can provide a desired communications service. After a time period associated with the time indicator, the base station transmits the service information. A mobile radio in or near the cell scans for and detects the broadcast signal. A decoder in the mobile decodes the broadcast signal and detects a time period associated with receiving the broadcast information. Based on the time period, the decoder halts further decoding of the broadcast signal.

Abstract: An aircraft engine mounting structure comprising a pylon box having an upper surface and at least one attachment element configured to be attached to a front spar of an aircraft wing box, the front spar having a lower surface, the attachment element being configured to attach the rear face of the pylon box to the front spar such that at least a portion of the upper surface of the pylon box lies above the lower surface of the front spar.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of suppressing generation of the image sticking in AC mode and a polymer for alignment film materials.

Abstract: A network system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses. Each information processing apparatus arranges an own character and a partner character within a virtual space, and outputs an image of the virtual space on a monitor when a message is transmitted and received from the information processing apparatus of a chatting partner. Furthermore, an index indicating a direction from the own character to the partner character is generated, and it is determined whether or not the partner character is included in a predetermined range defined within the virtual space, and it is determined whether or not a message is being transmitted or received. When the partner character is out of the predetermined range, and the message is being transmitted or received, the index is output to the monitor.

Abstract: An illuminator according to the present invention includes a backlight (110) for emitting light containing first and second polarization components having polarization directions which are orthogonal to each other; and a selective reflection polarizer (120) having a reflectance for the first polarization component which is higher than a transmittance for the first polarization component, and having a transmittance for the second polarization component which is higher than a reflectance for the second polarization component. The selective reflection polarizer (120) includes a transparent substrate (122) and a plurality of metal wires (124) arrayed on the transparent substrate (122). The ratio of a width of the metal wires (124) to a pitch of the metal wires (124) is greater than 30% and equal to or less than 42%, and the backlight (110) has a reflectance of 0.6 or more.

Abstract: An aircraft control surface mounting structure including a cantilever rib mounted to a spar, the rib includes a first arm and a second arm both orientated to be substantially parallel to the line of flight of the aircraft.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device (1), (i) regions where respective detecting devices (201) are provided and (ii) regions where respective reference devices (202) are provided are separately arranged so as to be alternated along a frame. In each region, a predetermined number of PIN photodiodes (413) are connected in series and in parallel. In the whole of the first regions, (i) a series connection of n PIN photodiode(s) and (ii) a predetermined number of parallel connections are provided; in the whole of the second regions, (i) a series connection of n PIN photodiode(s) and (ii) a predetermined number of parallel connections are provided. Thus, even in a case where there is a great variation in the characteristics of photoelectric conversion device elements in a display panel which photoelectric conversion device elements configure a photoelectric conversion device, an intensity of ambient light can be detected accurately in the display device.

Abstract: A support for an optical fiber partially submerged in a substrate is discloses in which the support is arranged with fiber fixing means for fixing a portion of the fiber to the support so that strain on the portion of the fiber external to the substrate and support member is at least partially diverted from the portion of the fiber internal to the support member.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a shift range changeover device determines temporary abnormality, when a detection output of a rotation position of a motor continues to be abnormal for a first abnormality determination period. The control apparatus further determines persistent abnormality and performs predetermined failsafe processing, when the detection output further continues to be abnormal for a second abnormality period following the first abnormality period. If the temporary abnormality is determined within a feedback control permission period, motor feedback control is prohibited to control the shift range to the neutral range. If the temporary abnormality is determined after the feedback control permission period, the same control operation as before the temporary abnormality is performed.

Abstract: A graphical user interface for an electronic market for trading products includes an aggregation window which displays additional aggregate quotes for a plurality of price levels of a product traded in the market. A trading system includes client station for entering quotes for securities. The clients have graphical user interfaces at which quotes can be entered and displayed at multiple price levels. The system handles a quote size that is displayable and attributable to a specific market participant, a reserve quote size that is neither displayable nor attributable to a specific market participant, and an additional aggregate quote size that is displayable but not attributable to a specific market participant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a porous coating with structures in the micro or nano-size domain characterized by the following steps:—providing a support having a surface,—depositing on the surface one mono-layer of temporary particles,—depositing a coating on the temporary particles in such a way that the thickness of the coating is less than the particle diameter,—eliminating the temporary particles and thereby obtaining a porous coating, the pores of the coating corresponding to the spaces previously occupied by the temporary particles and at least a part of the pores communicating with the external environment,—applying a coating fixation step, characterized by the fact that it furthermore comprise a filling step where the pores are at least partially filled with a liquid or solid substance. The invention also concerns a coating and an object which can be obtained with this process.

Abstract: A charging system provided for vehicles prevents theft of a charging cable, insertion of foreign matter into a vehicle-side receptacle, or tampering when an onboard battery usable for running power is charged from a household power supply. A cable connector of the charging cable is opposed to the vehicle-side receptacle in a connecting part to prepare for charging. When a PHV is exited, a switching command switching from an unlocked state of a door locking mechanism to a locked state is inputted to a PHV ECU responsive to an inputting manipulation performed on a key or door key sensor. The PHV ECU allows the door locking mechanism to switch from the unlocked state to the locked state. The PHV ECU allows locking mechanisms to switch from the unlocked states to the locked states in the manner interlocked with the switching action of the door locking mechanism.