Abstract: The present chord progression composer provides an open and wide space of composition and yet can compose those chord progressions having a desired valuation of fitness for a given melody. To this end, the composer receives an initial chord progression population. It computes melody fitness valuation of chord progression individuals of the population of interest. The chord progression population repeatedly undergo genetic operations (selection, crossover, mutation etc.). The melody fitness valuation will generally increase with generations under the control of the chord progression composer.

Abstract: An image displaying apparatus stores plural image data and displays one of the image data, which image data represent a growing plant (animal) or represent a series of motions of an animal. The apparatus further stores plural element data for growing the plant (animal). When one of the element data is selected, another image data of the plant (animal) is displayed in place of the previously displayed imaged data to show how the plant (animal) grew up responsive to the selected element data. The apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting motion of a user. Detecting the motion of the user, the apparatus displays new image data representing a motion of the animal in place of the previously displayed image data to show how the animal reacts to the user's motion.

Abstract: In the present invention, a partition wall having a matrix shape is formed on anode electrodes so as to divide them further into dots of a small region, which are surrounded by the partition wall. With this structure, if a dark spot which is a non-light emitting region, is created in one dot, the growth of the spot can be stopped by the partition wall. Therefore, good display property can be maintained for a long time.

Abstract: A service information receiving apparatus for receiving pay service information and date data which is multiplexed on FM broadcast waves transmitted from an FM broadcasting station, wherein use end day data calculated on the basis of valid term relative value data stored in a detachable IC card installed in the service information receiving apparatus and the received date data is acquired and stored, and the stored use end date data and received date data are compared. The display of pay service information is permitted while both data do not coincide, and the display of pay service information is prohibited after both data have coincided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cell includes scanning and signal electrodes, and a bistable nematic liquid crystal material sealed therein. The material has liquid crystal molecules alignable in first and second metastable aligned states by selective application of twist select voltages smaller than a reset voltage after application of the reset voltage. A tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules is controlled in the first and second metastable aligned states in accordance with an effective value of a voltage applied between the opposing electrodes. A row driver, in accordance with display data, supplies a reset potential for applying the reset voltage between the electrodes, and a write-period voltage for designating a period for applying a voltage with an effective value according to the display data between the electrodes, to scanning electrodes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a table, in which image data is stored as cell data of table data, so that an operation and procedure for processing the image data as cell data (e.g., an image process of the image data or an output of the image data to a designated cell) can be simple. In a table data output process, it is discriminated whether the type of a designated cell is numerical, character, image or sound data, and the corresponding data is read from a table data file, an image file or a sound file in accordance with the discriminated cell type. The read data is then output to an output region of the designated cell.

Abstract: A data receiving apparatus writes only a necessary part of data received via a communication network or the like in a file. Start indicating information and end indicating information located before and after character string data to be downloaded are previously stored or registered in a RAM (random access memory) of a personal computer. Character string data received via a communication control section is temporarily stored in a reception buffer, and the start indicating information and end indicating information are detected from the received character string data. Then, character string data located between the start indicating information and end indicating information is extracted from the received character string data and the extracted character string data is downloaded into a file.

Abstract: An information terminal transmits small amount data such as a command to a Web server on the internet to an asymmetric router via an interactive radio network. The asymmetric router transmits the command to the Web server via the internet. The asymmetric router transmits large amount data (for example, HTML formatted browser data) from the Web server to a data superimposing broadcast apparatus. The data superimposing broadcast apparatus determines a scheduled time of broadcasting according to a data amount. The scheduled time is transmitted to the information terminal via the asymmetric router and the interactive radio network. When the scheduled time comes, the large amount data is superimposed on an empty portion of a television signal, and is broadcasted. The information terminal carries out a predetermined processing operation whereby a broadcast receiving circuit is turned on, and the television signal on which the large amount data has been superimposed is received.

Abstract: An FM radio receiver receives and displays program data which is affixed with a return destination box number and return form type data and has been transmitted from an FM broadcasting station 1 in the multiplexed form on FM broadcast radio waves. In responding to a displayed program through the FM radio receiver, first, the FM radio receiver 2 reads a return form corresponding to the return form type data from a ROM card 24 and displays the form. A user inputs return message data according to the displayed return form. FM radio receiver 2 transmits the return destination box number data in addition to the return message data to a service center 5. The service center 5 stores the received return message data in a box corresponding to the return destination box number data affixed to the received return message data. The return message data is edited and collected box by box. The edited and/or collected results are sent to the FM broadcasting station 1 as needed.

Abstract: A service information receiving apparatus (1) for receiving scrambled charged service information transmitted as being multiplexed on an FM broadcast radio wave from an FM broadcasting station (3) causes a control section (43) to perform a predetermined arithmetic operation by using a variable key as one of descramble keys affixed to the scrambled charged service information received by a service information receiving section (40) and a half-fixed key as one of descramble keys, which is stored in an IC card (2) detachably attached to a receiving apparatus main body, thereby preparing a new descramble key, which is used to descramble the received charged service information.

Abstract: A liquid crystal material is sealed between substrates. The liquid crystal material exhibits an antiferroelectric phase while the liquid crystal is in a bulk state. In the liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates, due to aligning forces of alignment films, liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a state wherein there is no correlation in molecular order between adjoining smectic layers, and the director of the liquid crystal layer is substantially coincident with the direction of a normal line of the smectic layers. The director varies continuously in accordance with the polarity and magnitude of a voltage applied between electrodes formed on the substrates. Arranging polarization plates so that the substrates are sandwiched therebetween enables a gradation to be displayed.

Abstract: An image displaying apparatus stores plural image data and displays one of the image data, which image data represent a growing plant (animal) or represent a series of motions of an animal. The apparatus further stores plural element data for growing the plant (animal). When one of the element data is selected, another image data of the plant (animal) is displayed in place of the previously displayed imaged data to show how the plant (animal) grew up responsive to the selected element data. The apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting motion of a user. Detecting the motion of the user, the apparatus displays new image data representing a motion of the animal in place of the previously displayed image data to show how the animal reacts to the user's motion.

Abstract: A thin ribbon cassette (16) is set on a tape winding device and its vertical-direction position is fixed by a position restricting member (18) provided on a back of a cover for an apparatus body. When the ribbon cassette (16) is thin in correspondence to a narrow width of an ink ribbon (15), a quantity of lowering of a ribbon winding top (5) engaged with a reel (16-1) of the cassette (16) is small. The biasing force of a clutch spring (7) which is compressed depending on the quantity of lowering of the ribbon winding top (5) is small, the force of a winding drive gear (6) which presses a clutch plate (4-1) through a felt member (12) is small, the frictional force of the felt member (12) is small, and the torque of the rotational shaft (4) is small. This torque is just suitable for winding a long and narrow ink ribbon having a corresponding small tensile strength.

Abstract: In a radio communication apparatus having a plurality of identification codes, one of the plurality of identification codes is selected in a calling process. In this case, a particular one of the plurality of identification codes can be selected from (i) a plurality of identification codes stored in a memory of the radio communication apparatus, (ii) a plurality of identification codes stored in a memory of the radio communication apparatus and a memory attached detachably to the radio communication apparatus, and (iii) a plurality of identification codes stored in a plurality of memories attached detachably to the radio communication apparatus.

Abstract: An image displaying apparatus stores plural image data and displays one of the image data, which image data represent a growing plant (animal) or represent a series of motions of an animal. The apparatus further stores plural element data for growing the plant (animal). When one of the element data is selected, another image data of the plant (animal) is displayed in place of the previously displayed imaged data to show how the plant (animal) grew up responsive to the selected element data. The apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting motion of a user. Detecting the motion of the user, the apparatus displays new image data representing a motion of the animal in place of the previously displayed image data to show how the animal reacts to the user's motion.

Abstract: The periphery of a color filter element formed on a transparent glass substrate and the periphery of a pixel electrode formed on the color filter element are made to overlap with gate lines and drain lines. Black matrices are formed between adjacent color filter elements, on neighboring color filter elements, and on pixel electrodes. In this case, the opening of the black matrix slightly encroaches upon the gate lines and the drain lines. As a result, the area surrounded by the gate lines and the drain lines minus the area for forming a thin film transistor therein is made wide. Accordingly, the opening factor of a liquid crystal display device is made large.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates opposing each other, each having an electrode and an aligning film on an inner surface, a layer of bistable nematic liquid crystal sealed in a space between substrate, and two polarizing plates. A reset pulse voltage high enough to align the molecules almost vertically to the substrates is applied to the layer of liquid crystal. Then, a first state-selecting pulse voltage lower than the reset pulse voltage is applied between the electrodes, whereby the molecules of the liquid crystal assume a first metastable aligned state. Alternatively, a second state-selecting pulse voltage lower than the reset pulse voltage is applied between the electrodes, whereby the molecules of the liquid crystal assume a second metastable aligned state.

Abstract: When data is keyed in by operating a keyboard K displayed in a touch panel input area 14a, its character code is stored in a real data memory 46b of a RAM 23 and data on its attribute, pointer and data length is stored as management data. When handwritten data is input by manipulating a handwriting board P displayed in the input area 14a, coordinate data corresponding to the locus of the input handwritten data is stored in the real data memory, and data on its attribute, pointer and data length is stored as management data. The keyed-in data including the character code and the handwritten data including image data are both displayed in an output area 14b on the basis of the real data and its management data. Data edition including data erasure can be dealt with in a unified manner.

Abstract: A pager comprises a receiver for receiving an image designating code together with a message, a display section, a memory for storing a plurality of images, and a CPU for, based on the image designating code received by the receiver, selecting an associated image and displaying the image together with the message on the display section. When a ringing signal transmitted from a base station is directed to this pager, the pager acquires a subsequent message and displays the associated image together with the message when the message contains an image designating code.