Abstract: A mobile unit with fingerprint sensor, includes a fingerprint sensor; a circuit board on which a plurality of circuit components are mounted, one of the circuit components processes an output signal output from the fingerprint sensor; a key case on which a plurality of key switches, used as operation keys of the mobile unit, are arranged, the key case being fixed to the circuit board; and a sensor-specific board that is provided separately from the circuit board and includes the fingerprint sensor thereon, and that is detachably attached to the key case and the fingerprint sensor is arranged adjacent to the operation keys.

Abstract: A substrate sheet material for semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using the substrate sheet material can suppress and reduce a warp which may occur in the substrate sheet material even when a plurality of semiconductor chips formed in the substrate sheet material are molded all at once. A plurality of substrates to be used for producing semiconductor packages are formed in the substrate sheet material. An outer configuration of the substrate sheet material is made into a circular shape.

Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus including a liquid crystal display having a parallax barrier so that a first image and a second image are respectively visible from different angles on a commonly provided display screen, a backlight that sheds lights from a backside of a liquid crystal panel, a touch operating portion provided at a surface side of the liquid crystal display, and an antiglare layer provided at a surface side of the touch operating portion.

Abstract: A wireless system realizes a WOL by including layers for switching security systems with a security level enhanced. The wireless system for activating a terminal through a radio base station from a remote area includes: a monitor device for monitoring the status of power supply of the terminal; and a security switch device for switching the security system of the terminal based on the status by switching to a fixed key security system when the status is changed to power-off and switching to a dynamic key security system when the status is changed to power-on.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus comprises a support substrate having through holes filles with conductor adapted to a first pitch; a capacitor formed on or above said support substrate; a wiring layer formed on or above said support substrate, leading some of said through holes filles with conductor upwards through said capacitor, having branches, and having wires of a second pitch different from said first pitch; and plural semiconductor elements disposed on or above said wiring layer, having terminals adapted to the second pitch, and connected with said wiring layer via said terminals. A semiconductor apparatus, in which semiconductor elements having a narrow terminal pitch, a support having through wires at a wider pitch, and a capacitor are suitably electrically connected to realize the decoupling function with reduced inductance and large capacitance.

Abstract: A RAID control apparatus comprises at least a cache memory; an update information management table for storing update information; an update information storage unit for storing, in the update information management table, update information by detecting a data update; a reference value generation unit for generating a reference value expressing a load of a write back processing by using a Small Write method and a Read & Bandwidth Write method based on the update information; a write method determination unit for determining a write method according to the reference value and a write unit for carrying out a write processing, in order to provide a write back method for a RAID apparatus capable of improving a processing speed at the time of updating even in the case of including the processing of updating a part of data stripes.

Abstract: An optical communication unit performs a bidirectional information transmission between a circuit device in a fixed housing and a circuit device in a moving housing with an optical signal. The optical communication unit includes a light transmitting unit that transmits the optical signal, a light receiving unit that receives the optical signal from the light transmitting unit, and a light propagation path for propagating the optical signal from the light transmitting unit to the light receiving unit. The light propagation path is disposed inside a hinge part that links the fixed housing and the moving housing in an openable and closable manner.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display that displays individual images in a plurality of viewing directions on a common screen, a main body having a different chassis from that of the display, a display fan that cools down inside of the display, and a main body fan that cools down the inside of the main body.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of sending and receiving email messages includes a storage unit configured to store address book information relating to a user of the information processing apparatus, and to store transmission/reception information about the transmission and reception of email messages; a search-criterion setting unit configured to set search criteria for retrieving email addresses to which an email message is to be sent; a retrieving unit configured to retrieve email addresses from the transmission/reception information on the basis of the search criteria set by the search-criterion setting unit; and an email address selector configured to select email addresses included in the address book information from the retrieved email addresses.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium recording a character code encryption program capable of encrypting character codes without changing the data length. When plaintext is input, a plaintext encoder converts character codes included in the plaintext to corresponding numerical values. Then, an encryptor successively acquires the numerical values of the individual character codes, obtained by the plaintext encoder, to encrypt the first numerical value into an encrypted value with an identical number of bits, by using an initial value set in a register, and then to encrypt the rest of the input numerical values by alternately repeating updating of the register value by using at least part of the encrypted value and encryption of the numerical value by using the updated register value. A character code generator converts the individual encrypted values obtained by the encryptor to corresponding character codes, thereby generating ciphertext.

Abstract: In a semiconductor film having a heterojunction structure, for example a semiconductor film (11) including a SiGe layer (2) and a Si layer (3) formed on the SiGe layer (2), impurity concentration is controlled in such a manner that the concentration of impurity in the lower, SiGe layer (2) becomes higher than that in the upper, Si layer (3) by exploiting the fact that there is a difference between the SiGe layer (2) and the Si layer (3) in the diffusion coefficient of the impurity. The impurity contained in the semiconductor film 11 is of the conductivity type opposite to that of the transistor (p-type in the case of an n-type MOS transistor whereas n-type in the case of a p-type MOS transistor). In this way, the mobility in a semiconductor device including a semiconductor film having a heterojunction structure with a compression strain structure is increased, thereby improving the transistor characteristics and reliability of the device.

Abstract: A micro-oscillation element includes a movable main section, a first frame and a second frame, and a first connecting section that connects the movable main section and the first frame and defines a first axis of rotation for a first rotational operation of the movable main section with respect to the first frame. The element further includes a second connecting section that connects the first frame and the second frame and defines a second axis of rotation for a second rotational operation of the first frame and the movable main section with respect to the second frame. A first drive mechanism is provided for generating a driving force for the first rotational operation. A second drive mechanism is provided for generating a driving force for the second rotational operation. The first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation are not orthogonal.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a photomask includes the steps of forming a phase shift layer, a light-shielding layer, and a negative resist layer in that order on a transparent substrate, forming a first resist pattern including a pattern corresponding to a transfer pattern by performing first exposure and development on the negative resist layer, forming a light-shielding pattern by etching the light-shielding layer using the first resist pattern as a mask, removing the first resist pattern, and then forming a positive resist layer thereon, forming a second resist pattern including a pattern corresponding to a light-absorbing pattern by performing second exposure and development on the positive resist layer, and forming a phase shift pattern by etching the phase shift layer using the second resist pattern as a mask.

Abstract: An optical amplifier is disclosed that includes an input monitoring part configured to monitor an input wavelength division multiplexed light; an amplification part configured to amplify and output the input wavelength division multiplexed light; an output monitoring part configured to monitor the wavelength division multiplexed light output from the amplification part; a gain control part configured to perform gain control so that the ratio of output light intensity monitored by the output monitoring part to input light intensity monitored by the input monitoring part is constant; and a response speed switching part configured to switch the response speed of the gain control.

Abstract: The present apparatus reduces hardware resources and improves data read throughput in an information processing apparatus employing the out-of-order instruction execution method. The apparatus includes: an arithmetic operation unit which executes a window switching instruction and an instruction relating to data stored in the current register or data held in the replacing buffer; and a control unit which transfers, if a window switching instruction is decoded at execution of the window switching instruction by the arithmetic operation unit, data of the register window which is to be specified by the current window pointer upon completion of execution of the window switching instruction, to the replacing buffer.

Abstract: A method of bonding and a bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip that apply ultrasonic vibration to the semiconductor chip to bond the semiconductor chip to a substrate carry out leveling effectively at low cost and in a short time and can improve the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the substrate. In a positioning step, bumps of the semiconductor chip and pads of the substrate are positioned and placed in contact. In a leveling step, ultrasonic vibration of a first predetermined frequency is applied to the semiconductor chip to make the bumps of the semiconductor chip and the pads of a substrate rub against each other to level the bumps. In a bonding step, ultrasonic vibration of a second predetermined frequency that differs to the first predetermined frequency is applied to the semiconductor chip to bond the bumps and pads of the semiconductor chip and the substrate.

Abstract: Using a mobile terminal while moving, a user has a voice conversation with a security terminal provided by a security service provider. This conversation creates a situation in which it is possible to immediately send an alarm if an emergency occurs, thus repelling assaulters or abductors lurking near the user. The mobile terminal is provided with GPS or the like, and position information of the mobile terminal is sent to the security terminal. The security service provider takes advertisements from advertisers selling goods or services, and prepares conversation scenarios that are the content of the conversations for automatic response based on those advertisements. The security terminal firstly provides the user with a voice conversation partner proxy service based on the conversation scenarios and secondly detects emergencies by detecting emergency messages from the mobile terminal or detecting the interruption of the conversation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna device and enables the directivity of an antenna element to be changed without affecting the resonance frequency of the antenna element. The antenna device comprises a first grounded conductor, an antenna element mounted on the first grounded conductor via an insulator, a second grounded conductor disposed separate from the first grounded conductor, and a changing unit for changing directivity of the antenna element by adding the second grounded conductor to the first grounded conductor or canceling the addition thereof.

Abstract: An information processing system that can create a page easily by the use of contents disclosed from information disclosing servers. A contents storing section stores contents to be provided. In this information processing system, an additional information storing section stores additional information consisting of information indicating the respective attributes of contents stored in the contents storing section and relations among the contents. An additional information obtaining section obtains additional information from an information disclosing server. An additional information storage section stores additional information obtained. An editing section edits additional information stored in the additional information storage section according to an administrator's intention or a user's taste. A display data creating section creates display data for displaying a page from additional information stored in the additional information storage section at the request of a client.

Abstract: In a data recording apparatus, values of parity bits to be additionally provided every one predetermined length block in data obtained by demodulating the original data are determined so as to satisfy a part of or an entire the predetermined run length limitation rule in ranges of a current predetermined length block, the plurality of parity bits, and a next predetermined length block that is positioned next to the current block. The parity bits having the values are additionally provided to the current block.