Abstract: A display system includes a first image display, a second image display, a specular reflective polariser disposed between the first image display and the second image display, and an optical diffuser layer disposed between the first image display and reflective polariser. The reflective polariser and optical diffuser may be combined into a single film with the reflective polariser disposed on a viewing side of the display system, and the optical diffuser disposed between the first image display and reflective polariser. A controller is configured to address image data to the first image display and the second image display. The controller, the first image display and second image display are configured to selectively operate to pass light through the specular reflective polariser and the optical diffuser layer in accordance with multiple display functions in which the first image display and the second image display have different viewing properties to a viewer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display controller that displays, on the basis of a display schedule, content included in distribution data distributed from a content distribution apparatus. The display apparatus determines whether or not content that matches the replacement rule is included in the distribution data. When displaying content included in the distribution data on the basis of the display schedule, if it is determined that content that matches the replacement rule is included in the distribution data, the display apparatus replaces the content with the replacement content and displays the replacement content.

Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes pixel electrodes arranged at interval, a position detection wire disposed between the adjacent pixel electrodes and included in a layer different from a layer of the pixel electrodes, a position detection electrode forming a capacitance between the position detection electrode and a positional input body to detect an input position and included in a same layer as the position detection wire and connected to the position detection wire, the position detection electrode overlapping the pixel electrodes and divided into divided position detection electrodes by the position detection wire, and a connection part included in a layer different from the layer of the position detection electrode and the position detection wire while having an insulation film therebetween, the connection part including a portion overlapping a portion of each divided position detection electrode and connected to the divided position detection electrodes.

Abstract: A feature of a part or the entirety of a body of a person is detected from a captured video; the person in the video is specified from the detected feature; user information indicating physical features of the person is detected from the feature related to the specified person; motion information including a motion or a gesture with a body and hands of a user is detected from the user information and the captured video; a behavior including the motion of the person is recognized from the motion information and the user information; recognized behavior information is divided for each behavior of the person; the divided behavior information is generated as block data; and the generated block data is transmitted to an outside for each block.

Abstract: An input pen includes a switching operation detection unit that detects an operation of switching connection between the input pen and an information processing device, a touch detection unit that detects whether or not the input pen touches the information processing device, and a device connection control unit that controls connection with the information processing device. The information processing device includes a touch information processing unit that detects that the input pen touches and obtains information of the touch position, and a pen connection control unit that controls connection with the input pen. In a case where the switching operation detection unit detects the operation of switching connection of a user and the touch information processing unit detects that the input pen touches within a predetermined time, the connection is established between the input pen and the information processing device which is touched by the input pen.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprising: an original reading unit configured to read an image of each of multiple originals placed on an original table in batch by a batch-scan; a cropping unit configured to crop an image of each original from an entire image which is read by the batch-scan; an image output unit configured to output a cropped image of each original; and a control unit configured to control the original reading unit, the cropping unit, and the image output unit, wherein the control unit makes the original reading unit read the image by a batch-scan in which an image density of an edge of each original is supposed to be higher than an image density of a reading-area outside of the original, and an area to be cropped is determined on the basis of a difference in the image density between the edge and the reading-area outside of the original.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of columnar spacers. The pixel arrangement is a stripe arrangement including red, green and blue pixel columns. The first substrate includes TFTs, one for each pixel, wherein each TFT includes an oxide semiconductor layer. The second substrate includes a color filter layer and a light-blocking layer. The light-blocking layer includes a plurality of first shading portions extending along the column direction, and a plurality of second shading portions extending along the row direction. Each of the columnar spacers is aligned with one of the second shading portions.

Abstract: A position input device includes a position detecting electrode forming a capacitance with a position input body and detecting an input position input by the body, a position detection line connected to the position detecting electrode, a line, a first connection-enabling portion disposed overlapping a part of the position detecting electrode and one end side of the line, and being insulated by an insulating film from the part of the position detecting electrode and/or the one end side of the line, a signal input portion connected to another end side of the position detection line, and a second connection-enabling portion disposed overlapping the other end side of the position detection line and another end side of the line. The second connection-enabling portion is insulated by an insulating film from the other end side of the position detection line and/or the other end side of the line.

Abstract: Provided are an image data output device, an image data output method, an image display device, and an integrated circuit that are possible to eliminate stutter by selecting a frame rate from a plurality of frame rate candidates. The image data output device that switches a frame rate of a generated image for each frame and outputs the image to an image display device includes an image generation unit that, on a basis of image generation time required to generate the image, changes the frame rate to one of a plurality of frame rates which are predetermined.

Abstract: An image processing method for processing a display image includes using an image forming apparatus which includes a position detector detecting a position of contact with a display screen and forms an image on a recording medium based on a display image displayed on the display screen. The display image includes an object image indicative of an object for an image formation and a medium image indicative of the recording medium, and the image processing method includes modifying magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image, without modifying the medium image, based on contact positions of two points detected by the position detector.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes an image-reading unit. The image-reading unit includes a first member and a second member. The image-reading unit includes an original-document-feeding apparatus that conveys an original document from an original-document-loading tray to a discharge tray via a read position. In the first member and the second member, a first conveyance passage along which the original document is conveyed to the read position and a second conveyance passage along which the original document is conveyed from the read position to the discharge tray are formed. The second member includes at least two conveyance rollers. Between the two conveyance rollers, there are opening edges for partly allowing access to the second conveyance passage. The second member includes a lid for covering an opening that is defined by the opening edges.

Abstract: A server is capable of performing communication with each of a multi-functional peripheral and an external terminal device. The server includes a control portion, wherein the control portion is configured to execute: storing, when the multi-functional peripheral executes image output according to a user operation that is input from the external terminal device or an operating portion provided on the multi-functional peripheral in a state where a first user interface image is displayed on the multi-functional peripheral or/and a state where a second user interface image is displayed on the external terminal device, a history of the user operation; and transmitting a content to be displayed in the first user interface image and the second user interface image based on the stored history of the user operation stored.

Abstract: An issue addressed is to allow writing input and store drawing information input by writing, thereby increasing the reusability of the drawing information with a simple configuration. There is provided a writing input device including: a marker surface member that allows entry of writing information in ink onto a front surface by writing with a marker pen; a touch sensor member that is disposed on a back surface of the marker surface member and from which information about a position at which the marker pen touches the marker surface member at a time of the writing is obtained; and an input information generation unit that generates input information corresponding to the writing information from the information about the position at which the marker pen touches the marker surface member.

Abstract: The image display device of the present invention includes a substrate. The substrate includes: a first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a second metal layer, a second insulating layer, and a third metal layer stacked in the stated order; a scanning signal line; and a gate driver. The gate driver includes a unit circuit including an output control transistor. The scanning signal line is provided in the second metal layer in the display region. The substrate includes a first additional line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the output control transistor. The first additional line includes a first additional line portion provided in the first metal layer in the display region. The first additional line portion overlaps the scanning signal line in the display region via the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a thin film transistor supported by the substrate. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer includes a first portion which is covered with the oxide semiconductor layer and a second portion which is adjacent to the first portion and which is not covered with any of the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode. The second portion is smaller in thickness than the first portion, and the difference in thickness between the second portion and the first portion is more than 0 nm and not more than 50 nm.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device (LCD) includes from the viewing side: a first electrode layer; a viewing side first liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer; an LC layer; a non-viewing side second LC alignment layer; and a second electrode layer; wherein one of the electrode layers is a common electrode layer and the other of the electrode layers is a segmented electrode layer, and at least one of the first and second LC alignment layers is a bistable alignment layer that is switchable between a first alignment state and a second alignment state. The LCD is operated by applying a first voltage pulse to the segmented electrode layer and applying a second voltage pulse to the common electrode layer (Vcom pulse), the first and second voltage pulses combining to form a resultant voltage pulse. The bistable alignment layer switches from the first alignment state to the second alignment state when a magnitude of the resultant voltage pulse exceeds a switching voltage threshold.

Abstract: Included are first light-emitting element including a first organic layer having an island shape, and a first lower electrode, an electrode cover film having an insulating property and covering an edge of the first lower electrode, and a second light-emitting element including a second organic layer that has an island shape and that is an identical layer to the first organic layer, and a second lower electrode. As an opening of the electrode cover film wholly overlaps with the first lower electrode and the first organic layer, so that the opening defines a light-emitting region of the first light-emitting elements. When the edge of the second organic layer overlaps with the second lower electrode without being interposed with an insulating film, the edge of the second organic layer defines a light-emitting region of the second light-emitting element.

Abstract: An elastic support substrate elastically deforms in at least a longitudinal direction that is a winding direction, and as for the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction that is a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the elastic support substrate is less likely to deform in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (100) according to the present invention includes a plurality of spacers configured to hold a gap between a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (30). The plurality of spacers include a plurality of first spacers in a display region and a plurality of second spacers (55) in a non-display region. The first substrate includes a first metal layer (12) and a second metal layer (16), a first transparent conductive layer (22) formed on the second metal layer and in direct contact with the second metal layer, a second inorganic insulating layer (23) formed on the first transparent conductive layer, and an organic insulating layer (25) formed on the second inorganic insulating layer. When viewed from the normal direction of the first substrate, each of the plurality of spacers overlaps with the first transparent conductive layer and the second inorganic insulating layer, and overlaps with the first metal layer and/or the second metal layer.