Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a geometrical arrangement detecting section (111) detecting groups of edge pixels arranged in a shape of a line segment in an image captured by an image-capturing apparatus; and a display processing section (112) causes a contour line representative of a contour of a rectangular captured object to be displayed on the captured image displayed on a display section so that the contour line is superimposed on the groups of edge pixels detected by the geometrical arrangement detecting section (111).

Abstract: A touch panel controller (3) capable of accurately detecting a change in capacitance includes: a driving section (4) which drives capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in accordance with N M-dimensional vectors; and an estimating section (5) which obtains linear sums of the capacitors (C1 through CM) in accordance with the driving in parallel and estimates values of the capacitors (C1 through CM) based on an inner product operation carried out with respect to (i) the linear sums of the capacitors (C1 through CM) and (ii) the N M-dimensional vectors, the driving section (4) driving the capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in a first order of the N M-dimensional vectors, the estimating section (5) estimating a first estimated value of the capacitors (C1 through CM) in accordance with the driving in parallel in the first order, the driving section (4) driving the capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in a second order of the N M-dimensional vectors, the estimating section (5) estimating a second estimated va

Abstract: A base station device includes: an information collection unit configured to collect information for calculating evaluation values for each of first, second, and third transmission paths; an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate the evaluation values for each of the first, second, and third transmission paths, based on the collected information; and a transmission path selection unit configured to select, using the evaluation values of each of the first, second, and third transmission paths, a transmission path to be used by a mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: The light-emitting device includes: a substrate which has a single layer structure in which a conductive member is partially provided on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are directly provided on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected with the conductive member; a first light reflection resin layer; a second light reflection resin layer which is provided in a looped shape on the surface of the substrate so as to surround an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided; and a sealing resin which covers the plurality of light-emitting elements.

Abstract: An electron emitting element of the present invention includes an electron acceleration layer between an electrode substrate and a thin-film electrode. The electron acceleration layer includes a binder component in which insulating fine particles and conductive fine particles are dispersed. Therefore, the electron emitting element of the present invention is capable of preventing degradation of the electron acceleration layer and can efficiently and steadily emit electrons not only in vacuum but also under the atmospheric pressure. Further, the electron emitting element of the present invention can be formed so as to have an improved mechanical strength.

Abstract: It is expected to provide a display system, display control method and computer program for effectively outputting sound with plural display apparatuses in a two dimensional array. A control apparatus 2 is connected to a two dimensional array display apparatus unit made with display apparatuses 1, 1, . . . configuring a multivision system. A controlling unit 20 of the control apparatus 2 obtains position information for the display apparatus unit in the two dimensional array. Based on the position of each display apparatus 1 in the two dimensional array display apparatus unit, the controlling unit 20 decides the presence or absence of output sound and selects the channel for the output sound.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming section for forming an image, the image forming section including a photoconductor, a charging unit, a developing unit, a toner supply unit which supplies a toner to said developing unit, and a developing bias power supply section which supplies a developing bias voltage to said developing unit; and a controller that activates said image forming section, determines a target value of a charging potential of said photoconductor and/or a developing bias voltage, for forming the image, and controls the charging unit and/or the developing bias power supply section in accordance with a determined result, wherein when an absolute value of the determined target value of the charging potential or an absolute value of the determined developing bias voltage is larger than a prescribed value, said controller controls replacement of a prescribed amount of a toner in the developing unit.

Abstract: A virtual coupon service system is provided. The virtual coupon service system includes: an information acquiring unit acquiring member identification information of a member who wants to purchase a product for which the coupon is valid, and coupon information regarding the product; an information registering unit mapping the member identification information to the coupon information, and registering the result of the mapping; a coupon service providing unit acquiring the member identification information and a product code of the product, determining whether the member identification information is registered with the information registering unit, determining whether at least one coupon information mapped to the member identification information is associated with the product code, if the member identification information is registered in the information registering unit, providing a coupon service if the at least one coupon information includes the product code.

Abstract: On an SOI substrate, a hydrogen ion implantation section in which distribution of hydrogen ions peaks in a BOX layer (buried oxide film layer), and a single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor are formed. Then this SOI substrate is bonded with an insulating substrate. Subsequently, the SOI substrate is cleaved at the hydrogen ion implantation section by carrying out heat treatment, so that an unnecessary part of the SOI substrate is removed, Furthermore, the BOX layer remaining on the single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor is removed by etching. With this, it is possible to from a single-crystal silicon thin-film device on an insulating substrate, without using an adhesive. Moreover, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device which has no surface damage and includes a single-crystal silicon thin film which is thin and uniform in thickness.

Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus (20) to jet a droplet of a charged liquid solution onto a base material, having: a nozzle (21) in which an edge portion thereof is arranged to face the base material K having a receiving surface to receive the jetted droplet, and an inside diameter of the edge portion from which the droplet is jetted is not more than 30 [?m]; a liquid solution supplying section (29) to supply the liquid solution into the nozzle (21); a jetting voltage applying section (25) to apply a jetting voltage to the liquid solution in the nozzle (21); and a convex meniscus forming section (40) to form a state where the liquid solution in the nozzle (21) protrudes from the nozzle edge portion.

Abstract: An electrode employing a nitride-based semiconductor of III–V group compound having a favorable ohmic characteristic and a producing method thereof are provided. The electrode includes a nitride-based semiconductor layer of III–V group compound, an electrode metal, and a metal oxide inserted therebetween. The metal oxide is preferably an oxide of metal element(s) permitting formation of a nitride semiconductor.

Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a base member, a color filter layer, and spacers. The color filter layer is provided on the base member and made up of first, second and third groups of color filters, which transmit light rays representing three different colors, respectively. The spacers are provided at predetermined relative positions for selected ones of the color filters. The selected color filters consist of color filters belonging to the first group, color filters belonging to the second group, and color filters belonging to the third group. The spacers are arranged such that in the selected color filters, the smallest number of color filters of the first, second or third group is at least 80% of the largest number of color filters of the first, second or third group.

Abstract: A display device includes a color filter substrate having a flat upper surface. The color filter substrate of the display device includes a transparent substrate, a color filter layer provided on the transparent substrate and having a plurality of color filters arranged so that gaps are formed between the color filters, a light shielding layer having a plurality of light shielding portions disposed in the gaps between the plurality of color filters, and a light-transmitting resin layer having a plurality of light-transmitting resin portions respectively disposed on the plurality of first light shielding portions on the substrate side of the same. The upper surfaces of the plurality of first light shielding portions and the plurality of color filters form a substantially flat surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of picture electrodes electrically connected to one of the plurality of first electrodes via at least one bidirectional two-terminal element respectively, a plurality of second electrodes, and a display medium layer provided between the plurality of picture electrodes and plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes have an electrode layer having an opening formed at least in a portion of an area overlapping the plurality of picture electrodes so as to prevent degradation of display quality caused by a parasitic capacitance.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention has (1) an active element provided on a semiconductor substrate, (2) an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the active element, (3) a pad metal for an electrode pad which is provided on the interlayer insulating film, (4) a barrier metal layer which is provided on the active element with the interlayer insulating film therebetween, so that the pad metal is i formed on the barrier metal layer, and (5) an insulating layer having high adherence to the barrier metal layer, the insulating layer being provided between the interlayer insulating film and the barrier metal layer. With this arrangement, the adherence between the barrier metal layer, the insulating film and the interlayer insulating film is surely improved, even in the case where an external force is applied to the electrode pad upon bonding or after bonding, the barrier metal layer hardly comes off the part thereunder.

Abstract: The present invention aims at preventing deterioration of flatness of a substrate and contamination of a substrate-holding surface of a substrate holder, which are caused by a resist leaking into the back surface of the substrate. A substrate-holding surface of a substrate holder is provided with a first pair of grooves 31 and 32 extending from one end to the other along a scanning direction and a second pair of grooves 33 and 34 extending from one end to the other along a direction generally perpendicular to the scanning direction. The first and second grooves are positioned such that they make contact with the periphery of the substrate when the substrate is vertically or horizontally placed on the substrate holder. Even when a resist on a substrate leaks into the periphery of the back surface, the resist escapes into the grooves, thereby preventing deterioration of the flatness of the substrate or contamination of the substrate-holding surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.

Abstract: Address information indicative of a certain recording/reproduction position is recorded twice (first address, second address) in an optical disk. Second phase control means makes sampling timings for digitizing the first address have optimal phases. Third phase control means makes sampling timings for digitizing the second address have optimal phases. The second and third phase control means are formed with different circuits, respectively.

Abstract: In an optical transmit-receive module, an optical fiber plug connected with an optical fiber for optical transmission is removably inserted in a housing. Within the housing, there are provided a branching type light guide, and an optical semiconductor device giving an optical signal to the branching type light guide and receiving an optical signal from the branching type light guide. When the optical fiber plug is inserted in the housing, it is optically connected with the branching type light guide through a light-permeable member having a refractive index approximately equal to refractive indices of the optical fiber and the branching type light guide.

Abstract: A reference voltage having a plurality of voltage levels which increase stepwise over time is supplied to source lines on a display panel through a plurality of analog switches. A value representing a number of gradation display data levels for the source lines during a horizontal scanning period is supplied as one input in to a comparison circuit. A count registered by a counter and representing a gradation clock signal is supplied as a second input. Where the count is less than the value, the analog switches remain conducted. Once the count equals to or exceeds the value, the analog switches are cut off, thus enabling the supplied reference voltage to be applied as a driving voltage to a pair of pixel electrodes. The driving voltage corresponds to the number of gradation display data levels and is held constant at the pixel electrodes for the remaining horizontal scanning period.