Abstract: A reproducing device includes a detection circuit and an integration circuit. The detection circuit detects a push-pull signal PP. The integration circuit carries out integration processing with respect to one or greater frames of the push-pull signal, and carries out binarization processing with respect to integration results thus obtained, thereby detecting sub data. In the integration circuit, the more the frames to be used for detecting sub data is, the higher the accuracy of the detected sub data is. The reproducing device further includes a control circuit for controlling the total number of the frames to be used for generating valid sub data in the integration circuit. The control circuit controls the total number of the frames in accordance with a result of an error correction made by an error correction circuit.

Abstract: A transmissive liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates, a common electrode on one of the substrates, a pixel electrode on the other substrate, a liquid crystal sealed between the substrates, a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polymeric component mixed in the liquid crystal, and a pixel region having areas whose electro-optical characteristics are different from each other because of a difference between cell thicknesses. A distance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, with respect to a direction of the cell thickness, is different in the areas of different cell thicknesses. Also, a liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other; a liquid crystal sealed between the pair of substrates; and an alignment film including a polymeric component and a polymerization initiator in a density that varies in each of a plurality of areas in the pixel region.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, wherein light having an exposure energy is irradiated on the surface of a photo-sensitive resin layer having a predetermined film thickness, and a distribution of thermal deformation characteristics in the thickness direction (or the plane direction) of the photo-sensitive resin layer is formed, then heat treatment is performed to form random undulation (micro-grooves or micro-wrinkles) on the surface of the photo-sensitive resin layer.

Abstract: A small-sized, large-capacity optical disk is provided which is superior in portability. The optical disk has a diameter less than 64 mm and a thickness less than 0.8 mm. Tracks are formed with a pitch less than 0.6 ?m, and the record area is divided into a plurality of zones alone the radium. The optical disk can store more than 650 MB of compressed data.

Abstract: An image matching device includes a section calculates feature points on an input document image, a section that calculates features of the input document image in accordance with a relative position between the calculated feature points, and sections for comparing the calculated features of the input document image with features of a reference document image to determine whether the input document image is similar to the reference document image. When it is determined that the input and reference documents are similar, a document discrimination section determines a position of an image on the input document and similar to the reference document image, in accordance with the positions of the coordinates of the feature points on the input document and on the reference document.

Abstract: A developing device of the present invention has a toner supply opening in a first carrying path and in the upstream of the developer carrying direction of a first carrying screw which is further from a developing roller; and a moquette member having feathers on its surface, and being provided, along the developer carrying direction, on the first carrying path. With this arrangement, it is possible to realize a compact developing device having a simple arrangement in which the supplied toner is speedily mixed with the preexisted developer, and the stable toner which is uniformly dispersed and charged can be speedily supplied for development.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an illumination device that can make it easy to detect a disorder of a light emitting element, and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the illumination device. Each light emitting element array (S) is constituted by light emitting elements (T) which are connected in series. To the light emitting elements (T) are individually connected in parallel current bypass elements (U) that are changed from a disconnected state where no current flows to a connected state where current flows when a predetermined voltage higher than that applied to the light emitting elements in an lighting state is applied thereto. Each power source unit (P) is connected to each light emitting element array (S) in series, and supplies constant current to each light emitting element (T). Terminal units for voltage detection (11) are connected to an anode (A) of each light emitting element (T).

Abstract: An electronic apparatus of the present invention includes an ion generator which generates ions in an atmosphere to remove chemical emission such as VOC and odor. The ion generator is arranged inside the duct which leads the chemical emission generated from the fixing unit to the discharge opening, and also generates positive ions and negative ions in the atmosphere, thereby can efficiently remove the chemical emission. With this arrangement, an electronic apparatus is realized which sufficiently suppresses the chemical emission such as VOC and odor, and is less likely to dirty the surroundings of the electronic apparatus such as the outer surface thereof and the walls surrounding the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided a hetero junction field effect transistor including: a first layer of a nitride based, group III-V compound semiconductor; a second layer of a nitride based, group III-V compound semiconductor containing a rare earth element, overlying the first layer; a pair of third layers of a nitride based, group III-V compound semiconductor, overlying the second layer, the third layers being spaced from each other; a gate electrode disposed between the third layers at least a region of the second layer; and a source electrode overlying one of the third layers and a drain electrode overlying an other of the third layers. A method of fabricating the hetero junction field effect transistor is also provided.

Abstract: In a data processing device, an input form processing program is executed, and an input form obtaining unit obtains input form data for inputting data to be transmitted to a server. Transmission data processing description data included in the input form data and defining a method of accessing the server is passed from the input form obtaining unit to a transmission data processing unit, and UI description data displaying a user interface is passed to an UI processing unit. When the input data for each item included in the user interface is already input and stored, the UI processing unit extracts required input data from storing unit, and passes it to the transmission data processing unit via a data storing unit. The transmission data processing unit creates transmission data according to the defined access method and transmits it to the server.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active matrix substrate of comprising on the substrate: a plurality of scanning signal lines and data signal lines; a thin film transistor provided at an intersecting point of the signal lines and comprising a gate electrode connected to the scanning signal line, a source electrode connected to the data signal line; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein the active matrix substrate comprises a structure having an at least partly multilinear data signal line and an interconnection electrode for correction.

Abstract: A developing device capable of improving the image density and the dot reproducibility, and an image forming apparatus including the same are provided. A developing device applies an alternating voltage superimposed on a direct current voltage to a developing roller to thereby develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor with toner. A bias voltage waveform superimposed at this time has an original period (first period) in which each of a development-side electrical potential and an opposite development-side electrical potential is applied one time and a period (second period) in which a Vpp is gradually increased from the initial value to the maximum value.

Abstract: A coordinate sensor (10) includes at least two line sensors (1) that are disposed in x-axis and y-axis directions, and right-angle prisms (2) each of which changes a light path of light that has passed through an image display region of a liquid crystal panel (20). Each of the line sensors (1) is disposed outside the image display region and has a light-receiving surface (1a) parallel to an image display surface of the liquid crystal panel (20). The right angle prisms (2) cause light which travels in the x-axis and y-axis directions and which has passed through the image display region to be guided to the light-receiving surfaces (1a) of the line sensors (1). The coordinate sensor (10) receives the light which has thus passed through the image display region of the liquid crystal panel (20) so as to detect a coordinate, on the image display region, that is indicated by an object to be detected such as a finger.

Abstract: The deposition temperature of the HDP film can be controlled to 365° C. or below, preferably within a temperature range of 335° C. to 365° C., and more preferably 335° C. to 350° C., or at 350° C. Thus, it becomes possible to suppress signal deterioration due to dark current and an increase in fine white defects, and to prevent deterioration of picture quality, even when the HDP film with a favorable embedding capability between fine wiring is used as an interlayer insulation film. An RF power is set to 850 W to 1500 W, so that dark current can be suppressed even more. Further, a plasma silicon nitride film with a refractive index of 1.9 or more and 2.15 or less for a blue wavelength is formed, so that it becomes possible to suppress the lowering of a blue sensitivity in the light receiving elements to further improve picture quality.

Abstract: An air blower including a motor 2 having output shafts 21, 21 on both sides in the axial direction and two impellers 3, 3 mounted on the respective output shafts 21, 21, and two ducts 5, 5 that individually allow passage of the air blown out by rotation of each of the impellers 3, 3 in the same direction and discharge the air to the outside are included. At a part or the whole of each of the ducts 5, 5, a laminar flow section that makes the flowing air laminar flow. An ion generating section is arranged at each laminar flow section so that ions generated by the ion generating section can effectively be included in the air, increasing the ion concentration of ions discharged in a room together with the air.

Abstract: A backlight unit 12 includes cold cathode tubes 18, a chassis 14 and connectors 22. Each cold cathode tube 18 has outer leads 18b at ends. The chassis 14 houses the cold cathode tubes 18. The connectors 22 are mounted to the chassis 14, connected to the outer leads 18b and configured to be movable relative to the chassis 14 in axial directions of the cold cathode tubes 18. When the cold cathode tubes 18 move relative to the chassis 14, the connectors 22 can move relative to the chassis 14 in the same directions. Therefore, frictions are less likely to occur in contact areas between the outer leads 18b of each cold cathode tube 18 and the respective connectors 22 and thus abnormal sounds or abrasions are less likely to occur.

Abstract: In a method of controlling power of a light emitting device for image display that irradiates illumination light from divided regions, light emission brightness data of each light emitting element of the light emitting device is determined based on image data for image display (S20). Power in each region and total light emission power are computed based on the light emission brightness data of each light emitting element for each region (S40). If the computed total light emission power exceeds predetermined allowable power, the power in each region is limited so that the total light emission power is equal to or less than the predetermined allowable power (S50).

Abstract: A recording/reproducing device includes: a data comparing section which compares, at the time of ejection of an optical disc, recorded information recorded on a ROM layer of the optical disc and relevant information (e.g., additional data) which is stored in the recording/reproducing device and which is related to registered information (e.g., content) recorded on an RE layer of the optical disc; and a data selecting section which selects, based on a result of the comparison by the data comparing section, relevant information for recording to be recorded on the ROM layer of the optical disc from among the relevant information.

Abstract: Provided is an illuminating device wherein luminance deterioration due to a change of visual angle is suppressed. An illuminating device (10) is provided with a plurality of linear light sources (2) which are arranged from one end of the case member (1) toward the other end. Each of the linear light sources (2) grouped as a first light source (2a) has a light emitting direction tilted to one end of the case member (1) with respect to a Z direction. Each of the linear light sources (2) grouped as a second light source (2b) has a light emitting direction tilted to the other end of the case member (1) with respect to the Z direction.