Abstract: In the liquid crystal display device (100A) of the present invention, the pixel electrode (121) has a notch (122a2) provided for a portion of a line. If the azimuthal component of liquid crystal molecules (182), located approximately at the middle of the thickness of a liquid crystal layer (180) in an area where the respective alignment regions of first and second alignment films (130) and (170) overlap with each other to a viewer's eye, is called a “reference alignment azimuth”, an oblique electric field, generated by a counter electrode (160) and the notch (122a2) of the pixel electrode (121) upon the application of a voltage, causes the azimuthal component of the liquid crystal molecules (182) in a region of the liquid crystal layer (180) associated with at least a portion of the notch (122a2) of the pixel electrode (121), to intersect with the reference alignment azimuth at an angle of 90 degrees or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes; a first step of preparing a plastic substrate placed on a support substrate, a second step of bonding a first region of an expanded silicone sheet to an end of the plastic substrate, and bonding a second region of the silicone sheet to the support substrate having the plastic substrate placed thereon, thereby fixing the plastic substrate to the support substrate by a biasing force of the silicone sheet, and a third step of laminating a plurality of thin films over the plastic substrate fixed to the support substrate.

Abstract: To provide a remote controller into which a kitchen timer function and a television control function are integrated so that mutual cooperation between cooking and television watching is simplified. As shown in FIG. 5, when executing a kitchen timer function using a remote controller 50, a user depresses a function selection button 71 predetermined number of times to select the kitchen timer function. Next, the user depresses a first time period setting button 72 to set a “minute” unit portion of the desirable time period and then depresses a second time period setting button 73 to set a “second” unit portion of the time period. Finally, the user depresses a SET/STOP button 74 and the kitchen timer function starts. When the timer counts down and its display indicates “0 minute and 0 second”, a buzzer 58 of a remote control section 56 gives an alarm sound. Further, the remote control section 56 switches the display of a liquid crystal display section 54 to a clock time display.

Abstract: An optical data recording medium, in which irradiation of a light beam is used for recording and/or reproducing data includes (i) a substrate having an a rise and/or a recess which are a light-incident surface, (ii) a reflective layer, provided on the light-incident surface of the substrate, for reflecting the light beam, (iii) a light absorption layer for converting, to heat, a light of the light beam to heat on the surface of the reflective layer, (iv) a reproducing layer, provided on the surface of the heat-light converting layer, having a transmittance that changes in accordance with a light intensity distribution of the light beam. The optical data recording medium is excellent in super-resolution property, and enables reproduction of a shorter mark length.

Abstract: An imaging device comprises: a lens housing on which lens groups are mounted and which has a first opening opened along an optical axis direction of the lens groups; and a drive housing on which a drive source for moving the lens groups in the optical axis direction is mounted and which has a drive-use opening to be communicated with the first opening of the lens housing. The lens housing and the drive housing are combined together so as to be separable from each other in a state that the first opening and the drive-use opening are communicated with each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.

Abstract: A polymerizable compound in a liquid crystal composition is polymerized in a state that liquid crystal molecules present in a gap between a pixel electrode and at least either one of signal electrodes and scanning electrodes are tilted in a direction from the at least either one of the signal electrodes and the scanning electrodes toward the pixel electrode. Preferably, the amount of the polymerizable compound remaining in the liquid crystal phase after the polymerization is not more than 0.05 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal. In a seal section surrounding the liquid crystal layer, a second seal wall is preferably provided at a position opposite to the liquid crystal injection inlet in the non-display section.

Abstract: A source driver of the present invention is for driving a source signal line provided in a liquid crystal display device and varies, based on distribution of an optimum common-electrode electric potential calculated by a flicker minimum value determining method over a line perpendicular to video signal lines, an electric potential of an output signal in accordance with to which video signal line the output signal is to be outputted. A center electric potential of the output signal is greater as the video signal line is farther from an approximate center of a display surface of the liquid crystal display device toward at least one end of the display surface.

Abstract: By using a light emitting device including an insulating substrate and a light emitting unit formed on the insulating substrate, the light emitting unit including: a plurality of linear wiring patterns disposed on the insulating substrate in parallel with one another, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted between the wiring patterns while being electrically connected to the wiring patterns, and a sealing member for sealing the light emitting elements, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, it becomes possible to provide a light emitting device that achieves sufficient electrical insulation and has simple manufacturing processes so that it can be manufactured at a low cost, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: To provide a production method of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device, in which generation of a joint line on a display screen is suppressed and yield can be improved even if a substrate is subjected to an alignment treatment by completing exposure for the substrate through several exposures in a liquid crystal display device including pixels each having two or more domains.

Abstract: A method of delivering a solar system and related services from a solar system vendor to a customer is provided. The method includes estimating the customer's solar system requirements, delivering the estimated requirements to the customer, providing a sales lead that includes the estimated requirements to a contractor, the contractor contacting the customer to perform a sales close, ordering the solar system products from the solar system vendor, and issuing a payment for the products to the solar system vendor. The method of delivering solar services further includes supplying a first set of solar system components from the solar system vendor and a second set of solar system components from a third-party vendor, configuring all or a portion of the solar system components in accordance with the solar system requirements, shipping the solar system to the customer's site, and installing the system on the customer's site.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station comprising means for communicating with a primary station, the method comprising receiving from the primary station an interference status report, said interference status report comprising an spatial indication being representative of a spatial characteristic of the interference, measuring channel characteristics on reference symbols, and interpreting the measured channel characteristics with help of the interference status report.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes an active matrix substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a sealant. The counter electrode is opposed to the active matrix substrate. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate. The sealant, which surrounds the liquid crystal layer between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, joins the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate and seals the liquid crystal layer. A portion of the surface on the liquid crystal layer side of the active matrix substrate which is located at the periphery of the liquid crystal display panel is flat.

Abstract: A light source device includes a first semiconductor laser element that oscillates a first laser beam having a visible-region wavelength, a second semiconductor laser element that oscillates a second laser beam having a visible-region wavelength, and a light-scattering body that is irradiated with first laser beam and second laser beam to scatter first laser beam and second laser beam without changing the wavelengths. Because the wavelengths are not converted, first laser beam and second laser beam oscillated from first semiconductor laser element and second semiconductor laser element are emitted without generating energy losses of first laser beam and second laser beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device (10) includes a support substrate (14), an adhered device part (11) adhered to the support substrate (14), a multilayer device part (13) stacked on the adhered device part (11), and an adjacent device part (12) formed in a region adjacent to the adhered device part on the support substrate (14). The adhered device part (11), the multilayer device part (13), and the adjacent device part (12) are electrically connected to one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary station comprising means for communicating with at least one primary station, the secondary station comprising means for receiving from the primary station a subset of reference symbols selected out a set of possible reference symbols, the reference symbols of the subset being associated with a spatial channel, wherein a transmission characteristic of the subset of reference symbols depends on the spatial channel.

Abstract: The present invention involves an interactive selection system for a consumer product that improves the consumer's ability to quickly sort through numerous criteria in a complex decision making process and determine whether that particular consumer product is appropriate for his or her purchase and use.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes: a setting storing section for storing beforehand a correspondence between identification information for identifying a data file, and a processing condition of the data file having the identification information; an extracting section for acquiring, as transmitted identification information, identification information of the data file transmitted to the information processing apparatus, and, as a transmitted processing condition, the processing condition of the data file transmitted to the information processing apparatus; a comparing section for determining whether a combination of the transmitted identification information and the transmitted processing condition matches the correspondence between the identification information and the processing condition stored in the setting storing section; and a notifying section for notifying a sender of the data file that there is no match, if so determined by the comparing section.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display, an opening is formed in a lateral surface of a bezel of an LCD unit, and the opening serves as an LED module insert slot. An LED of an LED module is arranged on a substrate so as to emit light toward a light guide plate provided on the backside of a liquid crystal panel. The LED module is inserted into the LED module insert slot and fixed to a back plate arranged on the backside of the LED unit by using a fixing member such as a screw.

Abstract: An operational amplifier circuit includes a transconductance amplifier circuit which converts a differential input voltage into a differential output current; a common-mode feedback circuit which outputs a control signal to the transconductance amplifier circuit 1 so as to make a D.C. voltage level of a differential output voltage of the transconductance amplifier circuit equal to a reference voltage; a voltage supply circuit which supplies a reference voltage to the common-mode feedback circuit; and an output load to which the differential output voltage of transconductance amplifier circuit is applied, and which constitutes an output terminal of the operational amplifier circuit 5. A power source voltage is supplied to each of the circuits. The operational amplifier circuit has an improved power-source noise canceling characteristic while maintaining its dynamic range.