Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel manufacturing apparatus is provided with a stage for fixing a substrate having an optical film adhered to at least one of surfaces of the substrate. The stage has a suction hole for attracting the substrate by suction. The stage has an interposition member located around a region provided with the suction hole, and the interposition member has a closed frame-like form in a plan view. A display panel manufacturing apparatus that can stably fix the substrate is provided.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a solar cell module includes a fastening for mounting the solar cell module on a lateral beam. The fastening includes a body, and a plurality of hooks formed at an end of the body. The hooks have a hook having a form bent toward one side, having an end directed downward and serving as a first hook, and a hook having a form bent away from the one side, having an end directed downward and serving as a second hook. The hooks are opposed to and engaged with a projection of a hooked and L-shaped form formed on the solar cell module.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a photoreceiver/amplifier circuit comprising a differential circuit including a differential transistor pair and a bias circuit; an active load; a feedback resistor for converting a photocurrent generated from a photodiode into a voltage; a reference resistor; and a compensation circuit. The resistance of the feedback resistor is greater than the resistance of the reference resistor. The compensation circuit supplies a compensation current from a junction between the feedback resistor and a non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit, so as to cancel the difference between a voltage between terminals of the feedback resistor and a voltage between terminals of the reference resistor. This reduces noise and improves offset voltage characteristics. The present invention provides a photoreceiver/amplifier circuit ensuring noise reduction and desirable offset voltage characteristics.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of transistors. A source electrode is connected with a data signal line, and a drain electrode is connected with a pixel electrode in each transistor. The source electrode is located on a semiconductor layer, and at least a portion of the drain electrode is overlapped with the gate electrode. A gate insulating film covering the gate electrode of each transistor has a thin section having a reduced film thickness, at a portion where the gate insulating film is overlapped with each gate electrode. An overlapping area of the thin section with the source electrode is smaller than an overlapping area of the thin section with the drain electrode. Thus, the active matrix substrate can prevent the generation of short-circuits between the signal lines (between the data signal line and a scanning signal line) in a TFT forming region, while guaranteeing TFT characteristics.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, as well as a source electrode, a Cs intermediate electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on one of the pair of substrates. The liquid crystal display device also includes vertical alignment films formed on the pair of substrates and polymer layers formed on the vertical alignment films, wherein a contact hole, which connects the source electrode and the pixel electrode, and another contact hole, which connects the pixel electrode and the Cs intermediate electrode, are both formed at a liquid crystal domain boundary.

Abstract: A fluorescent tube in which no luminance gradient in the longitudinal direction occurs even when a one-side high-voltage driving method is used, a method of driving the fluorescent tube, an illuminating device for display device, and a display device having the illuminating device are provided. The fluorescent tube for one-side high-voltage driving is arranged behind a display panel via optical sheets. An internal diameter of the fluorescent tube is arranged to become larger gradually toward an electrode part at a high-voltage driving side, which prevents the occurrence of the luminance gradient in the longitudinal direction when a one-side high-voltage driving method is used.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a charging roller charges an image carrier to which a lubricant is applied prevents slip of the charging roller. The charging roller is composed of a metal core and a rubber layer mainly made of an epichlorohydrin rubber formed around the metal core. A surface of this rubber layer is hardened with a surface treating solution containing an isocyanate compound. The surface of this rubber layer is also subjected to three abrading processes including two stone grinding processes and one lapping process so that a ten-point height of irregularities Rz thereof becomes 11 ?m or more.

Abstract: In a wiring figure pattern of a display panel, each wiring is separated into bands of optimal widths by slits of a constant width as a wiring figure pattern so that minimum light irradiation for curing a photocuring sealing material can be carried out without increasing the electric resistance of the wiring. The optimal width means a resistance such that light coming from both sides of the band cures the sealing material on the upper surface of the band without influencing the driving and display of liquid crystal. At a point where the width of wiring becomes two times or more of the optical width between the start point and end point of intersection of the wiring and the sealing material region, the wiring is divided by the slit. A first branch forms the band of the optimal width extending from the branch point to the end point, whereas the second branch extends to the end point and is spaced apart from the first branch by the width of the slit.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device event notification administration and subscription. Some aspects relate to selective imaging device event notification based on user credentials and/or job execution timing. Some aspects may limit notification subscription to authorized credential holders. Some aspects relate to event notification message formats and destinations.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a continuous wave semiconductor laser diode in the (Al,Ga,In)N materials system comprises: growing, in sequence, a first cladding region (4), a first optical guiding region (5), an active region (6), a second optical guiding region (7) and a second cladding region (8). Each of the first cladding region (4), the first optical guiding region (5), the active region (6), the second optical guiding region (7) and the second cladding region (8) is deposited by molecular beam epitaxy.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, which can improve the effect of a hydrogenation treatment in case of using a GOLD structure, and a method of manufacturing thereof is provided. A gate insulating film is formed on a semiconductor layer, and a source region, a drain region, and LDD regions are formed in the semiconductor layer. A main gate is formed on the gate insulating film. A sub-gate is formed on the main gate and the gate insulating film so as to cover a part of the main gate and either the LDD regions adjacent to the source region or the drain region. An interlayer insulating film containing hydrogen is formed on the sub-gate, main gate, and gate insulating film. Subsequently, a heat treatment for hydrogenation is performed to terminate a crystal defect of the semiconductor layer with hydrogen.

Abstract: In an external heating type induction heating device in which a magnetic field producing means is arranged in the outer circumferential portion of a heating roller 1, two heat generating layers, namely a conductive shaft 1a and a surface heat generating layer 1c, are provided in the heating roller 1, and the surface heat generating layer 1c is formed having a thickness through which passes a portion of an alternating magnetic field, and the conductive shaft 1a at a center of the heating roller 1 is heated by a portion of the alternating magnetic field produced by the magnetic field producing means passing through the surface heat generating layer 1c to link to the conductive shaft 1a present at the center of the roller, thereby preventing a drop in a surface temperature of the heating roller 1.

Abstract: A backlight device 12 includes a chassis 14, a cold-cathode tube 17 that is disposed in the chassis 14, a main body 27 that is mounted on the chassis 14, a lamp clip 18 that is provided in the main body 27 so as to grip the cold-cathode tube 17, and a reflecting sheet 23 that is disposed in the chassis 14. The reflecting sheet has an opening 41 through which the lamp gripping portion 28 is passed, and an inner edge portion of the opening 41 covers an outer edge portion of the main body 27.

Abstract: A distance (d1) from an edge of a first region (R) at places (D) where branch electrodes (4b) extending, which branch off from an electrode line (4a) of a second source/drain electrode (4), start to overlap with a first region (R) to the electrode line (4a) is 5 ?m or more. This realizes a TFT including a comb-shaped source/drain structure that enables easy repair of a source-drain leakage.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), inhibit D-amino acid oxidase and hence find use in treating degenerative and psychiatric diseases.

Abstract: In a digital multi-function peripheral, a QR code generation section generates image data of a QR code on the basis of first data for security of obtained image data. An encryption section encrypts second data for security of the image data. A micro gradation generation section generates a micro gradation (a gradation pattern) on the basis of the second data having been encrypted by the encryption section and history data, and adds the micro gradation to the image data of the QR code generated by the micro gradation QR code generation section.

Abstract: Provided are a solid-state imaging device and A/D converter circuit comprising: series-connected capacitative elements; a voltage comparator circuit comparing the output of the capacitative element C1 with a threshold voltage; a first input circuit inputting an analog voltage signal to the node between the capacitative elements C1 and C2; a second input circuit inputting a first reference voltage, monotonously changing in a first conversion process for finding the upper-order bit value, to the node between the capacitative elements C2 and C3; a third input circuit inputting a second reference voltage, monotonously changing in a second conversion process for finding an unconverted bit value after the first conversion process, to the input terminal of the capacitative element C3; and a control circuit generating a control signal to hold the first reference voltage in the capacitative element C3 when the output of the voltage comparator circuit changes in the first conversion process.

Abstract: A backlight (illumination device) of this invention includes a plurality of light source units (12) each including (i) at least one light source (5) and (ii) a light guide body (7) for surface-emitting light which has come from the at least one light source. In the light source unit (12), the light source is disposed at one end portion of the light guide body (7), and another end portion of the light guide body (7), opposite to the one end portion, has a thickness from 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm. As a result, it is possible to further improve luminance uniformity in an illumination device including a plurality of light guide bodies.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is constituted of a TFT substrate and an opposing substrate which are arranged so as to be opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. In addition, in the liquid crystal layer, formed is a polymer into which a polymer component added to liquid crystal is polymerized, and which determines directions in which liquid crystal molecules tilt when voltage is applied. In the TFT substrate, formed are a sub picture element electrode directly connected to a TFT and a sub picture element electrode connected to the TFT through capacitive coupling. In each of these sub picture element electrodes, formed are slits extending in directions respectively at angles of 45 degrees, 135 degrees, 225 degrees and 315 degrees to the X axis.

Abstract: In the system, when the service providing apparatus is used through the multi-functional peripheral, user authentication is performed and user information is provided to the service providing apparatus, and the authenticating apparatus holds authentication information and user information associating each information with identification information of a user, performs user authentication based on the input of the authentication information of the user for the multi-functional peripheral, transmits the identification information of the user to the multi-functional peripheral by authentication, and is allowed access to the service providing apparatus through the multi-functional peripheral by receiving the identification information, and the service providing apparatus, by receiving a service request from the multi-functional peripheral and the identification information, transmits the identification information to the authenticating apparatus, and thereby obtains user information transmitted from the authentic