Abstract: A light source unit prevents deterioration of display qualities, caused by “sagging” of a diffuser, and includes a diffuser and a light source, the diffuser being arranged above the light source, wherein the light source unit includes a light-shielding member covering a side surface of a corner of the diffuser, and preferably the light-shielding member covers an edge of an upper surface and a side surface of the diffuser, or the light-shielding member covers an edge of an upper surface of the optical sheet and further covers side surfaces of the diffuser and optical sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a liquid crystal display device capable of improving display qualities and yield, the liquid crystal display device having two or more domains in a pixel through an alignment treatment that has been provided for a substrate over several times; and a production method thereof.

Abstract: A lighting device for display devices preferably used for constituting a backlight of a transmissive or transflective liquid crystal display device includes a light source lamp, and a light-diffusing layer constituted by a diffusing plate or a diffusing sheet, the light source lamp being a light source lamp having a folded portion (curved portion), such as U-shaped tube, and the lighting device for display devices having any of, or a combination of: a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is covered with a lamp frame; a configuration in which an optical member provided with a light-reducing or light-shielding treatment is used around the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp; a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is disposed outside an effective display region; a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is provided with a member for reducing or shielding l

Abstract: A substrate reworking system (1) improves rework tact time and eliminates unnecessary reworking to perform efficient reworking. The system (1) includes: a defect information acquisition unit (2) for acquiring defect information for an entire region on the target substrate (9); a reworking unit (3) having at least one liquid drop discharge unit (6) for dispensing a liquid drop to a defective part on the target substrate (9) based on the defect information acquired by the defect information acquisition unit (2); and a rework determining unit (4) for determining, for each target substrate (9) and based on the defect information acquired by the defect information acquisition unit (2), whether the reworking unit (3) needs to perform reworking.

Abstract: To provide a health management system including health data measuring devices shared by a plurality of persons and health data measuring devices used by an individual together, which unites health data measured by each health data measuring device with the user practicing the measurement to allot user ID etc. to the health data as well as to provide a personalizing terminal and a health management data integrating method. A personalizing terminal 160 receives attribute information and health data from common devices 110 to 130 as the health data measuring devices shared by the plurality of persons, gives a user ID to the health data at a user ID allocator 163 and transmits the health data and the aforementioned attribute information to a gateway 170. Gateway apparatus 170 integrates the attribute information and health data received from personalizing terminal 160, personal device 140 or 150 and transmits the data to a server apparatus 310 in a data center 300.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device wherein a substrate or nitride semiconductor layer has a defect concentration region and a low defect density region other than the defect concentration region. A portion including the defect concentration region of the nitride semiconductor layer or substrate has a trench region deeper than the low defect density region. Thus by digging the trench in the defect concentration region, the growth detection is uniformized, and the surface planarity is improved. The uniformity of the characteristic in the wafer surface leads to improvement of the yield.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit that can be tested in a reduced test time includes a high-frequency receiving circuit for receiving a high-frequency signal, and a demodulation circuit for demodulating a signal received from the high-frequency receiving circuit. The demodulation circuit includes a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), an SRAM control circuit, and a test data transmitting circuit. The SRAM control circuit receives, from a semiconductor test device, test data for driving and testing the high-frequency receiving circuit, and writes the test data into the SRAM. The test data transmitting circuit reads out from the SRAM test data for driving and testing the high-frequency receiving circuit, and transmits the test data to the high-frequency receiving circuit.

Abstract: A sheet transporting device including: a sheet feeding section that feeds sheets to a transporting path; a pair of upstream transporting rollers and a pair of downstream transporting rollers arranged with a predetermined space; a double feed detecting section that detects a length of a double feed portion; a determining section that determines whether the length of the double feed portion is shorter than the predetermined space or not; and a transport control section that controls the drives of the upstream transporting rollers and the downstream transporting rollers, wherein the transport control section controls speeds of the upstream transporting rollers and the downstream transporting rollers so as to separate the delaying sheet from the preceding sheet of the overlapped sheets, in a case where the determining section determines that the length of the double feed portion is shorter than the predetermined space.

Abstract: Image processing is carried out by transforming image data to image data having spatial frequency components, by judging whether the absolute values of the coefficients of the predetermined frequency components of the transformed image data are equal to or more than a predetermined value, by modifying the coefficients of the AC components of the image data depending on the result of the judgment, by inversely transforming the image data having the modified coefficients to image data having spatial coordinate components, by comparing the gray levels of the inversely transformed image data with predetermined values, and by transforming the gray levels to quantized levels corresponding to the result of the comparison. By carrying out proper image processing corresponding to the characteristics of the image, the number of gray levels of the image can be decreased while the characteristic portions of the original image are maintained properly.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having excellent cleaning property for an electrophotographic photoreceptor and capable of forming a high-quality, high-resolution image. A surface free energy (?) of a photoreceptor (2), which is provided in the image forming apparatus (1), is set to 20 to 35 mN/m. A volume average diameter of toner particles included in a developer stored in a developing unit (29) to develop an electrostatic latent image and form a toner image is set to 4-7 ?m When ? of the photoreceptor (2) is set to within a small range as the particle size of toner is reduced, even small-particle-size toner having increased specific surface area and largely affected by a inter-molecular force is limited in adhesion to the surface of the photoreceptor (2) to provide a good cleaning property and a high-quality image can be formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display used in a television receiver or a display section of an electronic apparatus and provides a liquid crystal display having a wide viewing angle and high viewing angle characteristics. The viewing angle characteristics of low gradations are improved by the capacitive coupling HT method. The viewing angle characteristics of high gradations above the intermediate gradation are improved by the driving HT method. A liquid crystal is driven using the capacitive coupling HT method and the driving HT method in combination to combine the effect of improvement of both methods, thereby improving the viewing angle characteristics of a liquid crystal display for a wide range from a low gradation to a high gradation.

Abstract: A multifunction device includes: a control command receiving section for receiving a control command from a control device; a criterion storage section for storing criterion in which command type information indicating control command types is associated with information indicating whether an authentication process is necessary or not; a command type determining section for determining whether the authentication process is necessary or not for the control command received by the control command receiving section; an access key checking section for performing the authentication process by matching the access key with an authentication key stored in advance, the access key checking section performing the authentication process if the access key checking section determines that the authentication process is necessary; and an Web service layer for executing a process as instructed by the control command, the Web service layer performing the process if the access key checking section that authentication is success

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processing unit which performs an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium based on image data; a movement mechanism which moves the processing unit; a first control section which controls the image recording process performed by the processing unit; and a second control section which acquires a state of progress of the image recording process and controls the movement mechanism so as to move the processing unit to a position according to the progress state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display used in a display section of an information apparatus, a liquid crystal display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. There is provided a substrate for a liquid crystal display which achieves good display quality with reduced manufacturing steps, a liquid crystal display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. TFTs are formed on a glass substrate. A protective film is formed on the TFTs, and a resist pattern is formed on the protective film, the resist pattern having openings located above source electrodes, gate bus line terminals, and drain bus line terminals. The resist pattern is baked at a baking temperature of 200 (or more after irradiating the surface thereof with ultraviolet light to form a wrinkled resin layer having a wrinkled surface.

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

Abstract: A substrate with a nitride semiconductor layer is cleaved to form resonator end faces, on which a coating film is formed so as to make a nitride semiconductor laser bar. This is divided into nitride semiconductor laser elements. Prior to forming the coating film on the resonator end face, the resonator end face is exposed to a plasma atmosphere generated from the gas containing nitrogen gas.

Abstract: A semiconductor package providing with a printed circuit board and a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor substrate having a surface provided with an external connection electrode and mounted on the printed circuit board, and, a surface opposite that with said external connection electrode, abrased with a mirror finish and reinforced with a back-surface reinforcement.

Abstract: When a user transmits data from a PC to the outside, log information can be accumulated in a composite machine connected via network to the PC and an unnecessary data outflow due to the data transmission can be prevented. In the PC, a transmission acceptance portion accepts from a user an operation for transmitting data to the outside of network and a data transfer portion transfers outside transmission data defined as a transmission target by the transmission acceptance portion to the composite machine via the network without transmitting directly to the outside. In the image forming apparatus (composite machine, etc.), a data reception portion receives the outside transmission data transmitted from the PC via the network, which are transmitted to the outside by a data transmission portion, and a log accumulation portion accumulates log information of the outside transmission data.

Abstract: A kneaded material obtained by heating and melt-kneading a toner composition and a water-based medium containing water are put into a container of a granulating apparatus, and heated by a heater while agitating, to disperse the kneaded material into the water-based medium in its softened state. A temperature at which a loss tangent value of the kneaded material reaches a predetermined loss tangent value A, specifically, 0.5 or more and less than 5.0, is inputted to a granulating temperature input section as a setting granulating temperature T1. The heater is then controlled by a control section so that a granulating temperature as a temperature of the water-based medium measured by a thermometer reaches the setting granulating temperature T1 inputted to the input section. Accordingly, the granulating temperature as a temperature of the water-based medium, and thus a temperature of the kneaded material in the water-based medium is adjusted to T1.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for adaptive dither pattern array generation and application.