Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate 1110a, a second substrate 1110b placed to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer 1120 interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device has a plurality of pixels each including a first electrode 1111 formed on the first substrate, a second electrode 1131 formed on the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode 1131 has at least one opening 1114 formed at a predetermined position in the pixel, the first substrate has a shading region in gaps between the plurality of pixels, and a wall structure 1115 is placed regularly on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer in the shading region.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes an insulating substrate, gate wires and source wires that intersect with each other on the insulating substrate, and TFTs provided at intersections of signal lines. The TFTs include gate electrodes, source electrodes and drain electrodes, respectively. A transparent conductive film, which is arranged to be used as a lower layer of the sources and the drains, is used as common electrodes for pixel areas surrounded by adjacent source wires, and also common electrode wires arranged to connect adjacent ones of the common electrodes parallel or substantially parallel to the source wires. This provides an active matrix substrate in which a signal delay caused by resistance and parasitic capacitance is reduced.

Abstract: In a backlight module, when relay connectors exposed to a back side of a chassis are engaged with the connector portions of a lighting jig, the power from the power supply source of the lighting jig is supplied to discharge tubes via the connector portions and the relay connectors. Thereby, the discharge tubes can be lighted, even if a power board is not connected to the relay connectors. At the time, the lighting jig is arranged to face the back surface of the chassis, and therefore optical sheets can be mounted to the chassis from the front side.

Abstract: A diagnostic support device supports a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on a display device that is arranged to display a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information, the diagnostic support device including a layout information obtaining section arranged to obtain the layout information, a layout information output section arranged to output to an image combining apparatus, the layout information, per composite target image, the image combining apparatus combining the plurality of composite target images, and the layout information being obtained by the layout information obtaining section.

Abstract: The image data transmitting apparatus acquires the address book data corresponding to the user or such data and the transmittal cover letter data from the server apparatus, selects, out of the acquired information on destinations, the destination according to selecting operation by the user, generates transmittal cover letter image data based on the transmittal cover letter data related to the selected destination and attaches the image data to be transmitted as second and subsequent pages, thereby generating the image data with the transmittal cover letter attached thereto. While thus generated image data with the transmittal cover letter attached thereto is transmitted to the destination, transmission is prohibited of image data other than thus generated image data with the transmittal cover letter attached thereto.

Abstract: An organic EL device having excellent light-emitting properties, particularly a long lifetime, by controlling a balance between a hole and an electron, which is required for light-emitting in the organic EL device, includes a structure in which an anode, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode are stacked on a substrate in this order, wherein the light-emitting layer includes two or more different light-emitting materials, and a difference in photoluminescence peak wavelength between the two or more different light-emitting materials is about 50 nm or less.

Abstract: The device setting system is formed by connecting an MFP and a PC having a displaying portion over a network. The PC includes a storage portion that has stored thereon information of an instruction manual including description of a method of setup operation for various setup items of the MFP and setting instruction information for each of the various setup items; if various setup items are displayed when the instruction manual is displayed on the displaying portion, the PC additionally displays a setting instruction accepting portion that accepts an instruction for setting the setup items; and if the setting instruction accepting portion accepts an instruction for setting, the PC extracts and transmits the setting instruction information for the setup items to the MFP. The MFP receives the setting instruction information and sets the setup items in the own machine based on the received setting instruction information.

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a tracking error signal generation method are provided. Four light-receiving elements receive stray light of main and sub beams reflected from, out of a plurality of recording layers of the optical disk, the one other than that for effecting recording or reproduction. The four light-receiving elements are disposed individually near every side of the four-part split light-receiving element, of which light-receiving elements are disposed between the two-part split light-receiving elements. Based on stray-light intensity detected by the four light-receiving elements, intensity distribution is calculated for tracking-error signal correction.

Abstract: An instrument panel display system includes a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal controller arranged to generate display data to be inputted into the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal controller includes a graphic LSI arranged to autonomously create screen data from imaging data read out from a memory and image data inputted in the graphic LSI, and a control LSI arranged to receive vehicle data and create an imaging operation switching command according to the vehicle data. The graphic LSI creates the screen data in response to the imaging operation switching command, and outputs the screen data as the display data. This configuration can reduce the load on a processor connected to the vehicle network.

Abstract: A timing signal generating device for a matrix-type display apparatus is disclosed, conducive to reduction of power consumption, the matrix-type display apparatus including the timing signal generating device, and a driving method thereof. In at least one embodiment, a timing signal generating apparatus provided in an active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus includes a horizontal direction counter and a vertical direction counter for counting a clock number; and a horizontal counter cessation circuit and a vertical counter cessation circuit for stopping the horizontal direction counter and the vertical direction counter at a predetermined timing. With this structure, at least one embodiment of the present invention achieves reduction in power consumption in the liquid crystal display apparatus.

Abstract: In a backlight device, two-channel LED modules including 4-light-emitting diodes connected in series and resistive elements connected in series to the respective LED module are provided. The resistor elements provide voltage drops to the corresponding LED modules, and thereby set output voltages to the respective LED modules in a predetermined voltage range.

Abstract: A display is backlit by a source having spatially modulated luminance to attenuate illumination of dark areas of images and increase the dynamic range of the display.

Abstract: A driving method and a driving device are provided for an LED element in which light emitting layers different from each other in light emission wavelength peak, put on each other with a barrier layer being interposed, are sandwiched by a pair of p-type and n-type layers, and color of emitted light from which substantially depends only upon driving current value. The method comprises a driving current value calculation step of obtaining a value for designating a current value corresponding to a desired color of emitted light from the LED element; a driving current generation step of generating a driving current having the current value designated by the value obtained in the driving current value calculation step; and a driving current supply step of supplying the LED element with the driving current generated in the driving current generation step.

Abstract: A method and system for displaying for selection format-independent and format-specific imaging options for direct imaging. The method and system determines the type of imaging device that is to image an object file. It then determines and displays the format-independent imaging options supported by the imaging device, based on the type of imaging device. It determines the format of the object file. It then displays the imaging options supported by the printer that are specific to the format of the object file, based on the type of imaging device and the format of the object file. The method and system are particularly useful for direct imaging to a printer.

Abstract: In the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention, the input side of a switched capacitor amplifier portion 20 is connected to the output side of each transfer transistor 2 of a photoelectric conversion and transfer portion group obtained by grouping a plurality of photoelectric conversion and transfer portions 10 having a photodiode 1 and a transfer transistor 2, and the output side of the switched capacitor amplifier portion 20 is connected to a vertical signal line 9. The switched capacitor amplifier portion 20 has a signal charge storage portion 8, an amplification transistor 3 whose input side is connected to the signal charge storage portion 8, and a capacitor 6 and a reset transistor 5 connected between the input and output of the amplification transistor 3.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor laser device includes a nitride semiconductor laser element having a resonator end surface and capable of emitting light with a wavelength of at most 420 nm, a heat sink joined to the nitride semiconductor laser element, a stem with the heat sink mounted thereon, and a light detecting element mounted on the stem for detecting a laser beam from the nitride semiconductor laser element. The nitride semiconductor laser element, the heat sink and the light detecting element are enclosed within a cap that is joined to the stem, and an atmosphere within the cap has a dew point of at most ?30° C. and an oxygen concentration of at most 100 ppm.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for associating a hard-copy document with computer-readable information and for accessing that information.

Abstract: A bias circuit 22 in a power amplifier 1 is provided with a VBE-controlled voltage source circuit 20 and a Nagata current mirror circuit 21. The Nagata current mirror circuit 21 includes a transistor Tr5 and a transistor Tr6. The transistor Tr5 has its emitter grounded, its base connected to a control input terminal 17 via a resistor R3, and its collector connected to that base via a resistor R4. The transistor Tr6 has its emitter grounded, its base connected to the collector of the transistor Tr5, and its collector connected to the base of the transistor Tr3. The arrangement is capable of compensating both the temperature characteristics of the gain of the power amplifier 1 and the control input voltage characteristics of the gain of the power amplifier 1. In other words, the arrangement is capable of reducing the temperature dependence and control input voltage dependence of the gain of the power amplifier 1.

Abstract: A fixing device (14) includes a fixing roller (31) which is in contact with an unfixed image formed on a printing medium (91) with toner (93) and a pressure roller (32) which is in contact with the fixing roller (31). The fixing device (14) causes the fixing roller (31) and the pressure roller (32) to sandwich and feed the printing medium (91), so as to fix the unfixed image onto the printing medium (91). The fixing device (14) gives a holding electric field which is an electric field in a direction for holding a reverse polarity toner (92) on the printing medium (91). The reverse polarity toner (92) has a polarity opposite to that of the toner (93) which forms an image on the printing medium. Thus, it is possible to avoid a troulile caused by the adhesion of the reverse polarity toner (92) to the pressure roller (32).

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying original streams of media content are disclosed. An exemplary method involves identifying at least one media content identifier in a media content directory. The media content identifier identifies media content. A plurality of stream access identifiers may be associated with the media content identifier. The method also involves identifying at least one stream access identifier of the plurality of stream access identifiers that includes access information for accessing an original stream of data from a media file comprising the media content. The method also involves providing identifier information about the at least one stream access identifier to a client in response to a client request.