Abstract: The paper carrying apparatus includes a first paper carrying mechanism (first carrying mechanism), a second paper carrying mechanism (second carrying mechanism) provided on the downstream of the first carrying mechanism in a carrying direction, an electric motor that drives the first carrying mechanism, a stepping motor that drives the second carrying mechanism, and an acceleration sensor that is a vibration detecting mechanism detecting vibration generated in the rotation shaft of the stepping motor. When the first carrying mechanism and the second carrying mechanism concurrently carry the same paper sheet, the electric motor is controlled in driving velocity based on information of vibration detected by the acceleration sensor at the timing of the rear end of the carried paper sheet passing the first paper carrying mechanism.

Abstract: A ramp voltage generation circuit suitable for an A/D converter preventing a variation in a digital value obtained by an A/D conversion operation. The circuit comprises a stabilization voltage source Vref, an operation amplifier AMP1 having a non-inversion input terminal receiving a voltage VREF from the Vref and an inversion input terminal connected to a switched capacitor equivalent resistance Req, and a transistor MNSF for conducting a current Ick to the Req based on an output voltage of the AMP1. Both ends of a conductive load Cint charged and discharged based on a current Iint2 generated by a current mirror of the Ick are connected to an output terminal and an inversion input terminal of an operation amplifier AMPint, a voltage of a stabilization voltage source Vc is applied to a non-inversion input terminal, and an output voltage of the AMPint is outputted to the outside as a ramp voltage.

Abstract: A solid-state image capturing device is provided with a plurality of light receiving elements arranged on a surface section of a semiconductor substrate, a color filter of each color for each of the plurality of light receiving elements, and a plurality of microlenses each for condensing incident light into each of the plurality of light receiving elements, in which the interlayer insulation film is provided directly below the color filter of each color in a state where a passivation and hydrogen sintering process film is removed from the interlayer insulation film.

Abstract: An image data output processing apparatus of the present invention, in a case where a reference document is duplex, causes a storage process section, in a storage mode, to store, at the time of storage, a DocID indicative of the reference document so as to correspond to an ID indicative of respective document images on front and back sides of the reference document. In a matching mode, in a case where a matching document is duplex, (i) an ID similar to that of the reference document and (ii) a corresponding DocID are extracted for each of the document images on the front side and the back side of the matching document, so as to create candidate lists for front and back sides of the matching document. If first candidates in the candidate lists correspond to an identical DocID, it is determined that the images are similar to each other, and if the first candidates do not correspond to the identical DocID, a determination result is corrected to a reference document that corresponds to the identical DocID.

Abstract: A light guide plate has a light exit plane and a light entrance plane arranged on the periphery of the light exit plane. Light incident on the light entrance plane is outputted from the light exit plane. The light entrance plane includes a plurality of first end surfaces and a plurality of second end surfaces protruding in an external direction beyond the first end surfaces in plan view. The first end surfaces and the second end surfaces are alternately arranged along the periphery of the light exit plane.

Abstract: A parallax barrier is manufactured by forming a light-blocking layer by patterning a metal layer or a resin layer on a barrier glass in a photolithography step. On a mask used in the photolithography step, some pitches between slits are different, the slits corresponding to portions whereupon the light-blocking layers are to be formed. In addition, on the mask, first pitches (for instance, 100) and second pitches (for instance 99.5), which can be actually formed with accuracy, are formed in a cycle, and the average of such pitches can be accord with a theoretical pitch distance (for instance, 99.99). Thus, in the parallax barrier to be used for a multiple display device, visibility of the entire screen can be improved, and the parallax barrier which can be manufactured by using the mask lithography technology having a limited accuracy, and a method for manufacturing such parallax barrier are provided.

Abstract: A plurality of image processing apparatuses 1 and a remote access apparatus 2 which remotely operates each image processing apparatus 1 are connected through a network 3. Each image processing apparatuses 1 have a same operation screen. The remote access apparatus 2 accesses the plurality of image processing apparatuses 1, and acquires screen data for displaying an operation screen A, from one of the image processing apparatuses 1. The remote access apparatus 2 displays the same operation screen A as the operation screen of the image processing apparatus 1. When a user performs an operation for outputting reports on this operation screen A, the remote access apparatus 2 requests output from each image processing apparatus 1. Each image processing apparatus 1 creates a report and transmits it to the remote access apparatus 2.

Abstract: A backlight unit is capable of preventing optical sheets from experiencing deformation due to thermal expansion and the like. The backlight unit includes a backlight chassis arranged to house a lamp via a diffusion plate and optical sheets, where a thickness of the optical sheets is less than a thickness of the diffusion plate, the backlight chassis including a support surface arranged to support the diffusion plate and the optical sheets, and a frame arranged to hold the diffusion plate and the optical sheets with the support surface, the diffusion plate and the optical sheets being interposed between the frame and the support surface, and the backlight chassis has a positioning piece arranged to position and support the diffusion plate at a predetermined position with respect to the support surface and not to position and support the optical sheets.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention is arranged in such a manner that a MOS non-single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor including a non-single-crystal silicon thin film made of polycrystalline silicon, a MOS single-crystal silicon thin-film transistor including a single-crystal silicon thin film, and a metal wiring are provided on an insulating substrate. With this arrangement, (i) a semiconductor device in which a non-single-crystal silicon thin film and a single-crystal silicon thin-film device are formed and high-performance systems are integrated, (ii) a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and (iii) a single-crystal silicon substrate for forming the single-crystal silicon thin-film device of the semiconductor device are obtained.

Abstract: A data writing method for writing data sequentially in a cross-point memory cell array having a variable resistive element whose electric resistance is changed by application of an electric stress is provided. When data is sequentially written in memory cells in the same row or column, the writing order of the memory cells to be written is determined according to the length from an electric connection point to a selected memory cell to be written and the increase/decrease direction of the electric resistance of each selected memory cell changed by data writing, the electric connection point being between a write voltage applying circuit, which applies a data writing voltage to a same wiring of the selected word line or bit line connected to the selected memory cell, and the same wiring, and the data writing is executed based on the determined writing order.

Abstract: A display has a circuit for comparing video data for a first or current frame with video data for a second or desired frame. A processing section makes an instruction for a process to take place if certain conditions are met. In response to the instruction for a process, a signal generation circuit outputs a signal which reduces a degree of modulation or variation by which tone transition is facilitated relatively to a case where pixels are driven on the basis of data output from an ordinary processing section. Thus, by modulating or varying a drive signal to a degree suitable for a case where tone transition is sufficient, a display capable of improving display quality even in a situation where the display is not capable of being driven suitably, can be realized using circuitry of a relatively small scale.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for radio video transmission which switches a radio frequency band or a compression rate for video data to enable appropriate video transmission even if a radio environment is degraded. A pair of a transmitter and a receiver transmits video data in the radio environment. The receiver periodically transmits a status message to the transmitter. If the transmitter fails to receive reception of the periodically transmitted status message, the failure is used as a trigger to cause the transmitter to switch the channel (radio frequency band) or the video data compression rate. It is therefore possible to switch the radio frequency band or video data compression rate for the transmitter and receiver even if the radio environment is degraded.

Abstract: A light blocking mask covering half of a picture element is formed on a first substrate. Thereafter, the first substrate and a second substrate are placed to face each other, and liquid crystals with negative dielectric anisotropy are sealed between these substrates, whereby a liquid crystal panel is formed. A polymer constituent which is polymerized by light is added in advance to the liquid crystals. Next, ultraviolet is irradiated from the side of the first substrate, and, after removing the light blocking mask, ultraviolet is once again irradiated. Thus, in picture element, a region where binding force with respect to liquid crystal molecules is large (a region where a threshold voltage in transmittance-voltage characteristics is high) and a region where binding force with respect to liquid crystal molecules is small (a region where a threshold voltage in transmittance-voltage characteristics is low) are formed.

Abstract: A steam generating apparatus 20 including: a vaporizing container 1; a heater 2 for heating the vaporizing container 1; a feed pump 5 for feeding water from a reservoir tank 7 into the vaporizing container 1; a drain valve 6 for draining water out of the vaporizing container 1 through a drain pipe 8; a temperature detecting means 9 for detecting temperature of the vaporizing container 1; and a controller 10 for controlling the heater 2, the feed pump 5, the drain valve 6, and the like. After completion of steam generating operation, water remaining inside the vaporizing container 1 is drained after the temperature of the vaporizing container 1 has lowered to 60° C.

Abstract: A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description, a filtering preferences description, a search preferences description, and a device preferences description.

Abstract: The present invention provides the image forming apparatus for successively performing information communication between an attaching part and the main body of the image forming apparatus. The communication-end antenna section 11 is provided in the toner supplying holder-containing section 3 in the main body of the image forming apparatus, so as to face the IC tag in the toner supplying holder 2. The toner supplying holder-containing section 3 is covered with the electromagnetic shield material 7.

Abstract: A PLL circuit has (i) a counter which divides a frequency of a VCO output whose frequency has been divided by a frequency divider and (ii) a memory which stores plural patterns of set cycles of the counter. The memory reads out one of the set cycles designated by a selection signal inputted through a serial bus (SB) from an outside of the PLL circuit. The set cycle, read out from the memory, which has a large amount of data, is inputted through a parallel bus (PB) into the counter, so that it hardly takes time to set a cycle for the counter. Further, even when the number of bits of the counter increases, the setting time is not lengthened.

Abstract: A sheet P on which an image of a developer is unfixed is recovered from a transfer unit 6 to a sheet recovery portion 64, the sheet P is bent with the surface of the sheet P on which the image of the developer has been transferred facing inward and, while remaining bent, the sheet P drops downward between an outer guide plate 72 and a transfer convey belt 51, then an openable cover 74 is opened to remove the sheet P.

Abstract: A stateless-object method is provided for executing instructions. The method: establishes a central repository of states, cross-referencing state locations in memory, to identifiers; calls a first method; accesses a stateless-object in response to the first method, the stateless-object including an identifier and a second method; reads the identifier; uses the identifier to cross-reference the stateless-object's state location in the repository; accesses the located state; and, instantiates the second method in response to accessing the state. The central repository of states may cross-reference a first state to a first identifier, and the step of accessing the stateless-object includes accessing a plurality of stateless-objects in response to the first method, with each of the stateless-objects including the first identifier.

Abstract: A central control station carries out allocations of transmission rights according to a rule that a value obtained by subtracting (i) a value of a broken line (11) from (ii) a value of a straight line (10) is always limited according to a certain constant value (TXOP bound) smaller than C·T delay, where the broken line (11) indicates a sum of transmission granting time periods allocated from a certain time point t0 by “an actual transmission right allocation”, the straight line (10) indicates a sum of transmission right granted time periods allocated according to “a reference transmission right allocation obtained by the average data rate or the like of a communication station”, and C·T delay is an average sum of transmission right granted time periods allocated to the tolerable transmission delay time according to the reference transmission right allocation.