Abstract: The AV data reproducing apparatus includes: (i) a reading section for reading out, from a recording medium, additional function information indicating an additional function correlated with a manipulation input; and (ii) an additional function program executing section for executing the additional function in response to the manipulation input. With this, an operation unique to the content can be carried out by executing the additional function (additional function program) indicated by the additional function information stored in the recording medium together with the AV data. This makes it possible for the AV data reproducing apparatus to carry out an operation other than an operation intrinsically corresponding to a key.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device wherein it is possible to specifically prevent the pseudo contouring of an area in which an image having a large motion vector is displayed, such as a telop area. A telop area (R1) (an example of a component image area) in which the motion vector is set in advance and which has a magnitude greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude is detected. The intermittent lighting timing of an illumination portion is controlled in a manner such that the turn-off period having a predetermined length is set between the point in which the detected telop area (R1) writes a video signal to a liquid crystal element and the point in which the liquid crystal element responds.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a waste toner box, a base, a detection sensor, a counter and a controller. The waste toner box collects toner not transferred to a sheet but remaining on a surface of a photoreceptor. The base is for placing the waste toner box thereon, and a position of the base changes with a weight of the waste toner box placed thereon. The detection sensor detects the position of the base to detect an amount of toner in the waste toner box placed on the base. The counter counts the number of sheets with images formed thereon. The controller determines whether or not to continue image formation on a sheet on a basis of a signal from the detection sensor and the counter.

Abstract: A class of macrocyclic compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, A, Z, Y, X, M, W, n and m are defined herein, that are useful as inhibitors of viral proteases, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, are provided. Also provided are processes 5 for the synthesis and use of such macrocyclic compounds for treating or preventing HCV infection.

Abstract: A radio signal transmitter receives, from an image display device (i) synchronizing signals for switching between displaying a right-eye image and displaying a left-eye image on the image display device and (ii) liquid crystal shutter control data indicating which image is displayed, and transmits the synchronizing signals and the liquid crystal shutter control data to stereoscopic image glasses. The radio signal transmitter includes: a period detecting section that detects a period of each of the synchronizing signals; and a period data storage section in which the period is stored as period data. The radio signal transmitter is configured such that the period data in the period data storage section is updated every time the period of each of the synchronizing signals is detected. This makes it possible to provide a radio signal transmitter, stereoscopic image glasses, and an image display system that achieve a reduction in power consumption.

Abstract: This application provides for compounds of the formula Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the individual variables are defined herein, as well as processes to prepare these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and their use in treating disease state associated with the CRTH2 receptor.

Abstract: In an agitation mixing apparatus 51 which includes: a casing 52 having a flow path 56 in which a fluid flows; an agitator 53 which is disposed inside the casing 52 and includes a shaft 57 and a vane 58 mounted around the shaft 57; and a drive source 59, connected to the shaft 57, for vibrating the agitator 53 in an axial direction, grooves 71 are provided on an inner wall surface of the casing 52 at predetermined intervals in the axial direction.

Abstract: In order to provide an operation console having superior operability and visibility, a touch-panel display includes a display panel displaying a copy mode basic screen image with virtual keys, and a touch-panel receiving an input operation to the virtual keys. On the copy mode basic screen image, a group of virtual ten keys for inputting the number of copies are displayed. When image data is input by a document reading unit, the touch-panel display causes a preview image based on the image data to be displayed with higher priority than the group of virtual ten keys, in the copy mode basic screen image.

Abstract: A switchable viewing angle display method is provided, using arrayed microlenses and a waveguide pipe with selectable light extraction positions. The method provides a front panel array of display pixels. Also provided is an array of microlenses underlying the array of display pixels. Each microlens has a focal point and each microlens is associated with a corresponding block of display pixels. A backlight panel has an edge-coupled waveguide pipe with an optical input connected to a column of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The backlight panel includes an array extraction pixels, each extraction pixel underlying a corresponding microlens, and the backlight panel also includes a planar mirror underlying the waveguide pipe. In response to a display viewing angle change command, a waveguide pipe's light extraction position is selected, which is the distance between the extraction pixels and their corresponding microlenses, and the display viewing angle is changed.

Abstract: A propeller fan with two blades includes a blade and a blade, and a connection portion connecting the blades together. Each blade has a peripheral edge portion extending in an arc having a diameter D with a center axis as a center thereof, a front edge portion arranged on a forward side in a rotational direction, a rear edge portion arranged on an opposite side in the rotational direction, and a leading blade edge portion connecting the front edge portion and the peripheral edge portion. A plane which includes each intersection between the rear edge portion and the peripheral edge portion and is perpendicular to the center axis is defined as ?. When the propeller fan is viewed in a direction parallel to a plane including the leading blade edge portions and the center axis, a distance H between plane ? and a connected portion between the front edge portion of the blade and the rear edge portion of the blade, on a line of the center axis, satisfies 0.028?H/D?0.056.

Abstract: A plurality of waste toner transport mechanisms convey waste toners per color. A waste toner container receives collectively each waste toner conveyed by each waste toner transport mechanism. An integrated number of pixels memory stores a result of an integration of the numbers of the pixels per color of the image data counted by the pixel counters after the near end detection has been made by the near end detector, the integration being carried out by an integrating number of pixels section each time an image forming is performed. A full end judgment section makes a judgment that full end, at which a quantity of the waste toner in the waste toner container reaches fullness, is attained when any one of the integrated numbers of pixels per color stored by the integrated number of pixels memory reaches a predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section for forming a test image including a plurality of patterns in which at least one pattern is more easily affected by a variation factor for density than another pattern, an accepting section for accepting an amount of adjustment for density, and an adjusting section for adjusting density of an image to be formed by the image forming section based on the amount of adjustment for density accepted by the accepting section.

Abstract: A fuser portion is configured to include a fuser roller, a tension roller, an endless fuser belt stretched over the fuser roller and the tension roller, a heater unit for heating the fuser belt, and a pressure roller pressed to the fuser roller through the fuser belt. The heater unit is so arranged as to be pressed to the fuser belt, while the tension roller has a thermal insulation layer arranged on its outer circumference touching the fuser belt.

Abstract: In electronic equipment 1, a limitation level on reading data from a USB flash drive (storage device) 2 is set to a setting section 3 in advance. The USB flash drive 2 ascertains the setting at the setting section 3 when connected to the electronic equipment 1 and limits reading data based on the determined setting. If the limitation level does not match with the condition for permitting data read-out as determined in USB flash drive 2, the USB flash drive 2 prohibits the electronic equipment 1 from reading out data. By executing the processing for limiting data read-out at the side of the USB flash drive 2, unauthorized leakage of data can easily be prevented.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel fused tricyclic compounds that are inhibitors of mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) kinase, which is also known as FRAP, RAFT, RAPT or SEP, and are useful in the treatment of cellular proliferative diseases, for example cancer and other proliferative disorders.

Abstract: Provided are an information display device and a character string converting method that improve operability at the time of changing a character string on a display screen. The information display device is configured to have: a display screen 12 for displaying a character string; a touch panel controller 27 that detects an operation position; a character string selecting part 34 that, when two different operation positions are detected, on the basis of a result of the detection of the operation positions, selects a character string on the display screen 12; and a character string converting part 36 that, when a distance between the two operation positions is changed, converts the character string selected by the character string selecting part 34 depending on whether the change is a change that causes the distance between the operation positions to be narrowed or enlarged.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device that is high in luminous efficiency and that emits light which is high in color rendering property includes a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits blue light; a green fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits green light; and an orange fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits orange light, fluorescence emitted by the green fluorescent substance and the orange fluorescent substance having an emission spectrum that has a peak wavelength of not less than 540 nm and not more than 565 nm and that satisfies the relation of 0.70>PI(90)/PI(MAX)>0.55, where PI(MAX) represents an emission intensity at the peak wavelength, and PI(90) represents an emission intensity at a wavelength 90 nm longer than the peak wavelength.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is, by detecting a portion of a video signal that is light emission, enhancing the display luminance of the light emission portion and displaying the same, to increase a sense of brightness for the same so as to perform video image expression with high contrast. A light emission detecting portion uses a predetermined feature quantity related to brightness of an input video image signal in order to pre-define the amount of emitted light of the video image signal according to the relationship with a feature quantity so as to detect the amount of emitted light on the basis of the feature quantity for each frame of the input video image signal. A black detection portion, from the input video image signal, detects the amount of black to display on the basis of a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) includes a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20) opposing each other, and a liquid crystal layer (30) provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a horizontal alignment film (12, 22) provided on a side closer to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display device further includes an alignment sustaining layer (40a, 40b) provided between the horizontal alignment film and the liquid crystal layer, the alignment sustaining layer containing a polymerization product of a photopolymerizable compound. The photopolymerizable compound contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group. The polymerization product in the alignment sustaining layer contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group as a residue. The horizontal alignment film contains an acrylate group or a methacrylate group.

Abstract: In a case where a display device (1) receives an instruction to change a refresh rate of a display panel (2), the display device (1) changes the refresh rate with a timing with which there is a balance between the length of time for which positive source signals are written and the length of time for which negative source signals are written.