Abstract: By taking into account the power consumption and PH of a mobile station apparatus on an uplink, while communication quality is maintained, the efficiency of power consumption is improved. There are provided a PUSCH reception section 14 for receiving a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared CHannel) signal from the mobile station apparatus; a PH detection section 15 for detecting the PH (Power Headroom) from the received PUSCH signal; a transmission antenna number determination section 16 for determining, from the detected PH, the number of transmission antennas that the mobile station apparatus uses; a DCI generation section 10 for generating DCI (Downlink Control Information) based on frequency assignment information of the mobile station apparatus on the uplink; and a PDCCH transmission section 11 for converting the generated DCI and the determined transmission antenna number information into a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) signal to transmit the PDCCH signal to the mobile station apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device in which, even when a columnar spacer is misaligned, the columnar spacer can be light-shielded without reduction of an aperture ratio.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5A activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.

Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of switching a refresh rate while suppressing deterioration in display quality and degradation in liquid crystal. In the case of switching the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz, a transition period for gradually changing the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz is provided between a 60-Hz period and a 7.5-Hz period. This transition period is configured by sequentially arraying a 30-Hz period, a 20-Hz period, a 15-Hz period, a 12-Hz period and a 10-Hz period from a start point of the transition period. Hence the refresh rate gradually changes from 60 Hz to 7.5 Hz sequentially through 30 Hz, 20 Hz, 15 Hz, 12 Hz and 10 Hz. The number of positive-polarity frames and the number of negative-polarity frames are respectively 20 in the whole of the transition period, and are equal to each other.

Abstract: A display system (100) includes a television receiver (110a) and a smartphone (110b). The television receiver (110a) is provided with a display unit (51a) for outputting content and a keyword detector (15) for extracting keywords (1) from the content. The smartphone (110b) is provided with a keyword selector (16) and a keyword-related information acquisition unit (17) that extract the related information (2) acquired from the outside that is related to the keywords (1) selected by the user from among the keywords (1) extracted by a keyword detector (15), and a display unit (51b) for outputting the keywords (1) and the related information (2).

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting portion that emits fluorescence in response to excitation light incident on a surface of the light-emitting portion, and a reflector that defines a light-emitting region on the surface of the light-emitting portion, the fluorescence being emitted from the light-emitting region. The excitation light has a top-hat energy intensity distribution on the surface of the light-emitting portion.

Abstract: A lock detecting circuit includes: a CPU 204; switches 220 to 224 controlled by control signals FAN1 to FANn output from the CPU and supplying electric power to motors 210 to 214; gates 240 to 244 controlled by the control signals and selectively outputting, as signals XLD1 to XLDn, input motor state signals LD1 to LDn; and an element 232 outputting, as a signal LOCK, a result of logical sum of the signals XLD1 to XLDn. If the signal LOCK indicates a locked state, the CPU sets any one of the control signals to a high level and, in this state, determines the level of signal LOCK, to determine whether each motor is locked. Thus, a locked motor can be identified.

Abstract: According to a semiconductor substrate (40), a space (A) between a plurality of Si thin film (16), which are provide apart from one another on the insulating substrate (30), is (I) larger than a difference between elongation of part of the insulating substrate which part corresponds to the space (A) and elongation of each of Si wafers (10) when a change is made from room temperature to 600° C. and (II) smaller than 5 mm. This causes an increase in a region of each of a plurality of semiconductor thin films which region has a uniform thickness, and therefore prevents transferred semiconductor layers and the insulating substrate from being fractured or chipped.

Abstract: A normally-off-type HFET includes: an undoped AlwGa1-wN layer of t1 thickness, an undoped AlxGa1-xN layer of t2 thickness and an undoped GaN channel layer of tch thickness that are sequentially stacked; a source electrode and a drain electrode separated from each other and electrically connected to the channel layer; an undoped AlyGa1-yN layer of t3 thickness formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the channel layer; an AlzGa1-zN layer of t4 thickness formed in a shape of a mesa on a partial area of the AlyGa1-yN layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a Schottky barrier type gate electrode formed on the AlzGa1-zN layer, in which conditions of y>x>w>z, t1>t4>t3 and 2wtch/(x-w)>t2>1 nm are satisfied.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus, wherein a holding frame includes a placing portion which protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to a back surface of a display panel (a liquid crystal panel 1), and is long in a direction along a side face of the display panel (the liquid crystal panel 1), such that a heat dissipater (a heat spreader) is placed on the placing portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, the substrate (a base substrate) has information (rank information) regarding the light emitting element (a white LED) described on the other surface thereof, and the heat dissipater (the heat spreader) has an opening portion (a window portion 46) formed in a surface thereof to which the substrate (the base substrate) is fixed at a position corresponding to a position in which the information (the rank information) is described.

Abstract: Areas of a video signal that represent light emission are detected, the luminance levels at which said light emission areas are displayed are enhanced, emphasizing said areas, and said luminance stretching is controlled in accordance with a set image quality mode, thereby producing consistently natural, high-quality visual imagery. A light emission detecting portion (12) counts pixels in order to generate a histogram of a prescribed feature quantity of an input video signal and identifies areas that fall within a prescribed range at the upper end of said histogram as being light emission areas. On the basis of a brightness-related index computed from the input video signal on the basis of prescribed conditions, an area-active-control/luminance-stretching portion (14) performs luminance stretching, increasing the luminance of a backlight portion (16) and reducing the luminance of non-light emission areas of the video signal, i.e. the areas other than the light emitting areas.

Abstract: A relay transport apparatus (400) includes a first transport path, a plurality of first transport sections (63), a plurality of driving sections (64), and a drive transmission section (65). The first transport path is formed so as to couple a carry-in port and a carry-out port. The first transport path includes a plurality of segments (S2a and S2b). The plurality of first transport sections (63) are disposed along the first transport path. The first transport sections are configured to transport the paper sheet carried in from the carry-in port to the carry-out port along the first transport path. The plurality of driving sections (64) correspond to the respective segments. The plurality of driving sections (64) are configured to drive the first transport section in the corresponding segment.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic coupon system capable of saving, in a mobile information terminal, electronic coupons having high likelihood of being used by a user, from among electronic coupons delivered by digital broadcast radio waves, whereby the user can use the electronic coupons without forgetting. The electronic coupon system (10): automatically obtains filter information from operation information, etc., for a broadcast reception terminal (100) or a mobile information terminal (200); extracts, from a lot of electronic coupons, only electronic coupons that have high likelihood of being used by the user; and saves them in the mobile information terminal (200) of the user. If the user approaches a store (14) where an electronic coupon can be used, an electronic coupon available at the store (14) is transmitted from a store coupon information processing terminal (300) to the mobile information terminal (200), and the user can use the electronic coupon without forgetting.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to minimize decrease in an open area ratio while preventing color mixture between adjacent pixels. A color filter substrate (20) includes a substrate and light-shielding members (21, 22) provided in a matrix manner on the substrate, the light-shielding members (21, 22) having different thicknesses on the substrate depending on positions of the light-shielding members (21, 22).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (100A) according to an embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal display panel including: a first substrate (2) having a pixel electrode (4) formed thereon; a second substrate (3) opposing the first substrate (2); and a liquid crystal layer (1) retained between the first substrate (2) and the second substrate (3). The liquid crystal layer (1) edges near at least one of side faces of the liquid crystal display panel (100A), and includes a black layer (52) in contact with the side face of the liquid crystal layer (1) along which the liquid crystal layer (1) edges near at least one of the side faces of the liquid crystal display panel (100A).

Abstract: Original image data obtained by reading an original is joined with watermark data associated with a watermark for copy control, which appears as a result of making a copy. The watermark generating section sets the spatial frequency of a chromatic halftone pattern of a foreground, which appears as a result of making a copy, lower than the spatial frequency of an achromatic halftone pattern of a foreground, which appears as a result of making a copy. Accordingly, it becomes more difficult to recognize a foreground in an original document when the foreground is generated using an achromatic color, while a foreground in the duplication is recognized clearly when the foreground is generated using a chromatic color.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Pyrimidine Ether Derivatives, compositions comprising a Pyrimidine Ether Derivative, and methods of using the Pyrimidine Ether Derivatives for treating or preventing obesity, diabetes, a metabolic disorder, a cardiovascular disease or a disorder related to the activity of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) in a patient.

Abstract: A first access method changer changes an access control method of a base station device to a third access control method in which a control with a first access control method and a control with a second access control method are performed simultaneously. The first access control method is such that a mobile station device subscribing to the group is allowed to access the base station device. The second access method is such that any mobile station device is allowed to access the base station device. A second access method changer changes the access control method of the base station device from the third access control method changed by the first access method changer to the first access control method.