Abstract: In a digital multi-function peripheral, a QR code generation section generates image data of a QR code on the basis of first data for security of obtained image data. An encryption section encrypts second data for security of the image data. A micro gradation generation section generates a micro gradation (a gradation pattern) on the basis of the second data having been encrypted by the encryption section and history data, and adds the micro gradation to the image data of the QR code generated by the micro gradation QR code generation section.

Abstract: Xenon light emitted from a xenon light source heads for a wavelength-selecting mirror through a taper coupler and an air mass filter. The wavelength-selecting mirror reflects a short wavelength component of the xenon light and emits the short wavelength component to a taper member. Halogen light emitted from a halogen light source heads for a wavelength-selecting mirror through a taper coupler and a reflecting mirror. The wavelength-selecting mirror transmits a long wavelength component of the halogen light and emits the long wavelength component to the taper member. The taper member has width gradually decreasing from an entrance plane for light to an exit plane for the light. The light emitted from the taper member is changed so that a radiation directivity of a component originating from the xenon light becomes similar to a radiation directivity of a component originating from the halogen light.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a paper supply section, a housing member and an ion generating unit. The housing member is disposed at least below the image forming section, and gives the same shape in plane view as the image forming section and the paper supply section. The ion generating unit is contained in the housing member. The ion generating unit includes a duct forming a pathway of flow to guide the air that is sucked in from outside of the housing member again to outside of the housing member, an ion generating device disposed inside the duct, and a fan for generating an air current in the duct.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes: a lower electrode (110); a contact layer (130) including a first contact layer (132), a second contact layer (134) and a third contact layer (136) overlapping with a semiconductor layer (120); and an upper electrode (140) including a first upper electrode (142), a second upper electrode (144) and a third upper electrode (146). The second contact layer (134) includes a first region (134a), and a second region (134b) separate from the first region (134a), and the second upper electrode (144) is directly in contact with the semiconductor layer (120) in a region between the first region (134a) and the second region (134b) of the second contact layer (134).

Abstract: Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a ?-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.005?a?0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a ?-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided.

Abstract: A signal processing device (201) includes noise reduction units (101), cascade-connected to each other, each of which includes: a signal selection section (31) for selecting a representative value from sampled signals obtained from an input signal by sampling a target signal and signals which are away from the target signal by given intervals; a voltage determination section (51) for determining which of a determined representative value and a voltage of the target signal is larger; and a signal output section (61) for increasing or decreasing the voltage of the target signal depending on a result of the determining and outputs the target signal as the output signal. A combination of intervals between the target signal and the signals excluding the target signal vary from noise reduction unit (101) to noise reduction unit (101). A noise reduction unit on a more upstream side has a larger maximum value of the intervals.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus including a control unit made of a display panel and a touch panel display for providing preview display, the touch panel display includes: a finished state preview controller for displaying the finished state of a hard copy formed by the image forming apparatus, on the display panel; and a confirmatory display controller for displaying preview images for confirmation in a turning manner. The display panel includes a first display area for displaying the finished state of the hard copy, a second display area for displaying a image of the page to be turned for confirmation and a third display area for displaying the images that have been displayed for confirmation, in order in a layered manner.

Abstract: A motion detection device (200) receives a signal indicative of a moving image and detects motion between frames with respect to each block region consisting of one or a plurality of adjacent pixels constituting each frame constituting the moving image, and includes: a difference calculation section (220) for obtaining a difference signal (S220) indicative of a difference between adjacent two frames; a first edge detection section (230) for obtaining, with respect to each block region, a first edge signal (S230) included in one of the two frames; a second edge detection section (240) for obtaining, with respect to each block region, a second edge signal (S240) included in the other of the two frames; an edge calculation section (250) for obtaining, with respect to each block region, an edge signal (S250) by adding a product of the first edge signal (S230) and a first coefficient to a product of the second edge signal (S240) and a second coefficient; and a division section (260) for obtaining, with respect to

Abstract: A developing device comprises a first and a second developer conveyance path; a first conveyance member; a second conveyance member; and, a developing roller. A developer collection path guides the developer left on a surface of the developing roller in a direction away from the first developer conveyance path. A third conveyance member is provided in a third developer conveyance path. A toner supply port supplies new toner to the third developer conveyance path. A developer drawing and conveyance path guides the developer supplied with the new toner to the second developer conveyance path. A developer drawing member is provided in the developer drawing and conveyance path for simultaneously agitating and conveying the developer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a thin film transistor having a gate line (3a), a first insulating film (5), an island-shaped oxide semiconductor layer (7a), a second insulating film (9), a source line (13as), a drain electrode (13ad), and a passivation film; and a terminal portion having a first connecting portion (3c) made of the same conductive film as the gate line, a second connecting portion (13c) made of the same conductive film as the source line and the drain electrode, and a third connecting portion (19c) formed on the second connecting portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that can improve the performance of a photodiode that is formed on a same substrate as a thin film transistor without greatly deteriorating the productivity of the semiconductor device. On a glass substrate 30, a base layer 31 having a recess 33b on the surface is formed, and on the base layer 31, an amorphous silicon thin film 42 is formed. The amorphous silicon thin film 42 is melted to form a crystalline silicon thin film 43, while moving the molten silicon into the recess 33b. Of the silicon thin film 43, a silicon film 11 that constitutes a portion of a thin film transistor 10 is formed of the silicon thin film 43 in a part other than the recess 33b, while a silicon film 21 that constitutes a portion of a photodiode 20 is formed of the silicon thin film 43 in the recess 33b.

Abstract: A remote support site having a detector internally collecting information on a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic of a media-playing set or television and a server enabling specification of a preferred setting for such characteristic from this information. A method including maintaining a remote site, therefrom internally collecting information from the set about a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic, and therefrom specifying a preferred setting for such characteristic. A similar method but information detected upon user request about user-adjustable component for selecting on-screen characteristic and final step is remotely adjusting component. A similar method but information is about broadcast characteristic potentially selectable initially by user instead remotely specified initially. A similar method but information is about plural broadcast characteristics and final step is remotely providing settings for each.

Abstract: In an image display device having a parallax barrier element, a bright display with a broad viewing range can be realized. The image display device according to the present invention includes: a display panel having a first group of pixels for displaying a first image and a second group of pixels for displaying a second image; and a parallax barrier element for separating display light emitted from the first group of pixels and display light emitted from the second group of pixels, the parallax barrier element including a plurality of light-shielding portions and a plurality of light-transmitting portions which are alternately positioned within the same plane. The parallax barrier element includes converging elements respectively provided for the plurality of light-transmitting portions.

Abstract: A light guide element includes a light-emitting section including a light-emitting surface, a light guide section, and a diffusing device provided in at least part of a region extending from a boundary surface between the light-emitting section and the light guide section, to point halfway between the boundary surface and an end of the light guide section closer to the light source. The light guide element might be used to form a backlight for a liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: After depressed portions (4) have been formed in advance in that surface of a Si substrate (1) on which Si single films (8) are to be formed, that surface of the Si substrate (1) on which the Si single films are to be formed and an intermediate substrate (5) are bonded together, and elements are separated from each other by grinding the Si substrate (1) from the bottom wall side of the depressed portions (4).

Abstract: Provided is a monolithic gate driver capable of performing block-reversal driving without causing deterioration of display quality or an increase in power consumption. Gate bus lines are divided into z blocks. Agate driver (400) is provided with a block scanning circuit (40), as well as odd-numbered line scanning circuits (42) each provided for each block and even-numbered line scanning circuits (44) each provided for each block. The block scanning circuit (40) sequentially selects the first to z-th blocks one by one, and alternately selects the odd-numbered line scanning circuits (42) and the even-numbered line scanning circuits (44). Each of the odd-numbered line scanning circuits (42) sequentially and selectively drives the odd-numbered gate bus lines included in the corresponding block. Each of the even-numbered line scanning circuits (44) sequentially and selectively drives the even-numbered gate bus lines included in the corresponding block.

Abstract: An image processing system for processing a target pixel to be processed, which target pixel corresponds to inputted image data, a plurality of pixels including the target pixel being arranged in a matrix manner, includes an NR circuit (106). The NR circuit (106) includes a signal processing process circuit (114) for carrying out subtraction or addition, with respect to a pixel value Aij of the target pixel, of a value equivalent to a noise quantity Er calculated in advance, in a case where the pixel value Aij of the target pixel is larger or smaller, respectively, than a first couple of estimated values Bij and Cij for the pixel value Aij of the target pixel, the first couple of estimated values Bij and Cij being estimated from pixel values of respective pixels adjacent to the target pixel, centered at the target pixel, in a temporal axis or in a spatial axis.

Abstract: A communication system includes a reception device and at least one transmission device. The transmission device includes: a signal transmission unit which transmits at least one unicast signals and a multicast signal to the reception device. The reception device includes: a plurality of signal reception units which receive at least one the unicast signals and the multicast signal from the transmission device; a first control unit which receives the unicast signals from the transmission device using all of the plurality of signal reception units when only the unicast signals are received; and a second control unit which receives the unicast signals from the transmission device using some of the plurality of signal reception units, and simultaneously receives the multicast signal from the transmission device using another signal reception unit of the plurality of signal reception units, when the unicast signals and the multicast signal are received.

Abstract: A substrate for use in a display panel includes a transparent substrate and a light blocking layer which includes two layers of different optical densities. A low optical density layer that is one of the two layers of different optical densities which has a lower optical density is interposed between a high optical density layer that is the other one of the two layers which has a higher optical density and the transparent substrate. The sum of the optical density of the low optical density layer and the optical density of the high optical density layer is not less than 3.0. According to the present invention, a substrate which includes a low-reflectance light blocking layer is provided, the substrate being suitably used as a color filter substrate of a display device which has a low reflection structure, such as a low reflection film.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel which allows high quality display by suppressing a disturbance of liquid crystal molecule alignment caused by formation of liquid crystal alignment control protrusions. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention is a liquid crystal display panel including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, one of the pair of the substrates including a colored layer, a light-shielding layer, and walled liquid crystal alignment control protrusions projecting toward the other substrate, the liquid crystal alignment control protrusions including a main protrusion and a secondary protrusion lower than the main protrusion, the secondary protrusion being provided on the colored layer along a borderline between the colored layer and the light-shielding layer, and the light-shielding layer having a narrower width in a region adjacent to the secondary protrusion.