Abstract: According to the insulated gate transistor, a gate electrode (11A) is provided on a main surface of a glass substrate (2); a first part of an insulating layer (gate insulating layer (30) and transparent inorganic insulating layer (60)) is thicker than a second part of the insulating layer (gate insulating layer (30)), the first part being between (i) the gate electrode (11A) and (ii) a source electrode (12) and a drain electrode (21) of the insulated gate transistor, and the second part being between (i) the gate electrode (11A) and (ii) a channel section (31A) of the insulated gate transistor. This makes it possible to reduce parasitic capacitor without deteriorating characteristics of the transistor.

Abstract: A toner discharging device has a toner containing section, a toner discharging member, and a toner discharging section. The toner discharging section has a toner discharge port formed by opening a vertically lower part of the cylindrical wall. The toner discharging member has a rotation axis; a toner discharge plate fixed to the rotation axis at a position facing the discharge port in the vicinity of one end of the discharging section and vertically above the discharge port; an elastic helical blade being fixed, to the discharge plate and being stretchable in a direction of the rotation axis; and a helical blade section having a helical blade fixed to the rotation axis over an area in the vicinity of another end of the discharging section and an area within the containing section where the discharge plate and the elastic helical blade are not formed.

Abstract: In an active matrix display device including pixels of three colors having a stripe arrangement or a delta arrangement, n (n denotes a multiple of 3 that is 6 or larger) adjacent data lines form one group and are connected to a source signal output line. The ON/OFF of a selection switch provided for each data line is controlled so that, among the n data lines forming one group, data lines corresponding to pixels of a color with a contribution to brightness smaller than a contribution of at least another color among the three colors are connected first and last with the source signal output line during one horizontal period.

Abstract: An image display device which performs area-active drive suppresses occurrence of flickering that is caused when displaying dynamic images due to the emission luminance of each area being determined on the basis of a maximum or mean value of pixel luminances within that area. An emission luminance calculation section (151) divides an input image (31) into a plurality of areas, and obtains luminances upon emission of LEDs (first emission luminances) (32) in the areas. A maximum luminance position eccentricity coefficient calculation section (152) obtains maximum luminance position eccentricity coefficients (33) indicating maximum luminance positions in the areas. An emission luminance correction section (153) corrects the first emission luminances (32) on the basis of the maximum luminance position eccentricity coefficients (33) and contribution ratios (34) stored in an LED filter (156).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to quinolinone compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.

Abstract: A base station device includes: a re-synchronization factor detector that detects an uplink re-synchronization factor of a mobile station device; a data controller that generates, when the re-synchronization factor detector detects the uplink re-synchronization factor, data in which information indicative of an uplink synchronization request addressed to the mobile station device is set to a region on a radio frame to which parameters to be used for synchronous communication with the mobile station device are to be set; and a transmitter that transmits data generated by the data controller.

Abstract: With an improved light use efficiency, the light detection sensitivity of a thin film diode is increased even if the semiconductor layer of the thin film diode has a small thickness. On one side of a substrate (101), a thin film diode (130) including a first semiconductor layer (131) that has at least an n-type region (131n) and a p-type region (131p) is provided. A light-shielding layer (160) is disposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer. The surface of the light-shielding layer facing the first semiconductor layer has depressions and protrusions formed thereon. The surface of the first semiconductor layer facing the light-shielding layer is flatter than the surface of the light-shielding layer on which the depressions and protrusions are formed. The light that falls on the light-shielding layer is diffusely reflected and enters the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin film photoelectric conversion module includes the steps of forming a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements connected in series on a substrate, and carrying out reverse bias processing simultaneously on a group of photoelectric conversion elements including a plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements positioned with one or a plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements interposed between each of them, by applying a plurality of voltages electrically isolated from one another to the group of photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensor device and an electronic apparatus each of which does not make malfunction derived from outside ambient light such as sunlight. In the sensor device, an ADC outputs, to one of two input terminals of a comparison circuit, second data which is a digital value ADCOUT corresponding to a current Iin?I1 being the result of subtraction from a current I1 from a current Iin and which is larger than a threshold Data_th.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of a high image quality is provided in which occurrence of a leakage current between pixel electrodes is prevented. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention has a plurality of pixels 10, including a first pixel 10a and a second pixel 10b which are side by side along the first direction. The liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate 60 which includes a first electrode 20a provided in the first pixel 10a and a second electrode 20b provided in the second pixel 10b; a second substrate 70 which is arranged so as to oppose the first substrate 60; and a liquid crystal layer 80 interposed between the first substrate 60 and the second substrate 70. The first electrode 20a includes a plurality of first branch portions 30a extending toward the second pixel 10b. The second electrode 20b includes a plurality of second branch portions 30b extending toward the first pixel 10a side.

Abstract: Processes useful for the preparation of a Compound of Formula I: Formula (I). Intermediates useful for the preparation of the compound of Formula I, and processes useful for preparing said intermediates are disclosed.

Abstract: A development device mounted on an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a photoconductive drum in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on a surface thereof, the development device comprising: a developer tank; a development roller that is provided in the developer tank; first and second developer conveying paths; and first and second developer conveying spiral members that conveying the developer in the circulating manner in the first and second developer conveying paths, wherein at least one of the first and second developer conveying spiral members further includes an end blade that is provided at one end of the rotary shaft, the end blade includes: a spiral blade portion that is fixed to the circumferential surface of the rotary shaft; and a circumferential agitating plate portion that is fixed to a circumferential portion of the spiral blade portion.

Abstract: A transmitter communicating with a receiver, the transmitter including: a first hopping sequence generation unit which generates a hopping sequence whose hopping subcarrier interval is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value based on a cell ID; a first reference signal pattern generation unit which generates a reference signal pattern based on a reference signal basic pattern including a predetermined known signal sequence and the hopping sequence generated by the first hopping sequence generation unit; an arrangement unit which arranges the reference signal and a data symbol in a predetermined position within the symbol, based on the reference signal pattern generated by the first reference signal pattern generation unit; and a signal transmission unit which transmits the symbol having the reference signal and the data symbol arranged by the arrangement unit to the receiver.

Abstract: In this ion generation apparatus, an induction electrode is formed on a surface of a first printed substrate, a hole is opened on the inside of the induction electrode, a needle electrode is mounted on a second printed substrate, and a tip end portion of the needle electrode is inserted in the hole. Therefore, even if the ion generation apparatus is placed in a high-humidity environment with dust accumulating on the first and the second printed substrates, the ion generation apparatus can prevent a current from leaking between the needle electrode and the induction electrode.

Abstract: An alkali/oxidant battery is provided with an associated method of creating battery capacity. The battery is made from an anode including a reduced first alkali metal such as lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K), when the battery is charged. The battery's catholyte includes an element, in the battery charged state, such as nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOOH), magnesium(IV) (oxide Mn(4+)O2), or iron(III) oxyhydroxide (Fe(3+)(OH)3), with the alkali metal hydroxide. An alkali metal ion permeable separator is interposed between the anolyte and the catholyte. For example, if the catholyte includes nickel(II) hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) in a battery discharged state, then it includes NiOOH in a battery charged state. To continue the example, the anolyte may include dissolved lithium ions (Li+) in a discharged state, with solid phase reduced Li formed on the anode in the battery charged state.

Abstract: This panel composite body 1 according to the present invention is provided with: a main panel 11 that has a large first substrate 111 and a small second substrate 112, the edge portion 111a of the large substrate 111 protruding further outwards than the edge portion 112a of the small substrate 112, and that has a polarizing plate 115 arranged on the outer surface 112c side of the second substrate so as to fit on the plate surface of the second substrate 112; a plate member 12 that, protruding further outwards than the edge portion 112a of the second substrate 112, sandwiches the polarizing plate 115 together with the second substrate 112; and an adhesive layer 21 that, bonding the main panel 11 and the plate member 12, is disposed between the polarizing plate 115 and the plate member 12 and, so as to cover the edge portion of the polarizing plate 115, between the second substrate 112 and the plate member 12.

Abstract: The thickness of a rear surface-side inorganic film (9) formed from the same material as that of each of front surface-side inorganic films (11, 13, and 16) and provided at a rear surface side of a resin substrate (10) having a heat resistance is set in a predetermined range with respect to the total thickness of the front surface-side inorganic films (11, 13, and 16) so that the curvature diameter calculated based on the linear elastic modulus, the coefficient of linear expansion, and the thickness of the resin substrate (10); the linear elastic moduli, the coefficients of linear expansion, and the total thickness of the front surface-side inorganic films (11, 13, and 16); and the linear elastic modulus, the coefficient of linear expansion, and the thickness of the rear surface-side inorganic film (9) is 20 mm or more or ?20 mm or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a first step of arranging a display panel (110) inside a housing (130); a second step including a light guide lens formation step of forming a curved surface (151b) of a light guide lens (151) into a concave-convex surface having surface roughness of 40-250 ?m, and a cover layer formation step of forming a light guide member (150) in such a manner that the curved surface (151b) of the light guide lens (151) is covered by a cover layer (152) to form an image-display-side surface of the cover layer (152) into a non-concave-convex surface; and a third step of bonding the light guide member (150) to a surface of an outer peripheral edge part of the display panel (110) and a surface of the window frame (130).

Abstract: Provided is an illumination device capable of reducing coherence of laser light emitted from a laser irradiation device to ensure safety to the eye at low cost. In the illumination device for exciting a fluorescent substance by irradiating the fluorescent substance with the laser light from the laser irradiation device to emit visible light for use as illumination light, a light scattering material is placed on and around an optical axis of the laser light.

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a light emitting diode (LED) using three-dimensional gallium nitride (GaN) pillar structures with planar surfaces. The method forms a plurality of GaN pillar structures, each with an n-doped GaN (n-GaN) pillar and planar sidewalls perpendicular to the c-plane, formed in either an m-plane or a-plane family. A multiple quantum well (MQW) layer is formed overlying the n-GaN pillar sidewalls, and a layer of p-doped GaN (p-GaN) is formed overlying the MQW layer. The plurality of GaN pillar structures are deposited on a first substrate, with the n-doped GaN pillar sidewalls aligned parallel to a top surface of the first substrate. A first end of each GaN pillar structure is connected to a first metal layer. The second end of each GaN pillar structure is etched to expose the n-GaN pillar second end and connected to a second metal layer.