Abstract: A direct-viewing type display device (100A) of the present invention includes: a display panel which has a display region (10A) that can be altered into a transparent state and a frame region (10F) provided outside the display region; and a light-transmitting cover (20) provided on a front side of the display panel. The light-transmitting cover includes a lens portion (22) positioned so as to overlap a region that includes part of the frame region of the display panel and part of a peripheral display region (10D) within the display region which adjoins the part of the frame region. The display device further includes a housing (30) which has a housing portion (36) provided at least on a side surface (10b) of the display panel. Part of light going out from the part of the peripheral display region and/or part of light entering the housing portion on a rear side goes out on a front side of the housing portion (36).

Abstract: A multifunctional apparatus comprises a main power board, electricity feed switching section, operating panel and control section. The main power board supplies electric power to a plurality of processing units. The electricity feed switching section allows a user to switch electricity feed status between the main power board and the respective processing units separately. The operating panel displays an icon depicting the apparatus and electricity feed status of the processing units of the apparatus. The control section controls the electricity feed switching section so as to switch electricity feed status to the processing unit of which icon a user touches, and causes to display on the operation panel modes of operation associated with the processing unit. The control section controls the electricity feed switching section so as to switch the electricity feed status to one or more processing units associated with the mode of operation that a user has selected.

Abstract: The digital complex machine is constructed to split data corresponding to an image read by the image reading unit and output a split image separately from a read image. A split image is extracted by the partial image extracting unit on the basis of area designation by the user through the display-operation input unit or on the basis of an extraction result of feature information by the character recognizing unit or attribute information of a highlighted character. Data corresponding to a partial image is then generated by the print image generating unit and a partial image is printed on a sheet different from a read image by the print control unit. Otherwise, electronic data corresponding to a partial image is transmitted to another digital complex machine, a PC, a mobile phone, a server, a USB memory and the like.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that improves operability while securing security of image data stored in an apparatus. In the image forming apparatus having a filing function, when image data is stored with the filing function, a password of a user authenticated by an authenticating portion is set as a password for storing the image data, and at the time of reading image data with the filing function, when the password of the user authenticated by the authenticating portion is set to the image data, the password of the image data is released.

Abstract: A communication device configured for transmission of Acknowledgement and Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) is described. The communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The communication device determines one or more thresholds based on a size of one or more code words and generates a compressed ACK/NACK sequence. The compressed ACK/NACK sequence identifies one or more correctly received code words and one or more incorrectly received code words if the number of incorrectly received code words is less than the threshold. If the number of incorrectly received code words is greater than the threshold, the compressed ACK/NACK sequence indicates that all of the one or more code words were incorrectly received.

Abstract: A transmission channel selection method includes: collects information for calculating evaluation values of each of a plurality of transmission channels, and calculates separate evaluation values of the transmission channels individually with respect to each of a plurality of mobile stations; reduces the number of candidates for the transmission channels with respect to the plurality of mobile stations using the separate evaluation values; collects information for jointly calculating evaluation values of the transmission channels with respect to at least one of the plurality of mobile stations, and calculates the joint-separate evaluation values; and selects the communication paths of the plurality of mobile stations using the separate evaluation values and the joint-separate evaluation values.

Abstract: A vapor deposition source (60), a limiting plate unit (80), and a vapor deposition mask (70) are disposed in this order. The limiting plate unit includes a plurality of limiting plates (81) disposed along a first direction. The side surfaces of the limiting plates defining a limiting space (82) in the first direction are configured such that a portion having a dimension in the first direction of the limiting space between the limiting plates neighboring in the first direction wider than a narrowest portion (81n) having a narrowest dimension in the first direction of the limiting space is formed on at least the vapor deposition source side with respect to the narrowest portion. Accordingly, a coating film whose edge blur is suppressed can be formed at a desired position on a large-sized substrate.

Abstract: A photovoltaic system includes multiple series module units in each of which multiple photovoltaic modules are connected in series, multiple photovoltaic elements being implemented on a module implementation unit in each of the photovoltaic modules. The series module units are connected to each other in parallel, and the photovoltaic modules arranged in a same series stage are connected to each other in parallel.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus capable of simultaneous reduction in memory capacity and compressibility error. An output image data generating means 11 generates processed image data based on specific reference data and preprocessed image data. Reference data generating means 5 repeatedly executes an identical processing in one term made up of not less than two consecutive frames. When an object frame is a top frame in the term, restored reference data generated by data expanding means 15 is outputted as data expanding means. When the object frame is a second or subsequent frame in the term, simulated specific reference data is generated based on the restored reference data generated by the data expanding means 15 and preprocessed image data of the object frame, and outputted as specific reference data.

Abstract: A light guiding element has a first principal surface, a second principal surface which opposes the first principal surface, a first lateral surface which intersects with the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and a second lateral surface which opposes the first lateral surface. The light guiding element allows light incoming from the first lateral surface to propagate between the first principal surface and the second principal surface. The light guiding element includes a portion in which a refractive index varies substantially continuously from the first principal surface toward the second principal surface.

Abstract: A method for making a stamper which has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): ? ? ? x , y ? m ? ? i ? ? n < 1 ni + ni · sin ? ? ? ? ? i ma ? ? x ( 1 ) where ?min is the shortest wavelength of the incoming light ray, ?imax is the largest angle of incidence of the incoming light ray, ni is the refractive index of an incidence medium, ?x is the period of the uneven surface pattern in the x direction, and ?y is the period of the pattern in the y direction. As a result, diffraction of short-wave light components can be reduced in a broad wavelength range.

Abstract: The timing controller determines the number of data lanes (11, 12, 13), which are used to transfer data, based on information in relation to an amount of data to be transferred during a predetermined time period. Out of the plurality of data lanes (11, 12, 13), the determined number of data lane(s) (11, 12, 13) are used to transfer data. Further, a data lane(s) (11, 12, 13) which is not used in the data transfer is deactivated.

Abstract: The peripheral information generating apparatus includes (i) a projection section for forming a projection pattern L, which at least partially has a continuous profile, on a road by irradiating the road with light, (ii) an image capturing section, and (iii) an image analyzing section for generating peripheral information, which indicates a peripheral situation of the peripheral information generating apparatus and of the road, by analyzing the projection pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensor builtin display apparatus that controls blurring of a sensor image and a drop in resolution of the sensor image. The photosensor builtin display apparatus includes an active matrix substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a counter substrate having a counter electrode opposed to the plurality pixel electrodes, a display medium layer interposed between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate, and a photosensor arranged within a pixel region of the active matrix substrate. When the photosensor (in an area a(i+1, j+1), for example) performs an image capturing operation, the display medium layer right above the photosensor is configured to be in a light-blocking state, and the display medium diagonally above the photosensor (in an area a(i,j)) is configured to be in a light-transmissive state.

Abstract: The heat exchanger (1) comprises: two header pipes (2),(3) arranged in parallel with an interval therebetween; a plurality of flat tubes (4) which are arranged between the header pipes and which place coolant paths (5) provided therein in communication with the interior of the header pipes; a plurality of fins (6) attached to the flat surface of each flat tube; and side sheets (10U), (10D) attached to an outside of the fins (6aU), (6aD), which are positioned farthest outward among the plurality of fins. The side sheet (10D) positioned in the bottom part of the heat exchanger (1) has a plurality of notches (11) formed at intervals from each other on the edge of the side where condensed water collects in the heat exchanger (1). The notches are each provided with a width sufficient for covering the interval pitch (P) of the fin by several pitch lengths.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (1) includes: a flexible first plastic substrate (11); a TFT substrate (10) having a terminal region (T) on the first plastic substrate (11) where a terminal (27) and a wire electrode (28) are formed; a CF substrate (20) facing the TFT substrate (10) and having a flexible second plastic substrate (13); and a liquid crystal layer (25) provided between the TFT substrate (10) and the CF substrate (20). The liquid crystal display panel (1) includes a metal layer (15) provided on a surface of the second plastic substrate (13) which faces the terminal region (T) to reflect laser light, and a protection film (16) sandwiched between the TFT substrate (10) and the CF substrate (20) to cover the metal layer (15).

Abstract: A mobile station device efficiently transmits an ACK/NACK of more than 11 bits on a physical uplink channel. A mobile station device for communicating with a base station device divides a plurality of ACKs/NACKs indicating success or failure of decoding of a plurality of pieces of uplink data received from the base station device, separately encodes the divided ACKs/NACKs, and changes a method for concatenating the encoded bits of the separately encoded ACKs/NACKs in accordance with whether the ACKs/NACKs are to be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel or a physical uplink shared channel.

Abstract: At least a part of a shield plate (3) and a shutter (4) is constituted by a plurality of small pieces (3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b) linked to one another, and each of the plurality of small pieces (3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b) is provided with a linking section or linking sections by which each of the plurality of small pieces is linkable to one another and delinkable from one another.

Abstract: A storage container can maintain a temperature inside a storage room not to cause a temperature distribution for a certain time even if the operation is stopped. In a storage container 1 storing preserved goods and having an electrical cooling function, the storage container 1 includes a container body 10 and a door 20. A space enclosed by the container body 10 and the door 20 forms a storage room 100. The container body 10 and the door 20 have respectively heat insulating portions 12, 22 and heat accumulating portions 14, 24. The heat accumulating portions 14, 24 are each made of at least one type of material that causes liquid-solid phase transition at a temperature between a controllable temperature inside the storage room 100 and a living environmental temperature.

Abstract: In the case of plural viewers viewing the 3D image, it is difficult to implement the display condition requested by the individual viewer without the viewer's burden for manipulating to change to the image requested by the viewer. A stereoscopic-image display apparatus is provided with a viewer detecting unit that identifies the viewer, and a viewer/stereoscopic eyewear database that stores and manages individual data for each of the viewers and stereoscopic eyewears. The stereoscopic-image display apparatus automatically instructs the stereoscopic eyewear utilized by the viewer to implement the display condition requested by the viewer.