Abstract: The display device is provided with X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which cross with a first insulating layer in between and a number of Z electrodes which are electrically floating from each other with a second insulating layer in between. The Z electrodes are arranged so that each Z electrode overlaps both an adjacent X electrode and Y electrode. The pad portion of a first X electrode has such a form that the area is maximum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode and the area is minimum in the vicinity of the fine wire portion of an adjacent second X electrode, and the area of the pad portion is smaller towards the direction in which the distance increases away from the vicinity of the fine wire portion of the first X electrode. A pulse signal is sequentially applied to one set of X electrodes or Y electrodes.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes at least one storage disk fixed to a hub mounted on a motor by a disk fixing mechanism, and a head configured to read and write information from and to the storage disk. The disk fixing mechanism includes a clamp ring, including a mounting hole on an inner peripheral side thereof through which the clamp ring is attached to the hub by a screw and a pressing portion for pressing the disk and a balance adjustment recess on an outer peripheral side thereof, and a balance wire attached to the balance adjustment recess. A first portion from the inner peripheral side to the pressing portion of the clamp ring and a second portion with the balance adjustment recess are formed of different materials.

Abstract: A base station communicating with a mobile station in a radio communication system by using OFDM for downlink is disclosed. The base station includes a sequence selecting unit configured to select multiple synchronization signal sequences; a synchronization signal generating unit configured to generate a secondary synchronization channel based on a part of the selected synchronization signal sequences and another part of the selected synchronization signal sequences; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the secondary synchronization channel. The secondary synchronization channel is used to detect cell-specific information.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a removal promoter for apoptotic cells which is capable of immediately removing apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages, or a removal inhibitor which inhibits the removal of apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages. A removal promoter for apoptotic cells in vivo containing the milk fat globule-EGF factor 8-L (MFG-E8-L), MFG-E8-L mutant having removal promotion action for apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages, or preferably a recombinant human or mouse MFG-E8-L, or a recombinant human or mouse MFG-E8-L mutant as an active ingredient is prepared. Such removal promoters specifically bind to apoptotic cells and promote the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by macrophages by recognizing aminophospholipids such as phosphatidylserine exposed on apoptotic cell surface. On the other hand, a point mutation (D89E) MFG-E8-L mutant is used as a removal inhibitor.

Abstract: A cabinet of a projection type display unit includes a base cabinet on which main component parts are mounted, and a top cover made from sheet metal which is mounted so as to cover the base cabinet, wherein a rear face portion of the top cover is formed in the shape of a curved surface being laid-down U-shaped in side view. The U-shaped curved surface is formed on an ergonomic basis, so that the rear face portion can be gripped securely even with one hand. On the back side of the top cover, bosses are integrally formed by use of a resin which is a different material from the sheet metal of the top cover, and the base cabinet and the top cover are fixed by fastening screws to the bosses from the base cabinet side.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels which are mounted on the substrate, each pixel including a pixel electrode; and switching elements which are mounted on the substrate, each switching element being connected to the pixel electrode. The substrate includes: a flexible insulation substrate; a first insulation layer which is formed over the insulation substrate and includes a plurality of insulation films which are spaced apart from each other, and the switching element is formed on any one of the respective insulation films. The display device can enhance flexibility thereof while forming relatively hard background films thereon.

Abstract: An imaging optical system a high quality image may be implemented by determining the optimum design conditions for suppressing the generation of ghost while holding uniform and sufficient light using a simulation method. In the imaging optical system having a slit, the requirements for removing the stray light are the inclination of a lens arrangement direction, the slit width, the lens pitch, the view angle, and the height of the light-shielding wall. The slit location, the lens thickness, and the lens row width do not affect the stray light removal, but affect the brightness. In the imaging optical system having no slit, the essential requirements for removing the stray light are the height of the light-shielding wall and the lens pitch. The lens thickness and the lens row width do not affect the stray light removal, but affect the brightness.

Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of preparing an SOQ (Silicon On Quartz) substrate in which a semiconductor layer is formed on a quartz substrate; forming a plurality of semiconductor device forming regions in the SOQ substrate; forming a crack inspection pattern in the SOQ substrate; inspecting the crack inspection pattern to detect a crack in the crack inspection pattern in a first inspection step; and inspecting the semiconductor device forming regions to detect a crack in the semiconductor device forming regions in a second inspection step when the crack is detected in the crack inspection pattern in the first inspection step.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a zinc oxide based sputtering target includes the step of producing a zinc oxide based sputtering target by using ?-Al2O3 as a dopant material.

Abstract: In a pretensioner device, engaging teeth of a pinion (rotating body) have first projections which project-out toward the other side in the peripheral direction of a cam portion. Meshing claws of a clutch plate have second projections which project-out toward a one side in the peripheral direction of the cam portion, and whose gear portion side end surfaces face the first projections. In a state before operation of the pretensioner device, movement of the clutch plate toward one side in the axial direction with respect to the pinion is restricted due to the second projections engaging with the first projections. Accordingly, in the pretensioner device, in the state before operation, even if some type of external force is applied to the clutch plate, positional offset of the clutch plate toward the one side in the axial direction with respect to the pinion can be prevented.

Abstract: A substrate is made of a crystallized glass having translucency and an average linear thermal expansion coefficient of ?5×10?7/° C. at 30 to 500° C. The substrate has a first surface (working surface) of a smooth surface having a surface roughness Rmax of less than 0.5 ?m, and a second surface (non-working surface) of a rough surface having a surface roughness Rmax of 4 ?m. A light shielding layer consisting of a light shielding film and an antioxidant film is formed on the second surface of the substrate through sputtering.

Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a tool body, a nose part for ejecting a nail, which is provided in a lower part of the tool body, an air chamber for storing compressed air, which is provided in the tool body, an air supply pipe for supplying the compressed air from an air supply source to the air chamber, an air duster, an air duster pipeline connected to an air outlet of the air duster, and an air duster valve for controlling supply of the compressed air to the air duster pipeline.

Abstract: A fuel pump control device is for a fuel supply system for an engine. The system includes a fuel tank, a subtank, a fuel pump pumping fuel in the subtank for supply to the engine, a pressure regulator regulating fuel pressure from the fuel pump within a set pressure, and a jet pump pumping fuel in the fuel tank into the subtank through pumping action by a fuel ejection flow to the fuel tank through a return pipe of the regulator. The device includes a fuel level detecting unit for detecting fuel tank level and a control unit for controlling fuel discharge amount from the fuel pump. The control unit sets jet pump drive correction amount of fuel for driving the jet pump based on the fuel tank level. The control unit increases the fuel discharge amount from the fuel pump by the correction amount to drive the jet pump.

Abstract: An integrated value of discharge quantity of a fuel pump is used as a parameter evaluating a pressure loss of a fuel filter. A target discharge quantity is obtained by correcting a fuel quantity required by an engine with a filter pressure loss correction amount corresponding to an integrated value of the discharged quantity. A target rotational speed of the fuel pump is computed based on the target discharge quantity, so that the target rotational speed is corrected in accordance with the pressure loss of the fuel filter. Alternatively, the target rotational speed may be corrected in accordance with a deterioration degree of the fuel pump.

Abstract: An image forming system having: a sheet feeding unit which cuts a roll sheet and feeds cut sheets; a stack unit which stacks and stores the sheets fed by the sheet feeding unit and feeds the stored sheets; an image forming portion which forms an image on the sheets fed from the stack unit; and a controlling unit configured to control the feeding unit and the stack unit so that the stack unit feeds a sheet stored in the stack unit to the image forming portion when the sheet feeding unit feeds a sheet to the stack unit so as to stack the sheet from the sheet feeding unit into the stack unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a rechargeable electronic timepiece that restarts the operation of a clock circuit by inputting a power source, thereby securely confirming the clock operation. The electronic timepiece includes a first power source (2), a clock circuit (8) connected to the first power source, a power source input detecting circuit (86) for detecting an input of a second power source (3), a switch circuit (7, 9) for connecting the first power source and the second power source, and a control circuit (87) for controlling the switch circuit to connect the first power source and the second power source so that the first power source is charged by the second power source thereby operating the clock circuit when the power source input detecting circuit detects an input of the second power source.

Abstract: In an image forming optical system having a positive lens group, a negative lens group, and an aperture stop, the negative lens group is disposed at an image side of the of the aperture stop, the negative lens group has a cemented lens which is formed by cementing a plurality of lenses, and in a rectangular coordinate system in which, a horizontal axis is let to be Nd and a vertical axis is let to be ?d, when a straight line indicated by Nd=?×?d+? (where, ?=?0.017) is set, Nd and ?d of at least one lens forming the cemented lens are included in both of areas namely, an area which is determined by a line when a lower limit value is in a range of a following conditional expression (1), and a line when an upper limit value is in a range of the following conditional expression (1), and an area determined by following conditional expressions (2) and (3). 1.45<?<2.15??(1) 1.30<Nd<2.20??(2) 3<?d<12??(3) Here, Nd denotes a refractive index, and ?d denotes an Abbe's number.

Abstract: A 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative or a salt thereof is not harmful to a crop and is remarkably effective against agricultural or horticultural plant diseases such as Pyricularia oryzae, Septoria nodorum, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Colletotrichum orbiculare, and an agricultural or horticultural plant disease-controlling agent containing the derivative or its salt as an active ingredient. The 1,2-benzoisothiazole derivative is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and R2 is a methyl group or a halogen atom), or a salt thereof.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus determines process items needed as exchanged components and an order of executing the process items needed for a plurality of kinds of exchanged components based on priority order information of the process items and causes a display unit to control a display for ordering to execute process items needed for the components according to the determined order of execution.