Abstract: In an information providing system, an information providing server comprises an assigning unit for configuring multiple fields containing at least one field block, and assigning keywords to each of the field blocks of the fields according to predetermined conditions, a setting unit for selecting at least one assigned keyword from the field block of each field, and combining these to set a combination keyword, and a placement unit for placing contents components equivalent to the combination keyword, according to the positions assigned to the selected keywords. Also, a user terminal device comprises a reception unit for receiving information to be displayed on a screen, generated by keywords being assigned to the field blocks of the fields according to predetermined conditions, and the contents components being placed at positions respectively assigned to the selected keywords, and a display unit for displaying on a screen, based on the information for screen display.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal printer which provides ease of maintenance, such as ease of replacement of the thermal head, and which can shorten the time required for maintenance work and reduce maintenance cost.

Abstract: The invention provides an electro-optical device capable of a high-quality and high-definition tone display, a driving method thereof, a driving circuit thereof, and electronic equipment using the same. With the invention, one field is divided into a plurality of sub-fields, such that each pixel is turned on or off in each of the sub-fields so that the proportion of the period during which each pixel is turned on to the period during which the associated pixel is turned off within the one field corresponds to the proportion according to the tone data. Further, when each pixel is turned on, either a first voltage which is higher than a constant reference voltage applied to a counter electrode or a second voltage which is lower than the reference voltage is applied to a pixel electrode of the associated pixel, and when the pixel is turned off, a voltage equal to the reference voltage is applied to the pixel electrode of the pixel.

Abstract: Forwarding and cutting method of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet using a printing device for printing on a printable layer of a heat sensitive adhesive sheet formed by the printable layer on one surface of a sheet-shaped substrate and a heat sensitive adhesive layer on the other surface thereof and first forwarding device for forwarding the heat sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, a cutter provided in a posterior stage to the printing device, a thermal activating device including heating means provided in the posterior stage to the cutter, for heating the heat sensitive adhesive layer and second forwarding device for forwarding the heat sensitive adhesive sheet in a predetermined direction, an operation of the first forwarding device is stopped so as to cut the sheet by the cutter after temporarily loosening the sheet between the cutter and the thermal activating device according to speed control of the first and second forwarding devices.

Abstract: To reduce vertical crosstalk and thereby enhance or improve image quality in an electro-optical device employing time-division driving. In a predetermined period, a corrective voltage Vamd with a predetermined voltage level and time-series data voltages V(1,1) to V(3,1) are outputted to an output line DO1. The corrective voltage Vamd is applied simultaneously to data lines X1 to X3 connected to the output line DO1. The time-series data voltages V(1,1) to V(3,1) are time-divisionally separated into segments and the segmented data voltages V(1,1) to V(3,1) are allocated to any of the data lines X1 to X3.

Abstract: To attain an object of providing an insert for holding wide-ranging kinds of area array type electronic components and realizing certain connection between external terminals of an area array type electronic component and connection terminals of a socket, and an electronic component testing apparatus and an electronic component testing method using the same, a thin plate 163 for supporting an IC device 2 is positioned between an external terminal face 23 of the IC device 2 and a connection terminal face 42 of a socket 40, and a thickness of the thin plate 163 is made to be approximately equal to or less than a distance between a tip portion of the external terminals 22 and the external terminal face 23.

Abstract: An IC tester which is capable of reducing the time required before completion of testing on all of ICs to be tested is provided. The depth (length in the Y-axis direction) of the constant temperature chamber 4 and the exit chamber 5 is expanded by a dimension corresponding approximately to one transverse width (length of the minor edge) of the rectangular test tray 3, and two generally parallel test tray transport paths or alternatively a widened test tray transport path broad enough to transport two test trays simultaneously with the two test trays juxtaposed in a direction transverse to the widened test tray transport path are provided in the section of test tray transport path extending from the soak chamber 41 in the constant temperature chamber 4 through the testing section 42 in the constant temperature chamber 4 to the exit chamber 5 so that two test trays may be simultaneously transported along the two test tray transport paths or the widened test tray transport path.

Abstract: A screen display apparatus for controlling the size each display area to appropriately display content information of each display area into one display screen. The screen display apparatus includes a selection accept block for accepting selection of first content information displayed in a first display area, a content information acquisition block for acquiring the content information associated with the selected first content information, this content information being second content information located on a layer below the first content information, and, in order to allocate a second display area for displaying the second content information to the display screen, a display area control block for controlling either or both of the first display area and the second display area.

Abstract: The invention reduces display unevenness between adjacent pixels. Signal-supplying lines have first input terminals T1a, T2a, and T3a at first ends. Selection signals are supplied to the first input terminals T1a to T3a. The signal-supplying lines are connected to terminals Ti1 to Ti3 through wiring lines. For individual demultiplexers, the distance from the terminal Ti1 to the first input terminal T1a, the distance from the terminal Ti2 to the first input terminal T2a, and the distance from the terminal Ti3 to the first input terminal T3a are equal. Therefore, the selection signals supplied to any one of the demultiplexers have the same waveform.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, signal electrode voltages are generated based on a plurality of scanning pattern sets. A storage circuit stores a display pattern and scanning patterns belonging to a first scanning pattern set PA in association with selection data Ds. A data control unit inverts display data d based on an inversion control signal CTL to generate converted display data d′. The inversion control signal CTL becomes active in association with each element at which the first scanning pattern set differs from a second scanning pattern set. First to third data registers generate a display pattern based on the converted display data d′.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for driving an electro-optical device in order to reduce the data transfer rate in one subfield while suppressing display nonuniformity. The invention can include a pixel positioned corresponding to each intersection between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines that are turned on or off in subfields, into which one field is divided. This is accomplished according to a weighting of gray scale data (dcba) indicating the gray scale level of that pixel, and the reference time of weighting for the gray scale data is shifted every scanning line and every subfield. Accordingly, display nonuniformity resulting from unevenness in circuit characteristics, various wiring resistances and the like, can be reduced.

Abstract: To avoid the adverse effects of a horizontal electric field and vertical crosstalk a liquid-crystal apparatus is characterized by including a Y driver to sequentially send gate signals to gate lines in a liquid-crystal display section; data-signal generation device to divide a field into a plurality of sub fields in the time axis, to use a sub field as a control unit, and to generate a data signal which specifies a sub field to which an on-voltage is applied and a sub field to which an off-voltage is applied, according to data to be displayed; and X driver device to generate the on-voltage or the off-voltage according to the data signal, to invert the level of the generated on-voltage or off-voltage in polarity in a selection period in which pixels arranged on one line in the gate-line direction are driven in the liquid-crystal display section, to invert the polarity of the generated on-voltage or off-voltage in a period in which pixels arranged on all lines in the liquid-crystal display section are driven, a

Abstract: To enhance the gradation characteristics of sub-field driving in order to further enhance the display quality one frame is divided into a plurality of sub-fields SF1 to SF3. Voltage values V, as voltage data for the corresponding sub-fields that is supplied to pixels, are selected from among voltage values V0 to V9 in accordance with gradation data D0 to D5. Gradation display of the pixels is performed by supplying the voltage values V set for the corresponding sub-fields to the pixels. The voltage values V are selected in such a manner that the amount of change in voltages between adjacent sub-fields is one step level or less. Thus, the amount of change in voltages between adjacent sub-fields is minimized.

Abstract: A thermal printer is provided in which the occurrence of a sticking phenomenon can be lowered compared with a thermal printer with a conventional structure under conditions where other causes are the same therewith, which are involved in the occurrence of the sticking phenomenon, such as a period of time from drive of a heating element until the next rotation of a platen roller and respective coefficients of friction of recording paper, a thermal head, and the platen roller. In a thermal printer in which printing and paper feeding are performed in a state in which paper is sandwiched between a thermal head having a heating element and a platen roller pressed against the thermal head, a center of a rotating support shaft 7 that rotatably supports the thermal head 3 is arranged so as to be overlapped on an extension line of a head surface 3a, and also, an acting force of a spring 4 that generates a pressing force between the thermal head 3 and the platen roller 2 is made perpendicular to the head surface 3a.

Abstract: A thermal printer is provided which enables easy maintenance such as an exchange of a thermal head to attain shortening of time for the maintenance and reduction in maintenance cost. A thermal printer (10), in which printing is performed while paper is sandwiched between a thermal head (13) having a heating element and a platen roller (12), is provided with a head support body (15) to which the thermal head (13) is fixed, a lock frame (16) that holds the head support body (15) in a movable state, springs (14, 14) that are formed between the head support body (15) and the lock frame (16), and an outer frame (18) that holds the lock frame (16) and the platen roller (12), and has a structure in which the thermal head (13), the head support body (15), and the springs (14, 14) are made detachably attachable to the outer frame (18) in the state of being assembled with the lock frame (16).

Abstract: Provided is a label peeling mechanism for a continuous label strip, by which a continuous label strip obtained by provisionally attaching multiple adhesive label pieces to the front surface of a sheet-shaped backing strip at predetermined intervals and winding the backing strip with the label pieces to a roll shape is conveyed, and the label pieces are peeled and separated from the backing strip, the label peeling mechanism including: a first conveying unit (platen roller 10, for example) that conveys the continuous label strip in a first direction (S1 direction) in which the label pieces are continuously arranged; a label peeling member, that is disposed along the first direction so as to be spaced from the first conveying unit by a predetermined distance, is abutted against the underside of the backing strip of the continuous label strip conveyed by the first conveying unit, and peels the label pieces from the backing strip; a second conveying unit (platen roller 10 and peeling roller 20, for example) that

Abstract: A water-treating microbicide, containing an inorganic acid and a corrosion inhibitor, and further containing a carboxylic acid having 8 or less carbon atoms or any of alkali metal salts thereof. The present invention can provide a water-treating microbicide, water treatment method and water treatment apparatus exhibiting a high sterilization effect in a membrane separation device for seawater desalination, etc.

Abstract: [Object] In the driving a subfield using a memory in a pixel, it is possible to display more number of gradations, while preventing the capacity of a memory from increasing.

Abstract: [Object] To improve gradation characteristics and realize higher quality in a picture, subfield driving using a pixel provided therein with a memory is disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal activator for a heat sensitive adhesive sheet capable of preventing or removing the heat sensitive adhesive and a product of denaturation of the heat sensitive adhesive from adhering to means for transporting the heat sensitive adhesive sheet and a printer apparatus utilizing the thermal activator.