Abstract: In a drive method of a light-emitting display panel capable of emitting light in low luminance, the parasitic capacitances of the light-emitting elements disposed in the light-emitting display panel are precharged making use of a reverse bias voltage before they are lit. In this case, a reverse bias voltage created by a reverse bias voltage creation circuit or a peak current being precharged is controlled by selectively grounding control terminals based on dimmer control. In particular, when the light-emitting elements are emitted in low luminance, the reverse bias voltage is output in a low level, thereby the light-emitting elements are prevented from being precharged with an excessive voltage. The above arrangement can realize light emission control in low luminance.

Abstract: A light emitting display device 1 characterized by forming one display screen by combining a plurality of light emitting display units comprising intensity control means for measuring a light emission intensity by a light emitting element (organic EL element 20) which is formed above/on a transparent substrate 11 and which includes an anode electrode 12, a cathode electrode 16, at least one organic light emission functional layer (13,14,15) between the electrodes to control the light emission intensity of the light emitting element above/on the substrate 11 within a predetermined range and deterioration state reporting means for detecting a deterioration state of the light emitting element above/on the substrate 11 to report the state.

Abstract: An organic EL structure body 2 is formed on a surface of a transparent substrate 1, and the EL structure body 2 is sealed by a metal airtight container 20. Circuit structure bodies such as an anode driver circuit 11 and a cathode driver circuit 12 are mounted on a part of the transparent substrate 1. These earth lines, for example, are commonly connected through conductors 21a and 21b. Therefore, the above-mentioned circuit structure bodies are mutually connected by the earth line of low impedance, so that an obstruction occurred in the EL display device under an earth line of high impedance can be suppressed.

Abstract: A transparent electrode layer, an organic EL layer, and a metallic electrode layer are stacked on top of each other in layers on the lower surface of a transparent substrate to form a planar light emitting element region in a light emitting device. A light beam which is emitted from the light emitting element region and incident on the transparent substrate is transmitted out from a display region as well as a light transmitting region formed near an edge of the transparent substrate. Thus, the light emitting device is enabled to facilitate fabrication and make an effective use of the entire surface of the transparent substrate as the light transmitting region.

Abstract: An organic electoroluminescent display device includes organic electroluminescent films, each containing organic electroluminescent materials and sandwiched by a pair of electrodes, each forming a plurality of light-emitting elements above a substrate. Each pixel of the display device is composed of two different colors light-emitting elements, and the chromaticity of each color is controlled by changing the concentration of organic electroluminescent materials or by adding foreign materials the reto. For example, if the chromaticity of the red light-emitting element is set to a value shifted toward green side, various colors including white can be produced by mixing this red with blue of the blue light-emitting element. Then, the organic electroluminescent display device can produce high-quality quasi-color images by mixing two colors of which chromaticity values are properly controlled. By virtue of a two-color structure, the aperture ratio becomes high and the manufacturing process becomes simple.

Abstract: In a drive method of a light-emitting display panel capable of emitting light in low luminance, the parasitic capacitances of the light-emitting elements disposed in the light-emitting display panel are precharged making use of a reverse bias voltage before they are lit. In this case, a reverse bias voltage created by a reverse bias voltage creation circuit or a peak current being precharged is controlled by selectively grounding control terminals based on dimmer control. In particular, when the light-emitting elements are emitted in low luminance, the reverse bias voltage is output in a low level, thereby the light-emitting elements are prevented from being precharged with an excessive voltage. The above arrangement can realize light emission control in low luminance.

Abstract: In an apparatus for driving a luminescent display panel, in a state in which scanning lines are sequentially scanned to drive and illuminate light-emitting elements, a voltage peak value arising in a scanning line in a non-scanning state is held by a capacitor through parasitic capacitance of the light-emitting element in a non-scanning state. On the basis of the voltage value held by the capacitor, a reverse bias voltage to be output from a reverse bias voltage generation circuit is controlled, and the voltage is supplied to the scanning lines.

Abstract: A computer implements a status data computing function P1 for acquiring information about a game entity's action and, on the basis of the acquired information, computing status data that represents game status in response to the action, a game status output function P2 for preparing and outputting game status based on the status data, a motivation parameter computing function P3 for computing a motivation parameter that represents the entity's mental state on the basis of the game status, and a motivation reflecting function P4 for causing the computed status data to reflect the motivation parameter. Because the output game status reflects the entity's mental state, it is possible to enjoy the psychological developments in the game, with the entity's mental state reflected in the game.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion which comprises a surface rubber layer which is disposed in an outer portion of the tread portion in the radial direction of said tire and has a specific resistance of 108 &OHgr;·cm or more after curing by vulcanization and conductive rubber members which comprise a rubber composition having a specific resistance of 106 &OHgr;·cm or less and replace a portion of the surface rubber layer, wherein the conductive rubber members are disposed in portions of the surface rubber layer extending from the outer surface to the inner surface in the radial direction of said tire discontinuously in the circumferential direction of said tire at the outer surface of the surface rubber layer in the radial direction of said tire, is provided. The pneumatic tire shows not only an excellent effect of static discharge but also excellent durability.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game system to present a larger amount of information for fish arrangement to a player. In the game system with a control device to progress a fishing game in a virtual fishing spot, referring to outputs of an input device, and to display images on a screen of a display device according to a progressing states of the above fishing game, the above device decides a fish arrangement in the above virtual fishing spot; detects fish distribution in a detection range defined on a line connecting two positions in the above fishing spot; displays a gauge extending in a direction of one axis on a screen of the above display device; and displays information according to a detected result of the above fish distribution at each position on the above detection range, replacing a distance from one end of the above detection range to each position within the above detection range with a distance from one end of the above gauge to each position in the pertinent gauge.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion which comprises a surface rubber layer which is disposed in an outer portion of the tread portion in the radial direction of said tire and has a specific resistance of 108 &OHgr;·cm or more after curing by vulcanization and conductive rubber members which comprise a rubber composition having a specific resistance of 106 &OHgr;·cm or less and replace a portion of the surface rubber layer, wherein the conductive rubber members are disposed in portions of the surface rubber layer extending from the outer surface to the inner surface in the radial direction of said tire discontinuously in the circumferential direction of said tire at the outer surface of the surface rubber layer in the radial direction of said tire, is provided. The pneumatic tire shows not only an excellent effect of static discharge but also excellent durability.

Abstract: A game system comprises: a display device 3; an input device for outputting a signal according to a player's operation; and a control device 10 for advancing a fishing game utilizing a contrivance such as a lure in a virtual fishing spot with reference to an output of the input device 4, and displaying an image according to the progress on a screen of the display device 3. In this game system, a lure operation is guided to the player through the screen of the display device 3 by means of the control device 10. The guided operation is compared with the lure operation caused by the player via the input device 4, and the player's lure operation is evaluated. This evaluation is notified to the player, and the progress in fishing game is changed according to the evaluation. In this manner, a game system capable of continuously stimulating the player by eliminating a monotonous aspect in work for catching a fish is provided.

Abstract: A game system includes: an image display device; an input device for outputting signals according to manipulation made by a user; and a control device for executing a fishing game in a virtual fishing spot with referring to the signals outputted from the input device, and for displaying images according to a progress of the fishing game on a screen of the display device. The control device includes: a size determining unit for determining a size of a virtual fish; a bite notifying unit for presenting a temporal change of an amount relating to a bite by a fish to the user to notify the bite to the user; and a change determining unit for determining at least one of a changing amount and a changing time period of the amount relating to the bite based on the size of the fish determined by the size determining unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a game system which is capable of allowing player's wish to reflect on appearance of event production squares. A game control device 10 is allowed to function as device for displaying a route including plural squares 24A-24F as well as symbols representing attributes of the squares on a screen of a display device 3, device for determining a value to be obtained by a player based on an instruction of the player via an input device 4, device for moving a player character 22 on the route 23 according to the obtained value, device for controlling an peculiar value corresponding to an attribute of the squares based on a stop position of the character 22, device for controlling appearance of event production squares on the route 23 based on the peculiar value, and device for producing an event relating to the event production square under a condition that the event production square and a stop position of the character 22 establish a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a communication system in a network system having a plurality of user terminals connected to a communication network and a plurality of network resources accessed by the user terminals, the communication system having a communication part which makes the user terminals accessing the same network resource exchange and share communication information. The communication part has a communication server and a communication controlling part, provided in each user terminal, for obtaining information of the user terminals accessing the same network resource and for exchanging the communication information with the user terminals through the communication server. The communication server groups the user terminals accessing the same network resource as one group on the basis of resource locators notified of by the user terminals, and distributes information of the user terminals of the one group to the user terminals of the one group.

Abstract: A plurality of terminals are connected to a server via a communication network and share a predetermined common virtual space. The terminals each send to the server the position coordinates of the viewing point and direction of eyes of its user in the virtual space, and the visual field image viewed from that viewing point is displayed on a display. Based on the position coordinates and direction of eyes of the avatar each of the other terminals received from each of the other terminals via the server, each terminal generates an avatar image in the specified direction and at the specified position and displays it in the visual field. The server is always supplied with the latest position information of the avatar from every terminal and, when the distance between two arbitrary avatars becomes smaller than a threshold value, connects speech channels of the two terminals corresponding to these avatars.

Abstract: A video signal, replay by a video player, is subjected to image processing by a calculation control part of a video image searching device to calculate the image quality value and another feature value. An image whose image quality satisfies a predetermined condition and whose feature value matches a predetermined condition is detected as an image in which an event has occurred. Such images are printed on an output paper together with associated addition information. A main control part of a video image access device reads out the additional information on the output paper by a scanner and effects control via a video control part to search the image corresponding to that information by a video player.