Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display portion and a control portion, and effects color display depending on image signals for three colors. The control portion includes means 10, into which the image signals for three colors are inputted, for generating a first display signal for determining a brightness of predetermined one color at the display portion and second display signals for determining a hue of other two colors or an intermediary color therebetween at the display portion.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device is constituted by a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed with a spacing therebetween, a partition wall disposed in the spacing, electrophoretic particles sealed in a closed space defined by the first and second substrates and the partition wall, a first electrode disposed at a side surface of the closed space, and a second electrode disposed at a bottom surface of the closed space. In the electrophoretic display device, a distribution state of the electrophoretic particles is changed to effect display, and the first electrode has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of the second electrode.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a matrix display panel including scanning lines and signal lines disposed so as to form pixels each at an intersection of the scanning and signal lines, and a drive circuit for applying a voltage to the scanning and signal lines, the drive circuit generates a signal voltage depending on an image data inputted externally and applies the signal voltage to the signal lines while sequentially applying a selection voltage to the scanning line to effect writing of an image in the display panel. The drive circuit has a correction function of correcting a signal voltage depending on an image data in current image writing, at the time of image writing to the display panel, on the basis of a signal voltage in preceding image writing and an elapsed time from the preceding image writing, thereby to apply the corrected signal voltage to the signal lines.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device is constituted by a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed with a spacing therebetween, a partition wall disposed in the spacing, electrophoretic particles sealed in a closed space defined by the first and second substrates and the partition wall, a first electrode disposed a side surface of the closed space, and a second electrode disposed at a bottom surface of the closed space. In the electrophoretic display device, a distribution state of the electrophoretic particles is changed to effect display, and the first electrode has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of the second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism which comprises a chromosomal DNA lacking a part or entire of the gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or the gene encoding a protein having 80% or more homology with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and has the ability to produce a useful substance; a process for producing a useful substance using said strain; especially a process for producing a useful substance which is selected from the group consisting of proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins, saccharides, organic acids, and lipids.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus has a detection unit that irradiates an inner circumferential surface of an inspection object with inspection light from a laser diode through a light projecting fiber, and detects the intensity of the reflected light of that inspection light. The detection unit comprises a first light receiving fiber group, which is disposed at the circumference of the light projecting fiber, a second light receiving fiber group, which is disposed further on the outer side thereof, and photodetectors, which are connected to each of the fiber groups.

Abstract: According to the present invention, the E. coli mutant strain having chromosomal DNA that is at least 470 kbp shorter than that of a wild-type E. coli strain exhibits such a property that the number of the cells after a certain period of culture is greater than a wild-type strain. Thus, by culturing the mutant strain in a medium so as to generate and accumulate a useful substance in the culture, a useful substance such as proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins, saccharides, organic acids, and lipids can be efficiently produced.

Abstract: In a display apparatus, a plurality of pixels including light emitting elements emitting colors of R, G and B, is arranged on a single surface. To each pixel, corresponding R image signal wiring, G image signal wiring, and B image signal wiring, are connected. Wirings are arranged so that the resistance or the capacitance of each image signal wiring differs every color of corresponding pixels, and by this, the rise times of the signal for R, G and B will be substantially equal to each other. The resistance value is changed by adjusting the width, the thickness, or the specific resistance of the material of the image signal wiring, or the capacitance is changed by adjusting the thickness of the insulator or the relative dielectric constant of the material while sandwiching an insulator between the image signal wiring and a scanning wiring at the intersection of them.

Abstract: Provided is a novel structure of an active matrix TFT backplane. In order to form an auxiliary capacitor by a pixel electrode or a drain electrode of a TFT connected therewith, a base metal layer is formed on a glass substrate and a substrate insulating layer is formed on an entire surface thereof. By the structure, position alignment of the drain electrode with a counter electrode is unnecessary. An area for electrical capacitor formation is determined by size precision of the drain electrode, so a variation in electrical capacitance is suppressed to a small value.

Abstract: An active matrix display apparatus includes an active matrix display panel comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix in a row direction and a column direction, each pixel being constituted by a plurality of subpixels; and a drive circuit for applying a voltage to each of the subpixels so that a polarity of the voltage is inverted at a predetermined period in each of a row direction and a column direction. The plurality of subpixels are arranged in the row direction at a period different from half of the predetermined period of polarity inversion of the voltage in the row direction, thus providing flicker-less color display device even when general driver ICs for dot inversion drive are used.

Abstract: A light emitting apparatus which can protect a light emitting device from external stress, etc. The light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device, a housing, and a protective plate. A filler is disposed in a space between the light emitting device and the protective plate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, which is useful as a raw material for medicines or as an additive to foods. In the process, L-proline is converted into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline in the presence of an enzyme source which is derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Dactylosporangium, Amycolatopsis or Streptomyces and which catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-proline into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, a divalent iron ion and 2-ketoglutaric acid, in an aqueous medium, and the produced trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline is collected from the aqueous medium. In addition, the present invention is directed to a process for producing trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, wherein the L-proline biosynthesis activity of the host cell of the transformant is reinforced.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing external light reflection to reduce an amount of glare of the outside, in which a translucent protection member is provided to cover an observation surface side of a display member including an organic EL light-emitting portion, in order to protect the display member. The display apparatus includes the display member with an organic EL light-emitting portion having a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer provided between the pair of electrodes; and a casing for housing the display member, wherein a protection member is provided in the casing with a gap from the display member, and wherein a phase member and a polarizing member are formed on the protection member such that the polarizing member is located closer to a light extraction side than the phase member.

Abstract: An electrophoretic dispersion liquid for an electrophoretic display apparatus includes a plurality of electrophoretic particles each surface of which is modified by one of a basic group and an acidic group, a liquid for holding said electrophoretic particles to be dispersed therein; and a polydiene, having the other group, dissolved in said liquid.

Abstract: In a surface inspection apparatus that receives, through receiving optical fibers, reflected light from light from a light source projected onto the surface of an article being inspected through a projection optical fiber and generates a two-dimensional image corresponding to the surface of that article being inspected based on the amount of that light received, a plurality of receiving optical fibers are disposed around the projection optical fiber and the diameter of those receiving optical fibers is greater than the diameter of the projection optical fiber.

Abstract: A display apparatus and an assembly of a driving circuit for the display apparatus having a display device, a film carrier with a lead to transfer a signal for driving the display device, and a bus board to supply a signal to the lead. A dummy lead is provided along the outside of each of an input side outer lead and an output side outer lead of the film carrier. A predetermined voltage is applied to the dummy leads. The predetermined voltage value is set to a value so as not to stationarily cause a DC bias for the voltage of the outer lead on the outside.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display device is constituted by a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed with a spacing therebetween, a partition wall disposed in the spacing, electrophoretic particles sealed in a closed space defined by the first and second substrates and the partition wall, a first electrode disposed a side surface of the closed space, and a second electrode disposed at a bottom surface of the closed space. In the electrophoretic display device, a distribution state of the electrophoretic particles is changed to effect display, and the first electrode has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of the second electrode.

Abstract: A display apparatus and an assembly of a driving circuit for the display apparatus having a display device, a film carrier with a lead to transfer a signal for driving the display device, and a bus board to supply a signal to the lead. A dummy lead is provided along the outside of each of an input side outer lead and an output side outer lead of the film carrier. A predetermined voltage is applied to the dummy leads. The predetermined voltage value is set to a value so as not to stationarily cause a DC bias for the voltage of the outer lead on the outside.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor including an electrically conductive substrate; a first insulating film coating the electrically conductive substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the electrically conductive substrate with the first insulating film interposed therebetween; a source electrode; a drain electrode opposing the source electrode with the channel therebetween; a second insulating film covering the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer having a width larger than a width of the gate electrode in the channel width direction and being partly provided on the gate electrode with the second insulating film interposed therebetween so that the gate electrode, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor layer are laminated in the channel.

Abstract: An isolated gene encodes for a L-proline-3-hydroxylase having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 2, 15, 16 and 17, or for a protein having enzymatic activity to hydroxylate the 3-position of L-proline and to act on free L-proline in the presence of 2-ketoglutaric acid and divalent iron ions to produce cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline. The gene is inserted into a vector and the resulting recombinant DNA is used to create a transformant. L-proline-3-hydroxylase is produced by culturing the transformant in a medium.