Abstract: Disclosed are an organic semiconductor material having high charge mobility characteristics and an organic semiconductor element. The organic semiconductor material has rodlike low-molecular liquid crystallinity, comprising: a skeleton structure comprising L 6 &pgr; electron aromatic rings, M 10 &pgr; electron aromatic rings, and N 14 &pgr; electron aromatic rings, wherein L, M, and N are each an integer of 0 (zero) to 4 and L+M+N=1 to 4; and a terminal structure attached to both ends of the skeleton structure. The terminal structure can develop liquid crystallinity. The phase angle &thgr; of impedance of the organic semiconductor material is −80°≦&thgr;≦−90° as determined in the measurement of impedance in a frequency f range of 100 Hz≦f≦1 MHz in such a state that the organic semiconductor material in an isotropic phase state is held between a pair of opposed substrates with an interelectrode spacing of 9 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A novel information recording medium is provided which records information upon the application of thermal energy, reads the recorded information by detecting the value of photoelectric current generated by light applied to the information recorded portion, and can realize multi-valued information recording or analog information recording.

Abstract: A novel information recording medium is provided which records information upon the application of thermal energy, reads the recorded information by detecting the value of photoelectric current generated by light applied to the information recorded portion, and can realize multi-valued information recording or analog information recording.

Abstract: A program receiving apparatus comprises a receiving section for receiving programs and program attributes indicating attributes of the programs, a program memory section for holding memory regions corresponding to the program attributes and memorizing the programs in the memory regions, and a storage control section for storing the programs received by the receiving section in the memory regions of the program memory section corresponding to the program attributes received by the receiving section.

Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting a broadcast to a receiving device transmits service reception control information, the service reception control information including: service management information including a service content to be provided to a viewer, which is determined based on viewer information including at least personal information regarding attributes of the viewer input by the viewer to the receiving device; and information for specifying the receiving device to receive the service management information.

Abstract: A broadcast information receiving apparatus, comprising: a broadcast service receiving section for receiving a plurality of broadcast services from a broadcast information source; and an information transmission section for transmitting information, wherein the broadcast service receiving section includes a general service reception controlling section used for reception of the plurality of general broadcast services, and a specific service reception controlling section used for reception of a specific broadcast service, and the information transmitted by the information transmission section includes at least one of information about the use status of the general service reception controlling section and information about the use status of the specific service reception controlling section.

Abstract: A program receiving apparatus includes: a program receiving section for receiving program information and a program identifier for identifying the program information; a program display section for displaying the program information received by the program receiving section; a display monitoring section for monitoring a program display state history which is a history of the display state of the certain program information displayed in the program display section; and a display state history storage section for storing a program identifier of the program information monitored by the display monitoring section and display state history information which is information for indicating a display state history of the program information, in the form of a pair of the program identifier and the display state history information.

Abstract: A television system is provided with a storage device for a forced accumulation, the advertisement information is selectively received and accumulated therein. According to the present invention, a storage device 2 of a TV system 1 is accumulated with the advertisement information in addition to a variety of TV programs. The storage device is structured of an area that can be exclusively used and an area usable as a user intends. Mainly, the advertisement information provided free of charge by an entrepreneur and the life information necessary for a person to use for a life are selectively received and accumulated in the former area. A content of the advertisement information is properly automatically rewritten and can be viewed for 24 hours a day throughout the year, and hence the viewer can utilize the updated advertisement information free of charge at all times. An HDD of the storage device can be utilized for a receiving box spot of the E-commerce and for accumulating news items of the E-newspaper.

Abstract: The present invention provides a function of easily selecting a desire-to-watch program by a simple operation. A plurality of maps 7 of different ranges of a resident area of a viewer are previously transmitted and accumulated in a memory built in a TV receiver. The maps are categorized for walking, a bicycle and a car on the basis of a location of a house of the viewer, and the maps suited to respective applications can be seen by selecting icons 8 (71) displayed on a screen. Further, it is possible to display, on the map, positions of department stores, supermarkets, restaurants and amusement parks and, in addition, information of inserts, menu information of the restaurants, and event information of the amusement parks by selecting the icons 8 (75). Moreover, information on a traffic congestion, natural disasters and others can be displayed on the map and properly rewritten. Viewers can easily obtain these pieces of information by operating a remote controller.

Abstract: A sharp-image commercial suited to each viewer is provided. TV programs (a program R and a program S) are previously accumulated in a hard disk 11. A TV commercial (a commercial a, a commercial b, . . . ) suited to the viewer is selected from among plural categories of TV commercials transmitted from respective enterprises, corresponding to pre-registered information on the viewer, and is accumulated in the hard disk memory 11. The TV commercial accumulated as a TV commercial televised in an interval of a TV program is inserted to edit a program 20. The viewer is able to watch the TV commercial suited to the viewer himself or herself together with the TV program by selecting the favorite program 20 by operating a remote controller 13 etc.

Abstract: There is provided a ferroelectric charge-transport liquid crystal material comprising a liquid crystal compound, the liquid crystal material having a carrier mobility of not less than 10−5 cm2/Vs. There are further provided an image display device, an electroluminescence device, a photoconductor, a space light modulating device, a thin-film transistor, a photosensor, and a photorefractive device each comprising the ferroelectric charge-transport liquid crystal material.

Abstract: The apparatus for effecting temperature compensation in a load cell type load detector is for a load detecting apparatus having a load cell constituting the load detector formed with a strain gauge attached to a deflectable body, a mount base for positioning the load detector, and a load generating section to receive a flow of objects to be measured. The apparatus includes a pair of thermal source blocks provided so as to be directly in contact with the deflectable body and be disposed respectively at two symmetric positions with respect to the center of the load detector, a pair of temperature sensors provided respectively to the thermal source blocks, a controller for controlling thermal elements based on temperatures detected by the temperature sensors such that a temperature of the load cell type load detector may be maintained at a predetermined constant temperature.

Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device including a liquid crystal/polymer composite film including of a matrix polymer composed mainly of a transparent resin having an ionic dissociative group and, dispersed therein, a liquid crystal particle; and conductive substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal/polymer composite film therebetween, at least one of the conductive substrates being transparent.

Abstract: An impact type flow meter for a particulate material such as cereal comprises a supply device for dropping the particulate material, an inclined load detection plate for receiving the dropped particulate material, and a load detector for detecting a load of the particulate material exerted to the load detection plate. A bottom surface of the supply device is inclined at substantially the same degree with the load detection plate, and has at its lower end with a supply opening for dropping the particulate material onto the load detection plate. The bottom surface serves to guide the particulate material to the load detection plate at substantially the same inclination therewith. Thus, the flow meter has a buffer device for softening a dropping impact of the particulate material integrally incorporated in the particulate material supply device, and accordingly, the height is low and the whole apparatus is compact.

Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device including: a liquid crystal/polymer composite film including matrix polymer composed mainly of a transparent resin having an ionic dissociative group and, dispersed therein, a liquid crystal particle; and conductive substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal/polymer composite film therebetween, at least one of the conductive substrates being transparent.

Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device including a liquid crystal/polymer composite film including a matrix polymer composed mainly of a transparent resin having an ionic dissociative group and, dispersed therein, a liquid crystal particle; and conductive substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal/polymer composite film therebetween, at least one of the conductive substrates being transparent.

Abstract: The disclosed liquid crystal electrooptic memory device uses a ferroelectric liquid crystal sandwiched by a pair of molecular oriented films attached to opposite surfaces thereof, and a pair of transparent conductive films are attached to the outside surfaces of the molecular oriented films, respectively. An impedance having a constant electrostatic capacitance and a variable resistance is connected to one of the transparent conductive films. Further, an electric pulse source is connected across the transparent conductive films through the impedance. When a pulse from the pulse source is applied to the transparent conductive films, light transmittance of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is set at different levels depending on the resistance of the impedance. Thus, the resistance of the impedance is memorized in the form of the light transmittance of the ferroelectric liquid crystal. The impedance can be in the form of a photoconductive film attached to the molecular oriented film.

Abstract: A method for connecting the wires of a high density, flat transmission cable to a connector is provided. A crimp connector for facilitating the practice of the method is also provided. The connector includes one or more rows of contacts mounted thereto. Each contact includes a crimp section extending from the connector housing. The crimp sections are plated with a relatively thick layer of solder. After stripping the end of the cable, selected cable conductors are inserted within the crimp sections. A batch crimping operation secures the conductors to the contacts, after which the crimp sections are heated to fuse the solder. Once the solder has cooled, a reliable connection will be established between the cable and connector. A solder-plated bus bar may also be secured to selected cable conductors by preliminarily mounting the conductors thereto and then heating the bus bar.