Abstract: A display device includes a panel, a backlight, and an adhesive tape. The backlight is placed under the panel. The adhesive tape has a light blocking property and is bonded to an end face of the panel and the backlight.

Abstract: A user apparatus is provided that is connected via a network to a server apparatus, the server apparatus being connected to at least one other user apparatus via the network. The user apparatus includes a receiver that receives new messages distributed from the server apparatus via the network, and a display device that sequentially displays the new messages received from the server apparatus on a display area of a display screen. A specific old message may be selectively retained in the display area of the user apparatus instead of being updated by display area update processing. Additionally, the display area update processing sequentially displays the new messages when there is no specific old message identified with high importance, and retains the specific old message in the display area when the specific old message is identified with high importance, even when a new message is received.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to perform driving aid control using map information stored in a storage, where the map information includes attribute information concerning roads on which a vehicle carrying the apparatus may travel and widths of the respective roads. In the vehicle control apparatus, a road recognizer is configured to recognize a travelled road that is a road on which the own vehicle is traveling. An information acquirer is configured to acquire the attribute information of the travelled road. An image acquirer is configured to acquire an image captured by the imager. A search range setter is configured to, using the attribute information acquired by the information acquirer, set a search range in the captured image for searching for a road border that is an edge or a demarcation line of the travelled road. A border recognizer is configured to recognize the road border in the search range.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component that includes a ceramic insulator and an inner conductor layer disposed in the ceramic insulator. The inner conductor layer contains a metal and a metal oxide containing at least one first metal element selected from Ti, Mg, and Zr, first insulator regions that contain at least one second metal element selected from Ti, Mg, and Zr and that are discontinuous from the ceramic insulator and present in a dispersed state in the inner conductor layer, and a second insulator region containing a third metal element the same as the second metal element contained in the first insulator regions and present around the inner conductor layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source device includes a wiring substrate including a mount region, a plurality of light sources arranged and mounted on the mount region of the wiring substrate, and a heat reactive adhesive sheet adhered to the wiring substrate.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight device disposed on a back surface side of the display panel; an adhesive member bonding the display panel to the backlight device; and a housing covering a back surface side of the backlight device. The housing includes a bottom portion and a wall portion rising from a periphery of the bottom portion toward the display panel side. The adhesive member is disposed between the display panel and the wall portion.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight device disposed on a back surface side of the display panel; an adhesive member bonding the display panel to the backlight device; and a housing covering a back surface side of the backlight device. The housing includes a bottom portion and a wall portion rising from a periphery of the bottom portion toward the display panel side. The adhesive member is disposed between the display panel and the wall portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent heating tool in which the generation of unpleasant odors is suppressed. The present invention also provides an excellent heating tool in which changes in aroma are suppressed. The present invention further provides an excellent heating tool in which the generation of unpleasant odors and changes in aroma are suppressed even after storage. The present invention provides a method for suppressing the generation of unpleasant odors and changes in aroma in a heating tool. The present invention provides a heating tool comprising an exothermic composition containing a metal ion sequestrant, an oxidizable metal powder, a water-soluble salt, and water, wherein at least the exothermic composition is housed in an air-permeable container bag.

Abstract: Provided is a superior heating tool which is capable of producing desired aromatic properties upon usage even after being stored for a long period of time. A heating tool comprising: an exothermic composition containing an oxidation accelerator having an iodine adsorption of not higher than 500 mg/g, an oxidizable metal powder, and water; and a fragrance, wherein at least the exothermic composition is housed in a container bag having air permeability.

Abstract: A display device includes a panel, a backlight, and an adhesive tape. The backlight is placed under the panel. The adhesive tape has a light blocking property and is bonded to an end face of the panel and the backlight.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight under the display panel, and an adhesive placed so as to extend over a side face of the display panel and a side face of the backlight. An outer face of the adhesive opposite to a face of the adhesive bonded to the side face of the display panel and the side face of the backlight is formed as a flat face along one or both of the side face of the display panel and the side face of the backlight.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes a display panel, a translucent cover substrate, and a plate spacer. The display panel includes a pixel substrate, a counter substrate facing the pixel substrate, a liquid-crystal layer interposed between the pixel substrate and the counter substrate, and a driver IC mounted on a protruding portion of the pixel substrate protruding from the counter substrate. The translucent cover substrate is bonded to the display panel. The plate spacer is formed in a rectangular plate shape and is fixed to a surface of the translucent cover substrate on the driver IC side. The plate spacer and the driver IC are fixed with a resin layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image sensor, including: a pixel unit including a valid pixel area and an optical-black pixel area; a plurality of reading units configured to read pixel values of a large number of pixels of the pixel unit line by line; a plurality of correction data generating units corresponding to the plurality of reading units, respectively, each of the plurality of correction data generating units being configured to generate correction data based on pixel values read from the optical-black pixel area out of the pixel values read from the pixel unit by the corresponding reading unit line by line; and a correcting unit configured to correct pixel values read from the valid pixel area out of the pixel values read from the pixel unit by the reading unit line by line based on the correction data generated by the corresponding correction data generating unit.

Abstract: This invention provides a heating device ensuring sufficient adhesive force, even when it is removed from clothing and then reattached to different clothing. The heating device of the present invention comprises a bag unit 2 containing an exothermic composition A including an oxidizable metal that can generate heat by contact with air, one surface of the bag unit 2 being air-permeable; an adhesive layer 3 formed on the other surface of the bag unit 2; a first release sheet 4 provided on the adhesive layer 3 to cover the adhesive layer 3; and a second release sheet 5 provided on the first release sheet 4 to cover the first release sheet 4, wherein the first release sheet 4 has a release portion 41 and a residual portion 42; when the second release sheet 5 is removed from the first release sheet 4, the release portion 41 is removed together with the second release sheet 5 and the residual portion 42 remains on the adhesive layer 3.

Abstract: A user apparatus is provided that is connected via a network to a server apparatus, the server apparatus being connected to at least one other user apparatus via the network. The user apparatus includes a receiver that receives new messages distributed from the server apparatus via the network, and a display device that sequentially displays the new messages received from the server apparatus on a display area of a display screen. A specific old message may be selectively retained in the display area of the user apparatus instead of being updated by display area update processing. Additionally, the display area update processing sequentially displays the new messages when there is no specific old message identified with high importance, and retains the specific old message in the display area when the specific old message is identified with high importance, even when a new message is received.

Abstract: Players input their messages in their video game apparatuses and the messages are once collected at a server apparatus, thereafter they are distributed to all video game apparatuses from the game server apparatus. In a display screen of each video game apparatus, a chat window is displayed in order to display messages exchanged between the players on a game screen including a field and characters of the game. The chat window is sequentially enlarged up to a preset maximum number of lines when a new message is received from the game server apparatus. The chat window is sequentially reduced to the preset minimum number of lines when a predetermined time passes without any reception of new message or when the player performs a specific operation.

Abstract: Provided is a heating tool which is capable of providing less cool feeling at the time of attaching to the skin, warming the skin effectively and supplying oil effectively to the skin, as well as providing less cool feeling after peeling from the skin and providing a high warming effect even after use. This heating tool is a heating tool including an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer has a specific heat of less than 3 J/g·K at 20° C., the adhesive layer includes a base and oil with a specific heat of less than 3 J/g·K at 20° C. and a boiling point of 100° C. or higher at 1 atmospheric pressure, and the oil is contained in an amount of 30 to 90 wt % in the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes a display panel, a translucent cover substrate, and a plate spacer. The display panel includes a pixel substrate, a counter substrate facing the pixel substrate, a liquid-crystal layer interposed between the pixel substrate and the counter substrate, and a driver IC mounted on a protruding portion of the pixel substrate protruding from the counter substrate. The translucent cover substrate is bonded to the display panel. The plate spacer is formed in a rectangular plate shape and is fixed to a surface of the translucent cover substrate on the driver IC side. The plate spacer and the driver IC are fixed with a resin layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds according to the general formulas I, II, III, IV or V: wherein B is nucleoside base according to the structure: and the remaining variables as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds are useful interalia as anti-viral agents in viral therapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent heating tool in which the generation of unpleasant odors is suppressed. The present invention also provides an excellent heating tool in which changes in aroma are suppressed. The present invention further provides an excellent heating tool in which the generation of unpleasant odors and changes in aroma are suppressed even after storage. The present invention provides a method for suppressing the generation of unpleasant odors and changes in aroma in a heating tool. The present invention provides a heating tool comprising an exothermic composition containing a metal ion sequestrant, an oxidizable metal powder, a water-soluble salt, and water, wherein at least the exothermic composition is housed in an air-permeable container bag.