Abstract: Provided is a herbicide composition which comprises a combination in a specific proportion of 2-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)hydroxymethyl]-6-methoxymethyl-N-difluoromethanesulfonylanilide as the component (A) and either one of fifteen kinds of compounds including 4-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-N-ethyl-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-tetrazole-1-carboxamide as the component (B), none of which has been used in combination with the compound as the component (A). By an application of the herbicide composition to a paddy field in a specific dose, an excellent herbicidal effect is obtained against various kinds of weeds growing in paddy fields and the chemical damages thereof to paddy rice is extremely low.

Abstract: Inside an outer frame, which is interposed at between opposedly facing peripheries between a back substrate and a front substrate, there is an inner frame which fixes both end portions of plate member control electrodes, which are constituted of a large number of parallel strip-like electrode elements. By integrally forming the plate member control electrodes such that the plate member control electrodes are fixed to both end portions of a display region, a single part is formed. Further, a getter chamber is formed between the outer frame and the inner frame and getters are accommodated in the getter chamber. Due to such a constitution, the operability and yield rate of products at the time of assembling can be enhanced. Further, it is possible to hold a desired degree of vacuum in the space between the substrates for a long time.

Abstract: The isoxazoline derivative of the present invention is represented by the following general formula [I]: [wherein Q is a group represented by —S(O)n—(CR5R6)m- (wherein n is an integer of 0 to 2, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and R5 and R6 are a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, if an alkyl group or the like); R1 and R2 are a hydrogen atom, all optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an optionally substituted phenyl group or the like; R3 and R4 are a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or the like; Y is a hydrogen atom, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkyl group or an optionally substituted phenyl group]. The herbicide of the present invention contains the above isoxazoline derivative as the active ingredient.

Abstract: A display device of the present invention reduces the occurrence of cracks and breaking of plate-like control electrodes, enhances the operability of assembling and suppresses the reduction of a yield factor of products. The display device includes a back substrate which has a plurality of cathode lines which extend in one direction, are arranged in parallel in another direction which crosses one direction and include electron sources respectively, and a plurality of control electrodes which cross the cathode lines in a non-contact manner within a display region, extend in another direction and are arranged in parallel in one direction on an inner surface thereof, and a front substrate which has anodes and phosphors on an inner surface thereof and faces the back substrate with a given distance therebetween. The control electrodes are formed of plate-like control electrodes.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an image includes a vehicle moving at a predetermined direction; and a plurality of cameras arranged on the vehicle along a linear line parallel to the predetermined direction and at different angles from each other with respect to the predetermined direction so as to include all areas of images to be acquired. The apparatus forms one image by integrating images at the same point acquired by the cameras, respectively without being synchronized the cameras with each other and using any external sensor.

Abstract: An output voltage of a switching power supply is regulated to a target value. When the target value of the output voltage is altered, the reference value is changed monotonously and linearly a plurality of times at a plurality of gradients to the altered target value. An input voltage of the power supply is switched in response to a switching pulse with the duty ratio calculated according to a difference between the reference value and the output voltage.

Abstract: A controller 7A for generating a drive signal PS for switching control of a switching element in a switching power supply, includes a duty ratio generator 10, 11 for detecting a duty ratio D of the drive signal PS for controlling the switching element of the switching power supply, and generating a signal corresponding to the duty ratio; a control signal generator 13, 14 for generating a control signal CS on the basis of a difference between a target voltage VREF in the switching power supply and an output voltage Vo detected in the switching power supply; an operation unit 15 for generating a signal corresponding to a product of the signal corresponding to the duty ratio, and the control signal CS; and a drive signal generator 16, 17 for generating the drive signal PS on the basis of the signal generated by the operation unit 15.

Abstract: An adder 11 outputs a signal VS indicating a value of (Vr−Vo), and a multiplier 12 outputs a control signal GS indicating a value of G(Vr−Vo) on the basis of the signal VS. An adder 13 outputs a signal HS on the basis of the control signal GS and a signal FS outputted from an operation circuit 30, and a PWM signal generating circuit 20 generates a PWM signal KS on the basis of the signal HS and a ramp signal RS outputted from a ramp signal circuit 15, and outputs this signal KS to a switching power supply. A counter 14 counts an on time of the PWM signal KS and retains a count value at a time of receiving a sample signal SMP. The operation circuit 30 has a high-pass filter 31 and an integrator 32, performs an operation based on a signal DS indicating the count value outputted from the counter 14, and outputs the signal FS after the operation.

Abstract: A selector sets respective phases of pulse driving signals in reverse when a proportion signal or integration signal does not exceed a threshold. Shifting the respective phases of the pulse driving signals from each other lowers the ripple voltage. When the load current increases drastically, the output voltage Vo tends to decrease remarkably because of the shortage of capacity in the power supply. In this case, when the proportion signal or integration signal exceeds its corresponding threshold, a phase control unit causes the pulse driving signals to synchronize their phases, i.e., the selector supplies the same ramp wave to the comparators, so that respective output voltages supplied from the DC voltage converter circuits attain the same phase, thereby restraining the output voltage supplied to the load from decreasing remarkably.

Abstract: Provided is a lubricant composition prepared by adding, to a base oil, (a) from 0.01 to 5% by mass, based on the composition, of a phosphate, (b) from 0.005 to 1% by mass of an amine salt of an acid phosphate and (c) from 0.01 to 1% by mass of a sulfur-containing extreme-pressure agent. The composition is favorable for non-zinc hydraulic oil, which has good oxidation resistance, sludge resistance and wear resistance and further has improved extreme pressure resistance and prolonged fatigue life.

Abstract: A controller 7A for generating a drive signal (PWM signal) PS for controlling a switching power supply, comprises control signal setting means 10, 11 for setting a control signal CS on the basis of an output voltage Vo and a target voltage Vr; current estimating means 12 for estimating an inductor current on the basis of the drive signal PS and for generating an estimated current signal PC; DC component removing means 14, 15 for extracting a DC component DC included in the estimated current signal PC and for removing the DC component DC from the estimated current signal PC; DC component resetting means 13, 14 for resetting the extracted DC component DC every predetermined time; and comparing means 16 for comparing the control signal CS with the estimated current signal PC′ after the removal of the DC component DC.

Abstract: A display device includes a face substrate which has anodes and phosphors on an inner surface thereof, a back substrate which has cathode lines and electron sources formed on the cathode lines, a support body which is interposed between both substrates in a state that the support body surrounds a display region and forms a given inner space, and a sealing material which hermetically seals the support body and both substrates. To enable the display device to perform a high quality display and to have a long lifetime while ensuring the conduction in a wide range between the cathode lines and the electron sources, the cathode lines are made of a material having a conductor and an insulator and the composition of a connecting portion between the cathode line and the electron source is formed such that a conductor occupancy rate becomes equal to or more than an insulator occupancy rate.

Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus and the like, which render an object from a predetermined view direction by a method using microfacet billboarding using 2D images obtained by photographing an object to be rendered from a plurality of photographing directions, and a depth image of the object to be rendered. This method obtains the geometrical shape of the object to be rendered on the basis of the depth image and the like, and approximates the geometrical shape using a set of microfacets whose directions change depending on the view direction. By mapping 2D images selected based on the view direction and photographing directions onto the respective microfacets as texture images, an arbitrary shaped object and landscape can be efficiently rendered.

Abstract: A gap defined between cathode wires 2 having electron emitting sources 2a and control electrodes 4 is made uniform and a thickness of an insulation layer 3 interposed between both of them is made thin or the insulation layer 3 is eliminated whereby the electron emission characteristics and the high-frequency driving of high performance can be realized. The control electrodes 4 which have recessed portions 4c in plate-like members and have holes 4a for allowing electrons to pass therethrough in bottom portions thereof restrict the gap defined between the cathode wires 2 and the control electrodes 4 by adjusting a plate-thickness direction size of the holes 4a formed in the control electrodes 4.

Abstract: A display device can realize the highly efficient electron emission characteristics by ensuring the exposure of carbon nanotubes 13 in the inside of a vacuum by fixing the carbon nanotubes 13 to cathode wires 12 such that the carbon nanotubes 13 are not easily removed from the cathode wires 12 with the small resistance which enables the carbon nanotubes 13 to have the enough electron emission ability. Some end portions or some intermediate portions of the carbon nanotubes 13 are embedded into the cathode wires 12 formed on a rear substrate 11 and, at the same time, contact points where the carbon nanotubes 13 cross each other or portions in the vicinity of the crossing portions are bonded to each other by bonding films 14.

Abstract: The present invention can suppress rupture of distance holding members, a back substrate or a front substrate attributed to atmospheric pressure. In a display device of the present invention, between the back substrate having cathode lines and plate-member control electrodes and the front substrate, a large number of distance holding members which hold a distance between the substrates are mounted in an erected manner. At portions where the distance holding members are brought into contact with the back substrate and/or the front substrate, a buffering/fixing material which is constituted of a buffering material having high resiliency and an adhesive is interposed for dispersing the atmospheric pressure applied from the back substrate and the front substrate substantially uniformly. Further, the distance holding members are fixed between the back substrate and the front substrate by a heat treatment and pressurizing step.

Abstract: The navigation apparatus includes a unit for displaying a real image on a display screen on the basis of real image data, and a unit for displaying additional information such as a primary place name or a primary building name in a position where the additional information should be displayed on the real image, on the basis of additional information data corresponding to the additional information and position data showing the position where the additional information should be displayed. Further, the navigation apparatus has a function of limiting the display area of the additional information so as to prevent the additional information from being displayed in an area having a relatively high level of importance. Thus, the real image is prevented from being difficult to see in the area having a high level of importance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention, particularly for portable use, is a liquid crystal display device being lightweight, having flexibility, undergoing less breakage and exhibiting excellent color reproducibility and aging stability, and comprising a liquid crystal layer interposed between two substrates each having an electrode, wherein, of those two substrates, at least the substrate in the display face side is a plastic substrate having an optical anisotropy.

Abstract: This invention provides a switching power supply control circuit based on the parallel operation scheme that suppresses ripples in the output voltage. The control circuit comprises switching circuit blocks 10 and 20 connected in parallel, output reactors 31 and 32 connected in parallel corresponding to the switching circuit blocks 10 and 20, and a control circuit 40 that controls the operation of the switching circuit blocks 10 and 20.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which can sufficiently ensure spaces for mounting distance holding members 5 when the distance holding members 5 are mounted, can facilitate the assembling and can realize the electron emission characteristics of high performance. At least two different types of gaps b, c (b <c) are provided among cathode lines 2 (2R, 2G, 2B) and the distance holding members 5 are mounted at portions of the gaps c having a larger size whereby the space for mounting the distance holding members 5 can be sufficiently ensured.