Abstract: A mobile terminal 31 detects its position, speed, and direction, and judges a control requirement based on the detected position, speed, and direction. Based on the judgment, the mobile terminal 31 transmits a message corresponding to the control requirement that has been satisfied to a control terminal 33. The control terminal 33 judges a message requirement based on the received message. Based on the judgment, the control terminal 33 transmits a control command corresponding to the message requirement that has been satisfied to a control target appliance 34. The control target appliance 34 executes an operation by following the received command.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display part having a flexible panel substrate serving as a display screen and display elements disposed lengthwise and breadthwise on a surface opposite to the display screen of the panel substrate; and driving circuit parts having flexible driving circuit substrates on which semiconductor elements made of flexible semiconductor materials are mounted. Accordingly, the completely flexible display device in which not only the display part, but also the driving circuit parts have flexibility can be provided.

Abstract: An information processing system that can create a page easily by the use of contents disclosed from information disclosing servers. A contents storing section stores contents to be provided. In this information processing system, an additional information storing section stores additional information consisting of information indicating the respective attributes of contents stored in the contents storing section and relations among the contents. An additional information obtaining section obtains additional information from an information disclosing server. An additional information storage section stores additional information obtained. An editing section edits additional information stored in the additional information storage section according to an administrator's intention or a user's taste. A display data creating section creates display data for displaying a page from additional information stored in the additional information storage section at the request of a client.

Abstract: A server (1), acts as a proxy between a user desiring to hold an event and a facility where the event takes place, for supporting arrangements of an event manager. The server comprises a communications module for communications between a user client (2a, 2b) for providing the user with an accessing function to a network and a facility client (3) serving as an information processing device of the facility on the network, a user information recording module (12) for recording information on the user, a facility information recording module (14) for recording information on the facility, and a control unit (11). The control unit (11) receives an event planing request notification from a first user client (2a), searches for a facility suited to this event, transmits a reservation-for-use notification to the facility client (3) searched, and notifies a second user client (2b) of a notice of the event.

Abstract: A first bypass valve (27) that sets discharge capacity to 60% is provided in a first scroll 21 of an asymmetrical spiral-type scroll compressor. Also, a second bypass valve (40) that makes suction side and discharge side communicated with each other so that set load of the compressor becomes 50% is provided outside a scroll of the first scroll (21). In this way, by closing the first and second bypass valves (27, 40), effective load of the compressor is set to 100%. Also, by opening the first bypass valve (27) and concurrently closing the second bypass valve (40), the effective load of the compressor is set to 60%. Further, by opening both the first and second bypass valves (27, 40), the effective load of the compressor is set to 30%. That is, 50% or lower partial load operation with high reliability is performed by setting volume ratio Vr during minimum capacity operation to a value of “1” or more. As a result of this, 50% or lower partial load operation can be changed over in multiple stages.

Abstract: A package management information recording section 131 creates and records on a recording medium 120 package management information for managing packages recorded on the recording medium 120. A content file recording section 132 records on the recording medium 120 content files of content file groups included in packages, and also creates and records on the recording medium 120 content file group management information for managing these content file groups. A content/metadata correspondence information recording section 133 creates and records on the recording medium 120 information on correspondence between content files and metadata files within a package or correspondence between a package itself and metadata files. By this means, the correspondence between content files and metadata files can always be maintained correctly when they are recorded separately.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device includes forming a transfer channel portion and a light-receiving portion in a silicon substrate; forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon substrate; forming a silicon nitride film on the silicon oxide film, the silicon nitride film acting as a gate insulating film together with the silicon oxide film above the transfer channel portion and acting as an anti-reflection film above the light-receiving portion; forming a protection film on the silicon nitride film; forming a polysilicon film above the silicon nitride film via the protection film at least above the light-receiving portion; and etching the polysilicon film so as to form a transfer electrode above the transfer channel portion. The etching of the polysilicon film is carried out so that the polysilicon film is removed above the light-receiving portion while the protection portion remains.

Abstract: In an input pen having a pen-shaped casing, a ferrite core with a coil wound thereon and a ferrite chip are placed opposed to each other via an O-ring. The ferrite chip has a projection. When the input pen is operated, the projection and the ferrite core are moved closer together. When the ferrite chip is moved closer to the ferrite core during operation, the projection is placed substantially close to the ferrite core. Therefore, high responsivity is ensured without moving the ferrite chip into the coil, and there is no need to form an opening or a cavity in the ferrite core.

Abstract: One end of a metallic wire having a rectangular cross-section is widened by upsetting the end of the wire in its axial direction. At the same time, a swollen portion is formed at a position where the widened end portion is to be bent from a straight portion of the wire. Then, the widened end portion is bent at the bending position having the swollen portion. Thus, a metallic wire segment having the widened end portion bent at the bending position is manufactured without wasting any part of wire material, while avoiding formation of cracks on the outer surface of the bending position. Plural wire segments thus manufactured are combined to form a rotor winding of a rotational electric machine, forming a commutator surface by the widened end portions at the same time.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the steps of: providing wiring conductors capable of connecting between chips or devices and variable switching devices capable of connecting between predetermined wiring conductors on a wafer formed of a microcomputer built-in chip having a CPU and a writable memory circuit for storing an operation program or on a testing board provided with a microcomputer built-in device enclosed by a package; writing a testing program including the transmission and reception operation of signals between the devices or chips into the memory circuit re-writable and capable of using as a program storing area for one of the chips or devices; and executing the testing program in the CPU of the chip or device, thereby testing a testing chip, between the device and the testing chip or an input/output circuit of the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing a water-absorbing agent at low temperature in a short time, wherein the water-absorbing agent has excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety; and a novel water-absorbing agent and a novel crosslinking agent particularly suitable for crosslinking water-absorbent resins. The water-absorbing agent, having excellent balance between the absorption capacity without load and the absorption capacity under a load, high fluidity under a hygroscopic atmosphere, and excellent safety, can be obtained by using an oxetane compound and/or an imidazolidinone compound for a water-absorbent resin.

Abstract: An optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction. The prepit portion includes first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction with a prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions being arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks. The first prepit portion has an address information prepit and a synchronous information prepit and the second prepit has a synchronous information prepit. The prepit of the first prepit portion and the prepit of the second prepit portion are arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction and the prepit of the first prepit portion and the prepit of the second prepit portion are arranged with one track displaced in the radial direction. A trailing end of an end prepit of the first prepit portion is aligned in the radial direction.

Abstract: An optical reproducing method using an optical recording medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction. The prepit portion includes first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction with a prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions is arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks. The first prepit portion has an address information prepit and a synchronous information prepit and the second prepit has a synchronous information prepit. A gap is provided between the first and second prepit portions. The method includes irradiating an optical spot on the optical recording medium, detecting a reflected beam from the optical recording medium, and reproducing information on the optical recording medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam.

Abstract: A device for measurement of the spectral reflectance of a surface where the reflectance factor of light with a certain wavelength can be measured in a wide wavelength range, including the UV range, and in which a reference reflectance factor can be easily obtained. The device for measurement has a light source part with a xenon lamp; a fiber on the incidence side; a measurement head which emits the light transmitted by the fiber via a convergent lens and a diffuser onto the surface of the measuring object and which receives the light reflected by the surface; a fiber on the exit side; and a spectroradiometer which receives the light which has been transmitted by the fiber on the exit side.

Abstract: An optical reproducing method using an optical recording medium having grooves and lands alternately provided in a radial direction, information recording areas being formed in both of said grooves and said lands, and interruption areas intervening between portions of said grooves. In an interruption area, first information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a first boundary between one groove and one adjacent land and second information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a second boundary between the one groove and an other adjacent land. The interruption area includes a gap between the first and second information marks. The method includes irradiating an optical spot on the optical recording medium detecting a reflected beam from the optical recording medium, and reproducing information on the optical recording medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of one chip has a first power supply terminal allowing connection with an external power supply IC, a second power supply terminal allowing connection with the external power supply IC, a main voltage dropping circuit connected with the first power supply terminal, a secondary voltage dropping circuit connected with the second power supply terminal, and an internal circuit connected with the main voltage dropping circuit and the secondary voltage dropping circuit. A high voltage of the external power supply IC is received in the main voltage dropping circuit through the first power supply terminal and is dropped. A current supply capability and an electric power consumption rate in the secondary voltage dropping circuit are smaller than those of the main voltage dropping circuit, and the high voltage or a low voltage of the external power supply IC is received in the secondary voltage dropping circuit through the second power supply terminal and is dropped.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing silicon carbide by forming silicon carbide on a substrate surface from an atmosphere containing a silicon carbide feedstock gas comprising at least a silicon source gas and a carbon source gas under condition 1 or 2 below:

Abstract: An optical reproduction apparatus for reproducing information from an optical recording medium having grooves and lands alternately provided in a radial direction, information recording areas being formed in both of said grooves and said lands, and interruption areas intervening between portions of said grooves. In an interruption area, first information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a first boundary between one groove and one adjacent land and second information marks are disposed on a virtual extension of a second boundary between the one groove and an other adjacent land. The interruption area includes a gap between the first and second information marks. The optical reproduction apparatus includes an irradiation source for irradiating a light spot on the optical recording medium, a detector for detecting a reflected light from the optical recording medium; and a reproducer for reproducing information by using a signal from the detector.

Abstract: A seal member of a seal unit of a valve timing adjusting device has foot portions and protrusive guides protruding from a seal reverse plane along internal surfaces of the foot portions. A plate spring of the seal unit has foot portions and fork portions arranged on top ends of the foot portions. A slit is formed in each fork portion to allow the insertion of the protrusive guide when the plate spring is fitted to the seal member. The positional relationship between the slit and the protrusive guide is determined on condition that the plate spring fitted to the seal member does not detach from the seal member and the plate spring doe not collide with the protrusive guide when the plate spring is bent to arrange the seal unit in the valve timing adjusting device. When the plate spring is fitted to the seal member, the slits of the fork portions are positioned just above the protrusive guides, and the plate spring is dropped according to the gravitational force.

Abstract: Provided is an electrically conductive adhesive capable of reliably connecting a semiconductor element and a flexible wiring board without causing short circuits. When electrically conductive adhesives of the present invention containing conductive particles having an average diameter of from 10 nm or more to 90 nm or less are used to connect a flexible wiring board and a semiconductor element, the signal part of a wiring film under a protective film is protected and no short circuit occurs in wiring films of the resulting electric device because conductive particles do not break-through the protective film of-the semiconductor element.