Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for detecting an objective substance, by which a plurality of kinds of objective substances can be detected by a single detection, in the detection of an objective substance from an analyte by utilizing magnetic force.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item. When an operation inputting section accepts a selective operation input for selection of one of plural processing functions, plural representation images individually representing plural processing object items of the processing function are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen such that one of the representation images can be selected as a noticed representation image by an inputting operation through the operation inputting section. A decision section decides whether or not plural processing object items of the selected processing function are divided in a plurality of groups. If the processing object items are divided in groups, then the group name of the group to which the processing object item of the noticed representation image belongs is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item. When an operation inputting section accepts a selective operation input for selection of one of plural processing functions, plural representation images individually representing plural processing object items of the processing function are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen such that one of the representation images can be selected as a noticed representation image by an inputting operation through the operation inputting section. A decision section decides whether or not plural processing object items of the selected processing function are divided in a plurality of groups. If the processing object items are divided in groups, then the group name of the group to which the processing object item of the noticed representation image belongs is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item. When an operation inputting section accepts a selective operation input for selection of one of plural processing functions, plural representation images individually representing plural processing object items of the processing function are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen such that one of the representation images can be selected as a noticed representation image by an inputting operation through the operation inputting section. A decision section decides whether plural processing object items of the selected processing function are divided in a plurality of groups. If the processing object items are divided in groups, then the group name of the group to which the processing object item of the noticed representation image belongs is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a position information extraction unit that extracts position information from image data selected by a user; a communication control unit that exchanges data with various servers via a communication network; a map image acquisition unit that acquires a map image corresponding to the position information, extracted by the position information extraction unit, from a map information providing server; a landmark information acquisition unit that acquires landmark information corresponding to the position information, extracted by the position information extraction unit, from a landmark information providing server; an associated image acquisition unit that acquires an associated image corresponding to the landmark information, acquired by the landmark information acquisition unit, from an image sharing server; and a display unit that displays the image data selected by the user, the map image, the landmark information and the associated image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display control apparatus including: a selecting block configured to select from programs to be broadcast on each channel, a program of which program information contains a registered keyword; and a display controlling block configured to display predetermined information in the vicinity of an icon indicative of a channel on which a program selected by said selecting block is broadcast among icons to be displayed in line as information indicative of a selectable channel and, when a predetermined operation is executed in a status in which a channel with said predetermined information displayed in the vicinity of an icon is selected, displaying said keyword contained in program information of a program to be broadcast on a selected channel.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. A plurality of representation images individually representing different selection object items are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen. A noticed representation image selected from among the representation images is displayed emphatically at a fixed position on the display screen, and explanation information of the noticed representation image is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image. If a scrolling information for the array of representation images is issued, then scrolling is executed such that explanation information also of the representation images other than the noticed representation image is displayed. Further, a bar display including a mark representing the position and the group of the noticed representation image in the array of representation images is displayed together.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item. When an operation inputting section accepts a selective operation input for selection of one of plural processing functions, plural representation images individually representing plural processing object items of the processing function are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen such that one of the representation images can be selected as a noticed representation image by an inputting operation through the operation inputting section. A decision section decides whether or not plural processing object items of the selected processing function are divided in a plurality of groups. If the processing object items are divided in groups, then the group name of the group to which the processing object item of the noticed representation image belongs is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image.

Abstract: An application development supporting apparatus and method that make it possible to generate a GUI application, freely altering the settings for graphical representation corresponding to devices, are provided. A configuration in which the logical part and the graphics representation part of each component set in a graphical user interface (GUI) are configured separately, and a GUI component is generated based on the logical part and the graphics representation part is adopted. Through the present configuration, it becomes possible to easily construct a GUI adapted to a device by sharing the logical part among various devices, and selecting different graphics representation parts, in which various representation modes are set, depending on the device.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a position information extraction unit that extracts position information from image data selected by a user; a communication control unit that exchanges data with various servers via a communication network; a map image acquisition unit that acquires a map image corresponding to the position information, extracted by the position information extraction unit, from a map information providing server; a landmark information acquisition unit that acquires landmark information corresponding to the position information, extracted by the position information extraction unit, from a landmark information providing server; an associated image acquisition unit that acquires an associated image corresponding to the landmark information, acquired by the landmark information acquisition unit, from an image sharing server; and a display unit that displays the image data selected by the user, the map image, the landmark information and the associated image.

Abstract: An application development supporting apparatus and method that make it possible to easily set and execute various animation representations according to a state of a GUI component are provided. A GUI component is generated based on a logical part and a graphics representation part, and the graphics representation part is made to have an animation execution function based on image files according to the state of the component. By reading and displaying pre-set image data from an image file in accordance with methods that is carried out by a class of a graphics representation component, it becomes possible to carry out various animations with an image that is set according to the state of the component.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. Plural first icons representing first items of a high hierarchy are arrayed along a direction of a display screen, and plural second icons representing second items of a low hierarchy which belong to a selected one of the first items are arrayed along an intersecting direction with the selected first item positioned at the intersecting position. The selected noticed icon from among the plural second icons is displayed emphatically at a fixed position on the display screen, and explanation information of the noticed item icon is displayed in the proximity of the display position of the noticed icon. In response to a scrolling instruction, scrolling is executed while explanation information of the second icons other than the noticed item icon is displayed.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, including depositing an imprint resist layer on a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic material and a first non-magnetic material, on a substrate, transferring a concavo-convex pattern onto the imprint resist layer by pressing against the imprint resist layer an imprint mold structure having convex portions so as to have concavo-convex portions, forming magnetic pattern portions corresponding to the concavo-convex pattern by etching the magnetic layer using the imprint resist layer as a mask, and forming non-magnetic pattern portions by embedding a second non-magnetic material in concave portions, wherein the magnetic layer is etched so as to remove the ferromagnetic material in the magnetic layer, and leave 5% by mass or more of the first non-magnetic material in each concave portion relative to the total mass of the first non-magnetic material in each region corresponding to the concave portions to be formed.

Abstract: The imprint mold structure of the present invention is an imprint mold structure including at least a disc-shaped substrate having a concavo-convex pattern having a plurality of convex portions, wherein the imprint mold structure is used for transferring the concavo-convex pattern onto an imprint resist layer formed on magnetic recording medium substrate, with the concavo-convex pattern of the imprint mold structure being pressed against the imprint resist layer, wherein the shape of a vertical cross-section of the concavo-convex pattern taken on a line having a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the convex portion extends satisfies the following three Mathematical Expressions: (Mathematical Expression 1) 40°??<90°, (Mathematical Expression 2) SRas>SRab, (Mathematical Expression 3) LRah>LRav.

Abstract: To provide an interface binder for binding a resist layer and a laminate for forming magnetic recording medium having a substrate and a magnetic layer, the interface binder containing a first functional group crosslinkable with a surface of the laminate, and a second functional group crosslinkable with the resist layer.

Abstract: To provide a mold structure which is excellent in the transfer quality of a pattern to a substrate and superior in its separability from an imprint resist layer and which allows a high-quality pattern to be transferred and formed on discrete track media and patterned media. Specifically, there is a mold structure including: convex portions and concave portions formed on its surface, wherein the mold structure is used for transferring a concavo-convex pattern onto an imprint resist layer formed on a surface of a substrate having a thickness of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm by pressing the convex portions and the concave portions against the imprint resist layer, and wherein a ten-point average roughness Rz1 of apical portions of the convex portions and a ten-point average roughness Rz2 of bottom portions of the concave portions are in the range of 0.5 nm to 20 nm each.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mold structure including: a concavo-convex pattern formed on its surface, wherein the mold structure is used for transferring the concavo-convex pattern onto an imprint resist layer formed on a surface of a substrate having a thickness of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm by placing the concavo-convex pattern against the imprint resist layer, and wherein a thickness Dm (mm) of the mold structure, a thickness Ds (mm) of the substrate and an area Si (mm2) of the mold structure satisfy the Relationship 1.0?(Dm/Ds)×S11/2?100.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mold structure including: a concavo-convex pattern formed on its surface, wherein the mold structure is used for transferring the concavo-convex pattern onto an imprint resist layer formed on a surface of a substrate having a thickness of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm by placing the concavo-convex pattern against the imprint resist layer, and wherein a thickness Dm (mm) of the mold structure, a thickness Ds (mm) of the substrate and a curl amount C (mm) of the mold structure satisfy the relationship 0.01?10,000×(Dm3/Ds3)1/2×C2?250.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display control apparatus including: a selecting block configured to select, from programs to be broadcast on each channel, a program of which program information contains a registered keyword; and a display controlling block configured to display predetermined information in the vicinity of an icon indicative of a channel on which a program selected by said selecting block is broadcast among icons to be displayed in line as information indicative of a selectable channel and, when a predetermined operation is executed in a status in which a channel with said predetermined information displayed in the vicinity of an icon is selected, displaying said keyword contained in program information of a program to be broadcast on a selected channel.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising: a support; an under layer comprising at least one of a metal and an alloy; and a granular magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic metal particles and a nonmagnetic oxide, wherein the magnetic recording medium has a surface resistivity of from 1 to 100 ?/?.