Abstract: An information apparatus switches a display at a predetermined area which includes at least a part of a portion where an electromagnetic-wave emitting unit used for data communications with a data storage device is disposed, according to data communication processing with the data storage device, and emits sound generated according to the processing at corresponding timing.

Abstract: An application program relating to a process of an IC 21 is stored in a virtual IC storage area server apparatus 13. Following a mutual authentication between the IC 21 and the virtual IC storage area server apparatus 13 through a portable communication function unit 20, the server apparatus 13 executes the application program and through the IC 21, the portable communication function unit 20, a wireless communication line 17, and a network 18, communicates with an IC_R/W apparatus 11 and performs a process relating to a service in collaboration with each other.

Abstract: An information apparatus switches a display at a predetermined area which includes at least a part of a portion where an electromagnetic-wave emitting unit used for data communications with a data storage device is disposed, according to data communication processing with the data storage device, and emits sound generated according to the processing at corresponding timing.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cathode-ray tube comprises a process of forming a phosphor screen. The process comprises an application process, a shake-off process, and a drying process. In the application process, a glass panel is tilted with respect to a vertical axis and is rotated having a tilt axis as a central axis to spread a phosphor slurry over almost the entire area of an inner face of the glass panel. In the shake-off process, by rotating the glass panel, excess phosphor slurry is shaken off, and the excess phosphor slurry is recovered in phosphor-slurry recovery members provided at the four corners of the glass panel. In the drying process, the phosphor slurry is dried. In this method, the tilt angle and rotation speed of the glass panel at least in one process out of the application process, the shake-off process, and the drying process is changed at least in two stages.

Abstract: The presence/absence of an object, movement of the object, the direction of movement, the speed of movement, the shape of the object, the quantity of objects and time information related to these factors are detected without installing a means for transmission. An antenna device (1) has a function of receiving radio waves (EW1 to EW24) transmitted by GPS satellites and outputs a detection signal when the reception of the radio waves (EW1 to EW24) transmitted by the GPS satellites is blocked by an object (A). A signal processing device (2) detects the object (A) based upon the detection signal provided by the antenna device (1).