Abstract: A touchscreen device includes a touch surface, electrode pairs, a voltage applying portion, an output detecting portion, a correcting portion, and a specifying portion. The electrode pairs include a regular electrode pair and an irregular electrode pair. The voltage applying portion applies a driving voltage to the electrode pairs. The output detecting portion detects outputs from the regular electrode pair and the irregular electrode pair in response to the driving voltage. The correcting portion corrects the output from the irregular electrode pair to amplify the output from the irregular electrode pair to the same level as the output from the regular electrode pair. The specifying portion specifies the electrode pair having the capacitance that is defined as varied based on the output from the regular electrode pair and the output from the irregular electrode pair.

Abstract: A method of producing a touchscreen 12 includes a pattern forming process, a cutting process, and a three-dimensional forming process. The pattern forming process is for forming a touchscreen pattern 12P including at least electrode portions 17 and line portions on a plate surface of a base that has a sheet shape with flexibility. The cutting process is for cutting a use portion 16U out of the base 16 on which the touchscreen pattern 12 is formed. The three-dimensional shape forming process is for forming the use portion 16U out of the base 16 into a three-dimensional shape.

Abstract: An input device (1) includes a drive electrode provided in each of sensor areas (R1 to R4) and configured to receive a drive signal, a sense electrode configured to output a response signal to the drive signal, and a control unit (20) configured to input a drive signal to the drive electrode to drive each of the sensor areas, and detect, in each of the sensor areas, touch or approach of a target object to each of the sensor areas. The control unit (20) controls to simultaneously drive at least two of the sensor areas. Drive signals inputted to the drive electrodes in the at least two simultaneously driven sensor areas have drive frequencies different from each other.

Abstract: A touch panel (2) includes: a glass substrate (4); X-direction electrodes and Y-direction electrodes (14) provided above the glass substrate (4); lines (15) provided above the glass substrate (4) and electrically connected with the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14); an insulating resin layer (12) covering the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14) and lines (15); and a conductive layer (23) provided above the insulating resin layer (12) to allow static electricity entering the panel from the outside to flow therethrough.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a substrate; an X axis direction electrode part; and a Y axis direction electrode part. The X axis direction electrode part includes a plurality of fine metal wires formed on one main surface (a first main surface) of the substrate. The Y axis direction electrode part includes a plurality of fine metal wires formed on another main surface (a second main surface) of the substrate. In bridge regions in which the X axis direction electrode part and the Y axis direction electrode part overlap in a plan view, the wiring pattern of the plurality of the fine metal wires included in the X axis direction electrode part is identical to the wiring pattern of the plurality of the fine metal wires included in the Y axis direction electrode part. In the bridge regions, the wire width of the fine metal wires included in the X axis direction electrode part is larger than the wire width of the fine metal wires included in the Y axis direction electrode part.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a first sensor unit that includes first transmission electrodes and first receiving electrodes; a second sensor unit that includes second transmission electrodes and second receiving electrodes; a transmission unit that provides a drive signal to the first transmission electrodes and the second transmission electrodes; and a receiving unit that receives a plurality of output signals from the first receiving electrodes and the second receiving electrodes. The first sensor unit has a first sensing region and a blank region. The second sensor unit has a second sensing region and a wiring region. The second sensing region is formed to the inside of the blank region in a plan view.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a functional panel, a photo curable adhesive, a transparent electrode, and a light blocking line. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area to display an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The functional panel is attached to the liquid crystal panel, and includes a display overlapping area overlapping with the display area and a display non-overlapping area overlapping with the non-display area in a plan view. The photo curable adhesive is arranged between the panels and cured by light applied thereto. The transparent electrode is arranged in the display overlapping area and made of light transmissive conductive material. The light blocking line is arranged in the display non-overlapping area and made of light shielding metal material. The light blocking line partially has a light-transmission cutout that is configured to allow the light to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A conducting layer (7) is formed in a shape of a grid having a predetermined width of lines extending along the first direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) and the second direction (vertical direction in the drawing). In a region that, when seen in planar view, overlaps those lines of the conducting layer (7) which extend along the first direction, lines of an insulating light-blocking layer (6) that are wider than those of the conduction layer (7) are arranged at predetermined intervals along the second direction. The conducting layer (7) is broken at predetermined places in a region that overlaps the insulating light-blocking layer 6 when seen in plane view. This makes it possible to achieve a liquid crystal display device including a touch panel substrate that has a high aperture ratio and that can suppress leakage of light through cuts in a conducting layer.

Abstract: A touch panel (2) includes: a glass substrate (4); X-direction electrodes and Y-direction electrodes (14) provided above the glass substrate (4); lines (15) provided above the glass substrate (4) and electrically connected with the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14); an insulating resin layer (12) covering the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14) and lines (15); and a conductive layer (23) provided above the insulating resin layer (12) to allow static electricity entering the panel from the outside to flow therethrough.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel-equipped display device in which the transmittance of the display device is maintained and occurrence of the moiré effect is reduced without having to change the design of the touch panel or display panel. The present display device includes: a display panel provided with a black matrix having a plurality of mutually parallel straight members; a touch panel having a plurality of mutually parallel wires; and an interference sheet having a repeating structure that includes a plurality of mutually parallel repeating units. The interference sheet is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel, and the relationship A<C<B is satisfied by the spacing A between adjacent straight members in the black matrix, the spacing B between adjacent wires in the touch panel, and the spacing C between adjacent repeating units of the interference sheet.

Abstract: The amount of the light emitted from a light-emitting diode is changed from that of the initial condition to increase, among the light sensors that are not shielded from the light emitted from the light-emitting diode, the number of the light sensors at which the difference (C?D) between the light detection amount at the light sensor when the light-emitting diode is ON and the light detection amount at the light sensor when the light-emitting diode is OFF is equal to the difference (A?B) between the light detection amount at the light sensor in the initial condition when the light-emitting diode was ON and the light detection amount at the light sensors in the initial condition when the light-emitting diode was OFF with no detection object present.

Abstract: A conducting layer (7) is formed in a shape of a grid having a predetermined width of lines extending along the first direction (horizontal direction in the drawing) and the second direction (vertical direction in the drawing). In a region that, when seen in planar view, overlaps those lines of the conducting layer (7) which extend along the first direction, lines of an insulating light-blocking layer (6) that are wider than those of the conduction layer (7) are arranged at predetermined intervals along the second direction. The conducting layer (7) is broken at predetermined places in a region that overlaps the insulating light-blocking layer 6 when seen in plane view. This makes it possible to achieve a liquid crystal display device including a touch panel substrate that has a high aperture ratio and that can suppress leakage of light through cuts in a conducting layer.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device capable of suppressing complication of a manufacturing process and reduction of luminous efficiency is obtained. This nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device (50) includes a nitride-based semiconductor device layer (23) formed on a main surface of a (1-100) plane of a substrate (21), having a light-emitting layer (26) having a main surface of a (1-100) plane, a facet (50a) formed on an end of a region including the light-emitting layer (26) of the nitride-based semiconductor device layer (23), formed by a (000-1) plane extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main surface ((1-100) plane) of the light-emitting layer (26), and a reflection surface (50c) formed on a region opposed to the facet (50a) of the (000-1) plane, formed by a growth surface of the nitride-based semiconductor device layer (23), extending in a direction inclined at an angle ?1 (about) 62° with respect to the facet (50a).

Abstract: A coordinate sensor of the present invention includes light emitting diodes (10) and line sensors (13) each including light receiving elements (13s), and further includes, between the light emitting diodes (10) and the light receiving elements (13s), wavelength selective reflection mirrors (11) for allowing light emitted from the light emitting diodes (10) to be selectively incident to the light receiving elements (13s).

Abstract: In this semiconductor laser apparatus, a first wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a fourth direction from a first semiconductor laser device and in a first direction from a photodetector, and a second wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the fourth direction from the first semiconductor laser device and in a third direction from the first wire-bonding portion. A third wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a second direction from a third semiconductor laser device and in the first direction from the photodetector, and a fourth wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the second direction from the third semiconductor laser device and in the third direction from the third wire-bonding portion.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a functional panel, a photo curable adhesive, a transparent electrode, and a light blocking line. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area to display an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The functional panel is attached to the liquid crystal panel, and includes a display overlapping area overlapping with the display area and a display non-overlapping area overlapping with the non-display area in a plan view. The photo curable adhesive is arranged between the panels and cured by light applied thereto. The transparent electrode is arranged in the display overlapping area and made of light transmissive conductive material. The light blocking line is arranged in the display non-overlapping area and made of light shielding metal material. The light blocking line partially has a light-transmission cutout that is configured to allow the light to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device capable of suppressing reduction of characteristics and a yield and method of fabricating the same is described. The method of fabricating includes the steps of forming a groove portion on a nitride-based semiconductor substrate by selectively removing a prescribed region of a second region of the nitride-based semiconductor substrate other than a first region corresponding to a light-emitting portion of a nitride-based semiconductor layer up to a prescribed depth and forming the nitride-based semiconductor layer having a different composition from the nitride-based semiconductor substrate on the first region and the groove portion of the nitride-based semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps of forming a semiconductor device layer on an upper surface of a substrate including the upper surface, a lower surface and a dislocation concentrated region arranged so as to part a first side closer to the upper surface and a second side closer to the lower surface, exposing a portion where the dislocation concentrated region does not exist above on the lower surface by removing the substrate on the second side along with at least a part of the dislocation concentrated region, and forming an electrode on the portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an input display device including: a display device which recognizes an input position with a light sensor by blinking a backlight; and an input device of a light-emitting type (light pen), wherein a light emitting diode (LED) of the input device is adapted so that (i) its non-light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (X) during which the backlight is OFF and (ii) its light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (Y) during which the backlight is ON. According to this arrangement, it is possible to realize an input display device which can reduce the effect of ambient light and in which a light pen can be used (in addition to a finger and a reflective pen etc.) as inputting means.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel (20) including: an active matrix substrate (21); a counter substrate (22); and a liquid crystal layer (23) provided between the active matrix substrate (21) and the counter substrate (22); and a backlight (10) illuminating the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal display device (100) has an area sensor function for detecting an external input position, and further includes a reflectance changing section (50) that reduces a reflectance of light from the backlight (10) in response to application of pressure on a panel surface (100a). The reflectance changing section (50) is configured so that in a state where no pressure is applied on the panel surface (100a), an air layer (50c) is formed between two elastic films (50a and 50b) whereas in a state where pressure is applied on the panel surface (100a), the two elastic films (50a and 50b) contact each other.