Abstract: In a display device, information related to specified information, which is displayed large in a center portion of a display, by a selected relation criterion is displayed aligned on a selection axis, while information related by other relation criteria is displayed aligned on non-selection axes. Information selected as the specified information can be sequentially changed in accordance with an input from an up or down direction key, and a relation criterion of information displayed on the selection axis and the non-selection axes can be sequentially changed in accordance with an input from a left or right direction key. Also, in accordance with an input from an X button, an immediately preceding input from a direction key is cancelled, and a display condition returns to an immediately preceding history. In accordance with an input from a ? button, a display condition previously bookmarked by an input from a ? button is displayed.

Abstract: A thermal head avoids a drop in print quality caused by adhesion of printing chaff. A thermal head 39 that presses against thermal paper that moves from one side to the other side and prints by melting dye contained in the thermal paper has a glazed layer 150 that is formed in an area on one part of a ceramic substrate 43 and stores in-flowing heat, and a heating resistor 140 that is located offset to one side from the center of the glazed layer 150, selectively heats the thermal paper S pressed in contact therewith, and melts a dye material contained in the thermal paper. A smooth surface P against which the thermal paper S heated by the heating resistor 140 slides is formed to the other side of the glazed layer 150 from the heating resistor 140.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head which includes a flow passage forming substrate that has pressure generating chambers which communicate with nozzles capable of ejecting a liquid, pressure generating elements which apply pressure to the pressure generating chambers in order to eject the liquid from the nozzles, lead electrodes that supply electric signals to the pressure generating elements, wiring substrates that supply the electric signals to the lead electrodes, and a supporting member that supports the wiring substrates so as to raise the wiring substrates from a surface of the liquid ejecting head having the lead electrodes provided thereon.

Abstract: High print quality from a thermal printer is maintained while the print speed is decreasing without producing white streaks or uneven print density by controlling the hysteresis coefficient of the thermal print head 35 based on the energizing history of the thermal print head 35 and print speed control factors used for determining print speed, which is the speed at which the paper is advanced while printing.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the invention for miniaturizing and cost reduction includes: a solid-state relay 30 having a first light emitting element 10, a light triggered element 16 for receiving light from the first light emitting element 10, and translucent resin 23 for sealing the first light emitting element 10 and the light triggered element 16; a bidirectional input-type photocoupler 31 having second, third light emitting elements 12, 14 of antiparallel connection, a phototransistor 19 for receiving light from the second, third light emitting elements, and translucent resin 23 for sealing the second, third light emitting elements and the phototransistor 19; and a light shielding wall 25 for light-shielding the solid-state relay 30 and the bidirectional input-type photocoupler 31 from each other. The solid-state relay 30 and the bidirectional input-type photocoupler 31 are integrated into one package in a light-shielded state from each other by the light shielding wall 25.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method are provided for handling transactions issued to a slave device from a master device. Each transaction involves the transfer of one or more data packets between the master device and the slave device. The data processing apparatus comprises a buffer storage operable to buffer the data packets of one or more transactions during transfer of those data packets between the master and slave devices, and buffer control logic is used to control the operation of the buffer storage. In a normal mode of operation the buffer control logic causes the buffer storage to operate as a FIFO storage for buffering the data packets so as to maintain the temporal order of those data packets.

Abstract: A thermal printer 1 and control method for controlling print speed to prevent variation in printing pitch due to frequent slight changes in the print speed following a significant change in print speed. The print speed, which is the speed at which the print medium i.e., paper is conveyed when printing, is controlled based on known print speed control factors. The thermal printer comprises a paper feed mechanism for conveying the print medium at a controlled print speed passed a thermal print head, a print speed control unit 9 for controlling the print speed of the paper feed mechanism based on the print speed control factors, a print speed change acquisition unit 3 for determining the change in the print speed over a predetermined time, and a comparison unit 7 for determining if the change in print speed exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: [Object] An object is to provide a separated sensor capable of synchronizing a light transmitting unit with a light receiving unit, without using a control line. [Solving means] There is provided a separated sensor including a light transmitting unit that transmits detection light to a monitoring area, and a light receiving unit that receives detection light transmitted by the light transmitting unit, the light transmitting unit and the light receiving unit laid out separately from each other. On one of the light transmitting unit and the light receiving unit, there is provided a synchronization-light transmitting unit that transmits, by wireless, synchronization light to synchronize the light transmitting unit with the light receiving unit.

Abstract: A network-based distributed application system is provided in accordance with the present invention for enabling services to be established locally on a client system. The system may include an application and presentation logic, at least a portion of which is interchangeably processed by a server or a client without modification to the portion. The core functionality provided by the application may be preserved between the client and the server wherein improved network performance may provided along with improved offline service capabilities.

Abstract: A keyless entry system is provided that includes a vehicle-side device and a portable device. The vehicle-side device includes a vehicle-side transmission unit and a vehicle-side reception unit. The vehicle-side transmission unit is installed in a vehicle and connected to plural transmission antennas. The vehicle-side transmission unit transmits a request signal via signal lines. The vehicle-side reception unit receives an answer signal. The portable device includes a portable device-side reception unit that receives the request signal, and a portable device-side transmission unit that transmits the answer signal. The vehicle-side device includes a vehicle-side control unit that performs a predetermined control when the answer signal from the portable device is authenticated. The portable device includes a portable device-side control unit that detects the intensity of the signals transmitted from the plural transmission antennas.

Abstract: A thermal printer 1 and control method for controlling print speed to prevent variation in printing pitch due to frequent slight changes in the print speed following a significant change in print speed. The print speed, which is the speed at which the print medium i.e., paper is conveyed when printing, is controlled based on known print speed control factors. The thermal printer comprises a paper feed mechanism for conveying the print medium at a controlled print speed passed a thermal print head, a print speed control unit 9 for controlling the print speed of the paper feed mechanism based on the print speed control factors, a print speed change acquisition unit 3 for determining the change in the print speed over a predetermined time, and a comparison unit 7 for determining if the change in print speed exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Two operation channels CH1 and CH2 of a bidirectional photothyristor chip 31 are disposed away from each other so as not to intersect with each other. In between a P-gate diffusion region 23 on the left-hand side and a P-gate diffusion region 23? on the right-hand side on an N-type silicon substrate, and in between the CH1 and the CH2, a channel isolation region 29 comprised of an oxygen doped semi-insulating polycrystalline silicon film 35a doped with phosphorus is formed. Consequently, a silicon interface state (Qss) in the vicinity of the channel isolation region 29 on the surface of the N-type silicon substrate increases, so that holes or minority carriers in the N-type silicon substrate are made to disappear in the region. This makes it possible to prevent such commutation failure that when a voltage of the inverted phase is applied to the CH2 side at the point of time when the CH1 is turned off, the CH2 is turned on without incidence of light, and this allows a commutation characteristic to be enhanced.

Abstract: Methods and an apparatus for providing recording and rendering devices with customized content and/or content information based on one or more communities that users of the devices are members of, are described herein. The communities may be collections of device users located in a given geographic area, having a certain interest, or sharing a demographic trait. The customized content and/or content info include one or more of broadcast or multicast contents, a programming guide, a bundle of a plurality of broadcast or multicast contents, a directive to record broadcast or multicast content, or other contents that members of the community are currently watching or watch most frequently. In one embodiment, the content may also include chat data associated with community members.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for receiving, by a television set, from a wireless communication device proximally disposed within a communication and viewing distance from the television set, a subscriber identification associated with a subscriber of a wireless communication service provided through the wireless communication device, are described herein. The television set may further determine whether the subscriber is a known user of the television set, having one or more preferences, and operate, including accommodating the user's one or more preferences where possible.

Abstract: In order to provide a photothyristor having high breakdown voltage and less-varying light sensitivity by improving the sensitivity and the breakdown voltage of the device while maintaining the device small, the device includes a silicon substrate, a transistor portion including an anode region, a gate region and a cathode region and placed on a first main surface of the silicon substrate, a light-receiving portion for receiving light from the outside, and an electrode for establishing an ohmic contact between the anode region and the cathode region. The light receiving portion includes an oxygen-doped polysilicon film overlaid on the silicon substrate through a transparent insulating film and is disposed to surround the transistor portion. The electrode is placed above the transistor portion and has a double-structure consisting of a center portion and an outer portion surrounding the center portion, and the center portion and the outer portion are electrically connected.

Abstract: A keyless entry apparatus is disclosed that is capable of accurately determining whether a portable apparatus is positioned inside or outside an interface between an inner surface and an outer surface of a vehicle even when a region which is affected by crosstalk and/or in which saturation occurs exists outside or inside the vehicle.

Abstract: “An User Interface provision method involving the use of display state and/or display cells, and apparatuses equipped to practice the method, are described herein.

Abstract: A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel use is made of a navigation model that manages the user's navigation activities to and between the different functionalities. Navigation instrumentalities enable the user to navigate among the different functionalities and include links to each of the different functionalities as well as browser-like navigation buttons. Context-sensitive command sets can also be provided along with the single navigable window. The context sensitive command sets include commands that automatically change as the user's computing context changes, e.g. as the user moves from functionality to functionality. The single application can be defined as a software platform that is extensible to receive and incorporate different functionalities.

Abstract: A keyless entry device can accurately judge or determine whether a portable device exists inside or outside a vehicle. A vehicle-side controller includes a memory that stores an inside data group having a plurality of intensity information of a request signal transmitted from the plurality of transmitting antennas when the portable device is located along an inside of a vehicle. Also included is an outside data group having a plurality of intensity information of a request signal transmitted from the plurality of transmitting antennas when the portable device is located along an outside of the vehicle. The vehicle-side controller judges an area where the portable device exists from the intensity information of the request signal received from the portable device. The controller instantly judges the inside or the outside of the vehicle, when the portable device exists in an area apart from a boundary.

Abstract: An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temperature of an internal body position. A heater may be included to preheat a body part in order to reduce the time required for measurement. The probe may use two temperature sensors to measure temperatures at two body surface positions through insulating members which are different in thermal conductivity.