Abstract: A telephone 12a connected to a local area network 10, comprising a means for requesting during communication a response from another receiver-side telephone 12b indicating its availability to receive a call, and a means for notifying the address of the receiver-side telephone 12b that responded to the caller-side telephone 22a.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording an image using a transfer-type recording mechanism are such that a layer of an intermediate transfer element is removably formed on a surface of an intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer element includes an ultraviolet stabilizer and a powder mixture. The intermediate transfer layer is capable of being dissolved and swelled by applying an ink liquid on the intermediate transfer medium and enables a viscosity of the ink liquid residing thereon to be increased. An image is produced on the intermediate transfer medium by supplying the ink liquid thereon. The image is then transferred to the recording medium, so that a high quality image is produced without any blurring, mixing or penetration of the ink liquid.

Abstract: A threading unit for threading a thread through holes of a sheet-like flat member, including an upper block (2) and a lower block (3) mating with each other and each having formed therein a discontinuous vessel having apertures open on the respective mating surfaces. The upper and lower blocks, when joined together, have their discontinuous vessels connected to each other to complete a continuous vessel through which a thread is threaded. The upper and lower blocks are each split into a first upper piece (2A) and a second upper piece (2B) and a first lower piece (3A) and a second lower piece (3B), respectively, along the parting face. Each split has on its parting face a lengthwise cut half of the discontinuous vessel. The sheet-like flat member is sandwiched between the mating faces of the upper and lower blocks (2) and (3) with its holes coinciding with the apertures of the upper and lower blocks.

Abstract: An inkjet recording medium comprising at least one ink receiving layer on a support, wherein the ink receiving layer which is the outermost layer comprises a pigment and an aqueous polyurethane resin as principal components, the proportion of said aqueous polyurethane resin relative to said pigment in the ink receiving layer which is the outermost layer is 5-80 wt %, said aqueous polyurethane resin is formed by reaction of an active hydrogen compound and an aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanate compound, said active hydrogen compound contains 40-80 wt % of a polyether polyol compound having a number average molecular weight of 500-3000, and the minimum film-forming temperature of said aqueous polyurethane resin is ?10-50 degree C.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording an image using a transfer-type recording mechanism are such that a layer of an intermediate transfer element is removably formed on a surface of an intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer element includes an ultraviolet stabilizer and a powder mixture. The intermediate transfer layer is capable of being dissolved and swelled by applying an ink liquid on the intermediate transfer medium and enables a viscosity of the ink liquid residing thereon to be increased. An image is produced on the intermediate transfer medium by supplying the ink liquid thereon. The image is then transferred to the recording medium, so that a high quality image is produced without any blurring, mixing or penetration of the ink liquid.

Abstract: Silicon raw material and gallium dopant are charged and mixed in a crucible. The silicon raw material is heated to a predetermined temperature, and melted under an inactive gas atmosphere. The melted silicon raw material is cooled down to be crystallized to make a polycrystalline silicon incorporating the gallium dopant.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording an image using a transfer-type recording mechanism are such that a layer of an intermediate transfer element is removably formed on a surface of an intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer element includes an ultraviolet stabilizer and a powder mixture. The intermediate transfer layer is capable of being dissolved and swelled by applying an ink liquid on the intermediate transfer medium and enables a viscosity of the ink liquid residing thereon to be increased. An image is produced on the intermediate transfer medium by supplying the ink liquid thereon. The image is then transferred to the recording medium, so that a high quality image is produced without any blurring, mixing or penetration of the ink liquid.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording an image using a transfer-type recording mechanism are such that a layer of an intermediate transfer element is removably formed on a surface of an intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer element includes an ultraviolet stabilizer and a powder mixture. The intermediate transfer layer is capable of being dissolved and swelled by applying an ink liquid on the intermediate transfer medium and enables a viscosity of the ink liquid residing thereon to be increased. An image is produced on the intermediate transfer medium by supplying the ink liquid thereon. The image is then transferred to the recording medium, so that a high quality image is produced without any blurring, mixing or penetration of the ink liquid.

Abstract: A method for producing a package of a fluidized substance is disclosed. The method includes a supplying step in which a prescribed amount of a fluidized substance (103) is supplied onto a first sheet (a first sheet 101′ of continuous length) by use of a metering-applicator (2) for the fluidized substance comprising a metering through-hole (21) having an outer opening and an inner opening. The supplying step comprises positioning the first sheet so as to be brought into contact with the outer opening of the metering through-hole (21), and then supplying the fluidized substance (103) from the inner opening of the metering through-hole (21) via the metering through-hole (21) onto the first sheet while the first sheet is conveyed.

Abstract: A repeating device 14 for relaying the call to a plurality of receiver telephones 12a-12c that are connected to a local area network, comprising a function for requesting a reply to the plurality of receiver telephones 12a-12c asking their availability to receive a call, a function for selecting the destination of the call out of the receiver telephones 12a-12c that responded, and a function for notifying the address of the selected receiver telephone 12a to the caller telephone 22a. Further, the present repeating device comprises a function for receiving the transfer request from a user.

Abstract: A telephone 12a connected to a local area network 10, comprising a means for requesting during communication a response from another receiver-side telephone 12b indicating its availability to receive a call, and a means for notifying the address of the receiver-side telephone 12b that responded to the caller-side telephone 22a.

Abstract: A semiconductor device fabrication process includes forming a Schottky layer, a cap layer covering the surface of the Schottky layer, and a Schottky electrode of a two-level structure having a lower portion that penetrates through the cap layer and reaches the Schottky layer, and having an upper portion larger than the lower portion in cross-sectional area and that overlies the cap layer. With this construction, surface defects are unlikely to occur, so that a highly reliable semiconductor device can be fabricated.

Abstract: An inkjet recording medium comprising at least one ink receiving layer on a support, wherein the ink receiving layer which is the outermost layer comprises a pigment and an aqueous polyurethane resin as principal components, the proportion of said aqueous polyurethane resin relative to said pigment in the ink receiving layer which is the outermost layer is 5-80 wt %, said aqueous polyurethane resin is formed by reaction of an active hydrogen compound and an aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanate compound, said active hydrogen compound contains 40-80 wt % of a polyether polyol compound having a number average molecular weight of 500-3000, and the minimum film-forming temperature of said aqueous polyurethane resin is −10-50 degree C.

Abstract: A powder composition containing a powder of a modified polymer having a recurring unit containing at least one carboxyl group, the carboxyl groups of part of the recurring units being in the form of a salt with an aliphatic amine having at least 6 carbon atoms, and a powder of a surfactant. The powder composition is used for forming an image on a printing medium, in which method the composition is applied over a surface of a transfer medium to form a layer of the powder. An image of a liquid ink capable of dissolving or swelling the powder is then formed on the layer so that the viscosity of the liquid ink increases when contacted with the powder. The image on the transfer medium is contacted with the printing medium so that the image is transferred to the printing medium.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with an In-panel switching system mode includes a conductive body for adjusting an electric field, disposed between elongated electrodes such that the conductive member is electrically isolated from the elongated electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a Schottky layer, a cap layer covering the surface of the Schottky layer, and a Schottky electrode of a two-level structure, having an under structure penetrating through the cap layer and reaching the Schottky layer, and an upper structure larger than the under structure in a cross-sectional area and overlying the cap layer. With such a construction as described, surface defect is unlikely to occur, and therefore, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be fabricated.

Abstract: A business management method, a business management apparatus and a data broadcast delivery method are disclosed which allows contents to be broadcast over an unused bandwidth in satellite broadcasting so that the contents are stored and later reproduced as needed for quick access to a desired destination recorded in the contents. A data broadcast is assigned to an unused broadcast bandwidth over a broadcast band for transmitting programs in satellite broadcasting. The data broadcast over the unused bandwidth are stored onto a storage medium in a TV set. The stored data contents are sorted out by category for selective viewing by operation of the TV set. If the selected content offers e-commerce, a virtual shop handing desired offerings is accessed as per the content.

Abstract: A data transmission device transmits a data broadcast using a narrow unused broadcasting band in a digital broadcast, and to record the data broadcast, which has been received, on a receiving side so that the receiving side can play back the data broadcast after a data stream is totally recorded. The transmission device generates a first data stream, which is recorded on a recording medium on a receiving side, and a second data stream including audio and video data, which is transmitted as a broadcasting program. The transmission device multiplexes the first and the second data streams and then transmits the multiplexed data stream. The transmission of the multiplexed data stream is controlled so that a transmission rate for the multiplexed data stream does not exceed the maximum transmission rate, and so that a transmission rate for the first data stream becomes lower than that for the second data stream.

Abstract: A magnetic head having optimum recording/reproducing characteristics and a method for producing the magnetic head. A pair of magnetic core halves 2, 3, each having a substrate 4 and a thin magnetic metal film 6 formed obliquely on it, are bonded together via a non-magnetic material C for defining a magnetic gap. A portion of the substrate faces a junction surface 8 of the magnetic core halves 2, 3. The substrate portion is arranged for facing an end face of the magnetic meta film 6 of the opposite side magnetic core half facing the junction surface 8.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a Schottky layer, a cap layer covering the surface of the Schottky layer, and a Schottky electrode of a two-level structure. The Schottky electrode has a lower portion that penetrates through the cap layer and reaches the Schottky layer, and has an upper portion larger than the lower portion in cross-sectional area and that overlies the cap layer. With this construction, surface defects are unlikely to occur, so that a highly reliable semiconductor device can be fabricated.