Abstract: The presence or absence of touch is detected according to a difference of a capacitance caused by the presence or absence of a material that blocks the electric field formed between the detection electrode and the common electrode. The common electrode includes a plurality of divided electrode portions that is extended in a lateral direction and aligned with each other in a longitudinal direction. Each of the plurality of common lines is electrically connected to at least one of the divided electrode portions. The plurality of common lines is arranged in an area next to the common electrode in the lateral direction of the common electrode, arranged next to each other in a width direction orthogonal to a length thereof, is different in width from each other, and the width of the common lines is wider as the length is longer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having an outer shape of a display region formed other than a rectangle. A driver for supplying a video signal is disposed outside the display region. A selector with selector TFT is disposed between the display region and the driver. A video signal line is disposed between the driver and the selector, and a drain line is disposed between the selector and the display region. A scanning circuit for supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line is disposed outside the display region. The selector is disposed between the scanning line and the display region, and covered with ITO as the common electrode. The common bus wiring is disposed outside the selector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink that exhibits excellent ejection properties, and can be prevented from suffering from reduction in a dot size of the ink during a drying step thereof even when printed on a low-water absorbing recording medium, and is capable of obtaining printed characters or images having excellent uniformity, as well as an ink-jet printing method using the water-based ink. The water-based ink includes a pigment, a water-insoluble polymer, an acetylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant (A) having HLB of not less than 0 and not more than 5, a nonionic surfactant (B) having HLB of not less than 6 and not more than 20, a polyether-modified silicone (C) having a kinematic viscosity of not less than 30 mm2/s and not more than 190 mm2/s as measured at 25° C. and an organic solvent (D), in which a weighted mean value of a boiling point of the organic solvent (D) is not lower than 150° C. and not higher than 230° C.

Abstract: To enable size reduction of a display device having a touch sensor function in which a display area has a non-rectangular shape. In a display area, video lines and common electrodes extend in the first direction, and scan lines extend in the second direction. A video signal transmission circuit and a common driver are arranged along a first edge of the display area, with which the one ends of the video lines are aligned. A scan line driver is arranged along a second edge of the display area, with which the ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned. The display area has a shape including an overlapping part between the first edge and the second edge. In a frame area adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan line driver is arranged more outward than the video signal transmission circuit and switch circuits.

Abstract: A display device with a variant-shape display region other than the rectangular display region is configured to form a scanning line drive circuit along the variant-shape display region. The scanning line drive circuit includes bus wiring group with clock wiring for supplying clocks with three or more phases and the power supply wiring for supplying power, and the unit circuits for configuring the shift register including five or more transistors. The bus wiring and the unit circuits are formed on the different regions so as not to cross with one another.

Abstract: Procedure instruction sequences (P1˜PN) in an instruction sequence (for example, an instruction sequence for an NMR spectrometer) are generated in a precedential manner, and transferred to a procedure storage area on a transmission and reception unit in a precedential manner. After the precedential transfer, a remaining portion of the instruction sequence (streaming instruction sequence (SM1, . . . )) is sequentially generated in predetermined units from the beginning, and sequentially transferred to a FIFO area on the transmission and reception unit. A sequencer refers to the streaming instruction sequence, executes the instruction, and refers to a procedure instruction sequence on the procedure storage area.

Abstract: The plurality of stages of circuit blocks of a driver circuit in a display device include a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is connected at its gate with a first node and controls conductivity between a scanning signal line and a first clock signal line applied with a first clock signal. The first node is at an active potential when at least any one signal of signals output from one stage in each of a forward direction and a reverse direction is at the active potential. The second transistor is connected at its gate with the first node and controls conductivity between the first clock signal line and an input signal line of another stage of circuit block.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance measurement apparatus such as an NMR measurement apparatus, when a frequency of an observation nucleus falls within a high frequency band, an RF reception signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal, and is input to an analog-to-digital converter. In this case, under-sampling is executed for the intermediate frequency signal in the analog-to-digital converter, and a second-order aliased signal component generated from a target signal component is observed. On the other hand, when the frequency of the observation nucleus falls within a low frequency band, over-sampling for the RF reception signal is executed.

Abstract: A method includes forming N spin-cavity coupling states that are mutually different in coupling state between a cavity accommodating a sample therein and a spin of the sample, calculating N values of spin-cavity coupling constant, measuring N values of apparent relaxation time through magnetic resonance measurement applied on the sample, and calculating relaxation time corresponding to specific spin-cavity coupling constant based on the relationship between the N values of spin-cavity coupling constant and the N values of apparent relaxation time.

Abstract: A display device comprises counter electrodes configured to be used as common electrodes for displaying and scan electrodes for touch sensing, a first scan circuit which scans gate lines, and a second scan circuit which scans the counter electrodes. In the display device, one frame period includes a write period for continuously scanning one screen and a touch sensing period existing between the write period and a write period in the next frame. The second scan circuit includes a shift register unit and a switch unit. The switch unit includes a seventh thin-film transistor which outputs a DC drive signal to an output node and an eighth thin-film transistor which outputs an AC drive signal to the output node. A second control signal for fixing the voltage of a third retention node to which the gate electrode of the seventh thin-film transistor is connected is inputted in the write period.

Abstract: A compression coding method, apparatus, and program suitable for continuously coding pieces of fixed length data are provided. The compression coding method includes: dividing, into columns each with a predetermined bit width, records consisting of a fixed-length bit string that includes one or more fields, pieces of data of the same type being contained in the same field among fields determined in advance; and determining, for each column, a probability of occurrence of a bit value in the column at the same position among a plurality of records, and coding the plurality of records on the basis of the probability of occurrence using an entropy coding method.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having an outer shape of a display region formed other than a rectangle. A driver for supplying a video signal is disposed outside the display region. A selector with selector TFT is disposed between the display region and the driver. A video signal line is disposed between the driver and the selector, and a drain line is disposed between the selector and the display region. A scanning circuit for supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line is disposed outside the display region. The selector is disposed between the scanning line and the display region, and covered with ITO as the common electrode. The common bus wiring is disposed outside the selector.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a medium; a sensor configured to sense a medium being conveyed; and a controller configured to control the conveyance unit and acquire a result of the sensing performed by the sensor. The sensor includes a light emitter, a light receiver configured to perform output in accordance with the amount of the received light, and a shielding unit including a transmissive part through which the sensing light transmits. The transmissive part has a shape in which an opening width in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the medium changes in the conveyance direction. The controller determines skewing of the medium being conveyed based on change in the amount of light received by the light receiver as the medium passes along the transmissive part and temporal change in accordance with the conveyance of the medium.

Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) according to the present invention includes a circuit to be tested (2) having a scan chain, and a first test control device (3) and a second test control device (4) that perform a scan test of the circuit to be tested by using the scan chain. The second test control device (4) performs a second scan test of the circuit to be tested (2), the circuit to be tested (2) gives the first test control device (3) an instruction to perform a first scan test after the second scan test is performed, and the first test control device (3) performs a first scan test of the circuit to be tested (2) in response to an instruction from the circuit to be tested (2).

Abstract: An information processing device includes an accepting unit, a first transmitting unit, a receiving unit, an acquiring unit, and a second transmitting unit. The accepting unit receives identification information used by a cloud service for identifying a user and authentication information used for authenticating the user. The first transmitting unit transmits the identification information and the authentication information to the cloud service via a first line. The receiving unit receives a message transmitted to the information processing device from the cloud service via a second line. The acquiring unit acquires unique information contained in the message. The second transmitting unit transmits the unique information to the cloud service via the first line in a case where the message is transmitted by the cloud service due to transmission by the first transmitting unit.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread surface, a plurality of circumferential main grooves formed on the tread surface and extending in a tire circumference direction, a plurality of lug grooves formed on the tread surface and extending in a tire lateral direction, a plurality of blocks defined by the lug grooves on both sides in the tire circumferential direction and by the circumferential main grooves on at least one end in the tire lateral direction, and narrow grooves formed in the blocks. The narrow grooves include a plurality of bent portions as well as a circumferential narrow groove extending in the tire circumference direction and a lateral narrow groove extending in the tire lateral direction. The lateral narrow groove and the circumferential narrow groove are configured so that at least one thereof is provided in a plurality and includes a plurality of intersection points where the one intersects the other.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing is used in a planetary gear speed reducer, and includes an outer race, and a retainer formed with a first annular portion, a second annular portion, and pillars. At least one retainer guiding surface (raceway) which guides the retainer in a radial direction is formed only on an inner periphery of the outer race. Guided surfaces are formed at least either on the pillars or on the first and second annular portions, and guided by the at least one retainer guiding surface. Therefore, it is possible to guide an axial central portion or both side portions of the retainer, to make the retainer less likely to tilt due to a centrifugal force, and to apply a preload to both side surfaces of the outer race.

Abstract: An elevator motion alert system is configured to alert a person of an object moving in at least one hoistway of an elevator system. The elevator motion alert system includes a sensor configured to detect object motion. A transmitter of the elevator motion alert system is carried by the object and is configured to transmit a pressure wave at a pre-defined frequency upon movement of the object. An electronic device of the elevator motion alert system is configured to receive and process the pressure wave for alerting the person of object movement.

Abstract: To enable size reduction of a display device having a touch sensor function in which a display area has a non-rectangular shape. In a display area, video lines and common electrodes extend in the first direction, and scan lines extend in the second direction. A video signal transmission circuit and a common driver are arranged along a first edge of the display area, with which the one ends of the video lines are aligned. A scan line driver is arranged along a second edge of the display area, with which the ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned. The display area has a shape including an overlapping part between the first edge and the second edge. In a frame area adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan line driver is arranged more outward than the video signal transmission circuit and switch circuits.

Abstract: A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprises: a substrate; and a catalytic region on the substrate; wherein the catalytic region comprises a platinum group metal (PGM) component, an oxide, and a rare earth metal component; wherein the oxide is an inorganic oxide, an oxygen storage component (OSC) material, or a mixture thereof; wherein the rare earth metal component concentration by element on the surface of the oxide per unit specific surface area of the oxide is 1 ?mol/m2 to 20 ?mol/m2.