Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, and 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite. An acrylic rubber composition having 100 parts by weight of an ACM polymer, which contains monomers each having a carboxyl group(s) as crosslinking-site monomers, respectively, 5 to 30 parts by weight of vein graphite or flake graphite, and 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of a liquid paraffin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a communication network system, which includes a cluster and a base station. The cluster includes plural communication devices installed underwater and a wired connection connecting at least two of the plural communication devices. The base station performs acoustic communication with at least one of the plural communication devices.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, in which: the gate lines include a first gate line and a second gate line for respectively outputting the scanning signals at two different scanning timings for each of scanning lines; and a unit pixel for color display, constituted by three pixels corresponding to a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel arranged side by side, is formed in a region surrounded by the first gate line, the second gate line, and the drain lines, and the three pixels corresponding to the red (R) pixel, the green (G) pixel, and the blue (B) pixel are arranged in matrix for the each unit pixel.

Abstract: A flyback system power source apparatus, which applies a voltage intermittently to a primary winding of a transformer to perform voltage outputting onto a secondary winding side of the transformer, comprises: the transformer; a synchronously rectifying element for rectifying a current in a secondary winding of the transformer; and a synchronous rectification control circuit for detecting a voltage vibration caused in a terminal voltage of the secondary winding to perform operation control of the synchronously rectifying element on the basis of the detection.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display, having an improved application of electric field to the molecules of liquid crystal, includes a substrate and a pixel array bonded to the surface of this substrate, and the pixel array includes at least a thin-film transistor and a pixel electrode connected with this thin-film transistor, and the pixel electrode is formed in a layer higher than the thin-film transistor in relation to the substrate.

Abstract: Control apparatus (and a control method) for a vehicle, the vehicle including: an internal combustion engine (EG); a brake booster (21) in which an intake negative pressure of the internal combustion engine is used; and a brake master cylinder (22) connected to an onboard hydraulic pressure actuator (33), the control apparatus comprising: pressure detecting means (27) for detecting a fluid pressure of the brake master cylinder; driving state detecting means (133) for detecting the driving state of the internal combustion engine; and control means (11) for retarding an ignition timing with a throttle valve (114) of the internal combustion engine opened in a case where the driving state detected by the driving state detecting means is in the idle driving state during a cold state of the internal combustion engine and for driving the fluid pressure actuator to assist the brake master cylinder in a case where the fluid pressure detected by the pressure detecting means is equal to or lower than a predetermined val

Abstract: Gate lines are arranged in a first direction. Drain lines are arranged in a second direction. A first electrode has slits formed therein. Aperture regions surrounded by the drain lines and the gate lines include an aperture region including the slits having a first inclined angle and an aperture region including the slits having a second inclined angle, the second inclined angle being different from the first inclined angle. The aperture region including the slits having the first inclined angle and the aperture region including the slits having the second inclined angle are alternately formed in the first direction. Within the aperture regions arranged adjacent to each other in the first direction, a first region and a second region forming a pair by being arranged so as to be opposed to each other via one of the gate lines form one of pixels.

Abstract: Provided is a display device (1), including: two pixels in a region (A) surrounded by two video signal lines (DL) and two scanning signal lines (GL); a first dummy wiring, which is connected to one video signal line of the two video signal lines; and a second dummy wiring, which is connected to a different one of the two video signal lines (DL) from the one video signal line to which the first dummy wiring is connected, in which the first dummy wiring and the second dummy wiring each extend along a contour of the region (A) to a position between the two pixels, and further extend so that respective end portions are opposed to each other between the two pixels.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a TFT substrate in which a channel length can be stably formed while the number of masks is reduced. The method includes processing a gate of the n-type TFT, a gate of the p-type TFT, and an upper capacitor electrode by using a half-tone mask instead of some of normal masks to reduce the number of masks, and changing impurity concentrations of semiconductor films located in regions which become a channel of the n-type TFT, a source and a drain of the n-type TFT, a channel of the p-type TFT, a source and a drain of the p-type TFT, and an lower capacitor electrode, by using a pattern of the half-tone mask and a normal mask.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus uses the pixel value of each of the pixels found in a predetermined range relative to a reference position of image data as input matrix and computes an output value corresponding to the input at its image processing section. Thereafter, the sorting filter of the image processing section sorts the elements of each row of the input matrix on a column by column basis. Then, it extracts a partial matrix having the row including the reference position and surrounding rows from the matrix obtained as a result of the sorting and having a number of rows smaller than number of rows of the input matrix and a number of columns same as the number of columns of the input matrix. Furthermore, it computationally determines the median of the elements of the partial matrix and outputs the median as the output value.

Abstract: In a non-contact power feeding device of the present invention, power is fed through an air gap with no contact from a power transmission coil of a power feeding side circuit to a power receiving coil of a power receiving side circuit, which are located to face each other, based on a mutual induction effect of electromagnetic induction. In such a non-contact power feeding device, a resonant coil of a repeating circuit is disposed on the power transmission coil side and/or the power receiving coil side. The resonant coil is wound in parallel on the same plane as the power transmission coil and/or the power receiving coil. The resonant coil the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil are respectively composed of a single insulated conducting wire or a number of insulated conducting wires.

Abstract: The screen-input image display device has a touch panel for outputting touched locations of a finger or the like in contact with a display panel screen; and a sensing circuit for sensing coordinates of the touched locations based on the output of the touch panel. The touch panel has a transparent conductor film which is single layer on a transparent substrate, the transparent conductor film being patterned into numerous electrode pads arranged in rows and columns of a two-dimensional matrix, and surface areas of the electrode pads vary depending on the location of the touch areas. Coordinates of the touch locations are sensed based on the proportion of charge signals of the touch locations due to differences in surface areas of the electrode pads.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a scanning unit repeatedly scans an internal region of an object with an ultrasonic wave at a predetermined frame rate via an ultrasonic probe. An image generation unit extracts a blood flow signal based on a Doppler effect from a reflection signal and repeatedly generates a blood flow image representing a spatial distribution associated with power of the blood flow signal at the frame rate. A power average value associated with a frame or local region is calculated for the blood flow image. The blood flow image is corrected. In the correcting, a gain on the power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value exceeds the threshold are substantially reduced, and power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value is not more than the threshold are maintained.

Abstract: A communication system for obtaining predetermined information from an underwater terminal via a sonobuoy is provided. The system includes an underwater terminal for transmitting and receiving sound wave signals, a base station apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio wave signals, and a plurality of sonobuoys for transmitting and receiving the sound wave signals to and from the underwater terminal, and for transmitting and receiving the radio wave signals to and from the base station apparatus.

Abstract: There are provided an inspection apparatus and method that can locally perform sample temperature regulation, so that the sample drift can be suppressed. There are included a sample stage 109 that holds a semiconductor sample 118, multiple probes 106 used to measure electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device on the semiconductor sample 118, a power source that applies voltage and/or current to the probe 106, a detector that measures electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device on the sample with which the probe is brought into contact, and an electromagnetic wave irradiating mechanism that irradiates electromagnetic wave on a measurement section of the semiconductor sample 118.

Abstract: A non-contact power feeding device feeds power from a power transmission coil to a power receiving coil based on a mutual induction effect of electromagnetic induction. In such a non-contact power feeding device, power can be fed to the power receiving coil by a mobile power feeding method whereby the power receiving coil is moved corresponding to the stationary power transmission coil through an air gap in the case of power feeding. The power transmission coil and the power receiving coil are respectively formed in a loop-shaped flat structure. A crossover coil is adopted to serve as the power transmission coil. The crossover coil is formed in a long loop shape along the direction of movement of the power receiving side and is crossed along the way to provide a plurality of units. It is however to be noted that a resonant repeating coil can be used together with the power transmission coil to adopt the crossover coil as its repeating coil.

Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus has a pulse transmission and reception unit, an envelope curve detection unit, a time difference detection unit, and an attenuation characteristic obtaining unit. The pulse transmission and reception unit transmits a first transmitted pulse that a frequency increases with time and a second transmitted pulse that the frequency decreases with time, further receives a first received pulse corresponding to the first transmitted pulse and a second received pulse corresponding to the second transmitted pulse. The envelope curve detection unit detects a first envelope curve based on the first received signal and a second envelope curve based on the second received signal, respectively. The time difference detection unit detects a time difference between the first envelope curve and the second envelope curve. The attenuation characteristic obtaining unit obtains a frequency dependent-attenuation characteristic of an ultrasonic base on the time difference.

Abstract: A voltage detecting circuit to perform voltage detection by introducing a voltage from a detection node, comprises: a first resistance, a second resistance, and a first switching element, connected in series with each other from the detection node to reference electric potential in order; and a detection circuit for performing a detection operation of a voltage by receiving input of the voltage from a node between the first resistance and the second resistance, wherein a control voltage generated on the basis of the voltage at the detection node is supplied to a control terminal of the first switching element, and the first switching element is turned on when the voltage at the detection node is large, and the first switching element is turned off when the voltage at the detection node is small.

Abstract: When the mode is set to a strobe consecutive shooting mode, an imaging apparatus sets the mode to a pixel addition drive mode for reading out image data using pixel addition drive, performs metering operation using preliminary flashing and calculates an appropriate amount of flashing on the basis of the metering operation. Next, the imaging apparatus judges whether or not it is possible to flash three times consecutively with the calculated amount of flashing. If it is judged that it is not possible to flash three times consecutively with the calculated amount of flashing, the imaging apparatus limits the amount of flashing to the largest amount of flashing within the range of amounts of flashing with which flashing of strobe light three times consecutively is possible, and performs strobe consecutive shooting with the limited amount of flashing.

Abstract: An NBR composition, which comprises NBR, and white carbon having a specific surface area (BET method) of 30-110 m2/g, preferably 30-60 m2/g, can be vulcanized by a vulcanization system consisting of an organic peroxide and sulfur or a sulfur-generating compound, and can give vulcanization moldings having equivalent compression set characteristics to those of expensive hydrogenated NBR vulcanization moldings, and thus can be effectively used as a vulcanization molding material for seal materials calling for such characteristics, for example, O rings, gaskets, packings, oil seals, etc.