Abstract: A method of tap coefficient correction includes: obtaining a synchronization symbol difference between a first polarization and a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization; obtaining a delay amount of each of the first polarization and the second polarization in an adaptive equalizer; calculating, in a case where a horizontal axis represents a tap number and a vertical axis represents a tap coefficient and a tap number or a nearest tap number with which an area of a drawn figure is halved is set as a gravity center of tap coefficients, a correction reference gravity center of the tap coefficients set in the adaptive equalizer, based on the synchronization symbol difference and the delay amount; and performing a correction of shifting an entire tap coefficients in units of symbol to cause the correction reference gravity center to be closest to a tap center.

Abstract: An operating efficiency of an observer is considerably restricted since it is not known at which position a culturing cell is disposed among a great number of pieces of holes of a culturing sheet. The culturing sheet is configured by a partitioning wall, a hole isolated by the partitioning wall, a local culturing region formed with plural local culturing region pillars a height of which is lower than that of the partitioning wall at a portion of a bottom face, and identification mark pillars formed at an identification mark region which differs from the culturing region at the bottom face of the hole. An identification mark is prevented from being unable to be optically recognized by adhering a spheroid to the identification mark region by making a diameter and a height of the identification mark pillar smaller than a diameter and a height of the local culturing pillar.

Abstract: To provide a display device including a switching regulator type power generating circuit which realizes an increase in display quality by an output voltage being more stable, and by suppressing a flickering of a screen. A display device includes a switching regulator type direct current power generating circuit, wherein a period for which a switching element is turned on is determined in such a way as to increase or decrease by a given width when a code of an output voltage with respect to a setting voltage is constant, and the period is determined in such a way as to increase or decrease differently from the given width when the code changes.

Abstract: Provided is a culture sheet which enables a technique for forming a three-dimensional tissue having uniform diameter without applying any chemical on the surface of a culture substrate. On the culture sheet (150) of the culture substrate, a plurality of holes (152) are formed and nanopillars (153), which are capable of controlling the adhesiveness and migration ability of cells, are formed on the bottom surface of each hole (152), said bottom face serving as a culture surface. The culture surface of each hole (151) is provided with a partition wall (152) and the internal nanopillars (153) are formed in the vicinity of the center of the hole (151). Owing to this configuration, the interaction among the disseminated cells can be restricted so that uniformly sized three-dimensional structures of the cells can be formed.

Abstract: In the image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet, an operation time measuring section that measures elapsed time that elapses from the point of time when the image forming apparatus arrives at its operable state and a controller that stops operations of the image forming apparatus when the elapsed time measured by the operation time measuring section arrives at a prescribed time are provided, whereby, a life span of the image forming apparatus influenced by temporal changes can be judged precisely, independently of the hours of operation of the image forming apparatus, and operations can be stopped.

Abstract: It is necessary to develop a method for obtaining mango juice having a rich flavor and maintaining its characteristic cloudy appearance and yet that is protected against precipitation during prolonged storage, irrespective of whether it is in the form of processed mango juice or a beverage that incorporates the same. There is provided a process for producing processed mango juice having a reduced pulp content comprising the steps of treating, with an enzymatic agent, mango juice that has a turbidity of at least 3,700 upon centrifugal separation with a centrifugal effect of 1,200 (×G) for 10 minutes, and depulping the enzymatically treated mango juice to yield processed mango juice having a pulp content of no more than 20% (v/v) and a turbidity of at least 1,400 NTU.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing method, an image processing system, an image processing device and a computer program for detecting a detection object such as nares of the driver with a high degree of accuracy in, for example, a system using an in-vehicle camera which is mounted on a vehicle and takes an image of the face of the driver. A detection object is diversified by a variety of detection methods such as a method for detecting a plurality of locations in the vertical direction as candidates during image pickup of an image, detecting a range to be a candidate of a detection object on the basis of the brightness of a pixel for each of rows of pixels lined up in the horizontal direction corresponding to each detected location and specifying a detection object from candidates of a detection object on the basis of the length of the detected range.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp using an LED optical unit can include a connector. The LED optical unit can include a circuit board upon which an LED is mounted, a shield plate including lock grooves and a connector including terminal members and engaging portions. Each of the terminal members can contact with conductor pads of the circuit board with confidence using an elastic force of the terminal members, while each of the engaging portions is engaged with the lock grooves via insert slits in the circuit board and the shield plate. The connector can be attached to the circuit board by inserting the engaging portions into the insert slits and by rotating the connector. The LED can receive power supply via the conductor pads and can emit variously-colored lights. Thus, vehicle lamps can be used for various vehicles with a simple structure by using the disclosed LED optical unit including connector.

Abstract: A forming apparatus to bend a plate-shaped material, including: a first forming device to bend one surface of the plate-shaped material not more than 180 degrees by pressing the plate-shaped material; a second forming device to bend another surface of the plate-shaped material not more than 180 degrees by pressing the plate-shaped material; wherein the first and the second forming device perform bending while changing a relative position by interlocking with each other.

Abstract: In a lamp body, a second reflective surface, which reflects light reflected from a first reflective surface to a front side again so as to emit the light toward the front side, is formed on a back surface of a lens main body; fixing portions protrude outward from an outer peripheral portion of the lens main body and are fixed to a seating section; the first reflective surface is formed in a shape of a band which extends in one direction and of which both end portions reach the outer peripheral portion of the lens main body; constricted portions, which are recessed inward, are formed at the outer peripheral portion of the lens main body near at least one of the both end portions of the first reflective surface; and the fixing portions are disposed in the constricted portions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a culture sheet which enables technology in which three-dimensional tissues with uniform diameter are formed without applying chemicals to the surface of a culture substrate. A plurality of holes are formed on the culture sheet of the substrate, and nanopillars capable of controlling the adhesiveness or migration of a cell are formed on a culture surface that serves as the bottom surface of each of the holes. The culture surface of each of the holes having a structure in which a partition wall is provided, wherein, by forming the internal nanopillars in the vicinity of the center of each of the holes, the interaction of the disseminated cells can be limited to uniform the size of the three-dimensional structures of the cells to be formed.

Abstract: It is possible to realize a driver circuit which exhibits low power consumption and high image quality in a liquid crystal display device used in miniaturized portable equipment. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal driver circuit, the liquid crystal driver circuit is mounted on one side of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal driver circuit can output counter electrode voltages of two systems and hence, the liquid crystal driver circuit can select a first mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the opposite polarities from each other and a second mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the same polarity. Due to such constitution, while driving the liquid crystal display device in the first mode, the second mode is selected depending on a video signal thus realizing power saving.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp using an LED optical unit can include a connector. The LED optical unit can include a circuit board upon which an LED is mounted, a shield plate including lock grooves and a connector including terminal members and engaging portions. Each of the terminal members can contact with conductor pads of the circuit board with confidence using an elastic force of the terminal members, while each of the engaging portions is engaged with the lock grooves via insert slits in the circuit board and the shield plate. The connector can be attached to the circuit board by inserting the engaging portions into the insert slits and by rotating the connector. The LED can receive power supply via the conductor pads and can emit variously-colored lights. Thus, vehicle lamps can be used for various vehicles with a simple structure by using the disclosed LED optical unit including connector.

Abstract: A forming apparatus to bend a plate-shaped material, including: a first forming device to bend one surface of the plate-shaped material not more than 180 degrees by pressing the plate-shaped material; a second forming device to bend another surface of the plate-shaped material not more than 180 degrees by pressing the plate-shaped material; wherein the first and the second forming device perform bending while changing a relative position by interlocking with each other.

Abstract: To provide a display device including a switching regulator type power generating circuit which realizes an increase in display quality by an output voltage being more stable, and by suppressing a flickering of a screen. A display device includes a switching regulator type direct current power generating circuit, wherein a period for which a switching element is turned on is determined in such a way as to increase or decrease by a given width when a code of an output voltage with respect to a setting voltage is constant, and the period is determined in such a way as to increase or decrease differently from the given width when the code changes.

Abstract: It is possible to realize a driver circuit which exhibits low power consumption and high image quality in a liquid crystal display device used in miniaturized portable equipment. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal driver circuit, the liquid crystal driver circuit is mounted on one side of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal driver circuit can output counter electrode voltages of two systems and hence, the liquid crystal driver circuit can select a first mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the opposite polarities from each other and a second mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the same polarity. Due to such constitution, while driving the liquid crystal display device in the first mode, the second mode is selected depending on a video signal thus realizing power saving.

Abstract: In the image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet, an operation time measuring section that measures elapsed time that elapses from the point of time when the image forming apparatus arrives at its operable state and a controller that stops operations of the image forming apparatus when the elapsed time measured by the operation time measuring section arrives at a prescribed time are provided, whereby, a life span of the image forming apparatus influenced by temporal changes can be judged precisely, independently of the hours of operation of the image forming apparatus, and operations can be stopped.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a reading section to read a document and to obtain image data, the document including a plurality of sheets and having a binding portion; a storage section to store the image data; an operating section to accept an operating instruction to designate a position of the binding portion of the document, to designate a page order on one side of the binding portion of the document, and to designate one face out of faces of the sheets, from which a reading operation is started; and a controller, in accordance with the designation, to determine an image area corresponding to one page of the document, to divide the image data into pieces of page image data based on the image area, and to respectively give identifiers to the pieces of the divided page image data following a page order of the document.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that is used in a small portable device includes a driver circuit which is freely mounted because the mounting area is small. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element and the liquid crystal driver circuit. The liquid crystal driver circuit is mounted along one side of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel is connected to a flexible printed circuit board mounted with a rewritable memory element. The memory element stores transition commands for various modes of the driver circuit. The driver circuit reads a transition command from the memory element using a simple command and executes a transition of any of the various modes to another one.

Abstract: To provide a display device capable of generating a power-on reset signal in the inside when the power is applied. A display panel and a drive circuit driving respective pixels in the display panel are included, and VCC voltage is inputted to the drive circuit, in which the drive circuit includes a power-on reset circuit generating a reset signal when the power is applied. The power-on reset circuit generates the reset signal by comparing the VCC voltage to diode voltage inside the power-on reset circuit.