Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device has a first substrate having a first electrode that reflects light; a second substrate having a second electrode that transmits light; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, including a nematic liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy ?? and a chiral agent, having nearly vertical alignment when no voltage is applied, and having twist alignment or hybrid alignment when white voltage is applied; and a polarizing layer provided on the observer side of the second substrate and at least one retarder layer disposed between the polarizing layer and the second substrate, wherein the reflective liquid crystal display device has a drive circuit that applies black voltage or white voltage across the liquid crystal layer at a frame rate of 1 fps or less, and when applying white voltage across the liquid crystal layer over a plurality of frames, the drive circuit applies the white display voltage whose polarity i

Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device has a first substrate having a first electrode that reflects light; a second substrate having a second electrode that transmits light; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, including a nematic liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy ?? and a chiral agent, having nearly vertical alignment when no voltage is applied, and having twist alignment or hybrid alignment when white voltage is applied; and a polarizing layer provided on the observer side of the second substrate and at least one retarder layer disposed between the polarizing layer and the second substrate, wherein the reflective liquid crystal display device has a drive circuit that applies black voltage or white voltage across the liquid crystal layer at a frame rate of 1 fps or less, and when applying white voltage across the liquid crystal layer over a plurality of frames, the drive circuit applies the white display voltage whose polarity i

Abstract: A wavelength conversion substrate according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate having an optical transparency; and a light modulation unit provided on one surface of the first substrate and configured to modulate a spectrum of incident light in accordance with a polarization state of the incident light. The light modulation unit includes: a plurality of metallic structures periodically provided at intervals from one another on one surface of the first substrate and configured to exhibit plasmon resonance due to incident light; and a plurality of wavelength conversion units provided so that at least some wavelength conversion units are adjacent to the plurality of metallic structures and comprising a wavelength converting material configured to emit light in a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the incident light.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image generating process includes reading a first image from a memory; generating N-number of reduced images different in scale, from the first image; writing a first reduced image with a smallest scale of the reduced images into the memory; generating first filtered images by performing a filtering process to the first image and to a second reduced image or second reduced images of the reduced images excluding the first reduced image; and writing the first filtered images into the memory. A final image filtering process includes reading the first reduced image from the memory; generating a second filtered image by performing the filtering process to the first reduced image; and writing the second filtered image into the memory.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion substrate according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate having an optical transparency; and a light modulation unit provided on one surface of the first substrate and configured to modulate a spectrum of incident light in accordance with a polarization state of the incident light. The light modulation unit includes: a plurality of metallic structures periodically provided at intervals from one another on one surface of the first substrate and configured to exhibit plasmon resonance due to incident light; and a plurality of wavelength conversion units provided so that at least some wavelength conversion units are adjacent to the plurality of metallic structures and comprising a wavelength converting material configured to emit light in a wavelength band different from a wavelength band of the incident light.

Abstract: Provided is a tape-shaped electrode that can effectively perform discharging and recharging even if the size thereof is increased. The tape-shaped electrode includes a plurality of conductive plates, and insulating coupling members that separably couple the plurality of conductive plates arranged in one direction in an insulating state.

Abstract: To obtain a secondary battery that surely positions and fixes a laminated type of electrode group by effectively curbing lateral deviation and vertical deviation, in secondary batteries RB1 to RB11 that include a laminated type of electrode group 1 in which a positive-electrode plate 2 and a negative-electrode plate 3 are so laminated via a separator 4 as to form a plurality of laminated layers, a structure is employed, in which vertical deviation in a lamination direction and lateral deviation in a lamination surface direction are curbed via a fix means that fixes the electrode group 1 to a predetermined position in an outer case 11 that houses the electrode group 1.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes communication controller and controller. The electronic device is for a first user and a second user configured to allow logging into an operating system. The communication controller connects to one of a first network and a second network, and communicates through a connected one of the first network and the second network. The controller enables a login of the first user and disables a login of the second user while the communication controller is connected to the first network. The controller enables a login of the second user and disables a login of the first user while the communication controller is connected to the second network. The controller sets the electronic device to be usable by one of the first user logged in and the second user logged in.

Abstract: Provided is a tape-shaped electrode that can effectively perform discharging and recharging even if the size thereof is increased. The tape-shaped electrode includes a plurality of conductive plates, and insulating coupling members that separably couple the plurality of conductive plates arranged in one direction in an insulating state.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first detector, a memory and circuitry. The first detector detects either attachment of the electronic device to a human body or removal of the electronic device from a human body. The memory is configured to store control data. The circuitry executes a process foe transmitting a command for performing a process specified by the control data to at least one external device specified by the control data either when the attachment of the electronic device is detected or when the removal of the electronic device is detected.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen in accordance with a detection result of a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen taking into account a predetermined calculation time required for the calculation of the screen operation position after the detection of the touch operation position based on the screen operation position; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen irregularly in accordance with a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen based on the screen operation position at a calculation interval shorter than an update interval at which a display content on the screen is updated; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position.

Abstract: Provided is a large secondary battery including a lamination body in which multiple positive electrode plates, multiple negative electrode plates, and multiple separators are laminated, having a structure in which the lamination body is not shifted. The secondary battery with high reliability and a manufacturing method thereof is provided, in which there is no abnormal state even if an external force such as vibration is applied. Positive electrode plate (2), negative electrode plate (3), and separator (4) are laminated and integrated to form a predetermined number of layers of a lamination body unit. A plurality of the lamination body unit are stacked to form an electrode assembly (1). Uneven surfaces, i.e., salients (21) and recesses (23) are formed on contacting surfaces of the lamination body units to be stacked. Using the uneven surfaces, the lamination body units are positioned and stacked to form a secondary battery (RB1).

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery and a battery pack, in which when a plurality of secondary batteries having a laminated electrode assembly are stacked to constitute the battery pack, deformation of each secondary battery can be suppressed, electrode assemblies are not shifted, and no breakage occurs in terminals, even if an external force such as vibration is applied. For this purpose, a secondary battery (RB) includes anti-displacement members disposed inside and outside of the lid member (12) so as to be symmetric with respect to a surface of the lid member (12), so that secondary batteries are formed. Then, the secondary batteries are stacked and housed as a unit in a battery pack casing (CA), and a fixing means for uniformly pressing the same position in the stack direction so as to press and fix all the secondary batteries as a unit, so that a battery pack (M1) is formed.

Abstract: A recording area of an information recording medium is divided into a plurality of management areas. In the case where one of the management areas is selected and first file data are requested to be written, the scalability of file data that are lastly written in the selected management area is determined. If the scalability is high, the file data are written in the next management area, and, if the scalability is low, the first file data are written in succession to the file data.

Abstract: To obtain a secondary battery that surely positions and fixes a laminated type of electrode group by effectively curbing lateral deviation and vertical deviation, in secondary batteries RB1 to RB11 that include a laminated type of electrode group 1 in which a positive-electrode plate 2 and a negative-electrode plate 3 are so laminated via a separator 4 as to form a plurality of laminated layers, a structure is employed, in which vertical deviation in a lamination direction and lateral deviation in a lamination surface direction are curbed via a fix means that fixes the electrode group 1 to a predetermined position in an outer case 11 that houses the electrode group 1.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a discrimination module configured to determine whether writing-subject data to be written into a storage region of an information recording medium is high extensible data or low extensible data; and an allocation module configured to allocate a data alignable address in the storage region as an address for writing the data preferentially when the writing-subject data is the high extensible data rather than when the writing-subject data is the low extensible data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided an information recording device that includes: a plurality of cache buffers on which writing is performed in response to an external write request; and a controller configured to determine, according to an LRU algorithm, which of the cache buffers writing should be performed on. If a range of the write request does not overlap with any of cache ranges of the cache buffers and if an effective range of one of the cache buffers includes the end of its cache range, the controller preferentially uses the one of the cache buffers whose effective range includes the end of its cache range, instead of a cache buffer candidate that is determined according to the LRU algorithm.

Abstract: A recording area of an information recording medium is divided into a plurality of management areas. In the case where one of the management areas is selected and first file data are requested to be written, the scalability of file data that are lastly written in the selected management area is determined. If the scalability is high, the file data are written in the next management area, and, if the scalability is low, the first file data are written in succession to the file data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a dividing module and an allocation module. The dividing module divides a data storage area, to which file data constituting a file is to be written, into a plurality of management areas. The data storage area is in the storage area of a storage medium. The allocation module allocates, upon receipt of a write request to write file data, an area to the file data corresponding to the write request as a write area. The write area is subsequent to an area where file data is written in a management area where file data constituting the same file as the file data corresponding to the write request is written.