Abstract: An upper suction port is formed in a main-body upper part of an air-conditioning apparatus main body, a suction opening part is formed in a front grill disposed on a main-body front face of the air-conditioning apparatus, a suction opening whose opening is directed upward is formed by consecutively providing an air guide wall inclined downward inside the main body on the upper edge of the suction opening, and the suction opening is located between a part, in the main-body height direction, lower than a straight line passing through a rotation center of an impeller and a closest contact point between the impeller and a front-face heat exchanger and a part, in the main-body height direction, higher than a straight line parallel with the straight line and passing through the impeller and a tongue part of a stabilizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A communication terminal or system is provided with a processor that calculates a transmission data size that is suitable to a detected state of a network, and analyzes contents of image data for transmission to determine an image parameter that should be prioritized. The communication terminal or system encodes the image data for transmission into encoded image data, based on the calculated transmission data size and the image parameter that should be prioritized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter comprising a transmission area and reflection area in which at least one color pixel of red, green and blue pixels is formed of the same material, wherein a transparent area having no color layer is formed in a part of the reflection area, at least one sub-area is formed in the transparent area, and the size of the sub-area is 20 ?m or more and 2,000 ?m or less. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display for both transmission display and reflection display with a cheap manufacturing cost, wherein the difference of chromaticity between the transmission display and reflection display is small, and the surface of the transmission area and reflection area have small step heights.

Abstract: Provided is a simulation method, whereby the calibration operation load can be reduced while minimizing a lowering in prediction accuracy, and a simulation apparatus. It is also intended to provide a biological treatment method, whereby the required operation load can be reduced, and a biological treatment apparatus. These problems can be solved by employing as parameters the maximum reaction speed in the reaction of decomposing a material to be treated with a bacterium and the amount of the above-described material to be treated that is loaded per bacterial cell in a unit time during the biological treatment process or the amount of the above-described material that has been treated per bacterial cell in a unit time in a state where these parameters are in a definite functional relation.

Abstract: There is provided an indoor unit of an air conditioner which is able to prevent dew condensation on upper and lower vertical wind direction plates. When a cooling operation is started, control means of the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner causes a lower flap 200 to tilt counterclockwise to abut on a lower stopper 260 first (S1), causes the lower flap 200 to tilt clockwise to stop in a fan casing 60 (S2) subsequently, then causes a front flap 100 to tilt counterclockwise to abut on a front stopper 160 (S3), causes the front flap 100 to tilt clockwise to stop the same in the fan casing 60 subsequently (S4), and arranges the lower flap 200 and the front flap 100 smoothly so as to form a substantially identical curved surface even though there exists a gap between terminal ends.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost transflective liquid crystal display exhibiting high color reproducibility in a transmissive display and excellent characteristics (color reproducibility and brightness) in a reflective display. Also, the present invention provides a color filter for a bright transflective liquid crystal display. The transflective liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates disposed opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer held therebetween, a reflection means using ambient light as a light source, and a backlight source. The transflective liquid crystal display further includes a color filter having a transmissive region and a reflective region which are provided in each picture element of the color filter and which have colored layers comprising a single material, and a three-peak type LED backlight source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter comprising a transmission area and reflection area in which at least one color pixel of red, green and blue pixels is formed of the same material, wherein a transparent area having no color layer is formed in a part of the reflection area, at least one sub-area is formed in the transparent area, and the size of the sub-area is 20 ?m or more and 2,000 ?m or less. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display for both transmission display and reflection display with a cheap manufacturing cost, wherein the difference of chromaticity between the transmission display and reflection display is small, and the surface of the transmission area and reflection area have small step heights.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter comprising a transmission area and reflection area in which at least one color pixel of red, green and blue pixels is formed of the same material, wherein a transparent area having no color layer is formed in a part of the reflection area, at least one sub-area is formed in the transparent area, and the size of the sub-area is 20 ?m or more and 2,000 ?m or less. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display for both transmission display and reflection display with a cheap manufacturing cost, wherein the difference of chromaticity between the transmission display and reflection display is small, and the surface of the transmission area and reflection area have small step heights.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost transflective liquid crystal display exhibiting high color reproducibility in a transmissive display and excellent characteristics (color reproducibility and brightness) in a reflective display. Also, the present invention provides a color filter for a bright transflective liquid crystal display. The transflective liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates disposed opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer held therebetween, a reflection means using ambient light as a light source, and a backlight source. The transflective liquid crystal display further includes a color filter having a transmissive region and a reflective region which are provided in each picture element of the color filter and which have colored layers comprising a single material, and a three-peak type LED backlight source.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a color filter for a transflective liquid crystal display device inexpensively in which desired color purities, brightnesses, and color tones are obtained for reflective display and transmissive display. A color filter for a liquid crystal display device includes pixels of a plurality of colors, each pixel of at least one color including a transmissive area and a reflective area. The pixel of at least one color includes a plurality of laminated color layers. The uppermost color layer in the pixel including the plurality of laminated color layers is composed of a photosensitive color resist. In the reflective area of the pixel including the plurality of laminated color layers, a transparent resin layer is disposed between a substrate and the color layer portion.

Abstract: By preparing a color filter including blue dots whose chromaticity coordinates (z, Z) in the XYZ colorimetric system, measured with CIE standard light source C, satisfy the relational expressions 114>Z>?1087023z4+3205105z3?3545958z2+1744329z?321773 and 0.73?z?0.81, a color filter exhibiting an excellent color reproducibility and a high transmittance can be realized and thus a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying as colorful images as in CRT television sets can be achieved.

Abstract: By preparing a color filter including blue dots whose chromaticity coordinates (z, Z) in the XYZ colorimetric system, measured with CIE standard light source C, satisfy the relational expressions 114>Z>?1087023z4+3205105z3?3545958z2+1744329z?321773 and 0.73?z?0.81, a color filter exhibiting an excellent color reproducibility and a high transmittance can be realized and thus a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying as colorful images as in CRT television sets can be achieved.

Abstract: By preparing a color filter including blue dots whose chromaticity coordinates (z, Z) in the XYZ colorimetric system, measured with CIE standard light source C, satisfy the relational expressions 114>Z>−1087023z4+3205105z3−3545958z2+1744329z−321773 and 0.73≦z≦0.81, a color filter exhibiting an excellent color reproducibility and a high transmittance can be realized and thus a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying as colorful images as in CRT television sets can be achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a color filter for a transflective liquid crystal display device inexpensively in which desired color purities, brightnesses, and color tones are obtained for reflective display and transmissive display. A color filter for a liquid crystal display device includes pixels of a plurality of colors, each pixel of at least one color including a transmissive area and a reflective area. The pixel of at least one color includes a plurality of laminated color layers. The uppermost color layer in the pixel including the plurality of laminated color layers is composed of a photosensitive color resist. In the reflective area of the pixel including the plurality of laminated color layers, a transparent resin layer is disposed between a substrate and the color layer portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter comprising a transmission area and reflection area in which at least one color pixel of red, green and blue pixels is formed of the same material, wherein a transparent area having no color layer is formed in a part of the reflection area, at least one sub-area is formed in the transparent area, and the size of the sub-area is 20 &mgr;m or more and 2,000 &mgr;m or less. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display for both transmission display and reflection display with a cheap manufacturing cost, wherein the difference of chromaticity between the transmission display and reflection display is small, and the surface of the transmission area and reflection area have small step heights.

Abstract: By preparing a color filter including blue dots whose chromaticity coordinates (z, Z) in the XYZ colorimetric system, measured with CIE standard light source C, satisfy the relational expressions 114>Z>−1087023z4+3205105z3−3545958z2+1744329z−321773 and 0.73≦z≦0.81, a color filter exhibiting an excellent color reproducibility and a high transmittance can be realized and thus a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying as colorful images as in CRT television sets can be achieved.

Abstract: A highly reliable online system is disclosed which is provided with a backup computer center (sub-online system) in addition with an original computer center (main online system) in order to improve the reliability of the online system. With respect to the database, the main online system is provided with an original database (main database) while the sub-online system is provided with a backup database (sub-database) which is a duplicate of the main database. The main online system and the sub-online system are connected through a transmission path. Information on an update performed in the main database is transferred to the sub-online system through the transmission path to thereby update the sub-database in a manner similar to the main database. Terminal units are normally connected to the main online system, wherein the main database is updated by transactions inputted from the terminals.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a therapeutic medicine for cystic fibrosis. The therapeutic medicine for cystic fibrosis according to this invention contains an alginate lyase capable of lysing the alginate produced by strains of microorganisms of the genus Pseudomonas as the active ingredient.

Abstract: In a facsimile apparatus comprising: a facsimile portion, having a CPU, for effecting facsimile receiving and transmitting operations; and a cordless phone portion for communicating with a cordless phone unit for providing a communication with a cordless phone unit for providing a communication with a telephone line or an extension line communication through a radio wave, the CPU has a sleep mode or a hold mode and at least at starting of the communication by the cordless phone portion, the CPU is made in the sleep mode or the hold mode to reduce a noise received by the cordless phone portion together with the radio wave. Therefore, when the electrostatic intensity is measured to detect a free channel, the affection of the noise due to the operation can be reduced. If the CPU is in the sleep mode or the hold mode during the cordless communication, the noise interfering the cordless communication is also reduced.