Abstract: A portable information device including a body, a position information portion that is provided in the body and that outputs position information, an image sensor that is provided in the body, a display system that is provided in the body and that displays, on a local field in a screen field, relevant information based on the position information such that the displayed relevant information is overlapped on a real-time image, an input portion that is provided on the body and, by use of which user operates an icon, the icon being displayed on the local field such that the displayed icon is overlapped on the real-time image and an imaging button that is provided, separately from the input portion, on the body and that is operated by user to capture a subject image via the image sensor.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of display element which forms highly reliable drive circuits or thin-film transistors on a flexible substrate, a manufacturing method, and a highly reliable display element are provided. A display element (50) includes a flexible substrate (FB), a first partition wall and second partition wall (BA) formed by pressing the flexible substrate, a lyophobic surface (PJ) formed on surfaces of the first partition wall and the second partition wall, and electrodes (S, P) formed by applying droplets onto a groove portion formed between the first partition wall and second partition wall. It is also possible for a lyophilic surface to be formed on the surface of the groove portion (GR) between the first partition wall and second partition wall (BA).

Abstract: A leader member includes a connection portion that is connected to a substrate and a position reference portion that is used at least for aligning the substrate with the connection portion.

Abstract: In a manufacturing apparatus of display element, a display element is formed in a flexible substrate that has a first surface and a second surface that is an opposite surface thereof, and this manufacturing apparatus of display element includes a transportation section that transports the flexible substrate in a predetermined direction that intersects with a width direction of the flexible substrate; a first partition wall formation section that forms a first partition wall for a display element in the first surface; and a second partition wall formation section that forms a second partition wall in the second surface.

Abstract: The display element manufacturing apparatus has a transporting part, which transports a substrate in a first direction, a first alignment system, which detects fiducial marks, a second alignment system, which is arranged at a prescribed distance from the first alignment system in the first direction and detects fiducial marks, calculating parts, which detect the fiducial marks and calculate the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate, and a processing part, which processes a prescribed position of the substrate based on at least one of the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate and the fiducial marks.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device including forming a standard mark in a flexible substrate fed in a first direction, forming a partition wall in the flexible substrate, and forming an electrode by applying a conductive member at a predetermined position between the partition walls by an applicator based on the standard mark. An apparatus is provided that includes a transportation unit to transport a flexible substrate in a first direction, a mark formation unit to form a standard mark in the flexible substrate, a partition wall formation unit to form a partition wall in the flexible substrate, and an application unit to apply a conductive member to a predetermined position between the partition walls based on the standard mark. A display device is provided that includes a flexible substrate, a partition wall formed by pressing the flexible substrate, and an electrode formed by application between the partition walls.

Abstract: The display element manufacturing apparatus has a transporting part, which transports a substrate in a first direction, a first alignment system, which detects fiducial marks, a second alignment system, which is arranged at a prescribed distance from the first alignment system in the first direction and detects fiducial marks, calculating parts, which detect the fiducial marks and calculate the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate, and a processing part, which processes a prescribed position of the substrate based on at least one of the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate and the fiducial marks.

Abstract: A defect detecting method of a display device includes a defect counting process that measuring a feature amount for each partial region of a display device (P32), and counting regions which is determined as a defective portion based on the measured feature amount of the region (P36), a process that stopping a manufacturing line of the display device when a number of defects counted at the defect counting process is greater than a first threshold value (P38, P42), a defect density calculating process that calculating a defect density in a predetermined area when the number of defects counted at the defect counting process is smaller than the first threshold value (P38), and a process that stopping the manufacturing line of the display device when the defect density calculated at the defect density calculating process is higher than a second threshold value (P40, P42).

Abstract: A portable information device including a body, a position information portion that is provided in the body and that outputs position information, an image sensor that is provided in the body, a display system that is provided in the body and that displays, on a local field in a screen field, relevant information based on the position information such that the displayed relevant information is overlapped on a real-time image, an input portion that is provided on the body and, by use of which user operates an icon, the icon being displayed on the local field such that the displayed icon is overlapped on the real-time image and an imaging button that is provided, separately from the input portion, on the body and that is operated by user to capture a subject image via the image sensor.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging portion that takes an image of a subject, a position information acquisition portion that acquires position information of an imaging position, and an orientation information acquisition portion that acquires orientation information representing an imaging direction at the imaging position.

Abstract: A substrate is held by adsorption by a substrate holding frame that is formed into a frame shape and is lightweight, and the substrate holding frame is driven along a horizontal plane by a drive unit that includes a linear motor. Below the substrate holding frame, a plurality of air levitation units are placed that support by levitation the substrate in a noncontact manner such that the substrate is substantially horizontal, by jetting air to the lower surface of the substrate. Since the plurality of air levitation units cover a movement range of the substrate holding frame, the drive unit can guide the substrate holding frame (substrate) along the horizontal plane at high speed and with high precision.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of display element which forms highly reliable drive circuits or thin-film transistors on a flexible substrate, a manufacturing method, and a highly reliable display element are provided. A display element (50) includes a flexible substrate (FB), a first partition wall and second partition wall (BA) formed by pressing the flexible substrate, a lyophobic surface (PJ) formed on surfaces of the first partition wall and the second partition wall, and electrodes (S, P) formed by applying droplets onto a groove portion formed between the first partition wall and second partition wall. It is also possible for a lyophilic surface to be formed on the surface of the groove portion (GR) between the first partition wall and second partition wall (BA).

Abstract: The thin film transistor manufacturing apparatus comprises a surface modification layer forming means, which forms a surface modification layer on a substrate, an illuminating part, which irradiates light that includes ultraviolet rays, a mask, on which the patterns of the source electrode and the drain electrode are drawn, a projection optical system, which illuminates a mask using light from the illuminating part and projects the pattern of the mask to the substrate as a pattern image, and a coating part, which coats a fluid electrode material to a region in which the surface modification layer has been modified by projection of the pattern image in order to form the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Abstract: A defect detecting method of a display device includes a defect counting process that measuring a feature amount for each partial region of a display device (P32), and counting regions which is determined as a defective portion based on the measured feature amount of the region (P36), a process that stopping a manufacturing line of the display device when a number of defects counted at the defect counting process is greater than a first threshold value (P38, P42), a defect density calculating process that calculating a defect density in a predetermined area when the number of defects counted at the defect counting process is smaller than the first threshold value (P38), and a process that stopping the manufacturing line of the display device when the defect density calculated at the defect density calculating process is higher than a second threshold value (P40, P42).

Abstract: A leader member includes a connection portion that is connected to a substrate and a position reference portion that is used at least for aligning the substrate with the connection portion.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of display element is provided in which the position of a drive circuit or thin-film transistor on a flexible substrate roll can be confirmed easily. The manufacturing apparatus of display element (100) is provided with a supply roll (RL) that feeds a flexible, elongated substrate (FB) which has been wound into a roll shape in a first direction; a mold (10) that, by pressing onto the fed elongated substrate, forms at least one first index mark (AM) for one row of display elements and partition walls (BA) for a plurality of display elements (50) that are lined up in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a droplet applying section (20) that applies droplets onto a groove portion formed between the partition walls.

Abstract: The display element manufacturing apparatus has a transporting part, which transports a substrate in a first direction, a first alignment system, which detects fiducial marks, a second alignment system, which is arranged at a prescribed distance from the first alignment system in the first direction and detects fiducial marks, calculating parts, which detect the fiducial marks and calculate the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate, and a processing part, which processes a prescribed position of the substrate based on at least one of the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate and the fiducial marks.

Abstract: The thin film transistor manufacturing apparatus comprises a surface modification layer forming means, which forms a surface modification layer on a substrate, an illuminating part, which irradiates light that includes ultraviolet rays, a mask, on which the patterns of the source electrode and the drain electrode are drawn, a projection optical system, which illuminates a mask using light from the illuminating part and projects the pattern of the mask to the substrate as a pattern image, and a coating part, which coats a fluid electrode material to a region in which the surface modification layer has been modified by projection of the pattern image in order to form the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Abstract: A substrate is held by adsorption by a substrate holding frame that is formed into a frame shape and is lightweight, and the substrate holding frame is driven along a horizontal plane by a drive unit that includes a linear motor. Below the substrate holding frame, a plurality of air levitation units are placed that support by levitation the substrate in a noncontact manner such that the substrate is substantially horizontal, by jetting air to the lower surface of the substrate. Since the plurality of air levitation units cover a movement range of the substrate holding frame, the drive unit can guide the substrate holding frame (substrate) along the horizontal plane at high speed and with high precision.

Abstract: A plurality of air levitation units that jet air to the lower surface of a substrate are placed below the substrate, and the substrate is supported in a noncontact manner so as to be substantially horizontal. Further, a portion subject to exposure of the substrate is held by a fixed-point stage from below in a noncontact manner, and the surface position of the portion subject to exposure is adjusted in a pinpoint manner. Accordingly, exposure can be performed on the substrate with high precision, and a configuration of a substrate stage device can be simplified.