Abstract: A vehicle wiper apparatus for wiping a windshield glass with a wiper blade includes drive means for reciprocating the wiper blade in an arcuate wiping area, and a first washer fluid spray means, provided on the drive means, for spraying a washer fluid. The first washer fluid spray means sprays the washer fluid onto a area in an upward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located near its stop position, and sprays the washer fluid onto a area in a downward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located near its inversion position.

Abstract: A vehicle wiper apparatus for wiping a windshield glass with a wiper blade includes drive means for reciprocating the wiper blade in an arcuate wiping area, and a first washer fluid spray means, provided on the drive means, for spraying a washer fluid. The first washer fluid spray means sprays the washer fluid onto a area in an upward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located near its stop position, and sprays the washer fluid onto a area in a downward wiping direction of the wiper blade when the wiper blade is located near its inversion position.

Abstract: A method of fingerprint verification in which an input fingerprint is compared with a previously registered fingerprint, wherein the degree of correlation between a first section of the registered fingerprint and the input fingerprint is first determined by first-stage verification processing. If the correlation is higher than a first threshold value the input fingerprint is accepted, if lower than a second threshold value it is rejected, and if between these values, second-stage verification processing is executed in which a different section of the registered fingerprint is compared with the input fingerprint, and a final judgement made accordingly.

Abstract: First and second drive circuits for sequentially applying drive signals to data lines of a display panel are provided at opposite sides of the display panel. The first and second drive circuits each have a bidirectional shift register for producing sequential scanning pulses which is switched in its data shifting direction in accordance with a control signal. The first and second drive circuits are set reversely in the drive signal generating sequence at their outputs. According to this configuration, the first and second drive circuits can be constructed of the same circuit arrangement, and the necessity of crossing wires between either one of the first and second drive circuits and the display panel can be obviated.