Abstract: Image data is displayed on an image display unit. An information input unit specifies a characteristic extracting range corresponding to the image data. An image-characteristic extracting unit extracts a representative characteristic from the specified range within the image data. The extracted representative characteristic are associated with the image data and stored in a storage device. The representative characteristic associated with the image data are also retrieved when retrieving the image data.

Abstract: A controller apparatus is configured to control an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals. The controller apparatus includes a transmission power determining unit configured to determine transmission power of a certain mobile terminal joining in the ad hoc network, based on traffic distribution in the ad hoc network.

Abstract: A resinous impact-energy absorber 1 includes a cross rib 11 that includes four ribs 11A and a connected portion 11B. The four ribs 11A are connected with each other in a single cross shape by the connected portion 11B. Each of the ribs 11A has an opposed edge 11C and a side edge. The opposed edge 11C has a distance S1 from the door trim 2. The resinous impact-energy absorber 1 also includes one outer wall 12 connected with one of the side edges of the ribs 11A. The at least one outer wall 12 has a contact edge 12A capable of making contact with an outside surface of the door trim 2. The resinous impact-energy absorber 1 also includes at least one seating face 14 for securing the cross rib 11 to the outside surface of the door trim 2 via the at least one outer wall 12.

Abstract: To suppress a decrease in the contrast caused by the reflection on the interface to the air layer without decreasing the quality of display. A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a light guide plate having a polarizing element stuck or adhered thereto on the side facing a reflection-type liquid crystal display panel and arranged maintaining a predetermined gap relative to the reflection-type liquid crystal display panel. The display device further includes a source of light arranged on an end surface side of the light guide plate, and a member having a light-diffusing function and interposed between the polarizing element and the light guide plate.

Abstract: A line accommodating device for accommodating lines of a first communication network and a second communication network, the line accommodating device includes an interface connecting to the first communication network; a connecting block for connecting to the interface; and a plurality of relay modules connecting to the connecting block and the second communication network, respectively, each of the relay module including a reporting unit for notifying the connected relay modules via the connecting block of identification information of the relay module's own, an obtaining unit for obtaining identification information of the connected relay modules via the connecting block, and a controller including processes of determining at least one connection target of the relay module in the properly obtained identification information of the relay module by the obtaining unit, and controlling for switching the connection target of the relay module in accordance with a determined result of the determining.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy casting material for heat conduction obtained by adding Si to an aluminum alloy casting material with enhanced castability thereby realize enhancement of thermal conductivity. There is provided an aluminum alloy casting material excelling in heat conduction. characterized in that it comprises 5 to 10.0 mass % of Si, 0.1 to 0.5 mass % of Mg and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, the aluminum alloy casting material having undergone an aging treatment. Further, there is provided a cast aluminum alloy casting material that while having castability and mechanical strength equivalent to or higher than those of conventional cast aluminum alloys, is also enhanced in heat conduction; and provided a process for producing the cast aluminum alloy. In particular, there are provided a cast aluminum alloy and process for producing the same, wherein Si is contained in an amount of 6.0 to 8.0 mass %, the elements other than Si and Al each in simple form in an amount of ?0.

Abstract: There is provided a non-volatile memory having electrically rewritable non-volatile memory cells arranged therein. A controller controls operation at the non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory comprises a status output section configured to output status information indicating a status of read operation, write operation or erase operation in the non-volatile memory cell. The controller comprises a control signal generating section configured to output a control signal for a certain operation in the non-volatile memory, and a control signal switching section configured to instruct the control signal generating section to switch the control signal based on the status information.

Abstract: A controller apparatus of this invention controls transmission of a packet from a source mobile terminal to a destination mobile terminal through one or more relay mobile terminals in an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals. The controller apparatus includes a packet location information managing unit configured to manage packet location information which shows to which mobile terminal the packet has been transmitted in the ad hoc network.

Abstract: A side light type backlight includes a light source including a plurality of LEDs, and a light guide plate. One of the end surfaces of the light guide plate is a light incidence surface at which a plurality of R-LEDs, a plurality of G-LEDs and a plurality of B-LEDs are arranged. LEDs satisfy the relationship of: a distribution range of light emitted from G-LEDs<a distribution range of light emitted from R-LEDs, or a distribution range of light emitted from G-LEDs<a distribution range of light emitted from B-LEDs. Also, LEDs are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a read/program circuit which supplies a program voltage and a program verification voltage to the plurality of memory cells and desired data is programmed, supplies a first program verification voltage to the plurality of memory cells and then supplies a second program verification voltage to the plurality of memory cells when programming the data, and a read/program control circuit which determines memory cells which reach a first data program state and memory cells which do not reach the first data program state when supplying the first program verification voltage, and determines memory cells which reach a second data program state and memory cells which do not reach the second data program state when supplying the second program verification voltage, and supplies a program control voltage which changes the program operation state for each memory cell.

Abstract: A side light type backlight having a light source including a plurality of LEDs, and a light guide plate. Opposing end surfaces of the light guide plate are light incidence surfaces at which the plurality of LEDs are arranged. Wherein a plurality of rows of the LEDs are arranged in a direction of a thickness of the light guide plate. Under a first option, each row of LEDs is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface of the light guide plate, and electrically connected to one another in series. Under a second option, each row of LEDs is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the light incidence surface of the light guide plate, with N number of the LEDs being electrically connected in series in which the LEDs adjacent to each other belong to different rows.

Abstract: An air system in which the supply air from a compressed air source is supplied to a pneumatically driven device through a pneumatic line, including humidity conditioning tubes used for the whole or a part of the pneumatic line. This humidity conditioning tube includes a polymer material having moisture selective permeability in both inward and outward directions according to steam partial pressure in and outside thereof, and the supply air supplied to the pneumatically driven device through the tube is dehumidified or humidified by this humidity conditioning tube. An air system can suppress generation of mist or the like in supply air without shortening a life of a device caused by supply of low dew-point air to the pneumatically driven device.

Abstract: A controller apparatus of this invention includes a topology information managing unit configured to manage topology information showing a topology, a location information acquiring unit configured to acquire location information on a plurality of mobile terminals, a link information acquiring unit configured to acquire link information at the mobile terminals, a determining unit configured to determine a way to change the topology, based on the location information, the link information and the topology information, and a transmitting unit configured to generate instruction information for changing the topology, based on the determined way to change the topology, and to transmit the instruction information to a certain mobile terminal.

Abstract: A mobile terminal configured to constitute an ad hoc network together with a plurality of other terminals, the mobile terminal includes a packet relay unit configured to execute a relay operation of relaying a packet transferred between the other terminals. A packet transmitter is configured to execute a transmission operation of transmitting a packet generated in the mobile terminal to any one of the other terminals. A power supply manager is configured to execute a power supply control operation. A coordination controller is configured to cause the relay operation and the power supply control operation to be coordinated with each other, and to selectively control whether each of the relay operation, the transmission operation and the power supply control operation is executed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing and recovering copper by treating an acidic waste liquid containing copper ions such as an etching waste liquid resulting from etching a copper printed board in an etching solution of cupric chloride and a waste liquid after renewing a plating bath liquid in producing electrolytic copper foil. The present invention relates to a copper recovering method of recovering copper from a copper-containing acidic waste liquid by adding a liquid mixture of a copper-containing acidic waste liquid and an oxidizing agent to an alkaline agent solution while a pH of the alkaline agent solution to which the liquid mixture has been added is being controlled so as not to decrease to seven or lower even for a moment, and by obtaining a solid material whose main component is copper oxide.

Abstract: The present invention is a mounting structure of a resin-made shock absorbing member 10 provided between a door trim 20 and a door panel 30 for use in a vehicle and mounted on the door trim 20. The resin-made shock absorbing member 10 includes a cross-shaped rib 11 formed by coupling four ribs 11A into a cross shape at a crossed position with the door trim 20 and the cross-shaped rib 11 having a side edge and a coupling portion 11B on respective opposite ends of each of the ribs 11A, and the coupling portion 11B is formed by coupling the ribs 11A; an outer wall portion 12 which is coupled into a T-shape to the side edge and has a contact edge 12A contactable to the door trim 20; and a mounting bearing surface 14 that is provided along the door trim 20 from the contact edge 12A of the outer wall portion 12 and mounts and fixes the cross-shaped rib 11A to the door trim 20 via the outer wall portion 12.

Abstract: A sense amplifier according to an example of the present invention has first, second, third and fourth FETs with a flip-flop connection. A drain of a fifth FET is connected to a first input node, and its source is connected to a power source node. A drain of a sixth FET is connected to a second input node, and its source is connected to the power source node. A sense operation is started by charging a first output node from the first input node with a first current and by charging a second output node from the second input node with a second current. The fifth and sixth FET are turned on after starting the sense operation.

Abstract: A voltage generating circuit includes: a pumping circuit configured to boost a power supply voltage in accordance with a charge transfer operation; a voltage detection circuit configured to detect the output voltage of the pumping circuit; a first pumping control circuit configured to control the pumping circuit in accordance with the output of the voltage detection circuit; and a second pumping control circuit configured to control the pumping circuit in place of the first pumping control circuit when the output voltage of the pumping circuit is in a certain range.

Abstract: A router apparatus used in an IPv6 multihome network and capable of exchanging a network prefix as route information with an adjacent router is disclosed. The router apparatus comprises a pair information generator (52) configured to associate a prefix assigned from the network with a default route to generate a pair information item, and a routing protocol processor (51) configured to distribute the pair information item of the prefix and the associated default route to the adjacent router using a routing protocol.

Abstract: To provide a transmission apparatus capable of setting the same control data to the entire child transmission apparatuses instantaneously at a time, thereby leading to improved maintenance operation and bringing about efficient maintenance and system stability. The transmission apparatus receives from a maintenance operator a designation of a parent apparatus having the control data set in advance. That control data is to be inherited to a child apparatus. The transmission apparatus determines whether any transmission apparatus has already been registered as parent apparatus in the child apparatus, and also determines whether the designated parent apparatus has already been registered as a child apparatus in the child apparatus. The transmission apparatus then requests the designated parent apparatus to transfer the control data in the designated parent apparatus to the child apparatus, when the designated parent apparatus is not registered in the child apparatus.