Abstract: A display device in which gate drive circuits are formed at both sides of an effective screen, and a static charge shield conductive film is formed to cover the gate drive circuits. In the manufacturing step and after producing the display device, the constant voltage is applied to the static charge shield conductive film via the common pad, the earth connection line and the like.

Abstract: A digital watermarking technique is disclosed, in which image data are converted to frequency components through discrete wavelet transform and quantized into a set of quantized coefficients, which are then divided into a plurality of blocks. A digital watermark is embedded in the quantized coefficients by performing ON/OFF adjustment of bit information, such that the relation between natural number T and the bit information defined by N (N is an even number) significant bits Qnm (x, y) of the m-th bit plane of the n-th block satisfies the ON state represented by equation (1), or the OFF state represented by equation (2), depending on whether the hash value of the n-th block is odd or even. Then the quantized coefficients are encoded to produce a code stream.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having (m×n) pieces of pixels wherein m and n are integers of 2 or more, n pieces of video lines, and m pieces of scanning lines, a video line address circuit, a scanning line address circuit, n pieces of video line vector circuits which are connected to the respective output terminals of the video line address circuit and input the same video data to the pixels at address positions from a starting address to an ending address at one time, and m pieces of scanning line vector circuits which are connected to the respective output terminals of the scanning line address circuits and input the selective scanning voltages to the pixels at the address positions from the starting address to the ending address at one time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus displays related information of information displayed in a region when the region is selected from regions displaying predetermined information and is displayed in an enlarged size, and does not display the related information when the selected region is displayed in a reduced size. The apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting the region to be either enlarged or reduced, a display unit for dynamically enlarging or reducing the region selected by the region selection unit, and a control unit for controlling an amount of the related information to be displayed based on an area of the region either enlarged or reduced by the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display unit integrated with a photo-sensor, comprising a photo-sensing element with high sensitivity and low noise and a polycrystalline silicon TFT prepared at the same time on an insulating substrate using planer process. After a first electrode 11 and a second electrode 12 of the photo-sensing element are made of polycrystalline silicon film, a light receiving layer (photoelectric conversion layer) 13 of the photo-sensing element is prepared by amorphous silicon film on upper layer. In this case, a polycrystalline silicon TFT is prepared at the same time.

Abstract: A display device includes a dynamic ratio less shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratio less shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element.

Abstract: In a method for reversibly transforming a data format, a forward transformation and a backward transformation are reciprocally conducted for data between unit systems having different resolution levels, and the forward transformation and the backward transformation, a first unit system having a lower resolution level is used as a common unit system, and a reversible data conversion is conducted by an integer operation for data in the first unit system having the lower resolution level and data in a second unit system having a higher resolution level higher than the first unit system.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory which stores a code stream having a wavelet division level, an interface unit which transmits the code stream to another apparatus, and a processing unit which changes the wavelet division level of the code stream before the transmission of the code stream to such another apparatus by acquiring a target division level that is a wavelet division level of such another apparatus, checking a difference between the target division level and the wavelet division level of the code stream, generating data that compensates for the difference, and embedding the generated data into the code stream.

Abstract: A code conversion apparatus includes an input section to input compressed and transformed input codes, a header information rewriting section to rewrite only header information within the codes so as to change a decoded state of the input codes, and an output section to output the codes, including rewritten header information, to a target object such as a display unit and an external equipment.

Abstract: A booster circuit of a two-step booster structure is manufactured by NMOS single channel processes and has two basic booster circuits to raise a gate voltage of a charge transfer transistor. The gate voltage of the transistor is first raised at one basic booster circuit, and this raised voltage is further raised at the other basic booster circuit.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a carbonated beverage excelling in function as thirst-quenching beverage and taste through strengthening or sustaining of carbonated feel peculiar to carbonated beverage (brisk intense stimulation and sensation at pass through the throat, brought about by carbon dioxide gas, and sensation of coolness (refreshing sensation) produced by a combination of carbon dioxide gas and flavor) which after opening, rapidly drops depending upon a combination of employed raw materials, such as fruit juice, sweetener, color additives and flavoring, and upon evaporation of carbon dioxide gas. The drop of carbonated feel brought about depending upon a combination of raw materials, such as fruit juice and sweetener, can be relieved by adding to a carbonated beverage an additive for carbonated beverage comprising spilanthol or a spilanthol-containing plant extract or plant essential oil as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a computer-readable recording-medium for storing an image processing program are disclosed. The image processing apparatus can synthesize coded data encoded in accordance with JPEG 2000 standard from source and target images at a higher speed with less use of a memory. The image processing apparatus includes a search part and an objective block synthesis part. The search part searches coded data of the source image per predetermined independently processable block for an objective block corresponding to a designated synthesis area. The objective block synthesis part synthesizes detected coded data of the objective block of the source image and coded data of the objective block of the target image.

Abstract: There is disclosed a transflective liquid crystal display device having reflective portions having an improved contrast ratio. At each subpixel of the display device, a pixel electrode is shared between transmissive and reflective portions. Independent counter electrodes are used respectively for the transmissive and reflective portions. Different potentials are applied to the counter electrodes for the transmissive and reflective portions. The transmissive portion operates in normally black mode. That is, the transmissive portion displays black when no voltage is applied. The reflective portion operates in normally white mode. That is, the reflective portion displays white when no voltage is applied. The liquid crystal layer in the reflective portion is thicker than the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive portion.

Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display device with improved display quality in which the liquid initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of a clearance between the counter electrode of a transmission portion and a counter electrode of a reflection portion or in a direction within a range of ±2° in the clockwise direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the clearance in a case where the liquid crystal layer comprises positive type liquid crystals, or the liquid crystal initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is in a direction parallel with the extending direction of a clearance, or a direction within a range of ±2° in the clockwise direction relative to the extending direction of the clearance in a case where the liquid crystal layer comprises negative type liquid crystals.

Abstract: The manufacturing yield of transflective liquid crystal display devices is to be enhanced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a pixel area on a substrate having plural gate lines, plural drain lines, plural thin film transistors and plural pixel electrodes corresponding to the plural thin film transistors, and a drive circuit area disposed at a periphery of the substrate and having a drive circuit for driving the plural thin film transistors. The thin film transistor has a polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, a gate electrode formed on the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween, an insulating film to cover the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer, the gate insulating film and the gate electrode, a drain electrode formed on the insulating film and electrically connected to the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer, and a source electrode formed on the insulating film, spaced from the drain electrode and electrically connected to the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus comprises an inkjet recording head, an ink-testing unit having an ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration generating unit that generates a pressure vibration in the ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration detecting unit that detects the pressure vibration, an ink inlet that introduces ink into the ink-test chamber and an ink outlet through which ink is discharged from the ink-tester chamber. Failures of ink ejection can be prevented by detecting cavitation cores by the ink-test chamber and removing ink containing the cavitation cores from ink supplied to the inkjet recording head.

Abstract: The invention provides an active matrix type display device which realizes an image display of multiple gray scale exhibiting high numerical aperture and high definition with a least number of wiring by having an image memory circuit equivalent to a static memory circuit without using two voltages, that is, high and low voltages. Pixels are arranged at portions where a plurality of scanning lines (selection signal lines) and a plurality of signal lines (data lines (video signal lines)) intersect each other, each pixel is comprised of a pixel electrode, a switching element which selects the pixel electrode and a memory circuit which stores data to be written in the pixel electrode, and a power supply line which applies an AC voltage to the memory circuit is provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a dynamic ratio less shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratio less shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element.

Abstract: An apparatus for coding an image while scrambling the image by randomizing pixel values includes a scrambling unit which scrambles an image by utilizing an encryption function to compute a displacement of a pixel value to be randomized in response to a displacement of a previously randomized pixel value.