Abstract: In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a protection diode for protecting a device is formed on an epitaxial layer formed on a substrate. A Schottky barrier metal layer is formed on a surface of the epitaxial layer and a P-type diffusion layer is formed at a lower portion of an end portion of the Schottky barrier metal layer. Then, a P-type diffusion layer is formed to be connected to a P-type diffusion layer and is extended to a cathode region. A metal layer to which an anode electrode is applied is formed above the P-type diffusion layer, thereby making it possible to obtain a field plate effect. This structure reduces a large change in a curvature of a depletion layer, thereby improving a withstand voltage characteristic of the protection diode.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I-a): [wherein R1a and R2a each means hydrogen, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, etc.; R3a means hydrogen, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, etc.; R4a and R5a each means lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, etc. or R4a and R5a are bonded to each other to form lower cycloalkylidene; and R6a means lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, etc.]. This compound functions as an LCE inhibitor and is useful as a therapeutic agent for various circulatory diseases, nervous diseases, metabolic diseases, reproductive diseases, digestive tract diseases, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vibration sensor including forming a sacrifice layer at one part of a front surface of a semiconductor substrate of monocrystalline silicon with a material isotropically etched by an etchant for etching the semiconductor substrate, forming a thin film protective film with a material having resistance to the etchant on the sacrifice layer and the front surface of the semiconductor substrate at a periphery of the sacrifice layer, forming a thin film of monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, or amorphous silicon on an upper side of the sacrifice layer, opening a backside etching window in a back surface protective film having resistance to the etchant for etching the semiconductor substrate formed on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a through-hole in the semiconductor substrate by etching the semiconductor substrate anisotropically by using crystal-oriented etching by applying the etchant from the back surface window, then etching the sacrifice layer

Abstract: The invention provides a compound or its pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of formula wherein A1 is a hydrogen, etc.; j and k are 0 or 1; is a double bond, etc.; is a double bond, etc.; one of W1 and W2 is E—O—W, etc., and the other is a hydrogen atom, etc.; E is a divalent group derived from a benzene ring, etc., by removing two hydrogen atoms therefrom; W is a group of formula (II-1): which has a histamine-H3 receptor antagonistic effect or a histamine-H3 receptor inverse-agonistic effect and is useful for prevention or remedy of metabolic system diseases, circulatory system diseases or nervous system diseases.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding mesh, which is arranged on the front face of a display such as a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) or an FED (Field Emission Display) thereby to shield the leakage of electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic wave shielding mesh has excellent light transmitting and electromagnetic wave shielding properties, but has neither moire nor brightness mottle in a manner to match the display having various pixel pitches. The electromagnetic wave shielding mesh is characterized in that it is woven of fibrous filaments and has a metallic cover film formed on its surface to give an electric conductivity, and in that its ratio (R) of a weft density to a warp density is 0.67?R?0.97, or 1.03?R?1.50.

Abstract: A positive photosensitive polymer composition of the invention contains: a copolymer obtained by the radical polymerization of monomers including a radical polymerizable monomer (a1) having a (meth)acryloyl group and a polyalkylene glycol group a terminal of which is an alkoxy group; and a 1,2-quinone diazide compound. The positive photosensitive polymer composition may further contain a copolymer obtained by the radical polymerization of monomers not including the monomer (a1).

Abstract: A non-contact wireless communication apparatus and a mobile terminal apparatus are provided.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image carrying member, a transfer member, support rollers, a detecting mechanism, and a controller. The image carrying member supported by the support rollers, forms a toner image on its surface facing a surface of the transfer member, which transfers the toner image to a recording medium. The detecting mechanism includes a detection roller, a roller shaft, a moving member, and a sensor, and detects a speed of the image carrying member. The detection roller includes one support roller selected from the support rollers, and is provided with the roller shaft. The moving member is directly fixed to the roller shaft and rotates with the detection roller. The sensor detects a moving speed of the detection roller with the moving member. The controller controls a traveling speed of the image carrying member to a target speed based on a detection result of the sensor.

Abstract: A reader/writer is provided. The reader/writer performing radio communication with a radio communication terminal in close proximity thereto, includes: an antenna which transmits a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency and which receives a composite wave of the carrier wave and a modulated signal of the carrier wave transmitted from the radio communication terminal; a demodulating unit which demodulates the composite wave received by the antenna; a judging unit which judges whether or not it is difficult to detect a modulated component included in the composite wave received by the antenna when the radio communication terminal is in close proximity; and a carrier-wave control unit which reduces a component of the carrier wave input into the demodulating unit when the judging unit judges that it is difficult to detect the modulated component.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus includes a rate control information extraction means for determining which up to a coding pass in which code block should be coded from the sum of the code amounts of the code blocks, the slope of an RD curve calculated from the distortion difference between a coding distortion at a time of coding each coding pass and a coding distortion at a time of coding a preceding coding pass, and the number of output bytes of the code amount of each coding pass, and the inverse of one of given rate control parameters which are listed in order of decreasing monotonously, and for outputting an end-of-coding pass, and a coded data extraction means for reading coded data including up to coded data corresponding to the end-of-coding pass, for adding the number of coding passes to the coded data, and for outputting them as a code stream.

Abstract: A cooling device for an acoustic apparatus includes a cooling fan that is turned on and off, and adjusted in quantity of airflow in accordance with an apparatus temperature, wherein when the apparatus temperature is lower than a value requiring immediate cooling, and when an audio output is in a mute state, the cooling fan is not changed in operating state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic process part for image formation provided for an image carrying medium for each color; a non-end moving part moving images transferred thereto from the respective image carrying media for the respective colors; and an image detecting part detecting an image formed on the non-end moving part. The respective electrophotographic process parts are disposed in sequence along the non-end moving part, and form positional error detection marks on the non-end moving part; the image detecting part detects the thus-formed positional error detection marks; and positional error correction is performed based on a result of detection thus performed by the image detecting part. The apparatus comprises a control part having at least two modes in the positional error correction; and the control part performs control such that one of the at least two modes is selected according to a positional error amount detected by the image detecting part.

Abstract: An optical filter comprising at least one dye compound (i), at least one layered clay mineral (ii), and thermoplastic substance (iii) if needed. The optical filter of the present invention is excellent in light resistance and moist heat resistance and suitable for improving the image quality and preventing glare due to external light in image display devices.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a car navigation processing unit 12 for processing a WQVGA signal, a TV receiving processing unit 15 for processing an NTSC signal, and an image resolution converting unit 17 which carries out an image resolution conversion of the NTSC signal from the TV receiving processing unit 15 to a WQVGA signal. The TV receiving processing unit 15 includes a pixel aspect ratio converting unit 104 for carrying out a pixel aspect ratio conversion of character data acquired from a WQVGA-ready character-font set 2, and a graphics/TV image compositing unit 106 for compositing an output from the pixel aspect ratio converting unit 104 with the NTSC signal, and for outputting a composite signal to the image resolution converting unit 17.

Abstract: Even in the case of coding the input image by dividing into tiles, a fine image quality adjustment is possible based on the characteristic of each tile. The input image signal is transformed to the coded data through the tile dividing unit 102, the wavelet transforming unit 103, and the entropy coding unit 106, and is stored in the code memory 107. In parallel to this processing, the distortion calculating unit 108 calculates the distortion in each coding pass of each code block, and stores it in the distortion memory 109. On the other hand, the complex tile deciding unit 111 decides whether a particular tile is the complex tile or not. The tile classifying memory 112 stores the decision output. A distortion data outputted from the distortion memory 109 is outputted to the multiplier 110, the multiplier 110 multiplies the distortion data by the weight coefficient selected by the weight coefficient selecting unit 113.

Abstract: A UV-curable ink-jet ink is provided, which has a high sensitivity and allows soft and highly fine patterns to be formed. The UV-curable ink-jet ink includes a mono-functional polymerizable monomer (A) having a hydroxyl group, a di(meth)acrylate ester (B) and a photo-polymerization initiator (C).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for driving a motor in a feedback control system, capable of suppressing oscillation of the motor rotational speed are disclosed. A motor drive controller includes a drive motor, a detector, and a motor drive controller. The drive motor drives a moving body around a target speed. The detector detects a current moving speed of the moving body and outputs it as a detector pulse signal. The controller calculates a difference between the current moving speed and the target moving speed, calculates a control value based on the difference, calculates a pulse rate of a drive pulse signal based on the control value after having controlled the control value to be within a predetermined value, and controls the drive motor based on the pulse rate.

Abstract: Compounds represented by the general formula (I) wherein Ar1 represents an aryl or heteroaryl which may be substituted; n represents 0 or 1; T, U, V and W each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a methine group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy and lower alkoxy, wherein at least two of which represent said methine group; X represents methine, hydroxy substituted methine or nitrogen atom; Y represents an imino which may be substituted with lower alkyl, or oxygen; and a salt, ester or N-oxide derivative thereof. The compounds exhibit NPY antagonistic activities and are useful as agents for the treatment of various diseases related to NPY, for example, cardiovascular disorders, central nervous system disorders, metabolic diseases, sexual and reproductive dysfunctions, gastro-intestinal disorders, respiratory disorders, inflammation or glaucoma, and the like.

Abstract: A vibration electrode plate 112 is formed on the upper face of a silicon substrate 32 with an insulating coat film 35 interposed in between. An opposing electrode plate 113 is placed on the vibration electrode plate 112 with an insulating coat film interposed in between, and acoustic holes 40 are opened through the opposing electrode plate 113. Etching holes 36 and 104, each having a semi-elliptical shape, are opened through the vibration electrode plate 112 and the opposing electrode plate 113 so as to face each other longitudinally. A concave section 37 having a truncated pyramid shape is formed in the upper face of the silicon substrate 32, by carrying out an etching process through the etching holes 36 and 104. The vibration electrode plate 112 is held in the silicon substrate 32 by a holding portion 112 placed between the etching holes 36.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image carrying member, a transfer member, support rollers, a detecting mechanism, and a controller. The image carrying member forms a toner image on its surface facing a surface of the transfer member, supported by the support rollers, which transfers the toner image to a recording medium. The detecting mechanism includes a detection roller, a roller shaft, a moving member, and a sensor, and detects a speed of the transfer member. The detection roller includes one support roller selected from the support rollers, and is provided with the roller shaft. The moving member is directly fixed to the roller shaft and rotates with the detection roller. The sensor detects a moving speed of the detection roller with the moving member. The controller controls a traveling speed of the transfer member to a target speed based on a detection result of the sensor.