Abstract: An electrophoretic display device uses a liquid-phase electrophoretic material not confined in a shell. An electrophoresis chamber with the electrophoretic material hermetically sealing therein is mounted in a substrate. Also, a display section, a data communication section, a driver section, and a power reception section are mounted on the substrate. The data communication section is communicable with an external device to receive data to be displayed in the display section. The driver section is provided for driving the display section. To supply power to various sections of the display device, the power reception section is provided for wirelessly being supplied with power from an external station. A panel is mated with the substrate to cover the data communication section, the driver section, and the power reception section while exposing a transparent cover plate of the display section.

Abstract: A method for producing a RFID label comprises conveying a first label base material which is transparent from a first holding portion holding the first label base material, forming an image on a surface of the first label base material, conveying a second label base material including at least one of a RFID antenna conductor and an IC chip from a second holding portion holding the second label base material and joining the second label base material and the first label base material on which an image has been formed together, wherein, when an image is formed on the first label base material, the image is formed on a surface of the first label base material, the surface being joined to the second label base material.

Abstract: A communication system including: (a) a plurality of interrogators; and (b) at least one transponder operable, upon reception of an interrogating wave transmitted from each of the interrogators, to respond to the interrogator with a reflected wave which is generated by modulating the interrogating wave. Each of the interrogators is operable to communicate with the other of the interrogators in a wireless manner. A frequency band of the reflected wave transmitted from the transponder to each of the interrogators is preferably separated from a frequency band of a communication wave transmitted from the interrogator to the other of the interrogators, and is preferably closer to a frequency of the interrogating wave transmitted from the interrogator to the transponder, than the frequency band of the communication wave.

Abstract: A document information communicating system having: a sending apparatus for sending document information which is divided into a plurality of pages; and a receiving apparatus for receiving the document information and displaying the received document information. The sending apparatus has a sending device for repeatedly sending the plurality of pages of the document information. The receiving apparatus has: a selecting device for selecting at least one page from the plurality of pages of the document information; a receiving device for receiving the selected page of the document information; a display device having a display panel which allows a whole of one page of the document information to be displayed thereon at a time; and a display control device for displaying the document information received by the receiving device on the display panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate transfer controlling apparatus which can easily maximize the throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy of actions of a transfer device. The substrate transfer controlling apparatus comprises an input device (12) for inputting times required for actions of transfer devices (1a through 1c) and times required to process substrates in processing devices (3a through 9d), and a schedule calculator (21) for calculating execution times of actions of the transfer devices (1a through 1c) for allowing the time when a final one of the substrates to be processed is fully processed and returned from the substrate processing apparatus to be earliest, based on a predetermined conditional formula including, as parameters, the inputted times.

Abstract: A communication system wherein each endpoint device which has received an interrogating signal from an interrogator responds with a reflected signal generated by modulating the interrogating signal with appropriate information, wherein each endpoint device includes a distance detecting portion operable to detect a distance between the interrogator and the endpoint device, a reflecting portion operable to receive and reflect the interrogating signal, an information generating portion operable to generate replying information to be transmitted to the interrogator, a band determining portion operable to determine, on the basis of the detected distance, a frequency band of a modulating signal used to modulate a reflected signal generated by the reflecting portion, and a modulating-signal generating portion operable, according to the replying information, to generate the modulating signal having a frequency within the determined frequency band.

Abstract: Y coil Y1 is mounted on the attachment panel 24 so that its long sides Y1f and Y1g follow the front surface 24n, and is bent at a first edge 24a1 onto an edge surface 24a, and is further bent at a second edge 24a onto a rear surface 24b. Even if the pen moves to near an edge portion of the writing surface, the signal generated by long sides Y1f, Y1g will have a little influence from a signal generated from the short side Y1d. When the X coordinate calculated in S1306 is judged to be a coordinate in the X axis edge (S1308:YES), then an X axis edge flag is set in S1310 and a correction coefficient K that corresponds to the distance of the pen from the edge of the Y coil is extracted in S1312 by referring to a correction table. When the Y coils are scanned in S1314, if the X axis edge flag is judged to be set (S1316:YES), then in S1318, all of the values detected for the Y coils in S1314 are multiplied by the correction coefficient K.

Abstract: When a voltage difference diff of a vertex (maximum value) of a standard Position Resolving Table (PRT) is Dps, the voltage difference diff of a vertex (maximum value) of a tilted PRT is Dp, an amount of shift of the vertex in a horizontal direction is &Dgr;S, and a half of a coil placement pitch is Ls/2, a ratio of Dps to Dp (Gain) is equal to Dps/Dp (Gain=Dps/Dp). A value showing a proportion of a displacement of the vertex of the titled PRT with respect to the vertex of the standard PRT and the range of Ls/2 (Slide) is equal to &Dgr;S/(Ls/2). Therefore, a positional error due to a tilt of a stylus or a change in a battery voltage can be corrected.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system including at least one Interrogator and a plurality of Tags, the Interrogator transmits a main carrier signal, and each Tag transmits a reflected signal to the Interrogator in response to reception of the main carrier signal. The Tag Includes a receiving/reflecting system that receives the main carrier transmitted by the Interrogator and transmits the reflected signal to the Interrogator and a modulated subcarrier signal hopping system. The modulated subcarrier signal hopping system is provided with a frequency hopping system that applies frequency hopping to a subcarrier signal, and a subcarrier signal modulating system that modulates the subcarrier signal with a predetermined information signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate transfer controlling apparatus which can easily maximize the throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy of actions of a transfer device. The substrate transfer controlling apparatus comprises an input device (12) for inputting times required for actions of transfer devices (1a through 1c) and times required to process substrates in processing devices (3a through 9d), and a schedule calculator (21) for calculating execution times of actions of the transfer devices (1a through 1c) for allowing the time when a final one of the substrates to be processed is fully processed and returned from the substrate processing apparatus to be earliest, based on a predetermined conditional formula including, as parameters, the inputted times.

Abstract: A stroke data input unit, of each of input display boards, transmits to a display unit coordinate data for characters or graphics obtained by an input board unit, by attaching identification (ID) information of the input board unit to the coordinate data. A synchronization display controller of the display unit displays the characters or graphics based on the coordinate data received through a receiver, and the ID information of the input display boards, in respective areas of a display panel. When a user makes a stepping display request, the synchronization display controller reads out the data stored in the stroke data storage unit to estimate an input time for strokes of the characters/graphics. The characters/graphics estimated to be input at approximately the same time in the input display boards, may be displayed in the respective areas of the display panel at approximately the same time.

Abstract: A circuit mounted in the circuit board 69 of the pen 60 includes: a CR solution circuit 69e; an LC oscillation circuit 69c; and an FSK circuit 69d. The CR oscillation circuit 69e oscillates a signal with one of a plurality of different modulation frequencies that correspond to a plurality of different attributes, such as ink colors, pen tip thickness, and the like, of the pen. The LC oscillation circuit 69c is for oscillating a carrier wave for transmitting the signal oscillated by the CR oscillation circuit 69e. The FSK circuit 69d is for PSK modulating the oscillation frequency of the LC oscillation circuit 69c in accordance with the modulation frequency of the CR oscillation circuit 69e. The receiving side measures a time period at which the frequency of the carrier wave is maintained, thereby determining the period of the modulation frequency to know the pen attributes.

Abstract: An interrogator including a transmitter which transmits a first carrier wave so that a first transponder modulates the first carrier wave based on first information and returns the modulated first carrier wave as a first reflected wave, a receiver which receives the first reflected wave, a demodulator which demodulates the first reflected wave into a demodulated signal, an information obtaining device which obtains the first information from the demodulated signal, a first judging device which judges, before the transmitter transmits the first carrier wave, whether a second interrogator is transmitting a second carrier wave so that a second transponder modulates the second carrier wave based on second information and returns the modulated second carrier wave as a second reflected wave, a second judging device which judges, when the first judging device judges that the second interrogator is transmitting the second carrier wave, whether the receiver can receive, as a third reflected wave, a modulated second ca

Abstract: A communication system 1 includes interrogators 10, 11 and transponders 20, 21, 22. The interrogator 10 transmits a carrier wave, FC1, to the transponders 20, 21, 22, and the transponders 20, 21, 22 return respective reflected waves, f1, f2, and f3, to the interrogator 10. The transponders 20, 21, 22 modulate the received carrier waves FC1 using respective subcarrier waves that have been modulated using respective information signals, and return the thus modulated carrier waves as the reflected waves f1, f2, and f3 to the interrogator 10.

Abstract: When there exist two X coils that generate voltages of the same values during the X coil-scan operation (yes in S314), the CPU 56 discards the position coordinate table 58a that is already stored in the work area, and reloads a new position coordinate table 58a from the ROM 58, and then stores the position coordinate table 58a in association with the pen attribute data that is detected in S310. Then, the CPU 58 calculates a ratio r between the detected value d and the reference value g in S318, and multiplies, with the ratio r, each voltage difference value DIFF in the reloaded position coordinate table 58a in S320. As a result, the position coordinate table 58a is corrected in correspondence with the lowering of the output level of the alternating magnetic field of the pen 60. The CPU then calculates the X coordinate based on the corrected position coordinate table 58a.

Abstract: When a main device 1 detects an incoming message, the main device 1 transmits a call frame to auxiliary devices 2, 3 during a first time slot of a first cycle. In succession with this, the auxiliary-device 2 transmits a ready frame in a slot 2 to notify main devices of other systems that the communication channel is being used. Neither of the auxiliary devices 2, 3 respond in the third time slot. The same transmission and reception processes are performed in the second cycle. However, afterward in the third cycle, the auxiliary device 2 is brought into an off-hook condition and so transmits an off-hook frame during the third time slot of the third cycle. The main device 1 receives the off-hook frame and transmits a connect frame in the first time slot of the fourth cycle to the auxiliary device 2. In response, the auxiliary device 2 starts communication.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate transfer controlling apparatus which can easily maximize the throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy of actions of a transfer device. The substrate transfer controlling apparatus comprises an input device (12) for inputting times required for actions of transfer devices (1a through 1c) and times required to process substrates in processing devices (3a through 9d), and a schedule calculator (21) for calculating execution times of actions of the transfer devices (1a through 1c) for allowing the time when a final one of the substrates to be processed is fully processed and returned from the substrate processing apparatus to be earliest, based on a predetermined conditional formula including, as parameters, the inputted times.

Abstract: When a parent device of a wireless transmission system receives a transmission request, then in S1, the parent device generates a data packet to be transmitted to the child device. In S2, the parent device confirms whether or not the parent device is presently receiving data. In S3, the parent device transmits the data packet to the child device. When the parent device receives no response packet (S4:NO), then after waiting for a retry waiting time to elapse (S5), the parent device retransmits the data packet in S6. A retry waiting time of the parent device is set longer than a retry waiting time of the child device by an amount equivalent to the time width of the data packet itself and twice a delay time generated during wireless transmission. Therefore, the child device retransmits its data packet with priority over the parent device. With this configuration, data can be stably transmitted and received even after data collides.

Abstract: When a voltage difference diff of a vertex (maximum value) of a standard Position Resolving Table (PRT) is Dps, the voltage difference diff of a vertex (maximum value) of a tilted PRT is Dp, an amount of shift of the vertex in a horizontal direction is &Dgr;S, and a half of a coil placement pitch is Ls/2, a ratio of Dps to Dp (Gain) is equal to Dps/Dp (Gain=Dps/Dp). A value showing a proportion of a displacement of the vertex of the titled PRT with respect to the vertex of the standard PRT and the range of Ls/2 (Slide) is equal to &Dgr;S/(Ls/2). Therefore, a positional error due to a tilt of a stylus or a change in a battery voltage can be corrected.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording information includes a writing device that can be manually manipulated to record information on at least one sheet. An electronic device receives the information recorded on the at least one sheet. The apparatus therefore substantially simultaneously records information on at least two mediums.