Abstract: A vertically alignment mode liquid crystal display device having an improved viewing angle characteristic is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device uses a liquid crystal having a negative anisotropic dielectric constant, and orientations of the liquid crystal are vertical to substrates when no voltage being applied, almost horizontal when a predetermined voltage is applied, and oblique when an intermediate voltage is applied. At least one of the substrates includes a structure as domain regulating means, and inclined surfaces of the structure operate as a trigger to regulate azimuths of the oblique orientations of the liquid crystal when the intermediate voltage is applied.

Abstract: A substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device equipped therewith, produced at decreased costs and offering a display of good quality. A substrate for a liquid crystal display device comprises a TFT substrate for holding opposing substrates arranged being opposed to each other as well as a liquid crystal composition obtained by mixing a monomer into liquid crystals, a plurality of bus lines and formed on the TFT substrate in a manner of intersecting each other through an insulating film, thin-film transistors formed close to positions where the plurality of bus lines and intersect each other, a plurality of thin-film transistors for polymerization formed for applying a voltage to the pixel electrodes at the time of polymerizing the monomer, and a first common electrode wiring for polymerization electrically connected to the gate electrodes of the plurality of thin-film transistors for polymerization.

Abstract: When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, or the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is made uniform by adjusting the structure of the liquid crystal display device, or any display defect is driven out of the display area. When radiating light to the liquid crystal composition containing the photosensitive material, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted so as to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal display device can thus be driven stably.

Abstract: When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, or the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is made uniform by adjusting the structure of the liquid crystal display device, or any display defect is driven out of the display area. When radiating light to the liquid crystal composition containing the photosensitive material, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted so as to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal display device can thus be driven stably.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display, which can surely perform an instillation process used when liquid crystal is sealed between substrates in a cell process, and a fabrication method thereof. A liquid crystal display comprises a sealing material 6 made of a photo-curing type material which seals liquid crystal 22 sandwiched between substrates 4 and 16, and a shading film 8 having a shading area which overlays a red-colored layer 28 transmitting red light, a green-colored layer 26 transmitting green light and a blue-colored layer 24 transmitting blue light, wherein only the blue-colored layer 24 is formed in an area of the shading film contacting with the sealing material 6 and the photo-curing type material of the sealing material is structured to have a light reactive area for a wavelength of blue color band.

Abstract: An office information system having a plurality of work stations connected via a network to mutually exchange electronic mails each includes a control information definition unit for defining control information representing what kind of processing can be performed on mails after reception, a processing log memory unit for storing log information of operations which have been performed on a received mail, a control unit for guiding a receiver by referring to both the control information and log information, a task tracking instruction unit for inquiring the processing status of mail, and a task tracking unit for reporting the status in response to such a tracking instruction. The system stores and interprets control information relating to the flow of an OA object on the network, which has been conventionally involved in the memory of an office worker, and guides the office worker to work to be done by the office worker.

Abstract: A liquid crystal material having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy is provided between first and second substrates and aligned homeotropically. Pixel electrodes each having a slit are provided on the first substrate. Color filters for giving red, green and blue are arranged in the pixels. A projection pattern is formed on the second substrate so as to divide the pixels into small areas. The slit of each pixel electrode is spaced from the projection pattern so as to divide, together with the projection pattern, the pixels into domains. The width of the slit of a pixel among the red, green, and blue pixels is different from that of the other pixel. The coloring of the display screen occurring during white display is suppressed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a common electrode substrate that is opposed to an array substrate as well as to a liquid crystal display device having the substrate and provides a common electrode substrate capable of providing high luminance and good display characteristics as well as liquid crystal display device having such a common electrode substrate.

Abstract: A data analyzing method for generating a rule based on data items in a data base, wherein the rule expresses relational features of the data items. The invention includes a user interface and a rule generation module. The rule generation module, in response to an input from the user via the user interface, selects data items for use in a conditional clause and a conclusion clause of a rule from the data items stored in the data base, converts, when the selected data items have numerical values, the numerical values into symbolic values and creates plural candidate rules each expressing a correlation between selected data items in a rule form having one or plural sets of item names and symbolic values.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention has a structure in which vertically aligned liquid crystal is sealed between a TFT substrate and a CF substrate. Pixel electrodes in which slits are provided are formed on the TFT substrate, while cell gap holding spacers and domain defining projections are formed on the CF substrate. For example, positive type photoresist is coated on a common electrode. Then, first exposure is executed by using a mask for light-shielding spacer forming regions and projection forming regions, and then second exposure is executed by using a mask for light-shielding the spacer forming regions. Then, the photoresist is developed. Accordingly, the spacers and the projections, each having a different height, can be formed simultaneously.

Abstract: An office information system having a plurality of work stations connected via a network to mutually exchange electronic mails each includes a control information definition unit for defining control information representing what kind of processing can be performed on mails after reception, a processing log memory unit for storing log information of operations which have been performed on a received mail, a control unit for guiding a receiver by referring to both the control information and log information, a task tracking instruction unit for inquiring the processing status of mail, and a task tracking unit for reporting the status in response to such a tracking instruction. The system stores and interprets control information relating to the flow of an OA object on the network, which has been conventionally involved in the memory of an office worker, and guides the office worker to work to be done by the office worker.

Abstract: A method of actively guiding and helping the user is disclosed, in which various supporting functions can be performed in accordance with a particular user situation. The method is equipped with user situation detection data having at least a user situation and a corresponding interaction pattern activated in such a user situation, supporting function select data having at least a user situation and a corresponding user supporting function name to be activated in the particular user situation, and at least one user supporting function. Each time an input is received from the user, the contents of the input are stored as an operation log data. The interaction pattern data of the user situation detection data is compared with the operation log data.

Abstract: A data analyzing method and system for generating a rule based on data items in a data base, wherein the rule expresses relational features of the data items. The invention includes a user interface and a rule generation module. The rule generation module, in response to an input from the user via the user interface, selects data items for use in a conditional clause and a conclusion clause of a rule from the data items stored in the data base, converts, when the selected data items have numerical values, the numerical values into symbolic values and creates plural candidate rules each expressing a correlation between selected data items in a rule form having one or plural sets of item names and symbolic values.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to automatically select least required input items for a non-linear model and improve an efficiency of building up the non-linear model. For building up, for example, a neural network as the non-linear model, a group-by rule 105 and dividing point information 106 of the data are automatically generated by a group-by rule induction device 104 by selecting a dividing method option 101 and a group selection information 103 if data for learning 101 is given. An initial neural network model generating device 107 automatically generates an initial neural network model 108 from the group-by rule 105. The initial neural network model is learned in a neural network model learning device 111 and outputted as a post-learning neural network model 112. Data for learning with group information 110 which is the data for learning is generated in a data classification device 109 by using data for learning 102, group-by rule 105 and dividing point information 106.

Abstract: An office information system has a plurality of work stations connected via a network to mutually exchange electronic mail, each work station including a control information definition unit for defining control information representing what kind of processing can be performed on mails after reception, a processing log memory unit for storing log information of operations which have been performed on received mail, a control unit for guiding a receiver by referring to both the control information and log information, a task tracking instruction unit for inquiring into the processing status of mail, and a task tracking unit for reporting the status in response to such a tracking instruction. The system stores and interprets control information relating to the flow of an OA object on the network, which has been conventionally involved in the memory of an office worker, and guides the office worker to work to be done by the office worker.

Abstract: The present invention generates a plurality of rules comprising a consequence including records having the characteristics of the target attribute and record items and a precedence including at least one record item in an attribute appearance area decided by at least one record item in a database comprising a plurality of records having at least one record item for the database, calculates the similarity between the rules decided by the rate of records common to two rules among the plurality of rules among respective records satisfying the consequences, and obtains inclusive relations between the rules from the rate of matched record items to mismatched record items in the respective attribute appearance areas of the two rules.

Abstract: A data analyzing method and system for generating a rule based on data items in a data base, wherein the rule expresses relational features of the data items. The invention includes a user interface and a rule generation module. The rule generation module, in response to an input from the user via the user interface, selects data items for use in a conditional clause and a conclusion clause of a rule from the data items stored in the data base, converts, when the selected data items have numerical values, the numerical values into symbolic values and creates plural candidate rules each expressing a correlation between selected data items in a rule form having one or plural sets of item names and symbolic values.

Abstract: Rules registered in the electronic secretary system are defined by separating each of them into a trigger descriptor part, a condition part for object data retrieval, and an action part, and a flag indicating whether or not to fire a rule and a flag indicating whether or not to suppress firing of a rule after it is fired once are installed in each rule, and a flag for selecting whether to automatically activate the action when object data is retrieved or to activate the action after the user confirms it is installed, and an area for storing the period and timing for judging success or failure of the condition when necessary is referred to so as to change the corresponding flag to ON or OFF or to change the period and, whether to automatically execute the electronic secretary system or to execute it after a human confirms it, can be selected freely.