Abstract: A data generating circuit incorporated in an ASIC includes a first jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of first jetting modes, a time-sequence information memory circuit which stores time-sequence information of a jetting mode which associates one of the plurality of first jetting modes, for each jetting timing of the nozzle, a second jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of second jetting modes, which are more than types of the plurality of first jetting modes, and a jetting mode selecting circuit which selects a jetting mode at an arbitrary jetting timing among the plurality of second jetting modes, based on the first jetting modes at the arbitrary jetting timing and at least one of the previous and subsequent jetting timings.

Abstract: The ink-jet printer head includes a cavity unit which has a plurality of pressure chambers arranged in a plurality of pressure-chamber rows; an actuator unit which has individual surface electrodes corresponding to the pressure chambers respectively, and land portions conducted to the individual surface electrodes respectively; and a flexible cable which has connection terminals and signal lines. The land portions and the connection terminals are electrically connected. In each of the pressure-chamber rows, the land portions are arranged such that a certain land portion is shifted from another land portion adjacent to the certain land portion in a longitudinal direction of the pressure chambers. Accordingly, even when the pressure chambers are arranged highly densely, it is possible to electrically connect the flexible cable and the actuator unit easily.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming portion that forms an image on a surface of a sheet, a feeding device that feeds the sheet in a sheet feeding direction, a sheet receiving portion, and an engagement portion selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the second position, the engagement portion does not engage the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages a leading end of the sheet before a trailing end of the sheet passes the feeding device. The sheet receiving portion receives the sheet after the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus capable of determining a type of droplet to be ejected through each nozzle at an arbitrary ejection timing, with consideration of not only an influence of droplet ejections at preceding and following ejection timings, but also crosstalk between a nozzle column and another nozzle column. A data generation circuit of the liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a droplet type determination unit. The first storage unit stores therein information on a plurality of types of droplets. The second storage unit stores therein time-sequence information of a type of droplet which information associates each ejection timing of each nozzle with one of the types of droplets.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a method for producing a component for vacuum apparatus and a resin coating forming apparatus capable of easily forming a resin coating on an internal flow path complex in shape. The resin coating forming apparatus (21) comprises a monomer vapor supplying unit (23), a vacuum pumping line (24) for transporting monomer vapor, a connection portion (24c) connectable with the internal flow path of a component (22A) provided on part of the vacuum pumping line (24), and a temperature adjusting unit (31) for depositing the monomer vapor onto the internal flow path of the component (22A) connected with the connection portion (24c) to form a resin coating. The above arrangement permits the formation of a uniform, high-coverage resin coating on the internal flow path of the component (22A) by merely exposing the internal flow path to monomer vapor.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head configured to eject liquid droplets onto an ejected target element to form a of dots arranged at predetermined dot intervals in dot columns. The liquid droplet ejecting head has a flow passage unit including individual flow passages including a first individual flow passage and a second individual flow passage, at least one common liquid chamber in fluid communication with each individual flow passage; and a plurality of nozzles, including a first nozzle fluidly communicating with the first individual flow passage and a second nozzle fluidly communicating with the second flow passage. A control unit causes a liquid droplet to be ejected from the first nozzle, then moves the ejecting head less than the dot interval, then subsequently suspends the first nozzle from ejecting, and ejects a liquid droplet from the second nozzle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for content reproduction, a recording medium, and a program that make it possible to edit taken images easily and automatically in accordance with an intention of an editor. Each time a reproduction is performed, a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point of VOBU units of images reproduced by a disk camcorder are recorded in Play Data 81. The recorded reproduction start point and reproduction end point are read, and edit points representing a reproduced section of a longest, a shortest, or an average length are obtained. The obtained edit points are registered in a UD_PGCIT 94. Scenes are reproduced in order on the basis of the edit point data in the UD_PGCIT 94, and thus automatic edit reproduction is performed. The present invention is applicable to disk camcorders.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for mounting the same.

Abstract: An ink-jet head includes a channel unit in which a plurality of pressure chambers are formed; and a piezoelectric actuator which includes a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer formed on an upper surface of the vibration plate, and an electroconductive layer formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer. On an upper surface of the piezoelectric actuator, there are formed outer grooves each extended along an area overlapping with the periphery of each of the pressure chambers, and inner grooves each extended along one of the outer grooves at a portion inside of one of the outer grooves. Further, recesses deeper than the thickness of the electroconductive layer is formed in the piezoelectric actuator at portions each located inside of the one of the inner grooves. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a drive efficiency of the piezoelectric actuator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for content reproduction, a recording medium, and a program that make it possible to edit taken images easily and automatically in accordance with an intention of an editor. Each time a reproduction is performed, a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point of VOBU units of images reproduced by a disk camcorder are recorded in Play Data 81. The recorded reproduction start point and reproduction end point are read, and edit points representing a reproduced section of a longest, a shortest, or an average length are obtained. The obtained edit points are registered in a UD_PGCIT 94. Scenes are reproduced in order on the basis of the edit point data in the UD_PGCIT 94, and thus automatic edit reproduction is performed. The present invention is applicable to disk camcorders.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a base tape (film carrier tape); a semiconductor chip mounted on the base tape; conducting leads formed on the base tape to be connected to the semiconductor chip; input terminals and output terminals connected to the conducting leads; and a protecting layer formed to cover the conducting leads completely. The base tape is provided at its side edges with roller-contact regions, where carrier rollers are to be in contact with. No holes and no unevenness area is formed on the roller-contact regions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a first semiconductor chip having a plurality of pads, providing a second semiconductor chip having a plurality of pads, fixing the second semiconductor chip over a main surface of the first semiconductor chip, forming an insulating layer between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, forming a plurality of conductive posts over the main surface of the first semiconductor chip and a main surface of the second semiconductor chip, electrically connecting the plurality of conductive posts to the plurality of pads on the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of pads on the second semiconductor chip and covering the main surfaces of the first and second semiconductor chips with a resin, the resin partially covering the plurality of conductive posts.

Abstract: In producing a semiconductor device, a solder alloy is prepared to contain antimony in a range of from 3 to 5 wt %, a trace amount of germanium, and a balance of tin. An insulative substrate having conductor patterns on both surfaces thereof is prepared, and a heat sink plate is mounted on a back surface of the insulative substrate by a soldering process using the solder alloy at a temperature ranging from 310 C.° to 320 C.° in a hydrogen reducing furnace. A semiconductor chip is mounted on a front surface of the insulative substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus comprising: first display means including a first display section; and second display means including a second display section and a non-display section located at an outer periphery of the second display section; wherein partial area of a display surface of the first display section of the first display means faces the non-display section of the second display means; and wherein portion of the non-displaying section of the second display means, which is facing the display surface of the first display section is provided with a transmission section configured to transmit light from the first display section.

Abstract: A lifting plate provided in a sheet accommodating member is locked at a position, to which the lifting plate is downwardly turned against a pushing force of a spring, by a locking mechanism having a locking member configured to lock the lifting plate, and also having a lock releasing lever configured to release locking of the lifting plate by the locking member. When the sheet accommodating unit is mounted, the lock releasing lever is made to abut against a lock release member. Thus, the lock releasing lever is moved integrally with the locking member in a lock release direction. When the sheet accommodating unit is drawn out, the lock releasing lever is made to abut against the lock release member. Thus, the lock releasing lever is singly moved in a direction opposite to the lock release direction to maintain the locking of the lifting plate by the locking member.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes: a cavity unit having aligned nozzles, pressure chambers correspondingly aligned, and a common-chamber member having a common chamber connected, at an introduction place, to an ink source to receive and distribute ink to the pressure chambers, and extending along the pressure chambers row to overlap each pressure chamber when seen in the superposition direction, and a cross-sectional area of the common chamber perpendicular to its longitudinal direction gradually decreases in a direction away from the introduction place, at a portion remote from the introduction place; an actuator on the cavity unit to pressurize the distributed ink to eject ink droplets from the nozzles; and a compensating member having a rigidity lower than that of the common-chamber member, and being disposed in contact with the ink, at the remote portion so that a supporting rigidity of the common-chamber member is substantially uniform along the pressure chambers row.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a carriage comprising a recording head that ejects a liquid toward a recording medium, the carriage configured to reciprocate along a travel path in a widthwise direction of the recording medium; a receiving unit disposed in a position opposed to the recording head so as to receive a fluid which is flushed from the recording head; and a movement device configured to move the receiving unit below the travel path of the carriage to a position which is outside and proximate to an edge in the widthwise direction of the recording medium.

Abstract: A droplet ejection device includes: an ejection head having an actuator and a nozzle; an interface configured to receive data; and a controller configured to (a) execute, based on the received data, ejection control in which liquid droplets having respective different volumes are selectively ejected from the nozzle to a medium by driving the actuator and (b) execute recovery control in which ejection performance of the recording head is recovered by driving the actuator. The controller is configured to (c) determine, based on the received data, a volume of a droplet to be first ejected from the nozzle under the ejection control subsequent to the recovery control, and (d) set, based on the determined volume, a condition for driving the actuator to execute the recovery control.

Abstract: A COF package in exemplary form includes a flexible base film, inner leads each made of metal and having a thickness d1, which are disposed at a peripheral edge of a semiconductor chip-mounted predetermined spot on the base film and protruded into the semiconductor chip-mounted predetermined spot, dummy patterns having a thickness d2 (<(d1+d3), where d3 is the thickness of the electrodes), which are disposed at predetermined positions within the semiconductor chip-mounted predetermined spot, a semiconductor chip, and an encapsulating resin. The semiconductor chip has a plurality of the electrodes each protruded into a main surface thereof and having the thickness d3. The electrodes are bonded to the inner leads respectively. Further, the encapsulating resin is charged between the base film and the semiconductor chip. The shape and/or position of the dummy patterns may mark the function of one or more inner leads.

Abstract: An ink-droplet ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle; an ink pressure chamber; an actuator which produces a pressure wave in the ink; and a control device which, when a first print command corresponding to a first print period for ejecting the ink and a second print command corresponding to a second print period next to the first print period for ejecting the ink, outputs, within the first print period, a first drive waveform for driving the actuator, and which, when the first print command is to eject the ink and the second print command is not to eject the ink, outputs a second drive waveform extending over the first and second print periods. The control device outputs, as the second drive waveform, a first ejecting pulse signal, then a first canceling pulse signal, then a second ejecting pulse signal and then a second canceling pulse signal driving the actuator.