Abstract: An acoustic device includes a touch panel for detecting a user's touch operation, a value setting section for setting a parameter value based on the touch operation detected by the touch panel, and an output control section for processing an inputted audio based on the parameter value set by the value setting section and outputting the processed audio. The value setting section sets the parameter value in accordance with a moving direction and a moving speed of a touch position from a start point that is the touch position on the touch panel at a start of the touch operation to an end point that is the touch position at an end of the touch operation.

Abstract: The following abstract will replace all prior versions of the abstract in the application: An acoustic device includes a touch panel for detecting a user's touch operation, a value setting section for setting a parameter value based on the touch operation detected by the touch panel, and an output control section for processing an inputted audio based on the parameter value set by the value setting section and outputting the processed audio. The value setting section sets the parameter value in accordance with a moving direction and a moving speed of a touch position from a start point that is the touch position on the touch panel at a start of the touch operation to an end point that is the touch position at an end of the touch operation.

Abstract: Provided is an audio signal processing apparatus including: a first buffer configured to temporarily store an audio signal; a feedback path whose start point and end point are located close to an output side of the first buffer; and a second buffer connected in the feedback path and configured to temporarily store the audio signal.

Abstract: A light control system includes a daylighting unit that takes in outside light, a lighting unit that is able to adjust an output of light, an acquisition unit that acquires brightness information representing brightness, including at least brightness of the outside light taken in from the daylighting unit, and a control unit that controls the output of light toward a target value. The control unit changes the target value based on the brightness information.

Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

Abstract: An IC card has a data storage, a table storage and a processing unit. The data storage stores data. The table storage stores a data element table including profile information including, in association with each other: a profile identifier for identifying a profile that is a group (set) of data elements to be stored in the data storage, at the time of issuance; the data elements included in the profile; and data region identifiers indicating data regions that are reserved in the data storage to store the data elements. The processing unit stores, in the data region indicated by the data region identifier corresponding to the data elements, the data elements corresponding to the profile identifier, from the data element table stored in the table storage, in response to a processing request that includes the profile identifier and requests issuance processing.

Abstract: An IC card has a data storage, a table storage and a processing unit. The data storage stores data. The table storage stores a data element table including profile information including, in association with each other: a profile identifier for identifying a profile that is a group (set) of data elements to be stored in the data storage, at the time of issuance; the data elements included in the profile; and data region identifiers indicating data regions that are reserved in the data storage to store the data elements. The processing unit stores, in the data region indicated by the data region identifier corresponding to the data elements, the data elements corresponding to the profile identifier, from the data element table stored in the table storage, in response to a processing request that includes the profile identifier and requests issuance processing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laminated structure, including a substrate, a wettability changing layer on the substrate, the wettability changing layer including a material, a critical surface tension of the material being changed by providing energy thereto, and an electrically conductor layer on the substrate, the electrically conductor layer formed on a region of the wettability changing layer, the region being provided with the energy, wherein the material includes a structural unit including a side chain and a structural unit including no side chain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laminate structure including a substrate, a wettability changing layer, and an electrical conductor layer, wherein the wettability changing layer and the electrical conductor layer are laminated on the substrate in order, wherein the wettability changing layer contains a polyimide, wherein the polyimide is obtainable by dehydrating and ring-opening a polyamic acid, wherein the polyamic acid is obtainable by ring-opening and addition-polymerizing a diamine and a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, wherein the diamine includes a compound represented by a general formula of: or a compound represented by a general formula of: wherein each of R1 and R2 in formula (1) is defined in the specification, and wherein R1 in formula (2) is defined in the specification.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate arranged to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein a plurality of first supports are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to reach the other substrate and a plurality of second supports, which are shorter than the first supports, are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to the other substrate.

Abstract: A disclosed laminated structure includes a substrate; a wettability varying layer formed on the substrate, the wettability varying layer including a material whose critical surface tension is changed by receiving energy; and an electrode layer formed on the wettability varying layer, the electrode layer forming a pattern based on the wettability varying layer. The material whose critical surface tension is changed by receiving energy includes a polymer including a primary chain and a side chain, the side chain including a multi-branched structure.

Abstract: A disclosed laminate structure is capable of having its surface free energy changed with a small amount of UV irradiation. The invention also discloses a method of manufacturing the laminate structure; an electronic device having the laminate structure; an electronic device array having a plurality of the electronic devices; and a display apparatus having the electronic device array. The laminate structure includes a substrate 11, a wettability variable layer 12 disposed on the substrate, and a conducting layer 13 patterned on the wettability variable layer 12. The wettability variable layer 12 includes a material whose critical surface tension varies upon application of energy. The material with variable critical surface tension has a main chain and a side chain. The side chain has two or more sites of which the bond is cleaved upon absorption of energy.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate arranged to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein a plurality of first supports are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to reach the other substrate and a plurality of second supports, which are shorter than the first supports, are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to the other substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate arranged to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein a plurality of first supports are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to reach the other substrate and a plurality of second supports, which are shorter than the first supports, are arranged to extend from one of the substrates to the other substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laminated structure, including a substrate, a wettability changing layer on the substrate, the wettability changing layer including a material, a critical surface tension of the material being changed by providing energy thereto, and an electrically conductor layer on the substrate, the electrically conductor layer formed on a region of the wettability changing layer, the region being provided with the energy, wherein the material includes a structural unit including a side chain and a structural unit including no side chain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a diamine represented by a general formula of: wherein X is an ester bond, each of m and n is independently a natural number, each of p and r is independently 0 or 1, q is an integer of 0 or more, a sum of m, n, and q is 20 or less, and when q is 0, p is 1 and r is 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel functional diamine compound having a dendron structure, polyamic acid which is produced using functional diamine, aromatic cyclic diamine, aliphatic cyclic acid dianhydride, and aromatic cyclic acid dianhydride, polyimide which is produced by imidizing polyamic acid, and an LC alignment film produced using polyimide. Even if the diamine compound is used in a small amount, it is possible to realize a high pretilt angle, thus the pretilt angle is easily controlled. Therefore, it can be used to produce an LC alignment film using a twisted nematic (TN) mode, in which the pretilt angle of liquid crystal is low, and a vertically aligned (VA) mode, which requires a high pretilt angle of about 90°.

Abstract: Disclosed is a diamine compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of group A and group B is —O—, —COO—, —CONH—, or —OCO—; groups C are each independently —O—, —COO—, —CONH—, or —OCO—; and groups D are each independently a C1 to C20 linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with at least one halogen atom, or a certain dendritic group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel functional diamine compound having a dendron structure, polyamic acid which is produced using functional diamine, aromatic cyclic diamine, aliphatic cyclic acid dianhydride, and aromatic cyclic acid dianhydride, polyimide which is produced by imidizing polyamic acid, and an LC alignment film produced using polyimide. Even if the diamine compound is used in a small amount, it is possible to realize a high pretilt angle, thus the pretilt angle is easily controlled. Therefore, it can be used to produce an LC alignment film using a twisted nematic (TN) mode, in which the pretilt angle of liquid crystal is low, and a vertically aligned (VA) mode, which requires a high pretilt angle of about 90°.