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20090040444 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optically compensated birefringence mode liquid crystal device includes each pixel electrode that overlaps a part of an adjacent gate line and/or a part of an adjacent source line in a plan view. | 02-12-2009 |
20090109381 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes, a first substrate, a second substrate, an electrooptic material layer, an illuminating device, and a polarizing device. The electrooptic material layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate. The illuminating device irradiates illumination light to an outer surface of the first substrate. The polarizing device is provided on the outer surface of the first substrate. The electrooptic material layer exhibits optical isotropy when no electric field is applied, and, when an electric field is applied, exhibits optical anisotropy corresponding to the magnitude of the electric field. The electrooptic material layer further has a characteristic to selectively reflect a first circularly polarized light having a first rotation direction. Light that passes through the polarizing device is a second circularly polarized light that has a second rotation direction reverse to the first rotation direction of the first circularly polarized light. | 04-30-2009 |
20090257014 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer being disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and having both of a splay alignment state and a bend alignment state; a plurality of gate lines formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of source lines formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to intersect the gate lines in a plan view; switching elements formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer to correspond to the intersections of the gate lines and the source lines; and pixel electrodes formed on the surface of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and electrically connected to the switching elements. Here, each pixel electrode has an overlap area overlapping with a part of the gate lines or the source lines in a plan view and has a stepped portion between the overlap area and an area other than the overlap area. | 10-15-2009 |
20110194057 | REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A reflection type liquid crystal device has: a liquid crystal cell held between a pair of substrates and an optical compensation plate disposed outside the pair of substrates. The optical compensation plate has a first optical axis along the thickness direction thereof. The liquid crystal cell has a pretilt at which a second optical axis of a liquid crystal molecule of the liquid crystal cell is inclined with respect to a plate surface of the liquid crystal cell. The optical compensation plate is tiltable in a first direction in which a standard angle becomes larger, wherein the standard angle is defined as an acute angle between the first optical axis and the second optical axis when the optical compensation plate is located parallel to the plate surface of the liquid crystal cell. | 08-11-2011 |
20110228177 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal device including a liquid crystal panel where a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystals with negative dielectric constant anisotropy is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, liquid crystal molecules are tilted in a predetermined direction with regard to an inner surface of the first substrate and an inner surface of the second substrate, and a reflective layer reflects light incident, is provided in the second substrate; a C plate provided on an outer side of the first substrate; and an O plate provided on the C plate side opposite to the liquid crystal panel. The O plate is formed by oblique evaporation of an inorganic material and is arranged with regard to the liquid crystal panel so that the tilt direction of columns formed from the inorganic material is typically at 135 degrees with regard to the tilt direction of the liquid crystal molecules. | 09-22-2011 |
20120182486 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a lighting device that emits light of a plurality of different colors; a plurality of liquid crystal light valves that modulate the light of a plurality of colors; a color synthesizing optical system that synthesizes the color light modulated by the plurality of liquid crystal light valves; and a projection optical system that projects the light synthesized by the color synthesizing optical system to a projection target face. A cell thickness of one liquid crystal light valve modulating light of one color of the plurality of liquid crystal light valves is smaller than a cell thickness of the other liquid crystal light valves modulating the light of other colors, and an alignment state of liquid crystal at the time of applying the maximum gradation voltage is substantially the same in one liquid crystal light value and the other liquid crystal light valve. | 07-19-2012 |
20120236218 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an illumination optical system which emits first light (green light); a reflection type first liquid crystal panel which modulates the first light emitted from the illumination optical system; a first wire grid element which is disposed at a position at which the first light modulated and reflected by the first liquid crystal panel is incident, which includes a plurality of metal wires extending so as to be almost parallel to a light-exit surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and in which the surface on which the first light is incident is inclined by an angle equal to or greater than 37° and less than 45° with respect to a normal direction of the light-exit surface of the first liquid crystal panel; a projection optical system which projects the first light modulated by the first liquid crystal panel and reflected from the first wire grid element. | 09-20-2012 |
20140126035 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-optic layer which is interposed between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a first translucent film, a second translucent film, and a third translucent film which are disposed between the second substrate and the electro-optic layer and are sequentially formed from the second substrate, in which the refractive index of the second translucent film is larger than the refractive index of the second substrate, is smaller than the refractive index of the first translucent film, and is smaller than the third translucent film. A transmittance of incident light of the electro-optic device is intensified using refractive index matching, interference dimming, and anti-scattering. | 05-08-2014 |
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20090110373 | Information Playback Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an information playback apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes an acquisition module configured to acquire content data, an analysis module configured to analyze the content data to generate viewing and listening environment control information based on an analysis result, a viewing and listening control module configured to control a viewing and listening environment based on the viewing and listening environment control information, and a playback control module configured to control playback of the content data under the viewing and listening environment. | 04-30-2009 |
20120056485 | Wireless Power Transfer System, Power Transfer Apparatus, and Power Reception Apparatus - According to one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system performs electrical power transfer and signal communication by magnetic field resonance. A power transfer apparatus includes a first resonator configured to resonate at a predetermined frequency and to switch a Q-factor between high and low, and a first controller configured to set the Q-factor of the first resonator high in the electrical power transfer, and to set the Q-factor of the first resonator low in the signal communication. The power reception apparatus includes a second resonator configured to resonate at the predetermined frequency and to switch a Q-factor between high and low, and a second controller configured to set the Q-factor of the second resonator high when performing the electrical power transfer and to set the Q-factor of the second resonator low when performing the signal communication. | 03-08-2012 |
20150092124 | EYEGLASSES APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second liquid crystal lenses, a pair of temples, a sensor, and a driver. The first liquid crystal lens includes a first liquid crystal layer and a plurality of first control electrodes on the first liquid crystal layer. The sensor is provided on one of the pair of temples, and detects a contact position on a detector plane. The driver applies a plurality of voltage to the plurality of the first control electrodes. A focal length of the first liquid crystal lens is determined according to an amount of movement of the contact position when the contact position continuously moves along a longitudinal direction of the sensor. Each voltage value is determined according to the focal length of the first liquid crystal lens. | 04-02-2015 |
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20080313021 | Power demand and supply-adjustment system and method - A power consumption-demand/supply adjustment apparatus comprises: a monitor for a consumption amount of supplied power and the quality of supplied power; a contract-adjustment means for supporting establishing of contract for a power demand/supply by adjusting power demand conditions of a customer and power supply conditions of a power supplier; and banking means for requesting a charge of the consumption amount of supplied power and the quality of supplied power, and a charge to be paid from an accumulated deposit based on the contract; wherein the banking means requests the charge of supplied power and the charge to be paid from an accumulated deposit based on monitoring information sent from the monitor. | 12-18-2008 |
20100330391 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE RESISTANT COMPONENT AND GAS TURBINE HOT PART - A high-temperature resistant component for a gas turbine hot part and so on is provided, which has durability and reliability enough to withstand a corrosive environment with use of the low-grade oil. The high-temperature resistant component includes an alloy substrate containing Ni, Co, or Fe as the principal component, and a thermal barrier coating formed over the surface of the substrate via a bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes a porous thermal-barrier layer made of ceramic and an environmental barrier layer with corrosion resistance. An impregnated layer is provided between the environmental barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer. In the impregnated layer, the thermal barrier layer is impregnated with a part of the environmental barrier layer. The thermal barrier layer is made of a porous zirconia layer, and the environmental barrier layer includes silica as the principal component. The porous zirconia layer has pores impregnated with the part of the environmental barrier layer. As a result, the high-temperature resistant component has excellent corrosion resistance and excellent heat resistance. | 12-30-2010 |
20120102966 | OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR GAS TURBINE AND OPERATION CONTROLLER FOR GAS TURBINE - An operation control method for a gas turbine comprising the steps of: making a molten salt map in a liquid phase state by calculating a dew point and a solidus temperature of molten salt for causing high-temperature corrosion on high-temperature components of the turbine due to impurities using a thermodynamic equilibrium calculation on the basis of the impurities contained in low-quality fuel and operation data of the gas turbine, indicating a surface temperature and a pressure of the high-temperature components of the turbine on the molten salt map to determine a superposition state thereof on a region of molten salt in a liquid phase, predicting a lifetime of the high-temperature components of the gas turbine by estimating a corrosion rate thereof, and controlling the flow rate of the low-quality fuel supplied to a combustor on the basis of the prediction of the lifetime of the high-temperature components so that an area of surface temperature and pressure regions of the high-temperature components superposing on the region of molten salt in the liquid phase on the molten salt map is reduced. | 05-03-2012 |
20120126162 | STEAM TURBINE VALVE - A steam turbine valve has a valve seat, a valve rod or a valve body in which a 3 to 5 mm thick stellite sheet is welded to ferrite cast steel by friction-stir welding, and it is preferable that a stellite layer made of the stellite sheet welded by friction-stir welding is equiaxial crystal and cast structure is not included, that an inclusion of iron into the stellite layer up to 2 mm thick from the surface of the stellite layer in the direction of ferrite cast steel is 3% or less by weight, and that a dilution layer formed between the stellite layer and the ferrite cast steel is 1 to 2 mm thick. | 05-24-2012 |
20120159952 | GAS TURBINE COMPONENT HAVING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND A GAS TURBINE USING THE COMPONENT - The present invention provides gas turbine components having durability and reliability for use in a corrosive environment such as a turbine employing a low grade fuel, and also provides a gas turbine equipped with the components. One of the components is a gas turbine bucket/nozzle comprising a substrate made from an alloy containing Ni, Co, or Fe, a bonding layer made from an alloy and disposed over the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating disposed over the bonding layer. The thermal barrier coating includes a thermal barrier layer of porous ceramics, an environmental barrier layer containing silica, and an impregnation layer having a silica-containing material in the pores of the porous ceramics. | 06-28-2012 |
20120308772 | STEAM TURBINE MEMBER - An object is to provide a steam turbine member having excellent oxidation resistance at low cost without using an alloy coating such as a thermally sprayed or sintered body. The steam turbine member includes a substrate made of stainless steel containing Fe as a main component, 8 to 15 wt % of Cr, and 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of Mn. The steam turbine member has, on a surface of the substrate, an oxide film made of an oxide of a constituent element of the substrate. It is preferable that the oxide film thickness is 1 μm or less. It is also preferable that the oxide film has a surface roughness Ra of 1.6 a or less. | 12-06-2012 |
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20100027344 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A drain voltage generator circuit includes a first switching element coupled between a first power supply voltage and an output end of the drain voltage generator circuit, a second switching element coupled in parallel to the first switching element and having a smaller current capability than that of the first switching element, and a control circuit for turning ON the second switching element and then the first switching element, and generates a voltage to supply to a drain of a memory cell. A source of the memory cell is set to be floated or grounded by a transistor. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027352 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, variations in voltage applied to a bit line when an erase voltage applying step is repeatedly executed are suppressed, thereby reducing variations in Vt after erasure. A memory array includes memory cells arranged in an array, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of bit lines and main bit lines. The memory array also includes a usable region which can store data and an isolation region which cannot store data. Each bit line provided in the usable region is connected via a select transistor to the corresponding main bit line. At least one main bit line is connected not only to a bit line of the usable region, but also to a bit line of the isolation region via a select transistor. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027366 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In a semiconductor memory device, a voltage rise due to IR-DROP is suppressed which occurs when a ground voltage is applied to a memory cell during a program operation. Discharge transistors are provided between the ground and bit lines connected to the source and drain of the memory cell. The discharge transistors receive mutually independent discharge control signals which are generated and outputted from a DS decoder driver at the respective gates thereof. To the bit line which applies the ground voltage to the memory cell, the ground voltage can be set using the discharge transistor. | 02-04-2010 |
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20090169295 | Pushbutton mechanism and image forming apparatus - A pushbutton mechanism includes a case member having an operation surface with a button hole and a pushbutton having an upper surface to be pushed inside the case member in a pushing direction. The upper surface includes a first portion at a front side of the operation surface and a second portion at a rear side of the operation surface. The first portion is formed in a first shape, and the second portion is formed in a second shape different from the first shape along the pushing direction. | 07-02-2009 |
20090297176 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided with a developing unit for attaching developer to a static latent image formed through charging and exposing to form a developer image; an image supporting member for supporting the developer image formed with the developing unit; a removing member disposed to abut against the image supporting member for removing developer; a drive unit for driving the image supporting member; a drive control unit for controlling the drive unit; and a fixing unit for fixing the developer image to a medium. It is configured such that the drive control unit controls the drive unit to temporarily stop before developer is discharged. | 12-03-2009 |
20090322569 | Button key assembly and electronic apparatus that employs the button key assembly - Button keys, resilient supports and a frame are molded in one piece such that the button keys are resiliently movable and are spaced apart by a gap. Each of the button keys includes an engagement portion. A case includes a button hole formed therein. The case is assembled to the frame such that the button keys are received in the button hole. After the case has been assembled to the frame such that the plurality of adjacent button keys are received in the button hole and such that the engagement portion abuts a perimeter portion of the button hole, the second gap being smaller than the first gap. | 12-31-2009 |
20110170923 | EJECTION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An ejection mechanism includes: a pair of ejection rollers that upwardly eject at an oblique angle a recording medium carried along a predefined carry path; and an ejection tray that includes a piling surface on which the recording medium ejected from the pair of ejection rollers is piled and a side wall surface that faces a trailing edge of the recording medium piled on the piling surface, wherein, the side wall surface is positioned on an ejection direction upstream side with respect to a plumb line that contacts the pair of the ejection rollers on a ejection direction downstream side, and is formed inclining toward a point separated from the plumb line as the side wall surface travels downward from a bottom part of the pair of the ejection rollers. | 07-14-2011 |
20120027425 | MEDIUM DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A medium detection device includes: a sensor lever configured to rotate corresponding to a travel of a recording medium; a sensor configured to detect the rotation of the sensor lever; a stopper having a guide surface inclined with respect to the movement direction of the sensor lever and configured to stop movement of the sensor lever upon the rotation of the sensor. | 02-02-2012 |
20120161385 | MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An information processing device includes an opening and closing member that is configured to be movable between open and closed positions, and an interference member that is positioned in a middle of an opening and closing trajectory of the opening and closing member. The opening and closing member takes the open position after the opening and closing member moves in a direction away from the interference member and takes the closed position after the opening and closing member moves in a direction toward the interference member. | 06-28-2012 |
20130259555 | IMAGE FORMING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming member includes a rotation body that is configured to rotate in contact with a medium and to form an image on the medium, and a separation member that is positioned in contact with or in a vicinity of the surface of the rotation body and that separates the medium attached to the rotation body. The separation member includes a plurality of partial contact parts formed along a rotational axis direction of the rotation body, and a plurality of ridge parts respectively formed from the partial contact parts toward the downstream of a carrying direction of the medium. | 10-03-2013 |
20150113879 | COVER OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cover opening and closing mechanism includes a first cover member having a first sheet placing surface and a second cover member having a second sheet placing surface. The first cover member has a first engagement part at a distal end of the first sheet placing surface, the second cover member has a second engagement part at a distal end of the second sheet placing surface so that the first sheet placing surface is flush with the second sheet placing surface. During a process in which the first cover member swings in a close direction, a first contact part of the first cover member, which is other than the first sheet placing surface, contacts to a second contact part of the second cover member, which is other than the second sheet placing surface, before the first engagement part contacts to the second engagement part. | 04-30-2015 |
20150241832 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium transportation apparatus includes a fixed member fixed to an apparatus main body, and a switching guide for guiding a medium. The switching guide is disposed to be freely rotatable relative to the apparatus main body, and to be freely switched between a first guiding position and a second guiding position. The switching guide includes a medium guiding portion and a first engaging portion integrally formed with the medium guiding portion. The fixed member includes a second engaging portion for engaging with the first engaging portion. When the switching guide is situated at the first guiding position, the first engaging portion engages with the second engaging portion. | 08-27-2015 |
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20080238874 | Operation device - A display device is provided in a central position of an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment, and an operation device is provided in a center console. The operation device is formed with a case body having a palm rest, with is provided with a pointing device and four finalizing switches. A menu display window showing an array of multiple function selection items or a list display screen is displayed on a screen of the display device. The user selects a desired function selection item by moving a cursor by operation of an operation knob of the pointing device. In this state, the user ON operates any one of the finalizing switches, thereby performing finalize-designation. A user can thus operate the operation device from any one of multiple directions without uncomfortable feeling. | 10-02-2008 |
20090284467 | Input device for operating in-vehicle apparatus - An input device having a manipulation member is disclosed. The input device has an absolute input mode and a relative input. In the absolute input mode, the input device determines a coordinate of a pointed point on a window of a display unit based on a coordinate of the manipulation member. In the relative input mode, the input device determines the pointed point on the window in a relative manner based on a two-dimensional displacement of the manipulation member with respect to a reference position, which is set when an input mode is switched into the relative input mode. When the manipulation member receives a load that causes the manipulation member to move beyond a predetermined range, the input device generates and applies a force corresponding to the load to the manipulation member. | 11-19-2009 |
20090307588 | Apparatus for controlling pointer operation - An apparatus for controlling operation of an operation device controls the operation device in the following manner. That is, when a pointer on a display screen is controlled by the operation device, the operation of the operation device is regarded as an equivalent of a press operation of an OK button that affirms a certain decision, or as an equivalent of a press operation of a switch button that switches a current screen to the next one, upon detecting an exit of the pointer from a wall area of the screen. | 12-10-2009 |
20110109541 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is configured to have connection with a display device and a remote control device spaced apart from each other. The display device is configured to display an operation screen having multiple icons for accepting an operation directed to a control target apparatus. When display is switched from a first operation screen to a second operation screen having a different icon arrangement, the display control means shifts an icon selection state from one icon selected on the first operation screen to an initial selection icon pre-set on the second operation screen and causes the display device to display a visual effect indicative of a direction from position of the selected one icon to position of the initial selection icon. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109544 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is connected with a display device for displaying an operation screen having multiple icons and a remote control device spaced apart form the display device. The display control device performs display control in the following way. The display control device displays an identification display mark in association with one icon in a selection state. When an instruction of an operation direction is inputted, the display control device displays a visual presentation indicative of the operation direction on the operation screen by making a change in display manner of the identification display mark, with the identification display mark being displayed in association with the one icon in the selection state. | 05-12-2011 |
20110160957 | Vehicular input device and method for controlling the same - An indication unit indicates arranged selective areas on a display surface for accepting input. A move unit moves an instructed position on the display surface according to an operation quantity of an operation unit. A selected-state determination unit determines a selected-state area from the selective areas according to the instructed position. A width determination unit determines a width of the selected-state area in each of an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction of the display surface. A moving speed set unit sets a moving speed of the instructed position variably at least when the instructed position passes through the selected-state area such that: a velocity component in the x-axis direction becomes larger as the determined width in the x-axis direction becomes larger, and a velocity component in the y-axis direction becomes larger as the determined width in the y-axis direction becomes larger. | 06-30-2011 |
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20100272417 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCING METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING MEDIUM - The object of the present invention is to provide a stereoscopic video and audio recording method, a stereoscopic video and audio recording medium, a stereoscopic video and audio reproducing method, a stereoscopic video and audio recording apparatus, and a stereoscopic video and audio reproducing apparatus. An audio information storage region for three-dimensional video is arranged in advance, separately from audio information for ordinary two-dimensional video, in a media recording format for recording stereoscopic video and audio. Therefore, when stereoscopic reproduction is selected, an audio can be reproduced with realistic sensation in a depth direction in sound-image processing or surround processing. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275238 | Stereoscopic Video Distribution System, Stereoscopic Video Distribution Method, Stereoscopic Video Distribution Apparatus, Stereoscopic Video Viewing System, Stereoscopic Video Viewing Method, And Stereoscopic Video Viewing Apparatus - It is the object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic video distribution system, a stereoscopic video distribution method, a stereoscopic video distribution apparatus, a stereoscopic video viewing system, a stereoscopic video viewing method, and a stereoscopic video viewing apparatus. In the stereoscopic video distribution system according to this invention, stereoscopic video signals provided by a plurality of video distribution source servers for distributing stereoscopic videos are once received by a transcoding server, so that the stereoscopic video signals can be reproduced by a BD player and a TV for stereoscopic viewing. | 10-28-2010 |
20140143797 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DISTRUBTION APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM, STEREOSCIPIC VIDEO VIEWING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO VIEWING APPARATUS - It is the object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic video distribution system, a stereoscopic video distribution method, a stereoscopic video distribution apparatus, a stereoscopic video viewing system, a stereoscopic video viewing method, and a stereoscopic video viewing apparatus. In the stereoscopic video distribution system according to this invention, stereoscopic video signals provided by a plurality of video distribution source servers for distributing stereoscopic videos are once received by a transcoding server, so that the stereoscopic video signals can be reproduced by a BD player and a TV for stereoscopic viewing. | 05-22-2014 |