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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patent applications
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20160143080COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - There is provided a communication control method of a first terminal device for causing the first terminal device and a second terminal device positioned in the proximity of the first terminal device to establish a direct communication path. The communication control method includes: a step of monitoring a signal which is transmitted from the second terminal device so as to allow a proximity terminal device to discover the second terminal device; a step of receiving the signal to detect that the second terminal device is positioned in proximity; a step of acquiring coverage information which is included in the signal and indicates whether or not the second terminal device is served in a LTE base station; and a step of detecting whether or not the second terminal device is served based on the coverage information.05-19-2016
20160143038TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device receives a frequency resource allocation for data transmission configured of a plurality of subframes and notified from a base station device, the terminal device being provided with an orthogonal sequence generation unit that generates an orthogonal sequence to be applied to a reference signal, in accordance with the number of the plurality of subframes allocated.05-19-2016
20160142050MULTIPLE-UNIT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a multiple-unit semiconductor device that enables space savings and a method for controlling such a semiconductor device. A multiple-unit semiconductor device is brought into conduction by a Si-FET being brought into conduction first and a GaN device being brought into conduction after the Si-FET has been brought into conduction.05-19-2016
20160141531THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer that covers the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode that are provided on the gate insulating layer; and an organic semiconductor layer that has a channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode each include a first conductive layer that increases adhesion with the gate insulating layer; a second conductive layer that has low electrical resistance; and a third conductive layer that make ohmic contact with the organic semiconductor layer. The third conductive layer has a first contact surface that contacts the gate insulating layer, and a second contact surface that contacts a side face of the first conductive layer and a side face of the second conductive layer facing the channel region.05-19-2016
20160141530SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an organic TFT (05-19-2016
20160141465LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element for emitting primary light, and a wavelength conversion unit for absorbing part of the primary light and emitting secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes plural kinds of phosphors having light absorption characteristics different from each other, and then at least one kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors has an absorption characteristic that can absorb the secondary light emitted from at least another kind of phosphor among the plural kinds of phosphors.05-19-2016
20160141312DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a pixel electrode; a switching element that is connected to the pixel electrode and charges the pixel electrode; a reference potential terminal set at a reference potential; and a resistive element that is connected to the pixel electrode and the reference potential terminal so as to be interposed therebetween, the resistive element forming a resistance component against electric charges moving between the pixel electrode and the reference potential terminal.05-19-2016
20160139732TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel controller is equipped with a control unit that outputs a decimation signal to a drive line driving circuit when touch response magnitude data is a designated value or greater, or in other words, when the distance between a touch panel and a stylus pen is closer than a designated value. Thus, it is possible to realize a touch panel system able to moderate the amount of power consumed when synchronizing drive timings between the pen and the touch panel controller that drives the touch panel, and thereby operate with low power consumption.05-19-2016
20160139497DISPLAY DEVICE - A screen includes: a diffraction member and a scattering member. The diffraction member selectively diffracts image light and orients this light towards a viewer. In order for the image light to be scattered to a higher degree than ambient light that enters the scattering member on the side opposite of the viewer, the degree to which the scattering member scatters polarized light varies according to the polarization direction of the light. Thus, regardless of the positional relationship of the screen and a projector, which projects image light, it is possible to use a relatively simple industrial manufacturing process that can ensure the following to a satisfactory extent: brightness of the screen in the front direction, a wide viewing angle, and visual clarity through the screen.05-19-2016
20160139454LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light diffusion member includes a substrate that has optical transparency, a light diffusion portion that is formed with a prescribed height on one surface of the substrate, a light shielding layer that is formed with a thickness less than the height of the light diffusion portion in another region of the one surface of the substrate than the light diffusion portion, and an antiglare layer that is formed on the other surface of the substrate. The light diffusion portion includes a light emission end surface that contacts with the substrate, a light incident end surface that faces the light emission end surface and has a larger area than an area of the light emission end surface, and a side surface that is formed between the light emission end surface and the light incident end surface, and the antiglare layer includes a binder layer and plural light diffusion particles that are dispersedly arranged in the binder layer.05-19-2016
20160139191INSPECTION DEVICE - A method of inspecting a sensor sheet formed by a roll-to-roll scheme for a touch sensor, the sensor sheet including a roll sheet and a sensor electrode layer thereon, the sensor electrode layer including sensor electrodes running in a prescribed direction, the sensor sheet further including a terminal connected to the sensor electrode layer and alignment marks, the method including: arranging the sensor sheet on an inspection table of an inspection device, the inspection table having an alignment mark and inspection electrodes running in another prescribed direction such that at least one of the alignment marks aligns with the alignment mark on the inspection table and such that the inspection electrodes face the sensor electrodes orthogonally in a plan view and are vertically separated by a dielectric to form capacitances at respective intersections therebetween; measuring the capacitances at the respective intersections; and outputting the measured capacitances as an inspection result.05-19-2016
20160135149MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station apparatus that includes a controller that reduces transmission power in case that data is transmitted simultaneously and a transmission circuit that simultaneous transmits said data using a plurality of channels, where the plurality of channels consists of at least one physical uplink control channel and at least one physical uplink shared channel. The transmission circuit of the mobile station apparatus also transmit hybrid automatic repeat request control information on said at least one physical uplink shared channel and also transmits channel state information on said at least one physical uplink control channel.05-12-2016
20160134869ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION DEVICE, LM PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING DEVICE - By either subsampling neighbor pixels and deriving an illumination variation parameter, or deriving one normalization shift value of two normalization shift values for normalizing parameters which are used when deriving the illumination variation parameter, with a dependency on the other normalization shift value, an amount of calculation for illumination compensation is reduced.05-12-2016
20160133885SECONDARY BATTERY - To obtain a secondary battery that surely positions and fixes a laminated type of electrode group by effectively curbing lateral deviation and vertical deviation, in secondary batteries RB05-12-2016
20160132149TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a driving control unit (05-12-2016
20160131943LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device, including; a liquid crystal panel; a polarizing plate attached to a surface of the liquid crystal panel; an adhesive sheet covering the polarizing plate, the adhesive sheet having a central region attached to the polarizing plate and a peripheral region attached to a peripheral surface of the liquid crystal panel, the peripheral region enclosing an entire circumference of an outer edge of the polarizing plate; and a transmissive member attached to the adhesive sheet.05-12-2016
20160131831ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER - An illumination device, including: a light source; a light guide plate having a light-entering face into which light from the light source enters and a light-exiting surface; a reflective sheet covering at least a portion on a light-entering face side of a bottom surface of the light guide plate; a chassis on a side of the reflective sheet opposite to the light guide plate, including at least a plate-shaped portion along the bottom surface of the light guide plate and a cut-out in the plate-shaped portion on the light-entering face side; and an opposite-side member on a side of the chassis opposite to the light guide plate, including a protrusion protruding from a light guide plate-side of a top surface of the opposite-side member through the cut-out towards the light guide plate, a top of the protrusion supporting a portion of the reflective sheet on the light-entering face side.05-12-2016
20160131828ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER - A backlight device of the present invention includes: a light guide plate having light-entering faces on opposing end faces thereof and a light-exiting surface on the front surface thereof; LEDs arranged selectively along one section of the light-entering faces of the light guide plate; a front cabinet arranged on a side of the light-exiting surface of the light guide plate and having a frame-like shape along a periphery of the light guide plate; and a rear cabinet arranged on a side of the light guide plate opposite to the front cabinet such that the rear cabinet and the front cabinet sandwich the light guide plate therebetween. The rear cabinet has a fixed portion that is disposed facing a section of the light-entering face that does not correspond to the one section where the LEDs are selectively arranged, and the fixed portion is fixed to the front cabinet.05-12-2016
20160131826LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A backlight device includes LEDs, a light guide plate, and a heat dissipation member. The light guide plate includes edge surfaces including a light entrance surface through which light from the LEDs enters, a front plate surface as a light exit surface through which the light from the LEDs exits, and another plate surface as an opposed surface on an opposite side from the light exit surface. The heat dissipation member having heat dissipating properties includes a bottom plate portion extending along the opposed surface on an opposed surface side, and an upstanding portion extending from the bottom plate portion toward the light exit surface. The bottom plate portion includes projections projecting toward the light exit surface and facing short-side edge surfaces of the light guide plate. The projections are stopped at the corresponding edge surfaces to restrict a distance between the LEDs and the light entrance surface.05-12-2016
20160131821ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER - A backlight device includes: a light guide plate, at least one end face thereof being a light-receiving face; and a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in a row along the light-receiving face such that light emitted from light-emitting units enters the light-receiving face of the light guide plate, wherein the plurality of light-emitting units are grouped into a plurality of groups such that an amount of light emitted by each light-emitting unit in a center group on a center-side of the row is less than an amount of light emitted by each light-emitting unit in a peripheral group on a relatively end-side of the row.05-12-2016
20160130099PAPER FEED APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS COMPRISING PAPER FEED APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING PAPER FEED APPARATUS - A paper feed apparatus includes a paper feeding portion that sends-out a paper placed in a paper placing tray, and is used in an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction machine. The paper feed apparatus comprises a first regulating portion and a second regulating portion that are arranged in the vicinity of a downstream side of a paper feeding position by the paper feeding portion. The first regulating portion is arranged outside a second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a first width paper such as A4 paper placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction. On the other hand, the second regulating portion is arranged inside the second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a second width paper such as a name card placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction. Since there are provided with the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion that are arranged outside and inside the second width paper passage area, the second width paper such as a name card can be adequately fed in addition to the first width paper such as A4 paper.05-12-2016
20160128143LIGHT SOURCE SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHT SOURCE SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD - An LED substrate (light source substrate) includes: a substrate; a plurality of LEDs (light sources) mounted on the substrate; a power supply wiring line on the substrate that can supply power to the plurality of LEDs by connecting the plurality of LEDs in series; and an inspection wiring line that is disposed on the substrate and connected to a portion of the power supply wiring line that connects adjacent LEDs included in the plurality of LEDs.05-05-2016
20160128052COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system comprises at least a base station device and a terminal device. The terminal device transmits a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical channel, receives a configuration of comb of the demodulation reference signal, and transmits the demodulation reference signal mapped based on the configuration of comb. The base station device transmits a configuration of comb of a demodulation reference signal related to a physical channel.05-05-2016
20160126697SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - In a semiconductor laser device including a semiconductor laser element that emits laser light from an emission region thereof, a cap having a peripheral wall and a ceiling wall that cover the semiconductor laser element and having a window portion formed in the ceiling wall to face the emission region, and a transparent optical member that fills the window portion, the optical member is formed by curing a liquid resin and holds the ceiling wall, and a light incidence surface of the optical member faces the emission region and is formed by natural flow of the liquid resin.05-05-2016
20160124270ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER - The backlight device includes: a plurality of LEDs arranged in a row; and a light guide plate having, on the long-side side faces, light-entering faces into which light emitted from the plurality of LEDs enters, the light guide plate further having side faces that respectively abut the light-entering faces 05-05-2016
20160124268DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A fixing rib (05-05-2016
20160124255DISPLAY COMPONENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display component includes a glass substrate GS including a display area AA and a non-display area NAA surrounding the display area AA, a color filter 05-05-2016
20160122861RESTRICTING PLATE UNIT, VAPOR DEPOSITION UNIT, AND VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE - A vapor deposition unit (05-05-2016
20160118544SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING ELECTRODE - A semiconductor light-emitting device having an electrode that can be manufactured by a simple method and is unlikely to deteriorate, and a method for forming the electrode are provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device according to the present invention has a semiconductor layered structure having a light-emitting layer that emits light by supplying electric power and an electrode formed on the semiconductor layered structure. The electrode has a reflection layer that reflects light exiting from the light-emitting layer, a barrier layer formed on the upper side and side surface of the reflection layer, and a pad layer formed only on the top surface of the barrier layer.04-28-2016
20160118488FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - In a field effect transistor, a carbon concentration in a buffer layer at the side closer to a high resistance layer is not less than 0.8×1004-28-2016
20160117019TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch panel system (04-28-2016
20160116814DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A modulation layer in a display device is made of a dispersion liquid including: a plurality of shape-anisotropic members that, by rotating or moving in accordance with changes in the magnitude of frequency of an applied voltage, change the area thereof projected onto substrates in a direction normal to the substrates; a dispersion medium; and a thickening agent. When shear stress applied to the dispersion liquid is high, the thickening agent reduces the viscosity of the dispersion liquid more than when shear stress is low.04-28-2016
20160113274SYNTHETIC POLYMER FILM WHOSE SURFACE HAS MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY, MULTILAYER STRUCTURE HAVING SYNTHETIC POLYMER FILM, STERILIZATION METHOD WITH THE USE OF SURFACE OF SYNTHETIC POLYMER FILM, METHOD FOR REACTIVATING SURFACE OF SYNTHETIC POLYMER FILM, MOLD FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC POLYMER FILM, AND MOLD MANUFACTURING METHOD - A synthetic polymer film includes a surface which has a plurality of first raised portions, wherein a two-dimensional size of the plurality of first raised portions is in a range of more than 20 nm and less than 500 nm when viewed in a normal direction of the synthetic polymer film; and the surface has a microbicidal effect.04-28-2016
20160112999WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system that includes a base station and one or more terminals carries out wireless data communication by use of a first frequency band. The wireless communication system includes a wireless access system that employs a CSMA/CA and/or TDMA/TDD system as the wireless access system of the wireless communication system and a control signal at the first frequency band is periodically broadcasts from the base station, where the control signal includes a control information configured to manage wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals. In addition to the first frequency band, one or more frequency bands different from the first frequency band for the wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals can be allocate by the base station, where the control signal at the first frequency band indicate the location of the one or more frequency bands which can be used.04-21-2016
20160112934COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT CAN PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY PERFORM DECODING/PROCESSING OF A PDCCH THAT IS RELATED TO A SEARCH SPACE - A communication system, a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, and a processing method are provided that can perform decoding processing of a PDCCH related to a search space efficiently, and can perform communication promptly. A mobile station apparatus for performing communication with a base station apparatus in a mobile communication system: performs monitoring of a physical downlink control channel in an extension search space in accordance with an instruction from the base station apparatus.04-21-2016
20160112863MOBILE STATION, POSITION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A system includes a subscription storage that stores a group identifier for identifying a home base station 04-21-2016
20160110022TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel controller of the invention is provided with a driving unit which drives drive lines and causes a linear sum signal based on charges accumulated in respective electrostatic capacitances to be output from a sense line, and a correction processing unit which corrects influence on a change in the electrostatic capacitances by a parasitic capacitance which exists in the sense line. Thereby, it is possible to provide the touch panel controller and an electronic device capable of performing estimation of an electrostatic capacitance value more correctly by correcting the influence of the parasitic capacitance which exists in the sense line.04-21-2016
20160110015TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel system includes a touch panel which includes a plurality of horizontal signal lines and a plurality of vertical signal lines, a touch panel controller which controls the touch panel, and a touch pen. The touch panel controller drives the horizontal signal lines in one of successive two frame periods and drives the horizontal signal lines or the vertical signal lines in the other of the frame periods, the touch pen outputs a state signal about a state of the touch pen in each frame period, and a first item representing a state of the touch pen is expressed by a plurality of state signals which are outputted in a plurality of successive frame periods.04-21-2016
20160102847LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - An illumination device includes: a plurality of LED substrates having a rectangular plate shape, the plurality of LED substrates arranged in a row along a long side direction thereof, and each of the LED substrates having a plurality of LEDs on one surface thereof; and a heat-dissipating member abutting another surface of each of the LED substrates. A cutout portion is provided in each of the short sides, facing each other, of the LED substrates that are adjacent to each other. A fixing screw has a screw shaft that goes through the cutout portion from the mounting surface of the LED substrates and is fixed to the heat-dissipating member and a screw head that abuts the mounting surface of each of the LED substrates that are adjacent to each other.04-14-2016
20160100428WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station apparatus receives, on a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), information used for initiating a random access procedure. The mobile station apparatus also transmits a random access preamble on a physical random access channel resource based on or in response to the information. Furthermore, the mobile station apparatus receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble on one specific downlink component carrier among a plurality of downlink component carriers where the one specific downlink component carrier linked to an uplink component carrier on which the random access preamble is transmitted on the physical random access channel resource.04-07-2016
20160100074Authentication Device for User Authentication and Image Forming Apparatus Including the Authentication Device - A user authentication device provided on an apparatus as an object of operation acquires feature data representing notable portion of the user, using a camera device, after user authentication. Based on the acquired feature data, the user authentication device tracks the user by the camera (step S04-07-2016
20160098143TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a touch panel substrate capable of preventing a detection circuit from being broken down due to application of electrostatic voltage. The touch panel substrate includes a flexible substrate (04-07-2016
20160098124TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch panel system (04-07-2016
20160098111SENSOR SHEET, SENSOR SHEET MODULE, TOUCH SENSOR PANEL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The efficiency of a product cycle is considerably enhanced by avoiding loss from designing to production including member loss matching various sizes of touch sensor panels.04-07-2016
20160094976UE (USER EQUIPMENT), BASE STATION APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS - When a UE (User Equipment) that performs data transmission/reception in a neighborhood service detects a neighboring terminal, the UE receives a piece of information on a search range before neighborhood search of a UE as a communication target and searches for the UE as the communication target on the basis of the piece of information on the search range. This allows a mobile telecommunications carrier to control the search range.03-31-2016
20160092007TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A driving unit (03-31-2016
20160091919TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch panel system of the present invention, a touch pen is configured of an electronic pen that signals can be input into and output from. A touch panel controller includes a synchronization signal transmission unit that transmits a synchronization signal to the electronic pen during synchronization signal transmission periods immediately before each of a first signal line drive period and a second signal line drive period. The synchronization signal transmission unit transmits the synchronization signal of which the waveform is configured of a Manchester-coded pseudorandom sequence having periodicity to the electronic pen during the synchronization signal transmission period. The electronic pen includes a synchronization signal detecting unit that detects the synchronization signal.03-31-2016
20160091910VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT - In a first circuit 03-31-2016
20160091754DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a color display panel and an optical member arranged on the viewer's side of the color display panel. The color display panel includes a display region in which a plurality of color display pixels are arranged into rows and columns to form a matrix pattern. The display region includes a first display region and a second display region in which different arrangement patterns are used for primary color pixels. The first display region employs a first pattern in which primary color pixels of the same color are arranged in the column direction. The second display region employs a second pattern in which primary color pixels of different colors are arranged in the column direction in a repeating pattern. The second display region includes at least one column of color display pixels positioned on one end of the display region in the row direction.03-31-2016
20160088362CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE - While executing a television viewing APP, an engine (03-24-2016
20160086557CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a display device capable of suppressing electric power consumption as well as displaying an image with excellent quality. A host control section (03-24-2016
20160086322IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An image measurement device acquires a first measurement region and a second measurement region on an image, acquires distance information corresponding to the first measurement region and distance information corresponding to the second measurement region, and computes a distance between the two regions. In a case where the first measurement region is displaced on the image, the second measurement region is displaced on a contour or a plane on the image, and a distance between the first measurement region after the displacement and the second measurement region after the displacement is computed. Thereby, distance measurement is able to be performed over a wide range without a complicated operation in the image measurement device for measuring a distance between two regions by using an image.03-24-2016
20160085346TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - In a touch panel module, speed up of reaction speed for an input operation, lower current consumption, and suppression of generation of heat in a sensor electrode are enhanced by attaining lower resistance of the sensor electrode. A touch panel module 03-24-2016
20160085339TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel substrate that has more uniform light transmittance in the surface thereof is provided. An electrode layer is made of a mesh of first conductive lines. The mesh has first cuts that partition the first conductive lines to form a plurality of first sensor electrodes. The plurality of first sensor electrodes each further include second cuts while maintaining an electrical continuity within each of the plurality of first sensor electrodes.03-24-2016
20160085337TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a sensor unit that includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sensor electrodes that intersect one another defining a sensing area, the sensing area being divided into a plurality of preset regions; a measurement unit that measures electrostatic capacitance of intersection capacitance at each intersection of the drive electrodes and the sensor electrodes by charging the intersection capacitance for a charging period that is prescribed by a control signal provided to the measurement unit; a region determination unit that determines to which one of the preset regions in the sensing area the intersection capacitances respectively belong; and a signal generation unit that generates the control signal such that a length of the prescribed charging period varies in accordance with a determination result of the region determination unit.03-24-2016
20160085117DIRECT BACKLIGHT AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A direct backlight includes a substrate having a plurality of light sources provided thereon; an optical member being provided at such a position as to face the light sources; and a supporting pole, fixed in between each adjacent two of the light sources on the substrate, for supporting the optical member, the supporting pole having light transparency, the supporting pole including two surfaces at least some region of which are mirror-finished and which respectively face the each adjacent two of the light sources.03-24-2016
20160085013LIGHT PROJECTION APPARATUS, LIGHT CONDENSING UNIT, AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A light projection apparatus that can produce an elongate light projection pattern is provided. The light projection apparatus includes a fluorescent member which is excited with exciting light and a light projecting member which reflects or transmits the light emanating from the fluorescent member to project it outside. The fluorescent member includes an irradiated region which is irradiated with the exciting light, and the length of the irradiated region in a first direction is greater than its length in a second direction.03-24-2016
20160079404HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A heterojunction field effect transistor includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion. A length of the first contact portion in a longitudinal direction is smaller than a length of source electrodes in the longitudinal direction, and a length of the second contact portion in the longitudinal direction is smaller than a length of drain electrodes in the longitudinal direction. For each drain electrode, a distance from ends of the second contact portion to ends of the drain electrode, the ends being outside of the second contact portion, is greater than a distance from ends of the first contact portion to ends of the source electrode, the ends being outside of the first contact portion.03-17-2016
20160077382LIGHTING DEVICE - An illumination device includes a light source that emits primary light and a wavelength conversion element that converts at least a portion of the primary light from the light source. The wavelength conversion element includes a phosphor layer having phosphors that absorb at least a portion of the primary light from the light source to emit secondary light, which is polarized, and polymers having birefringence. The phosphors have an anisotropic structure and are aligned generally along a first direction, and the polymers have polymer molecules that are aligned generally along the first direction. An angle formed by a direction of a transition dipole moment of each of the phosphors to a delayed phase axis of each of the polymer molecules with respect to the secondary light emitted from the phosphors towards the polymer molecules is 0° to 45°.03-17-2016
20160073364WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system including a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. The base station apparatus performs communication with the mobile station apparatus that transmits data using two or more access schemes that are different respectively. In addition, the base station apparatus generates control information including information specifying said access scheme and TPC (Transmit Power Control) control data. Furthermore, the base station apparatus notifies the mobile station apparatus of said control information at least at a timing when said transmission apparatus performs instruction that said mobile station apparatus changes said access scheme.03-10-2016
20160073112ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENCODING A BUFFER PARAMETER - An electronic device for sending a message is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device determines whether a picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level. If the picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level, the electronic device generates at least one of a buffer size parameter and a buffer scale parameter. The electronic device sends at least one of the buffer size parameter and the buffer scale parameter.03-10-2016
20160071129INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - There are provided an operation history obtaining unit that obtains an operation history of an electronic device installable in a home, and a classification unit that classifies a life pattern of a user operating the electronic device on the basis of the operation history obtained by the operation history obtaining unit.03-10-2016
20160070374TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM, STYLUS PEN, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel system (03-10-2016
20160070373STYLUS PEN, TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus pen (03-10-2016
20160070372TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - For detecting a signal based on driving of a pen point of a stylus pen satisfactorily, a stylus pen (03-10-2016
20160070371TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Pen pressure can be controlled in detail only by a positional detection controlling side of a touch panel. Thus, pen pressure data will not be required to be transmitted from a touch pen to the touch panel, the touch pen itself will require no batteries, and neither the touch pen nor the touch panel requires a communication apparatus, thus reducing the weight of the touch pen itself and reducing the size thereof. Comprised is a touch panel system for measuring output signals of at least two adjacent sensor lines to obtain an input position (x, y) of an indicator and information (z) of a capacitance value from a difference value therebetween; comprising a pen pressure converting section 03-10-2016
20160070288VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT - Provided is a voltage generation circuit in which a power supply terminal 03-10-2016
20160066282TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a terminal apparatus communication with a base station apparatus, transmit power for a PUSCH transmission is set based on a beta offset in a case where a delta MCS is enabled. In regard to control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a first subframe set, a value of the beta offset is based on third information. In regard to the control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a second subframe set, the value of the beta offset is based on fourth information.03-03-2016
20160066059PROGRAM PLAYING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM03-03-2016
20160064627LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a light-emitting device (03-03-2016
20160064436CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circuit-integrated photoelectric converter in which a dished portion is less likely to be formed in an insulating layer underlying a plasmonic filter portion and the plasmonic filter portion can be accurately and finely processed is provided and a method for manufacturing the same is provided. A metal layer (03-03-2016
20160064423SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device (03-03-2016
20160063955DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display unit, a driver unit, and a control unit. The display unit includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix. The driver unit includes an output transistor configured to drive a plurality of scanning lines connected to the plurality of pixel units. The control unit is configured to supply to the driver unit in a display period, a signal for displaying an image on the display unit, and control a bias state of the output transistor in a display suspension period, so that an absolute value of a threshold voltage of the output transistor which is increased in the display period decreases.03-03-2016
20160063933LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - The invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of preventing a reduction in display quality by suppressing the occurrence of flicker during alternating-voltage drive, as well as a method for driving the same.03-03-2016
20160062179COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A dye-sensitized solar cell is formed on a substrate, and a coloring material pattern is formed on the substrate in an area different from an area where the dye-sensitized solar cell is disposed. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode disposed facing one another, and a sensitizing dye adsorption layer and an electrolyte layer both formed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The coloring material pattern transmits wavelength components of light that differ from wavelength components of light transmitted by the sensitizing dye adsorption layer.03-03-2016
20160057745MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD IN A MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, PROCESSING SECTION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus by carrier aggregation using a plurality of serving cells, where each of the plurality of serving cells has a different frequency. In addition, the terminal apparatus removes a measurement identity relevant to a serving cell of the plurality of serving cells based on that the serving cell was removed.02-25-2016
20160057436VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a video processing apparatus, even when a resolution of a video signal to be decoded is switched, scaling is performed so as to match with a display size of a display portion for outputting to the display portion and the display portion is caused to display a video matching with the display size. A video processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a decoding portion that decodes a video signal, and a scaling portion that applies scaling processing to a video frame indicated by the video signal decoded by the decoding portion. The decoding portion gives resolution information of the video frame indicated by the decoded video signal to the scaling portion, and the scaling portion applies scaling processing to the video frame based on the resolution information.02-25-2016
20160056933TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to the present invention, there are provided a base station device, a terminal device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit capable of performing communication more efficiently when the terminal device transmits an uplink signal based on scheduling by the base station device. The terminal device includes a setting unit that sets a first uplink-downlink configuration, a second uplink-downlink configuration, and a third uplink-downlink configuration, a reception unit that monitors a physical downlink control channel accompanied with a downlink control information format which is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel in a downlink subframe based on the third uplink-downlink configuration and includes information making a request for transmitting a sounding reference signal, and a transmission unit that transmits or drops the sounding reference signal and transmit an HARQ-ACK for transmission with the physical downlink shared channel.02-25-2016
20160056453POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the collector. The positive electrode active material layer contains a lithium-containing metal oxide having a unit cell represented by the following formula and a conductive material and has voids with a volume of 0.82×1002-25-2016
20160056131SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A primary surface of a normally-off field-effect transistor (02-25-2016
20160055827DISPLAY METHOD - A display device having, in a single display screen, a first display area which requires power for displaying information, and a second display area, having a smaller dimension than the first display area and which requires power for displaying information. The display of each of the first and second display areas being selectively in an off-state or an on-state. The display device is configured to display, in the second display area, a display content relevant to an operation of a user or to information necessary for the user, in a case where the display of the first display area is in the on-state. In addition, the display device is configured to rotate an orientation of the display content as suitable for an orientation of the display device.02-25-2016
20160055812LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device that performs intermittent driving involving a driving period and an idle period includes a gray scale level control unit that generates, from an input image signal, an image signal for display and an image signal for correction. A signal line control unit writes the image signal for correction to the plurality of signal lines before writing the image signal for display during a driving period. An LUT stores a correction gray scale value associated with a gray scale value of at least a current frame. An adding circuit corrects the input image signal based on the correction gray scale value read from the LUT. The subtracting circuit specifies, in a pixel region, a regular image pattern including at least a first pixel and a second pixel and changes an output from the adding circuit for the first image by a predetermined gray scale width.02-25-2016
20160050655BASE STATION APPARATUS, USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A user equipment (UE) receives using a PDCCH, downlink control information (DCI) including second information (SI), the DCI being used for scheduling of a PUSCH in one uplink component carrier. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, channel state information (CSI) for a first set of one or more downlink component carriers (DCCs) which is configured in a case that more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a first value. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, the CSI for a second set of the one or more DCCs which is configured in a case that the more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a second value, where the DCI is mapped on a UE specific search space.02-18-2016
20160050621TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree.02-18-2016
20160049997BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A terminal apparatus can be notified whether an MU-MIMO signal transmitted from a base station apparatus is linear-precoded or nonlinear-precoded by using effective signaling. According to the present invention, the base station apparatus decides whether the nonlinear precoding is used in an own cell, includes the decided nonlinear precoding setting information in system information or a layer 3 message, and notifies the terminal apparatus of the decided nonlinear precoding setting information by using a physical broadcast channel, a physical downlink share channel, or the like. The terminal apparatus performs a demodulation process for user data destined for the own terminal apparatus based on the nonlinear precoding setting information acquired from the notified system information or layer 3 message.02-18-2016
20160049674FUEL CELL STACK, FUEL CELL STACK COMPOSITE, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided is a fuel cell stack, comprising: a first fuel cell including a first membrane electrode assembly, and a first fuel supply portion having a first in-cell fuel flow channel; a second fuel cell arranged on a main surface of the first fuel cell, and including a second membrane electrode assembly and a second fuel supply portion having a second in-cell fuel flow channel; and a fuel distribution portion including a liquid fuel inlet, a main flow channel connected thereto, and first and second branched flow channels connecting an end of the main flow channel with the first and second in-cell fuel flow channels, respectively, wherein a total length of the first branched flow channel and the first in-cell fuel flow channel is substantially identical to that of the second branched flow channel and the second in-cell fuel flow channel. Also provided is a fuel cell system using the stack.02-18-2016
20160048265TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system (02-18-2016
20160048199ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device whose power consumption can be reduced appropriately depending on the condition of use by a user is provided. The electronic device having a power saving mode includes a processor and a plurality of memories configured to be able to become a stopped state individually, and available to the processor. The processor causes a predetermined number of memories among the plurality of memories to become the stopped state, based on a processing load of the processor, to thereby make a shift to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processor has a standby state of restricting the operation of a part of the electronic device and an active state of normally controlling the operation of the electronic device, and maintains the stopped state of the predetermined number of memories regardless of whether the processor is in the standby state or the active state.02-18-2016
20160048045DISPLAY COMPONENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY COMPONENT - An array board 02-18-2016
20160044726TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A UE that transmits and receives data in a proximity service, notifies a server of location information in advance, and when starting the proximity service, receives degrees of proximity including a degree of proximity of a communication target UE from the server before performing proximity detection for the communication target UE, and discovers the communication target UE based on the degrees of proximity, thereby suppressing unnecessary proximity detection.02-11-2016
20160044725TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree.02-11-2016
20160044679METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH OBTAINS UPDATED SYSTEM INFORMATION WHEN A COMPONENT CARRIER HAS CHANGED - A communication system that includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus obtains, from the base station apparatus, information regarding addition of a component carrier, whereby the information regarding addition of the component carrier comprises information related to carrier frequency of the component carrier and information related to system bandwidth of the component carrier. The base station apparatus provides, to the terminal apparatus, information regarding addition of a component carrier, whereby the information regarding addition of the component carrier comprises information related to carrier frequency of the component carrier and information related to system bandwidth of the component carrier.02-11-2016
20160044543WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION CELL DETECTION TECHNIQUE - The present arrangement relates to a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising applying different requirement for a concerned inter-frequency measurement if the UE receives instruction from an eNB. The requirement for the concerned inter-frequency measurement is different than ones for inter-frequency measurements other than the concerned inter-frequency measurement.02-11-2016
20160044485TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree.02-11-2016
20160043836TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD TECHNICAL FIELD - A communication system that includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus transfers terminal capability information to the base station apparatus, whereby the terminal capability information indicating whether the terminal apparatus supports a PDSCH transmission mode with 4 or more CSI reference signal ports. The terminal apparatus reports a channel state information computed from a channel measurement, whereby the channel measurement in the PDSCH transmission mode with 4 or more CSI reference signal ports is based on only CSI-RS.02-11-2016
20160042806SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT, DRIVE CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A shift register circuit has a plurality of unit circuits that are cascade-connected to one another and that output received pulse signals as output signals in accordance with a clock signal, the shift register circuit sequentially outputting the output signals from the plurality of respective unit circuits. The output circuits each include a double-gate transistor having first gate electrode that controls conductivity between the drain electrode and the source electrode, and a second gate electrode formed through an insulating layer and disposed to face the first gate electrode across a semiconductor layer between the drain electrode and the source electrode. The shift register circuit applies a prescribed voltage to the second gate electrode in accordance with a voltage applied to the first gate electrode.02-11-2016
20160041689TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system (02-11-2016
20160041681METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH PANEL POSITION, TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In order to detect a position of a stylus pen on a touch panel, a position of a stylus pen (02-11-2016
20160041420DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display device by which the non-display region where images are not displayed is reduced and movement or detachment of components is mitigated by a simple structure, thereby allowing for an increase in reliability. A display device includes: a first cover member including a first frame region surrounding an edge of a front surface of a display unit; a second cover member disposed on a front surface of the first cover member and including a second frame region overlapping the first frame region; engaging grooves formed on the front surface of the first frame region 02-11-2016
20160037320MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station apparatus, in a case where a radio link failure is detected upon a connection for an emergency call, performs a cell selection initiated by the mobile station apparatus, to reestablish the connection and selects a cell as an appropriate cell by the cell selection, whereby the cell is not permitted to access from unsubscribed users and is not included in a list of cells that subscribers are allowed to access.02-04-2016
20160036947MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile phone includes an antenna housing made of a resin, an insert metal plate made of a metal, which is buried in the antenna housing and has a connecting portion exposed from an outer surface of the antenna housing, and an antenna element provided on the outer surface of the antenna housing and brought into contact with the connecting portion. A boundary between a region where the antenna element is in contact with the connecting portion and a region where the antenna element is in contact with the antenna housing is nonlinear. With this structure, a mobile device is provided in which deterioration of the antenna performance is reduced even in the event of being subjected to an excessive external shock.02-04-2016
20160036559MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A mobile station apparatus transmits in a subframe, to a base station apparatus, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) control information and channel state information on the indicated one physical uplink control channel resource, the HARQ control information and the channel state information being transmitted using one of a first processing method of coding and a second processing method of coding, the one of the first processing method of coding and the second processing method of coding being applied on the basis of whether a sum of a number of bits of the HARQ control information and a number of bits of the channel state information exceeds a second predetermined value.02-04-2016
20160035289IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The phenomenon of the hue of an image displayed in a liquid crystal display changing depending on whether or not CABC is employed is reduced. An image processing device sets a predetermined first brightness as the backlight brightness if CABC is not to be performed, and if CABC is to be performed, sets, for each frame of an image signal displayed on the liquid crystal panel, a second luminance determined according to the gradation of the pixels in the frame. If CABC is to be performed, the image processing device corrects the gradation values of the primary colors of the pixels in each frame of the image signal according to the second luminance set for that frame and on the basis of the display characteristics of the liquid crystal panel.02-04-2016
20160029492STRUCTURE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE - A first resin layer (01-28-2016
20160029411MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO LINK SYNCHRONIZATION DETERMINING METHOD - A mobile station (MS) performs a measurement of cells on a plurality of downlink frequencies used for a connection with a base station apparatus. The MS also detects a first indication or a second indication, based on the measurement of each cell designated by the base station apparatus, the first indication indicating a measurement result of a cell becomes lower than a first threshold and the second indication indicating a measurement result of a cell becomes higher than a second threshold. In addition, the MS, in a case where a reconnection procedure is started by expiring a timer corresponding to the each cell, selects a cell, and initiates a random access procedure for requesting a reconnection in the selected cell. Further, the timer is started if the first indication is indicated consecutively for a certain number of times.01-28-2016
20160029377WIRELESS TERMINAL STATION AND BASE STATION - Demodulation is effectivley performed that uses an MMSE adaptive array which uses a guard section of a signal that uses a cyclic prefix. According the present invention, there is provided a wireless terminal station that is applied to a wireless communication system which is made up of multiple wireless terminal stations and a base station, the wireless terminal station including: a delay time setting module 01-28-2016
20160029375WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication system that performs communication of a first base station device and a second base station device with a terminal device through a plurality of cells, in which the first base station device notifies the second base station device of a request message including information regarding whether or not a data path for user data of the terminal device has been changed, and the second base station device changes the data path for the user data of the terminal device, based on the information regarding whether or not the data path has been changed.01-28-2016
20160029351BASE STATION, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a base station that communicates with a terminal by using a resource element constituted by a sub-carrier and an OFDM symbol. The base station includes an EPDCCH generator, a reference signal generator, and a transmitter. The EPDCCH generator generates an EPDCCH for notification of control information for a terminal. The reference signal generator generates a first demodulation reference signal or a second demodulation reference signal which is a demodulation reference signal associated with the EPDCCH and is enabled to be multiplexed between a plurality of antenna ports. The transmitter transmits the EPDCCH and transmits the first demodulation reference signal or the second demodulation reference signal selected based on a configuration for the terminal.01-28-2016
20160028909IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus 01-28-2016
20160028572TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - First information indicating a length of a cyclic prefix for an inter-terminal apparatus signal transmitted to the other terminal apparatus and second information indicating a length of a cyclic prefix for an uplink signal in the EUTRAN, from a base station apparatus of the EUTRAN are received from a base station apparatus of the EUTRAN.01-28-2016
20160028521BASE STATION, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a base station that communicates with a terminal by using a resource element constituted by a sub-carrier and an OFDM symbol. The base station includes a PDSCH generator, a reference signal generator, and a transmitter. The PDSCH generator generates a PDSCH for a terminal. The reference signal generator generates a first demodulation reference signal or a second demodulation reference signal which is a demodulation reference signal associated with the PDSCH and is enabled to be multiplexed between a plurality of antenna ports. The transmitter transmits the PDSCH and transmits the first demodulation reference signal or the second demodulation reference signal selected based on a configuration for the terminal.01-28-2016
20160028520TERMINAL, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a terminal communicating with a base station, in which in a case where a physical downlink control channel is monitored in a first physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, the physical downlink control channel is decoded in such a manner that the physical downlink control channel is rate-matched based on a prescribed reference signal, and in which, in a case where the physical downlink control channel is monitored in a second physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, the physical downlink control channel is decoded in such a manner that the physical downlink control channel is rate-matched based on a reference signal that is set individually for each terminal.01-28-2016
20160026052DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing same, whereby deterioration in image display quality due to display unevenness or shadowing is avoided. An open region is disposed in a source driver mounting region in a position thereof that corresponds to a remaining output region 01-28-2016
20160026046ACTIVE-MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In an active matrix substrate, each of a plurality of auxiliary capacitance electrodes contain a first electrode section and a second electrode section, at least a portion of the first electrode sections and at least a portion of a plurality of source bus lines overlap each other, the second electrode section has two linear sections that branch from the first electrode section and that extend in a second direction, a portion of the region between the two linear sections and at least a portion of the plurality of source bus lines overlap each other, and the first and second electrode sections, which are adjacent and arranged in a first direction, are disposed symmetrically to each other about a reference point that is on a straight line passing through a substantially central portion of respective pixels arranged in the first direction.01-28-2016
20160022214MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device that can obtain a stable measurement result is realized. The measuring device includes a measuring portion (01-28-2016
20160021663WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device that transmits a first wireless signal representing a bit sequence to a reception device, in which the first wireless signal is transmitted concurrently with a second wireless signal representing the bit sequence described above, and in which between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, components with a prescribed ratio are mapped to a different frequency or to a different time between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal and remaining components are mapped to the same frequency and to the same time between the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal.01-21-2016
20160021641TERMINAL, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a terminal that performs communication with a base station, in which, in a case where a physical downlink control channel is monitored in a first enhanced physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, a demodulation reference signal is used that is based on a scrambling sequence which is initialized by a prescribed parameter, and in which, in a case where the physical downlink control channel is monitored in a second enhanced physical downlink control channel-physical resource block set, a demodulation reference signal is used that is based on a scrambling sequence which is initialized by a parameter that is set individually for each terminal.01-21-2016
20160020882BASE STATION, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a base station including a downlink channel generator, a reference signal generator, and a transmitter. The downlink channel generator generates a downlink channel for a terminal. The reference signal generator generates a first demodulation reference signal or a second demodulation reference signal which is a demodulation reference signal associated with the downlink channel and is enabled to be multiplexed between a plurality of antenna ports. The transmitter transmits the downlink channel and transmits the first demodulation reference signal or the second demodulation reference signal selected based on a configuration for the terminal. Granularity of the first demodulation reference signal is different from granularity of the second demodulation reference signal in a resource block.01-21-2016
20160020879TERMINAL, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a terminal (01-21-2016
20160020878TERMINAL DEVICE AND BASE STATION DEVICE - A terminal device that is capable of increasing the number of spatial multiplexes of a reference signal is provided. A terminal device according to the present invention is a terminal device that generates and transmits a reference signal. The terminal device includes a reference signal generation module that configures a repetition factor (RF) of the reference signal based on a signal which is notified by a base station, and generates the reference signal. Furthermore, the reference signal generation module uses at least one among multiple values that are included in the signal which is notified by the base station, only for configuration of the RF.01-21-2016
20160020513ANTENNA ELEMENT AND ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna element (01-21-2016
20160019011IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An image forming apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to make a short-range wireless communication with a portable information processing device including a display unit and a control unit, the control unit including: a recognition unit configured to recognize a portable information processing device that is within a communicable range through communication via the near field communication unit; a job setting unit configured to transmit data for displaying and activating a job setting screen on the display unit of the recognized portable information processing device, via the near field communication unit; and a job control unit configured to execute a job in response to a start instruction of the job, wherein the job setting unit receives a job setting, which is made by using the job setting screen, via the near field communication unit after the recognition to receive the job setting from the portable information processing device, and the job control unit receives a start instruction for the job whose job setting is received.01-21-2016
20160018929TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch panel substrate that allows for greater design freedom when designing conductive wire patterns for reducing occurrence of the moiré effect. The touch panel substrate includes: a first electrode layer that includes first conductive wires and second conductive wires; and a second electrode layer that includes third conductive wires and fourth conductive wires. When viewed in a plan view, the first conductive wires and the third conductive wires form first quadrilaterals, and the second conductive wires and the fourth conductive wire form second quadrilaterals. The first quadrilaterals and the second quadrilaterals are not identical to one another.01-21-2016
20160018925TOUCH-PANEL SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are (i) a touch panel substrate improved in uniformity of in-plane light transmittance and (ii) an electronic device employing the touch panel substrate. First sensor electrodes (01-21-2016
20160018691DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: LEDs; a liquid crystal panel; a flexible board connected to the liquid crystal panel; a driver mounted on the flexible board; a frame that has a frame section that has a frame-like shape and that holds the liquid crystal panel, and a side wall that extends from the edge of the frame section to the side opposite of a display surface side; and a source driver holder that holds the flexible board to the frame, and that has a first holding section that is disposed along the frame section and of which a portion is attached to the frame section and a second holding section that extends from the edge of the first holding section to the side opposite of the side of the display surface side.01-21-2016
20160018572LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - This light diffusion member includes: a substrate having light transmissivity; a plurality of light shielding layers formed on one face of the substrate; and light diffusion portions formed on the one face of the substrate at regions other than the regions where the light shielding layers have been formed. The light diffusion portions have a light-emitting end surface coming into contact with the substrate, a light incident end surface which faces the light-emitting end surface and has a larger area than the area of the light-emitting end surface, and a reflecting face coming into contact with the light-emitting end surface and the light incident end surface, and reflecting light entering from the light incident end surface. The height from the light incident end surface to the light-emitting end surface of the light diffusion portion is greater than the thickness of the light shielding layers. A scattering intensity at an azimuth φ01-21-2016
20160018391MICROORGANISM DETECTION SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND POLYMER LAYER - The present invention is a sensor for detecting a microorganism, which is provided with a detection unit equipped with a detection electrode and a polymer layer, wherein the polymer layer is arranged on the detection electrode and is provided with a template having a three-dimensional structure complementary to a three-dimensional structure of a microorganism to be detected. The sensor detects a microorganism on the basis of the captured state of the microorganism onto the template. The polymer layer is formed by a manufacturing method including a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer in the presence of the microorganism to be detected to form a polymer layer having the microorganism incorporated therein on the detection electrode, and a disruption step of bringing at least a part of the microorganism incorporated in the polymer layer into contact with a solution containing a lytic enzyme to disrupt the microorganism.01-21-2016
20160007375METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a method and base station for transmitting scheduling information. The method comprises: determining that a downlink subframe corresponding to the uplink subframe according to a first scheduling timing corresponding to a first Time Division Duplex (TDD) uplink and downlink configuration scheme of a plurality of TDD uplink and downlink configuration schemes is unavailable for transmitting the scheduling information; obtaining a first equivalent TDD uplink and downlink configuration scheme by treating one or more downlink subframes, including the downlink subframe, in a radio frame as uplink subframes; selecting a downlink subframe corresponding to the uplink subframe according to a second scheduling timing corresponding to a second TDD uplink and downlink configuration scheme of the plurality of TDD uplink and downlink configuration schemes, wherein a set of downlink subframes specified in the second TDD uplink and downlink configuration scheme is a subset of a set of downlink subframes specified in the first equivalent TDD uplink and downlink configuration scheme; and transmitting the scheduling information in the selected downlink subframe.01-07-2016
20160007341TERMINAL, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a terminal that performs communication with a base station, in which a Physical Uplink Control Channel is generated by mapping response information to a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource that is determined in accordance with at least a prescribed offset and generates a Physical Uplink Control Channel, in a case where a Physical Downlink Control Channel is detected in a first Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel-Physical Resource Block set, and in which a Physical Uplink Control Channel is generated by mapping the response information to a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource that is determined in accordance with at least an offset which is configured individually for every terminal and generates the Physical Uplink Control Channel, in a case where the Physical Downlink Control Channel is detected in a second Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel-Physical Resource Block set.01-07-2016
20160007323BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus includes a configuration unit that sets a first configuration, a second configuration, and a third configuration. The configuration unit specifies an uplink subframe in which transmission of PUSCH is possible according to the second configuration, when the first configuration and the second configuration are set and the third configuration is not set, the first configuration is used to determine a correspondence between a subframe in which PDCCH is arranged and a subframe in which PUSCH corresponding to the PDCCH is arranged, the second configuration is used to determine a correspondence between a subframe in which PDSCH is arranged and a subframe in which a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is transmitted, and the third configuration is used to specify a subframe for which the PDCCH is monitored.01-07-2016
20160007300WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A mobile station apparatus resets a first parameter or a second parameter, dependent on whether a random access response corresponds to a primary cell or a secondary cell, in a case that the random access response is received, wherein the random access response corresponding to a first serving cell is received in the first serving cell and the random access response corresponding to a second serving cell is received in the second serving cell.01-07-2016
20160007220BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus includes a configuration unit that sets a first configuration, a second configuration, and a third configuration. The configuration unit starts or restarts the timer when setting the third configuration, and the configuration unit clears/discards the third configuration when the timer expires. The first configuration is used to determine correspondence between a subframe in which PDCCH is arranged and a subframe in which PUSCH corresponding to the PDCCH is arranged, the second configuration is used to determine correspondence between a subframe in which PDSCH is arranged and a subframe in which a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH is transmitted, and the third configuration is used to specify an uplink subframe in which uplink transmission is possible.01-07-2016
20160007017CALIBRATION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING DEVICE - In order to provide a calibration device and the like suitable for image stabilization, a calibration device (01-07-2016
20160006973FLAT-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - There has been a need for a technology for effectively realizing a narrow frame in a flat-screen display device including a speaker. A liquid crystal television is provided with SP bosses (01-07-2016
20160006521TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception module that receives a control channel and a spatially multiplexed data signal channel, a control signal detection module that extracts, from an output from the reception module, a demodulation control information which is a transmission parameter of a signal that is transmitted to the terminal device, in a data signal channel that is output from the reception module, and assistance control information which is a transmission parameter of a signal that is transmitted to a different terminal device, in the data signal channel that is output from the reception module, a channel estimator that obtains a channel estimate by using a reference signal, a signal detection module that demultiplexes the data signal channel by using the demodulation control information, the assistance control information, and the channel estimate, and a decoding module that decodes a signal that is output by the signal detection module, in which information indicating a rank is included in the assistance control information.01-07-2016
20160006487CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED USER EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure provides a method in a UE for feeding back channel state information (CSI) and the UE. The method comprises: acquiring a set of CSI processes which are configured by a transmission point (TP) to participate in multi-antenna multi-TP coordination; acquiring a sub-band (SB) inheritance which is configured by a TP for a CSI process from the set of CSI processes; calculating the CSI based on the configuration for the CSI process; and feeding the calculated CSI back to a TP. The present disclosure has the advantages of simple implementation and low signalling overhead and is applicable to enhanced 4G systems and to 5G systems.01-07-2016
20160006472BAND-TYPE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A band-type wireless communication device (01-07-2016
20160005148IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit (01-07-2016
20160004389DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device (01-07-2016
20160004379MANIPULATION INPUT DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROL OF MANIPULATION INPUT DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An operation input device (01-07-2016
20160004351INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY - An input device (01-07-2016
20160004118LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display unit including a screen on a front side thereof, a front cabinet that has a rectangular frame-like shape and that covers a peripheral front edge and a peripheral side portion of the liquid crystal display unit, and a fixing device that fixes the liquid crystal display unit and the front cabinet to each other. The front cabinet includes a rib on an inner surface thereof facing the peripheral side portion of the liquid crystal display unit, the rib extending along a periphery of the front cabinet. The fixing device has a slit that is hooked to the rib. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a prevention portion for preventing displacement of the fixing device.01-07-2016
20160004110DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal panel includes a first board, a second board, a sealing member, a first inner limiting portion, and a first outer limiting portion. The second board is disposed opposite the first board with internal space therebetween. The sealing member is disposed between the first and the second boards so as to surround and seal the internal space. The inner limiting portion is included in at least one of the first and the second boards and located closer to the internal space than the sealing member for limiting a forming area of the sealing member from an internal space side. The outer limiting portion is included in at least one of the first and the second boards and located on an outer side farther from the internal space than the sealing member for limiting the forming area of the sealing member from the outer side.01-07-2016
20160003727PHOTODETECTION DEVICE - A photodetection device has an optical module (01-07-2016
20160003256FAN, MOLDING DIE, AND FLUID FEEDER - A fan includes a plurality of blade portions arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, each blade portion having a blade surface including a pressure surface disposed on a rotational direction side of the fan and a suction surface disposed on a back side of the pressure surface. The plurality of blade portions include a first blade portion and a second blade portion different from each other in at least one of an outer peripheral blade tip angle and an inner peripheral blade tip angle, and are provided such that a discrepancy angle is equal among a plurality of the blade portion.01-07-2016
20160002238COMPOUND, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - This compound is represented by the following general formula (IA) or (IB) (in the formula, R01-07-2016
20160000287ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SELF-PROPELLED VACUUM CLEANER - Provided is an electronic device including a surrounding environment detection unit which detects surrounding temperature and humidity, a message control unit which determines a type of an effect of the temperature and the humidity which are detected by the surrounding environment detection unit on human health risk and/or sensation of comfort, and generates a message in accordance with the type, and a voice output unit which outputs the generated message, in which the message control unit generates the message in response to a change of the determined type of the effect.01-07-2016
20150381992IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A prediction set determining section selects a prediction set from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets having different combinations of prediction modes corresponding to different prediction directions. Further, a prediction mode determining section selects a prediction mode from the prediction set thus selected. An entropy encoding section encodes the prediction set thus selected, the prediction mode thus selected, and residual data between an input image and a predicted image formed on the basis of the prediction set and the prediction mode. This allows an image encoding device to carry out predictions from more various angles, thereby improving prediction efficiency.12-31-2015
20150381072SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - Zero-voltage switching of a switching element (Q12-31-2015
20150380469METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device which inhibits deterioration in display quality caused by color mixture of luminescent layers. In a case where vapor deposition particles are deposited onto a substrate, P+2Lc≧{(Ts×M+0.96×G×Wn)/(Ts−G)}+2Dm and 3 μm≦Dm≦5 μm are satisfied, where “M” is a width of a mask opening, “Wn” is a width of an injection hole, “G” is a distance between the TFT substrate and a vapor deposition mask, “Ts” is a distance between the TFT substrate and a vapor deposition source, “P” is a width of a first pixel opening, and “Lc” is a width of a non-display region.12-31-2015
20150379940DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - Provided is a driving method whereby it is possible to simultaneously compensate for both degradation of a drive transistor and degradation of a light-emitting element without causing special light emission at the time of detecting characteristics in a display device. In a display device which includes a pixel circuit including an electro-optic element and a drive transistor, a driving method includes: a first characteristic detection step for detecting a characteristic of the drive transistor; a second characteristic detection step for detecting a characteristic of the electro-optic element; a correction data storage step for storing characteristic data obtained based on detection results in the first and second characteristic detection steps as correction data; and a video signal correction step for correcting the video signal based on the correction data. The second characteristic detection step is performed in a light emission period.12-31-2015
20150378069LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - This light-diffusing member includes a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of wavelength-controlling layers formed on one surface of the light-transmissive substrate, and a light-diffusing portion formed on the one surface of the light-transmissive substrate in a region other than a region where the wavelength-controlling layers are formed. The light-diffusing portion includes a light-emitting end-surface that makes contact with the light-transmissive substrate and a light-incident end-surface that is opposite to the light-emitting end-surface and that has an area greater than an area of the light-emitting end-surface, and is made of a photosensitive resin; a height of the light-diffusing portion from the light-incident end-surface to the light-emitting end-surface is greater than a thickness of the wavelength-controlling layers; and the wavelength-controlling layers have characteristics that an optical absorptance at a first wavelength in a ultraviolet wavelength band is higher than an optical absorptance at a second wavelength in a visible-light wavelength band.12-31-2015
20150377426SURFACE LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT - A surface light-emitting unit of the present invention is an LED module (12-31-2015
20150373857DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a display apparatus included in a television receiver, a cover covers peripheral edge part of a display panel for displaying an image from an outside of a backlight chassis that surrounds a peripheral surface of a display panel. The cover is configured by a plurality of cover sections, each of which covers a portion of the peripheral edge part of the display panel. On a cover section which is one of the plurality of cover sections, a protrusion which protrudes from an upper wall covering the peripheral surface of the display panel is provided. In an upper wall of the backlight chassis covering the peripheral surface of the display panel, an insertion hole is provided, and the protrusion is fixed with inserted into the insertion hole.12-24-2015
20150373598RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A measurement object of which a terminal device takes a measurement is selected based on information of whether or not the measurement object included in a measurement configuration message notified by a base station device includes a parameter for a gap configuration or for a cell identification time configuration for small-cell measurement, and receiving power of a cell in which the terminal device itself is present.12-24-2015
20150373423VIDEO SUPPLY DEVICE, VIDEO ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A server is provided with a video supplier which supplies a captured video of a camera to a client, and the supplier supplies to the client an MPD in which a range of parameter values supported by the camera is indicated.12-24-2015
20150372172PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element includes a semiconductor, an intrinsic layer disposed on the semiconductor and containing hydrogenated amorphous silicon, a first-conductivity-type layer that covers a part of the intrinsic layer and contains hydrogenated amorphous silicon of a first conductivity type, a second-conductivity-type layer that covers a part of the intrinsic layer and contains hydrogenated amorphous silicon of a second conductivity type, an insulating film covering an end region of the first-conductivity-type layer, a first electrode disposed on the first-conductivity-type layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second-conductivity-type layer. An end portion of the second-conductivity-type layer is located on the insulating film or above the insulating film.12-24-2015
20150372025SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device (12-24-2015
20150370375INPUT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can make areas of individual dividing sections of the metallic lines uniform, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface.12-24-2015
20150370112MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-display apparatus includes a plurality of liquid crystal display panels which are arranged to be tiled together contiguously for displaying an image respectively based on an input image signal, wherein at least two of the plurality of liquid crystal display panels are cut out and fabricated from one mother panel having a gap formed for sealing a liquid crystal material.12-24-2015
20150370064DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device that can increase the apparent number of pixels. The display device includes a display panel and an optical path changing device. The optical path changing device includes a first lens and an optical path controller between the display panel and the first lens to control optical paths of respective light rays from the plurality of pixels in the display panel. The first lens has a light receiving inner surface having a plurality of inner lens surfaces and a light exit outer surface having a plurality of outer lens surfaces. The inner lens surfaces and the outer lens surfaces of the first lens are configured such that light from the display panel that has entered a prescribed portion of the inner lens surfaces exits one outer lens surface in a prescribed incident angle exits from a corresponding one of the outer lens surfaces to reach the viewer.12-24-2015
20150369998ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illuminating device capable of stably illuminating an irradiated object such as a document while suppressing light loss with a simply structure is provided.12-24-2015
20150365625DISPLAY APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, TELEVISION RECEIVER, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A television (12-17-2015
20150364624PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element includes an intrinsic layer that is disposed on a semiconductor of a first conductivity type and contains hydrogenated amorphous silicon; and a first-conductivity-type layer containing hydrogenated amorphous silicon of the first conductivity type, a second-conductivity-type layer containing hydrogenated amorphous silicon of a second conductivity type, and an insulating layer, each of which covers a part of the intrinsic layer. A first electrode is disposed on the first-conductivity-type layer with the second-conductivity-type layer therebetween. At least a part of the first electrode is located above a region where the first-conductivity-type layer contacts the intrinsic layer, and at least a part of the second electrode is located above a region where the second-conductivity-type layer contacts the intrinsic layer.12-17-2015
20150363043TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A touch panel device (12-17-2015
20150363024INPUT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - An input device having a row electrode and a column electrode made by patterning a meshed metallic layer by forming a dividing section on a metallic line constituting the meshed metallic layer can suppress variability in areas of individual dividing sections formed on the metallic lines, whereby uneven shading due to the patterned, meshed conductive layer is suppressed from appearing on a touch operation surface.12-17-2015
20150363021TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch panel controller for controlling even a large touch panel with little EMI. The touch panel controller of the present invention includes a plurality of driving circuits (DC12-17-2015
20150362801FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY - Provided is a flat-panel display for improving a structure of a shape of a through-hole of a backlight cover that is a resin-made member, which is passed through when making a PWB contact a metal plate member, so that a gasket can be mechanically fixed. This flat-panel display includes: a metal plate member (12-17-2015
20150362652LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - A backlight device includes an LED; a light guide plate that has a light-exiting surface provided at one plate surface, an opposite surface provided at a plate surface on the opposite side to the light-exiting surface, and a light-receiving side face provided at one side face, that is arranged such that the light-receiving side face faces the LED and that guides light from the LED; a chassis having a plate surface arranged so as to face the opposite surface and housing at least the LED and the light guide plate; and an optical sheet that is arranged so as to face the light-exiting surface, that provides light that has exited the light guide plate with an optical function and that has a bent portion that extends further toward the outside than an edge of the light-exiting surface and is bent toward the opposite surface side and as a result covers at least part of a side face of the light guide plate.12-17-2015
20150361546VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE AND VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD - The vapor deposition device includes a plurality of vapor deposition masks whose lengths in Y axis and X axis directions are shorter than those of a film formation target substrate. Vapor deposition masks adjacent to each other in the Y axis direction is positionally displaced in the X axis direction. In an overlapping area in which mask opening group areas adjacent to each other in the Y axis direction overlap with each other in the X axis direction, opening lengths in the Y axis direction become shorter toward the outer side of each of the mask opening group areas in the plan view.12-17-2015
20150360842STORAGE CONTAINER - The present invention is intended to provide a storage container that includes a shelf member holding a heat storage material arranged optimally. In a storage container that preserves an object at predetermined temperature, the storage container includes a storage room in which the object is preserved, and a shelf member disposed within the storage room, the shelf member including a flat portion on which the object is placed, and a heat storage material arranged to the flat portion in a way distributed depending on a temperature distribution near the flat portion within the storage room during steady operation. The heat storage material is arranged to be localized to a region of the flat portion at a relatively low-temperature side depending on the temperature distribution within the storage room.12-17-2015
20150359088ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A first land portion (12-10-2015
20150359047HEATING COOKER - The heating cooker includes: a heating compartment having a bottom tray mounted at the bottom part; a light source provided on the upper side of the heating compartment; a light-receiving element for receiving light transmitted by the bottom tray out of the light emitted from the light source, the light-receiving element being provided on the lower side of the bottom tray; and a determining part for determining, on the basis of a light-reception signal detected by the light-receiving element, the presence/absence or the size of a heating object placed on the bottom tray in the heating compartment. Thus, a heating cooker capable of preventing leakage of steam and detecting the presence/absence of food in the heating compartment, even when heat cooking using steam is performed, is provided.12-10-2015
20150358847TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus which performs periodic channel state information reporting to a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including a reception unit that receives first information, second information, and index information indicating a value for reporting periodicity of the channel state information, from the base station apparatus, and a transmission control unit that determines the value for reporting periodicity of the channel state information on the basis of the index information, in which the applicable value is based on a certain UL-DL configuration, in which, in a case where the second information is not configured, the certain UL-DL configuration is a UL-DL configuration indicated by the first information, and in which, in a case where the second information is configured, the certain UL-DL configuration is a UL-DL configuration indicated by the second information. Consequently, in a radio communication system which employs dynamic TDD, interference with a downlink signal is avoided, and an uplink control signal is transmitted.12-10-2015
20150358003LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - Provided is a high-reliability level shift circuit not prone to faulty operation due to noise. A level shift circuit 12-10-2015
20150357527METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, the method comprising: a frame formation step of forming a frame such that a height from a surface of a terminal to which a wire is connected to an upper rim of the frame is smaller than a height from a top surface of a light-emitting element to the upper rim of the frame; a bump formation step of forming a bump on an electrode of the light-emitting element to which the wire is connected; a first bonding step of bonding, first, one end of the wire to the terminal; a second bonding step of bonding, subsequently, the other end of the wire to the bump; and a sealing step of sealing the light-emitting element by filling a sealing material inside the frame.12-10-2015
20150357496CORE-SHELL PARTICLE, UPCONVERSION LAYER, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A core-shell particle including a semiconductor core and a first semiconductor shell on a surface of the semiconductor core, wherein the semiconductor core contains a semiconductor and an impurity that forms an intermediate band in a band gap of the semiconductor. An upconversion layer and a photoelectric conversion device each containing the core-shell particle.12-10-2015
20150356937ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of signal lines, each of which includes first and second line portions and an inner connection portion (connection portion) that connects the first and second line portions. The first and second line portions of one of two adjacent signal lines are made of first and second conductive layers, respectively, and the first and second line portions of the other of the two adjacent signal lines are made of second and first conductive layers, respectively. The position of the connection portion of each of the signal lines is determined in accordance with the layout position of that signal line in the line region.12-10-2015
20150355740TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system includes a touch panel and a touch position detecting section for detecting a touch position on the touch panel. The touch position detecting section includes a touch position predicting section which sets predicted coordinates or a predicted range of a touch position based on a touch operation record, and predicts, based on the predicted coordinates or the predicted range, a touch position from touch position candidates detected by the touch position detecting section.12-10-2015
20150355289ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide an electronic device that can detect an abnormality in an element with a simple configuration. An electronic device 12-10-2015
20150351141MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station (MS) that sends a request message for establishing only one PDN connection which provides connectivity to a PDN associated with an APN, the PDN connection being used only for a communication between an external gateway device (EGD) and a plurality of terminal devices which include said at least one terminal device. The MS receives the APN, an EPS bearer ID, and an address block, the address block being allocated by the EGD to the PDN connection, and the EPS bearer ID being allocated to the PDN connection. The MS allocates an IPv6 prefix based on the address block to the at least one terminal device, and transfers, based on the EPS bearer ID, user data as a router from the at least one terminal device to the PDN associated with the APN via the PDN connection, wherein the user data being transferred from the terminal devices using an IP address configured based on the assigned IPv6 prefix.12-03-2015
20150351050WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a wireless communication apparatus which achieves high efficiency in power use in such a manner that transmission power is adequately distributed in simultaneous transmission to multiple base stations. The wireless communication apparatus provided by the present invention, at the same time, transmits a first data signal to a first base station apparatus by using a first CC and transmits a second data signal to a second base station apparatus by using a second CC. The wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission-power controller that scales transmission power by using different scaling factors for the first data signal and the second data signal, when the sum of transmission power of the first data signal and transmission power of the second data signal is larger than a predetermined value. The transmission power of the first data signal is calculated to obtain predetermined reception power in the first base station apparatus. The transmission power of the second data signal is calculated to obtain predetermined reception power in the second base station apparatus.12-03-2015
20150350738BROADCAST PROGRAM PLAYBACK SYSTEM, BROADCAST PROGRAM PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A broadcast program playback system (12-03-2015
20150349692SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION SYSTEM, AND COOL BOX, AIR CONDITIONER OR PUMP INCLUDED THEREIN - A solar energy utilization system includes a solar panel, a motor that is driven by solar output power, and a motor stall prevention device that prevents the motor during drive from stalling, and as the motor stall prevention device, any of following devices is selected: (a) a motor stall prevention device that limits solar output voltage to voltage higher than voltage at which the solar panel outputs maximum power at the point in time; (b) a motor stall prevention device that limits solar output voltage to voltage at which, when the output voltage is changed on a P-V curve, a change rate becomes negative; and (c) a motor stall prevention device that is configured by a capacitor which is connected in parallel to the solar panel and stores power generated by the solar panel.12-03-2015
20150349202SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a substrate and a semiconductor stack portion provided on the substrate and having at least a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The substrate has a property to allow transmission of light from the light-emitting layer, and has a hexahedral shape including a first surface on which a semiconductor stack portion is provided, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, a pair of third surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface, and a pair of fourth surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface and different from the pair of third surfaces.12-03-2015
20150349197NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Provided is a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element including in order a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-type electron-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer is 0.53 times or less as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and the average n-type dopant concentration of the n-type electron-injection layer is 1.5 times or more as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer.12-03-2015
20150349108ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An electrode structure for nitride semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a source electrode and a drain electrode provided from recesses of a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure to a surface of an insulating film so as to be in contact with the surface of the nitride semiconductor multilayer structure between the insulating film and the opening edges of the recesses. According to the structure of the ohmic electrodes, ON-state maximum electric field at ends of the source electrode and the drain electrode adjacent to the nitride semiconductor multilayer structure can be reduced so that the ON-state withstand voltage can be improved, as compared with an electrode structure in which end edge portions of ohmic electrodes are sandwiched between a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure and an insulating film.12-03-2015
20150346945TOUCH DRAWING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS ALLOWING TOUCH-INPUT, AND CONTROLLER FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electronic blackboard includes a display panel and a touch-panel, draws a line corresponding to a track formed by movement of the touched position on the displayed image, and erases an erroneously drawn line corresponding to a track specifying an operation other than drawing. In another aspect, an electronic blackboard includes a touch screen, a scroll unit for scrolling an image on the display screen when positions of multi-touch move in one same direction, and a page switching unit for detecting, after detection of multi-touch input, that a finger is moved away, and executing a process of returning the image on the display screen to a state before scrolling or a process of switching the image by one page in accordance with the moving direction of multi-touch positions, depending on whether the amount of movement of touch inputs is equal to or smaller than a threshold value.12-03-2015
20150346425ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TV RECEIVER - Provided is a backlight device that includes: LEDs; a LED substrate; a light guide plate having a light-exiting surface, an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light-exiting surface, and a light-receiving face; a chassis; a frame; a heat dissipating member having a bottom part and a raised part; a pair of fixing members, each having a gripping part that extends along a long-side direction of the raised part and that grips each end in the long-side direction of the raised part in a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the raised part, and a locking part that extends along the long-side direction of the raised part and that is locked to each of side faces adjacent to the light-receiving face of the light guide plate on a side of the light-receiving face. The pair of fixing members keeps a distance between the LED substrate and the light guide plate constant by fixing a distance between the gripping part and the locking part.12-03-2015
20150343915ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL DEVICE - An electric power control device has a first connector connected to a second connector provided in a second appliance, and a control circuit provided within a first appliance that exchanges electric power with the second appliance via a harness and connected to the first connector via the harness. The first connector includes a latching solenoid that switches connector connection, i.e., connection between the first and second connectors, between a locked state and an unlocked state. The control circuit outputs a first or second voltage to an operating coil inside the latching solenoid to bring the connector connection into the locked or unlocked state, respectively.12-03-2015
20150341910TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus, which performs communication with a first base station apparatus and a second base station apparatus which has a smaller maximum transmit power than that of the first base station apparatus, includes a control unit that extracts control information from signals received from the first base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus and sets communication parameters of an uplink data signal, in which a bit number of information which is extracted by the control unit as the control information from the signal from the second base station apparatus is smaller than a bit number of information which is extracted as the control information from the signal from the first base station apparatus.11-26-2015
20150341908METHOD FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, BASE STATION, AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention provides a method carried out by a base station, including: a step (S11-26-2015
20150341666ADAPTIVE FILTERING BASED UPON BOUNDARY STRENGTH - An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.11-26-2015
20150341587DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel including a display region displaying an image in front side at a center part of the display panel, and including a non-display region around the display region; a light guide plate arranged in rear side of the display panel, and being opposed to the display panel; an optical sheet arranged between the light guide plate and the display panel; and a support part arranged between the optical sheet and the light guide plate, and supporting an edge part of the optical sheet, wherein the optical sheet is opposed to the display region and the non-display region, and at least a part of the support part is located in the display region over a boundary between the non-display region and the display region.11-26-2015
20150339968LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a field sequential liquid crystal display device which can provide display with an appropriate gray scale value in a period when the period succeeds a period in which the light source in the backlight unit is turned off. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, and a display area formed by multiple pixels; a backlight unit that includes multi-color light sources and is configured to sequentially emit lights in different colors for individual multiple sub-frames obtained by temporally diving one frame; and a controller configured to control a liquid crystal gray scale value of each of the pixels by synchronizing with supply of each image signal to the multi-color light sources, at least one of the multi-color light sources being turned off for at least one of the sub-frames, the controller configured to control the liquid crystal gray scale value of each of the pixels when an image signal for turning off the light source is supplied to the light source to be turned off, so as to let the gray scale values satisfy the predetermined conditions.11-26-2015
20150338960TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system includes a touch panel and a touch position detecting section for detecting a touch position on the touch panel. The touch position detecting section includes a validity determining section for determining validity of the touch position on the basis of a range set in accordance with at least one of a touch position detected during a touch operation and a moving speed of the touch position detected during the touch operation.11-26-2015
20150338955TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention includes a driver (11-26-2015
20150334738METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SCHEDULING INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method and a base station each for transmitting uplink scheduling information. The method includes the steps of: for an uplink subframe to be scheduled in accordance with the uplink scheduling information, selecting, from a downlink subframe candidate group, a downlink subframe usable for transmission of the uplink scheduling information, the downlink subframe candidate group including (1) a first downlink subframe corresponding to the uplink subframe in accordance with a predetermined scheduling timing and (2) one or more second downlink subframes each not corresponding to the uplink subframe in accordance with the predetermined scheduling timing; and transmitting the uplink scheduling information in the selected downlink subframe.11-19-2015
20150334651ELECTRIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electric apparatus including a reception unit (for example, hardware key) for receiving an instruction relating to functions of the electric apparatus and having operation states of a power conserving state in which power required for performing the functions thereof is limited and a normal state in which the power is not limited, wherein the reception unit may receive an instruction indicating a return to the normal state in the power conserving state and receive an instruction which is to be originally received in the normal state. When the reception unit receives the instruction, signals at different levels are output depending on the operation state and based on the signal to be output, a return signal relating to the return to the normal state or an execution signal relating to the execution of a function corresponding to the instruction received by the receiving signal is output.11-19-2015
20150334411IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE - Included is an inter-layer merge candidate derivation unit 11-19-2015

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