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20090009374 | DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTER - A digital/analogue converter for converting an input n-bit digital code, where n is an integer greater than one, has an n-bit digital input and an output for connection to a load, and includes: an array of (n−1) switched capacitors; and a switching arrangement. In one example embodiment, the switching arrangement is adapted, in a zeroing phase of operation, to connect a first reference voltage to the first plate of at least one capacitor of the array and to connect a second plate of the at least one capacitor to a voltage that, for at least one value of the input digital code, is different from the first reference voltage and is further adapted, in a decoding phase of operation, to enable, dependent on the value of the input digital code, injection of charge into the at least one capacitor. In one example embodiment, the converter may be a bufferless converter having an output for direct connection to a capacitive load. | 01-08-2009 |
20090051392 | Circuit device and electronic equipment provided with the same - In one embodiment, a circuit device that performs a certain processing operation with respect to an input signal by referring to a reference voltage and outputs the result is caused to have a function of switching the reference voltage, whereby a circuit device from which a stable output can be obtained is disclosed. The circuit device includes a comparator and a reference voltage setting circuit. The comparator compares an input voltage fed from outside with a reference voltage selected from a reference voltage set including a plurality of voltage values that are different from one another. The reference voltage setting circuit selects a voltage value lower than the reference voltage from the reference voltage set when it is detected that the input voltage in a rising transition reaches the reference voltage, selects a voltage value higher than the reference voltage from the reference voltage set when it is detected that the input voltage in a falling transition reaches the reference voltage, and sets the selected voltage value as the reference voltage of the comparator. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051678 | Active Matrix Display Apparatus - A readily-mountable low-cost active matrix display apparatus with a setup function is provided. A serial interface circuit | 02-26-2009 |
20090066897 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display panel formed by sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate, and a backlight that illuminates the liquid crystal display panel from a side of the active matrix substrate, a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor are disposed in a peripheral region on a glass substrate of the active matrix substrate. The first optical sensor is formed so that light external to the liquid crystal display and light propagating inside the active matrix substrate enter the first optical sensor. The second optical sensor is formed so that only light propagating inside the active matrix substrate enters the second optical sensor. Also, the second optical sensor is shielded from the external light. For example, a light-shielding film is formed on an upper surface of the second optical sensor. | 03-12-2009 |
20090201274 | Timing Signal Generating Circuit, Electronic Apparatus, Display Apparatus, Image-Reception Apparatus, and Driving Method - A timing signal generating device for a matrix-type display apparatus is disclosed, conducive to reduction of power consumption, the matrix-type display apparatus including the timing signal generating device, and a driving method thereof. In at least one embodiment, a timing signal generating apparatus provided in an active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus includes a horizontal direction counter and a vertical direction counter for counting a clock number; and a horizontal counter cessation circuit and a vertical counter cessation circuit for stopping the horizontal direction counter and the vertical direction counter at a predetermined timing. With this structure, at least one embodiment of the present invention achieves reduction in power consumption in the liquid crystal display apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
20090295780 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - In one embodiment of the present application, during an initial setting period, switches are rendered conductive, so that voltage on a signal line becomes equal to a source voltage, and input voltages of inverters become equal to a logic threshold voltage. During a writing period, other switches are rendered conductive, and the inverters serve as amplifiers. The last-stage inverter is made up of a P-type Tr | 12-03-2009 |
20100033458 | Buffer circuit having voltage switching function, and liquid crystal display device - In one embodiment of the invention, a capacitor is provided between a node and a negative-side input terminal of a differential amplifier. A switch SW | 02-11-2010 |
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20090120315 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD - The present invention relates to a lithographic printing method that uses inks selected from amongst yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks, the method comprising using yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks for which the number of representable colors obtained when printing the yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks with the density values for the yellow, magenta and cyan inks set to standard density values is at least 1.1 times the number of representable colors obtained when printing yellow, magenta, cyan and black Japan Color standard inks with the density values for the yellow, magenta and cyan Japan Color standard inks set to standard density values, and printing the yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks with the density values for the yellow, magenta and cyan inks set to 1.0 to 1.5 times the standard density values. The standard density values are from 1.40 to 1.44 for yellow, from 1.52 to 1.56 for magenta, and from 1.63 to 1.67 for cyan, and the number of representable colors refers to the number of colors that can be expressed when printing is conducted using either the yellow, magenta, cyan and black inks, or the yellow, magenta, cyan and black Japan Color standard inks, and is the number of colors that can be represented by the L*a*b* color system (wherein, L*=10y (wherein, y is an integer from 0 to 10), a*=10x (wherein, x is an integer from −12 to 12), and b*=10z (wherein, z is an integer from −12 to 12). | 05-14-2009 |
20130323910 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A single-crystal substrate is placed on a supporting table while maintaining crystalline orientation of the single-crystal substrate. The single-crystal substrate has contacting regions on a periphery of an upper surface of the single-crystal substrate. Linear contacting surfaces of contacting pins are placed in contact with the contacting regions of the single-crystal substrate placed on the supporting table. Longitudinal directions on the contacting surfaces of all the contacting pins are not parallel to intersecting lines of the upper surface of the single-crystal substrate and cleaved surfaces of the single-crystal substrate. | 12-05-2013 |
20140319513 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a hexagonal crystalline structure and a (0001) surface, and conductive films on the surface of the substrate. The conductive films include a first conductive film and a second conductive film located above the first conductive film with respect to the surface, wherein the first conductive film has a crystalline structure which does not have a plane that has a symmetry equivalent to the symmetry of atomic arrangement in the surface of the substrate, the second conductive film has a crystalline structure having at least one plane that has a symmetry equivalent to the symmetry of atomic arrangement in the surface of the substrate, and the second conductive film is polycrystalline and has a grain size no larger than 15 μm. | 10-30-2014 |
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20110149174 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a photosensor ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110164013 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL INSPECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a display panel ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110263571 | NOVEL AMIDE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF AS MEDICINE - Provided are a novel low-molecular-weight compound that suppresses production of induction type MMPs, particularly MMP-9, rather than production of hemostatic type MMP-2, as well as a prophylactic/therapeutic drug for autoimmune diseases or osteoarthritis. An amide derivative represented by the following formula (I) | 10-27-2011 |
20120154354 | PHOTOSENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - By reducing the potential drop of a storage node that occurs due to feedthrough, the capacitance of a storage capacitor is reduced and sensor sensitivity is improved. In a photosensor, the first terminal of a storage capacitor (C | 06-21-2012 |
20120188212 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus wherein a sustain capacitance wire is shared between two rows of pixels to prevent the reduction in aperture ratio and the reduction in yield, and further the capacitive coupling drive can be performed. The display apparatus comprises: pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns (where n and m represent integers equal to or greater than two); m source lines and n gate lines provided in a grid pattern; and a sustain capacitance unit formed in a boundary area between odd-numbered and even-numbered rows of pixels. The sustain capacitance unit comprises: a sustain capacitance wire shared between the odd-numbered and even-numbered rows of pixels; an insulating film; an opposite electrode used for the odd-numbered row of pixels; and an opposite electrode used for the even-numbered row of pixels. The odd-numbered row of pixels each have a pixel electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode used for the odd-numbered row of pixels, and the even-numbered row of pixels each have a pixel electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode used for the even-numbered row of pixels. The polarity of the potential of the pixel electrode is reversed for every two rows of pixels sharing the sustain capacitance wire, while the potential of the sustain capacitance wire is varied to vary the potentials of the pixel electrodes of the two rows of pixels, thereby performing the capacitive coupling drive. | 07-26-2012 |
20120256883 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING OPTICAL SENSORS - In a display device with optical sensors, a mode control portion ( | 10-11-2012 |
20130040930 | NOVEL AMIDE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF AS MEDICINE - Provided are a novel low-molecular-weight compound that suppresses production of induction type MMPs, particularly MMP-9, rather than production of hemostatic type MMP-2, as well as a prophylactic/therapeutic drug for autoimmune diseases or osteoarthritis. An amide derivative represented by the following formula (I) | 02-14-2013 |
20130057527 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device that is capable of ensuring a wide dynamic range of an optical sensor even in the case where an offset due to ambient temperature changes is compensated with use of an output of a reference element. The display device has optical sensors in a pixel region of an active matrix substrate ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130057528 | TOUCH-SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device having a photodetecting element in a pixel, and having an input function that is not dependent on light environments. This is a display device having an optical sensor in a pixel region. The optical sensor includes a first sensor pixel circuit that outputs a sensor signal corresponding to electric charges accumulated during an accumulation period in an ON time of a light source for the sensor; and a second sensor pixel circuit that that outputs a sensor signal corresponding to electric charges accumulated during an accumulation period in an OFF time of the light source. A sensor driving circuit for driving the first sensor pixie circuit and the second sensor pixel circuit supplies reset signals (RST | 03-07-2013 |
20130162602 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSOR - A plurality of sensor circuits each including an optical sensor and a charge retention transistor each provided between a reset line and an accumulation node are arranged in a pixel region of a display device. In a sensing period, a LOW-level voltage is applied as a reset cancellation voltage to the reset line RSTa, and a HIGH-level voltage is applied to a control line CLKa to control the charge retention transistor to be in an ON state. In a period other than the sensing period, the LOW-level voltage is applied to the control line CLKa to control the charge retention transistor to be in an OFF state, and the HIGH-level voltage is applied as a retention voltage to the reset line RSTa. Thus, a drain-source voltage Vds of the charge retention transistor is lowered, a leakage current through the charge retention transistor is reduced, and a light detection accuracy is enhanced. A substantially middle voltage between a reset voltage and a voltage at an accumulation node at the sensing of a maximum amount of light may be used as the retention voltage. | 06-27-2013 |
20140339400 | METHOD FOR OPERATING OPTICAL SENSOR CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL SENSOR CIRCUIT - In a method of operating an optical sensor circuit ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140375622 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A scanning order calculating portion ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150145842 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - When there are a plurality of rows with the same display content, a scanning order calculating portion ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150179120 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Upon each detection of an image switch by a display switch detection portion ( | 06-25-2015 |
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20110204669 | VEHICLE - A vehicle according to the present invention includes a front seat and a rear seat. The rear seat is changeable between an installed state in which the passenger can be seated and a retracted state in which the passenger is not seated and the rear seat is retracted. The vehicle includes an output control unit controlling the output of an engine, and detection means for detecting the installed state of the rear seat. When the detection means detects the installed state of the rear seat, the output control unit regulates the output of the engine as compared with the output when the detection means does not detect the installed state of the rear seat. | 08-25-2011 |
20120160586 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame to which the engine is mounted; a seat frame fastened to the vehicle body frame and including a seat bottom support member; and a seat bottom detachably fastened to the seat bottom support member; wherein a portion of an upper wall surface of an engine room in which the engine is disposed is defined by at least a portion of a lower surface of the seat bottom. | 06-28-2012 |
20120160589 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame including a main frame including a floor member and a pair of right and left side members and a sub-frame for reinforcing the main frame, each of the side members includes a side pipe element, a first pillar pipe element, a second pillar pipe element and a third pillar pipe element, the sub-frame includes a first cross member provided between and coupled to second pillar pipe elements, one end portion of the first cross member is detachably coupled to one of the second pillar pipe elements and an opposite end portion of the first cross member is detachably attached to the other second pillar pipe element. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161468 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body; a seat provided on the vehicle body; a pair of right and left entrances through which a user to be seated on the seat gets into and out of the vehicle, the entrances being provided at both sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of right and left doors for opening and closing the pair of right and left entrances, respectively; each of the pair of right and left doors including a door body closing at least a portion of a corresponding entrance and a hinge for coupling the door body to the vehicle body such that the door body is rotatable around the hinge; and the door body including a door component which is substantially symmetric in shape in a rightward and leftward direction. | 06-28-2012 |
20130087397 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame, a first pair of pivot arms provided at right and left sides, respectively, at a front end portion of the vehicle body frame such that the pivot arms extend in a rightward and leftward direction from the front end portion and are vertically pivotable, the first pair of pivot arms being attached to front wheels at tip ends thereof, respectively, and a stabilizer having one end mounted to one of the first pair of pivot arms and an opposite end mounted to the other of the first pair of pivot arms. The stabilizer extends through a front side of the vehicle body frame, outside the vehicle body frame, from the one end thereof to the opposite end thereof, and has an intermediate portion located in front of the vehicle body frame and mounted to the front end portion of the vehicle body. | 04-11-2013 |
20130087402 | Utility Vehicle - A utility vehicle includes an engine accommodated in an engine room below a seat; an engine room side wall defining the engine room and covering the engine from rightward or from leftward; and a cooling fan disposed at one of right and left sides of the engine or and configured to supply cooling air to an interior of the engine room via the engine room side wall. | 04-11-2013 |
20150122573 | UTILITY VEHICLE - A utility vehicle according to the present invention has a body frame, a source of power arranged in the body frame, and an under cover for covering a lower surface of the body frame. Both ends of the under cover in the vehicle width direction or the vehicle front and rear direction are fixed to lower surfaces of a plurality of bottom frame members forming a bottom part of the body frame, and a region of the under cover facing the source of power from the lower side is raised upward. A vertically sectional shape of the raised and designated region is formed in for example an arch shape. | 05-07-2015 |
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20110211041 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus in which images that can be comfortably viewed by a viewer with less eyestrain can be displayed on a display device. | 09-01-2011 |
20120300773 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A network system includes a plurality of lower switches, a plurality of upper switches, and a link group for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a multipoint-to-multipoint relationship. The link group includes a sub-link for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a point-to-point relationship as one logical link and a main link for interconnecting the plurality of lower switches to the plurality of upper switches in a point-to-multipoint relationship as one logical link. The plurality of lower switches are each set such that a broadcast frame with a broadcast address set as a destination is transmitted to the plurality of upper switches through the sub-link. The plurality of upper switches each receive the broadcast frame and resister a source address contained in the broadcast frame into an FDB of the plurality of upper switches. | 11-29-2012 |
20150189265 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an image processing apparatus, images that can be comfortably viewed by a viewer with less eyestrain can be displayed on a display device. In the image processing apparatus in which a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image can be simultaneously displayed on a multi-screen, if the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image are simultaneously displayed on a display device, the three-dimensional image is converted into two dimensions, and is output to be displayed on the same screen in the same dimensions. Alternatively, in the image processing apparatus in which a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image can be simultaneously displayed on a multi-screen, if the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image are simultaneously displayed on a display device, the two-dimensional image is converted into three dimensions, and is output to be displayed on the same screen in the same dimensions. | 07-02-2015 |