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20130021544 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first glass substrate having a first main surface; a second glass substrate spaced apart from the first glass substrate; a liquid crystal layer filled between the second glass substrate and the first glass substrate; a switching element formed on the first main surface; a lower electrode arranged between the first main surface and a second main surface; an upper electrode spaced apart from the lower electrode and arranged on a second main surface side to face the lower electrode; and a detecting unit detecting an electrical signal defined by the upper electrode and the lower electrode. At least one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode can deform to conform to the other when the second glass substrate is pressed. | 01-24-2013 |
20130077018 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a glass substrate, a glass substrate arranged at a distance from and opposite to the glass substrate, a lower electrode formed on the glass substrate, a counter electrode formed on the glass substrate opposite to the lower electrode, a spacer ball for supporting the glass substrate and the glass substrate to maintain a gap between the glass substrate and the glass substrate, and a plurality of conductive particles in particulate form arranged between the glass substrate and the glass substrate, a clearance being provided between the conductive particles positioned on the lower electrode and the counter electrode, the conductive particles positioned on the lower electrode being able to come into contact with the counter electrode when the glass substrate is pressed. | 03-28-2013 |
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20140013139 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of one aspect of the present invention determines, upon receipt of a packet in a power saving state at a second communication rate slower than a first communication rate, whether or not to change the communication rate, on the basis of a communication protocol type and a port number, and an attribute of the packet represented by a data section of the packet. If the communication protocol type, the port number, and the attribute of the received packet indicate a request for a service predetermined as a network service that corresponds to the first communication rate, the image processing apparatus changes the communication rate from the second communication rate to the first communication rate at the time of shifting from the power saving state to the normal power state so as to provide the service. | 01-09-2014 |
20140164807 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Whether to enable a packet discarding mode is designated and, if an information processing apparatus operates in a power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is enabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for a received packet based on a proxy response pattern, a WOL pattern, and a discard pattern, and, if the information processing apparatus operates in the power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is disabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for the received packet based on the proxy response pattern and the WOL pattern without using the discard pattern. | 06-12-2014 |
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20140268223 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit for executing direct wireless communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus in which one of the external apparatus and the communication apparatus serves as an access point, and a second communication unit for executing communication between the external apparatus and the communication apparatus in a different way from the communication by the first communication unit. If it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the second communication unit, a selection screen is displayed so as to enable a user to select a desired service, and if it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the first communication unit, the selection screen is displayed so as to prevent the user from selecting the specific service. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120292988 | ON-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - A fourth constant-voltage power circuit directly powered from an on-vehicle battery is connected, in parallel through a serial resistor, to a second constant-voltage power circuit powered from the on-vehicle battery through an output contact of a power relay, and is connected to a drive power terminal of a microprocessor. When the output contact is closed, the microprocessor operates with an output voltage of the second constant-voltage power circuit, and an output current of the fourth constant-voltage power circuit is limited to less than or equal to a predetermined value by the serial resistor. During the operation stop at which a power switch is open, a micro standby current is supplied from the fourth constant-voltage power circuit to the microprocessor. | 11-22-2012 |
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20150326000 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS OF ELECTRIC LOAD - Disclosed is a power supply control apparatus of an electric load that includes an upstream side switching element and a downstream side switching element and detects various abnormality states of a load wiring by a small number of detection signals. The power supply control apparatus includes a control circuit unit that gives a power supply command signal to the upstream switching element connected in series with the electric load and gives a conduction command signal to the downstream switching element, open-circuits the upstream and downstream switching elements by a synthetic overcurrent determination storage circuit that is operated in response to an overcurrent detecting circuit, monitors a value of one variable divided voltage generated by the voltage monitoring circuit for the electric load, and identifies and stores a wiring abnormality such as a negative line supply fault, a positive line ground fault, and a load short circuit abnormality. | 11-12-2015 |