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It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements.

A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor layers and first and second MOS transistors. The first semiconductor layer is provided on and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor layer is provided near the first semiconductor layer and formed above the semiconductor substrate via one of an insulating film and a cavity. The first and second MOS transistors are respectively provided on the first and second semiconductor layers, and each has a gate electrode arranged parallel to a boundary between the first and second semiconductor layers.

Operational states of one or more operators employed in a vehicle are detected to generate operational information corresponding to the detected operational states. Also, one or more traveling states of the vehicle are detected to generate traveling information corresponding to the detected traveling states. There is provided a table storing correspondency between various operational and traveling information and various sound control information, and sound control information corresponding to generated operational or traveling information is obtained with reference to the table. Sound signal is generated on the basis of the obtained sound control information to auditorily inform a user of the vehicle of the operational or traveling state of the vehicle. Contents of the table may be changed as desired by the user. There may be provided a plurality of tables so that the user can select any one of the tables.

Provided are an artificial atom of a metamaterial by coiling up space, a metamaterial including the artificial element, and a device including the metamaterial. The artificial atom of the metamaterial by coiling up space includes a first coiling unit that coils up a first space and a second coiling unit that coils up a second space and that is connected with the first coiling unit.

An electro-optical device includes an insulating substrate, a switching element, at least one PIN diode, and at least one reflector. The switching element includes a first polysilicon semiconductor layer formed on the insulating substrate, and a gate electrode formed between the insulating substrate and the first semiconductor layer. Each of the at least one PIN diode includes a second polysilicon semiconductor layer formed on the insulating substrate. The at least one reflector is formed in the same layer as the gate electrode and opposite the second semiconductor layer or layers of the at least one PIN diode.

A wireless communication terminal with a conventional keypad can be provided with a user exchangeable keypad. The wireless communication terminal and user exchangeable cover interface electrically, mechanically or via RF. The user exchangeable keypad can be part of a user exchangeable cover or part of a casing for receiving the wireless terminal. The user exchangeable keypad may have a reduced or adapted set of keys for e.g. facilitating the use of the terminal under special conditions or for visually impaired users. The user exchangeable keypad may be provided with identification means that allow the wireless terminal to identify the user exchangeable keypad and change its setting accordingly by e.g. increasing the font of the text on the display of the wireless terminal.

The present invention provides procedures and systems that use a closed-loop approach for directing ultrasound energy at a clot while monitoring blood flow and / or liquification of the clot tissue so as to allow automated and / or manual adjustments to various treatment parameters.

A device for control of power flow in a three-phase ac transmission line. The device includes a series transformer unit, a shunt transformer unit, and a reactance unit.

A sample, a reagent, etc. in a reaction container 132 is agitated with an ultrasonic wave generated from a piezoelectric transducer (141, 142). A power supply unit (144) applies, to the piezoelectric transducer, a voltage having been subjected to frequency modulation at frequencies over an optional frequency range. An analyzing section (130) measures a reaction product produced as an analysis target from the reagent, etc. and the sample under agitation, and then analyzes components of the sample. With such a construction, adjustment work needed in an agitating section can be simplified, and satisfactory analyzed results can be obtained regardless of differences in frequency characteristics of ultrasonic wave generators used for ultrasonic agitation.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a casino chip including a morphable surface including an alterable characteristic and a processor. The morphable surface is adapted to change the alterable characteristic. The processor is adapted to control the morphable surface to change the alterable characteristic in response to an input.

The present invention provides procedures and systems that use a closed-loop approach for directing ultrasound energy at a clot while monitoring blood flow and / or liquification of the clot tissue so as to allow automated and / or manual adjustments to various treatment parameters.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using cyanobacteria that include a portion of an exogenous cellulose operon sufficient to express cellulose. The compositions and methods of the present invention may be used as a new global crop for the manufacture of cellulose, CO2 fixation, for the production of alternative sources of conventional cellulose as well as a biofuel and precursors thereof.

A damper mechanism for attenuating vibrations having a vibration attenuating spring element (1) which includes: a leaf spring (2) having a bent portion (4) and a pair of lever portions (5) extending from both ends of the bent portion (4); and an elastic member (3) disposed between the lever portions (5). When the leaf spring (2) is subjected to compressive forces, the lever portions (5) and the elastic member (3) are elastically deformed. Internal friction is generated in the elastic member (5). The functions typically provided by a conventional elastic member and a conventional resistance generating mechanism are realized by utilizing a simple spring element composed of the leaf spring (2) and the elastic member (3).

The invention is generally directed to a vapor emitting device having a container, at least one liquid in the container, and a wick. The container has an interior in which the at least one liquid is disposed. The wick has a distal portion disposed in the container interior and a proximal portion. The wick is configured and positioned so as to maintain contact with the at least one liquid and allows the wick to draw the at least one liquid into and through the distal portion toward the proximal portion, thereby making the at least one liquid available for evaporation when the proximal portion is exposed to air. A change in a visible characteristic of the wick occurs upon exhaustion of the at least one liquid from the wick.

In a radio-frequency device in which a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer are stacked one on another, the second conductive layer is including a plurality of conductive elements which are arrayed periodically and independently of one another at a specified array pitch, and a plurality of connecting elements for electrically connecting a plurality of mutually neighboring ones of the conductive elements to each other. The connection by the connecting elements is selectively made, thus making it possible to control radiation directivity of an electromagnetic field formed by the first and second conductive layers.

A controllable magnetorheological (MR) damper having first, second and third portions is disclosed. The first and second portions have a translational degree of freedom therebetween, and the third portion has a rotational degree of freedom with respect to the first and second portions. The first and third portions are coupled via a translation-to-rotation converter, and the second and third portions are coupled via a magnetorheological (MR) fluid. A bearing is disposed between the first and second portions for supporting a side load therebetween, a magnetic field generator is in field communication with the magnetorheological fluid, and a signal path is in signal communication with the magnetic field generator. The third portion is rotationally responsive to translational motion between the first and second portions, the shear stress characteristic of the magnetorheological fluid is responsive to the magnetic field generator, and the magnetic field generator is controllably responsive to an excitation signal from the signal path.

When the film thickness of an insulating film on a fuse connected to a circuit is not uniform within a wafer surface, there was a problem that disconnection of the fuse might become insufficient due to the insufficient intensity of a laser or disconnection of even an adjacent fuse due to excessive laser irradiation might occur. Further, a problem also occurred that after disconnection of the fuse, moisture entered from exterior through the region in which the fuse has been disconnected, so that the quality of a film underlying the fuse was adversely affected. After a SiON film, a SiN film, and a SiO2 film have been formed to cover the fuse in this stated order, etching is performed to the SiN film, which is an etching stopper film. The SiON film having a uniform and desired film thickness is thereby formed on the fuse. Further, by providing a guard ring embedded in an insulating film underlying the fuse or fuses and formed to surround the periphery of the fuse or fuses, entry of the moisture from the outside through the region in which the fuse has been disconnected can be prevented.

A speaker array apparatus capable of carrying out directivity control over a wide frequency range with reduced processing load. In the speaker array apparatus, an audio signal input from a signal input unit is divided into components by a signal divider unit to generate divided audio signals of different frequency ranges. The divided audio signals are amplified by amplifier units of a signal processing unit with gains set in accordance with window functions set to the amplifier units, and a sound emission unit emits sounds based on the amplified audio signals, whereby desired directional characteristics can be attained over a wide frequency range and an amount of calculation in the processing by the signal processing unit can be reduced.

It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements.

The transparent conductive laminate of the present invention is a transparent conductive laminate, comprising: a transparent film substrate; a transparent conductive thin film provided on one side of the transparent film substrate with a dielectric thin film interposed therebetween; and a transparent substrate bonded to another side of the transparent film substrate with a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein the transparent substrate comprises at least two transparent base films laminated with the transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween, and the dielectric thin film comprises a first transparent dielectric thin film consisting of a SiOx (x is from 1.5 to less than 2) film having a relative refractive index of 1.6 to 1.9, and a second transparent dielectric thin film consisting of a SiO2 film. This feature can improve the surface contact pressure durability.

When the film thickness of an insulating film on a fuse connected to a circuit is not uniform within a wafer surface, there was a problem that disconnection of the fuse might become insufficient due to the insufficient intensity of a laser or disconnection of even an adjacent fuse due to excessive laser irradiation might occur. Further, a problem also occurred that after disconnection of the fuse, moisture entered from exterior through the region in which the fuse has been disconnected, so that the quality of a film underlying the fuse was adversely affected. After a SiON film, a SiN film, and a SiO2 film have been formed to cover the fuse in this stated order, etching is performed to the SiN film, which is an etching stopper film. The SiON film having a uniform and desired film thickness is thereby formed on the fuse.

An integrated display including a plurality of analog gauges concentrically arranged about a common center. Each analog gauge includes a pointer indicating a value of a parameter represented by the analog gauge. The integrated display is optionally semi-transparent and superimposed over a background view in a computer game, simulation, or other software application. The pointer and analog gauge may move relative to each other, or one may be fixed at an easily recognizable location while the other moves to indicate a current value of a parameter. This display can also be used on an electronic device to indicate a plurality of independent parameters in a minimal space.

A light-emitting device comprises a power supply line, at least one data line, at least one pixel having a light-emitting element with one end electrically connected to the power supply line and another end set to a prescribed potential, and a first transistor connecting the data line(s) and one end of the light-emitting element, a current supplying circuit that outputs a verification current of a preset value, and a data driver unit having voltage measuring circuits that acquire a voltage of the one end of the light-emitting element as the verification voltage when the verification current flows via a current path of the data line and the first transistor of the pixel, from the one end of the light-emitting element to the other end from the current supplying circuit via the power supply line.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using an isolated cyanobacterium that includes a portion of an exogenous bacterial cellulose operon sufficient to express bacterial cellulose, whereby the cyanobacterium produces extracellular glucose. The compositions and methods of the present invention may be used as a new global crop for the manufacture of cellulose, CO2 fixation, for the production of alternative sources of conventional cellulose as well as a biofuel and precursors thereof.

It is an object to enable stable operation of a wind turbine and to change a control parameter of the wind turbine at an appropriate timing. A dynamic-characteristics model of a wind turbine is identified for each of a plurality of ranges that are determined in accordance with wind speed, and the identified dynamic-characteristics model is monitored for each of the ranges.

An organic semiconductor device in which recombination of holes and electrons and photoelectric conversion in an organic semiconductor layer are efficiently allowed to occur. The device comprises a bipolar organic semiconductor layer where electrons and holes move, a hole giving / receiving electrode which gives / receives holes to / from the organic semiconductor layer, an electron giving / receiving electrode which is spaced a predetermined distance from the hole giving / receiving electrode and gives / receives electrons to / from the organic semiconductor layer, a hole-side gate electrode which is opposed to a region of the organic semiconductor layer near the hole giving / receiving electrode with an insulating layer between the hole-side gate electrode and the region and serves to control the hole distribution in the organic semiconductor layer, and an electron-side gate electrode which is opposed to the region of the organic semiconductor layer with the insulating layer therebetween and serves to control the electron distribution in the organic semiconductor layer.

A method of driving a liquid-crystal device having a gap of 15 mum to 200 mum between transparent substrates, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on opposing surfaces of the substrates, and liquid crystal filled in the gap between the substrates, the liquid crystal changing direction by applying a driving voltage, includes the steps of (a) applying a first waveform to obtain a first optical characteristic of the liquid crystal and (b) applying a second waveform to obtain a second optical characteristic of the liquid crystal other than the first optical characteristic, the second waveform having an effective voltage lower by 10 V to 500 V than an effective voltage of the first waveform.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a luminescent material that has resistance to repeated oxidation reactions. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element that is high in luminous efficiency. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element that has a long life. An aspect of the present invention is an anthracene derivative represented by a general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R2 to R4 and R7 to R9 are individually any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a group represented by the following structure formula (2), and R1, R5, R6, and R10 are individually any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

An organic semiconductor device in which recombination of holes and electrons and photoelectric conversion in an organic semiconductor layer are efficiently allowed to occur. The device comprises a bipolar organic semiconductor layer where electrons and holes move, a hole giving / receiving electrode which gives / receives holes to / from the organic semiconductor layer, an electron giving / receiving electrode which is spaced a predetermined distance from the hole giving / receiving electrode and gives / receives electrons to / from the organic semiconductor layer, a hole-side gate electrode which is opposed to a region of the organic semiconductor layer near the hole giving / receiving electrode with an insulating layer between the hole-side gate electrode and the region and serves to control the hole distribution in the organic semiconductor layer, and an electron-side gate electrode which is opposed to the region of the organic semiconductor layer with the insulating layer therebetween and serves to control the electron distribution in the organic semiconductor layer.