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An analog touch panel device capable of utilizing a two-point touch on a touch panel as meaningful information input and a user interface device employing the analog touch panel device are provided. A decision is made as to whether two points are touched or not on a touch panel TP having resistive films which have electrode terminals at opposite end portions each and are superimposed top and bottom in such a manner that the electrode terminals become orthogonal, in which the top and bottom resistive films are brought into contact with each other by a push of a resistive film surface by touch input. The decision is made according to resistance values between the opposite terminals, and when a decision is made that the two points are touched, the distance between the two points touched is detected according to the resistance values between the opposite terminals.

A display device in which interconnection—electrode comprising a Cu alloy film having a lower electrical resistivity than Al alloy and a transparent conductive film are directly connected not by way of a refractory metal thin film, wherein the Cu alloy film contains Zn and / or Mg in a total amount from 0.1 to 3.0 at %, or Ni and / or Mn in a total amount from 0.1 to 5 at %, thereby enabling the direct connection at low resistivity between the Cu alloy film and the transparent electrode without using a barrier metal, and giving high display quality in a case of application, for example, to a liquid crystal display.

A cooler capable of reducing the fabrication cost is provided. In the cooler, in which electronic parts 6 are held between neighboring tubes 1, each of the tubes 1 is formed by joining the edges of plates 1a, 1b, each of which is formed into a predetermined shape by press molding, and fins 5 for accelerating heat exchange are arranged in the tube 1. As an inner wall conventionally exists when the tube 1 is manufactured by extrusion, can be removed, it is no longer necessary to remove the inner wall by machining, therefore, the fabrication cost can be reduced.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a first surface having a first orientation and a second surface having a second orientation and a plurality of III-V nitride layers on the substrate, wherein the plurality of III-V nitride layers are configured to emit light when an electric current is produced in one or more of the plurality of III-V nitride layers.

The invention describes a laser printing system (100) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system (100) in a working plane (180), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules (201, 202) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c1, c2) perpendicular to a direction of movement (250) of the object in the working plane (180), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module (201) of a first column of laser modules (c1) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y1) of the object and a second laser module (202) of a second column (c2) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y2) of the object, wherein the first area (y1) is adjacent to the second area (y2) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a first surface having a first orientation and a second surface having a second orientation and a plurality of III-V nitride layers on the substrate, wherein the plurality of III-V nitride layers are configured to emit light when an electric current is produced in one or more of the plurality of III-V nitride layers.

A foldable wireless headset is introduced comprising an elongated bar-shape main body, a hinged earphone attached at the proximal end of the main body, and an earphone position guidance for maintaining the earphone stationary at the selected position with respect to the main body either one of an extending position, retracting position and intermediate position. The wireless headset enhances operational stability, saves manufacturing costs, is easily carried, and is convenient to use. Also, the wireless headset can be automatically turned on and off in response to the extraction and retraction of the earphone.

An active agent delivery device is operable to deliver an active agent such as a drug or therapeutic agent to a biological interface such as skin or mucous membrane. The device, such as an iontophoresis device, may include one or more human-perceptible indicators operable to provide an indication of a malfunction or other defective condition of the device. Detectors may be provided to detect a value of a characteristic or parameter associated with one or more components of the device, with the value being usable to determine whether a defective condition may exist.

A twin vane-type phaser is described which is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the drive member to the driven members when the pressure in the working chambers is a below is predetermined value. The locking mechanism comprises two coaxial locking pins 114, 118 mounted in a common bore 110 in the centrally located member 32. The locking pins are resiliently urged apart by a spring 120 into bores in the two outer members 38, 40 and are retracted by pistons 112, 116 when the hydraulic pressure in the working chambers attains the predetermined value.

A laser beam temporally modulated in amplitude by a modulator and shaped into a long and narrow shape by a beam shaper is rotated around the optical axis of an image rotator inserted between the beam shaper and a substrate. Thus, the longitudinal direction of the laser beam having the long and narrow shape is rotated around the optical axis on the substrate. In order to perform annealing in a plurality of directions on the substrate, the laser beam shaped into the long and narrow shape is rotated on the substrate while a stage mounted with the substrate is moved only in two directions, that is, X- and Y-directions. In such a manner, the substrate can be scanned at a high speed with a continuous wave laser beam modulated temporally in amplitude and shaped into a long and narrow shape, without rotating the substrate. Thus, a semiconductor film can be annealed.

An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, by which manufacturing costs in manufacturing a flat panel display can be reduced. A first substrate provided with a reflective layer having an opening over a first surface, and provided with a light absorption layer and an evaporation material over a second surface facing the first surface is used. Then, in a state where the second surface of the first substrate is disposed close to a first surface of a second substrate, light irradiation is performed from the first surface side of the first substrate. The irradiation light is absorbed by a portion of the light absorption layer overlapping with the opening in the reflective layer, thereby heating the evaporation material. The heated evaporation material is attached to the first surface of the second substrate.

The present invention provides a bi-stable chiral nematic liquid crystal display and a driving method for the same. Each pixel of the liquid crystal display includes at least a transistor as a switch element to switch a column voltage to the pixel and a capacitor for storing a voltage of the pixel. The method for driving the bi-stable chiral nematic liquid crystal display is to divide each frame to be updated into a plurality of sub-frames. During a period of each sub-frame, the bi-stable chiral nematic liquid crystal is driven to a corresponding state in accordance with a respective driving condition.

An optical ranging sensor includes a light emitting unit for projecting a light beam on an object to be measured, a light receiving unit on which a light spot of reflected light of the light beam from the object is formed, and a processing circuit unit for processing output signals from the light receiving unit and detecting a distance to the object. The light receiving unit includes an effective light receiving part having light receiving cells arranged in matrix form in a first direction in which a position of the light spot moves as the object moves along a direction of an optical axis of the light emitting unit, and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A size of the effective light receiving part in the second direction is not smaller than a radius of the light spot but not larger than a diameter thereof.

A dispensing device including a plurality of containers respectively accommodating liquid contents, and a pump device in fluid communication with the plurality of containers. The pump device includes a first cylinder in fluid communication with the first container, a first piston provided inside the first cylinder, a second cylinder in fluid communication with the second container, and a second piston provided inside the second cylinder. The pump device further includes a lever type handle that simultaneously operates the first and second pistons. Liquid content discharge paths being respectively in fluid communication with the cylinders communicate with one discharge valve upstream of a discharge outlet, allowing the liquid contents discharged from each cylinder to pass through the discharge valve to join into one.

A seal plate partitions a sectorial space which houses a vane and a circumferential groove which houses a torsion spring, so that the sectorial space is formed to prevent the communication between an advance angle pressure chamber and a retard angle pressure chamber regardless of the space of the circumferential groove. As a result, by setting the inner diameter of the vane smaller than the outer diameter of the torsion spring, the outer diameter of the vane can be made relatively small without lowering the engine performance. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the actuator in size without lowering the engine performance, to reduce the weight of a valve timing adjusting device and to obtain a mounting space easily for mounting the valve timing adjusting device on the engine.

A grip strip is made by preparing a substrate sheet having a plurality of through holes through top and bottom sides thereof, and made from a first polymer, then dipping or coating the substrate sheet with a melt second polymer different from the first polymer such that the through holes of the substrate sheet are filled up and at least one of the top and bottom sides of the substrate sheet is covered by the second polymer, and then hardening the second polymer-covered substrate sheet.

Provided is a cutting equipment for automatically cutting off workpieces from a material tape. The cutting equipment includes an electrical control box, a base board, a material-feeding mechanism, a material-transferring mechanism, a material-pulling mechanism and a cutting mechanism. The material-feeding mechanism includes a supporting bracket, a material disc and a disc-driving device. The material-transferring mechanism mounted on the base board includes a pad board, a first supporting board and a second supporting board. The material-pulling mechanism disposed above the material-transferring mechanism includes a driving component and a material-pulling component. The cutting mechanism mounted on the base board includes a lower supporting plate, an upper cutting plate and a transferring cylinder. The upper cutting plate disposes at least one cutting blade. The cutting equipment can enhance the working efficiency, reduce the defective rate and the manufacture cost, lighten the labor intensity of operators, and be suitable for mass production.

The invention provides a means which can securely prevent an idle running and a scattering of a magnet while restricting a manufacturing cost as low as possible, in a rotor used in a brushless motor. A rotor (101) is provided with a sintered ring magnet (12) in which not-ground recess portions (12a) are formed in an axial direction of a inner peripheral surface in correspondence to a magnetic pole, and a portion between the recess portions (12a) is ground in an inner peripheral surface (12b) having a desired inner diameter, a rotor yoke (11) in which convex portion (11b) having a larger diameter than the inner diameter (r4) of the sintered ring magnet (12) are formed in an axial direction of an outer peripheral surface in correspondence to the recess portion (12a), and a through hole (11a) is pierced in an axial center, and which is concentrically adhered to the sintered ring magnet (12) by fitting the recess portion (12a) and the convex portion (11b), and a shaft (10) inserted and fitted to the through hole (11a) of the rotor yoke (11).

A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is simple to assemble and disassemble which reduces the man-hour in manufacturing and its manufacturing cost. The bearing apparatus has an inner member (1) including a wheel hub (2) integrally formed with a wheel mounting flange (5) at one end. Axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b) axially extend from the wheel mounting flange (5). Inner rings (3) and (4) are fitted on the axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b). An outer member (10) is fitted in a knuckle N which forms a part of a suspension apparatus. Double row rolling elements (6) and (6) are arranged between the inner and outer members (1) and (10). The wheel hub wheel, (2) is rotatably supported by the knuckle N. Annular stop ring grooves (11) and (12) are formed, respectively, on the outer circumferential surface of the outer member (10) and the inner circumferential surface of the knuckle N. A stop ring (13), with a predetermined shearing strength of 20˜200 MPa, is fitted in the stop ring grooves (11) and (12).

It is an object of the invention to provide a droplet ejection apparatus and a method of detecting and judging a head failure that can detect an ejection failure and carry out appropriate recovery processing according to a cause thereof. The droplet ejection apparatus of the invention includes a plurality of droplet ejection heads, each of the droplet ejection heads including a diaphragm and an actuator which displaces the diaphragm; a driving circuit which drives the actuator of each droplet ejection head; residual vibration detecting means 16 for detecting a residual vibration of the diaphragm displaced by the actuator after the actuator has been driven by the driving circuit; pulse generating means for generating reference pulses; computation means 17 for carrying out a computation for the number of reference pulses generated by the pulse generating means on the basis of the residual vibration of the diaphragm detected by the residual vibration detecting means; time measuring means for measuring a lapsed time since the actuator has been driven by the driving circuit; and head failure judging means 20 for judging a head failure in the droplet ejection heads on the basis of the computation result of the computation means 17 and the lapsed time measured by the time measuring means.

A vehicle control system has a battery, a vehicle alternator for charging the battery, a vehicle-alternator control device capable of controlling the vehicle alternator, and a battery current detection device. The battery current detection device has a battery current detecting means capable of detecting a charging / discharging current of the battery, a battery voltage detection means capable of detecting a voltage of the battery, a battery temperature detection means capable of detecting a temperature of the battery, a microcomputer, and a communication controller. The communication controller performs digital data communication to transfer digital control signals between the vehicle alternator and the battery current detection device. The vehicle alternator has a display unit to display the occurrence of abnormal information of those detection means transferred from the battery current detection device, the occurrence of a battery failure, and a disconnecting of a charging wire of the battery by using different display patterns.

A diaphragm pump including at least one diaphragm having an inner diaphragm surface, an outer diaphragm surface, and a projecting rim, the rim projecting from the inner diaphragm surface and having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, a hub positioned to lie within the inner circumferential surface of the projecting rim, a ring positioned around the outer circumferential surface of the projecting rim, where the hub and ring secure the projecting rim there between, and a reciprocating rod coupled to at least one of the hub and the ring.

A column and beam connection structure for connecting a steel H-beam to a column uses an external diaphragm. The external diaphragm includes a plurality of divided diaphragm segments such that each diaphragm segment has a column plate abutting on the column. A diaphragm segment which is arranged along the steel H-beam among the plurality of divided diaphragm segments has a beam plate installed in a flange of the steel H-beam. The beam plate has an end portion in which the column plate is provided. A joining surface between the diaphragm segments is placed in a vicinity of a corner portion of the column so that only the column plate of one of the diaphragm segments abuts on each column surface of the column. A joining member fastens to fix between the diaphragm segments such that contact pressure is applied from the column plates to the surface of the column.

The light-emitting display device comprises first and second thin film transistors. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode; a first oxide semiconductor film; and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the first oxide semiconductor film. The second thin film transistor includes a second gate electrode electrically connected to the second electrode; a second oxide semiconductor film; a third electrode; a light-emitting layer and a fourth electrode over the second oxide semiconductor film. A work function of the second oxide semiconductor film is higher than a work function of the fourth electrode.

The present invention provides a luminance-enhancing film including a λ / 4 plate, and a reflection polarizer, including a first light reflection layer, a second light reflection layer, and a third light reflection layer from the λ / 4 plate side sequentially, the light reflection layers being light reflection layers formed by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, and including blue, green and red light reflection layers, and Rth(550) of the first light reflection layer and Rth(550) of the second light reflection layer having inverse signs; and a luminance-enhancing film including a λ / 4 plate and a reflection polarizer including at least a light reflection layer formed of a rod-like cholesteric liquid crystal material and a light reflection layer formed of a disk-like cholesteric liquid crystal material. The luminance-enhancing film has high luminance and is able to suppress an oblique change in the color.