摘要:
Disclosed herein is a microchip that allows a sample to be introduced into a region easily and accurately, and which makes it possible to obtain high analysis accuracy. The microchip includes an airtight region into which a solution is externally introduced; and positioning means for positioning a channel for injecting the solution into the region by penetrating a substrate layer forming the region with respect to a puncture part of the region.
摘要:
A quantizing matrix selecting part 3 for calculating the average and variance of brightness values in a prediction image created by a motion-compensated prediction unit 1, and selecting a quantizing matrix corresponding to the average and variance of brightness values in the prediction image from among a plurality of quantizing matrices which are prepared in advance is disposed, and a quantizing part 6 quantizes orthogonal transformation coefficients outputted from an orthogonal transformation part 5 with reference to the quantizing matrix selected by the quantizing matrix selecting part 3.
摘要:
A multilayer wiring structure of a semiconductor device having a stacked structure is arranged to restrain reliability degradation due to stress applied to the region of wiring between opposite upper and lower plugs. The rate of overlap of contact surface between upper plug and wiring on contact surface between lower plug and wiring, is small to the extent that no void is generated. The multilayer wiring structure is produced such that no grain boundary is contained in the region of wiring between upper and lower plugs. The difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the material of wiring and the material of upper and lower plugs, is small to the extent that no void is generated.
摘要:
A portable terminal device having a folding structure includes a body unit 20 having operation keys 21, a display unit 10 movably connected to the body unit 20 and having a display 11 on an opposite surface to the operation keys 21 when folded, and a protruded portion 12, for preventing damage to the display, provided along an outer edge portion of the display 11 on the opposite surface of the display unit 10 and formed so that its height on the connecting side to the body unit 20 is smaller than on the side of a free end of the display unit 10.
摘要:
An electro-wetting apparatus includes a liquid having conductivity or polarity and a first electrode and a second electrode that apply voltage to the liquid. The electro-wetting apparatus also includes a dielectric layer provided between the liquid and the first electrode. The electro-wetting apparatus further includes a voltage-applying unit that applies a voltage signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the voltage signal is periodically changed between a first voltage of zero (0) volt or more and a second voltage of larger than the first voltage.
摘要:
An apparatus has a feature value extracting section 106 for extracting a feature value from a search key image; a distance calculating section 107 for calculating distances between the feature values of search target images and the feature value of the search key image; a distance analyzing section 108 for analyzing the distances calculated by the distance calculating section 107, and for selecting a feature value having a feature similar to the search key image as a feature value effective for the image search; and a search executing section 109 for arranging the search target images in a feature value space with coordinate axes to which a principal component analysis result of the feature value effective for the image search is assigned, and for searching for an image similar to the search key image from within the feature value space.
摘要:
Each of an image retrieval method and an image retrieval device in accordance with the present invention is provided with a means for extracting a color layout feature quantity, a dominant color feature quantity, a region division feature quantity, and a shape feature quantity from a query image which is a key of retrieval, and a means for specifying a region of interest of the image by carrying out mutual use of the above-mentioned feature quantities.
摘要:
Provided is a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of vertical transfer units (VCCDs), a horizontal transfer unit (HCCD) and a driving unit. In a vertical final stage of the VCCDs, there are same transfer electrode structures in every m columns, where m is equal to or more than 2, the vertical final stage being a vertical transfer stage located the closest to the HCCD, in each vertical final stage of columns except one column among the m columns or of all columns among the m columns, there are transfer electrodes independent from electrodes in the other columns in the m columns, and the independent transfer electrodes are driven independently to perform transfer processing from the corresponding vertical final stage to the HCCD, the driving being independent from driving for the electrodes in the other columns in the m columns, and the driving unit performs sequential vertical transfer driving, by which first packets and second packets are sequentially and vertically transferred within one horizontal transfer period, the first packet including a signal component to be used as an image signal and the second packet not including any signal component to be used as an image signal, and to apply, in the sequential vertical transfer driving, respective transfer pulses to the transfer electrodes in the vertical transfer stage and transfer electrodes of the HCCD, so that the first packets and the second packets are separated to be allocated into respective different horizontal transfer stages of the HCCD.
摘要:
A protective sheet for preventing scratches which comprises a substrate (1) having one face exhibiting the self-sticking property and a foam rubber layer (3) disposed on the other face of the substrate (1) and, in particular, the protective sheet for preventing scratches described above which further comprises a sheet layer (5) which is disposed on the foam rubber layer (3) and exhibits releasing property from the face exhibiting the self-sticking property of the substrate (1). The protective sheet is used for protecting the surface of various articles, in particular, for preventing scratches on coated portions of panels of the body in the assembly step of vehicles. The protective sheet is characterized in that the sheet can be attached easily with excellent adhesion and detached easily, does not adversely affect the surface of the coated face, exhibits excellent property of following curved surfaces, water resistance, strength and cushioning property, and can be used repeatedly, produced at a low cost and applied to a wide range of articles.
摘要:
Vertical transfer portions for transferring signal charges from photoelectric conversion portions in a vertical direction and a horizontal transfer portion for transferring them in a horizontal direction are provided, and each of a plurality of vertical transfer stages constituting the vertical transfer portion is provided with a plurality of phases of transfer electrodes. The transfer electrodes at a vertical last stage include independent transfer electrodes (V3R, V5R) for at least two phases, that are independent of the other vertical transfer stages, have identical configurations repeated in a unit of n columns, and are in common among corresponding columns in a plurality of the units of n columns and independent of the independent transfer electrodes belonging to the other columns in the unit of n columns. A signal transfer stage from which the signal charge is read out and a dummy transfer stage from which the signal charge is not read out are formed alternately, the signal charge at the signal transfer stage and a dummy signal at the following dummy transfer stage are mixed together at the vertical last stage and then transferred to the horizontal transfer portion. In the case where a dummy transfer stage is formed for transfer, it is possible to suppress transfer degradation and mix a dummy signal with a signal charge.