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A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates orientation changes in displays. The proximity sensor device and method provide a user with the ability to indicate an orientation change in a display using the sensing region of a proximity sensor device as a user interface. In one specific embodiment, proximity sensor device is implemented to indicate an orientation change in a first way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a first direction, and is further implemented to indicate an orientation change in a second way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a second direction. Thus, a user can cause orientation changes of different ways through the use of object motions in different directions along the sensing region.

A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates orientation changes in displays. The proximity sensor device and method provide a user with the ability to indicate an orientation change in a display using the sensing region of a proximity sensor device as a user interface. In one specific embodiment, proximity sensor device is implemented to indicate an orientation change in a first way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a first direction, and is further implemented to indicate an orientation change in a second way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a second direction. Thus, a user can cause orientation changes of different ways through the use of object motions in different directions along the sensing region.

A mobile telephone with a camera function has an optimum shooting posture and optimum storage ability. The mobile telephone has a first housing and a second housing which are so connected by a hinge to enable longitudinal folding. A main display section has an operation section containing a set of a ten-key pad and functional keys, which are respectively provided on the inner surfaces of the first and second housings and are invisible when the housings are folded. A subsidiary display section and a camera section are respectively provided on the outer surfaces opposite to the inner surfaces and a shutter switch and a phone to camera changeover switch are provided on the outer surface of the housings.

A plurality of iris images of a person to be authenticated in which the positions of extraneous light reflection are respectively different are captured by using an image capturing device. Iris codes, that is, features for authentication, are respectively extracted from the plural iris images, and the plural iris codes thus extracted are respectively compared with a registered iris code, so as to generate a plurality of comparison results. The plural comparison results are integrated to obtain an ultimate comparison score, which is used for the authentication.

A touch screen interface including a display screen, a touch sensor device, and a processor coupled to the display screen and the touch sensor is described. The touch sensor device is adapted to sense object motion in a sensing region that overlaps at least part of the display screen. The processor is adapted to cause a scroll wheel that indicates a scrolling path to appear on the display screen selectively, such as in response to the touch sensor sensing object motion that corresponds to a scrolling initiation gesture. The processor is further adapted to cause scrolling on a display screen selectively, such as in response to the touch sensor sensing subsequent object motion along the scrolling path after the touch sensor has sensed the object motion corresponding to the scrolling initiation gesture.

An object is to prevent an impurity such as moisture and oxygen from being mixed into an oxide semiconductor and suppress variation in semiconductor characteristics of a semiconductor device in which an oxide semiconductor is used. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device with high reliability. A gate insulating film provided over a substrate having an insulating surface, a source and a drain electrode which are provided over the gate insulating film, a first oxide semiconductor layer provided over the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a source and a drain region which are provided between the source electrode and the drain electrode and the first oxide semiconductor layer are provided. A barrier film is provided in contact with the first oxide semiconductor layer.

An electrically conductive member for electrophotography is provided which has an electrically conductive mandrel and an electrically conductive layer on the peripheral surface of the mandrel; the electrically conductive layer containing a binder resin having as an ion exchange group a sulfo group or a quaternary ammonium salt group in the molecule and an ion with a polarity opposite to that of the ion exchange group; the binder resin further having any structure selected from the group consisting of structures represented by formulas (1)-1 to (1)-3, and any structure selected from the group consisting of structures represented by formulas (2)-1 and (2)-2, and having a molecular structure that prevents any matrix-domain structure from being formed in the electrically conductive layer.

The present invention is a plasma etching method including: an arranging step of arranging a pair of electrodes oppositely in a chamber and making one of the electrodes support a substrate to be processed in such a manner that the substrate is arranged between the electrodes, the substrate having an organic-material film; and an etching step of applying a high-frequency electric power to at least one of the electrodes to form a high-frequency electric field between the pair of the electrodes, supplying a process gas into the chamber to form a plasma of the process gas by means of the electric field, and plasma-etching the organic-material film of the substrate by means of the plasma partway in order to form a groove having a flat bottom. A frequency of the high-frequency electric power applied to the at least one of the electrodes is 50 to 150 MHz in the etching step.

A thin film magnetic induction element includes a ferrite substrate, a coil provided across the ferrite substrate and including connection conductors and coil conductors, and terminals provided on perimeter portions of the substrate. Terminals capable of being adversely affected by an induced magnetic flux, such as a VDD terminal, a CGND terminal, an IN terminal, a PVDD terminal, a PGND terminal, an FB terminal, a CE terminal, and an AL terminal are arranged along the Y-direction of the substrate, in which the magnetic flux density is low. Terminals substantially incapable of being adversely affected by an induced magnetic flux are arranged along the X-direction of the substrate, in which the magnetic flux density is high. A micro electric power converter having the thin film magnetic induction element is less susceptible to circuit malfunctions.

There is disclosed a semiconductor wafer obtained, at least, by removing a mechanical damage layer by etching both surfaces of the wafer, flattening one of the surfaces by a surface-grinding means, polishing both of the surfaces, and then subjecting a front surface of the wafer to a finishing mirror-polishing when defining the surface subjected to surface-grinding as a back surface of the wafer, and a method for fabricating it. There can be provided a method for fabricating a semiconductor wafer wherein grinding striations which remain on a semiconductor wafer even when double side polishing and finishing mirror-polishing are conducted after a conventional step of surface-grinding of the front surface or the both surfaces, are eliminated to improve quality of the front surface of the wafer, and the back surface having a quality suitable for the device process can be obtained, and a semiconductor wafer obtained thereby.

Disclosed is an absorbent for separation of carbon dioxide from mixed gases, comprising a mixture of i) a compound of the chemical formula 1 having one or more groups of three functional groups consisting of amino group attached to a tertiary carbon atom; carboxylate group; and hydroxyl group respectively, in a molecule, or a compound of the chemical formula 2 having one or more groups of two functional groups consisting of amino group attached to a quarternary carbon atom; and carboxylate group respectively in a molecule, and ii) an amine compound which promotes the reaction.The absorbent for separation of carbon dioxide of the present invention is advantageous economically, since its efficiency is excellent due to larger unit absorption amount of carbon dioxide, and the energy required for regeneration can be reduced due to the relatively wider difference of absorption amounts with temperature. In addition, it is advantageous for industrialization, since the solubility is excellent by using a compound presented as a form of carboxylic acid salts, and operation cost is low because there is no risk of evaporation due to high boiling point.