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A display device having high reliability is provided. A frame of a display device is narrowed. A display device such as a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate overlapping with the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first sealant surrounding the liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second sealant surrounding the first sealant, closing a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and extending to at least a side surface of the second substrate.

An inkjet printing apparatus includes: an inkjet head configured to discharge ink; a first tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the inkjet head; a second tank configured to store ink not consumed by the inkjet head; an ink circulation path for circulation of ink among the first tank, the inkjet head, and the second tank; a pressurizer configured to provide the first and second tanks with a pressure for the circulation of ink through the ink circulation path; a first pressure adjuster configured to adjust a pressure inside the first tank during the circulation of ink; and a second pressure adjuster configured to adjust a pressure inside the second tank during the circulation of ink.

A non-contact power transmitting and receiving system includes an inverter configured to generate a high-frequency voltage, a voltage-current sensor configured to detect a phase difference between an output voltage and an output current of the inverter, a power transmission coil connected to the inverter, a power reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission coil in a contactless manner, a rectifier circuit connected to the power reception coil, and a control unit configured to control the inverter and the rectifier circuit. The inverter includes arms. The rectifier circuit includes arms. The control unit adjusts at least one of switching timing of any arm of the inverter and switching timing of any arm of the rectifier circuit, in accordance with the phase difference detected by the voltage-current sensor.

The present invention provides a technique of accurately extracting areas of characters included in a captured image. A character extracting device of the present invention extracts each character in an image with compensated pixel values. In more detail, the character extracting device integrates pixel values at each coordinate position in the image along a character extracting direction. Then, the character extracting device predicts the background area in the image based on the integrated pixel value. The compensated pixel values are compensated based on integrated pixel values at the predicted background area from integrated pixel values at each coordinate position.

A spool braking device for a dual-bearing reel that applies a braking force to a spool during casting includes a spool brake unit, a switch element, a casting state detecting device and a spool control device. The spool brake unit is configured to brake the spool and includes a rotor having a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils. The magnets are arranged along a rotational direction with alternating polarities. The coils are arranged to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction. The coils have end faces that are arranged to face a side face of the rotor. Each of the coils has a winding diameter that is larger than a full length of the coil. The casting state detecting device is configured to detect a casting state. The spool control device is configured to control an on/off status of the switch element based on the casting state.

There are provided an oscillation device that outputs a sound wave; a recognition unit that recognizes a direction in which sound output targets (80), for which a sound is to be output, are located; a selection unit that selects at least one of the sound output targets (80); a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to the sound output target (80); and a control unit that controls the oscillation device to adjust sound pressure of the sound wave. The oscillation device outputs an ultrasonic wave for a sensor and a sound wave for sound reproduction. The distance calculation unit calculates a distance between the oscillation device and an object to be selected (82) by detecting the ultrasonic wave for a sensor reflected from the object to be selected (82) selected by the selection unit. The control unit adjusts the magnitude of the output of the sound wave for sound reproduction on the basis of the calculated distance between the oscillation device and the object to be selected (82).

The liquid ejection apparatus includes a circulation unit configured to circulate a liquid along a circulation passage extending from a liquid supply source to the liquid supply source through a liquid ejection head. Further, the liquid ejection apparatus includes a deaeration unit configured to perform a deaeration operation of decreasing a dissolved gas amount of the liquid, a recovery unit configured to recover ejection performance of an ejection opening, and a control unit configured to control an operation of driving the circulation unit and the deaeration unit. The control unit starts the deaeration operation and circulates the liquid having been deaerated by the deaeration operation inside a circulation path after the recovery operation and before an initial printing operation after the recovery operation.

A solid state image pickup device may include a pixel unit that includes a plurality of pixels; a pulse delay unit that includes a plurality of delay elements, each of the plurality of delay elements including a power supply terminal; a stop control unit; a stop signal delay unit; a lower bit latch unit; a counter unit; a first upper bit latch unit; a second upper bit latch unit; and a correcting unit that compares an output signal of the first upper bit latch unit with an output signal of the second upper bit latch unit, and corrects a count value, which is a count result of the counter unit, based on a comparison result and an output signal of the lower bit latch unit.

A display screen turning apparatus capable of suppressing size increase of the apparatus and inhibiting a display screen from unnecessary jolting is obtained. This display screen turning apparatus includes a plate-shaped support shaft, a display screen support member, including a sectorial first hole receiving the plate-shaped support shaft, provided on the side of a display screen and rotatable around a first end, serving as the rotation center, of the plate-shaped support shaft and a base support member, including a sectorial second hole receiving the plate-shaped support shaft, provided on the side of a base, while a first root portion of the sectorial first hole closer to the center of a circle is arranged on the upper side of the first hole, a second root portion of the sectorial second hole closer to the center of a circle is arranged on the lower side of the second hole, and a first side surface of the plate-shaped support shaft inserted into the sectorial first hole is inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a vertical direction to come into contact with a first inner side edge of the sectorial second hole of the base support member when the display screen is vertically arranged with respect to a horizontal plane along with the display screen support member.

In an azimuth detecting apparatus, a receiver includes a plurality of first antenna elements and a second antenna element. The first antenna elements are arranged at first intervals d1 to form an array. The second antenna element is arranged to define a second interval d2 between itself and one of the first antenna elements which is located at an end of the array, where d2 is less than d1. A first azimuth detector detects, within a first azimuth detection area whose angular range is defined by d1, the azimuth of a target based on the signals generated by all the first antenna elements. A second azimuth detector detects, within a second azimuth detection area whose angular range is defined by d2, the azimuth of the target based on the signals generated by the second antenna element and the first antenna element located at the end of the array.

A control method for a hybrid vehicle which includes an engine, a first motor/generator, a second motor/generator, and a manual changing device that changes a driven state of an output member of the engine that depends on a driving state of the engine and a driving state of the second motor/generator, includes the steps of detecting required driving force of the vehicle; detecting required output torque of the second motor/generator based on the required driving force when a change in a rotational speed of the engine is detected; comparing the detected required torque to the maximum permissible torque of the second motor/generator, and increasing a gear ratio when it is determined that the required output torque is greater than the maximum permissible torque.