Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus for connecting two generators to an electrical load through conductive paths running in parallel, comprising:
a single remote controller provided independently and separately from the apparatus, the remote controller including a start switch and a stop switch that are manipulated by an operator;
a first group of terminals that is connected to the remote controller;
a second group of terminals that is connected to each remote control terminal of the generators;
an electronic control unit that is connected to the first and second group of terminals and startsstops each of the generators by outputting signals to each of the generators through the second group of terminals in accordance with a start instruction signal and a stop instruction signal produced in response to the operator’s manipulation of the start switch and stop switch and inputted through the first group of terminals; and
a relay driver which drives a switching circuit that connects the first generator and the second generator to a load;
wherein the electronic control unit further comprises:
a first instruction section connected with the remote controller via the first group of terminals,
a second instruction section connected with the first generator via the second group of terminals,
a third instruction section connected with the second generator via the second group of terminals, and
a photocoupler interposed between the second and third instruction sections;

the first generator has a first generator controller and the second generator has a second generator controller;
the first instruction section instructs the relay driver to drive the switching circuit in response to the operator’s manipulation of the remote controller;
the second instruction section instructs the first generator controller to start the first generator and conducts the photocoupler to electrically connect the second and third instruction sections when a first instruction signal produced in response to the operator’s manipulation of the start switch is sent from the remote controller through the first instruction section; and
the third instruction section instructs the second generator controller to start the second generator when a second start instruction signal produced in response to a next operator’s manipulation of the start switch is sent from the remote controller through the first instruction section and the conducted photocoupler.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the single remote controller is provided with a lamp, and the electronic control unit lights the lamp when the one of the generators is started.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the relay driver comprises an FET.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a negative voltage is output from the electronic control unit, the FET is OFF, a control coil of the relay driver is demagnetized and the generators remain connected to the load through the conductive paths.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a positive voltage is output from the electronic control unit, the FET conducts, a control coil of the relay driver is magnetized and the generators are disconnected from the load through the conductive paths.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A lens-attached light-emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting element having a light-emitting area on a semiconductor substrate, the light-emitting area having an approximately U-shape including three line segments that form two intersections of line segments;
an antireflection film covering the light-emitting area; and
a lens formed on the surface of the antireflection film on the light-emitting element,
wherein the lens comprises three cylindrical portions disposed coaxially on respective line segments of the light-emitting area, two spherical portions disposed concentrically on respective intersections of line segments of the light-emitting area, and two spherical portions disposed concentrically on respective ends of the line segments not forming the two intersections.
2. The lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein the composite lens is made of resin.
3. The lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 2, wherein the antireflection film is one-layer film, and the refractive index thereof has an intermediate value between that of the light-emitting area and that of the resin forming the composite lens.
4. The lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 3, wherein the antireflection film consists of silicon nitride.
5. A lens-attached light emitting element comprising:
a light-emitting element having a light-emitting area, the light-emitting area having an approximately U-shape including three line segments that form two intersections of line segments; and
a composite lens provided on the light-emitting element;
wherein the composite lens comprises three cylindrical portions disposed coaxially on respective line segments of the light-emitting area, two spherical portions disposed concentrically on respective intersections of line segments of the light-emitting area, and two spherical portions disposed concentrically on respective ends of the line segments not forming the two intersections.
6. The lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 5, wherein the composite lens is made of resin.
7. A lens-attached light-emitting element array, comprising a plurality of lens-attached light-emitting elements arranged in a straight line, the lens-attached light-emitting element being recited in claim 1 or 5.
8. The lens-attached light-emitting element array according to claim 7, wherein the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode.
9. The lens-attached light-emitting element array according to claim 7, where the light-emitting element is a light-emitting thyristor.
10. A self-scanning light-emitting element array, comprising a lens-attached light-emitting element array recited in claim 9.
11. A method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element, comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing a light-emitting element array substrate;
(b) preparing a glass substrate;
(c) forming a etching stopper film on the glass substrate;
(d) forming an opening array in the etching stopper film;
(e) forming an array of recesses in the glass substrate under the opening array by wet etching, each recess having an approximately U-shape including three line segments that form two intersections of line segments, each recess comprising three cylindrical concavities disposed coaxially on respective line segments of the recess, two spherical concavities disposed concentrically on respective intersections of line segments of the recess, and two spherical concavities disposed concentrically on respective ends of the line segments not forming the two intersections;
(f) fabricating a mold by removing the etching stopper film on the array of recesses;
(g) coating a photo-curing resin on the surface of at least one of the recesses of the mold and the light-emitting element array substrate;
(h) contacting the mold and the light emitting element array substrate to each other with sandwiching the photo-curing resin therebetween and pressing to each other develop the photo-curing resin therebetween;
(i) irradiating light to the photo-curing resin from the side of the mold to cure the photo-curing resin at the portion where the etching stopper film is previously removed;
(j) separating the mold from the light-emitting element array substrate; and
(k) removing the uncured photo-curing resin on the light emitting element array substrate by cleaning.
12. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, further comprising the step of coating a mold releasing agent on the surface of the recess array after the step (f).
13. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the step (i) includes the step of making ultra violet or visible light to approximately collimated light and irradiating the collimated light approximately perpendicular to the glass substrate.
14. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the etching stopper film is a Cr film, and the glass substrate is wet etched by a hydrofluoric acid based etchant.
15. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, further comprising the step of cutting the light-emitting element array substrate after the step (k).
16. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the light-emitting element array substrate is a light-emitting diode array substrate.
17. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the light-emitting element array substrate is a light-emitting thyristor array substrate.
18. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the light-emitting element array substrate is a self-scanning light-emitting element array substrate.
19. The method for manufacturing a lens-attached light-emitting element according to claim 11, wherein the light-emitting element array substrate includes an antireflection film covering the light-emitting area of each light-emitting element.

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to emit light corresponding to an image; and
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member is formed of a low-reflection material having a reflectance of less than about 1.5% to green light,
the edge portion of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein at least the edge portion of the frame member is covered with a thin film formed of the low-reflection material.
3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the frame member is configured of the low-reflection material.
4. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the edge portion of the frame member has a height of about 80 \u03bcm or less.
5. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal panel is of a transmissive type.
6. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to emit light corresponding to an image; and
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
7. A projection display, comprising:
a light source;
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to modulate light from the light source to emit light corresponding to an image;
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel; and
a projection lens projecting the image based on light emitted from the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member is formed of a low-reflection material having a reflectance of less than about 1.5% to green light,
the edge portion of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
8. A projection display, comprising:
a light source;
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to modulate light from the light source to emit light corresponding to an image;
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel; and
a projection lens projecting the image based on light emitted from the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An authentication apparatus comprising:
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displays a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said result determination unit, even when the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the person’s name and the group name are associated with the item of the first registered face image data , compares the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person but not a group name associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the calculated authenticity of the item of the remaining registered face image data is not greater than the third threshold value.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when said result determination unit determines that the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exist from among the item of the remaining registered face image data,
said result determination unit determines whether the group name associated with the item of the first registered face image data and the group name associated with the item of the second registered face image data are identical or not, and displays the group name on the display unit if the group names are identical, but displays the person’s name associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the group names are not identical.
4. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to sense the image of an object and generate image data;
a face detection unit configured to detect face image data of a person included in the image data obtained by said image sensor;
a face image data recording unit in which a plurality of items of registered face image data have been registered in advance;
a group information recording unit configured to create a group that includes at least one item of registered face image data from among the plurality of items of registered face image data, and associating registered names of face image data that belong to the group and a group name;
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected by the face detection unit and the plurality of items of registered face image data registered in said face image data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displays a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
5. An authentication method executed by a computer, comprising:
an authentication step of comparing at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculating each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination step of comparing a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determining that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recoding unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination step comprises determining whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displaying a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displaying a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
6. An authentication apparatus comprising:
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value, said result determination unit compares the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value, determines whether an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exists from among the item of the remaining registered face image data and displays a group name in accordance with a difference between the calculated authenticity of the item of the second registered face image data and the first authenticity if the item of the second registered face image data exist.
7. An authentication method comprising:
an authentication step of comparing at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculating each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination step of comparing a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determining that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data,
wherein said result determination step comprises determining whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displaying a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value, said result determination step comprises determining the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value, determining whether an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exists from among the item of the remaining registered face image data and displaying a group name in accordance with a difference between the calculated authenticity of the item of the second registered face image data and the first authenticity if the item of the second registered face image data exist.