Author: claimsbot

1. A fertilizing compound for increasing the calcium content in plants and improving the preservation thereof comprising:
Calcium nitrate
45.0-60.0%
Calcium lignosulfonate
\u20027.0-13.0%
Organic acids
4.5-6.5%
MSB
0.2-0.5%
Amino acids
1.8-3.8%
Water
\u20025.0-31.5%.
2. The fertilizing compound according to claim 1, wherein the MSB and the amino acids are incorporated to the compound in a formulation in the range of 4.0-11.0%.
3. The fertilizing compound according to claim 1 wherein the compound is a water-soluble liquid formulation.
4. An application of a fertilizing compound according to claim 1 by means of fertigation, drip irrigation, spraying or localizing it in areas close to the plant by border irrigation, throughout the entire phase of vegetative development of the crop, with a total dose of between 40 and 80 liters per hectare of crop.

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 pixel circuit comprising:
a light emitting element;
a driver electrically connected to the light emitting element, a reverse bias voltage being applied to the driver to reduce a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driver;
a first power supply line electrically connected to the light emitting element; and
a second power supply line electrically connected to the driver,
wherein a reverse bias voltage is not applied to the light emitting element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.
2. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in each frame period.
3. The pixel circuit according to claim 2, wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver for at least 1 millisecond in each frame period.
4. The pixel circuit according to claim 2, wherein a period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver is not less than 5% of one frame period.
5. The pixel circuit according to claim 2, wherein a period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver is not less than 50% of an average light-emitting period which is an average of time for which the light emitting element emits light in one frame period.
6. An image display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of the pixel circuits, each comprising:
a light emitting element;
a driver electrically connected to the light emitting element, a reverse bias voltage being applied to the driver to reduce a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driver;
a first power supply line electrically connected to the light emitting element; and
a second power supply line electrically connected to the driver,
wherein a reverse bias voltage is not applied to the light emitting element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.
7. The image display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver when the image display apparatus is not used.
8. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein an absolute value of the reverse bias voltage applied to the driver is not less than 1 V.
9. The image display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver is not less than one frame period.
10. The image display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver is not more than 20% of total time of using the apparatus.
11. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein a waveform of the reverse bias voltage applied to the driver has a predetermined cycle.
12. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein a waveform of the reverse bias voltage is attenuating wave.
13. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein an electric field intensity between electrodes of the driver to which the reverse bias voltage is applied is not more than 1 MVcm.
14. The image display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the reverse bias voltage applied to each driver is substantially equal in regard to all of the drivers.
15. The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein, when the driver is an n-type thin film transistor, the reverse bias voltage applied thereto is a gate-to-source voltage of the n-type thin film transistor, the gate-to-source voltage being lower than a threshold voltage thereof, and wherein, when the driver is a p-type thin film transistor, the reverse bias voltage applied thereto is a gate-to-source voltage of the p-type thin film transistor, the gate-to-source voltage being higher than a threshold voltage thereof.
16. An image display apparatus comprising:
a light emitting element;
a driver electrically connected to the light emitting element;
a controller electrically connected to the driver and configured to apply a reverse bias voltage to the driver to reduce a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driver;
a first power supply line electrically connected to the light emitting element; and
a second power supply line electrically connected to the driver,
wherein a reverse bias voltage is not applied to the light emitting element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.
17. A driving method of a pixel circuit comprising:
preparing a pixel circuit comprising a light emitting element, and a driver electrically connected to the light emitting element;
applying a voltage to the driver such that the light emitting element emits light; and
applying a reverse bias voltage to the driver to reduce a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driver,
wherein a reverse bias voltage is not applied to the light emitting element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light,
wherein a first power supply line is electrically connected to the light emitting element,
wherein a second power supply line is electrically connected to the driver, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.
18. The driving method according to claim 17, wherein a reverse bias voltage applied to the driver is applied in each frame period.
19. A driving method of an electronic device, comprising:
preparing an electronic device comprising an image display apparatus having a plurality of light emitting elements, and a plurality of drivers electrically connected to the light emitting elements;
setting the image display apparatus to a first state;
applying reverse bias voltages to the drivers in the first state; and
setting the image display apparatus to a second state after applying the reverse bias voltages to the drivers,
wherein a reverse bias voltage is not applied to the light emitting element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light,
wherein a first power supply line is electrically connected to a light emitting element of the light emitting elements,
wherein a second power supply line is electrically connected to the driver, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.
20. The driving method according to claim 19, wherein the first state is a state in which a power-off signal is input into the image display apparatus.
21. The driving method according to claim 20, wherein the second state is a state in which the image display apparatus is turned off.
22. The driving method according to claim 19, wherein the first state is a state in which a power-on signal is input into the image display apparatus.
23. The driving method according to claim 22, wherein the second state is a state in which the image display apparatus displays an image.
24. The driving method according to claim 19, wherein the first state is a state in which the image display apparatus display is idling.
25. The image display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver substantially simultaneously with respect to the plurality of the pixel circuits.
26. A pixel circuit comprising:
a light emitting element having a first terminal and a second terminal;
a driver electrically connected to the light emitting element, a reverse bias voltage being applied to the driver to reduce a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driver;
a first power supply line electrically connected to the light emitting element; and
a second power supply line electrically connected to the driver,
wherein the first terminal and the second terminal of the light emitting element are set to be substantially the same potential when a reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver,
wherein the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver in a period, during which the light emitting element does not emit light, and
wherein a potential difference between the first power supply line and the second power supply line is substantially maintained during the period in which the reverse bias voltage is applied to the driver.

1. An article of footwear comprising, in combination:
an upper; and
a sole assembly secured to the upper and including a support assembly comprising:
an upper member;
a lower member spaced from the upper member;
a first layer positioned beneath and in contact with the upper member and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of first wave crests and first wave troughs; and
a second layer positioned above the lower member and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of second wave crests and second wave troughs;

wherein the first and second layers form a strip extending about a portion of a periphery of the upper and have smooth arcuate wave profiles.
2. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second wave crests of the second layer is secured to a corresponding first wave trough of the first layer.
3. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an amplitude of the first layer is non-constant along a length of the first layer.
4. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein a frequency of the first layer is non-constant along a length of the first layer.
5. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an amplitude of the second layer is non-constant along a length of the second layer.
6. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein a frequency of the second layer is non-constant along a length of the second layer.
7. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the first layer is secured to the second layer with an adhesive.
8. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the first layer is secured to the second layer with a laser.
9. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper member, the lower member, the first layer, and the second layer are of unitary construction.
10. The article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of third wave crests and third wave troughs.
11. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein at least one of the third wave crests is secured to a corresponding first wave trough.
12. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein at least one of the third wave troughs is secured to a corresponding second wave crest.
13. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein a frequency of the third layer is non-constant along a length of the third layer.
14. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein an amplitude of the third layer is non-constant along a length of the third layer.
15. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the third layer is secured to the first layer and the second layer with an adhesive.
16. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the third layer is secured to the first layer and the second layer with a laser.
17. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the upper member, the lower member, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are of unitary construction.
18. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a portion of a midsole.
19. The article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising an outsole secured to the support assembly.
20. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly extends around a periphery of a heel portion of the sole assembly.
21. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a first portion in a heel portion of the sole assembly, a second portion in a midfoot portion of the sole assembly, and a third portion in a forefoot portion of the sole assembly.
22. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the first portion is substantially oval-shaped and extends about a periphery of the heel portion.
23. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the midfoot portion comprises a first leg extending between the heel portion and the forefoot portion along a lateral side of the sole assembly, and a second leg extending between the heel portion and the forefoot portion and spaced from the first leg in a medial direction.
24. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the forefoot portion comprises a first leg extending along a lateral side of the sole assembly, a second leg extending from a front end of the first leg laterally to a medial side of the sole assembly, and a third leg connecting a medial end of the second leg to a rear end of the first leg.
25. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the sole assembly includes a midsole, the midsole formed of a foam layer, the support assembly being captured at least partially within the foam layer.
26. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the upper member is secured to the upper.
27. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a plurality of segments, each segment including an interior surface, an opposed exterior surface, a first end surface, and an opposed second end surface.
28. The article of footwear of claim 27, wherein an interior surface of at least one segment is concave and the exterior surface of the at least one segment is convex.

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 liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a plurality of LCD modules tiled together;
a microlens on each of the plurality of LCD modules, wherein each of the microlenses has a curved portion and a flat portion;
a timing controller for outputting RGB data;
a lookup table for separating the RGB data corresponding to the curved and flat portions of each of the microlenses, for converting the RGB data of the curved portion, and for outputting the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion and the converted RGB data corresponding to the curved portion; and
a source driver IC storing the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion and the converted RGB data corresponding to the curved portion in a register to output to data lines of each of the LCD modules.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the lookup table comprises:
a recordoutput unit for recording the RGB data from the timing controller, for separating the RGB data into RGB data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens and RGB data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens, and for outputting the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens to the source driver IC; and
a data converting unit for converting the RGB data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens from the recordoutput unit and for outputting the converted RGB data to the source driver IC.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2, wherein the recordoutput unit determines a gray level difference such that a luminance of the curved portion becomes equal or substantially equal to a luminance of the flat portion, and
wherein the data converting unit raises the gray level of the RGB data corresponding to the curved portion by the determined gray difference and outputs the raised RGB data to the source driver IC.
4. In a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of LCD modules tiled together and a microlens on each of the plurality of the LCD modules, each of the microlenses having a curved portion and a flat portion, a luminance difference compensating method comprising the steps of:
determining a per luminance gray difference by which luminances of the curved and flat portions become equal;
converting data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens by the determined gray difference; and
outputting the data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens and the converted data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens to each data line of the corresponding LCD module.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the per luminance gray difference is performed through a lookup table.
6. A method for compensating for a luminance variance in a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of LCD modules tiled together and a microlens on each of the plurality of the LCD modules, each of the microlenses having a curved portion and a flat portion, the method comprising:
receiving RGB data;
determining a gray difference for which a luminance of curved and flat portions become equal or substantially equal for each luminance; and
converting the RGB data of pixels corresponding to the curved portion based on the determined gray differences.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
outputting the RGB data of pixels corresponding to the flat portion; and
outputting the converted RGB data of pixels corresponding to the curved portion.