Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Atsushi Asada

Yukio Kurata

Yoshio Yoshida

Mutsumi Nakajima

Yasuo Nakata

Shunju Anzai

Hideo Yoshida

Mitsuhiro Saiji

Toshio Ishikawa

Hisao Morinaga

Kouichi Miyachi

Akihiko Kunigane

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a row signal line, a column signal line, and a magnetic memory element, the row signal line and the column signal line being formed on one side or opposing sides of the liquid crystal layer. Magnetization of the magnetic memory element is controlled by a magnetic field generated by at least one of the row signal line and the column signal line to be in one of a magnetized state and a non-magnetized state, and a moment for driving the liquid crystal layer is generated by the magnetic memory element being retained in the magnetized state, thereby causing optical modulation in the liquid crystal layer.

Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same

A liquid crystal display apparatus which includes display devices each having screens, an optical fiber bundle connected to the respective screens so as to transmit an image therethrough, wherein the optical fiber bundle includes optical fibers arranged side by side, fastened to each other, and bent so as to have a straight portion and branch portions, the straight portion being perpendicularly connected to an output end face, and the branch portions being connected to an input end face, and spacers interposed between adjacent optical fibers in a portion of the bundle at least toward the output end face of the display apparatus.

Liquid crystal display apparatus

An electrophotographic copying machine includes a document mount portion, a document-winding drum, and a selection element. A book-like document can be copied when it is mounted on the document mount portion or a sheet-like copy document can be copied by being wound around the document drum by operation of the selection element. The document mount portion and the document drum are positioned within the range of movement of a common light scanning source so that the copy document provided on either the mount portion or the drum is optically scanned with the common light scanning source.

Electrophotographic copying machine with document-winding drum and

An electronic translator operates to replace an old word or words in a sentence with a new word or words so as to make from an old sentence a new sentence. A cursor selector is provided for passing over part of the old word or words, such part being common to the old and new sentences. Another word or words may be altered or replaced by new words.

Electronic translator for selecting cursor position to input new words

A wireless speech-synthesizer timepiece is adapted to provide an audible readout of updated time from any location remote from the body of the timepiece in a wireless fashion. The timepiece includes a transmitter having a light emitting diode at a location remote from the body of the timepiece and a receiver built in the body of the timepiece and having a light sensitive means responsive to the light liberated from the light transmitter.

Wireless speech-synthesizer timepiece

A printer calculator includes a time information keeping circuit for storing current time information. A state detection means is provided in the printer calculator for printing out the current time information stored in the time information keeping circuit when a preselected state occurs in the printer calculator. The state detection means can be responsive to, for example, actuation of a particular key included in a keyboard panel of the printer calculator, and/or initiation of power supply to the printer calculator.

Time information print out at a preselected condition in an electronic

The digit-capacity of display units is made smaller than that of a register storing the numeral information for indication to reduce the size and assembly cost of the apparatus equipped with the display units. To display the whole of the numeral information stored in the register, the numeral information is divided with reference to the decimal point thereof into a plurality of groups, each group being a digit number equal to the digit-capacity of the display units, and then the numeral information is displayed progressively group-to-group on the display units.

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Nara, Japan

Atsushi Asada