Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Masayuki Kikuchi

Toshiya Takahashi

Takeshi Yamamoto

Megumi Itoh

Aki Miake

Shinichirou Ota

Susumu Houjyo

Maiko Sato

A length of an expandable mechanism of a hinge in a case where a first face of a first housing and a second face of a second housing are disposed facing each other is longer than a length of the expandable mechanism of the hinge in a case where a back face of the first face of the first housing and a back face of the second face of the second housing are disposed facing each other.

Information processing apparatus

An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a first hinge that is flexible and connects the first and the second housings, and a display panel that is continuously flexible. The first hinge overlaps with a first housing wall of the first housing and a second housing wall of the second housing. The first housing includes a first magnetic body. The second housing includes a second magnetic body. When the first hinge is in an open state, causing the first housing and the second housing to be disposed side-by-side, a magnetic force in a first direction is produced between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body.

Electronic device

Handheld electronic device

An OLED panel is provided such that a rear face thereof faces upper faces of first to third housings. The first to third housings are disposed side-by-side in a first direction, exposing a display face in its entirety, in a case that a first hinge and a second hinge are set to open states. The third housing is larger in size in the first direction than the first housing and the second housing. The display face is partially exposed in a case that the first hinge and the second hinge are set to a closed state and an open state, respectively.

Electronic device, control method of electronic device, and program

Mobile information terminal

An automotive display device, which allows the user to easily recognize the sameness of an information image even if the shape of the image is changed, is realized. An automotive display device () includes a display section () for displaying a vehicle information image including information regarding a vehicle. The vehicle information image is a 3-D image. The automotive display device () further includes an image processing section () for generating a vehicle information image seen from a fixed viewpoint, an image display processing section () for displaying the vehicle information image on the display section (), and an ETC information detection section () that detects a driving condition of the vehicle. The image processing section () rotates the vehicle information image around a predetermined axis and for a predetermined angle, in accordance with ETC information obtained by the ETC information detecting section ().

Automotive display device, vehicle, and display method with 3-D perspective image

A pair of metal rollers to which a predetermined pressure is applied are provided in an electrophotographic copying machine for fixing a developed image carried on a copy paper driven to travel through said pair of metal rollers. At least one of said rollers is slightly inclined with respect to a line perpendicular to a transportation direction of the copy paper in order to stabilize the fixing operation. In a preferred form, both of said rollers are slightly inclined in counter directions to each other with respect to the line perpendicular to the transportation direction of the copy paper.

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Sakai, Japan

Masayuki Kikuchi