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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice input device and voice remote control system capable of extracting a speaker voice faithfully by suppressing omnidirectional surrounding noise and delay distortion together. SOLUTION: The voice input device includes a first microphone 40 and a second microphone 50 and inputs a voice to produce a voice signal. The voice input device further includes: a reflection plate 10 having a rotary parabolic curved surface 11; a first audio hole 41 corresponding to the first microphone 40; a second audio hole 51 corresponding to the second microphone 50; a microphone holding part 20 which is provided on the rotary parabolic curved surface 11 of the reflection plate 10 and includes the first audio hole 41 and the second audio hole 51; and a signal processing part 60 which performs signal processing based on outputs from the first microphone 40 and the second microphone 50. The first audio hole 41 and the second audio hole 51 are provided at such positions that the distance therebetween becomes shorter than or equal to 8.1 mm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice input device which is used by a user while watching a display screen, suppresses surrounding noise together with delay distortion, and extract the voice of a speaking person with high fidelity. SOLUTION: The voice input device includes: a first microphone 40 and a second microphone 50; a display section 30; a first voice hole 41 corresponding to the first microphone 40; a second voice hole 51 corresponding to the second microphone 50; a signal processing section 60 for processing signals based on the output of at least any one of the first microphone 40 and the second microphone 50; and a bar-like microphone holding section 20 toward a voice source assuming position assumed in an orthogonal direction of the display surface of the display section 30. The signal processing section 60 performs signal processing based on the outputs of the first microphone 40 and the second microphone 50. The microphone holding section 20 includes the first voice hole 41, and is provided at a position where the distance between the first voice hole 41 and the second voice hole 51 is ≤8.1 mm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice input device having a function of removing noise components; a method of manufacturing the same; and an information processing system. SOLUTION: The voice input device includes a first microphone 710-1 having a first vibrating membrane, a second microphone 710-2 having a second vibrating membrane, and a difference signal generation unit 720 which generates a difference signal between a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, wherein the first and second vibrating membranes are disposed so that a noise intensity ratio is smaller than an input voice intensity ratio indicating the ratio to the intensity of an input voice component. The difference signal generation unit 720 includes: a gain unit 760 which gives a predetermined gain to the first voltage signal; and a difference signal output unit 740 generating and outputting the difference signal between the first voltage signal given the predetermined gain by the gain unit and the second voltage signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving method for a nano gap switching device that shifts from a high resistive state to a low resistive state at high probability and a storage device that shifts the nano gap switching device from a high resistive state to a low resistive state by the driving method. SOLUTION: The nano gap switching device includes an inter-electrode gap portion with a gap in the order of nanometer where a switching phenomenon occurs by impressing a predetermined voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode, impresses a voltage pulse of a first voltage value to shift from a predetermined low resistance state to a predetermined high resistance state, and impresses a voltage pulse of a second voltage value lower than the first voltage value to shift from a high resistance state to a low resistance state, wherein when shifting from the high resistance state to the low resistance state, the switching device is structured such that it impresses a voltage pulse of an intermediate voltage value between the first voltage value and the second voltage value prior to impressing the voltage value of the second voltage value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice input device making the best use of characteristics of a differential microphone and offering a voice signal easy to catch. SOLUTION: This voice input device 700 includes the differential microphone part 710, a noise measuring part 740 for measuring the noise around the differential microphone part, and a differential signal suppression control part 760 for performing at least either the control of the existence of suppression of a frequency component which is equal to or higher than the prescribed frequency of a differential signal output, from the differential microphone part and control of changing a frequency band to be suppressed, based on the measured result of the noise measuring part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone equipped with a high quality microphone unit having a small outline and capable of removing noise, and to provide the microphone unit. SOLUTION: The microphone unit includes a housing 10 having an internal space, and a partition 20 provided in the housing 10 and dividing the internal space into a first space 102 and a second space 104. A first through-hole communicating the first space 102 with the external space of the housing, and a second through-hole communicating the second space 104 with the external space of the housing are formed in the housing 10. The partition 20 has a vibrating diaphragm 30 which vibrates by receiving sound pressure from the first space and the second space, a first electrode 31, a second electrode 34, and a piezoelectric film 33 laminated between the first and second electrodes. The partition 20 is arranged to interrupt mutual movement of a medium for transmitting sound wave between the first space and the second space in the housing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a translation system, a translation program and a parallel data generation method, having a small processing load and high translation accuracy. SOLUTION: This translation system includes: a parallel translation data storage part 32 wherein a plurality of pieces of first language simple sentence data and a plurality of pieces of second language simple sentence data are associated such that a corresponding first language simple sentence and a corresponding second language simple sentence become parallel translation and are stored; and a translation word simple sentence data output processing part 40 outputting translation word simple sentence data corresponding to a translation word simple sentence becoming the parallel translation of an original word simple sentence based on original word simple sentence data corresponding the given original word simple sentence. The translation word simple sentence data output processing part 40 receives first language original word simple sentence data, selects one of the first language simple sentence data stored in the parallel translation data storage part based on the received first language original word simple sentence data, and outputs the second language simple sentence data associated to the selected first language simple sentence data as the translation word simple sentence data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three terminal switching device which is constituted of a simpler structure and which can stably perform switching operation. SOLUTION: A switching device 100 comprises an insulating substrate 10; a first electrode 20 and a second electrode 30 provided on the upper surface of the insulating substrate, an intra-electrode gap 40, which is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and which has a nanometer order gap between the first electrode and the second electrode; a third electrode 50 which is provided under the insulating substrate and which applies electric field to the intra-electrode gap via the insulating substrate; and a sealing member 60 including the intra-electrode gap. Switching properties between the first electrode and the second electrode is controlled by applying voltage to the third electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrochromic display element capable of performing mono color or multi-color display without using a color filter and having satisfactory luminance of display and less display unevenness in a screen. SOLUTION: In the electrochromic display element including a first substrate 10, a first electrode 40 provided on the first substrate 10, a second substrate 20 provided opposite to the first substrate 10, a second electrode 46 provided under the second substrate 20, an electrochromic composition layer 30 provided between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 20 and partitions 50 provided between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 20, the second electrode 46 comprises a transparent display electrode part 42 and a line-shaped electrode part 44, the transparent display electrode part 42 is connected to the line-shaped electrode part 44 and a region where the first electrode 40 and the second electrode 46 three-dimensionally cross each other forms a pixel. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reflective display device having low power consumption and high reflectance, which device can provide color display and a wide angle of view. SOLUTION: The reflective display device includes: a reflection substrate 10; a first transparent substrate 50 arranged on the upper of the reflection substrate; a second transparent substrate 52 arranged opposite to the first transparent substrate 50; electro-optic material portions 30 arranged between the first transparent substrate 50 and the second transparent substrate 52; first electrodes 40 arranged on the upper of the first transparent substrate 50; a second electrode 42 arranged below the second transparent substrate 52; and a color filter 20. The reflection substrate 10 has, on its upper surface, reflection faces 14 depressing toward the first transparent substrate 50. The color filter 20 has a coloring section 22 and a transparent section 24 on each of pixels 26. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT