Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a document to generate a document image, a display unit adapted to superimpose said document image on a sheet image indicating a sheet used for printing, so as to distinguishably display both an area where the document image is set to be printed and an area where the document image is not set to be printed, a receiving unit adapted to receive a drag operation by a user on the document image displayed by the display unit and a changing unit configured to change a print setting for printing the document image on the sheet based on the drag operation received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor multilayer formed on a substrate, a first ohmic electrode and a Schottky electrode spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor multilayer; and a passivation film covering a top of the semiconductor multilayer. The semiconductor multilayer 102 includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type third nitride semiconductor layer 124 sequentially formed on the substrate. The third nitride semiconductor layer contains p-type impurities, and is selectively formed between the first ohmic electrode and the Schottky electrode in contact with the Schottky electrode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to detect any breakdown or failure of a particulate filter more appropriately. A failure detecting apparatus for detecting failure of a particulate filter according to the present invention comprises an acquiring section which acquires an amount of PM contained in an exhaust gas allowed to outflow from the particulate filter; a regeneration process executing section which executes a filter regeneration process for oxidizing and removing PM deposited in the particulate filter; and a failure judging section which judges that the particulate filter is in the failure state if a decreased amount of the amount of PM contained in the exhaust gas acquired by the acquiring section, during a predetermined period of time as started from a point in time at which the execution of the filter regeneration process performed by the regeneration process executing section is completed, is not equal to or larger than a predetermined reference amount.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a document to generate a document image, a determination unit configured to determine whether rotation processing for rotating the document image is to be performed when printing is performed based on the document image, and a display unit configured to display a print preview representing a printed result, wherein the display unit displays the print preview if the determination unit determines that the rotation processing is to be performed.

Abstract: It is determined quickly whether there is a shortage in reducing agent supplied to an NOx selective reduction catalyst. After it is determined that a quantity of reducing agent equal to or larger than a predetermined quantity is absorbed in the NOx selective reduction catalyst on the assumption that there is no abnormality in reducing agent supply unit, the supply of a quantity of reducing agent needed to reduce a quantity of NOx flowing into the NOx selective reduction catalyst is started. A determination of an abnormality in the reducing agent supply unit is made based on the NOx removal rate after the lapse of a predetermined period of time since the start of the supply of reducing agent. The NOx removal rate becomes lower when there is an abnormality in the reducing agent supply unit.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to detect a failure of a PM filter with a higher degree of accuracy. The present invention is provided with: a PM trapping efficiency calculation part to calculate a PM trapping efficiency (which is a proportion of an amount of particulate matter trapped with respect to an amount of inflow particulate matter) based on an amount of inflow particulate matter obtained by an inflow particulate matter obtaining part, and an amount of outflow particulate matter detected by a PM sensor; and a failure detection part to make a determination that a failure has occurred in the PM filter, in cases where there has appeared a tendency for the PM trapping efficiency to decrease during a period of time until the execution of the following filter regeneration processing is started after the completion of execution of the filter regeneration processing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is capable of executing real-size preview of image data which does not have output sheet size information or resolution information. The image forming apparatus stores a plurality of data items therein. A printer section prints a data item selected from the stored data items. A controller unit determines whether or not the selected data item has sheet size information. When it is determined that the selected data item does not have sheet size information, the controller unit prompts the user to select a sheet size for printing of the selected data item via a console section. An image for real-size preview is generated from the selected data item based on a sheet size selected via the console section, and displayed on the console section.

Abstract: A technique can prevent a parameter that is not to be read and set from history information and related to image formation from being read and reset from the history information. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, includes setting a parameter for an adjustment item related to image formation, determining whether the adjustment item corresponding to the set parameter includes a storage inhibition item, performing control to store the set parameter as history information in a storing unit in a case where it is determined that the adjustment item does not include the storage inhibition item, and not to store the set parameter unit as the history information to the storing unit in a case where it is determined that the adjustment item includes the storage inhibition item, and setting the parameter stored in the storing unit to the adjustment item related to the image formation.

Abstract: A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed. In order to achieve this, provision is made for a filter that is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for trapping particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, an NOx selective reduction catalyst that is arranged at the downstream side of the filter and reduces NOx by means of a reducing agent which is supplied thereto, a supply device that supplies the reducing agent to the NOx selective reduction catalyst from the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, a PM sensor that detects an amount of the particulate matter in the exhaust gas at the downstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, and a prohibition part that prohibits the use of a detected value of the PM sensor in cases where the reducing agent supplied from said supply device passes through the NOx selective reduction catalyst.

Abstract: A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed. To this end, provision is made for an NOx selective reduction catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine to reduce NOx by means of a reducing agent supplied thereto, a supply device to supply urea water as the reducing agent from an upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, a PM sensor to detect an amount of particulate matter in an exhaust gas at the downstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, and a control unit to make an amount of production of intermediate products from the urea water supplied from the supply device to ammonia smaller when an amount of particulate matter is detected by the PM sensor than when not detected.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor multilayer formed on a substrate, a first ohmic electrode and a Schottky electrode spaced apart from each other on the semicnductor multilayer; and a passivation film covering a top of the semiconductor multilayer. The semiconductor multilayer 102 includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type third nitride semiconductor layer 124 sequentially formed on the substrate. The third nitride semiconductor layer contains p-type impurities, and is selectively formed between the first ohmic electrode and the Schottky electrode in contact with the Schottky electrode.

Abstract: A diode includes: a semiconductor layer stack; cathode and anode electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer stack so as to be spaced apart from each other; and a protection film covering a region of an upper surface of the semiconductor layer stack. The semiconductor layer stack includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer having a larger band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer, and has a channel. The anode electrode includes: a p-type third nitride semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor layer stack; a first metal layer being in ohmic contact with the third nitride semiconductor layer; and a second metal layer being in contact with the first metal layer, and being in ohmic contact with the channel.

Abstract: Provision is made for a catalyst that is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and has an oxidation function, downstream side temperature detection means that detects the temperature of an exhaust gas at a downstream side from the catalyst, and addition means that adds a reducing agent into the exhaust gas from an upstream side from the catalyst, wherein there are also provided correlation value calculation means that calculates a correlation value which is correlated with an amount of change of the temperature detected by the downstream side temperature detection means when the reducing agent is added by the addition means and when a transient operation of the internal combustion engine is carried out, and determination means that determines a deterioration of the catalyst by making a comparison between the correlation value and a threshold value which indicates the deterioration of the catalyst.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to prevent a situation in which failure diagnosis for an exhaust system component in an internal combustion engine cannot be completed from continuing for an unduly long period of time. A warm-up system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a warm-up control performing unit that performs warm-up control for warming up an exhaust system component upon start-up of the internal combustion engine and a failure diagnosis performing unit that performs failure diagnosis for the exhaust system component after the completion of warm-up of the exhaust system component.

Abstract: A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor multilayer formed on a substrate, a first ohmic electrode and a Schottky electrode spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor multilayer; and a passivation film covering a top of the semiconductor multilayer. The semiconductor multilayer 102 includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type third nitride semiconductor layer 124 sequentially formed on the substrate. The third nitride semiconductor layer contains p-type impurities, and is selectively formed between the first ohmic electrode and the Schottky electrode in contact with the Schottky electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first hetero-junction body in which a first channel layer and a first barrier layer are bonded together; a second hetero-junction body in which a second channel layer formed on the first hetero-junction body and a second barrier layer are bonded together; a gate electrode in Schottky contact with the second barrier layer; and source and drain electrodes in ohmic contact with the first and second hetero-junction bodies. At least one of the first and second channel layers has such a thickness that an electron concentration in a 2DEG layer formed in the channel layer is not reduced.

Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion contains an inorganic oxide with a polyanionic structure. The shell portion coats the core portion. The shell portion contains a carbon and an inorganic accelerator that accelerates generation of the shell portion by the carbon. The content of the inorganic accelerator is 0.2 mass % or more of the inorganic oxide when the mass of the inorganic oxide is defined as 100%.

Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion includes at least one of an inorganic oxide having a polyanionic structure and an inorganic compound oxide having a polyanionic structure and including a carbon. The shell portion includes a carbon and covers the core portion. The positive-electrode active material has a property that indicates a continuous pore distribution curve in a graph where a horizontal axis represents a pore diameter and a vertical axis represents a log differentiation pore volume. The positive-electrode active material is manufactured by wet-cracking the inorganic oxide or the inorganic compound oxide with an organic acid solution, and sintering a cracked substance in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: A failure of a filter is detected with a higher degree of accuracy. There are provided a filter that is arranged on an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for collecting a substance contained in an exhaust gas, a substance amount detection part that is arranged on the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the filter for detecting an amount of substance in the exhaust gas, a flow speed detection part that detects or estimates a flow speed of the exhaust gas which passes through the filter, and a determination part that makes a determination that the filter is in a failure, when the higher the flow speed of the exhaust gas passing through the filter, the larger a ratio of an amount of change in the amount of substance to an amount of change in the flow speed of the exhaust gas becomes.