Abstract: A communication system includes circuitry. The circuitry receives an input of language information. The circuitry performs recognition on the input language information. The circuitry displays one or more images corresponding to the input language information on a display, based on a result of the recognition.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing having a treating space for treating a substrate; a support unit positioned at the treating space; and a plasma source for generating a plasma by exciting a gas supplied to the treating space, and wherein the support unit includes: a first plate at which the substrate is positioned at a top side; a second plate which is positioned at a bottom side of the first plate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first plate and the second plate to each other, and wherein a top surface of the second plate is divided into a central region including a center of the top surface and an edge region surrounding the central region, and a height of the adhesive layer filled between a bottom surface of the first plate and the top surface of the second plate is substantially different at the central region and at the edge region.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method for easily and objectively detecting mood disorders in a subject by measuring the expression levels of prescribed genes in the peripheral blood of the subject, the reliability of the detection result being high. The invention also provides a method for detecting mood disorders in a subject, the method having a step for measuring the gene expression levels of ribosomal protein genes, CDKN1C, or any combination thereof in the peripheral blood derived from the subject, and detecting whether or not the subject has mood disorders on the basis of the measurement results.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method for easily and objectively detecting mood disorders in a subject by measuring the expression levels of prescribed genes in the peripheral blood of the subject, the reliability of the detection result being high. The invention also provides a method for detecting mood disorders in a subject, the method having a step for measuring the gene expression levels of ribosomal protein genes, CDKN1C, or any combination thereof in the peripheral blood derived from the subject, and detecting whether or not the subject has mood disorders on the basis of the measurement results.

Abstract: A wiring board is provided with power supply patterns for each type of power supply of an IC. An IC has a plurality of power supply terminals for each type of power supply. For each type of power supply, two or more laminated capacitors are provided in parallel between the power supply of IC and a ground. Two or more laminated capacitors provided for each type of power supply include a laminated capacitor having a Q factor of less than about 0.5. For each type of power supply, in order to satisfy a target impedance, two or more laminated capacitors are arranged and distributed such that at least half of the plurality of power supply terminals are included in a region obtained by combining cover areas.

Abstract: A wiring board is provided with power supply patterns for each type of power supply of an IC. An IC has a plurality of power supply terminals for each type of power supply. For each type of power supply, two or more laminated capacitors are provided in parallel between the power supply of IC and a ground. Two or more laminated capacitors provided for each type of power supply include a laminated capacitor having a Q factor of less than about 0.5. For each type of power supply, in order to satisfy a target impedance, two or more laminated capacitors are arranged and distributed such that at least half of the plurality of power supply terminals are included in a region obtained by combining cover areas.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes: a ceramic substrate; a ceramic dielectric body provided on a top side of the ceramic substrate and having a first major surface where a processing target substrate is to be mounted; and an electrode provided between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic dielectric body. A material of the ceramic dielectric body is a ceramic sintered body. A plurality of protrusions and a groove for supplying a gas are provided on the first major surface of the ceramic dielectric body. A through hole is provided in a bottom face of the groove, the through hole penetrating to a second major surface of the ceramic substrate on a side opposite to the first major surface. A distance between the electrode and the groove is greater than or equal to a distance between the electrode and the first major surface.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck comprises a ceramic dielectric body having an electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic dielectric body; a ceramic substrate supporting the ceramic dielectric body; and a first bonding agent bonding the ceramic dielectric body to the ceramic substrate. The first bonding agent has a first major agent including an organic material, a first amorphous filler including an inorganic material, and a first spherical filler including an inorganic material. The first amorphous filler and the first spherical filler are dispersion-compounded in the first major agent. The first major agent, the first amorphous filler, and the first spherical filler are made of an electrically insulating material. An average diameter of the first spherical filler is greater than a maximum value of a minor axis of all of the first amorphous filler. A thickness of the first bonding agent is equal to or greater than the average diameter of the first spherical filler.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck comprises: a ceramic plate provided with recesses on a major surface and provided with an electrode in an inner part of the ceramic plate; a temperature regulating plate bonded to the major surface of the ceramic plate; a first bonding agent provided between the ceramic plate and the temperature regulating plate; and a heater provided in the each of the recesses of the ceramic plate. The first bonding agent has a first major agent including an organic material, a first amorphous filler including an inorganic material, and a first spherical filler including an inorganic material. The first amorphous filler and the first spherical filler are dispersion-compounded into the first major agent. The first major agent, the first amorphous filler, and the first spherical filler are made of an electrically insulating material. An average diameter of the first spherical filler is greater than a maximum value of a minor axis of the first amorphous filler.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes: a ceramic substrate; a ceramic dielectric body provided on a top side of the ceramic substrate and having a first major surface where a processing target substrate is to be mounted; and an electrode provided between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic dielectric body. A material of the ceramic dielectric body is a ceramic sintered body. A plurality of protrusions and a groove for supplying a gas are provided on the first major surface of the ceramic dielectric body. A through hole is provided in a bottom face of the groove, the through hole penetrating to a second major surface of the ceramic substrate on a side opposite to the first major surface. A distance between the electrode and the groove is greater than or equal to a distance between the electrode and the first major surface.

Abstract: A fusing unit is comprised of a pair of rollers, a fusing roller and a pressing roller, having an elastic layer on their outer peripheral surface and a pressing spring for pressing the fusing roller against the pressing roller, and causes a sheet of paper with an unfixed toner image to pass through the nip portion where the fusing roller and pressing roller are put in press-contact with each other so as to fuse the toner image and fix it to the paper. This fusing device further includes a roller member regulator for regulating the press-contact state when the fusing roller and pressing roller are put in press-contact with each other by the pressing spring.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an operation state, standby state or installation environment of an image forming apparatus is detected or determined, and details of heating control of the surface temperature of rollers of a fixing apparatus are changed in accordance with the detected or determined state or environment. For example, when the operation state is a state in which printing on a last sheet of recording paper in a print job is complete, or when the operation state is a state in which printing on recording paper is interrupted, and, in addition, when the installation environment is a low-temperature and low-humidity environment and the image forming apparatus enters the standby state, heating of the rollers is respectively controlled to prevent unexpected and inappropriate changes in the surface temperature of the rollers.

Abstract: A fluid-filled cylindrical vibration-damping device including a rubber elastic body elastically interconnecting an inner shaft member and an intermediate sleeve, having a first pocket and a second pocket closed by an outer tube member thereby defining a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber respectively. Annular sealing portions are provided at axially opposite ends between the intermediate sleeve and the outer tube member. A circumferential groove extends in a circumferential direction between an axial edge of the second pocket and the annular sealing portion in an axial direction, being closed by the outer tube member to provide an orifice passage. One end of the orifice passage circumferentially opens to the pressure receiving chamber while another end circumferentially opens to the equilibrium chamber such that an axial inside dimension of the second pocket is expanded compared to that of an orifice-passage-formation part at a side of opening of the orifice passage.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the fixing apparatus of the present invention is a fixing apparatus in which while recording paper is transported sandwiched between a heating roller and a pressure roller that are pressed against each other, the recording paper is guided by a guide member, and heat and pressure are applied to the recording paper to fix toner on the recording paper, the fixing apparatus configured with the guide member rotatably provided such that the guide member can be removed from the transport path of the recording paper, and the center of rotational movement of the guide member matched with a shaft of the heating roller or a shaft of the pressure roller.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a pressure application mechanism portion is provided with a pressure-varying link structure arranged so as to be movable in lateral directions along an upper end portion of a device frame, a drive shaft having an eccentric cam for moving the pressure-varying link structure in the lateral directions, a shaft holding structure arranged so as to be rotatable coupled to the pressure-varying link structure, and a coil spring for applying a biasing force to the shaft holding structure in one direction along the upper end portion of the device frame, and a rotational movement is carried out to make a pressure roller approach and move away from a heat roller so as to achieve a relatively low pressure during a color processing mode and a relatively high pressure during a monochrome processing mode.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus and an image forming apparatus of the present invention are arranged so that a fixing control section causes a fixing roller to additionally rotate so that the additional rotation corresponds to a driving delay time also after turning OFF an external heating roller heater when shifting from a temperature raising step in which surface temperature of the fixing roller is raised so as to be equal to a preset fixing temperature to a standby mode and when turning OFF the external heating roller heater and stopping the fixing roller. As a result, it is possible to provide a fixing apparatus and an image forming apparatus in which a surface of a fixing roller is free from deterioration or breakage caused by local heating carried out by an external heating roller.

Abstract: A fuser unit including: a set of a heat roller and a pressure roller for sandwiching and conveying a printing sheet while heating the printing sheet by the heat roller; a peripheral surface contact member which is in contact with the peripheral surface of the heat roller; an external heater for heating the peripheral surface contact member by applying electric energy; a contact member temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the peripheral surface contact member; and a temperature controller for controlling an upper limit temperature of the peripheral surface contact member in accordance with the number of printing sheets conveyed per unit time.

Abstract: A fusing unit is comprised of a pair of rollers, a fusing roller and a pressing roller, having an elastic layer on their outer peripheral surface and a pressing spring for pressing the fusing roller against the pressing roller, and causes a sheet of paper with an unfixed toner image to pass through the nip portion where the fusing roller and pressing roller are put in press-contact with each other so as to fuse the toner image and fix it to the paper. This fusing device further includes a roller member regulator for regulating the press-contact state when the fusing roller and pressing roller are put in press-contact with each other by the pressing spring.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus that fuses and firmly adheres an unfixed developer onto a recording medium includes a heating roller and a pressure roller; a belt-shaped cleaning member that is disposed so as to abut on the heating roller and cleans the surface of the heating roller, the cleaning member being impregnated with oil in advance; a feed roller that sends out the cleaning member; a wind-up roller that winds up the cleaning member having cleaned the heating roller; a press-contact roller disposed so as to press the cleaning member against the heating roller on which the cleaning member abuts; and an oil absorbing layer that is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the press-contact roller and absorbs oil exudation out of the cleaning member.

Abstract: In a fixing apparatus that an unfixed developer is fused and fixed by heating/pressurizing a recording medium on which an image of the unfixed developer is formed, a belt-shaped cleaning member is fed from a feeding roller, and the cleaning member is made to respectively contact a heating roller and a pressure roller by a pressure-contact roller, thereby cleaning that the heating roller and the pressure roller, respectively. When a winding roller takes up the cleaning member which has cleaned a roller surface, guide rollers are respectively provided between the pressure-contact roller and the winding roller, and between the feeding roller and the pressure-contact roller so as to contact the cleaning member.