Abstract: A head slider that includes a slider body having a air bearing surface, a magnetic head provided on the slider body, and a lubricant layer disposed on the air bearing surface, the lubricant layer being composed of a fluorocarbon resin.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish excellent head flying stability, a magnetic recording device having excellent head flying stability, and a method for manufacturing, in a short time, a magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish such excellent head flying stability, are provided. For both of the magnetic recording medium and head slider, the protective layers are each composed of two layers, that is, a lower layer and an upper layer thereon; the ionization potential of the lower layer is made to be smaller than that of the upper layer; and the surface free energy of the upper layer is made to be 45 mN/m or less.

Abstract: An image information processing apparatus which uses more than one wireless IC tag to detect the information concerning a present position of a target object to be shot and which senses an image of the object based on the position information is disclosed. This apparatus is operative in corporation with the wireless tag to display on a monitor screen the information as to the object position and output it in an audible form. Additionally, in the case of more than two target objects being present, the apparatus manages the priority orders thereof.

Abstract: An information transfer master has servo information pattern to be magnetically transferred to a magnetic recording medium having a lubrication layer thereon; and a contact surface to contact the magnetic recording medium has surface free energy that is 45 mN/m or less when the servo information pattern is magnetically transferred.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of projection optical systems, each including optical elements arranged in an optical path between a first plane and a second plane and forming a radiation pattern from the first plane onto an exposure field on the second plane via the optical elements. A movable portion is disposed in the side of the second plane with respect to the projection optical systems, which holds an object to be moved relative to the exposure field in a first direction in the second plane during scanning exposure of the object in which the radiation patterns are formed on the object as the object is moved in the first direction. The projection optical systems may include an adjustable wedge prism. The projection optical systems may include first and second optical units, optical axes of the first and second optical units being decentered from each other.

Abstract: A head slider is configured to fly a head above a recording medium with an air flow. The head slider includes a recessed portion in a surface facing the recording medium. The recessed portion is formed in a shape that does not form a region in which a shear stress due to the air flow is concentrated.

Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the usability of an automatic image editing apparatus by finding subject-captured scenes from inter-frame motion vectors for automatic editing of motion images. If the result of analyzing inter-frame motion vectors indicates that all motion vectors in a region are the same in direction and magnitude, this region is judged as a subject being followed. Thus, it is possible to automatically extract and edit subject-captured scenes. In addition, the edited images namely plural scenes may be displayed either in the same order as edited or in the order of importance. As well, similar scenes may be combined into a single image sequence. Thus, it is possible to provide improved usability to the viewer.

Abstract: A magnetic disc device includes a magnetic disc, a magnetic head and an actuator. A ramp portion is provided for retracting the magnetic head when recording/reproducing operation is not performed. The ramp portion is arranged on a running path of the magnetic head on an external side of the magnetic disc so that a part of the ramp portion protrudes to an upper part of the outer periphery of the magnetic disc. A load-bar lubrication layer is formed on the surface of a load bar provided at the leading edge of the magnetic head. A head lubrication layer is formed on a head-slider plane of a head slider of the magnetic head. The load-bar lubrication layer reduces a dynamic friction coefficient with the ramp portion surface and suppresses occurrence of abrasion power, and the head lubrication layer suppresses adhesion of abrasion powder to the head-slider plane.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a plurality of projection optical systems, each of which has optical elements arranged in an optical path between a first surface and a second surface and forms a radiation pattern from the first surface onto an exposure field on the second surface via the optical elements. The apparatus also includes a movable portion disposed in the side of the second surface with respect to the plurality of projection optical systems, which holds an object to be moved relative to the exposure field in a first direction during a scanning exposure of the object with the radiation patterns. Each of the plurality of projection optical systems is telecentric on the side of the second surface, and the exposure fields are arranged at different positions in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a plurality of projection optical systems, each of which has optical elements arranged in an optical path between a first surface and a second surface and forms a radiation pattern from the first surface onto an exposure field on the second surface via the optical elements. The apparatus also includes a movable portion disposed in the side of the second surface with respect to the plurality of projection optical systems, which holds an object to be moved relative to the exposure field in a first direction during a scanning exposure of the object with the radiation patterns. Each of the plurality of projection optical systems is telecentric on the side of the second surface, and the exposure fields are arranged at different positions in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: A magnetic disk is produced with improved yield by forming a DLC protective film by a d.c. magnetron sputtering process conducted in a sputtering atmosphere containing oxygen. The magnetic disk carries a lubricating film on the DLC film wherein a fluorocarbon resin constituting the lubricating film contains photocrosslinking groups. A lubricating film having non-polar end groups is also disclosed.

Abstract: A magnetic disk is produced with improved yield by forming a DLC protective film by a d.c. magnetron sputtering process conducted in a sputtering atmosphere containing oxygen. The magnetic disk carries a lubricating film on the DLC film wherein a fluorocarbon resin constituting the lubricating film contains photocrosslinking groups. A lubricating film having non-polar end groups is also disclosed.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish excellent head flying stability, a magnetic recording device having excellent head flying stability, and a method for manufacturing, in a short time, a magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish such excellent head flying stability, are provided. For both of the magnetic recording medium and head slider, the protective layers are each composed of two layers, that is, a lower layer and an upper layer thereon; the ionization potential of the lower layer is made to be smaller than that of the upper layer; and the surface free energy of the upper layer is made to be 45 mN/m or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image correcting apparatus capable of performing zoom processing or mask processing on an image output from an imaging device, such as an image display device or an image monitoring/recording device, or on a reproduced image from an image recorder, in such a way as to adjust the exposure or luminance of the zoomed portion or the unmasked portion of the image to an optimum level and thereby allow display of a clear image. An image correcting apparatus of the present invention comprises: image input/output interfaces; zoom processing means for zooming an area of an input image; luminance histogram processing means for creating a luminance histogram of the zoomed area or an unmasked area of the image; and exposure correction processing means for adjusting the exposure or luminance of the zoomed area or the unmasked area to an appropriate level based on the luminance histogram created by the luminance histogram processing means.

Abstract: A first component defines a threaded bore. A second component is kept in contact with the first component. A clamping screw penetrates through the second component and is screwed in the threaded bore. A lubricating agent film is interposed between the threaded bore and the clamping screw. The lubricating agent film is made of a macromolecular compound having a polar end group. The lubricating agent film serves to reduce the friction between the threaded bore and the clamping screw. Generation of dust is prevented when the clamping screw is being screwed into the threaded bore. In addition, the clamping screw exhibits a larger axial force at a certain amount of a fastening torque as compared with a conventional clamping screw. A larger axial force can thus be applied to hold the second component onto the first component.

Abstract: A lubricant is provided that can form a sufficiently thin one-molecule film surface even when it is highly polymerized. When used for a magnetic recording medium lubricant layer and/or a head slider lubricant layer of a magnetic recording device, it can make the film thickness of the lubricant layers very small, with the result that it can furnish an increased reliability to the magnetic recording device in a wide temperature-range environment without damaging the flying stability. This lubricant comprises a fluorine-containing polymer having a specific structure. Such a fluorine-containing polymer can be manufactured by reacting a compound having a specific structure and 1,3-butadiene diepoxide.

Abstract: A lubricant is provided that can form a sufficiently thin one-molecule film surface even when it is highly polymerized. When used for a magnetic recording medium lubricant layer and/or a head slider lubricant layer of a magnetic recording device, it can make the film thickness of the lubricant layers very small, with the result that it can furnish an increased reliability to the magnetic recording device in a wide temperature-range environment without damaging the flying stability. This lubricant comprises a fluorine-containing polymer having a specific structure. Such a fluorine-containing polymer can be manufactured by reacting a compound having a specific structure and 1,3-butadiene diepoxide.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a plurality of projection optical systems, each of which has optical elements arranged in an optical path between a first surface and a second surface and forms a radiation pattern from the first surface onto an exposure field on the second surface via the optical elements. The apparatus also includes a movable portion disposed in the side of the second surface with respect to the plurality of projection optical systems, which holds an object to be moved relative to the exposure field in a first direction during a scanning exposure of the object with the radiation patterns. Each of the plurality of projection optical systems is telecentric on the side of the second surface, and the exposure fields are arranged at different positions in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: A low-cost heat sink easy to assemble which is designed to be mounted on a power semiconductor module (5) through the medium of cooling water includes a base member (1), a heat sink body (2) superposed on the base member (1) to form in cooperation with the base member (1) a passage through which the coolant flows, and a bellows-like flow straightening plate (6) disposed between the power semiconductor module (5) and the base member (1) in physical contact with the power semiconductor module (5) on one hand and with the base member (1) on the other hand. The flow straightening plate (6) partitions the passage into a plurality of flow straightening channels (14A, 14B).

Abstract: A lubricant is provided that achieves a sufficiently small one-molecule-layer film thickness even when it has a high molecular weight, and has an increased reliability in a wide temperature range environment without losing the flying stability, by making the film thickness of a lubricant layer very small when it is used for the magnetic recording medium lubricant layer and/or head slider lubricant layer of a magnetic recording device. This lubricant comprises a fluorine-containing polymer, the lubricant having a relationship: Y<?1.4475X+2.815, wherein Y is a natural logarithm of diffusion coefficient at 23° C. (unit:?m2/s); and X is a viscosity at 20° C. (unit: Pas), or it comprises a fluorine-containing polymer having a particular structure, and with molecular chains between adjacent polar groups that have a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500.