Abstract: An image displaying device includes a display unit which displays a cursor and at least one button; an input unit for moving the cursor and for selecting the button; and a controller for controlling the display unit and the input unit. The input unit is provided with an operating part operated by an operator, at least one position sensor which detects an operation state of the operating part, and at least one actuator which applies a specific external force to the operating part. When a display screen of the display unit is switched, the controller drives the actuator to move the cursor to a default position set in the switched display screen. In that case, the moving rate of the cursor is set lower than a moving rate of the cursor for pulling the cursor towards the center of the button.

Abstract: A force-applying input device includes a mechanical section including a tilting lever; an operation section mounted to an end of the tilting lever; first and second actuators which apply a force to the operation section through the tilting lever; first and second position sensors which detect operation amount and direction of the tilting lever; and a control section which generates first and second drive signals of the first and second actuators by receiving first and second position signals output from the respective first and second position sensors. Based on the first and second position signals output from the position sensors, the control section computes the first and second drive signals of the first and second actuators in accordance with operation amount and direction of the operation section, and outputs first and second drive powers of the respective first and second actuators from first and second drive circuits.

Abstract: A substrate such as a mask or wafer is transported while it is protected from a particle. Use of the substrate after transportation is facilitated. A container (300) includes a chuck (310) which chucks and holds a substrate (71) such as a mask or wafer, and a cover (320) which forms a storage space (108) together with the chuck (310). The substrate (71) is transported as it is held in the storage space (108) with the cover (320) being mounted on the chuck (310).

Abstract: A force-feedback input device includes an operation section to be operated by an operator; a position detection section for detecting the operating state of the operation section; a force-feedback generation section for applying force feedback to the operation section; an external device, and a haptic commander for controlling the driving of the force-feedback generation section on the basis of position information output from the position detection section and part data transmitted from the external device, and applying predetermined force feedback to the operation section according to the operating state thereof. The haptic commander includes a part data storage section for storing the part data transmitted from the external device, and a part data management table for managing the enabled and disabled states of each piece of the part data stored in the part data storage section.

Abstract: A bar code containing information about a reticle (transparent substrate) is marked on the reticle at a portion vertically overlapping a transfer hand when the reticle held by the transfer hand is transferred. A reflecting portion is formed on the transfer hand at a portion corresponding to the bar code. A bar code reader has an illumination portion and detection portion. When the reticle is held and transferred by the transfer hand, the illumination portion illuminates the bar code, and the detection portion detects light reflected by the reflecting portion to read the bar code. The illumination portion and detection portion of the bar code reader may be separated and disposed to oppose each other through the reticle, thereby reading the bar code in the transmission scheme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulphonamide derivatives, to processes for their preparation and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: A signal-processing method adapted to perform predetermined signal processing based on a unit signal transmitted from a semiconductor device that includes at least two unit components arranged in a predetermined order, where each of the unit components includes a detection unit configured to detect change information responsive to a change in an incident physical quantity and a unit-signal-generation unit configured to generate the unit signal based on the change information, and that detects the distribution of the physical quantity is provided. The signal-processing method includes the steps of externally transmitting operation information that can specify an operation state of the semiconductor device from the semiconductor device and performing the predetermined signal processing based on the unit signal by referring to the operation information in a signal-processing unit provided outside the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device which can be evaluated correctly. A shift processing circuit 5 sequentially shifts row addresses in a line direction to reassign them in a memory cell array MSA10. A data inversion determination unit 8 identifies bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128 of which the wire position switching parts CCAR10 and CCAR11 cross a word line specified by an input row address, according to the twisting positions and shift, to determines whether to invert the level of evaluation test data D8 which is input/output to/from the bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128. The inversion processor 4 inverts the level of the evaluation test data D8 which is input to and output from the bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128, to correctly store the evaluation test data D8 of level “0”, “1” in memory cells in a storing pattern and output the data by offsetting the inversion applied at the time of storage. As a result, the semiconductor storage device can be evaluated correctly.

Abstract: Glutamate receptor function in a mammal may be potentiated using an effective amount of a compound of formula R1-L-NHSO2R2??I in which R1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; R2 represents (1-6C)alkyl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (1-6C)fluoroalkyl, (1-6C) chloroalkyl, (2-6C)alkenyl, (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, (1-4C)alkyl or (1-4C)alkoxy, or a group, of formula R3R4N in which R3 and R4 each independently represents (1-4C)alkyl or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form an azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholino, piperazinyl, hexahydroazepinyl or octahydroazocinyl group; and L represents a (2-4C)alkylene chain which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents selected independently from (1-6C)alkyl, aryl(1-6C)alkyl, (2-6C)alkenyl, aryl(2-6C)alkenyl and aryl, or by two substituents which, together with the carbon atom or carbon atoms to which they are attached form a (3-8C)

Abstract: In transporting a reticle with a pellicle, gas purge is efficiently performed in a pellicle space or the environment in the pellicle space is efficiently maintained. Injectors are provided in a pair of fork positions or a reticle hand. Inert gas is injected and supplied from the injectors into a pellicle space through vent holes of a reticle with a pellicle. In this state, the reticle with the pellicle is transported.

Abstract: In transporting a reticle with a pellicle, gas purge is efficiently performed in a pellicle space or the environment in the pellicle space is efficiently maintained. Injectors are provided in a pair of fork positions or a reticle hand. Inert gas is injected and supplied from the injectors into a pellicle space through vent holes of a reticle with a pellicle. In this state, the reticle with the pellicle is transported.

Abstract: A haptic feedback input device includes an operation unit that calculates distances from the current position of a pointer to display positions at the peripheries of a plurality of buttons nearest to the pointer, based on coordinates at the current position of the pointer and positional information about the peripheries of the respective buttons displayed on a display unit, that finds one button whose periphery is displayed at a position closest to the current position of the pointer, and that drives first and second driving units such that the pointer is attracted to a central position of the found button.

Abstract: A haptic feedback input device includes a pair of driving levers journaled at a frame such that rotary shafts thereof are perpendicular to each other, an operating lever coupled to an intersection of the two driving levers such that it can rock, and a pair of rotary motors that apply feedback force to the operating lever via the two driving levers. In the haptic feedback input device, a pair of rotary encoders detect the relative dislocation amount of the operating level, and an absolute position detecting unit is composed of swing arms fixed to the two driving levers and photo interrupters that detect the existence of blocking portions formed at the swing arms and that output ON/OFF signals. A control unit calculates a reference position of the operating lever based on ON/OFF switching signals of the photo interrupters.

Abstract: On two buttons displayed adjacent to each other on a display means, when a cursor moves from the center position of a first button to the center position of a second button, an attractive force exerted in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the cursor in an attractive area is increased to be larger than a normal attractive force. Therefore the cursor can move to the desired button easily and surely.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus and an image pickup method are disclosed which can detect and correct fixed pattern noise efficiently and accurately. Pickup image signals produced by reading out signals in parallel from a pixel sensor section are subject to an analog gain process, an A/D conversion process and a digital gain process. Within a period within which the pickup image signals which are based on a fixed value are inputted within a one-frame period, a reference signal average is produced from the signals. Sum values of difference values of the signals from the reference signal average are stored. Within a period within which the pickup image signals from valid pixels are inputted within the one-frame period, fixed pattern noise is removed from the pickup image signals using division averages obtained by dividing the stored sum values.

Abstract: In a force-feedback input device, when the cursor moves on a line parallel to a line between a center of a first button and a center of a second button, an area is determined between a first position, which corresponds to the center of the first button, and a second position, which corresponds to the center of the second button, such that the area extends a distance W on both sides of a mid-point between the first and second positions. In this area, the first and second external-force generation portions are controlled so that a scalar value |F| of an attractive force exerted on an operating portion is decreased according to the equation |F|=d/W·|F| as the cursor moves closer to the mid-point, where d is a distance between the cursor and the mid-point.

Abstract: In a force-feedback input device, when a cursor moves on a line parallel to a line between a center of a first button and a center of a second button, two areas are determined on the line. One is an area between a first position, which corresponds to the center of the first button, and the mid-line between the first and second buttons. The other is an area between a second position, which corresponds to the center of the second button and the mid-line between the first and second buttons. In these areas, first and second external-force generation portions are controlled so that the direction of an attractive force exerted on an operating portion is biased towards a mid-point between the first and second buttons as the cursor moves closer to the mid-line between the two buttons.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for filling preforms with resin or slurry includes a tank for holding the slurry and an autoclave for holding the preforms. The tank and autoclave have a common vacuum system connected thereto, and the tank is disposed above the autoclave. This arrangement provides a compact casting system which utilizes a vacuum and gravity to transfer slurry from the tank to the preforms within the autoclave.

Abstract: A force-feedback input device includes an operation section to be operated by an operator; a position detection section for detecting the operating state of the operation section; a force-feedback generation section for applying force feedback to the operation section; an external device, and a haptic commander for controlling the driving of the force-feedback generation section on the basis of position information output from the position detection section and part data transmitted from the external device, and applying predetermined force feedback to the operation section according to the operating state thereof. The haptic commander includes a part data storage section for storing the part data transmitted from the external device, and a part data management table for managing the enabled and disabled states of each piece of the part data stored in the part data storage section.

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device which can be evaluated correctly. A shift processing circuit 5 sequentially shifts row addresses in a line direction to reassign them in a memory cell array MSA10. A data inversion determination unit 8 identifies bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128 of which the wire position switching parts CCAR10 and CCAR11 cross a word line specified by an input row address, according to the twisting positions and shift, to determines whether to invert the level of evaluation test data D8 which is input/output to/from the bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128. The inversion processor 4 inverts the level of the evaluation test data D8 which is input to and output from the bit line pairs BL1, . . . , BL128, to correctly store the evaluation test data D8 of level “0”, “1” in memory cells in a storing pattern and output the data by offsetting the inversion applied at the time of storage. As a result, the semiconductor storage device can be evaluated correctly.