Abstract: A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results. Transmission format setting section sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results from space multiplexing adaptability detection section.

Abstract: A gas dissolved liquid manufacturing device includes: a pump configured to pressurize a liquid; a pipe communicating with the pump; a nozzle disposed in the pipe, the nozzle being configured to generate micro bubbles using a supplied gas; and a gas-liquid separation tank whose upper part communicates with the pipe, the gas-liquid separation tank being configured to separate a gas-liquid mixture generated by the nozzle into a gas and a liquid.

Abstract: A gas dissolution supply apparatus dissolves a gas supplied from a gas supply unit in a liquid supplied from a liquid supply unit to produce a gas dissolution in a gas dissolving unit, stores the gas dissolution produced in the gas dissolving unit in a gas dissolution tank, supplies the gas dissolution from the gas dissolution tank to a point of use, measures the flow rate of a part of the gas dissolution supplied to the point of use that is returned to the gas dissolving unit, and adjusts the flow rate of the liquid supplied from the liquid supply unit to the gas dissolving unit based on the result of the measurement.

Abstract: A gas-dissolved liquid producing apparatus 1 includes a gas supply unit 2, a first liquid supply unit 3, a gas-dissolved liquid generator 4, a second liquid generator 20, a second liquid supply unit 21, a flow rate measuring unit 14, and a controller 23. The controller 23 controls the supply amount of the first liquid to be supplied to the gas-dissolved liquid generator 4 according to the flow rate of circulated gas-dissolved liquid measured by the flow rate measuring unit 14. The gas-dissolved liquid generator 4 dissolves gas supplied from the gas supply unit 2 in first liquid supplied from the first liquid supply unit 3 and second liquid supplied from the second liquid supply unit 21 to generate gas-dissolved liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a regulation plate and a plating apparatus equipped with the regulation plate which can curb reduction in in-plane uniformity due to influence of a terminal effect with respect to plural substrates differing in characteristics and processing conditions. One form of the present invention provides a regulation plate used to adjust an electric current between an anode and a substrate to be plated. The regulation plate includes a plate main body provided with an opening adapted to allow passage of an electric current; plural first blades used to narrow a diameter of the opening; and a first moving mechanism adapted to translate the plural first blades in a radial direction of the opening.

Abstract: A gas solution production apparatus includes a gas dissolving unit that dissolves gas of a second raw material into a liquid of a first raw material to generate a mixture liquid, and a gas-liquid separation unit that subjects the liquid mixture generated by the gas dissolving unit to gas-liquid separation into a gas solution that is supplied to a use point and an exhaust gas that is discharged from an exhaust port. The gas-liquid separation unit includes a capacity variable section that changes a capacity of an internal space of the gas-liquid separation unit.

Abstract: Provided is a supply-liquid producing apparatus capable of producing a supply liquid by an amount needed at a use point. A supply-liquid producing apparatus includes a mixer that mixes water and ozone gas to produce ozone water; a booster pump that increases the pressure of the water supplied to the mixer; a gas-liquid separation tank that separates the ozone water produced by the mixer into ozone water to be supplied to a use point and exhaust gas to be discharged from an exhaust port; a flowmeter that measures the flow rate of the ozone water supplied from the gas-liquid separation tank to the use point; a flow control unit that adjusts the (flow rate of the water supplied to the mixer by controlling the booster pump in response to the flow rate of the ozone water measured by the flowmeter; and an exhaust pressure control unit that controls the exhaust pressure to keep constant the water level in the gas-liquid separation tank.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results. Transmission format setting section sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results from space multiplexing adaptability detection section.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results. Transmission format setting section sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results from space multiplexing adaptability detection section.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes: capture region extraction circuitry receives measurement information generated by a radar apparatus using reflected waves from each object and uses the measurement information to extract second unit regions as first capture regions from among first unit regions, the first unit regions being regions into which a measuring range of the radar apparatus has been divided, the second unit regions being regions in which each object has been captured; preliminary grouping circuitry that forms a preliminary group including a second capture region that is present within a determined range; feature quantity acquisition circuitry that calculates a feature quantity that represents an association between the preliminary group and the second capture region; discrimination circuitry that discriminates a type of each object that belongs to the second capture region; and object determination circuitry that groups the second capture region according to the type to detect that object.

Abstract: A gas-dissolved liquid producing apparatus capable of increasing a gas dissolution efficiency and enhancing stability of the concentration of gas-dissolved liquid is provided. The gas-dissolved producing apparatus 1 includes an ozone gas supply unit 2 for supplying ozone gas, a pure water supply unit 3 for supplying pure water, and an ozonated water generator 4 for dissolving ozone gas in supplied pure water to generate ozonated water. The generator 4 includes a first nozzle 10 having a first optimum flow rate, a second nozzle 11 having a second optimum flow rate different from the first optimum flow rate, a flow rate detector 15 for detecting the flow rate of the supplied pure water, and a controller 16 for controlling which one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle should be supplied with the supplied gas, based on the flow rate of the pure water detected by the detector 15.

Abstract: Frequency analysis of each of a plurality of reception antennas and each of reception signals received by the plurality of reception antennas is performed, a power spectrum is calculated for each of the reception antennas, a standard deviation indicating a degree of conformity in a peak of the power spectrum among the plurality of reception antennas is calculated, the power spectra are corrected with use of the standard deviation, a peak is detected based on the corrected power spectra, and a target object is detected based on the detected peak.

Abstract: A plating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an anode holder configured to hold an anode; a substrate holder placed opposite the anode holder and configured to hold a substrate; and an anode mask installed on a front face of the anode holder and provided with a first opening adapted to allow passage of an electric current flowing between an anode and the substrate. The diameter of the first opening in the anode mask is configured to be adjustable. When a first substrate is plated, a diameter of the first opening is adjusted to a first diameter. When a second substrate is plated, the diameter of the first opening is adjusted to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: A first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame signal is generated that includes a grid of multiple frequency subcarriers and multiple time periods. An OFDM symbol is transmitted using multiple frequency subcarriers during a time period and includes known reference OFDM symbols assigned to corresponding time-frequency resource elements in the grid. Each resource element is defined by a one of the multiple frequency subcarriers and one of the multiple time periods. A second orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame signal is generated that includes a grid of multiple frequency subcarriers and multiple time periods and includes known reference OFDM symbols assigned to corresponding time-frequency resource elements in the grid.

Abstract: A gas-dissolved liquid producing apparatus 1 includes a gas supply unit 2, a first liquid supply unit 3, a gas-dissolved liquid generator 4, a second liquid generator 20, a second liquid supply unit 21, a flow rate measuring unit 14, and a controller 23. The controller 23 controls the supply amount of the first liquid to be supplied to the gas-dissolved liquid generator 4 according to the flow rate of circulated gas-dissolved liquid measured by the flow rate measuring unit 14. The gas-dissolved liquid generator 4 dissolves gas supplied from the gas supply unit 2 in first liquid supplied from the first liquid supply unit 3 and second liquid supplied from the second liquid supply unit 21 to generate gas-dissolved liquid.

Abstract: A plating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an anode holder configured to hold an anode; a substrate holder placed opposite the anode holder and configured to hold a substrate; and an anode mask installed on a front face of the anode holder and provided with a first opening adapted to allow passage of an electric current flowing between an anode and the substrate. The diameter of the first opening in the anode mask is configured to be adjustable. When a first substrate is plated, a diameter of the first opening is adjusted to a first diameter. When a second substrate is plated, the diameter of the first opening is adjusted to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: An object detection device includes a sub-cluster generating circuitry which, in operation, divides a cluster generated by a cluster generator into one or more first sub-clusters each corresponding to a part of an object having a different traveling direction or traveling speed from a main part of the object and a second sub-cluster corresponding to the main part of the object; and a speed calculating circuitry which, in operation, uses one or more capture points belonging to the second sub-cluster and calculates a traveling speed of the object.

Abstract: A first radio signal is received that was transmitted from a first antenna at a transmitter and a second radio signal transmitted from a second antenna at the transmitter different from the first antenna. The first radio signal is converted to a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame signal, and the second radio signal is converted to a second OFDM frame signal. The first OFDM frame signal includes a grid of multiple frequency subcarriers and time periods, each time period with the frequency carriers corresponding to a first OFDM symbol such that the first OFDM frame includes first OFDM symbols. A first OFDM symbol is carried on frequency subcarriers during a time period, and the first OFDM frame includes first reference OFDM symbols located at corresponding time-frequency resource elements in the grid. Each resource element is defined by a one of the frequency subcarriers and one of the time periods.

Abstract: Provided is a supply-liquid producing apparatus capable of producing a supply liquid by an amount needed at a use point. A supply-liquid producing apparatus includes a mixer that mixes water and ozone gas to produce ozone water; a booster pump that increases the pressure of the water supplied to the mixer; a gas-liquid separation tank that separates the ozone water produced by the mixer into ozone water to be supplied to a use point and exhaust gas to be discharged from an exhaust port; a flowmeter that measures the flow rate of the ozone water supplied from the gas-liquid separation tank to the use point; a flow control unit that adjusts the flow rate of the water supplied to the mixer by controlling the booster pump in response to the flow rate of the ozone water measured by the flowmeter; and an exhaust pressure control unit that controls the exhaust pressure to keep constant the water level in the gas-liquid separation tank.

Abstract: A gas solution production apparatus 1 includes a gas dissolving unit 5 that dissolves the gas of the second raw material into the liquid of the first raw material to generate a gas solution with a predetermined concentration, and a gas-liquid separation unit 8 that subjects the gas solution to gas-liquid separation into a supply liquid and an exhaust gas. The unit 5 includes a first nozzle 9 that atomizes the liquid of the first raw material, a mist mixing section 11 that mixes the liquid of the first raw material atomized by the nozzle 9 and the gas of the second raw material to generate a gas solution with a higher concentration than a predetermined concentration, and a liquid mixing section 12 that mixes the gas solution with the high concentration and the liquid of the first raw material to generate the gas solution with the predetermined concentration.