Abstract: A projection display system comprising a projection display unit including a light source, an image display element, a lighting optical system irradiating a beam of light on the image display element, and a projection optical system projecting an image light from the image display element toward a screen. The projection optical system including a lens group composed of a plurality of lens elements arranged in order toward the screen from the image display element and symmetrically with respect to an optical axis, and a reflecting mirror shaped to be axial-asymmetrical with respect to the optical axis. The projection display system further comprises a screen 5. The projection display unit projects the image light onto a projection plane of the screen to display an image.

Abstract: A gas-liquid contact column tray has a section including a gas pathway (SAA) and a liquid pathway section (SD) delimited by at least one downspout, wherein a deflecting system including a roof is included, located above the liquid gas interface at the level of the liquid pathway section (SD), in order to apportion the gas phase over a surface section greater than the section including the means of gas pathway (SAA). In a method for gas-liquid contact in such a column, most of the gas phase part is redirected and apportioned over the whole pathway section available for gas, corresponding to the tray section provided with the gas pathway (SAA), increased by the liquid pathway section (SD), using a deflecting system consisting of the roof located higher than the gas-liquid interface level of the liquid pathway section (SD), and the liquid collected is evacuated toward the lower tray.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus is capable of inspecting an extremely small defect present on the top and edge surfaces of a sample such as a semiconductor substrate or a thin film substrate with high sensitivity and at high speed. The defect inspection apparatus has an illumination optical system, a plurality of detection optical units and a signal processor. One or more of the detection optical units receives either light diffracted from an edge portion of the sample or light diffracted from an edge grip holding the sample. The one or more of the detection optical units shields the diffracted light received by the detection optical unit based on a signal obtained by monitoring an intensity of the diffracted light received by the detection optical unit in order to inspect a sample portion located near the edge portion and a sample portion located near the edge grip.

Abstract: Provided is a head slider that can heat a recording medium with a simple structure. In the head slider (10), a hole portion (14h) having an opening in a medium facing surface (10a) facing a disk-shaped recording medium (2) is formed, and a heating element (32) that is heated by being energized and a reflection portion (43) for reflecting heat radiated from the heating element (32) toward the disk-shaped recording medium (2) are disposed in the hole portion (14h).

Abstract: A fabrication method for a resin encapsulated semiconductor device includes the steps of: (1) die-bonding a semiconductor device to a first electrical connection metallic terminal of a wiring substrate; (2) electrically connecting an electrode of the semiconductor device and a second electrical connection metallic terminal of the wiring substrate via an electrical connector; (3) surface treating such an assembly by applying a solution to a surface of the assembly and baking the applied solution; and (4) transfer-molding an insulating encapsulating resin onto the surface-treated assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to provide an insulation coil with high insulation reliability using a dry mica tape, an integral impregnation coil and a mica tape for the electrical rotating machines using these coils, said mica tape having a long shelf life and capable of preventing run-off of the impregnating epoxy resin composition during curing, with the cured product of said epoxy resin composition being high in heat resistance. It is also envisaged to provide a single insulation coil using a mica tape containing epoxy adduct imidazole as an epoxy resin curing catalyst or a mica tape containing a mixture of epoxy adduct imidazole and zinc naphthenate. An integral impregnation coil made by using said insulation coil and an epoxy resin composition, and the electrical rotating machines using such coils are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rear crash element for the rear bumper of a motor vehicle in the area of the number plate recess, having an impact element seated on the crossbeam of the motor vehicle, behind which, with respect to the driving direction of the motor vehicle, a shock absorbing element is arranged. The shock absorbing element is arranged behind the bumper cladding and is covered by a plastic covering, such as a horn cladding or the like.

Abstract: An authentication method for use in sending/receiving data between a coded data output apparatus for outputting coded data having a water mark, and a recording apparatus for recording data onto a recording medium, the method including: deciding a type of the recording medium used by the recording apparatus; based on a result of the deciding, selecting, from a plurality of authentication methods, an authentication method corresponding to the type of the recording medium, and conducting authentication between the coded data output apparatus and the recording apparatus, using the authentication method; sending/receiving data between the coded data output apparatus and the recording apparatus after conducting the authentication; and in a case where the coded data has the water mark, detecting the water mark by the coded data output apparatus, wherein the data exchanged between the coded data output apparatus and the recording apparatus is scrambled by a scrambling method corresponding to the type the recording me

Abstract: A biometric authentication device has a threat of an attack of pretending to be someone else by such as forgery. The present invention supports a service provider to appropriately decide the level of such threat. A vulnerability verification server 150 is provided in the system, and the vulnerability of each biometric product is centrally managed. A service provider 130 sends the information that specifies the device in which a client terminal 110 executes the biometric authentication to the vulnerability verification server 150, and receives the vulnerability information. The service provider 130 decides whether the service can be provided or not to the client terminal 110 using the vulnerability information that was received.

Abstract: The invention is a method of controlling trapped gas masses in cylinders of a variable timing gasoline engine. A set point is determined for a trapped air mass in a cylinder and a set point is determined for trapped burnt gas mass in a cylinder. Then, in order to meet these set points: an intake pressure set point is generated from measurements of variable timing of positions of actuators and from the air mass set point; a position set point is generated for each of two variable timing actuators, from an intake pressure measurement and from the burnt gas mass set point; finally, a throttle and the variable timing actuators are controlled so as to meet the intake pressure set point and the set point position of the variable timing actuators.

Abstract: An inspecting method and apparatus for inspecting a substrate surface includes application of a light to the substrate surface, detection of scattered light or reflected light from the substrate surface due to the applied light at a plurality of positions to obtain a plurality of electrical signals, extraction of a signal in a mutually different frequency band from each of the plurality of electrical signals, and calculation of a value regarding a state of film of the substrate through an arithmetical operation process of a plurality of extracted signals in the frequency bands.

Abstract: A digital information recording apparatus includes a recording circuit for recording information of a retention period included in the digital information and indicating a period for permitting the digital information to be held in the recording medium, starting with a time at which the digital information is recorded on the recording medium; and information of a playback permission period included in the digital information and indicating a period for permitting the digital information to be played back starting with a time at which the information is reproduced initially following recording of the digital information on the recording medium, permitting temporary recording or copying for the information permitted for “copy never” or “copy one generation.

Abstract: When size of a defect on an increasingly miniaturized pattern is obtained by defect inspection apparatus in the related art, a value is inconveniently given, which is different from a measured value of the same defect by SEM. Thus, a dimension value of a defect detected by defect inspection apparatus needs to be accurately calculated to be approximated to a value measured by SEM. To this end, size of the defect detected by the defect inspection apparatus is corrected depending on feature quantity or type of the defect, thereby defect size can be accurately calculated.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a thin-film transistor and a capacitor element, the thin-film transistor includes: a first insulating film (IN1) which is formed to cover an area where a gate electrode (GT) is formed; a second insulating film (IN2) which is formed on the first insulating film, the second insulating film having an opening (OP) formed in the area in plan view; a semiconductor layer (SCLt) which is formed on the second insulating film to cross the opening, the semiconductor layer including high concentration areas (CN); a third insulating film (IN3) which is formed on the semiconductor layer to expose apart of each of the high concentration areas; and a pair of electrodes (DT, ST) each having electrical connection to the part; and the capacitor element includes a dielectric film which is formed of the same layer and the same material as the third insulating film.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of thin-film transistors formed on a substrate on which a display area is formed. At least one of the plurality of thin-film transistors includes a gate electrode, agate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film formed on an upper surface of the gate insulating film and having an opening formed in an area where the gate electrode is formed in plan view, a pair of heavily-doped semiconductor films arranged on an upper surface of the interlayer insulating film with the opening interposed therebetween, a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed across the opening and formed in the area, the polycrystalline semiconductor film being electrically connected to the pair of heavily-doped semiconductor films, and a pair of electrodes formed to overlap the pair of heavily-doped semiconductor films, respectively, without overlapping the polycrystalline semiconductor film.

Abstract: The backlight device includes: a backlight including a plurality of light sources; and a backlight control part. The backlight includes a plurality of divided areas, and light sources disposed in each of the plurality of divided areas are chain-connected. The backlight control part includes at least one backlight control unit for controlling turning on and off of the backlight which includes the plurality of divided areas, with respect to the each divided area. The backlight control unit includes a selection unit for selecting one of divided areas, at least one backlight drive path. The selection unit selects the one of divided areas in a time division manner, and the light sources of the one of divided areas are driven by sharing the at least one backlight drive path in common.

Abstract: Data processing arrangements including a channel adaptor shared by a plurality of operating systems (OS's) for data transmission/reception, coupled to the PCI bus on a PCI bus side of the channel adapter, and including only one connecting port on an input/output (I/O) side of the channel adaptor. An input/output process is executed between each OS and the channel adaptor by using input/output process control data specifying I/O data each having an identifier. Configuration information is provided, defining the identifier of the input/output process control data which is usable by each respective OS. The channel adaptor can process a plurality of input/output process control data; and each OS uses the input/output process control data corresponding to a usable identifier and defined in the configuration information, and thereby, a plurality of OS's control input/output process control data have different identifiers relative to the channel adaptor to execute the input/output process.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell that has a minute projection cluster on one side or both sides of a polymer electrolyte membrane. Further, the present invention provides a production method of an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, wherein a mold comprising convex portions having a fixed planar pattern is pressed on one side or both sides of a polymer electrolyte membrane, then while concave portions of the polymer electrolyte membrane formed in the concave portions are being stretched, the mold is removed from the polymer electrolyte membrane for forming a minute projection cluster.

Abstract: A fuel assembly, comprising: a plurality of first fuel rods including uranium and not including a burnable poison; a plurality of second fuel rods including said uranium and said burnable poison; and a water rod; wherein said second fuel rods are placed at corners of an outermost layer of a fuel rod array; other second fuel rods are placed, in said outermost layer, adjacent to said second fuel rods placed at said corners; and other second fuel rods are placed adjacent to said water rod.

Abstract: A display device with a touch panel includes a display panel, and an electrostatic-capacitance-coupling touch panel which is arranged on a viewer-side surface of the display panel. The touch panel includes a substrate; a first shield conductor which is formed on the viewer-side surface of the substrate; an insulation film which is formed on the first shield conductor; a plurality of first electrodes which are formed on the insulation film, extend in the first direction and are arranged parallel to each other in the second direction which intersects with the first direction; and a plurality of second electrodes which are formed on the insulation film, extend in the second direction and are arranged parallel to each other in the first direction which intersects with the second direction. A predetermined signal is inputted to the first shield conductor.