Abstract: The invention is a method of constructing a three-dimensional fracture density log of a porous formation traversed by fractures and a borehole. A number N of intersections between the fractures and the borehole is measured over a section of the borehole of length L located at a depth d, from observations of the wall of this section. A conditional probability law of the three-dimensional fracture density is then estimated, knowing the number N of intersections. The value of the three-dimensional fracture density at depth d is determined by calculating the mean of this conditional probability law. Finally, the three-dimensional fracture density log is constructed by repeating the previous stages for different depths. A three-dimensional fracture density uncertainty log can also be associated by calculating quantiles of the conditional probability law.

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal-polishing liquid comprising: a metal-oxide-dissolving agent; a metal-oxidizing agent; a metal anticorrosive; a water-soluble polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 8,000 or higher and having an anionic functional group and a nonionic functional group; and water, and having a pH within the range of 2.5 or higher but 5.0 or less. The metal-polishing liquid is effective in reducing the frictional force in polishing which generates during CMP. And is highly effective in flattening the surface of a work to be polished.

Abstract: The invention provides an etching method for realizing trench etching without causing any damages to the side walls of the trench while maintaining a high-etching rate. The plasma etching method relates to forming a groove or a hole by forming a silicon trench to a silicon substrate or a silicon substrate having a silicon oxide dielectric layer via a mixed gas plasma containing a mixed gas of SF6 and O2 or a mixed gas of SF6, O2 and SiF4 and having added thereto a gas containing hydrogen within the range of 5 to 16% (percent concentration) of the total gas flow rate of the mixed gas.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated glass which reduces light transmittance loss of a certain region thereof at a predetermined wavelength, particularly within a near-IR (750 to 1,000 nm) range and which facilitates provision of an optical instrument employing the near-IR light without partial substitution of an intermediate film.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal, which consists of layers each obtained by dividing a transmission bandwidth into a plurality of segments and combining some of the segments, and outputs images and/or sound from one of the layers constituting the received digital signal. This apparatus is characterized by comprising broadcasting format retention means (channel to broadcasting format correspondence table database) for retaining the broadcasting format, for each layer, of each broadcast station and switching means (layer switching means) for switching the output layer based on the broadcasting format, for each layer, of each broadcast station retained in the broadcasting retention means. Thus, this apparatus can output images and sound without interruption.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a high-molecular thin film having a fine structure from a block-copolymer compound containing a block copolymer A as a main constituent composed of at least a block chain A1 and a block chain A2, and a block copolymer B as an accessory constituent composed of a block chain B1 miscible with a polymeric phase P1 mainly composed of the block chain A1 and a block chain B2 miscible with a polymeric phase P2 mainly composed of the block chain A2, and a substrate having a surface on which the block-copolymer compound is applied and on which a pattern member formed of a second material is discretely arranged to a surface part formed of a first material.

Abstract: An analytical chip and analyzer are disclosed. The analytical chip comprises a substrate and reaction cells that are formed in the substrate for receiving a sample collected from a living body. A reagent storage portion is used to store reagents to be supplied to the reaction cells. Flow paths are provided to connect the reaction cells to the reagent storage portions, thereby allowing the reagents stored in the reagent storage portions to flow into the reaction cells.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes pixels, each of which includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The size of the first transistor is larger than the size of the second transistor. In addition, channel widths and gate widths for the first transistor are larger than those of the second transistor. Also, the first transistor is located to be closer to a drain signal line provided for the pixel than the second transistor. In normal operation, the first transistor is coupled to the drain signal line and the second transistor is floating. However, if an abnormality occurs in the first transistor, it is cut off from the drain signal line and the second transistor is connected to the drain signal line by a repair line.

Abstract: A character string anonymizing apparatus classifies each of a plurality of pieces of text data, each including a character string, into a plurality of kinds of data in accordance with a classification condition, extracts a plurality of words included in each of the plurality of pieces of text data (hereinafter, referred to as linked data) classified into the same kind by the classification, extracts, among word sets including one or more of the extracted words, a word set in which the number of pieces of linked data including all words forming each of the word sets is greater than or equal to a threshold, and anonymizes, among words included in a character string included in each of the plurality of pieces of text data, a word matching at least some of the extracted words and not matching words forming the extracted word set.

Abstract: Provided is a technology for preventing current leak of a charge holding capacitor which constitutes a pixel of a display device so as to prevent deterioration of display image quality of the display device. The display device includes a first contact hole connecting a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer which is formed over the first wiring layer, a second contact hole connecting the second wiring layer and a third wiring layer which is formed over the second wiring layer, and an electrode layer formed between the plurality of insulating films disposed between the second wiring layer and the third wiring layer, wherein at a position in a substrate surface direction, a distance between a electrode layer and the second contact hole is larger than a distance between the electrode layer and the first contact hole.

Abstract: An etching process state judgment method comprising: a spectral data obtaining step, in which an optical emission spectrum distribution is obtained by monitoring optical emission during an etching process of a plurality of wafers; a peak detection step, in which peaks are detected from the optical emission spectrum distribution at a specific time point during the etching process, to obtain peak characteristics; a common peak identifying step, in which peaks common to the wafers are identified among the peaks detected in the peak detection step; and a state detection step, in which the characteristics are compared regarding the common peaks, to detect a state of each wafer in the etching process. A state (anomaly or normalcy) of an etching process is detected from optical emission spectrum distribution at the time of etching process, by a simple method without assuming substances.

Abstract: A policy creation support system is provided, which is capable of reducing cost for creation of an effective autonomic control policy. The policy creation support system measures information indicating performance of a monitoring target system, with regard to a monitoring item of a designated type, for each resource amount of an expandable resource, and selects one representative measurement value from among measurement values on a resource-amount basis. Then, the policy creation support system outputs the monitoring item, the resource amount serving as the monitoring item, and a range of the measurement value corresponding to the resource amount, as a countermeasure decision condition within a policy, by setting a range including the selected representative measurement value as the range of the measurement value.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: liquid crystals; a circuit layer which includes a thin-film transistor and wirings, the wirings being formed from metal; a pixel electrode and a common electrode which are stacked on each other between the liquid crystals and the circuit layer with an insulating film disposed therebetween in order to drive the liquid crystals in a transverse electric field driving mode, and each of which is formed from a transparent conductive film; a color filter which includes coloring layers of different colors, the coloring layers having different transmittances; and a connection wiring. The wirings includes a common wiring which is disposed so as not to face the coloring layer having the highest transmittance among the coloring layers but to face any one of the other coloring layers. The connection wiring connects the common electrode and the common wiring to each other.

Abstract: A display device includes: on an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer in which a first signal line and a second signal line adjacent to the first signal line are formed; an insulating layer which is disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and in which a ground wire crossing the first signal line and the second signal line in a plan view is formed; and a semiconductor layer which is disposed between the insulating layer and the second conductive layer and in which a first semiconductor film and a second semiconductor film are formed to be separated from each other. The wiring lengths of the first signal line and the second signal line are different by at least 10 times or more. The first semiconductor film overlaps, in a plan view, a region where the first signal line crosses the ground wire. The second semiconductor film overlaps, in a plan view, a region where the second signal line crosses the ground wire.

Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device that decreases a sticking of the display image. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode. A polarity of the signal supplied to the pixel electrode is periodically inverted at the first period and the second period. The length of the first period is different from that of the second period.

Abstract: A device and a method are described for the optical selection of components of at least one fraction from a bulk material stream conveyed along a conveyance direction, having a camera unit, whose camera viewing direction is oriented toward the bulk material stream, a background, situated in the camera viewing direction behind the bulk material stream, whose color is adaptable to the color of a selected fraction of components of the bulk material stream, an analysis and control unit, connected to the camera unit, in which control commands for a separation unit, which is capable of separating the components to be selected out of the bulk material stream upon activation, may be generated according to a decision criterion.

Abstract: An optical pickup, having an optical pickup housing made of resin, for maintaining the heat radiation performance or capacity of a semiconductor laser, also an objective lens driving mechanism, and further a driver IC for the semiconductor laser, while keeping small-size and light-weight thereof, comprises a pickup housing, in which an optical part and a semiconductor laser are fixed; an objective lens, which is attached within the pickup housing; and an objective lens driving mechanism, which is configured to drive the objective lens, further comprising: a metal-made bottom cover, which is configured to cover a lower surface of the pickup housing and a side surface of an inner periphery of an optical disc, wherein the metal-made bottom cover and the semiconductor laser are thermally connected with each other.

Abstract: A lighting system has light-emitting diodes as light sources mounted on a circuit board, in which the light-emitting diodes include a red light-emitting diode, blue light-emitting diode and a green light-emitting diode, the light-emitting diodes are constituted of one single unit including one for each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes, and the one single unit is repeatedly arranged as plural pieces on the same circuit board, and each of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes is individually connected electrically to emit a light.

Abstract: In the dimension measurement of a circuit pattern using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), in order to make it possible to automatically image desired evaluation points (EPs) on a sample, and automatically measure the circuit pattern formed at the evaluation points, according to the present invention, in the dimension measurement of a circuit pattern using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), it is arranged that coordinate data of the EP and design data of the circuit pattern including the EP are used as an input, creation of a dimension measurement cursor for measuring the pattern existing in the EP and selection or setting of the dimension measurement method are automatically performed based on the EP coordinate data and the design data to automatically create a recipe, and automatic imaging/measurement is performed using the recipe.