Abstract: A color separation optical system is disclosed which is effective in improving black color and black unevenness. Linearly polarized light impinging on a dichroic surface at an incident angle smaller than 45 degrees and then impinging on a polarization beam splitting surface at an incident angle larger than 45 degrees is referred to as first incident-angle light. A wavelength which is longer than a wavelength at the maximum transmittance of the dichroic surface for the first incident-angle light and at which the transmittance of the dichroic surface for the first incident-angle light is 10% is referred to as Wa, and a wavelength range shorter than Wa is referred to as W. The polarization beam splitting surface has a characteristic in which its transmittance for the first incident-angle light in the wavelength range W is 5% or lower.

Abstract: An image taking system including: a lens apparatus; an image pickup apparatus; an operation angle detection unit detecting an operation angle; a direction storage unit storing an object direction relative to the lens apparatus; an angle-of-field calculation unit calculating an image taking angle of field based on zoom and focus positions; a ranging area setting unit calculating a position of at least one object in a screen based on the operation angle detected by the operation angle detection unit, the object direction stored in the direction storage unit, and the image taking angle of field calculated by the angle-of-field calculation unit, to set a ranging area at the position of the at least one object; an object distance calculation unit calculating an object distance in the ranging area; and an output image generation unit generating an output image and information based on the object distance.

Abstract: An inverter device is provided that can measure a decrease in cooling capacity caused by a finite service life of a cooling fan or clogging of a cooling fin, without being affected by an ambient temperature or a load state. A thermal time constant is calculated in a thermal time constant calculation circuit from a temperature detection value from a temperature detection circuit and a time signal from a timer on the basis of an operation/stop command for the inverter device. The calculated value of the thermal time constant calculated in the thermal time constant calculation circuit is compared by a comparator with a reference value of the thermal time constant that is stored in advance in a memory. Whether the cooling capacity has decreased is determined based on the comparison results.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus sequentially transfers a pattern of an original to a plurality of shot regions on a substrate, wherein each shot region includes a chip region and a scribe line region surrounding the chip region. The apparatus includes a detector configured to detect light beams from a first mark and a second mark arranged in a first scribe line region and a second scribe line region, respectively, adjacent to each other on the substrate driven in a measurement scanning direction by substantially simultaneously observing the first scribe line region and the second scribe line region, and a processor configured to process detection signals output from the detector to determine positions of the first mark and the second mark, wherein the substrate is positioned based on the positions of the first mark and the second mark and is exposed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunction system and a control method thereof which enables output of conference materials of appropriate content at an appropriate timing and in an appropriate location, without making the conference organizer worry about the needs and rank of conference attendees. To accomplish this, the multifunction system of the present invention comprises a server which manages attribute information of members, a server which manages reservation information of conferences, and a print server which manages output of conference materials. The print server acquires attribute information corresponding to attendees of the conference included in the reservation information from the member management server, and outputs the conference material for each attendee based on the attribute information of each.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store print attributes and print settings corresponding to the print attributes in association with each other, a search unit configured to search the storage unit for a print attribute corresponding to a print attribute of document data in accordance with an instruction to print the document data, and a generation unit configured to, when the corresponding print attribute is detected, set a print setting corresponding to the print attribute as a print setting of the document data and generate print data to be output to the print apparatus, and when no corresponding print attribute can be detected, accept input of a print setting of the document data and generate print data using the accepted print setting.

Abstract: A scan job for scanning in an evidenced document is transmitted from a client terminal to a scanner. The scanner executes the scan job that has been received. If the scan job to be executed designates overlay printing, form data to be overlaid with the data scanned in by the scan job is selected (S205) and the selected form and scanned-in data are overlaid (S205). As a result, user operation is simplified while wasting of paper is eliminated.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which is capable of managing security information on electronic documents before and after merging at a low cost. A CPU circuit causes input electronic documents with attribute information added thereto to be stored in a HDD. The CPU circuit causes selected ones of the electronic documents to be merged while updating attribute information on the merged electronic document.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus which improved the development efficiency and is capable of reducing the development cost. The image reading apparatus comprises a specific unit 1001 and an alignment unit 1002. The specific unit 1001 has an CPU 1501 that informs the alignment unit 1002 of identification information for identifying an apparatus specification of the specific unit 1001.

Abstract: A bookbinding apparatus which makes it possible to shorten a time period required to heat an adhesive when the power of the bookbinding apparatus is turned on again. A glue preparation section heats glue. A glue applying section applies the heated glue to a recording sheet bundle. A CPU of the bookbinding apparatus determines at the power-on of the apparatus whether or not there is a recording sheet bundle to which glue is to be applied within the apparatus. When there is no such recording sheet bundle, the glue applying section applies glue to a recording sheet bundle after the temperature of the glue has reached a first target temperature, whereas when there is such a recording sheet bundle, the glue applying section applies the glue to the recording sheet bundle after the glue temperature has reached a second target temperature lower than the first target temperature.

Abstract: A super-junction semiconductor substrate is configured in such a manner that an n-type semiconductor layer of a parallel pn structure is opposed to a boundary region between an active area and a peripheral breakdown-resistant structure area. A high-concentration region is formed at the center between p-type semiconductor layers that are located on both sides of the above n-type semiconductor layer. A region where a source electrode is in contact with a channel layer is formed over the n-type semiconductor layer. A portion where the high-concentration region is in contact with the channel layer functions as a diode. The breakdown voltage of the diode is set lower than that of the device.

Abstract: It is determined whether or not a change request for changing an array of a plurality of items of job information on a job list screen to a second array being different from a first array is inputted via a user interface. If it is determined that the change request is inputted, a job list screen is displayed in which the array of the plurality of items of job information is changed to the second array. Display contents of the user interface are changed in response to a user operation with respect to a print job displayed on the job list screen. If the change request is inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the second array is redisplayed upon the conclusion of processing due to the user operation. If the change request is not inputted prior to the user operation, the job list screen in the first array is redisplayed.

Abstract: A zoom lens, including: a first lens unit and a second lens unit, in which the first lens unit includes: a first lens sub unit which does not move; a second lens sub unit which moves for focusing; and a third lens sub unit which does not move; and in which the following expression is satisfied, ?2.27×10?3<(?p??na)/(?p??na)<?1.9×10?3, where ?na and ?na represent an average value of an Abbe number ? and an average value of a partial dispersion ratio ? of negative lenses included in the first lens sub unit, respectively, ?p and ?p represent an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of a positive lens having a smallest Abbe number among lenses constituting the first lens sub unit, respectively, ?=(Ng?NF)/(NF?NC), and Ng, NF and NC denote refractive indexes at the g-line, the F-line and a C-line, respectively.

Abstract: An organic EL device is provided with a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer between an anode and a cathode, wherein the hole injection layer is obtained by doping a hole transport material with an electron-accepting impurity, and the ionization potential Ip(HIL) of the material of the hole injection layer that composes the hole injection layer (also referred to as a hole injection material in the present description), the ionization potential Ip(HTL) of the hole transport material, and the ionization potential Ip(EML) of the material of the light-emitting layer (also referred to as a light-emitting layer material in the present description) respectively satisfy the relationship of Ip(EML)>Ip(HTL)?Ip(HIL)?Ip(EML)?0.4 eV.

Abstract: A first power source unit supplies power to a first control unit accessing a storage unit. An image forming unit controlled by a second control unit is provided with a load for forming an image. A second power source unit supplies power to the load and the storage unit. A switch unit is operated to power on or off an image forming apparatus. The first control unit, upon receiving the status signal instructing power-off, causes the storage unit to shut down and transmits an instruction to cause the load to shut down to the second control unit. The second control unit, if a shutdown instruction is not received even when the status signal instructing power-off has been detected, performs control to stop the load and then stop the supply of power from the second power source unit.

Abstract: A cut point detection unit segments a frame sequence including successive frames into one or more subframe sequences. A face discrimination unit identifies an image group in which an object registered in advance appears, of images of respective frames that form one subframe sequence, and a representative frame candidate extraction unit selects one image from the identified image group as a selection image. A representative frame display control unit controls a display unit to display selection images for respective subframe sequences as representative images of the frame sequence.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which can reduce the time required for automatic focus scanning. The size of the face is determined based on information on a subject's face, which is detected from image data acquired by shooting by an image pickup device. The subject distance is estimated based on the determined size of the face. The depth of field is calculated. A range over which the focus lens is driven varies according to the estimated subject distance and the calculated depth of field.

Abstract: The invention provides a metal alloy fuel catalyst for decontaminating a hydrocarbon fuel, including diesel and bio-diesel fuel, of a bacterial contamination and for improving fuel combustion. The metal alloy fuel catalysts preferably includes about 70% Sn, about 22% Sb, about 4% Bi, and about 4% Pb, although other formulations are possible. The fuel catalyst can take the form of an in-line component in a fuel system or be coated within a fuel storage container.

Abstract: A magnetic transfer device enables precise positioning of both disks while preventing generation of dust by sliding of a holder, and also secures a space for transfer magnet arrangement. A master disk on which is formed a magnetic signal pattern and a magnetic disk which is to receive transfer are accommodated and brought into close contact in opposition to each other within an interior space formed by a male-side holder which moves to approach and withdraw and a female-side holder. A plurality of positioning pins are brought into contact with the outer face of the male-side holder to position the male-side holder, and by installing the positioning pins at positions lower than both the master disk and the magnetic disk, dust generated by sliding of the positioning pins does not fall onto the face of the master disk or the magnetic disk.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system configured to share processes by a main system having a first processor and a subsystem having a second processor, comprises a first shared memory configured to receive accesses from the main system and the subsystem, a second memory configured to receive access from the subsystem at a power saving mode, a stop unit configured to stop accesses from the main system and the subsystem to the first shared memory when the subsystem enters the power saving mode, and a switching unit configured to switch an access destination of the subsystem from the first shared memory to the second memory when the subsystem enters the power saving mode.