Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including liquid crystal sandwiched between a pair of substrates is prepared. A light-transmitting reinforcing plate is prepared. A photocuring resin is provided between the liquid crystal display panel and the reinforcing plate. Light is irradiated to a side surface of a laminated body constituted of the liquid crystal display panel, the reinforcing plate and the photocuring resin. The photocuring resin is arranged to face the liquid crystal in an opposed manner. The light is allowed to advance to the inside of the photocuring resin from an edge portion of the photocuring resin. The light is allowed to advance to the inside of the reinforcing plate from an edge portion of the reinforcing plate, is propagated in the inside of the reinforcing plate, and is irradiated to the photocuring resin from the reinforcing plate at a position away from the edge portion of the reinforcing plate.

Abstract: An ultrasonic volume data processing device which forms a three-dimensional image of a target tissue in a living body is provided. A range in which a rendering process is applied is limited by a three-dimensional region of interest (3D-ROI). The three-dimensional region of interest has a clipping plane as a rendering start surface. A shape of the clipping plane can be deformed into a convex shape or a concave shape by a user operation, and the clipping plane may be freely inclined in two-dimensional directions. With this configuration, for example, the clipping plane can be suitably positioned in a gap between a face of a fetus and a placenta. When the curved clipping plane is used, a striped pattern noise tends to be formed in the three-dimensional image. In order to resolve or reduce the striped pattern noise, a special voxel calculation is applied to a final voxel of each ray in the voxel calculation for each ray.

Abstract: A control unit is proposed which makes it possible to prevent connection problems between a package box and a backboard and prevent damage to the connector of the backboard. The control unit comprises a unit cover in which a first package box, which comprises a predetermined function and on the rear side of which a first connector is provided, is inserted into the corresponding spatial area so as to move over a shelf from an open end [of the unit cover]; and a backboard which is disposed inside the unit cover and on which a second connector is provided in a position where the first package box, inserted in the corresponding spatial area, mates with the first connector, wherein the shelf is provided with a protrusion which rotatably supports the first package box in a fan direction.

Abstract: A load of a stimulating task on an examinee with a resting task being unstable is excluded, and an accurate answer of an examinee to presentation of a stimulating task is enabled.

Abstract: According to conventional art, if there is an obstacle on the left of a vehicle, a control threshold value is set so as to avoid the obstacle. If the control threshold value is exceeded, the vehicle is controlled in accordance with a deviation quantity so as to return to a position where the control threshold avoids being exceeded. However, even if a risky oncoming vehicle is approaching the vehicle on the right, the vehicle is controllably moved toward the oncoming vehicle. Thus, disadvantageously, a driver has a sense of fear or discomfort.

Abstract: A signature log storing apparatus includes a signature log list and a certificate list, and registers, in the signature log list, a part of signature information in generated hysteresis signature as a signature record and a part of a user certificate in the certificate list. The signature log storing apparatus further includes a trust point list and validates a signature records registered in the signature log list and registers identification information for identifying a latest signature record out of the validate signature record, evidence information for validating validity of the user certificate for a validated signature record, and a hash value of information derived by connecting the evidence information and the hash value as needed or before the user certificate expires.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus which can securely show the status of recipe transition is provided. In a substrate processing apparatus 100 including a main control unit 312 which sends a control instruction to process a substrate, and a sub control unit 314 which carries out control of the apparatus in accordance with the control instruction from main control unit 312, the main control unit 312 has a memory unit 317 which stores plural recipes, a display control unit 336 which accepts an execution instruction to cause an arbitrary recipe of the plural recipes to be executed, and a display unit 334 which displays the arbitrary recipe designated by the display control unit 336, on an operation screen 308.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes a reaction tube and a heater heating a silicon wafer. Trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and ozone (O3) are alternately fed into the reaction tubeto generate Al2O3 film on the surface of the wafer. The apparatus also includes supply tubes and for flowing the ozone and TMA and a nozzle supplying gas into the reaction tube. The two supply tubes are connected to the nozzle disposed inside the heater in a zone inside the reaction tube where a temperature is lower than a temperature near the wafer, and the ozone and TMA are supplied into the reaction tube through the nozzle.

Abstract: Cluster recovery time is reduced by an incremental refresh technique that is described herein. The goal of the technique is to salvage the portion of the redundant distributed database lost (e.g., during a fault) by performing an incremental refresh of only the updates occurring to that portion of the database since the time of loss.

Abstract: A defect inspection method wherein illumination light having a substantially uniform illumination intensity distribution in a certain direction on the surface of a specimen is radiated onto the surface of the specimen; wherein multiple components of those scattered light beams from the surface of the specimen which are emitted mutually different directions are detected, thereby obtaining corresponding multiple scattered light beam detection signals; wherein the multiple scattered light beam detection signals is subjected to processing, thereby determining the presence of defects; wherein the corresponding multiple scattered light detecting signals is processed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing, thereby determining the sizes of defects; and wherein the defect locations on the specimen and the defect sizes are displayed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing.

Abstract: A shielded cable includes a core comprising an insulated wire including an inner conductor and an insulation layer formed on an outer periphery of the inner conductor, a shield layer formed on an outer periphery of the core, and a jacket layer formed on an outer periphery of the shield layer. The shield layer includes a stranded conductor shield layer including a stranded conductor spirally wound around the core, and the stranded conductor includes a plurality of conductor strands stranded together. The shield layer may further include a tinsel copper braided shield layer or a metal plated strand braided shield layer that is formed between the core and the stranded conductor shield layer.

Abstract: An integral power steering apparatus includes a hydraulic actuator having a piston separating pressure chambers for steering assistance and a limiter valve to be opened by movement of the piston to fluidly connect the pressure chambers. The limiter valve includes an adjuster for adjusting a press-fit position of a spring pin press fit in a plunger. The adjuster includes a movable adjusting member formed with an abutting surface to abut against the plunger to limit rearward plunger movement when the movable adjusting member is at a first adjuster position, and a regulating member to hold the movable adjusting member at the first adjuster position at the time of adjustment, and to enable the movable adjusting member to move to a second adjuster position after adjustment.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic valve driving circuit capable of reducing a load of a booster circuit. A boost driving FET 202 is connected to a route formed between the booster circuit 100 and a first terminal of an injector 3. A battery-side driving FET 212 and a battery protection diode Db are connected to a route formed between a positive-polarity side of a power supply and the first terminal of the injector 3. A freewheeling diode Df is connected at a first terminal thereof to a portion between the first terminal of the injector 3 and the battery protection diode Db, and at a second terminal thereof to a grounding side of the power supply. An injector downstream-side driving FET 220 is connected to a route formed between the second terminal of the injector 3 and the grounding side of the power supply.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including a stack structure having heterojunction units formed by alternately stacking GaN (gallium nitride) films and barrier films which are different in forbidden band width, a first electrode formed in a Schottky barrier contact with one sidewall of the stack structure, and a second electrode formed in contact with the other sidewall, an oxide film is interposed between the first electrode and the barrier films. Therefore, the reverse leakage current is prevented from flowing through defects remaining in the barrier films due to processing of the barrier films, so that a reverse leakage current of a Schottky barrier diode is reduced.

Abstract: A method of making a copper wire rod with low semi-softening temperature includes melting a raw material copper to have a copper melt, adjusting concentrations of oxygen and sulfur included in the copper melt to be not more than 20 ppm and not more than 6 ppm, respectively, continuously casting the adjusted copper melt at temperature not higher than 1120° C. to have a cast bar, and hot-rolling the cast bar in a temperature range of 850° C. to 550° C.

Abstract: An address translator includes an SIP message detecting function. Upon detection of an SIP message, the address translator sends the SIP message to an SIP address translator. The SIP address translator extracts addresses for translation, and makes a query to the address translator. The SIP address translator translates an IP address included in the SIP message, using translation information of the address translator. Thus, an SIP communication is accomplished between terminals belonging to different regions in association of the address translator and the SIP address translator.

Abstract: A cross section of each divided light guiding plate is formed in a wedge shape, a step is formed at a portion of each divided light guiding plate where LEDs are arranged, and holes used for accommodating the LEDs are formed at the step. A plated face is formed on a lower face of each LED, and is coupled to a wiring substrate through solder. Each LED includes a light-emitting face, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The height of the lower frame of each LED is larger than the height of the upper frame, so that a lower end of the light-emitting face of each LED can be always located higher than a lower end of the divided light guiding plate.

Abstract: A technique determines which configuration change(s) caused an application invocation failure of a computer application without the need for a knowledge database. To determine which configuration change is the most likely cause, the cause analysis program checks other computers that have experienced the same configuration changes. The cause analysis program checks and counts the application invocation results before and after each configuration change is done. If the same configuration changes are found in the other computers, the program checks whether each configuration change caused or cured the same problem in that computer. The program counts the similar cases for all of the computers. Subsequently, the program calculates the ratio of those instances involving a change from success to failure and the ratio of those instances involving a change from failure to success out of all instances for each configuration change.

Abstract: The envelope tracking power supply includes a plurality of variable voltage supplies. A power supply controller of a power amplifier controls the plurality of variable voltage supplies so as to precisely divide the power supply voltage in a high frequency area, based on the voltage distribution of a received transmitted base band signal, in order to maximize the power added efficiency of the power amplifier. The power supply controller includes a threshold memory including a plurality of first zones, and a frequency memory including a plurality of second zones. The power supply controller changes the threshold held in the first zones so that each second zone approaches the average of the second zones.

Abstract: An ammonia synthesis apparatus includes: a first gas channel; a second gas channel disposed outside the first gas channel; a third gas channel disposed outside the second gas channel; an air supply unit that supplies air to the second or third gas channel; a water supply unit that supplies water to the first gas channel; and a heat supply unit that supplies heat to the first gas channel. A metal or a metal oxide that reduces water to produce hydrogen is placed in the first gas channel. An ammonia synthesis catalyst is placed in the second gas channel located downstream of the downstream end portion of the first gas channel. The second and third gas channels are at least partially partitioned by an oxygen permeation membrane, or a nitrogen permeation membrane, so that oxygen is supplied to the third gas channel, and nitrogen is supplied to the second gas channel.