Abstract: A behavioral analysis device for analyzing the behavior of people contacting a plurality of advertising media devices (3a to 3b) comprises a contact history recording unit (7) extracting features of a person viewing advertisement on the advertising media devices (3a to 3c) and recording the features and the time the image is captured for each of the advertising media devices (3a to 3c) and a media pass counting unit (8) analyzing the records of all advertising media devices (3a to 3c) recorded in the contact history recording unit (7) and counting the number of people moving between the advertising media devices (3a to 3c).

Abstract: In a dry cleaning process, breakage of a gas supply pipe can be prevented, and maintenance efficiency can be increased. There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: (a) loading a substrate into a process chamber; (b) forming a silicon film or a silicon compound film on the substrate loaded in the process chamber by supplying a raw-material gas to a gas supply pipe disposed in the process chamber to introduce the raw-material gas into the process chamber; (c) unloading the substrate from the process chamber; (d) heating an inside of the process chamber after unloading the substrate to generate a crack in a thin film formed inside the process chamber; (e) decreasing an inside temperature of the process chamber after carrying out the step (d) with the substrate unloaded from the process chamber; and (f) introducing a cleaning gas into the process chamber by supplying the cleaning gas to the gas supply pipe after the step (e) with the substrate unloaded from the process chamber.

Abstract: In a dry cleaning process, breakage of a gas supply pipe can be prevented, and maintenance efficiency can be increased. There is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a process chamber configured to process a substrate; a heater configured to heat an inside of the process chamber; a gas supply pipe installed in the process chamber; a gas supply system configured to supply at least a cleaning gas to the gas supply pipe to introduce the cleaning gas into the process chamber; and a control unit configured to control the heater and gas supply system with the substrate unloaded from the process chamber to perform heating an inside of the process chamber to generate a crack in a thin film formed inside the process chamber; decreasing an inside temperature of the process chamber after the crack is generated in the thin film; and introducing the cleaning gas into the process chamber by supplying the cleaning gas to the gas supply pipe after the inside temperature of the process chamber is decreased.

Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device capable of performing a selective growth at a low temperature. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device for placing in a processing chamber a substrate having at least a silicon surface and an insulating film surface on a surface; and allowing an epitaxial film to selectively grow only on the silicon surface by using a substrate processing apparatus for heating an atmosphere in the processing chamber and the substrate, using a heating unit disposed outside of the processing chamber, includes a substrate loading step of loading the substrate into the processing chamber; a pre-processing step of supplying dichlorosilane gas and hydrogen gas into the processing chamber while maintaining a temperature in the substrate processing chamber to a prescribed temperature of 700° C.

Abstract: A customer behavior recording device includes: an entrance camera (13) which is arranged at the entrance of a facility, such as a store, and images a person who enters the store; an in-facility (in-store) camera (14) which is arranged in the facility and images a person who moves in the facility; and an accounting area camera (15) which is arranged in an accounting area of the facility and images a person who pays money for a commodity. Moreover, the customer behavior recording device includes: an attribute estimation unit which estimates an attribute of the person in accordance with the person imaged by the entrance camera (13); and a personal information recording unit having a file which has imaged the person and a file for recording the time when the image was captured and the attribute estimated by the attribute estimation unit.

Abstract: An electronic advertisement apparatus (2 to 5) includes a camera (6 to 9) that picks up an image of a viewer who views an advertisement image, and comprises a viewer information recording apparatus (11) that records image information of a facial part of a viewer picked up any one of the electronic advertisement apparatuses (2 to 5), information for specifying an advertisement image viewed by the viewer, and information for specifying any one of the electronic advertisement apparatuses (2 to 5), a facial image checking apparatus (12) that checks an image of the facial part of the viewer with image information recorded in the viewer information recording device (11) when another electronic advertisement apparatus (2 to 5) picks up an image of the viewer, and an advertisement distribution apparatus (13) that causes another electronic advertisement apparatus (2 to 5) to display the same advertisement image as an advertisement image viewed by the viewer when the facial image checking apparatus (11) determines that

Abstract: There are provided a substrate processing method and apparatus adapted to prevent deterioration of film thickness uniformity while maintaining the film forming rate. The substrate processing method comprises: (a) accommodating a plurality of substrates in a process chamber by carrying and stacking the substrates in the process chamber, (b) forming first amorphous silicon films to a predetermined thickness by heating at least the substrates and supplying first gas, and (c) forming second amorphous silicon films to a predetermined thickness by heating at least the substrates and supplying second gas different from the first gas. The first gas is higher order gas than the second gas.

Abstract: A display system (100) comprises a display device (11), a camera (21) for acquiring an image of an area in which display images on the display device (11) can be observed, and an effect measurement device (41) for analyzing images acquired by the camera (21), discriminating observers and determining distance from the display device (11) and the time spent paying attention to display images on the display device (11) for each discriminated observer. The effect measurement device (41) finds attributes for each observer and an index indicating the degree of attention paid to the display on the display device (11) in accordance with predetermined standards on the basis of the determined time spent paying attention and distance. This index value becomes larger as the time spent paying attention to the display image becomes larger, and becomes smaller as the distance becomes larger.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus that can suppress formation of an Si thin film on the inner wall of a film-forming gas supply nozzle. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a process chamber configured to process a substrate, a heating member configured to heat the substrate, a coating gas supply member including a coating gas supply nozzle configured to supply coating gas into the process chamber, a film-forming gas supply member including a film-forming gas supply nozzle supplying film-forming gas into the process chamber, and a control unit configured to control the heating member, the coating gas supply member, and the film-forming gas supply member. The control unit executes a control such that the coating gas supply nozzle supplies the coating gas to coat a quartz member in the process chamber and the film-forming gas supply nozzle supplies the film-forming gas to form an epitaxial film on the substrate.

Abstract: Formation of a boron (B) compound is suppressed on the inner wall of a nozzle disposed in a high-temperature region of a process chamber. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises forming a boron (B)-doped silicon film by simultaneously supplying at least a gas containing boron (B) as a constituent element and a gas containing chlorine (Cl) as a constituent element to a gas supply nozzle installed in a process chamber in a manner such that concentration of chlorine (Cl) is higher than concentration of boron (B) in the gas supply nozzle.

Abstract: In a dry cleaning process, breakage of a gas supply pipe can be prevented, and maintenance efficiency can be increased. There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: loading a substrate into a process chamber; forming a silicon film or a silicon compound film on the substrate loaded in the process chamber by supplying a raw-material gas to a gas supply pipe disposed in the process chamber to introduce the raw-material gas into the process chamber; unloading the substrate from the process chamber; heating an inside of the process chamber; decreasing an inside temperature of the process chamber after the heating of the inside of the process chamber; and introducing cleaning gas into the process chamber by supplying the cleaning gas to the gas supply pipe after the decreasing of the inside temperature of the process chamber.

Abstract: Process gas discharged from a bypass pipe to a gas exhaust system can be prevented from diffusing back to the inside of a process chamber without having to install a dedicated vacuum pump at the downstream side of the bypass pipe. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber accommodating a substrate, a gas supply system supplying process gas from a process gas source to the process chamber for processing the substrate, a gas exhaust system configured to exhaust the process chamber, two or more vacuum pumps installed in series at the gas exhaust system, and a bypass pipe connected between the gas supply system and the gas exhaust system. The most upstream one of the vacuum pumps is a mechanical booster pump, and the bypass pipe is connected between the mechanical booster pump and the rest vacuum pumps located at a downstream side of the mechanical booster pump.

Abstract: There are provided a substrate processing method and apparatus adapted to prevent deterioration of film thickness uniformity while maintaining the film forming rate. The substrate processing method comprises: (a) accommodating a plurality of substrates in a process chamber by carrying and stacking the substrates in the process chamber, (b) forming first amorphous silicon films to a predetermined thickness by heating at least the substrates and supplying first gas, and (c) forming second amorphous silicon films to a predetermined thickness by heating at least the substrates and supplying second gas different from the first gas. The first gas is higher order gas than the second gas.

Abstract: Provided is a method and a substrate processing apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device by forming a film at a relatively high rate without etching an N+ substrate. In the method, a silicon substrate is loaded into a processing chamber in a first step. In a second step, at least a first silane-based gas and a first etching gas is supplied to the processing chamber while heating the semiconductor substrate. In a third step, at least a second silane-based gas and a second etching gas is supplied to the processing chamber while heating the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A high quality interface is formed at a low oxygen-carbon density between a substrate and a thin film while preventing heat damage on the substrate and increase of thermal budget. This method includes a step of loading a wafer into a reaction furnace, a step of pretreating the wafer in the reaction furnace, a step of performing a main processing of the pretreated wafer in the reaction furnace, and a step of unloading the wafer from the reaction furnace after the main processing. Hydrogen gas is continuously supplied to the reaction furnace in the period from the end of the pretreating step to the start of the main processing and at least during vacuum-exhausting an interior of the reaction furnace.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hot wall type substrate processing apparatus, including a processing chamber which is to accommodate at least one product substrate therein; a heating member which is disposed outside of the processing chamber and which is to heat the product substrate; a processing gas supply system connected to the processing chamber; and an exhaust system, wherein with a member from which a Si film is exposed being disposed such as to be opposed to a surface on which selective growth is to be effected of the product substrate, an epitaxial film including Si is allowed to selectively grow on a Si surface of the product substrate.

Abstract: To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device capable of performing a selective growth at a low temperature. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device for placing in a processing chamber a substrate having at least a silicon surface and an insulating film surface on a surface; and allowing an epitaxial film to selectively grow only on the silicon surface by using a substrate processing apparatus for heating an atmosphere in the processing chamber and the substrate, using a hearting unit disposed outside of the processing chamber, includes a substrate loading step of loading the substrate into the processing chamber; a pre-processing step of supplying dichlorsilane gas and hydrogen gas into the processing chamber while maintaining a temperature in the substrate processing chamber to a prescribed temperature of 700° C.

Abstract: To move a substrate mounting part, on which substrates are stacked and mounted, when processing gas is supplied into a processing chamber and processing is applied to a surface of each substrate.

Abstract: This invention makes it possible to make even films composed of at least silicon and germanium with gradient germanium ratio along a film thickness direction thereof for a short deposition time. A temperature controller 61 controls a heater 2 so that temperature of wafers W will be changed from low (e.g. 400° C.) to high (e.g. 700° C.) by alternately repeating temperature changing process to heat up the wafers W and temperature regulating process when temperature of the wafers W does not change as much as that of the temperature changing process for a specific amount of time. While a gas controller 62 provides a reactive gas into a reaction tube 1 during the temperature regulating process, it controls a valve 31 to stop it during the temperature changing process.

Abstract: A semiconductor device fabricating method includes the step of supplying BCl3 as a doping gas, SiH4 as a film forming gas, and H2 as a carrier gas to a reaction chamber of a semiconductor device fabricating apparatus, wherein SiH4, BCl3 and H2 flow in the reaction chamber on the condition that the film forming pressure ranges from about 0.1 to 100 Pa and the film forming temperature ranges from about 400 to 700° C.