Abstract: A tire failure prediction system includes first and second temperature sensors to detect temperatures of first and second tires mounted on a traveling vehicle, a temperature acquisition unit to acquire the temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors, and a determination unit to determine, based on the temperatures acquired, a possibility of failure for the first and second tires. The vehicle includes axles on which the tires are mounted. The first and second tires are mounted on an identical axle of the vehicle. Mounting positions of the first and second tires are symmetrical on the identical axle. The determination unit determines that the first tire has a possibility of failure where the temperature of the first tire is greater than a predetermined threshold, and a difference between the temperatures of the first and second tires is greater than a predetermined first temperature threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plasma reactor having a function of tuning low frequency RF power distribution, comprising: a reaction chamber in which an electrically conductive base is provided, the electrically conductive base being connected to a low frequency RF source via a first match, an electrostatic chuck being provided on the electrically conductive base, an upper surface of the electrostatic chuck being configured for fixing a to-be-processed substrate, an outer sidewall of the electrically conductive base being coated with at least one layer of plasma corrosion-resistance dielectric layer, a coupling ring made of a dielectric material surrounding an outer perimeter of the base, a focus ring being disposed above the coupling ring, the focus ring being arranged surround the electrostatic chuck and be exposed to a plasma during a plasma processing procedure; the plasma reactor further comprising an annular electrode that is disposed above the coupling ring but below the focus ring; a wire, a first

Abstract: An air pressure management device includes: a temperature conversion air pressure calculation unit that calculates a temperature conversion air pressure based on acquired temperature and air pressure of a tire; an air pressure decrease rate calculation unit that calculates an air pressure decrease rate from a change in the temperature conversion air pressure for a predetermined period, the rate indicating a declining trend of the air pressure; an air pressure decrease rate threshold value setting unit that sets an air pressure decrease rate threshold value corresponding to an acquired thermal history amount using a threshold value table, the threshold value table specifying the air pressure decrease rate threshold value associated with the thermal history amount regarding the tire; and a first determination unit that determines whether the air pressure is abnormal based on the calculated air pressure decrease rate and the set air pressure decrease rate threshold value.

Abstract: Provided are a tire casing life management system and a tire casing life management method. A casing life management system includes a temperature sensor that measures the temperature of a tire, a heat history amount calculation unit that calculates a heat history amount received by the tire during a first period, on the basis of a plurality of pieces of temperature information of the tire measured during the first period of at least one day, an accumulation heat amount estimation unit that estimates an accumulation heat amount which can be received by the tire during the second period set for one year, on the basis of the heat history amount in the first period, and a casing life prediction unit that predicts the remaining life period of the casing from the accumulation heat amount in the second period and a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An element array pressurizing device has a pressurizing plate having a pressurizing unit that pressurizes an element array comprising a plurality of elements disposed on a mounting substrate. The pressurizing unit has a plate-shaped hard material for which a surface precision is higher than that of a surface of the pressurizing plate.

Abstract: In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is ?3° or more in the tire see-through plan view.

Abstract: A tire failure prediction system includes a setting unit configured to set a predetermined master curve indicating a relationship between a speed of a vehicle on which a tire is mounted and a heat build-up temperature of the tire, a determination unit configured to determine a tire condition of the tire based on a difference between the master curve set by the setting unit and a measured value of the heat build-up temperature of the tire, and an update unit configured to update the master curve set by the setting unit. The update unit updates the master curve in a case where the determination unit determines that the tire is normal. In a case where the determination unit determines that the tire is abnormal, a warning unit outputs a warning.

Abstract: A tire failure prediction system includes first and second temperature sensors to detect temperatures of first and second tires mounted on a traveling vehicle, a temperature acquisition unit to acquire the temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors, and a determination unit to determine, based on the temperatures acquired, a possibility of failure for the first and second tires. The vehicle includes axles on which the tires are mounted. The first and second tires are mounted on an identical axle of the vehicle. Mounting positions of the first and second tires are symmetrical on the identical axle. The determination unit determines that the first tire has a possibility of failure where the temperature of the first tire is greater than a predetermined threshold, and a difference between the temperatures of the first and second tires is greater than a predetermined first temperature threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are a temperature control apparatus for semiconductor processing equipment and a corresponding temperature control method, wherein each heating element in each row or each column in a heating element matrix forms a power return circuit with a same power source, respectively, and a same switch module is provided for the power return circuits of all heating elements in each column or each row of the heating element matrix; the input powers to the heating elements in an entire row or column controlled by each power output port of the power source are adjusted by adjusting the output power magnitude of the corresponding power source, and conduction/disconnection of the power return circuits of an entire column or row controlled by each switch module is controlled by controlling ON/OFF of each switch module.

Abstract: A switchable matching network and an inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus having such network are disclosed. The switchable matching network enables selection between two bias power frequencies. The network is particularly suitable for an inductively-coupled plasma processing apparatus. The switchable matching network comprises: a first match circuit having a first input port connected to a first signal source and a first output port coupled to a load; a second match circuit having a second input port connected to a second signal source and a second output port coupled to the load; a switching device having a first connection port, a second connection port and a third connection port, the first connection port connected to the first input port and the second connection port connected to the second output port; a variable capacitor connected between ground and the third connection port of the switching device.

Abstract: A water treatment plant controlling method including: determining whether or not there is a correlation, in water to be treated, between a water quality index and a concentration of a pollution component having no causal relationship with the water quality index, from a result of sample analysis of the water to be treated performed periodically; and (a) under a condition that there is a correlation, statistically analyzing a distribution of measurement values of the water quality index in a previous certain period of the water to be treated, and based on a result of the statistical analysis and the correlation, estimating the concentration of the pollution component of the water to be treated; and determining an operating condition of a water treatment plant for treating the water to be treated, based on the estimated concentration of the pollution component of the water to be treated; or (b) on a condition that a correlation is absent, statistically analyzing a distribution of concentration of the pollution

Abstract: A switchable matching network and an inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus having such network are disclosed. The switchable matching network enables selection between two bias power frequencies. The network is particularly suitable for an inductively-coupled plasma processing apparatus. The switchable matching network comprises: a first match circuit having a first input port connected to a first signal source and a first output port coupled to a load; a second match circuit having a second input port connected to a second signal source and a second output port coupled to the load; a switching device having a first connection port, a second connection port and a third connection port, the first connection port connected to the first input port and the second connection port connected to the second output port; a variable capacitor connected between ground and the third connection port of the switching device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plasma reactor having a function of tuning low frequency RF power distribution, comprising: a reaction chamber in which an electrically conductive base is provided, the electrically conductive base being connected to a low frequency RF source via a first match, an electrostatic chuck being provided on the electrically conductive base, an upper surface of the electrostatic chuck being configured for fixing a to-be-processed substrate, an outer sidewall of the electrically conductive base being coated with at least one layer of plasma corrosion-resistance dielectric layer, a coupling ring made of a dielectric material surrounding an outer perimeter of the base, a focus ring being disposed above the coupling ring, the focus ring being arranged surround the electrostatic chuck and be exposed to a plasma during a plasma processing procedure; the plasma reactor further comprising an annular electrode that is disposed above the coupling ring but below the focus ring; a wire, a first

Abstract: A high frequency power supply device and power supplying method are disclosed, which can rapidly and accurately control power used for generation of plasmas. The device includes a first high frequency power supply, providing power at frequency f1, and a second high frequency power supply providing power at frequency f2 (f1>f2). The first power supply includes: a first high frequency oscillator, which excites the high frequency power at the first frequency and has a variable frequency; a first power amplification block, which amplifies the power of the high frequency oscillator; a heterodyne detection block, which performs heterodyne detection of a reflected wave; and a first control block, which receives a signal after detection of the heterodyne detection block and a traveling wave signal, and controls an oscillating frequency of the first high frequency oscillating block and an output of the first power amplification block.

Abstract: There is an image data processing circuit including a memory storing input image data, the input image data being limited to a specific number of colors or to a specific image range, and a correction processing part replacing, when a predetermined tone change is present between a pixel in image data previous by one frame whose data is stored by the memory and a pixel in image data in a current frame whose data is input, a relevant pixel in the current frame with a color of a specific tone. The memory is built in an integrated circuit included in the correction processing part.

Abstract: An image compression circuit includes: a transform section configured to transform a plurality of pieces of pixel data into a plurality of pieces of coefficient data; and a quantization section configured to obtain a quantization parameter based on a predetermined number of pieces of the coefficient data, and to quantize the predetermined number of pieces of the coefficient data with use of the quantization parameter.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a module configured to receive and transmit data externally, the data received and to be transmitted being transferred via an interface internally; a framer configured to process transmission and reception of the data processed by the module; a transmission channel on which predetermined data is transmitted and received to and from the framer; and a controller configured to determine a combination of setting values for transmission and reception in accordance with a surrounding environment of the transmission channel, based on an error rate when the predetermined data is transmitted and received for each combination of setting values for transmission and reception on the transmission channel, and to perform setting for transmission and reception via the interface, based on the determined combination of setting values for transmission and reception.

Abstract: A card control unit for controlling a line card includes a detecting section, a collecting section, and an estimating section. The detecting section detects mounting of a module into a mounting port in the communication card equipped with multiple cages that each have a mounting port into which a module is removably mounted. When mounting of a module has been detected, the collecting section collects an environmental temperature around a mounting port into which the module has been mounted, a power consumption and specified temperature of the module, and thermal resistance information of a cage mounted with the module. The estimating section estimates an environmental temperature after activation of the module on the basis of the collected environmental temperature, power consumption, specified temperature, and thermal resistance information before the module of which the mounting has been detected is activated.

Abstract: A water treatment plant controlling method including: determining whether or not there is a correlation, in water to be treated, between a water quality index and a concentration of a pollution component having no causal relationship with the water quality index, from a result of sample analysis of the water to be treated performed periodically; and (a) under a condition that there is a correlation, statistically analyzing a distribution of measurement values of the water quality index in a previous certain period of the water to be treated, and based on a result of the statistical analysis and the correlation, estimating the concentration of the pollution component of the water to be treated; and determining an operating condition of a water treatment plant for treating the water to be treated, based on the estimated concentration of the pollution component of the water to be treated; or (b) on a condition that a correlation is absent, statistically analyzing a distribution of concentration of the pollution

Abstract: There is provided an optical receiving apparatus, including a receiver configured to perform coherent reception by mixing first light of a received optical signal and second light generated by a local oscillator, a monitor configured to monitor a first frequency of the first light, and a controller configured to control a second frequency of the second light, based on a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency so as to reduce the difference.