Abstract: Provided are a fine silver particle ink composed of hexylamine, dodecylamine, oleic acid, fine silver particles and a solvent, in which the volume resistivity of a sintered body at 100° C. obtained after the ink is applied on a substrate by spin coating is 8 to 25 ??cm, a sintered body thereof, and a method for producing a fine silver particle ink. When a fine silver particle ink containing coated fine silver particles is produced by a silver-amine complex decomposition method, production can be carried out smoothly. The fine silver particle ink can be sintered even at a low temperature, and a sintered body thereof has a mirror surface and low volume resistance.

Abstract: To separate solid matter contained in a liquid phase in a membrane separation tank 2, a pH of the liquid phase is adjusted to make a surface charge of the solid matter electrically homopolar with a surface charge of a ceramic flat membrane 3 to separate the solid matter from the liquid phase. Alternatively, by adding, to the liquid phase, a charge adjusting agent having a surface charge electrically homopolar to a surface charge of the ceramic flat membrane 3 and electrically heteropolar to a surface charge of the solid matter, the surface of the solid matter is charged to have an apparent surface charge electrically homopolar to the surface charge of the inorganic membrane 3.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing an olefin polymer, which makes it possible to use, as a solvent for use in the catalyst preparation and the like, an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent instead of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent causing large environmental burden, and which has good olefin polymerization activity. A process for producing an olefin polymer, characterized by having a step comprising feeding an olefin polymerization catalyst solution, which is obtained by mixing a metallocene compound, a compound that reacts with the metallocene compound to form an ion pair and at least one compound selected from an organoaluminum compound and an organoaluminum oxy compound with a saturated hydrocarbon solvent, to a polymerization reactor and solution-polymerizing an olefin in the polymerization reactor.

Abstract: A depth map generator generates a depth map of an input picture. A depth map correction unit corrects the generated depth map. A picture generator shifts pixels of the input picture, based on the corrected depth map, so as to generate a picture having a different viewpoint. A level difference detector in the depth map correction unit detects a difference in depth values in a horizontal direction of the depth map, and a low-pass filter unit in the depth map correction unit applies a low-pass filter to part of the generated depth map, in response to the detected difference in the depth values.

Abstract: An amount of warp of a wafer is not only reduced, but the amount of warp of the wafer is also accurately controlled to a desired amount. The present invention relates to a method for slicing a semiconductor single crystal ingot, by which a cylindrical semiconductor single crystal ingot is bonded to and held by a holder in a state where the ingot is rotated at a predetermined rotation angle around a crystal axis of the ingot different from a center axis of a cylinder of this ingot and the ingot is sliced by a cutting apparatus in this state. The predetermined rotation angle at the time of bonding and holding the ingot with the use of the holder in such a manner that an amount of warp of a wafer sliced out by the cutting apparatus becomes a predetermined amount.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dialysis agent A, which is able to set the total acetate ion content in the dialysate to a low value, excellent in storage stability of glucose, able to reduce the acetic acid odor, and able to suppress the corrosion of the dialysate delivery system and the dialysis machine, as well as to provide a two pack type dialysis agent utilizing the dialysis agent A. In the dialysis agent A used in the preparation of a bicarbonate dialysate, which is used as one part of a two pack type dialysis agent, it becomes possible to prepare a bicarbonate dialysate having the total acetate ion concentration of between 2 mEq/L or more and less than 6 mEq/L by allowing to include glucose, acetic acid and acetate salt and to satisfy the molar ratio of 1:0.5 to 2 of acetic acid and acetate salt, and include acetic acid and acetate salt in a total amount of between 2 mEq or more and less than 6 mEq in the dialysis agent A required to prepare 1 L of the bicarbonate dialysate.

Abstract: A membrane separation device comprises a membrane unit that includes membrane modules piled in a direction of a depth of a biological reactor, an air diffusing member arranged below the membrane unit to diffuse air for cleaning membranes of the membrane unit and an air bubble group splitting member arranged between the membrane unit and the air diffusing member to split an air bubble group supplied from the air diffusing member into air bubble groups. The air bubble group splitting member has a diameter larger than that of the air diffusing member and is a three-dimensional obstruction member arranged in parallel with an axis of the air diffusing member. The air bubble group splitting member has a vertical cross section of which a lower part is projected downward, and has a vertical cross section of which an upper part is triangular and a lower part is semicircular.

Abstract: In a membrane separation apparatus, a cleaning effect for membrane elements by scrubbing is improved. In the membrane separation apparatus 14 including a separation membrane 5 (membrane element) dipped in treated liquid in a treatment bath 15, and air diffusing means 2 for diffusing air bubbles 6 for cleaning the separation membrane 5, an air bubbles staying plate 3 is provided between the air diffusing means 2 and the separation membrane 5. The air bubbles staying plate 3 is configured to allow air bubbles 6 diffused from the air diffusing device 2 to stay, by which air bubbles 6 gather each other to form air bubbles 6 having large diameters. By causing air bubbles having large diameters to act on the separation membrane 5, air bubbles 6 can be allowed to act whole the separation membrane 5.

Abstract: A decoding section outputs a display image signal based on an input processed image signal after executing 3D decoding processing of the processed image signal based on a 3D format of the processed image signal, or without executing the 3D decoding processing. A determination section determines a state of superimposed text information in the processed image signal. A control section controls the decoding section to execute or not to execute the 3D decoding processing of the processed image signal based on a determination result from the determination section.

Abstract: A depth signal generation apparatus includes a depth signal estimation unit, a depth signal histogram generator, and a depth signal level converter. The depth signal estimation unit estimates a depth signal for each pixel of a predetermined unit in a video image signal. The depth signal histogram generator divides a range of a depth signal level which the depth signal can have, into depth signal level regions each having a predetermined range size, determines which depth signal level region includes the depth signal for each pixel, counts the number of pixels included in each depth signal level region to generate depth signal histogram data according to the count value. The depth signal level converter generates a depth signal level conversion curve according to the depth signal histogram data and generates a depth signal after level conversion by executing depth signal level conversion according to the depth signal level conversion curve.

Abstract: A motion vector detector detects a motion vector, and outputs a block matching error value. An entire scroll determiner generates an entire scroll degree. Based on the block matching error value, a reliability generator generates reliability data indicating reliability of the motion vector. A reliability adjuster adjusts the reliability data so that a value of the reliability data is larger as the entire scroll degree is a value in which the degree at which the image scrolls entirely is larger, and outputs adjusted reliability data. Based on the adjusted reliability data, the interpolation pixel generator generates respective interpolation pixels composing a motion compensated frame.

Abstract: In a membrane separation apparatus, a cleaning effect for membrane elements by scrubbing is improved. In the membrane separation apparatus 14 including a separation membrane 5 (membrane element) dipped in treated liquid in a treatment bath 15, and air diffusing means 2 for diffusing air bubbles 6 for cleaning the separation membrane 5, an air bubbles staying plate 3 is provided between the air diffusing means 2 and the separation membrane 5. The air bubbles staying plate 3 is configured to allow air bubbles 6 diffused from the air diffusing device 2 to stay, by which air bubbles 6 gather each other to form air bubbles 6 having large diameters. By causing air bubbles having large diameters to act on the separation membrane 5, air bubbles 6 can be allowed to act whole the separation membrane 5.

Abstract: Correlation detectors 21 and 22 employ two different correlation detecting methods to determine correlations. Correlation comparators 23 and 24 output correlation values DF1 and DF2, and motion vectors MV1 and MV2 in directions representing largest correlation values. A correlation comparator 25 selects one of the motion vectors larger in correlation, as a motion vector MV3, to output an interpolation control signal FS1 to determine an interpolation method at an interpolator 3. The interpolator 3 is operative in accordance with the interpolation control signal FS1, to select any one out of two different one-side interpolations and a both-side interpolation, to generate interpolation pixel data fp0.

Abstract: A motion vector detector 2 detects, using pixel data in at least two real frames in an input video signal, a motion vector MV1 necessary for generating interpolated pixel data forming an interpolated frame to be inserted between the two real frames. A motion vector corrector 4 corrects the motion vector MV1 to decrease the magnitude of motion vector MV1 when the magnitude of motion vector MV1 exceeds a predetermined threshold, and outputs it as a motion vector MV3.

Abstract: An air-conditioner operation controlling device controls each individual air-conditioner in a server room wherein are disposed a plurality of server racks for containing servers and a plurality of air conditioners for cooling the server racks.

Abstract: Correlation detectors 21 and 22 employ two different correlation detecting methods to determine correlations. Correlation comparators 23 and 24 output correlation values DF1 and DF2, and motion vectors MV1 and MV2 in directions representing largest correlation values. A correlation comparator 25 selects one of the motion vectors larger in correlation, as a motion vector MV3, to output an interpolation control signal FS1 to determine an interpolation method at an interpolator 3. The interpolator 3 is operative in accordance with the interpolation control signal FS1, to select any one out of two different one-side interpolations and a both-side interpolation, to generate interpolation pixel data fp0.

Abstract: A motion vector is derived with high accuracy while avoiding deriving of an erroneous motion. A stereoscopic image display device 100 includes an image acquisition unit 148 for acquiring stereoscopic image data and a vector deriving unit 158 that derives correlation values representing correlation strength between each reference-part image data constituting image data in segmented areas of an arbitrary first frame 204 of the stereoscopic image data and objective-part image data being image data in segmented areas of a second frame 206 different from the first frame and that extracts the objective-part image data having the highest correlation value to the reference-part image data to derive the motion vector, with respect to each reference-part image data.

Abstract: An inactivating device for inactivating virus, bacteria, etc. including a humidifying unit for humidifying flowing air, a humidifying water supply unit for supplying the humidifying unit with humidifying water containing active oxygen species achieved by electrolyzing tap water, and a concentration adjusting unit for adjusting the concentration of the active oxygen species in the humidifying water to a predetermined concentration.

Abstract: In response to a left turn operation of a turn signal lever when left and right headlights provided on the left and right sides of a front part of a vehicle are turned on, a left turn signal light is turned on, and, at the same time, a left main light is made into a turned-off state corresponding to left turn indication. When a right turn operation of the turn signal lever is performed, a right turn signal light is turned on, and, at the same time, a right main light is made into a turned-off state corresponding to right turn indication in response to this operation. In a dark environment such as nighttime, oncoming vehicles and pedestrians can surely know the left or right turning of the vehicle based on the change in the main lights from a normal lighting state to the turned-off state.

Abstract: In a distributed processing management apparatus, server 3 has a node table 5, a job management table 6 and a job class table 7 in order to manage the resource status such as the CPU operating ratio of each node in every predetermined time period. When the operating ratio of the CPU and other elements of a node rises after the input of a job and the speed of executing the input job falls, the server 3 re-inputs the job from the current node 2a to some other node 2b. With this arrangement, it is possible to improve the overall TAT and effectively exploit computer resources in grid computer environment.