Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite material includes a fixture sheet having a front side and a back side, and a carbon nanotube array sheet embedded in or bonded to both front and back sides of the fixture sheet.

Abstract: A method of producing a high-density carbon nanotube aggregate includes the steps of: preparing a carbon nanotube array including a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned on a substrate and oriented vertically to the substrate; and heating the carbon nanotube array to 2,600° C. or higher.

Abstract: By registering a set range and a sound type which are not subject to detection of an abnormal sound in advance, a PC performs an alert notification in a case of detecting a sound which is regarded as an abnormal sound, and does not perform an alert notification in a case of detecting a sound which is not regarded as an abnormal sound. That is, in a target area such as a hotel lobby, a sound output from a television provided therein, a water sound emitted by a fountain, and the like are no longer erroneously detected as an abnormal sound. Further, the PC forms the directivity of sound data in a direction toward an actual position corresponding to a designated position on an image of a sound pickup area displayed on a display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display unit provided with a backlight on the reverse side of a display panel, a display controller with a circuit configured to generate a display signal for display by the display panel, backlight power consumption acquisition unit for acquiring information on the power consumption of a power supply for the backlight, identification unit for identifying the size of the display panel based on the information on the power consumption of the backlight acquired by the backlight power consumption acquisition unit, and storage unit stored with a set value for the generation of a display signal corresponding to the size of the display panel. The set value for the generation of the display signal is read from the storage unit and set in the display controller, based on the display panel size identified by the identification unit. Thus, a display control printed circuit board can be shared in common without regard to the display panel size.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path on which a sheet of a document from which an image is to be read is conveyable; a light source that emits light to be irradiated on the sheet; a conductive unit through which heat generated at the light source is transferable; and a heat radiating unit that forms a part of the sheet conveyance path, through which the heat transferred from the light source to the conductive unit is propagable, and that radiates the heat propagated from the conductive unit to air flowing in the sheet conveyance path when the sheet is being conveyed.

Abstract: An illuminating device includes a linear light source mounted on a mounting surface of a board, with a plurality of light-emitting elements being arrayed thereon, for irradiating light toward an illuminating target, a white reflecting surface provided in a planar shape parallel to an optical axis of the linear light source on a surface including the mounting surface, to reflect the light from the linear light source, and a mirror surface formed in a planar shape that reflects the light from the linear light source and reflected light from the white reflecting surface. The linear light source, the white reflecting surface, and the mirror surface are arranged such that a third plane crosses a first plane on the illuminating target side than a second plane, and 0°<?W<?R<90° is satisfied.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided for the improvement of the reliability of copper damascene wiring in which a film between wiring layers and a film between via layers are comprised of an SiOC film with low dielectric constant. A film between wiring layers, a film between wiring layers, and a film between via layers are respectively comprised of an SiOC film, and stopper insulating films and a cap insulating film are comprised of a laminated film of an SiCN film A and an SiC film B. By doing so, it becomes possible to reduce the leakage current of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers, and also possible to improve the adhesion of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers to the stopper insulating films and the cap insulating film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided for the improvement of the reliability of copper damascene wiring in which a film between wiring layers and a film between via layers are comprised of an SiOC film with low dielectric constant. A film between wiring layers, a film between wiring layers, and a film between via layers are respectively comprised of an SiOC film, and stopper insulating films and a cap insulating film are comprised of a laminated film of an SiCN film A and an SiC film B. By doing so, it becomes possible to reduce the leakage current of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers, and also possible to improve the adhesion of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers to the stopper insulating films and the cap insulating film.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus which conveys a recording sheet fed from a sheet feeding section toward a transfer position with controlled timing, including: a pair of registration rollers; a pair of loop rollers to form a loop of the recording sheet, the loop rollers being disposed upstream of the registration rollers in a sheet feeding direction; and a movable conveying unit configured such that the registration rollers and the loop rollers move as a unified body when correcting at least a lateral misalignment, which is a misalignment in a vertical direction to the sheet feeding direction, and inclination of the recording sheet.

Abstract: A picture processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an acquiring device which, apart from a first picture sequence picked up for reproduction purposes, acquires a second picture sequence picked up in synchronism with the first picture sequence, the second picture sequence being made up of pictures wider in angle than those constituting the first picture sequence; a calculating device operable to calculate degrees of similarity between scenes each made up of a predetermined number of consecutive pictures included in the second picture sequence; and a linking device which, after appropriating the degrees of similarity calculated by the calculating device for the degrees of similarity between the corresponding scenes in the first picture sequence, links together those of the corresponding scenes which have high degrees of similarity in the first picture sequence.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus for forming a color image by superposing component color images, a control device obtains position data representing a forming position of each of plural registration mark images for the component color images with respect to a positional reference value arbitrarily determined, divides the position data into each of a unit reference range representing a range in which one mark image is formed, converts the position data divided for each unit reference range into those based on respective reference values representing the front edge of the unit reference ranges, extracts the position data representing ranges common to the mutually overlapping ranges each of which is represented by a couple of position data corresponding to the rising and falling edges of a passage timing pulse as read position data of the mark image of the component color, and calculates the amounts of positional deviations of the component color images from one another on the basis of the position data extracted.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus generates color image data from an image on a medium, based on R-color, G-color, and B-color data, and includes: an unit that irradiates light to the medium; an unit that includes R-color, B-color, and G-color imaging members, which each output the R-color, G-color, or B-color data respectively, based on received light from the medium; a light source that irradiates to the medium first light of a first visible wavelength range different from R-color; and a unit that generates fluorescent image data of a fluorescent region contained in the image, based on predetermined color data corresponding to second light of a second visible wavelength range different from the first visible wavelength range, the second light being generated by the fluorescent region when the light source is turned on and the fluorescent region receives the first light.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided for the improvement of the reliability of copper damascene wiring in which a film between wiring layers and a film between via layers are comprised of an SiOC film with low dielectric constant. A film between wiring layers, a film between wiring layers, and a film between via layers are respectively comprised of an SiOC film, and stopper insulating films and a cap insulating film are comprised of a laminated film of an SiCN film A and an SiC film B. By doing so, it becomes possible to reduce the leakage current of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers, and also possible to improve the adhesion of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers to the stopper insulating films and the cap insulating film.

Abstract: An illuminating device includes: an LED device configured to irradiate light; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a change in temperature of the LED device; and a unit configured to linearly change a drive current supplied to the LED device according to the change in temperature of the LED device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided for the improvement of the reliability of copper damascene wiring in which a film between wiring layers and a film between via layers are comprised of an SiOC film with low dielectric constant. A film between wiring layers, a film between wiring layers, and a film between via layers are respectively comprised of an SiOC film, and stopper insulating films and a cap insulating film are comprised of a laminated film of an SiCN film A and an SiC film B. By doing so, it becomes possible to reduce the leakage current of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers, and also possible to improve the adhesion of the film between wiring layers, the film between wiring layers, and the film between via layers to the stopper insulating films and the cap insulating film.

Abstract: An illuminating device includes a linear light source mounted on a mounting surface of a board, with a plurality of light-emitting elements being arrayed thereon, for irradiating light toward an illuminating target, a white reflecting surface provided in a planar shape parallel to an optical axis of the linear light source on a surface including the mounting surface, to reflect the light from the linear light source, and a mirror surface formed in a planar shape that reflects the light from the linear light source and reflected light from the white reflecting surface. The linear light source, the white reflecting surface, and the mirror surface are arranged such that a third plane crosses a first plane on the illuminating target side than a second plane, and 0°<?W<?R<90° is satisfied.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path on which a sheet of a document from which an image is to be read is conveyable; a light source that emits light to be irradiated on the sheet; a conductive unit through which heat generated at the light source is transferable; and a heat radiating unit that forms a part of the sheet conveyance path, through which the heat transferred from the light source to the conductive unit is propagable, and that radiates the heat propagated from the conductive unit to air flowing in the sheet conveyance path when the sheet is being conveyed.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to light via a reticle. A cooling device cools first water supplied from a facility by use of second water supplied for the facility, in which a temperature of the second water to be supplied from the facility is lower than a temperature of the first water to be supplied from the facility, a first supply path supplies the first water from the facility to the cooling device, a second supply path supplies the second water from the facility to the cooling device, and a third supply path supplies the first water cooled by the cooling device from the cooling device to a heat source inside the exposure apparatus.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate through a reticle. The apparatus includes a chamber in which an exposure process is to be carried out, a circulation system configured to circulate a gas through the chamber, a supplying system configured to supply water, supplied from a facility, to a heat source inside the exposure apparatus, and a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between a gas discharged out of the chamber by the circulation system and the water to be supplied to the heat source by the supplying system.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a replaceable unit in which a plurality of replaceable parts are installed, a storage section to store a replacement time count value, a life duration time count value and a use count value, a display section and a control section to update the use count value in the storage section by counting the number of times of use of each of the parts installed in the unit, to determine whether a part which reached the life duration time exists or not based on the use count value of each of the parts which are update and the life duration time count value, and to display information for urging a replacement of the part which reached the life duration time and a part in which the use count value reached between the replacement time count value and the life duration time count value in the display section when the control section determines that the part which reached the life duration time exists.