Abstract: An image exposure apparatus is provided and includes: an optical unit that emits light to form an exposure image on a photosensitive material; a casing that houses the optical unit and that has an image exposure window through which the light is allowed to pass for forming the exposure image; a transparent dustproof member at the image exposure window; and a shutter member switched between a shield position for covering a region above the dustproof member, which serves as a passage region of a cleaning member for cleaning a surface of the dustproof member, and an open position for allowing the light to pass through the dustproof member to form an exposure image on a surface of the photosensitive material. When the shutter member is located at the shield position, at least a part of the shutter member goes into the passage region of the cleaning member.

Abstract: A network system includes: a monitored node (300) which is connected to a network (50) for isochronous transfer and asynchronous transfer and has a utility function; and a monitoring node (200) which monitors an operating state of the monitored node. The monitored node cyclically transmits a command (KA) representative of a normal operating state thereof to the monitoring node in one of isochronous channels on the network. When the monitoring node determines non-reception of the command representative of the normal operating state from the monitored node, the monitoring node transmits, to the monitored node, a real-time command to execute abnormality response processing such as resetting, power shut-off or disconnection from the network.

Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device having a MOS structure includes: a substrate; a channel area in the substrate; a first impurity area; a second impurity area; a gate insulating film on the channel area; and a gate on the gate insulating film. The channel area provides an electric current path. The channel area and the gate insulating film have an interface therebetween. The interface includes a dangling bond, which is terminated by a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl. The interface has a hydrogen concentration equal to or larger than 2.6×1020 cm?3.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle communication device and a computer program that can avoid a dangerous situation generated when a driver performs an operation such as selection of a vehicle to which notification information is to be sent when communication is made between vehicles and improve safety. A plurality of imaging devices are arranged around a vehicle. The vehicle communication device detects the circumstance of its own vehicle, and refers to a predetermined table based on the detected circumstance, to determine the notification information to be sent and the direction to confirm the existence of other vehicles, and transmits the notification information to the other vehicles detected by the imaging device for detecting the vehicle in the detected direction.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus senses without failing an object which exists in a traveling direction of itself even when a pedestrian is moving while looking at a screen on which information is displayed. The mobile apparatus having the screen comprises an object detector part 17 which exits within a predetermined range centered around the traveling direction of itself, an acceleration detector part 16 and the detection range changing means for changing a range in which the object detector part 17 detects the existence of an object, the traveling direction of itself is calculated based on acceleration of itself, and based on thus calculated traveling direction of itself, the detection range changing means changes the range in which the object detector part 17 detects the existence of an object.

Abstract: In a bus system, in accordance with reservations of transfers of isochronous blocks of data and with requests by the node devices for transfers of ones of the isochronous blocks of data and regular blocks of data, a bus manager generates a schedule of the operating rate of a bus channel, the frequency of assignment of the bus channel, and the size of a continuously transferred piece of data on the bus channel for each of the blocks of data, so that the piece of data is transferred at the operating rate of the bus channel as low as possible in each transfer cycle.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a biosample that enables substantial shortening of time required for analysis, further enabling obtaining highly reliable results through means for avoiding sway of analytical results depending on observers, and that enables one-time analysis of a multiplicity of genes, etc. on a single biosample to thereby enhance workload and time efficiencies, and that enables analysis of multiple genes, etc. under conditions completely free from any difference in background attributed to biosamples. There is provided a method comprising irradiating a biosample as an analyte with ultra-short pulse laser beams to thereby effect an ablation thereof so that molecules contained in the biosample are atomized into constituting elements, ionizing the constituting elements resulting from the atomization and analyzing the ionized constituting elements to thereby analyze analytical-target molecules of the biosample.

Abstract: The ink jet head producing method includes: forming a first flow path forming member in a portion constituting a flow path side wall, which constitutes at least a partitioning portion between flow paths on a substrate; forming a pattern as a mold for the flow path; wherein the pattern is formed over the substrate and a portion of the first flow path forming member, constituting a flow path side wall, and a portion constituting the flow path side wall is covered with the pattern and another portion is not covered with the pattern; forming a second flow path forming member on the first flow path forming member and the pattern; wherein the second flow path forming member is formed by a material corresponding to the first flow path forming member; forming the discharge port in the second flow path forming member; and forming the flow path by removing the pattern.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a display device and a touch panel disposed in front of the display device. The apparatus further comprises: a unit for switching between a touch panel mode of operation and a pointing device mode of operation in accordance with a predetermined condition; a unit for performing processing in response to a touch position pointed to by a user on the touch panel in the touch panel mode of operation; a unit for displaying a symbol indicative of a pointing position on the display device in the pointing device mode of operation, and for moving the symbol at a predetermined reduction scale factor on the display device in accordance with the distance, direction and velocity of the relative movement of the touch position pointed to by the user on the touch panel; and a unit for displaying an image in the neighborhood of the symbol in a magnified form in a predetermined region on the touch panel in the pointing device mode of operation.

Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device having a MOS structure includes: a substrate; a channel area in the substrate; a first impurity area; a second impurity area; a gate insulating film on the channel area; and a gate on the gate insulating film. The channel area provides an electric current path. The channel area and the gate insulating film have an interface therebetween. The interface includes a dangling bond, which is terminated by a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl. The interface has a hydrogen concentration equal to or larger than 2.6×1020 cm?3.

Abstract: In a bus system, in accordance with reservations of transfers of isochronous blocks of data and with requests by the node devices for transfers of ones of the isochronous blocks of data and regular blocks of data, a bus manager generates a schedule of the operating rate of a bus channel, the frequency of assignment of the bus channel, and the size of a continuously transferred piece of data on the bus channel for each of the blocks of data, so that the piece of data is transferred at the operating rate of the bus channel as low as possible in each transfer cycle. The bus manager determines assignment of the bus channel to the blocks of data in accordance with the schedule and with the requests for transfers of the blocks of data.

Abstract: To provide a technology capable of ensuring a communication traffic on a communication route simply by providing a communication node with this technology in a network such as the Internet where communication control devices on communication routes employed for forwarding data are not all uniformly managed. A communication traffic of a first flow that contributes to a band of communication with a partner communication device is measured, a communication traffic of a second flow is calculated so that a total communication traffic of the first flow communication traffic measured and the communication traffic of the second flow that can be generated based on a result of the measurement, converges at within a predetermined range, and the communication traffic of the second flow is generated with respect to the partner communication device on the basis of a result of the calculation.

Abstract: To provide a technology enabling a quality of service (QoS) to be kept, the security against interception to be ensured and a communication route to be switched over without interruption of communications, and capable of restraining processing time and the number of adjusting parameters.

Abstract: In a SiC semiconductor device fabrication method, on fabricating a SiC semiconductor device, a graphite layer formed on a Ni silicide film is eliminated by sputtering, oxidation, reduction, or evaporation of heating. A wiring electrode is then formed on the Ni silicide on which no graphite layer is formed. This increases adhesion force between the wiring electrode and the Ni silicide film on the SiC substrate, and thereby prevents that the wiring electrode peels off from the Ni silicide film on the SiC substrate.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus senses without failing an object which exists in a traveling direction of itself even when a pedestrian is moving while looking at a screen on which information is displayed. The mobile apparatus having the screen comprises an object detector part 17 which exits within a predetermined range centered around the traveling direction of itself, an acceleration detector part 16 and the detection range changing means for changing a range in which the object detector part 17 detects the existence of an object, the traveling direction of itself is calculated based on acceleration of itself, and based on thus calculated traveling direction of itself, the detection range changing means changes the range in which the object detector part 17 detects the existence of an object.

Abstract: Provided is information processing apparatus, information processing method and a record medium, which can prevent occurrence of manipulation, in a case of accessing a memory, without consuming the access band of the memory. A main-processing unit, a sub-processing unit and a memory for loading a program are provided and process limit information stored in the memory is stored in storing means. The sub-processing unit judges whether a program to be executed is manipulated or not, and loads a program to be executed in the memory in case that the program is not manipulated. The sub-processing unit refers to the process limit information before execution of a program, and not permits execution of the program of the main-processing unit in case that a process by the main-processing unit for information stored in the memory accords with a process included in the process limit information.

Abstract: Full-length cDNAs of plants and their uses are provided. Source plants are preferably monocot plants, more preferably poaceous plants, and most preferably rice. Vectors carrying said cDNAs and transformants containing said cDNAs or said vectors, transgenic plants containing said transformants, polypeptides encoded by said cDNAs are also provided. The full-length cDNA clones play important roles in the annotation of correct gene coding region, determination of exons and introns, comprehensive expression analysis on the transcription level and proteome analysis. Furthermore, full-length cDNA clones are industrially useful in producing plants having different properties from those of the wild type due to the inhibition of expression and functional suppression in plant bodies.

Abstract: A transmitter redundantly transmits data in an available band range when transmitting data. A receiver discards redundancy and receives the data. The receiver also redundantly transmits ack in an available band range. Since data is redundantly transmitted/received, there is a high possibility that data may reach the opposite party normally even if one of the duplicate data is lost. Accordingly, high-speed communication can be realized. Since time no data flows through a communication route is reduced, network resources can be effectively utilized.

Abstract: A transmitter redundantly transmits data in an available band range when transmitting data. A receiver discards redundancy and receives the data. The receiver also redundantly transmits ack in an available band range. Since data is redundantly transmitted/received, there is a high possibility that data may reach the opposite party normally even if one of the duplicate data is lost. Accordingly, high-speed communication can be realized. Since time no data flows through a communication route is reduced, network resources can be effectively utilized.

Abstract: A transmitter and a receiver each have an apparatus for carrying out retransmission processing at a TCP layer and an apparatus for carrying out encrypted-data communication at an IPSec layer. The apparatus operating at the IPSec layer has a buffer for storing encrypted data transmitted by the transmitter. When a request for retransmission of data is received from the receiver, in spite of an operation carried out at an IP layer, information available at the TCP layer is obtained and data corresponding to the encrypted data stored in the buffer is returned to the receiver in response to the request.