Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes an upper holding device. The upper holding device holds a substrate in a horizontal attitude without rotating the substrate, while being in contact with an outer peripheral end of the substrate. A lower-surface brush wetted with a cleaning liquid is pressed against a lower-surface center region of the substrate held by the upper holding device. In this state, the lower-surface brush is rotated or moved with respect to the lower-surface center region of the substrate. Thus, the lower-surface center region of the substrate is cleaned.

Abstract: A control device controls a contact probe in synchronization with a pulse-controlled light having a predetermined wavelength, a measurement instrument measures a characteristic of a sample to be inspected or an analysis sample, and a circuit constant or a defect structure of the sample to be inspected is estimated based on a circuit model created by an electric characteristic analysis device configured to generate the circuit model based on a value measured by the measurement instrument and a detection signal of secondary electrons detected by the charged particle beam device.

Abstract: An assisting apparatus includes: a shaft member that is insertable into a winding core of a roll around which a sheet is wound; a moving member movable in a vertical direction, the moving member including the shaft member; and a detector configured to detect a position of the moving member in the vertical direction. The assisting apparatus is configured to assist in an operation of aligning a position of the roll in the vertical direction in a state in which the shaft portion is inserted in the winding core. The assisting apparatus includes a notifier configured to provide a notification when the detector detects that a position of the moving member in the vertical direction reaches a predetermined target position.

Abstract: A terminal structure includes a first wiring layer, an insulation layer covering the first wiring layer, an opening extending through the insulation layer, via wiring formed in the opening, a second wiring layer electrically connected to the via wiring on the insulation layer, a protective metal layer formed on the second wiring layer, a solder layer formed on the protective metal layer, and an intermetallic compound layer formed between the protective metal layer and the solder layer. The protective metal layer includes a projection projecting further outward from a side surface of the second wiring layer. The intermetallic compound layer covers only the upper surface of the protective metal layer. The solder layer covers only an upper surface of the intermetallic compound layer and exposes the side surfaces of the intermetallic compound layer, the protective metal layer, and the second wiring layer.

Abstract: The printing apparatus comprises: a unit configured to print a plurality of color planes corresponding to the image in an overlapping manner at the formation position indicated by the detected first mark and print a plurality of second marks corresponding to each of the plurality of color planes on the continuous sheet; and a unit configured to adjust printing start timing of the color plane so as resolve a shift in each of the color planes based on detection results of the plurality of second marks. Then, the plurality of second marks is printed at an end portion of the continuous sheet so that at least part of the plurality of second marks overlaps the first mark in the sheet width direction.

Abstract: A solar battery module capable of suppressing a large load from being applied on a cut end section of a solar battery cell. This solar battery module has a curved surface shape and comprises flat solar battery cells arranged using a singling method. Each of the solar battery cells is a half-cut cell obtained by cutting a predetermined-sized substrate into two pieces, has a cut end section and a non-cut end section as two end sections facing each other in the arrangement direction of the solar battery cells, and has, as two main surfaces, a convex-side main surface on the convex side of a curved surface of the solar battery module and a concave-side main surface on the concave side of the curved surface of the solar battery module. The solar battery cells adjacent to each other overlap.

Abstract: A solar battery module having high photoelectric conversion efficiency and superior aesthetic appearance. A solar battery module comprises a plate-shaped front-surface protection material having, on an exterior peripheral part, a light-blocking region that blocks light; a plurality of solar battery strings each having a plurality of solar battery cells that are aligned in one line in a first direction and connected, the plurality of solar battery strings being positioned aligned in a second direction that intersects with the first direction on the back side of the front-surface protection material; a plate-shaped or sheet-shaped back-surface protection material positioned on the back side of the plurality of solar battery strings; and a sealing material filled between the front-surface protection material and the back-surface protection material. The solar battery strings are arranged so that a portion of at least one end of the solar battery cells overlaps with the light-blocking region.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a navigator, an area information extractor that extracts data on a communication difficulty area, a battery residual capacity monitor that monitors a traveling battery residual capacity, a traveling mode selector that receives a selected traveling mode, a travel information manager that determines a communication state in a traveling direction of the vehicle based on the data received from the area information extractor, and calculates a possible traveling distance of the vehicle based on the selected traveling mode and the traveling battery residual capacity, and a notifier that notifies the occupant of travel information on the vehicle. When determining that the vehicle is to travel in the communication difficulty area, the travel information manager proposes a switch to a traveling mode in which the vehicle is able to pass through the communication difficulty area to the occupant via the notifier.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes a navigator, an area information extractor, a determiner, a notifier, a travel information obtainer, and a necessary time calculator. The navigator guides a vehicle in accordance with data on a traveling route. The area information extractor extracts a communication difficulty area and a restricted area from the data on the traveling route. The determiner determines whether the restricted area is included in the communication difficulty area. When the restricted area is included in the communication difficulty area, the notifier issues a preliminary notification indicating that the vehicle is to enter the restricted area to a predetermined notified party. The travel information obtainer acquires travel information on the traveling route. The necessary time calculator calculates necessary time to be taken from issuing the preliminary notification to passing through the communication difficulty area.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a supply unit for supplying a sheet; a first switching unit disposed on a conveyance path of the sheet and configured to switch between a state of nipping the sheet supplied by the supply unit and a state of releasing the nipping of the sheet; a first tension applying unit disposed on one side of the first switching unit in a conveyance direction of the conveyance path and configured to apply tension to the sheet; and a detection unit disposed on the other side of the first switching unit in the conveyance direction of the conveyance path and configured to detect the tension of the sheet, wherein, in a state where the nipping of the sheet is released by the first switching unit, the first tension applying unit adjusts the tension of the sheet while the detection unit detects the tension of the sheet.

Abstract: A recording apparatus, including: a recording portion; a conveying portion that conveys the sheet, while imparting tension to the sheet, in a forward direction and a backward direction; a position detecting portion that detects a position of the sheet in a width direction of the sheet; a position adjustment portion that adjusts a position of the sheet in the width direction; and a control portion that executes a position adjustment operation in which, after conveying the sheet in the backward direction following a recording operation by the recording portion, the sheet is conveyed by the conveying portion in the forward direction while adjusting the position of the sheet in the width direction using the position adjustment portion. A conveying distance of the sheet in the backward direction in the position adjustment operation is determined on the basis of a detection result by the position detecting portion.

Abstract: If a configuration is employed in which modulation schemes used for an optical communication system can be switched depending on transmission conditions, the power consumption increases and the control becomes complex; therefore, an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes an encoding means for encoding digital signals to be transmitted under a predetermined transmission condition over an optical carrier wave by using one of a plurality of encoding methods; an encoding control means for selecting a predetermined encoding method corresponding to the predetermined transmission condition from among the plurality of encoding methods and causing the encoding means to operate in accordance with the predetermined encoding method; a mapping means for mapping output bit signals output from the encoding means to modulation symbols; and an optical modulation means for modulating the optical carrier wave based on symbol signals output from the mapping means.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes a substrate holder, a lower-surface brush, a first liquid nozzle and a second liquid nozzle. The substrate holder holds a substrate in a horizontal attitude. The lower-surface brush is configured to be movable between a processing position for cleaning of the substrate and a waiting position that overlaps with the substrate held by the substrate holder in an up-and-down direction. Further, the lower-surface brush is configured to be rotatable about an axis extending in the up-and-down direction. The lower-surface brush cleans a lower surface of the substrate by coming into contact with the lower surface of the substrate. The first liquid nozzle discharges a cleaning liquid to a center portion of the lower-surface brush, at a waiting position. The second liquid nozzle discharges a cleaning liquid to an end portion of the lower-surface brush, at the waiting position.

Abstract: A wiring board includes a core layer having a first through hole formed therein, a magnetic resin filled inside the first through hole, a second through hole formed in the magnetic resin, and a plating film covering an inner wall surface of the second through hole. The plating film includes an electroless plating film, and an electrolytic plating film. The electroless plating film makes direct contact with an inner wall surface of the second through hole.

Abstract: There are provided a plurality of radio devices detecting an interference source signal transmitted by an interference source and generating pieces of air time information showing whether the interference source signal exists or not for each predetermined time unit; and an aggregation device estimating air time of the interference source by acquiring the pieces of air time information from the plurality of radio devices and aggregating/integrating the acquired pieces of air time information for each predetermined unit time, matching timings.

Abstract: A predetermined radio base station and subordinate radio terminals detect signals (beacons) regularly transmitted by other radio base stations, transmit information about radio channels and base station identifiers of the detected signals, and position information about the radio terminals to an interference area detection device to aggregate the information and the position information as a base station-base station detection list and a terminal-base station detection list.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a first rotating member, a second rotating member that is adjacent to and downstream of the first rotating member, a third rotating member positioned downstream of the second rotating member, a recording portion, and a floating detection portion. As viewed along a rotation axis line direction of the first rotating member, letting a first arc portion be an abutment portion between the recording medium and the first rotating member, and letting a third arc portion be an abutment portion between the recording medium and the third rotating member, a third arc height, which is a distance from a chord of the third arc portion to an apex of the third arc portion, is smaller than a first arc height, which is a distance from a chord of the first arc portion to an apex of the first arc portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of captured images each including a reference member, which has a known shape, and a subject; and a composition unit that generates one composite image from the plurality of captured images based on the shape of the reference member included in each of the plurality of captured images.

Abstract: A cleaner comes into contact with a lower-surface center region of a substrate held by a first holder, so that the lower-surface center region is cleaned. The cleaner comes into contact with a lower-surface outer region of the substrate rotated by a second holder, so that the lower-surface outer region of the substrate is cleaned. During cleaning of the lower-surface center region, the second holder is rotated about a vertical axis while not holding the substrate. Alternatively, during cleaning of the lower-surface center region, the gas injector arranged between the cleaner and the second holder injects gas toward the substrate from a first height spaced apart from the substrate by a predetermined distance. Further, during drying of the lower-surface center region, the gas injector injects gas toward the substrate from a second height closer to the substrate than the first height.

Abstract: A pixel part 20 includes a pixel array 210 in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion parts 2111 to 2114 are arranged, and a lens part array 220 including a plurality of lens parts LNS220 each of which is arranged corresponding to one side of the corresponding photoelectric conversion part 2111 (to 2114) of the pixel array 210, each lens part condensing incident light onto the correspondingly arranged photoelectric conversion part 2111 (to 2114) to cause the light to enter the photoelectric conversion part from the one side of the photoelectric conversion part. The lens part array 220, in which the lens parts LNS 220 are integrally formed with an optical film FLM 220, is bonded to the light incident side of the pixel array 210 to stack in Z direction.