Abstract: According to one embodiments, an ion source connected with a vacuum-exhausted downstream apparatus is provided. The ion source includes a vacuum chamber which is vacuum-exhausted, a target which is set in the vacuum chamber and generates ions by irradiation of a laser beam, a transportation unit which transports the ions generated by the target to the downstream apparatus, and a vacuum sealing unit which seals the transportation unit so as to separate vacuum-conditions of the vacuum chamber side and the downstream apparatus side before exchanging the target set in the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a laser ion source. The laser ion source includes a vacuum chamber which is vacuum-exhausted and in which a target is transported and set, a valve which is opened when the target is transported into the vacuum chamber and is closed except for the transportation, a target supply chamber which holds the target to be movable, and a transportation unit which transports to the vacuum chamber the target held on the target supply chamber while opening the valve after the target supply chamber is vacuum-exhausted while closing the valve.

Abstract: Provide an ion source for outputting ion beam with high purity of polyvalent positive ion. The ion source 10 includes: a target 12 from which electron and positive ion are generated by plasma formed by laser 13 irradiation; a first power supply source (first voltage E1) that sets an electric potential of the target 12 higher than that of a destination of the positive ion (corresponding to an acceleration channel 18 in FIG. 1); and a second power supply source (second voltage E1) that sets an electric potential of on a pass (corresponding to a filter electrode 15 in FIG. 1) from the target 12 to the destination 18 higher than that of the target 12.

Abstract: Provide an ion source for outputting ion beam with high purity of polyvalent positive ion. The ion source 10 includes: a target 12 from which electron and positive ion are generated by plasma formed by laser 13 irradiation; a first power supply source (first voltage E1) that sets an electric potential of the target 12 higher than that of a destination of the positive ion (corresponding to an acceleration channel 18 in FIG. 1); and a second power supply source (second voltage E1) that sets an electric potential of on a pass (corresponding to a filter electrode 15 in FIG. 1) from the target 12 to the destination 18 higher than that of the target 12.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a laser ion source is configured to generate ions by application of a laser beam, the laser ion source including a case to be evacuated, an irradiation box disposed in the case and including a target which generates ions by irradiation of laser light, an ion beam extraction mechanism which electrostatically extracts ions from the irradiation box and guides the ions outside the case as an ion beam, a valve provided to an ion beam outlet of the case, the valve being opened at ion beam emission and being closed at other times, and a shutter provided between the valve and the irradiation box, the shutter being intermittently opened at ion beam emission and being closed at other times.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an air current generating apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate exposed to gas: a first electrode disposed inside the dielectric substrate; a second electrode disposed near a surface of the dielectric so as to correspond the first electrode and having a sharp shape; and a power source applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes and plasmatizing part of the gas to generate an air current.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tire allowing a marking formed on an outer surface of a side portion thereof to fully demonstrate good visibility for a long period by preventing the marking being cracked and a marking portion from coming off when the tire experiences elastic deformation of the side portion including a sidewall portion and a bead portion and resulting tensile and compressive deformations occurring at the outer surface of the side portion. Specifically, the present invention provides a tire, comprising at an outer surface of a side portion thereof a marking formed by printing plural dots on the outer surface of the side portion, wherein the dots have: the same contour configurations and/or optionally similar contour configurations, which are mutually independent; and color(s) different from the base color of the outer surface of the side portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiments, an ion source connected with a vacuum-exhausted downstream apparatus is provided. The ion source includes a vacuum chamber which is vacuum-exhausted, a target which is set in the vacuum chamber and generates ions by irradiation of a laser beam, a transportation unit which transports the ions generated by the target to the downstream apparatus, and a vacuum sealing unit which seals the transportation unit so as to separate vacuum-conditions of the vacuum chamber side and the downstream apparatus side before exchanging the target set in the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an air current generating apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate exposed to gas: a first electrode disposed inside the dielectric substrate; a second electrode disposed near a surface of the dielectric so as to correspond the first electrode and having a sharp shape; and a power source applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes and plasmatizing part of the gas to generate an air current.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an air current generating apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate exposed to gas: a first electrode disposed inside the dielectric substrate; a second electrode disposed near a surface of the dielectric so as to correspond the first electrode and having a sharp shape; and a power source applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes and plasmatizing part of the gas to generate an air current.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an image input section, a color image processor, a monochrome image processor and an image synthesizer. The image input section inputs image data of an original image. The color image processor generates color image data by performing color image processing on the image data. The monochrome image processor generates monochrome image data by performing monochrome image processing on the image data. The image synthesizer generates synthesized image data by synthesizing the monochrome image data with the color image data. The apparatus also has a buffer that temporarily stores image data, a determination section that determines on the basis of the image data of the original image whether the original image is color or monochrome, and an output controller that controls an image output process. The output controller outputs output color or monochrome image data fetched from the buffer as determined to be appropriate.

Abstract: An elevator includes a car that ascends and descends in an elevation path, and at least one airflow generation device that is set on a surface of a top end part of at least one of upper and lower end parts of the car, the surface facing a platform of the elevation path, and suppresses a separation flow generated at the top end of the car during running, thereby to generate an airflow for rectifying an airflow flowing into a front side of the car.

Abstract: In a method for anodizing an aluminum alloy to form an anodic oxide film on a surface of the aluminum alloy using pulsed electric power, a short circuit is formed, after application of a positive pulse voltage, between an anode for anodic oxidation and a cathode for anodic oxidation for a short-circuit duration of not longer than 15 ?s during non application of the pulse voltage. The pulsed electric power has a waveform having a cycle composed, in the order, of a pulse voltage application duration (T+), a dead time (Td) and a short-circuit duration (Ts). Then, no or almost no negative current is allowed to flow, and the film formation rate can be increased to improve productivity.

Abstract: A shading decorative sheet comprises a transparent base layer having a back face and a front face opposing to the back face, which comprises a thermoplastic resin film, a decorative layer provided on said front face of the base layer, which has a gradation pattern at least in one direction, and an adhesive layer fixedly provided on said back face of the base layer, wherein said gradation pattern comprises an opaque region having a haze of at least 30% when measured according to ASTM D 1003-00 and a transparent region, and a ratio of the areas of the two regions is changed at least in one direction.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an image input section, a color image processor, a monochrome image processor and an image synthesizer. The image input section inputs image data of an original image. The color image processor generates color image data by performing color image processing on the image data. The monochrome image processor generates monochrome image data by performing monochrome image processing on the image data. The monochrome image data has a bit size per pixel smaller than the color image data. The image synthesizer generates synthesized image data by synthesizing the monochrome image data with the color image data. The synthesized image data has a bit size per pixel equivalent to the color image data. The apparatus also has a buffer that temporarily stores image data, a determination section that determines on the basis of the image data of the original image whether the original image is color or monochrome, and an output controller that controls an image output process.

Abstract: Test apparatus 100 judges a test item, and when carrying out a radio transmission characteristics test, communicates layer 3 signals with mobile terminal apparatus 150 to implement radio connection over CDMA radio interface and transmit a measurement signal. In transmitting the measurement signal, mobile terminal RLC control section 109 notifies RLC section 152 of suspension of transmission of a signaling signal, and based on the notification, RLC section 152 suspends transmission of a signaling signal and transmits only the measurement signal. It is thereby possible to carry out the radio transmission characteristics test with constant transmission power without providing the mobile terminal apparatus with a function only required for the radio transmission characteristics test.

Abstract: A high-performance, low-profile tire for four-wheeled passenger car comprises a carcass comprised of at least two carcass cord plies each extending between a pair of bead cores and wound around the respective bead core from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, a belt, a tread rubber, a bead apex extending outward from the bead core in the radial direction of the tire and having a tapered sectional form, a flipper arranged outside the carcass in the radial direction of the tire and wound around the bead core and bead apex from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, and at least one bead-side reinforcing layer arranged to pass between a turnup portion of the flipper and the bead apex and extend up to a vicinity of a tire maximum width, and has an aspect ratio of 35–55%.

Abstract: A high-performance, low-profile tire for four-wheeled passenger car comprises a carcass comprised of at least two carcass cord plies each extending between a pair of bead cores and wound around the respective bead core from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, a belt comprised of high elasticity cord layers arranged on an outside of the carcass, a tread rubber arranged on an outside of the belt, a bead apex extending outward from the bead core in the radial direction of the tire and having a tapered sectional form, a flipper comprised of at least one layer of high elasticity cords arranged outside the carcass in the radial direction of the tire and wound around the bead core and bead apex from an inside of the tire toward an outside thereof, and at least one bead-side reinforcing layer of high elasticity cords arranged to pass between a turnup portion of the flipper and the bead apex and extend up to a vicinity of a tire maximum width, and has an aspect ratio of 35-55%.

Abstract: Test apparatus 100 judges a test item, and when carrying out a radio transmission characteristics test, communicates layer 3 signals with mobile terminal apparatus 150 to implement radio connection over CDMA radio interface and transmit a measurement signal. In transmitting the measurement signal, mobile terminal RLC control section 109 notifies RLC section 152 of suspension of transmission of a signaling signal, and based on the notification, RLC section 152 suspends transmission of a signaling signal and transmits only the measurement signal. It is thereby possible to carry out the radio transmission characteristics test with constant transmission power without providing the mobile terminal apparatus with a function only required for the radio transmission characteristics test.