Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising; a nonmagnetic support; a first under layer which is constituted by a nonmetal element, per se, a compound consisting of nonmetal elements, or a compound containing titanium and a nonmetal element; a second under layer containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of chromium, titanium, iridium, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, rhenium and osmium; and a magnetic layer which contains a ferromagnetic metal alloy containing at least cobalt, platinum and chromium, and a nonmagnetic compound, in this order.

Abstract: A process for producing a magnetic recording medium comprising: unrolling a flexible polymer substrate from a feed roll; forming a magnetic layer on at least one side of the flexible polymer substrate by a vacuum film forming method in a film forming chamber; and taking up the flexible polymer substrate on a take-up roll, wherein at least one of the feed roll and the take-up roll is replaced while maintaining a vacuum state for forming the magnetic layer in the film forming chamber.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item. When an operation inputting section accepts a selective operation input for selection of one of plural processing functions, plural representation images individually representing plural processing object items of the processing function are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen such that one of the representation images can be selected as a noticed representation image by an inputting operation through the operation inputting section. A decision section decides whether or not plural processing object items of the selected processing function are divided in a plurality of groups. If the processing object items are divided in groups, then the group name of the group to which the processing object item of the noticed representation image belongs is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. Plural first icons representing first items of a high hierarchy are arrayed along a direction of a display screen, and plural second icons representing second items of a low hierarchy which belong to a selected one of the first items are arrayed along an intersecting direction with the selected first item positioned at the intersecting position. The selected noticed icon from among the plural second icons is displayed emphatically at a fixed position on the display screen, and explanation information of the noticed item icon is displayed in the proximity of the display position of the noticed icon. In response to a scrolling instruction, scrolling is executed while explanation information of the second icons other than the noticed item icon is displayed.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. A plurality of representation images individually representing different selection object items are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen. A noticed representation image selected from among the representation images is displayed emphatically at a fixed position on the display screen, and explanation information of the noticed representation image is displayed in the proximity of the noticed representation image. If a scrolling information for the array of representation images is issued, then scrolling is executed such that explanation information also of the representation images other than the noticed representation image is displayed. Further, a bar display including a mark representing the position and the group of the noticed representation image in the array of representation images is displayed together.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, the method comprising forming a magnetic layer on at least one side of a flexible polymer support by a sputtering method, wherein the flexible polymer support contains at least one of polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polyamide and polyimide, the forming of a magnetic layer is carried out while carrying the flexible polymer support along a roll having a maximum surface roughness of from 0.01 to 0.4 ?m, and a deposition rate in the sputtering method for forming of a magnetic layer is from 0.5 to 17 nm/sec.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium comprising a flexible polymer support, a magnetic layer having a granular structure and a protective layer in this order, the method comprising: forming the magnetic layer on at least one side of the flexible polymer support; and forming the protective layer with use of at least one ion source while conveying the flexible polymer support having the magnetic layer on at least its one side along a roll having a maximum surface roughness is from 0.01 to 0.4 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk which is capable of high-density recording and is excellent in magnetic property. The magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic layer, including a cobalt-containing ferromagnetic alloy and a non-magnetic material, on at least one surface of a non-magnetic substrate, wherein the ferromagnetic alloy forms a columnar structure.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium has a support provided with at least on one side of the support a magnetic layer having at least a granular structure, and a protective layer in this order, wherein the protective layer is a hard carbon film formed by an ion beam deposition process, and the protective layer has a ratio of a strength of G peak (IG) having a peak in a range of from 1,500 to 1,600 cm?1 in Raman spectrum according to Raman spectroanalysis and a strength of D peak (ID) having a peak in a range of from 1,350 to 1,430 cm?1, (ID/IG), of from 0.5 to 1.0.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a flexible support, a first recording layer, an intermediate layer and a second recording layer in this order, wherein the second recording layer comprises a ferromagnetic metal alloy comprising Co, Pt and Cr, and a nonmagnetic oxide.

Abstract: An application development supporting apparatus and method that make it possible to generate a GUI application, freely altering the settings for graphical representation corresponding to devices, are provided. A configuration in which the logical part and the graphics representation part of each component set in a graphical user interface (GUI) are configured separately, and a GUI component is generated based on the logical part and the graphics representation part is adopted. Through the present configuration, it becomes possible to easily construct a GUI adapted to a device by sharing the logical part among various devices, and selecting different graphics representation parts, in which various representation modes are set, depending on the device.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, an underlayer, an intermediate layer, and a magnetic layer in this order, the underlayer being made of Ru, the intermediate layer being made of an RuCo alloy, and the magnetic layer having a granular structure made up of a Co-containing ferromagnetic metal alloy and a non-magnetic oxide.

Abstract: An application development supporting apparatus and method that make it possible to easily set and execute various animation representations according to a state of a GUI component are provided. A GUI component is generated based on a logical part and a graphics representation part, and the graphics representation part is made to have an animation execution function based on image files according to the state of the component. By reading and displaying pre-set image data from an image file in accordance with methods that is carried out by a class of a graphics representation component, it becomes possible to carry out various animations with an image that is set according to the state of the component.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium, which contains a chromium-containing primer layer and a magnetic layer at least on one surface of a nonmagnetic support member, the chromium-containing primer layer contains chromium and at least one type of element selected from a group of cobalt, beryllium, osmium, rhenium, titanium, zinc, tantalum, aluminum, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, iron, antimony, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, palladium, silicon, and zirconium, and the magnetic layer contains a ferromagnetic metal alloy containing at least cobalt, platinum and chromium, and a nonmagnetic material.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a flexible polymer support, a gas barrier layer, an under layer and a magnetic layer in this order, wherein the magnetic layer has a granular structure comprising a ferromagnetic metal alloy and a nonmagnetic oxide, and taking a residual magnetic flux density of the magnetic layer as Br and a thickness of the magnetic layer as ?, a relationship 10[G·?m]?Br·??60[G·?m] (0.001[T·?m]?Br·??0.006[T·?m]) is satisfied.

Abstract: A magnetic disc medium comprising a flexible polymer support and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic metal, wherein a ten point average roughness of a surface of the flexible magnetic disc medium of a side having the magnetic layer measured with an atomic force microscope is from 15 to 40 nm, and a number of projections present at a height from a reference plane of 10 nm on the surface is from 0.1 to 10/&mgr;m2.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising: a nonmagnetic substrate; an under layer; and a magnetic layer in this order, wherein the magnetic layer has a granular structure comprising a ferromagnetic metal alloy and a nonmagnetic oxide, and a coercive force squareness ratio S* of the magnetic layer satisfies the following relational expression (1):

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising, in this order: a flexible polymer support; a gas barrier layer; an under layer; and a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer has a granular structure comprising a ferromagnetic metal alloy and a nonmagnetic oxide, and a total thickness of the under layer and the magnetic layer is from 10 to 45 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk which is capable of high-density recording and is excellent in magnetic property. The magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic layer, including a cobalt-containing ferromagnetic alloy and a non-magnetic material, on at least one surface of a non-magnetic substrate, wherein the ferromagnetic alloy forms a columnar structure.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium, which contains a chromium-containing primer layer and a magnetic layer at least on one surface of a nonmagnetic support member, the chromium-containing primer layer contains chromium and at least one type of element selected from a group of cobalt, beryllium, osmium, rhenium, titanium, zinc, tantalum, aluminum, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, iron, antimony, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, palladium, silicon, and zirconium, and the magnetic layer contains a ferromagnetic metal alloy containing at least cobalt, platinum and chromium, and a nonmagnetic material.