Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus 1-1 (FIG.

Abstract: A sheet detecting device includes a rotation unit having an abutment surface, a positioning unit configured to position the rotation unit in a standby position where the leading edge of the conveyed sheet abuts the abutment surface, and a detecting unit configured to detect the conveyed sheet on the basis of the rotation of the rotation unit pressed by the conveyed sheet, wherein the rotation unit rotates to a sheet passage posture where the sheet is allowed to pass after being pressed by the leading edge of the conveyed sheet and, when the trailing edge of the conveyed sheet passes the rotation unit, the rotation unit is rotated from the sheet passage posture in the same direction as a sheet conveying direction and is positioned in the standby position.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus 1-1 (FIG.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including an N-line M-stage shift register circuit operated at high speed of, for example, several hundreds MHz. Input circuits input a common test pattern to each of pairs of shift registers in, for example, two lines out of the N lines. A plurality of outputs of the pairs of shift registers in the two lines are compared in comparators, and the comparison results are output. The N-line M-stage shift register circuit and the comparators are operated in synchronization with a clock signal at several hundreds MHz. Hence, even when the circuit scale (area) of the N-line M-stage shift register circuit is increased to involve apparent wiring delay, a defect in the shift register circuit can be detected at an actual speed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus for irradiating a sample with primary electron beams to detect secondary electron beams generated from a surface of the sample by the irradiation for evaluating the sample surface. In the electron beam apparatus, an electron gun has a cathode for emitting primary electron beams. The cathode includes a plurality of emitters for emitting primary electron beams, arranged apart from one another on a circle centered at an optical axis of a primary electro-optical system. The plurality of emitters are arranged such that when the plurality of emitters are projected onto a straight line parallel with a direction in which the primary electron beams are scanned, resulting points on the straight line are spaced at equal intervals.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a sensor for acquiring data which is input while a relative position of the living body with respect to the sensor is changed, a first authentication portion for obtaining a first detection pattern based on a group of data acquired by the sensor during a period from the start of the acquisition of the data to detection of a stopped state of the change, and for executing a first authentication process by using the first detection pattern, and a second authentication portion for obtaining a second detection pattern different from the first detection pattern, based on a group of data acquired by the sensor during a period from the start of the acquisition of the data to the end of the acquisition of the data after the detection of the stopped state, and for executing a second authentication process by using the second detection pattern.

Abstract: There are provided a foamed molded article formed of a resin composition comprising a reinforcing fiber and a resin component, wherein the reinforcing fiber comprises a surface-treated fiber (A) comprising a base fiber (A-I) composed of a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or a polyalkylene naphthalene dicarboxylate and from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the base fiber (A-I), of a sizing agent (A-II) adhering to the surface of the base fiber (A-1), and the resin component comprises a modified polyolefin resin (B) which is a polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, wherein the foamed molded article has an expansion ratio of 1.3 to 5, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A meta-information storing section records a plurality of pieces of taxonomy data in ranks. A plurality of pieces of leaf meta-data respectively correspond to pieces of the lowest taxonomy data. A database records a plurality of pieces of real data which respectively correspond to pieces of leaf meta-data. A server control section searches for upper taxonomy data corresponding to the keyword included in a search request and acquires lower taxonomy data associated with the upper taxonomy data. The server control section is capable of repeatedly acquiring further lower taxonomy data until the lowest taxonomy data is specified, and as a result, acquiring leaf meta-data. The server control section samples real data corresponding to all of the leaf meta-data from the database and outputs it.

Abstract: An integrated transmission apparatus includes a plurality of optical supervisory channel (OSC) processing units for processing OSC signals contained in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal received from a WDM network and a switching unit for performing the path control of synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) frames. An OSC processing unit transmits the SDH frame, containing wavelength information indicated by, to the switching unit. Another OSC processing unit acquires the SDH frame, containing wavelength information, from the switching unit and sets an OSC signal which is to be appended to the WDM signal to be transmitted, based on the wavelength information.

Abstract: When a retard roller is rotating in a sheet feeding direction, the rotation is transmitted to a pickup roller and the pickup roller rotates in a direction for conveying the sheet. When the retard roller is rotating in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction or is stationary, the pickup roller does not feed the sheet. Therefore, in a successive feeding operation, the sheet to be fed next is always conveyed such that the leading end thereof reaches a nip position between a feed roller and the retard roller. Therefore, the intervals between the sheets are uniform in the successive feeding operation.

Abstract: An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. When a preheating heating mode is selected as an operation mode, a control unit (8) arranged in the induction heat cooking device starts operation in a preheating mode in which a cooking container is heated with a first heating output. When an increment of an output value of an infrared sensor exceeds a first predetermined increment since the heating starts with the first heating output, the control unit causes a notification unit to notify a user that the preheating is finished, and the operation mode is changed to a waiting mode for performing heating with a second heating output that is lower than the first heating output. Further, when the user sets a heating power by means of a heating power setting unit in the preheating mode, the control unit prohibits changing to the heating power set by the user.

Abstract: An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. The induction heat cooking device includes a heating coil (2) for heating a cooking container by induction, an inverter circuit (7) for providing a high frequency current to the heating coil, an operation unit (4) including an operation mode setting unit (4b) for setting an operation mode of the inverter circuit, an infrared sensor (3) for detecting an infrared light that is emitted from a bottom surface of the cooking container, a control unit (8) for controlling an output of the inverter circuit based on an output of the infrared sensor and a setting inputted to the operation unit, and a notification unit (13).

Abstract: While high-purity hexagonal boron nitride monocrystal (hBN) obtained by way of a high temperature/high-pressure treatment in the presence of a high-purity solvent has excellent properties in terms of far-UV luminescence characteristics, it has drawbacks including that it can be easily adversely affected by mechanical vibrations and impetus, that monocrystal shows a poor morphological retentiveness and that the luminescence characteristics fluctuate to shift the selected and set wavelength. The present invention can overcome the drawbacks of being easily affected by vibrations and showing a poor morphological retentiveness by grinding down the monocrystal obtained by a solvent/refining process into powder and applying the powder to a light emitting surface. Thus, the present invention provides crystal powder to be used for a far-UV luminescence device showing excellent luminescence characteristics that are stable and do not fluctuate.

Abstract: A transmission system is provided with a transmission apparatus that outputs an ASE light from a transmission light amplifier and with a reception apparatus provided with: a tilt detection unit that detects the optical strength levels of at least two probe lights having different wavelengths from a received ASE light; and a reception light amplifier that performs a first-order tilt correction on light to be output in a linear manner so as to reduce the difference in the optical strength level of the two probe lights detected by the tilt detection unit.

Abstract: A measurement cell (40a) is formed so as to extend in a direction along which a centrifugal force is applied, and a capillary area (47a) to which a sample liquid is sucked by a capillary force is formed on one of the side walls of the measurement cell (40a), the side walls being arranged in a rotational direction. The capillary area (47a) extends from the outer periphery position to the inner periphery of the measurement cell (40a), thereby reducing the size of an analyzing device. Further, the sample liquid in the measurement cell (40a) is sucked to the capillary area (47a) by slowing or stopping a rotation, and then the rotation is accelerated to return the sample liquid in the capillary area (47a) to the measurement cell (40a). It is therefore possible to achieve a sufficient agitating effect and conduct measurement with a small quantity of sample liquid.

Abstract: A surface of a sample is observed by acquiring an image of the surface of the sample. An electron beam I irradiated onto the surface of the sample in which wiring including an insulation material and an electrically conductive material is formed. Electrons that acquired structure information regarding a structure of the surface of the sample are detected. An image of the surface of the sample is acquired by a result of the detection of electrons. The surface of the sample is observed using the acquired image of the surface of the sample. The electron beam is irradiated onto the surface of the sample in a state where a brightness of the insulation material and a brightness of the electrically conductive material in the image of the surface of the sample are set equal to each other.

Abstract: An input processing device includes an input pad; a detector which detects a position of an indicating object coming into contact with the input pad; and a processor which controls a display state of an image displayed on a display on the basis of an input signal obtained from the detector, wherein an input surface of the input pad is provided with a detection region for detecting a specific input operation, and wherein when the processor receives the input signal corresponding to the specific input operation given from the indicating object onto the detection region, the processor rotates the image.

Abstract: The invention has for its object to provide a process of synthesizing high-purity hBN crystal bodies on a robust substrate even under normal pressure. The inventive process of producing hexagonal boron nitride crystal bodies is characterized by comprising a preparation step of preparing a mixture of a boron nitride raw material and a metal solvent comprising a transition metal, a contact step of bringing a sapphire substrate in contact with the mixture, a heating step of heating the mixture, and a recrystallization step of recrystallizing at normal pressure a melt obtained in the heating step. It is also characterized by using as the metal solvent a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, and a combination thereof, and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of Cr, TiN and V without recourse to any sapphire substrate.

Abstract: A printer includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image formed on a sheet and a sheet delivery roller pair for delivering the sheet on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing device onto a sheet delivery tray placed outside of a printer main body. The printer includes a supporting member that supports an upstream edge portion of the sheet in a delivery direction delivered from the sheet delivery roller pair so that the upstream edge portion does not fall down on the sheet delivery tray. The printer includes a blower unit that blows air along a lower surface of the sheet supported by the supporting member from the upstream edge portion of the sheet in the delivery direction toward a downstream edge portion of the sheet in the delivery direction.