Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device has a semiconductor light-emitting element for emitting light with emission wavelengths of 390 to 420 nm, wherein the wavelengths of light from the semiconductor light-emitting element are converted by a fluorescent substance having a monochromatic emission peak. The emission wavelengths of 390 to 420 nm, which have almost no adverse effect on human bodies and components of the semiconductor light-emitting device, are in a low human visibility range. Since light whose wavelengths are converted by the fluorescent substance are hardly affected by direct light from the semiconductor light-emitting element, light from the fluorescent substance has a favorable color tone. Also, the semiconductor light-emitting device allows desired luminous colors to be obtained only by changing fluorescent substance materials without changing the structure of the semiconductor light-emitting device or the semiconductor light-emitting element.

Abstract: A structure editing apparatus and a picture structure editing apparatus capable of modifying or correcting a structure created in advance with data having a range (segment) set as a structural unit while utilizing original structure information as much as possible are provided. Each apparatus includes a first designating unit designating an arbitrary segment in structure information as a target segment; a second designating unit designating an arbitrary position included in a range of the target segment; and a segment dividing unit dividing the range of the target segment into two segments, i.e., a first half segment and a second half segment with the position designated by the second designating unit set as a dividing position, and replacing the target segment by the two segments.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of sterilizing products and a method of packaging them, which little denature of the products, little concern with rusting or corrosion of the equipment, permit a safe working environment, and can shorten the treatment time, and this invention relates to a method of sterilizing products by adding hydrochloric acid to water not containing sodium chloride, passing the resulting fluid to a diaphragm-less electrolytic bath, electrolyzing the fluid, collecting the electrolytic water, diluting the collected electrolytic water with water, and sterilizing products with both the diluted electrolytic water and ultraviolet radiation; and to a method of packaging products with packaging members sterilized by the above process.

Abstract: The invention provides N-phenyltetrahydrophthalamic acid derivatives represented by the general formula [I], methods of producing the same, herbicides containing the same as the effective components, imidoylchloride derivatives as the intermediate products and methods of producing the same, wherein X and Y each individually represent hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms, R1 represents a lower alkoxycarbonylalkylthio group, R2 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogenated lower alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and R3 represents a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a lower alkynyloxy group, or a lower alkoxyalkoxy group. The herbicides of the present invention, which are very useful, can be widely applied to upland, paddy field, orchard, turf, forest, non-crop land, etc., and are not harmful to crops.

Abstract: A system and method for processing documents is described. The system and method provide for executing a command as part of the execution of an application program, where execution of the command causes the transfer of the document between a processing device in a computer system and a peripheral device. The present invention also provides for transferring the document data between the processing device and the peripheral device in response to the command. The present invention further provides for archiving the document data in a memory in the computer system in response to the command and transparently to the execution of the application program.

Abstract: If the surface of metallic mold should not be highly transcribed to the surface of product in injection molding the plastic products, the transcription defects such as weld, shrinkage, etc. are caused to the surface of product. Further, if the resin should be exposed to the surface of high temperature metallic mold more than necessary during the molding, the filler and the like of glass and so forth are contained into the resin, and in this case, they are left over on the surface of metallic mold, resulting in the transcription defect. These problems can be solved by heating the surface temperature of metallic mold higher than the glass transfer temperature of resin if the resin is non-crystal and higher than the fusion point temperature if the resin crystal, with the temperature raising speed of more than 2° C. every second, maintaining this temperature during the resin charging, and by cooling at the lowering speed of more than 2° C. every second after the completion of charging.

Abstract: A system and method for processing documents is described. The system and method provide for executing a command as part of the execution of an application program, where execution of the command causes the transfer of the document between a processing device in a computer system and a peripheral device. The present invention also provides for transferring the document data between the processing device and the peripheral device in response to the command. The present invention further provides for archiving the document data in a memory in the computer system in response to the command and transparently to the execution of the application program.

Abstract: An automatic workpiece transport apparatus for a double-side polishing machine is disclosed. A carrier is positioned at a predetermined position by a positioning unit, and an image of the top surface of the carrier is captured by use of a visual sensor. A computer performs image processing to obtain the center coordinates of the wafers or the workpiece holders while reference marks or the like provided on the carrier are used as references. The transport robot is moved and controlled based on the thus-detected coordinate data in order to load the wafers into the workpiece holders or to unload the wafers from the workpiece holders. Further, two visual sensors are provided at the tip end of the arm of the transport robot. These visual sensors send to the computer an image of the peripheral portion of the held wafer. Thus, the computer performs fine adjustment in positioning the wafer and the workpiece.

Abstract: In a polishing method for a semiconductor wafer in which polishing slurry is interposed between the semiconductor wafer and a polishing pad and the semiconductor wafer is mirror-polished by a polishing step for planarization, when polishing is conducted using a suede-like foam urethane resin polishing pad having physical properties of low compressibility lower than 9 % and high pore density equal to or higher than about 150 pores/cm.sup.2 as the polishing pad used in the polishing step, a mirror silicon wafer with good surface roughness of 50 bits in haze can be manufactured.

Abstract: A corner joint for a structure formed of stacked timbers, such as a "log" house, and a form of timber for use in the same. The timbers may be tongue-and-groove members milled from wooden stock. The joint structure is formed by two channels which are cut vertically on opposite sides of the timber, with cutout notches being formed through the timber above and below a central tenon. The sidewalls on each vertical channel are curved, one being concave and the other convex. When assembled to form the joint, the convex sidewalls nest within the concave sidewalls so as to form a tight, stable interfit and also eliminate the direct line path which might emit light, air, or water to the interior of the building through the joint.

Abstract: A calendar-based user interface for electronically stored documents is provided by virtue of the present invention. Each document has an associated time. A calendar view is constructed including an icon representing a particular document. The icon is presented at a location corresponding to the time of the document. In one embodiment, the calendar view includes a month view with each date having a corresponding area for presentation of document icons for documents processed on that date.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to easily and firmly read an image and to reduce power consumption. An image reading and displaying apparatus comprises a scanner for reading an image of a document arranged on the side of a read face where photocells are arranged in a matrix form, to output image information, a RAM for storing the image information from the scanner and a display device of a light transmitting type such including a display face for displaying the image information stored in RAM, the display device being such arranged that a back face of the display face contacts with a back face of the read face. Since the back face of the display face is arranged so as to contact the back face of the read face, an operator can confirm the image to be read, whereby the image can be read with certainty.

Abstract: When text data and image data are displayed in a scale-down display area in a one-sight display, the text data is scaled down with a first scale-down percentage according to which characters are recognizable, and the image data is scaled down with a second scale-down percentage according to which the image can be all accommodated horizontally and the configuration as a whole can be easily recognized. Moreover, when the text data is displayed in the scale-down display area, a character series included in the text data is adjusted into a character series layout in which a line end is set to correspond to a number of characters per line in the scale-down display area, so that no line in the scale-down display area has an undisplayed character that is not accommodated in that line. The character arrangement of the text data is set according to the character series layout.

Abstract: A carrier for double-side polishing, which has a polishing pad dressing function as well as a polishing function, so that it can do removal of matter stuck to polishing pads and wear correction thereof concurrently with polishing and ensure stable work polishing accuracy. A resin-coated metal or resin ring is provided around the outer periphery of a carrier portion having work retainer holes and abrasive feed holes, and projections are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the ring. The projections are cylindrical, triangular pyramidal, quadrangular pyramidal or conical, or they may be irregular projections formed by blasting.

Abstract: An automatic capture device, situated between a telephone line and a fax machine, provides real-time monitoring, recording, and selective modification of fax transmissions, and forwarding of the fax data to a computer interface. The automatic capture device is dynamically reconfigurable, capable of adaptation to a variety of facsimile formats and computer interfaces.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a method of and a system for processing input image data based upon a predetermined periodic control signal which promotes predetermined patterns at a desirable orientation and reduces undesirable texture in an output image. One example of the desirable predetermined patterns includes parallel lines in a sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: The current invention generally discloses a method of and a system for color balancing colorants independent of their colorant composition ratios over an output intensity range.

Abstract: A keratan sulfate hydrolase of an endo-.beta.-N-acetylglucosaminidase type, obtained by culturing Bacillus circulans KsT202, has reactivity on keratan polysulfate at high concentrations, an optimum pH of 4.5-6, stability at a pH of 6-7, an optimum temperature of 50-60.degree. C., thermostability at a temperature of 45.degree. C., and a molecular weight of approximately 200,000 dalton.

Abstract: In double-side polishing of semiconductor wafers, not only the two main surfaces but also the surface of the edge portion can be polished in one operation with cost reduction and freedom from contamination. An apparatus with twin polishing turn tables is used in the double-side polishing and the inner peripheral edge of each carrier hole formed in a wafer carrier is profiled such that the sectional profile of the inner peripheral edge is substantially the copy of the edge of the wafer placed in the hole.

Abstract: A method of evaluating quantitatively in a design stage degrees of difficulty of works and processings to be performed on an article or parts at various stage of life thereof such as manufacturing, sale, use, maintenance/inspection/repair, recovery, dismantling, disassembling, recycling for resources, nontoxication and scrapping. Part elimination scores E.sub.i representing degrees of difficulty of the works and processings to be performed on the parts are regarded to be a function of indexes indicating the degrees of difficulty of the works and the processings for the parts and expressed by E.sub.i =f(G.sub.i), while an article evaluation score E representing the degrees of difficulty of the work and the processing for the article is regarded to be a function of a mean value of the part evaluation scores E.sub.i or an index G (=.SIGMA.G.sub.i) indicating the degrees of difficulty of the work and the processing for the article and expressed by E=f(G)=f(.SIGMA.G.sub.i).