Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined process on a target substrate accommodated in a process chamber, the process chamber is cleaned by alternately performing an operation of generating plasma of a gas containing oxygen within the process chamber, and an operation of generating plasma of a gas containing nitrogen within the process chamber.

Abstract: In a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus, such as an RTP apparatus, a carrier is placed and configured to carry out a contaminant that has been attached to it. In this state, a cleaning gas containing N2 and O2 is introduced into the process chamber, and cleaning is performed under conditions including a pressure of 133.3 Pa or less and a temperature of 700° C. to 1,100° C. This cleaning is repeatedly performed by sequentially replacing a plurality of carriers.

Abstract: An image processing device is provided by the present invention, which includes a unit configured to acquire a pixel block contacting an enclosing border of a character rectangle extracted from an image, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the acquired pixel block has a likelihood of noise, a unit configured to generate a noise candidate removed character rectangle by removing from the character rectangle the pixel block as to which it is determined to have the likelihood of noise, and an outputting unit configured to assess validities by performing character recognition for both of the noise candidate removed character rectangle and the character rectangle, and configured to output a recognition result for one of them having greater validity assessed.

Abstract: A high performance speaker is provided and includes a simple structure magnetic circuit achieved without the need of a complicated manufacturing process, and a high performance speaker is provided and includes a simple structure diaphragm achieved without the need of a difficult process for forming a U shape of a narrow width in the diaphragm. A speaker 100 is equipped with an inner-magnet-type magnetic circuit 4 provided with a magnet 1, a plate 2 and a yoke 3, a voice coil 7, and a diaphragm 6 supporting the voice coil 7 in place close to the end of the plate 2 while allowing the voice coil to vibrate. The yoke 3 is formed in an approximately flat plate shape having a diameter equal to or larger than that of the plate 2.

Abstract: In a process chamber of a substrate processing apparatus, such as an RTP apparatus, a carrier is placed and configured to carry out a contaminant that has been attached to it. In this state, a cleaning gas containing N2 and O2 is introduced into the process chamber, and cleaning is performed under conditions including a pressure of 133.3 Pa or less and a temperature of 700° C. to 1,100° C. This cleaning is repeatedly performed by sequentially replacing a plurality of carriers.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an image display device and a control method thereof which can reduce an image retrieving time and suppress an amount of data to be transmitted for retrieval. An image display device (4) is connected via communication lines to an NW cameral (1) for delivering picked-up images and a recorder (3) for storing the delivered images and displays the delivered images on an image display portion (43).

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus generates plasma of a processing gas in a processing chamber and performs plasma processing on a substrate. The plasma processing apparatus is provided with a gas through plate between a plasma generating region which corresponds to the substrate on the susceptor and an external region of such region. The through hole forming region is provided with a first region which corresponds to a center portion of the substrate; a second region arranged on an outer circumference of the first region; and a third region which is arranged on an outer circumference of the second region and includes an external region of the substrate. The diameter of a through hole in the first region is the smallest, and that of a through hole in the third region is the largest.

Abstract: A speaker device includes an acoustic capacity unit; an acoustic pipe connected to the acoustic capacity unit; and a driving speaker attached to the acoustic capacity unit. The acoustic capacity unit and the acoustic pipe constitute the Helmholtz resonator, and resonate at a predetermined Helmholtz resonant frequency. On the other hand, the acoustic pipe itself has a resonant frequency. By setting the resonant frequency of the acoustic pipe to be 0.5 to 2.5 octaves higher than the Helmholtz resonant frequency, the speaker device can be obtained which outputs signals of continuous frequency band from the Helmholtz resonant frequency to the resonant frequency of the acoustic pipe.

Abstract: A ribbon-shaped speaker device includes a magnetic circuit which has two magnetic gaps; two diaphragms which have conductive properties and which are arranged substantially in parallel with and opposite to each other in each of the magnetic gaps; and a driving part which supplies a driving current to each of the diaphragms. A direction of a magnetic flux in each of the magnetic gaps and a direction of the driving current supplied to each of the diaphragms are set such that each of the diaphragms moves in a same direction. Each of the diaphragms inclines in a direction adjacent to each other.

Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined process on a target substrate accommodated in a process chamber, the process chamber is cleaned by alternately performing an operation of generating plasma of a gas containing oxygen within the process chamber, and an operation of generating plasma of a gas containing nitrogen within the process chamber.

Abstract: A speaker apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a speaker unit and a mounting device. The speaker unit has a frame. The mounting device mounts the frame of the speaker unit on a panel member of a vehicle body. The mounting device includes insulators, which prevent vibration, which is caused by operation of the speaker unit in any direction, from being transmitted to the panel member in any direction.

Abstract: When generating one file from image data having plural pages, the present invention generates coded data of a background portion that is common to plural pages for sharing the coded data, thereby realizing a file compressed at high compression rate while maintaining image quality. For this, the apparatus reads plural pages. In the page processing, the read page image is separated into a text image and a background image. The background image is divided into predetermined pixel blocks, then comparison is performed with respect to a certain position between one page and a previous page in units of pixel block, and common pixel blocks are separated from page-unique pixel blocks. When reading of all pages is completed, a page image is generated with the text image and the page-unique background image. Thereafter, the background image common to plural pages is linked to corresponding pages for generating one file.

Abstract: A loudspeaker apparatus is provided with a loudspeaker unit attached to an inner panel. The inner panel of the loudspeaker unit is provided with: an opening to which the loudspeaker unit is attached; a volume unit in which the loudspeaker unit is housed from the opening to form a closed space; and a groove passing through to the volume unit. The loudspeaker unit is housed in the volume unit, and a rear space of the loudspeaker unit in the volume unit is used as an acoustic volume unit of the loudspeaker unit.

Abstract: A vehicle having a vehicle-mounted speaker device attached to a spare tire accommodation unit for use has a vehicle-mounted speaker unit, which is fixedly attached to the accommodation unit and radiates sound, and causes an accommodation lid of the accommodation unit to act as a passive vibrating plate to the sound radiated from the vehicle-mounted speaker unit. Since the accommodation unit is used as a sound space, and the accommodation lid is vibrated as the passive vibrating plate, an output sound pressure level can be increased in any arbitrary frequency band. As a result, a sufficient sound pressure level can be secured, and compensated in a frequency band in which the output sound pressure level is conventionally insufficient.

Abstract: A chair equipped the a speaker is provided with a frame that forms the structural skeleton of the chair, and a speaker unit that is installed to the frame; and wherein hollow pipe is used for the frame, and furthermore wherein the frame functions as an acoustical resonating section or acoustical space for the speaker.

Abstract: A listening device for a hands-free system includes a bone conduction actuator and a holder for holding the actuator. The holder includes a first contact part for contacting the actuator to a body part, a second contact part protruded at a spaced apart location from the first contact part, and a pivot part between the first and second contact parts. The holder is supported such as to be rotatable around a shaft in the pivot part orthogonally to a plane containing the contact parts and the pivot part. Thus, provided is a listening device which uses a bone conduction actuator having a contact part which can be contacted to a surface of a human body with a constant and appropriate pressure so as to achieve a constant level of signal transmission irrespective of the differences in the shape of the body part or the movements of the user.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a user interface for setting an instruction from a user and is capable of switching a language used in a display screen of the user interface. The image processing apparatus creates text data by determining the language used in the display screen of the user interface and by performing character recognition suitable for recognizing a document of the determined language on read image data. The image processing apparatus also creates a file in which the text data and the image data are associated with each other. Therefore, character recognition is properly performed in the image processing apparatus by automatically selecting the type of the language.

Abstract: A speaker system for a vehicle including: a plurality of speaker units which are formed by attaching a speaker to an enclosure and located inside the vehicle, wherein an imaginary sound source is considered in arranging the speaker units inside the vehicle and the minimum resonance frequency of the speaker units is reduced.

Abstract: An automatic photograph seal vending method comprising providing a photographing process for creating a photographed picture image or images, wherein an illumination means illuminates one or more subjects in a photographing space and a photographing means takes a photograph; providing an editing process for creating an edited picture image or images, wherein an editing means edits a picture image or images as an object of editing; using an output means to output a predetermined picture image or images; and using a large-sized display means capable of displaying the one or more subjects substantially in life size to display tie predetermined picture image or images to facilitate the photographing process and/or the editing process.

Abstract: A personal computer is a control device, which provides master camera direction information that instructs a direction of a master camera selected from camera devices to the camera devices including the master camera. Each camera device stores relative position information about the camera itself and the other cameras. The each camera device transforms master camera direction information to slave camera direction information based on relative position information when one of the other cameras is the master camera. The slave camera direction information is that of a direction that allows a camera to follow the master camera as a slave camera. The each camera device controls a rotating mechanism of the camera in accordance with the master camera direction information when it is the master camera, and in accordance with the slave camera direction information when it is not the master camera.