Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing a stator for motors, and a stator for motors with which heat deformation due to laser irradiation at the time of forming a non-magnetic region can be reduced. A method for producing a stator for motors includes an unmagnetizing step of forming a non-magnetic region in a magnetic sheet material, and a working step of working a part of the non-magnetic region in the magnetic sheet material so as to form a hole for a rotor of a motor.

Abstract: A timepiece includes a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage applied to a stepping motor for driving an indicating hand, and that outputs a voltage detection result, and a drive control unit that controls a rotor to perform reverse rotation by using a reverse rotation pulse including a first pulse whose polarity is the same as that of a normal rotation pulse for causing the rotor of the stepping motor to perform normal rotation, a second pulse whose polarity is reverse to that of the first pulse, and a third pulse whose polarity is reverse to that of the second pulse, and to control the rotor to perform the reverse rotation by using the third pulse having a pulse width set in accordance with the voltage detection result.

Abstract: A stepping motor includes a one-piece stator integrally molded by using a Fe—Ni alloy plate through machining, a rotor accommodating through-hole, and in which a magnetic path is disposed around the rotor accommodating through-hole. A rotor is rotatably arranged inside the rotor accommodating through-hole. A magnetic core is connected to the stator, and a coil is wound on the magnetic core. A Cr-diffusion region having a molten-solidified portion of Cr is diffused in the Fe—Ni alloy stator in a portion of the magnetic path.

Abstract: A coolant supply device 1 includes a coolant tank 2 storing coolant therein, a mounting member 14 covering a part of an upper opening of the coolant tank 2, and supply pumps 32, 33, 34 mounted to the mounting member 14 and configured to pump up coolant C from the coolant tank 2 and supply the pumped-up coolant C to predetermined destinations. The coolant supply device 1 is configured such that the coolant C supplied to the predetermined destinations by the supply pumps 33, 34 is returned to the coolant tank 2. The mounting member 14 is supported by support members 16, 17, 18 such that it is slidable to a non-covered side of the upper opening of the coolant tank 2.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a metal oxide film with workpiece accommodated in a chamber, includes: supplying a precursor gas containing a metal complex into the chamber to form a precursor layer on the workpiece from the precursor gas; supplying an oxidizing gas into the chamber to oxidize the precursor layer so that a metal oxide layer is formed, the oxidizing gas being a gas containing H2O or a gas having a functional group containing hydrogen atoms in the metal complex and containing an oxidant to generate H2O by reaction with the functional group; supplying an H2O removal gas containing alcohols or amines into the chamber to remove H2O adsorbed onto the metal oxide layer; and executing a plurality of cycles each including the supplying a precursor gas and the supplying an oxidizing gas. At least some of the cycles includes the supplying an H2O removal gas.

Abstract: A stepping motor includes a rotor that is used in rotating an indicating hand, and a stator that configures a magnetic path, that is made of an alloy containing Fe, Ni, and Cr, and in which a Cr-diffusion region whose Cr-concentration is 14 mass % or greater is disposed in a portion whose cross-sectional area in the magnetic path is smaller than a cross-sectional area of other portions.

Abstract: A coolant supply device includes a coolant tank having first and second coolant reservoirs arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween and a communicating part arranged between the first and second coolant reservoirs to allow them to communicate with each other, and formed to have a U-shaped overall shape. The coolant supply device further includes pumps pumping up coolant from the second coolant reservoir and supplying the coolant to predetermined destinations. The coolant supplied by the pumps is returned to the first coolant reservoir and flows into the second coolant reservoir through the communicating part. The first coolant reservoir has a first agitating nozzle body disposed therein for discharging coolant to assist a flow of coolant flowing toward the communicating part, and the second coolant reservoir has a second agitating nozzle body disposed therein for discharging coolant to assist a flow of coolant flowing therein from the communicating part.

Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus, a mounting table and a gas supply part are provided in a processing container to face each other. The processing gas introduced from introduction ports formed in the gas supply part on the opposite side of the gas supply part from the mounting table is supplied to the substrate from gas supply holes formed in an end portion of the gas supply part on the side of the mounting table. The gas supply part includes a central region and one or more outer peripheral regions surrounding the central region. The gas supply holes and the introduction ports are provided for each of the central region and the outer peripheral regions. The processing gas whose gas supply conditions are adjusted for each of the regions is continuously and outwardly supplied in a circumferential direction around the center axis from the introduction ports.

Abstract: An electronic device includes at least an acquisition unit, an input unit, a time correction amount calculation unit, and a transmitting unit. A timepiece includes at least a receiving unit, a power storage unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. The input unit receives an input of the time displayed by the display unit of the timepiece. The time correction amount calculation unit calculates a time correction amount for correcting the time of the timepiece from a difference between the time, the input of which is received by the input unit and the current time acquired by the acquisition unit. The transmitting unit transmits the time correction amount to the timepiece by using light. The receiving unit receives the time correction amount. The power storage unit stores electricity by using power converted from the light. The drive unit drives the indicating hand. The control unit corrects the time displayed by the indicating hand, based on the time correction amount received by the receiving unit.

Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus, a mounting table and a gas supply part are provided in a processing container to face each other. The processing gas introduced from introduction ports formed in the gas supply part on the opposite side of the gas supply part from the mounting table is supplied to the substrate from gas supply holes formed in an end portion of the gas supply part on the side of the mounting table. The gas supply part includes a central region and one or more outer peripheral regions surrounding the central region. The gas supply holes and the introduction ports are provided for each of the central region and the outer peripheral regions. The processing gas whose gas supply conditions are adjusted for each of the regions is continuously and outwardly supplied in a circumferential direction around the center axis from the introduction ports.

Abstract: To provide an input assistance device, an input assistance method and a storage medium which can present a character string to be suggested to a user in consideration of a probability of being inputted first in a character string. An input assistance device is for assisting a user to input a character string, the device includes: a character string determining unit that determines a character string to be suggested relating to the inputted kana character string, in the case that a user inputs a kana character string by use of index structure, the index structure recording therein a word together with its kana-reading and the index structure indicating whether or not it is probable that the word is inputted first at a time of inputting a character string; and a suggested candidate presenting unit that presents the character string to be suggested, which is determined, as a suggested candidate.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a gas injection unit having a shower plate provided with gas injection holes, and a plurality of partition regions through which gases are separately injected and which are defined by dividing an arrangement region of the gas injection holes into a plurality of concentric regions in a diametrical direction of the substrate. A supply amount of a raw material gas per unit time in a raw material gas supply period in a cycle of forming a monomolecular layer by supplying the raw material gas and a reactant gas multiple times, and per unit area of the shower plate, and/or a supply amount of the reactant gas per unit time in a reaction period of the raw material gas and the reactant gas in the cycle, and per unit area of the shower plate becomes different in at least two of the partition regions.

Abstract: A gas supply and exhaust structure, for supplying and exhausting a raw material gas into and from a chamber having a substrate mounting surface at a position corresponding to a central portion of an inner top surface, includes a side gas supply unit having gas supply ports arranged circumferentially and vertically on an inner side surface of the chamber and configured to supply the raw material gas through the gas supply ports toward a central axis of the chamber, and an exhaust unit having a gas exhaust port formed at the central portion of the inner top surface of the chamber and configured to exhaust the raw material gas. The inner top surface has an inclined surface inclined such that a distance between the inner top surface and an inner bottom surface of the chamber becomes smaller from the inner side surface toward the central axis.

Abstract: A text visualization system allows a user to ascertain a relationship of viewpoints between categories in clustering of documents including texts of a plurality of categories. Each of a plurality of documents includes texts of each of a plurality of categories. A text and an element text that entails the text among texts included in the plurality of documents are set with respect to each of the categories. A text display displays a plurality of texts of each of one or more categories among the plurality of categories. The text display, in response to receiving a designation of a text of a specific category by a reception unit, extracts, from a plurality of texts of another category, a text that entails an element text of the another category included in a document including an element text that entails the text of the specific category, and displays the extracted text.

Abstract: A text visualization system which allows a user to efficiently ascertain a result of clustering of texts is provided. A clustering system (1) includes a representative text display unit (51), a reception unit (55), and an element text display unit (52). The clustering system (1) is accessibly connected to a storage that stores a plurality of texts and information indicating a representative text and an element text that entails the representative text among the plurality of texts. The representative text display unit (51) displays a plurality of representative texts. The reception unit (55) receives a designation of a specific representative text among the plurality of representative texts. The element text display unit (52) extracts, in response to receiving the designation of the specific representative text, an element text that entails the designated specific representative text from the plurality of texts, and displays the extracted element text.

Abstract: Provided is a text processing system capable of classifying a plurality of texts into groups whose overviews are able to be grasped and classifying texts semantically having entailment relation into the same group even if the texts are not determined to have the entailment relation. Entailment recognition means 71 performs entailment recognition between texts on given texts. Group generation means 72 selects an individual text and generates a group including texts entailing the selected text as members. Group integration means 73 integrates groups in the case where groups satisfy a predetermined condition based on the degree of overlap of members between groups.

Abstract: A search system includes a reception unit 601 for receiving specification of a specific sentence in an article, a search unit 602 using a first sentence being the specified sentence as a search query to search an article including a sentence having a meaning similar to the connotations of the first sentence, and a display unit 603 for displaying information of the searched article as a related article to the first sentence, and when there are a plurality of related articles, the display unit 603 preferentially displays the related articles in descending order of difference relative to a first article being the article including the first sentence.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display part having a light source which transmits an optical signal, a direction detection part for detecting a direction of orientation of a display screen of the display part, and a controller for transmitting data by the optical signal from the display part to an electronic timepiece when the direction of orientation of the display screen detected by the detection part faces a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A similar sentence set generation unit 81 groups sentences representing a same concept or event from a set of analysis target sentences, to generate a similar sentence set. A similar sentence set extraction unit 82 extracts, using one or more specific sentence extractors each capable of extracting a specific sentence belonging to a specific classification from the set of analysis target sentences, one or more sentences not extracted by any of the specific sentence extractors from among the sentences belonging to the similar sentence set, as an exclusion similar sentence set.

Abstract: There is provided an analog timepiece including an hour hand, a minute hand, and a second hand which are rotated by a unit step operation of a stepping motor. The analog timepiece includes a rotor that rotates the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second hand, and that has a magnetic polarity, a stator that includes magnetic pole portions disposed around the rotor, coils that excite the magnetic pole portions, and a control unit that controls each unit step of the rotor in accordance with each pulse group by applying a pulse group including a rotary pulse for rotating the rotor and a braking pulse for braking rotation of the rotor, which is applied before the rotary pulse is applied, to the coil.