Abstract: A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first region and the second region; a gate electrode facing the third region; a first insulating layer facing the first region; a second insulating layer facing the second region; and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, containing oxygen (O) and at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Al, Hf, Zr, La, Y, Zn, In, Sn, and Ga, and having a chemical composition different from that of the oxide semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes transferring a substrate including a structure that has a first surface at which indium is exposed, and a second surface at which a metal is exposed, to a chamber of a film forming device, supplying an indium reducing gas to the chamber at a first temperature at which indium is able to transition to a gaseous state, and supplying a film forming gas to the chamber at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to form a first film on the first surface and the second surface, after supplying the reducing gas.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer spaced from the substrate in a first direction intersecting with a surface of the substrate, a first wiring opposed to a part of the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the first wiring, a second wiring electrically connected to one end in the first direction of the oxide semiconductor layer, and a first insulating layer disposed on a surface on one side and a surface on the other side in a second direction intersecting with the first direction of the second wiring. The second wiring contains a first metallic element, and the first insulating layer contains the first metallic element and oxygen (O).

Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a first conductive layer that extends in a first direction; a second conductive layer that extends in the first direction and is arranged with the first conductive layer in a second direction; a first insulating layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a semiconductor layer that extends in the second direction and faces the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the first insulating layer in a third direction; a first charge storage layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the semiconductor layer; a second charge storage layer that is provided between the second conductive layer and the semiconductor layer; a first high dielectric constant layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the first charge storage layer; and a second high dielectric constant layer provided between the second conductive layer and the second charge storage layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain characteristic values including smoothness and basis weight of a recording medium; and identify the type of the recording medium on the basis of the smoothness and the basis weight.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: acquire physical-property-value information of a recording medium; using information regarding a printing machine, perform an evaluation as to whether there is a possibility that the recording medium causes trouble for printing by the printing machine, the evaluation being performed with respect to at least one printing performance indicator based on the physical-property-value information; and output a result of the evaluation to a display device.

Abstract: An information processing device not connected to a communication line includes a processor configured to generate information on each specific processing repeatedly executed, the information being to be managed by a management device, and refer to management information indicating information already managed by the management device, and output information which is among the generated information and not yet managed by the management device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain characteristic values including smoothness and basis weight of a recording medium; and identify the type of the recording medium on the basis of the smoothness and the basis weight.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to: acquire physical-property-value information of a recording medium; using information regarding a printing machine, perform an evaluation as to whether there is a possibility that the recording medium causes trouble for printing by the printing machine, the evaluation being performed with respect to at least one printing performance indicator based on the physical-property-value information; and output a result of the evaluation to a display device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a second color chart from a first color chart. The second color chart includes multiple color samples selected from multiple color samples included in the first color chart, and the second color chart is generated in such a manner that a color sample included in the second color chart is located in the second color chart at a position at least maintaining a partial-adjacency relationship in the first color chart.

Abstract: An information processing device not connected to a communication line includes a processor configured to measure an accumulated number of execution counts for specific processing repeatedly performed by an application, and perform control so that after the accumulated number of execution counts reaches an allowable number, the application is not started up.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a second color chart from a first color chart. The second color chart includes multiple color samples selected from multiple color samples included in the first color chart, and the second color chart is generated in such a manner that a color sample included in the second color chart is located in the second color chart at a position at least maintaining a partial-adjacency relationship in the first color chart.

Abstract: An information processing device not connected to a communication line includes a processor configured to generate information on each specific processing repeatedly executed, the information being to be managed by a management device, and refer to management information indicating information already managed by the management device, and output information which is among the generated information and not yet managed by the management device.

Abstract: An information processing device not connected to a communication line includes a processor configured to measure an accumulated number of execution counts for specific processing repeatedly performed by an application, and perform control so that after the accumulated number of execution counts reaches an allowable number, the application is not started up.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material by ejecting ink; and an image processing unit that, in a case where information of a bar code image is included in image information for forming an image by the image forming unit, carries out a process of making a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting an edge portion in the bar code image smaller than a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting a portion other than the edge portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material by ejecting ink; and an image processing unit that, in a case where information of a bar code image is included in image information for forming an image by the image forming unit, carries out a process of making a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting an edge portion in the bar code image smaller than a drop size of the ink used for pixels constituting a portion other than the edge portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a reception portion that receives a first image; a selection portion that selects a head to perform pre-ejection; a generation portion that includes the selected head and generates patterns for detection of a transport speed of a sheet; an output portion that synthesizes the generated patterns with the received first image to output a second image on a sheet; a reading portion that reads the second image; an extraction portion that extracts the patterns from the read second image; and a control portion that analyzes the extracted patterns and controls the transport speed of the sheet at the output portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a multi-level unit that applies a multi-level process on binary halftone dot image data indicating a binary halftone dot image, to form multi-level image data; an acquiring unit that acquires a number of screen lines of the binary halftone dot image data; a tone correcting unit that determines a tone correction amount corresponding to the number of screen lines of the binary halftone dot image data acquired by the acquiring unit, and that applies tone correction on the multi-level image data produced by the multi-level unit, by using the determined tone correction amount; and a re-binarizing unit that binarizes the multi-level image data in which the tone is corrected by the tone correcting unit, without changing a halftone dot shape of the binary halftone dot image data, to produce re-binarized halftone dot image data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a reception portion that receives a first image; a selection portion that selects a head to perform pre-ejection; a generation portion that includes the selected head and generates patterns for detection of a transport speed of a sheet; an output portion that synthesizes the generated patterns with the received first image to output a second image on a sheet; a reading portion that reads the second image; an extraction portion that extracts the patterns from the read second image; and a control portion that analyzes the extracted patterns and controls the transport speed of the sheet at the output portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a multi-level unit that applies a multi-level process on binary halftone dot image data indicating a binary halftone dot image, to form multi-level image data; an acquiring unit that acquires a number of screen lines of the binary halftone dot image data; a tone correcting unit that determines a tone correction amount corresponding to the number of screen lines of the binary halftone dot image data acquired by the acquiring unit, and that applies tone correction on the multi-level image data produced by the multi-level unit, by using the determined tone correction amount; and a re-binarizing unit that binarizes the multi-level image data in which the tone is corrected by the tone correcting unit, without changing a halftone dot shape of the binary halftone dot image data, to produce re-binarized halftone dot image data.