Abstract: A photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is provided which is capable of providing a potential gradient in the thickness direction, can be manufactured at a lower cost than a layer formed by vacuum film forming, and capable of providing high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is a layer that generates a current by absorbing light and is formed of a particle layer in which a plurality of particles is disposed in plane and thickness directions. Preferably, the photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer includes, as the plurality of particles, a plurality of types of particles having different band-gaps, and the potential in the thickness direction of the layer is distributed.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer having high photoelectric conversion efficiency is provided at a low cost. Photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer is a layer that generates a current by absorbing light and is formed of a particle layer in which a plurality of plate-like particles is disposed only in a plane direction or a sintered body thereof, or a particle layer in which a plurality of plate-like particles is disposed in a plane direction and a thickness direction or a sintered body thereof.

Abstract: A metal-polishing liquid used for chemical-mechanical polishing of a conductor film of copper or a copper alloy in a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the metal-polishing liquid comprising: (1) an amino acid derivative represented by the formula (I); and (2) a surfactant, wherein, in the formula (I), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The challenge for the present invention is to provide a film-forming method and for forming a passivation film which can sufficiently inhibit the loss of carriers due to their recombination; and a method for manufacturing a solar cell element with the use of the method or the device. The film-forming device comprises a mounting portion 22 for mounting a film-forming object, a high frequency power source 25, and a shower plate 23 which is provided to face the film-forming object S mounted on the mounting portion 22, which introduces a film-forming gas, and to which the high frequency power source is connected and a high frequency voltage is applied. A low frequency power source 26 for applying a low frequency voltage is connected to the shower plate or the mounting portion mounting a substrate. The film-forming method is performed using the film-forming device, and the film-forming method is carried out in forming a passivation film.

Abstract: A solar cell capable of restricting carrier loss and yields higher energy conversion efficiency than was conventionally possible and a method of producing a solar cell enabling formation of a light absorbing layer containing quantum dots through a low-temperature process using a coating or printing method requiring no vacuum equipment or complicated apparatuses. The solar cell includes a light absorbing layer containing quantum dots in a matrix layer, and the light absorbing layer is connected to an N-type semiconductor layer on one side and to a P-type semiconductor layer on the other side. In the light absorbing layer, the quantum dots are made of nanocrystalline semiconductor and arranged 3-dimensionally uniformly enough and spaced regularly so that a plurality of wave functions lie on one another between adjacent quantum dots to form intermediate bands. The matrix layer is formed of amorphous IGZO.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image display unit for forming and displaying an optical image; an external-equipment-link unit capable of sending/receiving a control signal to/from external equipment; and a control unit for controlling operations of the image display unit and the external-equipment-link unit. The external-equipment-link unit includes at least one control signal output circuit and at least one control signal input circuit, the control signal input circuit detects an input control signal inputted from the external equipment and supplies the input control signal to the control unit. The control unit controls the control signal output circuit to output an external equipment control signal to the external equipment in response to the image display apparatus being in a predetermined operation state, and the control unit controls operations of the image display apparatus based on the input control signal supplied from the control signal input circuit.

Abstract: A camera device includes: an iris unit for varying exposure; a shutter control unit for varying a shutter speed of an imaging element; and a control unit for controlling the signal processing unit and the entire device. The camera device further includes: an exposure target calculation unit for calculating a control value used for controlling the iris unit or the shutter control unit so that an exposure amount will be a target value based on information on a signal level from a signal processing unit; and a malfunction judgment unit for determining a malfunction in the device based on information on the control value obtained by the exposure target calculation unit and the signal level from the signal processing unit.

Abstract: A liquid for polishing metals, which is used in the chemical and/or mechanical flattening of a semiconductor device, the polishing liquid being characterized in that it comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of tetrazoles or triazoles represented by any one of the following general formulas (I) to (III): wherein, Ra represents at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group; Rb represents at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl, a carboxyl, a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group; and Lb represents a divalent connecting group; and Rc and Rd each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of Rc and Rd represent a hydroxyl, a carboxyl, a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group or a group: -La-Re; wherei

Abstract: A video signal produced through a shooting operation of a camera is sent to a motion detecting unit which detects a motion included in the video signal to set an area of the motion as a space motion area and inputs information of the area to a distance determination circuit which calculates distance between the motion area and the camera by use of a parallax signal produced from stereo cameras disposed in the camera to send information of the space motion area and the distance to a mask determination circuit. The mask determination circuit conducts a comparison between the space motion area information and the space mask area information and between the distance information of the motion area and that of the space mask area, and resultantly compares three-dimensional positions between the detected motion and the mask to determine a position relationship therebetween.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material, wherein the total coating amount of silver of the photosensitive silver halide is 6.0 g/m2 or less in terms of metal silver, and the photosensitivity is the ISO speed of 400 or more, the silver halide color photosensitive material further comprising at least one compound selected from a group consisting of the following type 1 and type 2: (Type 1) Compound which undergoes a one-electron oxidation so as to form a one-electron oxidation product capable of, through subsequent bond cleavage reaction, releasing one or more electrons, (Type 2) Compound which undergoes a one-electron oxidation so as to form a one-electron oxidation product capable of, after subsequent bond formation reaction, releasing one or more electrons.

Abstract: A metal-polishing liquid used for chemical-mechanical polishing of a conductor film of copper or a copper alloy in a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the metal-polishing liquid comprising: (1) an amino acid derivative represented by the formula (I); and (2) a surfactant, wherein, in the formula (I), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal-polishing composition for use in chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor devices, comprising: (a) a compound represented by the following Formula A, (b) a compound represented by the following Formula B, (c) an abrasive grain, and (d) an oxidizing agent: in Formula A, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and in Formula B, R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, amino, aminoalkyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, carboxyalkyl or carbamoyl group.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided which performs optimum zooming and focusing even after long use. The imaging apparatus includes: a lens which is movable along the optical axis; a driving module to drive the lens; a driving amount calculation module to determine a drive count indicating the number of times the driving module has been operated or a drive time for which the driving module has been operated; a storage module to store compensation amounts which are used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module according to the drive count or the drive time; and a control module to control the driving module wherein a compensation amount appropriate for the drive count or time determined by the driving amount calculation module is selected from the compensation amounts stored in the storage module and the selected compensation amount is used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module.

Abstract: A liquid for polishing metals, which is used in the chemical and/or mechanical flattening of a semiconductor device, the polishing liquid being characterized in that it comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of tetrazoles or triazoles represented by any one of the following general formulas (I) to (III): wherein, Ra represents at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group; Rb represents at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl, a carboxyl, a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group; and Lb represents a divalent connecting group; and Rc and Rd each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of Rc and Rd represent a hydroxyl, a carboxyl, a sulfo, an amino, a phosphono, a carbamoyl, a carbamide, a sulfamoyl, and a sulfonamide group or a group: -La-Re; wherei

Abstract: A metal-polishing liquid contains at least one heterocyclic compound having from one to three nitrogen atom as heteroatoms in a molecule; and colloidal silica having a surface partially covered with aluminum. A chemical-mechanical polishing method contains processes of supplying the metal-polishing liquid to a polishing pad on a polishing platen; rotating the polishing platen; relatively moving the polishing pad while the polishing pad is contacted with a surface to be polished of an object to be polished; and polishing the surface to be polished of the object to be polished.

Abstract: A surveillance camera apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing a size of pixels configuring a image-sensor, a computation unit for performing a computation using first information, second information, third information, and fourth information to calculate angle information on a plurality of vertex-points, the information stored in the first storage unit being defined as the first information, a focal length of an optical lens being defined as the second information, angle information on an optical axis that passes through a rotation center of the surveillance camera apparatus as the third information, and pixel information corresponding to a plurality of vertex-points that form a region to be masked whose image has been picked up by the image-sensor being defined as the fourth information, and a second storage unit for storing the computation result by the computation unit.

Abstract: A camera device includes: an iris unit for varying exposure; a shutter control unit for varying a shutter speed of an imaging element; and a control unit for controlling the signal processing unit and the entire device. The camera device further includes: an exposure target calculation unit for calculating a control value used for controlling the iris unit or the shutter control unit so that an exposure amount will be a target value based on information on a signal level from a signal processing unit; and a malfunction judgment unit for determining a malfunction in the device based on information on the control value obtained by the exposure target calculation unit and the signal level from the signal processing unit.

Abstract: A brake control device is provided, which is capable of providing a precise diagnosis on a trouble on a hydraulic pressure valve etc., so as to provide an appropriate output hydraulic pressure corresponding to a stroke amount of a brake pedal. In this device, an electromagnetic valve is provided on a hydraulic pressure passage allowing an auxiliary hydraulic pressure chamber to communicate with an accumulator, and is controlled to open when such a trouble occurs that output hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pressure valve becomes lower than a predetermined range; and an electromagnetic valve is also provided on a hydraulic pressure passage allowing the auxiliary hydraulic pressure chamber to communicate with a reservoir, and is controlled to open when such a trouble occurs that the output hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pressure valve becomes insufficiently reduced.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided which performs optimum zooming and focusing even after long use. The imaging apparatus includes: a lens which is movable along the optical axis; a driving module to drive the lens; a driving amount calculation module to determine a drive count indicating the number of times the driving module has been operated or a drive time for which the driving module has been operated; a storage module to store compensation amounts which are used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module according to the drive count or the drive time; and a control module to control the driving module wherein a compensation amount appropriate for the drive count or time determined by the driving amount calculation module is selected from the compensation amounts stored in the storage module and the selected compensation amount is used to compensate for the mechanical play of the driving module.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel use of the MK family that is used alone as an agent for proliferating hematopoietic stem cells and hematopoietic precursor cells. The invention also provides an agent for remarkably enhancing the above-described effect for promoting the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells and hematopoietic precursor cells, comprising the MK family in combination with known hematopoietic factors such as IL-3, IL-6, G-CSF, GM-CSF, M-CSF, SCF, and EPO.