Abstract: A surface modifying method of modifying a bonding surface of a substrate to be bonded to another substrate by plasma of a processing gas includes an adjusting process and a modifying process. In the adjusting process, an amount of moisture in a processing vessel is adjusted by supplying a humidified gas into the processing vessel allowed to accommodate the substrate therein. In the modifying process, the bonding surface of the substrate is modified by forming the plasma of the processing gas in the processing vessel in a state that the amount of moisture in the processing vessel is adjusted.

Abstract: An electrical characteristic parameter inspection apparatus includes multiple sensors to be arranged on or over an object and a hardware processor. The hardware processor selects multiple predetermined selection patterns, each of the selection patterns including a sensor pair, the sensor pair including two or more sensors among the multiple sensors; measures electrical characteristic parameters for the respective selection patterns, the electrical characteristic parameters being output from the sensors included in the selection patterns; and analyzes the electrical characteristic parameters measured for the respective selection patterns.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a hardware processor that determines a focal position of a push wave, and positions of observation points in a region of interest indicating an analysis target range within the subject, causes the ultrasonic probe to perform transmission of a push wave focusing on the focal position, and subsequent to the transmission, causes the ultrasonic probe to transmit a detection wave passing through the region of interest within the subject, and calculates amounts of displacement of tissue of the subject at the observation points on the basis of a reflected wave obtained by the ultrasonic probe in response to the transmission of the detection wave, calculates propagation speeds of the shear wave in the tissue of the subject with respect to the observation points on the basis of the amounts of displacement, and evaluates values of the propagation speeds calculated to create an evaluation result.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a hardware processor that determines a focal position of a push wave, and positions of observation points in a region of interest indicating an analysis target range within the subject, causes the ultrasonic probe to perform transmission of a push wave focusing on the focal position, and subsequent to the transmission, causes the ultrasonic probe to transmit a detection wave passing through the region of interest within the subject, and calculates amounts of displacement of tissue of the subject at the observation points on the basis of a reflected wave obtained by the ultrasonic probe in response to the transmission of the detection wave, calculates propagation speeds of the shear wave in the tissue of the subject with respect to the observation points on the basis of the amounts of displacement, and evaluates values of the propagation speeds calculated to create an evaluation result.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a control device for a first suction portion, a second suction portion, and a folding portion so that each time a separator is folded, a positive electrode and a negative electrode are alternately sandwiched between folded surfaces of the separator. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that doping foil is bonded to one of a current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode sucked and held by the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that the one of the current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode having the lithium metal foil bonded thereto is transported and sandwiched between a predetermined pair of the folded surfaces of the separator.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to which a probe including a plurality of transducers arranged can be connected, causing the probe to transmit a push wave into a subject to detect propagation velocity of a shear wave, includes: a push wave pulse transmitter that uses a plurality of transmission transducers to transmit a push wave that converges to one or more transmission focus points in the subject; a detection wave pulse transmitter that supplies a detection wave pulse to some or all of the plurality of transducers to cause the plurality of transducers to transmit a detection wave; a displacement detector that detects displacement of a tissue at each of a plurality of observation points; an analysis target determiner that determines an analysis target region; and a propagation information analyzer that calculates the propagation velocity of the shear wave at each observation point.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus to which a probe including a plurality of oscillators is connectable and that causes the probe to transmit a push wave including an ultrasonic beam to focus into an object to be examined, to detect a propagation speed of a shear wave, includes: a push-wave pulse transmitter that supplies a push-wave pulse to each of a plurality of transmission oscillators, to cause the plurality of transmission oscillators to sequentially transmit a plurality of push waves to focus onto a plurality of transmission focuses, a detection-wave pulse transmitter that supplies a detection-wave pulse to part or all of the plurality of oscillators, to cause the plurality of oscillators to transmit a detection wave to pass through a region of interest; and a propagation information analyzer that calculates propagation-speed frame data of a shear wave in the region of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a control device for a first suction portion, a second suction portion, and a folding portion so that each time a separator is folded, a positive electrode and a negative electrode are alternately sandwiched between folded surfaces of the separator. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that doping foil is bonded to one of a current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode sucked and held by the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that the one of the current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode having the lithium metal foil bonded thereto is transported and sandwiched between a predetermined pair of the folded surfaces of the separator.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that transmits/receives an ultrasonic wave to/from a subject using an ultrasonic probe and generates an image includes: a transmission unit that converts a pulsed transmission signal including a fundamental wave component into a transmission ultrasonic wave and transmits the transmission ultrasonic wave to the inside of the subject; a receiving unit that generates a reception signal based on a reflected ultrasonic wave from the subject; a separation unit that separates the reception signal into first and second components; a phase control unit that generates a third component by controlling a phase of the second component such that a time at which amplitude is maximized is the same between the first and second components; a combining unit that combines the first and third components to generate a composite reception signal; and an image generation unit that generates an image based on the composite reception signal.

Abstract: A kneading device includes: a preliminary kneading device that produces a preslurry by agitating a powder and a liquid introduced and transferring them while wetting the powder with the liquid; and a main kneading device that causes the powder to be uniformly dispersed in the preslurry supplied from the preliminary kneading device to produce a slurry. The main kneading device includes a gap defined by two conical surfaces that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween and rotate relative to each other about their central axes. The slurry is produced by passing the preslurry through the gap. With the preliminary kneading device, the powder is dispersed in the liquid after conforming to the liquid, which suppress damage to the powder. The conditions of main kneading can be changed only by adjusting the gap, which facilitates the operation of changing the conditions of the main kneading.

Abstract: A kneading device includes: a preliminary kneading device that produces a preslurry by agitating a powder and a liquid introduced and transferring them while wetting the powder with the liquid; and a main kneading device that causes the powder to be uniformly dispersed in the preslurry supplied from the preliminary kneading device to produce a slurry. The main kneading device includes a gap defined by two conical surfaces that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween and rotate relative to each other about their central axes. The slurry is produced by passing the preslurry through the gap. With the preliminary kneading device, the powder is dispersed in the liquid after conforming to the liquid, which suppress damage to the powder. The conditions of main kneading can be changed only by adjusting the gap, which facilitates the operation of changing the conditions of the main kneading.

Abstract: The invention provides a press-fitting method of a member and a press-fitting apparatus in which press-fitting errors can be reduced, without using a dummy pin. The pressing jig 45 includes a main body 46 having a guide pin containing part 47 which is open downward, a compression coil spring (a resilient member) 48 which is contained in an upper part of the guide pin containing part 47, a guide pin 49 which is contained in a lower part of the guide pin containing part 47 with its lower end portion projected downward from a lower face of the main body 46 by an urging force of the compression coil spring 48, and a permanent magnet 50 in an annular shape which is fixed to the lower face of the main body 46, as attracting and holding unit for attracting and holding the press-fitting member 11.

Abstract: A terminal device includes a connection environment check unit, a determination purpose port mapping command unit which issues a port mapping command to a lower layer NAT device, and a determination packet generation unit which generates a determination packet which is source-routed. Additionally, a determination packet transmitting unit transmits the determination packet, a determination packet receiving unit receives the determination packet transmitted from the determination packet transmitting unit, passing through the upper layer NAT device a and the lower layer NAT device a and arriving at the terminal device a, and a port number obtainment unit obtains a WAN-side port number of the lower layer NAT device a indicated in the received determination packet.

Abstract: A data management device for centrally storing electronic data acquired from a data processing device, the data management device comprising: an identification write unit for writing first identification indicating that the electronic data is saved in a storage device into the electronic data saved in the storage device, and outputting the electronic data having the written first identification to the data processing device; an identification detection unit for detecting second identification written in electronic data inputted from the data processing device, and determining whether the first identification and the second identification match; and a selection unit for recording, into the storage device, the electronic data inputted from the data processing device when it is determined that the first identification and the second identification do not match or when the second identification is not detected.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal device a (405) including: a connection environment check unit (601); a determination purpose port mapping command unit (602) which issues a port mapping command to a lower layer NAT device a (404); a determination packet generation unit (603) which generates a determination packet which is source-routed; a determination packet transmitting unit (608) which transmits the determination packet; a determination packet receiving unit (609) which receives the determination packet transmitted from the determination packet transmitting unit (608), passing through the upper layer NAT device a (403) and the lower layer NAT device a (404), and arriving at the terminal device a (405); and a port number obtainment unit (615) which obtains a WAN-side port number of the lower layer NAT device a (404) indicated in the received determination packet.

Abstract: A data communication apparatus is highly concealable and significantly increases time necessary for an eavesdropper to analyze cipher text. A multi-level code generation section generates, by using predetermined key information, a multi-level code sequence in which a signal level changes so as to be random numbers. The multi-level processing section combines a multi-level code sequence and information data, and generates a multi-level signal having a level corresponding to a combination of the multi-level code sequence and the information data. In the multi-level code generation section, a random number sequence generation section generates a binary random number sequence by using the predetermined key information. A multi-level conversion section generates a multi-level code sequence from the binary random number sequence in accordance with a predetermined encoding rule.

Abstract: A data communication apparatus wherein stealthiness is enhanced by significantly increasing the time required for a wiretapper to decrypt an encrypted text. The data communication apparatus is constituted by connecting a data transmitting apparatus and a data receiving apparatus via a transmission path. The data transmitting apparatus receives a first predetermined initial value (key information) and information data, generates a multi-valued signal, the level of which varies substantially in a random number manner, and converts the multi-valued signal to a modulated signal of a predetermined modulation format for transmission. The data receiving apparatus demodulates the modulated signal to output the multi-valued signal, and then reproduces the information data from the multi-valued signal and a received second predetermined initial value (key information).

Abstract: A data communication apparatus, performing a secret communication, is provided to reduce a random number generation speed using a plurality of random number generators. The data communication apparatus includes random number generation sections generating random numbers, which are each a multi-level pseudo random number, using predetermined key information includes a multi-level signal modulation section selecting a level, from among multi-levels previously prepared, selected level corresponding to information data and a multi-level sequence, which is composed of a combination of values of the random numbers and generating a multi-level modulated signal including a noise having a predetermined noise level using the selected level. Levels of a multi-level signal are in a range of the noise level, and a signal point allocation is set such that all values which are possibly taken by each of the random numbers are allocated to the plurality of levels of the multi-level signal.

Abstract: An optical transmitting circuit (2) modulates multimode oscillation light using an information signal, subjects at least one oscillation-mode light beam of the multimode oscillation light to a predetermined operation, and outputting the result to an optical transmission channel. An optical receiving circuit (8) receives an optical signal transmitted through the optical transmission channel, subjects the received optical signal to an operation reverse to the predetermined operation to recover an optical signal as it was before being subjected to the predetermined operation, and converting the recovered optical signal into an electrical signal, thereby reproducing the information signal.

Abstract: A data transmitting apparatus has improved security against eavesdropping for secret communication using Y-00 protocol. The multi-level code generation section generates, based on key information, a multi-level code sequence in which a signal level changes so as to be approximately random numbers. The multi-level processing section generates a multi-level signal having a level which corresponds to a combination between information data and the multi-level code sequence. The error signal generation section generates an error signal which changes randomly. The accumulation section accumulates the error signal, and outputs an accumulated error signal. The adding section adds the accumulated error signal to the multi-level signal, and outputs a variable multi-level signal. The modulator section modulates the variable multi-level signal, and outputs a modulated signal.