Abstract: An oxygen therapy system receives data for an elapsed time such as a flow rate of oxygen gas, and a blood oxygen level or a carbon dioxide partial pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2) level of a user, from an oxygen supply device, calculates a proportion of a duration for each oxygen gas flow rate during which the blood oxygen level or PaCO2 is in a prescribed range from the acquired data in which the oxygen gas flow rate fluctuates with the blood oxygen level or carbon dioxide partial pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2), and displays the calculated data as a histogram or pie graph on a terminal which a healthcare worker such as a physician operates.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a first temperature controller for controlling a temperature distribution on an optical element of a projection optical system, and a second temperature controller for controlling a temperature distribution on an optical element of the projection optical system, wherein in a first period in which the exposure operation is executed, at least one of the first temperature controller and the second temperature controller operates to reduce a change in an aberration of the projection optical system due to the exposure operation being executed, and in a second period which follows the first period and in which the exposure operation is not executed, at least one of the first temperature controller and the second temperature controller operates to reduce a change in an aberration due to the exposure operation not being executed.

Abstract: An oxygen supply device supplying a user with an oxygen gas for inhalation acquires information of the user on percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) using a sensor unit, and calculates, from SpO2, the first moving average value and the second moving average value calculated over a time span longer than the first moving average in a control unit. The control unit calculates a Dip frequency during predetermined time from the SpO2 information, and when the calculated frequency is equal to or larger than the first threshold, the control unit switches the control from the control based on the first moving average value of SpO2 to the control based on the second moving average value.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride phosphor having two or more maximum absorption points in a range of 3,200 to 3,300 cm?1 in an infrared absorption (FT-IR) spectrum. The nitride phosphor of the present invention has excellent emission characteristics and is highly reliable when used in devices.

Abstract: An oxygen concentrator is provided with a controller for recovering an oxygen concentration to a level suitable for treatment in a short period of time by selecting an optimum purge time corresponding to the deterioration state of an adsorbent. The judgment of moisture-absorption deterioration is performed when the detected value of the oxygen concentration sensor is equal to or less than a control value of the oxygen concentration in the oxygen-enriched gas and the detected value of the pressure sensor is equal to or more than an adsorption pressure at which the oxygen concentration increases significantly before and after the control to reduce the purge time, and control of reducing a time for the purge step shorter than a preset time is performed.

Abstract: An oxygen supply device supplying a user with an oxygen gas for inhalation acquires information of the user on percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) using a sensor unit, and calculates, from SpO2, the first moving average value and the second moving average value calculated over a time span longer than the first moving average in a control unit. The control unit calculates a Dip frequency during predetermined time from the SpO2 information, and when the calculated frequency is equal to or larger than the first threshold, the control unit switches the control from the control based on the first moving average value of SpO2 to the control based on the second moving average value.

Abstract: Provided is an oxygen concentrator provided with a control means for recovering an oxygen concentration to a level suitable for treatment in an extremely short period of time by selecting an optimum purge time corresponding to the deterioration state of an adsorbent, wherein judgment of moisture-absorption deterioration is performed when the detected value of the oxygen concentration sensor is equal to or less than a control value of the oxygen concentration in the oxygen-enriched gas and the detected value of the pressure sensor is equal to or more than an adsorption pressure at which the oxygen concentration increases significantly before and after the control to reduce the purge time, and control of reducing a time for the purge step shorter than a preset time is performed.

Abstract: The oxygen therapy system receives data for an elapsed time such as a flow rate value of the oxygen gas, and a blood oxygen level or a level of carbon dioxide partial pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2) of a user, from the oxygen supply device which controls a flow rate of the oxygen gas for inhalation based on the blood oxygen level or the carbon dioxide partial pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2) of the user so that the blood oxygen level or level of carbon dioxide partial pressure in arterial blood (PaCO2) is in a prescribed range.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a first temperature controller for controlling a temperature distribution on an optical element of a projection optical system, and a second temperature controller for controlling a temperature distribution on an optical element of the projection optical system, wherein in a first period in which the exposure operation is executed, at least one of the first temperature controller and the second temperature controller operates to reduce a change in an aberration of the projection optical system due to the exposure operation being executed, and in a second period which follows the first period and in which the exposure operation is not executed, at least one of the first temperature controller and the second temperature controller operates to reduce a change in an aberration due to the exposure operation not being executed.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride phosphor having two or more maximum absorption points in a range of 3,200 to 3,300 cm?1 in an infrared absorption (FT-IR) spectrum. The nitride phosphor of the present invention has excellent emission characteristics and is highly reliable when used in devices.

Abstract: The oxygen supply device supplying a user with an oxygen gas for inhalation comprises: a first sensor unit acquiring information on percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) of the user, a second sensor unit acquiring information on respiratory frequency per minute (BPM), and a control unit. Under the condition where the SpO2 level acquired by the first sensor unit is equal to or larger than the predetermined first threshold and the BPM value acquired by second sensor unit is equal to or larger than the predetermined second threshold, the control unit regards the condition as a possible sign of CO2 narcosis that exhibits an increase in PaCO2 level, and thus judges the condition as an abnormal sign. Then the control unit executes controls such as stopping supply of the oxygen gas to the user, and the like.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus configured to perform frequency conversion on a first transmission signal modulated at a frequency in a specific frequency band into a second transmission signal having a frequency in a transmission frequency band, in which the apparatus includes: a circuit configured to generate a first calibration signal having a frequency higher than a highest frequency in the specific frequency band, and a second calibration signal having a frequency lower than a lowest frequency of the specific frequency band; a circuit configured to add the first and second calibration signals to the first transmission signal; a circuit configured to estimate a phase at a center frequency in the specific frequency band of the first transmission signal, and output a phase correction coefficient corresponding to the estimated phase; and a circuit configured to correct the phase of the first transmission signal, based on the phase correction coefficient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure method for repeatedly performing an exposure process for exposing a substrate via a projection optical system, the method comprising a first exposure process for measuring optical characteristics of the projection optical system, and exposing the substrate while correcting the optical characteristics based on a result of the measurement; a second exposure process for exposing the substrate while correcting the optical characteristics based on a result of estimating the optical characteristics by a prediction formula, wherein the first exposure process is repeatedly performed, and the second exposure process is started after the first exposure process where it is judged that the determined coefficient of the prediction formula has converged.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus configured to perform frequency conversion on a first transmission signal modulated at a frequency in a specific frequency band into a second transmission signal having a frequency in a transmission frequency band, in which the apparatus includes: a circuit configured to generate a first calibration signal having a frequency higher than a highest frequency in the specific frequency band, and a second calibration signal having a frequency lower than a lowest frequency of the specific frequency band; a circuit configured to add the first and second calibration signals to the first transmission signal; a circuit configured to estimate a phase at a center frequency in the specific frequency band of the first transmission signal, and output a phase correction coefficient corresponding to the estimated phase; and a circuit configured to correct the phase of the first transmission signal, based on the phase correction coefficient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure method for repeatedly performing an exposure process for exposing a substrate via a projection optical system, the method comprising a first exposure process for measuring optical characteristics of the projection optical system, and exposing the substrate while correcting the optical characteristics based on a result of the measurement; a second exposure process for exposing the substrate while correcting the optical characteristics based on a result of estimating the optical characteristics by a prediction formula, wherein the first exposure process is repeatedly performed, and the second exposure process is started after the first exposure process where it is judged that the determined coefficient of the prediction formula has converged.

Abstract: This invention provides an exposure apparatus for exposing each of a plurality of shot regions on a substrate. The exposure apparatus includes a control unit configured to control exposure processing of exposing each of the plurality of shot regions on the substrate using control information for controlling shapes of the shot regions exposed on the substrate such that the plurality of shot regions are adjacent to each other. The control information includes correction information for correcting, based on layout information of a plurality of shots adjacent to each other, a shift of adjacent portions of the plurality of shot regions caused by a distortion of the shapes of the plurality of shot regions. The control unit controls the exposure processing using the correction information.

Abstract: A peak suppression device includes a suppression-signal generating unit and a band pass filter (BPF). The suppression-signal generating unit generates a suppression signal that is obtained by adding, to a transmission signal, a frequency component in which components of frequencies from a boundary of a band of the transmission signal to a frequency that is away therefrom toward an out-band of the transmission signal by predetermined frequencies are attenuated, out of frequency components of a signal to suppress a peak of the transmission signal. The BPF attenuates, after the suppression signal is amplified by the amplifier, a frequency component outside the band of the transmission signal in the amplified suppression signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scan-type exposure apparatus comprising an aperture stop provided with at least one of a mask stage and a substrate stage and configured to reduce an influence of flare light, wherein an opening of the aperture stop includes a first opening portion corresponding to one shot region on a substrate, and a serrated second opening portion including a plurality of first openings that protrude in a second direction parallel to the scanning direction from a side of the first opening portion along a first direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a length of each of the plurality of first openings in the first direction decreases outward in the second direction from the side of the first opening portion along the first direction.

Abstract: This invention provides an exposure apparatus for exposing each of a plurality of shot regions on a substrate. The exposure apparatus includes a control unit configured to control exposure processing of exposing each of the plurality of shot regions on the substrate using control information for controlling shapes of the shot regions exposed on the substrate such that the plurality of shot regions are adjacent to each other. The control information includes correction information for correcting, based on layout information of a plurality of shots adjacent to each other, a shift of adjacent portions of the plurality of shot regions caused by a distortion of the shapes of the plurality of shot regions. The control unit controls the exposure processing using the correction information.

Abstract: A peak suppression device includes a suppression-signal generating unit and a band pass filter (BPF). The suppression-signal generating unit generates a suppression signal that is obtained by adding, to a transmission signal, a frequency component in which components of frequencies from a boundary of a band of the transmission signal to a frequency that is away therefrom toward an out-band of the transmission signal by predetermined frequencies are attenuated, out of frequency components of a signal to suppress a peak of the transmission signal. The BPF attenuates, after the suppression signal is amplified by the amplifier, a frequency component outside the band of the transmission signal in the amplified suppression signal.