Abstract: A substrate treatment method includes: performing a first heat treatment on a substrate on which a coating film of a metal-containing resist has been formed and subjected to an exposure treatment, to form the metal-containing resist into a precursor in an exposed region of the coating film; thereafter, performing a second heat treatment on the substrate to condense the metal-containing resist formed into the precursor in the exposed region of the coating film; and thereafter, performing a developing treatment on the substrate.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a biaxially drawn colored polyester film for laminating and forming metal sheet that: exhibits excellent formability such that even under severe processing or high-temperature heat treatments, the film is prevented from chipping or cracks during forming into a can etc.; and yields formed articles such as cans that have excellent concealability, appearance, and printability. [Solution] The invention is arrived at using a biaxially drawn colored polyester film for laminating and forming metal sheet. Said film comprising at least two layers of: a surface layer (layer A) mainly composed of a polyester having a melting point TmA of 230 to 260° C., layer A having a coloring pigment with an amount of 10 wt % or less, a polymer component with intrinsic viscosity of 0.46 or more, and a water contact angle of 70 to 120° on an outer surface; and a substrate layer (layer B) mainly composed of a polyester having a melting point TmB of 230 to 260° C.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a biaxially drawn colored polyester film for laminating and forming metal sheet that: exhibits excellent formability such that even under severe processing or high-temperature heat treatments, the film is prevented from chipping or cracks during forming into a can etc.; and yields formed articles such as cans that have excellent concealability, appearance, and printability. [Solution] The invention is arrived at using a biaxially drawn colored polyester film for laminating and forming metal sheet. Said film comprising at least two layers of: a surface layer (layer A) mainly composed of a polyester having a melting point TmA of 230 to 260° C., layer A having a coloring pigment with an amount of 10 wt % or less, a polymer component with intrinsic viscosity of 0.46 or more, and a water contact angle of 70 to 120° on an outer surface; and a substrate layer (layer B) mainly composed of a polyester having a melting point TmB of 230 to 260° C.

Abstract: A minute convexo-concave pattern forming method includes: transferring a minute convexo-concave pattern of a mold to a resist layer of a transfer substrate where a resist layer is formed on a substrate and curing the transferred minute convexo-concave pattern; and after curing the transferred minute convexo-concave pattern, peeling the transfer substrate and the mold, the peeling step including: pressurizing a substrate back surface side of the transfer substrate with a peripheral part of the transfer substrate being fixed to bend the transfer substrate in a curved shape and starting peeling of the transfer substrate and the mold with a bending of the transfer substrate; and peeling a part of the minute convexo-concave pattern of the transfer substrate not peeled in the first peeling step by gradually decreasing a pressure for a pressurization so as to undo the bending of the transfer substrate.

Abstract: A minute convexo-concave pattern forming method includes: transferring a minute convexo-concave pattern of a mold to a resist layer of a transfer substrate where a resist layer is formed on a substrate and curing the transferred minute convexo-concave pattern; and after curing the transferred minute convexo-concave pattern, peeling the transfer substrate and the mold, the peeling step including: pressurizing a substrate back surface side of the transfer substrate with a peripheral part of the transfer substrate being fixed to bend the transfer substrate in a curved shape and starting peeling of the transfer substrate and the mold with a bending of the transfer substrate; and peeling a part of the minute convexo-concave pattern of the transfer substrate not peeled in the first peeling step by gradually decreasing a pressure for a pressurization so as to undo the bending of the transfer substrate.

Abstract: A hard disk inspection apparatus comprises a disk holding device which holds a hard disk; a light source which generates a light that illuminates an inspection region portion of a hard disk that is held by the disk holding device; a light guide which has a branched shape and guides a light from the light source to a plurality of light projecting parts; and an image pickup device which takes an image by receiving reflected light from the inspection region portion; wherein an illumination light is shone onto the inspection region from plural courses by shining the illumination light that is guided by the light guide onto the inspection region front the plurality of light projecting parts.

Abstract: The moving images under reproduction are displayed in a main screen and a plurality of thumbnail images that serve as indexes by which to search for a desired scene are displayed. Moreover, the thus displayed thumbnail images are updated at a predetermined timing according as the moving images progress.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus comprises a wavelet transform unit, a frame buffer, a quantization unit, a bit plane coding unit, an arithmetic coding unit, and a stream generating unit, and converts an original image into coded image data hierarchically by using these units. A copyright level management table manages copyright levels to be permitted to users who use the coded image data. A copyright level recording unit records copyright level information on the corresponding profile into a header or other areas of the coded image data in consideration of such factors as users and regions to be provided.

Abstract: An MPEG encoder performs, in compliance with the MPEG-2 standard, intra-image coding compression on thumbnail images, selected by an image selector, whose data amount has been reduced by a data reducing unit. The thus compressed thumbnail images together with a record address recorded as coded data in a coded image data area is recorded in a thumbnail image data.

Abstract: In a method of cleaning a master disk according to the present invention, a self-adhesive surface sticking/peeling operation is performed on dust on the master disk by reciprocatingly oscillating the self-adhesive member while applying external forces in a plurality of directions. Dust on the master disk can be effectively removed by moving the self-adhesive member in this way and by using the adhesion of the self-adhesive member. Since the cleaning method according to the present invention is a removal method using a physical force, it has both the effect of removing organic materials and the effect of removing inorganic materials. Further, according to the present invention, the master disk to be cleaned can be cleaned in a state of being mounted on a disk holding member such as a holder. Therefore an apparatus of a comparatively simple construction can be applied in on-line form according to the cleaning method.

Abstract: A hard disk inspection apparatus comprises an image pickup device which includes an inspection region portion of a disk surface including an edge of a hard disk, and which picks up an image of reflected light from the inspection region portion, an edge detection processing device which detects an edge position of the hard disk, an information acquisition device which acquires specification information that defines several values of a inspection target hard disk, a window separation device which separates the captured image into windows, an image analysis device which performs data processing for each of the regions into which the captured image is separated by the window separation device, and acquires information regarding positions and sizes of dust for each region, and a display control device which displays a result obtained by the image analysis device on a monitor screen.

Abstract: A hard disk inspection apparatus comprises a disk holding device which holds a hard disk; a light source which generates a light that illuminates an inspection region portion of a hard disk that is held by the disk holding device; a light guide which has a branched shape and guides a light from the light source to a plurality of light projecting parts; and an image pickup device which takes an image by receiving reflected light from the inspection region portion; wherein an illumination light is shone onto the inspection region from plural courses by shining the illumination light that is guided by the light guide onto the inspection region front the plurality of light projecting parts.

Abstract: The moving images under reproduction are displayed in a main screen and a plurality of thumbnail images that serve as indexes by which to search for a desired scene are displayed. Moreover, the thus displayed thumbnail images are updated at a predetermined timing according as the moving images progress.

Abstract: A disk inspection apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a disk holding device which holds a disk; an illumination device which radiates an inspection area portion having a predetermined shape on a disk surface including an edge of the disk held by the disk holding device, with illumination light having an illumination light pattern which forms a range of delivery of illumination light having approximately the same shape as that of the inspection area; and an imaging device which includes, in the field of view, the inspection area portion on the disk surface including the edge illuminated by the illumination device, and takes an image of light reflected from the inspection area portion.

Abstract: The moving images under reproduction are displayed in a main screen and a plurality of thumbnail images that serve as indexes by which to search for a desired scene are displayed. Moreover, the thus displayed thumbnail images are updated at a predetermined timing according as the moving images progress.

Abstract: The direct mode of motion compensation will make coding efficiency worse if the motion deviates from a linear motion model. The motion vector linear prediction unit 64 assumes a motion vector of a reference macro block of a backward reference P frame, which lies in the same spatial position as a target macro block of a target B frame of a moving image, as a motion vector of the target macro block of the target B frame. The motion vector linear prediction unit 64 linearly predicts the forward motion vector and the backward motion vector of the target macro block based on the assumed motion vector. The difference vector search unit 66 determines a forward difference vector for correcting the forward motion vector and a backward difference vector for correcting the backward motion vector independently of each other.

Abstract: In a method of cleaning a master disk according to the present invention, a self-adhesive surface sticking/peeling operation is performed on dust on the master disk by reciprocatingly oscillating the self-adhesive member while applying external forces in a plurality of directions. Dust on the master disk can be effectively removed by moving the self-adhesive member in this way and by using the adhesion of the self-adhesive member. Since the cleaning method according to the present invention is a removal method using a physical force, it has both the effect of removing organic materials and the effect of removing inorganic materials. Further, according to the present invention, the master disk to be cleaned can be cleaned in a state of being mounted on a disk holding member such as a holder. Therefore an apparatus of a comparatively simple construction can be applied in on-line form according to the cleaning method.

Abstract: As result of the diversified structure of a terminal device, the demand for data format is also diversified and there is a need to adjust a terminal to such a demand. An image coding apparatus according to the present invention uses a method complied with MPEG, as a method by which to code images, and particularly uses intra-frame coding and inter-frame coding. As an inter-frame coding method, a first mode which is a reference mode using bidirectional coding and a second mode which is a reference mode not using the bidirectional coding can be selectively set. In the case of the first mode, the bidirectional coding is not used, so that B pictures are not generated and the images are coded with I pictures and P pictures only.

Abstract: A motion vector holding unit 61 holds motion vector information with respect to a backward reference frame detected beforehand and received from a motion compensation unit 60. A motion vector calculation unit 63 calculates multiple motion vectors for each macro block defined in a coding target frame with reference to the motion vector information with respect to the backward reference frame held by the motion vector holding unit 61 according to each calculation mode of a set of different calculation modes. A motion compensation prediction unit 64 performs motion compensation using motion vectors obtained for each calculation mode, thereby creating predicted images. The predicted images are output to a coding amount estimation unit 65. The coding amount estimation unit 65 estimates the coding amount of the subtraction image, which is the subtraction between the predicted image and the original image, for each calculation mode.

Abstract: A control unit capable of reliably preventing loss of data also when losing power during data processing is obtained. This control unit comprises a volatile memory temporarily storing data used in the control unit and a nonvolatile memory holding data of the volatile memory, for writing the same data as that written in the volatile memory also in the nonvolatile memory upon occurrence of writing in the volatile memory.