Abstract: With regard to content assigned correspondence to location information, the present invention enables content to be searched efficiently by distributing a content list in which content metadata is organized hierarchically based on location information from a server to a terminal, and having information of content limited to a user's region of interest generated in the terminal.

Abstract: When etching is performed with respect to a silicon-containing material by using a dry etching apparatus having a dual power source, the application of bias power is initiated before oxidization proceeds at a surface of the silicon-containing material. Specifically, the application of the bias power is initiated before the application of source power is initiated. Alternatively, the source power and the bias power are applied such that the effective value of the source power reaches a second predetermined value after the effective value of the bias power reaches a first predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a useful novel intermediate and a novel synthetic process that can highly prevent contamination by various impurities to an optically active R or S isomer of a 2-amino-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionic acid derivative or salt thereof useful as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals and the like and provides a process for easily and efficiently producing a high purity optically active R or S isomer of a 2-amino-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionic acid derivative or salt thereof on an industrial production scale. A process of producing a high purity 2-amino-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionic acid derivative or salt thereof includes reductively cleaving a sulfur-sulfur bond of an intermediate, which is a high purity optically active 3,3?-dithiobis(2-amino-2-methylpropionic acid) derivative substantially free of impurities. Thus, a resulting optically active 2-amino-3-mercapto-2-methylpropionic acid derivative can be produced without generating impurities as by-products which are difficult to remove.

Abstract: An updating system able to easily and cheaply update music information in a terminal having a memory function unit storing music information of track data and music database information. A broadcasting apparatus 20 is configured by a broadcasting side memory function unit 21 for storing music information including track data and music database information and a transmission function unit 23 for broadcasting the music information on a broadcast channel, and a terminal 30 is configured by a reception function unit 31 for receiving the broadcast wave thereof, an extraction function unit 32 for extracting the music information from the received broadcast wave, and an update function unit 33 for updating the information in the reception side memory function unit 34 with the extracted music information.

Abstract: When etching is performed with respect to a silicon-containing material by using a dry etching apparatus having a dual power source, the application of bias power is initiated before oxidization proceeds at a surface of the silicon-containing material. Specifically, the application of the bias power is initiated before the application of source power is initiated. Alternatively, the source power and the bias power are applied such that the effective value of the source power reaches a second predetermined value after the effective value of the bias power reaches a first predetermined value.

Abstract: When etching is performed with respect to a silicon-containing material by using a dry etching apparatus having a dual power source, the application of bias power is initiated before oxidization proceeds at a surface of the silicon-containing material. Specifically, the application of the bias power is initiated before the application of source power is initiated. Alternatively, the source power and the bias power are applied such that the effective value of the source power reaches a second predetermined value after the effective value of the bias power reaches a first predetermined value.

Abstract: An image pickup device has a hermetic packaging portion for hermetically enclosing an image pickup unit having one solid-state image pickup element. The hermetic packaging portion includes a non-cylindrical portion having a cross section substantially similar to that of the image pickup unit and hermetic joint portions at both the ends of the non-cylindrical portion. Each hermetic joint portion has a nearly R-shaped section.

Abstract: A silicon oxide film is formed on a semiconductor substrate made of silicon. Subsequently, a resist film containing carbon is formed on the silicon oxide film, and thereafter the formed resist film is patterned, thereby forming a resist pattern. Subsequently, the resist pattern is exposed to a sulfur dioxide gas, and then dry etching is performed on the silicon oxide film by using the resist pattern exposed to the sulfur dioxide gas as a mask.

Abstract: The present invention is to store a content list that stores at least one pair of content related to a position and the position in relation to the content, determine a content acquisition region to acquire the content based on a current position, select content in relation to a position associated with the determined content acquisition region from the content list, acquire part of the selected content in advance, determine whether remaining part of the selected content will be referred to based on a position subsequent to the part of the selected content being acquired, thereby determining whether or not to acquire the remaining part of the selected content, and when determining to acquire the remaining part of the selected content, acquire the remaining part of the selected content.

Abstract: A mask layer and a to-be-processed layer are irradiated with light to measure interference light formed of reflected lights from the mask layer and reflected lights from the to-be-processed layer. Thereafter, an interference component brought by the mask layer is removed from the waveform of the measured interference light, thereby calculating the waveform of the interference light brought by the to-be-processed layer. The thickness of the remaining to-be-processed layer is determined on the basis of the calculated waveform of the interference light and the thickness of the remaining to-be-processed layer is compared with a desired thickness thereof. In this way, an end point of processing on the to-be-processed layer is detected.

Abstract: The present invention allows the transmitting side to transmit a plurality of pieces of layout information that determines a display layout of at least one media and media data making up this layout information and allows the receiving side to receive the layout information and media making up this layout information transmitted from the transmitting side, select one out of a plurality of different pieces of layout information based on a reception state of this media and represent the media using the selected layout information.

Abstract: In the present invention, a content receiving section 107 receives content from a content server 101 by means of broadcasting or communication, and playback by a playback section 109 is switched by a playback control section 108 between stored content stored in a storage section 103 and content received by content receiving section 107 based on at least one of stored content playback conditions and reception conditions of content received by means of broadcasting or communication.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to realize a screen configuration according to a propagation environment and display capability by causing a server to transmit a plurality of pieces of screen configuration information describing a spatial arrangement of contents to a reception terminal and select, when the reception terminal receives a plurality of pieces of screen configuration information, screen configuration information and display the contents according to the propagation environment of the reception terminal and conditions such as display capability.

Abstract: In the present invention, with respect to content that is predicted to be referred to after moving based on a current position, moving direction and/or moving speed of a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus inquires of a communication information area managing section whether a position associated with the content is in a communication area, and when the position is outside the communication area, selects at least one communication section with communication-capable channel quality, and acquires and stores the content predicted to be referred to using the selected communication section. It is thereby possible to refer to the content when a position in response to the content predicted to be referred to is outside a communication-capable area.

Abstract: An optical scanning lens is used in a scanning and image forming optical system which gathers a light flux deflected by a light deflector in the vicinity of a surface to be scanned. The lens is formed by plastic molding of polyolefin resin, and the following condition is satisfied: 0<|?n(x)?min[?n(x)]|<34×10?5, where ?n(x) denotes a refractive-index distribution existing inside the lens, in a range which the light flux passes through, in the lens, and min[?n(x)] denotes the minimum value of the ?n(x).

Abstract: A mask layer and a to-be-processed layer are irradiated with light to measure interference light formed of reflected lights from the mask layer and reflected lights from the to-be-processed layer. Thereafter, an interference component brought by the mask layer is removed from the waveform of the measured interference light, thereby calculating the waveform of the interference light brought by the to-be-processed layer. The thickness of the remaining to-be-processed layer is determined on the basis of the calculated waveform of the interference light and the thickness of the remaining to-be-processed layer is compared with a desired thickness thereof. In this way, an end point of processing on the to-be-processed layer is detected.

Abstract: An API specification verification device, an API specification verification method, a program for executing the method, and a storage medium for storing the program are disclosed herein, the API specification verification device and method enabling API which is not registered in a verification tool to be verified without modification to a program checking unit serving as the verification tool. The user inputs API to be verified and a specification of the API using an API specification input support unit. A program conversion unit converts a verification object program based on the input information into a form inputtable by the verification tool to output the converted program to the verification tool. The program checking unit verifies the converted program.

Abstract: The angular position of a notch (17) is determined on the basis of data provided by second notch detectors (24a) and (24b) and an encoder (25). A controller (38) turns a rotational arm (22) for angular displacement such that holders (26) and (27) are displaced in a circumferential direction B from the notch (17), and then the holders (26) and (27) hold a wafer (19). Since the holders (26) and (27) are in touch with edges in which the notch (17) is not formed, the first notch detector (23) is able to detect the notch (17) without difficulty. Thus the position of the wafer (19) relative to the rotational arm (22) does not need to be changed several times depending on positions at which the holders (26) and (27) hold the wafer (19), which is necessary in the prior technology. The aligner (20) touches parts, not including the notch (17), of the wafer (19) and is capable of adjusting the position of the wafer (19) in a short time.

Abstract: In the present invention, content is comprised of a plurality of items of data, and a transmission cycle and others of data composing the content are varied corresponding to the importance and/or necessity and purpose of the data. In this way, for example, it is possible to set a shorter transmission cycle on high-necessity data than the transmission cycle of the low-necessity data, and to set a shorter transmission cycle on information such as summary information requiring fast viewing than the transmission cycle of detailed information.

Abstract: In order to control the coding quantity depending on the processing situation at the terminal when decoding or synthesizing plural pictures or sounds simultaneously, the decoding apparatus of the invention comprises a reception control unit 11 for receiving the information, a separation unit 12 for analyzing and separating the received information, a priority decision unit 14 for determining the priority of processing of the pictures separated in the separation unit 12, a picture expanding unit 18 for expanding the pictures according to the determined priority, s picture synthesizing unit 19 for synthesizing the pictures on the basis of the expanded pictures, a synthesis result accumulating unit 22 for accumulating the synthesized pictures, a reproduction time control unit 23 for controlling the time for starting reproduction, and an output unit 24 for delivering the result of synthesis according to the information of the reproduction time control unit 23.