Abstract: Provided is a robot capable of appropriately adjusting a position and the like of a main body in view of executing a specified task involving an interaction with a target object. While the position and posture of the main body (10) are being controlled according to a second target path, the robot (1) moves from a first specified area to a second specified area and stands there. In this state, a second position deviation (=the deviation of the position of the main body from a second target path) and a second posture deviation (=the deviation of the posture of the main body from a second target posture) are determined. According to the determination result, the second target path is corrected so that the subsequent position deviation and the like may be smaller.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting element that can obtain oscillation at desired wavelengths. The semiconductor light emitting element comprises a semiconductor substrate 11, an active layer 12 for emitting and propagating light, which is formed in a stripe shape above the semiconductor substrate 11, buried layers 13a, 13b formed on both lateral sides of the active layer 12, a cladding layer 16 formed above the active layer 12 and the buried layers 13a, 13b, a first electrode 17a formed above the cladding layer 16, and a second electrode 17b formed below the semiconductor substrate 11. The active layer 12 opens on one end facet 14a among the two end facets formed by cleavage so that the active layer 12 makes a predetermined angle to the normal direction of the one end facet 14a.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a radio-frequency transmission-reception processing unit configured to perform radio-frequency processing to a transmitted signal and a received signal; a baseband processing unit configured to perform baseband processing; a signal detecting unit configured to detect a signal from which a signal transmitted from another communication system is detected; and an interference-to-another-communication-system avoiding unit configured to suppress an interfering signal to the other communication system in radio-frequency transmission processing by the radio-frequency transmission-reception processing unit if the signal detecting unit detects a signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus that enable rapid and automatic determination of the coagulant injection rate in a process of water treatment through coagulation and sedimentation. Using a coagulation analyzer comprising sample tanks 1A to 1D each for keeping a predetermined amount of raw water, a water supply pump 7, water supply/discharge valves 4, 6 for raw water and washing water, mixers 3A to 3D, a coagulant injection unit 21, and a detector 30 for determining the particle size and the particle number of flocs, the time within which the coagulant 20 injected into the sample tanks is dispersed by mixing and the particles begin to agglomerate (agglomeration start time) is determined, and based on the thus-determined agglomeration start time, the coagulant injection rate is determined, or the amount of the coagulant to be injected is controlled.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a plurality of lead end holding grooves defined in insulators at an outer circumferential surface of a stator core, for guiding respective ends of coil leads therein. The lead end holding grooves are defined by ledges of the insulators. The ledges have respective lands which are convex in widthwise directions of the lead end holding groove.

Abstract: A tray for film formation by a CVD method includes a tray main body (2) and a supporting member (3) mounted on the tray main body (2) for supporting a silicon wafer (5). The supporting member (3) has a holding portion (3c), on which the silicon wafer (5) is directly placed. The holding portion (3c) has its lower surface (3d) apart from a surface (2a) of the tray main body that is opposed to and apart from the supported silicon wafer (5), whereby the thickness distribution of an oxide film formed on the silicon wafer can be made uniform. The tray has a structure for reducing a contact area between the supporting member (3) and the tray main body (2), with the holding portion (3c) having a tilted surface with its inner circumferential side closer to the tray main body surface (2a) that is opposed to the silicon wafer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a pillar formed in a highly reliable manner and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including an internal circuit area and an I/O area disposed outside the internal circuit area, a package substrate coupled in a flip-chip manner to the semiconductor chip, and an electrically conductive pillar disposed between the semiconductor chip and the package substrate such that the electrically conductive pillar is located over two or more wirings in an uppermost wiring layer of the semiconductor chip and such that the two or more wirings are coupled together via the electrically conductive pillar.

Abstract: [Technical Problem] A contactor is provided which is capable of making fluids of two phases contact each other under a good dispersion state and which can be easily multi-staged. [Means for Solving the Problems] The inside of a contactor 1 is divided into a plurality of cells 22, 32 by partition walls (a vertical wall 10, horizontal walls 21, 31) and the respective cells 22, 32 become countercurrent contacting spaces of an upflow fluid flowing up in the contactor 1 and a downflow fluid flowing down in the contactor 1. A downflow fluid injection hole 52 provided in the vertical wall 10 of each stage makes the downflow fluid blocked by the partition wall and residing inject into the neighboring cells 22, 32 of a lower stage side, while an upflow fluid flow-in port 51 provided in an upper side of the injection hole 2 makes an upflow fluid from the cells 22, 32 of the lower stage side flow in.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a silicon wafer that as well as being free of COPs and dislocation clusters, has defects (grown-in defects including silicon oxides), which are not overt in an as-grown state, such as OSF nuclei and oxygen precipitate nuclei existing in the PV region, to be vanished or reduced, by adopting a method for producing a silicon wafer, the method comprising the steps of: growing a single crystal silicon ingot by the Czochralski method; cutting a silicon wafer out of the ingot; subjecting the wafer to an RTP at 1,250° C. or more for 10 seconds or more in an oxidizing atmosphere; and removing a grown-in defect region including silicon oxides in the vicinity of wafer surface layer after the RTP.

Abstract: An emulation processing method causing a computer including a first and a second processor to execute emulation processing, the emulation processing method includes: calculate a next instruction address next to a received instruction address, and transmit, to the second processor, the calculated instruction address and instruction information read out on the basis of the calculated instruction address, transmit, to the first processor, a first instruction address that is an instruction address included in an execution result of executed processing, and execute processing based on the instruction information received from the first processor, when a second instruction address that is the instruction address received from the first processor is identical to the first instruction address, and read out instruction information on the basis of the first instruction address and execute processing based on the instruction information read out, when the second instruction address is not identical to the first instruct

Abstract: A charging apparatus for a mobile robot enabling the mobile robot to move relatively freely even during charging using a wiring member, while preventing occurrence of an inconvenience such as damage to the wiring member, is provided. The charging apparatus includes a charging power source, a control board which controls the charging power source, and a wiring members for use in supplying electric power from the charging power source to a battery mounted on the mobile robot. The wiring member is connected to the mobile robot to follow the movement of the robot. The charging apparatus further includes a detector which detects tension applied to the wiring member. When the wiring members is pulled, an appropriate measure to stop the mobile robot or disconnect the wiring member from the robot is taken in accordance with a signal from the tension detector.

Abstract: A touch panel input device and a processing execution method eliminates wasteful operations of a user and increases user convenience. If a state determination unit (multiple key press detection unit) detects that multiple operation keys displayed on a touch panel screen were multiply pressed, an operation control unit (first processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to any one of the plural operation keys. A waiting unit sets a state, which causes processing to wait for a user to make a selection instruction to select and execute processing corresponding to the other operation key. If the selection instruction is accepted, the operation control unit (second processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to the selection instruction so as to select and execute the processing corresponding to the other operation key, following the multiple key press.

Abstract: A charging system for a walking robot which charges a battery mounted on the walking robot by connecting a power supplying connector provided in a charging station to a power receiving connector in the walking robot, wherein the walking robot is capable of moving without significant restrictions during charging. The charging system includes a lock mechanism for locking the power supplying connector to the power receiving connector. A connector holder holds the power supplying connector detachably, an advancing/retracting mechanism advances and retracts the connector holder in the anteroposterior direction, and a lock operation mechanism performs a lock operation and an unlock operation of the lock mechanism via the connector holder. After an advance of the connector holder, the lock mechanism performs the lock operation to lock the power supplying connector to the power receiving connector. Thereafter, the connector holder is retracted out of the power supplying connector.

Abstract: Various methods for performing energy management via a sub-system are provided. One example method includes receiving a user input while a main processing system is in a power saving mode and buffering a representation of the user input. The example method further includes, in response to receiving the user input, triggering a wake up of a main processing system from the power saving mode, and causing transmission of the representation of the user input to the main processing system for processing. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus that enable rapid and automatic determination of the coagulant injection rate in a process of water treatment through coagulation and sedimentation. Using a coagulation analyzer comprising sample tanks 1A to 1D each for keeping a predetermined amount of raw water, a water supply pump 7, water supply/discharge valves 4, 6 for raw water and washing water, mixers 3A to 3D, a coagulant injection unit 21, and a detector 30 for determining the particle size and the particle number of flocs, the time within which the coagulant 20 injected into the sample tanks is dispersed by mixing and the particles begin to agglomerate (agglomeration start time) is determined, and based on the thus-determined agglomeration start time, the coagulant injection rate is determined, or the amount of the coagulant to be injected is controlled.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device chip having an image pickup device on a front face and an external connection terminal on a rear face through a via interconnect; a wiring board placed within a projection plane of the image pickup device chip and made up of an intermediate portion whose first main face is connected with the external connection terminal, a first flexing portion and a second flexing portion extended from opposite ends of the intermediate portion and bent toward the intermediate portion at a predetermined angle, and a first extension portion and a second extension portion; and a signal cable connected to the first extension portion and the second extension portion.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus that enable rapid and automatic determination of the coagulant injection rate in a process of water treatment through coagulation and sedimentation. Using a coagulation analyzer comprising sample tanks 1A to 1D each for keeping a predetermined amount of raw water, a water supply pump 7, water supply/discharge valves 4, 6 for raw water and washing water, mixers 3A to 3D, a coagulant injection unit 21, and a detector 30 for determining the particle size and the particle number of flocs, the time within which the coagulant 20 injected into the sample tanks is dispersed by mixing and the particles begin to agglomerate (agglomeration start time) is determined, and based on the thus-determined agglomeration start time, the coagulant injection rate is determined, or the amount of the coagulant to be injected is controlled.

Abstract: A solid image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a device chip including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a CMOS device and an electrode portion being formed on the first principal surface; a holding block including a joining surface joined to the second principal surface and an inclined surface inclined inward at a predetermined angle relative to the joining surface; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection portion connected to the electrode portion on the first principal surface, an extending portion that is in contact with the inclined surface, the extending portion being joined to the inclined surface via a bonding layer; and a flexure portion flexed at the predetermined angle between the distal end portion and the extending portion.

Abstract: [Technical Problem] A contactor is provided which is capable of making fluids of two phases contact each other under a good dispersion state and which can be easily multi-staged. [Means for Solving the Problems] The inside of a contactor 1 is divided into a plurality of cells 22, 32 by partition walls (a vertical wall 10, horizontal walls 21, 31) and the respective cells 22, 32 become countercurrent contacting spaces of an upflow fluid flowing up in the contactor 1 and a downflow fluid flowing down in the contactor 1. A downflow fluid injection hole 52 provided in the vertical wall 10 of each stage makes the downflow fluid blocked by the partition wall and residing inject into the neighboring cells 22, 32 of a lower stage side, while an upflow fluid flow-in port 51 provided in an upper side of the injection hole 2 makes an upflow fluid from the cells 22, 32 of the lower stage side flow in.

Abstract: In a silicon wafer having an oxygen precipitate layer, a depth of DZ layer ranging from a wafer surface to an oxygen precipitate layer is 2 to 10 ?m and an oxygen precipitate concentration of the oxygen precipitate layer is not less than 5×107 precipitates/cm3.