Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flow passage assembly includes forming a first flow passage in a first joint interface formed by welding a first surface of a first flow passage forming member to a first surface of a second flow passage forming member using an ultrasonic welding process, and forming, after the first flow passage is formed, a second flow passage in a second joint interface formed by welding a first surface of a third flow passage forming member to one of a second surface of the first flow passage forming member and a second surface of the second flow passage forming member using an ultrasonic welding process. A total area of weld portions used when the first flow passage is formed is greater than a total area of weld portions used when the second flow passage is formed.

Abstract: To predict a target code amount from a code amount calculated on a single quantizer scale. The present invention stores relationship information on a plurality of pieces of quantized data for prediction having different MB generated code amounts on a fixed quantizer scale (QI) as prediction curves, the relationship information indicating a relationship between a plurality of quantizer scales (Q) representing a plurality of quantizer steps and MB generated code amounts. The present invention quantizes image data on a macroblock-by-macroblock basis on the single fixed quantizer scale (QI) out of the predetermined plurality of quantizer scales (Q), thereby generating temporary quantized data, and calculates the MB generated code amount of each macroblock unit of this temporary quantized data.

Abstract: A packet transport node that composes a transport network, the transport network transports networks that is composed with a communication protocol, the network transports networks is established logical paths used a routing protocol. The packet transport node forwards a user data packet and a routing protocol packet to an appropriate destination. The packet transport node learns correspondence between a logical path of a transport network and a MAC address based on a MAC header of a received packet and learns correspondence between a logical path of a transport network and a logical path used in other network by snooping a routing protocol packet.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a first determining unit that determines whether specific identification information designated as a transmission destination of object data to be transmitted is identification information assigned to an internal device within a LAN including the communication apparatus; a deciding unit that decides a specific guaranteed band to be used for transmission of the object data, from a plurality of guaranteed bands, based on the determination result; and a first communication unit that transmits the object data by performing IP communication using the specific identification information and the specific guaranteed band. If the specific identification information is the identification information assigned to the internal device, the deciding unit decides the specific guaranteed band using a first deciding method.

Abstract: The stereoscopic display device has a display panel, a barrier liquid crystal panel disposed on the display panel, and a driving circuit for driving the display panel and the barrier liquid crystal panel, in which the frame frequency of the display panel and the alternating frequency of the barrier liquid crystal panel are different, the barrier liquid crystal panel is driven by a driving voltage input from the driving circuit, the driving circuit has an inverter circuit for outputting the driving voltage, independently controls a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor in the inverter circuit, and has time periods in which both the p-type transistor and the n-type transistor are turned off when the driving voltage is switched from a high level to a low level or a low level to a high level.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head is provided which includes: an ejection element substrate having an energy generating element, an ejection orifice for ejecting a liquid, and a liquid supply port communicatively connected to the ejection orifice; and a support member supporting the ejection element substrate and having a liquid guide path for supplying the liquid to the liquid supply port. The support member is formed by baking a laminate including at least one guide path plate having a through-hole for constituting a part of the liquid guide path, a filter plate having an opening for disposing a filter member for filtering the liquid, and a filter member disposed in the opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a material gas led into a vacuum container is ionized. When ions are implanted into a semiconductor substrate, gas is exhausted from the vacuum container by a pump and the gas exhausted by the pump is returned to the vacuum container and reused. This makes it possible efficiently use the material gas.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an ink jet recording head including the steps of preparing a recording element substrate provided with an ejection outlet array for ejecting ink; preparing a supporting member, provided with a plurality of ink supply passages, for supporting the recording element substrate; and connecting the recording element substrate to the supporting member with an adhesive material. The supporting member has an adhesive material application region surrounding adjacent ink supply passages, and a part of the adhesive material application region which extends along the ejection outlet array has a width larger than another part of the adhesive material application region.

Abstract: The invention provides a robot including a connection member relatively displaceably connected, and configured to control the displacement of the connection member based on a reference posture that can be adjusted, the robot including: a light emitting unit to emit a laser beam in a predetermined direction; a light receiving unit to receive the laser beam when the connection member is located in a detection posture that is away, by a preset displacement amount, from a predetermined zero posture; and a zeroing unit to relatively displace the connection member so as to make the light receiving unit receive the laser beam, and then to adjust the reference posture to the zero posture based on the posture of the connection member when the laser beam is received as well as on a relationship between the zero posture and the detection posture.

Abstract: An email communication apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an email; and a transmitter configured to transmit an acknowledgement mail relating to a delivery confirmation of the email. The receiver includes: a first reception unit configured to receive a first type email through an email server, the first type email designating a mail address as a transmission destination of the acknowledgement mail, and a second reception unit configured to receive a second type email without through the email server. If the first reception unit receives the first type email, the transmitter transmits, through the email server, the acknowledgement mail in which a transmission destination is the designated email address. If the second reception unit receives the second type email, the transmitter transmits, without through the email server, the acknowledgement mail in which a transmission destination is a network address of a transmission source device.

Abstract: A predetermined amount of an ink absorber, which is a fiber assembly in which intersections between fibers are not fused together, is charged into a compression and insertion apparatus. A rectangular parallelepiped-shaped insertion block is moved to an upper surface portion of the absorber, and one face of the ink absorber is pushed by a side plate. As such, a part excluding the part of the ink absorber which faces the side plate is compressed and surrounded. In this state, the ink absorber is compressed by the side plate. The ink absorber is inserted into a tank case by making a bottom plate slide, thereby opening the bottom face of the ink absorber and by moving down the insertion block.

Abstract: The ink jet cartridge includes a tank case that has a space having a opening, a lid that closes the opening, an ink accommodating section that is formed with the space of the tank case and the lid, and an ink absorber that is accommodated in the ink accommodating section. Also, an atmosphere communication port that passes through the lid and a projection section that projects to the space of the tank case are provided in the lid. The ink absorber consists of a fiber aggregate, and a welding section in which the fibers are combined to each other and an unwelded section in which the fibers are not combined to each other are provided on a surface that faces the lid.

Abstract: A semiconductor device fabrication method includes preparing a substrate having a first circuit pattern of a semiconductor device; providing a mask with at least part of second circuit pattern of the semiconductor device; collimating incident direction of particles; changing at least one of the a substrate angle between a vertical axis of the substrate and the incident direction of the particles and a mask angle between a vertical axis of the mask and the incident direction so that the second circuit pattern on the mask can be aligned to the first circuit pattern on the substrate with a design margin; and selectively irradiating the particles to the substrate using the mask.

Abstract: For continuing multicast data transfer according to path control information after being switched from an active status to a standby status, it is necessary that the standby status hold the same path control information as the active status. However, a synchronization of the path control information thereof is not guaranteed. To solve the above-mentioned problem, this invention provides a data transfer apparatus coupled to a network, including a plurality of interfaces for transmitting and receiving data, in which the data transfer apparatus is configured to: create transfer destination information for correlating a destination of the data with the interfaces for transmitting the data to be transmitted to the destination; and transmit, upon reception of multicast data via one of the interfaces before being judged that the transfer destination information has been created, the multicast data from at least one of the interfaces irrespective of the transfer destination information.

Abstract: A gate signal line driving circuit and a display device includes first and second low voltage application switching elements that supply a low voltage to gate signal lines, a holding capacitor that is connected to a reset target node and supplies an ON signal towards the first and second low voltage application switching elements in a signal low period, first and third control switching elements the one ends of which are connected to the switch input of the first or second low voltage application switching element, and second and fourth control switching elements which each are provided between the switch input of the first or second low voltage application switching element and one end of the holding capacitor. In a startup period, a high voltage is supplied to the holding capacitor through the first to fourth control switching elements.

Abstract: Provided is an ONU that suppresses transmission of a useless multicast control message to a PON section and enables a communication bandwidth of the PON section to be effectively used. The ONU of the PON system has a multicast group management table that shows a correspondence between a multicast group identifier and an address of a user terminal participating in a multicast group. When the ONU receives a request message of participation in the multicast group from the user terminal, the ONU registers the correspondence between the multicast group identifier indicated by the received message and the user terminal address. A new received message is deleted without being sent to the OLT if another user terminal address is registered already, along with a correspondence with the same multicast group identifier, in the multicast group management table.

Abstract: To obtain a display device that can perform measurements in a wider range and detect characteristic changes with high accuracy while suppressing the increase in circuit size. The display device includes display elements and a characteristic testing unit that tests characteristics of the display elements, and the characteristic testing unit includes a current supply unit for the display element as a target of test, a reference voltage output unit, an output voltage detecting unit that detects a code of a voltage of the test target display element relative to the reference voltage at each time, and a test control unit that allows the reference voltage output unit to sequentially output the reference voltages in response to the codes and acquires a measurement result of the voltage of the test target display element based on the codes.

Abstract: Prior art quarantine networks were implemented by two methods, the IEEE802.1x method and the DHCP method, but these methods both have different problems. The problem with the IEEE802.1x method is that it is difficult to make the transition from an existing management framework. The problem with the DHCP method is that it is difficult to prevent attacks on the network itself, and to repeat client quarantine. The present invention implements client login authentication and client security status quarantine independently, and controls layer-2 connectivity based on the respective results. This permits quarantine using an existing management framework, as well as enhancing network protection by layer-2 connection control and permitting repeat quarantine of the client using the same IP address. Moreover, by incorporating other layer-2 connectivity control mechanisms, flexible layer-2 connectivity control outside the quarantine network can also be implemented.

Abstract: Preparing a stencil mask comprising a silicon thin film in which an opening for selectively irradiating charged particles to a semiconductor substrate is provided and whose irradiation surface on which the charged particles are irradiated is implanted with an impurity, and selectively irradiating charged particles to the semiconductor substrate using the stencil mask which is opposingly arranged on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A PON system capable of utilizing the bandwidth of an optical transmission channel in the PON section. In a PON system including an OLT and a plurality of ONUs, the OLT has: a downstream frame processing unit that removes at least part of the header information in a layer 2 header from a downstream frame received from a wide area network, and converts the remaining frame portion into a frame having a header specific to the PON section; and a downstream frame processing unit that extracts a downstream frame portion to be transferred to a user terminal, from a received frame from a PON, and adds the layer 2 header information deleted in the OLT.