Abstract: A spherical aberration correction mechanism includes a plurality of aberration correction lenses, a movable portion in which the aberration correction lens is held, a fixed portion in which the movable portion is arranged so as to be slidable as well as the aberration correction lens is held, a shaft supporting the movable portion so as to be rotatable about the axis as well as to be slidable in the axial direction, a feed screw having spiral grooves, an engaging portion having convex portions to be engaged with the spiral grooves from one direction and a coil spring fitted to the outside of the shaft, pressing the movable portion in the axial direction. The coil spring has a rotation prevention portion engaged with the fixed portion and a torque biasing portion engaged with the movable portion, and the coil spring is installed in a twisted state in advance.

Abstract: An apparatus for ultrasonic diagnosis including a probe configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and to receive reflected ultrasonic waves, an image generator configured to generate an ultrasonic image based on the reflected waves, an image synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic image in which a puncture guideline, which indicates a passing line of a puncture needle inserted from a puncture adapter attached to the probe, is superposed on the ultrasonic image, a display area adjusting unit configured to adjust a display area of the synthetic image based on the passing line of the puncture needle, and a display controller configured to display the synthetic image on a monitor based on the display area adjusted by the display area adjusting unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to scan a three-dimensional region in a subject having a contrast agent injected therein over a predetermined period by using ultrasonic waves and to thereby acquire ultrasonic data concerning the three-dimensional region over the predetermined period, a volume data generation unit configured to generate first volume data in each time phase in an analysis period by using the ultrasonic data concerning the three-dimensional region over the analysis period in the predetermined period and to generate second volume data indicative of contrast agent temporal information about the analysis period and third volume data indicative of a contrast agent characteristic amount at each position in the three-dimensional region in the analysis period, and an image generation unit configured to generate a projected image by using the second volume data and the third volume data.

Abstract: A lens drive mechanism includes a drive source; a lead screw that is connected to the drive source and rotated by operation of the drive source; a nut member that screws on the lead screw and moves as the lead screw rotates; a lens hold portion that is so disposed as to move as the nut member moves and hold a lens; a guide member that guides the lens hold portion to move in the same direction as that of movement of the nut member; and a leaf spring member that if the nut member is situated near one end of a thread portion of the lead screw, pressurizes the nut member toward the other end of the thread portion of the lead screw.

Abstract: If the combination fuel cell and ion pump is judged to be operating in a hydrogen generation mode, an input amount of electricity supplied to the combination fuel cell and ion pump is controlled, so as to control an amount of refined hydrogen generated thereby. If the combination fuel cell and ion pump is judged to be operating in an electricity generation mode, an output amount of electricity supplied from the combination fuel cell and ion pump is controlled, so as to control an amount of electricity generated thereby. The input amount of electricity supplied to the combination fuel cell and ion pump, or the output amount of electricity supplied from the combination fuel cell and ion pump, is corrected based on the temperature of a combustor.

Abstract: An optical head includes an objective lens held by a lens holder that is driven by a coil. The optical head includes: a base, including a mounting face having an opening portion; a substrate, operable to supply an electric power to the coil, and including a first portion; and a supporter, mounted on the mounting face, and including a second portion which faces the first portion and which is formed with a recessed portion that is connected with the opening portion.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that can reduce the resistance in a horizontal direction of a substrate. A current path in a horizontal direction of a substrate is formed in a direction along a short side of the substrate (chip). For example, adopted is a layout in which an element region on an input terminal side and a current extraction region on an output terminal side are aligned along the short side of the chip. Furthermore, a first bump electrode and a second bump electrode, which are respectively connected to the input terminal and the output terminal, are arranged along the short side of the chip. Thus, the current path in the substrate in the horizontal direction in the substrate is formed to have a wide width and a short length. Accordingly, the resistance of the substrate in the horizontal direction is reduced.

Abstract: An article carrier robot includes: a horizontal base; a horizontally movable unit supported by the horizontal base so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; a robot main body supported by the horizontally movable unit; at least one of wiring and piping introduced into the robot main body from the horizontal base; and a restriction unit supported by the horizontally movable unit so as to be swayable about a pivot provided to the horizontally movable unit. The restriction unit is configured to restrict deformation of a part of the at least one of wiring and piping.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is configured as follows. Namely, the apparatus includes a first unit configured to generate a first transmission wave for acquisition of a first image with a higher priority on sensitivity than on resolution, a second unit configured to generate a second transmission wave for acquisition of a second image with a higher priority on resolution than on sensitivity, an analysis unit configured to perform multiresolution analysis based on predetermined transform processing on the first image and the second image, a filter unit configured to perform predetermined filter operation for corresponding coefficients of the first image and the second image for each coefficient of each resolution acquired by the analysis unit, and an inverse transform unit configured to generate a composite image of the first image and the second image by performing inverse transform processing of transform processing by the analysis unit.

Abstract: In an industrial pump, a bearing provided in a pump main body rotatably supports both end sides of a rotating shaft to which an impeller is attached. A shaft seal apparatus is arranged in adjacent to the bearing. The shaft seal apparatus is cooled by a cooling water introduced from an external portion. A shaft seal case is fitted to an inner peripheral surface of a bracket accommodating the shaft seal apparatus in accordance with a shrink fitting. A cooling water is circulated in a boundary portion between the bracket and the shaft seal case. It is omitted a work for closing an opening portion of a cooling means for circulating the cooling water by welding.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device in which a high concentration n type impurity region to be a conductive path and a drain electrode are disposed in an outer circumferential end of the chip to be an inactive region as a device region. Thereby, an up-drain structure is obtained without reducing the device region or without increasing the size of a semiconductor chip. The provided n type impurity region and drain electrode causes a depletion layer of a substrate to be terminated without needing an additional conventional annular region or shield metal. This is because the n type impurity region and the drain electrode also function as the annular region and the shield metal, respectively. With this configuration, a MOSFET with the up-drain structure having necessary components is obtained, while avoiding a reduction of the device region or an increase of the chip area.

Abstract: A display control device uses frame rate control, and converts m-bit input data (m is an integer) representing brightness of each pixel, to n-bit output data (n is an integer, n<m), to control brightness of each pixel. A first frame rate controller generates a plurality of first tone data according to the input data, and outputs the generated data in a time division manner for each predetermined first timing. A second frame rate controller generates a plurality of second tone data according to the input data, and outputs the generated data in a time division manner for each predetermined first timing. Rate of change of brightness represented by the first tone data with respect to the input data, and rate of change of brightness represented by the second tone data with respect to the input data are made different.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an end effector including: blade members for holding substrates, each configured to hold the substrate, and configured such that each interval between the blade members can be changed; a blade support unit configured to support the blade members, the blade support unit being configured to be driven integrally with the blade members by the robot; and blade drive means configured to change the interval between the blade members by moving at least one of the blade members relative to another blade member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is disclosed. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an image data acquisition unit which transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave on a plurality of cross sections by selected one of ultrasonic scanning while swinging a one-dimensional array probe and ultrasonic scanning using a two-dimensional array probe thereby to acquire image data for each cross section, a reconstruction unit which reconstructs volume data using a plurality of image data acquired by the ultrasonic scanning, an image generating unit which generates at least one first image using the volume data and a plurality of second images corresponding to the cross section scanned by the ultrasonic wave using the plurality of image data acquired by the ultrasonic scanning, and a display unit which displays the first image or the second image selectively, or displays the first image and the second image simultaneously.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for polarizing plates in which an acrylic polymer, a tin compound having a dialkyl group and serving as a cross-linking accelerator and an isocyanate cross-linker are dissolved in an organic solvent, the acrylic polymer being formed by copolymerization of monomers containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate, a hydroxyl group containing monomer and/or a carboxyl group containing monomer, wherein preferably, a solution containing 30% by weight of the acrylic polymer which constitutes the adhesive composition, dissolved in 70% by weight of ethyl acetate has a viscosity in the range of 0.5 to 10.0 Pa·s measured at 23° C., and the acrylic polymer has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 300,000 to 700,000.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an ultrasonic probe, a control unit, a basic image generating unit, a differential image generating unit, and a composite image generating unit. The control unit controls the ultrasonic probe so as to sequentially perform, every scanning line of scanning lines in a scanning region, a transmitting and receiving under a first transmitting/receiving condition, a second transmitting/receiving condition, and a third transmitting/receiving condition. The basic image generating unit generates a first image based on the first transmitting/receiving condition, a second image based on the second transmitting/receiving condition, and a third image based on the third transmitting/receiving condition. The differential image generating unit performs a differential processing based on the first image and the second image to generate a differential image.

Abstract: As a discrete semiconductor chip, there has been known one that enables flip-chip mounting by providing first and second electrodes in a current path above a first surface of a semiconductor substrate. However, there is a problem that a horizontal current flow in the substrate increases resistance components. A first electrode and a second electrode, which are connected to an element region, are provided above a first surface. Moreover, a thick metal layer having corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance and also having a low resistance is provided above a second surface. Thus, resistance components of a current flowing in a horizontal direction of a substrate are reduced. Moreover, by appropriately selecting a thickness of the thick metal layer, a resistance value of a device can be reduced while suppressing a cost increase. Furthermore, by adopting Au as the thick metal layer, defects such as discoloration of the thick metal layer with time can be prevented.

Abstract: The present invention provides a humidifier capable of removing microorganisms without using electric power. The humidifier includes a reservoir; a humidification system including a humidification filter arranged such that at least part thereof is immersed in water and a blowing means for discharging air through the humidification filter; and a microorganism remover including a first electrode and a second electrode having different electric potentials and opposing to each other to have a space therebetween and a short circuit part for causing a short circuit between the first and second electrodes. The first electrode is higher than the second electrode in electric potential and at least the first and second electrodes are arranged in contact with water in the reservoir.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a heat treatment method of a thermoplastic resin film comprising running a strip shaped thermoplastic resin film in a longitudinal direction and heating the thermoplastic resin film while holding the edge of the film in a width direction to conduct a heat treatment, wherein a tension of the thermoplastic resin film in the width direction is controlled to be constant. According to the aspect of the invention, since a thermoplastic resin film during a heat treatment is held with a constant tension in a width direction, the thermoplastic resin film during the heat treatment can be prevented from sagging or pulling excessively. Therefore, occurrence of variability of optical characteristics can be prevented, and thus a thermoplastic resin film excellent in optical characteristics can be produced.

Abstract: A method according to one of the aspects of the present invention, for longitudinally stretching a thermoplastic resin film by drawing the thermoplastic resin film by a pair of rolls rotating at different circumferential velocities is characterized in that an draw initiation position is set between the pair of the rolls, and that the thermoplastic resin film is longitudinally stretched, while being heated locally and rapidly by contact-free local and rapid heating device installed at the draw initiation position along the film width direction in a range from Tg of the resin film ?5° C. or higher to Tg +30° C. or lower.