Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.

Abstract: A control apparatus controls the generation of a vehicle electric generator having an armature winding, excitation winding and rectifier connected to the armature winding. The apparatus includes a flywheel diode connected to the excitation winding in parallel, a switch element connected to the excitation winding, a control signal setting circuit, and a signal output section. The setting circuit controls a duty ratio of the switch element in correspondence to a first generation status of the generator to control electric current flowing through the excitation winding while varying a switching frequency of the generator depending on a second generation status of the generator. The signal output section is connected to a junction point between the excitation winding and the switch element and outputs a signal, involving a duty ratio associated with the first generation status and a switching frequency associated with the second generation status, to an external device.

Abstract: A vehicle AC generator apparatus includes one or more rectifier elements for rectifying a generated AC voltage, and a generator control apparatus which monitors the voltage difference between opposing terminals of a rectifier element, to thereby detect the commencement of electrical generation upon engine starting as the time point at which the polarity of the voltage difference first corresponds to the forward conduction direction of the rectifier element. Controlled parameters such as the current supplied to a charging warning lamp and the excitation current of a generator winding are changed appropriately when generation commencement is detected.

Abstract: In a system, a generator is configured to charge a battery through a charging wire connecting therebetween. A first unit measures a voltage of the battery, and a second unit detects an operating rate of the generator. A third unit determines that the charging wire is broken when the measured battery voltage is lower than a predetermined threshold voltage and the detected operating rate of the generator is lower than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A generator control circuit of an ac generator which charges a battery includes a voltage regulator, a comparator which provides a control signal for controlling the voltage regulator when the output voltage of the ac generator is higher than a predetermined voltage and an alarming device which operates when the comparator does not provide the control signal. The predetermined voltage is set higher than voltage of the battery when the battery is open and equal to or lower than a regulation voltage of the ac generator.

Abstract: A generation controller controls an amount of power generated by an on-vehicle generator responsively to a command signal from an external controller. The generation controller comprises detection, determination, and output control units. The detection unit detects a revolution number of the generator. The determination unit determines whether or not the revolution number of the generator is over a reference revolution number. The output control it controls a generator output based on a first target value decided corresponding to a command value indicated by the command signal, when the revolution number of the generator is less than the reference revolution number, and controls the generator output based on a second target value in place of the first target value. The second target value is set internally within the generation controller, when the revolution number of the generator is over or equal to the reference revolution number.

Abstract: A vehicle AC generator apparatus includes one or more rectifier elements for rectifying a generated AC voltage, and a generator control apparatus which monitors the voltage difference between opposing terminals of a rectifier element, to thereby detect the commencement of electrical generation upon engine starting as the time point at which the polarity of the voltage difference first corresponds to the forward conduction direction of the rectifier element. Controlled parameters such as the current supplied to a charging warning lamp and the excitation current of a generator winding are changed appropriately when generation commencement is detected.

Abstract: In an alternator, failure in a power supply line connected to an output terminal of a rectifier is detected. Upon detection of a failure in this power supply line, power generation is suppressed for a predetermined period that is longer than the time constant of a field winding of the alternator. Preferably, a high voltage pulse is detected to discriminate a first condition where a single high voltage pulse is generated when an electrical load connected to the power supply line is cut off and a second condition where a high voltage pulse is repeatedly and frequently generated when a failure occurs in the power supply line. Only when the second condition is discriminated, power generation suppression control of the alternator is conducted.

Abstract: In an alternator, failure in a power supply line connected to an output terminal of a rectifier is detected. Upon detection of a failure in this power supply line, power generation is suppressed for a predetermined period that is longer than the time constant of a field winding of the alternator. Preferably, a high voltage pulse is detected to discriminate a first condition where a single high voltage pulse is generated when an electrical load connected to the power supply line is cut off and a second condition where a high voltage pulse is repeatedly and frequently generated when a failure occurs in the power supply line. Only when the second condition is discriminated, power generation suppression control of the alternator is conducted.

Abstract: A generator control circuit of an ac generator which charges a battery includes a voltage regulator, a comparator which provides a control signal for controlling the voltage regulator when the output voltage of the ac generator is higher than a predetermined voltage and an alarming device which operates when the comparator does not provide the control signal. The predetermined voltage is set higher than voltage of the battery when the battery is open and equal to or lower than a regulation voltage of the ac generator.

Abstract: In an alternator, failure in a power supply line connected to an output terminal of a rectifier is detected. Upon detection of a failure in this power supply line, power generation is suppressed for a predetermined period that is longer than the time constant of a field winding of the alternator. Preferably, a high voltage pulse is detected to discriminate a first condition where a single high voltage pulse is generated when an electrical load connected to the power supply line is cut off and a second condition where a high voltage pulse is repeatedly and frequently generated when a failure occurs in the power supply line. Only when the second condition is discriminated, power generation suppression control of the alternator is conducted.

Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.

Abstract: A developing unit, a coating unit and a plurality of cooling plates are arranged in a process station which performs a resist coating and so on and a wafer is transferred among them by a substrate transfer device. The temperature of an area to where the wafer is transferred is detected by a temperature/humidity detector and the temperature of the wafer which is cooled by the cooling plates is adjusted accordingly based on a detected value so that the temperature of the wafer when transferred to the coating unit becomes a coating temperature of a processing solution. Thereby, the wafer is transferred to the coating unit while maintaining its temperature with high accuracy to be coated with a resist solution, so that a formation of an uneven processing due to the temperature change can be prevented and a uniform processing can be performed.

Abstract: In a programming supporting method in which based on a dependence file indicative of dependence of a plurality of divisional source programs, said plurality of source program are handled as a series of programs, a description for the registration of a function of a function definition part in all of said plurality of source programs is extracted according to said dependence file, the extracted description is converted into a description in a prototype declaration format to generate an external prototype declaration definition file, a function having a return value is sequentially extracted from among functions described in the external prototype declaration definition file, a function of the same name as that of the extracted function is detected from a calling part of said function in said plurality of source programs according to the dependence file, and a type of return value of the detected function and a type of variable which stores a return value are estimated.

Abstract: In an alternator, failure in a power supply line connected to an output terminal of a rectifier is detected. Upon detection of a failure in this power supply line, power generation is suppressed for a predetermined period that is longer than the time constant of a field winding of the alternator. Preferably, a high voltage pulse is detected to discriminate a first condition where a single high voltage pulse is generated when an electrical load connected to the power supply line is cut off and a second condition where a high voltage pulse is repeatedly and frequently generated when a failure occurs in the power supply line. Only when the second condition is discriminated, power generation suppression control of the alternator is conducted.

Abstract: A developing unit, a coating unit and a plurality of cooling plates are arranged in a process station which performs a resist coating and so on and a wafer is transferred among them by a substrate transfer device. The temperature of an area to where the wafer is transferred is detected by a temperature/humidity detector and the temperature of the wafer which is cooled by the cooling plates is adjusted accordingly based on a detected value so that the temperature of the wafer when transferred to the coating unit becomes a coating temperature of a processing solution. Thereby, the wafer is transferred to the coating unit while maintaining its temperature with high accuracy to be coated with a resist solution, so that a formation of an uneven processing due to the temperature change can be prevented and a uniform processing can be performed.

Abstract: On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. Exhaust pipes for exhausting atmospheres in the respective areas are provided at the bottom of the respective areas. The atmospheres in the respective areas are maintained in a clean condition by supplying the inert gas not containing impurities such as oxygen and fine particles from the respective gas supply sections into the respective areas and exhausting the atmospheres in the respective areas from the exhaust pipes.

Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument, playing data are produced by depressing a key in a keyboard, and divided into plural groups. At least one of the semi-automatic playing channels processes sound data of a musical piece read out of a memory to generate musical tones in synchronism with the playing data of at least one group. The sound data may be corrected according to sound correcting data before being used to generate musical tones.