Abstract: The particle size distribution analyzer of the present invention is equipped with cells C; a light source 2 that irradiates a light L onto particles within the cells C; multiple photo-detectors 31 and 32 that detect the light intensity of a diffraction light and/or a scattering light generated from the particles irradiated by the light L. An information processor 5 calculates particle size distribution of the above-mentioned particles based upon light intensity signals transmitted from each of the above-mentioned photo-detectors 31 and 32, movement retention unit 6 can enable the cells C to be movable between a light irradiation position P where one of the above-mentioned cells C is irradiated by the above-mentioned light L and withdrawal positions established at different positions from the light irradiation position P. A stop unit can stop one of the cells C at the above-mentioned light irradiation position P.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a barometer for detecting air pressure, a lens driving unit for driving a lens of a projection optical system, a light-source-wavelength changing unit for changing a wavelength of an exposure light source, and a stage driving unit for driving a wafer stage in an optical-axis direction. The apparatus can correct an aberration caused by a change in air pressure by utilizing the lens driving unit, the light-source-wavelength changing unit, and the stage driving unit. During a shot of an exposure of the exposure apparatus, the lens driving unit and/or the stage driving unit are employed to correct the aberration. In the non-exposure state (shot interval), the light-source-wavelength changing unit and/or the lens driving unit as well as the stage driving unit are employed to correct the aberration.

Abstract: A heat exchange method, which uses a heat exchange unit for exchanging heat between first and second media to adjust the temperature of the first media, includes a detection step of detecting the temperatures of the first and second media to enter the heat exchange unit, and an adjustment step of adjusting the flow rate of the second medium based on the temperatures of the first and second media detected in the detection step.

Abstract: An HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file processing method of the invention comprises: specifying a character string not influencing a display at a user terminal in an HTML file received from another server according to a request from the user terminal by referring to a definition data storage storing data for specifying the character string not influencing the display at the user terminal; and changing the HTML file so as to reduce data amount in accordance with a method corresponding to an attribute of the specified character string, and transmitting the changed HTML file to the user terminal. As stated above, because the data amount of the HTML file is reduced by performing the processing with respect to the character string not influencing the display at the user terminal, the user at the user terminal is unconscious of the performance of the method according to this invention, and the smooth communication of the Web page data including the HTML file becomes possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sending method of pay contents in a communication system which carry out communication through predetermined communication network (e.g., radiotelephone network or the like) using a predetermined first communication scheme (e.g., CDMA scheme or the like). The sending method includes radio terminals which carry out peer-to-peer communication using a predetermined second communication scheme (e.g., infrared communication, communication adhering to Bluetooth standards), and a carrier which carries out communication using the first communication scheme with each of the terminals. When pay contents possessed by a first radio terminal are transferred to a second radio terminal, first, permission of transfer of the pay contents to the second radio terminal is received from a carrier and then, the pay contents are transferred. After the pay contents are transferred to the second radio terminal, the carrier is informed of completion of transfer operation.

Abstract: In a write process through channels Ch1, Ch2, and Ch3, the deadline of each channel is set based on the transfer rate variable by the ratio of dummy packets to valid packets, and deadline information is written with write data on a disk. In a read process through a channel Ch4, the deadline is set according to the deadline information read with read data from the disk. Then, data is sequentially processed in order from the data having the earliest deadline. Considering the difference in transfer rate between outer and inner zones on the disk, a write zone is determined. When data is simultaneously recorded through the channels Ch1 and Ch2 on an ASMO in a groove-land record system, the data is sequentially recorded through the channel Ch1 on the groove and through the channel Ch2 on the land.

Abstract: A method of managing compressed data including a cache segment generating operation generating cache segments each representing data that is obtained by assembling plural pieces of data requested of writing, and a compressed segment generating operation generating compressed segments each representing data that is obtained by compressing each of the cache segments generated in said cache segment generating operation. The method also includes a compressed segment allocating operation allocating each of the compressed segments generated in said compressed segment generating operation to one or more compression sectors each representing a buffer having a predetermined length, and a compression sector recording operation recording each of the compression sectors, on a disk storage device, to which at least one compressed segment is allocated in said compressed segment allocating operation.

Abstract: A machine for stencil printing includes: a control panel for setting stencil making conditions and printing conditions; a stencil making section making a stencil sheet based on the stencil making conditions; a stencil winding section wrapping the perforated stencil sheet around a printing drum, the printing drum comprising a storage section; a printing section including a printing conditions adjustment section, the printing conditions adjustment section adjusting the printing section based on the printing conditions; and a control section storing the stencil making conditions of the stencil sheet and the printing conditions into the storage section at the time when the perforated stencil sheet is wrapped around the printing drum, the control section adjusting the printing condition adjustment section to print based on the stencil making conditions and the printing conditions in response to a direction of start of the printing processing.

Abstract: A machine for stencil printing includes: a control panel for setting an ink-saving printing mode; a stencil making section including a thermal print head performing an ink-saving stencil making corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode, and a thermal print head driving controller controlling the thermal print head; a printing section including a printing conditions adjustment section configured to adjust printing conditions corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode; and a control section controlling the stencil making section to perform the ink-saving stencil making corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode by the thermal print head and the thermal print head driving controller, and further controlling the printing section to control the printing conditions corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode and performs the printing processing by the printing conditions adjustment section, when the ink-saving printing mode is set up via the control panel.

Abstract: A method of managing compressed data in a disk storage device, including forming compressed segment areas in a continuous area according to a determined occupation ratio of the continuous area; obtaining a compression block corresponding to data to be stored in the disk storage device; deciding a compressed segment area to which the obtained compression block is to be stored according to a size of the obtained compression block; expanding the occupation ratio when an empty area in any of the compressed segment areas becomes less than a predetermined threshold value; and changing the occupation ratio of each compressed segment area of the continuous area according to the maintained record conditions of the compression blocks, dynamically, and based on an actual occupation ratio of compression blocks stored in each compressed segment area when an empty area in any of the compressed segment areas becomes less than a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A machine for stencil printing includes: a control panel for setting an ink-saving printing mode; a stencil making section including a thermal print head performing an ink-saving stencil making corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode, and a thermal print head driving controller controlling the thermal print head; a printing section including a printing conditions adjustment section configured to adjust printing conditions corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode; and a control section controlling the stencil making section to perform the ink-saving stencil making corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode by the thermal print head and the thermal print head driving controller, and further controlling the printing section to control the printing conditions corresponding to the ink-saving printing mode and performs the printing processing by the printing conditions adjustment section, when the ink-saving printing mode is set up via the control panel.

Abstract: The exposure apparatus comprises: a barometer for detecting air pressure, a lens driving unit for driving a lens of a projection optical system, a light-source-wavelength changing unit for changing a wavelength of an exposure light source, and a stage driving unit for driving a wafer stage in the optical-axis direction. The apparatus can correct an aberration caused by a change in air pressure by utilizing the lens driving unit, light-source-wavelength changing unit, and stage driving unit. During a shot of an exposure of the exposure apparatus, the lens driving unit and/or the stage driving unit are employed to correct the aberration. In the non-exposure state (shot interval), the light-source-wavelength changing unit and/or the lens driving unit as well as the stage driving unit are employed to correct the aberration.

Abstract: A method to protect data of a drive from illegal accessing without increasing the load of processing on the drive side and to prevent not only illegal copying on the drive side but also an illegal action on the host unit side. Authentication of the drive is executed by the host unit. If the drive is authenticated, then a contents key is encrypted using a host ID registered in advance in a storage area of the host unit and a session key and first identification information read out from a storage area of the drive. Then, the encrypted contents key is transferred to the drive while contents data to be recorded and stored into the drive are encrypted with the contents key by the host unit. Thereafter, the encrypted contents data is transferred to the drive.

Abstract: A machine for stencil printing includes: a control panel for setting stencil making conditions and printing conditions; a stencil making section making a stencil sheet based on the stencil making conditions; a stencil winding section wrapping the perforated stencil sheet around a printing drum, the printing drum comprising a storage section; a printing section including a printing conditions adjustment section, the printing conditions adjustment section adjusting the printing section based on the printing conditions; and a control section storing the stencil making conditions of the stencil sheet and the printing conditions into the storage section at the time when the perforated stencil sheet is wrapped around the printing drum, the control section adjusting the printing condition adjustment section to print based on the stencil making conditions and the printing conditions in response to a direction of start of the printing processing.

Abstract: A difference data reception unit 32 receives difference data for all the segments and stores it in a nonvolatile memory. A restoration processing unit stores the restoration process segment number X indicative of a current process segment in the nonvolatile memory, and then restores the segment data from the difference data and stores it in the nonvolatile memory. An overwrite processing unit stores the overwrite processing segment number X-1 indicative of an immediately preceding process segment in the nonvolatile memory, and then reads the restored data which is restored on the immediately preceding segment from the nonvolatile memory and overwrites it onto the data to be written of the volatile memory.

Abstract: An apparatus and method include allocating a compressed segment representing data that is obtained by assembling pieces of the data requested to write, and compressing the assembled data to a compression sector representing a block; changing, when updating content of the compressed segment in the compression sector recorded in said disk storage device, an area storing the compressed segment corresponding to an updating target into an invalid data area; comparing a size of the invalid data area in the compression sector recorded in said disk storage device with a preset fiducial value; and reading, from the disk storage device when the size of invalid data is larger than the preset fiducial value with respect to a certain compression sector, all of the compressed segments, exclusive of the invalid data, being allocated to the certain compression sector releasing a storage area of the storage device recording the certain compression sector.

Abstract: A backup method by differential compression back up the data of a client by the server so as to decrease overhead at backup. After the client creates the associated differential compression data before backup, the client connects with the server and transfers the created differential compression data groups and association information to the server, and the server saves the difference compression data groups to a storage medium according to the association information, and disconnects the connection. When the data is restored, the server reads the saved differential compression data groups according to the association information and transfers the data to the client, and the client decompresses and develops the differential compression data groups according to the association information, and rebuilds the data.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording digital video images in an endless fashion. The apparatus includes (a) a video data recording mechanism, (b) a mark setting mechanism, (c) a mark management mechanism, (d) a mark erasure mechanism, and (e) a playback allowing area setting mechanism. Upon playback of endlessly recorded video images, seamless video playback can be achieved without suffering from a disorder of video images caused by playback of destroyed video data.

Abstract: In a write process through channels Ch1, Ch2, and Ch3, the deadline of each channel is set based on the transfer rate variable by the ratio of dummy packets to valid packets, and deadline information is written with write data on a disk. In a read process through a channel Ch4, the deadline is set according to the deadline information read with read data from the disk. Then, data is sequentially processed in order from the data having the earliest deadline. Considering the difference in transfer rate between outer and inner zones on the disk, a write zone is determined. When data is simultaneously recorded through the channels Ch1 and Ch2 on an ASMO in a groove-land record system, the data is sequentially recorded through the channel Ch1 on the groove and through the channel Ch2 on the land.

Abstract: A broadcast video image recording apparatus for recording broadcast video image data has a first storage unit for storing broadcast video image data, a second storage unit for storing video image data to be played back, and a control unit for searching the first storage unit for video image data which has been indicated, and storing the indicated video image data in the second storage unit. Broadcast video images are stored in the first storage unit at all times, and video images stored in the first storage unit are read and stored in the second storage unit at a time indicated for recording. Therefore, video images that have been broadcast in the past can be recorded.