Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel, a lower electrode, an annular member, an inner upper electrode, an outer upper electrode, a processing gas supply, a first high frequency power supply and a first DC power supply. The lower electrode is configured to place a processing target substrate. The annular member is disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the lower electrode. The inner upper electrode is disposed to face the lower electrode. The outer upper electrode is disposed at an outside of the inner upper electrode. The first high frequency power supply applies a first high frequency power. The first DC power supply applies a first variable DC voltage to the outer upper electrode. At least a part of a surface of the outer upper electrode exposed to the processing space is located higher than a surface of the inner upper electrode exposed to the processing space.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing vessel, a lower electrode, an annular member, an inner upper electrode, an outer upper electrode, a processing gas supply, a first high frequency power supply and a first DC power supply. The lower electrode is configured to place a processing target substrate. The annular member is disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the lower electrode. The inner upper electrode is disposed to face the lower electrode. The outer upper electrode is disposed at an outside of the inner upper electrode. The first high frequency power supply applies a first high frequency power. The first DC power supply applies a first variable DC voltage to the outer upper electrode. At least a part of a surface of the outer upper electrode exposed to the processing space is located higher than a surface of the inner upper electrode exposed to the processing space.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a stage on which a specimen is configured to be placed; an objective lens disposed so as to face the stage; an oblique illumination unit having a plurality of light emitting units arranged annularly around or outside the objective lens, the oblique illumination unit being configured to emit oblique illumination light for irradiating the specimen; an input unit configured to receive an instruction signal that instructs a rotation mode for changing, at regular intervals, a light emitting area where one or more light emitting units of the plurality of light emitting units are caused to emit the oblique illumination light; and an illumination controller configured to change the light emitting area at the regular intervals by controlling light emitting timing of each of the plurality of light emitting units when the input unit receives the instruction signal.

Abstract: A carrier tape is provided from which LEDs can be easily picked up. A carrier tape for accommodating an LED includes a sheet defining recessed embossed portions that can accommodate the LED. The embossed portion is formed to accommodate the LED which includes a light emitting portion having light-transmissive resin and arranged on its lateral surface as viewed in plan view. The embossed portion includes a protruding part that is arranged on one of the interior surfaces of the recessed embossed portion and can face the light emitting portion of the LED. Depressed parts are provided on the both sides of the protruding part so that the depressed surfaces can be spaced away from the LED when the LED is accommodated in the embossed portion. The width of the protruding part is smaller than the width of the light emitting portion of the LED as viewed in plan view.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a stage on which a specimen is configured to be placed; an objective lens disposed so as to face the stage; an oblique illumination unit having a plurality of light emitting units arranged annularly around or outside the objective lens, the oblique illumination unit being configured to emit oblique illumination light for irradiating the specimen; an input unit configured to receive an instruction signal that instructs a rotation mode for changing, at regular intervals, a light emitting area where one or more light emitting units of the plurality of light emitting units are caused to emit the oblique illumination light; and an illumination controller configured to change the light emitting area at the regular intervals by controlling light emitting timing of each of the plurality of light emitting units when the input unit receives the instruction signal.

Abstract: A carrier tape is provided from which LEDs can be easily picked up. A carrier tape for accommodating an LED includes a sheet defining recessed embossed portions that can accommodate the LED. The embossed portion is formed to accommodate the LED which includes a light emitting portion having light-transmissive resin and arranged on its lateral surface as viewed in plan view. The embossed portion includes a protruding part that is arranged on one of the interior surfaces of the recessed embossed portion and can face the light emitting portion of the LED. Depressed parts are provided on the both sides of the protruding part so that the depressed surfaces can be spaced away from the LED when the LED is accommodated in the embossed portion. The width of the protruding part is smaller than the width of the light emitting portion of the LED as viewed in plan view.

Abstract: A focusing device that includes a differential interference prism used in differential interference observation in a focusing detection optical system includes: a light source that emits light with which a measurement surface of an observation sample is irradiated; a photo detection unit that detects light from the measurement surface; a focusing detection unit that detects an error signal near a focusing point of the measurement surface on the basis of an output signal from the photo detection unit; and a condition changing unit that changes an acquisition condition of the error signal.

Abstract: A microscope system and an autofocus method capture a subject at a specified time interval through an optical image forming system while relatively moving a stage loaded with the subject and the optical image forming system of the microscope; calculate a contrast value indicating a high and low contrast of a captured observation image; detect a maximum contrast image whose calculated contrast value is maximum in a plurality of performed observation images; detect the relative position of the stage and the optical image forming system; perform a correcting process of moving the detected relative position corresponding to the detected maximum contrast image by a specified value in a direction opposite the direction of the relative movement; and bring focus using the corrected relative position as a focal point.

Abstract: A focusing device that includes a differential interference prism used in differential interference observation in a focusing detection optical system includes: a light source that emits light with which a measurement surface of an observation sample is irradiated; a photo detection unit that detects light from the measurement surface; a focusing detection unit that detects an error signal near a focusing point of the measurement surface on the basis of an output signal from the photo detection unit; and a condition changing unit that changes an acquisition condition of the error signal.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: an illumination unit; a light control direction unit specifying quantity of light output from the illumination unit; a storage unit storing voltage-related information in which a direction value specified by the light control direction unit and a voltage value to be applied to the illumination unit are associated with each other and are set, the direction value being in an entire range that can be specified by the light control direction unit under each observation condition, the voltage value corresponding to the direction value; a light quantity control unit controlling the quantity of the emitted light; and a control unit acquiring the voltage value corresponding to the specified direction value from the voltage-related information corresponding to the observation condition, and allowing the light quantity control unit to control the quantity of light based on the acquired voltage value.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: an illumination unit; a light control direction unit specifying quantity of light output from the illumination unit; a storage unit storing voltage-related information in which a direction value specified by the light control direction unit and a voltage value to be applied to the illumination unit are associated with each other and are set, the direction value being in an entire range that can be specified by the light control direction unit under each observation condition, the voltage value corresponding to the direction value; a light quantity control unit controlling the quantity of the emitted light; and a control unit acquiring the voltage value corresponding to the specified direction value from the voltage-related information corresponding to the observation condition, and allowing the light quantity control unit to control the quantity of light based on the acquired voltage value.

Abstract: A network system including a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The plurality of mobile devices each have a sensor function and a wireless communication function, the mobile devices communicating sensor information about a target with one another and tracking the target; a target searching section configured to obtain sensor information while the plurality of the mobile devices move and for reporting the sensor information among the mobile devices by wireless communication; a target focusing section configured to, in response to one of the mobile devices detecting a target, focus a sensor on the target in cooperation with mobile devices adjacent to the mobile device detecting the target; and a target surrounding section configured to surround the target by using a plurality of mobile devices that focus their sensors on the same target.

Abstract: A network system, radio communication device, radio communication method, and computer program for same are provided. The present invention enables formation of a network topology with sensor nodes each having a traveling function and operating in the self-directive and dispersive state without using positional information. Each sensor nodes periodically transmits a HELLO message to neighboring nodes to exchange information therewith. In an area where the node density is high, the nodes are set in the Expand state and in the Bridge state. A node in the Expand state shifts to the Stay state when the node can be connected to only one neighboring node to becomes a component of the topology. A node in the Bridge state shifts to the Stay state together with neighboring nodes each having hidden terminals not less than a prespecified number to become a component of the topology.

Abstract: A casting heat-resistance Mg alloy improved in heat resistance without relying upon expensive RE contains Cu. More specifically, it contains Al (8.0 weight %), Cu (1.0-5.0 weight %), Zn (2.0 weight %), Be (0.01 weight %) and Mg (the rest). The alloy can be prevented from deteriorating in corrosion resistance by adjusting the added amount of Cu to 1.0-1.5 weight %. The corrosion resistance of the alloy can be improved more by adding 0.5 to 1.0 weight % Mn as well.

Abstract: A wireless LAN apparatus includes a reception section which receives frames including fragments respectively, a reading section which reads a total number of fragments based on the first data, a queue that stores the received frames for each fragment, a free-area detecting section which detects free areas in the queue, a determining section which determines whether the amount of the first data based on the total number of fragments in the first data is larger than the amount of free areas in the queue or is equal to or smaller than the amount of free areas in the queue, and a control section having a function of inserting fragments based on the first data into the queue if the determining section determines that the amount of the first data is equal to or smaller than the amount of free areas in the queue.

Abstract: A network system including a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The plurality of mobile devices each have a sensor function and a wireless communication function, the mobile devices communicating sensor information about a target with one another and tracking the target; a target searching section configured to obtain sensor information while the plurality of the mobile devices move and for reporting the sensor information among the mobile devices by wireless communication; a target focusing section configured to, in response to one of the mobile devices detecting a target, focus a sensor on the target in cooperation with mobile devices adjacent to the mobile device detecting the target; and a target surrounding section configured to surround the target by using a plurality of mobile devices that focus their sensors on the same target.

Abstract: A network system, radio communication device, radio communication method, and computer program for same are provided. The present invention enables formation of a network topology with sensor nodes each having a traveling function and operating in the self-directive and dispersive state without using positional information. Each sensor nodes periodically transmits a HELLO message to neighboring nodes to exchange information therewith. In an area where the node density is high, the nodes are set in the Expand state and in the Bridge state. A node in the Expand state shifts to the Stay state when the node can be connected to only one neighboring node to becomes a component of the topology. A node in the Bridge state shifts to the Stay state together with neighboring nodes each having hidden terminals not less than a prespecified number to become a component of the topology.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information-processing system for providing information from a first information-processing apparatus to a second information-processing apparatus by way of a network, wherein: the first information-processing apparatus includes: a reception section for receiving a request from the second information-processing apparatus as a request for information to be provided by the first information-processing apparatus; and a transmission section for transmitting a file of the information to be provided by the first information-processing apparatus in processing units each decodable independently of the others of the processing units to the second information-processing apparatus; and the second information-processing apparatus includes: an information-holding section for holding the information transmitted by the first information-processing apparatus; an information-requesting section for managing the information held by the information-holding section and, in dependence of the amoun

Abstract: A wireless LAN apparatus includes a reception section which receives frames including fragments respectively, a reading section which reads a total number of fragments based on the first data, a queue that stores the received frames for each fragment, a free-area detecting section which detects free areas in the queue, a determining section which determines whether the amount of the first data based on the total number of fragments in the first data is larger than the amount of free areas in the queue or is equal to or smaller than the amount of free areas in the queue, and a control section having a function of inserting fragments based on the first data into the queue if the determining section determines that the amount of the first data is equal to or smaller than the amount of free areas in the queue.