Abstract: An exposure apparatus, exposing a substrate via liquid so as to transfer a pattern of a mask onto the substrate, includes a stage configured to move while holding the substrate. The stage includes a substrate supporting portion on which the substrate is disposed, a supporting surface disposed outside the substrate supporting portion configured to support the liquid together with the substrate, and a frame portion formed so as to surround the supporting surface. The frame portion includes a depression and a member whose top surface is located in a plane including the supporting surface.

Abstract: There is disclosed a micro surface shape measurement probe including a probe shaft 4 having at a distant end thereof a probe member 2 for contacting an object 1 to be measured, a probe body 21 provided with support means for movably supporting the probe shaft 4 in a non-contact manner, a pressing device for pressing and moving the probe shaft 4 toward the object 1 to be measured, a piezoelectric sensor 8a incorporated in the probe body 21 so that a reactive force acts to a pressing force applied to the probe shaft by the pressing device, a load detecting device 8b to measure a load acting on the piezoelectric sensor, a control device 9 for adjusting the pressing force applied by the pressing device based on the load detected by the load detecting device, and a displacement amount measuring device for measuring a position of the probe member 2 in contact with the object 1 to be measured by the pressing force adjusted by the control device 9.

Abstract: A device diagnostic apparatus (201) comprising: data judgment means (101) for, when device information (121) including operating condition information and internal state information is inputted, comparing the operating condition information of the device information with operating condition information stored in a database (111) beforehand to judge whether or not both of the operating condition information agree with each other, and then outputting judgment result information; and state diagnosis means (103) for, when the judgment result information indicates that both of the operating condition information agree with each other, comparing the internal state information in the device information with internal state information stored in the database beforehand, and then outputting the result of the comparison. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that false judgment result will be output, and to achieve the efficiency of maintenance work.

Abstract: Provided are a vinyl monomer-grafted alkoxysilane-modified oxyalkylene resin which is useful as a raw material for a modified silicone based elastic adhesive and excellent in storage stability and adhesiveness and furthermore, cures with moisture excellently within a short time period, a production method for the resin, and a curable composition containing the resin. Specifically disclosed is a vinyl monomer-grafted alkoxysilane-modified oxyalkylene resin, which is produced by a method including grafting of a vinyl monomer by using an oxyalkylene based polymer as a raw material, in which the vinyl monomer includes a vinyl monomer containing 50 wt % or more of one or more of kinds of (meth)acrylic monomers, and the vinyl monomer is subjected to a graft reaction by using an alkyl peroxide as a radical reaction initiator.

Abstract: A drive system for an electrically driven dump truck is capable of preventing a prime mover from stalling and is also capable of enabling electric motors for traveling to make full use of the output horsepower of the prime mover up to an output limit of the prime mover. The target motor horsepower Mr1 corresponding to the operation amount p of an accelerator pedal 1 is calculated and the available maximum horsepower Mr2 for motors 12R, 12L out of the maximum output horsepower of the prime mover 4, is calculated in response to the actual revolution speed Ne of the prime mover 4. The horsepower coefficient Kp corresponding to the instantaneous revolution speed deviation ?N is calculated. The available maximum horsepower for the electric motors is modified by the horsepower coefficient to determine the second target motor horsepower Mr3.

Abstract: The storage system includes a first storage subsystem having a first logical volume to be accessed by a host computer, and a second storage subsystem connected to the first storage subsystem and having a second logical volume to be mapped to the first logical volume. The first storage subsystem includes a memory having definition information for defining a plurality of logical paths that transfer, to the second logical volume, I/O from the host computer to the first logical volume, and a transfer mode of the I/O to the plurality of logical paths. At least two or more logical paths among the plurality of logical paths are defined as active, and the controller transfers the I/O to the at least two or more logical paths set as active.

Abstract: A brake system in an electric drive dump truck. The electric drive dump truck has a generator 11 driven by an engine 10 and traveling motors 13L, 13R driven with electric power generated by the generator 11. Hydraulic brakes 20L, 20R, 21L, 20R are operated by brake pedal 18. An oil pressure sensor 22 detects hydraulic fluid pressure produced in accordance with the amount of depression of the brake pedal 18 and a control unit 14 controls the traveling motors 13L, 13R so as to operate them as generator-type retarders when the hydraulic fluid pressure P detected by the oil pressure sensor 22 is not smaller than a predetermined value P1.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing solution used for forming a hexavalent chromium free, black conversion film, which is applied onto the surface of zinc or zinc alloy plating layers, and which has corrosion resistance identical to or higher than that achieved by the conventional hexavalent chromium-containing conversion film. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a processing solution for forming a hexavalent chromium free, black conversion film on zinc or zinc alloy plating layers, the processing solution comprising: nitrate ions and trivalent chromium in a mole ratio (NO3?/Cr3+) of less than 0.

Abstract: Provided is a radar apparatus, which is mounted in a movable body, for detecting an obstacle in the vicinity of the movable body. The radar apparatus comprises a transmitting section (201), a receiving section (202), a velocity acquisition section (204), a reference signal acquisition section (205), and a signal processing section (203). The transmitting section (201) transmits a radar beam into which a transmission signal is modulated by a predetermined frequency. The receiving section (202) receives a reception signal into which the radar beam, which is transmitted from the transmitting section (201) and then is reflected by the obstacle, is demodulated by the predetermined frequency. The velocity acquisition section (204) obtains a velocity of the movable body. The reference signal acquisition section (205) obtains the reception signal as a reference signal in the case where the velocity obtained by the velocity acquisition section (204) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A drive system of an electrically driven dump truck that includes a prime mover, an electric generator, electric motors for traveling, each of which is driven by the electric power supplied from the electric generator 5 and inverters for controlling the electric motors, respectively. A total control unit calculates a correction coefficient Kp in response to the hydraulic fluid temperature detected by a thermometer 20, and then subtracts the horsepower g(Ne) for driving the other prime mover loads, which have been corrected by use of the correction coefficient Kp, from the maximum output horsepower f(Ne) of the prime mover to determine the maximum horsepower Mr that can be used by the electric motors An inverter control unit 7 determines a target torque of the electric motors on the basis of the maximum horsepower Mr so that the inverters are controlled respectively.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for filling a functional liquid droplet ejection head with functional liquid. The method includes: initially filling functional liquid channels and intrahead channels included in the functional liquid droplet ejection head with a functional liquid by introducing functional liquid from a functional liquid tank through the functional liquid channels to the functional liquid droplet ejection head used in an inkjet mode; and passing cleaning liquid into the functional liquid channels and the intrahead channel included in the functional liquid droplet ejection head prior to the initially filling.

Abstract: A light source apparatus for generating a plasma and supplying a light irradiated from the plasma to an optical system, said light source apparatus includes a chamber for accommodating a region that generates the plasma, wherein a density of a hydrocarbon compound included in a gas in the chamber is 300 ppb or less.

Abstract: A swing drive system for a construction machine enhances safety for an operator. A swing control means 55A has a lever input amount-torque table 11 and an actual rotating speed-torque table 13. Based on a lever input amount and an actual rotating speed of an electric motor, the tables are used to derive torque values. A minimum value of the torque values is taken as the acceleration torque. The swing control means 55A further has a lever input amount-meter-out restriction area table 15 and an actual rotating speed-relief torque table 119. Based on the lever input amount and the actual rotating speed of the electric motor, a meter-out restriction area is derived from the lever input amount-meter-out restriction area table and the actual rotating speed to calculate a meter-out torque. A minimum value of the meter-out torque and relief torque is taken as the braking torque.

Abstract: A drive system of an electrically driven dump truck is capable of achieving an operational feeling in which the operation amount of the accelerator pedal is well balanced with the output horsepower of the electric motors, particularly at the time of slow traveling. To achieve this, the target motor output horsepower Pm0 corresponding to the operation amount of an accelerator pedal 1 is calculated. The target motor torque Tr1R, Tr1L is calculated on the basis of the target motor output horsepower Pm0 and the rotational speed ?R, ?L of electric motors 12R, 12L respectively. The acceleration torque limit values of the electric motors 12R, 12L corresponding to the operation amount of the accelerator pedal 1 are calculated, respectively. Then, smaller values are selected, as motor torque instruction values TrR, TrL, between the acceleration torque limit value and the target motor torque Tr1R, Tr1L to control inverters 73R, 73L, respectively.

Abstract: System (software) development is performed based on a state transition diagram. The workflow of a business process is partitioned for each event therein and assigns process codes to the respective process results. A process code is an identification code to indicate a certain state of a process. For example, a process code AA is assigned to the waiting state before completion of a process A, and a process code AB is assigned to the completion state thereof, wherein the process code AB is set as a condition to start a process B. The process codes that are set based on the state transition diagram are managed in an external database (DB) so that flexible modification of the state transition configuration and the state transition order is possible. This provides an entirely new method of system design that facilitates business process reengineering.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate using light from a light source having a wavelength of 20 nm or smaller, and includes plural optical elements, each of which is configured to reflect the light, plural vacuum chambers, each of which houses one or more of the plural optical elements, and a gas supplier configured to supply to each vacuum chamber independently a gas used to inhibit contaminations that could occur on the optical element housed in each vacuum chamber, wherein the gas supplier supplies different types of gases to the plural vacuum chambers according to an illuminance of an illumined region on the optical element housed in each vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for authenticating a user in a site included in an authentication system in which a plurality of sites are linked each other, the process comprising: receiving authentication information; authenticating the user in a first site of the authentication system based on the received authentication information; receiving suspicious behavior information of the user; registering the received suspicious behavior information; determining reliability of the user based on the suspicious behavior information registered in registering of the behavior information registration; in a case where the user accesses a second site of the authentication system, adding the reliability of the user determined, and transmitting the authentication information to which the reliability is added to the second site; and determining a function to be provided to the user in the first site based on the reliability of the user.

Abstract: An object of the invention to provide a disc autochanger without any disc reversing mechanism by using on A-side recording and reproducing apparatus and a B-side recording and reproducing apparatus while using a sheet-like optical disc in which both surfaces can be recorded and reproduced. The disc autochanger is constituted by a cartridge storing a plurality of sheet-like optical discs in which both surfaces are recorded and reproduced in a state of putting in a tray, the A-side recording and reproducing apparatus in which a moving table of an A-side recording and reproducing portion is arranged in an upper side of a tray take-out mechanism and a moving table of a cap is provided in a lower side thereof, and the B-side recording and reproducing apparatus in which a moving table of a B-side recording and reproducing portion is arranged in a lower side of the tray take-out mechanism and a moving table of a cap is provided in an upper side thereof.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for using the storage resources of a storage system effectively, thereby reducing the cost of the storage system and improving its usability. The storage system includes a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus. When a host writes data to a virtual volume, the data are written into a pool area. A management table associates an address in the virtual volume with a pointer indicating the data stored in the pool area. The usage amount of the pool area is monitored. When the usage amount of the pool area reaches a predetermined value, a search for available capacity is performed. An unused external volume is detected and associated with an externally connected volume. The data stored in the pool area are then copied to the externally connected volume.

Abstract: A device displays images such that a driver can easily recognize an obstacle. The device includes a measurement for measuring a distance and direction to an obstacle, a comparison section for comparing the measured distance with a threshold value, a viewpoint determination section for determining a first viewpoint when the measured distance is larger than the threshold value and a second viewpoint based on the measured direction when the measured distance is not larger than the threshold value, an image generating section for generating an image representing an environment as seen from the first viewpoint when the first viewpoint is set and an image of a particular spot representing a view of the vehicle and the obstacle as seen from an area of the second viewpoint when the second viewpoint is set, and a display section for displaying the bird's eye image or the image of the particular spot.