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An exposure apparatus, wherein an exposure of a substrate (P) is carried out by filling at least a portion of the space between a projection optical system and the substrate (P) with a liquid and projecting an image of a pattern onto the substrate (P) via the projection optical system and the liquid, includes a bubble detector (20) which detects air bubble or bubbles in the liquid between the projection optical system and the substrate (P). Consequently, the exposure apparatus is capable of suppressing deterioration of a pattern image caused by bubbles in the liquid when an exposure is carried out while filling the space between the projection optical system and the substrate with the liquid.

An exposure apparatus performs an exposure of a substrate by filling at least a portion of the space between a projection optical system and the substrate with a liquid and projecting an image of a pattern onto the substrate via the projection optical system and the liquid. The apparatus includes a bubble detector that detects air bubble or bubbles in the liquid between the projection optical system and the substrate. Consequently, the exposure apparatus is capable of suppressing deterioration of a pattern image caused by bubbles in the liquid when an exposure is carried out while filling the space between the projection optical system and the substrate with the liquid.

A liquid immersion type exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of a mask onto a substrate, a liquid film forming system for forming a liquid film in a predetermined region between the projection optical system and the substrate, and a sensor for detecting disappearance of at least a portion of the liquid film in the predetermined region.

An optical shaping method according to the present invention is an optical shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional structure by repeating a process for forming a cured resin layer 53 by irradiating an optically curing resin liquid 51 with light so that cured resin layers 53 are laminated. The process for forming the cured resin layer 53 includes, while applying a sheet light Ls to the optically curing resin liquid 51, applying a first light beam L1 intersecting the sheet light Ls to this optically curing resin liquid, and thereby forming the cured resin layer 53 in an area where the sheet light Ls intersects the first light beam L1. The irradiation place of the sheet light Ls is moved and the process for forming the cured resin layer 53 is repeated.

An image forming apparatus includes a drum; a charging member; a charging bias applying device; an image forming device; a detecting device for detecting a current passing between the charging member and the drum; an executing device for selectively executing a first mode in which the charging bias of a first frequency is applied to form the image on the drum rotated at a first speed and a second mode in which the charging bias of a second frequency is applied to form the image on the drum rotated at a second speed; a calculating device for calculating information indicating a relationship between an output of the detecting device when the AC voltage of the first frequency is applied and an output of the detecting device when the AC voltage of the second frequency is applied; and an adjusting device for adjusting a peak-to-peak voltage to be applied to the charging member in the first mode based on the output of the detecting device obtained by applying the AC voltage of the first frequency to the charging member and for adjusting a peak-to-peak voltage to be applied to the charging member in the second mode based on the output of the detecting device obtained by applying the AC voltage of the first frequency to the charging member and the information calculated by the calculating device.

An image forming apparatus includes a color image forming portion for forming a color toner image on an image bearing member; a transparent image forming portion for forming a transparent toner image on the image bearing member. The color image forming portion is capable of forming a test color toner image on the image bearing member, and the transparent image forming portion is capable of forming a test transparent toner image on the image bearing member. The apparatus further includes a detecting portion for detecting a density of each of the test color toner image and the test transparent toner image; and a control portion for controlling an image forming condition for an image to be formed on a recording material, on the basis of a result of detection of the density of each of the test color toner image and the transparent toner image. The test transparent toner image and the test color toner image are formed on the image bearing member by the transparent image forming portion and the color image forming portion between an operation for forming the image to be formed on the recording material and a subsequent operation for forming the image to be formed on the recording material. A frequency of formations of the test transparent toner images is lower than that of the formations of the test color toner images.

An image forming apparatus includes a corona charger having an opening, a shutter configured to open and close the opening of the corona charger, a humidity sensor configured to detect humidity, and a control unit configured to control the so that time from ending an image forming process to closing the opening using the shutter is reduced when the humidity detected by the humidity sensor increases.

A print control apparatus that controls a printing unit is provided. A determination unit determines print quality of a print image printed by the printing unit. A first counting unit counts the number of pages of each of sets whose print quality is determined by the determination unit not to satisfy a predetermined criterion. A second counting unit counts the number of same pages of the sets whose prnt quality is determined by the determination unit not to satisfy a predetermined criterion. A control unit stops printing by the printing unit if a count value counted by the first counting unit reaches a first predetermined value and stops printing by the printing unit if a count value counted by the second counting unit reaches a second predetermined value.

A chip part according to the present invention includes a substrate having a penetrating hole, a pair of electrodes formed on a front surface of the substrate and including one electrode overlapping the penetrating hole in a plan view and another electrode facing the one electrode, and an element formed on the front surface side of the substrate and electrically connected to the pair of electrodes.

An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of linear motor mechanisms for transporting a plurality of tables in a first transport section including at least an area in which an image is recorded on recording media, and an endless transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of tables in at least a second transport section contiguous with the first transport section and capable of transporting the plurality of tables in the first transport section. The image recording apparatus further includes an unused linear motor mechanism determination part for determining an unused linear motor mechanism. When the unused linear motor mechanism is determined, the endless transport mechanism is used as an alternative to transport at least one of the tables which is to be transported in the first transport section but which is able to be transported by none of the plurality of linear motor mechanisms. If a malfunctioning linear motor mechanism is present because of a breakage, an operation anomaly and the like, the image recording apparatus achieves the image recording while maintaining the accuracy of the recorded image although the throughput thereof decreases.

A printing control apparatus that causes printing by a printing unit having a fixing unit that fixes a recording agent on a sheet, the printing control apparatus including: a printing control unit configured to cause the printing unit to stop printing of a currently printing job, and print another job in a state that printing of the job has been stopped; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not to permit execution of the other job in a state that the currently printing job has been stopped by the printing control unit, based on a fixing unit temperature necessary for printing of the currently printing job and a fixing unit temperature necessary for execution of the other job.

An image forming apparatus configured to change an interleaf control mode from a not confirmed sheet-feeding mode to a sheet-presence confirmed sheet-feeding mode when a remaining amount of recording sheets is less than a first threshold, wherein the image forming apparatus has a first mode of changing a feeding origin of a recording sheet, according to detection of absence of a recording sheet in a storage unit by a sheet presence / absence detection unit during execution of an image forming job, and a second mode of changing a feeding origin of a recording sheet, according to detection of a recording-sheet remaining amount of the storage unit less than a second threshold during execution of an image forming job, and wherein the second threshold is larger than the first threshold for changing an interleaf control mode.

A top plate when located at a first position is held by an opposing-member holder, and the top plate when located at a second position is held by a substrate holder and rotated along with the substrate holder. In a substrate processing apparatus, a first processing liquid nozzle located at a supply position inside a to-be-held part of the top plate supplies a first processing liquid through an opposing-member opening to a substrate and is moved from the supply position to its retracted position, and a second processing liquid nozzle is moved from its retracted position to the supply position and supplies a second processing liquid through the opposing-member opening to the substrate. This configuration suppresses or prevents mixture of multiple types of processing liquids, as compared with the case where multiple types of processing liquids are sequentially supplied from a single processing liquid nozzle.

A pneumatic tire has a tread rubber made of a nonconductive rubber. The tread rubber is provided with a first and second conductive portions made of a conductive rubber. The first conductive portion extends radially inwardly from a ground-contacting surface, extends to one side in tire width direction, and reaches a carcass layer or a side wall rubber. An exposed position of the first conductive portion is separated from a tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of a ground-contacting width. The second conductive portion extends radially inwardly from the ground-contacting surface, extends to another side in tire width direction, and reaches the carcass layer or the side wall rubber. An exposed position of the second conductive portion is separated from the tire equator at a distance is equal to or more than 10% of the ground-contacting width.

A printing control apparatus that causes printing by a printing unit having a fixing unit that fixes a recording agent on a sheet, the printing control apparatus including: a printing control unit configured to cause the printing unit to stop printing of a currently printing job, and print another job in a state that printing of the job has been stopped; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not to permit execution of the other job in a state that the currently printing job has been stopped by the printing control unit, based on a fixing unit temperature necessary for printing of the currently printing job and a fixing unit temperature necessary for execution of the other job.

A solder printing inspection apparatus for inspection of solder printed on a circuit board has a multiplicity of lands for mounting of electronic components. The apparatus includes an irradiation unit for irradiating a light on the circuit board, an imaging unit for imaging the circuit board irradiated by the light, a solder bridge detection unit for detecting a solder bridge connecting two of the lands based on an image data imaged by the imaging unit, a distance calculation unit for calculating a bridge distance as distance between two lands contacting the solder bridge or solder bridging regions or solder detection frames corresponding to the two lands contacting the solder bridge, and a distance determination unit for determination of whether or not the bridge distance is within a permissible range.

An image forming system and image forming apparatus capable of suppressing reduced productivity and avoiding the troublesome task of sorting output materials even when image formation becomes impossible. The system and apparatus include a transfer controller that permits job data transfer to another image forming apparatus if image formation of the job data has not started when an impaired image forming state is detected in an image forming apparatus, and that prohibits job data transfer to another image forming apparatus if image formation of job data has already started. In this way, the image formation process can be executed without processing congestion by having another image forming apparatus perform the job data image formation. Moreover, the task of sorting the output material is unnecessary because the job data is not dispersed between the transfer origin and the transfer destination.

An image forming device includes: an image forming unit configured to form a plurality of images on continuous paper based on a job; an image pattern creation unit configured to interrupt execution of the job and create an image pattern for consuming toner; a determination unit configured to determine necessity of creating the image pattern based on coverages of the images included in the job; and a calculation unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that it is necessary to create the image pattern, calculate a conveyance distance or a conveyance time of the continuous paper until creation of the image pattern, as interruption timing.

An image forming system includes: a sheet conveying section configured to convey a long sheet; an image forming / fixing section configured to execute an image forming / fixing operation to form and fix a toner image on the long sheet to be conveyed by the sheet conveying section; a skew detection section configured to detect a skew of the long sheet to be conveyed by the sheet conveying section; a skew correction section configured to execute a skew correction operation to correct the skew of the long sheet; and a control section configured to perform control to execute the skew correction operation when the skew has been detected in a first area where the skew correction operation does not affect the image forming / fixing operation, and perform control to execute the skew correction operation when the skew has been detected in a second area where the skew correction operation affects the image forming / fixing operation.

Disclosed are a vehicle interior material having a stitch line and a method of implementing the stitch line on the vehicle interior material. The vehicle interior material includes a base material including a plurality of protrusions on a surface thereof, and a skin configured to cover the surface of the base material and including a plurality of holes into which the protrusions are fitted to be exposed to the outside in order to form a plurality of imitation stitches, wherein the plurality of imitation stitches is arranged in a row to form a stitch line, and the base material includes a main body and a coupling member coupled to the main body and including at least one of the protrusions.

An image forming apparatus which is capable of forming an excellent image while suppressing reduction in productivity to a minimum even when an abnormality occurs in detection of an HP mark on an intermediate transfer member. When there occurs abnormality in detection of any of HP marks, an alternate signal is generated in place of a signal associated with a mark the detection of which is determined to be abnormal, and image formation is carried out with reference to the time of normal HP mark detection and the alternate signal.

The present invention provides method of double-side polishing a wafer, including: simultaneously polishing both surfaces of the wafer by holding the wafer in a holding hole of a carrier, interposing the held wafer between upper and lower turn tables to which polishing pads are attached, rotating the carrier about an axis of the carrier and revolving the carrier; and repeating the polishing in a batch manner, wherein a direction in which the carrier is revolved is reversed every polishing batch while repeating the polishing in a batch manner. The method enables wafers with high flatness to be stably obtained while inhibiting reduction in productivity due to dressing.

An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of linear motor mechanisms for transporting a plurality of tables in a first transport section including at least an area in which an image is recorded on recording media, and an endless transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of tables in at least a second transport section contiguous with the first transport section and capable of transporting the plurality of tables in the first transport section. The image recording apparatus further includes an unused linear motor mechanism determination part for determining an unused linear motor mechanism. When the unused linear motor mechanism is determined, the endless transport mechanism is used as an alternative to transport at least one of the tables which is to be transported in the first transport section but which is able to be transported by none of the plurality of linear motor mechanisms. If a malfunctioning linear motor mechanism is present because of a breakage, an operation anomaly and the like, the image recording apparatus achieves the image recording while maintaining the accuracy of the recorded image although the throughput thereof decreases.

A manufacturing method of a unit cell of a fuel cell, includes: preparing a membrane-electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly; preparing a frame member; bringing an inner peripheral edge of the frame member into contact with a first gas diffusion layer by pushing a convex surface and by deforming a curved portion, in a state where a surface of the frame member is in contact with a peripheral region through an adhesive bond; and joining the frame member and the membrane-electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly with the adhesive bond, in a state where the inner peripheral edge of the frame member is in contact with the first gas diffusion layer.