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To provide a laser apparatus and a laser annealing method with which a crystalline semiconductor film with a larger crystal grain size is obtained and which are low in their running cost. A solid state laser easy to maintenance and high in durability is used as a laser, and laser light emitted therefrom is linearized to increase the throughput and to reduce the production cost as a whole. Further, both the front side and the back side of an amorphous semiconductor film is irradiated with such laser light to obtain the crystalline semiconductor film with a larger crystal grain size.

An atmospheric transfer chamber, connected to an object processing chamber for processing a target object by using a plasma of a halogen-based gas, for transferring the target object therein, the atmospheric transfer chamber includes a dehumidifying unit for dehumidifying air in the atmospheric transfer chamber. The dehumidifying unit includes a desiccant filter, a cooling unit for cooling the air introduced into the atmospheric transfer chamber, and an air conditioner. The atmospheric transfer chamber is connected to a reaction product removal chamber for removing reaction products of a halogen-based gas attached to the target object, wherein halogen in reaction products attached to the target object is reduced.

The invention provides a testing machine used for testing the appearance of a printing circuit board, comprising a frame which is provided with a transmission mechanism; the front end of the transmission mechanism is provided with an upper plate mechanism; the transmission mechanism is internally provided with two scanning mechanisms; a panel turnover mechanism is arranged between the two scanning mechanisms; the tail part of the transmission mechanism is butt-jointed with a sorting mechanism; and all mechanisms are controlled by control host machines cooperatively. The testing machine adopts a whole-line digital camera photographing technique to detect the defects on the printing circuit such as foreign matter, exposed copper, supplemented oil, scraping, poor gold-plating, character error, non-uniform green oil, non-uniform welding disc, non-uniform depth of channel, residual copper, omitted printing, developing and the like, automatically feeds and sorts the nondefective and waster, improves the simpleness and reliability of the operation, can observe the defects of the board in real-time by adopting a powerful image processing and analysis software system to provide a plurality of image processing and analysis systems, has quick detection speed, high detection efficiency, safe and reliable equipment, simple operation, is convenient and easy to be learned and meets the man-machine interaction.

An IGV opening command is set based on an IGV opening A set by an exhaust gas temperature control section, an IGV opening B set by a compressor surge protective control section, and an IGV opening C set by an exhaust gas pressure protective control section. The value of the IGV opening A, or the value of the IGV opening B, whichever is higher, is selected, the higher selected value, or the value of the IGV opening C, whichever is lower, is selected, and the lower selected value is set as the IGV opening command (gas turbine back pressure rise avoidance priority mode). Alternatively, the value of the IGV opening A, or the value of the IGV opening C, whichever is lower, is selected, the lower selected value, or the value of the IGV opening B, whichever is higher, is selected, and the higher selected value is set as the IGV opening command (compressor surge avoidance priority mode). Alternatively, a switcher switches between these modes.

There is provided a parallel processing computer for executing a plurality of threads concurrently and in parallel. The computer includes: a thread activation controller for determining whether or not each of threads, which are exclusively executable program fragments, is ready-to-run, to put the thread determined ready-to-run into a ready thread queue as ready-to-run thread; and a thread execution controller having a pre-load unit, an EU allocation and trigger unit, a plurality of thread execution units and a plurality of register files including a plurality of registers, and the pre-load unit, prior to when each ready-to-run thread in the ready thread queue is executed, allocates a free register file of the plurality of register files to the each ready-to-run thread, to load initial data for the each ready-to-run thread into the allocated register file, and the EU allocation and trigger unit, when there is a thread execution unit in idle state of the plurality of thread execution unit, retrieves ready-to-run thread from the top of the ready thread queue, and to allocate the retrieved ready-to-run thread to the thread execution unit in idle state, and to couple the register file loaded the initial data for the ready-to-run thread with the allocated thread execution unit in idle state, and to trigger the ready-to-run thread. The plurality of thread execution units execute the triggered threads concurrently in parallel.

An invention that utilizes signals from an accelerometer in resonant frequency bands or high frequency bands to, in a cost-effective manner, measure wear particle penetration of lubricant and lubricant degradation, both of which greatly affect prediction of residual service life; and, using as a basis these measurements of wear particle penetration and lubricant degradation, enables accurate estimation of residual service life for rolling bearings in the early stages. The invention is comprised of a means of obtaining fundamental data that uses a testing device to obtain data regarding the relationship, for rolling bearings (3), of wear particle penetration levels to vibration levels and service life, or to obtain data regarding the relationship, for rolling bearings (3), of lubricant degradation levels to vibration levels and service life; a means of measurement, where an accelerometer (4) is used to obtain vibration signals of diagnostic rolling bearings (3) residing on mechanical rotating devices (1, 2) for the purpose of measuring signals in resonant frequency bands only detectable at extremely high levels of sensitivity or signals in high frequency bands; and a means of prediction that uses readings obtained via said means of measurement and data obtained via said means of obtaining fundamental data to predict, for diagnostic rolling bearings (3), wear particle penetration levels and lubricant degradation levels, and to calculate residual service life for diagnostic rolling bearings (3).

An objective is to provide a game system and information storage medium which can improve the operating rate of a game center and realize a more effective management therein. The game system includes a host machine and a plurality of game machines. The host machine is designed to detect the current time or date and to perform allocation of games to the game machines G1 to G9 based on the detected time or date. Transfer data for a player to play a game by means of each of the game machines is then transferred to each of the game machines according to the allocation. A manager of the game center sets schedule data representing how the allocation is carried out according to the time or date. The allocation of games to the game machines may depend on time periods, date or a traffic line of players. Adult games may be set to be played only in the nighttime. Game sound volume and screen brightness may be changed and set based on the time or date.

An image forming apparatus which is capable of bringing processing devices, such as sheet feed devices and post-processing devices connected respectively to the image forming apparatus, into operable states in timing optimal for carrying out an image forming job, thereby improving productivity and operation rate of the image forming apparatus as well as saving energy. A print job is analyzed to determine at least one sheet feed device and at least one post-processing device to be used in executing the print job, and states of the determined devices are checked to determine at least one of the sheet feed device and the post-processing device to be caused to start a preparatory operation in advance before the print job is executed. Power supply to the at least one of the sheet feed device and the post-processing device is turned on in timing such that the preparatory operation is completed in time for the start of execution of the print job.

The present invention relates to one kind of combined rolling press grinding apparatus, and belongs to the field of inorganic non-metal material grinding technology. The combined rolling press grinding apparatus includes one dispensing mechanism, one lifting and conveying mechanism, one rolling press, one ball mill, one powder concentrator, one dust collector and one fan. The present invention has the advantages of low milling loss, simple structure, several operation mode, high grinding efficiency, low power consumption, etc.

A light-pulse atomic interferometry (LPAI) apparatus is provided. The LPAI apparatus comprises a vessel, two sets of magnetic coils configured to magnetically confine an atomic vapor in two respective magneto-optical traps (MOTs) within the vessel when activated, and an optical system configured to irradiate the atomic vapor within the vessel with laser radiation that, when suitably tuned, can launch atoms previously confined in each of the MOTs toward the other MOT. In embodiments, the magnetic coils are configured to produce a magnetic field that is non-zero at the midpoint between the traps. In embodiments, the time-of-flight of the launched atoms from one MOT to the other is 12 ms or less. In embodiments, the MOTs are situated approximately 36 mm apart. In embodiments, the apparatus is configured to activate the magnetic coils according to a particular temporal magnetic field gradient profile.

The invention discloses an intelligent on-line monitoring system aiming at a high-voltage circuit breaker. The intelligent on-line monitoring system comprises an on-line monitoring device consisting of an on-line monitoring module group, a power module and an upper computer interface module, and an upper computer device connected with the on-line monitoring device, wherein the on-line monitoring module group comprises a circuit breaker separating brake loop disconnection monitoring module, a circuit breaker arc extinguish chamber vacuum degree monitoring module, a circuit breaker contact temperature rise monitoring module, a circuit breaker over travel monitoring module and a circuit breaker separating/connecting brake speed monitoring module. The five sub monitoring modules are connected with the upper computer interface module to realize data interaction between the five sub monitoring modules and the upper computer device, and the upper computer device performs monitoring data search and parameter configuration on the five sub monitoring modules by the upper computer interface module. According to the system, the measurement of each piece of state information is mutually separated from a power source power supply module, the internal mechanism of the circuit breaker is analyzed again, and the current running state parameter and state of the high-voltage circuit breaker are obtained accurately and efficiently.

An object of the invention is to avoid an inconvenience at a connection portion formed by filling a metal film in a connecting hole, which has been opened in an insulating film, via a barrier metal film having a titanium nitride film stacked over a titanium film. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device has the steps of: forming a thermal reaction Ti film over the bottom of a connecting hole by a thermal reaction using a TiCl₄ gas; forming a plasma reaction Ti film by a plasma reaction using a TiCl₄ gas; forming a nitrogen-rich TiN film over the surface of the plasma reaction Ti film by plasma treatment with H₂ and plasma treatment with NH₃ gases; repeatedly carrying out film formation by CVD using a WF₆ gas and reduction using an SiH₄ or B₂H₆ gas to form a tungsten nucleation film of a multilayer structure over the nitrogen-rich TiN film; and forming a blanket•tungsten film at 400° C. or less by CVD using WF₆ and H₂ gases. This makes it possible to avoid an inconvenience at a connection portion formed by filling a metal film in a connecting hole, which has been opened in an insulating film, via a barrier metal film having a titanium nitride film stacked over a titanium film.

A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed and a game value placed as the bet in each gaming terminal, rotates and stops the wheel to determine a resulting symbol from the plurality of symbols, awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area on which the bet is placed in the gaming terminal, and then adjusts the payout rate by changing the odds set for the bet areas in the gaming terminals.

The invention belongs to the technical field of metallurgy, and particularly relates to a suspension roasting device and technology for producing multiform aluminum oxide. The device is composed of a feeding system, a roasting system, a crystal separation system and a cyclone dust removal system, wherein the feeding system comprises a quantitative feeder, a spiral feeder and a drier, the roasting system comprises a cyclone preheater, a roasting furnace and a burning station, the crystal separation system comprises a cyclone separator, a crystallizer, a controllable material level valve, a cyclone cooler and a drying cooler, and the cyclone dust removal system comprises a dust remover, an induced draught fan and a chimney. During working, an aluminum hydroxide filter cake serves as the raw material, the roasting temperature of the roasting furnace and the time for materials staying in the crystallizer are adjusted according to different requirements of multiform aluminum oxide products, and finally obtained different aluminum oxide products are discharged out of the drying cooler. According to the device and technology, metallurgical aluminum oxide and high-temperature aluminum oxide are produced at the same time with one set of device and the same kind of material by adjusting operating parameters.

In the dimension measurement of a circuit pattern using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), in order to make it possible to automatically image desired evaluation points (EPs) on a sample, and automatically measure the circuit pattern formed at the evaluation points, according to the present invention, in the dimension measurement of a circuit pattern using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), it is arranged that coordinate data of the EP and design data of the circuit pattern including the EP are used as an input, creation of a dimension measurement cursor for measuring the pattern existing in the EP and selection or setting of the dimension measurement method are automatically performed based on the EP coordinate data and the design data to automatically create a recipe, and automatic imaging/measurement is performed using the recipe.