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When radiographic images are obtained by radiography using a tomographic image obtainment apparatus, the degree of overlap of anatomical structures of a subject is obtained. Further, a condition of exposure, such as angles θ of radiography, is changed based on the degree of overlap. The angles θ of radiography are angles at which a radiation irradiation unit performs radiography at a plurality of positions to obtain a plurality of radiographic images. The tomographic image obtainment apparatus produces a tomographic image by reconstructing the tomographic image from a plurality of radiographic images obtained by irradiating the subject with radiation from various directions.

A digital camera which is an image processing apparatus is controlled so that a first image and a second image are acquired for the same subject in different timings. A plurality of correction tables for use in shading correction are prepared in advance in a shading ROM of the digital camera. When a first image and a second image are acquired, multiplication of one correction table is performed on both images by a shading correction circuit. As a result of this, a shading correction is effected on both images. The first image and the second image that have been subjected to the shading correction are taken into respective image memories, and after being subjected to a positioning process by a general controller, they are synthesized to generate a synthesized image.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device provided with a circuit capable of high speed operation while the manufacturing cost is reduced. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes forming an ion-doped layer at a predetermined depth from a surface of a single-crystal semiconductor substrate and forming a first insulating layer over the single-crystal semiconductor substrate; forming a second insulating layer over part of an insulating substrate and forming a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer over the second insulating layer; bonding the single-crystal semiconductor substrate to a region of the insulating substrate where the second insulating layer is not formed, with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween; and forming a single-crystal semiconductor layer over the insulating substrate by separating the single-crystal semiconductor substrate at the ion-doped layer which acts as a separation surface so that the ion-doped layer is separated from the insulating substrate.

A location-aware method that dynamically adjusts software parameters in Location-Based Service (LBS) applications in real-time based on environmental conditions and application requirements. The invention saves power expended during position calculations while increasing application performance, optimizes settings for the application based on real-time conditions, and reduces bandwidth used. In an embodiment, the present method comprises a state machine or a plurality of state machines.

A magnetic hard disc substrate made of an aluminum alloy for memory devices such as a computer must correspond to an improved structure in which the interval between a head and a medium is made narrower to attain high density recording. In order to prevent head crash, it is required that the magnetic hard disc substrate have a smooth surface and decreased defects. The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a magnetic hard disc substrate made of an aluminum alloy which satisfies the above requirements and also provides a disc substrate which has a surface roughness Ra</=0.5 nm and is free from abrasive flaws with a depth of 5 nm or more and from micro-waviness or provides a disc substrate which has a surface roughness Ra</=5 angstroms and a surface roughness Rmax</=80 angstroms and in which the number of scratches with a depth of 50 angstroms or more is 5 or less and the number of pits with a depth of 50 angstroms or less is 5 or less in the surface.

A liquid crystal material is driven in a twisted nematic mode so that while liquid crystal molecules lose, on a stripe electrode, rotary power toward a direction along an electric field by a voltage applied between the stripe electrode and a second electrode and form, in a region between the adjacent stripe electrodes, refractive index distribution of a lenticular lens that includes a cylindrical lens in which a cylindrical axis is arranged in a first direction. The cylindrical lens faces at least two rows of pixels, and has an effective refractive index for causing light from the at least two rows of pixels to advance in separating directions from each other after emission from a second polarizing plate. A distance d of a cell gap and an interval s between the adjacent stripe electrodes satisfy the relation of 3.5≦s/d≦7.

An apparatus is provided for monitoring a milking animal during milking of the animal. The apparatus includes a number of productivity sensors, each measuring at least one indicator of productivity of the animal. A number of temperature sensors, including at least two thermographic cameras, measure heat output from different processing areas of the milking animal. A processor receives the heat outputs and productivity indicators, and uses a combination of these to determine a condition of the milking animal. The condition is then indicated in real time at the monitoring apparatus.

A light emitting device package including a transparent cover having an electrode pattern formed on a bottom surface thereof; a light emitting device installed below the transparent cover and electrically connected to an external circuit via the electrode pattern; a fixing resin which fixes the light emitting device onto the bottom surface of the transparent cover; and a metal slug provided under the fixing resin to dissipate heat away from the light emitting device.

A membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layers, and cathode catalyst layers provided counter to the anode catalyst layers, respectively. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent anode catalyst layers. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent cathode catalyst layers. The resistivity of the insulating layer is preferably identical to or higher than that of the electrolyte membrane.

Provided are a method and an apparatus for easily identifying and detecting fluorescent material types captured in respective reaction regions of a substrate, particularly, a method and an apparatus for identifying and measuring the fluorescence intensities of a plurality of fluorescent materials using a small pixel count. The fluorescence intensities of four or more types of fluorescent materials are divided by a dividing section at ratios different at least for each fluorescence maximum wavelength range, and are detected by at least one detector including pixels for detecting the light fluxes divided at the different ratios. The type of the fluorescent material is determined on the basis of the ratio of the detected fluorescence intensity of the same detection portion, and the fluorescence intensity is measured.

A zoom lens, in order from an object side, includes a first lens group having a negative refracting power, a second lens group having a positive refracting power and an aperture stop. When zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the second lens group move, so that an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group can become small and an interval between the second lens group and an image plane can become large. The second lens group has at least three positive lenses and two negative lenses and at least one of the three positive lenses is an aspheric positive lens and an Abbe's number of the glass type: ν_d and an anomalous dispersion of the glass type: Δθ_g,F satisfy conditions:

ν_d>80.0   (1)

Δθ_g,F>0.025   (2)

Improved methods of presenting speech prompts to a user as part of an automated system that employs speech recognition or other voice input are described. The invention improves the user interface by providing in combination with at least one user prompt seeking a voice response, an enhanced user keyword prompt intended to facilitate the user selecting a keyword to speak in response to the user prompt. The enhanced keyword prompts may be the same words as those a user can speak as a reply to the user prompt but presented using a different audio presentation method, e.g., speech rate, audio level, or speaker voice, than used for the user prompt. In some cases, the user keyword prompts are different words from the expected user response keywords, or portions of words, e.g., truncated versions of keywords.

The invention discloses an inertial navigation system (INS)/wireless sensor network (WSN) indoor mobile robot tight-integration navigation-oriented iterative extended RTS average filtering method. The method comprises the following steps of through iterative extended kalman filter, carrying out data fusion on navigation information extracted from a local relative coordinate system by INS and WSN, improving a navigation information output period on this basis, carrying out iterative extended RTS smoothing on the data in a small period, then carrying out average filtering, and outputting the data. The iterative extended RTS average filtering method effectively improves a precision of navigation on an indoor mobile robot.

A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel which includes a liquid crystal layer and a pair of resilient substrates which sandwiches the liquid crystal layer therebetween; and a curving holding means (a lower frame, an upper frame, a plurality of bolts, and a plurality of nuts) which clamps an outer peripheral portion of the liquid crystal panel from a front surface and a back surface of the liquid crystal panel so as to hold the liquid crystal panel in a state that the liquid crystal panel is curved in one direction, wherein a clamping force applied to a non-curved outer peripheral portion of the liquid crystal panel by the curving holding means is set larger than a clamping force applied to a curved outer peripheral portion of the liquid crystal panel by the curving holding means.

The present invention provides a setting and updating method for backoff parameters in a random access procedure. The method comprises: in the initialization of the random access procedure of UE, according to the service type of the UE, setting the backoff parameters to be initial values of the corresponding service type, wherein the initial value corresponding to a trunking group call service is the maximum; in the random access response received by the UE, if a backoff indicator subheader is included, and the service type is not a trucking group call service, updating the backoff parameters of the UE according to the content of the backoff parameter indicator subheader; and otherwise, not updating the backoff parameters of the UE. Via the method of the present invention, the backoff parameter value corresponding to the trunking group call service is enabled to be the maximum; and thereby the interval for establishing random access of the trunking group call service is the minimum, ensuring the priority and accomplishing the access as soon as possible.

An optical module that installs a plurality of laser diodes (LDs) and a composite prism to condense optical beams emitted from the LDs is disclosed. The LDs are arranged on a line so as to level the optical beams within a plane. The composite prism includes input surfaces and output surfaces each corresponding to respective one of the input surfaces. The composite prism outputs optical beams whose intervals are narrowed compared with intervals of the optical beams entering therein.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a battery module capable of preventing refrigerant leakage and achieving size reduction while increasing the number of unit batteries by employing a plurality of battery blocks. The battery module (14) of the present invention has a plurality of battery blocks (1) having a plurality of arranged and connected unit batteries (2), the battery module (14) including a cooling plate (12) coupled with the plurality of unit batteries (1) in a heat transmissible manner, and a cooling pipe (18) detachably attached to the cooling plate (12)and disposed endlessly continuously while spanning at least two of the plurality of battery blocks (1).

The present invention provides a semiconductor device with an improved yield ratio and reduced height and manufacturing cost; and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including a substrate, a semiconductor element that is flip-chip connected to the substrate, and a molding portion that seals the semiconductor element. The side surfaces of the semiconductor element are enclosed by the molding portion. An upper surface of the semiconductor element is not enclosed by the molding portion. Damage to the side surfaces of the semiconductor element caused by an external impact when the semiconductor device is stored is minimized, because the molding portion protects the side surfaces of the semiconductor element. Accordingly, the yield ratio of the semiconductor device is improved. The height of the semiconductor device can also be reduced since the upper surface of the semiconductor element is not enclosed with the molding portion.

The invention discloses a radial gradually-wide type fin-structure grooved panel heat pipe and a processing method thereof. The radial gradually-wide type fin-structure grooved panel heat pipe comprises a lower base, an upper cover plate and a support ring, wherein the lower base comprises a circular substrate, the circular substrate is provided with a circular lug boss, the top surface of the circular lug boss forms an inclined surface of an inner taper structure with a low center and a high outer edge, V-shaped grooves and ridges are radially distributed on the top surface of the circular lug boss from the center to the outer edge, and the support ring is arranged in the center of the top surface of the circular lug boss; one surface of the support ring contacting with the ridges is a plane, and the surface of the support ring contacting with the upper cover plate is a concave-convex contact surface; a capillary wick is arranged in the center of the top surface of the circular lug boss, and the widths and the depths of the V-shaped grooves are gradually increased from the center to the outer edge of the circular lug boss. According to the structure, capillary action is intensified, and therefore, the capillary limit of the radial gradually-wide type fin-structure grooved panel heat pipe is greatly enhanced, larger capillary force is provided and the superficial area of boiling heat transfer is enlarged; and in addition, the invention has the advantages of simpleness, convenience and easy operation for technical means, low cost and wide application prospect.