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First laser light is irradiated (energy density of 400 to 500 mj / cm2) to a semiconductor film 102 in an atmosphere containing oxygen in order to obtain a semiconductor film 102b having large depressions and projections on the surface. Then, an oxidized film 105a formed by the irradiation of the first laser light is removed. After that, an inert gas with an oxygen density of 10 ppm or below is blown thereto, and, at the same time, second laser light is irradiated thereto (the energy density is higher than that of the irradiation of the first laser light). Thus, the surface of the semiconductor film 102b is flattened, and a semiconductor film 102c having fewer depressions and projections on the surface can be obtained.

A semiconductor device of the present invention has a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an insulating layer which is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and which has a contact hole, and a third conductive layer which is connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and of which at least a part of an end portion is formed inside the contact hole. Near a contact hole where the second conductive layer is connected to the third conductive layer, the third conductive layer does not overlap with the second conductive layer with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween and an end portion of the third conductive layer is not formed over the first insulating layer. This allows suppression of depression and projection of the third conductive layer.

Included are embodiments for image distortion reduction in web printing. Some embodiments are configured for determining an ink drop speed of ink from a printer and determining a web travel speed of a web of material, where the web of material engages with a folding board during printing that manipulates a plane of the web of material such that a projection of the web width is effectively reduced. Some embodiments may be configured for determining an altered web geometry of the web of material while engaging with the folding board, receiving a desired image for printing on the web of material, and calculating a pixel displacement of the plurality of pixels. Some embodiments may be configured for creating an altered image that utilizes the pixel displacement from the desired image and sending data related to the altered image for printing on the web of material.

In an electric power steering system, a motor drive controller that has an inverter circuit board and a control circuit board housed in a control case is provided so as to overlap a control case fixation surface formed at an end portion of a gear housing in the axial direction of a steering shaft, so that it is possible to reduce the projection in the axial direction of a motor as compared to the conventional one. In addition, a metallic board is used for the inverter circuit board and the inverter circuit board is fixed to the control case fixation surface so as to be in surface contact therewith, so that it is possible to efficiently dissipate the heat generated on the inverter circuit board into the gear housing and a fixation support plate.

A diamond-coated tool including: (a) a substrate; and (b) a diamond coating disposed on the substrate. The diamond coating is formed of diamond crystals grown on the substrate. Each of the diamond crystals has a diameter not larger than 2 mum as measured on an outer surface of the diamond coating, and / or a length not larger than 2 mum as measured in a direction in which each of the grown diamond crystals has expanded by its growth. The diamond coating preferably consists of a plurality of layers.

The apparatus for inputting coordinates has a support plate including a coordinate input plane for inputting a coordinate position, an optical unit is formed by integrating a light source and a light receiver. The light source emits light which is substantially parallel to the coordinate input plane. A reflecting section reflects the light emitted from the light source. The optical unit is embedded in the coordinate input plate by the use of a frame, an optical unit retaining plate and a screw.

A modular rack and kit of parts for constructing a modular rack may be dimensioned to vary width and depth for different applications in different rooms. Retention accessories, including article hooks, extension cross members and shelves, each have attachment portions with mating cross-sectional profiles corresponding to the rack members engage the rack members circumferentially. The retention accessories are selectively reconfigurable for evolving storage needs.

An electronic parts installing socket capable of downsizing an electronic device by reducing the height of socket projecting from one surface of the printed circuit board comprises a socket housing fitted into a socket inserting hole. The socket inserting hole penetrates from a front surface to a rear surface of a printed circuit board. Also, a plurality of contacts each having contact pieces disposal on the socket housing and project from a side surface of the socket housing. The contact pieces are connected a contact connecting pattern which is positioned at an opening edge portion of socket inserting hole. Front surface shielding members and are connected to the printed circuit board to shield a portion projecting to the front surface of the printed circuit board. A box shaped rear surface shielding member covers a portion projecting from a rear surface of the printed circuit board to the socket housing and is connected to the front surface shielding members.

A snowmobile ski includes a bridge adapted to connect to a ski leg of a snowmobile, a ski body having an inner lateral edge, an outer lateral edge, a top surface adapted to be connected the bridge, and a bottom surface adapted for moving over snow, a keel running lengthwise along the bottom surface of the ski body in such a manner that a centerline of the keel is offset from a centerline of the bridge in a direction toward the outer lateral edge of the ski body, and a runner connected to the keel.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the detection of the body position, especially while sleeping. More particularly, the invention relates to how the main body positions during sleep can be derived from the distribution of the reflection of a projected IR light from a subject's body under a blanket. Additionally, the breathing signals can be analyzed to determine the body posture.

According to various illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a device for a light projection system includes a single light emitting diode array comprising at least one green die, at least one blue die, and at least one red die, a single light collection, integration, and etendue-matching optic element comprising a tapered light pipe capable of collecting substantially all light emitted by the single light emitting diode array and spatially integrating the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting diode array, and a telecentric relay using at least one of spherical and aspherical refractive and reflective components. The device also includes an illumination wedge prism, a digital micromirror device capable of modulating the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting diode array, and a projection total internal reflection prism, the projection total internal reflection prism disposed between the illumination wedge prism and the digital micromirror device. The device also includes a projection lens, wherein the telecentric relay provides the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting diode array through the illumination wedge prism and through the projection total internal reflection prism to the digital micromirror device that reflects the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting diode array back through the projection total internal reflection prism that totally internally reflects the substantially all the light emitted by the single light emitting diode array through the projection lens.

The invention relates to a photovoltaic power generation device with a two-dimensional photovoltaic sun-positioning function. The photovoltaic power generation device comprises a photovoltaic battery plate and a support pillar and also comprises a two-dimensional photovoltaic sun-positioning mechanism, wherein the two-dimensional photovoltaic sun-positioning mechanism contains a first multi-turn element, a second multi-turn element, a connecting piece and a one-dimensional steering unit; the first multi-turn element is arranged on the side edge of the support pillar; the second multi-turn element is arranged on the back of the photovoltaic battery plate; the connecting piece is connected with the steering output ends of the first multi-turn element and the second multi-turn element; the one-dimensional steering unit contains an electric motor and a transmission device; and the electric motor is controlled by a drive unit to realize that the photovoltaic battery plate rotates along with the axial direction of the support pillar.

A gas sensor (200) includes a gas sensor element (10) extending in the direction of an axis O, and a housing (50) made of metal, radially surrounding the gas sensor element, and adapted for inserting at least partially into a sensor-mounting hole (350) of a mounting body (300). The gas sensor (200) further includes a resin member (60, 61) which radially surrounds the housing at least partially and having a contact portion (C) in contact with the housing that is at least partially disposed axially frontward with respect to the outer surface of the mounting body (300) around the sensor-mounting hole, and a heat sink member (80) that is in contact with the housing at an axial position the same as or located frontward of the axial position of the front end of the contact portion.

Double-patterned magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) for reducing magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pitch for increased MRAM bit cell density is disclosed. In one aspect, to fabricate MTJs in an MRAM array with reduced MTJ row pitch, a first patterning process is performed to provide separation areas in an MTJ layer between what will become rows of fabricated MTJs, which facilitates MTJs in a given row sharing a common bottom electrode. This reduces the etch depth and etching time needed to etch the individual MTJs in a subsequent step, can reduce lateral projections of sidewalls of the MTJs, thereby relaxing the pitch between adjacent MTJs, and may allow an initial MTJ hard mask layer to be reduced in height. A subsequent second patterning process is performed to fabricate individual MTJs. Additional separation areas are etched between free layers of adjacent MTJs in a given row to fabricate the individual MTJs.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional face modeling method and a three-dimensional face modeling system assisted by face geometric information. According to the invention, based on a binocular stereoscopic vision principle of active projection, marking the surface of the target face by using phase information contained in a multi-frame stripe structured light place; acquiring a modeling image by using a camera, acquiring relative phase information contained in a stripe structured light place based on a spatial phase unwrapping technology, unifying the relative phase information of a binocular camera to the same reference by taking a human face feature point as an anchor point, performing phase matching to obtain a disparity map, and further reconstructing a three-dimensional human face model. According to the method, the position information of the human face feature points contained in the human face fringe pattern is fully utilized, phase unwrapping can be carried out without adding an additional structure light field, the number of projection and shooting structure light fields needed for completing three-dimensional modeling is effectively reduced, the modeling image collection time is shortened, and the modeling precision is effectively guaranteed.

A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus includes a case having an opening on the front surface thereof, a face that moves from an ordinary orientation which is vertical or oblique in front of the case to an accommodated orientation in which the face is accommodated within the case, a manipulation member disposed on the manipulation surface of the face so as to face forward when the face is in the ordinary orientation, and an orientation variable means for circularly moving the face from the ordinary orientation to the accommodated orientation and for drawing the face into the case through the opening. The manipulation member is supported by the face so as to be free to advance and retract, so that the amount of projection thereof from the manipulation surface changes. When the face is circularly moved from the ordinary orientation to the horizontal orientation a retracting mechanism retracts the manipulation member by the relative moving force between the orientation variable means and the face so that the amount of projection of the manipulation member from the manipulation surface is reduced. With the above arrangement, when the face is in its ordinary orientation outside the case, the amount of projection of the manipulation member is set to a large amount L1. When the face circularly moves from the vertical orientation to the horizontal orientation, the retracting mechanism is operated whereby the amount of projection of the manipulation member is reduced to a smaller amount L2. Therefore, when the face having the horizontal orientation is accommodated within the case, the manipulation member does not come into contact with the edge of the opening, and the like.

A method of manufacturing yellow, red or white gold jewelry items layer by layer by selective laser melting (SLM) of a 18K, 14K, 10K or 9K gold powder alloy. The alloy comprises: (A) 37.5% to 38.5% by weight or 41.7% to 42.5% by weight or 58.5% to 59.5% by weight or 75% to 76% by weight of gold; and (D) 0.01% to 5% by weight, preferably 0.01% to 3% by weight of at least one metalloid, which may be germanium, silicon, boron, tellurium, phosphorous and selenium.

To reduce the projection of a swash plate servo mechanism in the radial direction, and to make a hydraulic continuously variable transmission compact, a swash plate plunger pump includes a pump casing provided with an input driven gear. A pump cylinder and a motor cylinder are connected to a transmission output shaft, and a motor pivot member provided with a motor swash plate member is supported to be pivotally movable. A motor servo mechanism includes a ball screw shaft, a ball nut to which an end portion of the motor pivot member is connected, and a swash plate control motor to rotate the screw shaft. A swash plate control motor, located on the side of a hydraulic pump relative to the input driven gear, is mounted to the outside surface of a transmission housing close to the center axis side of a transmission output shaft.

In a brushless wiper motor, first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) are formed on an outer periphery (OP) of steel sheets (34a) forming a stator core (34), and press-fitted to an inner periphery (IP) of the motor housing unit (31) so that the stator core (34) is fixed to the motor housing unit (31), base end portions of the first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) are respectively connected to first and second walls formed on the outer periphery (OP) of the steel sheets (34a), and tip end portions of the first and second pressing claws (43a and 43b) each serves as a free end, and are directed in a circumferential direction of the stator core (34).

The invention relates to a flush-mounted flashing light for approach guidance of aircraft, having a housing which has a housing pot (10) which can be inserted below ground level (F) and a housing cover (12) which covers this approximately at ground level (F) and having an optical system, which is arranged in the housing for controlled production and directed emission of light flashes, which comprises a light source (20) for production of light flashes and a prism (40) for varying the direction of the beam direction of the light flashes, with at least one light outlet opening (13) being provided in the housing cover (12) for light flashes to emerge from in a predetermined emission direction. The external dimensions as well as the total weight of the flashing light can be reduced considerably because the light source (20) is elongated and designed to emit a light over a length (L) of less than 100 mm, and because a lens (42) for focusing the light which is emitted from the light source (20) is arranged on a light inlet surface (41) of the prism (40).

A vehicle wheel axle assembly, including: an axle element that is rotationally stationary about an axial axis; a handle connected to the axle element that may be pivotally articulated relative to the axle element about a pivot axis and between an open position and a closed position; and a frame element with a first frame member to interface with the axle assembly. The handle includes a handle axis extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the pivot axis, a radially projecting lever portion, and a lever axis extending radially outwardly from the pivot axis and along the lever portion. The pivot axis is generally parallel to the lever axis. The axle assembly is secured to the first frame member by means of a threadable engagement. With the handle in the open position, the axle element may be manually manipulated by means of the handle to threadably adjust the threadable engagement.

An aspect of the actuator for the moving body in tube according to the present invention is characterized by including: a first expansion / contraction member which includes a first portion that fills between the moving body in tube and the tube wall at the time of being expanded to come into contact with the tube wall, and a second portion that is brought into contact with the tube wall to generate propulsive force, and a part of which is fixed to the moving body in tube; a drive device which drives the first expansion / contraction member; and a control section which controls the first expansion / contraction member and the drive device, and is characterized in that the control section performs control so that the first portion of the first expansion / contraction member is made to become the second portion by the drive by the drive device so as to change the relative position between the moving body in tube and the tube wall.

A snowmobile ski includes a bridge adapted to connect to a ski leg of a snowmobile, a ski body having an inner lateral edge, an outer lateral edge, a top surface adapted to be connected the bridge, and a bottom surface adapted for moving over snow, a keel running lengthwise along the bottom surface of the ski body in such a manner that a centerline of the keel is offset from a centerline of the bridge in a direction toward the outer lateral edge of the ski body, and a runner connected to the keel.

In a lithographic apparatus using exposure radiation of a relatively short wavelength, e.g. 157 or 126 nm, a laminar flow of N2 is provided across parts of the beam path in or adjacent to moving components of the apparatus. A variety of structures may be used to provide the laminar flow including a screen, a settling chamber, an angled inlet port and a flow path having increasing cross-sectional area.

In an electric power steering system, a motor drive controller that has an inverter circuit board and a control circuit board housed in a control case is provided so as to overlap a control case fixation surface formed at an end portion of a gear housing in the axial direction of a steering shaft, so that it is possible to reduce the projection in the axial direction of a motor as compared to the conventional one. In addition, a metallic board is used for the inverter circuit board and the inverter circuit board is fixed to the control case fixation surface so as to be in surface contact therewith, so that it is possible to efficiently dissipate the heat generated on the inverter circuit board into the gear housing and a fixation support plate.

A rectangular microwave applicator operating at a predetermined frequency and comprising a microwave enclosure forming a cavity having first and second transverse dimensions and a longitudinal dimension n the direction of propagation of microwave energy, wherein said dimensions are such that a main power-transferring Teym1n mode with a long vertical wavelength is enhanced, and a significant amplitude of a complementary Teym2n mode is created, wherein m1, m2 and n are positive odd integers and m2 and n are both less or equal to m1-2.