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A lens unit and a sensor unit are held by a lens holding mechanism and a sensor shift mechanism. As the sensor unit is moved in a Z axis direction on a second slide stage, a chart image is captured with an image sensor through a taking lens so as to obtain in-focus coordinate values in at least five imaging positions on an imaging surface. An approximate imaging plane is calculated from the relative position of plural evaluation points which are defined by transforming the in-focus coordinate value of each imaging position in a three dimensional coordinate system. The second slide stage and a biaxial rotation stage adjust the position and tilt of the sensor unit so that the imaging surface overlaps with the approximate imaging plane.

A honeycomb structure including a plurality of porous ceramic members which are bonded through an adhesive layer, each of the porous ceramic members has a plurality of cells, which are arranged in parallel while being separated by cell walls. The cells extend in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure. In the honeycomb structure, the following relationship is satisfied: 2≦B≦100 / 3×A−10 / 3  (1) where A (g / cm3) designates apparent density of the porous ceramic members, and B (GPa) designates Young's modulus of the adhesive layer.

An antireflective member according to the present invention has an uneven surface pattern, in which unit structures are arranged in x and y directions at respective periods that are both shorter than the shortest wavelength of an incoming light ray, on the surface of a substrate and satisfies the following Inequality (1): Λ⁢ ⁢x,yλmin<1ni+ni·sin⁢ ⁢θ⁢ ⁢imax(1)where λmin is the shortest wavelength of the incoming light ray, θimax is the largest angle of incidence of the incoming light ray, ni is the refractive index of an incidence medium, Λx is the period of the uneven surface pattern in the x direction, and Λy is the period of the pattern in the y direction. As a result, diffraction of short-wave light components can be reduced in a broad wavelength range.

When a ratio R between a total angle φ of a widening angle in a median intensity of light of a light source (a GaN based semiconductor laser) and a total angle 2 / φ of a widening angle of light defining a numerical aperture NA of a collimator optical system (collimator lens) is defined as R=(sin−1NA)×2 / φ, the numerical aperture of the collimator optical system (collimator lens) is set so that 2.0≧R≧0.58. Thus, an image exposure device is provided that can suppress stray light of a light source that emits a large amount of stray light.

An improved method and apparatus are disclosed to permit real time, distributed performance by multiple musicians at remote locations, and for recording that collaboration. The latency of the communication channel is transferred to the behavior of the local instrument so that a natural accommodation is made by the musician. This allows musical events that actually occur simultaneously at remote locations to be played together at each location, though not necessarily simultaneously at all locations. This allows locations having low latency connections to retain some of their advantage. Artifacts resulting from an unreliable communication channel, for instance dropouts and jitter, are eliminated in the recorded performance. Limitations of communications bandwidth are managed in real time, with full fidelity restored in the recording.

An improved method and apparatus are disclosed to permit real time, distributed performance by multiple musicians at remote locations, and for recording that collaboration. The latency of the communication channel is transferred to the behavior of the local instrument so that a natural accommodation is made by the musician. This allows musical events that actually occur simultaneously at remote locations to be played together at each location, though not necessarily simultaneously at all locations. This allows locations having low latency connections to retain some of their advantage. Artifacts resulting from an unreliable communication channel, for instance dropouts and jitter, are eliminated in the recorded performance. Limitations of communications bandwidth are managed in real time, with full fidelity restored in the recording.

A composition for treating a biofilm comprises a first anchor enzyme component to degrade biofilm structures and a second anchor enzyme component having the capability to act directly upon the bacteria for a bactericidal effect.

The calculation device (36) according to the present invention receives a plurality of reflected light intensity information for indicating the intensity of each reflected light which reaches a single light receiver via a reflecting object, the reflected light having been emitted in sequence from a plurality of light emitters (31 through 33) provided in mutually different positions, computes a phase difference of an intensity variation which occurs among the reflected light, and determines a movement of the reflecting object on the basis of the calculation result.

In the invention, the pipe lines around permselective membranes and the surfaces of permselective membranes are intermittently disinfected by adding an inexpensive acid such as sulfuric acid or the like to pre-treated crude water so as to make the water have a pH of 4 or lower. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of surely disinfecting the permselective membranes in membrane separation systems.

Provided is a radiation-sensitive colored composition that enables formation of color cured films in which color concentration unevenness is inhibited and which have uniform color and exhibit a superior development property and excellent pattern formability in the formation of color patterns.The radiation-sensitive colored composition contains (A) a dye polymer containing a structural unit having a dye structure polymerized using a chain-transfer agent having a LogP value of 5 or less, and (B) a solvent.

This invention provides methods and devices for identifying and / or characterizing interactions involving molecules, including, but not limited to, identifying and / or characterizing interactions involving target molecules and candidate molecules. The present invention provides methods using multidimensional infrared spectrographic techniques, such as four wave mixing and pump-probe techniques, for identifying interactions involving biomolecules and therapeutic candidate molecules, and for characterizing such interactions in terms of their binding coefficients and / or equilibrium constants.

The invention provides a technique of facilitating a coil winding work by continuously winding coils in the same direction, in a stator in which a plurality of coils constituting a coil group of the same phase are respectively arranged so as to include positions at which phases of induction voltage are different, whereby coil groups of three phases are disposed in a ring shape. A stator (102) of the invention has a structure in that a pair of coils (21U1, 21U4) and coils (21U2, 21U3) in which phases of induction voltage are identical in a plurality of coils (21U1 to 21U4) constituting a U-phase coil group (21U) are set as different divided groups, the respective coils (21U1, 21U4) and coils (21U2, 21U3) in the divided group are continuously wound in the same winding direction while arranging crossovers (26U1, 26U3) respectively between the coils (21U1, 21U4) and between the coils (21U2, 21U3), the divided groups are connected in parallel, and a V phase and a W phase are executed in the same manner, whereby lead wires of three-phase coil groups (21U, 21V, 21W) are star connected.

An optical pickup apparatus for reproducing information from an optical information recording medium or for recording information onto an optical information recording medium, is provided with a first light source for emitting first light flux having a first wavelength; a second light source for emitting second light flux having a second wavelength, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; a converging optical system having an optical axis and a diffractive portion, and a photo detector; wherein in case that the first light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted ray of the first light flux, and in case that the second light flux passes through the diffractive portion to generate at least one diffracted ray, an amount of n-th ordered diffracted ray of the second light flux is greater than that of any other ordered diffracted ray of the second light flux, where n stands for an integer other than zero.

An evaporative heat exchanger including a plurality of parallel flow passages extending through the heat exchanger and together defining a first fluid flow path, and a plurality of substantially parallel stacked plates interleaved with the parallel flow passages. Each plate can have first, second, and third sets of flow channels, a first collection manifold adjacent to an end of the plate and connecting the first and second passes, and a second collection manifold. The second collection manifold can intersect the second set of flow channels and at least some of the third set of flow channels. The plate separates the first set of flow channels from the second collection manifold.

The present invention provides muscle-derived cells, preferably myoblasts and muscle-derived stem cells, genetically engineered to contain and express one or more heterologous genes or functional segments of such genes, for delivery of the encoded gene products at or near sites of musculoskeletal, bone, ligament, meniscus, cartilage or genitourinary disease, injury, defect, or dysfunction. Ex vivo myoblast mediated gene delivery of human inducible nitric oxide synthase, and the resulting production of nitric oxide at and around the site of injury, are particularly provided by the invention as a treatment for lower genitourinary tract dysfunctions. Ex vivo gene transfer for the musculoskeletal system includes genes encoding acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor-β, transforming growth factor-α, nerve growth factor and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP), bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs), cartilage derived morphogenetic protein (CDMPs), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and sonic hedgehog proteins.

Methods and apparatus are described to improve emergency vehicle deployment by automatically alerting all other nearby vehicles on the road as to the presence and intention of the emergency vehicle. Since the use of audible sirens has somewhat marked effectiveness, in selecting the most practical automated method to notify most drivers a review is given of the various data-links that are available today, including plans for new standards. The invention focuses on the ubiquitous cellular telephone and methods are described to relay an emergency vehicle's siren through the device to help clear the road ahead for the emergency services vehicle. Furthermore, the method uses techniques to determine which cell users are in the path of the vehicle and targets only those cell devices to relay the siren. The relaying is virtual as it may use siren or similar ring-tones that respond to the emergency notification to the user's cell phone number. The invention makes use of calls, broadcasts, SMS messaging, text messaging, Push to Talk (PTT), e mails, and other means of cell phone communication.

The present invention provides a health care support system that can give appropriate advice depending on a situation.At first step, whether a driver is seated is checked using a signal from a pressure sensor. At second step, whether the driver is in a resting state is checked using heart rate and the like. At third step, physical information is acquired. At forth step, a health status is judged based on the measured pieces of physical information and the like. At fifth step, activity status information is acquired. At sixth step, an activity status is judged based on the activity status information. At seventh step, an appropriate piece of advice for the driver is selected based on a judgment result of the health status and a judgment result of the activity status. At eighth step, the selected piece of advice is displayed on a displaying section and audibly outputted.

A light-guiding structure for floor-pan edge of a car is disclosed. A LED is used as the light source to project light source at the two ends of the elongated thin light-guiding plate. The bottom section of the light-guiding material is provided with a reflective matte surface which can focus and reflect light. The reflective matte surface corresponds to each separate embossed character on the transparent plate surface which respectively refracts the reflected light so that the reflected light is focus on the surface of the embossed character. This will provide stronger light with the lesser light source as an ornamental to the floor-pan edge of a car.

A wafer-processing tape, having a removable adhesive layer(2), and an adhesive layer (3), formed on a substrate film(1), wherein the tape is used in a process involving the steps of: grinding a back face of a wafer circuit substrate (5) having convex-type metal electrodes (4), and dicing the wafer circuit substrate into chips, in a state that the tape is adhered to the wafer circuit substrate; and picking up the chips, in which the chips are picked up in a state that the adhesive layer (3) is peeled from the substrate film (1) but is bonded to the individual chip.

Conventional light emitting diode designs combined with blue light emitting diodes tend to lack in decorativeness and warmness. The present invention aims at providing a white light emitting diode for emitting white light with warmness at a higher luminance, and an intermediate color light emitting diode satisfying light emission in diversified color tones at a higher luminance. The solving means resides in adoption of a fluorescent material which is configured to emit yellowish red or red light and which comprises a CaAlSiN3 crystal phase including, dissolved therein in a solid state, one kind or two or more kinds of element(s) selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, in a manner that the fluorescent material is mixed with another fluorescent material configured to emit green, yellowish green, or yellow light, and that the mixedly obtained phosphor is combined with a semiconductor light emitting element configured to emit bluish purple or blue light, to thereby fabricate a white light emitting diode for emitting white light with warmness at a high efficiency.

The present invention provides a coated cutting tool in which fracture resistance and wear resistance are simultaneously realized, tool life is improved, and surface roughness of machined workpiece is improved The coated cutting tool is provided with hard coating layer 2 on substrate 1. The substrate 1 is formed of a binder phase comprising one or more kinds of iron-group metals and a hard phase comprising one or more kinds of substances selected from the group consisting of carbides, nitrides, and oxides of the periodic table IVa-, Va-, and VIa-group elements, and solid solutions thereof. In the coating layer 2, blade-edge ridge 3, a range of at least 200 mum from the rake face side boundary 6 of the same ridge toward the rake face side, and a range of at least 50 mum from the flank side boundary 7 of the same ridge toward the flank side are formed to be smooth surfaces which substantially have surface roughness (Rmax) of 0.2 mum or less (reference length: 5 mum).

A semiconductor device comprises a first memory cell array, a register storing information of whether or not one of the word lines in an active state exists in a unit area and storing address information, and a control circuit controlling a refresh operation for a refresh word line based on the information in the register when receiving a refresh request. When the one of the word lines in an active state does not exist, memory cells connected to the refresh word line are refreshed. When the one of the word lines in an active state exists, the one of the word lines in an active state is set into an inactive state temporarily and the memory cells connected to the refresh word line are refreshed after precharging bit lines of the memory cells.

An integrated process for production and upgrading of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil, comprising (a) reforming of hydrocarbons such as natural gas to produce hydrogen, CO2 and steam (b) separating the produced hydrogen from the CO2, steam and any other gases to give a hydrogen rich fraction and a CO2 rich fraction and steam, (c) injecting the steam alone or in combination with the CO2 rich fraction into a reservoir containing heavy or extra heavy oil to increase the oil recovery, and (d) upgrading / refining of the heavy or extra heavy oil to finished products by extensive hydroprocessing, comprising several steps of hydrocracking and hydrotreating (sulfur, nitrogen and metals removal as well as hydrogenation of olefins and aromatics), using the hydrogen rich fraction.

A method and apparatus for deterministically switching a free layer in a spin orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memory (SOT-MRAM) cell is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an SOT-MRAM memory cell is provided. The SOT-MRAM memory cell includes a magnetic tunnel junction, a ferromagnetic bias layer, and an antiferromagnetic layer. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer having primarily two bi-stable magnetization directions, a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, and an insulating tunnel barrier layer positioned between the free layer and the reference layer. The ferromagnetic bias layer is configured to provide spin orbit torque via anomalous Hall effect and simultaneously configured to provide a magnetic bias field on the free layer to achieve deterministic switching. The antiferromagnetic layer is positioned below the ferromagnetic bias layer and is configured to pin a magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic bias layer in a predetermined direction.

Provided are a process for producing a glass substrate usable for low-temperature p-SiTFT substrates directly in accordance with a down draw method, and the glass substrate obtained by the process. The process for producing a glass substrate includes a forming step of forming a molten glass into a ribbon shape in accordance with a down draw method, an annealing step of annealing the glass ribbon, and a cutting step of cutting the glass ribbon to give a glass substrate, in which, in the annealing step, an average cooling rate from the annealing point to the (annealing point −50° C.) is lower than an average cooling rate from the (annealing point +100° C.) to the annealing point.

Provided are systems, methods and techniques by which a wind-powered energy generating platform, secured to an anchor, can pull (or winch) itself beneath the surface of the water and thereby avoid most of the significant effects of storms and waves. In more particularized aspects, a variable-buoyancy anchor is utilized, thereby facilitating the construction and transportation of the entire assembly.

The present invention can realize better display of a dynamic image, and in addition, can make storage capacity of a memory smaller. A data conversion circuit 112 compares display data 102 of an n-th frame from the outside and display data 116 of the (n−1)-th frame stored in the memory 104, to generate a driving data signal 117 to deliver to a driver. Each time when a memory control circuit 103 reads display data q0, q5, q10, q15 corresponding to 20 pixels out of the display data 116 of the (n−1)-th frame, the memory control circuit 103 compresses display data d0–d19 of 20 pixels out of the display data 102 of the n-th frame from the outside to generated d0, d5, d10, d15, and stores the generated data into the same area where the display data q0, q5, q10, q15 of the display data of the (n−1)-th frame have been stored.

A method for producing a metal mask for screen printing is provided, in which dross that is deposited at the time a boring operation is conducted via a laser beam is removed, without causing warpage or bending. The method for producing a metal mask for screen printing includes steps of: forming openings in the metal plate by melting the metal plate at positions irradiated by the laser beam; and ejecting an abrasive onto the other surface of the metal plate after the openings are formed. The abrasive ejected in the abrasive ejection step is one having a predetermined flat shape (plate-shaped abrasive), so as to form a plate shape having a flat surface, or an elastically deformable abrasive, with an average grain diameter of a dispersed or carried abrasive grain being 1 mm to 0.1 μm, and which is ejected at an incident angle of equal to or less than 80 degrees with respect to the other surface of the metal plate, and at an ejection pressure of 0.01 MPa to 0.7 MPa or at an ejection speed of 5 m / sec to 150 m / sec, so as to slide along the other surface of the metal plate.

A transparent antireflection film, including fine irregularities mainly composed of alumina, and a transparent thin film layer supporting the fine irregularities, in which the transparent thin film layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of zirconia, silica, titania, and zinc oxide. A production method for the aforementioned transparent antireflection film, including: forming a multicomponent film using an application liquid containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium compound, a silicon compound, a titanium compound, and a zinc compound, and at least an aluminum compound; and subjecting the multicomponent film to warm water treatment.