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In an automatic stop device that automatically stops the operation of an internal combustion engine after a predetermined automatic stop condition is satisfied, a load acting on the engine is removed when the automatic stop condition is satisfied. When the automatic stop condition is satisfied, the between the magnitude of the load on the internal combustion engine before and after of the automatic stop condition is satisfied is determined, and an ignition timing retard amount of an ignition plug is decided such that the retard amount is increased as the difference becomes greater. The ignition timing is retarded by the retard amount substantially at the same moment as the load removing operation before the automatic stop control is initiated.

To provide a process for producing an EUV mask blank, whereby the deformation of a substrate due to film stress in a Mo/Si multilayer reflective film can be reduced, and the change with time of the film stress in the Mo/Si multilayer reflective film can be reduced.

A process for producing a reflective mask blank for EUVL, which comprises forming a multilayer reflective film for reflecting EUV light on a film-forming surface of a substrate, then forming an absorber layer for absorbing EUV light, on the multilayer reflective film, to produce a reflective mask blank for EUV lithography, wherein the multilayer reflective film is a Mo/Si multilayer reflective film, the uppermost layer of the multilayer reflective film is a Si film, and after forming the absorber layer, the substrate on which the absorber layer is formed is subjected to heating treatment at a temperature of from 110 to 170° C.

A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.

A solid-state imaging device includes plural photoelectric conversion means arranged along light receiving surfaces, readout means for reading out signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion means, a voltage supply means for supplying various levels of voltages to respective units including the photoelectric conversion means and the readout means, a detection means for detecting level change of a prescribed supply voltage in supply voltages by the voltage supply means and a control means for controlling so that the level change is converged when level change of the prescribed supply voltage is detected by the detection means.

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (22), a motor (MG2), and a secondary battery (50), and travels in an electric-powered travel mode and in a hybrid travel mode. In the hybrid vehicle, an execution travel mode is set to one of two travel modes including an electric-powered travel priority mode where the hybrid vehicle travels with priority being given to the electric-powered travel mode over the hybrid travel mode, and a hybrid travel priority mode where the hybrid vehicle travels with priority being given to the hybrid travel mode over the electric-powered travel mode. When the execution travel mode is switched while the internal combustion engine (22) is being operated, the internal combustion engine (22) and the motor (MG2) are controlled so that charging/discharging electric power for charging or discharging the secondary battery (50) is gradually changed and the hybrid vehicle travels in the switched execution travel mode (S750 to S800).

A fitting device for fitting a first fitting member held in a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm to a corresponding second fitting member, comprising a detection unit for detecting the force or moment generated when the first and second fitting members come into contact with each other, and a judging unit for judging, based on the force or moment detected by the detection unit, whether a one-point contact state prevails in which the first and second fitting members are in contact with each other at one point or a two-point contact state prevails in which the first and second fitting members are in contact with each other at least two points. In the one-point contact state, the first fitting member held in the hand is pressed against the second fitting member in the fitting direction thereby to proceed with the fitting operation while maintaining the holding posture of the robot arm. In the two-point contact state, the fitting operation is caused to proceed further while the holding posture of the robot arm is changeable. As a result, the first fitting member can be fitted in the second fitting member while keeping the robot arm in the normal posture.

A positive-type planographic printing material contains (a) a water-insoluble and alkaline water-soluble polymer including a main chain and having a phenol structure in the main chain, the phenol structure having an aromatic ring and at least one electron-withdrawing substituent on the aromatic ring; and (b) an infrared absorbing agent.

A photomask blank is prepared by forming a light-absorbing film on a transparent substrate, and irradiating the light-absorbing film with light from a flash lamp at an energy density of 3 to 40 J/cm². A photomask is prepared by forming a resist pattern on the photomask blank by photolithography, etching away those portions of the light-absorbing film which are not covered with the resist pattern, and removing the resist.

A semiconductor device which has stable electrical characteristics and high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over an insulating surface, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a semiconductor film which is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with the gate electrode, and a protective insulating film over the semiconductor film; and the protective insulating film includes a crystalline insulating film and an aluminum oxide film over the crystalline insulating film.

To suppress a variation in output voltage upon occurrence of a variation in input voltage or output current without any increase in steady-state power consumption, in a regulator circuit. A regulator circuit 100 includes a detection circuit 20 and an auxiliary circuit 30 in addition to an error amplifier 10, an output transistor 12, a first resistor R1, a second resistor R2, and a reference voltage source 14. The error amplifier 10, the output transistor 12, the first resistor R1, and the second resistor R2 form a typical linear regulator. The detection circuit 20 includes a detecting capacitor C1, a first transistor M1, and a gain control resistor R3, which are serially connected between an input terminal 102 and a ground terminal. A variation in input voltage leads to a change in potential at one end of the detecting capacitor C1 in accordance with an input voltage Vin, and a transient detecting current Idec transiently flows to allow detection of a voltage variation. The detecting current Idet is amplified in the auxiliary circuit 30, and a feedback current Ifd is fed back to a gate terminal of the output transistor 12.

A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. the device includes: a light source using an organic electroluminescent device of almost white luminescence; a liquid crystal display part configured to modulate a light from the light source based on a video signal and to display an image; a chromaticity detecting part configured to detect a chromaticity of the light from the light source; and a correcting means for correcting a chromaticity of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display part, wherein the correcting unit compares the chromaticity detected in the chromaticity detecting part with a reference chromaticity, and corrects at least one video signal among red, green and blue video signals of three primary colors based on the compared result.

This invention suppresses accidental change of an adjustable parameter that influences a print job. For this purpose, when the print data of a certain job exists in a storage unit, change of the adjustable parameter by a user interface is inhibited.

An HV_ECU executes a program including a step of calculating an estimated gradient, a step of performing rate limit processing on a change in the estimated gradient when on a hill and an absolute value of the vehicle speed is equal to or below V(0), a step of performing hysteresis processing, a step of calculating a creep increase coefficient, and a step of calculating a creep increase torque.

In an image pickup apparatus, a light receiving unit produces a first signal at a first timing and a second signal at a second timing later than the first timing. First and second parameters for detecting a scene change are acquired based on the first and second signals, respectively. The presence or the absence of a scene change is determined based on both the parameters. The apparatus further includes a selecting unit configured to select a focusing target AF area from among a plurality of AF areas, and a focusing control unit configured to execute focusing control by using focusing information with respect to the AF area selected by the selecting unit. When the determining unit determines that the scene change is not present, the selecting unit selects the AF area having been selected at the first timing, as the focusing target AF area, at the second timing continuously.

In the present invention, the welding current (I) is detected, and the welding current detection value (id) is moving averaged to calculate the welding current moving average value (ira), and the welding current moving average value (ira) and the welding current detection value (id) are calculated. Between the error amplification value (ΔEr), the error amplification value (ΔEr) is added to the above-mentioned voltage setting value (Er) to calculate the voltage control setting value (Ecr), and the output is controlled so that the voltage control setting value (Ecr) is approximately equal to the above-mentioned output voltage (E). Therefore, in a welding power source used in globular transfer welding or spray transfer welding and in which the inductance value (Li) of the reactor (WL) is a large value of several hundred μH, the output is controlled so that the output voltage E of the welding power source and The output control method of the welding power source with the predetermined voltage setting value (Er) approximately equal can suppress the fluctuation of the welding current (i) due to the change of the wire feeding speed and the height of the welding gun.