Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes increasing adherence between a susceptor as a heating element, and a semiconductor substrate disposed on the susceptor, by using an adherence increasing mechanism, or increasing heat transmitted to a semiconductor substrate, which is disposed on a susceptor as a heating element, by using a transmitted-heat increasing mechanism; and heating the semiconductor substrate to have a predetermined temperature by heating the susceptor. The adherence increasing mechanism may include the susceptor and one of a heavy-weight stone disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a cap disposed on the semiconductor substrate and engaged with the susceptor, and an adhesive layer provided between the susceptor and the semiconductor substrate. The transmitted-heat increasing mechanism may include the susceptor and small pieces which are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and have radiated-light absorption ability. The susceptor may hold a plurality of the semiconductor substrates in a stacked form.
Abstract:
An imaging means mounted on a vehicle performs imaging resulting in grayscale images having brightness values corresponding to object temperature, and objects around the vehicle are detected from said images. On the basis of said grayscale images, display images to be displayed on a display device mounted on the vehicle are generated and displayed on the display device. The display images are generated by lowering the brightness of areas not corresponding to the objects detected in the grayscale images. The display device is positioned in the vehicle width direction at no more than a prescribed distance away from an imaginary line passing through the center of rotation of the vehicle steering wheel and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Accordingly, because display images are generated in which only the objects are spotlighted, the driver can quickly comprehend the objects present when using a display device.
Abstract:
A vehicle periphery monitoring device is operable to report a high contact possibility between a vehicle and an object at an appropriate time or frequency according to the type of the object. When the object is determined to be a human being and the position of the object in real space is contained in a first contact determination area, a high contact possibility between the vehicle and the object is reported. On the other hand, when the object is determined to be a quadruped animal and the real spatial position of the object is contained in a second contact determination area, the corresponding report is made. The second contact determination area has an overlapped area that overlaps with the first contact determination area, and an overflowed area that has at least a part thereof overflowing from the first contact determination area.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a bipolar semiconductor device which is capable of reducing the surface state density of a bipolar transistor and increasing the current gain of the transistor, thereby improving the transistor performance. A bipolar semiconductor device (100) has a surface protective film (30) on the surface of a semiconductor element. The surface protective film is composed of a thermal oxide film (31) formed on the surface of the semiconductor element, and a deposited oxide film (32) formed on the thermal oxide film. The deposited oxide film contains at least one of hydrogen element and nitrogen element in an amount of not less than 1018 cm−3.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a junction semiconductor device having a drain region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on one surface of a semiconductor crystal, a source region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on the other surface of the semiconductor crystal, a gate region of a second conductive type formed on the periphery of the source region, a high-resistance layer of a first conductive type between the source region and the drain region, and a recombination-inhibiting semiconductor layer of a second conductive type provided in the vicinity of the surface of the semiconductor crystal between the gate region and the source region.
Abstract:
Provided is an input device for a billiard game comprising: a simulative ball provided as an object to be shot by a player; a link portion having a ball axis on which the simulative ball is mounted; a support portion for movably supporting the link portion; and a sensor for outputting a signal that corresponds to an operation of the link portion, wherein at least either one of rotational motion of the simulative ball around an axle of a ball axis and linear motion of the simulative ball in a predetermined range along an axial direction of the ball axis is permitted.
Abstract:
A vehicle environment monitoring apparatus is equipped with a monitored object detecting unit 26 which detects an object having possibility of contact by applying an object detecting algorithm for short range when the distance calculated from data on one disparity by the first distance calculating unit 24 is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and detects the object having possibility of contact by applying an object detecting algorithm for long range when the distance is longer than the predetermined distance, using the distance between the object and the vehicle calculated from a disparity gradient by the second distance calculating unit 25.
Abstract:
An abnormality detecting apparatus for an imaging apparatus that detects a presence of abnormalities in imaging apparatuses mounted on a vehicle to capture vehicle surroundings, which includes: a luminance variance value calculating device that calculates a luminance variance value of each image from the imaging apparatuses using the luminance value of each image from the imaging apparatuses obtained by the imaging apparatuses; and an abnormality detecting device that detects the presence of abnormalities in any of the imaging apparatuses in accordance with the luminance variance values calculated by the luminance variance value calculating device.
Abstract:
A junction semiconductor device having a drain region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on one surface of a semiconductor crystal, a source region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on the other surface of the semiconductor crystal, a gate region of a second conductive type formed on the periphery of the source region, a high-resistance layer of a first conductive type between the source region and the drain region, and a recombination-inhibiting semiconductor layer of a second conductive type provided in the vicinity of the surface of the semiconductor crystal between the gate region and the source region.
Abstract:
A user-worn device 10a that is to be installed in user-worn equipment 30a that can be worn by a user, and a user device 20a that is to be installed in user equipment 40a to be used by the user are employed.The original information is divided and stored as a first information segment (1) and a second information segment (2) in the user-worn device 10a and in the user device 20a (with the original information), respectively. The user-worn device 10a sends the first information segment (1) and the user device 20a combines the second information segment (2) stored in its storage with the received first information segment (1), forming a third piece of information. The identity of the user is authenticated if the third piece of information matches the original information. Once the identity of the user is authenticated, the user device 20a permits the use of the user equipment 40a.