Abstract:
Method for producing highly purified silicon for use in solar cells by a single solidification purification, pouring silicon into a mold and gradually fractionally solidifying it while solidifying the liquid surface, followed by purifying the solidified silicon by zone melting or continuous casting using an electromagnetic mold, or by zone melting in combination with continuous casting, and optionally causing directional solidification to concentrate impurities, leaching and recycling.
Abstract:
A projection type display system having an optical modulation unit which modulates light from a light source in response to preselected video signal data, a projection lens system for projecting the modulated light onto a display screen, and a focal adjustment device which is configured to alter the focal state of a resulting image which is focused onto the screen. The focal state is adjusted by translating the relative position of one or more lenses in the projection lens system with respect to the screen. The focal adjustment device further incorporates a range finding unit which determines the distance between the projection lens system and the targeted display screen, typically using a beam of invisible light, and an automatic adjustment element which adjusts the focal point of the projection lens system to optimally match the determined distance.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a reading speed changing unit to change a reading resolution of a manuscript in a vertical direction by changing a carrier linear speed of the manuscript or a moving speed of a reading carriage; a resolution changing unit to change a resolution in the vertical direction of image data of which reading resolution is changed; and a resolution instruction unit to calculate a threshold of a required resolution of an image to determine instruction contents for the reading speed changing unit and the resolution changing unit, based on a data size drawn from a maximum readout size of the manuscript in a main scanning direction and information to specify a pixel and data transfer capability of a data bus, and to provide a resolution for the reading speed changing unit and the resolution changing unit according to the calculated threshold of the required resolution.
Abstract:
Foreign particles are prevented from adhering to a semiconductor wafer in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including (a) a hot plate which heats a semiconductor wafer to increase its temperature and which has a suction/discharge hole through which a negative pressure is supplied to suck and hold said semiconductor wafer at a rear surface thereof, and through which a gas is ejected to control the increase in temperature of said semiconductor wafer; and (b) a film forming section which forms a film used for production of a semiconductor device on a front surface of the semiconductor wafer, wherein the gas is ejected from the suction/discharge hole when the hot plate is placed on the film forming section and the hot plate does not hold the semiconductor wafer.
Abstract:
There is provided a network system in which, when the data of a plurality of pages having a hyperlinked structure is prepared for a server machine, a user can easily access an arbitrary service of an arbitrary page by using keys arranged on a user terminal. The network system includes a server machine and a plurality of user terminals 30. The server machine includes a memory for storing data of a plurality of pages having a hyperlinked structure described in a language along the specification of the HTML, and setup data described in the language along the specification of the HTML to perform allocation of functions of keys of the user terminal for each page and explanation of the functions allocated to the respective keys. Each of the user terminals 30 includes a plurality of keys 42 and processing means for displaying a page supplied from the server machine on a display 32. The processing means reads, when another page is selected by a key operation of a user, setup data of the corresponding other page from the server machine, sets up the functions of the keys 42, and performs a setup operation for displaying explanation of the functions of the keys 42 on the display 32.
Abstract:
When the step of transferring a ceramic green sheet held on a chuck head having a holding surface with a plurality of vacuum ports distributed thereon onto a depositing table is repeated to obtain a laminated product, undesired deformation or damage is produced on the ceramic green sheet due to negative pressure applied to the chucking port and an obtained monolithic ceramic electronic component becomes defective by aligning of portions having the deformation or the damage in the depositing direction. In order to solve this problem, when transferring of the ceramic green sheet is repeated in the depositing step, the relative positions of the chuck head and the depositing table are shifted so as to bringing the chucking port into the same position during a first transferring step and a subsequent second transferring step.
Abstract:
An order-taking terminal device enables a customer to order food, but can respond rapidly to changes and additions to the menu. When this terminal device starts up, it receives an operating program and image data from main management equipment. The order-taking terminal device stores the thus received operating program and image data and displays a menu screen on a display screen on the basis of the thus stored operating program and image data.
Abstract:
A projection type display system which comprises an optical modulator for modulating a light in accordance with video data, a projection lens system for projecting the modulated light onto a screen, and focal adjuster for the projection lens system for adjusting the focal state of the image focused onto the screen. The focal adjuster includes a range finding unit for finding the distance between the projection lens and screen with an invisible light, and automatic adjustment for adjusting the focal point of the projection lens system to an optimum focal point.
Abstract:
A plurality of ceramic green sheets having printed strip inner electrodes patterns, each including a thick portion at a width-direction center and thin portions at respective width-direction sides of the thick portion, are laminated so that the thin portions overlap and the thick portions do not overlap to form an unfired mother laminated body. This unfired mother laminated body is cut along predetermined cut lines that are vertical to each other to obtain a plurality of unfired ceramic element assemblies. By applying ceramic paste to cover exposed portions of inner electrode patterns exposed to lateral surfaces, side gap areas are formed between a first inner electrode pattern and first and second lateral surfaces of the unfired ceramic element assembly and between a second inner electrode pattern and the first and second lateral surfaces.
Abstract:
An image reading device reads a document using a plurality of reading modes including a sheet-through reading mode for reading a document at a fixed reading position while the document is automatically fed. The image reading device includes a first resolution changer, a second resolution changer, and a resolution setting unit. The first resolution changer changes one of a linear velocity at which the document is fed and a traveling speed of a reading carriage to change a resolution at which the document is read in a sub-scanning direction. The second resolution changer electrically interpolates image data output from the first resolution changer to change a resolution of the image data. The resolution setting unit provides a plurality of combinations of resolution change rates between the resolution changers as resolution change modes and sets the resolution changers to one of the combinations of resolution change rates.