摘要:
An image signal processing unit is disclosed which comprises: a contour extraction processing circuit for extracting a contour part from an input image signal, a color signal conversion processing circuit for replacing color signals of the contour part with contour emphasizing color signals on the basis of an output signal from said contour extraction processing circuit, and an image conversion processing circuit for producing a contour emphasized image signal from the input image signal and an output signal from said color signal conversion processing circuit. The image signals input to the image signal processing unit are converted to image signals suitable for display or printing.
摘要:
An image signal processing method and apparatus for practicing the method are capable of identifying and differentiating information not having tonal rendition such as characters and linetone images from information having tonal rendition such as photographs and pictures, based on the difference of signal characteristics, for example based on the fact that the spatial frequency distribution in portions of an image not having tonal rendition are in the higher frequency range compared to that of the portions of the image having tonal rendition. The method and apparatus are also capable of conducting different processes on the identified different images.
摘要:
An improved output unit used in recording information on a recording medium is disclosed which comprises a plurality of output parts and in which recording of information is carried out while changing the relative position between the output from the output parts and the recording medium. The improved output unit according to the invention is characterized in that the output parts are arranged in rows in a predetermined direction and are disposed in such a manner that information may be put out selectively from the output parts so as to prevent information from being recorded in overlapping fashion on the recording medium in a manner as often occurs in the conventional unit. Spacing between the output parts is selected large enough that the output parts are easy to manufacture. Since a plurality of output parts can be operated very effectively, extremely high recording efficiency is achieved using the information output unit according to the invention. Also, it is possible to use a recording medium having a relatively low sensitivity and which is generally cheap in cost, for carrying out a high speed recording.
摘要:
A hybrid mechanism whereby hardware acceleration is combined with software such that the compression rate achieved is significantly increased while maintaining the original compression ratio (e.g., using full DHT and not SHT or an approximation). The compression acceleration mechanism is applicable to a hardware accelerator tightly coupled with the general purpose processor. The compression task is divided and parallelized between hardware and software wherein each compression task is split into two acceleration requests: a first request that performs SHT encoding using hardware acceleration and provides post-LZ frequency statistics; and a second request that performs SHT decoding and DHT encoding using the DHT generated in software.
摘要:
Operating a camera by detecting a motion of a camera, capturing an image of an object at a first shutter speed determined by the camera if camera motion is not detected, and capturing the image of the object at a second shutter speed determined by the camera if camera motion is detected, the second shutter speed being higher than the first shutter speed. Image data corresponding to the captured image are stored in a storage device.
摘要:
A correcting device that properly maintains the flatness of a mask, an exposure apparatus in which overlay accuracy is increased by making use of the correcting device, and a device production method. The correcting device includes a gas flow path including a first area and a second area. The first area is formed above a reticle having formed thereon a pattern that is projected onto a material to be processed in order to form an image of the pattern on the material to be processed. The second area is connected to the first area, has a cross-sectional area that is different from that of the first area, and is not disposed in line with the reticle. The correcting device also includes a blowing section that blows gas to the gas flow path.
摘要:
This invention discloses an ingot cutting apparatus, wherein a crystalline ingot is positioned within an etching gas and a component of the etching gas is excited by illumination of light from a light source onto the crystalline ingot, thereby making a component of the etching gas react chemically with the component of the crystalline ingot and volatilizing the component of the crystalline ingot to cut the crystalline ingot and obtain wafers and wherein light from a light source is guided to the crystalline ingot via a sheet-like, bar-like, or fiber-like optical wave guide.
摘要:
A correcting device that properly maintains the flatness of a mask, an exposure apparatus in which overlay accuracy is increased by making use of the correcting device, and a device production method. The correcting device includes a gas flow path including a first area and a second area. The first area is formed above a reticle having formed thereon a pattern that is projected onto a material to be processed in order to form an image of the pattern on the material to be processed. The second area is connected to the first area, has a cross-sectional area that is different from that of the first area, and is not disposed in line with the reticle. The correcting device also includes a blowing section that blows gas to the gas flow path.
摘要:
This invention relates to an excimer laser oscillation apparatus which has a laser chamber which stores a laser gas containing a gas mixture of at least one inert gas selected from the group consisting of Kr, Ar, and Ne, and F2 gas, and in which an inner surface thereof has a reflection-free surface with respect to light of a desired wavelength of 248 nm, 193 nm, or 157 nm, and the uppermost surface of the inner surface consists of a fluoride, an optical resonator which is made up of a pair of reflection mirrors arranged to sandwich the laser chamber therebetween, and in which the reflectance of the reflection mirror on the output side is 90% or more and microwave introduction means, arranged on the laser chamber, for continuously exciting the laser gas in the laser chamber.
摘要:
This invention relates to an excimer laser oscillation apparatus which has a laser chamber which stores a laser gas containing a gas mixture of at least one inert gas selected from the group consisting of Kr, Ar, and Ne, and F2 gas, and in which an inner surface thereof has a reflection-free surface with respect to light of a desired wavelength of 248 nm, 193 nm, or 157 nm, and the uppermost surface of the inner surface consists of a fluoride, an optical resonator which is made up of a pair of reflection mirrors arranged to sandwich the laser chamber therebetween, and in which the reflectance of the reflection mirror on the output side is 90% or more and microwave introduction means, arranged on the laser chamber, for continuously exciting the laser gas in the laser chamber.