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20090233532 | Substrate holding apparatus and polishing apparatus - A substrate holding apparatus is for holding a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer in a polishing apparatus for polishing the substrate to a flat finish. The substrate holding apparatus comprises a vertically movable member, and an elastic member for defining a chamber. The elastic member comprises a contact portion which is brought into contact with the substrate, and a circumferential wall extending upwardly from the contact portion and connected to the vertically movable member. The circumferential wall has a stretchable and contractible portion which is stretchable and contractible vertically. | 09-17-2009 |
20100112901 | SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE POLISHING METHOD - The present invention relates to a substrate polishing apparatus and a substrate polishing method for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer to a flat finish. The substrate polishing apparatus includes a polishing table ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100154837 | Liquid-scattering prevention cup, substrate processing apparatus and method for operating the apparatus - A liquid-scattering prevention cup, provided in a substrate processing apparatus, is capable of attaching a hydrophilic member, such as a PVA sponge, to an inner surface of a liquid-scattering prevention cup body easily and efficiently. The liquid-scattering prevention cup includes a liquid-scattering prevention cup body, and a liquid-scattering prevention sheet having a surface hydrophilic material layer, attached to an entire area or a predetermined area of the inner surface of the liquid-scattering prevention cup body. The liquid-scattering prevention sheet has been attached to the liquid-scattering prevention cup body by an attachment such that the hydrophilic material layer is exposed. | 06-24-2010 |
20110289795 | SUBSTRATE DRYING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE DRYING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A substrate drying apparatus includes a drying gas nozzle configured so that, assuming that a surface WA of the substrate W is a projection plane, regarding the drying gas flow Gf in the nozzle moving direction Dr, a collision position Gfw with the substrate W is located downstream of a projected discharge position Gfv′, the projected discharge position Gfv′ being a discharge position from the drying gas nozzle projected on the projection plane. In a three-dimensional space, the drying gas flow Gf is inclined, such that an angle α formed by an axis Ga of the drying gas flow Gf and a vertical line Wp of the substrate W is in a range from a half contact angle θ/2 to an angle determined by deducting the half contact angle θ/2 from 90°, the half contact angle θ/2 being a half of the contact angle θ. | 12-01-2011 |
20130167947 | LIQUID SCATTERING PREVENTION CUP, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE CUP, AND SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid scattering prevention cup which has a relatively simple construction and is easy to manufacture, has excellent durability, and can effectively prevent liquid droplets from bouncing off the inner peripheral surface of the cup. The liquid scattering prevention cup is disposed such that it surrounds a periphery of a substrate held and rotated by a substrate holding mechanism for preventing scattering of liquid droplets coming out of the rotating substrate. The liquid scattering prevention cup has a hydrophilic coating formed on at least part of the inner peripheral surface thereof and facing the substrate held and rotated by the substrate holding mechanism. The at least part of the inner peripheral surface has been subjected to surface roughening. | 07-04-2013 |
20130219740 | SUBSTRATE DRYING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE DRYING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A substrate drying apparatus includes a drying gas nozzle configured so that, assuming that a surface WA of the substrate W is a projection plane, regarding the drying gas flow Gf in the nozzle moving direction Dr, a collision position Gfw with the substrate W is located downstream of a projected discharge position Gfv′, the projected discharge position Gfv′ being a discharge position from the drying gas nozzle projected on the projection plane. In a three-dimensional space, the drying gas flow Gf is inclined, such that an angle α formed by an axis Ga of the drying gas flow Gf and a vertical line Wp of the substrate W is in a range from a half contact angle θ/2 to an angle determined by deducting the half contact angle θ/2 from 90°, the half contact angle θ/2 being a half of the contact angle θ. | 08-29-2013 |
20140259728 | SUBSTRATE DRYING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE DRYING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A substrate drying apparatus includes a drying gas nozzle configured so that, assuming that a surface WA of the substrate W is a projection plane, regarding the drying gas flow Gf in the nozzle moving direction Dr, a collision position Gfw with the substrate W is located downstream of a projected discharge position Gfv′, the projected discharge position Gfv′ being a discharge position from the drying gas nozzle projected on the projection plane. In a three-dimensional space, the drying gas flow Gf is inclined, such that an angle α formed by an axis Ga of the drying gas flow Gf and a vertical line Wp of the substrate W is in a range from a half contact angle θ/2 to an angle determined by deducting the half contact angle θ/2 from 90°, the half contact angle θ/2 being a half of the contact angle θ. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080245162 | High aluminiferous ferritic stainless steel sheet for weight sensor substrate, method for producing the same, and weight sensor - The present invention provides a stainless steel most suitable as a metal base material for the weight sensor substrate of an automobile airbag, a method for producing said stainless steel and said weight sensor; and the stainless steel sheet comprises a high aluminiferous ferritic stainless steel containing Al of 2.5 to 8 mass % and comprising, in mass,
| 10-09-2008 |
20090098009 | Low Chromium Stainless Steel Superior in Corrosion Resistance of Multipass Welded Heat Affected Zones and Its Method of Production - The present invention provides optimal low chromium stainless steel preventing the deterioration in corrosion resistance at the weld zone in the case of multipass welding, superior in grain boundary corrosion resistance of the weld zone even in a harsh corrosive environment, simultaneously free from preferential corrosion at the heat affected zones near weld fusion lines, and further superior in manufacturability, that is, low chromium stainless steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.004 to 0.02%, Si: 0.2 to 1%, Mn: over 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 15%, Ni: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, further containing Ti: 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a γp(%) expressed by a predetermined formula satisfying 80 or more, and satisfying Ti %×N %<0.004 as well. | 04-16-2009 |
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20090161946 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprises an inputting section for inputting a plurality of continuous images which were photographed by a photographing section progressively moving relative to a photographed object; an extracting section for extracting characteristic points from images input by the inputting section; a tracking section for tracking the points corresponding to the characteristic points in the plurality of continuous images; an embedding section for embedding tracking data, which includes data of extracted and tracked points by the extracting section and the tracking section, into each image; and an outputting section for outputting the plurality of continuous images sequentially in which the tracking data was embedded by the embedding section. | 06-25-2009 |
20110096957 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A position measurement method includes an exterior orientation parameter correcting step S | 04-28-2011 |
20130236107 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Three-dimensional coordinates of feature points of an object to be measured are back-projected to a frame image photographed from a specific position, and image coordinates of the back-projected feature points and the feature points in this frame image are compared. In this case, the feature points, which are mismatched, are removed as feature points which are mistracked between plural frames. In this case, two processing systems, of which initial conditions of calculation for obtaining the back-projected coordinates are different from each other, are performed, and the detection of the above mistracked points is performed on each of the two back-projected coordinates. The mistracked points detected in at least one of the processing systems are removed, and are not succeeded to the following processing. | 09-12-2013 |
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20120172215 | OIL ADSORBENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OIL ADSORBENT - According to one embodiment, an oil adsorbent includes inorganic particles and a polymer formed on surfaces of or between the inorganic particles. The content rate of the inorganic particles is 50% by volume or more and 97% by volume or less relative to the inorganic particles and the polymer, and an area of the inorganic particles is 30% or more and 60% or less relative to a cross-section of the inorganic particles and the polymer. | 07-05-2012 |
20120234767 | COPPER RECOVERY APPARATUS AND COPPER RECOVERY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a copper recovery apparatus includes a precipitation tank configured to precipitate copper hydroxide grains in water, a filter aid supplyer, a mixing tank configured to mix the filter aid with a water to produce a suspension, a separator provided with a filter, a line configured to supply the suspension to the separator, thereby forming a precoat layer formed of the filter aid on the filter, a separation tank configured to receive the detached matter of the precoat layer discharged together with the detaching water from the separator to magnetically separate copper hydroxide grains and filter aid, a line configure to discharge and recover the detaching water from the separation tank, and a line configured to return the separated filter aid to the filter aid supplyer from the separation tank. | 09-20-2012 |
20120234768 | RESIN COMPOSITE, FILTER AID FOR WATER TREATMENT, PRECOAT MATERIAL FOR WATER TREATMENT, AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic material coated resin includes an aggregate obtainable by aggregation of primary particles includes magnetic particles of which surfaces are coated with a polymer. The primary particles have an average diameter D | 09-20-2012 |
20120238003 | MICROORGANISM CONCENTRATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A microorganism-concentrating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a mixing device, a filtering device, and a magnetic separation device. The mixing device is configured to mix an aqueous suspension of microorganisms with a particulate filter aid includes magnetic particles to prepare an aqueous slurry of the microorganisms and the particulate filter aid. The filtering device is configured to filter the aqueous slurry supplied from the mixing device to provide a filter cake includes the microorganisms and the particulate filter aid, and to provide a filtrate. The magnetic separation device is configured to magnetically separate the filter cake supplied from the filtering device into the microorganisms and the particulate filter aid. | 09-20-2012 |
20140377152 | COPPER RECOVERY APPARATUS AND COPPER RECOVERY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a copper recovery apparatus includes a precipitation tank configured to precipitate copper hydroxide grains in water, a filter aid supplier, a mixing tank configured to mix the filter aid with a water to produce a suspension, a separator provided with a filter, a line configured to supply the suspension to the separator, thereby forming a precoat layer formed of the filter aid on the filter, a separation tank configured to receive the detached matter of the precoat layer discharged together with the detaching water from the separator to magnetically separate copper hydroxide grains and filter aid, a line configure to discharge and recover the detaching water from the separation tank, and a line configured to return the separated filter aid to the filter aid supplier from the separation tank. | 12-25-2014 |
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20150037536 | RELEASE FILM FOR CERAMIC GREEN SHEET PRODUCTION PROCESS - A release film for a ceramic green sheet production process is provided. The release film comprises a base material and a release agent layer provided at one side of the base material. The release agent layer comprises a cured material of a release agent composition. The release agent composition contains an active energy ray curable component and a silicone-based component. A surface of the release agent layer at the opposite side to the base material has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 50 nm or less. According to the release film for a ceramic green sheet production process, it is possible to effectively prevent/suppress the occurrence of defects such as pinholes and thickness irregularity in a ceramic green sheet, and the releasability of a ceramic green sheet is also excellent. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045504 | RELEASE SHEET - A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 0.40 to 5.25 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 7.00 to 120.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 3.0 to 70.0. Consequently, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050457 | RELEASE FILM FOR CERAMIC GREEN SHEET PRODUCTION PROCESS - A release film comprises a base material and a release agent layer provided at one side of the base material. The release agent layer comprises a cured material of a release agent composition. The release agent composition contains an active energy ray curable component and a silicone-based component. A surface of the release agent layer at the opposite side to the base material has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 8 nm or less and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 50 nm or less. An elastic modulus measured by a nanoindentation test of the release agent layer is 4.0 GPa or more. A surface of the base material at the opposite side to the release agent layer has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 5 to 50 nm and a maximum projection height (Rp) of 30 to 500 nm. | 02-19-2015 |
20150064402 | RELEASE FILM FOR PRODUCING GREEN SHEET - A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface and a release agent layer formed at a side of the first surface of the base material. A maximum projection height Rp | 03-05-2015 |
20150072108 | RELEASE FILM FOR PRODUCING GREEN SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING RELEASE FILM FOR PRODUCING GREEN SHEET - A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material and a release agent layer provided at a side of a first surface of the base material. The release agent layer includes an ultraviolet curable compound (A) having three or more reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, an alkenyl group and a maleimide group in one molecule thereof, a polyorganosiloxane (B) and an α-aminoalkylphenone based photopolymerization initiator (C). An average thickness of the release agent layer is in the range of 0.3 to 2 μm. An arithmetic average roughness Ra | 03-12-2015 |
20150086749 | RELEASE FILM FOR PRODUCING GREEN SHEET - A release film for producing a green sheet of the present invention includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface, a release agent layer formed by applying a material containing an active energy ray curable compound (a1) and a polyorganosiloxane (b1) onto a side of the first surface of the base material and curing the material, and a back coat layer formed by applying a material containing an active energy ray curable compound (a2) onto a side of the second surface of the base material and curing the material. An arithmetic average roughness Ra | 03-26-2015 |
20150119512 | RELEASE SHEET - A release sheet comprising a base material and a release agent layer formed on at least one surface of the base material, wherein: the release agent layer is formed by using a release agent composition; the release agent composition contains a first polydimethylsiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule and a second polydimethylsiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups in one molecule; the release agent composition contains 10.00 to 16.00 mmol of the alkenyl groups and 40.00 to 145.00 mmol of the hydrosilyl groups in a total of 30 g of the first polydimethylsiloxane and the second polydimethylsiloxane; and a molar ratio (b/a) of the hydrosilyl groups (b) to the alkenyl groups (a) is 2.0 to 15.0. According to the release sheet, it is possible to suppress the peeling force from increasing even when the release agent layer of the release sheet is exposed to the air for a long time. | 04-30-2015 |
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20080263889 | Hand Drying Apparatus - In a hand drying apparatus, an infrared light absorber absorbs infrared light, when a hand is not present, emitted from an infrared light emitter provided on an inner surface of a drying space. | 10-30-2008 |
20120017459 | HAND DRYER - A hand dryer includes a hand drying chamber that includes a hand insertion opening from which a hand is inserted, a first wall section that faces the hand inserted from the hand insertion, opening, a second wall section that faces the hand and the first wall section, and a plurality of air nozzle sections, which extends in a direction from the hand insertion opening to a far side and jets a high-speed air, on any one of the first wall section and the second wall section, wherein a distance between the first wall section or the second wall section that faces the air nozzle sections and the air nozzle sections is large in an upper portion and is small in a lower portion. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017460 | HAND DRYER - A hand dryer includes a hand drying chamber that includes a hand insertion opening from which a hand is inserted, a first wall section that faces the hand inserted from the hand insertion opening, a second wall section that faces the hand and the first wall section, and a plurality of air nozzle sections, which extends in a direction from the hand insertion opening to a far side and jets a high-speed air, on any one of the first wall section and the second wall section, and a distance between the air nozzle sections in a horizontal direction is wide on a side of the hand insertion opening and is narrow on the far side. | 01-26-2012 |
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20120001591 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A power supply apparatus for supplying electric power wirelessly to a power receiving apparatus which charges a battery, informs information indicating a remaining capacity corresponding to the power receiving apparatus, if the power receiving apparatus is moved. | 01-05-2012 |
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20120256495 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that wirelessly supplies power to an electronic apparatus, and a control unit that controls, if power output from the power supply unit to the electronic apparatus is lower than a first predetermined value, the communication unit so that a predetermined speed for transmitting the predetermined data is higher than a second predetermined value. | 10-11-2012 |
20130033235 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that outputs power wirelessly to an electronic device and a setting unit that sets a first time and a second time. The first time includes a period of time that the power supply unit outputs the first power. The second time includes a period of time that the power supply unit outputs the second power. | 02-07-2013 |
20130193756 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power supply device includes a power supply unit that wirelessly supplies power, a communication unit that communicates with an electronic device, and a control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit a predetermined data to the electronic device based on whether or not the electronic device is connected to an external device supplying power to the electronic device. | 08-01-2013 |
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20160087688 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes an antenna that wirelessly receives power; a power control unit that accumulates or supplies power received by the antenna by inputting power; a communication unit that communicates with a power supply apparatus via the antenna; a switching unit that switches between a path from the antenna to the power control unit and a path from the antenna to the communication unit; and a driving unit that operates with power received by the antenna and drive the switching unit, wherein an input impedance of the driving unit viewed from the antenna is higher than an input impedance of the power control unit viewed from the antenna or an input impedance of the communication unit viewed from the antenna. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087689 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes an antenna that wirelessly receives power; a power circuit that inputs power received by the antenna; a communication circuit that performs communication using the antenna; switches; and a resonant element that resonates with the antenna, wherein the resonant element is arranged between the antenna and one of the power circuit and the communication circuit, and wherein at least one of the switches is arranged between the resonant element and the one circuit, and at least one switch different from the switch is arranged between the other circuit and the antenna. | 03-24-2016 |
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20090156272 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a ring section having a plurality of operation devices provided on a substantially circular enclosure, a terminal body section having at least a display device,a pair of hinge sections which have a rotation axis substantially parallel to a tangent line of a ring circumference direction of the ring section and rotatably journal the terminal body section at a rotation angle of at least 90 degrees with respect to the ring section, and a body-ring interface section which performs at least signal transmission between the ring section and the terminal body section. | 06-18-2009 |
20110279949 | METHOD OF SECURING HINGE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus including: a first case; a second case having an inclined arm fitting part; a hinge enabling the first and second cases to rotate around a first rotational axis; a secured piece secured to the hinge and the second case, the secured piece having an inclined arm part that fits into the inclined arm fitting part; and an inclined arm securing member configured to secure the inclined arm part fit to the inclined arm fitting part by insertion into a pair of gaps provided between the inclined arm fitting part and the inclined arm part. | 11-17-2011 |
20120139815 | PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing device including a plurality of rectangular-shaped casings each including a first principal surface, and a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface and including a display panel having a predetermined aspect ratio. The information processing device including a connecting portion connecting each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings in a closed state in which each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings are mutually overlaid and a display panel of at least one of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings is externally exposed, and in an open state in which wall portions of mutually adjacent rectangular-shaped casings abut and the display panels of each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings face a similar direction. The information processing device further includes a terminal state detecting unit that detects the closed state and the opened state, and a display control unit that controls display of each of the display panels. | 06-07-2012 |
20120262857 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND HINGE STRUCTURE - A terminal apparatus that includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge mechanism that slidably couples the first housing to the second housing in each of an open state and a closed state with respect to the second housing. The hinge mechanism includes a base portion and a movable portion, the movable portion being slidable with respect to the base portion in a direction which the first housing moves away from the second housing when the first housing transitions from the closed state to the open state with respect to the second housing. | 10-18-2012 |