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20100000663 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS - A method of room-temperature bonding a plurality of substrates via an intermediate member, includes: forming the intermediate member on a surface to be bonded of the substrate by physically sputtering a plurality of targets; and activating the surface to be bonded by an ion beam. In this case, it is preferable that the target composed of a plurality of types of materials is physically sputtered. Since the materials of the intermediate member are sputtered from the plurality of targets arranged in various directions from the surface to be bonded of the substrate, the intermediate member can be uniformly formed on the surface to be bonded. Further, since the intermediate member is composed of the plurality of types of materials, the room-temperature bonding of substrates difficult to bond together when an intermediate member is composed of a single type of material can be performed without heating and excessively pressing the substrates during bonding. | 01-07-2010 |
20100276723 | DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURE METHOD - A device is provided with: a first substrate mainly containing silicon dioxide; a second substrate mainly containing silicon, compound semiconductor, silicon dioxide or fluoride; and a bonding functional intermediate layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate is bonded to the second substrate thorough room temperature bonding in which a sputtered first surface of the first substrate is contacted with a sputtered second surface of the second substrate via the bonding functional intermediate layer. Here, the material of the bonding functional intermediate layer is selected from among optically transparent materials which are oxide, fluoride, or nitride, the materials being different from the main component of the first substrate and different from the main component of the second substrate. | 11-04-2010 |
20110011536 | ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS - A room temperature bonding apparatus includes: an angle adjustment mechanism that supports a first sample stage holding a first substrate to a first stage so as to be able to change a direction of the first sample stage; a first driving device that drives the first stage in a first direction; a second driving device that drives a second sample stage holding a second substrate in a second direction not parallel to the first direction; and a carriage support table that supports the second sample stage in the first direction when the second substrate and the first substrate are brought into press contact with each other. In this case, the room temperature bonding apparatus can impose a larger load exceeding a withstand load of the second driving device on the first substrate and the second substrate. Further, the room temperature bonding apparatus can use the angle adjustment mechanism to change a direction of the first substrate such that the first substrate and the second substrate come into parallel contact with each other, and uniformly impose the larger load on a bonding surface. | 01-20-2011 |
20110083801 | ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING MACHINE AND ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD - Provided is a cold jointing apparatus, which comprises a discharge device, a gas feeding device, a pressure gauge, a clarifying device, a pressure controller and a pressing mechanism. The discharge device discharges a gas from the inside of a chamber. The gas feeding device feeds an introduction gas to the inside of the chamber. The pressure gauge measures the pressure in the chamber. The clarifying device clarifies a first board and a second board in the chamber when the measured pressure is at a predetermined degree of vacuum. The pressure controller controls both the discharge device and the gas feeding device so that the measured pressure may be equal to a target pressure. The pressing mechanism presses the first board and the second board in the chamber when the measured pressure is that target pressure. | 04-14-2011 |
20110214816 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS - A method of room-temperature bonding a plurality of substrates via an intermediate member, includes: forming the intermediate member on a surface to be bonded of the substrate by physically sputtering a plurality of targets; and activating the surface to be bonded by an ion beam. In this case, it is preferable that the target composed of a plurality of types of materials is physically sputtered. Since the materials of the intermediate member are sputtered from the plurality of targets arranged in various directions from the surface to be bonded of the substrate, the intermediate member can be uniformly formed on the surface to be bonded. Further, since the intermediate member is composed of the plurality of types of materials, the room-temperature bonding of substrates difficult to bond together when an intermediate member is composed of a single type of material can be performed without heating and excessively pressing the substrates during bonding. | 09-08-2011 |
20120285624 | Room Temperature Bonding Apparatus - A room temperature bonding apparatus includes angle adjustment means supporting a first sample stage holding a first substrate so as to be able to change a direction of the first sample stage; a first driving device driving the first stage in a first direction; a second driving device driving a second sample stage holding a second substrate in a second direction not parallel to the first direction; and a carriage support table supporting the second sample stage in the first direction when the second substrate and the first substrate are brought into contact. The apparatus can impose a load exceeding a withstand load of the second driving device on the first and second substrates. Further, the apparatus uses angle adjustment means to change direction of the first substrate to be parallel with the second substrate and uniformly impose the larger load on a bonding surface. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090323102 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME,AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a job setting screen for receiving a job setting, an obtaining unit for obtaining information indicating a configuration of the job processing apparatus after the job processing apparatus is started, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a first job setting screen before the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the configuration of the job processing apparatus. The display control unit causes, after the obtaining unit obtains the information indicating the configuration after the job processing apparatus is started, the display unit to display a second job setting screen based on the obtained information indicating the configuration. The display control unit also causes the display unit to display the second job setting screen which has taken over setting of a job via the first job setting screen. | 12-31-2009 |
20110075179 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS AUTHENTICATION, AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that can perform authentication even in a case where a card reader for use in authentication fails when providing services for a user by performing authentication. When a failure of the card reader that inputs identification information is not detected, authentication is performed in a first authentication process using the identification information input by the card reader. When a failure of the card reader is detected, authentication is performed in a second authentication process using information of an image read by a scanner of the image processing apparatus. When authentication performed in the first authentication process or the second authentication process is successful, usage of the image processing apparatus is permitted. | 03-31-2011 |
20130104142 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A CPU executes initialization for allocating a storage area of an auxiliary storage device for a program execution area after a particular application program is loaded into the program execution area and becomes executable. Subsequently, the CPU loads a plurality of application programs into the program execution area. | 04-25-2013 |
20140160507 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - If a specified firmware subject to update is firmware of a sub control unit, an image processing apparatus updates the firmware of the sub control unit when a shifting condition for shifting from a first power mode to a second power mode has been satisfied. And the image processing apparatus shifts from the first power mode to the second power mode when the update of the firmware of the sub control unit has been completed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140359260 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HIBERNATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which has a hibernation function and is capable of selecting a suitable startup method even in a case where device connection states are different at power-off and at next startup. A hibernation image created based on data stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus and a first device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus are stored in a flash disk. After that, when power to the image forming apparatus is turned off and the power is turned on again, a second device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus is obtained. When the first and second connection states are different, the image forming apparatus is started without using the hibernation image, and when they are the same, the image forming apparatus is started using the hibernation image. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090134704 | ELECTRIC POWER-SUPPLY APPARATUS AND OVER-DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - A method for controlling over-discharge of a secondary battery that is charged with electric power from a main power supply and that supplies electric power to a load when the supply of electric power to the load by the main power supply is stopped is provided. When a battery voltage detection unit detects that the voltage output by the secondary battery has decreased to less than an auxiliary voltage threshold value, a switching unit sets the second electric power-supply unit, the load, and the auxiliary voltage detection unit to a disconnected state in which electric power is not supplied from the second electric power-supply unit to the load and the auxiliary voltage detection unit, and otherwise sets them to a connected state in which electric power is supplied from the secondary battery to the load and the battery voltage detection unit. | 05-28-2009 |
20090309423 | CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A charge control apparatus operable in a first power mode or a second power mode having power consumption less than that of the first power mode, the charge control apparatus includes a main power supply, an auxiliary power supply, a charging unit, a time count unit, and a charge control unit, wherein the charge control unit controls the charging unit to switch from a first charge mode to a second charge mode upon detecting that the charging time counted by the time count unit is or larger than a predetermined time period in the first power mode, and wherein the charge control unit controls the charging unit to operate in the second charge mode when the charge control apparatus operates in the second power mode. | 12-17-2009 |
20100321735 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus continues, before a number of pages where image data started to be input reaches N pages, inputting of the image data until an amount of the image data stored in a storage unit reaches a first amount, and thereafter, continue the inputting of the image data until the amount of the stored image data reaches a second amount, which is smaller than the first amount. | 12-23-2010 |
20110235135 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus stores image data generated from a document scanned by a scanner on a removable medium. When storage on the removable medium is not completed, part of the image data that has been stored by that time is deleted from the removable medium. | 09-29-2011 |
20110299123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - In an image forming apparatus being capable of executing a specific copy job to perform copy processing in cooperation with an external apparatus, when cancel of the specific copy job is instructed before completion of printing by a printing unit, the external apparatus is notified of the cancel of the specific copy job, and printing based on processed image data received by a reception unit is canceled. | 12-08-2011 |
20130070281 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - It is determined whether a password for a secure print function has been appended to print data, which is to be reprinted, that has been stored in a memory for storing this print data received from a host computer. A prescribed period of time up to the moment of data deletion regarding the print data for which it has been determined that the secure print password has been appended thereto is set to be different from a prescribed period of time up to the moment of data deletion regarding the print data for which it has been determined that the secure print password has not been appended thereto. | 03-21-2013 |
20130204400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus includes a switching unit configured to switch between supply and cutoff of power to the information processing apparatus, a driving unit configured to cause the switching unit to be OFF-state to cut off the supply of power to the information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, to drive the driving unit to cause the switching unit to be OFF-state, in which, if the supply of power to the information processing apparatus is not cut off in response to the control unit driving the driving unit, the control unit reboots the information processing apparatus. | 08-08-2013 |
20140376044 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF INSTRUCTING TRANSMISSION OF FAX, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal improved in operability concerning fax transmission. A CPU of the mobile terminal sets information indicative of a fax transmission destination, sets reading and transmission information concerning fax transmission and original reading, and sends a request for fax transmission, to an image forming apparatus. When a response notifying capability of fax transmission is received from the apparatus, the CPU causes a message for prompting a user to set an original, to be displayed on a display section. When the original has been set and an instruction for fax transmission from the user is received, the CPU sends an instruction for reading the original and executing fax transmission, together with the transmission destination information, and the reading and transmission information, to the apparatus. The CPU causes a result of fax transmission by the apparatus to be displayed on the display section. | 12-25-2014 |
20150249767 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit for receiving light output from the light emitting unit, and includes a detection unit for outputting a light reception signal indicating that the light receiving unit has received light from the light emitting unit, a driving signal output unit for outputting a driving signal to the detection unit so that the light emitting unit intermittently outputs light, a detection signal output unit for outputting, based on the output driving signal and the output light reception signal, a detection signal indicating whether an object exists between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, and a control unit including an interrupt port to which the output detection signal is input and for returning from a power saving state in response to the detection signal being input to the interrupt port in the power saving state. | 09-03-2015 |