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Yesterday, the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that certifies businesses based on social and environmental impact announced it would halt plans to hold its four-day retreat for B Corps and their employees in the Triangle this October. B Lab had expected 550 people to visit the region from around the world, and to host a street fair and showcase of local B Corps for the broader community.
But what got B Lab to choose our region for the event—Durham's Black Wall Street heritage and commitment to minority inclusion, the work of Self Help to create access to capital and the commitment of businesses to revitalization and development without government support—wasn't enough to overcome a law that B Lab believes is against its values and mission of supporting business practices that create positive impact.
In fact, this year's retreat was themed around inclusion, "what we need to bridge across different individuals in order to create what we hope is going to be a truly shared and durable prosperity," says Vale Jokisch, director of services for B Lab.
"We saw a lot of that and continue to see a lot of that reflected in the community of North Carolina," she added. But B Lab views the law as unfriendly to the LGBT community, stripping the civil rights of people to file anti-discrimination lawsuits and eliminating the right of cities to support living wages.
Still, the decision was not made in haste, says Vokisch, who has worked with about 60 local representatives to coordinate the retreat. Those people, many who are owners and employees of North Carolina's 36 B Corps or the 180 companies interested in or working through the certification, rallied for 18 months to get the Champions Retreat in North Carolina.
B Lab surveyed its global community of nearly 1700 certified B Corps and got feedback from more than 300 of them that the event should be withdrawn but that they should rally to support North Carolina B Corps in getting their voices heard by the North Carolina Legislature.
Then, a Global Governance Council convened over the weekend with the B Lab Board of Directors to make a decision. According to a statement circulated yesterday, the B Corp community's "engagement is as important as its withdrawal."
It's the first time the organization has taken a stance on a political matter that doesn't involve getting benefit corporation recognized by state governments as a corporate structure.
"We have an unbelievably engaged community and nowhere has that been more evident than in the response for global input on what to do about North Carolina," Vokisch says. "That group wants to lean in and support the North Carolina B Corps in bridging this issue which we think is going to be critical to creating inclusivity."
Engagement will happen in a variety of ways. B Lab will support local B Corps in communicating with legislators—Bull City Burger & Brewery had quick contact with Durham Mayor Bill Bell, who led his council to oppose the bill and call for its repeal. It may also send representatives to the legislature when it reconvenes April 25. And members are likely to support the efforts of other businesses, arts and sports organizations against the bill.
"We are looking to determine the best path forward with the advice of the local B Corp community", Vokisch says.
If they and others are successful in getting HB2 repealed by June 30, the Champions Retreat is back on. But new plans are already taking shape for regional conferences or another city, if not.


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When a reporter friend of DI Lorne Simpkins gives her tip about a story involving old racing greyhounds, Lorne is sceptical. But after looking into it, she's horrified to discover the grisly fate of racing dogs that are no longer useful to their owners - and she's determined to bring the cruel and uncaring owners to justice.
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So how will Sovereign Court, where flats are priced from £2,199,950 to £3,849,950 fit in? Only the penthouse remains for sale in phase one of this luxury apartment development due to complete in 2016. The scheme includes Clarence House and adjoining Lancaster House. They sit at the corner of Glenthorne and Beadon Roads in W6 on the site of a former car park. The developer, St George, is putting parking places underground.
Interiors have a smart neutral palette, though buyers can specify finishes, from classic oak flooring to deep-pile carpets. The 2.4-metre ceiling heights are typical inner city, while "second" ceilings conceal air filtration and comfort cooling systems.
The concierge will deliver your mail and pick up letters for delivery from a postbox on each floor, and there are refuse chutes at every floor, too.
The three-bedroom show flat for the remaining phases has an open-plan living space, a Commodore kitchen with marble central island and Siemens appliances, plus dining and soft seating areas. There is the ubiquitous wine cooler but the apartment is cosy, rather than palatial. A plus point is the natural light from two aspects.
Sound systems and 55in LED TVs are included, Sky and broadband thrown in. The penthouse boasts a home automation system. Service charge is £3.50 a square foot and for the boiler you pay £400 up front and then for additional usage.
Floor plans differ for the one-, two- and three-bedroom flats, though this proved more successful in some flats than in others, with, for example, compromised bathroom space in the show apartment. Though fitted with Villeroy & Boch fixtures and with a heated marble floor and walls, the shower room has its door facing the open-plan living space.
Bedrooms are further along a corridor that turns, raising the spectre of jet-lagged guests wandering into the hub of the home to ablute when lunch is in full swing.
The other bathroom is en suite at the other end of the corridor. You can see why this arrangement was chosen, to create an accessible loo. As a second bathroom it does not work. The door should be on the bedroom corridor, which would have been easy to do.
Each apartment has a balcony and floor-to-ceiling windows, so with all this detail and conformity to interior designer Helen Turkington's vision, why are the curtains not thrown in? Individuals can call on the in-house team and curtains as they appear, sheer inner and robust outer, can be purchased. But why not have some as standard here?
There has been a successful attempt at Sovereign House to mirror the materials used among existing buildings nearby. The brickwork of Glenthorne Road will, stylistically speaking, be reflected in the next phase, Montpelier House, and the architectural vernacular for this part of Hammersmith is being sensibly preserved.
The second St George site in Hammersmith, with homes from £1.6 million, is called Fulham Reach and 75 residents out of a possible 138 are already in the first phase, Distillery Wharf, completing early next year. Brunswick House has sold all 49 homes, with completion next autumn, and two elliptical new builds complete in late 2016.
A site of over seven acres, this has been a seven-year plan and it feels that way — considered and resolved. Service charges are higher than at Sovereign Court — £5.48 per square foot rather than £3.50 — but 186 of its 744 flats are aimed at first-time buyers.
This development has riverside beauty and unrivalled views. I want to move in. There's a boat club, a private club offering snooker, golf, cinema, pool and spa, and a controlled cellar to store up to 1,000 bottles of residents' wine. Planning rules at Fulham Reach mean four state schools already have access to the boat club, while half of the finished site's footprint will be open space. Glorious.
While these flats are cheaper than those at Sovereign Court, the interiors are almost on a par, without the double ceiling and air filtration. The scheme for Young Professionals is not embarrassing. These flats — where qualifying first-timers can buy 70 per cent with 30 per cent held in deed through the borough, with eventual 100 per cent ownership possible — consist of one-room homes built to the same standards. I viewed such a "Manhattan" flat to uncover what is the most luxurious element yet — in less than 500sq ft, the largest utility room of the entire venture. That is what I call living.
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What is the difference between these two types of equalization?
a graphic eq usually has between 10 and 31 adjustable sliders per channel, each at a particular, fixed frequency. you have control over boost or cut, but no control over Q, or exact frequency.
a parametric eq has just a few controls per channel, but you have complete control over boost (or cut), Q, and center frequency.
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|May 18, 1982
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|Mar 14, 1980
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|Mar 19, 1979
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|Akito Iwamoto, Hidekazu Sekizawa
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|Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
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|Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (54), Classifications (14), Legal Events (1)
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This invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting or finding defects in a periodic pattern.
In a conventional apparatus for inspecting defects in a periodic pattern, the pattern is visually examined by using a microscope. Because of the visual examination, the conventional apparatus is inherently accompanied by inaccuracy of the examining result. To avoid this problem, some proposals have been made employing the combination of coherent light rays and a spatial filter. One of the proposals separates the optical information of the periodic pattern into the periodic pattern information and the non-periodic pattern information representing the defect. This type proposals are disclosed in Proceeding of IEEE, Vol. 57, No. 9, September 1969, pp. 1634 to 1639, "Inspection of Integrated Circuit Photomasks with Intensity Spatial Filters" by Watkins and in a paper entitled "Inspection of Mesh defects with Spatial Filters" by Morita et al pp. 135 to 136, Conference Record of Spring Meeting of The Japan Society of Precision Engineering in 1974 (in Japan). The proposals in those papers each employs a spatial filter which blocks the transmission of the Fourier transformed images of the normal periodic pattern periodically distributed while it permits the non-periodic pattern information to be transmitted therethrough. As seen from the papers, the following conditions are required for the proposals:
(1) The spatial filter and a pattern to be examined must be precisely aligned with each other in orientation.
(2) A lens as a Fourier transformer must be of a high precision type with little distortion.
(3) The pattern must be positioned with respect to an optical axis of an optical system in the inspection apparatus with an extremely high precision.
Those requirements result in enlargement of the apparatus size and expense, and restriction of the inspection speed.
There is another approach which is directed to the inspection of a disc-like pattern by using a spatial band-pass filter and by which apertures larger or smaller than a specific size are detected as defects with high precision, as disclosed by A. L. Flamholz and H. A. Froot; IBM J. RES. DEVELOP "Dimensional Measurement and Defect Detection" pp. 509 to 518, November 1973 as quoted in the literature. This approach, however, requires the following conditions:
(1) When the shape of apertures is not circular, the pattern to be examined and the spatial filter must be aligned with each other in the orientation.
(2) The spatial filter used must be of a high precision type and must be positioned accurately.
(3) The pattern to be examined must be held accurately orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system of the inspection apparatus.
Those requirements make the defect inspection apparatus complicated in the mechanism and high in cost.
Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for inspecting defects in a periodic pattern which has a relatively large allowance of the relative positioning and orientation of a periodic pattern and optical elements in an optical system of the apparatus and can find a defect or defects of the periodic pattern at a high speed.
According to the invention, there is provided an apparatus for inspecting defects in a periodic pattern comprising; means for forming a Fourier transformed pattern of the periodic pattern and filtering means for passing predetermined spatial frequency ranges of the Fourier transformed pattern, the predetermined spatial frequency ranges being between a first spatial frequency which coincides with a zero order diffraction of the Fourier transformed pattern and a second spatial frequency which coincides with a first order diffraction of the Fourier transformed pattern.
Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a mesh plate with a number of circular holes as an example of a periodic pattern, which is useful in explaining a basic theory of an apparatus for inspecting defects in a periodic pattern according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a diffraction pattern obtained by Fourier-transforming the periodic pattern shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a diffraction light intensity distribution of the image shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 shows an enlargement of one of the holes in the mesh plate which has a defect;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a diffraction image pattern formed by Fourier-transforming the periodic pattern rotated with the rotation of the mesh plate shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is an example of a band-pass spatial filter assembled into the defect inspection apparatus according to the invention, which is designed corresponding to the diffraction image pattern shown in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the defect inspection apparatus of the invention;
FIG. 8 shows a relation between an area of a defect and an electric signal obtained from a photo-electric converter used in the apparatus shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a square hole with a defect in a periodic pattern, which is used for describing a graph shown in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a plan view of a periodic hole pattern of a mesh plate inspected by the defect inspection apparatus in FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 shows a diffraction image pattern formed by Fourier-transforming the periodic hole pattern shown in FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 illustrates a distribution of light intensity of diffraction images shown in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 shows a plan view of another example of the band-pass spatial filter assembled into another defect inspection apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 14 shows a schematic diagram of the defect inspection apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 15 shows a block diagram of the defect inspection apparatus according to the still another embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 16 shows a plan view of a periodic pattern image;
FIG. 17 shows a filtering function memory data; and
FIG. 18 illustrates another example of the periodic pattern.
In the specification, a term "defect" means factors to distort a periodic pattern such as a different size of the pattern, a deformation of the pattern, scratches of the pattern, and dust stuck to the pattern. The defect inspection apparatus according to the invention is used to detect such defects in the periodic pattern.
By way of example, a mesh plate with a mesh pattern assembled into a vidicon or shadow mask for a color cathode ray tube is used as an object with a periodic pattern to be inspected in the specification. Such an object, however, is not limited to the mesh plate but may be an opaque object with a periodic pattern, for example, semiconductor products, as will be described later.
Before proceeding with a description of an embodiment of the defect inspection apparatus according to the invention, a basic concept of the invention will be described referring to FIGS. 1 to 6.
In FIG. 1, there is shown a mesh plate 2 with a number of periodically arranged holes 3. When a coherent light beam 5 impinges upon the mesh plate 2 with the holes 3, the light beam from the pattern being Fourier-transformed by a lens makes a diffraction pattern at the back focal plane of the lens as shown in FIG. 2. As seen from FIG. 2 illustrating the diffraction pattern with the orthogonal coordinate system having ξ and η axes, a zeroth order diffraction light component is directed to the origin area 4, a first order diffraction light is directed to an outside area 6 of the zeroth order area, and second and higher order diffraction light are similarly directed to a further outside area of the first order diffraction area. The light intensity distribution of those diffraction light on the ξ axis is generally illustrated by a continuous solid line I in FIG. 3. The diffraction patterns as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 is periodic and is determined by the hole pattern in the mesh plate 2. If one of the holes 3 has a defect 8 as shown in FIG. 4, whose diffracted light intensity distribution pattern is indicated by a broken line II in FIG. 3, the total diffracted pattern is given by the pattern I added by the pattern II in FIG. 3. Therefore, if a spatial filter to filter out the periodic diffraction pattern in FIG. 2 is used, the non-periodic pattern representing the defect may be extracted from the diffracted pattern in FIG. 2. In other words, only the defect information may be detected.
The technical fact mentioned above has already be described in the above-mentioned article. The invention takes advantage of a nature of the diffraction pattern obtained when the mesh plate 2 in FIG. 2 is rotated. When the mesh plate 2 is rotated, a coherent light beam projected onto the rotating mesh plate 2 and transmitted through the mesh plate 2 makes a mesh plate diffraction pattern as shown in FIG. 5 at the infinity in case without using of the lens or at the back focal plane of the lens. In FIG. 5, a number of spots coaxially distributed with respect to the origin of the orthogonal coordinates system are plotted; however, those spots in fact are distributed with a number of rings arranged coaxially with respect to the origin of the coordinates, as easily seen from the figure. Comparing with the diffraction areas, the zeroth order diffraction area 4 is formed at the origin as a spot. The first order diffraction area 10 changes as a ring around the zeroth order diffraction area. The second and higher order diffraction area similarly change as rings outside the first order diffraction area. Little light which is transmitted through the periodic hole pattern is diffracted into a space between the zeroth order diffraction area 6 like a spot and the first order diffraction area 10, even when the mesh plate 2 rotates. Accordingly, by projecting the Fourier-transformed light onto a band-pass filter 12, shown in FIG. 6, with a ring like light-transmission area like the diffraction pattern shown in FIG. 5, the periodic pattern is blocked but only the non-periodic pattern including the defect information is allowed therethrough. In the band-pass filter 12 shown in FIG. 6, a hatched area 15 blocks the transmission of the light and a blank area 13 permits the light beam to transmit therethrough. In the present invention, the mesh plate 2 may be moved laterally to an optical axis of an optical system of the apparatus, in addition to the rotation of the mesh plate 2. So long as the light beam path and the diameter of the light beam incident upon the mesh plate 2 are not changed, the diffraction pattern as shown in FIG. 5 occurs at the same location. This is true for a case where the center of the mesh plate 2, about which the mesh plate 2 rotates, is shifted with the movement of the mesh plate 2. Accordingly, the diffraction pattern remains unchanged. The reason for this is that the light information after passing through the mesh plate 2 always includes the pattern information with the unchanged number of holes and the shapes of the holes are identical with each other. Consequently, if the mesh plate 2 is moved while being rotated, it is possible to separate the light information into the periodic pattern information and the nonperiodic pattern information. Therefore, the defect inspection apparatus according to the invention based on such a technical concept enables the defect inspection or finding to be performed at a high speed with a rough alignment of the periodic pattern with the optical filter in its orientation. Particularly, the later feature simplifies the defect inspection apparatus per se in the construction.
An embodiment of the defect inspection apparatus according to the invention will be described referring to FIGS. 7 to 15.
In FIG. 7 illustrating the apparatus for inspecting or finding a defect or defects of a periodic pattern on an object, a collimator 20 including lenses 16 and 18 is disposed on an optical path of a coherent light beam emitted from a light source 14 such as a laser device for generating a coherent light beam with a single wavelength. The collimator 20 converts the coherent light beam into a parallel pencil of light rays. A mesh plate with a number of holes of an identical shape arranged periodically thereon, which is inspected, is disposed on the optical path of the parallel light beams. A lens 22 disposed on the light path of the parallel light beam transmitted through the mesh plate 2 Fourier-transforms the light beam. A band-pass spatial filter 12 is located at a backward focal point of the lens 22 at which the Fourier-transformed pattern of the periodic hole pattern is formed. As previously mentioned, the laser beam transmitted through the mesh plate 2 includes the information of the periodic hole pattern and the information of the defect. The periodic hole pattern information is eliminated by the filter 12 while only the defect information is allowed to pass therethrough. A defect information detector 30 for detecting a position and size of the defect is disposed back of the filter 12. The detector includes a screen 26 with a pinhole 24 positioned at the optical path of the optical system, and a photo-electric converter 28 which is located at the back of the screen 26 and have a light sensing surface faced to the pinhole 24. The screen 26 is disposed on an image forming plane determined by the mesh plate 2 and the lens 22. If the band-pass filter 12 is not located on the optical path, a mesh pattern image of the mesh plate 2 is formed on the screen, as known. Conversely, if the filter 12 is located thereon, it allows only the defect information to pass therethrough, so that a beam spot is formed on the screen 26 at a position corresponding to the position of the defect on the mesh plate 2 by the light beams including the defect information. If the pinhole 24 is provided at the predetermined position where the beam spot is formed, the photo-electric converter 28 picks up a light intensity corresponding to the size of the defect. The photo-electric converter 28 supplies the output signal to a CPU 29, for example a micro computer. The size of the defect may easily be calculated from the output signal by the CPU 29. The output signal from the converter 28 depends on the defect size as shown in FIG. 8. A graph I shown in FIG. 8 illustrates a relation of the magnitude of the output signal (expressed by a ratio of the light intensity defined below) vs. a size or area of the defect. In plotting the graph, each hole 3 of a periodic hole pattern is a square configuration of 9 μm�9 μm and a defect 8 of the hole has an area of 1 μm2, as well illustrated in FIG. 9. The light intensity of the output signal from the photo-electric converter 28 measured when it picks up an electric signal corresponding to the amount of light emanating from the defect of 1 μm2, is defined as 1, plotted along the ordinate axis of the graph. As seen from the graph, there is a definite relation between the magnitude of the defected signal and the size of the defect. Accordingly, the size of the defect may be evaluated from the magnitude of the detected signal.
The mesh plate 2 is supported by a rotating mechanism 30 to rotate the mesh plate 2 in a plane normal to the optical axis of the optical system. The rotating mechanism 30 is further supported by a moving mechanism 32 to move the mechanism at constant rate in the rotating plane. The mesh plate 2 is laterally moved while being rotated by means of those mechanisms, so that the mesh plate 2 is helically scanned by the coherent parallel light beams emanating from the collimator 20. A stopping mechanism (not shown) is coupled with those rotating and moving mechanisms 30 and 32 to instantaneously stop the operation of those mechanisms when a defect is detected by the photo-electric pickup. The CPU 29 applies a stop signal to the stopping mechanism, when the level of the output signal from the photo-electric converter 28 exceeds a predetermined one, for example. Position signals relating to the amounts of displacements of the mesh plate 2 are generated at those mechanisms 30 and 32 and supplied to the CPU 29.
The collimator 20 is further provided with a dichroic mirror 34 for reflecting the light rays having a specific wavelength in order to superpose incoherent light rays on the coherent light rays projected from the laser device 14, and a light source 36 for emitting the incoherent light rays toward the dichroic mirror 34. A wavelength selection filter 38 is further disposed between the light source 36 and the dichroic mirror 34. The filter 38 allows the light rays with a specific wavelength alone to pass therethrough. The incoherent light source 36 lights up in response to an energizing signal transferred from the CPU 29. The CPU 29 produces the energizing signal when a defect of the hole pattern is found. Desirable for the wavelength selection filter 38 is a filter which allows only the light ray with a single wavelength different from that of the coherent light ray from the laser device 14 to pass therethrough. When the coherent light ray is red, for example, a filter for selecting the light ray of green may be preferably selected for the wavelength selection filter 38. In this case, the mesh pattern of the mesh plate 12 is imaged on the screen 26 by the green light rays. On the other hand, the defect is imaged on the same as a red spot. Accordingly, a mesh pattern of green and a defect spot of red appear on the screen with an excellent contrast. The defect spot is distinctly visualized in the mesh pattern image on the screen 26.
In such a case where two color light rays are projected on the mesh plate 2, the band-pass filter 12 is preferably made of material exhibiting no filtering action of the incoherent light. For example, in case where the coherent light is red and the incoherent light is green, a gelatine filter is most suitable for the spatial filter 12. However, a proper color glass filter may be used for the filter in accordance with the wavelength of the selected coherent and incoherent light rays. To clearly distinguish the defect image from the mesh pattern image, a dichroic mirror 40 for reflecting only the incoherent light rays projected from the light source 36 is disposed between the band-pass filter 12 and the screen 26. On the optical path of the light rays reflected from the dichroic mirror 40 is disposed an image pickup device 44 to supply a video signal to a display device to monitor the mesh pattern of the mesh plate 2, for example, a cathode ray tube device. The image pickup device 44 may be an industrial television tube (ITV tube). Since the image pickup device 44 is used for pick up the mesh pattern image, it is located at an image formation plane of the mesh pattern image on the optical path including the mesh plate 2, the lens 22, the band-pass filter 12 and the dichroic mirror 40, as in the case of the screen 26. The CPU 29 supplies a signal including the information relating to the size and location of the defect to the display device 42. The defect display signal supplied is combined with a mesh pattern signal from the image pickup tube 44 and the defect spot is displayed at an appropriate position in the mesh pattern image on the screen of the display device 42 with a proper size.
The CPU 29 is further coupled with a keyboard 46 through which the start and stop of the rotating and moving mechanisms 30 and 32, and the energization of the light source 36 are controlled, and a hard copying apparatus for copying the result of the processing by the CPU 29.
It will now be briefly described how to determine a shape of the filter 12 used in this invention.
Suppose a coherent light beam having such a size as indicated by a circle 50 is projected onto a mesh pattern 52 (i.e. the mesh plate 2 having holes 3). Let "P" denote the pitch of the pattern 52, i.e. interval between the adjacent holes 3, and "N" denote the number of holes within the circle 50 as counted in a direction of the pitch (N=8 in FIG. 10). Then, the mesh pattern 52 will be Fourier-transformed as illustrated in FIG. 11, and the light intensity of the pattern 52 will distributed as illustrated in FIG. 12. In FIGS. 11 and 12 the zeroth order diffraction area is denoted by numeral 4, and the first order diffraction area by number 6. As clearly shown in FIG. 12, the distance between the zeroth order diffraction area 4 and the first order diffraction area 6 is ##EQU1## where λ is the wavelength of the coherent light projected and f is the frequency of the coherent light. The diameter of diffraction area 4 is 2�λf/NP. The diffraction area 6 is between ##EQU2## As shown in FIG. 6, a light block area 15-1 is within a radius of λf/NP from the center of the filter, another light block area 15-2 is beyond a radius of ##EQU3## from the center of the filter, and a light transmission area 13 is provided between these light block areas 15-1 and 15-2.
FIG. 13 shows another spatial filter which has three ring-like light transmission areas 13-1 to 13-3 and four light block areas 15-1 to 15-4. The light block area 15-1 is circular, and its center is identical with that of the filter and its radius is λf/NP(=R1). The light block areas 15-2 and 15-3 are ring-shaped and concentric with the light block area 15-1, and their inner radii are ##EQU4## and their outer radii are ##EQU5## respectively. And the light block area 15-4 is defined by a circle which is concentric with the light block areas 15-1 to 15-3 and whose radius is ##EQU6## The light transmission area 13-1 lies between the light block areas 15-1 and 15-2, the light transmission area 13-2 between the light block areas 15-2 and 15-3, and the light transmission area 13-3 between the light block areas 15-3 and 15-4. The width of each of light block areas 15-1 to 15-4 is 2�λf/NP or more. The spatial filter of FIG. 13 can more improve the sensitivity of defect detection than the spatial filter of FIG. 6 and can therefore enhance the resolution with respect to fine defects.
In operation, the mesh plate 2 is set to the rotating mechanism 30, the laser device 14 is energized, and a start instruction is entered into the CPU 29 from the keyboard 46. Upon the start initiation, the mesh plate illuminated by the laser beam is rotated while being moving laterally, so that the area of the mesh plate 2 is helically scanned by the laser beam at a high speed rate. When a defect 8 is found in the area of the periodic holes pattern on which the laser beam is projected, the CPU 29 produces a stop signal to the mechanisms 30 and 32 to stop them. At this time, the light source 36 is energized to emit the incoherent light. The periodic pattern information included in the incoherent light and transmitted through the mesh plate 2 is picked up by the image pickup device 44 and is displayed by the display device 42. The defect information included in the coherent light coming from the laser device 14 through the mesh plate 2, the lens 22, and the spatial filter 12 is picked up by the photoelectric converter 28 and is supplied to the CPU 29. The CPU 29 calculates the position of the defect and its size by using the position information from the mechanisms 30 and 32 and the defect information from the converter 28 and supplies them to the display device 42 where those are visualized. An operator checks that a defect is found in the mesh plate 2 by seeing the display and then drives the rotating and moving mechanisms 30 and 32 through the keyboard 46. When the entire area of the mesh plate 2 is helically scanned by the laser beam, the inspection of the mesh plate is completed. As the inspection is completed, the CPU 29 delivers the periodic pattern information and the defect information, which are stored in a memory, to the copying machine to copy the information.
As described above, the invention employs a spatial filter with ring-like light transmission areas, as shown in FIG. 6 or 13, the filtering by the filter is free from an angular-dependency, that is, may be made omnidirectionally. Because of the nature of the Fourier transformation employed, the filtering operation is little affected by lateral shift of the object 2 to be inspected. Accordingly, the same filtering of the pattern information is possible even if the array of the pattern, the shape of the hole, and the position of the hole are different and the pattern is rotated. Accordingly, there is no need for a precise alignment of the filter 12 with the object 2 in the orientation. Additionally, since the object 2 may be scanned helically, it is possible to inspect the entire surface of the object 2 at a high speed rate. Since the filter 12 shown in FIG. 6 shuts out all the diffraction light rays of the first order and higher order, there is eliminated a need of the alignment of the high order diffraction light rays with the filter 12. Moreover, a high accuracy is not needed for the lens 22 because the spatial filter 12 prevents the transmission of the higher degree diffraction light rays which is affected by the lens distortion. The spatial filter may also detect a defect even when the filter is set roughly and the physical accuracy of the filter is not so severe. Additionally, a severity is not required for the setting and the dimensional accuracies of the filter.
Turning now to FIG. 14, there is shown another embodiment of an apparatus for inspecting defects in a periodic pattern on an object of light reflecting type. Like reference numerals are used for designate like portions in FIG. 7. Because of the light reflecting nature of the periodic pattern, a semi-transparent mirror 62 is disposed between the Fourier transformer 22 and the object 60 and on the optical axis of the collimator 20, in order that the light beam reflected from the periodic pattern on the object 60 is directed toward the Fourier transformer 22.
With such a construction, even if the periodic pattern is of opaque type, a defect in the pattern may be detected.
FIG. 15 shows another embodiment of this invention. Unlike the apparatus shown in FIGS. 7 and 14, the apparatus of FIG. 15 obtains information about a Fourier transform image of a periodic pattern without using an optical system and takes out defect information from the image information by arithmetic operations. Mose specifically, a light source 64 emits incoherent light, which is applied through a lens 66 onto a periodic pattern 2. The light passes through the pattern 2, thus forming a periodic pattern image 71 of such a predetermined area as shown in FIG. 16. The image 71 is sampled by an image pickup device 68 and converted into analog image signals. The analog image signals thus obtained are supplied to an analog-digital converter 69 and are converted into digital image signals. The digital image signals are stored into a two-dimensional memory 70 which can store n�n digital signals. That is, the periodic pattern image 71 is split by the image pickup device 68 into n�n pixells, the pixells are converted into digital signals, and the digital signals are stored at prescribed addresses of the memory 70.
The digital image signals are read out from the memory 70 and undergo Fourier transformer operation at a Fourier converter 72. The signals from the Fourier converter 72 are then stored into a two-dimensional memory 74. The Fourier converter 72 may be the AP-400 which is already put on market by ANALGIC Inc. and which achieves a high speed Fourier conversion. The signals are read out from the Fourier converter 72 and then multiplied one after another by a multiplier 76. Of these signals, only defect signals are stored into a memory 82. The multiplication at the multiplier 76 is carried out according to a filtering function data stored in a filtering function memory 78, thereby to take out only the defect signals. As shown in FIG. 17, the filtering function data consists of n�n digital data. The area filled with digit numerals "0" correspond such a light block area as illustrated in FIG. 6, and the area filled with digit numerals "1" to such a light transmission area as shown in FIG. 6. In other words, the filtering function data is a pattern formed of digital signals which correspond to n�n pixells defining the image of the band-pass spatial filter of FIG. 6. The number of pixells which corresponds to the diameter of the light block area of FIG. 6 is expressed as n/NP, whereas the number of pixells which corresponds to the width of the light transmission area of FIG. 6 is expressed as ##EQU7## Here, n corresponds to λf which has been described above with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.
The defect signals read out from the memory 82 are supplied to an inverse Fourier converter 84. They undergo an inverse Fourier conversion and converted into pixell digital signals which represent an defect image. The inverse Fourier converter 84 may be of the same type as the Fourier converter 72. The pixell digital signals thus obtained are supplied to a digital-analog converter 86 and thus converted into defect image signals. The defect image signals are supplied to a CRT monitor 88, whereby the defect image is displayed. The CRT monitor 88 may display not only the shape and position of the detect but also the size of the detect. The apparatus of FIG. 15, though not provided with an optical system, can detect a defect.
Although the periodic pattern shown in FIGS. 1, 10 and 16 have holes arranged equidistantly, those elements of the pattern are not necessarily arranged so. For example, as in the pattern shown in FIG. 18, the distances from the element 64-1 to the adjacent elements 64-2 and 64-3 are P1 and P2 are not equal. Such a pattern is allowable so long as the pattern is arranged periodically.
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What may be true to us, may not be true to others? This means what we know as truth is partial and incomplete Do you know what is true? Body Epistemology The study of how we come to learn and know within our flesh- our nerons, muscles, bones, and other tissues It ask us to ponder not just
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Ferrari will present a very "different model" at Geneva in 2011
Italy's Ferrari promise a very different model from what we've seen so far. The debut will take place at the Geneva Motor Show in 2011.
Luca di Montezemolo, the head of Ferrari, told the magazine L'Equipe that they are preparing a model that is completely different from what we've seen until now.
Montezemolo also announced that Ferrari has sold 6,500 copies in 2010 and he made comments regarding the performance of the Maranello manufacturer's Formula 1 team. All rumors indicate the debut of a hybrid model in the Ferrari range, in order to have a competitor for the Porsche 918 Spyder and reduce CO2 emissions of the brand.
At the 2010 edition of the Geneva Motor Show, the Ferrari team presented a green 599, both literally and figuratively. The model was a concept based on a standard 599 which had a hybrid propulsion system added to it and was painted in a light shade of green.
On the other hand, Ferrari could follow in the footsteps of Porsche in other viewpoints. More specifically, the Italian manufacturer could walk on his pride and produce a four-door model. For the moment, a SUV Ferrari is excluded as the Maranello brand is trying to stay as close to the original as possible.
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Those who know him describe Mr. Heins as an intense, thoughtful and demanding technologist, a true believer in RIM who is close to his executives, has high standards and likes a good debate. He hikes and rides a BMW motorcycle, but has quirkier pursuits too: In a town hall meeting the day after he took charge, Mr. Heins told RIM employees he enjoys Formula 1 race simulations. "I've been in a real car, also, but that's a different story," he said.
Mr. Heins was unknown in North America before being thrust into the CEO's suite. He joined RIM in 2007 after a lengthy career at Siemens AG, the German conglomerate. As a senior executive there in the early 2000s, he was sent to save the company's aging optical networking division in Asia-Pacific from cheaper upstarts.
"It was an old portfolio – kind of riding this horse, riding this horse – and then the Chinese came in and, just, bam, they hit us on price, everywhere," Mr. Heins told me previously. "It happened in [telecom] infrastructure 10 years ago with Huawei, ZTE and UTStarcom, and it's happening with smartphones again."
Judging by the present state of the telecom infrastructure business, the analogy to smartphones is as unfortunate as it is apt. Just as Nortel Networks is now bankrupt and gone and industry stalwarts such as Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent are fading, so it is with mobile device makers. Old-guard innovators like Palm, Motorola and Nokia are dead or struggling. Smartphones have become a commodity. Volume and scale matter. RIM is slashing a work force of about 16,000 employees. South Korea-based Samsung has around 220,000. The math is not that complicated.
Lothar Pauly, who rose to become CEO of Siemens Communications in 2005, worked with Mr. Heins for about a decade, later providing Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Balsillie a reference. Mr. Pauly said Mr. Heins gave Siemens' optical networking group three directives: Take the lead back in innovation, become profitable again and reclaim market share. That involved "cutting heads," as Mr. Pauly puts it. Not only was Mr. Heins' strategy successful, it was valuable training for a similarly dire situation at RIM.
Mr. Pauly, now at a venture capital firm, said Mr. Heins' later appointment to lead Siemens' mobile phone unit did not go nearly as well, and the unit was eventually sold. "He tried to turn it around," Mr. Pauly said, noting the unit was likely doomed anyway. "He has seen the good days and he has seen the bad days. He's a more balanced manager than a manager who has seen only growth."
After seven months on the job, Mr. Heins is more willing to be critical of RIM's errors. Looking back, he says, the BlackBerry rose to prominence on four key pillars: typing, security, wireless data compression and battery life. As the company grew, Mr. Heins admits "we missed … paradigms."
One such paradigm shift, he says, was ignoring the move to fourth-generation (4G) wireless networks in the United States. RIM's engineers thought 4G was a fluffy marketing term and didn't build any devices, ending up sidelined as carriers such as Verizon mobilized vast advertising budgets to promote RIM's rivals.
Another mistake was underestimating the popularity of touchscreen phones such as the iPhone.
"If you have a great touch interface, people are actually willing to sacrifice battery life … which we thought wouldn't happen," Mr. Heins says. "Same thing with security. Some companies decided that, 'Maybe I can let go on some security a little bit.'"
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This is a discussion on Magazine Carry Position: Bullets Forward or Rearward? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by ironmike86 Yabit that's why MMA got popular. More ways to take a persons head off than just upper cuts :) No... That's ...
That's not a Yabit thing. That's one legitimate subject matter expert having a disagreement with another legitimate subject matter expert.
If Brian Enos disagrees with D.R. Middlebrooks on how to execute a technique, that's one thing.
He's got the intelectual/acomplishment backing to do so...further, when experts disagree as to how to do something, the end result is usually positive for everyone because something has been more thuroughly vetted and tested.
Hotter fire, better steel and all that stuff. Thus, MMA is a great fighting method, because people with legitimately good ideas on how to fight, who were legitimately good at judo, karate, boxing and BJJ got into a ring and said "Let's see what happens...let's learn from this."
They did.
MMA was born.
Yabits...aren't doing that.
Yabits are the people saying "Yeah, but if he has a knife, I'd just shoot him!" without realizing how a knife encounter goes down & "Yeah, but if he grapples me, I'll stab him with my spyderco..." cluelessly as they don't know how difficult accessing a weapon while being grappled/choked actually is.
Yabit...I'm sure someone can practice carrying mags bullets backwards and get just as fast...
How much money is at stake in shooting competitions...I think it was $500K at the Bianchi Cup (http://www.tactical-life.com/online/...e-bianchi-cup/)
Nobody did.
For $500K I'd be testing EVERYTHING.
I'd have a baby seal leather holster if it gave me an advantage if I had to drown one myself barehanded, swimming naked into the arctic ocean to do it.
Ain't happened.
Probably a reason why...
By the way...sorry for the image I gave you all of me swimming naked.
I recomend rubbing your mind with gin to remove the image.
OK OK I have changed. Thanks for the great information.
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I always carry mags on my weak side bullets pointing forward. For me, it is the most natural and instinctive way to reload and I practice in that manner and it is automatic. I don't have to think about it.
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I don't get it. For me, bullets to the rear means I draw the mag (carried weak side) flip it up and into the pistol it goes. Wrong or not, it works for me. There isn't a "right way" in this one, simply a training issue. Whatever you do, do it consistently.
Wait a minute, it all makes perfect sense now!
Now that Ive had 4 Vodkas and 3 Rums
The hell with it! Im turning my mag pouches around!!!
It's all your fault MitchellCT!!!
But I feel like it isn't uncommon to find a post on here that folks just throw the mag in their pocket, with nothing to keep it in any position.
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Chennai, July 21: The Tamil Nadu police have launched a major investigation after they had found Sri Lankan Tamil refugees with cyanides and satellite phones. The two persons were carrying with them 300 grams of cyanide, satellite phones and other GPS equipment.
An officer with the Tamil Nadu police informed OneIndia that it is too early to jump to any sort of conclusions, but also added that it was clear that these persons had come into the state on some mission. The police had found that five persons in a car travelling to Uchipulli were carrying cyanide and other equipment.
The trouble with Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
Investigations in the past had revealed that several Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were attempting to set up a module in Tamil Nadu. There have been intelligence reports which suggest that some members of the LTTE who had survived would attempt to revive the moment.
However the strongest case that was made out was with regard to Arun Selvarajan, an ISI mole from Sri Lanka who had attempted to carry out a series of attacks in South India.
These persons who were reporting to the consular officer of Pakistan in Sri Lanka had drawn up a devious plan to carry out a series of attacks in Chennai and other parts of South India.
What was this team planning?
Although the investigation is at a very preliminary stage, the presence of cyanide is what is disturbing. The LTTE used to ensure that all its cadres carried cyanide in small containers and had instructed them to swallow it in case they were caught. Cyanide causes a near instant death.
There are various angles that are under probe. There were five persons in all out of which two were Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. The other three persons were locals who were helping these refugees, investigations have also found.
It is clear that they were attempting to pass on the cyanide to some persons in Tamil Nadu and this has raised several doubts.
It could be an attempt to revive a movement or also may be part of the module set up by the ISI which was already operating in Tamil Nadu. What the police have found is that these persons were only supplying the material to some persons and were not part of the hit squad.
The seizure of 300 grams of cyanide and 75 containers to hold it is alarming. The police say that the material found on them would easily cater to several members who are part of this module.
Intelligence on LTTE
After the fall of the LTTE in Sri Lanka, there has been a lull in operations. There have been intelligence reports suggesting that smaller groups of the left over cadres may be attempting to revive the movement in a big way.
However many of the cadres had either gone quiet while some decided to join the ISI led module in Colombo. There could be a small part of them who would be seeking to extract revenge and hence could be planning a major offensive, sources in the Intelligence Bureau also informed.
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Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as oil rebounded sharply, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve gave little indication of slowing the pace of future rate hikes.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 102.24 points, or 0.64 percent, to 16,046.7; the S&P 500 rose 13.84 points, or 0.74 percent, to 1,896.79; and the Nasdaq Composite index gained 60.35 points, or 1.35 percent, to 4,528.52. (Reporting by Alan John Koshy in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
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Dhaka, Mar 22: England have replaced injured Luke Wright with wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter in their World Twenty20 squad.
Wright was carrying a right side strain since arriving in Bangladesh and was ruled out Saturday morning -- before England's Group 1 opener against New Zealand.
"The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 has approved Craig Kieswetter as a replacement player for Luke Wright in the England men's squad for the tournament, which runs until April 6," an ICC media statement said.
"Wright has a right side strain and, therefore, has been ruled out of the tournament."
This is the third injury problem to hit the original 15-member English squad. Earlier, Joe Root and Ben Stokes were ruled out of the tournament due to a broken thumb and a broken wrist.
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Nastia Liukin will make her Winter Olympic debut as a sports desk reporter for NBC's coverage of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Liukin joined the NBC Sports Group in 2012 as a contributor for NBCOlympics.com during the London Olympic Games, and has since served as an analyst for the NBC Sports Groups gymnastics coverage. Following the London Olympics, Liukin was a member of the creative team and cast member for the Kelloggs Tour of Olympic Champions.
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Cook knows the type athlete who can play in the SEC. And he sees that type athlete in Jones.
"There is no doubt that he will be able to succeed on that level," said Cook. "I think he can play either defensive end or defensive tackle in the SEC because he has the frame where he can add weight or he can stay at his current weight and stay at defensive end."
It wouldn't surprise Cook if Jones excels on the next level due to his natural ability.
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Vaughan, Suzi & Schmidt, Christine Margaret (2008) Design and fashion in the Australian TCF industries. Commonwealth of Australia.
The purpose of this report is to review the changing nature of the TCF industries and investigate the current state of play in the Australian fashion industry to determine potential strategies for future growth both nationally and globally. The objectives are to:-----
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Are you in a relationship that has hit a rocky patch or are you out dating and getting fed up with not meeting the ideal one?
Ok, so here's the thing, many clients come to me saying they have not met the right person, even though they are pretty social and some feel nervous as they are back on the scene after a split up or divorce and some say they are feeling stuck in their relationship.
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5. Make a clear list of 6 qualities you want in a relationship
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After winning second-round NCAA tournament games this weekend, mid-major teams from Saint Mary's, Northern Iowa and Cornell now find themselves in unchartered waters.
Each of these schools is in the Sweet 16 for the first time ever -- meaning media attention on the teams will be at an all-time high.
So what should the teams expect?
George Mason coach Jim Larranaga, who led his Patriots to a magical run to the Final Four in 2006, spoke with the Bay Area News Group about just that.
"I didn't want things to settle down," Larranaga said, according to the Contra Costa Times, "and I didn't want our guys to come down from the high that we were on."
With so much more attention on not only the team but the school as a whole, interest in all aspects of the college will peak
"Branding became very important," Larranaga said.
As an example, Larranaga said that George Mason's bookstore did $876,000 in business during the time the team was in the NCAA tournament. In a normal non-tournament week, it brings in just $11,000.
As for the players, it should be business as usual.
"I told our players, 'Enjoy it. Don't look at (interviews) like they're a distraction,' " Larranaga said. "They have a job to do, and we have a job to do. If we can't perform in front of 150 media people at practice, we're not going to be able to perform in front of 15 million watching on television."
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