1. An image storing method comprising the steps of:
obtaining at least one image data set representing at least one image by photoelectrically reading the image or images from a recording medium that records the image or images thereon;
obtaining recording medium information regarding the recording medium and user information representing a user who requested the reading of the image or images; and
storing the image data set or sets in classification according to the user, based on the user information, while relating the image data set or sets to the recording medium information.
2. An image storing method as defined in claim 1, wherein the recording medium information includes information on datetime of photography recorded in the recording medium andor specified by the user, regarding the image or images.
3. The image storing method as defined in claim 2, wherein the datetime of photography is estimated based on a DX code recorded on the recording medium.
4. An image storing method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
5. An image storing method as defined in claim 2, further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
6. An image storing method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
7. An image storing method as defined in claim 2, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
8. An image storing method as defined in claim 4, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
9. An image storing method as defined in claim 5, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
10. The image storing method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
reading the images out film-roll by film-roll; and
storing in a separate folder the image data read out from each film-roll.
11. The image storing method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
producing a film-roll by putting a plurality of film pieces together;
adding boundary information representing boundaries between the film pieces;
reading the images out film-roll by film-roll; and
storing in a separate folder the image data read out from each film-roll for the film pieces.
12. An image storing system comprising:
image reading means for obtaining at least one image data set representing at least one image by photoelectrically reading the image or images from a recording medium that records the image or images thereon;
information acquisition means for obtaining recording medium information regarding the recording medium and user information representing a user who requested the reading of the image or images; and
image storing means for storing the image data set or sets in classification according to the user, based on the user information, while relating the image data set or sets to the recording medium information.
13. An image storing system as defined in claim 12, wherein the recording medium information includes information on datetime of photography recorded on the recording medium andor specified by the user, regarding the image or images.
14. The image storing system as defined in claim 13, wherein the datetime of photography is estimated based on a DX code recorded on the recording medium.
15. An image storing system as defined in claim 12, wherein the information acquisition means obtains at least one item of characteristic information on the image or images; and
the image storing means stores the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
16. An image storing system as defined in claim 13, wherein the information acquisition means obtains at least one item of characteristic information on the image or images; and
the image storing means stores the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
17. An image storing system as defined in claim 12, further comprising image processing means for carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
18. An image storing system as defined in claim 13, further comprising image processing means for carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
19. An image storing system as defined in claim 15, further comprising image processing means for carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
20. An image storing system as defined in claim 16, further comprising image processing means for carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
21. The image storing system as defined by claim 12, wherein the images are read out film-roll by film-roll, and the image data read out from each film-roll is stored in a separate folder.
22. The image storing system as defined in claim 12, further comprising:
a film-roll produced by putting a plurality of film pieces together, to which boundary information representing boundaries between the film pieces have been added,
wherein the images are read out film-roll by film-roll, and the image data read out from each film-roll is stored in a separate folder for the film pieces.
23. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium that causes a computer to execute an image storing method comprising the steps of:
obtaining at least one image data set representing at least one image by photoelectrically reading the image or images from a recording medium that records the image or images thereon;
obtaining recording medium information regarding the recording medium and user information representing a user who requested the reading of the image or images; and
storing the image data set or sets in classification according to the user, based on the user information, while relating the image data set or sets to the recording medium information.
24. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the recording medium information includes information on datetime of photography recorded in the recording medium andor specified by the user, regarding the image or images.
25. The computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium that causes a computer to execute an image storing method as defined by claim 24, wherein the datetime of photography is estimated based on a DX code recorded on the recording medium.
26. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 23, the program further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
27. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 24, the program further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
28. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 23, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
29. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 24, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
30. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 26, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
31. A computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium as defined in claim 27, further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
32. The computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium that causes a computer to execute an image storing method as defined in claim 23, further comprising the steps of:
reading the images out film-roll by film-roll; and
storing in a separate folder the image data read out from each film-roll.
33. The computer-executable program stored in a computer readable medium that causes a computer to execute an image storing method as defined by claim 23, further comprising the steps of:
producing a film-roll by putting a plurality of film pieces together;
adding boundary information representing boundaries between the film pieces;
reading the images out film-roll by film-roll; and
storing in a separate folder the image data read out from each film-roll for the film pieces.
34. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute an image storing method comprising the steps of:
obtaining at least one image data set representing at least one image by photoelectrically reading the image or images from a recording medium that records the image or images thereon;
obtaining recording medium information regarding the recording medium and user information representing a user who requested the reading of the image or images; and
storing the image data set or sets in classification according to the user, based on the user information, while relating the image data set or sets to the recording medium information.
35. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 34, wherein the recording medium information includes information on datetime of photography recorded in the recording medium andor specified by the user, regarding the image or images.
36. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 34, the program further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
37. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 35, the program further comprising the step of:
obtaining at least one item of characteristic information representing at least one characteristic of the image or images, wherein
the step of storing the image data set or sets is the step of storing the image data set or sets in further relation to the item or items of characteristic information.
38. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 34, the program further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
39. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 35, the program further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
40. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 36, the program further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
41. A computer-readable recording medium as defined in claim 37, the program further comprising the step of:
carrying out image processing including image restoration processing on the image data set or sets.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
performing an ion implantation into a silicon carbide semiconductor to form a well region and a source region in the well region;
performing an activation annealing treatment to said silicon carbide semiconductor after performing said ion implantation into said silicon carbide semiconductor;
forming a first oxide film which is in contact with said well region and said source region on a first surface of a silicon carbide semiconductor;
removing said first oxide film; and
forming a second oxide film constituting said silicon carbide semiconductor device on a second surface exposed as a result of removal of said first oxide film in said silicon carbide semiconductor, said second oxide film being directly and physically in contact with said well region,
between said step of removing said first oxide film and said step of forming a second oxide film, said silicon carbide semiconductor being arranged in an atmosphere cut off from an ambient atmosphere, and
said step of removing said first oxide film comprising the step of etching using a gas including at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen gas, a hydrogen chloride gas, a sulfur fluoride gas, and a carbon fluoride gas, at a temperature not lower than 800\xb0 C. and not higher than a temperature of sublimation of silicon carbide,
in said step of forming a first oxide film, a damaged layer formed by said step of performing said activation annealing treatment and formed on said first surface of said silicon carbide semiconductor is oxidized.
2. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein
between said step of forming a first oxide film and said step of removing said first oxide film, said silicon carbide semiconductor is arranged in an atmosphere cut off from the ambient atmosphere.
3. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein
said step of removing said first oxide film includes the step of thermally decomposing said first oxide film at a temperature not lower than 1200\xb0 C. and not higher than a temperature of sublimation of silicon carbide in an atmosphere not containing oxygen.
4. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein
between said step of removing said first oxide film and said step of forming a second oxide film, a temperature difference in said silicon carbide semiconductor by 500\xb0 C. or less is held.
5. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein
in said step of forming a second oxide film, said second oxide film is formed by using an apparatus used in said step of removing said first oxide film.
6. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein
between the steps of forming a first oxide film, removing said first oxide film, and forming a second oxide film, a temperature difference in said silicon carbide semiconductor by 500\xb0 C. or less is held.
7. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein
an apparatus used in said step of forming a first oxide film, an apparatus used in said step of removing said first oxide film, and an apparatus used in said step of forming a second oxide film are common.
8. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said second oxide film is a gate insulation film.
9. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said second oxide film is formed on said second surface exposed as a result of removal of said first oxide film without performing an ion implantation.
10. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said second oxide film is formed on directly said second surface exposed as a result of removal of said first oxide film.
11. The method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said well region and said source region have different impurity types.