Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A communication network for connecting a plurality of networks conforming to a first protocol by an address translation unit, wherein
the address translation unit includes a function of mutually translating the first protocol and a second protocol inside the address translation unit, information and communication means necessary for communication with a server unit, and a function of cooperating with the server unit to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an address in the second protocol;
the server unit includes translation information necessary for mutual translation of the first and second protocols in the address translation unit, an address conforming to the second protocol in correspondence to the network conforming to the first protocol, and a function of communicating with another server unit or another address of the server unit in order to prepare the translation information; and
in communication from a first network conforming to the first protocol to a second network conforming to the first protocol, the address translation unit refers to the translation information to translate the address conforming to the first protocol to the address conforming to the second protocol, and to further translate the translated address conforming to the second protocol to the address conforming to the first protocol.
2. A communication network according to claim 1, wherein
the address translation unit further includes a function of identifying the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol, based on information of a layer two; and
when receiving a communication request, the address translation unit specifies a network conforming to the first protocol, based on the information of the layer two to perform translation from the first protocol to the second protocol.
3. A communication network according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol are connected to a multiplexing unit, the multiplexing unit and the address translation unit are connected through a plurality of circuits;
the multiplexing unit includes a function of identifying a network conforming to the first protocol, based on information of a layer two; and
when receiving a communication request from the network conforming to the first protocol, the multiplexing unit specifies the network conforming to the first protocol based on the information of the layer two to send a communication request to the address translation unit by using a corresponding circuit.
4. A communication network according to claim 1 for use in a communication network in which the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol are connected to different address translation units, and the address translation unit is connected to a network conforming to the second protocol.
5. An address translation unit for connecting a plurality of networks conforming to a first protocol, comprising:
a function of mutually translating the first protocol to a second protocol inside the address translation unit;
information and communication means necessary for communication with a server unit; and
an address conforming to the second protocol in correspondence to the network conforming to the first protocol, translation information necessary for mutually translating the first and second protocols, and a function of cooperating with another server unit or a server unit having a function of communicating with another address of the server unit for the sake of preparation of translation information in order to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an addresses in the second protocol.
6. An address translation unit according to claim 5 further comprising:
a function of identifying the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol, based on information of a layer two; and
means for specifying a network conforming to the first protocol, based on the information of the layer two when receiving a communication request, to perform translation from the first protocol to the second protocol.
7. A communication network for connecting a plurality of networks conforming to a first protocol by an address translation unit, wherein
the address translation unit includes a function of mutually translating the first protocol and a second protocol inside the address translation unit, and information and communication means necessary for communicating with a server unit;
the communication network comprises:
an address conforming to the second protocol in correspondence to a network conforming to the first protocol, translation information necessary for mutually translating the first and second protocols, and means for communicating with another server unit or another address of the server unit to prepare the translation information; and
means for requesting the address translation unit to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an address in the second protocol.
8. A communication network according to claim 7 for use in a communication network in which the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol are connected to different address translation units, and the address translation unit is connected to a network conforming to the second protocol.
9. A server unit in a communication network for connecting a plurality of networks conforming to a first protocol by an address translation unit, wherein
the address translation unit includes a function of mutually translating the first protocol and a second protocol inside the address translation unit, and information and communication means necessary for communication with a server unit;
the server unit comprises:
translation information necessary for mutually translating the first and second protocols;
means for managing a correspondence relation between identification information of a network, which conforms to the first protocol, and an address, which conforms to the second protocol and is assigned to a server unit belonging to the network conforming to the first protocol, and for communicating with another server unit by referring to the correspondence relation when receiving a name-resolution request of the network conforming to the first protocol; and
means for requesting the address translation unit to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an address in the second protocol.
10. A server unit according to claim 9 for use in a communication network in which the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol are connected to different address translation units, and the address translation unit is connected to the network conforming to the second protocol.
11. An address translation method in a communication network for connecting a plurality of networks conforming to a first protocol by an address translation unit, wherein
the address translation unit includes a function of mutually translating the first protocol and a second protocol inside the address translation unit, information and communication means necessary for communicating with a server unit, and a function of cooperating with the server unit to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an address in the second protocol;
the server unit includes:
translation information necessary for mutually translating the first and second protocols in the address translation unit;
means for communicating with another server unit in order to prepare the translation information when receiving a correspondence relation between identification information of the network, which conforms to the first protocol, and an address which conforms to the second protocol and is assigned to a server unit belonging to the network conforming to the first protocol, and a name-resolution request of the network conforming to the first protocol, by referring to the correspondence relation; and
means for requesting the address translation unit to prepare translation information containing a correspondence relation between an address in the first protocol and an address in the second protocol; and

in communication from a first network conforming to the first protocol to a second network conforming to the first protocol, the address translation unit refers to the translation information to translate the address conforming to the first protocol to the address conforming to the second protocol, and to further translate the translated address conforming to the second protocol to the address conforming to the first protocol.
12. An address translation method according to claim 11 for use in a communication network in which the plurality of networks conforming to the first protocol are connected to different address translation units, and the address translation unit is connected to the network conforming to the second protocol.
13. Information network comprising a first network, a second network communicative with the first network, a third network communicative with the second network, a first address translation unit for connecting the first and second networks, and a second address translation unit for connecting the second and third networks, wherein
the first address translation unit sends a first temporary address in which an address used in the first network is added with a prefix indicative of the first network, to the second address translation unit through the second network;
the second address translation unit translates the first temporary address to a second temporary address which is an address not used in the third network, to send the second temporary address to the third network; and
correspondence information between the first and second temporary addresses is stored.
14. An information network according to claim 13, wherein
the second temporary address sent from the third network is translated to the first temporary address based on the correspondence information;
the prefix is deleted from the first temporary address; and
a resulting address is sent to the first network.
15. An information network according to claim 14, wherein the first network conforms to a first protocol, and the second and third networks conform to a second protocol.
16. A communication apparatus interposed between first and second networks to intervene in communication between the first and second networks, wherein
an original address which is used in the first network and is sent from the first network is received, a first temporary address in which the original address is added with a prefix is formed, and the first temporary address is sent to the second network; and
the first temporary address sent from the second network is received, the prefix is deleted from the first temporary address to form the original address, and the original address is sent to the first network.
17. A communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein
a first address sent from the second network is translated to a second address not used in the first network, and the second address is sent to the first network;
relation between the first and second addresses is held as translation information;
the second address sent from the first network is translated to the first address based on the translation information; and
the first address is sent to the second network.

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 for producing at least one photo active layer for an original solar cell or photo detector, the method comprising:
combining a mixture comprising:
K1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of
as an electron donor or electron acceptor, wherein
A is NR1102, where both R110 radicals together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded optionally form a five- or six-membered saturated ring, or one of the R110 radicals forms, with the carbon atom of the benzene ring in the \u03b1 position to the carbon atom which bears the NR1102 group, a five- or six-membered saturated ring, SR110, or OR110,
B is O, S, N\u2014CN, N\u2014R110, C(CN)2, C(CO2R110)2, C(CN)COR110, C(CN)CO2R110, C(CN)CONR1002, or a moiety selected from the group consisting of
wherein *, in the case of the compounds of formulae I, IIa, and IIb, denotes the bond to L2, and, in the case of the compounds of formulae IIIa and IIIb, the bond to the remaining part of the molecule,
L1 is a divalent aryl or hetaryl radical,
L2 is a divalent, optionally singly or multiply fused carbo- or heterocycle which is \u03c0-conjugated firstly to B, and secondly via the X100 or X101 units and the remaining part of the molecule to A, or a
moiety in which * and ** denote the bond firstly to the corresponding X101 or X100 unit, and secondly to B,
n is 0 or 1,
X100 is CH, N, or C(CN),
X101 is CH, N, C(CN), or X101 and L2 together form a
moiety in which * and ** denote the bond firstly to the corresponding L1 unit, and secondly to B,
X200 is O, S, SO2, or NR110,
X201 is O, S, SO2, NR110, or CR1112,
X202 is twice H, O, or S,
R100 is alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl or aryl,
R110 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or aryl,
R101 is alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl or hetaryl,
R111 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl or hetaryl,
R115 is H, alkyl, partly fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6\u2014 alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, NHCO\u2014R100, or N(CO\u2014R100)2,
R118 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, OR110, SR110, hetaryl, halogen, NO2 or CN
R210 is H or CN,
R211 is H, CN, or SCN,
wherein carbon chains of the alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals are optionally interrupted by one or two nonadjacent oxygen atoms,
wherein the R115 and R210 radicals in formula IIIa together optionally form a fused benzene ring optionally substituted by R118,
in the case of that X100 is CH in formula IIId, the R100 radical optionally forms an optionally R118-substituted benzofusion to this carbon atom, and
aforementioned variables, where they occur more than once, are the same or different,
and
K2) at least one compound which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor
in the at least one photoactive layer in an organic solar cell or organic photodetector.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein L2 in formulae I, IIa, and IIb is a moiety selected from the group consisting of
wherein
R102 is arylalkyl, aryl, or hetaryl,
R112 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, OR110, or SR110,
R113 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, hetaryl, NH-aryl, N(aryl)2, NHCO\u2014R100, or N(CO\u2014R100)2,
R114 is H, H alkyl or partly fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, or C1-C6
R116 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, CO2R110, or CN
R117 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, OR110, SR110 halogen, or hetaryl, and
R212 is H, CN, CONR110, or COR101.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of
a) a fullerene, a fullerene derivative,
b) a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, a derivative of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon,
c) a quinone, a quinodimethane, a quinonediimine, a derivative of quinone, a derivative of a quinodimethane, a derivative of a quinonediimine,
d) a phthalocyanine, a subphthalocyanine, a derivative of a phtalocyanine, a derivative of a subphthalocyanine,
e) a porphyrin, a tetraazaporphyrin, a tetrabenzoporphyrin, a derivative of a porphyrin, a derivative of tetraazaporphyrin, a derivative of tetrabenzoporphyrin,
f) a thiophene, an oligothiophene, a fused thiophene, a derivative of a thiophene, a derivative of oligothiophene, a derivative of a fused thiophene,
g) a thiadiazole, a derivative of a thiadiazole,
h) a carbazole, a triarylamine, a derivative of a carbazole, a derivative of a triarylamine,
i) an indanthrone, a violanthrone, a flavanthone, a derivative of an indanthrone, a derivative of a violanthrone, a derivative of a flavanthone
j) a fulvalene, a tetrathiafulvalene, a tetraselenafulvalene, a derivative of a fulvalene, a derivative of a tetrathiafulvalene, and a derivative of a tetraselenafulvalene.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a fullerene and a fullerene derivative.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises at least one fullerene.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises a C60-fullerene of the formula k2
7. The method of claim 1, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 10 to 90% by mass, and
component K2 is present in a proportion of from 90 to 10% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one compound of component K1 and the at least one compound of component K2 are combined in the photoactive layer by depositing them onto a substrate successively, simultaneously, or in alternating sequence, by vacuum sublimation.
9. The method of claim 9, wherein components K1 and K2, after they have been deposited, are present on the substrate in a ratio, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 10 to 90% by mass, and
component K2 is present in a proportion of from 90 to 10% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.
10. An organic solar cell or organic photodetector, comprising at least one photoactive layer produced by the method of claim 1.
11. A mixture, comprising: K1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of:
wherein
A is NR1002, where both R110 radicals together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded optionally form a five- or six-membered saturated ring, or one of the R110 radicals forms, with the carbon atom of the benzene ring in the \u03b1 position to the carbon atom which bears the NR1102 group, a five- or six-membered saturated ring, SR110, or OR110,
B is O, S, N\u2014CN, N\u2014R110, C(CN)2, C(CO2R110)2, C(CN)COR110, C(CN)CO2R110, C(CN)CONR1002, or a moiety selected from the group consisting of
wherein *, in the case of the compounds of formulae I, IIa, and IIb, denotes the bond to L2, and, in the case of the compounds of formulae IIIa and IIIb, the bond to the remaining part of the molecule,
L1 is a divalent aryl or hetaryl radical,
L2 is a divalent, optionally singly or multiply fused carbo- or heterocycle which is \u03c0-conjugated firstly to B, and secondly via the X100 or X101 units and the remaining part of the molecule to A, or a
moiety in which * and ** denote the bond firstly to the corresponding X101 or X100 unit, and secondly to B,
n is 0 or 1,
X100 is CH, N, or C(CN),
X101 is CH, N, C(CN), or X101 and L2 together form a
moiety in which * and ** denote the bond firstly to the corresponding L1 unit, and secondly to B,
X200 is O, S, SO2, or NR110,
X201 is S, SO2, NR110, or CR1112,
X202 is twice H, O, or S,
R100 is alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl or aryl,
R110 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, or aryl,
R101 is alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, or hetaryl,
R111 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, or hetaryl,
R115 is H, alkyl, partly fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6\u2014 alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, NHCO\u2014R100, or N(CO\u2014R100)2,
R118 is H, alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-COO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylene-O\u2014CO\u2014O-alkyl, cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, OR110, SR110, hetaryl, halogen, NO2, or CN
R210 is H or CN,
R211 is H, CN, or SCN,
wherein carbon chains of the alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals are optionally interrupted by one or two nonadjacent oxygen atoms,
wherein the R115 and R210 radicals in formula IIIa together optionally form a fused benzene ring optionally substituted by R118,
in the case of that X100 is CH in formula IIId, the R100 radical optionally forms an optionally R118-substituted benzofusion to this carbon atom, and
aforementioned variables, where they occur more than once, are the same or different,
and
K2) at least one at least one compound which, with respect to component K1), acts correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor.
12. The mixture of claim 11, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 10 to 90% by mass, and
component K2 in a proportion of from 90 to 10% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a rylene, a derivative of a rylene, an acene, and a derivate of an acene.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein component K2 comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of naphthalene, a derivative of naphthalene, perylene, terrylene, quaterrylene, a derivative of perylene, a derivative of terrylene, a derivative of quaterrylene, anthracene, tetracene, rubrene, pentacene, a derivative of anthracene, a derivative of tetracene, a derivative of rubrene, a derivative of pentacene, pyrene, a derivative of pyrene, coronene, a derivative of coronene, hexabenzocoronene, and a derivative of hexabenzocoronene
15. The method of claim 2, wherein component K2 comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a fullerene and a fullerene derivative.
16. The method of claim 2, wherein component K2 comprises at least one fullerene.
17. The method of claim 2, wherein component K2 comprises a C60-fullerene of the formula k2
18. The method of claim 1, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 20 to 80% by mass, and
component K2 is present in a proportion of from 80 to 20% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.
19. The method of claim 2, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 10 to 90% by mass, and
component K2 is present in a proportion of from 90 to 10% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.
20. The method of claim 2, wherein
component K1 is present in a proportion of from 20 to 80% by mass, and
component K2 is present in a proportion of from 80 to 20% by mass,
wherein the proportions of components K1 and K2, based in each case on the total mass of components K1 and K2, add up to 100% by mass.

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.