Author: claimsbot

1. An inspection apparatus comprising:
a stage mechanism which supports an inspection object;
an illumination unit which irradiates said inspection object with a laser;
detection optical unit; and
a spatial filter;
wherein a setting of a light shielding pattern of said spatial filter corresponds to diffraction pattern which is generated from a specific area of said inspection object.
2. An inspection apparatus comprising:
a stage mechanism which supports an inspection object;
an illumination unit which irradiates said inspection object with a laser;
detection optical unit; and
a spatial filter;
wherein said illumination unit has movable beam expander which limits the illumination range.
3. An inspection apparatus comprising:
a stage mechanism which supports an inspection object;
an illumination unit which irradiates said inspection object with a laser;
detection optical unit; and
a spatial filter;
wherein said illumination unit has an illumination range limiting in an optical path of said illumination system unit.
4. An inspection method comprising steps of:
reducing a NA of lens;
acquiring a light having a small angle of incidence on a Fourier transform plane;
determining a shielding pattern of a spatial filter by using said light; and
inspecting defects of an inspection object by using said spatial filter.

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 utilizing a segment ring menu, comprising:
determining when to activate the segment ring menu; wherein the segment ring menu includes four sections that are equidistant from a center of the segment ring menu; wherein a first section is associated with a first menu; a second section is associated with a second menu; a third section is associated with a third menu and a fourth section is associated with a fourth menu;
selecting, based on a current context, the first menu as a default menu when the current context is a first context; selecting the second menu as the default menu when the current context is a second context; selecting the third menu as the default menu when the current context is a third context; selecting the fourth menu as the default menu when the current context is a fourth context; wherein the default menu is initially displayed, proximate to the section that is associated with the selected menu in response to activating the segment ring menu and before displaying the other menus that are not selected;
determining a location to display the segment ring menu;
determining when there is insufficient room to display the default menu at the location that is associated with the one of the four sections that is associated with the segment ring menu;
displaying the segment ring menu such that the default menu is displayed in its entirety;
determining when to update a menu to display that is selected from the first section, the second section, the third section and the fourth section; and
displaying the menu at a display location such that the menu does not overlap another menu and another one of the sections when there is insufficient room to display the menu on the display at a corresponding section for the menu.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining when to update the menu to display comprises determining when a pointer is over one of the sections and displaying a corresponding menu that is associated with the section when the pointer is over the section.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining when the pointer is over one of the sections comprises displaying the menu when the pointer is outside a portion of around the center of the segment ring menu and over the section.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the segment ring menu is a context menu.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the menus that are each associated with a section of the segment ring menu are consistent across applications.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the menus associated with a section of the segment ring menu includes cut, copy and paste tools.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the menus associated with a section of the segment ring menu includes formatting tools.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the menu comprises displaying the menu over a different section of the segment ring menu when the menu can not be drawn completely within the menu’s associated section.
9. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for presenting a segment ring menu, that when executed perform actions, comprising:
determining when to activate the segment ring menu; wherein the segment ring menu includes sections that are approximately equidistant from a center of the segment ring menu; wherein each of the sections are associated with a menu;
selecting, based on a current context, one of the menus that is associated with one of the sections as a default menu when the current context is a first context; selecting a different one of menus that is associated with a different one of the sections as the default menu when the current context is a second context; wherein the default menu is initially displayed, proximate to the section that is associated with the selected menu in response to activating the segment ring menu and before displaying the other menus that are not selected;
determining a location to display the segment ring menu;
determining when there is insufficient room to display the default menu at the location that is associated with the one of four sections that is associated with the segment ring menu;
changing an association of the one of four sections that is associated with the default menu and changing the association of at least one of the other sections that is associated with another menu when there is insufficient room to display the default menu at the location such that the default menu is displayed in its entirety when it is displayed;
displaying the segment ring menu;
displaying the default menu;
determining the menu to display that is associated with one of the sections of the segment ring menu;
displaying the menu such that it does not overlap another menu and another one of the sections of the segment ring menu when there is no room to display the menu on the display at the associated section of the segment ring menu.
10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein determining the menu to display comprises determining when a pointer is over one of the sections and displaying a corresponding menu that is associated with the section when the pointer is over the section.
11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising dismissing the segment ring menu when either a selection is made outside of the segment ring menu or when an option contained in the menu, wherein the option is set to close the menu when executed, is selected.
12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the segment ring menu is a context menu and wherein displaying the segment ring menu comprises locating the segment ring menu around a location of a pointer.
13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein segment ring menu includes at least three sections but no more than six sections.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein one of the menus includes cut, copy and paste tools and wherein another one of the menus includes formatting tools.
15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein each of the menus that are each associated with a section of the segment ring menu are consistent across applications.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein displaying the menu comprises associating a different section of the segment ring menu with the menu such that the menu is displayed over the different section when the menu can not be drawn completely when it is associated with the section with which it is originally associated.
17. A system for utilizing a segment ring menu, comprising:
a processor and a computer-readable medium;
an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor; and
a segment ring menu manager operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to:
determine when to activate the segment ring menu; wherein the segment ring menu is a context menu that includes four sections that are positioned equidistant from a center of the segment ring menu; wherein a first section is associated with a first menu; a second section is associated with a second menu; a third section is associated with a third menu and a fourth section is associated with a fourth menu;
selecting, based on a current context, one of the menus as a default menu when the current context is a first context and selecting one of the other menus as the default menu when the current context is a second context; wherein the default menu is initially displayed, proximate to the section that is associated with the selected menu in response to activating the segment ring menu and before displaying the other menus that are not selected;
determining a location to display the segment ring menu;
displaying the segment ring menu; and
displaying the default menu.
18. The system of claim 17, further comprising determining a menu to display in response to determining when a pointer is over one of the sections and displaying a corresponding menu that is associated with the section when the pointer is over the section.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein determining when the pointer is over one of the sections comprises displaying the menu when the pointer is outside of a portion of around the center of the segment ring menu and inside one of the sections.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein at least three of the menus that are each associated with a section of the segment ring menu are consistent across applications; wherein a first one of the menus includes cut, copy and paste tools; wherein a second one of the menus includes formatting tools; and wherein a third one of the menus includes a selection change gallery.

1. A lubricant oil circulation system for circulation of lubricant oil of an electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle that is powered by and has, as power sources, the electric motor operable on electric power supplied from an electrical storage device and an internal combustion engine, comprising:
an electric pump operable on electric power stored in the electrical storage device to circulate the lubricant oil in an oil flow path that includes the electric motor interior structure;
a mechanical pump operable on driving power of the internal combustion engine to circulate the lubricant oil in the oil flow path; and
a controller configured to detect abnormality in operation of the electric pump derived from viscosity of the lubricant oil and to use operation of the mechanical pump on driving power of the internal combustion engine upon detecting the abnormality in operation of the electric pump.
2. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical pump is made to have such a structure as to receive the amount of heat from the internal combustion engine.
3. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, wherein, the controller causes the mechanical pump to keep on operating for a predetermined duration of time immediately after detecting that the abnormality of the mechanical pump has been eliminated and shuts down the mechanical pump upon lapse of the predetermined period of time.
4. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, wherein the controller adjusts rotational speed of the mechanical pump in response to rotational speed of the electric pump after the electric pump has started so that flow rate of the lubricant oil remains lower than a predetermined flow rate.
5. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, further comprising: an oil cooler in the oil flow path; a detour around the oil cooler and a flow path switching valve for switching between the oil cooler and the detour, and
wherein the controller executes switching control of the flow path switching control valve so that the lubricant oil passes through the detour around the oil cooler upon detecting the abnormality in operation of the electric pump.
6. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, wherein the hybrid electric vehicle is operable in a drive mode in which only the electric motor powers the vehicle or in another drive mode in which at least the internal combustion engine powers the vehicle, and
the controller prohibits the vehicle operation in the drive mode in which only the electric motor powers the vehicle, but allows the vehicle operation in another drive mode in which at least the internal combustion engine powers the vehicle upon detecting the abnormality in operation of the electric pump.
7. The oil circulation system according to claim 1, wherein the electric pump is in fluid communication with the oil flow path and the mechanical pump is in fluid communication with the oil flow path, and the mechanical pump is drivably connected to the internal combustion engine.

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 sintered titanium dioxide pellets comprising:
(a) mixing water and titanium dioxide dust in a high intensity mixer to form the titanium dioxide dust directly into substantially round and spherical green pellets;
(b) drying the titanium dioxide green pellets; and
(c) sintering the dried titanium dioxide pellets at 850\xb0 C. to about 1050\xb0 C.;
wherein the sintered titanium dioxide pellets have a substantially round and spherical shape that measures at least about 0.8 on the KrumbeinSloss Roundness and Sphericity Chart.
2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising mixing a binder with the water and titanium dioxide dust.
3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising screening the substantially round and spherical green pellets prior to sintering.
4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising screening the sintered pellets.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the titanium dioxide dust comprises at least about 90% titanium dioxide.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein the binder is selected from polyvinyl alcohol and starch.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the sintered pellets have a bulk density from between about 1.38 gcc to about 2.46 gcc.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the sintered pellets have a bulk density from between about 1.63 gcc to about 2.46 gcc.