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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160079601 | CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathode material for Li ion secondary batteries has high output and high energy density with excellent electron conductivity and Li ion conductivity. The cathode material contains an electrode active material base containing Li, which is capable of electrode oxidation/reduction accompanied by desorption and absorption of Li ions in a potential range of 4 V or more and 5 V or less based on a metal Li negative electrode and has a reversible charge/discharge capacity accompanying the electrode oxidation/reduction in the potential range described above of 30 mAh or more per 1 g. Surfaces of primary particles of an electrode active material base are coated with a layer containing a conductive polymer and a negative ion that enables the conductive polymer to produce electron conductivity equal to or higher than the electron conductivity of the electrode active material itself. | 03-17-2016 |
20160046466 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORT LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS AND PORT LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS - Provided is a quay crane including auxiliary equipment ( | 02-18-2016 |
20160039642 | BRAKE DEVICE AND CRANE WITH BRAKE DEVICE - Provided is a brake device ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160002785 | LAYER-FORMING DEVICE AND LAYER-FORMING METHOD - A layer-forming device that enables highly efficient layer formation and has a simplified configuration includes: a substrate feeding mechanism; a plasma-generating electrode; a space-partitioning wall; and a plurality of injectors. The plasma-generating electrode faces towards a feeding pathway of the substrate, and generates plasma using a reactive gas upon a supply of electric power. The space-partitioning wall is disposed between the feeding pathway and the plasma-generating electrode. A plurality of slit-shaped through-holes, through which radicals, ions generated from the plasma, or a portion of the plasma can pass, are formed at predetermined intervals in the space-partitioning wall. The plurality of injectors are sandwiched between the space-partitioning wall and the feeding pathway, such that each of the injectors is sandwiched between two adjacent through-holes from both sides of the two through-holes in the feeding direction, and the layer-forming gas is supplied toward the substrate through a layer-forming gas supply port. | 01-07-2016 |
20150369228 | CRYOGENNIC LIQUEFIED GAS INTAKE/DISCHARGE VALVE BODY, RECIPROCATING PUMP, AND FUEL GAS SUPPLY DEVICE - A fluid intake/discharge valve body for suction of a cryogenic liquefied gas fluid into a cylinder liner and discharge of the gas fluid with a piston, includes: a valve seat body including a fluid supply portion to supply the fluid and a fluid exhaust portion; an intake valve biased against the fluid supply portion; and a discharge valve biased against the fluid exhaust portion. The fluid supply portion includes a supply pathway connected to a supply pipe; a dividing wall including intake holes facing the intake valve; and a counterbore recessed portion on the dividing wall to surround the intake holes. The intake valve abuts an edge of the recessed portion when biased against the fluid supply portion. The discharge valve receives fluid pressure from a side of the discharge hole including a recessed portion disposed in a region wider than an outer periphery of the discharge hole. | 12-24-2015 |
20150311510 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL - An electrode material is composed of an electrode active material represented by the general formula LiMPO | 10-29-2015 |
20150289321 | INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A control is performed so that phase angles of outputs from resonant inverters fall within a predetermined range under a mutual induction environment. An inductive heating device ( | 10-08-2015 |
20150130659 | PLANAR ANTENNA AND RADAR APPARATUS - The planar antenna has a dielectric substrate; an antenna main body portion including first and second antenna elements on first and second sides, respectively, of the dielectric substrate and functioning as a balanced antenna; a signal line portion including first and second feed lines on the first and second sides, respectively, and a coplanar line on the first side and formed by a signal line and the first ground conductors, the signal line connected to the first feed line; a second ground conductor on the second side and connected to the second feed line; and via holes connecting the first ground conductors to the second ground conductor provided at ends of edges of the first ground conductors facing the end of the signal line where the signal line connects to the first feed line, to allow the first and second feed lines to function as balanced transmission lines. | 05-14-2015 |
20150068970 | Water-Treatment Membrane Module Unit - A water-treatment membrane module with raw-water manifolds connected in common to both end portions of spiral membrane modules and allowing raw water to flow in or out of the spiral membrane modules, in which each of the manifolds comprises a box and cover which may be opened for inspection and access to a treated water manifold in fluid communication with the water collecting pipes. | 03-12-2015 |
20150044763 | FRET MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FRET MEASUREMENT METHOD - FRET measurement uses a FRET probe that includes a probe element X labeled with a donor fluorescent substance and a probe element Y labeled with an acceptor fluorescent substance and enables FRET to occur when the probe element X and the probe element Y approach to each other or bind together. A test sample as a measuring object in FRET measurement contains a test object about which it is unknown whether or not it has an approaching/binding property of allowing the probe element X and the probe element Y to approach to each other or bind together or a separating property of separating from each other the probe element X and the probe element Y that are in a state where they adjoin each other or bind together. A plurality of sets of a fluorescence lifetime τ | 02-12-2015 |
20150044690 | FRET MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FRET MEASUREMENT METHOD - FRET measurement uses a FRET probe that includes a probe element X containing a donor fluorescent substance and a probe element Y containing an acceptor fluorescent substance and enables FRET to occur when the probe element X and the probe element Y approach to each other or bind together. The modulation frequency of laser light with which the FRET probe is irradiated is adjusted to an optimum modulation frequency that maximizes a difference between the phase difference of donor fluorescence emitted from the donor fluorescent substance with respect to intensity modulation of the laser light at the time when FRET occurs and the phase difference of donor fluorescence emitted from the donor fluorescent substance with respect to intensity modulation of the laser light at the time when FRET does not occur. | 02-12-2015 |
20150041618 | QUAY CRANE - Provided is a quay crane which includes a seismic isolation device formed from laminated rubber, and which is capable of withstanding a large-scale earthquake. Particularly, provided is a quay crane including a seismic isolation device with a slide length of 1000 mm or over. In a quay crane including a seismic isolation device, the seismic isolation device includes: laminated rubber formed by laminating a steel plate and a rubber material; and an auxiliary support mechanism. The auxiliary support mechanism includes: a supporting body fixed to one of a top plate side and a bottom plate side of the seismic isolation device; and a contacting plate fixed to the other thereof. The supporting body and the contacting plate constituting the auxiliary support mechanism come into contact with each other at least in the event of an earthquake, and the auxiliary support mechanism supports a weight of the quay crane. | 02-12-2015 |
20140212756 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A lithium iron phosphate cathode material has high electron conductivity and high lithium ion conductivity, in other words, has excellent performance as an electrode material, which is provided by a carbon coating formed using a small amount of a carbon material. A method for producing the lithium iron phosphate cathode material is also provided. In particular, a lithium iron phosphate cathode material has primary particles of lithium iron phosphate coated with a conductive carbon cover layer. The conductive carbon cover layer is characterized by having thick layer portions with a thickness of 2 nm or greater and thin layer portions with a thickness of smaller than 2 nm. | 07-31-2014 |
20140206084 | Primer Set and Method for Homologous Recombination - The present invention provides a primer set used for transformation that imparts a uracil requiring property by deleting or destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase in | 07-24-2014 |
20140206065 | Uracil-Requiring Moorella Bacteria and Transforming-Gene-Introduced Moorella Bacteria - The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202965 | Method for Killing Aquatic Organisms in Liquid and Method and Apparatus for Killing Aquatic Organisms in Ballast Water - It is an object to provide a method for killing aquatic organisms in liquid by which aquatic organisms in liquid can be killed at low cost, and the object is attained by a method including a first step of generating microbubbles in a range of 4 to 100 μm from bubbles containing ozone discharged into liquid in a pipe, a second step of forcibly crushing the microbubbles in the pipe generated at the first step to generate OH radicals as a result of crushing of the microbubbles themselves due to the forcible crushing, and a third step of generating OH radicals as a result of dissolution and decomposition of the ozone contained in the microbubbles in the liquid due to the forcible crushing of the microbubbles, wherein the OH radicals generated at the second and third steps, OH radicals generated as a result of self-crushing of the microbubbles themselves in the liquid in the pipe, and OH radicals generated as a result of dissolution and decomposition of the ozone contained in the microbubbles in the liquid due to the self-crushing are brought into contact with aquatic organisms in the liquid in the pipe. | 07-24-2014 |
20140197637 | WAVE POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A wave power generation device which eliminates addition of an adjustment mechanism relating to a change in a mass or a shape to a float and an external sensor such as a wave meter and can improve power generation efficiency by synchronizing a vertical movement of the float with all the wave periods while a manufacturing cost of the wave power generation device is suppressed and a method of controlling the same are provided. | 07-17-2014 |
20140113191 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode material for a secondary battery includes crystal primary particles of an electrode active material which releases or absorbs cations of a monovalent or divalent metal when subjected to electrochemical oxidation or reduction and which has a crystal lattice in which the cations can move only in a one-dimensional movable direction during the process of oxidation or reduction. The electrode material also includes an ion-conductive substance and conductive carbon which coexist on the surface of the primary particles, in which the ion-conductive substance has a property which allows two or three-dimensional movement of the cations, and the cations are movable via a layer in which the ion-conductive substance and the conductive carbon coexist. | 04-24-2014 |
20140086709 | CONTAINER TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a container terminal and a control method thereof that enhance a cargo handling efficiency by reducing a movement of a yard crane to a minimum possible extent. A first transfer area | 03-27-2014 |
20140079513 | CONTAINER TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a container terminal and a control method therefor that enhance a cargo handling efficiency by reducing a movement of each yard crane to a minimum possible extent. The container terminal is provided with a first transfer area | 03-20-2014 |
20140028090 | SHIP - A ship that reduces the total amount of fossil fuels and other energy sources required, thereby saving energy. The ship ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140008356 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention includes: a plurality of induction heating coils ( | 01-09-2014 |
20130309401 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION METHOD - An atomic layer deposition apparatus that forms a thin film on a substrate, the atomic layer deposition apparatus includes: a deposition vessel in which a source gas supply port and a reactant gas supply port are formed; a source gas supply part operable to supply the source gas to the source gas supply port and that includes a liquid source storage part and a vaporization controller, the liquid source storage part storing a liquid source that is a source material of the thin film, and the vaporization controller controlling a flow rate by directly vaporizing the liquid source stored in the liquid source storage part; a reactant gas supply part operable to supply a reactant gas to the reactant gas supply port, the reactant gas reacting with the source gas to form the thin film; a controller operable to control the source gas supply part and the reactant gas supply part to supply the source gas and the reactant gas alternately; a screen plate that is disposed such that the source gas supplied from the source gas supply port collides therewith; and a temperature adjuster operable to adjust a temperature at the screen plate. | 11-21-2013 |
20130264335 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS AND INDUCTION HEATING METHOD - To provide an induction heating apparatus that employs a batch-type heating system for heating a large-diameter wafer and can perform uniform heating with a high precision, an induction heating apparatus ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130248520 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE, INDUCTION HEATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The purpose of the present invention is to minimize switching losses of an inverter. An induction heating device includes: a plurality of induction heating coils ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130247541 | GAS TURBINE INTAKE ANTI-ICING DEVICE - The gas turbine intake anti-icing device is used for a gas turbine electric power generation system ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130247466 | Method for Gasifying Gas Hydrate and Device Thereof - Provided are a method and a device for efficiently decomposing gas hydrate pellets and extracting gas. That is, provided is a method for decomposing gas hydrate characterized by supplying gas hydrate pellets to a decomposition vessel, damming and gathering densely the pellets on a downstream side in the decomposition vessel, and passing hot water through this pellet layer which is in a densely gathered state, to thereby decompose the pellets into water and gas. | 09-26-2013 |
20130229011 | WAVE POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a wave power generation device improved in power generation efficiency and a method of controlling the same, the wave power generation device generating electric power by extracting energy from a wave. The wave power generation device includes: a wave sensor configured to measure the waveform; a position sensor configured to measure a position of a float relative to a column; a drive mechanism configured to apply an external force to the float; and a controller configured to control the drive mechanism. The controller is configured to calculate a speed at which the float is to be controlled to move, from values of the wave sensor and the position sensor, and to control the drive mechanism in such away that the float moves at the calculated speed. | 09-05-2013 |
20130195730 | Device for Producing Gas Hydrate - To enable long-term continuous operation by preventing blocking of a reaction pipe line disposed in a multi-pipe or double-walled-pipe heat exchanger, provided is a device for producing gas hydrate including a multi-pipe or double-walled-pipe device | 08-01-2013 |
20130157067 | PLASMA-RESISTANT MEMBER AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING SAME - Provided is a plasma-resistant member which can be recycled and does not easily produce particles even when exposed to plasma. Specifically provided is a plasma-resistant member which has a predetermined surface profile and is used within a plasma etching chamber. The plasma-resistant member comprises: a first SiC layer ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130140298 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS AND INDUCTION HEATING METHOD - A semiconductor substrate thermal treatment apparatus enables excellent heating control in suppressing influence of mutual induction between induction heating coils even when the induction heating coils are arranged in the vertical direction while providing horizontal magnetic flux to susceptors. The apparatus indirectly heats wafers mounted on horizontally-arranged susceptors including induction heating coils to form alternate-current magnetic flux in a direction parallel to a mount face of the susceptor. The wafer are arranged at an outer circumferential side of the susceptor. The induction heating coils are structured with at least one main heating coil and subordinate heating coils electromagnetically coupled with the main heating coil. Inverse coupling coils inversely-coupled to the subordinate heating coils are provided to the main heating coil, and zone control means separately controls a power ratio while synchronizing frequencies and current waveforms of current to the main heating coil and adjacent subordinate heating coils. | 06-06-2013 |
20130112997 | SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SOI WAFER - Disclosed is a silicon carbide substrate which has less high frequency loss and excellent heat dissipating characteristics. The silicon carbide substrate (S) is provided with a first silicon carbide layer ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130104803 | THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130095016 | Carbon Dioxide Separation Unit and Carbon Dioxide Separation Method - The problem is to provide a carbon dioxide separator that, when hydrating carbon dioxide contained in a gas to be treated to separate, can separate carbon dioxide from the gas to be treated at high efficiency and a method therefor. For this, a carbon dioxide separator that includes: a carbon dioxide hydrate formation part where carbon dioxide hydrate is formed with a gas to be treated containing carbon dioxide and water as a raw material; and a carbon dioxide absorption part where high pressure gas that passed through the carbon dioxide hydrate formation part without being hydrated is brought into gas-liquid contact with water to let absorb carbon dioxide in the high pressure gas, in which water in the carbon dioxide absorption part is sent to the carbon dioxide hydrate formation part as the raw material water is provided. | 04-18-2013 |
20130052656 | FRET MEASUREMENT METHOD AND FRET MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a method for measuring FRET by irradiating with laser light a measurement sample. FRET is transfer of energy from a first molecule to a second molecule. The first molecule and the second molecule are included in the measurement sample in which ligands are bound to receptors. The method includes the steps of: irradiating the measurement sample with laser light; measuring fluorescence emitted by the measurement sample; calculating a fluorescence lifetime of the first molecule; calculating a binding ratio; setting a binding condition for the measurement sample; and calculating a dissociation constant. In the dissociation constant calculating step, the dissociation constant is determined by using a least-squares method to fit a function having, as variables, a total concentration of the receptor in the measurement sample and the dissociation constant to the binding ratio calculated in the binding ratio calculating step. | 02-28-2013 |
20130008517 | Gas Hydrate Percentage Measuring Device and the Method of Controlling the Same - Provided are a gas hydrate percentage measuring device and a method of controlling the same which are capable of measuring a gas hydrate percentage with high accuracy even if source gas exists dissolved in gas hydrate slurry or as gas bubble therein. The method comprises: a first measuring step for measuring an electric conductivity of gas hydrate slurry which passes through a main line ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130008382 | THIN-FILM FORMING DEVICE - This thin-film forming device includes: a deposition vessel in which a reduced-pressure deposition space, to which a raw material gas and a reactant gas are alternately supplied on different timings, is formed in order to form a thin film on the substrate; and a gas supply unit configured to supply the raw material gas and the reactant gas to the deposition vessel. The gas supply unit is provided with at least one partition that bends a gas passage from an inlet port of each of the raw material gas and the reactant gas toward the deposition space. | 01-10-2013 |
20120285083 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GAS HYDRATE PELLET - Provided is a process and an apparatus for producing at low cost gas hydrate pellets having an excellent storability. A gas hydrate generated from a raw-material gas and raw-material water is dewatered and simultaneously molded into pellets with compression-molding means under conditions suitable for generating the gas hydrate while the gas hydrate is generated from the raw-material gas and the raw-material water that exist among particles of the gas hydrate. | 11-15-2012 |
20120282649 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING APPARATUS, FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a fluorescence detecting apparatus. The fluorescence detecting apparatus includes a light-receiving element that receives fluorescence emitted from an object to be measured irradiated with laser light modulated at a predetermined frequency and outputs a fluorescence signal at an adjusted output level; a signal processing unit that mixes the outputted fluorescence signal and a modulation signal with the frequency to generate fluorescence data including information about phase and intensity; and an analyzing device that calculates a first phase shift of the fluorescence emitted from the object to be measured with respect to the modulation signal, calculates a second phase shift by correcting the calculated first phase shift depending on conditions for adjusting the output level, and calculates a fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted from the object to be measured using the calculated second phase shift. | 11-08-2012 |
20120138599 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A semiconductor substrate heat treatment apparatus includes a boat formed by stacking, in a vertical direction, a plurality of susceptors to be treated placing wafers thereon individually, and auxiliary susceptors disposed in a manner to sandwich the plurality of susceptors to be treated therebetween in the vertical direction; an induction heating coil disposed on an outer circumferential side of the boat and configured to generate an alternating magnetic flux in a direction parallel to planes of the plurality of susceptors to be treated on which the wafers are individually placed; and a power supply configured to supply power to the induction heating coil. | 06-07-2012 |
20120111194 | Gas Mixture Separation Apparatus and Method - To provide a gas mixture separation apparatus and a method which can reduce the energy consumption necessary to separate one type of gas, such as CO | 05-10-2012 |
20120085933 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - A fluorescence emitted by a measurement object at a measurement point is measured. When the fluorescence is measured, a measurement object is irradiated with laser light whose intensity is time-modulated by using a modulation signal at a predetermined frequency. Then, the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object is formed to a flux of the fluorescence having uniform distribution of light intensity, and a plurality of partial fluorescent signals are generated by receiving a plurality of divided portions of the flux of the fluorescence. At least some of the partial fluorescent signals are added altogether to generate a single fluorescent signal. Finally, a fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object is calculated from the generated fluorescent signal by using the modulation signal. When fluorescence intensity of the fluorescence calculated from the fluorescent signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, the partial fluorescent signals to be added are limited in number. Thereby, an output power of the light-receiving unit can not be prevented from saturation. | 04-12-2012 |
20120029831 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - A fluorescence detecting device receives fluorescence emitted by n kinds of measurement objects within wavelength bands FL | 02-02-2012 |
20120025098 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - When receiving fluorescence emitted by a measurement object irradiated with laser light emitted from a laser light source unit, a fluorescence detection device generates a modulation signal for modulating the intensity of the laser light and modulates the laser light using the modulation signal. The fluorescence detection device obtains a fluorescent signal of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light, and calculates, from the fluorescent signal, a fluorescence intensity and the phase delay of the fluorescence with respect to the modulation signal. At the time, the fluorescence detection device controls the operation amounts of the signal level of a DC component of the modulation signal and the gain of amplification just after the output of the fluorescent signal so that the value of a fluorescence intensity signal falls within a preset range. After the operation amounts are settled, the fluorescence detection device calculates the fluorescence intensity and then calculates the fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object using the phase delay. | 02-02-2012 |
20110313725 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a fluorescence detecting device intended to improve the measurement accuracy of a fluorescence relaxation time. The fluorescence detecting device includes a laser light source unit that irradiates a measurement object with laser light, a light-receiving unit that outputs a fluorescent signal of fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light, a light source control unit that generates a modulation signal for time-modulating an intensity of the laser light emitted from the laser light source unit by at least two frequency components, and a processing unit that determines a fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object by using the fluorescent signal outputted by the light-receiving unit and the modulation signal, wherein the processing unit determines phase delays of the fluorescent signal with respect to the modulation signal at the at least two frequency components, and determines a fluorescence relaxation time at each of the frequency components by using the phase delay, and determines an average fluorescence relaxation time by weighted averaging of the fluorescence relaxation times. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309266 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a fluorescence detection method. The fluorescence detection method includes the steps of: irradiating a measurement object with laser light modulated at a predetermined frequency; receiving fluorescence emitted by the measurement object and outputting two or more pulsed fluorescent signals; setting reference timing in units of period corresponding to the frequency; acquiring a generation time to output of each of the pulsed fluorescent signals based on the reference timing; generating a cumulative fluorescent signal indicating the relationship between a generation frequency of the pulsed fluorescent signal and the generation time; determining, by using a signal corresponding to modulation of the laser light as a reference signal, a phase difference between the reference signal and the cumulative fluorescent signal; and determining, by using the phase difference, a fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object. | 12-22-2011 |
20110305836 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD - An atomic layer deposition apparatus, which forms a thin film on a substrate, includes a first container that defines a first inner space and includes a substrate carrying-in and carrying-out port and a gas introduction port in different positions, the substrate being carried in and out through the substrate carrying-in and carrying-out port, gas being introduced through the gas introduction port to form the thin film on the substrate, a second container that is provided in the first container to define a second inner space separated from the first inner space, the second container including a first opening, a first moving mechanism that moves the second container in a predetermined direction, and a controller that controls the first moving mechanism such that the second container is moved to a first position where the substrate carrying-in and carrying-out port and the first opening are located opposite each other when the substrate is carried in and out, the controller controlling the first moving mechanism such that the second container is moved to a second position where the gas introduction port and the first opening are located opposite each other when the thin film is formed on the substrate. | 12-15-2011 |
20110303147 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS - An atomic layer deposition apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate, including a first container that defines a first inner space, a second container provided inside the first container to define a second inner space, the second container being canister-shaped and including a first opening at one end thereof, a source gas that forms the thin film on the substrate flowing to the second inner space through the first opening, and a pressing member including a gas supply port for supplying the source gas to the second inner space through the first opening, the pressing member being configured to press the second container in a longitudinal direction of the second container so that the second inner space be separated from the first inner space. | 12-15-2011 |
20110293854 | ATOMIC LAYER GROWING APPARATUS AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD - An atomic layer growing apparatus introduces an organic metal gas containing hydrogen to a deposition vessel to cause an organic metal component to be adsorbed on a substrate. Then, the apparatus introduces an oxidizing gas or a nitriding gas to the deposition vessel to generate plasma, thereby oxidizing or nitriding the organic metal component deposited on the substrate. When the plasma is generated, the apparatus detects emission intensity of a predetermined wavelength of light emitted on the substrate through an observation window provided in the deposition vessel. When the detected emission intensity becomes a predetermined value or less, the apparatus stops the generation of the plasma. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293853 | THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD - A thin film forming apparatus controls pressures of a first internal space in a deposition vessel and a second internal space provided in the first internal space according to determined pressure conditions, respectively. The apparatus causes a source gas to flow onto a substrate in the second internal space and supplies a high-frequency power to a plasma source provided in the first internal space according to the pressure conditions, thereby generating plasma in the second internal space to form a thin film on the substrate. | 12-01-2011 |
20110284770 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - A fluorescence detecting device generates a modulation signal for modulating an intensity of laser light and modulates the laser light by using the modulation signal, when receiving fluorescence emitted by a measurement object irradiated with laser light emitted from a laser light source unit. The fluorescence detecting device obtains a fluorescent signal of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light and calculates, from the fluorescent signal, the phase delay of the fluorescence with respect to the modulation signal. At the time, the fluorescence detecting device controls the frequency of the modulation signal so that the value of the phase delay comes close to a preset value. The fluorescence detecting device calculates the fluorescence relaxation time of the fluorescence emitted by the measurement object by using a phase delay obtained under the condition of frequency of the modulation signal at the time when the control is settled. | 11-24-2011 |
20110278471 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - In order to remove autofluorescence emitted by a measurement object, fluorescence of the measurement object within a first wavelength band is first received. The first wavelength band is set so that the intensity of fluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with intensity-modulated laser light is higher than that of autofluorescence emitted by the measurement object irradiated with the laser light. Then, the autofluorescence within a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band is received. A generated fluorescent signal of the first fluorescence and a generated fluorescent signal of the autofluorescence are mixed with a modulation signal for modulating the laser light to produce first fluorescence data and autofluorescence data, respectively. The autofluorescence data is multiplied by a predetermined constant, and the thus obtained result is subtracted from the first fluorescence data to produce third fluorescence data. The third fluorescence data is used to calculate a fluorescence intensity. | 11-17-2011 |
20110266462 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - When a fluorescence relaxation time of a fluorochrome is determined using a measurement object obtained by attaching the fluorochrome to an analyte, a first laser beam is intensity-modulated by a modulation signal with a frequency of f | 11-03-2011 |
20110240534 | BALLAST WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a ballast water treatment system including a reaction tank in which raw water and ozone are imported and made to react each other for a predetermined period of time to kill microorganisms existing in raw water, an ozone decomposer in which water containing residual ozone discharged from the reaction tank is imported and the residual ozone is decomposed, and a circulation pump installed between the reaction tank and ozone decomposer, forming a circulation system which removes the residual ozone by means of circulating the water containing the residual ozone between the reaction tank and ozone decomposer. Accordingly, this system dispenses with a deaeration tank which would require a wide space for installation, small cost and is able to be applied to existing ships easily. | 10-06-2011 |
20110240533 | BALLAST WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a ballast water treatment system including a reaction tank in which raw water and ozone are imported and made to react each other for a predetermined period of time to kill microorganisms existing in raw water, an ozone decomposer in which water containing residual ozone discharged from the reaction tank is imported and the residual ozone is decomposed, and a circulation pump installed between the reaction tank and ozone decomposer, forming a circulation system which removes the residual ozone by means of circulating the water containing the residual ozone between the reaction tank and ozone decomposer. Accordingly, this system dispenses with a deaeration tank which would require a wide space for installation, small cost and is able to be applied to existing ships easily. | 10-06-2011 |
20110194905 | CONVEYING DEVICE USED UNDER CONDITION HAVING LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Provided is a conveying device used under a condition having a large pressure difference which is observed during a process such as a depressurizing process in an operation of manufacturing gas hydrate pellets and a method of controlling the same, the conveying device requiring less ancillary facilities, being small in size, and achieving high-speed processing while achieving secure blockage of pressure. The conveying device | 08-11-2011 |
20110174707 | Ballast Water Utilization System - To provide a utilization system of ballast water that can secure cleaning water for cleaning an apparatus and be used for various uses. | 07-21-2011 |
20110168917 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE USING INTENSITY-MODULATED LASER LIGHT AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - A fluorescence detection device for a flow site meter emits laser light intensity-modulated in accordance with a modulation signal and acquires a fluorescent signal of fluorescence emitted from a measurement object that passes through a measurement point of the laser light. The fluorescence detection device generates, separately from the modulation signal, a reference signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the modulation signal and a phase in synchronization with a phase of the modulation signal. The fluorescence detection device determines a fluorescent relaxation time of the measurement object from the fluorescent signal by using the reference signal. | 07-14-2011 |
20110168916 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE USING INTENSITY-MODULATED LASER LIGHT AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - Fluorescence detection device employed in a flow site meter emits laser light intensity-modulated by a modulation signal and acquires the fluorescence signal of fluorescence emitted from a measurement object passing through a measurement point of the laser light. The device generates the reference signal, separately from the modulation signal, the reference signal having a frequency different from the frequency of the modulation signal and having a phase synchronized with a phase of the modulation. The device determines fluorescence relaxation time of the measurement object from the fluorescence signal using the reference signal. | 07-14-2011 |
20110139696 | TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR SHIP'S BALLAST WATER - A water treatment system to be installed in a tanker or other cargo ship for destruction of aquatic organisms and microorganisms that may be contained in the water, usually seawater, being pumped into the ship's ballast tank or tanks. Included is a ballast pump having an intake conduit for drawing water from the sea, and a delivery conduit for delivering the water under pressure to the ballast tank. The delivery conduit has mounted therein a slitted or otherwise open-worked screen for mechanically killing the aquatic lifeforms contained in the water by shearing action. For chemical treatment, on the other hand, part of the water being delivered by the ballast pump is bypassed into an ozone impregnator thereby to be impregnated with ozone from an ozonizer. A bypass pump repressurizes the ozone-impregnated water for returning the same into the delivery conduit. | 06-16-2011 |
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20110053234 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR BIOMASS ALCOHOL - The production method for biomass-alcohol comprises saccharification step to saccharify biomass, first concentrating step including to atomize for ultrasonically vibrating the saccharified solution and atomizing the saccharified solution into mist, and to elevate the sugar concentration in the saccharified solution by removing water from the saccharified solution, fermentation step for fermenting the saccharified solution concentrated at the first concentrating step, and second concentrating step for separating alcohol from the alcohol water solution fermented at the fermentation step. | 03-03-2011 |
20110015455 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MIXED GAS HYDRATE - The composition of raw mixed gas and the gas composition of produced mixed gas hydrate are uniformed as rapidly as possible. The process for producing a mixed gas hydrate comprises the gas hydrate forming step of reacting a mixed gas (g) with water (w) to thereby obtain a gas hydrate in slurry form; the dewatering step of removing the water (w) from the gas hydrate slurry (s); the palletizing step of forming the gas hydrate after water removal into pellets; the freezing step of chilling the gas hydrate pellets (p) to the freezing point or below to thereby freeze the same; and the pressure reduction step of depressurizing the frozen gas hydrate to storage pressure, wherein the mixed gas (g) fed to the gas hydrate forming step is diluted by diluent gas (m) as a constituent of the principal components of the mixed gas (g). | 01-20-2011 |
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20100327184 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - A fluorescence detection device includes a flow cell body including a flow channel through which a measurement object flows, a laser light source unit that irradiates, with a laser beam, the measurement object passing through a measurement point in the flow channel, a light-receiving unit that receives fluorescence emitted from the measurement object irradiated with the laser beam and outputs a light-reception signal, and a processing unit that outputs an output value of fluorescence intensity based on the light-reception signal outputted by the light-receiving unit. The flow cell body has a lens provided on a surface thereof so as to traverse an optical path of the laser beam. | 12-30-2010 |
20100323125 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION METHOD - An atomic layer deposition apparatus includes: a first chamber which is surrounded by walls including a supply hole for the reactive gas formed thereon; a second chamber which is surrounded by walls including a supply hole for a source gas formed thereon; an antenna array which is provided in the first chamber, the antenna array having a plurality of rod-shaped antenna elements provided in parallel respectively to produce the plasma using the reactive gas; a substrate stage which is provided in the second chamber, the substrate being placed on the substrate stage; and a connecting member which connects the first chamber and the second chamber to supply gas containing reactive gas radical from the first chamber to the second chamber, the reactive gas radical being produced using the antenna array. | 12-23-2010 |
20100314557 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - In a fluorescence detection device and a fluorescence detection method, forward-scattered light which is scattered from a measurement object irradiated with a laser beam is received and detection signals for informing the measurement object passing through the measurement point and for identifying a focus position of the forward-scattered light are produced. While, fluorescence emitted by the measurement object is received through a collecting lens and a light-reception signal of the fluorescence is outputted. The fluorescence intensity level is outputted based on the outputted light-reception signal and the produced detection signals. A focus position of the forward-scattered light is identified from the produced detection signals and the light reception-signal is corrected using a correction coefficient corresponding to the identified focus position. | 12-16-2010 |
20100312482 | FRET DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - When FRET efficiency is measured quantitatively by removing uncertain elements of fluorescence detection information, calibration information prestored in a storage means while including at least the leak rate of donor fluorescence component emitted from a donor molecule, the leak rate of acceptor fluorescence component emitted from an acceptor molecule, and the non-FRET fluorescence lifetime of the donor fluorescence component when FRET is not generated out of the fluorescence of a measurement object sample is acquired. The FRET fluorescence lifetime of the donor fluorescence component is then determined using the intensity information and phase information of fluorescence of the measurement object sample, the leak rate of donor fluorescence component and the leak rate of acceptor fluorescence component, thus determining the FRET fluorescence efficiency. | 12-09-2010 |
20100193703 | FRET DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE - When FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) detection of a large number of samples is performed in a short time for a sample consisting of a donor molecule and an acceptor molecule, the donor molecule is irradiated at first with first laser light used for exciting a donor molecule subjected to intensity modulation at a frequency of f+Δf, the accepter molecule is irradiated with second laser light used for exciting an acceptor molecule subjected to intensity modulation at a frequency of f, and fluorescence emitted from the accepter molecule is received. From a fluorescence signal thus received, a first signal component of fluorescence emitted from the accepter molecule through FRET, and a second signal component of fluorescence emitted from an accepter molecule excited through irradiation with the second laser light are extracted. Phase lags of the first and second signal components thus extracted are then calculated and the presence of generation of FRET is judged based on these phase lags. | 08-05-2010 |
20100178682 | FLOW CYTOMETER HAVING CELL-SORTING FUNCTION AND METHOD OF SEPARATING LIVING CELLS - A liquid sample flow containing living cells is irradiated with measurement laser light and the photo data of at least either scattering light or fluorescence that is generated by each of the living cells in the liquid sample flow due to the irradiation with the measurement laser light is acquired. Based on the photo data thus acquired, it is determined whether each of the cells assignable to the respective photo data is an unnecessary living cell or a target living cell. Based on the determination results, a pulse voltage is then applied exclusively to the living cells having been determined as unnecessary living cells so that the unnecessary living cells are damaged and killed. | 07-15-2010 |
20100163413 | Membrane Treatment Method and Membrane Treatment Apparatus for Ballast Water Using Membrane Module - [Problem] To provide a membrane treatment method and a membrane treatment apparatus for ballast water using a membrane module, which are capable of inhibiting the formation of scale on the membrane surface to reduce fouling, using a simple installation. | 07-01-2010 |
20100131226 | PLASMA ELECTRON TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - A laser beam with a wavelength capable of exciting atoms of helium in the metastable state is directed to a generated plasma, and atoms in the metastable state are excited. Absorption amount information representing the amount of laser beam absorbed is acquired, and the density of atoms of helium in the metastable state in the plasma is computed from the absorption amount. The emissions of light from helium gas in the plasma caused by transition from two different excited states to the lower level are measured, and the ratio between the intensities of the emissions is determined. The electron temperature of the produced plasma is computed from the computed density of the atoms of helium gas in the metastable state and the computed emission intensity ratio. With this, the plasma electron temperature can be computed with a relatively high accuracy irrespective of the condition of the plasma atmosphere. | 05-27-2010 |
20100095888 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS AND PLASMA FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A plasma generating apparatus is provided with an impedance matching member, which is connected to a feeding line that supplies an antenna element with a high frequency signal, and has variable characteristic parameters for impedance matching; a distribution wire, which is arranged corresponding to the impedance matching member and connects the impedance matching member with at least two antenna elements; and a control section which changes at the same time impedance matching statuses of at least the two antenna elements connected to the impedance matching member through the distribution wire by changing the characteristic parameters of the impedance member. Thus, the number of impedance matching devices is smaller than that of the antenna elements, and a mechanism relating to impedance matching is made relatively small. | 04-22-2010 |
20100040516 | HIGH-VOLTAGE PLASMA PRODUCING APPARATUS - A plasma generating apparatus includes a linear electrode for generating a high voltage by resonance caused when the linear electrode is supplied with an AC signal current, an grounded electrode for defining an internal space spaced from the linear electrode around the linear electrode, and a control device for controlling the power feed to the linear electrode. The control device has a field probe for measuring the electric field in the internal space, and a bandpass filter for filtering the measurement signal into a predetermined frequency band to output an AC signal, a variable phase shifter for shifting the phase of the AC signal so that the AC signal is synchronized with the resonance signal in the internal space when the AC signal is supplied to the linear electrode as a current, and an amplifier for amplifying the AC signal of which the phase is shifted. | 02-18-2010 |
20090294382 | Method for Treating Ship Ballast Water - A method for treating ship ballast water in which aquatic organisms in the ship ballast water are exterminated by adding hydrogen peroxide or a compound producing hydrogen peroxide in an amount such that a hydrogen peroxide concentration comes to be 10 to 500 mg/L to the ship ballast water, and then providing physical means for causing shear strength and/or cavitation to the ship ballast water. | 12-03-2009 |
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