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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140239158 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER ARRAY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A photoelectric converter includes a first pn junction comprised of at least two semiconductor regions of different conductivity types, and a first field-effect transistor including a first source connected with one of the semiconductor regions, a first drain, a first insulated gate and a same conductivity type channel as that of the one of the semiconductor regions. The first drain is supplied with a second potential at which the first pn junction becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to a potential of the other of the semiconductor regions. When the first source turns to a first potential and the one of the semiconductor regions becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to the other semiconductor regions, the first pn junction is controlled not to be biased by a deep forward voltage by supplying a first gate potential to the first insulated gate, even when either of the semiconductor regions is exposed to light. | 08-28-2014 |
20130057945 | OPTICAL-PATH-SWITCHING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SIGNAL OPTICAL-PATH-SWITCHING METHOD - An optical-path-switching apparatus according to the present invention includes a reducing optical system capable of guiding signal light and control light along the direction of gravity into a thermal-lens-forming optical element having an incidence plane positioned to be perpendicular to the direction of gravity in such a way as to differentiate respective convergence points in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The apparatus further includes a light-receiving unit configured to converge or condense straight-traveling signal light in the absence of irradiation with the control light and signal light whose optical path has been switched due to irradiation with the control light using the same optical element. Further, the apparatus includes a wedge-type prism provided at a passing position of the optical-path-switched signal light to increase the distance between the optical axis of the optical-path-changed signal light and the optical axis of the straight-traveling signal light. | 03-07-2013 |
20130032028 | METHOD FOR OPERATING GAS SEPARATION DEVICE - Provided are a method for operating a gas separation device capable of performing gas separation with high separation capability and treatment amount in a small membrane area or in a small number of separation membrane modules, and a method for recovering a residual gas capable of performing more suitable detoxifying treatment or recycling by efficiently separating and recovering a mixed gas remaining in a cylinder, using the operating method. Two or more separation membrane modules are connected with each other in parallel. One separation membrane module is continuously and repeatedly operated in an operation cycle including: a first process for supplying a mixed gas into an airtight container and filling the airtight container with pressure; a second process for, when a predetermined time has elapsed or a predetermined pressure has been reached, stopping the supply of the mixed gas and retaining the supplied mixed gas; a third process for, when a predetermined time has elapsed or a predetermined pressure has been reached, recovering the mixed gas from a non-permeated gas discharge port; and a fourth process for, when a predetermined time has elapsed or a predetermined pressure has been reached, closing the non-permeated gas discharge port. The other separation membrane modules are operated in operation cycles shifted by respective predetermined intervals. | 02-07-2013 |
20120115776 | ADIPONECTIN-CONTAINING EATING BEHAVIOR CONTROL AGENT FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION - Disclosed is a technique that facilitates the oral ingestion of adiponectin in a large quantity and enables the expansion of the range of use applications of adiponectin. Specifically disclosed is an appetite control agent for oral administration, which comprises adiponectin as an active ingredient. Particularly, the appetite control agent comprises a transformant capable of expressing adiponectin. Also specifically disclosed is a food composition for controlling appetite, which comprises the appetite control agent. | 05-10-2012 |
20110106487 | MOVING BODY POSITIONING DEVICE - In order to acquire positioning results (position and azimuth) of a moving body and reducing cumulative errors in integration processing of the positioning results, a moving body positioning apparatus includes: movement detecting means for detecting whether or not a moving body is moving; position acquiring means for acquiring a position of the moving body; integrating means for integrally processing a plurality of positions acquired by the position acquiring means as positioning results; and preprocessing means for preprocessing the positioning results to be inputted into the integrating means. In accordance with output from the movement detecting means, the preprocessing means inputs the positioning results obtained from the position acquiring means into the integrating means, which integrally processes the positioning results. | 05-05-2011 |
20110024844 | SRAM CELL AND SRAM DEVICE - An SRAM cell comprising a first to fourth semiconductor thin plates standing on a single substrate and sequentially arranged parallel to each other, on the first semiconductor thin plate a first four-terminal double gate FET with a first conduction type and a second four-terminal double gate FET with a second conduction type being formed and connected in series to each other, on the second semiconductor thin plate a third four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type being formed, on the third semiconductor thin plate a fourth four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type is formed, on the fourth semiconductor thin plate a fifth four-terminal double gate FET with the first conduction type and a sixth four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type being formed and connected in series to each other. The second and sixth four-terminal double gate FETs constitute select transistors with logic signal input gates thereof being connected to a word line. The first and third four-terminal double gate FETs and the fourth and the fifth four-terminal double gate FETs respectively constitute cross-coupled complementary inverters to realize a flip-flop. The SRAM cell is characterized in that the first four-terminal double gate FET and the third four-terminal double gate FET are neighboring with each other and logic signal input gates thereof are formed on the side surfaces facing to each other of the respective semiconductor thin plates; the fourth four-terminal double gate FET and the fifth four-terminal double gate FET are neighboring with each other and logic input gates thereof are formed on the side surfaces facing to each other of the respective semiconductor thin plates; the third four-terminal double gate FET and the fourth four-terminal double gate FET are neighboring with each other and a threshold voltage control gates thereof are formed on the side surfaces facing to each other of the respective semiconductor thin plates; the second four-terminal double gate FET and the sixth four-terminal double gate FET are neighboring with each other sandwiching the second and third semiconductor thin plates and threshold voltage control gates thereof being formed on side surfaces facing to each other of the respective semiconductor thin plate; the threshold voltage control gates of the second, third, fourth, and sixth four-terminal double gate FETs are connected in common to a first bias wiring; threshold voltage control gates of the first and fifth four-terminal double gate FETs are connected in common to a second bias wiring; and the word line and the first and second bias wirings are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the alignment direction of the first to the fourth semiconductor thin plates. | 02-03-2011 |
20100320418 | Aluminum Silicate Complex and High-Performance Adsorbent Comprising the Same - Provided is an adsorbent having superior adsorption properties for use as a dehumidifying agent for desiccant air conditioning which exhibits high adsorption properties at mid and high humidity ranges, and for use as a gas adsorbent of carbon dioxide, ammonia, formaldehyde and the like. A precursor suspension having a Si/Al ratio of 0.70 to 1.0 is prepared, and the precursor suspension is subsequently heated at 110° C. or higher for 2 days to synthesize a complex of a layered low-crystalline clay mineral and an amorphous aluminum silicate. The obtained complex of the layered low-crystalline clay mineral and the amorphous aluminum silicate yields excellent water vapor adsorption performance of 45 wt % or more at a relative humidity of 60%, and therefore can be used as an adsorbent for desiccant air conditioning. The complex also yields excellent carbon dioxide absorption/desorption performance of 12 wt % or more at 100 kPa to 900 kPa, and therefore can be used as a gas adsorbent for gas such as ammonia and formaldehyde. | 12-23-2010 |
20100247884 | STACKED BODY OF ISOTOPE DIAMOND - The present invention aims at providing a high performance device that is not restricted by the current concept of a super-lattice and can overcome or loosen limitations on physical properties of materials and various problems related to hetero junction, and achieves an isotope diamond layered body formed by layering of | 09-30-2010 |
20100210820 | PROTEIN REFOLDING COLUMN FILLER AND COLUMN - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a protein refolding column filler, which is effective for the refolding, namely, the activation of the function, of an inactive protein with an as yet unformed higher order structure produced in | 08-19-2010 |
20100196993 | PERSISTENTLY INFECTIVE SENDAI VIRUS VECTOR - A persistently infective virus vector is produced by using a gene so modified as to encode an amino acid sequence including a valine substituted for an amino acid residue at position-1618 in the amino acid sequence for an L protein of a persistently non-infective Sendai virus. A non-transmissible, persistently infective virus vector is also produced by defecting or deleting at least one of M gene, F gene, and HN gene. These virus vectors have no cytotoxicity, can achieve the sustained gene expression over a long period of time, is safe, and is therefore useful. | 08-05-2010 |
20100189626 | HIGH EFFICIENT CARBON NANOTUBE SEPARATION METHOD - Provided is a method of electrophoresis of carbon nanotube for separating them into metallic carbon nanotubes and semiconducting carbon nanotubes, and the method comprises a step of electrifying a carbon nanotube sealed gel in which carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a gel. | 07-29-2010 |
20100187466 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC, DIELECTRIC OR PYROELECTRIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME - A piezoelectric solid solution composition containing, as a main component, a composition represented by the following general formula: | 07-29-2010 |
20100178209 | Hydrogen Sensor - In a hydrogen sensor ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100146491 | System for Preparing Software Documentation in Natural Languages - A software documentation preparing system which can prepare software documentation written in plural natural languages is provided. The software documentation preparing system uses input unit for inputting a source file including a source code statement written in a programming language and a comment assigned to the source code statement, in which source file, the comment describing one of functions in the source code is described in plural natural languages, each of the descriptions in the natural languages provided with a combined sign of a sign indicating the function and a sign indicating a type of natural language; interprets the input source file, identifies the combined sign, associates the sign with a source code statement, and stores a comment on memory; extracts only a comment provided with a sign corresponding to the type of the user-specified natural language to be output; and outputs software documentation in the natural language to be output for the source code statement based on the extracted comment. | 06-10-2010 |
20100092830 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR A FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - To provide an electrode catalyst for fuel cells, which is obtained efficiently by a simple process, without using a silica template, unlike in the conventional process, which is relatively large in mesopore diameter (5 nm or more), which enables catalyst particles deposited stably in the mesopores, and which can readily develop a highly triple-phase interface state. | 04-15-2010 |
20100001292 | High Efficiency Indirect Transition Semiconductor Ultraviolet Light Emitting Device - Provided is a light emitting device formed of an indirect transition semiconductor configured from a semiconductor material having high exciton binding energy, wherein an active layer of the indirect transition semiconductor or an active region by a pn junction is formed, the light emitting device has an electrode for injecting current into the active layer or the active region, and the internal quantum efficiency is 10% or more. | 01-07-2010 |
20090199639 | DETECTION SENSOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that can realize improvement of sensitivity of a vibrator. A platform | 08-13-2009 |
20090152127 | Biosensor Measurement Machine , Biosensor Measurement System and Biosensor Measurement Method - Provided are a biosensor chip measurement machine that can obtain accurate measurement results within a short period of time by employing only a tiny amount as a sample, and a measurement method therefor. | 06-18-2009 |
20090141230 | Clay Thin Film Substrate, Clay Thin Film Substrate with Electrode, and Display Device Using the Same - A clay thin film substrate including a clay thin film having a structure, in which oriented clay particles are laminated; and at least a gas barrier inorganic layer which is laminated on at least one surface of the clay thin film. | 06-04-2009 |
20090111146 | Antibody Drug - Means for effectively performing therapies at a low cost is provided in which an antibody drug including a fusion protein fusing an extracellular region of IL-10 receptor 1 with a human antibody is used. A gene encoding a fusion protein fusing an extracellular region of IL-10 receptor 1 with a constant region of human IgG1 is incorporated into an expression vector to provide an expression vector for gene therapies and vaccines. | 04-30-2009 |
20080306255 | Method for Selective Separation of Cellulosic Polymer and Apparatus Therefor - A matter to be treated which contains a cellulosic polymer is heated in a solvent in the presence of an acid catalyst, to thereby selectively decompose the cellulosic polymer to a fine powder. Furthermore, a matter to be treated which contains a cellulosic polymer is reacted with an esterification agent in the presence of an acid catalyst, to thereby selectively dissolve or disperse the cellulosic polymer. In either method, the treated matter other than the cellulosic polymer does not change in state but remains solid, so that both can be easily separated by sieving or solid-liquid separation. | 12-11-2008 |
20080226248 | Process for Producing Optical Device - The present invention provides a method of producing an optical element without the need for high vacuum, unlike the thin film deposition methods, and without using a molten salt. More specifically, the invention provides a method of producing an optical element comprising applying a paste containing at least one compound selected from lithium compounds, potassium compounds, rubidium compounds, cesium compounds, silver compounds, and thallium compounds, an organic resin, and an organic solvent to a glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass component and then performing heat treatment at a temperature below the softening temperature of the glass substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
20080198199 | Collective Transfer Inkjet Nozzle Plate and Method of Producing the Same - There provides a nozzle plate having fine nozzle holes capable of transferring a pattern collectively, and a method of producing the same. Further, there provides a method of forming fine nozzle holes in a required shape, at a required position on a substrate, and an inkjet nozzle plate obtained by the method. Moreover, there provides a collective transfer inkjet nozzle plate can have a high imaging efficiency, and can reduce the cost by simplifying a nozzle controller; and a method of producing the same. | 08-21-2008 |