| TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Patent applications |
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| 20120132897 | DIFFRACTION GRATING, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A diffraction grating having a transparent supporting substrate; and a cured resin layer which is stacked on the transparent supporting substrate and which has concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities formed on the surface of the cured resin layer by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120121058 | CORE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR REACTOR - A core of a nuclear reactor wherein the core is provided with a new fuel part at which new fuel is loaded and a burning part where the fuel burns, plutonium which is produced from uranium fissions to generate output, and the burning part moves from the beginning to end of the burning cycle, wherein when dividing the core, which is substantially circular when viewed by a plan view, into a center part and a peripheral part, the new fuel part is formed so that the weight of uranium per unit volume at the center part becomes smaller than the weight of uranium per unit volume at the peripheral part. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119157 | THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POLYMER OF THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE - A novel polymer which has high solubility and good processability and is suitable as an electrically conductive material, and a novel compound which is a starting material of the polymer. The novel compound to be used as a starting material is a thiophene derivative represented by formula (I) shown below, | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120116024 | SELF-SUPPORTING THIN POLYMER FILM - [Object] To provide a self-supporting thin polymer membrane having a large surface area, a high strength, and a perpendicularly oriented cylindrical structure, and to provide a method of producing the membrane. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120099679 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus and reception method reduces degradation due to multipath interference without increasing the amount of computation even in a system that has a large number of subcarriers. A signal detector, using the symbol replica generated by symbol replica generator and the channel estimate which a channel estimator estimated based on the received pilot signal, suppresses interference attributed to delayed waves exceeding the GI and outputs a suppressed signal for the received signal. A demodulator decodes the signal of which interference has been alleviated, to determine code bit LLR as bit likelihood information. A decoder performs an error correction decoding process on the input code bit LLR. If no error exists in the result of error correction decoding, the decoder outputs information bits to complete the reception process. If there is an error in the decoded result, the decoder outputs the code bit LLR to symbol replica generator. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120086943 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLE MONOLAYERS - There is provided a method that can curtail the time for forming a particle layer and that can permit the production of a nanoparticle monolayer having stable optical characteristics at a high coating ratio and homogeneity in a reproducible and an efficient manner. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120067050 | COMPOSITE MAGNETIC RING AND ENERGY CONVERTER - A composite magnetic ring has a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring shape at a prescribed spacing, and low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances sandwiched between each adjacent permanent magnets. An energy converter, that converts exhaust heat energy or sunlight heat energy to mechanical or electrical energy by alteration of the magnetic permeability of low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances in the composite magnetic ring near their Curie point, includes a composite magnetic ring and a rotor situated inside the composite magnetic ring and having a plurality of magnetic poles, at least one of the low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances in the composite magnetic ring being heated to a temperature near its Curie point and a magnetic field being generated in the vicinity of the heated low-temperature Curie point magnetic substance, to rotate the rotor. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120046418 | CROSSLINKABLE POLYMER MATERIAL, CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a production method of a crosslinkable polymer material which includes adding 2-(glycidyloxy)-1-naphthonitrile oxide or 2-[5-(ethoxycarbonyl)pentyloxy]-1-naphthonitrile oxide by an addition reaction to a polymer material having a multiple bond to which a nitrile oxide is added by an addition reaction so as to introduce a glycidyl group or an ethoxycarbonyl group into the polymer material. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045137 | AGE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AGE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND AGE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Provided are an age estimation apparatus, an age estimation method, and an age estimation program capable of obtaining a recognition result closely matching the result perceived by human. An age estimation apparatus | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120035070 | COELENTERAZINE ANALOGS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There has been a need for coelenterazine analogs that exhibit luminescence properties different from those of known coelenterazine analogs. The present invention provides the compound represented by general formula (1). | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120016045 | Process For The Preparation Of Layered Silicates - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a layered silicate containing at least silicon and oxygen, comprising (1) providing a mixture containing silica and/or at least one silica precursor, water, at least one tetraalkylammonium compound selected from the group consisting of diethyldimethylammonium compound, a triethylmethylammonium compound, and a mixture of a diethyldimethylammonium and a triethylmethylammonium compound, and at least one base, and optionally at least one suitable seeding material; and (2) heating of the mixture obtained according to (1) under autogenous pressure (hydrothermal conditions) to a temperature in the range of from to 120 to 160° C. for a period in the range of from 5 to 10 days to give a suspension containing the layered silicate. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120004465 | Process For The Preparation Of An Isomorphously Substituted Silicate - A process for the preparation of an isomorphously substituted layered silicate comprising (1) providing a mixture containing silica or a precursor thereof, at least one structure directing agent (SDA) allowing for the crystallization of the layered silicate, and water; (2) heating the mixture obtained according to (1) under hydrothermal conditions; (3) adding at least one source at least one element suitable for isomorphous substitution; (4) heating the mixture obtained according to (3) under hydrothermal conditions. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110319250 | Process For The Preparation Of Pillared Silicates - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silicate compound, comprising (1) providing at least one layered silicate; and (2) mixing said layered silicate with water and at least one silicon containing compound according to formula R | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313226 | Zeolitic Materials of the LEV-Type Structure And Methods For Their Production - Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312486 | Alkali-Free Synthesis of Zeolitic Materials of the LEV-Type Structure - Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110306781 | Method for Producing Optically Active Fluorinated Oxetane - Disclosed is a method of producing an optically active fluorinated oxetane, which can be an important pharmaceutical or agricultural intermediate, by reaction of a fluorinated α-keto ester with an acyl alkenyl ether in the presence of a transition metal complex with an optically active ligand. This method utilizes a catalytic asymmetric synthesis process and does not require a stoichiometric amount of chiral source. It is thus possible to dramatically reduce the amount of use of the asymmetric catalyst especially when the reaction is performed at a high concentration of substrate (with the use of a small amount of reaction solvent) or in the absence of a reaction solvent (under neat conditions). Further, the target optically active fluorinated oxetane can be obtained with high yield and with very high optical purity. The product contains almost no difficult-to-separate impurity and shows high chemical purity. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306049 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GYNECOLOGIC CANCER - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting gynecologic cancer and a kit for detecting the same. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110294850 | INDOLINE DERIVATIVES - The present invention provides a novel indoline derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the derivative or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1) that has an excellent butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. In the formula, R | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292310 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to display moving and still images with superior image quality, comparable to common LCDs and to display memory images by a voltage lower than conventional electronic paper, and a method for operating the same. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a pair of electrode substrates facing each other; an orientation film of a polymer material on the pair of electrode substrates; a liquid crystal material between the pair of electrode substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device displays an image by varying orientation of the liquid crystal material and a surfacial region of the orientation film, depending on temperature and voltage. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110288280 | COELENTERAMIDE ANALOGS - There has been a need for coelenteramide analogs or the like that produce fluorescent proteins which exhibit different fluorescent characteristics from those of the existing fluorescent proteins. Disclosed is a compound represented by general formula (1) (wherein R | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110278548 | MICROLENS FOR ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A microlens for an organic EL element, which is used by being disposed on a light-emitting surface of the organic EL element, said microlens comprising a cured resin layer having concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110273925 | NONVOLATILE SRAM/LATCH CIRCUIT USING CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MTJ - The present invention is a memory circuit that includes a bistable circuit that stores data, and a ferromagnetic tunnel junction device that nonvolatilely stores the data in the bistable circuit according to a magnetization direction of a ferromagnetic electrode free layer, the data nonvolatilely stored in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device being able to be restored in the bistable circuit. According to the present invention, writing data to and reading data from the bistable circuit can be performed at high speed. In addition, even though a power source is shut down, it is possible to restore data nonvolatilely stored in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction devices to the bistable circuit. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110268965 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material having a high Curie temperature and satisfactory piezoelectric characteristics, the piezoelectric material being represented by the following general formula (1): | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110248635 | PLASMA LIGHT SOURCE AND PLASMA LIGHT GENERATION METHOD - A plasma light source includes a pair of coaxial electrodes | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110245441 | POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A polymer and a method for producing same are provided, which includes a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110245440 | COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A copolymer and method for providing it are provided, which includes a monomer unit represented by the following formula (1) and an olefin unit: | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110237807 | ROTAXANE COMPOUND AND ANTITUMOR AGENT - An antitumor agent which is not easily excreted from tumor cells and is suitable for a topical treatment. Specifically disclosed is a rotaxane compound with contains a compound represented by chemical formula 1 as the base structure. (In chemical formula 1, m≧2, n≧3, and X represents an anionic molecule or an anionic atom | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233820 | MOLD FOR NANOIMPRINT - A mold for nanoimprint including a liquid-crystalline polysilane and having a raised and recessed surface formed by the formation of a smectic phase due to the orientation of the liquid-crystalline polysilane. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110224380 | CROSSLINKER, CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL - The present invention provides a crosslinker used for crosslinking a polymer material having, in the molecule thereof, a multiple bond reactable with a nitrile oxide, the crosslinker including a bifunctional nitrile oxide having an aromatic nitrile oxide derivative structure in which one hydrogen atom of an aromatic ring is substituted with a nitrile oxide group and all hydrogen atoms at an ortho-position of the nitrile oxide group are substituted with a substituent other than a nitrile oxide group, wherein two such aromatic nitrile oxide derivative structures are bonded to either two oxy groups of a di-oxy structure having the two oxy groups or two carbonyl groups of a di-carbonyl structure having the two carbonyl groups. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110215959 | COMPARATOR AND ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERTER - To provide a comparator and an A/D converter having the comparator. The comparator includes a differential amplifier circuit section and a differential latch circuit section. A first input voltage signal, a second input voltage signal and a clock signal are inputted to the differential amplifier circuit section. The differential amplifier circuit section operates base on the clock signal to output a first output voltage signal and a second output voltage signal which respectively correspond to the value the input voltage signal and the value of the reference voltage signal and are amplified. The differential latch circuit section operates based on the first and second output voltage signals to keep and output a comparison result between the first input voltage signal and the second input voltage signal. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110206932 | SURFACE-MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A carbon nanotube (CNT) is provided having micropores with a diameter of 1 to 10 nm in the side wall and in turn, having a large specific surface area. A production method of a surface-modified CNT (DMWCNT), comprises heating CNT having supported on the surface thereof a metal oxide or metal nitrate fine particle at a temperature of 100 to 1000° C., such as, 200 to 500° C., in an atmosphere containing oxygen. A cyclical solid phase oxidation-reduction reaction between the metal oxide and CNT occurs on the surface of the metal oxide fine particle supported on CNT, and carbon of CNT is oxidized to open a micropore. The metal oxide is preferably cobalt oxide, and the metal nitrate is preferably cobalt nitrate. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110183355 | POLYMER PARTICLE CONTAINING FLUORESCENT MOLECULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Polymer particles are provided which contain fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio in a polymer layer thereof and a method for preparing thereof. Polymer particles are swelled in a non-aqueous solution excluding exclusively water preferably promotes selling of the polymer layer and transfer of the fluorescent molecules to the polymer layer could not protected by water molecules such that much more fluorescent molecule may be introduced into inside of the polymer layer. Furthermore, since the water is added to the reaction system prior to evaporation removal of the non-aqueous solvent, dry-up of the polymer particles is prevented by the water remained in the reaction system and the polymer particles including fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio of the fluorescent molecules preferably keep high dispersibility using the above described procedures. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181821 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MEHTOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display element exhibiting a continuous gradation memory property as well as different display properties substantially similar to those of a liquid crystal display element having nematic liquid crystals, while enabling continuous tone display, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110170784 | IMAGE REGISTRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REGION EXPANSION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - [Problem]An object of the present invention is to provide an image registration processing apparatus that is capable of performing a robust and high-accuracy registration processing with respect to an entire image between images including multiple motions. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110128763 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus is provided with three sets of half-bridge inverters ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110113224 | EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE - An execution time estimation device includes a program partitioning section that extracts partial programs partitioned by a conditional branch instruction or a function call instruction from a target program, a partial program execution time estimation calculating section that calculates the execution time of each of the partial programs to associate the leading instruction and the end instruction of each of the partial programs, and the calculated execution time with one another, a branch history information generating section that generates a branch history bit sequence which is a sequence of the true-false of the conditional branch instruction of when the target program is executed, an execution trace reproducing section that generates the execution sequences of the partial programs based on the branch history bit sequence, and an execution time estimation calculating section that adds the execution time of the partial programs based on the execution sequences of the partial programs. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110092747 | Practical Method for Reducing Esters or Lactones - Esters and lactones can be respectively reduced to alcohols and diols in the presence of the Group 8 (VIII) transition metal complex, base and hydrogen gas (H | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110082295 | NOVEL CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE - To develop a highly safe measure to treat Alzheimer's disease using a secretase-inhibiting substance, there is provided a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof: | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110081692 | POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME - A PHA copolymer comprising (R)-3-hydroxy-4-methyl valeric acid units and a production method thereof are provided. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110079883 | FERROELECTRIC THIN FILM - Provided is a ferroelectric thin film formed on a substrate and having an amount of remanent polarization increased in its entirety. The ferroelectric thin film contains a perovskite-type metal oxide formed on a substrate, the ferroelectric thin film containing a column group formed of multiple columns each formed of a spinel-type metal oxide, in which the column group is in a state of standing in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, or in a state of slanting at a slant angle in a range of −10° or more to +10° or less with respect to the perpendicular direction. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110054134 | Modified polymer material modified by nitrile oxide, and production method thereof - The present invention provides a production method of a modified polymer material produced by modifying a polymer material having in a molecule thereof a multiple bond that reacts with a nitrile oxide, includes reacting the polymer material with an aromatic nitrile oxide derivative having a substituent at an ortho-position of a nitrile oxide group of an aromatic nitrile oxide in which the nitrile oxide group is bonded to an aromatic ring. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110033705 | CARBON FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A carbon fiber having a lattice spacing (d | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110024741 | INTEGRATED CIRCUITS UTILIZING AMORPHOUS OXIDES - Semiconductor devices and circuits with use of transparent oxide film are provided. The semiconductor device having a P-type region and an N-type region, wherein amorphous oxides with electron carrier concentration less than 10 | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110019958 | Polarization-Independent Optical Isolator - It is provided a polarization-independent optical isolator without depending on the polarized wave of the light being input to the waveguide-type optical isolator, in particular, it is able to completely isolate the propagating light of the backward direction. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017996 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An Object of the Present Invention is to provide a new light-emitting device with the use of an amorphous oxide. The light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer existing between first and second electrodes and a field effect transistor, of which the active layer is an amorphous. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110012107 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A novel field-effect transistor is provided which employs an amorphous oxide. In an embodiment of the present invention, the transistor comprises an amorphous oxide layer containing electron carrier at a concentration less than 1×10 | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012050 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material including a lead-free perovskite-type composite oxide which is excellent in piezoelectric characteristics and temperature characteristics and is represented by the general formula (1): | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100323457 | BIOSENSING METHOD USING COATED MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES AND BIOSENSING APPARATUS FOR BIOSENSING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel biosensing method as the novel application development of the magnetic particles in the biosensing. In an affinity reaction of biosensing, ligands are immobilized to magnetic fine particles and the magnetic fine particles are forced to reaction fields of the affinity reaction by magnetic guiding so as to bring the affinity reaction, which is the velocity controlling factor in the sensing, to high rates. According to the present invention, coated magnetic fine particles with having both of the high dispersion performance and high magnetic responsibility as the above described magnetic fine particles and the affinity reaction occurs quickly and in high density such that the present invention makes it possible to obtain relatively large signals within significantly short time duration when compared to the conventional art. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100316525 | TiAl-BASED ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ROTOR BLADE USING SAME - A hot-forged TiAl-based alloy having excellent oxidation resistance and high strength at high temperatures, and a process for producing such an alloy. A TiAl-based alloy comprising Al: (40+a) atomic % and Nb: b atomic %, with the remainder being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein a and b satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100314995 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT EVALUATING METHOD - Provided are an organic EL device having improved conductivity of an anode compared with conventional organic EL devices, and a method for manufacturing such organic EL device. The organic EL device is provided with a layer-like optical element ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100308816 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a highly sensitive sensor system that can improve the S/N ratio by use of an electronic circuit without complicating the sensor body or degrading temporal resolution. A broad spectrum sensor element outputs an electric signal corresponding to a detected physical quantity, the sensor driven by multiplying a carrier signal by m-sequence code. The spread spectrum signal, after phase adjustment, is used to demodulate the sensor output signal, which corresponds to the broad spread spectrum of the physical quantity. The electrical noise generated in the sensor is a broad spread spectrum and is suppressed by low-pass filtering so as to improve the S/N ratio. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100305346 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FATTY ACID MONOESTERIFIED PRODUCT USING SOLID ACID CATALYST - The present invention provides a method for producing a fatty acid monoester product by reacting an animal oil and/or a vegetable oil with an alcohol in the presence of a sulfonic acid group-introduced amorphous carbon catalyst and water. By this method, the production of a fatty acid monoglyceride, which is difficult to separate from the fatty acid monoester, can be suppressed, and the fatty acid monoester can be efficiently produced. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295972 | Ocular Motor Controller Using Principle of Vestibulo-ocular Reflex - An ocular motor controller for preventing an image blur by using the principle of vestibulo-ocular reflex in response to translational movement. The ocular motor controller comprises an image pickup section ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295041 | DISPLAY - An active matrix display comprising a light control device and a field effect transistor for driving the light control device. The active layer of the field effect transistor comprises an amorphous. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100267198 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a novel method for manufacturing a field effect transistor. Prior to forming an amorphous oxide layer on a substrate, ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the substrate surface in an ozone atmosphere, plasma is irradiated onto the substrate surface, or the substrate surface is cleaned by a chemical solution containing hydrogen peroxide. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100262569 | DATA CONVERTING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM HAVING DATA CONVERTING PROGRAM - A data converting apparatus and a data converting program are suitable to quantitatively estimate, based on a temporal alteration of a stimulus value, a temporal alteration of a sensitivity brought to human beings. The data converting apparatus includes a decomposing unit subjecting temporal alteration data of a stimulus value to wavelet decomposition to extract plural time-frequency components contained in the temporal alteration data, a weighting unit weighting the plural extracted time-frequency components weighting coefficients which are predetermined based on a relationship between a temporal alteration of a stimulus value and a temporal alteration of a sensitivity of human beings to the stimulus value, and a synthesizing unit subjecting the plural weighted time-frequency components to wavelet synthesis to estimate a sensitivity brought to human beings when the stimulus value is subjected to temporal alteration according to the temporal alteration data. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259955 | SOFT SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER - The present invention provides a soft switching power converter that turns the switching operations of the semiconductor elements used for all the switching into soft switching operations with the use of a magnetic energy recovering switch that has a small-capacity magnetic energy storing capacitor connected between DC terminals of a bridge circuit formed with at least two reverse-conduction semiconductor switches. A high-frequency boost pulse voltage generated by the magnetic energy recovering switch is regarded as the voltage of a DC link portion. The soft switching power converter converts the voltage into DC or AC of arbitrary low frequency through a filter or a switching control unit. With this structure, the switching operations of the semiconductor elements used for all the switching are turned into soft switching operations. Accordingly, the power converter is capable of boosting or lowering the output voltage, and serves as a reversible power converter that is formed with a relatively small number of components and a simple control unit. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254908 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SURFACE-COATED INORGANIC PARTICLES - Nano-sized inorganic particles having uniform particle sizes and precisely controlled particle diameters have already been produced by synthesis in an organic solvent, but these nano-sized inorganic particles are hindered from dispersing in a polar solvent because of the adsorption of a long-chain fatty acid on the surfaces of the particles. Further, it was difficult to form nano-sized inorganic particles dispersible in a polar solvent by replacing the long-chain fatty acid coats. According to the invention, various surface-coated inorganic particles dispersible in polar solvents can be produced from fatty acid-coated inorganic particles by adding a temporary coating substance such as thiomalic acid to a nonpolar solvent containing fatty acid-coated inorganic particles dispersed therein to replace the fatty acid coats by the temporary coating substance, dispersing the inorganic particles coated with the temporary coating substance in a polar solvent, and then adding a coating substance dispersible in a polar solvent, e.g., citric acid to the obtained dispersion to replace the temporary coating substance coats covering the inorganic particles by the coating substance dispersible in a polar solvent. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100240792 | Hyperbranched Polymer and Method for Producing the Same - Disclosed is a novel hyperbranched polymer having a functional group in a molecular chain of a repeating unit. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a hyperbranched polymer. Specifically disclosed is a hyperbranched polymer having a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate compound as a linear structure, while having a repeating unit derived from a dithiocarbamate compound having a vinyl group structure as a branched structure. This hyperbranched polymer can be obtained by holding a dithiocarbamate compound having a vinyl group structure and a (meth)acrylate compound together and subjecting them to a living radical polymerization. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100239864 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER COATED FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES AND POLYMER COATED FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES - Polymer coated ferromagnetic particles could be obtained giving a solution to a problem of difficulty in dispersing ferromagnetic fine particles to a level of monodispersion because of their properties apt to form aggregates. Providing hydrophilic character to hydrophobic ferromagnetic particles obtained by adsorbing hydrophobizing agent to hydrophilic ferromagnetic particles, and dispersed using nonionic surface activating agent suppressing ionic strength increase of the particles. Monomer liquid was emulsified using nonionic surface activating agent and ionic surface activating agent. Mixing the dispersion liquid of ferromagnetic particles and the monomer emulsion were mixed and emulsion polymerization was conducted. Then well-dispersed homogeneous and stable polymer coated ferromagnetic particles showing good response to magnetic field were obtained. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100239184 | PARAMETER CONTROL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus that is capable of effectively generating a high-resolution image with high image quality from multiple low-resolution images having displacements by an iterative reconstruction processing based on a reconstruction-based super-resolution processing method. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100234546 | DIENE POLYMER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A polymer comprising a unit represented by the following formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer comprising the step of polymerizing a diene compound such as 9,9-diallylfluorene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst formed by contacting a nickel compound with an organoaluminum compound and/or a boron compound: | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232192 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, POWER CONDITIONER, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first chopper circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side by chopping a direct current voltage at a system frequency. A second chopper circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a negative side by chopping a direct current voltage at a frequency twice as high as the system frequency. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third chopper circuit chops the third sequence of square wave voltages at a frequency determined by a timing that depends on if a voltage difference thereof to a sinusoidal wave voltage results in a positive value or a negative value and outputting the chopped third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third chopper circuit PWM-controls the charge/discharge output at a PWM frequency so that the difference is corrected to thereby generate a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232191 | POWER CONDITIONER AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side relative to a first reference potential, which is a potential on a negative-electrode side of a direct current power source, from a direct current voltage. A second circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level lower than the voltage level of the first sequence of square wave voltages on the positive side that changes to a negative side relative to a second reference potential. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave relative to the first reference potential by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third circuit outputs the third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third circuit further PWM-controls the charge/discharge output so that a difference of the third sequence of square wave voltages to a sinusoidal wave voltage is corrected and thereby generates a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides relative to the first reference potential from the third sequence of square wave voltages and the PWM-controlled output, and outputs the generated sinusoidal wave voltage to a load. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100216953 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFONIC ACID GROUP-CONTAINING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, SOLID ACID CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKYLATION REACTION PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN POLYMER - The method for producing a sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material of the present invention comprises the step of carbonizing and sulfonating a polymer having a structural unit derived from resorcinol by heating in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material. A catalyst comprising the resulting sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material is useful for producing a target substance with high efficiency in various reactions in hydrophobic media such as alkylation reaction and polymerization reaction of olefins. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100216024 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing simply a positive electrode active material which can further increase charge-discharge capacity of secondary batteries when the positive electrode active material is used for positive electrode of secondary batteries, particularly non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. A method for producing a positive electrode active material includes the step of heat-treating a lithium mixed metal oxide represented by the formula Li | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100210742 | MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a microphase-separated structure membrane including a block copolymer in which a hydrophilic polymer component and a hydrophobic polymer component are coupled to each other via a structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye. In the microphase-separated structure membrane, a cylinder structure composed of the hydrophilic polymer component lies in a matrix composed of the hydrophobic polymer component and is oriented in the direction perpendicular to the membrane surface, and the structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye lies between the matrix and the cylinder structure. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100183075 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes: a frame selection step; a motion vector calculation step for calculating a motion vector value from one frame image to another frame image by tracking each pixel of one or a plurality of frame images; and a motion vector correction step for calculating an imaginary motion vector when a motion vector that can be tracked to a tracking destination pixel corresponding to a pixel tracked up to a midway point does not exist due to an encoding type of a block including the pixel tracked up to the midway point. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100183074 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes: a frame selection step for selecting a base frame and a reference frame; an image displacement amount calculation step for calculating an image displacement amount between the reference frame and the base frame; a weighting coefficient generation step for generating a weighting coefficient using at least one of an encoding type of the reference frame and the motion information of the encoded moving image data; and an image quality improvement step for improving an image quality of the base frame using the image displacement amount calculated in the image displacement amount calculation step and the weighting coefficient generated in the weighting coefficient generation step. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100171158 | METHOD OF FORMING FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL, TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of forming a ferromagnetic material, characterized by including: forming a magnetic element layer | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100159353 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - Disclosed are: a polymer electrolyte which comprises, as the main component, a block/graft copolymer comprising, as constituent components, polymer blocks (A), (B) and (C) which cause phase-separation from one another, wherein the polymer block (A) comprises a vinyl compound unit as the main repeating unit and has an ion-conductive group, the polymer block (B) comprises a vinyl compound unit capable of forming a flexible phase as the main repeating unit and forms a flexible phase, and the polymer block (C) comprises a styrene derivative unit carrying an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having a polycyclic structure as the main repeating unit and forms a restrained phase; a membrane; a membrane-electrode assembly; and a solid polymer fuel cell. The polymer electrolyte has excellent durability and heat resistance, and shows little change in properties, such as the change in dimension between a dried state and a wet state, the change in mechanical properties and the change in methanol cross-over before and after the immersion in a methanol solution. The polymer electrolyte can be used stably in a solid polymer fuel cell during the long-term operation of the solid polymer fuel cell and enables excellent start-up performance of the solid polymer fuel cell. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156689 | A-D CONVERT APPARATUS, D-A CONVERT APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An A/D conversion device including a first A/D conversion section and a second A/D conversion section that each include a D/A converter that has a plurality of bit capacitors corresponding to bits of input data, a comparing section that compares a reference voltage with a difference voltage obtained by subtracting an analog input voltage from an output voltage of the D/A converter, and a control section that detects a data value of the input data at which the difference voltage is substantially the same as the reference voltage and outputs the data value as digital data according to the input voltage, and an adjusting section that serially connects the bit capacitors of the D/A converter of the first A/D conversion section and the bit capacitors of the D/A converter of the second A/D conversion section that correspond to the same bits, and adjusts a capacity of at least one of the bit capacitors so that a voltage between the two bit capacitors approaches a middle point of voltages of the two bit capacitors. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100155647 | OXYNITRIDE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are an oxynitride piezoelectric material which exhibits ferroelectricity and has good piezoelectric properties and a method of producing the oxynitride piezoelectric material. The oxynitride piezoelectric material includes a tetragonal perovskite-type oxynitride represented by the following general formula (1): | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100148123 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BILAYER MEMBRANE AND PLANAR BILAYER MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a bilayer membrane produced using a microchannel capable of easily forming bilayer membranes such as planar lipid bilayer membranes in large quantities, and a production method thereof. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100139436 | MANEUVERING SYSTEM HAVING INNER FORCE SENSE PRESENTING FUNCTION - A compact, lightweight manipulation system that excels in operability and has a force feedback capability is provided. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100137490 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT AND OPTICAL PARTS - It is provided for a resin composition including (A) at least one polyamic acid having the structure represented by the following formula (1): | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100103175 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A HIGH-RESOLUTION VIRTUAL-FOCAL-PLANE IMAGE - The present invention provides a method for generating a high-resolution virtual-focal-plane image which is capable of generating a virtual-focal-plane image with an arbitrary desired resolution simply and rapidly by using multi-view images. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100092865 | CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention provides materials capable of giving electrodes having the smaller rate of the capacity loss due to an irreversible capacity in the initial cycle in the charge and discharge cycle test as compared with electrodes comprising conventional materials; and a process for the production thereof. A carbon composite material comprising a carbon material and a metal oxide coating on the surface of the carbon material, wherein the metal oxide is an Fe-containing metal oxide; a carbon composite material, wherein the above-described carbon material is mesoporous carbon; a carbon composite material, wherein the above-described Fe-containing metal oxide is Fe | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090533 | AC/DC POWER CONVERTER USING MAGNETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SWITCH - An AC/DC power converter which charges a secondary battery from an AC power supply and also converts power from the secondary battery to the AC voltage is provided. A capacitor C is connected to DC terminals of the four reverse-conductive type semiconductor switches in a single-phase bridge structure, and a secondary battery is connected via a DC inductance to the semiconductor switches. The semiconductor switches are connected via an AC inductance L with an AC power supply and opposing pairs of the semiconductor switches are alternately turned ON/OFF in synchronization with the phase of the supply voltage. When an AC power supply with a frequency which is lower than the resonance frequency of the LC is connected, the switching will be carried out in a zero-voltage-zero-current condition and AC/DC reversible power conversion is possible just through the control of the gate phase of the switches. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100067362 | MIMO MESH NETWORK - The present invention provides MIMO mesh networks which construct wireless networks with fast transmission rate and high reliability by applying MIMO technology to relay nodes. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100054579 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE GENERATION METHOD - The present invention provides a three-dimensional surface generation method that directly and efficiently generates a three-dimensional surface of the object surface from multiple images capturing a target object. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100048901 | NOVEL CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a novel compound that is structurally similar to curcumin and has a suppressive effect on Aβ aggregation, a degradative effect on Aβ aggregates, an inhibitory effect on β-secretase, and a protective effect on neurons. The novel compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (Ia) or a salt thereof: | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100048835 | SULFONIC ACID GROUP-CONTAINING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - A sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material that is useful as a solid acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins and acidolysis reaction of hydroperoxide and also useful as a proton conductor material having excellent proton conductivity is provided. In addition, an economical and environmentally friendly method for producing methyl ethyl ketone is provided. A sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material having high catalytic activities for various acid catalyst reactions and also having high proton conductivity can be obtained by carbonization and sulfonation of a phenolic resin. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100040553 | SPHERICAL FERRITE NANOPARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing spherical ferrite nanoparticles includes the steps of: preparing a first aqueous solution containing a disaccharide, an alkaline, an oxidation agent, seed particles and divalent iron ions; and conducting particle growth in the first aqueous solution to produce the spherical ferrite nanoparticles. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100040491 | DISPOSABLE CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMP WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING - A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100040304 | IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image quality improvement processing apparatus that removes occlusion regions and regions that the registration error is large, selects pixels suitable for the image quality improvement processing, and generates an image with high image quality. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100035099 | SOLID OXIDE CELL - A solid oxide cell is provided which, after short-time activation, can generate electricity at a high power density over a prolonged period. This cell can be constituted so as to eliminate the necessity of carrier gas introduction during power generation and, hence, can more easily realize a size reduction in power generation systems. The solid oxide cell at least has an anode having an anode material, a cathode having a cathode material, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode and including an ionically conductive solid oxide, wherein the anode material includes a composite metal oxide or a cermet, solid carbon is deposited on the anode material during activation and at least the following reaction schemes (1) and (2) are utilized at the anode during power generation to generate electricity. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100030386 | Pressure Regulator and Vibration Isolator - A pressure regulator for controlling pressure with high response and high accuracy even a flow change occurs on the downstream side. The pressure regulator ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100025618 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material which includes a compound free of lead and alkali metal and has a good piezoelectric property. The piezoelectric material where tungsten bronze structure oxides being free of lead and alkali metal and represented by A | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100025617 | METAL OXIDE - Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1). | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100016574 | 2'-Hydroxyl Group-Modified Ribonucleoside Derivatives - Provided is a ribonucleoside derivative represented by General Formula (I): | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014335 | THREE-PHASE POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A three-phase inverter circuit ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100014333 | ELECTRIC POWER UNIT FOR INDUCTION HEATING - Reverse conducting type semiconductor switches are arranged in a bride from, an energy storage capacitor is connected with its DC terminal to obtain a magnetic energy regeneration switch, and then an induction coil is connected to its AC terminal. An AC pulse current of variable frequency is obtained by applying a gate signal to the semiconductor switch to thereby turn it ON/OFF; since a voltage is generated automatically by regenerating magnetic energy, a DC power supply is connected to the opposite ends of the capacitor through a smoothing coil, thus injecting power. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013693 | A-D CONVERT APPARATUS - Provided is an AD conversion apparatus including a bit selecting section that sequentially selects conversion target bits of the output data, from an upper bit downward; a data control section that outputs comparison data determining a value of the conversion target bit, each time a conversion target bit is selected; a DA converting section that outputs an analog comparison signal corresponding to the comparison data; a timing generating section that outputs a comparison control signal ordering comparison initiation; a changing section that changes a timing of the comparison control signal according to a bit position of the conversion target bit, such that the timing of the comparison initiation indicated by the comparison control signal is later for higher conversion target bits; a comparing section that begins comparing the input signal to the comparison signal at the comparison initiation timing indicated by the comparison control signal having the timing changed by the changing section; and a completion detecting section that outputs a completion signal causing the bit selecting section to select a next conversion target bit, after the comparing section has output the comparison result. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013690 | A-D CONVERT APPARATUS - Provided is a successive approximation AD conversion apparatus that outputs digital output data corresponding to an analog input signal, including a bit selecting section that selects a conversion target bit sequentially from a highest bit of the output data; a data control section that outputs comparison data determining a value of the conversion target bit, each time a conversion target bit is selected; a DA conversing section that outputs an analog comparison signal corresponding to the comparison data; a comparing section that outputs a comparison result between the input signal and the comparison signal, upon the output of the comparison signal by the DA converting section, and that is reset after outputting the comparison result; a completion detecting section that, upon detecting that the comparing section has output the comparison result, outputs a completion signal causing the bit selecting section to select a next conversion target bit, prior to the comparing section being reset; and an output section that outputs output data in which a value of each bit is based on the comparison result by the comparing section. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100002949 | HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - The present invention provides a high-resolution image generation method which is capable of generating a high-resolution image from multiple low-resolution images having displacements without using an iterative computation. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090315432 | METAL OXIDE, PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric material without using lead or an alkali metal, the piezoelectric material having a stable crystal structure in a wide temperature range, high insulation property, and high piezoelectric property, and a piezoelectric element using the piezoelectric material, in which the piezoelectric material is made of a metal oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure and expressed by Ba(Si | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090312644 | VITAL TISSUE DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A vital tissue discrimination device, which includes infrared spectrum acquiring section ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090312574 | Method for Producing Optically Active Fluorine-Containing Carbonyl-ene Product - An optically active, fluorine-containing carbonyl-ene product is produced by reacting a fluorine-containing α-ketoester with an alkene in the presence of a transition metal complex having an optically active ligand. There are Mode 1 of conducting this reaction in the absence of reaction solvent, Mode 2 of conducting this reaction in a solvent that is low in relative dielectric constant, and Mode 3 of conducting this reaction in a halogenated hydrocarbon-series solvent. In each of these three modes, it is possible to produce the optically active, fluorine-containing carbonyl-ene product with low cost. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309484 | DIRECT BAND-GAP NANODIAMOND CRYSTALS AND ULTRAVIOLET OPTICAL DEVICES USING THE SAME - Novel direct band gap crystalline nanodiamonds and light emitting devices utilizing the direct band gap crystalline nanodiamonds are disclosed. With providing the detailed information on the electronic states and the electron band structure of several crystalline nanodiamonds, preferred device structures including an electroluminescence-based solid-state light source and a cathode-luminescence-based micro light source are shown. These devices emit light in the region of ultraviolet wavelength, which can be designed from 180 nm to 230 nm by a choice of nanodiamonds, with referring to the information provided in the present invention. The related applications of these UV light emitting devices include a light source for sterilization, a light source for decomposing harmful substances, a light source for spectroscopy, a light source for exciting a phosphor to emit a white light, a micro light source for micro optoelectronic devices, and a light source for writing a super high density recording media. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090297406 | Liquid Introducing Plasma System - A liquid introducing plasma system including a plasma chamber in which a plasma is produced, a plasma generator device which creates the plasma in the chamber, and a spouting device for linearly ejecting a liquid in a linear jet to thereby introduce the liquid into the plasma chamber is disclosed. The plasma system is capable of supplying an ultra-small volume of sample liquid to the plasma while reducing consumption of electrical power required for generation of the plasma. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090273257 | PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTANCE, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS USING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric substance which is made of oxide with perovskite type structure which is made of ABO | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090256280 | CRAWLER BELT, CRAWLER UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CRAWLER BELT - Theme To provide a crawler unit having a light-weight and high-strength crawler belt. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090245692 | IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD - The present invention provides a region-selection-based image registration method for estimating motions between an image of interest in an image sequence and a reference image in the image sequence which can be applied to the registration of the object having every geometry and by which the high-precision image registration with robustness to illumination variation and occlusion can be conducted. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090232443 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL CIRCUIT - Optical elements (light sources | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090221774 | DIENE POLYMER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A polymer comprising a unit represented by the following formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer comprising the step of polymerizing a diene compound such as 9,9-diallylfluorene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst formed by contacting a nickel compound with an organoaluminum compound and/or a boron compound: | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090207931 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device that transmits a wireless signal by carrying out linear precoding processing using a plurality of transmission antennas is provided with: a phase pattern control unit for selecting a phase pattern that reduces peak-to-average power ratio; a phase rotation unit for carrying out phase rotation on a modulation signal using the phase pattern selected in the phase pattern control unit; a control signal generation unit for generating a control signal based on the phase pattern selected in the phase pattern control unit; and a preceding unit for carrying out linear precoding processing on output signals from the phase rotation unit and output signals from the control signal generation unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207288 | SIGNAL READOUT METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a signal readout method of solid-state imaging device which can simultaneously readouts the signals having different properties that can generate multiple images obtained by capturing the same subject under different capturing conditions from one solid-state imaging device. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090179199 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH AMORPHOUS OXIDE LAYER CONTAINING MICROCRYSTALS - A novel amorphous oxide applicable, for example, to an active layer of a TFT is provided. The amorphous oxide comprises microcrystals. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090176979 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYSACCHARIDE AND/OR MONOSACCHARIDE BY HYDROLYSIS OF DIFFERENT POLYSACCHARIDE - The object is to produce a polysaccharide and/or a monosaccharide efficiently by hydrolyzing a different polysaccharide efficiently. The hydrolysis of a polysaccharide is an important means for producing a monosaccharide that can be used as a starting material for the production of ethanol, the solubilization of a water-insoluble polysaccharide, and the production of a useful water-soluble low-polymeric saccharide or the like. For achieving the object, a polysaccharide to be hydrolyzed is reacted with water in the presence of a carbonaceous material having sulfonic acid group therein to cause the hydrolysis of the polysaccharide to be hydrolyzed, thereby producing a other polysaccharide and/or a monosaccharide. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090169052 | Object Detector - An object position area ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167844 | Mobile peripheral monitor - A standard camera ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090161715 | LASER DEVICE - The laser device has a gain medium, first and second clads sandwiching the gain medium in the thickness direction, and a cavity structure for resonating the electromagnetic wave generated in the gain medium. The gain medium includes a plurality of active regions for generating an electromagnetic wave and at lease one connecting region sandwiched among the active regions. The first and second clads are each formed of a negative permittivity medium having a permittivity the real part of which is negative relative to the electromagnetic wave. A potential-adjusting portion is arranged between the connecting region and the first clad and between the connecting region and the second clad for adjusting the electric potential of the connecting region. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090140197 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID JET HEAD AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - There is disclosed a piezoelectric element having, on a substrate, a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes which come in contact with the piezoelectric body, wherein the piezoelectric body consists of a perovskite type oxide represented by the following formula (1): | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090137850 | Method for Hydrating Olefins - A novel olefin hydration method is provided for efficiently producing alcohols by hydration of olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst. Thus, alcohols are produced by hydrating olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms at reaction temperature of 100 to 250° C. in the presence of a solid acid catalyst consisting of carbonaceous materials containing sulfonic acid groups obtained from an organic matter by carbonization and sulfonation. In carrying out this method, the organic matter is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon or a saccharide, the olefin is preferably propylene or a butenes, and the hydration reaction temperature is not lower than 120° C., more preferably not lower than 150° C. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090133764 | Odor Blender, Odor Recorder, Odor Reproducer, and Odor Recording and Reproducing System - An odor blender is provided in which a maximum gas concentration of a single component odor gas is not reduced without increasing the number of carrier gas containers, even when the number of the types of component odor gas is increased. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090131709 | Processes for Producing Higher Fatty Acid Esters - As means for producing a biodiesel oil from a feed oil containing a free fatty acid at high efficiency, the following processes (1) to (3) are provided: (1) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester; (2) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid and a higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester by both of the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid and the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid triglyceride; and (3) a process for producing a higher fatty acid ester, comprising: reacting a lower alcohol with a higher fatty acid and a higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an amorphous carbon having a sulfonate group introduced therein, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester by both of the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid and the reaction between the lower alcohol and the higher fatty acid triglyceride; and reacting the unreacted lower alcohol with the unreacted higher fatty acid triglyceride in the presence of an alkali hydroxide, thereby producing the higher fatty acid ester. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128608 | PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTANCE ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTANCE FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A piezoelectric substance element has a piezoelectric substance film and a pair of electrodes connected to the piezoelectric substance film on a substrate, and a main component of said piezoelectric substance film is Pb(Zr, Ti)O | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090127479 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - High temperature plasma raw material is added drop-wise, for example, and evaporated by irradiation with a laser beam. The laser beam passes through a discharge area between a pair of electrodes and irradiates the high temperature plasma raw material. Pulsed power is applied to the space between the electrodes in such a way that discharge current reaches a specified threshold value at a time when at least part of the evaporated material reaches the discharge channel. As a result, discharge starts between the electrodes, plasma is heated and excited and then EUV radiation is generated. The EUV radiation thus generated passes through a foil trap, is collected by EUV radiation collector optics and then extracted. The irradiation of the laser beam allows setting of the space density of the high temperature plasma raw material to a specified distribution and defining of the position of a discharge channel. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090121907 | D-A CONVERT APPARATUS AND A-D CONVERT APPARATUS - Provided is a D-A conversion apparatus that outputs an analog output voltage according to digital input data, which includes a capacitance array main D-A converter that supplies a main voltage according to the input data to an output terminal of the D-A conversion apparatus, a correction data output section that outputs correction data according to the input data, a capacitance array correction D-A converter that outputs a correction voltage according to the correction data, and a voltage dividing capacitor connected serially between an output end of the correction D-A converter and an output end of the main D-A converter. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090114520 | Method of Producing Charcoal - A novel method of producing charcoal. The method of producing charcoal comprises treating an organic material with iodine followed by the carbonization treatment. The organic material is desirably an organic material stemming from the biomass. The treatment with iodine is desirably conducted by bringing an iodine vapor into contact with the organic material. Further, the treatment with iodine is desirably conducted by heating a container which contains the organic material and iodine. The temperature in the treatment with iodine is desirably in a range of not lower than 50° C. but not higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic material. Further, the carbonization treatment is desirably a heat treatment conducted in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090106633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING AND DETECTING MULTIPLE SPOTTY-BYTE ERRORS WITHIN A BYTE OCCURRED IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF BYTES - An apparatus for correcting and detecting multiple spotty-byte errors within a byte occurred in a limited number of bytes and which has a function capable of controlling multiple spotty-byte errors within a byte occurred in the limited number of bytes, is provided. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090104538 | SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY - The invention provides a novel lithium-ion battery electrolyte which is produced by adding an aluminate ester compound as a plasticizer in a solid polymer electrolyte. The lithium-ion battery solid polymer electrolyte of the present invention comprises a lithium ion source, an organic polymer compound, and one or more kinds of aluminate ester compounds represented by the general formula | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090099374 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAVAN DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a method for producing flavan derivatives having various substituent groups with controlling the stereochemistry. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: hydratively condensing a phenol compound expressed by formula (I) and an alcohol compound expressed by formula (II) to from an epoxide compound of formula (III); opening the epoxy ring of the epoxide compound of formula (III) to form an iodine-containing compound of formula (IV); and cyclizing the iodine-containing compound to form the flavan derivative of formula (V). | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099345 | Carbon-Based Solid Acid, Catalyst Comprising the Solid Acid, and Reaction Using the Solid Acid as Catalyst - A carbon-based solid acid which has high activity and high thermal stability and is useful as an acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090091273 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FROM PLASMA - A plasma generation apparatus for generating a plasma within a discharge chamber is disclosed, which includes a plurality of electrodes disposed within the discharge chamber, a power supply device operative to flow a discharge current between electrodes for performing self-heating of a plasma between the electrodes and for applying a self-magnetic field to the plasma, and a control unit for control of the power supply device, wherein the control unit controls the power supply device in such a way as to confine the plasma in a space, thereby improving the conversion efficiency of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. A plasma generation method is also disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090084992 | METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - To achieve pulse-stretched EUV radiation without putting a large heat load on electrodes or requiring sophisticated control, a pulsed power is supplied between a first electrode and a second electrode provided inside a chamber to form a narrow discharge channel therebetween. A laser beam from a laser source irradiates high temperature plasma material to form low temperature plasma gas having an ion density of approximately 10 | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090082543 | METHOD OF PREPARING POLY(AMIC ACID) AND METHOD OF PREPARING POLYIMIDE - A method of preparing a poly(amic acid) includes a step of reacting an aromatic diacid anhydride or alicyclic diacid anhydride, an aliphatic diamine or alicyclic diamine, and an acid having a pKa of 3 to 5. A method of preparing a polyimide by imidating the resulting poly(amic acid) is also disclosed. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080806 | FAST METHOD OF SUPER-RESOLUTION PROCESSING - The present invention provides a fast method of super-resolution processing which realizes speedup of the high-speed super-resolution processing by speeding up the calculations of an evaluation function and the differential of the evaluation function with respect to a high-resolution image in a reconstruction-based super-resolution processing. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090080805 | Fast Method of Super-Resolution Processing - A method is provided for speeding up a super-resolution processing by reducing the number of times for convolution operation that is the number of times for estimation calculation. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090078368 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COPPER-CLAD LAMINATE, METHOD OF PRODUCING COVERLAY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A method of producing a copper-clad laminate by laminating a copper foil on a polyimide layer, wherein the polyimide layer is produced by imidating a polyamide acid which is obtained by reacting one of an aromatic diacid anhydride and alicyclic diacid anhydride and one of an aliphatic diamine and alicyclic diamine, with an acid having a pKa of 3 to 5. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090057739 | Ge channel device and method for fabricating ge channel device - The Ge channel device comprises: a Ge channel layer ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090055630 | Program Processing Device, Parallel Processing Program, Program Processing Method, Parallel Processing Compiler, Recording Medium Containing The Parallel Processing Compiler, And Multi-Processor System - In a multi-processor system for performing a parallel processing, each of a plurality of processors includes a communication processing unit for performing control between the processors in a data flow machine-type data-driven control method; and a program processing unit for performing control in each processor in a Neumann-type program-driven control method. The communication processing unit performs a communication between the processors in synchronization with the program processing unit, and has a function of detecting a communication data hazard between the processors. The program processing unit performs a processing based on an execution code stored in a local memory, and has a function of executing or suspending the execution code, according to a result of detecting the data hazard. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051452 | Oscillation device and inspection apparatus - An oscillation device has a resonant tunneling diode formed by interposing a gain medium including a first barrier layer, a quantum well layer and a second barrier layer between a first thickness adjusting layer and a second thickness adjusting layer. The oscillation device also has a switch for switching the polarity of a bias voltage being applied to the resonant tunneling diode. The first thickness adjusting layer and the second thickness adjusting layer have different thicknesses. Thus, a single oscillation device is driven to oscillate with different oscillation frequencies. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090034909 | Optical Isolator - An optical isolator is constituted by providing a substrate, a waveguiding layer lattice-matched to the substrate, and a non-reciprocal phase shifter, and a waveguide and a curved waveguide for guiding the waveguiding layer are formed in the waveguiding layer, and a branch coupler is also provided therein, furthermore, a refractive index of the waveguiding layer is made larger than 3.36 by changing a semiconductor composition. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090027531 | PIXEL MIXTURE METHOD - The present invention provides a pixel mixture method for mixing multiple pixels in a high-pixel solid-state image sensing device capable of obtaining a high-definition image while reducing the number of the readout pixels in an imaging device having the high-pixel solid-state image sensing device with a color filter array (CFA). | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090011459 | Process for producing functional non-naturally occurring proteins, and method for site-specific modification and immobilization of the proteins - There is provided a process for industrial production of non-naturally occurring proteins composed of less than 20 amino acids, wherein the proteins retain their original functions while being capable of site-specific modification or immobilization, or having new functions not found in nature in addition to the original functions of the proteins. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090010837 | Hydrogen Generation Apparatus, Laser Reduction Apparatus, Energy Conversion Apparatus, Hydrogen Generation Method and Electric Power Generation System - Object: To provide a hydrogen generation apparatus, a laser reduction apparatus, an energy conversion apparatus, a hydrogen generation method and an electric power generation system. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080310706 | PROJECTIVE TRANSFORMATION CONVERGENCE CALCULATION METHOD - A method for performing a convergence calculation using a projective transformation between images captured by two cameras to observe a flat part of an object in the images, wherein a computational load is reduced while securing a convergence property of the convergence calculation. Initial values (n | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080310705 | LEGGED LOCOMOTION ROBOT - A robot capable of performing appropriate movement control while reducing arithmetic processing for recognizing the shape of a floor. The robot sets a predetermined landing position of steps of the legs on a present assumed floor, which is a floor represented by floor shape information used for a current motion control of the robot, during movement of the robot. An image projection areas is set, and is projected on each image captured by cameras mounted on the robot for each predetermined landing position in the vicinity of each of the predetermined landing positions. Shape parameters representing the shape of an actual floor partial area are estimated, forming an actual floor whose image is captured in each partial image area, of based on the image of the partial image area generated by projecting the set image projection area on the images captured by the cameras for each partial image area. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080303784 | Information processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium - An information processing apparatus includes a control portion and an IF portion. Haptic sense presentation devices are connected to the IF portion. The control portion calculates an area of an image object based on features of the image object and determines the calculated area of the image object as a virtual mass of the image object. The control portion calculates an acceleration of the image object based on the current and previous features of the image object. The control portion calculates a force to be presented to the haptic sense presentation device connected to IF portion based on the virtual mass and the acceleration of the image object and outputs a signal indicative of the calculated force to the haptic sense presentation device. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080284244 | Endless Elongated Member for Crawler and Crawler Unit - THEME To provide a crawler unit that can move over a high step or bump. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080255284 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT AND OPTICAL PARTS - It is provided for a resin composition including (A) at least one polyamic acid having the structure represented by the following formula (1): | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080253606 | Plane Detector and Detecting Method - A rotation matrix and a translation vector between a basic camera ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252171 | Surface Acoustic Wave Motor - In an energy recovery type surface acoustic wave motor, an increase in energy efficiency at the time of energy recovery and supply is achieved by adjusting phase change. A surface acoustic wave motor comprises: a surface acoustic wave substrate; a slider provided with an applied pressure; a driving interdigital electrode connected to an external power supply for generating a driving surface acoustic wave on a surface so as to drive the slider by a frictional force which is generated on a contact surface of the slider with the surface acoustic wave substrate based on the surface acoustic wave and the applied pressure; recovery interdigital electrodes placed forward and backward in the direction of travel of the surface acoustic wave for recovering energy of a surface acoustic wave unused to drive the slider, and for using that energy to generate a surface acoustic wave; and phase adjusting means for matching the phase of a surface acoustic wave generated by the recovery interdigital electrodes to the phase of the driving surface acoustic wave W generated by the driving interdigital electrode. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080245478 | Surface treatment apparatus - A surface treatment apparatus encompasses a gas introducing system configured to introduce a process gas from downstream end of a tubular treatment object; a vacuum evacuating system configured to evacuate the process gas from other end of the treatment object; an excited particle supplying system disposed at upstream side of the treatment object, configured to supply excited particles for inducing initial discharge in a main body of the treatment object; and a first main electrode and a second main electrode disposed oppositely to each other, defining a treating region of the treatment object as a main plasma generating region disposed therebetween, wherein the excited particle supplying system is driven at least until generation of main plasma, and main pulse of duty ratio of 10 | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080237501 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION GENERATING METHOD - High temperature plasma raw material ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080234450 | DIENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer, which comprises the step of polymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3), the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 9,9-diallylfluorene. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080225912 | Solar Light Pumped Laser and Cooling Method of Solar Light Pumped Laser - A solar light pumped laser performing laser oscillation by pumping a laser medium with solar light, the solar light pumped laser including, a laser medium | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080221288 | DIENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer, which comprises the step of polymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3), the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 5,5-diallyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221287 | DIENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer, which comprises the step of polymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3), the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 2,2-dially-1,3-cyclopentanedione. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080221286 | DIENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer, which comprises the step of polymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3), the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 1,6-heptadiene. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218393 | A-D CONVERTER AND A-D CONVERT METHOD - There is provided an A/D converter that outputs a digital output signal obtained by digitalizing an analog input signal. The A/D converter includes a bit selecting section that selects a conversion object bit from a high-order bit to a low-order bit of the digital output signal in order, a threshold-value controlling section that determines a threshold data expressing a boundary value between zero and one of the conversion object bit, a D/A converting section that digital-to-analog converts the threshold data and generates an analog threshold value, a comparing section that compares, at a plurality of different timings in a conversion time interval determining a value of the conversion object bit, the analog input signal and the analog threshold value and outputs a plurality of comparison results at the timings, and a bit determining section that determines the value of the conversion object bit. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080214756 | CYCLIC OLEFIN-DIENE COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A copolymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1) and cyclic olefin units; and a process for producing the copolymer, which comprises the step of copolymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3) with a cyclic olefin, the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as isopropylidene diallylmalonate. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080214755 | OLEFIN-DIENE COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A copolymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1) and olefin units; and a process for producing the copolymer, which comprises the step of copolymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3) with an olefin, the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 5,5-diallyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080214754 | DIENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer containing units represented by the defined formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer, which comprises the step of polymerizing a compound represented by the defined formula (3), the units represented by the formula (1) being polymerized units of the compound represented by the formula (3) such as 5,5-diallylbarbituric acid. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080210934 | Semiconductor Device Using Titanium Dioxide as Active Layer and Method for Producing Semiconductor Device - Object: To provide a semiconductor device using titanium dioxide as an active layer and a method for producing thereof. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080200637 | BIODEGRADABLE RESIN SHEET - A biodegradable sheet or film that is excellent in environmental compatibility accompanied by less time dependent alteration following manufacture of the sheet, having stable flexibility is provided, which can be degraded by a microorganism or the like, and thus can be easily disposed after use. A biodegradable resin sheet which is constituted with a biodegradable (3-HA) copolymer, wherein the rate of change of the tensile elongation with respect to the change in crystallinity (%) from day 1 to day 30 after manufacturing the sheet represented by the formula (1): {[(tensile elongation (%) after a lapse of 1 day following manufacture)−(tensile elongation (%) after a lapse of 30 days following manufacture)]/[(crystallinity (%) after a lapse of 30 days following manufacture)−(crystallinity (%) after a lapse of 1 day following manufacture)]} is equal to or less than 20, and the tensile elongation after a lapse of 60 days following manufacture of the sheet is equal to or greater than 100(%). | 08-21-2008 |
