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20110008826 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPOUND ORIGINATING FROM POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED BIOMASS - A method of producing a compound originating from a polysaccharide-based biomass includes at least one of a saccharification step that produces a sugar solution containing a monosaccharide and/or an oligosaccharide from a product obtainable by hydrolyzing the polysaccharide-based biomass; a fermentation step that ferments the sugar solution containing the monosaccharide and/or oligosaccharide originating from the polysaccharide-based biomass; and a treatment that removes a fermentation inhibitor with the use of a separation membrane having a glucose removal rate and an isopropyl alcohol removal rate which simultaneously satisfy the following relationships (I) and (II) when a 500 ppm aqueous glucose solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. and a 500 ppm aqueous isopropyl alcohol solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. are respectively permeated through the membrane at an operation pressure of 0.5 MPa, prior to the saccharification step and/or in the step prior to the fermentation step: | 01-13-2011 |
20130273608 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPOUND ORIGINATING FROM POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED BIO-MASS - A method of producing a compound originating from a polysaccharide-based biomass includes at least one of a saccharification step that produces a sugar solution containing a monosaccharide and/or an oligosaccharide from a product obtainable by hydrolyzing the polysaccharide-based biomass; a fermentation step that ferments the sugar solution containing the monosaccharide and/or oligosaccharide originating from the polysaccharide-based biomass; and a treatment that removes a fermentation inhibitor with the use of a separation membrane having a glucose removal rate and an isopropyl alcohol removal rate which simultaneously satisfy the following relationships (I) and (II) when a 500 ppm aqueous glucose solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. and a 500 ppm aqueous isopropyl alcohol solution at pH 6.5 at 25° C. are respectively permeated through the membrane at an operation pressure of 0.5 MPa, prior to the saccharification step and/or in the step prior to the fermentation step: | 10-17-2013 |
20130309761 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SACCHARIDE SOLUTION THAT USES BIOMASS AS FEEDSTOCK - There is provided an apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, including a cooling means for cooling a biomass treated liquid at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank for saccharifying a cooled treated liquid with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus for removing water-slightly soluble substances contained in a saccharide solution taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank and a foreign substance removing unit provided with a microfiltlation (MF) membrane; a dilution tank, disposed downstream of the foreign substance removing unit, for diluting the saccharide solution from which the water-slightly soluble substances are removed by adding water thereto; a water separation unit, provided with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, for removing water from the diluted saccharide solution so as to obtain concentrated saccharide solution. | 11-21-2013 |
20130337552 | FERMENTATION APPARATUS THAT USES BIOMASS AS FEEDSTOCK - There is provided an apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, including: a cooling means for cooling a biomass liquid treated at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank for subjecting a cooled treated liquid to saccharification with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus for removing water-slightly soluble fermentation inhibitory substances contained in the saccharide solution taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank and a foreign substance removing unit provided with a microfiltlation (MF) membrane | 12-19-2013 |
20150191801 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUGAR SOLUTION - A method of producing a sugar liquid includes filtering a cellulose-derived sugar liquid through one or more separation membranes selected from the group consisting of an ultrafiltration membrane, a nanofiltration membrane and a reverse osmosis membrane, and washing the separation membrane(s) after filtration with washing water containing an acidic substance and an aromatic compound. | 07-09-2015 |
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20090263590 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYSILANE-MODIFIED SILICON FINE WIRE AND METHOD OF FORMING SILICON FILM - A method of forming a silicon film capable of forming an excellent high-crystalline silicon film without heat treatment at high temperature is provided. A method of manufacturing a polysilane-modified silicon fine wire includes a step of: irradiating a mixed liquid including a silicon fine wire and a polysilane with light to bond the polysilane to a surface of the silicon fine wire. | 10-22-2009 |
20090293995 | NOBEL METAL ALLOY FOR SPARK PLUG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PROCESSING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a material for a precious metal tip of a spark plug, which has more excellent durability, particularly oxidation wear resistance than a conventional one. The precious metal alloy for the spark plug according to the present invention contains 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % Cr as an essential component, further at least any one of Fe or Ni, and the balance being Ir. Here, the amount of Fe and Ni to be added is preferably 2.0 to 12.0 wt. % in total. According to the present invention, the surface may be oxidized to form an oxide layer made from a Cr—Fe oxide, a Cr—Ni oxide or a Cr—Fe—Ni oxide. The oxide layer is formed by a diffusion treatment by heating the precious metal alloy at 300 to 900° C. in an oxidative atmosphere, and preferably has a thickness of 5 to 100 μm. | 12-03-2009 |
20100197102 | FILM DEPOSITION METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A film deposition method includes the steps of: coating a solution containing a polysilane compound on a substrate to form a coating film and then carrying out a first thermal treatment in an inert atmosphere, thereby forming the coating film into a silicon film; forming a coating film containing a polysilane compound on the silicon film and then carrying out a second thermal treatment in an inert atmosphere or a reducing atmosphere, thereby forming the coating film into a silicon oxide precursor film; and carrying out a third thermal treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere, thereby forming the silicon oxide precursor film into a silicon oxide film and simultaneously densifying the silicon film. | 08-05-2010 |
20100320453 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed of an organic semiconductor and constituting a channel region, a gate insulating film disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, and a pair of source/drain electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a protruding portion protruding toward the substrate from an inner region of a surface, opposite the substrate, of the semiconductor layer excluding a region near ends thereof. | 12-23-2010 |
20110009662 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING DEHYDROAMINO ACID - A process for efficiently producing through a small number of steps an N-substituted 2-amino-4-(substituted-oxymethylphosphinyl)-2-butenoic ester which is an intermediate for herbicide L-AMPB. The process comprises reacting a compound represented by the following formula (1): (where R | 01-13-2011 |
20120322334 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY - There are provided a method of manufacturing a film, suitable for forming a film having a plurality of minute through holes, and a method of manufacturing a display using the method of manufacturing a film. The method of manufacturing a film, includes: transferring a film of a first pattern onto a base material with use of an intaglio plate including the first pattern and a second pattern; and forming a film including through holes on the base material by transferring a film of the second pattern of the intaglio plate onto the film of the first pattern. | 12-20-2012 |
20140070193 | TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY UNIT - A method of manufacturing a transistor includes: forming a gate electrode; forming a laminated film of an organic insulating film and an organic semiconductor film with a gate insulating film therebetween, the laminated film being opposed to the gate electrode; and patterning the organic semiconductor film. | 03-13-2014 |
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20130013203 | Navigation Device and Method of Searching Route by the Same - Provided are navigation technologies capable of preferentially guiding a vehicle to a route of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met. A navigation device is provided with a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the presence or absence of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met (hereinafter referred to as a conditional lane), a conditional-lane determining unit adapted to determine whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation device meets the conditions for driving in the conditional lane, and a route searching unit adapted to search a recommended route to a destination, wherein said route searching unit uses lane information to preferentially search for a route which utilizes a road including the conditional lane, when the conditional-lane determining unit determines that the aforementioned conditions are met. | 01-10-2013 |
20130030691 | Navigation Device and Guidance Method Thereof - Disclosed is navigation technology for providing guidance for HOV lanes in a more readily understandable manner. A navigation device is provided with: a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the set-up of lanes which can be used when a predetermined condition is fulfilled (hereafter referred to as conditional lanes); a route guidance unit adapted to provide guidance for a recommended route to a destination; and a guidance unit adapted to provide guidance for entrances and exits for conditional lanes. If travelling along a conditional lane makes it impossible to continue without deviating from the recommended route, the guidance unit provides guidance that the conditional lane should not be entered from an entrance to the conditional lane or inhibits guidance on the presence of an entrance to the conditional lane. | 01-31-2013 |
20130035858 | Navigation Device, Guidance Method Thereof and Route Search Method Thereof - Disclosed is navigation technology for providing guidance for HOV lanes in a more readily understandable manner. A navigation device is provided with: a storage unit adapted to store, for each predetermined segment of road, lane information including whether or not it is possible to enter or exit lanes which can be used when a predetermined condition is fulfilled (hereafter referred to as conditional lanes); a route search unit adapted to search for a recommended route to a destination; and a lane guidance unit adapted to provide entry/exit guidance in a road segment where a conditional lane can be entered or exited. If a segment where a conditional lane can be exited and a segment where the conditional lane can be entered, which is before the segment which can be exited, are on the recommended route, the lane guidance unit provides entry guidance in the segment where the lane can be entered. | 02-07-2013 |
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20090116874 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMATION USING SAID ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An image-forming method employing an electrophotographic process is provided with which images having high resolution can be obtained and which is less apt to cause image defects even in repetitions of use, does not cause conspicuous image defects even under severe conditions suitable for high resolution, and has excellent electrical characteristics. The object has been accomplished with an electrophotographic photoreceptor for developing an electrostatic latent image formed in the surface thereof with a polymerization toner, the electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a photosensitive layer which contains a polymer comprising a repeating unit including a partial structure represented by formula (1). | 05-07-2009 |
20090232552 | COATING LIQUID FOR FORMING UNDERCOAT LAYER, PHOTORECEPTOR HAVING UNDERCOAT LAYER FORMED OF THE COATING LIQUID, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTORECEPTOR, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE PHOTORECEPTOR - Provided are a coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer exhibiting high stability, a process for forming the coating liquid, a high-performance electrophotographic photoreceptor that is capable of forming a high-quality image under various use environments and exhibiting reduced image defects such as black spots and color spots, and an image-forming apparatus and electrophotographic cartridge including the electrophotographic photoreceptor. In the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin, the metal oxide particles have a number average particle diameter of 0.10μm or less and a 10% cumulative particle diameter of 0.060 μm or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in the coating liquid for forming an undercoat layer. | 09-17-2009 |
20100158561 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE BASE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoreceptor having high performance that hardly generates image defects such as black spots, color spots, and interference fringes is provided. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an undercoat layer containing metal oxide particles and a binder resin on an electroconductive substrate having a maximum height surface roughness Rz in the range of 0.8≦Rz≦2 μm, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the metal oxide particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or less and a 90% cumulative particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less which are measured by a dynamic light-scattering method in a liquid containing the undercoat layer dispersed in a solvent mixture of methanol and 1-propanol at a weight ratio of 7:3. | 06-24-2010 |
20100183332 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTORS, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a polyarylate resin having a repeating structure represented by the following formula [1] and a compound represented by the following formula [6]. This electrophotographic photoreceptor has excellent wearing resistance under load in the practical use of the photoreceptor and has high mechanical strength and extremely satisfactory electrical characteristcis. [1] [6] | 07-22-2010 |
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20090245076 | LASER DRIVING CIRCUIT, ITS RECORDING COMPENSATION METHOD AND OPTICAL-DISK APPARATUS - A laser driving circuit employing a recording compensation circuit configured to generate a light emission timing of a laser on the basis of recorded data and a recording clock signal which are supplied to the recording compensation circuit includes: a phase synchronization circuit; a skew determination circuit; and a data latching circuit. | 10-01-2009 |
20100054102 | Laser driving device and optical apparatus - A laser driving device includes a storage unit that stores signal patterns for recording-waveform control representing level information of each divided driving signal to drive a laser device on a space and a mark based on the divided driving signals. Also, it includes a pulse generator that generates the reference pulse and the switching pulse based on a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal. The first transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a reference pulse that represents a timing of repetitively switching between the space and the mark. The second transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a switch pulse that represents a timing of switching the signals. Among level information for each of the signals in the storage, reference level information is read together with the reference pulse. Other level information after the reference level information is sequentially read for each switching pulse. | 03-04-2010 |
20100202273 | LASER DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL UNIT, AND LIGHT DEVICE - A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a light emission level pattern storing section; and a second storing section. | 08-12-2010 |
20100260028 | Laser driving device, laser driving method, optical unit, and light device - A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; and a light emission level pattern storing section. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260029 | Laser driving device, laser driving method, optical unit, and light device - Disclosed herein is a laser driving device including: a sample-hold section; a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a storing section; and a sampling pulse generating section. | 10-14-2010 |
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20080270918 | Document display system, display device, controller and computer readable medium - A document display system includes: a plurality of display units that display an image of an electronic document including a plurality of pages for each page unit; a plurality of detecting units that detect a display operation performed by a user to each of the plurality of display units; and a control unit that controls the display unit related to the detecting unit that detects the display operation to display a page image in order of the pages corresponding to the order of detecting the display operations. | 10-30-2008 |
20090073143 | Content management system - A contents management system includes a writing device and a management device. The writing device includes a writing section, an image retaining section, a judging section and a control section. The writing device writes a content image onto electronic paper which displays and retains an image in a no-power state and is configured to rewrite the image. And the management device includes a management section, control section and an update section. The management device manages content to be written onto and displayed on the electronic paper. | 03-19-2009 |
20090083329 | Content management system and computer readable medium - A content management system includes a conversion a section, a display data storing section, a field section, an operation section and a management section. The conversion section converts content data into display data which is to be written into an electronic paper. The display data storing section stores the display data. The field storing section stores field data which includes identification information of a first user belonging to a field and identification information of the display data. The operation section accepts a request from a second user. The management section that allows, when the identification information of the first user contained in the field data coincides with identification information of the second user contained in the request accepted by the operation section, the display data indicated by the identification information contained in the field data to be written into the electronic paper. | 03-26-2009 |
20090085930 | WRITING CONTROL SYSTEM - A writing control system includes a display holding medium, a reading unit, an identifying unit, a control unit and a writing unit. The display holding medium includes a display section capable of displaying and holding an image in a no-power state and a storage section having a storage area for storing information that identifies an electronic document associated with it. The reading unit reads the information from the storage section when the display holding medium is located in a predetermined position. The identifying unit identifies the electronic document associated with the display holding medium, based on the information read from the display holding medium. When the electronic document associated with the display holding medium is not identified, the control unit performs control so that a page image, which has not been written, of an electronic document, which is used in last image writing, is set as a writing target. | 04-02-2009 |
20090153496 | WRITING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PAPER SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A writing apparatus includes: a detecting unit; a reading unit; a writing unit; a display; a first controlling unit; a second controlling unit; and a third controlling unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20130041926 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus, a second information processing apparatus, and a third information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus includes a collecting unit that collects information, a generating unit that generates first and second deleting conditions, an adding unit that adds the first and second deleting conditions to the information, and a first transmitting unit that transmits the information including the first and second deleting conditions added thereto. The second information processing apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives the transmitted information, a first storing unit that stores the received information, a second transmitting unit that transmits the stored information, and a first deleting unit that deletes the information. The third information processing apparatus includes a second receiving unit that receives the transmitted information, a second storing unit that stores the received information, and a second deleting unit that deletes the information. | 02-14-2013 |
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20080251698 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE - There is provided a semiconductor optical receiver module that performs efficient heat dissipation, without incurring an increase in cost. The semiconductor optical receiver module includes a substrate provided on a package, a semiconductor photodetector provided on the substrate, a chip capacitor provided on the substrate, and a preamp IC provided on the package, without the intermediation of the substrate. | 10-16-2008 |
20090274421 | Optical semiconductor module, adjusting method thereof, and fabricating method thereof - An optical semiconductor module has: a semiconductor laser for radiating a laser beam; a lens for converging the laser beam; and an optical connector outputting the laser beam received from the lens to a transmission path. The optical connector has: a fiber ferrule including an optical fiber with an incident plane of the laser beam; and a light attenuator covering the incident plane. Transmittance of the laser beam through the light attenuator is varied according to rotation of the light attenuator on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis. The semiconductor laser, the lens and the optical connector are aligned such that a spot diameter of the laser beam on the incident plane is smaller than a diameter of a core of the optical fiber. | 11-05-2009 |
20100302543 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The core adjusting process includes a procedure of searching for the position in which the photocurrent of the light-receiving element reaches its peak in each of the X-, Y-, and Z-directions. In the searching procedure, the light emitted from a multimode fiber of a MCP is gathered by a lens and is transmitted to the light-receiving element. A check is then made to determine whether, at in both directions of the search direction, there exist a first and second attenuation positions in which the photocurrent shows a predetermined attenuation relative to a peak value in a search range. If there exist the attenuation positions, a peak position is determined to be a position located within a second predetermined range from the middle point between the attenuation positions, and the relative positions of the receptacle and the CAN package are adjusted to the peak position. | 12-02-2010 |