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20090185267 | MICROSCOPE AND VIRTUAL SLIDE FORMING SYSTEM - Providing a microscope capable of movably adjusting an observation field of a sample without moving the sample. The microscope includes a first objective lens, a second objective lens, a mirror, an angular adjustment mechanism, and a shift mechanism. The first objective lens is disposed to the sample side. The second objective lens forms an intermediate image of the sample together with the first objective lens. The mirror is disposed with a tilt on an optical path between the first objective lens and the second objective lens. The angular adjustment mechanism rotatably adjust the mirror in the tilt direction. The shift mechanism makes a shift adjustment of the second objective lens in an axial direction of a rotation axis of the mirror. With the configuration, the observation field can be moved two-dimensionally by the angular adjustment mechanism. | 07-23-2009 |
20100136671 | INCUBATION CONTAINER - A laboratory dish comprises an incubation container, containing cultured cells, for observation through a microscope, in which a partitioning member partitions an interior of the incubation container into a plurality of incubation chambers by substantially perpendicular walls. The partitioning member tightly fits to a bottom portion of the incubation container, thereby capable of retaining in separation a liquid inputted in each of the incubation chambers from liquids in the other incubation chambers. A cover member covers an upper portion of each of the incubation chambers partitioned by the partitioning member and tightly fitted to the partitioning member. A whole or part of the cover member is formed of a transparent member, and the upper portion of each incubation chamber is formed with an opening via which to input the liquid. | 06-03-2010 |
20100208052 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A user operates an operating section to cause a motorized stage to move, and observes and checks an entire sample that is disposed on the motorized stage. When the motorized stage is stopped for a predetermined reference time or longer, a controller recognizes the position where the stage is stopped as a position for time-lapse observation, and records as observation position information that observation position. After observation of the entire sample, the controller sequentially moves the motorized stage to the observation positions indicated by the observation position information, on the basis of the recorded observation position information, whereby the user observes the sample at each observation position and decides on a final observation position. | 08-19-2010 |
20110127406 | AUTO FOCUS APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE - An reference light emitted from an LED for auto focus enters a glass cover, on which a sample is adhered to, via a half mirror to an objective lens. The reference light that entered the glass cover is reflected by the boundary surface to be reflected light, and this reflected light enters a dichroic mirror via an objective lens. A part transmits the reflected light and allows the light to enter the camera via the dichroic mirror to the lens. A user rotates a motor-operated mirror while viewing the image of the reference light captured by a camera, so as to shift the reference light image position on the boundary surface. | 06-02-2011 |
20120062722 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD - A microscope apparatus comprises: a distribution measurement apparatus with respect to an observation region that comprises a fluorescent material that is activated when irradiated with an activating light, and that emits fluorescence when irradiated with an exciting light of a wavelength different from the activating light, obtains a fluorescent picture image through irradiation with the exciting light, and measures a fluorescent intensity distribution; an irradiation intensity setting apparatus which sets irradiation intensities of the activating light for respective portions of the observation region based on the fluorescent intensity distribution; and a picture image formation apparatus which obtains a plurality of the fluorescent picture images by repeating an operation wherein the observation region is irradiated with the activating light at the set irradiation intensities, and repeating an operation wherein a fluorescent picture image is obtained by irradiating with the exciting light after the activating light irradiation, generating a sample picture image. | 03-15-2012 |
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20150042941 | OPTICAL FILM - To provide an optical film excellent in suppression of light leakage in black display. An optical film having a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer, wherein the second phase difference layer has an optical property represented by the formula (3), and the optical film has optical properties represented by the formulae (1), (2) and (30) is provided: | 02-12-2015 |
20150042942 | ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION PLATE - To provide an elliptical polarization plate excellent in suppression of coloration and light leakage in display. An elliptical polarization plate having a transparent protective film pasted to one surface of a polarizer and an optically anisotropic film pasted to the other surface thereof, wherein, when measured under condition of incident polarization in the film normal direction from the side of the transparent protective film, the visibility corrected single body transmittance is 43.0% or more, the visibility corrected polarization degree is 95.0% or more, the single body hue value a* is −2.0 to 1.0 and the single body hue value b* is −1.0 to 5.0, and the optically anisotropic film satisfies the formulae (1), (2) and (3): | 02-12-2015 |
20150042943 | OPTICAL FILM - Optical film having a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer, wherein the second phase difference layer having an optical property represented by the formula (3), and the optical film has optical properties represented by the formula (1) and the formula (2). Re(450)/Re(550)≦1.00(1)1.00≦Re(650)/Re(550)(2)nx≈ny02-12-2015 | |
20150042944 | OPTICAL FILM - To provide an optical film excellent in suppression of light leakage in black display. An optical film having at least two phase difference layers and having optical properties represented by the formulae (30) and (31) is provided: | 02-12-2015 |
20150043071 | OPTICAL FILM - To provide an optical film excellent in suppression of light leakage in black display. An optical film having a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer, wherein the second phase difference layer has an optical property represented by the formula (3) and the optical film has optical properties represented by the formulae (1), (2) and (30): | 02-12-2015 |
20150043072 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LONG RETARDATION FILM - A method for producing a long retardation film having an optical axis in an oblique direction relative to the length direction of the long retardation film is provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043073 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LONG CIRCULAR POLARIZATION PLATE AND LONG CIRCULAR POLARIZATION PLATE - A production method for producing a thin circularly polarizing plate at a high productivity is provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049291 | OPTICAL FILM - To provide an optical film excellent in suppression of light leakage in black display. An optical film having a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer, wherein the second phase difference layer has an optical property represented by the formula (3), the second phase difference layer has a thickness of 0.2 μm to 2.0 μm, and further, the optical film has optical properties represented by the formulae (1) and (2): | 02-19-2015 |
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20080252277 | DIGITAL CONTROL SWITCHING POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - To provide a digital control switching power-supply device capable of suitably achieving fast transient response at the time of a sudden load change. In parallel with normal digital signal processing means that outputs a PWM pulse signal having a desired duty, transient variation detection means composed of a CR filter provided across an output inductor and a window comparator is provided in preparation for a sudden load change. If a sudden decrease in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 0% is forcedly output, and if a sudden increase in load is detected, a PWM pulse signal having a duty of 100% is forcedly output. | 10-16-2008 |
20090021227 | POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE, IC CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOFT-START CONTROL METHOD - An electric current flowing to an upper side power MOSFET during soft-start is detected according to an on-voltage of the MOSFET and an on-pulse width of a PWM pulse for driving the upper side power MOSFET is forced to be reset in the idle and decided according to a signal generated when the voltage falls below a predetermined specified voltage. | 01-22-2009 |
20090115506 | INTERFACE DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A first converter circuit converts a state signal, whose level is constant or slowly varies during a predetermine period of time, into a pulse signal to allow the signal to propagate across an electrically insulating area. A second converter circuit converts the pulse signal, which has propagated through an insulating circuit, into the original state signal or a signal having the same characteristics as the original state signal. | 05-07-2009 |
20100026262 | Power Supplying Apparatus - A first-order feedback control power supply apparatus being arranged in such a manner that when the apparatus is driven under light load condition, a current flowing through an inductor is detected by employing a second CR smoothing filter; when the present load condition is judged as a light load condition based upon the detected inductor current, both upper-sided/lower-sided power MOSFETs and a PWM oscillator are turned OFF so as to be brought into sleep states; when an output voltage of the power supply apparatus is lowered and the lowered output voltage reaches a lower limit threshold of a transient variation detecting circuit, the upper-sided power MOSFET is turned ON to recover the output voltage; and when the output voltage of the power supply voltage reaches a predetermined voltage, the upper-sided power MOSFET is turned OFF so as to be again brought into the sleep state. | 02-04-2010 |
20100232180 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT, HARD DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF SWITCHING THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT - Zero volt switching during a light load is performed in such a manner that through an ON/OFF control of switches provided for a full bridge circuit and the synchronous rectifier switches in a rectifier and smoothing circuit, a resonant peak voltage necessary for the zero voltage switching determined by the output current flowing to output terminals, a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor capacitance is ensured so that an energy accumulated in the rectifier and smoothing circuit is returned to the full bridge circuit so as to act as equivalent as when the output current is increased and to increase the current flowing through the full bridge circuit. | 09-16-2010 |
20110194206 | Power-Supply Unit, Hard-Disk Drive, and Switching Method of the Power-Supply Unit - A power-supply unit which comprises a transformer, a full bridge circuit consisting of four arm switches provided on a primary side of the transformer, a rectifier and smoothing circuit including two synchronous rectifier switches provided on a secondary side of the transformer, a choke coil, and a capacitor, an output terminal provided in the rectifier and smoothing circuit, a control circuit controlling ON/OFF of the four arm switches of the full bridge circuit and the two synchronous rectifier switches of the rectifier and smoothing circuit, a resonant inductor consisting of a leakage inductor component of the transformer and a parasitic inductor component of wirings on the primary side of the transformer, and a resonant capacitor consisting of a parasitic capacitor component of the arm switches of the full bridge circuit, and in which the control circuit comprises timing variable means which varies switching timings of the two synchronous rectifier switches of the rectifier and smoothing circuit based on an output current flowing in the output terminal provided in the rectifier and smoothing circuit. | 08-11-2011 |
20120147494 | POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE, AND LED LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND HARD DISK DRIVE USING THE SAME - A power supply device includes two buck converters, having a coupling inductor Lo composed of two mutually-coupled inductors L | 06-14-2012 |
20130194698 | POWER CONVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTER, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A power converter includes a first inductor, a rectifier arm, a first switch arm including a first and second switch circuits, a second switch arm including a third switch circuit and a first capacitor, a LC serial circuit, a Transformer, a rectification and smoothing circuit connected to secondary winding of the transformer, and a control circuit to perform on-off control of the three switch circuits. The rectifier arm, the first and second switch arms and the LC serial circuit are connected in parallel with each other. The LC serial circuit and primary winding of the transformer are connected. AC power supply is connected to the rectifier arm via the first inductor. The control circuit includes an output voltage control circuit to control output voltage at specific setting value, an intermediate voltage control circuit to control intermediate voltage at specific setting value, and a power factor correction control circuit. | 08-01-2013 |
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20110160447 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ACROLEIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for commercially manufacturing acrolein in a large flow rate by making supercritical water and an acid interact with glycerin, wherein by efficiently mixing high-concentration glycerin and supercritical water with each other, the method is made capable of making the synthesis stably proceed with a high yield while the occlusion and abrasion of the pipes and devices due to the generation of by-products are being suppressed. The method for synthesizing acrolein of the present invention is a method for synthesizing acrolein by making supercritical water and an acid interact with glycerin, the method using a reaction apparatus including: a cylindrical mixing flow path for mixing a fluid including glycerin and a fluid including supercritical water with each other; a first inlet flow path, disposed offset from the central axis of the mixing flow path, for making the fluid including glycerin flow into the mixing flow path; and a second inlet flow path, disposed offset from the central axis of the mixing flow path, for making the fluid including supercritical water flow into the mixing flow path, wherein the first inlet flow path and the second inlet flow path are each provided in a plurality of numbers in such a way that the first inlet flow paths and the second inlet flow paths are alternately arranged so as to encircle the central axis of the mixing flow path. | 06-30-2011 |
20110269934 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLYTRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE - An object of the present invention is to provide a reasonable polycondensation step by which an appropriate molecular weight can be obtained and material decomposition associated with thermolysis can be suppressed, so as to contribute to production technology for PTT polymers. The production method for polytrimethylene terephthalate comprises an esterification step and a polycondensation step, wherein the polycondensation step is divided into multiple stages, polycondensation is performed using a polymerization vessel having a twin-shaft agitator in the final stage of the polycondensation step, and the polymerization temperature during the subsequent stage of the polycondensation step is less than the polymerization temperature during the former stage of the polycondensation step. | 11-03-2011 |
20110319667 | REACTION PROCESS UTILIZING CRITICAL - In order to perform organic synthesis process through action with supercritical water and acid stably while suppressing a trouble caused by a by-product, a method and an apparatus are provided, including the following steps. Water is supplied to high-pressure pumps ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120095269 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING ACROLEIN - An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially applicable method for producing acrolein via treatment with supercritical water from glycerin obtained as a by-product during the process of biodiesel fuel production from waste animal/plant fat or oil with the use of an alkali catalyst. | 04-19-2012 |
20120202962 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYBUTYLENE SUCCINATE - A device and a method for producing high-quality polybutylene succinate are provided. The method for producing polybutylene succinate comprises the steps of: preparing a raw-material slurry by mixing succinic acid or a derivative thereof with 1,4-butanediol in a raw-material slurry preparation tank; storing the raw-material slurry in a raw-material slurry storage tank while maintaining flowability; carrying out an esterification reaction of the raw-material slurry in an esterification reactor; and synthesizing polybutylene succinate with a polycondensation reaction of the ester in a polycondensation reactor, in which the polycondensation reactor is divided, from the upstream side, into at least an initial polycondensation reactor, an intermediate polycondensation reactor, and a final polycondensation reactor, a catalyst is added in an amount from 1000 ppm to 3000 ppm in relation to succinic acid or a derivative thereof, the reaction time in the intermediate polycondensation reactor ranges from 0.25 hours to 0.75 hours, and the reaction temperature in the final polycondensation reactor ranges from 245° C. to 255° C. | 08-09-2012 |
20120215012 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PURIFICATION OF TETRAHYDROFURAN - A method for purifying tetrahydrofuran from a liquid containing tetrahydrofuran and as impurities at least water, 2,5-dihydrofuran and butanol, the method comprising: a first distillation step in which the liquid is subjected to distillation using a distillation column to separate into a first bottoms product containing water as a major component and a first distillate containing tetrahydrofuran, 2,5-dihydrofuran and butanol as major components, a second distillation step in which the first distillate is subjected to distillation using a distillation column to separate into a second bottoms product containing tetrahydrofuran and butanol as major components and a second distillate containing 2,5-dihydrofuran as a major component, a third distillation step in which the second bottoms product is subjected to distillation using a distillation column to separate into a third bottoms product containing butanol as a major component and a third distillate containing tetrahydrofuran as a major component, and further comprising a recirculation step in which a part of the second top liquid is recirculated into the first distillation step as a recirculation liquid and the remaining part is discharged into the outside of the system. | 08-23-2012 |
20120255852 | REACTION PROCESS USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER - When obtaining a target substance by gradually cooling the reaction liquid by cooling in a plurality of stages divided in series, and then distilling the cooled reaction liquid by distillation in a plurality of stages divided in series, this method and this apparatus include: circulating a heating medium to be used for cooling in the plurality of the stages by way of; sequentially passing the heating medium toward the most upstream cooling stage from the most downstream cooling stage of the reaction liquid; cooling the heating medium which has been discharged from the most upstream cooling stage by using the heating medium for keeping or raising the temperature of the liquid which has been discharged from the distillation in the plurality of the stages; and returning the cooled heating medium back to the most downstream cooling stage of the reaction liquid. | 10-11-2012 |
20120310016 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIS OF ACROLEIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology which can suppress the blockage and abrasion of pipes and devices caused by the production of by-products and stably synthesize acrolein at a high yield, under a condition in which energy efficiency is improved by an elevated concentration of glycerol in a reaction liquid, in a process for synthesis of acrolein by reacting supercritical water and an acid with glycerol. An embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a concentration of glycerol in the reaction liquid at 30% by weight or lower; also cooling the reaction liquid to a temperature between a temperature (300° C. or lower) at which the reaction stops and a temperature (100° C. or higher) at which tar contained in the reaction liquid can keep a state in which its viscosity is sufficiently low; then separating and removing carbon particles from the reaction liquid; subsequently cooling the reaction liquid to a temperature which is a boiling point of water or lower and at which the tar component in the reaction liquid does not adhere to devices; and then decompressing the cooled reaction liquid. | 12-06-2012 |
20130338382 | REACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER OR SUBCRITICAL WATER - In a method and apparatus for producing a useful substance by allowing a fluid containing a biomass raw material to act on a supercritical water and/or subcritical water, the fluid containing a biomass raw material in a high concentration is efficiently mixed with the supercritical water and/or subcritical water, whereby the amount of tar and carbon particles produced as by-products is decreased and blockage and abrasion of a pipe and an equipment is suppressed, or it is possible to easily remove the by-products. | 12-19-2013 |
20140114095 | GLYCERIN PURIFICATION METHOD - This invention provides a cost-effective method for removing impurities from waste glycerin generated in the process of biodiesel production, so as to prevent a supercritical water reaction tube from clogging, when synthesizing acrolein by allowing supercritical water and acid to react with glycerin. The method for purification of glycerin of the invention comprises steps of: heating glycerin containing alkali metal, alcohol, organic fatty acid, and water under reduced pressure, so as to remove alcohol and water; adding sulfuric acid to glycerin from which alcohol and water have been removed, so as to neutralize glycerin; subjecting neutralized glycerin to centrifugation, so as to separate and remove a sulfate of alkali metal and organic fatty acid; adding a sulfate of alkaline earth metal to glycerin collected via centrifugation; and subjecting a mixture of glycerin and a sulfate of alkaline earth metal to centrifugation, so as to separate and remove a sulfate of alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal salt of organic fatty acid. | 04-24-2014 |
20140316066 | Method and System for Producing Polyester - Provided are a polyester production apparatus and a method, which can rapidly exhaust water produced by the dehydration condensation reaction, from the reaction system. | 10-23-2014 |