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Patent JP-2005089767-A (JP)
Title: Polymerizing method of cyclic ether
Inventor: SETOYAMA TORU
IPC: C08G65/26
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a producing method of a polyoxyalkylene glycol which comprises, in a method comprising ring opening polymerization reacting a cyclic ether in the presence of a carboxylic acid anhydride to produce a polyoxyalkylene glycol in which a part or whole of the polymer ends are esterified, using a solid acid polymerization catalyst with easy separation thereof, and producing the polymer having an industrially useful low molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution by controlling a deterioration of catalyst activity.  <P>SOLUTION: This polymerizing method comprises contacting a mixed solution of the cyclic ether and the carboxylic acid anhydride with a hydrolytic catalyst beforehand to react water in the mixed solution with the carboxylic acid anhydride, and then, bringing the resulting product into contact with the solid acid polymerization catalyst.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006175339-A (JP)
Title: Filter structure
Inventor: NAKAMURA TAKU
IPC: F24F7/06
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filter structure arranged inside a range hood to prevent the soiling of sirocco fan.  <P>SOLUTION: The filter structure 21 is made of a flexible sheet-like material and has a filter 22 capable of covering the whole of an air inlet 14 when the filter 22 is extended, a frame 23 attached to the filter 22 to keep the filter 22 in an extended state and fixtures 17a to 17d fixing the filter 22 integrated with the frame 23 to the sirocco fan 12. The frame 23 is attached in a freely removable way to the filter 22 through a filter retention device 29 or 37 attached respectively to frame parts 25a to 25d and arranged between the filter 22 and the front 13 of the sirocco fan 12. Held so as cover the air inlet 14 when extended with the frame 23, the filter 22 can prevent soiling of the inside of the sirocco fan 12.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005179883-A (JP)
Title: Paper product and method for producing
Inventor: WEST HUGH
IPC: D21H23/24
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide paper having improved curl properties and cockle properties and for water-based ink-jet printing applications, and to provide a method for producing the paper.  <P>SOLUTION: The paper contains at least 50 pounds per 1 ton of a material that is water soluble, can be highly concentrated during application and has low viscosity and low hygroscopicity. The paper has a maximum Cockle Value of 0.25. And the paper is imparted water fastness by certain materials.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006184071-A (JP)
Title: Temperature detector and temperature controller
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI JUN
IPC: G03G21/20
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To keep the accuracy of temperature control on a photoconductor within a definite range and to prevent an adverse effect caused by a soiled lens of a thermopile temperature sensor.  <P>SOLUTION: This temperature detector for detecting the temperature of a heated body heated by a heating means, is equipped with a first non-contact temperature detection means, a second non-contact temperature detection means, and an air-flow generation means for generating an air flow. The first non-contact temperature detection means is provided for the heated body in a non-contacting manner to detect the temperature of the heated body corresponding to the amount of infrared radiation radiated from the heated body. The second non-contact temperature detection means is provided for the heated body in a non-contacting manner to directly detect the amount of convective heat or that of infrared radiation from the heated body, thereby detecting the temperature of the heated body. When performing temperature detection by using first or second non-contact temperature sensor, detection is performed after stopping or inhibiting the generation means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005524396-A (JP)
IPC: A23L5/10
Filed: 2003-04-11
Abstract: Shallow frying products comprising from 35 to 90 wt % fat, phytosterols and a specific amount of salt and lecithin, and an aqueous phase with a pH of from 4.5 to 6.5 are less prone to oxidation of phytosterols and unsaturated fatty acids under frying conditions.
Patent JP-2005526846-A (JP)
Title: 性的ｈｉｖ伝染を防ぐ殺菌性ピリミジンまたはトリアジン
IPC: A61P31/02
Filed: 2003-05-13
Abstract: 本発明は特定のピリミジンもしくはトリアジン含有非核酸系逆転写酵素阻害剤が示す殺菌活性に関する。本発明の化合物はＨＩＶによるヒトの全身的感染を防止し、特に、本発明の化合物はヒトにおける性的ＨＩＶ伝染を防ぐ。
Patent JP-2005537460-A (JP)
Title: オートシーケンサーからピーク・データを抽出、収集、操作、そして分析するためのシステム、方法、装置およびコンピュータ・プログラム製品
IPC: G16B50/00
Filed: 2003-07-01
Abstract: 本発明は、オートシーケンサーまたは生物情報工学ツールからピーク・データベースにピーク情報を抽出、収集し、データベース内でピーク情報を操作し、分析するための、新しいコンピュータ・プログラム製品に関するものである。
Patent JP-2005536263-A (JP)
IPC: A61F2/82
Filed: 2003-08-22
Abstract: Drug eluting coating compositions are composed of at least one therapeutic agent dispersed in modified, biologically active binders. The therapeutic agents included in the coating composition are paclitaxel, sirolimus, tacrolimus, everolimus, actinomycin-D, dexamethasone, mycophenolic acid, cyclosporins, estradiol, and derivatives and analogs thereof. These therapeutic agents are applied to the surface of the medical device by a modified, biologically active binders. By using these biologically active binders, the therapeutic agents can be applied to at least one surface of a medical implant without using inert polymer carriers.
Patent JP-2005536685-A (JP)
Title: 気候および環境改善のためのインフォメーションキャリアの使用法
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2003-09-05
Abstract: 最も広範囲のさまざまな駆動源を備えたあらゆる種類の自動車が長らくの間知られている。そうした自動車はその運転のために、たいてい、たとえば原油から得られた派生物のような液状化石燃料である、添加物がさらに加えられ得る、たとえばディーゼル油、ガソリンなどを燃やす。自動車におけるそうした化石燃料の使用は、たとえば一酸化炭素、窒素酸化物、二酸化炭素、微粒子などのような広範囲の異なる汚染物質を生じる。本発明の目的は、あらゆる種類の化石燃料の燃焼における少なくとも一つの汚染物質成分を低減することであり、この点に関して、その目的のために採用されるべき技術的障害およびコストは可能な限りわずかなものであるべきである。車両におけるENERCONタイプのインフォメーションキャリアの使用法であって、このインフォメーションキャリアは好ましくは、エンジンブロックおよび／または燃料タンクおよび／または燃料ラインおよび／または空調装置および／または車両内部の他の部位に、小さな間隔で、かつ／または可能な限り大きな領域にわたって、かつ／または接触した関係で搭載される。
Patent JP-2005539117-A (JP)
Title: 膜において有用なグラフトコポリマーの製造プロセス
IPC: B01D71/28
Filed: 2003-09-17
Abstract: グラフトコポリマーの製造プロセスが提供され、このプロセスは、ポリマーベース材料を一定線量の電離放射線に曝露する工程、およびその後この照射されたベース材料をマイクロエマルジョンに接触させる工程を含み、このマイクロエマルジョンは、少なくとも一つのフルオロスチレンモノマー、水、および、水に混和性である溶剤を含む。好ましい実施形態では、このベース材料は、ポリ（エチレン−ｃｏ−クロロトリフルオロエチレン）である。このグラフトコポリマーは、イオン交換膜を含む膜の形にされてもよい。
Patent JP-2006500738-A (JP)
IPC: H01M4/00
Filed: 2003-08-20
Abstract: An anode composition that includes an elastomeric polymer binder, a plurality of electrochemically active metal particles dispersed in the binder, an electrically conductive diluent, and an adhesion promoter that promotes adhesion among the particles, the diluent, and the binder. Also featured are lithium ion batteries featuring anodes made from these compositions.
Patent JP-2006500987-A (JP)
Title: 抗血栓性多層コーティングステントからの薬物放出
IPC: A61L33/00
Filed: 2003-01-11
Abstract: ステント表面に密着した多層コーティングを有するステントは、移植部位の再狭窄と血栓を防止することができる。ステントのコーティングは、二層から構成される。一次層は、一つまたはそれ以上の生物活性剤がその中に散在しているポリマーコーティングである。二次層は、血液凝固を阻害し、ステントと損傷部位の摩擦を減少させる親水性表面を提供する、疎水性ヘパリン化ポリマーで構成される。本発明の好ましい態様において、多層コーティングステントは、移植部位で再狭窄と血栓を防止するのに効果的である。これと同じ好ましい態様において、多層コーティングステントは、一次層からの生物活性剤の突発的放出を減らすことができ、比較的長期間にわたって有効量の生物活性剤の放出を持続することができる。また、ステント表面に多層コーティングを塗布する方法も、本発明の一部である。
Patent JP-2006500221-A (JP)
IPC: B22D17/30
Filed: 2003-09-19
Abstract: Protective gas device comprises a melting furnace (1) with openings for introducing a protective gas, different gas sources, and a pressure storage container for receiving a mixture of the individual protective gas components. The openings of the melting furnace are provided with inlet nozzles (9, 9a) which are impinged by a dosing unit (7) having an operating pressure equal to or lower than the pressure in the container but high enough to effect beam widening behind the inlet nozzles.
Patent JP-2005538272-A (JP)
Title: 潤滑性が付与されたフルオロポリマー糸
IPC: C08F14/00
Filed: 2003-09-09
Abstract: 本発明は、それによって糸を高い延伸比で延伸することが可能となり、かつ精練によって除去可能である、フルオロポリマー糸への潤滑剤の塗布に関し、その潤滑剤は、少なくとも１２０℃の温度で熱安定性であり、かつ精練によって糸から除去することが可能であり、かつ糸に塗布すると、糸表面上に潤滑剤が拡がることを可能にする、油および界面活性剤および／または湿潤剤を含有し、その潤滑剤は、ポリオールのＣ６〜Ｃ２０脂肪酸エステルなどの油および界面活性剤および／または湿潤剤を含む。
Patent JP-2006504211-A (JP)
Title: Ｒｆｉｄ内のメモリーモジュールのための電流集積センス増幅器
IPC: G06K17/00
Filed: 2003-10-14
Abstract: 低い読み出し電流で、少ない電力消費の、低周波数のＲＦＩＤシステムに良く適したセンス増幅器が開示される。ＭＯＳトランジスタは、メモリセル、典型的にはＥＥＰＲＯＭから、前記読み出し電流を受ける。カレントミラーが並列ＭＯＳトランジスタによって形成される。そのミラーの電流は、コンデンサにおける電荷がリセットパルスによってクリアされた後に、該コンデンサに集積される。該コンデンサにかかる電圧が、第２の電圧と比較される間の、ある期間が画定される。該第２の電圧は、基準電圧からか、又はダミーセルから形成され、いずれの場合においても、該基準電圧は、メモリセル内に格納された１と０との間のほぼ論理の境界におけるものである。比較器は、入力ヒステリシスを有するか又は有さない入出力が、前記コンデンサにかかる電圧と第２の電圧とを受けて、前記期間内において、前記比較器の出力状態が、前記メモリセルのバイナリ内容を示す。
Patent JP-2006504298-A (JP)
Title: 圧縮ビデオ信号におけるサブ画像の操作
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 2003-09-19
Abstract: 本発明は、モザイクスクリーン（３０１）等の画像内のサブ画像（３０３）の操作に関する。装置はモザイクスクリーン生成器（１０７）に接続されたサブ画像生成器（１０５）を備えており、モザイクスクリーン生成器はサブ画像からモザイクスクリーン（３０１）を生成する。モザイクスクリーン（３０１）はビデオコンプレッサ（１１１）により複数の非圧縮画像ブロックに分割され、これにより、各ブロックが１つのサブ画像からのビデオデータのみを含むようになる。画像ブロックは、ＭＰＥＧ−２等のブロック圧縮方式を使用して圧縮される。装置は、ビデオ信号内の制御データと圧縮画像ブロックとの間の関連性を操作することによりサブ画像を操作するビデオ操作プロセッサ（１１３）を更に備えている。圧縮画像ブロックのビデオデータは影響を受けず、これにより、解凍および新たな圧縮が回避される。
Patent JP-2006509179-A (JP)
Title: 溶融物の導電性加熱のための電極を備えた加熱装置
IPC: C03B5/44
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: 本発明は溶融物の導電性加熱、特に溶融物の高速溶融精錬および／または調整のための、冷却が改善された加熱装置１を提供する。この目的のために、加熱装置は少なくとも１つの電極３のほか、可変的に設定／かつ制御され得る冷却力を有する第１の冷却系を備える。
Patent JP-2006510446-A (JP)
Title: 椎間インプラント
IPC: A61F2/30
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: 【課題】  隣接する椎骨相互を癒合するため、又は椎体を置換するための椎体インプラントを提供する。 【解決手段】  このインプラントは生体適合性の金属、再吸収性材料又は放射線透過性材料からなり、椎骨の末端プレートと寸法、形状において実質的に適合するものとなっている。好ましくは、このインプラントはくさび型外形を有し、椎間板の高さおよび脊柱の自然の湾曲を復元させるように図られている。インプラントの上下面にはそれぞれ複数の歯の領域が形成され、駆出に抗し当初の安定性を確保すると共に、突起を有しない領域を有し、移植器具を受理し得るようになっている。インプラントは更に積み重ね可能となっている。このインプラントはストレス遮蔽物なしで、癒合に必要な当初の安定性を提供するものである。
Patent JP-2006511581-A (JP)
IPC: C09B11/08
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: Exploitation of suitably functionalized heterocyclic molecules, in the design and synthesis of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) cassettes and their corresponding dideoxynucleotide terminators culminated into efficient reagents for DNA sequencing. Additionally, these FRET cassettes/terminators, of the present invention, derived from different classes of heterocyclic systems have high potential to be used for general labelling of biological molecules to generate highly sensitized signals. Their preparation, energy transfer efficiency, and use as labels, specifically, in DNA sequencing reactions is disclosed.
Patent JP-2006506210-A (JP)
Title: 光硬化性体内プロテーゼおよび製造方法
IPC: A61F2/92
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: 拡張された形状にある体内プロテーゼ（１０）は、１つ以上の繊維（１２）から形成される略管状構造を備える。１つ以上の繊維（１２）は、繊維の交点（１４）を備える。展開の前に、繊維（１２）は、繊維の交点（１４）またはその近傍において、半硬化形態にある光硬化性被膜（１５）を備える。適切な手段による体内プロテーゼ（１０）の送達および拡張の後、送達カテーテル（図示せず）は、紫外線送達カテーテル（１８）と取り替えられる。紫外線送達カテーテル（１８）を介して、紫外線が送達され、光硬化性被膜（１５）が硬化される。次いで、紫外線送達カテーテル（１８）が血管から取り出され、体内プロテーゼ（１０）はその場に残される。
Patent JP-2006191227-A (JP)
Title: Program, information storage medium, moving picture inspecting circuit, and improper image processing output circuit
Inventor: SASAKI NAOYA
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2005-01-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program etc., realizing new moving picture inspection wherein whether a moving picture is a proper moving picture is inspected while not only respective frame images constituting the moving picture, but also temporal changes of the frame images are monitored.  <P>SOLUTION: In the moving picture inspection, every 16 pixels are sampled from each of the frame images constituting the moving picture and a reddish degree mean value and a luminance mean value are calculated based upon reddish degrees and luminance of respective sampled points. Then it is decided by reddish degree propriety decision making whether a reddish degree included in each frame image is within a proper range sequentially based upon the calculated reddish degree mean value. Calculated luminance mean values are stored one after another by 60-frame (one second) in ring buffer and it is decided by luminance propriety decision making whether an improper state is entered or not.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005204310-A (JP)
Title: Video image coding instrument
Inventor: BYUN HYUN IL
IPC: H04N19/91
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video image coding technique capable of reducing load of a CPU required for control of a variable length coding device.  <P>SOLUTION: This video image coding instrument includes a motion compensation (MC) block which calculates mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the present macroblock, a control part wherein an amount of beat of the present macroblock is predicted based on the mean absolute deviation (MAD) and quantization parameter (QP), and propriety of ending of a video packet is controlled, and a variable length coding (VLC) block which performs movement prediction and texture coding, and performs packing to all macroblocks in a video packet by control of the control part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006187543-A (JP)
Title: Game board for pinball game machine
Inventor: MIWA MINORU
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the surface defects which may be generated in the injection molding of the game board.  <P>SOLUTION: The game board 1 has a laminate structure which contains a front plate 40 and a board 30 overlying the rear of the front plate 40. The front plate 40 and the board 30 are joined together by the insert molding in which the front plate 40 is inserted into a mold and a synthetic resin is injected into the mold and formed into the board 30 and hence, the synthetic resin injected (formed into board 30) closely contacts the front plate 40 inserted. This generates little surface defects such as welding on the board 30. The front plate 40 can conceal the defects, if any, thereby making no defect appear on the surface of the game board 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195714-A (JP)
Title: Resource management device
Inventor: SOGA SUKENORI
IPC: G06F13/362
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve access efficiency and access latency in a system in which access requests for a shared resource are arbitrated periodically.  <P>SOLUTION: In a resource management device, a bus arbitration part 103 for arbitrating access requests from bus masters 100 to 102 has an arbitration history management part 106. The arbitration history management part 106 records the nonexistence of access requests from any bus masters at a basic arbitration time. According to the record, an access request arbitration part 105 issues an access permit to an access request issued past the basic arbitration time without waiting for the next basic arbitration time.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005210115-A (JP)
Title: Maskless pattern generation system and method of generating maskless pattern
Inventor: SEWELL HARRY
IPC: H01L21/027
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a maskless pattern generation system for directly writing a pattern in a substrate, which has no fault relevant to a reticle system and well-known light valve.  <P>SOLUTION: The maskless pattern generation system is provided with: an optical source 202 which generates light beam 204; a programable pattern generator 206 which forms a pattern from the light beam 204, based on a control signal 208 input which commands the programable pattern generator 206 to set individual voltage levels corresponding to individual pixels in a pixel array, wherein individual voltage levels correspond to gray scale levels assigned to specific one of individual pixels, respectively; and a control unit 210 which supplies the control signal input to the programable pattern generator 206, based on a pattern information 114 supplied.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006192155-A (JP)
Title: Pinball machine
Inventor: UCHIYAMA MASAMITSU
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine which makes a player guess a game state.  <P>SOLUTION: In the pachinko machine 10, a specific game extraction means 126 judges the kind of a specific game advantageous to the player. For example, a specific game being a time shortened game and a specific game obtained by combining the time shortened game and the probability variation game are prepared as choices. A specific game control means 150 controls the specific game of the kind judged by a second extraction means after finishing a special game. A specific game execution means 151 executes the specific game. An operation control means 160 controls an operation mode of specific constitution using a first operation mode and a second operation mode during executing the specific game. The first operation mode is a mode of informing the player that the specific game is carried out presently, and a second operation mode is a mode of making the player guess that the specific game is carried out presently.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006194046-A (JP)
Title: Building of steel structure
Inventor: TSUKIOKA ISAO
IPC: E04B5/02
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a period of construction while reducing the construction cost by making a floor, a ceiling, a wall, etc. simple and efficiently constructable.  <P>SOLUTION: In a building of a steel structure, interior materials 2 are arranged and fixed side by side in a manner of intersecting with a structural member 1 of a building skeleton. In the structural member 1, a structural member connecting implement 4 connects a pair of parallelly arranged structural member units 3 so that an insertion interval 5, whose space is changeable, may be formed between them. The interior material 2 is connected to the structural member 1 by an interior material fixing implement 6. The interior material fixing device 6 is provided with a set screw 10 and a nut member 11. The set screw 10 penetrates the interior material 2, goes through the insertion interval 5 of the structural member units 3, and the front end of the set screw 10 is threadingly fitted to a nut member 11. The interior material 2 is fixed to the structural member 1 with the interior material fixing device 6 by locking the front end of the set screw 10 to the structural member 1 with the nut member 11 in a manner that the nut member 11 does not go through the insertion interval 5.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005198326-A (JP)
Title: Video confirming apparatus and method, broadcast confirming apparatus and method, a recording medium on which computer program is recorded
Inventor: KASUYA EIJI
IPC: H04H20/14
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a broadcast confirming system which allows a third party independent of a broadcast station to make a broadcast confirmation for reporting to a client at a low cost.  <P>SOLUTION: A CM feature quantity extraction means 22 extracts feature quantily 24 for segment correspond to the CM from a broadcast signal received with a reception equipment 21. A verification section 23 verifies the feature quantity 24 with the CM feature quantity registered in a DB3, and registers the CM feature quantity 24 considered not to be contained in the DB3 in the DB3 as a new CM. A feature quantity computation section 42 extracts the feature quantity 44 from a broadcast wave received from a reception equipment 41, and a verification means 43 verifies the feature quantity 44 with the CM feature quantity stored in the DB3. When both of them match, a verification section 4 sends a verification result 45 to a recording section 5, the recording section 5 creates a report 51 from the verification result 45 and sends it to a client 1, and a broadcast confirmation agent 6 takes a broadcast confirmation commission 11 in compensation for the report 51.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006199412-A (JP)
Title: Control cable placing unit for elevator
Inventor: SANAO NAOHIKO
IPC: B66B7/06
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control cable placing unit for an elevator capable of placing a control cable without processing a horizontal beam of a car and reducing cost by unifying parts.  <P>SOLUTION: In the control cable placing unit, the control cable 12 placed at a side part of the car 1 and standing up is fixed to an outer side surface of the horizontal beam 9 horizontally provided on the side part. The unit is provided with a mounting fitting 21 embracing the horizontal beam 9 by a curved recession and having an opening end projected from an upper side and a lower side of the horizontal beam 9 to respective left and right side parts of the control cable 12; a pressing fitting 22 in which a portion where the opening end of the mounting fitting 21 is projected is notched and the opening end is penetrated to the notched part 22a, abutted on the control cable 12 and is pressed to the outer side surface of the horizontal beam 9; and an engagement unit 23 for fixing the control cable 12 by engaging the pressing fitting 22 with the mounting fitting 21 through the opening end of the mounting fitting 21 to which the notched part of the pressing fitting 22 is penetrated.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005235188-A (JP)
Title: Data entry device
Inventor: KOMPE RALF
IPC: G06F3/0485
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved interface allowing a plurality of command data of a single operation according to a context to be inputted and used for interaction between a human and a computer.  <P>SOLUTION: This data entry device 1 comprises: at least two haptic keys 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d each having more than one state of activation; a graphical user interface 3 for presenting hierarchically organized information 5 to a user of the computer; and a control means for controlling the generation of input data with respect to the selected haptic key 2a, 2b, 2c or 2d, the current state of activation of the selected haptic key, and the information presented by the graphical user interface 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005241631-A (JP)
Title: Directed growth of nanotube on catalyst
Inventor: LEE RANDALL
IPC: C01B31/02
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a nanotube probe tip used for an atomic force microscope and the probe tip obtained, as a result.  <P>SOLUTION: Tips of support structures (62, 164) are moderately acute and sharp, and cut or planarized so as to substantially have a flat end with a diameter of approximately 20-200 nm. A catalytic metal (76), such as nickel, iron, is sputtered to the flat end or an inclined sidewall of the support structure in the particular direction. The nickel is anisotropically etched, wholly removed from the sidewall, and left at the flat end in thickness of 15 nm so as to form a small nickel dot (80). The nickel is a catalyst for growing the nanotube. Only one nanotube (84) is formed on the nickel dot so that its diameter matches with the size of the nickel dot.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006201644-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: WATANABE YOHEI
IPC: G03G21/10
Filed: 2005-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deterioration of cleaning property by toner sticking to a brush and to prolong device lifetime by focusing attention on the shape of the brush in cleaning of an intermediate transfer member, and to prolong the lifetime of a cleaning device by preventing a blade from curling up and also preventing deterioration of cleaning property by paper dust.  <P>SOLUTION: When a toner mark or the like is transferred onto a transfer member, an amount of toner inputted in the blade increases only at the part and an amount of toner inputted in the cleaning device is not made uniform in an axial direction of the transfer member. In accordance with variation in toner input amount, the height of the brush is varied like a brush shown in the figure, and by reducing the cleaning load of the cleaning blade corresponding to the toner mark part, the cleaning load of the blade is made uniform in an axial direction even with time, whereby the lifetime of the blade is prolonged.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI