baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2014096750-A (JP)
Title: Variable delay device and variable delay setting method
Inventor: MANABE TETSUYA
IPC: H03K5/13
Filed: 2012-11-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a great delay time with precision depending on minimum resolution of semiconductor variable delayers while minimizing the quantity of semiconductor variable delayers.SOLUTION: Input serial data is delayed by a specified time sequentially in cascade-coupled semiconductor variable delayers 101-10m, a clock signal is recovered in a recoverer 200, and serial data is output on the basis of the recovered clock signal. The serial data is converted to parallel data (202) on the basis of the recovered clock signal and stored in a ring memory 204. A controller 205 delays an output by a time from data writing to the ring memory 204 to reading therefrom. The parallel data read out from the ring memory 204 is converted to serial data to be output on the basis of the recovered clock signal. The delay times of the semiconductor variable delayers and the writing/reading timings of the ring memory 204 are controlled in accordance with a requested delay time.
Patent JP-2014101757-A (JP)
Title: Noise suppression system
Inventor: YAMADA TETSUYA
IPC: F01N1/02
Filed: 2012-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noise suppression system capable of surely obtaining noise suppression effect by specifying an installation position of a noise suppressor.SOLUTION: A noise suppression system includes: a duct line having openings at both ends and connected to a noise source at the first opening out of the openings; and a tubular noise suppressor disposed while projecting radial outward, on a wall surface of the duct at a position separating to the second opening side, from the first opening of the duct line, communicated with the duct line, at an end portion on the wall surface side, of the tubular noise suppressor, and closed at the another end portion. When a wavelength of noise generated from the noise source is denoted by λ, a length of the noise suppressor is set to be λ/4, and a length from the first opening of the duct line to a joining position of the noise suppressor, and a length from the second opening of the duct line to the joining position of the noise suppressor are set to be (2n+1)λ/4 (n is a natural number including 0 and may be equal or different in both lengths).
Patent JP-2014104979-A (JP)
Title: Tube container squeezing-out apparatus
Inventor: MURASE TAKAHIRO
IPC: B65D35/28
Filed: 2012-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tube container squeezing-out apparatus for reducing a residual quantity of the content, by always quickly and smoothly injecting a substantially constant quantity of contents by subdividing the content gradually.SOLUTION: The tube container squeezing-out apparatus is composed of a tube container 5 filled with the content, a push plate 1 for injecting the content by pressing from both sides by sandwiching a skirt part and a trunk part of the tube container and tube fixing means for fixing the tube container to the push plate, and (a) the tube container is placed on the push plate by at least one piece so that its trunk part is opposed to a push plate surface, (b) the push plate is constituted of a plurality of push plate pieces partitioned by partition means so to be capable of pressing successively independently and push plate piece fitting means is provided in an end part of the individual push plate piece, for non-restorably fixing the tube container after squeezing out the content from the tube container, and (c) the tube fixing means is fixed by sandwiching, fitting, engaging or adhering the tube container by the push plate.
Patent JP-2014106268-A (JP)
Title: Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method for the same
Inventor: SATO OSAMU
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2012-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thin and light weight as well as flexible liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method for the same.SOLUTION: A liquid crystal display device 1 is composed of a first light transmission plate 11 and a second light transmission plate 12 facing each other and a liquid crystal layer 13 formed with liquid crystal sealed in between the first light transmission plate 11 and the second light transmission plate 12 and includes: a liquid crystal cell 10 provided with pixels corresponding to three elementary colors of RGB; optical waveguides 21 for respectively propagating each color of the three elementary colors of RGB; and a light source 22 for emitting lights of the three original colors RGB3 to the optical waveguide 21. The optical waveguides 21 are formed in a structure integrated with the first light transmission plate 11 to correspond to lines or rows of respective pixels of RGB in the liquid crystal cell 10 on a surface on the opposite side to the second light transmission plate 12 on the first light transmission plate 11.
Patent JP-2013148871-A (JP)
Title: Electronic apparatus and content transfer method
Inventor: HIRAYAMA NORIYUKI
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2012-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus and a content transfer method for transferring content in which protection of copyrights is required, by applying an appropriate copyright protection system to it.SOLUTION: According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus is content transfer means for transferring content whose copyright is protected including video data and audio data, and equipped with content transfer means for applying a first copyright protection system to copyright protection of the audio data when quality of the audio data exceeds a threshold, applying a second copyright protection system to the copyright protection of the audio data when the quality of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold, and applying the first copyright protection system to copyright protection of the video data regardless of whether or not the quality of the audio data exceeds the threshold.
Patent JP-2014110441-A (JP)
Title: Signal processing device and image formation device
Inventor: AZUMAI MITSUO
IPC: B41J2/44
Filed: 2012-11-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cancel the difference of an image generation signal between with an ideal value.SOLUTION: A signal processing device for generating an image generation signal for image formation according to image data using an image processing clock corresponding to each pixel of image data includes: a measurement unit for measuring a difference between with an ideal value of a signal width of the image generation signal at measurement; and a processing unit for correcting the image data in a manner to cancel the difference at actual operation. When the image data is composed of a binary value, correction from on to off or from off to on is made at the rate of one pixel per a plurality of pixels to cancel the difference at the actual operation.
Patent JP-2013150787-A (JP)
Title: Acoustic image generating device and method for displaying progress when generating images using the same
Inventor: IRISAWA SATORU
IPC: A61B8/00
Filed: 2012-12-10
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acoustic image generating device, capable of facilitating, when generating acoustic images by scanning using a probe, the confirmation of progress of the scanning process.SOLUTION: An acoustic image generating device 10 including a probe 11 having an ultrasonic transducer is provided with: a scanning length setting means 45 for setting the target scanning length Lin the scanning process of the probe 11; coordinate acquisition means 15, 41, 42 that sequentially acquire coordinates in the actual space of the probe 11; a scanning length calculation means 46 that calculates the scanning length L on the basis of the coordinates acquired by the coordinate acquisition means; a progress display generating means 47 that generates a progress display displaying the progress of the scanning process on the basis of the target scanning length Land scanning length L; and a display means 14 that displays the progress display.
Patent JP-2014113760-A (JP)
Title: Health management calendar
Inventor: TOYAMA YOSHIHIDE
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 2012-12-10
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health management calendar enabling continuation of improvement of a daily habit consciously for preventing adult diseases by using a calendar along with a daily habit improvement already put in practice.SOLUTION: A monthly calendar, with the days described by month, further includes the day description parts of an applicable month and a body condition data entry part for entering data related to a body condition for each day of the month, with the former part and the latter part disposed in a separable manner through a separation portion disposed in a calendar sheet of the month.
Patent JP-2013048944-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: KONDO KENSUKE
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2012-12-10
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine having diversified game performance after oscillation of probability of deciding a replay winning combination as an internally drawn winning combination, and increasing the game entertainment.SOLUTION: The game machine (1) has a sub CPU (81), and the sub CPU notifies of evasion from a low RT status in a chance zone (CZ) or special chance zone (SCZ), when an AT game counter has a count of 1 or more. The sub CPU (81) decides one AT lottery status from among a plurality of AT lottery status having different expectation values according to the value added to the AT game counter, based on a symbol combination displayed when a game is shifted to a high RT status, a mode drawn in a lottery when a bonus is decided as the internally drawn winning combination, and a status before the game is shifted (CZ or SCZ status), when the game is shifted from the CZ or SCZ status to a high RT status having a high probability of deciding the replay winning combination as the internally drawn winning combination.
Patent JP-2014114785-A (JP)
Title: Power generating apparatus, and power generating system
Inventor: TSUBOI NOBORU
IPC: F01C1/16
Filed: 2012-12-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power generating apparatus and a power generating system capable of simplifying and downsizing construction and reducing manufacturing costs.SOLUTION: A power generating apparatus 2 comprises: a separation member 26 for separating lubricating oil from a fluid mixture flowing in an expander casing 30; an expander rotor 32 rotatively driven by receiving expansion force from steam of a working medium from which the lubricating oil has been separated; a power generator rotor 38 rotating with rotation of the expander rotor 32; a first bearing holding part 22 containing in the inside a first bearing 18 supporting a first rotating shaft 34a of the expander rotor 32; a second bearing holding part 24 containing in the inside a second bearing 20 supporting a second rotating shaft 34b of the expander rotor 32; and a lubricating oil supply passage 28 connecting a lubricating oil collecting part in the expander casing 30 to both internal spaces of the first bearing holding part 22 and the second bearing holding part 24, in which pressure is lower than pressure in the lubricating oil collecting part in the expander casing 30.
Patent JP-2013148576-A (JP)
Title: Portable device performing position specification using modulated background sound, computer program, and method
Inventor: KIMBER DONALD G
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2012-12-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for determining a position of a microphone by using a sound reproduced from a speaker located at a known position.SOLUTION: A system and a method requires basic equipment in the minimum level for using a sound naturally reproduced in an environment. Accordingly, the system and a device can determine a position of a microphone with a device such as a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, or a portable microphone in an indoor environment where the GPS (global positioning system) cannot reliably operate.
Patent JP-2013076404-A (JP)
Title: Lubrication structure of valve gear
Inventor: KUGA SHINJI
IPC: F01M1/06
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lubrication structure of a valve gear achieved in favorable lubrication in a valve gear.SOLUTION: The lubrication structure of a valve gear 6 of an internal combustion engine 1 includes: a cylinder block 41 which extends upward from a crankcase 3 and tilting forward; and a valve operating chamber 70 which is mounted above the cylinder block and formed with a cylinder head 42 and a cylinder head cover 143. The structure includes, on an inner surface of the cylinder head cover, a plurality of oil dropping portions 194a to d at positions vertically opposing to valve stem ends 87a, b or cams 65a, b of the valve gear; an oil discharge port 188 which is located in an upper part of the inner surface of the cylinder head cover and communicates with an oil passage 91 in the cylinder head; a second oil discharge port 201 which is located at a lower side thereof, and an oil passage boss 202 which connects both the oil discharge ports in a vertical direction and connects the oil dropping portions arranged in the vertical direction. Both the oil discharge ports are connected by an oil passage 203, and the oil dropping portions are formed to protrude vertically downward on the oil passage boss.
Patent JP-2013135224-A (JP)
Title: Light emitting element
Inventor: LEE KWANG CHIL
IPC: H01L33/32
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light emitting element with improved light extraction efficiency.SOLUTION: The light emitting device comprises: a light emitting structure 19 including at least a first conductivity type semiconductor layer 13, an active layer 15, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer 17; and a light extraction structure 27 on the light emitting structure. The light extraction structure is formed by stacking a plurality of metal layers 23a, 23b and dielectric layers 25. Since many metal layers and many dielectric layers stacked alternately with each other to have a negative refraction index, the light extraction efficiency may be maximized such that light is reflected not to the inside but to the outside.
Patent JP-2014119364-A (JP)
Title: Resolver structure
Inventor: ISHIBASHI KAZUYUKI
IPC: G01D5/20
Filed: 2012-12-18
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resolver structure for preventing invasion of flux leakage from an outer rotor type annular rotor body.SOLUTION: A resolver structure is configured to prevent an invasion of a flux leakage (13) into an annular rotor body (20) from a motor coil (12) of a motor (11) located on the outside of the annular rotor body (20), by providing a plurality of arc openings (20A) in the annular rotor body (20) located on the outside of an annular stator body (1).
Patent JP-2014117575-A (JP)
Title: Pinball game machine
Inventor: HONMA YASUTADA
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2012-12-19
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of preventing the reduction in working efficiency by stop-hitting operations while performing a fall decision on whether or not game balls enter a fall port.SOLUTION: A pinball game machine comprises: high-probability transfer control means for controlling the transfer of lottery probability from a low probability to a high probability after the end of a jackpot game state; and a ball entry device having a fall port and a safe port in a game area for distributing the game balls fetched from the game area, into the fall port or the safe port. Fall determination means S254, S255, S256, S257 and S258 determines a transfer from the high probability to the low probability on the basis of the ball entry into the fall port, and determines the maintenance of the high probability on the basis of the ball entry into the safe port. On the basis of the holdings of the high probability game state and the execution starting condition of the propriety lottery, propriety determination standby means makes the fall port and the safe port effective to hold the standby state, in which the execution start of the propriety lottery is awaited, till the determination by fall determination means is made.
Patent JP-2014127239-A (JP)
Title: Electrode composition, electrode and battery
Inventor: OSHIHARA KENZO
IPC: H01M4/485
Filed: 2012-12-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrode composition capable of materializing excellent cycle characteristic, an electrode using the same and a battery.SOLUTION: The electrode composition includes an electrode active material of which the volume is expanded/contracted in charging/discharging, and a conductive material of which the volume is expanded/contracted reversibly. The conductive material includes a hollow conductive material. The electrode composition further includes a binder for binding the electrode active material and the hollow conductive material with each other. The hollow conductive material contains a hollow conductive carbon material. The electrode active material contains at least one kind of element selected from a group comprising silicon, tin and aluminum. The electrode has a collector and an electrode composition layer formed on the collector and including the electrode composition. The battery includes at least one of the electrode.
Patent JP-2014125744-A (JP)
Title: Structure of slope
Inventor: OZAWA TETSUYA
IPC: E04B1/00
Filed: 2012-12-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new structure that is associated with a slope used to eliminate a step between a ground surface and a deck floor configuring an exterior of a building and continuing into a deck, and a slope configuring an inclined passage.SOLUTION: A structure of a slope 5 includes at least two sleepers 21 and 21 that are arranged in an inclined state, and a floor material (a slope starter 5A and a deck material 3 that is laid between the sleepers 21 and 21. In the structure of the slope 5, tip parts 21a of the sleepers 21 and 21 are arranged in positions lower than a ground surface 8.
Patent JP-2014126343-A (JP)
Title: Heating furnace
Inventor: OCHI MIKIO
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 2012-12-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heating furnace that suppresses the amount of thermal radiation to a flue from an exhaust port and that maintains a thermal radiation suppressing function over a prolonged period.SOLUTION: In an exhaust port 3, a plurality of wall materials 51 made of an impermeable are arranged at regular intervals in parallel with a short side of a rectangular cross-section of the exhaust port 3. A plurality of spaces 52 are formed of the plurality of wall materials 51 in the exhaust port 3. The plurality of spaces 52 configure a thermal radiation suppressing structure 5.
Patent JP-2014129470-A (JP)
Title: Polychloroprene and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: NAGATANI NAOTO
IPC: C08L11/00
Filed: 2012-12-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polychloroprene including an emulsifier other than rosinates and a method for manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: A water-soluble petroleum resin is obtained by reacting, with a basic compound, an α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride-modified petroleum resin obtained by reacting an α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride and a petroleum resin. It has been discovered, in particular, that, if a water-soluble petroleum resin having a critical micelle concentration of 180 g/L or below is used for the emulsion polymerization of chloroprene, a high-quality polychloroprene is obtained in a high productivity.
Patent JP-2013151493-A (JP)
Title: Pest control composition
Inventor: YAMADA MASAHIRO
IPC: A01N53/06
Filed: 2012-12-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition having an excellent control effect on pests.SOLUTION: A pest control composition includes an ester compound represented by formula (1) and diethyl adipate, and a method for controlling pests includes applying the pest control composition to pests or habitats of pests.
Patent JP-2012523197-A (JP)
Title: リレー方式の通信システムにおける信号送信方法及び装置
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 2010-04-07
Abstract: 【課題】通信環境に応じてバックホールサブフレームの構成を調整して信号を送信する方法及び装置を実現する。 【解決手段】本発明は、リレー方式の通信システムにおけるデータ送受信方法及び装置に関し、リレー方式の通信システムにおける基地局とリレーノードとの間のバックホールリンクによるデータ送受信方法において、制御信号が割り当てられる制御信号送信区間及びバックホール信号が割り当てられるバックホール信号送信区間を含むバックホールサブフレームを構成し、バックホール信号を割り当てる段階と、前記バックホール信号送信区間のシンボルの位置又はサイズに関する情報を含む前記バックホールサブフレームの構成情報を上位層信号により前記リレーノードに送信する段階と、前記バックホールサブフレームで前記割り当てられたバックホール信号を前記リレーノードに送信する段階と、を含む。 【選択図】図４
Patent JP-2012525242-A (JP)
Title: マレイン酸のホモポリマーおよびその塩のスケール防止剤および粘着防止剤としての使用
IPC: C02F5/10
Filed: 2010-03-23
Abstract: 【課題】マレイン酸ホモポリマーおよびその塩のスケール防止剤および粘着防止剤としての使用。 【解決手段】触媒系として過酸化水素水と次亜燐酸ナトリウムとを用い、次亜燐酸ナトリウム／マレイン酸のモル比を０．２〜１、好ましくは０．３５〜０．６にして、マレイン酸を重合するプロセスで得られるホモポリマーの、スケール防止剤および粘着防止剤としての使用。
Patent JP-2012525646-A (JP)
Title: 複数ユーザの場所情報間の類似性に基づく推奨の生成
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2010-04-28
Abstract: 複数のユーザの場所情報間の類似性に基づいて推奨を生成するためのシステムおよび方法の様々な実施形態を記載する。様々な実施形態は、ユーザのグループのうちのそれぞれの所与のユーザに対して、所与のユーザが１つ以上のそれぞれの場所に旅行したことを決定するとともに、所与のユーザの１つ以上の特性を決定するように構成される、場所ベースの推奨システムを含み得る。システムはまた、特定のユーザが、１つ以上の特定場所のそれぞれに旅行したか、または旅行する予定であることを決定し得る。さらに、システムは、１つ以上の特定場所と、ユーザのグループの特定のユーザが旅行した１つ以上の場所との間の類似性を決定し得る。システムは、類似性が決定されたユーザのグループの特定ユーザの決定された特性の少なくともいくつかに基づいて、特定のユーザへの推奨を生成してもよい。
Patent JP-2012528632-A (JP)
Title: 複数用量注射デバイスのための薬剤同定システム
IPC: A61M5/24
Filed: 2010-05-28
Abstract: 複数用量の注射デバイスのための動的同定システムは、ダイアルスリーブ（４０）がデバイスの外部ハウジングから外側へと近位に並進されるにつれて、用量設定中にのみ見えるようになる、又は嗅覚若しくは味覚に対して得られるようになる、デバイス内に含有された薬剤の表示手段（４１；４２）を含む用量ダイアルスリーブ（４０）を有する。使用者は、用量が設定されるときに、デバイス（１）内に含有された薬剤を容易に同定することができる。ダイアルスリーブ（４０）上の動的識別子と一致するデバイス上に置かれた静的識別子（５０）も薬剤の識別子として使用することができる。 【選択図】図３
Patent JP-2012529998-A (JP)
Title: リップと二次切れ刃との間に負の軸方向すくい角の移行部を有するツイストドリル
IPC: B23B51/00
Filed: 2010-05-11
Abstract: ワークピース内に穴を形成するためのドリル（１０５）は、長手方向軸線（１１５）に沿って延びる本体（１１０）と、その本体（１１０）に沿って延びる少なくとも１つのフルート（１２０）と、本体（１１０）の端部（１１２）から延びるドリル先端（１２５）とを有する。ドリル先端（１２５）は、周囲（１２７）を有し、チゼルエッジ（１３５）と、周囲（１２７）から内側に延びる一次切れ刃（１４５）と、チゼルエッジ（１３５）から外側に延びる二次切れ刃（１５０）と、一次切れ刃（１４５）と二次切れ刃（１５０）とを接続する三次切れ刃（１５５）とを備え、三次切れ刃（１５５）は負の軸方向すくい角（Ｚ）を有する。さらに、このようなドリル先端（１２５）を製造するための方法が開示される。
Patent JP-2012531383-A (JP)
Title: 有機エレクトロルミネセンス素子のための材料
IPC: C07D495/04
Filed: 2010-06-01
Abstract: 本発明は、好ましくは、燐光ドープ剤のためのマトリックス材料として、電荷輸送材料として、特に、エレクトロルミネッセンス素子の発光および/または電荷輸送層中で使用することができるインデノフルオレン誘導体に関する。さらに、本発明は、前記化合物を構造単位として含むポリマーと本発明の化合物の製造方法とそれを含む電子素子にも関する。
Patent JP-2012531552-A (JP)
Title: モータトルクが補償される風力タービン
IPC: F03D1/06
Filed: 2009-06-30
Abstract: タワー（８）の端部に、ギア軸受（７）上にナセル（９）内で支えられるスピンドル（２）を使用して低速シャフト（３）に取り付けられた１枚羽根（１２）の回転翼（１）により構成される、モータトルクが補償される風力タービンであって、伝動機構の要素は、低速シャフト（３）と位置合わせされた第１の軸受（４）を通してナセル（９）から懸架された倍増機（５）、発電機（６）、およびブレーキ（１３）であり、回転できるような振り子セット（２８）を形成し、その角運動において、前記回転翼（１）のトルクを補償し、前記振り子セット（２８）は、角運動で上昇する際、位置エネルギーを蓄積し、突風が停止した場合、下降し、タービンの回転翼（１）の回転とは逆の下方向に回転して、発電機（６）の回転子まで回転して戻ることにより、位置エネルギーを解放し、この効果は電力調整器である。 【選択図】図１、図２
Patent JP-2012532441-A (JP)
Title: 発光ダイオードパッケージ
IPC: H01L33/48
Filed: 2010-06-30
Abstract: パッケージのサイズを小型化できる高電圧の発光ダイオードパッケージを提供する。キャビティを有するパッケージ本体と、直列に接続する複数の発光セルを有する発光ダイオードチップと、発光ダイオードチップから放出された光を波長変換させる蛍光体と、一対のリード電極とを含み、複数の発光セルは一対のリード電極間で直列に接続する発光ダイオードパッケージを構成する。
Patent JP-2012532178-A (JP)
Title: メチオニンを含むインスリン製剤
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 2010-07-02
Abstract: 本発明は、インスリン、インスリン類似体又はインスリン誘導体、及びメチオニンを含む水性医薬製剤、並びにその調製、糖尿病を治療するためのその使用、並びに糖尿病を治療するための薬剤に関する。
Patent JP-2012533627-A (JP)
Title: 機能状態の喪失を減弱する方法
IPC: A61K31/198
Filed: 2010-07-15
Abstract: 機能状態の喪失を減弱するための栄養組成物、及び、機能状態の喪失を減弱するために栄養組成物を運動と共に使用する方法が提供される。全般的な実施形態において、本開示は、ホエータンパク質及びビタミンＤを含む栄養組成物を提供する。栄養組成物及び運動は、特に高齢者において、機能状態の喪失を減弱するために特異的に使用することができる。 【選択図】なし
Patent JP-2013500741-A (JP)
Title: 新規調節タンパク質および阻害剤
IPC: G01N33/53
Filed: 2010-08-05
Abstract: 本発明は、γ−セクレターゼを活性化し、β−アミロイドタンパク質（Ａβ）を生産する、以前に特徴付けられていないタンパク質（ガンマセクレターゼを活性化するタンパク質またはｇＳＡＰ）を提供する。Ａβの沈着は、アルツハイマー病および他の病理と関連している。したがって、本発明は、例えば、該新規タンパク質のスクリーニング方法および新規研究手段、阻害剤、ならびにアルツハイマー病およびＡβの沈着と関連する他の神経変性状態の診断、処置およびコントロールの方法をさらに提供する。