baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2004527034-A (JP)
IPC: G06F21/86
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: A circuit is enabled to capacitively drive a memory cell (erasing, programming, and reading) via a capacitance. The capacitance is additionally present and isolates the antenna from the driver circuit of the memory cell. Charge accumulates on the antenna in the case of a FIB attack. The capacitance prevents the charge from flowing away, so that the voltage thus generated acts on the memory cell, which thus experiences a corresponding alteration of its charge state, which is detected. The capacitance can be implemented and realized in any conventional manner, such as any arbitrary capacitor structure of the circuit.
Patent JP-2004524792-A (JP)
Title: 公益事業設備送電網内の分散資源を提供するサイトにおける複数の燃料電池電力設備の制御
IPC: H02J13/00
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: サイト管理システム（１１）が、公益事業設備分散送電網（１０）内のサイトにおける電力システム（８）に提供される。電力システム（８）は、送電網（１０）との選択的な接続／解除のための複数の燃料電池電力設備（１８）および１つまたは複数の負荷（１４）を含む。サイト管理システム（１１）は、一体化された仕方で、送電網接続モードおよび送電網独立モードのいずれかで電力設備（１８）を制御するように作動する。公益事業設備は、サイトの複数の電力設備（１８）を送電網（１０）上の単一の統合された分散資源として見なしかつ処理できる。サイト管理システム（１１）は、電力設備（１８）のそれぞれの現在の電力能力（ｋｗ能力−８８）を表す信号と、サイトにおける全体の現在の電力能力を表す信号（全体Ｋｗ能力−９５）とを提供する。これらの電力表示は、送電網接続モードおよび送電網独立モードで電力割り当て負荷をそれぞれの燃料電池（１８）に適切に指定する。また、サイト管理システム（１１）は、送電網独立モードにおいて負荷（１４）の現在の需要をモニタし、必要ならば、予め決められたスケジュールに従って負荷（１４）を制限するように機能する。
Patent JP-2005505247-A (JP)
Title: 治療用ポリペプチド、該ポリペプチドをコードする核酸、および使用方法
IPC: C12N1/19
Filed: 2002-03-08
Abstract: 本明細書においてＧ共役タンパク質受容体関連ポリペプチドをコードする核酸配列が開示される。これらの核酸配列にコードされるポリペプチド、および免疫特異的に該ポリペプチドに結合する抗体、並びに誘導体、変異体、または前述のポリペプチド、ポリヌクレオチドもしくは抗体のフラグメントも開示される。本発明はさらに、これらの新規ヒト核酸およびタンパク質のいずれかに関連する、疾患の診断、治療および予防のための治療、診断および調査方法を開示する。
Patent JP-2004526748-A (JP)
Title: Ｒａｎｋリガンド融合タンパク質を使用する骨形成の刺激
IPC: A61K31/593
Filed: 2002-03-22
Abstract: 骨形成を増強する方法であって、以下の有効量を投与する工程を包含する：１）ＲＡＮＫＬ、ＲＡＮＫＬ融合タンパク質、またはそのアナログ、誘導体もしくは模倣物のうちの１以上のオリゴマー複合体、２）骨芽細胞または骨芽細胞前駆体中の１以上の細胞内タンパク質の活性を増強し得る骨形成性化合物であって、ここで、該活性は、骨形成を示す、化合物、あるいは３）骨芽細胞または骨芽細胞前駆体中の１以上のホスファターゼを不活化し得る骨形成性化合物であって、ここで、該不活化は、骨形成を示す、化合物。この方法をまた用いて、本明細書中に開示されるオリゴマー複合体または骨形成性化合物を含む薬学的組成物を患者に投与することによって、骨量の損失によって少なくとも部分的に現れる疾患または状態を処置し得る。
Patent JP-2005510261-A (JP)
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2001-04-10
Abstract: A drug delivery system for administering present doses of a substance such as a drug, vaccine or the like is provided. The drug delivery system includes a holder and a pre-filled drug container such as a syringe which is securely retained in the holder. The drug container includes a barrel for containing the substance, a movable stopper situated within the barrel, and a blunt end having an opening through which the substance within the barrel can be expelled. The holder includes a distal portion and a proximal portion, each configured to accommodate the drug container, with the distal portion being able to be assembled to the proximal portion, which acts as a plunger rod during activation of the delivery system. A plurality of slots are provided for controlling the delivery of a substance and extend axially along at least one portion of the holder whereby upon activation of the system, the portions of the holder move towards one another upon the application of a minimum  force and the stopper moves a preselected axial distance to expel at least a portion of the substance form the drug container. One application is to a nasal drug container, where approximately equal doses of the substance are desired to be administered to each nostril of the patient.
Patent JP-2004526566-A (JP)
Title: 被覆されたナノ粒子の製造法
IPC: B82B3/00
Filed: 2002-04-26
Abstract: 本発明は、担体およびポリマー材料からなる被覆を有するナノ粒子に関する。ポリマー材料は、可逆的に金属イオンが結合されている官能基を含有する。ナノ粒子は、プラスチック中に混入することができ、こうして得られた配合物から殊に医学的使用に適した未完成製品を製造することができる。未完成製品、例えば排水管または医学的機器の内部被覆物は、体液との接触の際に抗菌作用または静菌作用を有する微少量の金属イオンを放出する。従って、長時間の使用の場合にも病原体の侵入は、有効に抑制することができる。
Patent JP-2004530380-A (JP)
IPC: H04M1/7246
Filed: 2002-05-14
Abstract: An electrical device such as a portable communications device, domestic or personal care appliance has a main body adapted to couple to an accessory which may be in the form of a tool attachable to the main body or a housing portion. The accessory carries a passive data storage device having a memory ( 59 ) storing control data for controlling an operation or affecting a function of the device. The passive data storage device is arranged to derive a power supply from the main body when a first coupler carried by the main body is placed in proximity to a second coupler carried by the accessory ( 3 ). Where the electrical device is a portable communications device, then the accessory may be, for example, a fascia. The coupling between the first and second couplers may be inductive or capacitive.
Patent JP-2004529957-A (JP)
Title: デンプンとエステルを含有する化粧品用組成物とその用途
IPC: A61K8/72
Filed: 2002-05-17
Abstract: 本発明は、化粧品的に許容可能な媒体に、少なくとも一のデンプンと、１）Ｃ３−Ｃ３０カルボン酸とＣ１−Ｃ３０アルコールとの液状エステルで、酸又はアルコールの少なくとも一方が分枝状又は不飽和であるもの；及び２）カルボキシル官能基が芳香環に直接結合しているＣ７−Ｃ３０芳香族酸とＣ1−Ｃ３０アルコールとのエステルから選択される少なくとも一のカルボン酸エステルとを含有せしめてなる新規な化粧品用組成物に関する。本発明の組成物は石鹸を含有しない。前記組合せにより、ビロードのような滑らかなテクスチャーを有する化粧品用組成物が提供され、該組成物は容易にすすぐことができる。前記組成物で処理された毛髪は柔軟な感触があり、残留物もない。本発明の組成物は、毛髪又は皮膚等のケラチン物質の洗浄及び／又はコンディショニングに特に適している。
Patent JP-2004526548-A (JP)
Title: 人工内耳の音声信号処理方法，人工内耳装置，両耳用人工内耳システム
IPC: A61F11/04
Filed: 2002-05-24
Abstract: 【課題】人工内耳の着用者に，改善された時間的情報を提供する。 【解決手段】本発明の両耳性人工内耳システムは着用者の蝸牛内に移植するのに適応している2つの人工内耳を含んでいる。各人工内耳は音声信号処理方法を用いる。同音声信号処理方法によると，各耳に到達する聴覚信号間の両耳間時間遅延が実質的に各耳での電気的刺激を保つように，電気的刺激を各耳で検知される上記聴覚信号の相対的タイミングと一致させる。音声信号処理方法では，聴覚信号を帯域通過フィルタ処理し，各帯域でのピークを割り出し同ピークの強度を測定し，各ピークに優先順位を付与し同ピークの相対的なタイミングに対応するバッファの時間帯に配置する。バッファ出力は刺激命令の基礎となる。
Patent JP-2004532773-A (JP)
Title: 薄型コンパクトディスク・ホルダ
IPC: G11B7/24097
Filed: 2002-05-24
Abstract: コンパクトディスクを保持して保護し、しかも非常に薄い、というコンパクトディスク・ホルダ(１０)である。このホルダは、塵埃を通さないディスク載置領域(１３)を含む底部トレイ(１２)を有する。コンパクトディスクを保持する場合には、中央ハブ(１５)が、底部トレイのディスク載置領域に対しコンパクトディスクを引き寄せるようにする。好ましくは、底部トレイは、ＣＤの情報担持領域(１６)の外側でコンパクトディスクの外縁部の付近に外側リング部（２２）を有する。典型的なコンパクトディスクには、その情報担持領域の内側に円形隆起部（２１）が有り、この隆起部が底部トレイの表面に対して引き寄せられるために塵埃がトレイ上の外側隆起とコンパクトディスク上の内側隆起との間に入れない、というように底部トレイの形状はなっている。好ましくは、底部トレイにはカバーがなく、このことがさらにホルダの薄型へと導くものである。
Patent JP-2004212881-A (JP)
Title: Mounting tool for sign board
Inventor: TAKEDA MASAYUKI
IPC: E01F9/70
Filed: 2003-01-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel mounting tool of a sign board capable of installing the sign board in a state of preventing the sign board from tumbling, moving and scattering by utilizing a grating, a side ditch lid, etc., existing along a road side.  <P>SOLUTION: The mounting tool for the sign board is constituted by consecutively installing an insertion section 5 to be plugged and inserted to a slit opening 4 formed through the ditch lid 3 of the grating, the side ditch lid 3A, etc., on a lower part of a locking part 2 locked to a sign board 1 and by providing the insertion part 5 with a stopper part 6 which can be inserted into the insertion part 5 from the slit opening 5 and cab be touched with the under surface of the ditch lid 3 by rotating the insertion part 5 inserted into the slit opening 4 in such a manner that the insertion part 5 is held prevented from being removed from the slit opening 4 by the touch of the stopper part 6 with the rear surface of the ditch lid 3. The insertion part 5 on the side upper than the stopper part 6 is provided with a locking part 7 to put the insertion part 5 and the stopper part 6 in the state of being prevented from rotating relative to the ditch lid 3 by locking to the ditch lid 3 so that the state of the stopper part 6 touchable with with ditch lid 3 on the rear surface is held in the state of being prevented from rotating by locking the locking part 7 to the ditch lid 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221404-A (JP)
Title: Wiring board, its manufacturing method, semiconductor device, electronic module and electronic apparatus
Inventor: KARASAWA FUMIAKI
IPC: H05K3/24
Filed: 2003-01-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiring board which is high in reliability, its manufacturing method, and a semiconductor device.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the wiring board includes a process wherein a land 30 is subjected to plating treatment in the state in which resist 40 having an opening 42 for exposing at least the central part of the land 30 is formed on the board 10 on which wiring 20 with a land 30 is formed, so that a first part 44 of the end 45 of an opening 42 is arranged on the board 10 and a second part 46 of the end 45 of the opening 42 is arranged on the land 30.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221005-A (JP)
Title: Conductive paste
Inventor: TACHIKA HIROSHI
IPC: H01B1/22
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-halogen series conductive paste superior in characteristics such as flame resistance, conductivity, adhesiveness, elasticity, heat resistance and migration resistance.  <P>SOLUTION: The conductive paste contains a polyester resin and/or modified polyester resin (A) containing phosphorous atoms in a molecule, a non-halogen series resin (B) containing a glycidyl group, and conductive fine powder (C). Furthermore the conductive paste contains a non-halogen series flame retardant (D). Preferably, the conductive paste is to have the non-halogen series flame retardant (D) contain the phosphorous atoms and/or nitrogen atoms in the molecule.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004222150-A (JP)
Title: Internet protocol telephone terminal and its data conversion method
Inventor: NUMAGAMI YASUHIKO
IPC: H04L49/9023
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent sound breaks by calculating a packet receiving interval, driving a D/A converting part at a conversion rate matched to the receiving interval in an IP (Internet protocol) telephone terminal.  <P>SOLUTION: In this IP telephone terminal, when a packet arrives, a packet receiving part 100 transmits a packet arrival trigger to an arrival interval calculating part 700. The arrival interval calculating part 700 reads the present time from a clock 600 when receiving the trigger. Then, the arrival interval calculating part 700 finds a difference between a time recorded when receiving a previous packet with the present time, thereby calculating a packet arrival interval. A ratio of the calculated arrival interval to a regulated arrival interval on a protocol is calculated and a frequency F' obtained by delaying a regulated reproduction frequency F on the protocol only by R is calculated. The arrival interval calculating part 700 sets the F' as a conversion rate in the D/A converting part 400.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004079149-A (JP)
Title: Optical pickup system
Inventor: MIYAKE TAKAHIRO
IPC: G02F1/13
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup system for accurately detecting a correction amount to correct the spherical aberration caused by the thickness error of an optical disk in a short time.  <P>SOLUTION: An optical pickup 20 emits a read light beam to the optical disk 40 as an optical recording medium rotated and driven by a spindle motor 30 and receives its reflected light. A laser light beam generated from a laser generating element 21 is transmitted through a liquid crystal panel 25 provided to correct the spherical aberration attended with the thickness error of a transparent substrate of the optical disk 40 and introduced to an objective lens 26. A control circuit 50 changes a spherical aberration correction signal SA to conduct a plurality of samplings at a region wherein a photodetector 31 has a large output change and obtains an apex position on an approximate curve through arithmetic processing to select it as a correction amount.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004226554-A (JP)
Title: Silver halide photographic sensitive material
Inventor: ISHIGAKI KUNIO
IPC: G03C1/91
Filed: 2003-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silver halide photographic sensitive material capable of forming a defect-free image with clear thin lines and suitable for use in a photomechanical process.  <P>SOLUTION: The silver halide photographic sensitive material contains a contrast enhancer and a benzotriazole compound in a silver halide emulsion layer and/or another hydrophilic colloidal layer and has at least one conductive polymer layer having a surface resistivity of ≤10<SP>12</SP>Ω in an atmosphere at 25°C and 25% relative humidity.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004226570-A (JP)
Title: Lens device
Inventor: KIKUCHI TAKAYUKI
IPC: G02B7/28
Filed: 2003-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid automatic focusing adjustment on a lens device side in a no signal condition and to appropriately conduct the focusing adjustment for a lens device which is mounted on a camera device in an attachable and detachable manner.  <P>SOLUTION: In the lens device, automatic and manual control of focusing adjustment is manually switched. On the lens device side, synchronization signals are extracted from video signals which are outputted from the camera device. The synchronization signals are inspected and focusing adjustment is conducted by selecting one of the automatic control and the manual control in accordance with the inspection result.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004227880-A (JP)
Title: Connector
Inventor: YAMADA AKIO
IPC: H01R13/652
Filed: 2003-01-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector 10 capable of surely grounding a shell 16 and a fixing tool 18, grounding from the shell 16 to a substrate to which a connector 10 is directly fit by a fixing tool 18, and increasing the holding force of the shell without increasing the number of components.  <P>SOLUTION: The fixing tool 18 is fixed to a fixing hole of a housing 12 so that a linking part 34 is projected from an insertion hole 28 of the shell 16 arranged in parallel to a fitting part 22 of the housing 12, a connecting part 38 is connected to the substrate, at least one projecting part 20 projecting to the inside of the insertion hole 28 is installed in the shell 16, the projecting part 20 comes in contact with the fixing tool 18 when the shell 16 is inserted, and the shell 16 is directly grounded to the substrate by the fixing tool 18.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004059152-A (JP)
Title: Sterile chamber for aseptic packaging apparatus
Inventor: GORYODA TOSHIO
IPC: B65B31/02
Filed: 2003-01-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sterile chamber for an aseptic packaging apparatus, reduced in consumption of a germicide and improved in gas replacement efficiency.  <P>SOLUTION: The sterile chamber M consists of a flat rectangular parallelopiped cup receptacle storage section 33 made of a top plate 30, both side plates 31 and 31, and a base plate 32 having the longitudinally opened center part, having a cross section approximately similar to that of a cup receptacle 2 and slightly larger area than a cross sectional area of the receptacle 2, and a cup magazine 35 formed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the sterile chamber M to protrude below an opening 34 of the opened base plate 32 with a cross section approximately similar to that of a cup 1 and having a slightly larger area than the cross sectional area of the cup 1. Thus the sterile chamber M consists of the cup receptacle storage section 33 having the cross section similar to that of the cup receptacle 2 and the cup magazine 35 having the cross section similar to that of the cup 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004222613-A (JP)
Title: Attenuated virus of feathery mottle virus of sweet potato, method for controlling zonal internal bark necrosis of sweet potato using attenuated virus and sweet potato having resistance to strongly poisonous strain of feathery mottle virus of sweet potato
Inventor: YAMAZAKI SHUICHI
IPC: C12R1/94
Filed: 2003-01-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an attenuated virus having control effect on zonal internal bark necrosis of sweet potato and to provide a control technique utilizing the attenuated virus.  <P>SOLUTION: The control technique has extremely slight virus symptom against root tuber of sweet potato and selects/isolates the attenuated virus capable of preventing occurrence of zonal internal bark necrosis of sweet potato by vaccinating the attenuated virus to a virus-free seedlings form the natural world and utilizes the attenuated virus.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004139004-A (JP)
Title: Image-receiving sheet for fixing belt type electrophotograph and image formation method
Inventor: MURATA MASATAKA
IPC: G03G9/087
Filed: 2003-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image-receiving sheet for fixing belt type electrophotograph that sharply improves a long run aptitude by adopting the image-receiving sheet, where the separation force between a fixing belt surface and a image-receiving sheet surface at a toner image-receiving layer side to a support is optimized, achieves stable paper feed without offsetting, and accomplishes a satisfactory image having excellent gloss and superior sense of photograph.  <P>SOLUTION: In the image-receiving sheet for fixing belt type electrophotograph, where the toner image-receiving layer containing a polymer is provided on the support, the separation force from the fixing belt surface of the image-receiving sheet surface at the toner image-receiving layer side to the support is 1-20 N/m at a temperature of 50 °C on the image-receiving sheet surface. Or, 1-20 N/m is achieved in the image-receiving sheet for fixing belt type electrophotograph, where the separation force from the fixing belt surface is 1-20 N/m at a temperature of 90 °C on the image-receiving sheet surface.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004233071-A (JP)
Title: Portable terminal equipped with global positioning function, and its global positioning processing method
Inventor: ONO KOJI
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 2003-01-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inexpensively provide a more precise positioning processing result by a global positioning function having a plurality of processing methods, and selecting an optimum method for obtaining a minimum position precision error.  <P>SOLUTION: In the global positioning processing method that is made by a portable terminal for mounting global positioning functions for positioning positions, a first processing method or a second one is used selectively, based on a plurality of positioning calculation results as a method for calculating the positioning processing result. In the first processing method, a weighted average value is calculated from at least two most update positioning calculation results at each completion of positioning. In the second processing method, the weighted average value is calculated by adding the most update positioning processing result to the past weighted positioning processing result average at each completion of positioning.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004233310-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic fish finder
Inventor: SANO SHUICHI
IPC: G01S15/96
Filed: 2003-02-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To resolve the problem of the difficulty in judging position of fish from conventional methods, in which signal obtained by the reflected waves of ultrasonic in a plurality of frequencies are separately indicated in individual screens for each frequency of ultrasonic reflected waves and requires a comparison of the screens for decision.  <P>SOLUTION: To a first and a second transmission circuits 8a and 8b of the ultrasonic fish finder, a first and a second ultrasonic vibrators 9a and 9b are connected, respectively. To the first and the second ultrasonic vibrators 9a and 9b, a first and a second reception circuits 10a and 10b are connected, respectively. To the output terminals of the first and the second reception circuits, first and second A/D converters 11a and 11b are connected, respectively. To the first and the second A/D converters, first and second memory circuits 12a and 12b are connected. To the output terminals of the first and the second memory circuits, color specifying circuits 13a and 13b ar connected, respectively. To the output terminals of the color identification circuits, an image signal conversion circuit 14 is connected. To the output of the image signal conversion circuit 14, a display 15 is connected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004240570-A (JP)
Title: Web page equipment corresponding to a plurality of types and computer software
Inventor: EDANE EIJI
IPC: G06F13/00
Filed: 2003-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide web page equipment corresponding to a plurality of types and computer software capable of reducing URLs to be announced to users into one, recognizing the individual types in response to access from the users of information communication processing equipment of the plurality of types, and transmitting web page information suitable for the individual types and displayable on the information communication processing equipment.  <P>SOLUTION: Web page equipment 1 corresponding to the plurality of types and having a function for transmitting web page information to the information communication processing equipment 3 and 4 connected through a network line network 5 is provided with: a receiving part 11 for receiving web page information browsing requests from the information communication processing equipment 3 and 4; a recognizing part 12 for recognizing the received types of the information communication processing equipment; a storage part 13 for storing web page information corresponding to the information communication processing equipment; a reading part 14 for reading the web page information corresponding to the recognized types from the storage part 13; and a transmitting part 15 for transmitting the read web page information to the pertinent information communication processing equipment 3 and 4.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004006251-A (JP)
Title: Metallic vapor discharge lamp
Inventor: KAKISAKA SHUNSUKE
IPC: H01J61/36
Filed: 2003-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metallic vapor discharge lamp excellent in performance, and causing small variation of a service life characteristic in lighting the lamp as compared with a conventional one by restraining metallic vapor pressure in an arc tube from rising by reduction of nitrogen gas in an outer tube.  <P>SOLUTION: In this metallic vapor discharge lamp, metal materials such a wiring member in contact with the nitrogen gas filled in the outer tube 8, that is, sleeve support plates 3a and 3b, power feed lines 4a and 4b, stem lines 5a and 5b and the outer frame part of a getter 7 are each made by using a material chemically stable against the nitrogen gas atmosphere in the outer tube, for example, stainless steel SUS304.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004237535-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for manufacturing preform
Inventor: YOSHIMURA KOSUKE
IPC: B29C39/10
Filed: 2003-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preform manufacturing method capable of manufacturing a preform excellent in dimensional precision and having excellent quality not causing the undulation, wrinkles or the like of reinforcing fibers and capable of also realizing the enhancement of productivity such as the improvement of workability, the shortening of a tact time, or the like, and an apparatus for the method.  <P>SOLUTION: This preform manufacturing method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced plastic structure has a base material preparing process (1) for cutting a base material comprising reinforcing fibers into a predetermined shape, a base material holding process for holding the portion, which becomes a planar portion when the preform is molded, of the prepared base material, a pressing/shaping process (3) for moving a plurality of partial shaping means, which are used for forming a part of the cross-sectional shape of the preform, to the portion other than the holded portion of the base material to press and shape that portion so as to form the same into the shape of the preform to be molded, a pressing/heating process (4) for pressing and heating the base material having a predetermined shape to fix the same and a trimming process (5) for trimming the end parts of the thermally fixed base material to mold the preform having a final shape.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI