baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2005528490-A (JP)
Title: 顔料分散剤としてウレタン／尿素基を有するグラフトコポリマー
IPC: C09K23/52
Filed: 2003-06-03
Abstract: 顔料定着基として尿素官能基の新規タイプを含むグラフトコポリマーに基づく顔料のためのポリマー分散剤。この尿素基は、グラフトコポリマー中に作られたヒドロキシル官能基とアンモニアまたは第一級アミンもしくは第二級アミンにより一端でキャップされているジイソシアネートとの反応を含む簡便な方法によってグラフトコポリマーに結合される。反応は簡便できれいである。ポリマーの実質的な架橋またはゲル化は、適切な原料および加工条件の慎重な選択によって容易に避けることが可能である。これらの材料は、溶媒ベース系に広範囲の顔料を分散させ安定化させる際に有効であり、自動車およびトラックのための様々な溶媒性塗料組成物中で用いられる顔料分散剤であって、顔料使用の改善された効率、より低いペイント粘度および揮発性有機溶媒の減少した排出を提供する顔料分散剤を形成する際に特に有用である。
Patent JP-2005530271-A (JP)
Title: 貨幣評価装置
IPC: G06V10/771
Filed: 2003-06-18
Abstract: 貨幣のアイテムを分類するための関数を導く方法。該方法は、複数の貨幣アイテムの特徴に対応するトレーニング・データ・ベクトルを処理することを含み、複数の支持ベクトルを含む支持ベクトル機構分類関数を導く。
Patent JP-2005530507-A (JP)
Title: 修飾された多価不飽和脂肪酸を有する植物の核酸配列およびそれを作製するための使用方法
IPC: C12N9/02
Filed: 2003-06-20
Abstract: 本発明は、核酸分子および核酸構築物、および脂肪酸合成と関連する他の因子、詳細には、飽和脂肪酸および不飽和脂肪酸の比率に指向される。さらに、本発明は、植物が飽和脂肪酸および不飽和脂肪酸の変化した比率を示すかかる因子を取り込んだ植物に指向される。詳細には、本発明は、植物が多価不飽和脂肪酸に対する単価不飽和脂肪酸の変化した比率を示すかかる因子を取り込んだ植物に指向される。
Patent JP-2005531855-A (JP)
Title: Ｏｐｃサーバリダイレクションマネージャ
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2003-06-30
Abstract: ＯＰＣリダイレクションマネージャが、ターゲットＯＰＣサーバに障害が発生したときに適切な処置を取り、バッドステータスがクライアントに返されないように保証するのに必要な情報を維持する。ターゲットＯＰＣデータアクセスおよび／またはアラーム／イベントサーバ間のシームレスなフェイルオーバを必要とする任意の既存のＯＰＣクライアントが、１次サーバに接続する代わりにリダイレクションマネージャの独自に構成されるインスタンスに接続する。クライアントアプリケーションは、引き続きＯＰＣ関連のタスクを通常通り実施する。各クライアント接続は独自のものであるので、リダイレクションマネージャ自体は単一障害点ではない。構成される各リダイレクションマネージャインスタンスは、障害イベントにサブスクライブすることにより、ターゲットサーバモードおよびターゲットサーバ自体のヘルスを監視する。
Patent JP-2006504653-A (JP)
IPC: C07K14/01
Filed: 2003-07-18
Abstract: The present invention is related to the fields of molecular biology, virology, immunology and medicine. The invention provides a composition comprising an ordered and repetitive antigen or antigenic determinant array, and in particular a ghrelin or ghrelin-derived peptide-array. More specifically, the invention provides a composition comprising a virus-like particle and at least one ghrelin or a ghrelin-derived peptide bound thereto. The invention also provides a process for producing the conjugates and the ordered and repetitive arrays, respectively. The compositions of the invention are useful in the production of vaccines for the treatment of obesity and other disease associated with increased food-uptake or increased body weight and to efficiently induce immune responses, in particular antibody responses. Furthermore, the compositions of the invention are particularly useful to efficiently induce self-specific immune responses within the indicated context.
Patent JP-2005539061-A (JP)
Title: フルオロホスファイト触媒の使用から生じるフッ化物不純物の低減方法
IPC: B01J20/08
Filed: 2003-09-09
Abstract: フルオロホスファイト含有遷移金属錯体触媒を用いるプロセスにおいて製造される生成物のフッ化物含量を低減させる方法であって、前記生成物を吸着剤と接触させることを含む方法を記載する。
Patent JP-2006500116-A (JP)
Title: 組織を断片化し、切断し、そして凝固させるための電気外科器具
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2003-09-19
Abstract: 組織を断片化し、切断し、そして凝固させるための電気外科器具が記載され、この器具は、ハンドピース、ツールアセンブリおよびノーズコーンを備える。好ましくは、このツールアセンブリは、電気伝導性の材料から形成され、そして遠位ツール先端を有する第一の端部、および音響振動器に接続されるように適合された第二の端部を備える。このツールアセンブリは、吸引チャネルを少なくとも部分的に規定し、そして好ましくは、ハンドピースによって支持される。このノーズコーンは、ハンドピースの遠位端およびツールアセンブリの近位端の周りで、流体密の様式で配置される。ツールアセンブリへの電気外科エネルギーの送達を制御するためのスイッチアセンブリが、ノーズコーン上に支持される。好ましくは、このスイッチアセンブリは、電気絶縁材料によって、ノーズコーンの内側ハウジング上にオーバーモールディングされる。
Patent JP-2006509482-A (JP)
Title: 回転子及び固定子及び発電装置を回転させる機構
IPC: F03D9/00
Filed: 2003-09-29
Abstract: 【課題】 【解決手段】通常の既存のシステムは、回転子を一方向に回転させ、固定子が静止し且つ固定された、内燃機関、風の回転子により発生された機械的回転動力から電力を発生させる。説明した装置は、発電装置内の回転子及び固定子を反対方向に回転させ、より多くの電力を発生させる。この装置の助けにより、内燃機関を使用して、又は「風力タービン」の風力、「ガスタービン」及び「水力発電所」等を使用してより多くの電力を発生させることが可能となる。
Patent JP-2006509223-A (JP)
Title: 使用者の視覚障害の特徴的症状及び再生嗜好によるビジュアル・コンテンツ適応変換方法及びシステム
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 2003-10-15
Abstract: ネットワーク及びターミナルによらず、視覚障害のある人々に対するビジュアル品質を適応させて、向上させることが可能な方法およびシステムが開示される。意味的に定義された一組の「症状」によって、視覚障害は説明される。視覚障害の説明方法として、眼の疾患の個別の特定の名称よりもむしろ記述に基づく提案された「症状」を用いる方が柔軟性及び信頼性がある。これは、使用者が自分の経験に基づいて関連症状を特定することによって、自分の視覚障害を説明することが可能なためである。入力されたビジュアル・コンテンツはその視覚障害によって適応変換される。
Patent JP-2006506576-A (JP)
Title: 内燃機関の順次ターボ過給装置及び順次ターボ過給方法
IPC: F02B37/013
Filed: 2002-11-20
Abstract: 少なくとも２つのターボ過給機を有する順次ターボ過給装置。１つのターボ過給機が調節可能流量調整手段を設けられたタービンを有し、１つのターボ過給機の圧縮機が圧縮機を介して再循環される空気量を調節する調整手段を含む空気再循環装置を具備する。
Patent JP-2006195227-A (JP)
Title: Lock releasing mechanism of optical connector
Inventor: SUZUKI YASUO
IPC: G02B6/36
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a connector engaging lock mechanism from being damaged by making an optical cable plug come off from a connector when a tensile force more than prescribed is actuated in the inserting axis direction of the connector.  <P>SOLUTION: The mechanism is equipped with a locking member 2 which is arranged inside an adapter body 1 in a slidable manner so as to be movable in the direction of pulling out a plug and which is formed with a pair of upper and lower locking arms 4a, 4b provided with a locking claw 5 oppositely faced at the tip end so as to be fitted to the engaging mechanism 7 of the plug, wherein the locking arms 4a, 4b are provided projectingly to the opening of the adapter 1. Oppositely from the position of the locking claw 5 at the tip end of the locking arms 4a, 4b, there are provided projections 6, for the purpose of engaging with the inner wall face on the opening of the adapter body 1 and imparting an angular moment to the locking arms 4a, 4b themselves in the direction of releasing the plug lock, when the locking member 2 is moved in the direction of pulling out the plug inside the adapter body 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006194768-A (JP)
Title: Drift-sand flow analysis system and drift-sand flow analysis method
Inventor: UCHIMA MITSUAKI
IPC: G01P5/20
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drift-sand flow analysis system and drift-sand flow analysis method capable of performing drift-sand flow analysis simply and accurately without limiting spreading place of sample sand.  <P>SOLUTION: Artificial sand is spread into water at a predetermined point in the sea, a river, a pond, or the like, earth and sand including artificial sand is sampled from the water bottom every mesh formed by partitioning the flow range of the spread artificial sand every predetermined area, and the artificial sand is recovered from the sampled earth and sand. The identification information of the recovered earth and sand is read by a reader, the read identification information is fed to an analysis device, and flow analysis of the direction, flow rate, residence time or the like of the drift-sand flow is performed by the analysis device 34.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195326-A (JP)
Title: Developing device and image forming apparatus
Inventor: CHIHARA TOMOYOSHI
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent developer with a mass of toner or high concentration toner from being mixed into circulating developer right before an area where developer is supplied to a developer carrier or the position in which a toner concentration detecting means is disposed.  <P>SOLUTION: The developing device includes: a first developer storage part 41a in which developer held on a developing sleeve 42 is recovered and supplied; and a second developer storage part 41b in which a developer stir auger 46 disposed inside stirs and mixes toner with the developer fed from the first developer storage section 41a and the developer is fed to the first developer storage part 41a. The second developer storage section 41b includes an area B in which internal walls are formed at prescribed intervals, and an area A, located downstream of the area B in the direction of developer conveyance, in which internal walls are formed at intervals shorter than those in the area B.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006201206-A (JP)
Title: Developing device, processing cartridge, and image forming apparatus
Inventor: IIO MASAHITO
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a toner feed amount from a second storage chamber to a first storage chamber as equal as possible without being affected by a toner charge of the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber of a developing device while enabling a miniaturization of a developing device at a low cost without providing a toner liquid surface sensor.  <P>SOLUTION: The first storage chamber 54 and the second storage chamber 55 are provided on the developing device 16 to communicate with a communicating opening 56 blocked by a check valve 66. A plurality of blades 60 and 61 for carrying the toner to a developer feed member 50 by rotating are provided on a first toner feed member 57 of the first storage chamber. One of the plurality of the blades is made long, and the check valve is struck one per one rotation of the first toner feed member by the long blade 61 to feed the toner of the second storage chamber 55 to the first storage chamber 54.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006198815-A (JP)
Title: Printing system
Inventor: IWAOKA TSUTOMU
IPC: B41M1/06
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system of a resource saving type for minimizing the consumption of paper to be used, when a printing object of 210×100 mm size is printed.  <P>SOLUTION: This printing system of a resource saving type is configured of an A vertical type all-printing plate offset rotary press which has a take-up gear of paper with 435 to 500 mm width, especially 440 mm width and can print a printing object with 210 mm top-to-bottom size and 100 mm right-to-left size. In addition, the A vertical type all-printing plate offset rotary press with a take-up gear of paper with 435 to 500 mm, especially 440 mm width, a glueing machine, an in-line cutter and a stacker/handler, are the constituent components of a printing device. Besides, this system performs a printing process of the printing object with 210 mm top-to-bottom and 100 mm right-to-left size.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006198130-A (JP)
Title: Absorbent article
Inventor: KUDO ATSUSHI
IPC: A61F13/472
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article preventing a wearer from misconceiving its change time.  <P>SOLUTION: The absorbent article comprises an absorbing medium 4, a surface sheet 2 to cover the absorbing medium 4, a rear surface sheet 3, and a pair of masking members 5 provided near transverse both ends of the absorbing medium 4 along a longitudinal direction. The masking member 5 is a porous film with vacancies communicating through its thickness, whose thickness is preferable to be no less than 0.4 mm under 20 g/cm<SP>2</SP>load, so as to prevent liquid from oozing out of a side edge of the surface sheet 2 and the wearer from misconceiving the change time.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006203569-A (JP)
Title: Multimedia data communication system, and multimedia data communication method and program
Inventor: SUDO KOJI
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform multimedia data communication by many terminals without increasing the load of a repeater and a network remarkably.  <P>SOLUTION: Terminals 41 to 4n transmit multimedia data from transmitting parts 41-2 to 4n-2 to the repeater 5 through communication connections 41-c to 4n-c. In the repeater 5, a multiplexing part 5-3 multiplexes the multimedia data received by a relay receiving part 5-1 and subsequently transmits the multimedia data from a relay transmitting part 5-2 to the terminals 41 to 4n through communication connections 41-d to 4n-d. In the terminals 41 to 4n, demultiplexing parts 41-6 to 4n-6 demultiplexes the multimedia data received by receiving parts 41-3 to 4n-3, selecting/synthesizing parts 41-4 to 4n-4 perform selection/synthesis processing and subsequently, outputting part 41-5 to 4n-5 output the multimedia data.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006198531-A (JP)
Title: Operating method of hollow fiber membrane module
Inventor: MATSUMOTO YOSHIMASA
IPC: B01D63/02
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproduction method of a filtration membrane module which allows a stable operation over a long period of time in carrying out again a filtering processing operation after the cleaning of the filtration membrane module in which a permeability performance deteriorates.  <P>SOLUTION: A cleaning recovery method of the filtration membrane module which has a deterioration in permeability performance in a water purification system of surface water is provided, and an operating method of a hollow fiber membrane module is provided. After the filtering processing operation is carried out, the performance recovery is carried out by a periodical chemical cleaning in spite of the rising possibility of an intermembrane differential pressure, and at the time of the following filtering processing operation, passing water is carried out using a hollow fiber membrane module raw water inlet at the time of the first stage filtering processing operation as a raw water outlet, and using the raw water outlet as the raw water inlet.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006200246-A (JP)
Title: Handrail bar
Inventor: SAKAI YASUHIDE
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handrail bar easily installable by using a bracket.  <P>SOLUTION: In this handrail bar installed on a wall surface W as a mounting position through a first bracket 200A, a positioning groove 111 is longitudinally formed in the first bracket 200A at a position where a handrail bar mounting seat 240A is installed. The handrail bar 100 is formed by laminating a wood center member 110 of roughly oval shape in cross section positioned at the center on wood side members 120 of roughly barrel shape in cross section holding the center member 110 from both right and left sides. When one center member 110 is held by two side members 120, the combination thereof is formed in a round bar shape.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006200019-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing bearing washer of thrust bearing and method for manufacturing thrust bearing
Inventor: OBAYASHI KOSUKE
IPC: C21D1/18
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a highly-precise bearing washer of a thrust bearing, which controls the bearing washer of the thrust bearing so as not to warp or swell even after the bearing washer has been heat-treated and does not need grinding after the heat treatment, and to provide a method for manufacturing the thrust bearing.  <P>SOLUTION: A quenching step (induction hardening step) comprises: a heating step for heating the bearing washer from a temperature lower than an A<SB>c1</SB>point to the A<SB>c1</SB>point or higher; and a cooling step for cooling the bearing washer heated to the A<SB>c1</SB>point or higher in the heating step to an M<SB>s</SB>point or lower. The heating step includes applying stress onto the whole at least of the rolling part of the bearing washer in a direction of compressing a rolling surface while heating the bearing washer. The cooling step includes applying the stress onto the whole at least of the rolling part of the bearing washer while cooling the bearing washer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006208044-A (JP)
Title: Spurious wave suppressor
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI TAKASHI
IPC: G01S7/292
Filed: 2005-01-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a spurious wave suppressor sufficiently suppressing spurious wave not only side lobe of an antenna but also a clutter introducing from a main beam direction and directions close to it.  <P>SOLUTION: There are provided: a DFB6-n splitting a beam signal of a reception beam formed by a digital multi-beam forming section 5, into a plurality of bands; and an adder 14, etc. for multiplying a weight calculated with a weight calculator 10 to a plurality of beam signals split by the DFB6-n and adding the beam signal after multiplying the weight and producing the replica of spurious signals. A replica of the spurious signals is subtracted from the beam signals in the attention band corresponding to the main beam direction among a plurality of beam signals split with the DFB6-n.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005316389-A (JP)
Title: Black and white photothermographic material and image forming method
Inventor: OZEKI TOMOYUKI
IPC: G03C5/17
Filed: 2005-01-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a black and white photothermographic material having high image quality and an excellent storability and an image forming method.  <P>SOLUTION: The black and white photothermographic material comprises, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer containing at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein the non-photosensitive organic silver salt comprises at least one compound selected from a silver salt of an azole compound and a silver salt of a mercapto compound, and the photosensitive silver halide contains a compound that can be one-electron-oxidized to provide a one-electron oxidation product which releases one or more electrons.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006209247-A (JP)
Title: Device to generate translation, machine translation device and computer program
Inventor: SAKAMOTO HITOSHI
IPC: G06F17/28
Filed: 2005-01-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device to generate translation for reducing the influence of the registration of any new word in a dictionary without giving any restriction to the registration of a dictionary, and also to provide a machine translation device using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: This device for translating a Japanese sentence into an English sentence is configured to generate the translation of Japanese words and phrases from the pair of words and phrases in a Japanese sentence and English words and phrases preliminarily specified corresponding to the Japanese words and phrases. This device is provided with a relevant word extension processing part 48 for specifying a plurality of relevant words for the English words and phrases, a language conversion processing part 42 for specifying a plurality of neighboring words and phrases existing in a predetermined range from the section corresponding to the Japanese words and phrases in a result in the middle of translation and a local generating part 46 for specifying a similar sentence which is the most similar in a semantic status to a word and phrase group constituted of the relevant words and the neighboring words and phrases in a preliminarily prepared English example sentence 36, and for specifying an English character string existing in the similar sentence satisfying a predetermined reference as the translation corresponding to the Japanese words and phrases.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005235759-A (JP)
Title: Illuminator and display using the same
Inventor: SADO TAKAYASU
IPC: G02F1/13357
Filed: 2005-01-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems, wherein an adjustment in assembly takes time since the alignment between a light pipe and a light guide plate is required in a side light type illuminator having a conventional light pipe, and formation costs become high since a group of minute prisms at an approximately 100 μm pitch must be formed on the side of the light pipe for guiding illumination light to the side of the light guide plate.  <P>SOLUTION: The illuminator for face light-emitting on the light guide plate by guiding the light of a light source comprises: the light pipe, having a light incident surface in which light from a point light source enters and an emission section for transmitting light from the point light source to the light guide plate; and a coupler for integrally connecting the emission section of the light pipe to the light guide plate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005244206-A (JP)
Title: Protecting method of semiconductor wafer and semiconductor wafer protective adhesive film
Inventor: KOSHIMIZU TAKANOBU
IPC: H01L21/304
Filed: 2005-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protecting method of a semiconductor wafer and a semiconductor wafer protective adhesive film capable of correcting the warp of the semiconductor wafer and the breakage of the wafer in transportation even if the semiconductor wafer is thinned to about 150 μm or less.  <P>SOLUTION: An adhesive layer is formed on one surface of a substrate film on the circuit formation plane of the semiconductor wafer. The method comprises a first process for affixing the semiconductor wafer protective adhesive film, a second process for heating the semiconductor wafer to which the semiconductor wafer protective adhesive film is affixed, a third process for fixing the semiconductor wafer to which the semiconductor wafer protective adhesive film is affixed to a grinder or a polisher to process the non-formed surface of a semiconductor wafer circuit, and a fourth process for exfoliating the semiconductor wafer protective film adhesive film from the semiconductor wafer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006209611-A (JP)
Title: Image processing system
Inventor: KANO HIDEKI
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 2005-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To configure a system capable of print processing by transmitting image data acquired in an image data acquisition part to a print processing part at high speed.  <P>SOLUTION: This image processing system is provided with a medium acceptance terminal A and a film acceptance terminal B, to connect them with a plurality of photograph print devices C via a LAN. The medium acceptance terminal A and the film acceptance terminal B acquire print data having pixels corresponding to a print size based on resolution of an exposure head of the photograph print device C to set a processing mode so as to transmit it to the photograph print device C.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006216582-A (JP)
Title: Structure of heat sink
Inventor: CHEN CHIANG-HAN
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2005-02-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat sink which can enhance the heat dissipation effects.  <P>SOLUTION: The heat sink comprises a base board 41 provided with several heat dissipating fins 411 and at least one thermally conductive member 42. The thermally conductive member 42 is bonded to the base board 41 and the several heat dissipating fins 411 and arranged partially thereon. The base board 41 and the several heat dissipating fins 411 are made of metallic materials that are different from that of the thermally conductive member 42. With such a structure, thermal conductivity and heat dissipation effects can be enhanced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006215128-A (JP)
Title: Camera
Inventor: IMURA YOSHIO
IPC: G03B17/04
Filed: 2005-02-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-carry camera while making it thin without complicating its constitution as a camera having a bending optical system.  <P>SOLUTION: The camera is equipped with: a plurality of imaging lenses; at least one optical member to bend subject incident luminous flux transmitted through the imaging lenses; lens holding members (101 and 102) to hold the plurality of imaging lenses and the optical member; and a housing to hold at least a part of the lens holding member. The housing forms an outer wall part, the lens holding members (101, 102) are arranged in the housing so that their outer surface may come into contact with or come close to the inner wall surface of the housing, and in the housing, the front surface of the lens holding members (101, 102) or the objective L1a out of the imaging lenses is rotatably held at a housing location positioned on the inner side than the outer surface of the outer wall part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI