baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2010153827-A (JP)
Title: Photoelectric conversion device and method for manufacturing the photoelectric conversion device
Inventor: CHOKAI SATOSHI
IPC: H01L31/04
Filed: 2009-11-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly-efficient photoelectric conversion device without complicating the manufacturing process.  <P>SOLUTION: The photoelectric conversion device includes a unit cell having a semiconductor junction, in which a first impurity semiconductor layer having one conductivity type, a semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor region having a larger proportion of a crystalline semiconductor than an amorphous semiconductor and a second semiconductor region having a larger proportion of an amorphous semiconductor than a crystalline semiconductor and including both a radial crystal and a crystal having a needle-like growing end in the amorphous semiconductor, and a second impurity semiconductor layer having a conductivity type opposite to the conductivity type of the first impurity semiconductor layer are stacked in this order.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011112525-A (JP)
Title: Insulation inspection device and insulation inspection method
Inventor: SHIMIZU TAKAHIRO
IPC: G01R31/12
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inspect an insulation state between respective inspection points in a short time.  <P>SOLUTION: In a second inspection processing (step 45), when inspecting to be nondefective in the whole (Lc-1)-th second processing, it is inspected to be nondefective without executing the Lc-th second processing, and when inspecting to be defective only once in the (Lc-1)-th second processing, it is inspected to be defective without executing the Lc-th second processing. In a third inspection processing (step 49), without executing a third processing for an inspection group in which the number of times of the second processing of having been inspected to be defective is only twice in the second inspection processing, it is inspected that inspection points connected to the other potential is defective in the two-time second processings, and a third processing is executed for an inspection group in which the number of times of the second processing of having been inspected to be defective is three times or more in the second inspection processing.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011114612-A (JP)
Title: Portable electronic equipment and method for controlling the same
Inventor: IIO TARO
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide portable electronic equipment and a method for controlling the same, which suppress occurrence of mismatch between the position of an operation member and the state of a system.  <P>SOLUTION: A control portion 494 makes a function execution portion 493 perform a predetermined function after forcibly starting the system by a start/stop execution portion 491 when a slide switch 16 is located at a stop position and alarm time comes. Then, the control portion 494 stops the start of the system by the start/stop execution portion 491 after the end of the predetermined function by the function execution portion 493.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011113412-A (JP)
Title: Image processing device, image forming apparatus, and image processing program
Inventor: USUBA RYOKO
IPC: G06T1/20
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the time for parallel image processing of a plurality of image processing means.  <P>SOLUTION: In an image processing part, a plurality of image processing modules 38 and a buffer module 40 are connected mutually. The image processing modules 38 acquire image data by unit amount from a preceding module to perform image processing after started from a standby state, and output the processed image data or a processing result to a subsequent module. The image processing modules 38 enter the standby state when acquisition of the image data by unit quantity from the preceding step fails, and execute different type/content of image processing. The buffer module 40 includes a buffer 40A to which the image data from a preceding module are written and from which the written image data is read by a subsequent module. When the data amount of the image data written in the buffer 40A reaches the data determined according to the image processing modules 38 connected to the buffer module 40, the subsequent image processing module 38 is started.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011112580-A (JP)
Title: Hand position detecting device and electronic time piece
Inventor: KYO KAZUHO
IPC: G04C3/00
Filed: 2009-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand position detecting device that can readily determine which of hands is deviated and how much a hand is deviated, when the hand is deviated, and to provide an electronic time piece having the hand position detecting device.  <P>SOLUTION: Transmission holes (25h, 26h, 26j), each having a diameter covering a rotational range of a plurality of steps are formed on a minute hand wheel rotatable, in association with a minute hand and on a time hand wheel rotatable in association with a time hand. A light position sensor (32a) for measuring a light quantity centroid U of light, passing through a superimposed portion of the transmission holes (25h, 26h, 26j) is provided. The hand position detecting device determines whether a positional deviation occurs on the minute hand and the time hand and how many steps the positional deviation has, if the positional deviation occurs, on the basis of the measured light quantity centroid U.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011109994-A (JP)
Title: Fishing rod having faucet-joining structure
Inventor: WATANABE MASANORI
IPC: A01K87/02
Filed: 2009-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing rod having a faucet-joining structure easy for securing the deflection rigidity of a joining member.  <P>SOLUTION: The fishing rod is provided with that the front and rear rod poles 10, 20 are joined with a joining member 30 by the faucet joining; the joining member is the member having ≥2 layers 30A, 30B, 30C consisting of a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin material having the reinforcing fibers oriented in the longitudinal direction of the joining member, as to the joining member, by comparing the predetermined inside layer 30A with the predetermined outside layer 30B having the reinforcing fibers oriented in the longitudinal direction; the outside layer side has a higher density and an equivalent or a larger longitudinal elastic modulus as to the reinforcing fibers oriented in the longitudinal direction, and the outside layer is installed continuously from the one end 30E1 side of the joining member to the other end 30E2 side.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011113546-A (JP)
Title: Information providing device, method, and program
Inventor: KAWAHARA NORIAKI
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2009-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To much more increase the concern of a user with a service, and to keep the concern of the user as long as possible by increasing the user's chance to meet his or her desired partner.  <P>SOLUTION: A database group 61 stores each user's attributes and conditions showing attributes requested to his or her partner. A condition generation part 60 relaxes the conditions showing the attributes requested by one user to his or her partner within a prescribed range. An extraction part 55 extracts a user whose attributes are matched with the relaxed conditions of one user. A Web server function 51 notifies the extraction user of one user. A conversation request collation acceptance part 57 accepts an application for contact with one user from the extraction user. When the application for contact with one user is made from the extraction user, the Web server function 51 notifies one user of the application for contact from the extraction user. This invention may be applied to a server.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011118472-A (JP)
Title: Device, program, server device and method for displaying input amount
Inventor: YAMAHARA HISANORI
IPC: G06Q30/08
Filed: 2009-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input amount display device, a program, a server device and a method, with which an input person can know intuitively the amount input by himself or herself when the amount is input at electronic trading, and thus the possibility of overlooking erroneous input can be reduced.  <P>SOLUTION: The input amount display device includes: an obtaining means which accepts input of the amount and obtains the accepted input amount; a first display control means which displays numbers indicating the input amount on a first display area; a money image generation means which generates one or more money image data indicating the money equivalent to the input amount based on the money image data corresponding to a plurality of types of prepared money of different amounts and the value information of money corresponding to each money image data; and a second display control means which displays a money image indicated by one or more money image data generated by the money image generation means on a second display area.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011017116-A (JP)
Title: Garment having waist part
Inventor: HIRASHIMA TOSHIFUMI
IPC: A41C1/08
Filed: 2009-12-04
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a garment allowing figure adjustment when wearing without depending on a strong press force to the belly, and gradual correction of a figure itself.SOLUTION: The garment having a waist part includes a cloth-made body front composed of a cloth-made waist front 1 and a cloth-made belly part 3, and a cloth-made body rear face composed of a cloth-made waist rear face and a cloth-made hip part. The garment having the waist part includes a function of making the shrinkage distance in the horizontal direction caused by attachment of the cloth-made body front longer than the shrinkage distance in the horizontal direction caused by attachment of the cloth-made body rear face.
Patent JP-2011116426-A (JP)
Title: Injection button device
Inventor: KOBAYASHI YASUSHI
IPC: B05B9/04
Filed: 2009-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an injection button device, which enables the cover body and the injection button to be easily manufactured at low cost, and which can easily inject and eject residual content.  <P>SOLUTION: When a cover body 20 is removed from a container body 1 and a coupling piece 37 is pressed down, both bridging parts 34 are cut at portions on the cover body 20 side. Then, an inclined piece 31 is bent, and a horizontal piece 32 and an injection button 8 move to the right and downward. At this time, when the horizontal piece 32 and the injection button 8 move downwardly, both the bridging parts 34 of which the portions on the cover body 20 side are cut move beyond an stopping protrusion part 36. Then, when the pressing-down is stopped, both the bridging parts 34 stop the stopping protrusion part 36 from below in a state where an outer cylindrical part 10 of the injection button 8 presses against the top wall part 24 of the cover body 20. In this state, when the container body 1, which is inverted upside down, is mounted to the injection button device, the container body 1 is held and fixed to the injection button 8, while an injection head part 2 is pressed by a bottom face of a cylindrical body 29, thereby the device becoming in a content ejectable state.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011122833-A (JP)
Title: Occupant detection system
Inventor: HAYASHIDA SHUSUKE
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 2009-12-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an occupant detection system reducing erroneous determination in an occupant detection and improving stability and continuity of determination.  <P>SOLUTION: Drainage holes 13 disposed within a hanging groove 33 of a sheet seating face section 11 are provided more in a hanging groove near an antenna electrode (an antenna electrode 121 at the rear of a sheet) where a distance to the sheet frame is short, than the suspension groove 33 near an antenna electrode (an antenna electrode 123 in the front of the sheet) where a distance to the sheet frame continuous to the body ground is long from among a plurality of antenna electrodes (antenna electrodes 121-123). More specifically, there are more drainage holes toward the rear of the seating surface of the sheet.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011120693-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: SAKAMOTO TETSUYA
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2009-12-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of suitably suppressing a fraudulent action to a control board.  <P>SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine 10 includes a main controller 180 composed by housing a main control board for executing control relating to games in a board box. The main controller 180 is attached to an attaching base fixed to a game board 80 by a locking tool. The board box is configured such that it becomes possible to detach the board box from the attaching base and it becomes impossible to reattach it to the attaching base by the locking tool by separating the locking tool from the board box when the board box is opened.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011122509-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing piston
Inventor: SASAJIMA TAKASHI
IPC: F02F3/00
Filed: 2009-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a piston, by which a thin heat insulating material with high porosity can be provided on the top surface of the piston, regarding the method for manufacturing the piston.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the piston includes: a step (a first step) of preparing a precursor of a porous heat insulating material; a step (a second step) of forming a layer composed of the precursor on a metal substrate; a step (a third step) of integrally calcining the precursor layer and the metal substrate, and forming the porous heat insulating material on the metal substrate; and a step (a fourth step) of joining the metal substrate formed with the porous heat insulating material layer and the piston top surface part. Preferably, the heat resistant temperature of the metal substrate is higher than the heat resistant temperature of the piston.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011121730-A (JP)
Title: Medium conveying device and image forming device
Inventor: UEHARA MAKIO
IPC: B65H9/16
Filed: 2009-12-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress any defective conveyance associated with an increase in conveying load.  <P>SOLUTION: A medium conveying device (Sk) includes: a side end aligning member (3) for aligning the posture of a medium (S) by bringing a side end of the medium (S) into contact therewith; an oblique conveying member (Rc) which is obliquely advanced toward the side end aligning member (3) in the medium conveying direction and conveys the medium (S) to bring the side end of the medium (S) into contact with the side end aligning member (3); a drive source (M1) for driving the oblique conveying member (Rc); and a power supply control means (C4E) which supplies the driving current to the drive source (M1), supplies the preset reference current (i2) to the drive source (M1) before the oblique conveying member (Rc) conveys the medium (S) and the medium (S) is brought into contact with the side end aligning member (3), and supplies the high current (i3) to the drive source (M1) to the timing when the medium (S) is brought into contact with the side end aligning member (3).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011125572-A (JP)
Title: X-ray image processing apparatus, x-ray image processing method, and computer program
Inventor: MIYAMOTO HIDEAKI
IPC: A61B6/00
Filed: 2009-12-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique that obtains a region based on a contrast-agent injection region from an image that is obtained by digital subtraction angiography.  <P>SOLUTION: An inter-image subtracting unit 107 acquires a subtraction image by performing subtraction processing among a plurality of X-ray images that are obtained when an image of an object is captured at different times. A predetermined-region 202 extracting unit extracts a predetermined region from one of the plurality of X-ray images. A region extracting unit 203 extracts a region based on a contrast-agent injection region from a region of the subtraction image corresponding to the predetermined region.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011130820-A (JP)
Title: Game information display device
Inventor: HAYASHI YASUNARI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2009-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game information display device notifying proper start for enhancing the self satisfying feeling of a player.  <P>SOLUTION: The game information display device sets an elimination set value in an elimination S (A22) and makes this time S display section "during preparation" display (A23), when receiving of the signals is completed (shifting to an ordinary state) (A19: YES) after starting to receive a jackpot signal or a probability variable signal (shifting to a jackpot condition or a probability variable condition) (A18: YES). In the case of receiving a start signal next time in this condition (A1: YES), because this time S display section is "during preparation" (A2: YES), the elimination S is subtracted (A3), it is determined that the elimination S is zero (A4), in the case the elimination S is not zero (A4: NO), "during preparation" display is continued till the elimination S becomes zero with the course of a game.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010201414-A (JP)
Title: Method of manufacturing filmy molded article
Inventor: MUKAI KENTA
IPC: B05D7/24
Filed: 2009-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a filmy molded article which is suitable as an oxygen-barrier film having a high oxygen-barrier property even in a high humidity atmosphere, and to provide a filmy molded article.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of manufacturing the filmy molded article includes a process of forming a film of suspension containing cellulose fibers and a process of drying the article by heating subsequently. The cellulose fibers contain fibers of an average fiber diameter ≤200 nm, wherein cellulose that composes the cellulose fibers has a carboxyl group content of 0.1-2 mmol/g.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010122695-A (JP)
Title: Display device
Inventor: TERANISHI YASUYUKI
IPC: G09G3/20
Filed: 2009-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively avoid deterioration in the quality of a displayed image caused by a sub-pixel of a small area in a display device employing a multibit memory system by applying the display device to a liquid crystal display, for example, having a pixel composed of a plurality of sub-pixels and employing a system of representing a grayscale level by driving the plurality of sub-pixels.  <P>SOLUTION: In sub-pixels 32AA, 32AB which are small in areas of regions 43A to 43E to be displayed, the regions 43A, 43B to be displayed are formed into approximately square shapes.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011132420-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing polypropylene-based resin foam and polypropylene-based resin foam
Inventor: KAWAMORITA SHOSUKE
IPC: C08L53/00
Filed: 2009-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a polypropylene-based resin foam which is excellent in low-temperature physical property, and further excellent in heat resistance, surface smoothness, flexibility, compression recovery, cushioning characteristics, heat insulation, environmental adaptability, mechanical physical property, or the like, and to provide the polypropylene-based resin foam produced by the method.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing the polypropylene-based resin foam includes: feeding a thermoplastic resin composition, containing a foam-nucleating agent in a compounded resin composition comprising 100 pts.wt. of a polypropylene-based resin having a melt flow rate of 0.1-5 g/10 min and 10-100 pts.wt. of a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, to an extruder; pressing carbon dioxide as a foaming agent into the extruder; and extruding and foaming the compound, wherein an average cell diameter of a foamed sheet is 0.02-0.3 mm, apparent density is 20-100 kg/m<SP>3</SP>, and tensile break point elongation in an atmosphere of -40°C is 9% or more.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2011125651-A (JP)
Title: Step tool and stepladder with handle
Inventor: CHUMA KOJI
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 2009-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove anxiety and allow a user to work in safe, because it is dangerous for user being unsteady on his/her feet when working on a stepladder or a step tool even though they are lower.  <P>SOLUTION: The present invention avoids danger of stepping up and down a stepladder or step tool by providing a safety handle which is formed so that the user can grab it easily. A number of middle and older aged people are increasing rapidly and such people have weakened muscles in their legs and waists. They can use the present invention as a tool for sustainable exercise at an immediate place to maintain their physical fitness by themselves regardless of weather and environment.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009531657-A (JP)
Title: 粒子測定システムの光学的設計
IPC: G01N21/49
Filed: 2007-03-15
Abstract: 【課題】測定システムの光学的設計を開示する。 【解決手段】測定システムは、光を第１の軸に沿って供給するように形成された光源（１０）を有する。測定システムは第２の軸に沿って整合された反射レンズ（１）を有し、反射レンズ（１）は第２の軸上に第１の焦点と第２の軸上に第２の焦点とを有し、第２の焦点は第１の焦点と反射レンズ（１）との間にあり、第２の焦点は第１の軸の近くに配置される。測定システムは、第２の軸上に配置されて反射レンズ（１）の第２の焦点が視野レンズ（２）の内側に存在するように配置された視野レンズ（２）を有する。測定システムは第２の軸に整合されたリレーレンズ系（３，４）を有し、リレーレンズ系は（３，４）は反射レンズ（１）の第２の焦点に第１の焦点を形成する。測定システムは、第２の軸上であってリレーレンズ系（３，４）の第２の焦点に配置され、反射レンズ（１）の第２の焦点近くの散乱光を検知するように形成されたセンサ（５）を有する。 【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2009538637-A (JP)
Title: バックル機構
IPC: A44B11/25
Filed: 2007-03-30
Abstract: 連結部材（１）を舌状部材（２）に調節可能に連結するためのバックル機構が、前記舌状部材（２）と連結されるように構成される主バックル部材（３）と、当該主バックル部材（３）にスライド可能に取り付けられ、前記連結部材（１）に連結されるように構成される移動可能要素（４）とを具えている。当該移動可能要素（４）の各側面が前記主バックル部材（３）の一部分であるロッド（５）にスライド可能に取り付けられる。前記バックル機構が更に２つのロック位置の間で前記移動可能要素の移動を可能にするための手動操作可能なシステム及び／又は自己調節システム（８、１０、１１、１４、１５）を具えている。このシステム（８、１０、１１、１４、１５）は前記主バックル部材（３）の概略面に垂直な軸（７）の周りに前記主バックル部材（３）に対して約９０度で枢着された部材（８、１０）を具えている。この部材（８、１０）は、一方の端部に前記移動可能要素（４）と協同する誘導手段（１４、１５）を有するアーム（８）を具え、これにより前記移動可能要素（４）は前記アーム（８）が前記ロッド（５）とほぼ平行に配置された場合、第１の位置まで押される。前記移動可能要素（５）は、前記システム（８、１０、１１、１４、１５）の部材（８、１０）が約９０度回動された場合、第２の位置まで導かれて、前記アーム（８）が前記ロッド（５）とほぼ垂直となる。 【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2009535330-A (JP)
Title: 脂質ラフトの調節
IPC: A61K38/08
Filed: 2007-04-27
Abstract: 本発明は、脂質ラフト、受容体及び／又はカベオラの機能障害、例えば異常な機能、機能低下又は機能亢進の治療及び／又は予防のための医薬組成物及び／又は医療用食品を製造するための、抗分泌性タンパク質、又は同様の活性を有するその誘導体、相同体及び／又は断片、及び／又は医薬的に活性のあるそれらの塩の使用に関する。脂質ラフト、受容体及び／又はカベオラの機能障害は、血管及び肺の機能障害及び／又は内分泌障害、例えば糖尿病及び関連障害など、本発明によって包含される他の多様な状態によって引き起こされ得、又は該他の多様な状態の原因であり得る。さらに、本発明は、脂質ラフト及び／又はカベオラの機能障害の治療及び／又は予防を必要とする哺乳動物における脂質ラフト及び／又はカベオラの機能障害を治療及び／又は予防するための方法に関する。
Patent JP-2010506378-A (JP)
Title: 誘電体フィルムを形成する方法、新規前駆体および半導体製造におけるそれらの使用
IPC: H01L21/314
Filed: 2007-03-16
Abstract: 式(I)：(M 1   1-a  M 2   a ) O b  N c の化合物（ここで0≦a＜1、0＜b≦3、0≦c≦1であり、M 1 は(Hf)、(Zr)および(Ti)から選択される金属を示し、M 2 は金属原子を示す）を含有する金属含有誘電体フィルムを基板上に堆積する方法であって、   - 基板を反応チャンバーの中に提供する工程a)と、   - 式(II)：(R 1   y Op) x  (R 2   t Cp) z  M 1  R’ 4-x-z  (ここで0≦x≦3、好ましくはx=0または1であり、0≦z≦3、好ましくはz=1または2、1≦(x+z)≦4であり、0≦y≦7、好ましくはy=2であり、0≦t≦5、好ましくはt=1であり、(R 1   y Op)は置換されていないかまたは置換されているかのいずれかであるペンタジエニル配位子を示し、(R 2   t Cp)は置換されていないかまたは置換されているかのいずれかであるシクロペンタジエニル(Cp)配位子を示す)、第1の気相金属源を形成する工程b) のM 1 金属含有前駆体を気化させと、   - 第1の気相金属源を反応チャンバーに導入し、前記基板との接触を誘起させ、前記基板上に先に定義された式(I)の化合物を含有する金属含有誘電体フィルムの堆積を生成する工程c)と を含む方法。   式(II 1 )の化合物(ここで、請求項１で先に定義した式(II 1 )について、x=0、z=1であり、R’はN(R 39 )(R 40 )基を示す)。
Patent JP-2009540785-A (JP)
Title: 静電付着
IPC: H02N13/00
Filed: 2007-06-05
Abstract: 【解決手段】２つの物体の間の制御可能な付着を可能にする静電付着技術が開示されている。静電付着は、静電付着電圧によって生み出される静電引力を利用する。静電付着電圧は、静電付着装置の電極（１８）を用いて印加される。静電付着電圧は、電界および静電付着力を生成する。静電付着装置および電極が、垂直の壁（１４）などの対象物の表面の近くに配置されると、静電付着力が、表面および対象物に対する静電付着装置の位置を保持する。これは、静止摩擦を増大させるため、または、表面に対する静電付着装置の位置を維持するために利用されてよい。静電付着電圧の電気制御により、制御可能かつ容易に付着のオンオフを行うことが可能になる。 【選択図】図２