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Patent JP-2009194376-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor substrate manufacturing apparatus
Inventor: TSUKAMOTO NAOKI
IPC: H01L21/20
Filed: 2009-01-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor substrate manufacturing apparatus that fixes a single crystal semiconductor layer to a base substrate with high accuracy even when a substrate which has low heat-resistance with flexibility such as a glass substrate, is used as the base substrate.  <P>SOLUTION: The semiconductor substrate manufacturing apparatus includes: a cleaning portion in which a bonding surface of a base substrate, and a bonding surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate are cleaned, wherein an insulating layer serving as a bonding layer is provided on its surface and an embrittlement region is provided in a region at a predetermined depth from its surface; an electromagnetic wave irradiation portion in which the base substrate and the single crystal semiconductor substrate are attached to each other, the single crystal semiconductor substrate is irradiated with an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of 300 MHz to 300 GHz to be heated, and the single crystal semiconductor substrate is isolated using the embrittlement region as an isolation plane, so that a single crystal semiconductor layer isolated from the single crystal semiconductor substrate is fixed to the base substrate; and a heat treatment portion in which the single crystal semiconductor layer fixed to the base substrate is subjected to heat treatment. A semiconductor substrate wherein a single crystal semiconductor layer isolated from the single crystal semiconductor substrate is fixed on the base substrate is manufactured in use of this semiconductor substrate manufacturing apparatus.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010164896-A (JP)
Title: Optical waveguide and optical waveguide module
Inventor: MIYAO KENJI
IPC: G02B6/13
Filed: 2009-01-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical waveguide and an optical waveguide module in which transmission loss of light is reduced when light is transmitted between the optical waveguide and such external elements as a light emitting element and a light receiving element.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical waveguide 3 includes an upper clad layer 33, a lower clad layer 31 and a core layer 32 which is sandwiched between the upper clad layer 33 and the lower clad layer 31, and is extended in a prescribed direction. The optical waveguide 3 has a pair of end faces intersecting with the extended direction are tilted. The tilted faces are composed of the end face of the upper clad layer 33, the end face of the core layer 32 and the end face of the lower clad layer 31, and is tilted out from the upper clad layer 33 side to the lower clad layer 31 side. The angle between the tilted faces and the optical axis (axis along the extended direction of the optical waveguide 3) in the core layer 32 is approximately 45 degrees. The thickness of the central part in the extended direction of the core layer 32 and the thickness of the end part of the core layer 32 are different from each other. Further, the optical waveguide 3 is a film having flexibility.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009266203-A (JP)
Title: Radial control menu, graphical user interface, method of controlling variable using radial control menu, and computer readable medium for performing the method
Inventor: FLECK DAVID C
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2009-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a graphical user interface for displaying actions of an input device on a display.  <P>SOLUTION: The interface includes a radial menu having an origin disposed at a center thereof and at least a first wedge defining an area extending outwardly from the origin. The first wedge is associated with a variable that is capable of being set to a value between a predetermined minimum value and a predetermined maximum value. A cursor for indicating a current position of the input device on the display is provided in the interface. The cursor is movable within the first wedge to select a current value of the variable based upon the angular position of the cursor with respect to the origin. A radial menu, computer system, and method are also provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010167622-A (JP)
Title: Recording apparatus and control method of the recording apparatus
Inventor: HARA KEIJI
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 2009-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording apparatus equipped with a drying device for drying a recording material after recording, wherein the recording material after recording is moderately dried by preventing insufficient drying and excessive drying.  <P>SOLUTION: The temperature of a part in a first temperature measurement region is measured by a first temperature sensor 13 as a first measured temperature. When recording paper P is conveyed to a position where the part where the first measured temperature has been measured comes within a second temperature measurement region, the temperature of the part is measured by a second temperature sensor 14 as a second measured temperature (step S1). When it is determined that the first measured temperature and the second measured temperature are different from each other (No in step S2), the drying function of a second warm wind unit 21 is stopped (step S3). When it is determined that there is a temperature difference (Yes in step S2), if the temperature difference is generated as a result of a fall in the first measured temperature (Yes in step S4), drying is carried out by the second warm wind unit 21 (step S5).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010169849-A (JP)
Title: Camera equipped with finder display function using optical scanning
Inventor: MIZUNO JUN
IPC: G03B13/06
Filed: 2009-01-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finder display using optical scanning, having simple structure and excellent visibility with no trouble in safety.  <P>SOLUTION: In an optical finder 20 of a digital camera 10, a cold filter 30, a mat plate 40 and a scanner mechanism 50 including a micromirror 56 are disposed. Far infrared light emitted from a laser light source 60 is reflected by the micromirror 56 and guided to the cold filter 30, then, the cold filter 30 reflects the light from the micromirror 56 and guides the light to the mat plate 40, and the mat plate 40 coated with a fluorescent body 42 is irradiated with the far infrared light so as to generate fluorescence. The cold filter 30 transmits the fluorescence, and the light of the object image and the fluorescence of the display pattern are made to overlap each other in a pentaprism 26.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010169058-A (JP)
Title: Intake device
Inventor: ABE KAZUYOSHI
IPC: F02M35/116
Filed: 2009-01-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intake device capable of obtaining an inertial effect and a pulsation effect by a pressure wave from the other bank.  <P>SOLUTION: The intake device (10) includes: an intake passage (20) for right bank communicated downstream with an intake port (120) of a right bank (110) of a V-engine (100), and is branched upstream into a right-long branch passage (21) and a right-short branch passage (22); an intake passage (30) for left bank, communicating with an intake port of a left bank (111) of the engine at a downstream, and branched into a left-long branch passage (31) at an upstream, and a left-short branch passage (32); a communication passage (40) connecting the right-long branch passage with the left-long branch passage; a speed detection means (50) detecting a speed of the engine; and opening rate adjusting means (60, 61, 62, 70) adjusting opening rates of the right-short branch passage, left-short branch passage, and communication passage based on a detection result of the speed detection means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010167390-A (JP)
Title: Oxygen reduction catalyst, fuel cell and air cell using the same, and manufacturing method of oxygen reduction catalyst
Inventor: IMAI HIDETO
IPC: H01M12/06
Filed: 2009-01-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxygen reduction catalyst which uses a smaller amount of noble metals than the platinum catalyst and which has the equivalent or more of the oxygen reduction ability to that of the platinum fine particle catalyst.  <P>SOLUTION: The oxygen reduction catalyst contains an organic metal polymer wherein the organic metal polymer contains an organic polymer, a counter ion and a metal. The main chain or a part of the main chain, or the side chain or a part of the side chain of the organic polymer consists of a heterocyclic five-membered ring, a heterocyclic six-membered ring or a condensed ring thereof containing at least one selected from among nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), sulfur (S) and selenium (Se). The counter ion contains an anion group having an organic skeleton and the metal contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a transition metal and a noble metal. The metal can be coordinated with the counter ion or any one of nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), sulfur (S) and selenium (Se) included in the organic polymer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009132934-A (JP)
Title: Method of washing clothes and detergent composition therefor
Inventor: ARAI KAZUYOSHI
IPC: C11D7/54
Filed: 2009-01-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detergent composition comprising an organic chelating agent as a principle detergent component, not using a surfactant, which has questions in view of safety to a human body and reduction of environmental load, and exhibiting washability equal to or more than that of a detergent using a conventional surfactant as a principle detergent component, together with easiness in use; and to provide a method of washing with use of the detergent composition.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of washing clothes is carried out by using a washing liquid dissolving the phosphorous-free detergent composition composed essentially of a salt of an easy-degradable aminocarboxylic acid-based organic chelating agent (hereinafter an organic alkaline chelating agent) and containing further a recontamination preventing agent without containing a surfactant.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010177767-A (JP)
Title: Electrode adjustment system
Inventor: KAWANO RYUSUKE
IPC: H04B13/00
Filed: 2009-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily adapt to changes in signal intensity and noise level.  <P>SOLUTION: An electrode adjustment system is provided with a plurality of electrodes 11A, 11B, 12A, and 12B of multilayer constitution, and a determination circuit 15 determines the signal intensity and noise level and feeds determination results thereof back to a selecting circuit 13, which selects an electrode by which suitable signal intensity and noise level can be obtained. Hence, neither replacement of an electrode nor adjustment of reception sensitivity is required to easily adapt to the changes in signal intensity and noise level.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010175444-A (JP)
Title: Method of detecting antigen
Inventor: MATSUBA KYOICHI
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2009-01-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of highly sensitively detecting an antigen with reducing backgrounds in a sandwich ELISA.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of detecting an antigen, which is a detected object included in a sample, includes: an antibody immobilization process in which an antibody to the antigen is immobilized by binding to a solid-phase surface by reaction with a substituent reversibly attachable and detachable to the antibody through a chemical reaction; an antigen reaction process in which the antigen is bound to the antibody by contacting the sample with the antigen and a solid phase immobilized with the antibody; a labelling process in which a labelled antibody to the antigen containing a labelled portion is bound to the antigen bound to the antibody; a separation process in which a complex containing the antibody, antigen and labelled antibody is separated from the solid phase by dissociation reaction of the binding portion formed by the substituent; and a detection process in which the antigen is detected by detecting the labelled portion in the separated complex.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010181916-A (JP)
Title: Optical touch input device
Inventor: YAMASHITA ATSUSHI
IPC: G06F3/042
Filed: 2009-02-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical touch input device for making it unnecessary for a user to remove any deposit such as dirt or dust by cleaning it by detecting the deposit, and preventing occurrence of an erroneous input.  <P>SOLUTION: This optical touch input device is configured of: an operation part 110 for detecting XY coordinate positions on an operation face by light-shielding of a matrix-shaped optical axis formed of a pair of light emitting element and light receiving element: an arithmetic part 120 for detecting the deposit such as dirt or dust on an operation face on the basis of the detection result of the operation part; and an operation face driving part 140 for moving the operation face in a Z axial direction which is vertical to the face. When the scale of a light shielding area is smaller than a prescribed threshold, the arithmetic part 120 determines that the deposit is present on the operation face, and the operation face driving part 140 moves the operation face in the Z axial direction to eliminate the influence of the deposit.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009101196-A (JP)
Title: Thrombus capture catheter
Inventor: ISSHIKI TAKAAKI
IPC: A61F2/01
Filed: 2009-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thrombus capture catheter which reliably catches thrombus, or the like, and makes it easy to perform percutaneous angioplasty without stopping a blood flow to peripherals of a diseased site.  <P>SOLUTION: The thrombus capture catheter includes a sheath 1 in which the proximal end of a lumen 11 is closed by a closing member 12, a flexible shaft 2 inserted into the lumen 11 in the sheath 1, and a thrombus capture member 3 provided to the distal end portion of the shaft 2 and inserted into the distal end portion of the sheath 1. The thrombus capture member 3 includes a crossed wire member 31 comprised of two or more wires 311 spirally configured and crossed with one another, and having a configuration swollen in the middle portion and tapered to proximal and distal ends thereof, and a filter 32 provided to the distal end side of this crossed wire member 31. The thrombus capture member 3 is mounted slidably on the shaft 2 and fixed to the shaft 2 at the proximal end thereof, and inserted into the sheath 1 in a contracted state. By this configuration, when the sheath 1 is pulled to the side of the proximal end, the thrombus capture member 3 comes out of the sheath 1 and is expanded.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010180938-A (JP)
Title: Timbering device
Inventor: GOTO RYOICHI
IPC: F16L1/00
Filed: 2009-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a timbering device which can be assembled in a short time with a simple construction, moreover certainly confront a filling pressure of load material.  <P>SOLUTION: A regular octagonal annular frame 11 is installed within a regenerating tube 2 by being supported by supporting members 50-53 using a plurality of frame unit 20 and 30, and an internal pressure, confronting the filling pressure of the load material filled within a clearance S between an established tube 1 and the regenerating tube 2, is formed. Furthermore, an adjusting means 40 is provided that adjusts the internal pressure to the regenerating tube through the supporting member by varying an opening cross-sectional area of the annular frame by adjusting the length L of frame constructing one side of the annular frame. In this configuration, since the length of side constructing one side of the regenerating frame can be adjusted, a suitable internal pressure capable of preventing the deformation of the regenerating tube by confronting the filling pressure of the load material can be formed within the regenerating tube by varying the opening cross-sectional area of the annular frame.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010182841-A (JP)
Title: Method of forming semiconductor thin film and inspection device for semiconductor thin film
Inventor: UMETSU NOBUHIKO
IPC: H01L21/66
Filed: 2009-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the method of forming a semiconductor thin film, with which crystallinity can be evaluated with higher precision as compared with the conventional art, in forming the semiconductor thin film utilizing crystallization by laser annealing.  <P>SOLUTION: In inspection processing on the crystallinity of a p-Si film 23, an LED 12 irradiates the p-Si film 23 and an a-Si film 230 with irradiation light Lout. Consequently, an interference fringe image (interference fringe image data D1) of the p-Si film 23 and a-Si film 230 is obtained. Further, a computer 15 for image processing obtains a (reflection) optical step between the p-Si film 23 (crystallization region 51) and a-Si film 230 (non-crystallization region 50). According to the obtained (reflection) optical step, at least one of selection of the p-Si film 23 and calculation of a controlled variable of the crystallinity is evaluated. Consequently, securer selection as compared with the conventional art is actualized and new control (control over crystallinity) is achieved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009245932-A (JP)
Title: Electrode catalyst ink for fuel cell, electrode catalyst layer, membrane-electrode assembly, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Inventor: HABA YASUHIRO
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2009-02-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an electrode catalyst ink for a fuel cell, as well as methods for manufacturing electrode catalyst layers, membrane electrode assemblies and polymer electrolyte fuel cells, the electrode catalyst ink being good in dispersion of catalyst and enhancing performance of the membrane-electrode assembly.  <P>SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing an electrode catalyst ink for fuel cell, the electrode catalyst ink being used for production of electrode catalyst layers 2 and 3 of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and prepared by the method, comprises: a first dispersing step of dispersing conductive particles carrying catalyst in a solvent; and a second dispersing step of adding a polymer solution having ion conductivity into the solution to disperse it after the first dispersing step. Methods for manufacturing electrode catalyst layers, membrane electrode assemblies and polymer electrolyte fuel cells using the electrode catalyst ink are also provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010185973-A (JP)
Title: Sound generation control device
Inventor: USA SATOSHI
IPC: G10H1/00
Filed: 2009-02-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound generation control device for generating accompaniment music, which in turn changes a content according to the intonation of performance of a percussion instrument.  <P>SOLUTION: An automatic accompaniment system detects hitting of a percussion instrument and controls the number of tracks of a musical tone data reproduced after a measurement period which is set beforehand, according to hitting cycles hc in the measurement period, and musical tone data reproduction tempo, in a sound generation control unit, and thereby, sound generation from a sound generating means is controlled. Thus, the intonation is attached even to the accompaniment music by changing the content of the accompaniment music according to the intonation of performance of the percussion instrument.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010187157-A (JP)
Title: Digital television broadcasting receiver
Inventor: TOKOSHIMA SUSUMU
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2009-02-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital television broadcasting receiver which enables a visually impaired person to be easily notified of whether a voice guide for a program is provided or not when viewing the program.  <P>SOLUTION: The digital television broadcasting receiver 1 determines whether a main voice or a sub voice of a program broadcasted on a current channel received includes a voice for a voice guide when a main power supply is turned on or when channels are switched. The digital television broadcasting receiver 1 outputs a voice signal for notifying that the main voice or the sub voice of the program broadcasted on the channel includes the voice for the voice guide by voice when included. Then, the visually impaired person is easily notified of whether the main voice or the sub voice of the current program includes the voice for the voice guide.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009108331-A (JP)
Title: Soil improver and soil improvement method
Inventor: MIZOBE MASAAKI
IPC: C09K101/00
Filed: 2009-02-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil improver and a soil improvement method that promote the growth of plants by means of barks of Japanese cedar, Japanese cypress, etc.  <P>SOLUTION: The Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress bark is heaped such that the bark autolyzes with heat generation. The Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress bark heaped turns to an anaerobic or hypoxic state, in which it heats up with the heat generation and at last ages when the heat generated in it is stored without dissipation owing to the organic material of low thermal conductivity to reach a high temperature of not less than 90°C. In view of the fact that bactericidal and insecticidal components contained in Japanese cedar, Japanese cypress and hiba arborvitae bark decrease with aging, the aging period of the bark can be controlled to adapt the soil improver for two purposes.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010190966-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: MORI TOMOHIDE
IPC: G03G15/16
Filed: 2009-02-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing an increase in the roughness of the surface of an intermediate transfer belt in the positions of both its edges perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of a recording medium, and suppressing occurrence of image defects sufficiently for a long period of time even when using the intermediate transfer belt having a rigid layer.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus is provided with: the intermediate transfer belt that has the rigid layer formed on the surface thereof and supports a toner image that has been primarily transferred on the rigid layer from a latent-image supporting member; and a secondary transfer roller that is pressed onto the intermediate transfer belt supporting the toner image with an image-recording medium being interposed therebetween, wherein a toner is supplied to the areas 17a and 17b of both edges of the contact area 16 of the surface of the intermediate transfer belt 3 with the image-recording medium in the widthwise direction TD of the intermediate transfer belt at a rate of 0.01 to 0.20 g/m<SP>2</SP>.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2010187823-A (JP)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: OSHITA SATORU
IPC: A47L9/00
Filed: 2009-02-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner improved in suction power by improving the sealing performance of a packing for carrying out sealing between a peripheral wall of a dust collecting chamber and a cover body.  <P>SOLUTION: The sealing packing provided between the cover body and an opening provided at the dust collecting chamber in the vacuum cleaner includes a lip part extending outward from a packing base part located between the opening end of the opening and the cover body end of the cover body, and curved in a cover body side direction when the end of the cover body abuts on the lip part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT