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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150367124 | HIGH-FUNCTIONALITY BIOELECTRODE - Providing an electrode structure capable of realizing an electrode array which allows each of the electrodes to be individually controlled while allowing them to be densely arranged and placed in a living body. According to the present invention, an electrode control circuit electrically connected to an electrode body is fixed to a rear portion of the electrode body within a front-viewed contour of the electrode body. This electrode control circuit may be contained in a recess formed in the rear portion of the electrode body, or it may be fixed to the back face of the electrode body. Conversely, an electrically conductive material layer covering the electrode control circuit may be used as the electrode body. A plurality of such bioelectrodes may be arranged in a two-dimensional form on a substrate or connected by a connection line including an electrical wire. Such configurations allow the bioelectrodes to be densely arranged. | 12-24-2015 |
20150133635 | BACTERIAL TOXIN VACCINE - A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%. | 05-14-2015 |
20140378402 | Amino Sugar-Bound Anti-Cancerous Noble Metal Complex - Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing as an active ingredient a compound represented by formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for treating cancer, the method including administering the compound represented by formula (I) or the physiologically acceptable salt thereof. | 12-25-2014 |
20140165232 | NOVEL GENE INDUCING ELONGATION OF ROOTS OR INCREASING BIOMASS, AND USE THEREFOR - By increasing, in a plant, expression of a gene or the like encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, it is possible to promote root elongation of the plant and/or increase biomass of the plant. | 06-12-2014 |
20130285069 | SiC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - The invention provides an SiC semiconductor element having fewer interface defects at the interface between the SiC and the insulating film of the SiC semiconductor, as well as improved channel mobility. The semiconductor element is provided with at least an SiC semiconductor substrate and an insulating film in contact with the substrate, wherein the insulating film is formed on a specific crystal plane of the SiC semiconductor substrate, the specific crystal plane being a plane having an off-angle of 10-20° relative to the {11-20} plane toward the [000-1] direction or at an off-angle of 70-80° relative to the (000-1) plane toward the <11-20> direction. Through the use of a specific crystal plane unknown in the prior art, interface defects between the SiC semiconductor substrate and the insulating film can be reduced, and channel mobility of the semiconductor element can be improved. | 10-31-2013 |
20130236947 | SUBSTRATE HAVING ROD-LIKE MOLECULES ON SURFACE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A substrate having rod-like molecules on a surface thereof including: a substrate in which a pattern including a convex portion with a flat upper surface is formed on at least a portion thereof; and a plurality of rod-like molecules, which are formed into rod-like shape, are aligned in line in a direction crossing a molecular length direction of each of the rod-like molecules an the upper surface of the convex portion, and have liquid crystalline states, wherein the molecular length L | 09-12-2013 |
20130183820 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon carbide layer is thermally etched by supplying the silicon carbide layer with a process gas that can chemically react with silicon carbide, while heating the silicon carbide layer. With this thermal etching, a carbon film is formed on the silicon carbide layer. Heat treatment is provided to the silicon carbide layer to diffuse carbon from the carbon film into the silicon carbide layer. | 07-18-2013 |
20130130482 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - On a substrate, a silicon carbide layer provided with a main surface is formed. A mask is formed to cover a portion of the main surface of the silicon carbide layer. The main surface of the silicon carbide layer on which the mask is formed is thermally etched using chlorine-based gas so as to provide the silicon carbide layer with a side surface inclined relative to the main surface. The step of thermally etching is performed in an atmosphere in which the chlorine-based gas has a partial pressure of 50% or smaller. | 05-23-2013 |
20130126904 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A silicon carbide layer includes a first region having a first conductivity type, a second region provided on the first region and having a second conductivity type, and a third region provided on the second region and having the first conductivity type. A trench having an inner surface is formed in the silicon carbide layer. The trench penetrates the second and third regions. The inner surface of the trench has a first side wall and a second side wall located deeper than the first side wall and having a portion made of the second region. Inclination of the first side wall is smaller than inclination of the second side wall. | 05-23-2013 |
20130103993 | ASYNCHRONOUS MEMORY ELEMENT FOR SCANNING - A scan asynchronous memory element includes: an asynchronous memory element configured to receive an n-input; and a scan control logic circuit configured to generate an n-bit signal input and the n-input to the asynchronous memory element from a scan input. The scan control logic circuit outputs the signal input when a control signal supplied to the scan control logic circuit has a first bit pattern, the scan control logic circuit outputs the scan input when the control signal has a second bit pattern, and the scan control logic circuit outputs a bit pattern allowing the asynchronous memory element to hold a previous value when the control signal has a bit pattern other than the first and second bit patterns. | 04-25-2013 |
20130023113 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a MOSFET includes the steps of: introducing an impurity into a silicon carbide layer; forming a carbon layer in a surface layer portion of the silicon carbide layer having the impurity introduced therein, by selectively removing silicon from the surface layer portion; and activating the impurity by heating the silicon carbide layer having the carbon layer formed therein. | 01-24-2013 |
20130019345 | FLORIGEN-ACTIVATING COMPLEXAANM Ohki; IzuruAACI NaraAACO JPAAGP Ohki; Izuru Nara JPAANM Taoka; Ken-ichiroAACI NaraAACO JPAAGP Taoka; Ken-ichiro Nara JPAANM Tsuji; HiroyukiAACI NaraAACO JPAAGP Tsuji; Hiroyuki Nara JPAANM Kojima; ChojiroAACI OsakaAACO JPAAGP Kojima; Chojiro Osaka JPAANM Shimamoto; KoAACI NaraAACO JPAAGP Shimamoto; Ko Nara JP - Provided is a crystal of a florigen activation complex, including a florigen, a 14-3-3 protein, and a bZIP transcription factor bound to each other. In addition, flowering of a plant is regulated by controlling mechanisms of interactions among those proteins utilizing the crystal. These are achieved as follows. With attention focused on the fact that Hd3a is bound to FD1 via GF14c to form a florigen activation complex, a crystal of the florigen activation complex is produced, conformational information is obtained through the use of the crystal of the florigen activation complex, and the flowering of a plant is regulated by controlling mechanisms of interactions among the florigen and the like utilizing such conformational information. | 01-17-2013 |
20130013247 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor device and the like that can determine the performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit with higher accuracy even when test environment fluctuates. The semiconductor device detects degradation of the semiconductor integrated circuit, including measurement unit that measures temperature and voltage, decision unit that judges whether the test is executed within an allowable test timing in the detection target circuit portion at each test operation frequency and decides a maximum test operation frequency and calculation unit that converts a maximum test operation frequency into that at a standard temperature and voltage and calculates a degradation amount. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a monitor block circuit that monitors the values for the measurement unit to measure temperature and voltage. The measurement unit has estimation unit that estimates temperature and voltage of a detection target circuit portion based on the monitored values. The calculation unit uses the estimated temperature and voltage. | 01-10-2013 |
20120190123 | STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS METHOD - A molecular structure analysis device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: a light source for illuminating, with exciting light, a measurement sample including a molecule to be structurally analyzed to which molecule a rare earth complex is bonded; a measurement section for receiving light emitted from the measurement sample and for measuring intensities of spectra of the light; a calculation section for performing normalization in which intensities of spectra including a line spectrum due to electric dipole transition among the measured intensities of the spectra of the light are normalized by an intensity at one wavelength in a line spectrum due to magnetic dipole transition; and an output section for outputting the spectra whose intensities have been normalized. This makes it possible to attain a device and a method capable of analyzing minute change in a dynamic structure of the molecule. | 07-26-2012 |
20120140439 | RARE-EARTH COMPLEX AND USES THEREOF - The rare-earth complex of the present invention has high luminous efficiency, since it has a structure represented by the following general formula (I): | 06-07-2012 |
20110264892 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a data processing device ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110178422 | INTRACEREBRAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE - An intracerebral information measuring device which can be mounted on the head of a subject by simple surgery and which attains measurement of low invasion, high sensitivity, and high resolution is provided. An internally mounted unit is composed of a probe to be inserted in the brain through a hole having a small diameter bored in the skull of the subject, and a head section integrated with the probe section and to be disposed between the skull and the scalp. The probe section includes an electrode for sensing an action potential. The head section includes a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting signals captured with the electrode to the outside. On the outside of the head, an external measuring unit for receiving the signal transmitted from the head section and reproducing the original signal is provided. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175111 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of lowering the contact resistance of an ohmic electrode and achieving high reverse breakdown voltage characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a p | 07-21-2011 |
20110054638 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - Providing a remote control technique capable of realizing the achievement of constraints and the certain following of a target value even with a network in which delay, loss, distortion, or the like may occur. In a remote control system, an area setting unit of a client-side control unit sets at least two areas representative of a group of states of an target object, which changes over time by feedback control. A state-evaluation information sending unit sends, to the host-side control unit, state evaluation information obtained by evaluating the state of the target object based on the area set by the area setting unit. A target value setting unit of the host-side control unit sets a target value such that the state of the target object changes in the area set by the area setting units. Moreover, a target value updating unit updates the target value based on the state evaluation information received from the client-side control unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110029309 | SIGNAL SEPARATING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL SEPARATING METHOD - Provided are a signal separating apparatus and a signal separating method capable of solving the permutation problem and separating user speech to be extracted. The signal separating apparatus separates a specific speech signal and a noise signal from a received sound signal. First, a joint probability density distribution estimation unit of a permutation solving unit calculates joint probability density distributions of the respective separated signals. Then, a classifying determination unit of the permutation solving unit determines classifying based on shapes of the calculated joint probability density distributions. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028738 | PHOTODISSOCIABLE PROTECTIVE GROUP - The present invention provides a photolabile protecting group that can be removed by light irradiation under mild conditions. More specifically, the present invention provides a method comprising protecting a reactive functional group (e.g., a hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, carbonyl group, phosphodiester group, etc.) by the photolabile protecting group, and then removing the photolabile protecting group simply by light irradiation under neutral conditions. | 02-03-2011 |
20110003979 | NEAR INFRARED HIGH EMISSION RARE-EARTH COMPLEX - The present invention has been created to provide a near infrared high emission rare-earth complex having an excellent light-emitting property in the near infrared region. The near infrared high emission rare-earth complex of the present invention is characterized in that its structure is expressed by the following general formula (1): | 01-06-2011 |
20100278885 | C70-Containing Liposome, Method for Producing the Same, and Use of the Same - A solution containing a C | 11-04-2010 |
20100267072 | Formation/Elongation of Axon by Inhibiting the Expression or Function of Singar and Application to Nerve Regeneration - Singar is identified as a novel molecule, whose expression is varied before and after the polarization of a nerve cell, and occurs in the tip of an elongating axon, called a growth cone, which is important for the formation or elongation of an axon. Singar is expressed specifically in the brain and the amount of Singar expression is largely increased in an individual during periods where the formation of axons is increased. It is observed that Singar is highly enriched in the growth cone at the tip of an axon. When the expression of Singar is inhibited in nerve cells in culture, the formation of multiple axons is induced. Thus, the inhibition of Singar can induce axon formation. Therefore, by inhibiting the expression or activity of Singar, it becomes possible to induce or promote the formation or elongation of an axon in a nerve cell. | 10-21-2010 |
20100019127 | Solid-State Image Sensor and Signal Readout Method Thereof - After resetting the potential VPD of the photodiode ( | 01-28-2010 |
20090326952 | SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, SPEECH PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND SPEECH PROCESSING DEVICE - [Problems] To convert a signal of non-audible murmur obtained through an in-vivo conduction microphone into a signal of a speech that is recognizable for (hardly misrecognized by) a receiving person with maximum accuracy. | 12-31-2009 |
20090281804 | PROCESSING UNIT, SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS, SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SPEECH RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A processing unit is provided which executes speech recognition on speech signals captured by a microphone for capturing sounds uttered in an environment. The processing unit has: an initial reflection component extraction portion that extracts initial reflection components by removing diffuse reverberation components from a reverberation pattern of an impulse response generated in the environment; and an acoustic model learning portion that learns an acoustic model for the speech recognition by reflecting the initial reflection components to speech data for learning. | 11-12-2009 |
20090166514 | Image Sensor - The uppermost metallic wiring layer in light-blocking layers constituted by multilevel metallic wiring that prevents light from impinging on areas other than the light-receiving area of a photodiode in each picture cell is used as a measurement electrode to be directly contacted with a specimen to measure electrical signals. Furthermore, in each picture cell including a circuit for reading out electrical signals collected through the measurement electrode, another circuit for reading out electrical signals generated by the photodiode is provided in an independent or shared form. This configuration enables the photodiode for optical measurements and the measurement electrode for electrical measurements to be provided in every picture cell. Thus, in a hybrid image sensor having an optical measurement function for obtaining optical information due to specimen and an electrical measurement functions for obtaining electrical information due to the specimen, the spatial resolution of both types of two-dimensional images can be simultaneously improved. | 07-02-2009 |
20090050880 | Method of Fabricating Thin-Film Transistor - The core metal of a protein such as ferritin is used as a nucleus for crystallizing a silicone thin film and then the thus crystallized film is employed in the channel part of a thin-film transistor. By aligning the protein on the surface of amorphous silicone and heating, the crystallinity is controlled. In the case of ferritin, the core diameter of the protein is 7 mm. That is, this protein is highly even in size (i.e., the metal content). Thus, the amount of the protein to be deposited on the amorphous silicone surface can be accurately controlled by controlling the protein core density. Furthermore, the type of the core metal can be altered by chemical reactions and the above method is applicable not only to amorphous silicone but also to amorphous films of various types such as germanium. Thus, the amount of nickel required in crystallization is controlled by using a protein. Moreover, the distribution density of the nickel core is controlled to thereby conduct crystallization at a desired crystal size. | 02-26-2009 |
20090015919 | Nanosized Euse Crystal and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention has been developed for providing a method to easily manufacture a nanosized EuSe crystal which has been conventionally difficult to be manufactured. Heating the Eu(III) complex whose general formula is represented by the following formula generates an EuSe crystal having a particle size corresponding to the heating condition. Alternatively, the mixture composed of Eu(III) complex, a counter cation, and a solvent may be heated. Since the particle size of the nanosized EuSe crystals can be manipulated by the heating condition, the absorption wavelength of the EuSe crystals can be easily controlled. In addition, since it is easy to create a magnetooptic-responsive plastic using the high dispersibility of the EuSe crystals, it can be immediately applied to an optical isolator or other devices. | 01-15-2009 |
20090003591 | Quantum Cryptographic Communication Method | 01-01-2009 |
20080298422 | Dye Laser Medium, Dye Laser Device, and Laser Sensor - Although having been used for conventional dye laser solvents, organic solvents have a disadvantage of volatility and inflammability, which makes a dye laser device large and cumbersome. In the present invention, which has been developed to solve this problem, an ionic liquid is used as the dye laser solvent. An organic dye stably dissolves in an ionic liquid and the light-emitting property is almost comparable to the case where an organic solvent is used. Since ionic liquids do not have volatility and inflammability, the dye laser medium according to the present invention is extremely easy to handle. In addition, it also has a property that the photobleach is extremely low compared to conventional dye laser mediums using an organic solvent as the solvent thereof. It is easy to obtain a laser sensor for detecting a predetermined specimen with high sensitivity using the dye laser medium according to the present invention. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297615 | Imaging Device and Method for Reading Signals From Such Device - Each pixel cell ( | 12-04-2008 |
20080253610 | Three dimensional shape reconstitution device and estimation device - A face model providing portion provides an stored average face model to an estimation portion estimating an affine parameter for obtaining a head pose. An individual face model learning portion obtains a result of tracking feature points by the estimation portion and learns an individual face model. The individual face model learning portion terminates the learning when a free energy of the individual face model is over a free energy of the average face model, and switches a face model provided to the estimation portion from the average face model to the individual face model. While learning the individual face mode, an observation matrix is factorized using a reliability matrix showing reliability of each observation value forming the observation matrix with emphasis on the feature point having higher reliability. | 10-16-2008 |