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20100265242 | POWER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A power circuit includes a coil that charges an electric charge of an input voltage, a switch device that controls charging and discharging of the coil, a diode that rectifies the flow of the electric charge from the coil, a capacitor that stabilizes an output voltage when the switch device is turned on, and a driving circuit that controls ON and OFF states of the switch device. The power circuit alternately switches the ON and OFF states of the switch device to control charging and discharging of the coil and the capacitor, and generates and supplies an output voltage higher than the input voltage, and the driving circuit controls the off-period of the switch device according to the on-period of the switch device and the voltage ratio of the output voltage and the input voltage while changing the repetition period of the ON and OFF states of the switch device. | 10-21-2010 |
20100295872 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND DRIVING METHOD - The present invention is directed to improve efficiency in use of a memory for storing display data which is used for an overdrive process. A display driver for driving a display device compresses image display data, stores the compressed data into a memory, and generates a preceding frame by decompressing the data read from the memory. A setting unit divides a display screen of the display device into, for example, a first region as a center part and a second region as a peripheral part. An overdrive computing unit generates overdrive display data in response to a present-time frame and the preceding frame, compresses the image display data in the first and second regions at first and second data compression ratios of small and large values, respectively, and stores the compressed data into the memory. By saving the space of the memory, the picture quality in the first region is improved. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302287 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVING SYSTEM - Overdrive over multiple frames is made more efficient in a display device drive circuit that drives a display device so slow in response that target brightness is not reached even after overdrive is performed for one frame. When a display gray scale is changed from a first gray scale to a second gray scale, a display driving device varies overdrive driving voltage according to the number of frames since the point of time of the change. This makes it possible to obtain high-speed luminance response. When the number of frames for which an identical image is continuously displayed is known beforehand, the number of frames is set in a display pattern setting register and a function of detecting timing of a change of images is provided. This enables efficient overdrive. At low temperature, further, a display image is updated once for several frames according to temperature information. This enhances the visibility of the image. | 12-02-2010 |
20110206290 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT - The display driving circuit includes: an OD (OverDrive) calculation circuit operable to generate an OD driving signal for improving the response characteristic of a display device according to display image data; a drive-output circuit operable to supply an OD driving signal to the display device; and a compression circuit operable to store compressed display data in a memory. The compression circuit includes a DCT calculation module operable to execute DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) of display image data, and an entropy coding module operable to execute variable length entropy coding of DCT conversion display data. Preferably, the display driving circuit further includes a decompression circuit operable to supply an OD calculation circuit with display data resulting from decompression of compressed display data read out the memory. | 08-25-2011 |
20110242112 | Display device and driving circuit thereof - The display driver includes: a display data compression circuit; a recording circuit; a display data decompression circuit; and an output circuit. Further, the display driver is provided with a compressibility setting circuit. The display data compression circuit has the function of compressing the display data according to a compressibility set by the compressibility setting circuit. With the display driver arranged like this, the power consumption can be reduced by increasing the compressibility for a displayed image such that the image quality is not noticeably deteriorated even with the compressibility increased. Further, for the displayed image such that the image quality is noticeably deteriorated with the compressibility increased, a sufficient image quality after data decompression can be secured by lowering the compressibility. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVIING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - The display unit can reduce the electric power consumed by the process of calculating an adjustment coefficient for display data, as typified by gradient control, and it can be readily adapted even to a display panel with a higher resolution. The display unit includes: a plurality of driving units arrayed in parallel and each operable to output a drive signal to a display panel; a plurality of first calculation units, and a plurality of display RAMs, each paired with one first calculation unit, the pairs of the first calculation units and display RAMs laid out along a direction of the parallel array of the driving units; and a second calculation unit which distributes display data supplied from outside to the display RAMs, receives display data from the display RAMs in parallel to analyze a histogram of tone distribution of pixel data corresponding to one screen, and calculates the adjustment coefficient based on a result of the analysis. In the display unit, the adjustment coefficient thus calculated is sent back to the first calculation units. The first calculation unit performs a calculation using display data read from the corresponding display RAM and the adjustment coefficient thereby to create drive data for the display panel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242139 | DISPLAY DRIVER - The display driver achieves the balance between the image quality and power-cutting ratio by controlling the backlight dimming ratio to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. The display driver uses e.g. MSE (Mean Square Error) as an index of image quality. The reference gradation control unit controls the data decompression and backlight dimming ratios, thereby to keep the image quality after backlight dimming constant. Assuming display data decompression, and backlight dimming, the error calculating unit calculates a decrease of luminance for an input displayed image as MSE based on the decompression and dimming ratios of a preceding frame, in advance. In the case of MSE over a predetermined value, the decompression unit and light-adjustment control unit decrease the decompression and dimming ratios to below those of the preceding frame, respectively. In the case of MSE below the value, the ratios are lowered to below those of the preceding frame. | 10-06-2011 |
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20120287081 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL CONTROLLER AND SEMICODUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a touch sensor panel which can increase the detection sensitivity of a touch relatively readily. The touch sensor panel controller supplies drive electrodes of a touch sensor panel with a high-voltage AC drive signal with its low level set to a negative voltage and drives them. The time of change of a drive waveform supplied to the drive electrodes of the touch sensor panel is shifted relative to the time of change of a drive waveform supplied to a display scan electrode. The touch sensor panel controller uses a charge pump in synchronization with clock signals of more than one phase to produce a high drive voltage to activate drive electrodes of the touch sensor panel, and the clock signals of more than one phase are initialized each time the drive electrode is subjected to AC pulse driving. | 11-15-2012 |
20140092061 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It becomes possible to use drive pulses having different pulse widths for one kind of drive pulse signal period. Therefore, even if a voltage acting on a crossing part of drive and detection electrodes is periodically changed through a stray capacitance attributed to an external object such as a finger in an undesired manner, the pulse width of the drive pulse is never fixed with respect to the period, and the periodic buildup of a certain voltage on a detection signal, which would make appreciable noise, is suppressed. Thus, the reduction of detection signals can be suppressed in quantity without switching the pulse signal frequency of the drive pulse of a touch panel. | 04-03-2014 |
20140145985 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The semiconductor device has a touch panel controller, a processor and a display driver. The semiconductor device is arranged so as to reduce an electric power uselessly consumed while the action of the display driver is stopped or suspended and further, and an electric power uselessly consumed by the touch-detecting action for recovery of the display driver from the state of the action being stopped or suspended. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146010 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The touch panel controller is connected with a touch panel having a plurality of drive electrodes, a plurality of detection electrodes, and a plurality of capacitance components formed at intersections of the drive and detection electrodes. A two-edge detection mode is adopted for the touch panel controller, in which signals arising on each detection electrode in synchronization with rising and falling edges of a drive pulse output to the drive electrodes, and alternately changing in polarity are accumulated in the integration circuit in terms of absolute value components. The integration circuit switches the connection of the integration capacitance between an input and an output before the drive pulse edge changing. The touch panel controller contributes to the shortening of the time for touch detection by the touch panel and the increase of the accuracy of touch detection. | 05-29-2014 |
20140210750 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The touch panel controller activates a touch panel having a detection plane superposed on a display plane of a display device, and performs a touch detection. The touch panel controller uses a cycle of 1/n (n is a positive integer) of a display frame cycle on the display plane as the detection frame cycle of the detection plane. The touch panel controller decides an order of driving the detection-scan electrodes in each detection frame cycle according to predetermined phase-delay and phase-advance positions with respect to a display-scan electrode drive position of the display device so as to correspond to an order of the detection-scan electrode array of the touch panel. The touch panel controller makes possible to avoid the coincidence of display-scan and touch-detection positions without thinning touch detections even with the detection frame cycle of a touch sensor shorter than the display frame cycle of a liquid crystal panel. | 07-31-2014 |
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20080275175 | Modified Olefin Polymer Composition and Olefin Polymer Composition Containing the Same - To provide a modified olefin polymer composition comprising a phyllosilicate dispersed in a modified olefin polymer in a sufficiently delaminated state, and an olefin polymer composition comprising a phyllosilicate dispersed in an olefin polymer in a sufficiently delaminated state obtained by diluting the modified olefin polymer composition as a masterbatch diluted with an olefin polymer. | 11-06-2008 |
20100272980 | FIBER COMPOSITE - To provide a cellulose fiber composite having high transparency, low water absorption and low coefficient of linear thermal expansion. | 10-28-2010 |
20120125547 | MODIFIED CELLULOSE FIBERS AND CELLULOSE COMPOSITE THEREOF - An object of the invention is to provide cellulose fibers which can give a cellulose composite that renders high transparency, a reduction in linear expansion coefficient, and a high modulus of elasticity possible. The invention relates to: a process for producing modified cellulose fibers which includes a modification reaction step of reacting cellulose with an aromatic compound in an organic acid to thereby modify the cellulose with an aromatic-ring-containing substituent; cellulose fibers modified with aromatic-ring-containing substituent; a dispersion of the cellulose fibers; and a cellulose fiber composite obtained from the same. | 05-24-2012 |
20130025920 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE FIBER DISPERSION - The invention relates to a method for producing a microfibrillated cellulose fiber dispersion containing microfibrillated cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, and the method comprises a fibrillation step of fibrillating cellulose fibers in a starting material dispersion containing cellulose fibers, at least one of a resin and a resin precursor, and an organic solvent, to obtain microfibrillated cellulose fibers. | 01-31-2013 |
20130284387 | Cellulose Fiber Assembly and Method for Preparing the Same, Fibrillated Cellulose Fibers and Method for Preparing the Same, and Cellulose Fiber Composite - An object of the present invention is to provide a cellulose fiber assembly and a cellulose fiber composite, each having low coloration. The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a fibrillated cellulose fiber assembly, in which the cellulose fiber raw materials are subjected to a fibrillation treatment and a reduction treatment. The present invention provides a method for preparing a cellulose fiber assembly, comprising a fibrillation step of fibrillating cellulose fiber raw materials to obtain fibrillated cellulose fibers, an assembly preparation step of obtaining a cellulose fiber assembly using the fibrillated cellulose fibers, and a step of carrying out a reduction treatment. Further, the present invention provides a cellulose fiber composite comprising the prepared cellulose fiber assembly and a matrix material. | 10-31-2013 |
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20100093941 | PROPYLENE-BASED POLYMER, PROPYLENE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITION, PELLET AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE - Propylene-based polymers (A) are provided which, when used as pressure-sensitive adhesives to various adherends, show a desired initial adhesion and will not contaminate the adherends and which have excellent pellet handling properties. Pellets of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). Pressure-sensitive adhesives of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). The propylene-based polymer (A) includes 65 to 80 mol % of a structural unit derived from propylene, 5 to 10 mol % of a structural unit derived from ethylene and 15 to 25 mol % of a structural unit derived from a C4-20 α-olefin (wherein these percentages are calculated based on 100 mol % of the total of the structural unit derived from propylene, the structural unit derived from ethylene and the structural unit derived from a C4-20 α-olefin) and has a heat of crystal fusion of 5 to 45 (J/g) as measured by DSC. Compositions of the invention contain the propylene-based polymers (A). | 04-15-2010 |
20130202864 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITE FILM - The polyolefin composite film is excellent in low-temperature heat sealability, heat-sealing strength and transparency, and at least has surface layer [i]//intermediate layer [iii]//core layer [ii], wherein the surface layer [i] includes a propylene resin composition including 0-50 wt % of a specific propylene/α-olefin random copolymer (A) and/or a specific 1-butene/α-olefin copolymer (E), and 50-100 wt % of a propylene polymer (B) having a melting point of 120-170° C. ((A), (E) and (B) in the surface layer totals 100 wt %); the core layer [ii] includes a propylene resin composition including 70-100 wt % of a crystalline polypropylene (C) having a melting point of 150-170° C., and 0-30 wt % of the copolymer (A) ((C) and (A) in the core layer totals 100 wt %); and the intermediate layer [iii] includes a propylene resin composition including 50-95 wt% of the crystalline polypropylene (C) and 50-5% of the polymer (B), the copolymer (A), and/or the copolymer (E) ((C), (B), (A) and (E) in the intermediate layer totals 100 wt %). | 08-08-2013 |
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20140148524 | POLYURETHANE FOAM PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POLYURETHANE FOAM PANEL - A polyurethane foam panel, obtained by mixing a polyol composition comprising polyol compounds, and water as a blowing agent with a polyisocyanate component to react therewith, wherein the polyol compounds comprise a polyether polyol (A) which is a polymer made from an alkylene oxide and has an average functional group number of 2 to 4 and a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 to 8000, and a short glycol (B) having a molecular weight less than 250, the water is contained in an amount of 20 to 100 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polyol compounds, and the thickness direction of the polyurethane foam panel is substantially perpendicular to the foamed direction of cells in the foam or at the time of mixing and reacting the polyol composition and the polyisocyanate component with each other, the isocyanate index of the component is 30 or less. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155509 | POLYOL COMPOSITION FOR RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM - A polyol composition for a rigid polyurethane foam, which comprises polyol compounds, and water as a blowing agent, and which is mixed with a polyisocyanate component to react therewith, and thereby forming the rigid polyurethane foam, wherein the polyol compounds comprise a polyether polyol (A) which is a polymer made from an alkylene oxide and has an average functional group number of 2 to 4 and a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 to 8000, and a short glycol (B) having a molecular weight less than 250, and the water is contained in an amount of 20 to 100 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polyol compounds. | 06-05-2014 |
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20080291754 | Semiconductor memory device with low standby current - In an SRAM according to the present invention, an internal power supply voltage for a memory cell is applied to a back gate of each of P-channel MOS transistors included in an equalizer, a write driver, and a column select gate. Therefore, even if an internal power supply voltage for a peripheral circuit is shut off to reduce current consumption during standby, a threshold voltage of each of the P-channel MOS transistors is maintained at a high level, and hence a leakage current is small. | 11-27-2008 |
20090196115 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ERRONEOUS WRITE TO MEMORY CELL IN SWITCHING OPERATIONAL MODE BETWEEN NORMAL MODE AND STANDBY MODE - When an operational mode is shifted to a standby mode, a first transistor is brought into a conduction state by a control signal, and a word line is thereby clamped to a ground voltage. Further, a second transistor is brought into a non-conduction state, and supply of an internal power supply voltage to a word line driver is shut off. Subsequently, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is halted for saving electrical power. When the operational mode returns to a normal mode, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is started, and subsequently, the first transistor is brought into the non-conduction state by the control signal, and the second transistor is thereby brought into the conduction state. | 08-06-2009 |
20110116321 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ERRONEOUS WRITE TO MEMORY CELL IN SWITCHING OPERATIONAL MODE BETWEEN NORMAL MODE AND STANDBY MODE - When an operational mode is shifted to a standby mode, a first transistor is brought into a conduction state by a control signal, and a word line is thereby clamped to a ground voltage. Further, a second transistor is brought into a non-conduction state, and supply of an internal power supply voltage to a word line driver is shut off. Subsequently, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is halted for saving electrical power. When the operational mode returns to a normal mode, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is started, and subsequently, the first transistor is brought into the non-conduction state by the control signal, and the second transistor is thereby brought into the conduction state. | 05-19-2011 |
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20090291264 | Microfluid-System-Supporting Unit And Production Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a microfluid-system-supporting unit, comprising a fixing layer formed on a substrate, a protective layer or a fixing layer, wherein part of at least one hollow filament in any shape is placed and fixed in the fixing layer. Thus, it provides a microfluid-system-supporting unit lower in surface irregularity even when there are multiple hollow filaments different in external diameter or the hollow filaments crosses each other and resistant to positional deviation of the hollow filament in the crossing regions, and a production method thereof. | 11-26-2009 |
20100327237 | CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE - A conductive particle | 12-30-2010 |
20120228559 | CONDUCTIVE FINE PARTICLES AND ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - Conductive fine particles have core particle surfaces coated with a metal-plated coating film layer containing nickel and phosphorus and a multilayer conductive layer comprising a palladium layer as the outer surface. The phosphorus content in region A of the metal-plated coating film layer, at a distance of no greater than 20% of the thickness of the entire metal-plated coating film layer from the surface of the core particle, is 7-15 wt % of the entire region A. The phosphorus content in region B of the metal-plated coating film layer, at a distance of no greater than 10% of the thickness of the entire metal-plated coating film layer from the surface of the metal-plated coating film layer on the palladium layer side, is 0.1-3 wt % of the entire region B, and the phosphorus content of the entire metal-plated coating film layer is 7 wt % or greater. | 09-13-2012 |
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20110044864 | SUPPORTING UNIT FOR MICROFLUID SYSTEM - The present invention provides a supporting unit of microfluid system having a smaller restriction on the number of the steps and capacity of the reaction and analysis that can be produced easily, and a microfluid-system supporting unit allowing mounting of complicated fluid circuits densely. The present invention relates to a microfluid-system supporting unit, comprising a first supporting plate and at least one hollow filament constituting the channel of the microfluid system, wherein the hollow filament is placed on the first supporting plate in any shape and a particular internal region of the hollow filament has a function. | 02-24-2011 |
20110132535 | Microfluid-System-Supporting Unit And Production Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a microfluid-system-supporting unit, comprising a fixing layer formed on a substrate, a protective layer or a fixing layer, wherein part of at least one hollow filament in any shape is placed and fixed in the fixing layer. Thus, it provides a microfluid-system-supporting unit lower in surface irregularity even when there are multiple hollow filaments different in external diameter or the hollow filaments crosses each other and resistant to positional deviation of the hollow filament in the crossing regions, and a production method thereof. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135817 | Microfluid-System-Supporting Unit And Production Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a microfluid-system-supporting unit, comprising a fixing layer formed on a substrate, a protective layer or a fixing layer, wherein part of at least one hollow filament in any shape is placed and fixed in the fixing layer. Thus, it provides a microfluid-system-supporting unit lower in surface irregularity even when there are multiple hollow filaments different in external diameter or the hollow filaments crosses each other and resistant to positional deviation of the hollow filament in the crossing regions, and a production method thereof. | 06-09-2011 |
20110140300 | Microfluid-System-Supporting Unit And Production Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a microfluid-system-supporting unit, comprising a fixing layer formed on a substrate, a protective layer or a fixing layer, wherein part of at least one hollow filament in any shape is placed and fixed in the fixing layer. Thus, it provides a microfluid-system-supporting unit lower in surface irregularity even when there are multiple hollow filaments different in external diameter or the hollow filaments crosses each other and resistant to positional deviation of the hollow filament in the crossing regions, and a production method thereof. | 06-16-2011 |
20110206558 | ANALYTICAL PRETREATMENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an analytical pretreatment device, comprising a supporting material | 08-25-2011 |
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20120320601 | MOUNTING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting substrate, a manufacturing method, a light-emitting module and an illumination device that can sufficiently improve the luminous efficiency of an LED lamp. A mounting substrate according to the present invention includes a substrate and a reflective film that is formed on a front surface of the substrate and has a front surface on which LED chips are to be mounted, and the reflective film is made of metal oxide microparticles and a glass fit, and reflects light from the LED chips. | 12-20-2012 |
20150023014 | LAMP AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lamp includes a base configured by a case and a heat discharging board, a supporting member disposed upright on the base, a light-transmitting substrate mounted on the supporting member, and light-emitting units mounted on the light-transmitting substrate. The supporting member includes a stand part, a rod-shaped leg part disposed upright thereon, and a head part positioned on top of the leg part. The head part has an upper surface and a side surface which is a continuation thereof. In planar view in a downwards direction, the light emitting units are positioned on a section of the light-transmitting substrate that extends beyond the upper surface. The side surface includes an inclined face that is light reflective and inclined relative to the upper surface, forming an obtuse dihedral angle therebetween. | 01-22-2015 |
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20120293123 | AUTOMOBILE CHARGING APPARATUS - There are provided a control device, a power-supply cord, and a charging cable to be connected to an automobile, wherein the control device includes an electric-leakage detection portion for detecting an electric leakage in the charging cable or the automobile, a connection detection portion for detecting the charging cable being connected to the automobile, and a power-supply interruption portion for controlling supply of electricity from the power-supply cord to the charging cable, and, further, the control device has a function of activating the electric-leakage detection portion in a predetermined case, in a state where the automobile charging apparatus is supplied with a commercial power supply. | 11-22-2012 |
20130120883 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR AN ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONFIRMING EARTH LEAKAGE APPLICABLE THERETO - A battery charger for charging an electrically-driven vehicle by connecting the electrically-driven vehicle with an external power source, the battery charger includes an earth leakage detector operable to detect earth leakage of the battery charger; an earth leakage circuit breaker operable to switch energization from the external power source; an earth leakage confirmation relay capable of forcibly causing earth leakage in a downstream circuit of the earth leakage detector; a resistor unit connected in series with the earth leakage confirmation relay and capable of being set to any one of a plurality of leakage current values; and a controller operable to switch the earth leakage circuit breaker based on a detection result of the earth leakage detector while forcibly causing earth leakage in the downstream circuit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120892 | EARTH LEAKAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER - An earth leakage circuit breaker includes a level discriminator operable to compare an output level of a zero-phase-sequence current transformer placed in an electric circuit with each of a plurality of reference levels set in advance and output a plurality of pulses each indicating a time period during which the output level of the zero-phase-sequence current transformer has exceeded one of the plurality of reference levels; a duration counting portion operable to count a time period during which each of the plurality of pulses is being continuously outputted from the level discriminator; a circuit interruption determiner having a plurality of circuit-breaking levels associated with respective reference levels and operable to output a signal to break the electric circuit when the time period obtained from the duration counting portion has exceeded each of the circuit-breaking levels; and a relay coil-driving circuit operable to drive the coil of a circuit cutout relay in response to the signal outputted from the circuit interruption determiner. | 05-16-2013 |
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20150028809 | CHARGING CABLE - A temperature detection unit detects the temperature of a power plug. A control unit stops electric conduction to a battery when the detected temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined specified temperature (T | 01-29-2015 |
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20080268708 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A receptacle includes contact modules, each of which includes contacts, one of common ends thereof being connected to contact pins of a plug when the receptacle and the plug are connected to each other, and the other of the common ends of the contacts being connected to a circuit board. Each contact module includes holding plates arranged in a direction of thickness of the each contact module. At least one conductive layer and at least one insulating portion are formed on opposed surfaces of adjacent holding plates. At least one of contacts is held between the insulating portions that are formed on the opposed surfaces of the adjacent holding plates. | 10-30-2008 |
20130316587 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes an insulator including a connecting-object insertion/removal groove, contact insertion grooves arranged in one direction, and partition walls which partition mutually adjacent the contact insertion grooves; and contacts, each of which including a base portion, fixed to the insulator, an elastically-deformable portion, and a contact portion which comes in contact with a corresponding terminal of the connecting object that is inserted into the connecting-object insertion/removal groove, wherein the contacts are inserted into the contact insertion grooves. A first recess is formed at a side of the elastically-deformable portion of at least one contact, the first recess facing an adjacent the partition wall in the one direction and forming a space in the one direction between the first recess and the adjacent partition wall. | 11-28-2013 |
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20130144562 | SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SENSOR DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A sensor device has a difference calculation unit that calculates the difference between a predetermined threshold and a current measured value measured by a sensor unit that measures a measurement subject, a change amount recording unit that records the maximum amount of change of the measured value with respect to elapsed time on the basis of a plurality of measured value history records obtained by measuring the measurement subject, and a minimum time calculation unit that calculates the minimum arrival time that is the minimum time for the measurement subject to arrive at the predetermined threshold from the current measured value on the basis of the calculated difference and the recorded maximum amount of change. | 06-06-2013 |
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20150042314 | FLOW DIRECTION DETECTION DEVICE, FLOW DIRECTION DETECTION METHOD, AND FLOW DIRECTION DETECTION PROGRAM - A detection apparatus that detects a state of power has a first current transformer that measures a first current on a side of a first power line with respect to a connecting point between the first power line extending from a commercial power supply and a second power line extending from a power generation means that supplies power having the same frequency as the commercial power supply, a second current transformer that measures a second current on a side of the second power line with respect to the connecting point, a first current direction detector that detects a direction of the first current, a second current direction detector that detects a direction of the second current, and an exclusive OR calculator that calculates an exclusive OR between a detected value of the direction of the first current and a detected value of the direction of the second current. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090218119 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board includes forming a first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a first conductor circuit on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a second interlaminar resin insulating layer, opening portions in the second interlaminar resin insulating layer to expose a face of the first conductor circuit, an electroless plating film on the second interlaminar resin insulating layer and the exposed face, and a plating resist on the electroless plating film. The method further includes substituting the electroless plating film with a thin film conductor layer, having a lower ion tendency than the electroless plating film, and a metal of the exposed face, forming an electroplating film including the metal on a portion of the electroless plating film and the thin film conductor layer, stripping the plating resist, and removing the electroless plating film exposed by the stripping. | 09-03-2009 |
20090218125 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board includes a first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a first conductor circuit formed on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a second interlaminar resin insulating layer formed on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer and the first conductor circuit, a second conductor circuit formed on the second interlaminar resin insulating layer. A via conductor can be formed in the opening portion. The opening portion of the second interlaminar resin insulating layer can expose a face of the first conductor circuit. The via conductor connects the first conductor circuit and the second conductor circuit. The via conductor includes an electroless plating film formed on inner wall face of the opening portion and includes an electrolytic plating film formed on the electroless plating film and on the exposed face of the first conductor circuit exposed by the opening portion. The second conductor circuit includes the electroless plating film and the electrolytic plating film. | 09-03-2009 |
20100122839 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board including a first interlayer resin insulation layer, a pad formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer, a solder resist layer formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer and the pad, a protective film formed on a portion of the pad exposed by an opening of the solder resist layer, and a coating layer formed between the pad and the solder resist layer. The pad mounts an electronic component. The coating layer has a metal layer and a coating film. The metal layer is formed on the surface of the pad and the coating film is formed on the metal layer. | 05-20-2010 |
20100126758 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board including a first interlayer resin insulation layer, a first conductive circuit formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer, a second interlayer resin insulation layer formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer and the first conductive circuit and having an opening portion exposing a portion of the first conductive circuit, a second conductive circuit formed on the second interlayer resin insulation layer, a via conductor formed in the opening portion of the second interlayer resin insulation layer and connecting the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit, and a coating layer having a metal layer and a coating film and formed between the first conductive circuit and the second interlayer resin insulation layer. The metal layer is formed on the surface of the first conductive circuit and the coating film is formed on the metal layer. | 05-27-2010 |
20110272286 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board includes forming a first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a first conductor circuit on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a second interlaminar resin insulating layer, opening portions in the second interlaminar resin insulating layer to expose a face of the first conductor circuit, an electroless plating film on the second interlaminar resin insulating layer and the exposed face, and a plating resist on the electroless plating film. The method further includes substituting the electroless plating film with a thin film conductor layer, having a lower ion tendency than the electroless plating film, and a metal of the exposed face, forming an electroplating film including the metal on a portion of the electroless plating film and the thin film conductor layer, stripping the plating resist, and removing the electroless plating film exposed by the stripping. | 11-10-2011 |
20110296682 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board includes a first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a first conductor circuit formed on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer, a second interlaminar resin insulating layer formed on the first interlaminar resin insulating layer and the first conductor circuit, a second conductor circuit formed on the second interlaminar resin insulating layer. A via conductor can be formed in the opening portion. The opening portion of the second interlaminar resin insulating layer can expose a face of the first conductor circuit. The via conductor connects the first conductor circuit and the second conductor circuit. The via conductor includes an electroless plating film formed on inner wall face of the opening portion and includes an electrolytic plating film formed on the electroless plating film and on the exposed face of the first conductor circuit exposed by the opening portion. The second conductor circuit includes the electroless plating film and the electrolytic plating film. | 12-08-2011 |
20120080400 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board including a first interlayer resin insulation layer, a pad formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer, a solder resist layer formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer and the pad, a protective film formed on a portion of the pad exposed by an opening of the solder resist layer, and a coating layer formed between the pad and the solder resist layer. The pad mounts an electronic component. The coating layer has a metal layer and a coating film. The metal layer is formed on the surface of the pad and the coating film is formed on the metal layer. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082779 | MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A multilayer printed wiring board including a first interlayer resin insulation layer, a first conductive circuit formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer, a second interlayer resin insulation layer formed on the first interlayer resin insulation layer and the first conductive circuit and having an opening portion exposing a portion of the first conductive circuit, a second conductive circuit formed on the second interlayer resin insulation layer, a via conductor formed in the opening portion of the second interlayer resin insulation layer and connecting the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit, and a coating layer having a metal layer and a coating film and formed between the first conductive circuit and the second interlayer resin insulation layer. The metal layer is formed on the surface of the first conductive circuit and the coating film is formed on the metal layer. | 04-05-2012 |
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20120002252 | IMAGE READ DEVICE AND COPIER - An image read device is provided, which conveys an original while performing reading of an image of the original at a read position on a transparent member by a read unit fixed, the image read device including: a moving unit that moves the transparent member back and forth in an original conveying direction; a control unit that conveys the original and moves the transparent member by using the moving unit while causing the reading of the image to be performed at the read position; and a determining unit that, when an event causing interruption of original conveyance occurs, stops the transparent member and determines whether a control of returning the transparent member to a home position is to be performed or not in accordance with a stopped position of the original in an original conveying path. | 01-05-2012 |
20130215481 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet housing unit that houses a sheet; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet in the sheet housing unit; a sheet nipping unit that nips the sheet housed in the sheet housing unit; and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet nipping unit to reach a nipping state to nip the sheet in the sheet housing unit upon the sheet detection unit detecting a sheet-present state, executes a power saving mode to stop supplying power to at least a part of the electric mechanisms when no drive command is input for a predetermined time, and controls the sheet nipping unit to cancel the nipping state before execution of the power saving mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130242359 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315610 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF includes: a sheet-feed cover unit; a switch unit to be switched on or off depending on whether the sheet-feed cover unit is open or closed and including a first terminal, to which a first voltage, by which a driving motor is driven, is input, and a second terminal connected to the driving motor; and an open/close-detection circuit unit that includes a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit is switched on or off based on a threshold voltage that is larger than a second voltage to be generated in the driving motor by a jammed-document removing motion and smaller than the first voltage. The open/close-detection circuit unit detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is closed when the second switch circuit is energized, but detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is open when the second switch circuit is de-energized. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320611 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller. | 12-05-2013 |
20140125007 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF that feeds and conveys original document sheets one sheet by one sheet from a tray unit to a read position on a document glass by motive power from a driving motor includes: an opening/closing unit operable to open and close relative to the document glass; an open/close detection sensor that detects an open/closed state of the opening/closing unit; a first interlock switch, which is arranged between a power source and the driving motor, that is on when the opening/closing unit is closed, and vice versa; and a control circuit that determines the open/closed state of the opening/closing unit based on detection outputs of the first interlock switch and the open/close detection sensor. The control circuit determines that the opening/closing unit is in the closed state when the first interlock switch is on and the open/close detection sensor is detecting the closed state. | 05-08-2014 |
20140140744 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeder includes a document stack unit; a conveying unit configured to separate a document from the documents stacked on the document stack unit and convey the document to a scanning position through a conveying path; document detecting units configured to detect the document; an upstream document detecting unit configured to detect the document, the upstream document detecting unit being arranged in the conveying path at an uppermost stream in a document conveying direction with respect to the document detecting units; and a determining unit configured to determine a passage of a trailing end of the document at positions of the document detecting units and the upstream document detecting unit and determine a presence of a hole on the document, based on the detection results. A detection range of the upstream document detecting unit is set to be wider than detection ranges of the document detecting units. | 05-22-2014 |
20140177012 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a transmitting glass; and a step member that is located upstream of a reading position, at which an image of a conveyed document is read by a reading unit via a transmitting glass, in a conveying direction of the document, and has a document guiding surface at a position away from a surface of a transmitting glass by a prescribed distance and forms a step between the document guiding surface and the transmitting glass. The step member is provided with a protrusion protruding downstream in the conveying direction of the document to form space between the transmitting glass and a downstream part of the step member in the conveying direction of the document. | 06-26-2014 |
20140239573 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An auto document feeder includes a movable document table on which documents are stacked, a pickup roller that feeds a topmost document among the documents on the movable document table to a feed position via a feed opening, and a shielding member that is arranged on the upstream side of the pickup roller and above the topmost document, and that shields the feed opening. At least an end portion of the shielding member on the document table side is made of a flexible member. | 08-28-2014 |
20150045197 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - The present invention is concerning a sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that includes a first pressing roller arranged on one side of a thickness direction of a folded sheet bundle, and a second pressing roller and a third pressing roller arranged on the other side across a fold line part of the folded sheet bundle, and a moving unit that moves the pressing unit in a state in which each of a first line and a second line is not parallel to the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, the first line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the second pressing roller, and the second line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the third pressing roller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150065326 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - A sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that presses a fold line part of a folded sheet bundle; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing unit in a fold direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that holds the folded sheet bundle therebetween, and the pair of pressing rollers changes an angle θ between a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and a line connecting the rotational centers of the pressing rollers in the middle of movement. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080308995 | Automatic document feeder, image reading system including same, and image forming apparatus including same - An automatic document feeder, included in an image reading system that can be included in an image forming apparatus, is configured to transfer an original document to an image reader included in the image reading system, and includes a first drive unit configured to include a first motor to drive the document separation and feed unit, a second drive unit configured to include a second motor to drive the document conveyance unit, a third drive unit configured to include a third motor to drive the document discharging unit, where at least two motors of the first, second, and third motors disposed in a substantially in-line arrangement, and a cooling member configured to supply a coolant to the at least two motors disposed in a substantially in-line arrangement, to the first, second, and third motors, in that order. | 12-18-2008 |
20090257846 | Bookbinding system, bookbinding method, and recording medium storing bookbinding program - A bookbinding system to bind together a batch of sheets transported from an image forming apparatus. The bookbinding system includes a punch unit to form a predetermined number of ring holes in a predetermined portion along a side of the sheets to be bound one by one or in a batch, a ring-binding unit disposed downstream from the punch unit in a direction in which the sheet is transported to insert rings of a ring member into the ring holes formed on the batch of sheets by the punch unit, a ring detector disposed at a portion where the ring member is set to detect a type of the ring member, and a determination unit to determine whether or not an ring-binding operation is executable based on a type of the ring member and a size of the sheets to be bound together. | 10-15-2009 |
20100225983 | Deep focus image reading system and image forming apparatus - An image reading system reads an image of an original document by conveying the original document through a fixed reading position along a platen glass. The image reading system includes a conveyance device that conveys the original document keeping a prescribed distance from the platen glass at the reading position. The contact glass is arranged outside a depth of focus at the reading position. | 09-09-2010 |
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20090231830 | Transparent White Fluorescent Glass - A transparent white fluorescent glass is provided which contains a soda lime glass as a base material, 0.8 to 2.5 wt % of Sn, calculated as SnO, and 0.045 wt % or less of Fe, calculated as Fe | 09-17-2009 |
20100238646 | LUMINESCENT GLASS - The present invention provides a process for producing a luminescent glass, comprising the steps of adsorbing, to a porous high silica glass, at least one metal component selected from the group consisting of elements of Groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, VIIA, VIII, IB, IIB and IVB of the Periodic Table; and thereafter heating the porous glass in a reducing atmosphere. | 09-23-2010 |
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20100237323 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes, and an electroluminescent layer containing at least a luminescent layer, situated between the electrodes. The luminescent layer has a matrix material containing at least one organic compound, and quantum dots whose surfaces are protected by a protective material and that are dispersed in the matrix material. The protective material contains a first protective material. The absolute value of the ionization potential Ip(h), the absolute value of the electron affinity Ea(h), and the band gap Eg(h) of the first protective material, the absolute value of the ionization potential Ip(m), the absolute value of the electron affinity Ea(m), and the band gap Eg(m) of the organic compound, and the band gap Eg(q) of the quantum dots fulfill all of the conditions (A) to (C): (A) Ip(h)Ea(m)−0.1 eV, and (C) Eg(q)09-23-2010 | |
20100258789 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an EL device that contains a quantum-dots-containing layer in which quantum dots hardly coagulate even under high-temperature conditions, e.g., at a temperature of 90° C. or more, that has a good performance even if heat treatment was carried at a high temperature in its production process, that can retain its emission characteristics for a prolonged period of time, and that has high durability. | 10-14-2010 |
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20100213437 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a light emitting device that comprises a luminescent layer formed of a monomolecular film of quantum dots and has enhanced brightness and luminescence efficiency. A light emitting device | 08-26-2010 |
20100237322 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A QD protecting material having high compatibility with a binder component in a luminescent layer. The luminescent layer contains, as a part of its chemical structure, a compound containing a moiety A having a sum atomic weight MA of 100 or more and quantum dots protected by a protecting material, the protecting material contains, as a part of its chemical structure, a linking group connected to a quantum dot surface and a moiety B that has a sum atomic weight MB of 100 or more, satisfies a relationship between MB and MA represented by |MA−MB|/MB (2, and satisfies the requirement that the sum atomic weight MB is larger than one-third of the molecular weight of the protecting material, and a solubility parameter SA of the moiety A and a solubility parameter SB of the moiety B satisfy a relationship represented by |SA (SB| (2. | 09-23-2010 |
20130075793 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR TYPE BIOSENSOR - Provided is a biosensor that makes it possible to detect the electrical properties of a bio-related material contained in an analyte fluid such as an aqueous solution placed on a sensitive membrane and to observe the bio-related material at a high magnification with an observation device such as a microscope. The biosensor comprises: a substrate | 03-28-2013 |
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20100221768 | CELL CULTURE DISH - An object of the present invention is to provide a culture dish appropriate for automatically identifying cultured cells. The present invention relates to a culture dish for culturing cells that require separate control, which has a bottom wall and a side wall, wherein cell-holding parts having wells are arranged on the bottom wall, 4 or more wells are adjacent to each other, the wall surface of each well has a concave surface that slopes upward from the lowest position to the outer edge of the well, and the pitch between adjacent wells is 1 mm or less. | 09-02-2010 |
20130116499 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EMBRYOS BY IN VITRO CULTURE, AND METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING EMBRYOS - An object of the present invention is to provide a means for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage. | 05-09-2013 |
20130210068 | SUBSTRATE USED FOR CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS AND METHOD FOR CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS - This invention provides a means for cell migration assays by regulating the cells adhered to a substrate so that they migrate to a given region, which is a substrate used for cell culture comprising: a base material comprising a conductive region and an insulating region provided thereon and cell-adhesive regions and non-cell-adhesive regions provided in the conductive region and the insulating region, respectively, wherein a cell-adhesive region is positioned adjacent to a non-cell-adhesive region in the conductive region, and a cell-adhesive region is positioned adjacent to a non-cell-adhesive region in the insulating region. | 08-15-2013 |
20130244328 | METHOD OF CELL CULTURE - This invention provides a means for modifying surface properties of a cell culture substrate under specific conditions, to thereby regulate regions to which cells are allowed to adhere or are not allowed to adhere, depending on cell type. This invention relates to a method of cell culture comprising steps of: applying a positive potential to a conductive region of a substrate comprising a base material having a conductive region and a non-cell-adhesive membrane coupled thereto with the aid of silane, so as to separate the non-cell-adhesive membrane from the substrate; and culturing cells in a region from which the non-cell-adhesive membrane has been separated. | 09-19-2013 |