Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090102006 | ELECTROSTATIC MICRO ACTUATOR, ELECTROSTATIC MICROACTUATOR APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC MICRO ACTUATOR - A semiconductor substrate; a cantilever which is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to face the semiconductor substrate with an air layer therebetween, the cantilever being made from an electrically conductive material or a semiconductor material, and the cantilever being mechanically movable; a photodiode which is formed so as to be connected in parallel to a capacitance that is constituted from the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate, and the photodiode being formed between an anchor portion which is a portion of the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate; and a power source which supplies voltage via a resistance on a side of the cantilever which is a connection point of a parallel circuit including both the capacitance and the photodiode so as to be backward bias to the photodiode, are included. | 04-23-2009 |
20090250591 | System, device, and method for optical wavefront control - An optical wavefront control system by which the number of optical components or costs can be reduced. If an optical wavefront control system comprising an optical wavefront control section for controlling, in accordance with a wavefront control signal for controlling a phase of a wavefront of input light inputted and an aberration control signal for controlling an aberration of the input light inputted, the phase and the aberration and for outputting output light, a detection section for detecting optical information regarding a wavefront and an aberration of the output light inputted from the optical wavefront control section, and a control circuit section for outputting the wavefront control signal and the aberration control signal to the optical wavefront control section on the basis of the optical information detected by the detection section is used, the wavefront of the input light can be controlled and the aberration can be corrected. Accordingly, there is no need to locate another optical component for correcting the aberration. | 10-08-2009 |
20090256823 | Display Device and Transparent Magnetic Film - A display device is provided with an optical waveguide, a transparent fixed electrode disposed in surface contact with the optical waveguide, and a transparent movable electrode disposed facing the transparent fixed electrode on a side opposite to the optical waveguide. When a driving voltage is applied, the transparent movable electrode is movable by an external force, between a first stable state in which it is kept apart from the transparent fixed electrode by elasticity, and a second stable state in which it makes insulated contact with the transparent fixed electrode by electrostatic force. | 10-15-2009 |
20100033796 | Optical module, optical control method by optical module, optical switch, and optical switching method - An optical module includes a mirror which reflects input light and which outputs output light; and a mirror control section which is opposite to the mirror and which controls, at the time of the input light being reflected from a reflecting surface of the mirror, the reflecting surface by distorting the reflecting surface according to voltage applied to the mirror so as to output the output light an optical coupling characteristic of which changes. By using this optical module, the optical coupling characteristic of the output light changes. | 02-11-2010 |
20100076180 | Method of fixing rail molecule and nano transport device - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-25-2010 |
20120070873 | METHOD OF FIXING RAIL MOLECULE AND NANO TRANSPORT DEVICE - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20140120631 | METHOD OF DETECTING PROTEIN AND DETECTING DEVICE - A protein detection device and method. The device has a main channel in which is attached either a polar rail molecule or a biomolecular motor which moves on the rail molecule in a direction corresponding to the polarity of the rail molecule. A sub-channel crosses the main channel for receiving a sample including tau-protein. The method includes feeding the sample to the device and detecting a ratio of mutated tau-protein included in the sample, based on motion of the biomolecular motor on the rail molecule or on motion of the rail molecule moved by action of the biomolecular motor. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136485 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - [Problem] To provide a file management system and file management method that are able to perform a backup process efficiently by means of a configuration that uses a virtual file system metadatabase from a backup process side also. [Solution] The file management system is provided with a virtual drive controller ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140211528 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND HIGH-VOLTAGE DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power conversion apparatus including a three-phase transformer having at least four three-phase windings, and three converter arms each configured by connecting one or plural unit converters each including a switching device and an energy storage element in series. A power source or a load is connected to a first three-phase winding of the transformer, three series circuits which connects second and third three-phase windings of the transformer, and the converter arms in series with each other are connected in parallel, the parallel connection point is a DC terminal, and a magnitude relationship between a coupling coefficient of the first and second three-phase windings, and a coupling coefficient of the first three- and third three-phase windings is equal to a magnitude relationship between a coupling coefficient of the fourth and second three-phase windings, and a coupling coefficient of the fourth and the third three-phase windings. | 07-31-2014 |