Abstract: A method of manufacturing a massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum includes a first heat treatment process of manufacturing the massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum by heating aluminum powder (21) and aluminum pieces (20) inserted into a vessel (13) at a temperature of a melting point of aluminum or higher under a nitrogen atmosphere. An oxide film is formed over the surface of the aluminum powder (21). The oxide film is, for example, a natural oxide film. The weight ratio of the aluminum powder (21) to the aluminum pieces (20) is, for example, 0.1 or less.

Abstract: A physical vapor deposition system for making microparticles generated by using a non-transfer type plasma torch not generating an outgas even in an ultra-high vacuum environment accelerate by a supersonic gas flow and depositing microparticles on a substrate to form a coating film is provided. Provision is made of an evaporation chamber (10, 20) having a plasma torch (16, 26) and an evaporation source (15, 25) inside it and a film formation chamber 30 having a supersonic nozzle 35 and a substrate for film formation 33. Each plasma torch has a substantially cylindrical electrically conductive anode 40, a polymer-based or non-polymer-based insulation pipe 50 inserted to the inner side of that and generating less outgas than a phenol resin, and a rod shaped cathode 60 inserted to the inner side of an insulation pipe 50.

Abstract: To provide a precious metal colloid enabling a production in simply and in low cost, a long-term storage, and a formation of a thin film having a high conductivity, a precious metal fine-particle, a composition including the same, and a method for producing a precious metal fine-particle for forming such precious metal colloid, which is a precious metal colloid in which a protection component protects a precious metal fine-particle selected from gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, a precious metal colloid in which the maximum peak of 13C-NMR spectrum of the protection component separated from the precious metal colloid by ultracentrifugation treatment presents in 160 to 190 ppm other than peaks of a primary carbon and an aromatic carbon, or a precious metal colloid in which peaks of 13C-NMR spectrum present in 20 to 90 ppm and 160 to 190 ppm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum includes a first heat treatment process of manufacturing the massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum by heating aluminum powder (21) and aluminum pieces (20) inserted into a vessel (13) at a temperature of a melting point of aluminum or higher under a nitrogen atmosphere. An oxide film is formed over the surface of the aluminum powder (21). The oxide film is, for example, a natural oxide film. The weight ratio of the aluminum powder (21) to the aluminum pieces (20) is, for example, 0.1 or less.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor device including signal-transmission interconnections preferable for transmitting high frequency signal and capability to adjust characteristics of the above signal-transmission interconnections. A semiconductor device according to the present invention consists of a signal-transmission interconnection 20 for transmission of signals, a MOS capacitance element 10 having a gate electrode connected to the signal-transmission interconnection 20, a first voltage-applying interconnection 30 connected to a source and a drain of the MOS capacitance element 10 and applying a voltage to the source and the drain of the MOS capacitance element 10, a second voltage-applying interconnection 40 connected to a well of the MOS capacitance element 10, and applying a voltage to the well of said first MOS capacitance element 10.

Abstract: A marine propulsion system having a simple configuration and high energy efficiency and a marine vessel having the same. A detonation device for generating a detonation wave and a detonation wave discharger for releasing a detonation wave generated in the detonation device into the water so as to propel the marine vessel. When a detonation wave generated in the detonation device is discharged into the water by the detonation wave discharger, the discharged detonation wave pushes against the water, so a thrust pushing against a hull is generated as a reaction to the pushing force. A large-scale mechanism such as a propulsion system using a mechanical drive mechanism such as a screw or a propulsion system for generating a high pressure gas by utilizing a compressor is not needed, so the configuration can be simplified. Further, the water is pushed away by the detonation wave, so turbulence becomes hard to occur in the water, and the loss of the energy due to turbulence can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: A bumper sensor able to obtain a grasp of a change of shape of a bumper in two dimensions or three dimensions, able to sense a size etc. of a contacting object, and able to be made simple in system configuration is provided. A plurality of optical fibers (20a, 20b) having sensor portions are provided in a surface layer portion or on the front surface of a bumper body 10 for an automobile vehicle, each optical fiber is consisted of a core and a cladding provided on an outer circumference of the core, sensor portions enabling interaction of a portion of transmitted light with the external environment are two-dimensionally arranged at a plurality of positions on a surface forming the front surface of the bumper body, and provision is further made of a light source 11 for emitting incident light to incident ends of optical fibers, and a light receiving portion 13 for detecting beams emitted from emitting ends of optical fibers via sensor portions.

Abstract: A storage battery of the present invention is a capacitor-type storage battery having a short charging time and a long life, and capable of realizing a high output voltage. The storage battery includes a metal sheet 10 connected to a first terminal 22, a first metamaterial film 13 formed on a front surface of the metal sheet 10, and a first conductive film 12 formed on the first metamaterial film 13 and connected to a second terminal 21. The first metamaterial film 13 is a polycrystalline semiconductor film, and in each of crystal grains constituting the polycrystalline semiconductor film, the inside is of a first conductivity type, and the vicinity of interface is of a second conductivity type. An oxide insulating film may be formed on a surface of the metal sheet 10.

Abstract: A physical vapor deposition system for making microparticles generated by using a non-transfer type plasma torch not generating an outgas even in an ultra-high vacuum environment accelerate by a supersonic gas flow and depositing microparticles on a substrate to form a coating film is provided. Provision is made of an evaporation chamber (10, 20) having a plasma torch (16, 26) and an evaporation source (15, 25) inside it and a film formation chamber 30 having a supersonic nozzle 35 and a substrate for film formation 33. Each plasma torch has a substantially cylindrical electrically conductive anode 40, a polymer-based or non-polymer-based insulation pipe 50 inserted to the inner side of that and generating less outgas than a Bakelite, and a rod shaped cathode 60 inserted to the inner side of an insulation pipe 50.

Abstract: An optical fiber sensor enabling simpler detection of a state of an external environment and a measuring apparatus using the same are provided. At a front end of an optical fiber portion 20a for transmitting the light a hetero core having a different diameter from that of a core of the optical fiber portion 20a is melt bonded so as to form a tip type optical fiber sensor 9 having a sensor portion 4 comprised of the hetero core on its front end. An end of the optical fiber portion 20a side of this tip type optical fiber sensor 9 has a light source 1 connected to it. Returned light striking the optical fiber portion 20a from the light source 1 and subjected to interaction with a measurement medium MD at the sensor portion 4 is split by an optical fiber coupler 2 and received at a photodiode or spectrum analyzer 6, thereby an optical fiber sensor measuring apparatus 100 is constructed.

Abstract: This invention provides techniques for a CDMA system having high spectrum efficiency with low transmit power. Each transmitter comprises means of selecting some core-sequences out of multiple sequences to make them convey plural data, means of producing an enveloped selected sequence with such a method as to arrange as guard sequences to a repeated sequence made by repeating each of the selected core-sequences, means of modulating a user specific orthogonal carrier frequency by the enveloped selected sequence to produce a transmit-symbol, and means of transmitting the transmit-symbols. And a receiver comprises means of demodulating a receive-symbol with one of the user specific carrier frequencies to produce a base-band receive-symbol, means of separating respective components corresponding to the sequences selected by the user, by analyzing the base-band receive-symbol with a matrix composed of a channel response vector from the user to the receiver to detect plural data on the components.

Abstract: A solar battery system with an improved effect of utilizing solar energy and a thermoelectric hybrid type solar battery system for furthermore recovering heat energy are provided.

Abstract: An organic matter processing method for optimizing a cleaning speed of matter inside the solid-phase reactor, making a load of organic matter on a liquid-phase reactor, and preventing solid-phase reaction from stopping due to agglutination is provided. A part of organic matter and decomposed products is disposed by using a solid/liquid two-phase circulation method for making successively passing through a solid-phase reactor for decomposing by land microorganisms and a liquid-phase reactor for decomposing by aqueous microorganisms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of restoring specific scene whose objectives are to provide a specific scene restoration system having a sufficient detection rate enough to easily detect and pick up the specific scene from a plenty number of video data, or to detect in real time such scene as those whereon specific motions exist, comprising the steps of dissecting into k×k=N blocks( where N is 100 or less, desirably an integer in the range of 9 to 36) each frame of a motion video signal wherein a series of specific scenes to be restored are contained, calculating the motion quantities in each block using the total sum of the motion vector magnitudes in each block, obtaining a Mahalanobis distance D2 for the images of said specific scenes, calculating a threshold defined by the average of D2 plus standard deviation of D2, comparing the threshold to the Mahalanobis distance D2 calculated for each frame of the motion video signal to be retrieved, and by detecting the specific scene to be obtained on condition that the Mah

Abstract: An image apparatus and method of the same use a circular marker having two semicircular portions of first and second color areas separated by a center line. An image of a real space including the marker is acquired and an area of the marker is detected from the image. Center coordinates of the marker, for arranging a virtual object in the real space, are calculated based on coordinates of tangents with the area of the marker in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the image. Angles of the marker, for arranging the virtual object in the real space, are calculated based on the area of the marker. Then, an image, which has the virtual object arranged in the real space by the position and angles indicated by the marker, is constructed based on the calculation results and shape data of the virtual object.