A method for producing methanol from a synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon oxides with a high content of inert components includes passing the synthesis gas through a synthesis reactor so as to catalytically convert a part of the carbon oxides to methanol. A mobile station has applications that produce separate data streams. It also provides network elements using this location information with security that the location being provided has certification. In the description of the present invention, all composition modifications are referred to as compositions. A stage for supporting a substrate includes a plurality of first stage members, a second stage member disposed above the first stage members, and a third stage member 38C, rotatably disposed above the second stage to support an amorphous semiconductor. An imaging apparatus is equipped with a color filter having repeatedly disposed 6\xd76 pixel basic array patterns C containing a portion of a Bayer array pattern; and a drive section that drives the image pickup device so as to read pixel data only of pixels at a predetermined position so as to give the same pattern as the Bayer array pattern.