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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178828 | Photo-sensing device, photosensor, and display device A photo-sensing device is disclosed, comprising a photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, thin films for ohmic contacts to be provided to form an incident light window on one face of the photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, first and second oh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178772 | Resonance sound adding apparatus for keyboard instrument Resonators generate resonance sound data of given resonant frequencies based on sound signal data corresponding to a pitch of a key. Each resonator includes a delay circuit which delays an input based on delay time data, a second adder which adds an output from the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177869 | Reaction device, heat-insulating container, fuel cell device, and electronic apparatus Disclosed is a reaction device that includes a reaction device main body that includes a first reaction unit and a second reaction unit, a container to house the reaction device main body and a first region that corresponds to at least the first reaction unit and a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174656 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal layer provided between a first substrate and a second substrate; first electrodes, which are formed above the first substrate as a first layer, each first electrode having a side which extends in the directi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174175 | Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing same The light-emitting device of the present invention is a light-emitting device having a plurality of pixels that comprises a light-emitting function layer of at least one layer that emits light in accordance with a supplied current, a first electrode layer of a condu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170407 | Housing structure and electronic device A structure of a housing mounted with a lens unit is provided that is capable of withstanding internal pressure changes and ensures shock-resistance while being waterproof and thin. This structure for a housing includes a lens unit 8 that is mounted in housin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169512 | Video signal processing circuit, imaging device and video signal processing method A digital still camera includes an amplification circuit, a timing generator, sample hold circuits, a differential amplifier, an analog/digital conversion circuit and a control unit. The generator generates a first-pulse signal and a second-pulse signal at different... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169506 | Image storage apparatus having continuous-shooting function An image storage apparatus comprises an image capture unit configured to sequentially capture images of a subject, a storage unit including storage areas to store the images of the subject captured by the image capture unit, a storage controller configured to overwr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168935 | Pressure sensor and pressure measurement method of pressure sensor Disclosed is a pressure sensor comprising: a substrate; a pressure reception plate which is provided in a state of facing the substrate, the pressure reception plate comprising in a surface which faces the substrate, a low reflection region, and a high reflection re... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167440 | Light source unit, light source apparatus and projector A light source unit includes a light source group wherein light sources are arranged into rows and columns so as to form a planar configuration and a primary reflecting mirror group disposed on an optical axis of the light source group to reflect light beams emitted... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165879 | Voice output device and voice output program A voice output device, includes: a compound word voice data storage unit that stores voice data in association with each of compound words which is formed of a plurality of words; a text display unit that displays text containing a plurality of words; a word designa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160383 | Tone correcting apparatus providing improved tone correction on image A tone correcting apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines which one of first brightness levels that are previously defined a focused region corresponds to, the focused region being selected from among a plurality of block regions that are set ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159562 | Storage device, storage method and computer-readable storage medium for storing video data A storage device generates low frame rate video data by frame thinning high frame rate video data input. The storage device performs image synthesis on the low frame rate video data and the high frame rate video data, for which video data input has been delayed, int... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159447 | Display driving apparatus and display apparatus comprising the same A display driving apparatus that drives display pixels having pixel electrodes arrayed in rows and columns on the basis of display data includes a signal generating circuit generates a driving signal for sequentially sets the respective display pixels corresponding ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159435 | Active matrix type display device which compensates for an electrical potential variation caused by inter-pixel parasitic capacitance between two adjacent pixels connected to different signal lines An active matrix type display device in which one signal line is provided for every two pixels along a given direction and in which two pixels adjacent in the given direction on respective sides of one signal line share the signal line and are connected to respectiv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157398 | Light source unit utilizing laser for light source and projector A projector including a light source unit, a display device and a projector control means, wherein the light source unit includes a fluorescent plate 130 including fluorescent material layers 131 disposed adjacent for emitting light in predetermined wa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154646 | Image capturing apparatus with zoom function An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit which captures image data of an object, a zoom image data generating unit which generates items of zoom image data having different zoom magnifications, a display control unit which displays through imag... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154643 | Image pick-up apparatus, an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, for displaying image data on an external display with appropriate color space conversion based on resolution of image data and external display An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device, a storage media which stores an image picked up by the image pick up device, a color space converter which converts a color space of the image; a storage media reader which reads out the image from the sto... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154133 | Semiconductor device having low dielectric constant film and manufacturing method thereof A low dielectric constant film/wiring line stack structure made up of a stack of low dielectric constant films and wiring lines is provided in a region on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate except for the peripheral part of this surface. The peripheral... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149355 | Liquid crystal display device comprising color polarizing plate A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, electrodes formed on the opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer twisted in the gap between the pair of substrates at a predetermined twisted angle. A normal polarizing pl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149313 | Photographic apparatus, setting method of photography conditions, and recording medium In a digital camera 1, when a shutter button is pressed halfway, then a photographic scene is evaluated until the shutter button is fully depressed, and based on automatic parameters corresponding to the evaluated photographic scene which are set, each portio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149288 | Image capture device that records image accordant with predetermined condition and storage medium that stores program An image capture device sets a central vicinity of a frame of a predetermined area as a focus region upon detecting a half-press operation of a shutter button in a through-the-lens image displaying, designates a central vicinity pixel region of the region as a pixel... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145693 | Fir filter apparatus, audio apparatus and fir filter program A coefficient compensating unit 33 calculates based on a loop point and a cross-fade point of impulse response coefficient data renewed compensation impulse response coefficients specified for a cross-fade period defined between the cross-fade point and an en... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144293 | Liquid crystal display apparatus capable of limiting view angle A liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal display device, a surface light source, and a view angle limiting device arranged between the surface light source and the liquid crystal display device. The view angle limiting device includes first and second... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144230 | Camera, storage medium having stored therein camera control program, and camera control method A graph 261, in which “aperture” is configured on the vertical axis, and “shutter speed” is configured on the horizontal axis, is displayed as superimposed on a through image. On this displayed graph 261, at a position of a parameter value corr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144176 | Exposure apparatus, method for correcting emission quantity of exposure apparatus, and image forming apparatus An exposure apparatus has a plurality of light emitting elements and a light quantity measuring circuit, sets a reference light quantity based on a plurality of emission quantities when the plurality of light emitting elements emit light in accordance with a specifi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142942 | Vaporizer and power generation apparatus and electronic equipment in which vaporizer is provided Disclosed in a vaporizer including a gas-liquid separation film which separates a gas included in a supplied liquid and which allows the separated gas to pass through the gas-liquid separation film and a heating unit which is provided at a downstream side of the gas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142941 | Power supply system and control method thereof There is provided a power generation system. A chemical reacting section receives a power generation fuel and reforms the power generation fuel to generate a power generation gas containing hydrogen. A power generating section receives the power generation gas, reac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142032 | Optical system unit for projecting images and including light smoothing unit formed into substantially truncated quadrangular pyramid, and projector including the same optical system An optical system unit having a light smoothing unit for emitting a light beam which is substantially parallel to an optical axis and a projector including the optical system unit are provided. The optical system unit includes a light source-side optical system, a d... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139179 | Display apparatus capable of controlling range of visually recognizable observation angle A display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, and a viewing angle restricting element that selectively irradiates light with directivity in a restricting direction at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction of normal to the display p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139136 | Image pickup apparatus, control method of image pickup apparatus and image pickup apparatus having function to detect specific subject Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus 100 including an image display section 32 to identify and display a face which is detected in an image frame, an operation section 4 having cursor buttons of up, down, left and right and a set button which ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139118 | Optimal-state image pickup camera A digital camera that picks up an image of a print/picture and displays it in a monitor frame image. The camera comprises a CPU that identifies an area of the image of the print/picture and drives an image pickup unit such that the identified area of the image of th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139024 | Illuminator for emitting at least two lights having directivity and display apparatus using same A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel and an illuminator disposed at the back of the panel for emitting at least two illumination lights having directivities in different directions toward the panel. The illuminator includes a light guide plate... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139011 | Liquid crystal display device and its driving method A liquid crystal display device is disclosed comprising a display part, a scanning line driving circuit, a signal line driving circuit, a counter electrode driving circuit for providing counter electrodes with a counter electrode driving signal reversed in phase fro... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139007 | Light-emitting device, display device, and method for controlling driving of the light-emitting device A light-emitting device comprises a power supply line, at least one data line, at least one pixel having a light-emitting element with one end electrically connected to the power supply line and another end set to a prescribed potential, and a first transistor conne... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136950 | Optical system unit and projector having two-planed light absorbing plate An optical system unit of a projector of the invention includes an illumination side block, an image producing block and a projection side block, the image producing block, in which a DMD display device is fixed which reflects rays of “off” state light to the ou... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133338 | Stack structure and method of manufacturing the same A stack structure is formed by stacking and bonding a plurality of substrates. The stack structure includes bonding films each of which is interposed in a bonding region between, adjacent glass substrates, and bonded to oxygen atoms in the glass of the substrate by ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131243 | Receiving circuit and timepiece In a receiving circuit 44 for receiving an electromagnetic wave signal, a frequency converter/detector circuit 100 comprises a local oscillator 131 for generating an oscillation signal, plural mixers 133, 134 for mixing the received elect... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131237 | Radio wave receiving apparatus Disclosed is a radio wave receiving apparatus including: an antenna to receive a radio wave; a tuning member to allow a reception frequency of the antenna to be tuned to an intended frequency, in which tuning member a frequency characteristic is variable; a receivin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130355 | Liquid crsytal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a common electrode thereon; a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate having a connection electrode facing a portion of the common electrode on the first substrate, the c... | 03/06/2012 |
