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| 7444083 | Optical fiber transmission system with a plural emitting point transmitter In an optical signal transmission system which can perform high-speed optical transmission not lower than 1 Gbps, VCSEL has light-emission points. A core diameter of an optical fiber GI-POF is set to not lower than 200 μm, and the light-emission points of VCSEL are... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7230224 | Solid state image pickup device with two photosensitive fields per one pixel A solid state image pickup device having: a semiconductor substrate having a light receiving area; a number of pixels formed in the light receiving area of the semiconductor substrate in a matrix shape, each of the pixels having a main photosensitive field having a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7199351 | Solid state image sensing apparatus with output level controller A solid state image sensing apparatus having: an image pickup device including; a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a well of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor substrate, charge accumulation regions of the first conductivity ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198651 | Method of effecting a reversible color change of dyed hair The present invention relates to a method to achieve a reversible change of the colour of hair dyed with an azo dye wherein the change of the colour can be effected by, for example, the salonist or the consumer in a simple manner. The colour of the hair thus ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196312 | Non-volatile solid state image pickup device and its drive A solid state image pickup device has: an n-type semiconductor substrate; a p-type layer formed in the n-type substrate; a first n-type region formed in the p-type layer and constituting a photodiode therewith; a first gate structure including a charge storage regio... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193087 | 4-Aminopyridinium compound A 4-aminopyridinium compound is represented by the formula (I) or (II). in which each of L1 and L3 is —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CH═N—, —N═CH— or ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192475 | Aqueous ink An aqueous ink comprising at least two dyes each having at least one ionic hydrophilic group in a molecule thereof, wherein at least one of said at least two dyes includes an azo dye represented by formula (1): whe... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190525 | Diffusion film comprising transparent substrate and diffusion layer A diffusion film includes a transparent substrate and a diffusion layer. The diffusion layer shows a specific scattered light profile measured by a goniophotometer. In the scattered light profile, a ratio of an intensity of scattered light at an angle of 30° to an ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190354 | Inner type touch panel, process for producing the same and display unit A touch panel comprising: a cellulose film provide with a hard coat layer having a pencil hardness of 2H or more; a polarizing film; a retardation plate; a first transparent conductive film; a second transparent conductive film; and a substrate, in this order, where... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189015 | Method for replenishing development replenisher in automatic developing machine for photosensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A method for replenishing a development replenisher in an automatic developing machine for a photosensitive lithographic printing plate precursor, wherein a value of an electric conductivity of a developer obtained by measuring an electric conductivity is compared w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189500 | Photothermographic image-recording material A photothermographic image-recording material with improved storability before image formation and improved coating characteristics, which has a support having provided thereon an image-forming layer, the layer having at least one light-insensitive organic silver sa... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186292 | Inkjet ink, inkjet recording method and color toner composition A coloring composition such as printing ink for inkjet printing or the like or electrophotographic color toner is provided, which can give a colored image or material excellent in the color hue and fastness, and also provide an inkjet recording method capable of for... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187411 | Charge transfer device having discharge drain, CCD image sensor, and CCD image pickup system In a CCD image sensor, a CCD line memory is disposed between each vertical charge transfer device and a horizontal charge transfer device to selectively transfer charges from each vertical charge transfer device to the horizontal charge transfer device. A discharge ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184083 | Solid state image pickup apparatus of low power consumption and its driving method A charge transfer device whose output end is electrically connected to a charge detector circuit is driven by negative pulse voltage trains to reduce power consumption of the charge detector circuit. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182433 | Polymerizable composition, inkjet recording head, and process for producing inkjet recording head To provide an inkjet recording head which is excellent in water repellency and wearing resistance and attains high printed-image quality, the inkjet recording head includes a nozzle having: a hole for discharging a recording liquid including an ink; and a portion ca... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184174 | Color picture signal processing method and color picture using the method A color picture signal processing method includes the steps of: (a) inputting picture signal data; (b) converting the picture signal data to data of luminance Y and color differences Cr and Cb on a Y-Cr-Cb space; and (c) executing a color difference matrix calculati... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173732 | Image processing method An image processing method of subjecting image data having been supplied to image processing so as to arrange the image data as output image data has the steps of: performing a verification for adjusting image processing conditions when necessary referring to a fini... | 02/06/2007 |
| D533587 | Cartridge | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138185 | Anti-reflection film, polarizing plate and display device An anti-reflection film that is an optical film, at least has a hard coat layer, and a low-refractive-index layer containing a binder polymer, on a transparent support, wherein said hard coat layer and/or said low-refractive-index layer contains: (a) a hydrolysate o... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132012 | Phthalocyanine compound, ink, ink jet recording method and image forming method An ink comprising a compound represented by formula (I) as defined in the specification ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128951 | Retarders, circular polarizer and processes for preparing them A retarder and circular polarizer are disclosed. They comprise at least two adjacent layers respectively formed of a composition comprising a liquid-crystalline compound, in which the liquid-crystalline molecules are fixed in an alignment state disposed on or above ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117444 | Operation screen simple-creating system for a remote control terminal An operation screen simple-creating system for creating an operation screen used for a remote controlling terminal that remotely controls a terminal connected to a communication line, includes: a paste-up information receiving unit for receiving paste-up information... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110031 | State image pickup apparatus having pixel shift layout A color shooting solid state image pickup apparatus is composed by using a solid state image pickup device having a number of color pixels disposed in a plurality of rows and columns in a pixel shift layout with distributing at least one color-type color pixels in a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103702 | Memory device A memory device is so adapted that data processing time is not prolonged even when there is little bus width. A DRAM is connected to first to third buffer circuits by buses, which have a bus width of 128 bits, via a selector. The first to third buffer circuits are c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102668 | Electronic still camera with printer section There is disclosed an electronic still camera with a printer section for printing an image on recording paper on the basis of image data obtained through a camera section of the camera. A paper roll chamber is formed around a lens barrel which holds a taking lens th... | 09/05/2006 |
| D523346 | Container | 06/20/2006 |
| D522865 | Container | 06/13/2006 |
| D521391 | Container | 05/23/2006 |
| D521390 | Container | 05/23/2006 |
| D521389 | Container | 05/23/2006 |
| D521388 | Container | 05/23/2006 |
| D520372 | Container | 05/09/2006 |
| D520365 | Container | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038713 | Image processing apparatus The improved image processing apparatus comprises a device for receiving image data; image processor for performing necessary image processing on the received image data to produce output image data; a display for displaying an image carried by the image data suppli... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037641 | Silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, and processing method thereof A silver halide emulsion sheet for detecting track of charged elementary particles, in which emulsion at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic protective colloid layer are applied on both surfaces of a transparent support, and a compoun... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018777 | Method of making lithographic printing plate A method of making a printing plate from a heat-sensitive PS plate of a positive-working mode for lithographic printing includes the steps of exposing the heat-sensitive PS plate to light and developing the PS plate using an alkaline developing solution containing a... | 03/28/2006 |
| D518096 | Cartridge | 03/28/2006 |
| D517597 | Cartridge | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995820 | Anisotropic spectral scattering films, polarizers and liquid crystal displays A novel anisotropic spectral scattering film is disclosed. The scattered light intensity Fx(λ, θ) at azimuthal angle θ and incident wavelength λ in an arbitrary scattering plane with respect to a surface of the film, and the scattered light intensity Fy(λ,θ) a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6937307 | Optical compensatory sheet having optically anisotropic layer formed from liquid crystal molecules The optical compensatory sheet has a transparent support and an optically anisotropic layer formed from liquid crystal molecules aligned in an average inclined angle of less than 5°. The optical compensatory sheet gives the retardation value in plane (Re) in the ra... | 08/30/2005 |