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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436960 | Methods of use of ipmp data for mpeg-n ipmp (intellectual property management and protection) MPEG-n IPMP system with a wide interoperability is provided. For this purpose, the IPMP_Data_BaseClass is defined, several IPMP data extending from this base class are also defined. IPMP data is the data that describes IPMP information, it includes: IPMP_OpaqueData;... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436237 | Distortion reducing semiconductor switch A semiconductor switch includes a first semiconductor circuit having a nonlinear characteristic, and a second semiconductor circuit having a nonlinear characteristic. Each of the first semiconductor circuit and the second semiconductor circuit is configured to at le... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423459 | Clock signal switching device, clock signal switching method, data bus switching device, and data bus switching method A clock signal switching device includes: a plurality of signal synchronization generation means for generating mask signals and synchronized switching signals; a plurality of clock signal mask means for generating masked clock signals; a synchronized switching sign... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418511 | Secured TCP/IP communication system for devices and private networks connected to the internet A communication system includes a device and a server connected to the Internet, which transfers communications between the device and a terminal connectable to the Internet via the server. The device periodically transmits a notice packet to the server. The server ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7392342 | Semiconductor memory card, playback apparatus, recording apparatus, playback method, recording method, and a computer-readable storage medium A semiconductor memory card stores a plurality of audio objects (AOBs) that compose a plurality of tracks and playlist information showing a reproduction order for the tracks. The semiconductor memory card also stores, as resume information (PLMG_RSM_PL), (1) a Play... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386180 | Image signal reproduction apparatus and image signal reproduction method An image signal reproduction apparatus and an image signal reproduction method that can reproduce video signals at high speed with stability. A skip decoding field counter is set on the basis of a factor by which the reproduction speed is multiplied and the number o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385541 | Power amplifying apparatus, power combining system and delay measuring method for power combining system A power amplifying apparatus includes a distributing unit that divides an input digital signal to a plurality of the input digital signals so as to distribute the input digital signals to a plurality of devices respectively, and a synthesizing unit that synthesizing... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372380 | Data transmitting/receiving device The first data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention includes: a serial-parallel conversion circuit for converting received first serial data to first parallel data; a data selection circuit for selecting any one of the first parallel data... | 05/13/2008 |
| D568500 | Lighting apparatus | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359457 | Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and digital radio communication method A transmission apparatus includes a frame configuration determiner that determines a modulation system from among a plurality of modulation systems on a communication situation. A first symbol generator modulates a digital transmission signal according to the modula... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359981 | Video proxy server A video proxy server capable of streaming video data after a seek position in quick response to a request from a terminal while caching the video data without any loss. When the video proxy server receives a seek playback request while executing a video reading and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353543 | Contents distribution system A contents supply apparatus supplies sub-content that relates to main content. A DVD-ROM stores a bind key unique to the DVD-ROM and main content that is a digital work. A main player reads the bind key from the DVD-ROM, acquires sub-content that relates to the main... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353012 | Wireless communication equipment and wireless communication method If it is judged by a signal from a first signal processing unit that a signal of a first communication system is not received and it is judged by a signal from a second signal processing unit that a signal of a second communication system is received, wireless commu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349634 | Optical transmission system for radio access and high frequency optical transmitter Modulators respectively modulate baseband signals into IF signals having different frequencies. Multiplexers multiplex the IF signals. A local oscillation signal source outputs a predetermined local oscillation signal. An external modulator intensity-modulates an op... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7302021 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus for amplifying a received modulated digital signal wave with automatically adjusted gain and demodulating the modulated signal wave to a digital signal, a tuner frequency-converts the modulated digital signal wave to genera... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298845 | Digital content protection system The media inherent key storing unit 220 prestores an inherent key Ki, the conversion unit 230 generates an encrypted inherent key Ji from the inherent key read from the media inherent key storing unit 220, the random number generating unit 33... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288877 | Piezoelectric film device, and driving method of the same A piezoelectric film device has a piezoelectric film element and a power supply circuit. The piezoelectric film element is formed of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric film that is sandwiched between the first electrode and second electrode a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281908 | Electrically powered blower with improved heat dissipation An electrically powered blower configured to be capable of fully cooling its motor and of efficiently cooling a power element in a drive circuit without involving such need as of increasing the size of a fin of a separate heat radiator, contributing to miniaturizati... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280573 | Semiconductor laser unit and optical pickup device The semiconductor laser unit includes: a metal plate having a center portion wider than the remaining portions; a flexible substrate having a first opening; a substrate mounted on the center portion; a semiconductor laser placed on the substrate; a frame having a se... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281189 | Apparatus and method for separately modulating systematic bits and parity bits in accordance with communication quality A transmission apparatus and method turbo-encode data and output systematic bit and parity bit data. The systematic bit data and the parity bit data are modulated independently of each other such that communication quality is better when a modulation scheme for the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274860 | Apparatus, method, and recording medium implementing audio gap information for an audio presentation discontinuous period An optical disk for recording more than one system stream containing audio data and video data. The audio data and video data of the plural system streams are recorded to the optical disk, and are interleaved such that the difference between the input start times of... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267127 | Method for manufacturing electronic device A method for manufacturing an electronic device comprising the steps of: dry-etching a Ti-containing metal film formed on a substrate with a gas containing fluorine; and treating the substrate with a chemical solution containing fluorine ions after the dry etching s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245719 | Recording method and apparatus, optical disk, and computer-readable storage medium A recording apparatus records movie content onto a DVD. The movie content is encrypted using a different encryption method depending on whether the DVD is intended for consumer use or industrial use. If the DVD is for consumer use, a VIDEO_TS directory is created on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230389 | Metal halide lamp having function for suppressing abnormal discharge A metal halide lamp includes a ceramic arc tube that is composed of a main body and two narrow tube parts provided at respective ends of the main body; a pair of electrodes provided inside the main body; two feeders, each being connected at one end thereof to a diff... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223145 | Fluorescent lamp having meandering discharge path and manufacturing method of the same An object of the present invention is to provide, without increasing the costs or decreasing the quantity of light, a fluorescent lamp that is less likely to have the bridge and the constituent tubes damaged while being handled and has improved handleability, as wel... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215876 | Optical disc, video data editing apparatus, computer-readable recording medium storing an editing program, reproduction apparatus for the optical disc, and computer-readable recording medium storing an reproduction program An optical disc includes a data area for recording a plurality of video segments and an index area for recording original type chain information and user-defined type chain information. The original type chain information defines an original type chain including fir... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212745 | Optical transmission system In an optical transmission system, a lens converges an optical signal outputted from a light emission element. The optical signal having passed .through the lens enters a multi-mode fiber (MMF). A vertex of the lens and an input plane of the MMF are at a distance. T... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212648 | Loudspeaker system in which a diaphragm panel is driven by an electromechanical acoustic converter A sound-driving loudspeaker system is achieved with a simple structure and is capable of easily improving acoustic characteristics. The loudspeaker system emits sound by driving a diaphragm panel by an electromechanical acoustic transducer. The loudspeaker system in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209355 | Cooling device and an electronic apparatus including the same A cooling device for cooling a heat-generating component includes a circulating passage arranged to have coolant circulate therein, a centrifugal pump including a first case made of metallic material, a second case made of resin material, and an impeller accommodate... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208430 | Glass composition for covering electrodes and glass paste containing the same A glass composition for covering electrodes of the present invention contains: 0 to 15 wt % SiO2; 10 to 50 wt % B2O3; 15 to 50 wt % ZnO; 0 to 10 wt % Al2O3; 2 to 40 wt % Bi2O3; 0 to 5 wt % ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209643 | Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, recording medium, program, and computer-readable recording medium A recording apparatus contains a timer that measures the current time based on a time zone. When writing a VOB onto a DVD, the recording apparatus refers to TM_ZONE recorded on the DVD, and judges whether the time zone which the timer is based on matches the time zo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203739 | Terminal device for controlling transmission size of documents with capability of receiving device Terminal devices and a method of transferring sets of transmission document information in a network system between terminal devices such as portable devices which can be grouped together into a plurality of different groups is provided. A terminal device can store ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199523 | Cold cathode fluorescent lamp and backlight unit A cold cathode fluorescent lamp includes a light-emitting tube made from borosilicate glass doped with 5.1–9.0 wt % of an ultraviolet light absorbent, the light-emitting tube having phosphors coated on an inner surface thereof, and mercury and a rare gas enclosed ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192671 | Battery having nonconductive core In a battery having a structure that an electrode plate group, formed by winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween, is housed in a battery case together with an electrolyte solution, the electrode plat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191187 | Information processing apparatus and information processing program In a system that corresponds content to a user and permits the user to browse particular content corresponding to the user, the system timely informs the user of a page to which update has been performed. A content update information obtaining section obtains conten... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187842 | Optical disc, recording apparatus, playback apparatus, program, computer-readable recording medium, recording method and playback method A recording apparatus for an optical disc is provided which stores a VOB, the recording apparatus performing: receiving, from an operator, an operation to specify a preceding reproduction section and a subsequent reproduction section from the VOB through an interact... | 03/06/2007 |
| 5901154 | Method for producing test program for semiconductor device The invention relates to a method for reducing the time required to test the functions of a semiconductor device. Test modules, each having a plurality of test statements, are created for testing predetermined functions of the device. Common test statemen... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5613109 | System for outputting reproduction data by judging whether a second data group is outputted after first data group is outputted by reproduction point data A data reproduction apparatus comprising: a storage unit for storing element data, and the management data including index data dividing the element data into first and second data groups and channel data indicating a first-data-group reproduction order; ... | 03/18/1997 |
