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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7520452 | Motor control circuit for paper shredders A paper shredder enables to control power consumption and achieve energy saving by realizing a torque characteristic of low torque at high speed or high torque at low speed keeping an output of a motor within a steady level. This circuit adopts a paper shredder stru... | 04/21/2009 |
| 6997408 | Motor control circuit for paper shredders A paper shredder enables to control power consumption and achieve energy saving by realizing a torque characteristic of low torque at high speed or high torque at low speed keeping an output of a motor within a steady level. This circuit adopts a paper shredder stru... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6958985 | Mobile communication system In a mobile communication system, a subscriber station MS11 changes the time slot for receiving a frame from a base station 1 in accordance with TS change information sent from the base station, while the base station 1 changes the time slot for... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6844105 | Plate shaped battery pack and portable radio terminal A plate shaped battery pack includes: a power generating element (21) sealed by a wrapping member (22) formed in the shape of a wrapper constructed of a laminated film; an anode terminal (24a, 26, 39) and a cathode terminal (23 | 01/18/2005 |
| 6794823 | Planar display panel controller A common electrode and an individual electrode are provided in plural pairs on a first transparent substrate, and recesses are formed in a second substrate in positions corresponding to the pairs of electrodes to define discharge cells of display cells. The display ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6752550 | Holding mechanism for replacement ink ribbon A holding mechanism 10 for holding an ink ribbon 20 includes a transparent shell 11 and a board 12. The transparent shell 11 of the ink ribbon 20 is provided with wind slack preventive portions 11a to 11... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6721543 | Wireless terminal device A wireless terminal device includes a transmitting circuit, an isolator, a band pass filter, a switch, a transmitting antenna, a receiving circuit, a band pass filter, a switch, a receiving antenna, a high-pass filter, a low-pass filter and an input/output port. A t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6603821 | Wireless communication terminal capable of correctly specifying position of burst and having small frequency error of recovered carrier A power calculator calculates the power of an input signal in accordance with a component of an input received signal. A comparator asserts an unmodulated signal detection signal when the power calculated by the power calculator exceeds a prescribed thres... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600816 | Connection management servicing method for communication channel A service method of connection management for a communication line is established to perform a desired connection of the communication line in accordance with a telephone caller's request when the caller wants to be connected to a called person by way of ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6577279 | Antenna structure of portable radio A slide lever (6) is provided to a cabinet (2) of portable radio equipment, and an antenna (3) formed by nickel elastic alloy is held by a holding member (5). A lower portion of the antenna engages with an engaging portion (61) of slide lever (6), and by ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6563826 | Method of controlling errors in a packets transmission link The invention relates to a method of controlling errors in the transmission of packets transmitted over at least one transmission link between a transmitter and a receiver, the said transmitter receiving from an input multiplex packets belonging to a plur... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6542745 | Method of estimating the speed of relative movement of a transmitter and a receiver, in communication with one another, of a telecommunication system A method and apparatus for estimating the speed of relative movement of a transmitter and a receiver which are in communication with each other in a telecommunications system. The transmitter and receiver are in communication via a channel of the telecomm... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539320 | Time delay determination and determination of signal shift The delay between a first signal and a second signal is evaluated by deriving from the first signal substantially aperiodic events, possibly by using a zero-crossing detector on a random signal, and using these events to define respective segments of the ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6516439 | Error control apparatus and method using cyclic code An error control apparatus includes: a deinterleaver for deinterleaving data of a predetermined number of bits coded by predetermined cyclic codes, which is to be interleaved in accordance with a predetermined interleaving order; a first cyclic code check... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6399422 | Radiating plate structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same structure A thermosetting epoxy adhesive 9 is applied at the end portion of one surface of the radiating plate 8 onto which a protection ring is bonded, and a protection tape 13 provided with projections 13a is pasted with the thermosetting epoxy adhesive 9 so that... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6388249 | Surface analyzing apparatus It is so adapted that a sample is mounted on three-dimensional stages through a sample holder and a beam light emitted from a beam light oscillator is applied to a sample surface through a polarizing element different from polarization of the beam light o... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6314746 | Refrigerator with a freezer compartment and method of using it A refrigerator includes a new temperature zone of freezer compartment as a compartment having a new temperature zone not higher than a lower limit of a maximum ice forming temperature zone and higher than a freezing temperature zone. The new temperature z... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6259093 | Surface analyzing apparatus A system capable of detecting the presence and location of foreign matter on a sample includes a beam light applying system for projecting a beam of light onto a sample surface, an optical microscope for receiving light reflected from the sample surface i... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6226500 | Portable radio communication apparatus The present invention aims at providing a portable radio communication apparatus in which forming of a message is easy. The portable radio communication apparatus is provided with a novel pre-message memory formed of a ROM or the like stored in which are ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219403 | Radiation therapy method and system A radiation therapy system has a radiation therapy planning CT system and a radiation therapy apparatus. The CT system includes a system control unit, a CT scanner unit, and a therapy planning portion. The collected data obtained by the CT scanner unit is... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6184519 | Surface analyzing apparatus with anti-vibration table A probe microscope carries a so-called active anti-vibration table in which a vibration to a anti-vibration table plate by a floor vibration is detected by a shift meter, an acceleration sensor or the like, and a vibration having an opposite phase to that... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6151673 | Data processor A data processor in accordance with the present invention makes it possible to perform pre-branch processing with respect to a return address in the initial stage of pipeline processing also on a subroutine return instruction, and therefore by providing a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6035004 | Digital radio receiver An inexpensive, compact digital radio receiver corrects IQ imbalance, non-orthogonal I and Q phases, and DC offset by a DSP. The digital radio receiver is equipped with an antenna, an RF/IF converter for converting a radio frequency into an intermediate f... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5991902 | Memory apparatus and data processor using the same A memory apparatus and a data processor using the same comprises, a memory mechanism, having a signal input terminal into which a predetermined signal is inputted, a memory unit consisting of first, second and third memories, a fourth memory and a control... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5986682 | Recording apparatus and recording method A recording apparatus is provided with a housing for blocking off external light, a supporting base placed in the housing, and a plurality of heating elements, which are arranged on the supporting base in a direction of width of recording paper, for perfo... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5978904 | Data processor A data processor in accordance with the present invention makes it possible to perform pre-branch processing with respect to a return address in the initial stage of pipeline processing also on a subroutine return instruction, and therefore by providing a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5978658 | Portable analog communication device with selectable voice and data filters In known portable analog communication devices, even when a data signal is dealt with, the signal is always passed through a band-pass filter designed for filtering a voice signal and thus the data signal encounters an error due to group delay distortion.... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5954435 | Memory apparatus and data processor using the same A memory apparatus and a data processor using the same comprises, a memory mechanism, having a signal input terminal into which a predetermined signal is inputted, a memory unit consisting of first, second and third memories, a fourth memory and a control... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5949062 | Image sensor secured to a frame An image sensor with a light-receiving-element mounting substrate secured to a frame by bringing the light-receiving-element mounting substrate into close contact with the frame at a uniform and proper pressure, making the optical position of a sensor IC ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5935314 | Inorganic filler, epoxy resin composition, and semiconductor device By removing a fraction of fine particles having a particle size of less than 2 μm from starting inorganic filler particles having a mean particle size of 10-50 μm and adding thereto particles having a mean particle size of 0.1-2 μm and a specific surfa... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5924814 | Expandable column positioning mechanism An expandable column 10 is accommodated in an accommodating hole 12a so as to freely advance therefrom and retract thereinto. The expandable column 10 has a plurality of holes 11 disposed thereon in the advancing and retracting direction thereof. An actua... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5898743 | Digital radio communications receiver A digital radio communications receiver for predicting correctly a frame structure and assuring correct synchronization. The digital radio communications receiver for use in a digital communications system having two or more frame structures on a single c... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889488 | Mobile communication system A mobile communication system aiming at immediately recovering from radio disturbances which are frequently caused in a communication device mounted on a mobile unit. This mobile communication system is provided with an antenna for transmitting and receiv... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886674 | Antenna mount An antenna mount is comprised of a base plate, an antenna mounting base to be mounted on the base surface of an antenna, and guide pins having a frange which are secured to the base plate. The antenna mounting base have insertion portions and retaining po... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5859590 | Abnormality detection apparatus and abnormality detection method A fault sensor device comprising a receiver (3; 3A; 3B) for receiving microwaves (2, 8) radiated from an object to be monitored (1; 1A; 1B; 1C; 1D; 1E; 1F), a detector (4) connected to the receiver (3; 3A; 3B) for converting and outputting the microwaves ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5821814 | Negative feedback amplifier A negative feedback preamplifier having variable conversion gain control and variable open loop gain control capabilities which can work correctly regardless of semiconductor process variations. The negative feedback preamplifier used to convert an input ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5805989 | Radio communication apparatus The present invention aims at reducing power consumption in a radio communication apparatus having a plurality of radio sections capable of selective switching by controlling power to be supplied to each of the radio sections. To this end, the apparatus i... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5799242 | Communication control unit for mobile communication systems and the like, including a channel quality detection unit, a quality decision unit and a control unit A communication control unit in accordance with the present invention comprises a channel quality detection unit that includes a differential block for calculating a double differential phase by performing a plurality of times differential on a received s... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5742589 | Radio apparatus A radio apparatus according to a TDMA/TDD system uses its own transmitter and receiver so as to perform a loopback test for checking normality of the apparatus during a period of an unassigned slot. A loopback test signal is output from its own transmitte... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5721771 | Hands-free speaking device with echo canceler A hands-free speaking device is provided which is capable of removing ambient noise at the near side from the speech transmitting signal. The hands-free speaking device includes a speaker 51 for reproducing a received speech signal, a microphone 52 for ou... | 02/24/1998 |
