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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182249 | Sealed type scroll compressor There is disclosed a sealed type scroll compressor which decreases a sliding loss between a thrust ring and a orbit scroll and improves the efficiency of the sealed type scroll compressor while preventing the leakage of a refrigerant between a fixed scroll and the o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181121 | Display unit and display method When displaying on a display (46) a plurality of thumbnails respectively corresponding to a plurality of image files selected from an external memory card (40), the CPU 26 determines whether each image file is a moving image file or a still imag... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179664 | Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises an insulating substrate in which an anode terminal and a cathode terminal are formed. A first anode section and a first cathode section are formed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, so as to be spaced from each o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179450 | Electronic camera An electronic camera includes an imager. The imager, having an imaging surface capturing an object scene, outputs an object scene image. A CPU searches a face portion of a person from the object scene based on the object scene image outputted from the imager. Moreov... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178776 | Photovoltaic module and method for manufacturing photovoltaic module An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic module that achieves a reduction in adverse influence of damage accumulated in a collector electrode provided on the light receiving surface side, and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module.... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178243 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same A method of producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material comprising sodium oxide, characterized in that: the sodium oxide contains l... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174610 | Camera A camera includes an image sensor, and a plurality of metering areas are assigned to an object scene captured by the image sensor. A CPU evaluates a luminance of the object scene for each metering area, and binarizes each of the plurality of obtained luminance evalu... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659091 | Charger | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169774 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing same A first solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention includes a capacitor element, an exterior resin covering the capacitor element, an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and a metal wire. The capacitor element includes an anode body from which a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169488 | Digital camera for performing exposure during rotation to produce a panoramic image A digital camera includes an imager. An optical image of an object scene is irradiated onto an imaging surface of the imager. When the digital camera is rotated, a CPU starts measuring processing for repetitively measuring a rotation angle, and suppresses a change d... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166794 | Method for judging quality of lithium nickel composite oxide and positive electrode using lithium nickel composite oxide A positive electrode active material quality judgment method that can easily and accurately judge the quality of a positive electrode active material used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell without having to complete the positive electrode. The positive ele... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162490 | Projection type video display apparatus A projection type video display apparatus includes a projection lamp and a video signal processing circuit which performs video processing to an input video signal. The projection type video display apparatus includes means for performing an initializing process of ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157336 | Showcase There is disclosed a showcase in which a width of a transparent door can be extended to substantially the whole width of a main body even in a case where a locking device is incorporated in a handle of a transparent door. A low-temperature showcase comprises the tra... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156521 | Receiver A receiver has a tuner for receiving a TV broadcast program and a modem for receiving an e-mail. Also, the receiver outputs a message if there exists any unopened e-mail. In addition, the receiver has a camera for sending a videophone image. A viewer in front of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156242 | Command processing apparatus A command processing apparatus includes a CPU (28). The CPU (28) determines whether or not a router (16) is compliant with UPnP, and issues a port releasing request to the router (16) when the determination result is affirmative. Thus, a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154855 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor that prevents leakage current from increasing. The method includes preparing a capacitor element including an anode body, which has an anode lead, and a cathode layer; preparing a lead terminal including an a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152313 | Projection display device that displaces an optical position of an imager in conjunction with a focus adjustment A projection display device has an imager that modulates light from a light source in accordance with an image signal, a projection optical system that enlarges and projects the light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane, a focus adjustment part disposed ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149341 | LCD apparatus An LCD panel (214) is provided on the light-incidence side thereof with a reflective polarizer. An optical compensator (213) is provided between a reflective polarizer (211) and the LCD panel (214) to reduce birefringence that takes place... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149285 | Video camera which executes a first process and a second process on image data A data-processing circuit includes a distributor. Raw image data of horizontal 3840 pixels×vertical 2160 pixels that is periodically outputted from a CMOS-type imaging device is divided by the distributor into four blocks of partial image data. The divided four blo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144205 | Electronic camera with feature image recognition An electronic camera includes an image sensor, and an object scene image is repetitively output from the image sensor. A CPU repetitively determines whether or not the object scene image output from the image sensor has a face image turned to the imaging surface pri... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143852 | State of charge optimizing device and assembled battery system including same A state of charge optimizing device according to the present invention optimizes a state of charge of each of a plurality of cells which are connected in series to form an assembled battery, and conducts the optimization by discharging or charging a part or all of t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141378 | Top plate and mechanical room of a refrigerated showcase An object of the present invention is to provide a showcase wherein an insulating wall and a top plate of a machine room covering a lower surface of the insulating wall can be stably held and the strength of the entire showcase can be improved. In the showcase, a di... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136956 | Low temperature showcase with illuminative lamp An object is to provide a showcase in which terminals of an illuminative lamp can electrically be connected to power supply portions of sockets securely and safely and in which an attaching operation of the illuminative lamp can be simplified; the showcase is provid... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136899 | Rack device and incubator having the same A rack device having a receiver that can be prevented from being separated from a rack post in an incubator. A rack device in which a receiver is mounted between a pair of rack posts to hold a rack on the receiver includes a pair of engaging hooks which are formed i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135165 | Diaphragm and loudspeaker unit using the same A diaphragm, and a loudspeaker unit using the same, capable of providing better low-tone characteristics than conventional ones. A loudspeaker unit includes a base frame and a cover plate joined to each other to provide a flat casing. Arranged in the casing are a di... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134314 | Electric powered vehicle An electric powered vehicle according to the present invention comprises a battery, an electric power converting device, an electric motor, a drive wheel, a control part, an accelerator, a brake, and a rotation sensor. The control part detects the velocity using the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125527 | Motion detection apparatus A motion detection apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects partial motion vectors of an object scene corresponding to motion detection blocks based on raw image data. The CPU also reduces a weighted amount allocated to a motion detection block which captures a par... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125119 | Piezoelectric actuator control circuit, image stabilization control circuit, and imaging device In a control circuit for servo control of a piezoelectric actuator, it is possible to efficiently move a movement object toward a target position in each servo control cycle. A pulse generation circuit (26) generates a drive pulse a plurality of times within ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124889 | Electronic device with opening/closing door An electronic device with an opening/closing door according to the present invention includes a device body in which an opening is defined, and a shutter system capable of covering and exposing the opening. The shutter system includes a door for covering the opening... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122382 | Television broadcast receiver A television broadcast receiver has an operation section including up, down, left, and right cursor keys and a function of displaying an operation guide composed of contents of a plurality of pages. In the television broadcast receiver, in a state in which contents ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120699 | Digital camera for shooting a plurality of images to be synthesized to form one image in a special shooting mode A digital camera capable of setting a special shooting mode for shooting a plurality of images to be synthesized to form one image and comprises an imaging device, a strobe device, a storage unit temporarily storing at least one image shot by the imaging device, a s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120668 | Electronic camera for adjusting a parameter for regulating an image quality based on the image data outputted from an image sensor An electronic camera includes a pre-processing block. The pre-processing block fetches four partial images outputted in a parallel manner from an image sensor in response to a clock CLK1 having a frequency equal to or less than 432 MHz, and performs four pre-... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120576 | Input display device, display control method and control program for allowing a cursor to shift to a selectable position An input display device, and a cursor shift record concerning a cursor shift operation which is carried out on the display unit in connection with the selection of the processing target candidates, a timer for counting the time from a previous processing target sear... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119293 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell can be charged at a high voltage of 4.3V or more and has excellent cycle characteristics and excellent high-temperature storage characteristics. The cell includes positive and negative electrodes capable of inserting and extr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113009 | Electronic device cooling system and electronic device cooling apparatus An electronic cooling apparatus has a cabinet which is open at the front and rear sides thereof and accommodates plural electronic devices each having a fan, and a rear door which is provided with an evaporator. Air blown by the fan is cooled by the evaporator and t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111337 | Liquid crystal projector An LCD projector has LCD panels, each including polarization plates one on the light incidence side and another on the light emitting side of each LCD panel. The LCD panel is provided with a highly transparent auxiliary polarization plate between the LCD panel and t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106947 | Image recording and reproducing apparatus An image recording and reproducing apparatus includes a group management information file creation circuit for, in recording, grouping recorded images at predetermined time intervals and creating, for each group, a group management information file storing group man... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104302 | Low-temperature showcase There is disclosed a low-temperature showcase in which dew condensation water from outer surfaces of transparent walls is securely treated and in which air can smoothly be blown from a mechanical chamber to the outer surfaces of the transparent walls. The low-temper... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102016 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device and method for manufacturing same In a light detector that is a semiconductor integrated circuit, a wiring structure is disposed on a semiconductor substrate along a periphery of a rectangular region that corresponds to a light receiver, and an interlayer insulating film composed of an SOG film is l... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101295 | Lithium secondary battery A lithium secondary battery has a wound electrode assembly (5). The wound electrode assembly (5) has a negative electrode (2) having a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material capable of alloying w... | 01/24/2012 |
