Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962764 | Data outputting method, data outputting apparatus, data reproducing method, data reproducing apparatus, data recording method, data recording apparatus, and record medium A reproducing method is disclosed, that comprises the steps of determining whether or not additional data has been read from data that had been read from a loaded record medium, and when the determined result represents that the additional data has been read from th... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961221 | Image pickup and reproducing apparatus An image pickup position information acquisition unit acquires, from a position fixing unit, position information of an image pickup location of a moving image being picked up. A preceding image pickup position information storage unit stores position information of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960919 | Illumination apparatus and image display apparatus An illumination apparatus is configured simply in a reduced scale while a light emitting diode is used as a light emitting source for illumination. The illumination apparatus includes an LED driving block including an LED bridge circuit formed from a bridge connecti... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958519 | Recording medium changer A recording medium changer includes a storage block that is movable in a longitudinal direction, a drive block that processes data recorded on a recording medium, a conveying block that is movable in a vertical direction and conveys the recording medium for mounting... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958248 | Information providing system, information processing apparatus and method, and information providing apparatus and method The present invention relates to an information providing system, information processing apparatus and method, and information providing apparatus and method, adapted to suppress broadcast contents from being utilized unduly. A digital broadcast receiver receives ne... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957581 | Image processing apparatus and method Directions normal to images of an object captured by at least two cameras from different points of view are aligned with each other to form corrected object images, and a correspondence is determined between at least one pixel position on a horizontal line in one of... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957537 | Information processing system and method using encryption key block An information processing system and method using an encryption key block sets sub-trees classified based on data processing ability of the devices (capability) in a key tree in which respective keys are corresponded to a root, nodes and leaves of a tree in which a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957527 | Cryptographic processing apparatus An apparatus and a method for performing a hyperelliptic curve cryptography process at a high speed in a highly secure manner are provided. A base point D is produced such that the base point D and one or more of precalculated data in addition to the base point used... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957290 | Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus, and radio communication method A radio communication system, a radio communication apparatus, and a radio communication method allow networks to operate without interference between contending networks. When plural piconets collide on the same frequency channel, a control station of one of the pi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957247 | Apparatus and method for processing information and program therefor An information processing apparatus may include the following elements. A content data generating unit generates first unit data segments constituting first content data and sequentially outputs the data segments. A holding unit is divided into a first holding area ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949667 | Information processing apparatus, method, and program An information processing apparatus which may include acquisition means for acquiring meta-data of a content; morphological analyzing means for performing morphological analysis on text information included in the meta-data of the content; comparison means for compa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949604 | Information providing system, and information processing apparatus and method This invention relates to an information providing system which is designed to be able to realize secondary utilization of broadcasting contents, along with copyright of the broadcasting contents being protected. A broadcasting receiving and picture recording device... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949258 | Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus and radio communication method as well as computer program It is possible to realize remote control in a reflection wave transmission system, and enhance operability for a mobile apparatus having a reflector. The mobile apparatus comprises a reflector and performs reflection wave transmission by carrying data on a reflectio... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949208 | Monitor system, monitor device, search method, and search program A search method is provided so that video data transmitted from an image-pickup unit of a monitor terminal is accumulated, meta data transmitted from a meta-data-generation unit of the monitor terminal is accumulated, search criteria are stored in advance, where the... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941041 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system; a display unit; a detecting unit performing focus detection in phase difference detection; a focusing unit performing focus control of a lens in the imaging optical system on the basis of the focus detect... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941033 | Information processing method and apparatus, program and recording medium In case continuous reproduction is commanded from a first AV stream to a second AV stream, a third AV stream, made up of a preset portion of the first AV stream and a preset portion of the second AV stream, is generated. The third AV stream is reproduced when reprod... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940990 | Image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method An image signal processing apparatus may include a partial image data block obtaining unit configured to obtain partial image data blocks by dividing image data corresponding to a predetermined screen having a predetermined number of horizontal and vertical pixels i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940810 | Encoding/transmitting apparatus and encoding/transmitting method An encoding/transmitting apparatus that is used to transmit moving-picture data from a transmitting side to a receiving side through a transmission path and to subject the moving-picture data to streaming in the receiving side has an external-output request determin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940805 | Receiving device, clock synchronizing method, and computer program There is provided a receiving device including: a receiving unit that receives a packet stream; an oscillator; a measuring unit that performs a measuring operation; an acquiring unit that reads the newest time stamp read from the packet stream received by the receiv... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940800 | System and method for transmitting information over multiple channels A method and system of transmitting packets of information over multiple channels such that the packets are sent simultaneously and serially across and down the channels. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940632 | Recording medium, data use limitating method, and program A recording medium in which data supplied from an information processing device is recorded includes: position detecting means for detecting a position of the recording medium; user authentication means for authenticating a user intending to use the data; recording ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940517 | Electronic device There is provided an electronic device including: a housing included in an exterior package; and a plate-like cover that is provided for one face of the housing and is movable between a close position and an open position. The one face includes an open/close face an... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940458 | Laser light source device, hologram apparatus, and method for detecting laser light A laser light source device may include a laser diode, first and second optical elements, a diffraction grating, and a detector. The first optical element may collimate laser light emitted from the laser diode. The diffraction grating may reflect zero-order light in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940312 | Image pickup device for connection to an external record device Charging of a camera 100 and backup of data are concurrently executed to enable picking up an image regardless of a remaining available memory. As the camera 100 is attached to a cradle 200, image data for the image picked up by a camera module ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938753 | Training apparatus and training method A training apparatus includes: a storing means for storing therein targeted goal command information indicating correct input order of commands necessary to perform a targeted operation for each of individual targeted operations; and a control means, wherein the con... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937733 | Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and recording medium An information processing system may include first apparatus and second apparatus coupled to each other through communications means. The first apparatus may include a transmitting/receiving unit effecting two-way communications with the second apparatus, and a cont... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936401 | Communication system, transmitter, receiver, communication method, program, and communication cable The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI (R) source 71 p... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936372 | Image processing method and system for generating and analyzing metadata and server for such system Disclosed herein is an image processing system including, an image pickup device, a server and a terminal apparatus, wherein said image pickup device including, a video data generating section and a metadata generating section wherein said server including, a video ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935239 | Liquid moving apparatus A liquid moving apparatus is disclosed. The liquid moving apparatus may include a container having a holding chamber enclosed by first and second end walls facing against each other and side walls connecting the first and second end walls, a polarized or conductive ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934245 | Audio and/or video signal transmission system, transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus thereof In order to accurately display information on the format of different signals from respective different signal source apparatuses as an image, the output signals of analog signal sources are supplied through an interface, signal lines and other interfaces to an anal... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934111 | Apparatus and method for allowing quick activation of electronic equipment, and recording medium having a program stored thereon for performing such method An information processing apparatus transitions from an active state, in which processing according to an application program is executed, to a paused state due to a predetermined trigger, and transitions from the paused state to the active state due to another trig... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933486 | Setting rate for recording broadcast transmission according to transmission rate A digital broadcast receiver receives and decodes a digital broadcast containing video data and audio data transmitted in the form of a transport stream. An interface supports communication with a recording apparatus. The receiver determines information correspondin... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933421 | Sound-field correcting apparatus and method therefor A sound-field correcting apparatus includes a sound-field correcting unit for executing, based on a correcting information, predetermined audio signal processing for correcting a sound field, an information acquiring unit for acquiring the correcting information on ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933349 | OFDM receiver and OFDM signal receiving method An OFDM receiver may include OFDM-signal receiving means for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal, channel-characteristic estimating means for estimating a channel characteristic, time-direction-channel estimating means used for the estimat... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932940 | Apparatus for edge enhancement and peaking signal generation based on a target hue A viewfinder configured to display a captured image includes: an edge correction signal generation unit configured to generate a peaking signal corresponding to an edge enhancement correction target hue that is a hue for which edge enhancement correction will be per... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932599 | Semiconductor component of semiconductor chip size with flip-chip-like external contacts A semiconductor component and a method for its production in semiconductor chip size, can have a semiconductor chip, which has external contacts of the semiconductor component that are arranged in the manner of a flip-chip on its active upper side. The semiconductor... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929628 | OFDM receiver and OFDM signal receiving method An OFDM receiver may include OFDM-signal receiving means for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal; channel-characteristic estimating means for estimating a channel characteristic using pilot signals in the OFDM signal received by the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929029 | Apparatus, method, and program for recording image An image recording apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a recording unit configured to record one of still image data and video image data captured by the image capturing unit on a storage medium in the form of an i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925047 | Face importance level determining apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus A face importance level determining apparatus for determining an importance level for a photographer with respect to a face of a person appearing in an image may include the following elements. A face information obtaining unit obtains face size information and posi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925019 | Method and apparatus for converting data, method and apparatus for inverse converting data, and recording medium A data converting apparatus includes a segmenting unit for setting a predetermined access unit, as an access unit to be processed, out of input data containing at least one access unit containing a plurality of data components per pixel, and for segmenting the acces... | 04/12/2011 |
