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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7821008 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A catalytic element is added to an amorphous semiconductor film and heat treatment is conducted therefor to produce a crystalline semiconductor film with good quality, a TFT (semiconductor device) with a satisfactory characteristic is realized using the crystalline ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7762539 | Sheet post-processing apparatus and image formation apparatus In one embodiment of the present invention, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes an ejection path that successively feed sheets each with an image found thereon from an ejection outlet. A processing tray is disposed under the ejection outlet to temporarily sto... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7522159 | Display appliance A small-sized, light-weight display device having an audio output circuit is provided. A display device of the present invention has a flat speaker and an audio signal processing device is constructed from thin film semiconductor elements, typically, thin film trans... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7449283 | Producing method of electrostatic sucking type liquid jetting head, producing method of nozzle plate, driving method of electrostatic sucking type liquid jetting head, electrostatic sucking type liquid jetting apparatus and liquid jetting apparatus First, through a coating step, a photolithography step and an etching step, a plurality of electrodes 142, 142, . . . are formed on a base plate 141. Next, a resist layer 143b is formed on the base plate 141 so as to cover all of t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7400427 | Printing control device, printing control system, and printing control method A printing control system of the present invention is arranged so as to control a printing process to be executed by a printer by a printer driver installed in a host computer. The host computer stores information on restricted function in HD for controlling the pri... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7376966 | Unauthorized usage monitoring system for image processing devices and method for controlling unauthorized usage monitoring system An unauthorized usage monitoring system for image processing devices of the present invention sets a higher information storage ratio for a smaller number of people present in an office when determining, based on an information storage ratio, whether or not to store... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7349707 | Wireless communication apparatus with relative distance estimation means A wireless communications system including a mobile terminal and a mobile receiver. The receiver includes: a reception level acquisition section for acquiring reception levels of wireless signals, wherein the reception level acquisition section measures the receptio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332385 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes gettering regions A catalytic element is added to an amorphous semiconductor film and heat treatment is conducted therefor to produce a crystalline semiconductor film with good quality, a TFT (semiconductor device) with a satisfactory characteristic is realized using the crystalline ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314185 | Liquid jetting device A liquid jetting apparatus (20) to jet a droplet of a charged liquid solution onto a base material, having: a nozzle (21) in which an edge portion thereof is arranged to face the base material K having a receiving surface to receive the jetted droplet,... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7298927 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a character/line drawing region extracting means for extracting a characte... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7243084 | Information processing method and apparatus for billing An information processing apparatus for receiving data, such as content data. During the time the content data is being downloaded by a terminal over a communication network, the volume of downloaded data being displayed is made smaller than the actual volume of the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7212024 | Inspection apparatus for liquid crystal drive substrates The object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for liquid crystal drive substrates that improves the inspection accuracy of liquid crystal drive substrates, judges defect type more accurately, and does not cause a decrease in throughput. I... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7190338 | Data signal line drive circuit, drive circuit, image display device incorporating the same, and electronic apparatus using the same An image display device includes two data signal line drive circuits and two scan signal line drive circuits configured differently from each other. Different data signal line drive circuits and scan signal line drive circuit are compatible with different display fo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7158688 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting front and back images of an original, an image reversing means for reversing one of ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142366 | Method of manufacturing microlens substrate, and microlens exposure optical system Provided is a method of manufacturing a microlens substrate capable of facilitating optical axis alignment and simplifying manufacturing processes by patterning a lens shape of a second microlens array using a first microlens array. The lens shape of the cylindrical... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142711 | Image processing method and image apparatus, and image forming apparatus, program, and storage medium In a color conversion section 10a, a mode judging section 31 judges a mode in effect: a copy mode or a printer mode, according to a mode judging signal. When the copy mode is identified, the mode judging section 31 supplied RGB data to a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132881 | Active filter In order to reduce capacitance of a feedback section of an operational amplifier provided in a semiconductor integrated device, an active filter includes an operational amplifier in which a plurality of capacitive elements are connected between (i) an output termina... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7072583 | Optical communication method and apparatus An optical communication apparatus in which bidirectional communication may be made over a sole optical fiber. A light emitting device (132) radiates light through an optical system (133) to an optical fiber (76). The light transmitted from the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6991421 | Sheet accumulation processing device There is disclosed a sheet accumulation processing device having a shielding mechanism of a sheet discharge opening which is simple in mechanism, low in cost and requires no complicated control. In the device, after an end of a sheet bunch sent via one end of a slit... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975298 | Active matrix display device and driving method of the same An AC driven active matrix display device in which image display with enough brightness can be easily achieved while reducing an amplitude range of a pixel electrode potential. The display device 1, 100 or 110 according to the invention comprises two m... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6916693 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof In a crystallization process of an amorphous semiconductor film, a first crystalline semiconductor film having crystalline regions, and dotted with amorphous regions within the crystalline regions, is obtained by performing heat treatment processing after introducin... | 07/12/2005 |
| D497984 | Air purifier | 11/02/2004 |
| 6784495 | Semiconductor device The present invention has provided on a back channel side of the TFT a blocking layer that is formed by laminating a 50 nm to 100 nm thick silicon oxynitride film (A) and a 30 nm to 70 nm thick silicon oxynitride film (B). By forming a lamination structure of such s... | 08/31/2004 |
| D492677 | Notebook computer | 07/06/2004 |
| D492269 | Television set | 06/29/2004 |
| D490065 | Portable telephone | 05/18/2004 |
| 6727124 | Method of manufacturing a TFT using a catalytic element to promote crystallization of a semiconductor film and gettering the catalytic element A catalytic element for promoting crystallization of an amorphous silicon film is efficiently gettered to provide a highly reliable TFT, and an electro-optical device using the TFT and a method of manufacturing the electro-optical device are provided. The electro-op... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6603071 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MOUNTING FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCORPORATING, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MOUNTED STRUCTURE, AND BONDING METHOD OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MOUNTING FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD An IC chip mounting FPC board of the present invention is provided with (1) a mounting region in a substantially quadrangular shape for mounting an IC chip, and (2) a plurality of inner-leads provided along each side of the mounting region, for being conn... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600892 | Developing device, charging method used therefor, and printing apparatus having the developing device A developing device includes a developing roller and a toner charging roller. The toner charging roller has (a) a metallic layer which induces its electrons by receiving light irradiation, and (b) an ultraviolet irradiater which irradiates ultraviolet to ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6559710 | Raised voltage generation circuit A raised voltage generation circuit includes a charge pump circuit for outputting a first voltage, a voltage dividing circuit for receiving the first voltage and outputting second and third voltages, a first transistor for receiving the second voltage at ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558993 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a semiconductor device using a TFT structure of high reliability. A gate electrode of a TFT includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. An LDD region has a part which overlaps the gate elec... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6549552 | Nitride-type compound semiconductor laser device and laser apparatus incorporating the same A nitride-type compound semiconductor laser device includes a substrate and a layered structure provided on the substrate. A light absorption layer having a bandgap smaller than a bandgap of an active layer in the layered structure is provided in a positi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549475 | Semiconductor memory device and information device A semiconductor memory device in which an input command controls an operation includes a command state machine for decoding the input command and outputting the decoding result; a plurality of status registers for storing state information of the semicond... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538303 | Lead frame and semiconductor device using the same In a semiconductor device, an island penetrating hole, which is larger than a mounted chip, is formed on an island of a lead frame, and a heatsink is mounted on the island so as to cover the island penetrating hole. The chip is disposed on a surface of th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535425 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention includes: a first booster circuit for generating a first voltage higher than a voltage supplied by an external power source, the first booster circuit being used for writing or deleting of... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6529408 | Semiconductor storage device and method for evaluating the same A semiconductor storage device comprising a rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory and a volatile semiconductor memory, the non-volatile semiconductor memory including: a memory area for storing timing information for adjusting a timing of an intern... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522581 | Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of first memory arrays each including a plurality of semiconductor storage elements, in which data from an external device is written, and from which the data is read out to the external device, a secon... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6504522 | Active-matrix-type image display device An active-matrix-type image display device having a gray-scale power supply for generating gray-scale voltages of different levels, and a source driver that applies gray-scale voltages according to a digital picture signal to source lines and includes one... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6498750 | Boot block flash memory control circuit; IC memory card and semiconductor memory device incorporating the same; and erasure method for boot block flash memory There is provided a boot block flash memory control circuit for controlling a boot block flash memory, the boot block flash memory including at least one symmetrical block each having a first capacity and a plurality of asymmetrical blocks each having a c... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6493367 | Semiconductor laser device and optical information reproduction apparatus A semiconductor laser device of the present invention includes, in this order: a GaN layer; an Alx1 Ga1-x1 N (0.05ࣘx1ࣘ0.2) lower cladding layer; an Iny1 Ga1-y1 N (0 | 12/10/2002 |
