Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184966 | Image blur correction device, lens barrel and imaging apparatus There is provided an image blur correction device including: a correction optical element; a first movable frame; a second movable frame; a fixed frame; a first main guide shaft and a first auxiliary guide shaft; a second main guide shaft and a second auxiliary guid... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184955 | Information recording apparatus, information recording system, and information recording method Disclosed is an information recording apparatus including: a storage portion configured to store information that is copy-protected; a recording portion configured to record, on a recording medium, the information stored in the storage portion; a first information e... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184947 | Electronic apparatus, content categorizing method, and program therefor An electronic apparatus includes a detecting unit and a categorizing unit. The detecting unit compares each of a plurality of frames that constitute each of a plurality of video contents with one another, and detects a video feature generated by one of a camera oper... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184198 | Image-taking apparatus having optical view finder and autofocus capability Disclosed herein is an image-taking apparatus including, a image pickup device, an optical viewfinder, focusing controlling means, display controlling means, setting means, and alarming means. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184172 | Solid-state imaging device and driving control method A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section formed by a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element disposed in the form of a matrix; and control means for selectively controlling shutter operations and readout operations perfor... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176305 | Information processing apparatus, activation method, and program The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an activation method, and a program which allow activation to be performed more quickly so as to enter a state according to a user's operation. A host CPU (11) causes a state to transition ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176199 | Content delivery system, communicating apparatus, communicating method, and program A content delivery system includes a client and a server, the client requesting deliveries of content from the server which transforms the content into layered-encoded data for transmission to the client over a network. The client includes: an inputting device input... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175273 | Quantum cryptography communication method, quantum cryptography communication apparatus, and quantum cryptography communication system In quantum cryptography communication, a sequence of signals in the form of quantum states randomly selected from a plurality of quantum states each having a different phase modulation angle is transmitted from a data transmitting apparatus. In a data receiving appa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175128 | Semiconductor laser element and semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser element is provided which includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer having a current injection region, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, and an electrode for injecting a current into the active layer. In the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174619 | Reception apparatus and method of controlling image output by reception apparatus Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a signal reception section configured to receive a video signal transmitted via a transmission path; an image display section configured to process the video signal to display an image; a timing information acquis... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174582 | Drive device and image pickup apparatus Disclosed herein is a drive device including an imaging element creating a image signal relating to an object image, a securing body, a displacement body capable of displacement in a predetermined direction in a predetermined plane having a light-receiving surface o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174511 | Touch panel display, electronic apparatus and playing apparatus Disclosed herein is a touch panel display including, a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit, a movable support member, an acoustic vibration unit, and a soft member, wherein the acoustic vibration unit includes, a sound generating member, an actuator, and a hard mem... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170269 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which may include scene change detection means, object detection means, and determining means. The scene change detection means may be configured to detect a scene change in a motion picture. The object de... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166531 | Device registration system, device registration server, device registration method, device registration program, storage medium, and terminal device In a device registration system, user authentication and device authentication of a CE device are executed in a single session, and the user and the CE device are associated with each other if these authentications succeed. The CE device obtains information for the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165454 | Recording control apparatus, recording control method and recording apparatus integral with camera The present invention efficiently executes a transfer process from a flash memory to an optical disc. A recording control apparatus includes a UDF file system section that configures a UDF file system on the flash file system of a flash memory and an application for... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165314 | Audio output apparatus and audio output method An audio output apparatus includes a masking band determining unit configured to determine a first frequency band in which masking due to environmental sounds is likely to occur in audio signal output sounds; a band-component extracting unit configured to extract a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164713 | Liquid crystal display device and method for driving same Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device that includes a normally-black liquid crystal panel whose transmittance takes a minimum value when no voltage is applied and a cold cathode fluorescent lamp used as a light source of a backlight of the liquid cryst... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164643 | Composition determining apparatus, composition determining method, and program A composition determining apparatus includes a subject detecting unit configured to detect existence of one or more specific subjects in an image based on image data; and a composition determining unit configured to determine a composition in accordance with the num... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161566 | Transmission/reception system, recording apparatus and method, providing apparatus and method, and program A transmission/reception system includes a providing apparatus and a recording apparatus. The providing apparatus has a generating section which generates restrictive information for each piece of content to be broadcast, and a providing section which provides the r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160724 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium and program An information processing apparatus which is capable of executing applications includes first control means for controlling a system of the information processing apparatus and second control means for controlling the execution of the applications, and the second co... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160431 | Image reproduction system and device, image capture device, and information processing device An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device. The image reproduction device in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160430 | Recording apparatus and recording method A recording apparatus includes a screen information generation unit and a recording control unit. When again generating screen information of a recording medium recorded with plural image data, the screen information on which a screen for selecting the plural image ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160299 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a moving image file storage unit operable to store a moving image file; an area selection receiving unit operable to receive a selection of a predetermined area corresponding to one of a plurality of frames forming the moving i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159611 | Television receiver for electromagnetic wave type remote control The resent invention provides a television receiver including: a radio frequency section for an electromagnetic wave type remote control, the radio frequency section configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave to and from the electromagnetic wave type... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159607 | Video signal display system, video signal reproducing apparatus, and video signal display method A video signal display system includes: a reproducing apparatus including a decoder that decodes input video data to produce a video signal, an IP converter that, when the video signal produced by the decoder is an interlaced video signal, converts the interlaced vi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159596 | Infrared-absorbing filter with multilayer film in imaging optical system An optical element includes: a base material formed of a film-like resin material that has an infrared absorbing effect; and a multilayered film that adjusts spectral characteristics, and is formed on an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the base mate... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159593 | Display apparatus with a single detection object for determining open/close and inversion of the display A display apparatus includes a hinge unit that couples a display unit to an apparatus body rotatably around first and second rotational axes along different directions. When the display unit and the hinge unit are rotated together around the first rotation axis, the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159567 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, enabling achievement of both an effect of improvement of motion-picture response and a reduction of flicker even in a case of a low frame rate, are provided. The apparatus has a processing region detectio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159522 | Camera unit There is provided a camera unit used in a communications system having a display section and arranged to exchange sound and images via communication between at least two locations. The camera unit includes a camera section having an image sensor for photoelectricall... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159510 | Liquid crystal display The present invention provides a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal display panel and a drive section performing divisional drive operation which includes first and second drive operations. The first drive operation performs a driving process with a f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159450 | Liquid crystal display and display control method for the same In the case where a screen divided display is performed on a liquid crystal panel, a change in brightness or chromaticity between sub regions divided may be reduced. A display includes: a display panel; a backlight arranged corresponding to each of sub regions, and ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156196 | Information processing device and information processing method An information processing device capable of communicating with an external device connected thereto via a network and includes an application acquisition unit that obtains an application program to be used to control a function of the external device from an applica... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154609 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method as well as program An information processing apparatus and method is disclosed wherein setting data to be used in image pickup can be set precisely to perform desired image pickup. The information processing apparatus may include a recording control section configured to control recor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154606 | Image pickup apparatus and reproduction control apparatus Image pickup means is capable of picking up an image at a first frame rate and a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate. A highlight scene is detected by detection means. When detecting the highlight scene, image pickup operation is performed at ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151284 | Disc apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information for use with a large diameter disc which prevents use with a small diameter disc A disc apparatus includes: a housing; a recording/reproducing unit provided in the housing for recording and/or reproducing information in and/or from a disc-shaped recording medium; an insertion/ejection port provided on the housing through which the disc-shaped re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150782 | Methods and apparatus for recognizing compact discs and issuing corresponding credits For possible use in an electronic content distribution system, automatic recognition of compact discs or other storage media containing particular content, and corresponding account crediting is described. In an electronic content distribution system, such as those ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149675 | Recording apparatus, recording method, program, and recording medium The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, a program, and a recording medium whereby data is reproduced from a two-layer optical disk that has yet to be formatted completely. A control section 51 divides a recording area of a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149660 | Drive apparatus, method of informing possibility of handling and operating recording medium, control method of handling and operating recording medium, and recording medium A drive apparatus that handles and operates a recording medium attached with a memory tag, the drive apparatus include: a recording medium mounting part on which the recording medium is mounted; an information readout part configured to read information out of a mem... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149339 | Broadcast receiving apparatus and reproduction processing method In switching a channel or in switching an external input, a reduction in a psychological strain on a user is offered. An image generating unit 22 generates image data indicating a lapse of time on the basis of time information received from a control unit ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147068 | Projection display apparatus A projection display apparatus includes a light source, a plurality of light modulating elements that respectively modulate different color components of light emitted from the light source, a plurality of light diffusing elements that are disposed on sides near the... | 04/03/2012 |
