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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139818 | Trajectory processing apparatus and method A trajectory processing apparatus comprises a trajectory database configured to store a position coordinate of a movable body detected from a camera image in association with data that specifies the camera image from which the movable body is detected, and a camera ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132730 | Datacode reading apparatus Moving image data output from an image sensing device is input. An image display output unit processes the moving image data and displays it on the display screen of a display as a real-time moving image. A decode processing notification unit displays the moving ima... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8096476 | Article sales data processing apparatus An article sales data processing apparatus comprises a first reading unit configured to read an article identification code from a first medium attached to an article, a second reading unit configured to read the article identification code from a second medium atta... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8031218 | Recording apparatus with a record head and recording method using the record head The laser beam output from each of the semiconductor lasers is applied to the same print dot, such as each of the print dots on a thermosensitive recording medium, in such a manner that the laser beams are superimposed on one another sequentially at the same time th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025225 | Merchandise registration processing system When obtaining an ID code from a user who holds out an arm to a corresponding merchandise in a noncontact manner, respective information terminal devices accept a registration input of the corresponding merchandise. When accepting the registration input of the corre... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023579 | Quadrature demodulation device, quadrature demodulation method, and quadrature demodulation program A quadrature demodulation device effectively utilizes the result of quadrature detection in order to improve demodulation efficiency. The quadrature modulation device includes a quadrature detector DT which performs quadrature detection on a reception signal obtaine... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010409 | Article sales data processing apparatus An article sales data processing apparatus has an electronic tag data memory and an article item buffer. In the case where the same data as electronic tag data read by an electronic tag reader is not stored in the electronic tag data memory, the read electronic tag ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000375 | Interrogator A hopping pattern setting section sets, as a frequency hopping pattern code, elements of a matrix in which all integers of “1” to “the number of frequencies to be used” appear only once and which is obtained by adding, as an offset, any one of integers of ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978051 | RFID interrogator device An RFID interrogator device has a transmission section for transmitting a command to an RFID tag and a reception section for receiving an RF signal from the RFID tag and is configured to perform backscatter radio communication with the RFID tag. The RFID interrogato... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961079 | Radio communication apparatus Upon receiving a command for writing data to a transponder, a reading unit performs radio communication with the transponder to which data should be written, thereby reading, in non-contact fashion, a data item stored in the transponder. A collating unit collates th... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7929934 | Identification information reader and printer including the same An identification information reader includes an antenna commonly used for transmission of a radio wave to a radio frequency identification tag and reception of a radio wave that has been modulated with at least identification information and transmitted from a radi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913909 | Point of sale datacode reading apparatus and real-time display Moving image data output from an image sensing device is input. An image display output unit processes the moving image data and displays it on the display screen of a display as a real-time moving image. A decode processing notification unit displays the moving ima... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7840233 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication method and wireless communication apparatus One end of a balanced line is connected to a base station. A transmitting and receiving antenna is connected to the other end of the balanced line. The balanced line not only transmits a signal sent from the base station to the transmitting and receiving antenna and... | 11/23/2010 |
| D627783 | Keyboard with a magnetic card reader for a cash register | 11/23/2010 |
| D626587 | Electronic copying machine | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806330 | Radio-tag reading apparatus and radio tag The radio-tag data containing the merchandise management data about an item of merchandise from the radio tag attached to the item of merchandise. It is determined whether a prescribed one of the bytes constituting the radio-tag data is identification data that spec... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804759 | Contactless optical writing apparatus A single mode laser beam output from a single mode semiconductor laser and a multimode laser beam output from a multimode semiconductor laser are combined with each other by a polarization beam splitter, the combined laser beam is used by a deflection scanning mecha... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803851 | Inkjet ink An inkjet ink is provided, which includes a pigment dispersion containing an organic dispersant, a black pigment having an average particle diameter of not more than 200 nm, and a resinous dispersing agent, the organic dispersant being formed of at least one polymer... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787141 | System and method for detecting errors in electronic document workflow A system and method for detecting errors in a document transfer scheme. A user submits an electronic document transfer scheme to the document processing device including document handling instructions. The electronic document transfer scheme is then received by the ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784087 | System and method for securely sharing electronic documents A system and method for the selective sharing of an electronic document. The method enables a user to share access to an electronic document stored on a repository on a document management system. A user, via a document processing services network, generates a passw... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783264 | Diversity apparatus using leakage transmission path A diversity apparatus includes a transceiver, a phase shifter which switches phases of a carrier wave transmitted from the transceiver, and a leakage transmission path which transmits the carrier wave output from the phase shifter. The transceiver switches a phase o... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779364 | System and method for generating a graphical user input interface via an associated display The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a graphical user input interface via an associated graphical user interface. Data representative of a user input interface from storage. Preferably, this data includes graphical representation... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768673 | Generating multi-bit halftone dither patterns with distinct foreground and background gray scale levels A multi-bit halftone generating system provides for halftone intergeneration in printers which can print dots of plural gray scale levels. Input image data includes information for more gray scale levels than can be handled by those associated with a printing device... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768663 | System and method for printing books by book identification A system and method for efficiently copying books. According to the system and method, a user inputs a book identification into a peripheral device to cause the peripheral device to access an electronic version of the book. Upon so accessing, the peripheral is adapt... | 08/03/2010 |
| D620522 | Coupling for toner cartridge | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761335 | Article sales data processing apparatus Data of a preset separation mark is inserted between journal data of one transaction held in an electronic journal file and journal data of one transaction next made. Journal data items which are accumulatively held in the electronic journal file are displayed on a ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757178 | System and method for generating a customized workflow user interface The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a customized workflow user interface. Predetermined graphical user interface elements are first stored in an associated data storage. The graphical user interface elements are then generated o... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754785 | Pigment dispersion, precursor of ink for UV-curing type ink-jet recording, method of ink-jet recording, printed matter, and method of manufacturing pigment dispersion There is provided a pigment dispersion comprising at least one resin-coated pigment comprising a resin and a pigment, and having an average particle diameter of 250 nm or less, and a dispersion medium containing as a major component a cation polymeric compound havin... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752305 | System and method for descriptor-based discovery of network document processing devices The subject application is directed to a network document processing device discovery system and method. Multicast address data and local identification data are first stored in an associated storage. A probe message is then received from an associated processing de... | 07/06/2010 |
| D618721 | Coupling for toner cartridge | 06/29/2010 |
| D618720 | Coupling for toner cartridge | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735143 | System and method for secure document processing This invention is directed to a system and method for secure document processing. More particularly, this invention is directed to a system and method for secure document processing wherein a user has the ability to confidentially generate or print a document withou... | 06/08/2010 |
| D617372 | Portion of toner cartridge | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730449 | Auto reference counting pointer for C++ objects with ability to re-cast and lookup from a free pointer A self reference-counting pointer that keeps the reference count of the object within the pointer-object that does not impose any restrictions on the object itself and can be used freely on objects already created. A reference count object is created and is attached... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730393 | System and method for providing fee-based data services to mobile users The present invention is directed to a system and method to allow users to access and use data services, and then charge for such services using a point of sale system. Information about various services capable of being performed by a multifunction peripheral devic... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729630 | System and method for generating a user customizable default user interface for a document processing device The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a user customizable default user interface for a document processing device. First, screen data representing each of a plurality of different user interfaces is stored. Each user interface inc... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716481 | System and method for secure exchange of trust information The present invention is directed to a system and method for propagation of security information for secure information exchange. Existing and new authentication information are gathered and combined into the same header. The header is attached to electronic documen... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711656 | System and method for managing and charging for data storage devices A system and method for data service management of electronic files. A user selects the file or files to be stored on a remote storage device. The user is also able to selectively scan to archive, or storage, a document or other data. The user then selects the appro... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708821 | Aqueous ink for inkjet recording An aqueous ink for inkjet recording is provided, which includes water, pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent incorporated at a content of not less than 30% by weight, a surfactant, and 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol. The surfactant is formed of at least one selecte... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7702587 | System and method for generation of customized cards having a gift value associated therewith The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating gift cards. Image data representing gift card formats is first generated on an associated display. A gift card is then selected and text data is received representing text associated with the ... | 04/20/2010 |
