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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090231826 | Method of forming a permanent carrier and spacer wafer for wafer level optics and associated structure A carrier wafer for wafer level fabrication of imager structures comprising a substrate with trenches corresponding to locations of imager arrays on an imager wafer. A method of fabricating such a carrier wafer and a method of fabricating an imager module employing such... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231656 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An optical scanning device includes a deflecting unit that deflects a laser beam from a light source in a main-scanning direction; a scanning imaging unit that focuses the laser beam deflected by the deflecting unit on a scanning surface and scans the scanning surface w... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231655 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An optical scanning device includes a plurality of converging lenses and a plurality of supporting members. Each supporting member supports a corresponding one of the converging lenses. Moreover, the converging lenses are arranged so as to be out of alignment with one a... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231638 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD An image reading apparatus having a memory to store therein image data acquired by reading an original is provided. In a regular reading mode, the memory is divided into a first buffer that stores therein first image data of an image of a first side of the original and ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231557 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE A light source includes a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in a two-dimensional array. An optical element changes divergence angles of laser beams from the light-emitting units. A splitting element splits a part of each of the laser beams passing through the o... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREAKING SURFACE TENSION DURING A RECESSED COLOR FILTER ARRAY PROCESS A method of making a color filter array of an imaging device comprises forming a main recess for a color filter array, forming a tension breaking feature at an edge of the main recess, and providing a color filter array material across the tension breaking feature and m... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MOTION BLUR IN DIGITAL IMAGES A method and apparatus for reducing motion blur in digital images. An imager captures a reference frame and a plurality of target frames. Feature blocks preferably containing strong two-dimensional features are identified in the reference frame. Corresponding features a... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231445 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus, includes: an imaging optical system; an image pickup device; and a control device which is configured to control the image pickup device, wherein the control device is configured to preliminarily decide an exposure order of a relatively short time ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231182 | Radar Target Detecting Method, and Appartus Using the Target Detecting Method A radar apparatus includes a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna that has a plurality of antenna elements, and switches the plurality of antenna elements in synchronization with a modulation period to acquire receiving signals. At this time, the antenna element... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090231036 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT An amplifier circuit is disclosed that includes a first input terminal; a second input terminal; a first differential amplifier circuit that samples signals input to the first and second input terminals and outputs signals obtained by applying a gain to the sampled inpu... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090230594 | IMPRINT METHOD AND MOLD An imprint method of, in a state in which an indented surface of a mold comes in contact with a to-be-transferred surface of a to-be-transferred object, irradiating with electromagnetic waves to soften the to-be-transferred surface, and transferring an indented shape of... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090230487 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LID FRAME A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor chip that is fixed to a first surface of the substrate; a chip covering lid body that is provided on the first surface of the substrate so as to cover the semiconductor chip and that forms a hollow first spac... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090230239 | ICE PROTECTION POWER SUPPLY There is disclosed an electrical system for an aircraft comprising: at least one generator (302); a power control system (304) for distributing power from the generator to electrical subsystems (306, 308) in the aircraft; and an ice protection contr... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090230087 | MICROELECTRONIC IMAGERS WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH MICROELECTRONIC IMAGERS Microelectronic imagers with integrated optical devices and methods for manufacturing imagers. The imagers, for example, typically have an imaging unit including a first substrate and an image sensor on and/or in the first substrate. An embodiment of an optical device i... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090228042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MENISCAL REPAIR USING SUTURE IMPLANT CINCH CONSTRUCT Systems and methods for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides apparatus and methods for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090228026 | KNOT PUSHER AND SUTURE CUTTER INSTRUMENT A combined knot pusher/suture cutter device for manipulating a knotted suture to properly locate the knot relative to the tissue being sutured, and then for removing excess suture from the knot. The knot pusher/suture cutter includes a body member with a handle and an i... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225598 | METHOD APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING ADJUSTABLE MEMORY PAGE CONFIGURATION A method, apparatus and system are described which provide a memory device having an array of cells which may be selectively designated for either error correction code use or redundancy cell use.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225435 | GRADIENT INDEX MICROLENSES AND METHOD OF FORMATION A lens includes a gradient index of refraction and a curved shape. A method of making the lens includes forming a plurality of layers, forming a shaped resist on the plurality of layers, and etching the resist and the plurality of layers to transfer the shape of the res... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225146 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME A multi-beam scanning device for focusing deflected light beams onto an object to be scanned includes a light source unit, a deflector, a pitch adjustment device, and a conical-shape compression-torsion coil spring. The light source unit is rotatable about an optical ax... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224963 | Radar Apparatus A beat signal normalizing section in a correction control section normalizes a group of sampling data of an input beat signal in one processing group. A phase amount measuring section calculates an amount of phase change of each sampling data. A correction control value... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224960 | Target Detection Method for Use in Radar and Radar Device Using the Target Detection Method A radar device includes a transmission antenna and a reception antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. The radar device switches the antenna elements in synchronization with a modulation cycle, thereby obtaining a reception signal. At this time, the radar device... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224322 | THIN FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A thin film semiconductor device has: a substrate; a low-voltage thin film transistor formed on the substrate and having a first gate insulating film; and a high-voltage thin film transistor formed on the substrate and having a second gate insulating film whose thicknes... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING P AND N DOPED GATES A method and apparatus providing an integrated circuit having a plurality of gate stack structures having gate oxide layers with differing thicknesses and nitrogen concentrations and gate electrodes with differing conductivity types and active dopant concentrations.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224141 | LINEAR DISTRIBUTED PIXEL DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER HAVING MIRRORED INPUTS A pixel circuit that partially incorporates an associated column amplifier into the pixel circuitry. By incorporating part of a mirrored amplifier into the pixel, noise from the pixel is reduced.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224043 | READER APPLICATION DEVICE A communication system including a reader application device having a reader application, and a reader configured to operate under control of the reader application to allow data to be transmitted between the reader application device and a user device via the reader.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090224028 | SELECTIVE SOLDERING APPARATUS WITH JET WAVE SOLDER JET AND NITROGEN PREHEAT Solder is pumped through a nozzle to produce a jet of solder and leads on a printed circuit board are passed through the jet to solder them to the board tracks. The nozzle is mounted on a flange held between slip rings so that the nozzle can be rotated to change the dir... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090223738 | SOUND ABSORBING STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE COMPONENT HAVING SOUND ABSORPTION PROPERTY A sound absorbing structure is constituted of a housing and a vibration member. The vibration member composed of a synthetic resin having elasticity is constituted of a first member and a second member whose surface density is smaller than the surface density of the fir... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090222913 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SHARED SERVICE RESOURCE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHARED SERVICE RESOURCE An owner code (service-recipient code) assigned to a package, which is an object to which a service is provided by transportation installations or facilities (i.e., shared service resource) including a pickup branch office 2, a first transit station 3, a s... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222797 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TRIGGER A real-time trigger apparatus and method for using the same including a trigger logic block configured to output a trigger signal, and at least one reference register configured to store a traced value calculated by the trigger logic block, wherein the trigger signal is... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BONE DISTRACTION PLATE The described embodiments relate to a bone distraction plate device, which is surgically implanted, for the purpose of growing new bone through the process of distraction. The device comprises a prosthesis housing a screw mechanism that attaches to a threaded post, whic... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222039 | SUTURE WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL Sutures and methods of suturing with a surgical suture having a core made substantially of biological material (such as biopolymers or proteins, for example) and a cover surrounding the core. The section comprising the biological material may be provided adjacent at lea... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090222012 | CANINE ELBOW REPAIR AND INSTRUMENTATION Methods and instrumentation for arthroscopic elbow surgery which include a humeral component. The humeral component is installed in a trough formed in the humeral condyle. The trough may be formed by using a plurality of drill pins and a plurality of corresponding cutte... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221968 | BUTTON CANNULA Flexible button cannulas for arthroscopic surgery made from silicone, or a similar flexible material. Exemplary embodiments of the button cannula have large inner and outer flanges for improved stability when installed into the body. Exemplary embodiments of the button ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090220431 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CONTRAST AGENTS CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE NANOPARTICLES OF MANGANESE OXIDE OR MANGANESE METAL OXIDE The present invention relates to a manganese-containing metal oxide nanoparticle-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, which is characterized in that: The core of it comprises 1 to 1000 nm-sized manganese-containing metal oxide nanoparticles which inclu... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090220276 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A first beam separation device is arranged either to allow the light beams to enter and pass or to reflect the light beams in accordance with a direction of entrance of the light beams. A second beam separation device is provided either to allow or to reflect the light ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090220256 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE MEASURING DEVICE An electrostatic latent image measuring device includes a charged particle optical system which irradiates an electron beam and charges a photoconductor sample, an exposure optical system which forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the photoconductor sampl... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090219582 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE-READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS An optical scanning apparatus has: a deflection unit that scans beams emitted from a plurality of laser light sources; an imaging unit having one or more optical elements for imaging beams scanned by the deflection unit; and a supporting unit having a higher rigidity th... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090219421 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH A CAPACITIVE STORAGE NODE LINKED TO TRANSFER GATE A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage capacitance of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A capacitor is linked to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. The p... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090219115 | Resonant Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same A plurality of flat-plate filter elements are placed on a pallet having a plurality of holding holes. Each of the filter elements includes a rear-principal-surface electrode pattern having a ground electrode provided on a rear principal surface and a front-principal-sur... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090217205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MULTI-SELECTION The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing multi-selection, wherein the method comprises: opening and displaying an object group on a display device, the object group comprising at least one object; determining an object corresponding to a firs... | 08/27/2009 |
