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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS This invention provides an image forming apparatus that suppresses a control error between CPUs when the CPUs operate in cooperation with each other in distributed control by the CPUs. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus utilizes a distributed control system... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046830 | REDUNDANT HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE CONTROL SIGNALS STAGE OF SYSTEM FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE ALL OF WHOSE WHEELS ARE EACH LINKED TO AT LEAST ONE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE System for electrical braking of a road vehicle of which at least one wheel is linked in rotation to at least one rotary electric machine, at least one wheel drive electronic module 23 driving the electric machine or machines of one and the same wheel, comprising... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046816 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ACCESSORY STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS An aftermarket steering wheel control includes a housing that includes a user-operable switch and a control module. The control module is configured to determine whether the user-operable switch has been operated, generate a data frame corresponding to a control signal ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046788 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF STEERING WHEEL CONTROL SIGNALS A method for automatically detecting a control signal configuration of a vehicle component includes making a connection to a channel of the component, performing an electrical measurement on the channel, and identifying a control signal configuration based upon the meas... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046007 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE CARRIER, AND TESTING METHOD A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly d... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045800 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, BASE STATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM A communication apparatus transmits an authentication request to a base station. The base station holds information which associates identification information of a communication apparatus of a user authorized to use a roaming service with a roaming provider correspondi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045774 | DATA OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME AND OUTPUT SYSTEM In an image output apparatus for outputting an image supplied from an image supply apparatus, the image supply apparatus and the image output apparatus are connected wirelessly and send and receive data. The state of the wireless connection is determined and the image t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045728 | Fiber Blends, Yarns And Fabrics Made Thereof The invention relates to blends of high wet modulus cellulosic fibers and solvent spun cellulosic fibers and yarns and fabrics made thereof.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045716 | BUOYANT TRACK AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORTER An amphibious vehicle for transiting deep or shallow waters and/or the full range of wetland and dry soil environments, consists of a box-like structure with buoyant tracks that are powered to move around the structure. The buoyant tracks encircle the vehicle's length a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045632 | Methods of Manufacturing Solid State Image Pickup Devices A method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion region for converting light into a signal charge, and a plurality of wiring layers including first and second wiring layers. The method inc... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045398 | BLACK TONER A black toner has a toner particle including at least a resin (a) having a polyester as a main component, carbon black, and a wax, and a fine inorganic particle. When the Tgs of the black toner measured by DSC at temperature rise rate of 0.5° C./min and 4.0° C./min ar... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045390 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a boron complex which is a product of the reaction of a compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a carbonyl gro... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045158 | CONFECTIONERY MERINGUE A dried confectionery meringue formed from a meringue mixture having a pre-drying moisture level of between about 18% and about 30%, said mixture including a protein foaming agent, sucrose and at least one monosaccharide.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044727 | DEVELOPER SUPPLYING CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER RECEIVING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044725 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A charging member is provided which can inhibit defective images due to poor charging and adhering substances from occurring even after being repeatedly used for a long time, and can inhibit deformation and defective images due to the C set, caused by a change in rotati... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044717 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A cartridge is detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a main assembly electrical contact. The cartridge includes: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a memory; a cartridge electrical contact electrically connectable to th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044710 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer member for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material at a transfer portion; a control portion for controlling a voltage to be applied to the transfer member; ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044709 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus include an image bearing member, a developing container receiving a developer, a developer carrying member for carrying and conveying the developer, a developer feed member for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member, a detect... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044430 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF When a gain correction is performed for the radiographed object image, the acquisition of the object image having a high grade quality and no artifact is realized. For that purpose, an image storing unit is provided for storing an image for correction radiographed based... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044315 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A control apparatus of a communication system that uses a plurality of communication paths from a transmission node to a reception node to redundantly transmit data is provided. The apparatus comprises: a setting unit for setting priorities to a plurality of partial dat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044258 | METHOD OF MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF A DATA CONTENT, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, STORAGE MEANS AND DEVICE A method for the management of resources for transmission compliant with a communications protocol, in a communications network, of a first data stream between a source device (101, 102, 103) and at least one sink device (106), is implemented by a manager ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044133 | ULTRASOUND APPARATUS A storage unit (106) stores pieces of information regarding intensities of ultrasound waves detected by multiple oscillators (101) in time series. The multiple oscillators (101) receives an ultrasound wave reflected on an object (107), to whi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043915 | CUBE-CORNER RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLE [Object] An object to be solved by the invention is to improve a retroreflective characteristic of a quadrilateral element that is a cube-corner element, which has reflective lateral surfaces including two trapezoidal reflective lateral surfaces and one pentagonal or is... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043874 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, PROGRAM FOR CAUSING IMAGE READING METHOD TO BE EXECUTED, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING IMAGE FORMATION METHOD TO BE EXECUTED In the so-called sky-shot in which reading is performed with a platen cover (32) open, an output signal of a read image is compared with a white reference value generated from a white reference member (40). Only if a value greater than or equal to the whit... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043873 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM There is provided an image reading apparatus and a control method therefor, which can suppress the influence of external light, and obtain an appropriate read image. To accomplish this, the image reading apparatus executes a Light-on reading processing for turning on an... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043870 | INFORMATION READING SYSTEM FOR READING INFORMATION ON DOCUMENT An information reading system comprising an information processing apparatus, a first information reading apparatus which is connected to the information processing apparatus and reads information on a sheet and a second information reading apparatus which is connectabl... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043857 | WIRELESS PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME In a system in which communication between an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus is possible, the information processing apparatus detects that communication with the printing apparatus has become possible and, in response to detection that such c... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043845 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD A document ID is recorded in an operation log, and an operation ID and document ID are recorded in a job log. The job log and operation log are set such that they can be searched in association with each other. An operation log record associated with a designated docume... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043819 | LASER GAUGE INTERFEROMETER There is provided a laser gauge interferometer with high measurement precision, which uses laser beam interference, includes: a measurement interferometer which generates a measurement output corresponding to a displacement of a moving member; and a correction interfero... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043813 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, OPTICAL DETECTOR, OPTICAL MODULATOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA Provided is an optical apparatus having high durability, less optical absorption than a hole-type metal thin film filter, high transmittance and high reflectance, and variable optical characteristics. The apparatus includes: a dielectric substrate; a metal structure gro... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043699 | SPATIO-ACTIVITY BASED MODE MATCHING Disclosed is a method (101), in relation to a current video frame (300) comprising a visual element (320) associated with a location in a scene captured in the frame (300), said visual element (320) being associated with a plurality of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043698 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS An electric resistor element is provided outside of the image region. The electric resistor element and a potential regulating element are connected outside of the image region. A part of a surface of a front substrate other than a surface thereof opposite to the rear s... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042718 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER-CONTAINING STRUCTURE, NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER-CONTAINING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCTION METHODS OF THESE A nitride semiconductor layer-containing structure having a configuration in which: the structure includes a laminated structure based on at least two nitride semiconductor layers; the structure includes between the two nitride semiconductor layers in the laminated stru... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042663 | DIBENZO[c,g]FLUORENE COMPOUND AND AN ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME An organic light-emitting device which has high emission efficiency and high durability even at low drive voltage is provided. An organic light-emitting device including an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer which is interposed between the anode and the cat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042352 | IMPRINT METHOD AND PROCESSING METHOD OF SUBSTRATE USING THE IMPRINT METHOD An imprint method for imprinting a pattern of a mold onto a resin material on a substrate. The imprint method includes a step of forming a processed area in which an imprint pattern corresponding to the pattern of the mold is formed, and an outside area formed of a peri... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042348 | IMPRINT METHOD, IMPRINT APPARATUS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHIP An imprint method for imprinting an imprint pattern of a mold onto a pattern formation material on a substrate so as to realize a high throughput includes the steps of bringing the imprint pattern and the pattern formation material into contact with each other; applying... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042209 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF Disclosed is a sputtering device wherein a target (2) is disposed offset with respect to a substrate (7), wherein said sputtering device can ensure a uniform amount of deposition, even when a substrate support holder (6) has a low number of rotation... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041932 | GAS SUPPLY DEVICE AND VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS A gas supply device includes a chamber frame, a door which is attached to the chamber frame to be able to open and close the door, and has a cathode, a door-side introduction block which is attached to the door and has a gas flow path for supplying discharge gas to the ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041875 | CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD FOR MEDICINE EJECTING DEVICE A medicine ejecting device 1 having a medicine ejecting section 2 is mounted to a cleaning device 12. Then, the cap section 16 and the cleaning liquid feeding section 17 of the cleaning device 12 are connected respectively to th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041846 | LIQUID HOLDER, AND INHALATION APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME A liquid holder for holding a liquid comprises an outlet formation part for formation of outlet port for discharging the liquid held in the liquid holder, and a pressure differential-reducing member for reducing a predetermined pressure differential between the inside a... | 02/24/2011 |
