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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090144560 | Image retrieval system and method An image retrieval system that provides secured image data in response to a query specified by a user. The system includes a data retrieval unit, an encryption unit, and an output unit. The data retrieval unit is configured to retrieve image data relevant to the specifi... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090144497 | Redundant Storage of Data on an Array of Storage Devices A disk array control apparatus controls writing of data onto an array of N storage devices such as disk drives, where N is an integer of 3 or greater. Each storage device writes data with a granularity of a sector having a predetermined sector size. The apparatus writes... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090144434 | Method For Device Capability Negotiation, Method, System And Device For Synchronization Method for device capability negotiation, and method, system and device for synchronization. The synchronization system includes a synchronization server and a synchronization client. The synchronization server or the synchronization client is adapted to skip the device... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090144182 | TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A task management system includes: an attribute information acquiring unit acquiring attribute information indicating an attribute of a document corresponding to document data; a billing destination information generator extracting attribute information specifying a bil... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090144005 | Method for ascertaining the harmonic components of an analog electrical signal at a fundamental frequency which changes over time A method is disclosed for ascertaining the harmonic components of a periodic analog signal at a fundamental frequency which changes over time. The analog signal is digitized and then fast Fourier transformation of the signal is performed. To avoid tracking the sampling ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143980 | Navigation Device and Method of Scrolling Map Data Displayed On a Navigation Device The present application relates a navigation device, including a processing unit and a display. The processing unit is arranged to display map data on the display. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device further includes a camera arranged to provide a camera f... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143976 | Personal GPS navigation device A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store points of interest (POIs); and an integrated input and display device to display at least one of the stored POIs and to enable selection of the display... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143975 | Personal GPS navigation device A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information and points of interest (POIs), the POIs including description information and location information; and a display to display stored POI... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143933 | Detection device for side collision of vehicle and passenger protection system having the same A detection device for side collision of a vehicle includes: an outer plate of a vehicle side door; an inner plate of the side door arranged separately from the outer plate; a reinforcing member arranged between the outer plate and the inner plate and having a bending r... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143605 | POLYCYCLIC FUSED RING TYPE PI-CONJUGATED ORGANIC MATERIAL, INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYCYCLIC FUSED RING TYPE PI-CONJUGATED ORGANIC MATERIAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING INTERMEDIATE OF POLYCYCLIC FUSED RING TYPE PI-CONJUGATED ORGANIC MATERIAL A polycyclic fused ring type π-conjugated organic material (VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIId) is obtained in the following manner. That is, as shown in Scheme 1 below, a starting material (I) is dimetalated with an organometallic base. The starting material (I) thus dimetalated ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143332 | Cyclodextrin Cyanohydrins The present invention relates to a compound having a cyclodextrin skeleton wherein a hydrogen atom at the C-6 position in at least one of the sugar moieties has been substituted with a cyano group thereby forming a cyanohydrin-type group. The compounds are found to be e... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143151 | Slip joint of steering apparatus for vehicle Disclosed is a slip joint of a steering apparatus for a vehicle, the slip joint including: an outer member having a plurality of first assembling recesses; an inner member being inserted within the outer member and having a plurality of second assembling recesses; and a... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142887 | Methods of manufacturing an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor Methods of manufacturing an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor are provided. The methods include forming a gate on a substrate, and a gate insulating layer on the substrate to cover the gate. A channel layer, which is formed of an oxide semiconductor, may be forme... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141925 | Electro-dynamic transducer with a slim form factor In one embodiment of the present invention, an electro-dynamic transducer is disclosed including a diaphragm, a first suspension suspending the diaphragm, a coil former attached to the diaphragm, the coil former having a first, inner portion, and a second, outer portion... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141858 | Beam admission unit, beam generation device and tomography device A beam admission unit is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the beam admission unit includes a plurality of admission segments having at least one admission slit for admitting radiation emanating from a radiation source onto a predetermined admission region. So as t... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141857 | Method for post-processing raw detector signals, a computer program product, a computer readible medium and a radiation detection device Methods for post-processing raw detector signals of an x-ray or gamma detector are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, raw detector signals are filtered, an associated filtered signal is determined at least for a subset of the raw detector ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141855 | CT scanner and method for helical scanning of an examination object which has at least one portion undergoing periodic motion At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to a CT scanner and/or a method for helical scanning of an examination object which has at least one portion undergoing periodic motion. In at least one embodiment, the CT scanner includes at least one bearing app... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141664 | Device and method for synchronizing radio access logic entities of a wireless communication network A device is dedicated to synchronizing radio access logic entities each having a local clock and forming part of a wireless communication network capable of broadcasting and/or multicasting content-defining data packets between a broadcast and/or multicast source and mo... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141644 | Twisted pair cable plant cross talk coupling simulator Example embodiments are directed to a system for simulating far end crosstalk (FEXT). The system includes digital subscriber lines coupled to a FEET matrix which simulates the FEXT environment. The FEXT matrix simulates the FEXT environment using filters disposed in dis... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141599 | Recording medium, and method and apparatus of recording and reproducing data on the same An apparatus of recording data on a recording medium includes a pickup unit and a microcomputer. The pickup unit records data in a plurality of data frames included in a cluster. The microcomputer controls the pickup unit to record status information within the cluster,... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141567 | Semiconductor device having memory array, method of writing, and systems associated therewith In one embodiment, the semiconductor device, includes a non-volatile memory cell array, and a control unit configured to generate a mode signal indicating if a flash mode has been enabled. A write circuit is configured to write in the non-volatile memory cell array base... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141549 | Semiconductor device having resistance based memory array, method of reading and writing, and systems associated therewith At least one embodiment includes a non-volatile memory cell array, a write buffer configured to store data being written into the non-volatile memory cell array, and a write unit configured to write data into the non-volatile memory cell array. The write unit is configu... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141547 | Non-volatile memory devices and methods of fabricating and using the same Provided are a non-volatile memory device, which may have a stacked structure and may be easily integrated at increased density, and a method of fabricating and using the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device may include at least one pair of first e... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141546 | Method of operating a phase-change memory device A method of operating a phase-change memory device including a phase-change layer and a unit applying a voltage to the phase-change layer is provided. The method includes applying a reset voltage to the phase-change layer, wherein the reset voltage includes at least two... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141482 | LIGHT SOURCE AND WIRING CONFIGURATION FOR POWER TOOL A power tool includes a motor, a lighting power source, and a housing assembly defining an axis that supports the motor and the lighting power source. The power tool also includes a lighting assembly with a light and an energy line that transmits energy to the light to ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141330 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electro-optical display device comprises: an active matrix unit including a substrate having one surface and the other surface and a plurality of switching elements provided on the one surface of the substrate; a shutter unit provided on the active matrix unit, and a... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141229 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE A manufacturing method for a horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display device of fringe field switching (FFS) or the like mode whereby pixel electrodes and a common electrode are disposed opposing each other on a planarization layer with an insulator interpo... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141219 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A liquid crystal device includes display pixels corresponding to at least a color of white or non-coloring and one color different from the color of white or non-coloring. Each of the display pixels corresponding to one color have a transmissive region and a reflective ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141214 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates; a partition wall member that partitions a region sandwiched between the pair of substrates to provide reflective display regions and transmissive display regions; a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141204 | Display Device During first period, TFTs: | |
| 20090141203 | Display devices including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor A display device including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor is provided. The display device includes at least one thin film transistor, and at least one storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a storage electrode formed of a transparent oxide semico... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141048 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing image An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit that separates image data into foreground image data, background image data, and mask image data; a resolution converting unit that converts the foreground image data into low-resolution foreground image data; a d... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141013 | Display Device and Drive Method Thereof The present invention relates to a display device and a drive method thereof. An object of the present invention is to provide a display device capable of performing multi-gray scale display with a simple circuit design, without a display i... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141012 | Display, Drive Circuit of Display, and Method of Driving Display The present invention relates to a display that uses a polysilicon liquid crystal panel. An object of the present invention is to sufficiently secure a hold period and a setup period upon a rise of a source start pulse signal (SSP) without ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140916 | Relative inter-vehicle position calculation apparatus, transmission apparatus and program for same An on-board communication equipment on each of two vehicles receives a radio wave from two or more GPS satellites, and determines a carrier wave phase of the received radio wave. Then, the on-board communication equipment on one vehicle receives, from the other vehicle,... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140881 | Vehicle-use visual field assistance system in which information dispatch apparatus transmits images of blind spots to vehicles A camera of a ground-based information dispatch apparatus captures a blind-spot image, showing a region that is a blind spot with respect to a vehicle driver. A vehicle-mounted camera captures a forward-view image corresponding to the viewpoint of the driver, and the fo... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140785 | Duty detector and duty cycle corrector including the same A duty detector includes a clock converter, a hold pulse generator, a first logic operator, and an up/down counter. The clock converter receives a clock signal to generate an up clock signal and a down clock signal having phases opposite to each other. The hold pulse ge... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140682 | Motor control unit, motor control method and image forming apparatus Time information indicates time required for reflecting a speed control indicating value actually on the rotation speed of the motor, the speed control indicating value being read by a motor driving part and then, being reflected on the rotation speed of the motor by th... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140657 | Light Source Device, a Display Device and Television Receiver A light source device and a display device are disclosed of which high display quality can be maintained by correcting luminance or a color tone without making a user feel strangeness or inconvenience. A light source device is disclosed in at least one embodiment, inclu... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140509 | Airbag Device An airbag device comprising an airbag (1) made of a woven fabric which is fastened to a vehicle structure, in particular above a vehicle occupant, and which can be filled with gas by means of a gas generator and in the filled state extends in front of the vehicle... | 06/04/2009 |
