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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090131171 | Game System and Game Controller A controller includes at least one vibrator and a vibration control unit which converts an operation input signal which is input to a predetermined operation button into a vibration control signal so as to be supplied to a vibrator. A motion sensor in a sensor unit dete... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127519 | TRANSPARENT OXIDE ELECTRODE FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, TRANSPARENT ELECTRODONDUCTIVE BASE MATERIAL, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTO DETECTION ELEMENT A transparent oxide electrode film is provided to have crystalline indium oxide as its main component in which the indium in the indium oxide is substituted with titanium at a titanium/indium atomic ratio between 0.003 and 0.120, and the resistivity of the transparent o... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125842 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD A menu management unit relates items of contents received from a storage unit to multiple folder icons 120, which represent units for displaying contents. A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen 50, which includes a function ic... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125721 | DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM A computer including at least two processors is used to preferably perform a secure data communication. Data containing a processor ID identifying one of the at least two processors provided for a first computer (computer 31) is transmitted from the first compute... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090123899 | ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE, ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING MEDIA ITEMS A method for reproducing media items using a first entertainment device, the first entertainment device being operable to communicate with a portable entertainment device via a wireless communication link, and the first entertainment device comprising media reproduction... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122806 | RELAY DEVICE AND BAND CONTROLLING METHOD A relay device has a plurality of input/output modules each having input/output ports, each input/output module including throughput measuring means for measuring throughput of communication packets received from other input/output modules, and throughput limiting means... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090122681 | DISK ACCOMMODATING DEVICE, DISK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A disk accommodating device for accommodating a disk includes a housing on which an opening portion for allowing the disk to be accommodated into a disk accommodating section therethrough is formed, and a lid member for closing up the opening portion. The housing has a ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121854 | OCCUPANCY DETECTING METHOD AND SYSTEM A method of and a system for detecting a person occupying a vehicle seat or a corresponding underlay whereby the underlay is provided with a single dynamic sensor and whereby the measurement signal is compared with a reference signal in comparing means, wherein the syst... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121842 | Method and Apparatus for Operating AC Powered Appliances Via Video Interphones, Two Way IR Drivers and Remote Control Devices A method for coupling at least one of a wall mount and a ceiling mount adjustable IR driver with a two way IR network of an home automation system controlled by a main controller selected from a group comprising a dedicated controller, a video interphone and a shopping ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090116921 | METHOD FOR MACHINING THE BEARING SEATS OF THE MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS OF CRANKSHAFTS The invention relates to a method of machining the bearing seats of main and rod bearings (HL, PL) of crankshafts (1), in which the bearing seats (30) of the main and rod bearings (HL, PL), after the primary forming of the crankshaft (1) by forging ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090109437 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POLARIZATION STATE AND POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION IN PHOTONIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS A method and device capable of evaluating the specific values of the polarization state of the signal transmitted in a photonic transmission system for a number of frequencies of one or more of the pulses extracted from the optical signal by means of the translation of ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108941 | TRANSCONDUCTANCE COMPENSATING BIAS CIRCUIT AND AMPLIFIER A transconductance compensating bias circuit is disclosed that includes a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate connected to the first electrode, wherein a reference current flows through the first and second electr... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090108939 | AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND BIAS STABILIZATION CIRCUIT An amplifying apparatus including an amplifier having a first FET, a second FET having a source connected to a drain of the first FET, a load resistance connected to a drain of the second FET, a first bias circuit configured to supply a first bias voltage to a gate of t... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090107404 | EPITAXIAL REACTOR WITH SUSCEPTOR CONTROLLED POSITIONING The invention relates to a system for controlling the positioning of a susceptor (2) rotating in the reaction chamber (3) of an epitaxial reactor. The control is carried out on the basis of the different path of a laser beam transmitted by a source (15<... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090106122 | Method and Apparatus for Simplified E-Commerce Shopping Via Home Shopping Terminals In a method and apparatus for connecting an e-shopping facility for example such as an e-concierge station or an e-service or merchandise provide, with an e-shopping or merchandise provider, with an e-shopping appliance for example such as a television interphone monito... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103603 | SIMULCAST REPRODUCING METHOD According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for reproducing moving pictures upon receiving simulcast first bit stream and second bit stream, the method comprising: receiving the first bit stream and the second bit stream simultaneously; decoding the first bit stre... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090103228 | Method and Apparatus for Remotely Operating AC Powered Appliances from Video Interphones or Shopping Terminals A method for adding and connecting a remotely operated SPDT relay to an electric power circuit of an AC appliance connected to a manually actuated electrical SPDT switch for integrating said AC appliance into an home automation network, each said relay and said SPDT swi... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090101790 | Apparatus for Distributing in a Thin Layer a Mix Based on Agglomerate Stone or Ceramic Material In a plant for producing thin articles in the form of a slab, manufactured with a mix (M) based on agglomerate stone or ceramic material, the mix is distributed in a thin layer on a support (90) using a distributor (100) comprising a hopper (120) an... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090098611 | Self-cleaving affinity tags and methods of use The present invention relates to compositions and methods relating to development of modified inteins comprising one or more topoisomerase recognition sequences and the corresponding topoisomerase proteins and/or one or more recombination sites and the corresponding rec... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090095230 | HANGING BIRD TOYS A hanging bird toy includes a link having two widened portions and a narrow portion between the widened portions. A central component is disposed in the link in the narrow portion; and an insert is disposed in one of the widened portions.... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090092437 | WRITING IMPLEMENT A writing implement includes a body portion, display objections disposed in the body portion. Each display object includes a data unit. At least one of the display objects is moveable from a respective first position to a respective second position where the plurality o... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090091209 | COMMUTATOR ROTOR OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND PROCEDURE FOR ITS MANUFACTURE A rotor exhibits a carbon commutator (4). For the manufacture of the rotor, an insulating support (9) is positioned on the rotor shaft (1). The insulating support (9) features lugs (13), around which the winding ends (8) of the ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090089534 | Thin Provisioning Migration and Scrubbing A method for migrating data to a mass storage system, including receiving an incoming data partition for storage in the mass storage system and allocating logical storage for the incoming data partition in the mass storage system. The method further includes making a de... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090089452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DEVICES CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER NETWORK According an aspect of the embodiment, there is provided a method for managing management target devices each connected to a computer network and managed by one of a plurality of management servers. A management server list storing IP addresses of the plurality of manag... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090087992 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING VIA SIDEWALL DAMAGES DURING DUAL DAMASCENE TRENCH REACTIVE ION ETCHING IN A VIA FIRST SCHEME A method of minimizing undercut of a hard mask in an integrated circuit (IC) structure including steps of providing an IC structure having a substrate, a interlayer dielectric layer, and a hard mask, forming a via in said IC structure, and depositing an organic planariz... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090079635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE DIRECTION ESTIMATION OF RADIO WAVES In an environment of temporally and spatially uncorrelated white additive noise, the direction estimation apparatus for coherent signals calculates (M−1) instantaneous cross-correlations between some array data, and selecting multiple pairs each of which is consisted ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090077831 | BOOT Boot (10), in particular a motorcyclist's boot, with a leg-piece (12) and closing means for varying the dimensions of the boot (10) in the zone of the heel (11), characterized in that said closing means comprise at least one elongated part (<... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090073928 | Communication Systems A signalling method for use in a multiple-access communication system, the system comprising a first communication apparatus and a plurality of second communication apparatuses, the second communication apparatuses being operable to communicate with the first communicat... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090064812 | TOOTHING SYSTEM OF A GEARWHEEL HAVING INVOLUTE ROLLER TOOTHING In the toothing system (1) of a gearwheel having a plurality of teeth (2, 3; 19) whose tooth flanks (4, 5, 6; 22) have involute form above a tooth-root region (7, 8, 9; 23) of the tooth flanks (4, 5, 6; 22), the tooth-root region (7... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090061887 | Wireless Communication Systems A wireless communication method used in a system comprising a base station and a plurality of fixed or mobile subscriber stations, the base station maintaining connections with each of the subscriber stations by performing wireless communication in units of frames, and ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090061393 | RETRACTION OF SULCUS The invention concerns a method of retraction of sulcus, in which, in a first step, a flowable retraction material (1) is applied onto the sulcus (5) of at least one tooth (4). In a second step, a dental dam (2) is applied onto the tooth (... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090060506 | OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR An optical switch section that switches the path of an optical packet transmitted thereto and outputs the optical packet, and a control section that generates multiple switch control signals in accordance with the destination of an optical packet transmitted thereto, tr... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090060224 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CORRECTING PHASE DIFFERENCE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM There is provided a sound processing apparatus for processing received sounds. A plurality of sound receiving units which are included in the apparatus output individually a sound signal corresponding to a received sound, then the sound signals in a time domain are conv... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090055930 | Content Security by Network Switch A security switch detects whether requested content is either trusted content or non-trusted content. In case of network content being trusted content, network traffic bypasses the inspection gateway and goes directly to the user. If network content is non-trusted conte... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053919 | CONNECTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE A connector mounting structure is disclosed that includes a connector mounted on a substrate. The connector includes plural connector rows that are arranged into a laminated structure. The connector rows include plural connector units that are arranged into rows. The po... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090046575 | FAILURE HANDLING SYSTEM A failure handling system capable of performing failure notification and shutoff control, thereby improving network operability. When failure is detected, an outgoing frame shutoff controller performs shutoff control on the local device such that the local device stops ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090041031 | CONVERTER AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD A converter for connecting its ATM network with other ATM networks through a LAN, which is provided with an address translation table storing external VPIs, internal VPIs uniquely assigned to the LAN, and opposing MAC addresses for opposing converters in correspondence ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090041070 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND COMPONENT THEREOF To provide an optical scanning device capable of scanning with a simple configuration. It includes a laser unit 10 for emitting a light beam, a laser control unit 42 for adjusting the light beam emitted by the laser unit 10... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080304494 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device comprising: a checking unit checking whether a bandwidth from the ingress of first path down to the egress thereof and a bandwidth from the ingress of second path down to the egress thereof as a standby of a partial zone of first path, are establi... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080302475 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPYING APLIQUES Methods and apparatus for creating decorative multi-layer appliqué patterns for garments or other items are disclosed. In some aspects, the invention includes cutting a first pattern out of a first material to form a bottom layer, cutting a composite of the first patte... | 12/11/2008 |
