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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110044245 | BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD A base station includes at least one first application section, a determining section, and a controlling section. Each of the first application sections executes one of a plurality of first application programs corresponding to one of a plurality of first application se... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043695 | Information Processing Apparatus Enabling an Efficient Parallel Processing A method of processing information, includes: creating threads for respective input data streams, and switching them for processing, the threads each being for applying predetermined processing to an input data stream and storing the resulting intermediate data into a b... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038400 | WIRELESS APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD A wireless apparatus includes: an A/D converter which samples an in-phase signal component and a quadrature signal component from a quadrature-modulated signal of analog form alternately; a digital quadrature demodulation unit which applies digital quadrature demodulati... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110030392 | EXPANDER SPEED CONTROL Apparatus and method for controlling the speed for a GM type expander includes relays that interrupt power when the current in the line is zero. The speed controller apparatus limits the maximum speed providing the expander with sufficient gas to meet its cooling requir... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING MATERIAL A method of transferring a preview version of material from a first entertainment apparatus to a second entertainment apparatus is disclosed. In said first entertainment apparatus, said method comprises the steps of: extracting said preview material from a package conta... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027094 | BLOWER FOR A PARTICULATE LOADER AND TRANSFER APPARATUS A blower for a particulate loader and transfer apparatus, comprising, at least one blade having a proximal and distal end, means for rotating the at least one blade in a direction about an axis of rotation, wherein the proximal end of the blade is nearer to the axis of ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022712 | MULTIPROCESSOR COMPUTER AND NETWORK COMPUTING SYSTEM It is inevitable in distribution processing on a network to improve resource management or to provide task scheduling with high efficiency. In a multiprocessor computer, a sub-processor (102) included in a multiprocessor (20) receives and manages available... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021226 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A radio communication method in a radio communication system which performs radio communication between a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus, the radio communication method including: selecting one of a first transmission method or a second transmission met... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021155 | FREQUENCY CONTROL DEVICE, FREQUENCY CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS There is provided a frequency control device that includes a frequency synchronizer to transform a radio signal to a baseband signal, a same signal correlator to obtain a first correlation value between a first signal in a first position in a first transmission symbol o... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017354 | MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ECOLOGICAL AMMUNITION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS The present invention provides an ODS type material (Oxide dispersion strengthened or particle dispersion) which comprises an alloy metal matrix and a dispersion of strengthening particles distributed therein which provide the same with optimum density and deformability... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016664 | NOZZLE FOR PROVIDING PARTICULATE MATERIALS TO A BULK TRANSFER APPARATUS A nozzle for providing particulate materials to a suction intake hose connected to a bulk transfer apparatus is provided. A body structure of the nozzle comprises comprising a connecting mechanism for connecting to an end portion of the suction intake hose. A support me... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016175 | METHOD FOR REALIZATION OF THIN CLIENT AND CLIENT TERMINAL AND SERVER FOR SAME A method for realization of a thin client includes detecting a usage environment of a client terminal, using the detected usage environment and a predetermined policy to determine whether to realize the thin client as a screen transfer type or by a net boot type, when t... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014908 | RADIO EQUIPMENT CONTROLLER, BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION, AND METHOD FOR RELAYING DATA A Radio Equipment Controller connected, via a plurality of transmission paths, to a plurality of pieces of Radio Equipment for performing communication with a mobile station, and also connected to an upper-level device is provided. The Radio Equipment Controller include... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013617 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A radio communication method in a radio communication system which performs radio communication between a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus, the radio communication method including: selecting one of a first transmission method or a second transmission met... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010667 | MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and userfriendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-ou... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005342 | AUTOMATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR HANDLING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Systems and methods that process a plurality of surgical instruments for cleaning and/or packaging. A device identifies a robot-ready insert having a predetermined configuration for accepting at least one type of surgical instrument. The surgical instruments are identif... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003027 | SLIDE MECHANISM FOR THE MOLDING AND EJECTION OF PARTS MOLDED WITH NEGATIVES FOR AN INJECTION MOLD The invention relates to a slide mechanism comprising
| 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002338 | Sleep-Mode Control Information Processing Device, Storage Medium and Sleep-Mode Control Method An information processing device, comprising: a traffic control unit configured to regularly check whether packets are transmitted to an adjacent node and received from the adjacent node; and a sleep determination process unit configured to determine whether there is a ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002272 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A mobile communications network is a communications network that performs both circuit switching and packet switching. A data communications network is a communications network that performs packet switching. A communication apparatus is capable of connecting to the mob... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100329373 | RECEIVER, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD A receiver for receiving a signal including a series of symbols, the signal being performed Time Window processing at portions including a boundary of adjacent symbols by a transmitter so as to eliminate a discontinuity between the symbols, the receiver includes: a rece... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329146 | FLOW INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS In a flow information collection apparatus, flow information, which is sampled based on a predetermined sampling value, is periodically collected and accumulated from a router being a subject. A group of distributions of values is specified for each measurement subject ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329136 | MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A mobile station is applied to a mobile radio communication system including a transmission control function. The mobile station includes a determining unit to determine a gradient, on data to be uploaded which is input from an upper layer and transmitted through an upl... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329119 | METHOD OF EFFICIENT CHANNEL ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS Method of efficiently allocating a downlink channel from a transmitter (1) to one user selected from a plurality of users (30-1, 30-2, . . . 30-N) in a wireless network providing different service applications to said users (30-1, 3... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328319 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERFORMING PROCESS ADAPTED TO USER MOTION A positional data acquisition unit of an action detector acquires positional data indicating the position of an image of a light-emitting part of a light-emitting device held by a user in an image frame at each time step, and also acquires curve data for the head contou... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325296 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND DATA USING METHOD An apparatus for authenticating a request includes a receiving unit, an acquiring unit, a determining unit, and a permitting unit. The receiving unit receives a request for a service-related process from a service user via a communication device. The request contains pr... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325172 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method An information processing method, to verify condition data specifying conditions as to multiple attribute values of an object and attribute values obtained from said object, includes verifying processing to obtain a new attribute value after change for an attribute valu... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323650 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A wireless communication apparatus includes: an antenna; a communication unit for receiving a radio signal via the antenna; a tuning unit for tuning an impedance of the antenna; an impedance controller for controlling the tuning unit to match the impedance of the antenn... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323640 | PHASE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND PHASE CORRECTION METHOD A phase correction apparatus in a wireless transmitter includes a modulator configured to modulate an in-phase component and a quadrature component of a first signal by a first carrier wave signal, a demodulator configured to demodulate a returned signal by a second car... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323639 | PHASE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND PHASE CORRECTION METHOD A phase correction apparatus in a wireless transmitter includes a modulator for modulating a first carrier signal by an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component of a first signal, a demodulator for demodulating a returned signal by a second carrier signal and... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323638 | PHASE CORRECTOR AND PHASE CORRECTION METHOD A phase corrector in a radio transmitter includes a quadrature modulator which modulates a first carrier signal by using an in-phase component and a quadrature component of a first signal, a quadrature demodulator which demodulates a feedback signal by using a second ca... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323630 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, MOBILE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A reception apparatus includes a receiver having respective antennas for receiving signals of different respective polarized wave surfaces, an estimation unit configured to estimate a propagation characteristic between the reception apparatus and a mobile equipment, a c... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322190 | MOBILE TERMINAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION TIMING ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TRANSMISSION TIMING A mobile terminal includes: a detection unit configured to detect reception timing of radio frames transmitted from first and second base stations; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust transmission timing of a radio frame transmitted from the mobile terminal to t... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318319 | PROJECTION APPARATUS The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for projection of a specified pattern (17) onto an installation surface (15) whose geometry is previously known, which comprises a laser projector (2) for projection of the pattern (17) onto th... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317438 | GAME DEVICE AND GAME CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME OF ARRANGING OBJECTS IN PREDEFINED ORDER A game device includes: an object arrangement modification unit adapted to acknowledge selection of an object subject to movement from among a plurality of objects arranged in one direction in a game field, and to move the selected object to a position requested by a us... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMPLIFIED INTERCONNECTION AND CONTROL OF AUDIO COMPONENTS OF AN HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus for distributing stereo signal of an audio system integrated with an home automation system. The audio system is further integrated with intercom and video intercom including the controlling of the intercom communications and the home automation a... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313166 | MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCING DEVICE AND BACKGROUND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen (50) that contains a list of playing items of the digital contents. A playing screen generation unit processes the playing of the digital contents and generates image data of a playing screen th... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312539 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SIMULATION APPARATUS AND NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT DEVICE An electromagnetic field simulation apparatus disclosed herein replaces a predetermined region in printed circuit board CAD data to be subjected to electromagnetic field simulation with measurement data measured by a near-field measurement device and generates new print... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100309812 | METHOD FOR LOGICAL DEPLOYMENT, UNDEPLOYMENT AND MONITORING OF A TARGET IP NETWORK The method is applied to configure, reconfigure and monitor globally a plurality of network elements (NE1, . . . , NEi, . . . , NEj, . . . , NEN) connected to an IP Network (10) through multiple interfaces (A1 12/09/2010 | |
| 20100308977 | RADIO WAVE CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIO WAVE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND RADIO WAVE CONTROL METHOD A radio wave control apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects an object, other than a communication target device, in a radiation range to which a radio wave radiating unit radiates predetermined radio waves in each of a plurality of radiation directions; and a ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308539 | CARD GAME WITH AUCTION FUNCTION A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players includes performing an auction phase. The auction phase includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) elimin... | 12/09/2010 |
