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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7126105 | Technique for lensless optical positioning with a plurality of light collectors Systems and methods for determining a position of an object are provided by the present invention. Light is captured by at least one collector. Each collector has a first opening through which light enters that is larger than a second opening through which light exi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6886311 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank in a first ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6804873 | Method for manufacturing containers and apparatus A method of manufacturing filled containers includes providing at least a first and a second part of the container, providing a product within at least one of the first and second parts, and assembling the first and second parts by bonding a portion of the first par... | 10/19/2004 |
| 7449898 | Method and apparatus for reviewing defects by detecting images having voltage contrast In a traditional method for automatically obtaining high-magnification images of defects by using an electron microscope for defect-reviewing of a semiconductor wafer, high-magnification images of a voltage contrast changing part are obtained in the case of defects ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7423349 | Semiconductor device The present invention provides a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor element and a copper member which are bonded to each other by a bismuth-based (Bi-based) bonding material having its melting temperature of not less than 250° C., wherein silver (Ag) i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418627 | Cluster system wherein failover reset signals are sent from nodes according to their priority A high availability cluster computer system can realize exclusive control of a resource shared between computers and effect failover by resetting a currently-active system computer in case a malfunction occurs in the currently-active system computer. In case a malfu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418530 | Storage device and method for controlling storage device packet size The present invention variably controls the packet size that is used within a storage device in accordance with the communication environment outside the storage device. The storage device comprises a CHA that controls data transfers with a host and a DKA that contr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7387058 | Miter saw having light beam projection device A miter saw including a base, a turntable, a cutting unit rotatably supporting a circular saw blade, and a support unit movably supporting the cutting unit at a position above the turntable. The support unit has a hinge formed with a recess in which a laser oscillat... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379751 | Multi-band transceiver and radio communication device using the transceiver A multi-band transceiver has a function of sharing transmitted and received signals of multiple frequency bands by the same antenna. The multi-band transceiver mounts multiple filters that correspond to the multiple frequency bands and multiple amplifiers for amplif... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375917 | Idle seek calibration method for magnetic disk drive and magnetic disk drive with an intermission calibration When an idle seek operation of a magnetic disk drive is executed under a velocity control utilizing a back electromotive force of a VCM actuator, the accuracy of the velocity control is deteriorated due to temperature variation of the VCM. To eliminate this disadvan... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372292 | Signal transmitting device suited to fast signal transmission A signal transmitting circuit includes a circuit block having a driving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting a signal from the driving circuit, a circuit block having a receiving circuit and an intra-block transmission line for transmitting ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358650 | Ultrasound probe An ultrasound probe obtained by arranging, on a backing 10, a plurality of transducers each of which comprising a piezoelectric transducer 20, an acoustic lens 40, and an acoustic matching layer provided between the piezoelectric transducer 2... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343270 | Method for modeling asphaltenes flocculation conditions in hydrocarbon-containing fluids related to a reference fluid Method for modeling the flocculation conditions of hydrocarbon-containing fluids under pressure, related to a reference fluid. The asphaltenic properties are modeled from the results of an experimental study of a single asphaltenic reference fluid and by means of ho... | 03/11/2008 |
| RE40130 | Liquid crystal display device video having signal driving circuit mounted on one side Herein disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a data processing device, which can have their frame portions reduced in area to reduce the size and weight by extracting the terminals of video signals to only one side of a liquid crystal display panel and b... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338363 | Gaming machine, server, and program A slot machine is provided with specification value setting means for setting at least one specification value as a control condition when game control is carried out, total result data receiving means for receiving from a server the data of the total result of a ga... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333301 | Magnetic recording head and method for manufacturing A thin-film magnetic head having little temperature rise in the element, good heat dissipation and a short magnetic path length (narrow coil pitch) and manufacturing method for same is provided. To form the coil of the thin-film magnetic head, a lower coil is first ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322883 | Game machine, server, and program A game machine (10) is equipped with a display device (32), which displays a dealer image that performs the dealing of cards, and a plurality of display devices (52), each of which displays an information image on a card game. The card game is s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323036 | Maximizing regulatory credits in controlling air pollution A controller directs the operation of an air pollution control (APC) system having one or more controllable operating parameters and a defined operating limit representing a regulatory limit on an allowed amount of pollutant to be emitted by the APC system. An inter... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314442 | Centrifuge assembly portion, centrifuge, having drive arrangement access opening and cover A centrifuge includes a frame, a motor, a output shaft, a rotational shaft, and a belt. The frame has a bottom portion. The motor is disposed in the frame to generate a driving force. The output shaft extends from the motor and has an end positioned in proximity to ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314830 | Method of fabricating semiconductor integrated circuit device with 99.99 wt% cobalt A Co silicide layer having a low resistance and a small junction leakage current is formed on the surface of the gate electrode, source and drain of MOSFETS by silicidizing a Co film deposited on a main plane of a wafer by sputtering using a high purity Co target ha... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309280 | Gaming machine, server, and program with image of real player A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players play a game against each other, is provided so as to enable the players to perform realistic tactical interactions with each other. In a player-versus-player type gaming machine, a plurality of players including a ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306521 | Gaming machine, server, and program with virtual player A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players play a game against each other, is provided so as to enable the players to perform realistic tactical interactions with each other. In such player-versus-player type gaming machine, a virtual player is prepared in ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302166 | Computer readable storage medium for storing still picture and still picture management information A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a procedure for controlling a computer to play back a storage medium storing one or more still pictures and still picture group management information for managing one or more still pictures as a still picture group... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295011 | Superconductor probe coil for NMR apparatus A probe coil for an NMR apparatus including a superconductor coil formed from a superconductor made of magnesium 2-boride formed on the surface of a substrate, and a coil bobbin around which the superconductor coil is wound, wherein the substrate is made of a materi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288024 | Gaming machine, server and program for card game A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players who join a game from the beginning can enjoy the game by the end of the game, is provided. The gaming machine is equipped with a rank determination means and a win/loss determination means to provide the gaming mac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289032 | Intelligent flame scanner Techniques for determining a characteristic of a flame are provided by the present invention. Provided are methods as well as devices. A flame is monitored across a contiguous spectral range to detect light emitted by the monitored flame. The contiguous spectral ran... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288026 | Gaming apparatus A gaming apparatus control part is provided with an external output control circuit, configured in such a manner that gaming information can be output and gaming data sent from each gaming machine is collected in a management server in order to solve the issue that ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289943 | Lumping and delumping method for describing hydrocarbon-containing fluids A lumping and delumping method is useful for estimating the properties or behavior of liquid and/or vapor hydrocarbon phases from data relative to a reference set of hydrocarbon mixtures in a series of thermodynamic states in a medium. Each one of the hydrocarbon mi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279425 | Polishing method A polishing technique wherein scratches, peeling, dishing and erosion are suppressed, a complex cleaning process and slurry supply/processing equipment are not required, and the cost of consumable items such as slurries and polishing pads is reduced. A metal film fo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274837 | Optical transmitter An optical transmitter in which a microstripline is formed by a signal wiring pattern and a GND conductor pattern on a circuit board (including a flexible board), and a signal lead of a light emitting element module is mounted in a signal lead mounting hole connecte... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273900 | Resin composition, prepreg, laminate sheet and printed wiring board using the same and method for production thereof There are provided a resin composition comprising a crosslinking component with a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or less having a plurality of styrene groups and represented by the following formula: wh... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267293 | High efficiency bowl mill A high efficiency bowl mill (100) is provided by the present invention. Included in the high efficiency bowl mill (100) is a plow (185) that is downstream of a grinding roll (180) on a grinding surface (145). The plow (185) ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269087 | Semiconductor memory device In a bit-line direction, a plurality of memory mats are arranged including a plurality of memory cells respectively coupled to bit lines and word lines, and a sense amplifier array is arranged including a plurality of latch circuits having input/output nodes connect... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241044 | Production control system of autonomous and decentralized type An autonomous and decentralized production control system comprising a plurality of production cells for performing the assembly and machining work. Each production cell proceeds with the production procedure by performing jobs in accordance with the works charged t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242581 | Liquid cooling system and an electronic apparatus applying the same therein A liquid cooling system, enabling protection from corrosion due to liquid coolant for a long time-period (5–10 years) while cooling a heat-generation body effectively, comprises a pump 108, a heat-receiving jacket 107, a radiator for radiating heat i... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234155 | Automating commerce on a broadcast programming distribution network A broadcast programming network device includes a tuner capable of being tuned to any one of multiple broadcast video programming reception channels. When tuned to a particular channel, the broadcast video programming scheduled for that channel and icon related data... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231089 | Image encoding/decoding method, apparatus thereof and recording medium in which program therefor is recorded In an image decoding method, a DC image, corresponding to each block mean value per B pixel from encoding data with respect to the HVQ system, is reproduced. A part of the DC image is made a DC nest. Image data of a target block is reproduced by synthesizing, to the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221486 | Method and apparatus for picking up 2D image of an object to be sensed A method and apparatus for sensing by a linear image sensor a two-dimensional image of an object to be sensed includes detecting a position of the object by a position sensor having a first resolution, picking up an image of the object being projected in a direction... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219422 | Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device The fabrication of a semiconductor integrated circuit device involves testing using a pushing mechanism that is constructed by forming, over the upper surface of a thin film probe, a reinforcing material having a linear expansion coefficient (thermal expansion coeff... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221165 | Method and device for measuring the resistivity anisotropy of layered rock samples A method and device with application to petrophysical measurements on porous rocks for measuring the resistivity anisotropy of rocks exhibiting layerings of different conductivity such as laminations is disclosed. The method comprises setting a sample saturated with... | 05/22/2007 |