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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185845 | Arrangement, method and computer program for controlling a computer apparatus based on eye-tracking A computer based eye-tracking solution is disclosed. A computer apparatus is associated with one or more graphical displays (GUI components) that may be manipulated based on user-generated commands. An event engine is adapted to receive an eye-tracking data signal t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185702 | Multimedia platform A device comprising a multimedia platform with a plurality of memories and a method of sharing a non-volatile memory. The multimedia platform in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can have a non-volatile memory, a multimedia processor setting a r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185332 | Apparatus and method for estimating resistance characteristics of battery based on open circuit voltage estimated by battery voltage variation pattern An apparatus for estimating resistance characteristics of a battery includes a data storing manager for obtaining and storing battery voltage, current and temperature data of a battery, whenever estimating a battery resistance characteristic; an open circuit voltage... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185174 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a first member having an opening extending therethrough, a second member coupled to the first member such that the second member defines, with the opening of the first member, an accommodating portion to re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185173 | Sliding type mobile terminal A mobile terminal having a first body, a second body slidably attached to the first body, and means for connecting the first body to the second body and allowing the second body to be moved between a closed position and an open position such that an overall thicknes... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185163 | Mobile communication device and method of controlling the same A mobile communication device, method and computer program product for generating a first signal upon manipulation of a first input key that can be manipulated in at least two directions, generating a second signal upon manipulation of a second input key which enabl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185064 | Adaptive modulation control system and wireless communication apparatus Object To reduce deterioration of transmission quality under circumstances where the moving speed is high. Overcoming Means An adaptive modulation control apparatus for adaptively selecting a modulation parameter from among a plurality of modula... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184959 | Apparatus and method for recording/reproducing moving picture in digital broadcast receiver An apparatus and method for recording/playing a moving picture in a digital broadcast receiver is disclosed, which supports a trick mode. If digital broadcasting is recorded, the digital broadcasting is converted into a video sequence having a new format and frame t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184908 | Image processing system, image processing method, and program An image processing system includes a computer and an image processing apparatus. A control portion of the apparatus controls so that a whole of one side and the other side of a transparent sheet are optically read, and the obtained image data of the front and rear ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184905 | Apparatus for color interpolation using adjustable threshold An apparatus for color interpolation using an adjustable threshold is disclosed. The color interpolation apparatus calculates the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the elements of the image data and determines the color interpolation meth... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184841 | Ear canal device retention means The invention regards an ear canal device and a retainer strip, whereby the ear canal device has a distal part for extending into the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane and a proximal part extending towards the ear canal opening, wherein the proximal part of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184576 | Method for state transition of mobile terminal In a wireless mobile communications system, a state transition method of a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal receives downlink data in a first state of the mobile terminal, a state of the mobile terminal keeps in the first state or transits to a secon... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184467 | Card-like memory unit with separate read/write unit In a non-volatile electric memory system a memory unit and a read/write unit are provided as physically separate units. The memory unit is based on a memory material that can be set to at least two distinct physical states by applying an electric field across the me... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184428 | Dielectric ceramic and capacitor A dielectric ceramic comprising a barium titanate as a main component and a capacitor comprising the dielectric ceramic are disclosed. The dielectric ceramic has a high dielectric constant that is stable over temperature, and has a small spontaneous polarization. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184427 | Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for production thereof Disclosed is a multilayer ceramic capacitor which has a dielectric ceramic having a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer mainly comprises barium titanate, contains a crystalline particle having an average crystal diameter of 0.15 to 0.3 μm, and contains M... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184384 | Imaging lens and imaging apparatus An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens having a concave surface on an image side thereof; a second lens of a negative lens having a concave surface on the image side and having at least one aspheric surface; a third len... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184383 | Imaging lens and image pickup device An imaging lens includes in order from an object side, a stop and a first lens to a fourth lens. Both the surfaces of a third lens have surfaces including at least one inflection point, and an inclination of each surface at the terminal end part of a periphery withi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184136 | Image display device provided with multiple light sources emitting different colors to display color images in color sequential display method An image display device is provided with multiple light sources 101, 102 and 103, and a display element 100. Control is performed on a period in which the display element 100 displays each color and on emission of the light sources 101... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184131 | System for dynamic gamma correction of non-uniform frequency clocks and method therefor A system for dynamic gamma correction of multi-scaled clocks and method therefor are provided, wherein multi-scaled clocks are applied to control the grayscale upon only one set of ramp voltage, so that the linearity of the gamma curve can be adjusted freely or to a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184123 | Image display apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image display method The object of the present invention is to provide an image display apparatus, an image processing apparatus, and an image display method that are able to display images without motion blur without increasing the transmitted amount of image signal. An image display a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184073 | Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel in which a plurality of scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes are formed on substrates to form a discharge c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184040 | Radar device and a method of detecting a target object using radar This disclosure provides a radar device including a transmission module for sequentially transmitting two or more kinds of pulse signals having different pulse widths by a predetermined transmitting pattern, a memory module for storing a predetermined number of puls... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184025 | Method and apparatus of generating codewords in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for generating and transmitting codewords is provided. The method includes receiving information bits with a variable length, selecting vectors by the length of the information bits from a generator matrix, and generating a codeword based on t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183813 | Power supply arrangement The invention relates to a frequency converter, which is fitted to supply power between a polyphase alternating electricity source and an electric machine. The frequency converter comprises a network rectifier connected to the alternating electricity source and an i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183762 | Organic electroluminescent display device and method of fabricating the same An organic electroluminescent display (OELD) device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of power lines on the first substrate, the gate and data lines crossing each other to def... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183721 | Oscillation drive device An oscillation drive device includes an oscillating unit that includes attaching portions on either sides thereof, the attaching portions being arranged on an oscillation axis; a base that includes an oscillating fulcrum that supports the oscillating unit on the osc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183555 | Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor light emitting device including a first semiconductor layer including a first type dopant; a second semiconductor layer including the first type dopant on the first semiconductor layer; an active layer on the second semiconductor layer, the active la... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183541 | Inverse treatment planning method The invention relates to a radiation treatment apparatus and an inverse treatment planning method for intensity modulated particle therapy for the treatment of a target within a biological system using at least two fields, each field comprising a plurality of Bragg ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183540 | Droplet deformation A technique for shaping droplets is disclosed. Multiple optical traps, or at least one variable geometry trap, are used to deform a droplet. The surface tension of the droplet is lowered to be comparable with the force which can be applied using the optical traps, f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183436 | Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183327 | Rubber composition for tire and pneumatic tire The present invention provides: a rubber composition for a tire having favorable productivity, excellent heat aging resistance and abrasion resistance, and excellent fuel economy; and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition contains nei... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183309 | Puncture sealant The present invention provides a tire puncture sealant including a rubber latex and 1,3-propanediol, which has a reduced viscosity at low temperatures, has better injectability at low temperatures, and is also excellent in storage stability, initial sealing performa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183304 | Process for producing solid polyelectrolyte film by graft-polymerizing polymerizable monomer with fluororesin film, solid polyelectrolyte film obtainable by the process, and fuel cell A high-performance solid polyelectrolyte film is provided which is produced by the radiation-induced graft polymerization method without causing solution gelation and which is excellent in mechanical strength, chemical stability, and dimensional stability and reduce... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183299 | Method for producing ceramic nanoparticles The invention provides a method for producing ceramic nanoparticles, which comprises hydrolyzing a ceramic material in a thin film fluid formed between processing surfaces arranged to be opposite to each other so as to be able to approach to and separate from each o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183264 | Pyridine derivative substituted by heteroaryl ring, and antifungal agent comprising the same The present invention provides an antifungal agent that has excellent antifungal action, and is also excellent in terms of its properties, safety, and metabolic stability. The present invention discloses a compound represented by the following formula I or a salt th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183247 | Boron compounds useful in BNCT The present invention relates to novel boron comprising compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to the therapeutic use of said compounds, and to a process for preparation of said compounds. The compounds are useful in boron neutron captu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183243 | Melanocortin receptor agonists The present invention relates to a compound having a good agonistic activity to melanocortin receptor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, and an agonistic composition for melanocortin receptor comprising the same as an active ingredient. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183223 | Method for detecting carcinoma and agent for suppressing carcinoma The present invention is directed to methods for suppressing the growth of oral squamous-cell carcinoma cells. The methods include introducing at least one gene selected from miR-137 or miR-193a into oral squamous-cell carcinoma cells. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183122 | Semiconductor device including semiconductor thin film, which is subjected to heat treatment to have alignment mark, crystallizing method for the semiconductor thin film, and crystallizing apparatus for the semiconductor thin film Exact alignment of a recrystallized region, which is to be formed in an amorphous or polycrystalline film, is facilitated. An alignment mark is formed, which is usable in a step of forming an electronic device, such as a thin-film transistor, in the recrystallized r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183070 | Array substrate for liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: forming an initial photoresist (PR) pattern on a metallic material layer; etching the metallic material layer using the initial PR pattern as an etching mask to form the data li... | 05/22/2012 |
