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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184527 | Method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network The present invention relates to a method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network, wherein the two ends of the chain network are equipped with a first switch and a second switch respectively, and a port of the first or second switch used for communicatin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183896 | Resistive frequency mixing apparatus and signal processing method using the same A resistive frequency mixing apparatus includes a first frequency mixer having a source follower FET, and a second frequency mixer having a common source FET. The resistive frequency mixing apparatus perform a frequency mixing of an RF depending on an LO signal to g... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183584 | High efficient phosphor-converted light emitting diode A light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting structure, a filter layer, and a fluorescent conversion layer. The method comprises forming a semiconductor light-e... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182831 | Stable and taste masked pharmaceutical dosage form using porous apatite grains A stable and taste masked pharmaceutical dosage form includes porous apatite grains and a drug entrapped in pores of said grains, wherein said grains have a size of 0.1-1000 μm and said pores of said grains have an opening of 0.5-300 nm. A process for preparing the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182540 | Skull endosseous implant Disclosed is a skull endosseous implant adapted to be implanted in the subject's skull to provide an access channel. A variety of sensor means may be installed in the access channel for monitoring the intracranial status of the subject. The present invention further... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182122 | Rotatable lamp with dual functions of wired remote control and radio remote control A rotatable lamp with dual function of wired remote control and radio remote control comprising a lamp seat, a connecting mechanism, a first driving device, a second driving device, a base seat and a remote control PC board, wherein the lamp seat and the upper part ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181993 | ID card comprising a contoured relief structure, and corresponding production method An identification card of plastic, for example PVC or polyester, is introduced, in which tactile symbols in the form of foamed relief structures are clearly visually perceivable. The symbols are outlined by a contour achieved by discoloration of the plastic. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181658 | Plastic hair clip The present invention provides a plastic hairclip features in enabling to open and close by plastic resilience intrinsically. The plastic hairclip comprises a mount retainer, a lever retainer with a pair of releasing tabs, a hinged pivotal root and a pair of open-ab... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181554 | Eyebrow embroidery machine An eyebrow embroidery machine includes a connecting sleeve, an eyebrow embroidery bushing, an anti-backflow plastic cover, an eyebrow embroidery needle module and a transmission mechanism. At least one circular flange is formed at an end of the eyebrow embroidery bu... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660378 | Puzzle | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181082 | Wireless receiver system and method with automatic gain control A wireless receiver system with automatic gain control, which includes a receiving path, an analog to digital converter, an automatic gain control (AGC) device and a controller. The controller has an adjacent channel interference off mode, an adjacent channel interf... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180652 | Remote healthcare method for measuring physiological parameter and reporting self-perceived health status A remote healthcare method is applied to a healthcare server and includes the steps of receiving detected information from a physiological parameter detecting instrument, reading a patient identification code and a physiological parameter from the detected informati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180307 | Electric device An electric device for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal is provided. The electric device includes an antenna, a first power amplifier, a battery, a second filter and a second power amplifier. The antenna is used for receiving and outputting a RF signal. The f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180180 | Method for magnifying images and videos This invention is a method applicable to an image processing device, which includes the steps of providing a preprocess module for extracting a high-frequency portion of an image inputted into the device, extracting a gradient of the image and decomposing the image ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179496 | Display casing capable of accommodating LCD panel modules of different sizes A display casing includes a front casing, a rear casing and adjusting portions, wherein the front casing is engaged with the rear casing, the rear casing has first positioning portions disposed on its internal side, and each adjusting portion has a support stand cou... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179448 | Auto depth field capturing system and method thereof The invention presents a system and method for obtaining object depth through digital signal processing. The auto depth-field capturing method for a camera includes the steps of a) taking plural images; b) estimating plural epipolar data of the plural images for obt... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179138 | CRT test system A cathode ray tube (CRT) test system for testing a CRT device is disclosed. The CRT test system comprises a connecting device, a power module, a control module, a first test module, and an illumination module. The connecting device detachably and electrically connec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179066 | Method for controlling a load with a predominantly inductive character and a device applying such a method Method for controlling a load with a predominantly inductive character, whereby in order to feed a phase of the above-mentioned load (3), use is made of at least two connected output voltages, derived from one or several power electronic inverters (11,12;3... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178922 | Trench MOSFET with ultra high cell density and manufacture thereof A trench MOSFET structure with ultra high cell density is disclosed, wherein the source regions and the body regions are located in different regions to save the mesa area between every two adjacent gate trenches in the active area. Furthermore, the inventive trench... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178878 | Mother thin film transistor array substrate and thin film transistor array substrate fabricated therefrom A mother thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate includes an insulating substrate, at least two TFT arrays and printed wirings. The TFT array includes TFTs formed on the insulating substrate. The printed wirings are connected to the TFT arrays. The printed wiring... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178383 | Touch-sensing display device and method for manufacturing the same A display device and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch-sensing element, and a liquid crystal. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface thereon. The second s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177989 | Copper conducting wire structure and fabricating method thereof A copper conducting wire structure is for use in the thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The copper conducting wire structure includes at least a buffer layer and a copper layer. A fabricating method of the copper conducting wire structure incl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177882 | Process for recovering metals and metal compounds from mined ore and other metal-bearing raw source materials A method for selectively recovering a metal from mined ore and other metal-bearing raw source materials is disclosed. The method involves mixing with an aqueous medium a metal-bearing ore and/or other raw source material containing a first metal in an insoluble form... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177855 | Prosthetic foot Embodiments of low cost prosthetic feet include a footplate with a connection mechanism embedded within a first foam element having a first stiffness. A second foam element is bonded to the footplate and has a recess in a proximal surface and a stiffness greater tha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177673 | Compact transmission preventing a vehicle from moving backward on a slope A transmission includes a clutch unit having a subsidiary forward clutch part having friction plates coupled to an inner peripheral surface of an axle housing of the clutch unit; a subsidiary coupling coupled to a backward coupling through a one-way bearing; frictio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177640 | Game system Disclosed is a novel game system, comprising a computer device; a game platform to communicate with the computer; and at least one game control module to detect environment data and to transfer the environment data to the game platform. In the present invention, the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177228 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the singling of sheet material The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes. The invention starts out from monitoring the singling of sheet material, in particular of bank notes, by means of a singler having a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176791 | Elastic ceramic body and pressure sensor with an elastic ceramic body An elastic ceramic body and a pressure sensor. The elastic ceramic body comprises: a base body of an elastic ceramic material; and a cover layer, which covers at least one section of a surface of the base body, wherein the cover layer is of a material other than tha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176595 | Saddle bracket for wiper adapter A saddle bracket for wiper adapter comprises a bracket chassis and a linking saddle to be extensively compatible in coupling with various types of articulation adapter in vast range. Wherein, the bracket chassis is a prerequisite component and the linking saddle is ... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659851 | Building units | 05/15/2012 |
| D659505 | Handle | 05/15/2012 |
| D659410 | Display | 05/15/2012 |
| D659407 | Closure tape for disposable absorbent article | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175841 | Colour feedback with single optical sensor A method for controlling an illumination system comprises determining first drive settings for each of a plurality of colored light sources, the first drive settings generating an ON and an OFF time of the light sources; for each of the light sources of a first colo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174636 | Thin film transistor substrate and liquid crystal display having the same comprising a coupling capacitor as a voltage divider between a TFT and a data line An exemplary thin film transistor (TFT) substrate assembly includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines disposed on an inner surface of the substrate, a plurality of data lines disposed insulated with the gate lines. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174537 | System and method for adaptive color space conversion A method and system for adaptive color space conversion includes a color space converter, a brightness adaptive controller and a soft clipper. The color space converter receives a first color space format signal and converts the first color space format signal into ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174509 | Multi-touch positioning method for capacitive touch panel A multi-touch positioning method for a capacitive touch panel includes following steps. A candidate touching position array including a first and a second candidate position groups is generated when the capacitive touch panel is touched by two objects. The first and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174360 | Communication apparatus for setting up a data connection between intelligent devices The invention relates to a communication apparatus for automatically setting up a data connection between two intelligent devices (10, 20, 30). The apparatus comprises a coil (13, 23, 33) for carrying out a contactless data exchange which is part of a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174312 | Apparatus and method for signal processing of voltage signals from electrodes of a magneto-inductive, flow measuring device Signal processing circuit for voltage signals from electrodes of a magneto-inductive, flow measuring device, wherein two measuring electrodes are connected with a fully differentially working amplifier having two inputs and two outputs. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174004 | Organic thin film transistor, method of fabricating the same, and gate insulating layer used in the same An organic thin film transistor is disclosed, which comprises an azole-metal complex compound used as the gate insulating layer. The method of making the self-assembled gate insulating layer is a water-based processing method that enables the azole-metal complex com... | 05/08/2012 |
