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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7679641 | Vertical surround parallax correction Three general designs for reducing parallax in a moving picture are disclosed. One design comprises stretching graphics content near the left and right frame edges of stereo pair elements in order to modify parallax settings. A second design comprises identifying a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678991 | Rigid integrated photovoltaic roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are rigid solar powered photovoltaic (PV) integrated roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing such a membrane. The disclosed membrane and methods beneficially provide solar power to structures in either off-grid or on-grid connections. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678990 | Flexible integrated photovoltaic roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are flexible, solar powered photovoltaic (PV) integrated roofing membrane and related methods of manufacturing such a membrane. The disclosed membrane and methods beneficially provide solar power to structures in either off-grid or on-grid connectio... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677605 | Hose-clamp system for an inflatable medical device A hose-clamp system for securing a hose to an air connector that engages an inflation port of a garment for use in pump therapy for enhancing venous and arterial blood flow of a human foot. The system includes a fitting having an internal stem and an external stem, ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676566 | Source reputation information system for filtering electronic messages using a network-connected computer Disclosed herein are filtering systems and methods that employ an electronic message source reputation system. The source reputation system maintains a pool of source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, in the form of a Real-Time Threat Identification Networ... | 03/09/2010 |
| D611640 | Light fixture | 03/09/2010 |
| D611639 | Light fixture | 03/09/2010 |
| D611638 | Light fixture | 03/09/2010 |
| D611637 | Light fixture | 03/09/2010 |
| D611636 | Light fixture | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671889 | Autostereoscopic pixel arrangement techniques An autostereoscopic display system wherein an interdigitated stereogram is generated and displayed on an electronic display. The display includes a lenticular screen over the surface of the display which allows the user to observe the stereogram on the display and o... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670004 | Dual ZScreen® projection A system and method for projecting stereoscopic images using a multiple projector arrangement is provided. The design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left and right images and conc... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668951 | Electronic message source reputation information system Disclosed herein are filtering systems and methods that employ an electronic message source reputation system. The source reputation system maintains a pool of source Internet Protocol (IP) address information, in the form of a Real-Time Threat Identification Networ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668026 | Data I/O line control circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit having the same A data I/O line control circuit includes a control unit for outputting a control signal after a predetermined time from an activation of a column select signal, and a switching unit for selectively separating a pair of first sub-middle I/O lines, which is coupled to... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668025 | Input circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus and control method of the same An input circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first frequency control unit which receives a first signal and a second frequency control unit which receives a second signal. The first frequency control unit outputs the first signal to the second fre... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668020 | Data input circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus and data input method using the same A data input circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a plurality of data input sense amplifiers, each of which amplifies input data in response to a data input strobe signal and generates amplified data, and a data selecting block that selectively outpu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667330 | Semiconductor device for preventing inflow of high current from an input/output pad and a circuit for preventing inflow of high current thereof A semiconductor device includes an input/output pad, an input line of an internal circuit, and a plurality of metal lines formed on a lower portion of the input/output pad to have a buffer area overlapping with a plane area of the input/output pad, wherein one of an... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661849 | Illuminated apparatus An illuminating device features a light transmitting plate having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having inward depressions. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| D609932 | Massage chair | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659761 | Operation mode setting apparatus, semiconductor integrated circuit including the same, and method of controlling semiconductor integrated circuit An operation mode setting apparatus includes an operation mode setting control unit that discriminates the phase of a reference clock from the phase of a feedback clock and generates a locking suspension signal, and an operation mode setting unit that generates a lo... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657087 | Method and computer-readable medium for detecting flesh-tone pixels This invention provides a method and computer-readable medium for detecting flesh-tone regions in pictures, images, and videos. First, a flesh-tone axis is defined in a color space coordinate system, the flesh-tone axis passing through both the center of a flesh-ton... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656729 | Circuit and method for decoding column addresses in semiconductor memory apparatus A column address decoding circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a predecoder configured to combine a column address and a decoding test signal, thereby outputting a decoding address. A main decoder receives the decoding address, thereby outputting a p... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655970 | Single poly non-volatile memory device with inversion diffusion regions and methods for operating the same A non-volatile memory device comprises a substrate with the dielectric layer formed thereon. A control gate and a floating gate are then formed next to each other on top of the dielectric layer separated by a gap. Accordingly, a non-volatile memory device can be con... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655290 | Carpet tiles To provide carpet tiles that can be installed more easily and quickly the inventive carpet tiles (1) comprise: a support plate (2); a carpet material (3) on said support plate 2; a first mechanical locking element (4) extending alo... | 02/02/2010 |
| D609393 | Light fixture | 02/02/2010 |
| D609390 | Light fixture | 02/02/2010 |
| D609389 | Light fixture | 02/02/2010 |
| D609388 | Light fixture | 02/02/2010 |
| D609045 | Grill | 02/02/2010 |
| 7652674 | On the fly hardware based interdigitation A method of interdigitation for display of an autostereoscopic source image to a screen comprising a plurality of pixels having sub-pixels and sub-pixel components and apparatus for interdigitation is provided. The method comprises generating a texture memory coordi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652514 | Internal clock driver circuit An internal clock signal driver circuit includes a delay block that delays a rising clock signal and a falling clock signal, and outputs a delayed rising clock signal and a delayed falling clock signal, a rising DLL clock signal generating block that receives and co... | 01/26/2010 |
| D608934 | Light fixture | 01/26/2010 |
| D608841 | Wand | 01/26/2010 |
| 7647321 | System and method for filtering electronic messages using business heuristics Disclosed are systems and methods for use in filtering electronic messages using business heuristics. In one aspect, a method includes determining whether the electronic message is associated with a desirable business, and adjusting the likelihood of delivering the ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646651 | Latch structure and bit line sense amplifier structure including the same A latch structure includes a first inverter that includes a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, and a second inverter that includes a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, receives an output signal of the first inverter, and outputs an ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644560 | System and method for providing a regulated atmosphere for packaging perishable goods A new method and system for establishing, and optionally maintaining, a desired atmosphere for perishable or atmosphere-sensitive goods during their storage and/or transportation. In one embodiment, a conveyor is used to move a pallet with goods from station to stat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643361 | Redundancy circuit capable of reducing time for redundancy discrimination A redundancy circuit in a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a comparison signal receiving unit to receive a plurality of comparison signals and a fuse enable signal in parallel, wherein the comparison signals are generated by comparing a plurality of row addre... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643258 | Methods and apparatus for electrostatic discharge protection in a semiconductor circuit An ESD protection circuit is adapted for an integrated circuit with a first power source and a second power source. The ESD protection circuit comprises a first silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and in some embodiments a second silicon controlled rectifier, and a ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7641142 | Multiprocessing apparatus for forming logs of web material A log multiprocessing apparatus winds a web material around a winding core to form a log. Once the log is about to be completed, the web material is severed to form a tail of the log, and a pattern including at least one glue layer is applied on the tail of the log.... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640929 | Barbecue grill cooking chamber with grease control structures The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly comprising a cooking chamber with a cover and a firebox. The cover is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The cover has an inner surface and an internal lip extending from a lower edge reg... | 01/05/2010 |