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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6922189 | Image-signal driving circuit eliminating the need to change order of inputting image data to source driver An image-signal driving circuit inputs serial sequences of image data DA, DB, and DC for key or primary colors, converts the image data into parallel data for displaying one line on a display, and supplies the parallel data to the display. The image-signal driving c... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922054 | Steady state free precession magnetic resonance imaging using phase detection of material separation Magnetic resonance imaging of a body uses steady state free precession with material separation for the selective imaging of two species, such as blood or fat. The refocusing property of SSFP is used with signal phase detection to suppress either water or lipid. Pha... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920684 | Assembling method for producing a magnetic sensor with high output accuracy The fixed layers of all magnetoresistive elements that are formed on the same substrate are magnetized in the same direction. Chips including magnetoresistive elements are cut out individually from the substrate. A magnetic sensor is assembled by combining cut-out c... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920267 | Optical coupling device and manufacturing method thereof When a guide groove for a lens is formed in a single crystal silicon substrate, a rectangular parallelepiped opening is formed having a width smaller than a desired width of the guide groove and is then processed by wet etching using a KOH solution. Two {111} planes... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919919 | Light calibration device for use in low level light imaging systems The invention describes systems and methods for calibrating a low-level light imaging system. Techniques described herein employ a light calibration device that is placed within a low level light imaging box to calibrate the system and its constituent components suc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918539 | Method of and device for reading optical data code A two-dimensional code reader repeats a cycle of ordinary code-reading processes such as taking an image of an optical data code, extracting a two-dimensional code from the image and decoding optical data of the two-dimensional code in the image. A specified evaluat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920635 | Method and apparatus for concurrent propagation of data between software modules Improved techniques for managing propagation of data through software modules used by computer systems are disclosed. The improved techniques allow a plurality of threads running on different processors to propagate data between software modules by providing concurr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920532 | Cache coherence directory eviction mechanisms for modified copies of memory lines in multiprocessor systems Cache coherence directory eviction mechanisms are described for use in computer systems having a plurality of multiprocessor clusters. Interaction among the clusters is facilitated by a cache coherence controller in each cluster. A cache coherence directory is assoc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916121 | Optical sub-assembly for optoelectronic modules Concepts for conveniently arranging devices for the transduction of signals to and from voltage and current domains to infrared radiation domains is described. Specifically, optoelectronic components and methods of making the same are described. In one aspect, the o... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916746 | Method for plasma etching using periodic modulation of gas chemistry A method for etching a layer over a substrate is provided. A gas-modulated cyclic process is performed for more than three cycles. Each cycle comprises performing a protective layer forming phase using first gas chemistry with a deposition gas chemistry, which is pe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913208 | Liquid atomizer A liquid atomizer includes a main body and an ampoule holder detachably attached to the main body for holding ampoules in an annular formation. The main body has an atomizing part for atomizing the liquid discharged from outlets of the ampoules. The outlet of each o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913492 | Connector device for card into which plural kinds of cards of different shapes can be inserted The present invention is directed to a connector device for card, which can easily take out plural kinds of cards of different shapes mounted in a predetermined mount position. The connector device 1 for card according to the present invention comprises a hou... | 07/05/2005 |
| D506786 | Network device bezel label | 06/28/2005 |
| D506744 | Ear phone and ear phone holder | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911764 | Energy efficient electroactive polymers and electroactive polymer devices The present invention relates to polymers that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polymer, the polymer deflects. This deflection may be used to do mechanical work. Similarly, when a p... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911280 | Chemical protection of a lithium surface Disclosed are compositions and methods for alleviating the problem of reaction of lithium or other alkali or alkaline earth metals with incompatible processing and operating environments by creating a ionically conductive chemical protective layer on the lithium or ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910670 | Suspension rubber bushing of vertical mount type A vertical mount rubber bushing including a rubber elastic body elastically connecting inner and outer sleeve, wherein the rubber elastic body having cross sectional shapes viewed in a first direction of prizing force input where rubber legs are affixed to an axiall... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908369 | Apparatus for and method of smoothing substrate surface An apparatus for smoothing a surface of a rotatably supported substrate includes a base plate, a block having an extending arm structure and being attached to the base plate so as to be movable along the surface of the base plate, a roller attached to a tip portion ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6910205 | Interpreting functions utilizing a hybrid of virtual and native machine instructions Systems and methods for increasing the execution speed of virtual machine instructions for a function are provided. A portion of the virtual machine instructions of the function are compiled into native machine instructions so that the function includes both virtual... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6910209 | Clean thread termination Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for a process of terminating a thread in a clean, certain, and forcible manner. A thread is forcibly terminated in such a manner that data structures in the system are not left in an inconsistent state ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908998 | Method of producing ultraviolet radiation absorbent An ultraviolet radiation absorbent is produced by a method including specified Step A, Step B and Step C. Step A is a process of causing an amidation of anthranilic acid and terephthaloyl dichloride in the presence of a solvent and an alkali to generate N,N′-bis(o... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905840 | Double motor mutant assay for antifungal agents Provided are methods of identifying potential antifungal agents, and particularly those having antimitotic activity. Fungal cells having double mutations which alter microtubule stability and inhibit cell proliferation are used in the methods. Test compounds are scr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906516 | Artifact reduction in SSFP MRI using weighted sum of combined signals Artifact reduction in steady state free precession magnetic resonance imaging uses weighting of acquired image data to emphasize higher signals and then establishing an image signal based on the combined weighted signals. In one embodiment, a SSFP imaging sequence u... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907273 | Method and system for processing overloaded keys of a mobile device Improved approaches are disclosed for processing overloaded keys substantially more in accordance with user's expected behavior. With the improved approaches, users are less likely to undergo unexpected processing in response to overloaded key presses. In one embodi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903747 | Image processing apparatus, print control apparatus, method of image processing, and recording medium The technique of the present invention carries out color conversion of first image data expressed by a first color system into second image data expressed by a second color system. The procedure first collects multiple adjoining pixels of the first image data into o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902156 | Pneumatically operated active vibration damping device Disclosed is a pneumatically operated active vibration damping device including an elastic oscillating plate partially define a pressure receiving chamber formed on one side thereof and an oscillating air chamber formed on the other side thereof, wherein the elastic... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900110 | Chip scale package with compliant leads A wafer level fabricated chip scale integrated circuit package having an air gap formed between the integrated circuit die of the package and compliant leads located over and conductively attached to the die is described. Contact bumps offset on the compliant leads ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900445 | Irradiation apparatus Polymeric article irradiation apparatus comprising a radiation source and a carousel, the carousel including drive means and a plurality of carriers for polymeric articles, each carrier being mounted on the carousel and adapted to rotate about a respective axis, whe... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900501 | Silicon on insulator device with improved heat removal A semiconductor device is fabricated in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate including a supporting silicon substrate, a silicon oxide layer supported by the substrate, and a silicon layer overlying the silicon oxide layer. An electrical component is fabricated in... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900532 | Wafer level chip scale package A wafer level fabricated integrated circuit package having an air gap formed between the integrated circuit die of the package and a flexible circuit film located over and conductively attached to the die though raised interconnects formed on the die is described. T... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6901279 | Imaging apparatus An improved imaging apparatus is disclosed that allows a user to perform numerous imaging operations. The imaging apparatus may include one or more improvements to imaging box design to improve illumination control within the imaging box, such as improved door seal ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6897940 | System for correcting aberrations and distortions in EUV lithography A system for correcting aberration and distortion in EUV lithography places a reticle on a deformable reticle chuck, and a reticle height sensor is used to measure the surface height of the reticle placed on the deformable reticle chuck. An optical system projects E... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895572 | Sensors A sensor system is formed with sensors and a controller which are detachably attached to a network to be connected together. Each sensor stores an interface program for its own and the controller serves to upload these interface programs from the individual sensors ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6895043 | Method and apparatus for measuring quality of upstream signal transmission of a cable modem A media access control (MAC) unit in a CMTS assigns a normal time slot to a cable modem being tested for its upstream transmission quality. An FFT generator or engine operating in conjunction with the CMTS is informed of this normal time slot. A dummy time slot, not... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894630 | Enhanced direct digitizing array arrangement The invention comprises an array of ADCs, associated either with spatially separated signal input devices such as for example antennae, or with a single signal input device and a plurality of filters having a variable phase delay, which provide a digital output whic... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894783 | Overlay alignment mark design A mark comprising at least one set of calibration periodic structures and at least two sets of test periodic structures, both types of which are positioned along an axis. The mark is used to measure the relative position between two layers of a device. Each set of t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894289 | Fluorescence illumination assembly for an imaging apparatus A fluorescence imaging assembly including an imaging apparatus having an enclosure wall defining a view port into a light-tight imaging compartment thereof. A specimen platform is positioned in the imaging compartment having a support surface facing toward the view ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894121 | Cement dispersants comprising graft copolymers Cement dispersants made of graft copolymers of a specified type and/or their salts are produced by using as an intermediate product allyletherester monomers prepared by an esterification reaction of α-allyl-ω-hydroxy-polyoxyalkylene refined so as to have peroxide ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894586 | Radial bulk annular resonator using MEMS technology A MEMS resonator includes an annular resonator body defined by an inner radius and an outer radius, a first electrode positioned within the inner radius and spaced from the resonator body, and a second electrode positioned around the annular resonator body and space... | 05/17/2005 |
