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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174768 | Optical arrangement for tracking detector A system and method of reducing turbulence sensitivity in a laser spot detector. Embodiments may include using beam splitters, reflectors, and beam deviators. The reflectors may be trihedral reflectors and the beam deviators may be segmented wedge plates having pred... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171397 | Data-type definition driven dynamic business component instantiation and execution framework and system and method for managing knowledge information In a complex workflow environment, a data-type-definition (DTD) schema drives a dynamic business component instantiation and execution framework that integrates documents with data and information created by various applications, potentially operating on several dif... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160382 | Method of object recognition in image data using combined edge magnitude and edge direction analysis techniques Methods for detecting areas of interest in an image using combined edge magnitude and edge direction analysis techniques are presented. One embodiment features using thermal imaging data to detect hotspots in maritime settings that may be potential targets for track... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155318 | Quantum cryptography communication system In a system carrying out cryptography communication using a quantum, it is aimed to correctly verify a quantum state received at the commit phase according to the quantum bit string commitment system, even if not maintaining the quantum state until the open phase bu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151942 | Configurable communication system for a building The present invention deals with a method and system for producing services in the communication system of a building. In the method of the invention, the communication system includes at least one terminal device applicable for local-area communication, at least on... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150198 | Image processing apparatus and method and image display apparatus An image processing apparatus receives n-bit image data, carries out an α-bit bit extension, and outputs (n+α)-bit image data, where n and α are positive integers. The apparatus also performs an epsilon filtering operation that uses the additional gray levels pro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130380 | Spectrometer and interferometric method The invention relates to a spectrometer, a spectrometric method and detector, and a new use of an interferometer. The spectrometer comprises a Fabry-Perot interferometer (120), to which light can be guided from the object (100) being investigated, in o... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125869 | Optical recording method and optical recording device To adjust the parameters of a write strategy for recording data on an optical recording medium, the jitter value of a reproduced signal obtained from recorded data is detected. If the jitter value exceeds a prescribed threshold, a write strategy parameter having a c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112780 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has two systems as a receiving system: a first receiving demodulation section including a first tuner 2 and the like; and a second receiving demodulation section including a second tuner 5 and the like. A control... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111826 | Apparatus for generating elliptic curve cryptographic parameter, apparatus for processing elliptic curve cryptograph, program for generating elliptic curve cryptographic parameter, and program for processing elliptic cyptograph A prime number generation unit 110 generates an integer r having a form suitable for fast elliptic curve pairing computation, by using a processing device (S302 to S303). The prime number generation unit 110 judges whether the integer r i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106908 | Image generating apparatus and method, and image display apparatus and method To solve the problem that when a space with a set width is inserted after each character to regularize the spaces between characters the overall character spacing is widened, making text less easy to read, there are provided a character control code storage unit ( | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096387 | Fail-safe power control apparatus with controllable change-over switches A fail-safe power control apparatus for supplying power between an energy source and the motor of a transport system. The power control apparatus includes a power supply circuit, which has at least one converter containing controllable change-over switches, and the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089932 | Handover method in a wireless access network When a mobile device performs a handover from a first wireless base station to a second wireless base station, a base station controller sends a control message addressed to the second base station to notify the handover, to the first wireless base station via a wir... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084394 | Method for the control of harmful micro-organisms and insects in crop protection with means of dipole-electrical air-jet spray-technology, ozonated water and UV-C irradiation The invention relates to a plant protection method using ozonized water and UV-C light, applying dipole electric air jet spray technology and wetting agents. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084098 | Coating method of building board A coating method of building board having convexoconcave in surface comprises the first process that coating is supplied and stocked in a tank installed above on a transportation line which transports the building board with making surface of the building board into... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079072 | Null-packet transmission from inside a firewall to open a communication window for an outside transmitter A high-bandwidth direct communication path between two clients is used for voice or video calls over the Internet. An opening or a window in a firewall is made for the direct path by sending a null packet out from inside the firewall. The null packet can be a UDP pa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049939 | Method, apparatus and computer program for generating transfer functions to be used in a printiing system A method of generating transfer functions to be applied to the input data of an image to be printed by a printing apparatus using a group of colorants, each colorant being assigned to the rendering of a distinct color channel, includes determining a maximum total ar... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048468 | Glyceride oil composition from fish oil and preparation method thereof Provided are a glyceride oil composition derived from a fish oil and a preparation method thereof. The composition includes docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) with a content of 45 to 95% by weight and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) with a conten... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040957 | Adaptive filtering based upon boundary strength Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030478 | Method for nucleic acid replication and novel artificial base pairs The present invention relates to a method for nucleic acid replication and novel artificial base pairs. The method of the present invention for nucleic acid replication is characterized in that a deoxyribonucleoside 5′-triphosphate, in which the hydroxyl gr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027103 | Lens assembly and method of disposing optical member in ceramic lens frame A lens assembly has: optical members including lenses and spacing rings; and a ceramic lens frame into which the optical members are inserted. A solid lubricant is applied to at least one of a part of the inner peripheral surface of the ceramic lens frame, which par... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024017 | Slidable mobile terminal having a slide module A slidable mobile terminal including a first body having a first surface and a second surface, a second body having a first surface and a second surface, the first body being movable with respect to the second body between a closed position where the first body subs... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7989835 | Light emitting diode package including metal lines having gap therebetween Provided is an LED package. It is easy to control luminance according to the luminance and an angle applicable. Since heat is efficiently emitted, the LED package is easily applicable to a high luminance LED. The manufacturing process is convenient and the cost is r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989590 | Peptides that increase collagen or hyaluronic acid production The present invention relates to a novel peptide having a specified amino acid sequence or its derivative, or a salt thereof. Further, the present invention relates to a composition containing the novel peptide or the like, a method of utilizing the novel peptide or... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985504 | Lithium secondary battery of improved low-temperature power property Provided is a lithium secondary battery which has excellent low-temperature power output characteristics by the inclusion of a given amount of a lithium metal oxide and/or a lithium metal sulfide in an anode mix for a lithium secondary battery containing a carbon-ba... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7965282 | Operation device for vehicle An operation device for a vehicle is provided that enables switching over of a plurality of operation menu display screens and switching over of a plurality of function display screens for in-vehicle equipment displayed on a monitor by tilting of an operating knob (... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958875 | Internal combustion engine with breather system An internal combustion engine including a valve system and a breather system. The valve system includes a camshaft having intake cams and exhaust cams. The intake cams open and close intake valves, and the exhaust cams open and close exhaust valves. The breather sys... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958867 | Accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for motorcycle To provide an accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for a motorcycle that can prevent an increased vehicle-width without change of operational feeling of a throttle. An accelerator position sensor is connected to a throttle grip via a pair of throttle ca... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950367 | Accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for motorcycle To provide an accelerator position sensor arrangement structure for a motorcycle that can prevent an increased vehicle-width without change of operational feeling of a throttle. An accelerator position sensor is connected to a throttle grip via a pair of throttle ca... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950153 | Method of manufacturing a steering rack A method of manufacturing a steering rack for a vehicle rack and pinion steering system. The rack comprises gear teeth and a shank that has a constant outside diameter and constant wall thickness over the majority of its length. The method comprises performing a for... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946374 | Vehicle A rear wheel drive mechanism acting as a drive force transmission mechanism provided in a vehicle is provided with a spline section provided on an outer periphery of one end of a first drive shaft acting as an output shaft, a spline hole provided on an inner periphe... | 05/24/2011 |
| RE42399 | Method of converting audio data for a portable device and reproducing the converted audio data A method of converting audio data encrypted for anti-piracy and copyright protection to a suitable format so that the data can be played in a portable device. A computer first decrypts the encrypted audio data and inserts information for setting equalizer, then encr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939004 | Pressing bag and its production method, and method for producing composite body using such pressing bag A pressing bag comprising silicone rubber sheets and uncured silicone members for covering a prepreg placed on a molding die to cure the prepreg in an evacuated state, the pressing bag being integrally molded in a shape in agreement with the molding die. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935976 | Package of light emitting diode and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a package of a light emitting diode. The package includes a metal plate, a light-emitting diode chip, an insulating layer, a lead frame, a reflective coating layer, and a molding material. The light-emitting diode chip is surface-mounted on the metal pla... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7915631 | Light emitting device and display A light emitting device containing a semiconductor light emitting component and a phosphor, the phosphor is capable of absorbing a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emitting light of a wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, is ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914384 | Amusement device An amusement device has an elongated track along which one or more amusement device seat assemblies adapted to carry the one or more passengers are moveable. Each seat assembly has a seat with a seating surface and a back support with a back support surface. The sea... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911443 | Driving-control device and method of backlight module A driving-control device of a backlight module receives a first digital burst signal and includes a start signal generating unit, a counter unit, a memory unit, a comparator unit and a driving unit. The start signal generating, unit generates a digital start signal ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903953 | Image recording and reproducing apparatus and method An image recording and reproducing apparatus and method are provided, in which a current broadcasting and a previous broadcasting with respect to one image content can be viewed at the same time using multi-decoding. One embodiment of the apparatus includes mode set... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901786 | Method for manufacturing ultra-hydrophilic thin film coated metal product, and ultra-hydrophilic thin film coated metal product A method for manufacturing an ultra-hydrophilic thin film coated metal product having excellent hydrophilic properties, aging properties and corrosion resistance in an industrial scale production wherein the thin film includes an HMDSO anticorrosive thin film select... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901466 | Method for preparing a suspension containing phosphate The invention relates to a method for preparing a suspension containing phosphate stepwise directly from raw materials, from phosphoric acid of fertilizer quality, a base and organic additives. In accordance with the method, the phosphoric acid is preneutralised wit... | 03/08/2011 |
