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| 7848852 | Air conditioner An indoor unit includes an indoor side transmitting and receiving section, a relay which is put in a closed state in a standby state, and an indoor control section which controls the relay on the basis of an output of the indoor side transmitting and receiving secti... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7835263 | Interleaver, deinterleaver, communication device, and method for interleaving deinterleaving A communication device carries out communication using N number of communication channels, where N is an integer not less than 2. The communication device includes interleavers that shuffle a data series, which is meant to be transmitted over the N number of communi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7779785 | Production method for semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device comprising a first step of supplying a first reactant to a substrate to cause a ligand-exchange reaction between a ligand of the first reactant and a ligand as a reactive site existing on a surface of the sub... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773485 | Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical dis... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771194 | Gas preheater for chemical vapor processing furnace having circuitous passages A gas preheater (10) includes an entrance plate (12) having a first side (14), a second side (16), at least one opening (18) connecting the first side (14) and the second side (16), and a plurality of walls (19... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768401 | Place-status management system, radio tag reader, and managing apparatus A radio tag is arranged in each of a plurality of radio tag areas. The radio tag areas can be parking lots. A radio tag reader is configured to perform radio communications with the radio tags. The radio tag reader performs radio communications with each radio tag a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756339 | Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object in an image A method representing an object appearing in still or video image for use in searching, wherein the object appears in the image with a first two-dimensional outline, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a view descriptor of the first ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753994 | Discharge device and air purifier In a discharge device for performing streamer discharge between a discharge electrode (41) including a plurality of discharge parts (61) and a counter electrode (42) including a plurality of counter parts (62) confronting the discharge pa... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752864 | Refrigeration apparatus A refrigeration apparatus (1) is provided with a refrigerant circuit (1E) along which are connected a compressor (2), an outdoor heat exchanger (4), an expansion mechanism, an indoor heat exchanger (41) for providing room air condi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751591 | Dominant motion analysis A method of representing a 2-dimensional image comprises deriving at least one 1-dimensional representation of the image by projecting the image onto at least one axis, and applying a Fourier transform to said 1-dimensional representation. The representation can be ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747157 | Target-image position detecting apparatus, method and program for controlling said apparatus A face-image area is decided with comparatively good accuracy. An (N−1)th frame of a subject image α1 and an Nth frame of a subject image α2 are obtained by sensing the image of a subject successively. Face-image detection processing is applied to ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742610 | Automobile audiovisual system A control signal is generated by an operating means for being operated by a driver. In response to this control signal, an input signal to rear-seat headphones is temporarily attenuated or is replaced by another given signal or a transmission signal from the driver.... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726759 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus comprises: a liquid ejection head which has a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure generating elements corresponding to the nozzles, and applies a drive signal to the pressure generating elements so as to eject recording liqui... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720149 | Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, image communications system and coded bit stream converting apparatus An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a c... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715115 | Lens device A lens device comprises: an image-formation optical system that converges an incident luminous flux at an imaging element, to form an image; a diaphragm mechanism provided in the image-formation optical system; and a filter section that is provided on a subject side... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684616 | Method and apparatus for representing a group of images A method of representing a group of images comprises determining the values of one or more dominant colors for the group of images and deriving a dominant color representation expressing the group of images in terms of one or more of said dominant color values. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679729 | Light wave radar apparatus A light wave radar apparatus includes a frequency deviation detecting unit 12 for detecting a frequency deviation fchirp of a light signal, and a weighted average processing unit 13 for determining a systematic error ΔVoffset fro... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677709 | Liquid ejection head and image forming apparatus The liquid ejection head comprises: a nozzle through which liquid is ejected; a pressure chamber which is connected to the nozzle; a diaphragm which pressurizes the pressure chamber; and a laminated piezoelectric element which causes the diaphragm to deform and is f... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671707 | Bandstop filter having a main line and ¼ wavelength resonators in proximity thereto A bandstop filter where variation in characteristics is suppressed to minimum and which realizes an increased production yield. The physical length of a line joint portion between a main line and an oscillator can be enlarged by providing an impedance non-continuous... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670388 | Fiber-treating composition Disclosed is a fiber-treating agent composition comprising an oil-in-water emulsion wherein composition (A) comprising the following component (b) is emulsified with the following component (a): a polymer compound of a polysaccharide derivative, and component (b): a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7630558 | Direction-sensitive line detection operator for image data A method of detecting lines in an image comprises using one or more masks for detecting lines in one or more directions out of horizontal, vertical, left diagonal and right diagonal, and further comprises one or more additional masks for detecting lines in one or mo... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624583 | Freezer device A refrigeration system comprises a refrigerant circuit (10) in which a compressor (21), an outdoor heat exchanger (24) and an indoor heat exchanger (33) are connected to operate on a refrigeration cycle, and an oil recovery container (... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7605059 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises: a MOS transistor including: a semiconductor substrate; a source region, formed in the semiconductor substrate, that comprises an impurity of a first conductive type; a drain region, formed in the semiconductor substrate, that compri... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594709 | Inkjet recording apparatus and discharge defect determination method The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: a plurality of full-line recording heads provided for a plurality of ink colors, each of the plurality of full-line recording heads having one or more rows of nozzles in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink are a... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7505628 | Method and device for processing and for searching for an object by signals corresponding to images A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving the peak values in CSS space for the object outline and applying a non-linear transformation to said peak values to arrive at... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7483594 | Method, apparatus, computer program, computer system, and computer-readable storage medium for representing and searching for an object in an image A method of representing an object appearing in a still or video image, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a plurality of numerical values associated with features appearing on the outline of an object starting from an arbitrary poi... | 01/27/2009 |
| D559719 | Burglar alarm | 01/15/2008 |
| 7261573 | Latch structure and electronic apparatus A hook-linked latch structure is for latching a first shell body and a second shell body. A first opening and a second opening are disposed on the first shell body. The latch structure includes a latch, at least one first hook and a second hook. The latch having a f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246564 | Differential feeding mechanism of the front and rear translation gears of a transverse shuttle-type sewing machine A differential feeding mechanism of the front and rear translation gears of a transverse shuttle-type sewing machine can adjust the fabric feeding speeds of the front and rear translation gears. A main shaft coupled to the power source of the sewing machine is used ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7215285 | Bi-frequency symmetrical patch antenna A bi-frequency symmetrical patch antenna includes two bi-frequency symmetrical radiation units, each having a first band radiation section and two second band radiation sections, to radiate a feed-in signal in a selected direction. Further, the antenna has a power d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209222 | Laser radar apparatus A laser radar apparatus includes a mixer 12 for converting the frequency of an electric signal outputted from a photodetector 11 into a baseband frequency by using a modulating signal generated by an oscillator 2. The laser radar apparatus carri... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188663 | Radiating module and the manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a radiating module consisting of a plurality of radiating fins, at least one heat-transfer tube, and a seat includes the steps of forming through holes on the radiating fins, extending the heat-transfer tube through the through holes on th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186226 | Process for making a massage device departing from an electric toothbrush There is provided a process for making a massage device comprising taking the body and motor of an electric toothbrush and a brush head therefor; and adapting the bristle head of said brush head to produce a massage head that is substantially smooth and devoid of br... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180166 | Stacked multi-chip package A stacked multi-chip package comprising a substrate, a first chip, a lead frame, and a second chip is provided. The first chip is placed on and electrically connected with the substrate. The lead frame is placed on the substrate and forming a space therebeneath to a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161417 | Loop filter and method for generating stable control voltage of the same A loop filter and a method for adjusting its compensating current to make a control voltage of the loop filter more stable. The loop filter includes a charge/discharge path for receiving a control current and constituted by a first resister and a capacitor, a second... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7053004 | Decreasing the residue of a silicon dioxide layer after trench etching A semiconductor device is formed using a BARC (bottom antireflective coating) that minimizes the formation of fences around the via holes. The BARC is formed from an organic antireflective layer over an inorganic antireflective layer. The organic antireflective laye... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041960 | Bond separation inspection method using compressive thermal strain in optical sensor part A bond separation inspection method using an optical fiber sensor. The method includes a step of embedding a sensor part of an optical fiber sensor in an adhesive joining a plurality of members together. The sensor part is embedded in the adhesive in such a way that... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021135 | Thermal mass flow sensor A thermal mass flow sensor is disclosed that includes a housing (16) having a first sensor region and a second sensor region, a first thin film temperature sensor (39) formed at the first sensor region and a second thin film temperature sensor (58 | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997689 | Offset bearing for extended fuel pump life A bearing assembly (20) for a pump (12), e.g., an internal or external gear pump includes a journal bearing block (20) having a length, a width, and an axial centerline (CL′) passing through a center of the journal bearing block (20) wi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6973255 | Recording device, video output device, video display/record system and signal processing method for video display/record system In a recording device (1), a switching portion (19) is supplied with an ID signal from an identification signal generating portion (21) in a video display device (2) through a connector output portion (8). The switching portion ( | 12/06/2005 |
