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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941768 | Photolithographic process simulation in integrated circuit design and manufacturing A method, system, and related computer program products for computer simulation of a photolithographic process is described. In one embodiment, a method for designing an integrated circuit is provided. The geometrical design intent and process condition values are r... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940966 | Full-field breast image data processing and archiving A system, computer program product, and related methods are described for obtaining, processing, and/or and archiving full-field breast image data, such as full-field breast ultrasound (FFBU) data, in a manner that promotes ready integration with current x-ray mammo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7921387 | Computational efficiency in photolithographic process simulation Photolithographic process simulation is described in which fast computation of resultant intensity for a large number of process variations and/or target depths (var,zt) is achieved by computation of a set of partial intensity functions independent of (va... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921383 | Photolithographic process simulation including efficient result computation for multiple process variation values A method, system, and related computer program products and computer-readable numerical arrays for computer simulation of a photolithographic process is described. In one preferred embodiment, simulation of a photolithographic process is provided in which a computat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7895812 | Machine for raising planar articles A machine for raising planar articles (2), preferably made of cardboard, corrugated cardboard or plastics, in order to manufacture box-shaped or crate-shaped packaging. The machine comprises at least one main conveyor (16) for advancing the planar arti... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7849105 | Desktop, stream-based, information management system A stream-based document storage and retrieval system accepts documents that are in diverse formats and come from diverse application, automatically creates document model objects describing these documents in a consistent format and associating time stamps with the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7864334 | Interferometric defect detection Methods and systems for using common-path interferometry are described. In some embodiments, a common-path interferometry system for the detection of defects in a sample is described. An illumination source generates and directs coherent light toward the sample. An ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7831296 | X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis A method and system for producing tomosynthetic images of a patient's breast. An x-ray source that delivers x-rays through a breast immobilized and compressed between a compression paddle and a breast platform and form an image at a digital x-ray receptor panel. Mul... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828733 | Coronal and axial thick-slice ultrasound images derived from ultrasonic scans of a chestwardly-compressed breast Displaying breast ultrasound information on an interactive user interface is described, the user interface being useful in adjunctive ultrasound mammography environments and/or ultrasound-only mammography environments. Bilateral comparison is facilitated by a pairwi... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7788628 | Computational efficiency in photolithographic process simulation Photolithographic process simulation is described in which fast computation of resultant intensity for a large number of process variations and/or target depths (var,zt) is achieved by computation of a set of partial intensity functions independent of (va... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7760853 | Full field mammography with tissue exposure control, tomosynthesis, and dynamic field of view processing A mammography system using a tissue exposure control relying on estimates of the thickness of the compressed and immobilized breast and of breast density to automatically derive one or more technic factors. The system further uses a tomosynthesis arrangement that ma... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7731662 | Compressive surfaces for ultrasonic scanning and associated method An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a taut fabric sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the taut fabric sheet and ultras... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7712318 | Cooling apparatus, cooling method, program, computer readable information recording medium and electronic apparatus A cooling apparatus of supplying driving power to a cooling element from a power supply unit, to drive it, includes a driving power changing part changing a power value of the driving power supplied to said cooling element from the power supply unit, by a predetermi... | 05/11/2010 |
| RE41310 | Methods for growing semiconductors and devices thereof the alloy semiconductor gainnas A method is disclosed for growing a nitrogen-containing III-V alloy semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate such as GaAs, which is formed by MOCVD method using nitrogen containing organic compounds having relatively low dissociation temperatures. The alloy semico... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7688047 | Power circuit and method of rising output voltage of power circuit The power circuit includes a switching regulator part, a series regulator part and a control circuit part for controlling operation of the switching regulator and controlling the second predetermined voltage of the series regulator part. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684847 | Magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus When performing imaging in synchronization with a biological movement of an examinee by using a pulse sequence applying a pre-saturation pulse, it is possible to reduce irregularities of echo signal intensity and artifact on the image generated by the irregularities... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684539 | X-ray tomograph A tomograph which determines projection data phase range capable of back projection for each reconfigured voxel with an arbitrary value larger than π so that the absolute values of cone angles at the ends of this phase range is minimized, calculates an approximate ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684309 | Multi-purpose high-density optical disc An optical recording medium includes a first half-disc and a second half-disc. The first half-disc includes a substrate and an information layer (including a reflective layer) formed on a first side of the substrate. The second half-disc is bonded by an adhesive to ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684163 | Abnormal connection detecting circuit and driving device including the same A device for detecting an abnormal connection status of a load connected between a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal is disclosed. An abnormal connection detecting circuit includes a first transistor configured to receive a predetermined fir... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682844 | Silicon substrate processing method for observing defects in semiconductor devices and defect-detecting method A silicon substrate processing method for reducing the thickness of an area of a silicon substrate on which a metal layer is formed to implement a semiconductor integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes: (A) a process which evenly reduces the thickness of... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682016 | Stably operable image-forming apparatus with improved paper conveying and ejecting mechanism An image-forming apparatus includes an endless conveyor belt, a counter roller, and a clutch part. The endless conveyor belt is rotatable to convey paper with a surface of the conveyor belt being charged. The counter roller holds the paper between the conveyor belt ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679333 | Delay time generation circuit, semiconductor device for protecting secondary batteries using delay time generation circuit, battery pack, and electronic device A delay time generation circuit is disclosed that includes a counter circuit composed of plural cascade-connected flip-flop circuits for counting a pulse number of an input clock signal and uses as a delay time signal an inverse signal of an output of the last stage... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675951 | Threshold voltage difference allowable semiconductor laser driving apparatus A semiconductor laser driving apparatus controls a semiconductor laser to output a prescribed intensity of laser light. The semiconductor laser driving apparatus includes at least two semiconductor laser driving circuits each outputting a prescribed amount of curren... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673984 | Image forming apparatus having a removable output unit An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that discharges droplets of recording liquid to form an image on a recording medium, a body including the image forming section, and a conveyor section that conveys the recording medium having thereon the ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673980 | Ink-jet recording apparatus, ink-jet copier and recording medium A containing member contains a recording medium which has a base member and granular material coated on both sides of the base member, and roughness of the surfaces of the coated granular material is smaller than the roughness of the base member. A printing unit inc... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673869 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method, and program An image forming apparatus includes a sheet mounting part for mounting plural sheets thereon, a sheet feeding part having a sheet feeding roller for feeding one of the plural sheets mounted on the sheet mounting part to a sheet conveying path by rotating the sheet f... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672172 | Memory configuration of a composite memory device The present invention is related to a composite flash memory device comprises a plural sector flash memory array which is divided to plural sector that is a minimum erasing unit of the flash memory device, a flash memory array storing control commands which control ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671679 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and amplifier for suppressing pop sound while minimizing voltage transition settling time A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a capacitor element which defines a prescribed decay time constant with one or more resistors, an MOS transistor connected to the capacitor element via its gate, and a constant current generating element which generates a ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665830 | Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and image forming device A liquid discharge head comprises a base member, a plurality of nozzles which discharge drops of a liquid, a plurality of liquid chambers which communicate with the plurality of nozzles respectively, and a plurality of piezoelectric elements generating a pressure to... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663406 | Output circuit An output circuit including an input terminal; an output terminal; a PMOS transistor connected with a positive side of a power voltage and the output terminal; a NMOS transistor connected with a negative side of the power supply voltage and the output terminal; a fi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660016 | Image-processing apparatus, an image-forming apparatus, and a program An image-processing apparatus for quantizing multi-level (M-level) image data into N-level values, where M>N>1, using a multi-level error-diffusion process or a minimum-average multi-level error method is disclosed. The image-processing apparatus includes: me... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660009 | Communication apparatus, transmission program, computer readable medium storing a transmission program, transmission method and communication system for reliably transmitting image data A communication apparatus includes receiving means for receiving image data and accompanying communication information, primary storage means for temporarily storing them, secondary storage means having a greater storage capacity than the primary storage means, forw... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659908 | Image processing circuit, combined image processing circuit, and image forming apparatus An image processing circuit comprising a plurality of line buffers is provided. Each line buffer stores pixel data of a plurality of pixels as line data, the plurality of pixels configuring a single image line of an image. A first image processing part performs a fi... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659706 | Current detector circuit and current-mode DC-DC converter using same A current detector circuit for detecting a load current flowing through a load includes a first series circuit having a first element and the load connected in series, a second series circuit having a second element and a resistor connected in series, the second ele... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658979 | Liquid crystal alignment film composition, liquid crystal device and display apparatus To provide a liquid crystal alignment film composition including at least one type of triphenylene compound (I) represented by the following general formula (1): wherein L represents —O— or —S—, R1, R | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658477 | Liquid ejecting head, imaging forming apparatus, device for ejecting a liquid drop, and recording method A liquid ejecting head comprising a nozzle configured to eject a liquid drop of recording liquid, a liquid chamber communicating to the nozzle, and an energy generating device configured to generate energy for pressurizing recording liquid in the liquid chamber is p... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657753 | Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing system, authentication method and computer-readable storage medium An image forming apparatus includes an input part to input authentication information for authenticating a predetermined operation with respect to a registered printing job, an input part to input log-in authentication information for authenticating the predetermine... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654634 | Image forming method and apparatus with interlocking inkjet printing operations An image forming apparatus that has a carriage with a recording head having a nozzle for ejecting an ink includes a capping member configured to cover the nozzle of the recording head, a locking member configured to lock the carriage at a predetermined position, and... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654392 | Carrier tape containing good therein, and container using the carrier tape A carrier tape including a main body and plural pockets arranged on the main body and configured to contain goods therein is described. The pockets have depths greater than the thickness of the main body, and are arranged at equal intervals in a longitudinal directi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653811 | Selecting a repository satisfying a security level of data A device, apparatus, system, computer program and product, each capable of selecting a storage repository for storing data from a plurality of repositories, by applying a repository rule indicating which of the plurality of repositories can satisfy a security level ... | 01/26/2010 |
