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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182256 | Sheet or film forming roll, sheet or film casting apparatus, and miniature pattern transferring apparatus By provision of a plurality of rolling rubber rolls 70 each adapted for a sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of a central rotational shaft 20 and a sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of an outer tube 40, an ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182253 | Multi-cylinder rotary compressor and refrigeration cycle equipment A rotary compressor, in which formulas Rc | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181008 | Secure system-on-chip The aim of the present invention is to provide a secure system-on-chip for processing data, this system-on-chip having at least a central processing unit, an input and an output channel, an encryption/decryption engine and a memory. The system-on-chip having real-ti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180727 | Method and apparatus for navigating modeling of a building using nonparametric user input building design data A system and method of navigating modeling of a building, including: receiving nonparametric user input building design data, organizing the nonparametric user input building design data, and globally editing the non-parametric data element in multiple objects withi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180174 | Means for using microstructure of materials surface as a unique identifier A method and apparatus for the visual identification of materials for tracking an object comprises parameter setting, acquisition and identification phases. The parameter setting phase comprises the steps of defining acquisition parameters for the objects. The acqui... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659405 | Substrate with camouflage pattern | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175240 | Tandem access controller within the public switched telephone network In one embodiment, the system includes a processor, referred to herein as a tandem access controller (TAC), coupled to the PSTN, where the TAC allows a subscriber to set-up and make changes to the configuration of his or her phone line or other communications device... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175231 | Toll-free directory assistance with automatic selection of an advertisement from a category The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of service, hear a recorded advertisement. The advertisements are selected... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174218 | Servomotor current control method and servomotor A method of controlling a current by supplying a d-axis current in order to prevent a voltage saturation includes: defining an amount of the d-axis current as Id=|Idmax|·sin θ; continuously comparing a voltage command value with the voltage command value threshold... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171497 | Method for efficient location of corba objects based on an unmarshaled object key in a request Disclosed are methods and threads for responding to a request to perform an operation on a server object as may be provided in software form within an object request broker (ORB) server library or an ORB server. The specified object is identified by a marshaled obje... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167456 | Illumination device with semiconductor light-emitting elements An illumination device includes a base board, an insulator, a conductor, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and a light-transmissive sealing member. The base board includes a surface and projection portions. The projection portion is formed to beco... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165578 | Method and system for improving the spectral efficiency of a data communication link An apparatus for communicating between a mobile device, and a plurality of transceivers. The apparatus includes a first transceiver which transmits to the mobile device on any one of a plurality of channels. The apparatus further includes a second transceiver which ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159391 | Method to secure GNSS based locations in a device having GNSS receiver A method to detect at a GNSS receiver whether the received GNSS signals and navigation messages are the product of an attack. If there is evidence, as provided by the method described here, that the received signals and messages originate from adversarial devices, t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140361 | System and method for integrated travel and expense management The present invention provides a system and method for integrating travel and expense management. The present invention enables an entity to integrate not only data that matches exactly, but also determine the likelihood that data that does not match exactly neverth... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137038 | Machining method, program, machining-program generating program and machining apparatus of press die A machining method of a press die having a pierce cutter and a secondary relief-clearance area recessed inward relative to a profile of the pierce cutter is provided. A plunge cutting tool having a tool body and at least one edge portion provided on an outer circumf... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135825 | Method for loading and managing an application on mobile equipment A method for loading and managing a software application in a mobile equipment intended to receive digital data of mobile television services broadcasted via a unidirectional mobile network comprising system software stored in a memory and at least one security modu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128263 | Light source unit and lighting apparatus having light-emitting diodes for light source A light source unit is provided with a substrate and segments of a reflector. The substrate has a plurality of light-emitting devices mounted on its central and peripheral portions. The segments correspond to the light-emitting devices, individually. The segment cor... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126221 | Interactive device and method for transmitting commands from a user According to the present invention, it is provided an interactive device comprising a display, a camera, an image analyzing means, said interactive device comprising means to acquire an image with the camera, the analyzing means detecting at least a human face on th... | 02/28/2012 |
| D655040 | Infrared radiation dryer | 02/28/2012 |
| D655039 | Infrared radiation dryer | 02/28/2012 |
| D654965 | Scooter | 02/28/2012 |
| D654964 | Scooter | 02/28/2012 |
| D654963 | Scooter | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117174 | Database system providing high performance database versioning A database system providing high performance database versioning is described. In a database system employing a transaction log, a method for restoring databases to a consistent version including creating a cache view of a shared cache and performing undo or redo op... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115621 | Device for tracking the movement of individuals or objects A tracking device for tracking an individual or object includes a housing configured to house components for tracking an individual or object. The housing has a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are configured to be joined together to form a w... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112904 | Drum-type washer/dryer A drum-type washer/dryer having an evaporator for performing dehumidification by cooling air drawn from the inner space of a drum and also having condenser for heating the air dehumidified by the evaporator, wherein the air heated by the condenser is made to sequent... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112173 | Position ensuring system for oblique machining in five-axis machine tool A position ensuring system includes an A-axis calibration system which measures a displacement angle, which is an error between a target value and a measured value of the pivot angle of the spindle head about the A-axis, and corrects the pivot angle about the A-axis... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110950 | Coreless linear motor having a non-magnetic reinforcing member A coreless linear motor having a high rigidity, a high heat radiation effect, and a light weight is provided. The coreless linear motor includes a fixed member and a movable member moving relative with respect to the fixed member. The fixed member has a yoke and gro... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107602 | Directory assistance with data processing station The current invention is a system for providing directory assistance service in which a user sends a request to the system and the system will, based on the request, return advertisements, which may be in a visible or audible form. The advertisements are selected fr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106796 | Intelligent floor mat with email text to voice processing A floor mat suitable for a vehicle is shown in FIG. 1 includes a circuit for operating remotely controllable devices both inside a vehicle or outside a vehicle. In another embodiment of the invention, a floor mat receives email from a wireless email device su... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105064 | Multilayered film/sheet molding die For the purpose of molding a multilayered film/sheet having a highly precise thickness of each layer, movable choker bars (31, 32) are movably arranged in the middle of molten resin channels (111, 112), and a plurality of choker adjustment bolts (35... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103765 | Method of non-intrusive analysis of secure and non-secure web application traffic in real-time Provided is a method and system for monitoring and analysis of networked systems, that is non-intrusive and real time. Both secure and non-secure traffic may be analyzed. The provided method involves non-intrusively copying data from a communication medium, reconstr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098003 | Light emitting module and illumination device According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a module substrate, a reflective layer, conductive layers, a light-emitting element, and a sealing member. A reflective layer is provided on a surface of an insulating layer of the module substrate, and t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095253 | Fuel efficiency improvement for locomotive consists A fuel efficiency improvement device for use on each of a plurality of locomotives in a consist includes a processor configured to transmit an initialization message including an identifier and power and fuel consumption rate information for the locomotive on which ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095145 | Method and system of distributing transmissions in a wireless data transmission system A method and System for communicating between a mobile device, and first and second transceivers are described. The second transceiver is positioned in an area covered by the first transceiver. The first transceiver and the mobile device can exchange data on at leas... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091589 | Loom and drive device of loom A loom (1) has feed motor (27) rotating a warp beam (3) in a direction to feeding warps (V) from the warp beam (3), a heddles (10) opening and closing the warps (V) fed off from the warp beam (3), a reed (13) beating ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085942 | Audio apparatus and method for use in proximity to a magnetic resonance imaging system An apparatus and method for presenting high-quality auditory stimuli, receiving patient communication and providing noise cancellation within the environment of magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) equipment. A microphone is positioned in a noise attenuated channe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082588 | Secured storage method of encrypted data on a personal digital recorder The objective of the present invention is a storage method in a decoder of an event encrypted by control words that guarantees the access to this event at whichever moment, even if certain keys of the system have changed for security reasons. This objective is achie... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079736 | Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus comprises a housing and a first reflector. The first reflector is mounted beneath the light source and includes a plurality of segmented reflectors, each having at its top, a installation hole and at its bottom, an opening wider than the install... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077010 | RFID interrogator device RFID interrogator device carries out an automatic gain control when an RF signal from RFID tag with a backscatter radio-communication is received. To carry out the automatic gain control, amplitude of the reception signal is measured within a prescribed time corresp... | 12/13/2011 |
