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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185233 | Numerical controller having multi-path control function Programs of a plurality of paths are displayed in parallel on a display screen. If a cursor of an editing target program is moved, cursors of the other programs are interlocked and moved so as to be aligned on a same row. If a sequence number that is set to any of b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185175 | Superconducting coil and superconductor used for the same A low-cost superconducting coil which can generate a high magnetic field at comparatively high temperature is provided. The superconducting coil is formed in a pancake shape by winding a superconducting conductor that is made by electrically connecting a tape-shaped... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184920 | Microscope system A microscope system is constructed by a light guiding optical system 20 having an objective lens 21 and beam splitters 27a and 27b for splitting an optical image of a sample S, a photodetector 31 for acquiring an imag... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183679 | Electronic part package A peeling off layer 18 is formed on an entire surface of one surface side of a support plate 10 including the inner wall surfaces respectively of a recessed part 12 for an electronic part and recessed parts 16 for posts in which the posts... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183669 | Nitride semiconductor wafer having a chamfered edge A nitride semiconductor wafer is planar-processed by grinding a bottom surface of the wafer, etching the bottom surface by, e.g., KOH for removing a bottom process-induced degradation layer, chamfering by a rubber whetstone bonded with 100 wt %-60 wt % #3000-#600 di... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183668 | Gallium nitride substrate A gallium nitride substrate comprising a primary surface, the primary surface being tilted at an angle in a range of 20 to 160 degrees with respect to a C-plane of the substrate, and the substrate having a fracture toughness of more than or equal to 1.36 MN/m3/... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183514 | Signal waveform measuring apparatus and method comprising a wavelength conversion element A signal waveform measuring apparatus 1A is configured from: a signal optical system 11, a reference optical system 16, a time difference setting unit 12 setting a time difference between signal light L1 and reference light L2 | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183434 | Method for producing transgenic surface layer chimeric plant A rose is produced in which an introduced gene is only present in a part of the cells thereof, such as cells of the L1 layer of flower petals, but is not present in germ cells such as pollen cells or ovule cells. Since the introduced gene is not propagated to other ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183131 | Method of cutting an object to be processed A method of cutting an object which can accurately cut the object is provided. An object to be processed 1 such as a silicon wafer is irradiated with laser light L while a light-converging point P is positioned therewithin, so as to form a modified region ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182932 | Sn-plated copper alloy strip having improved fatigue characteristics The object of the invention is to provide a reflow Sn-plated copper alloy strip having improved fatigue characteristics by preventing the degradation of fatigue characteristics caused by reflow Sn plating. The invention provides a copper alloy strip having an Sn or ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182160 | Lens barrier apparatus A lens barrier apparatus which includes a barrier base; an interlocking ring configured to rotate with respect to the barrier base; a pair of driving vanes, each of which is configured to be rotatably mounted to the barrier base, and each of which is configured to b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182127 | Light source A light source is provided. The light source includes: an elliptical reflection mirror having first and second focal points; a discharge chamber in which a luminescent substance is enclosed and which is disposed on the first focal point; a laser light generator whic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182100 | Free-form condenser optic A condenser for directing light from a UHP arc lamp or other generally cylindrical source onto a target such as a microdisplay in line with a front end of the lamp comprises a primary mirror to direct light from the source towards the back end of the condenser, and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181613 | Variable valve system for internal combustion engine A variable valve system for an internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft, a drive cam provided on the drive shaft, a link arm fitted on the outer periphery of the drive cam such as to rotate relative to the drive cam, a crank-shaped control shaft including a... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660122 | Portable nailer | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181006 | Method and device for securely configuring a terminal by means of a startup external data storage device Method of configuring a terminal (10a) by means of a device external to said terminal (50a) able to communicate with said terminal and comprising data storage means, the initialization of said terminal triggering at least: ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179340 | Two-dimensional code pattern, two-dimensional code pattern display device, and its reading device A two-dimensional code pattern includes: a boundary pattern in which each of pixels in a group are set into a turn-on state or a turn-off state; a rotation detection pattern in which each pixel belonging to a group in each block is set into the turn-on state or the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177773 | Locking medical catheter A flexible filament controlled locking medical catheter having a flexible tube with at least one drainage or feeding hole, a restraining portion at its distal end and a housing at its proximal end, and a filament having a proximal control portion for controlling the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177281 | Stowable vehicle seat A stowable vehicle seat having improved operability and safety at the time of seat stowage are provided. A seat having a seat cushion back includes a foot lock mechanism for inhibiting the rotating of the cushion, a reclining lock mechanism for inhibiting the rotati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177051 | Monitoring of conveyor belts A system for monitoring the condition of a conveyor belt having magnetically permeable cords, has a magnetic field generator, a magnetic field sensing unit, and a processor for performing a discrete wavelet transform. The wavelet may be a Morlet waveform. The sensin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176728 | Air-fuel ratio control device An air-fuel ratio control device is provided for controlling the air-fuel ratio of an engine. The device includes an exhaust passage having a main catalytic converter and a bypass passage having a bypass catalytic converter, the bypass passage diverging from the exh... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659901 | Tabletop cigarette making machine | 05/15/2012 |
| D659681 | Controller for speaker | 05/15/2012 |
| D659500 | Portable nailer | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176561 | Assessing network security risk using best practices A method and appertaining system for implementing the method are provided that utilize predefined Best Practice Templates that are rules/criteria for assessing the security of a particular network and devices on the network. A value is determined for each object and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175905 | Source allocation system, program and method The invention relates to a resource allocation method. According to the invention, databases of computer objects are produced solely with properties intrinsic to the physical objects. Data filters are defined in order to sort the different intrinsic properties and t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175145 | Post-processing for reducing quantization noise of an encoder during decoding The invention relates to the processing of a signal that is compression encoded (COD) according to a predetermined encoding type applying a quantification operation (Q) and then decoded (DEC) so that the quantification noise is present in the decoded signal (S*). Th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174965 | Service management in a network In a network (10) providing a service to a client of a terminal (T1) and comprising at lease first and second session border controllers (A, B), at least one identical address (@Ain) is allocated to the first and second session border controllers. A ro... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174606 | Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium storing program to execute the method to provide live view images in a photographing mode A digital photographing apparatus is provided including a lens unit, an imaging device, and a main mirror disposed between the lens unit and the imaging device, wherein the position of the main mirror can be changed so that the main mirror either reflects at least p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174567 | Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and recording medium having recorded thereon program for executing the method A digital photographing apparatus is provided that reduces the number of instances in which an image including a subject having closed eyes is obtained. A method of controlling the apparatus and a computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program for execut... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173563 | Sintered body and production method thereof An object is to provide a sintered body causing less chipping and having a sufficiently higher polishing rate than a conventional AlTiC sintered body, and providing a sufficiently smooth air bearing surface. The sintered body according to the present invention consi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173320 | Fuel cell stack and method for making the same A fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and electrode catalyst layers sandwiching the electrolyte membrane; metal separators that define gas channels, the metal separators being respectively disposed at both surface... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172330 | Headrest and vehicle seat provided with the same A headrest and associated vehicle seat are provided that has excellent versatility and thin shape, and can be tilted lightly and reliably from a head support state to a storage state by reducing an operation load. The headrest includes a support member mounted on th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172107 | Permeable non-stick cooking surface A cooking device including a permeable cooking layer having an outer cooking side and an inner side on the opposite surface from the outer side. A plurality of apertures are formed through the cooking layer from the inner side to the outer side. A heating layer is l... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171749 | Ultra small air chiller for aircraft galley An aircraft-galley chiller, enclosed in a housing, including an evaporator condensate drying device. The galley chiller may operate on DC power and may be transported from one cart to another to provide chilled air to a particular cart. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170411 | System and method for inputting position information in captured image A system and method for connecting a global positioning system (GPS) device with a digital image processing device and inputting position information into an image file captured by the digital image processing device. A system and method for inputting position infor... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170410 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus including a strobo assembly capable of controlling a light emitting angle of a strobo. The imaging apparatus includes a case and a strobo assembly mated to the case and that revolves with respect to the case. The strobo assembly includes a light... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170409 | Method and apparatus for controlling flash emission In a method and apparatus for controlling flash emission, the brightness during pre-emission may be accurately measured even when operating an image sensor using a rolling shutter. When pre-emission of flash light is performed, partial exposure during the pre-emissi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169712 | Zoom lens and image capturing apparatus having the same A zoom lens system and an image capturing apparatus having the same. The zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168920 | Bonding device A bonding device includes a bonding head including a bonding tool for sucking and holding an electronic component, and a laser heater for heating the electronic component by irradiating laser light on the electronic component held by the bonding tool from an inside ... | 05/01/2012 |
