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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179465 | Solid-state imaging device and camera system A solid-state imaging device and a camera system are provided. The solid-state imaging device capable of performing an intermittent operation includes a pixel unit and a pixel signal readout unit for reading out a pixel signal from the pixel unit in units of a plura... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174271 | Capacitance change measuring circuit of capacitive sensor device, capacitive sensor module, method of measuring capacitance change of capacitive sensor device, and electronic device Scanning rate in a capacitance change measuring circuit for a capacitive sensor device is enhanced. The circuit includes: an electrode drive section line-sequentially applying an input pulse signal to a plurality of columns of first electrode patterns in the capacit... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169527 | Apparatus selectively presenting distortion corrected image data Relative to an image processing apparatus that processes image data containing a distortion of an image pickup optical section, which is obtained by picking up an optical image from a subject through the image pickup optical section giving the distortion, an image p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164131 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor region having first conductivity; a channel formation region in which a channel inversion layer having second conductivity is formed; a second semiconductor region having the second conductivi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159438 | Liquid crystal display device, drive method thereof, and mobile terminal Liquid crystal display devices to suffer from low contrast at low temperatures because the frequency characteristics of the liquid crystal dielectric constant are degraded. An active matrix liquid crystal display device performs pre-charging in which a pre-charge si... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157125 | Systems and methods for removing medication from packaging Improved solid pharmaceutical dispensing systems and methods provide direct transfer of doses from bulk blister packaging material. In a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a positioning mechanism that alters the spacing between portions of a de-blister ap... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154535 | Display apparatus and position detecting method An image generating unit of a display apparatus generates a determination image based on first and second light reception images obtained from light reception cells in a light-emission period and in a non-light-emission period, respectively. An image determining uni... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152353 | Surface emission apparatus, light guide, and method of manufacturing light guide A surface emission apparatus includes a first light source for emitting invisible light rays; a second light source for emitting visible light rays; a light guide having a light entrance surface for entering therethrough into the light guide the invisible light rays... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151015 | Systems and methods for effecting DMA data transfers Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that transfers information, using direct memory access (DMA), between a first storage section in an information processing system and a second storage section in an information transfer system. The information ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149309 | Solid-state imaging device and camera system A solid-state imaging device and a camera system are disclosed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit and a pixel signal readout circuit. The pixel signal readout circuit includes a plurality of comparators disposed to correspond to a pixel column arr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149302 | Method of processing noise in image data, noise reduction unit, and imaging apparatus A method of processing noise in image data by an image processor having a signal-processing portion converting an image signal from an image sensor into a digital signal and outputting the converted signal as image data for each frame, the image data indicating sets... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146243 | Method of manufacturing a device incorporated substrate and method of manufacturing a printed circuit board A method of manufacturing a device-incorporated substrate as well as a printed circuit board. A transfer sheet is formed having a structure that includes two layers, a metal base material and a dissolvee metal layer and a conductor pattern is formed on the dissolvee... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144379 | Recording and reproducing device and polarization direction controlling method Disclosed herein is a recording and reproducing device including: a light source; an intensity modulating section; a polarization beam splitter; a selective polarization direction controlling section; a linearly polarized light/circularly polarized light converting ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135213 | Physical quantity interpolating method, and color signal processing circuit and camera system using the same A physical quantity interpolating method includes interpolating a third vector sandwiched between first and second vectors on the basis of a ratio of vector products computed using coordinate data of the first and second vectors and coordinate data of the third vect... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130620 | Hologram recording/reproducing device, method thereof, and holographic recording medium A hologram recording/reproducing device includes an optical section which irradiates a holographic recording medium with an optical beam; and a control unit which controls the optical section. The optical section includes a laser light source which emits the optical... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130504 | Method of manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board, an optical transmitter receiver module, and an optical transmitter receiver A method of manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board having an insulation layer, a first signal wiring layer including a microstrip line, a second signal wiring layer including a signal connection terminal for allowing the microstrip line to connect the exteri... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130307 | Drive circuit and driving method for charge transfer unit and charge transfer system A drive circuit applying two or more drive voltages to a charge transfer unit includes at least one current mirror circuit that receives a reference current and outputs a predetermined current; at least one switch circuit that switches the current output from the at... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130295 | Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state image pickup device, and camera system An analog-to-digital converter converting an analog input signal into a digital signal includes a comparator comparing a reference signal with an input signal and, if the reference signal matches the input signal, inverting an output; and a counter counting a compar... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128191 | Maintenance method for discharging head, maintenance device for discharging head, droplet discharging apparatus, discharging head, and computer program A maintenance method is provided for a discharging head in which multiple discharging portions are arranged in line. The maintenance method includes the steps of performing an operation of continuously discharging droplets from one discharging portion or a plurality... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125551 | Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof An image sensor controls the gain of a pixel signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis and extends a dynamic range while maintaining a S/N ratio at a favorable level. A column unit in an image sensor is independently detects a level of each pixel signal and independently set... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115250 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a first conductivity type semiconductor base body; a first conductivity type pillar region; second conductivity type pillar regions; element and termination regions provided in the first and second conductivity t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112773 | Disk transfer mechanism, and disk drive device A recording medium drive device includes: a holding unit configured to hold a recording medium inserted from a slot; a link mechanism including a plurality of arms turnably connected to each other; an eject lever activated in response to the turning motions of the l... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109584 | Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method of liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head includes an energy-generating element arranged on a semiconductor substrate, a barrier layer deposited on the semiconductor substrate for forming a liquid chamber in the periphery of the energy-generating element, and a nozzle sheet bonded on ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107907 | Information processing apparatus, method, and program Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: judging means for judging whether a receiving device for receiving a signal amplified by an amplifying circuit which amplifies a supplied signal has a good reception state or not; and control means f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107145 | Reproducing device and reproducing method A reproducing device for performing reproduction regarding a hologram recording medium where a hologram page is recorded in accordance with signal light, by interference between the signal light where bit data is arrayed with the information of light intensity diffe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107133 | Image production apparatus Disclosed herein is an image production apparatus, including a light source; an optical modulation apparatus of the one-dimensional type; and a projection optical system including a scanning optical system; the scanning optical system including a main scanning optic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106986 | Image sensor, data output method, image pickup device, and camera An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106447 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor region having pairs of first pillar regions of the first conductivity type, and second pillar regions of a second conductivity ty... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102336 | Display apparatus and method for making the same A pixel has an outer region extending linearly along a boundary with an adjacent pixel and an inner region extending along the inner side of the outer region. Wiring lines are arranged across the outer region and the inner region. An outer uneven zone is formed alon... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098315 | Solid state imaging apparatus, solid state imaging device driving method and camera A solid state imaging apparatus includes a solid state imaging device and a control circuit for performing control such that a first clock signal applied to transfer signal charges for a time period from after a preceding signal charge has been read out from a light... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098293 | Image extraction device, image extraction method, image processing device, image processing method, and imaging device An image extracting apparatus is provided which can automatically finish a captured image of a person to provide an easy-to-view picture. It includes an image input unit supplied with a captured color image of the person to output it as digital data, a flesh-color r... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096100 | Systems and methods for packaging solid pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical products and automatically arranging the solid pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products in a linear transmission system A variety of systems and methods are described which quickly and conveniently provide for the selective transmission of individual solid pharmaceutical products from a common location into individual blister package product cavities. In accordance with the preferred... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089176 | Communication system and communication apparatus Disclosed herein is a communication system including: at least one power line communication apparatus connected via a general power line for supplying a commercial alternate current power; a communication terminal having a modem for power line communication, and a p... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089107 | Three-dimensional integrated device A three-dimensional integrated device includes at least two integrated circuit substrates laminated to each other, each of the integrated circuit substrates having at least one ground plane, at least one aperture provided at a desired location in the ground plane, t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085329 | Solid-state imaging device, driving control method, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device and an imaging apparatus are provided. The solid-state imaging device performs an AD conversion in a column parallel for an analog pixel signal outputted from each of pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix shape. The solid-state ima... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085240 | Display apparatus having a detection signal line used to transmit driving voltage signals to a digital driver A display apparatus includes a DSD for outputting a digital video signal and a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first wiring portion in which signal lines used to transmit the digital video signal output from the DSD are disposed, a signal generation circui... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081153 | Liquid crystal display device and video display device Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode part; and a second electrode part. The first electrode part includes a pixel electrode f... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076697 | Solid-state imaging device, method of driving same, and camera apparatus A solid-state imaging device of a three-transistor pixel configuration having no selection transistor has a problem of a non-selection hot carrier white point, which is specific to this apparatus. A bias current during a non-reading period of pixels is made to flow ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071256 | Electrochemical energy generating apparatus and method for driving the apparatus To provide an electrochemical energy generating apparatus which can regulate the operating conditions of an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell, according to a change of the internal properties of the device, achieving high energy density, and a method for dr... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070603 | Network game system, network game server, and network game terminal Disclosed is a network game system in which a time lag is adjusted, using game terminal type information such as its ID number. A network game server comprises a lag adjusting program and a database to be referenced to execute the lag adjusting program. On the netwo... | 12/06/2011 |
