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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6207192 | Prolongation of chemical activity of flavorants and therapeutics with cetyl pyridinium chloride Cetyl pyridinium chloride and other amphiphilic substances may be mixed with flavorants or therapeutics in accompaniment with such as bulking agents or sweeteners in order to prolong their duration of action at the site of attachment, which is a mucin coa... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6131154 | Microcomputer having variable bit width area for displacement Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplifica... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6101456 | Output correcting method in control system, control system, and hydraulic pump control system A control system wherein a reverse characteristic having a reverse input/output relationship to a target input/output characteristic of a control object, is preset, and a target value for an output of the control object is calculated. A command signal cor... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094647 | Presearch type document search method and apparatus A method for making document information searches. In performing a document search with respect to the desired key word, two stages of presearch are carried out. In a first stage of presearch, a character component table in which an existence of character... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089485 | Apparatus or method for controlling tape speed On the occasion of stopping the tape running at a high speed, a winding radius of the tape supply reel is detected to set the tape deceleration rate (a) on the basis of the detected winding radius of the supply reel. After the tape running speed is decele... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6075765 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus, a cartridge for use in the same, and an information recording and reproducing system having the apparatus An information recording and reproducing apparatus that prevents an information recording medium from being taken out of its cartridge inadvertently. The information recording medium allows recording information thereon by irradiation of an energy beam. T... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6069834 | Semiconductor IC device having a memory and a logic circuit implemented with a single chip A semiconductor IC device is designed using a memory core with a plurality of I/O lines, a transfer circuit module and a logic library which are produced beforehand and stored in a data base. The memory core and a logic circuit are arranged so that their ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6069701 | Method and apparatus for measuring the height of an object A method and an apparatus for measuring the height of an apex of an object with high accuracy without influence of the surface state of the object are disclosed. Correlation coefficients of respective positions of a waveform formed from digital data indic... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6032266 | Network system having function of changing route upon failure A network system includes a plurality of networks, a first internetwork apparatus having a plurality of first ports each connected to the plurality of networks, a second internetwork apparatus having a plurality of second ports each connected to the plura... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6030609 | Method and composition for treating paramyxovirus The present invention relates to a method of treating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) through the exogenous administration of recombinant or natural interferon-beta (IFN-ଲ) to lung epithelial cells. Preferably, IFN-ଲ is administered to hosts... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029337 | Methods of fabricating micromotors with utilitarian features Micromotors are fabricated with utilitarian features on their rotors. In some embodiments, the features are formed by the molded addition of material on top of a rotor surface. In other embodiments, the features are formed by the provision of an additiona... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029007 | Digital semiconductor integrated circuit and digital control system using the same A digital semiconductor integrated circuit is equipped with: a digital signal input circuit; an analog signal input circuit made receptive of an analog signal for feeding out a digital signal corresponding to the analog signal; and a common external termi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017424 | Laser assisted surface reformation method of high polymer material A surface reformation method of a high polymer material irradiates an excimer-laser beam to only a predetermined area in which electronic parts and the like are temporarily immobilized by a liquid on a substrate which has a high polymer layer on the surfa... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6015356 | Golf ball and method of producing same The present invention is directed to improved multi-layer golf ball compositions having a core, an inner cover and an outer cover and the resulting regulation balls produced using these compositions. In this regard, a smaller and lighter core is produced ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6012124 | Disk system with activation control of disk drive motors With respect to the disk drives provided power from a single power source in a disk drive system, start up power is first supplied to a first start-up group of the disks, preferably comprising all of the master disks, with the size of the group being sele... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6009438 | Browsing data creation system of an information searching apparatus Browsing data in the format selected by a user can be created by using the existing art. Video and audio can be browsed by designating only the portion to be browsed. A system for creating a compound document is used so as to create browsing data from app... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6006302 | Multiple bus system using a data transfer unit A processor bus linked with at least a processor, a memory bus linked with a main memory, and a system bus linked with at least an input/output device are connected to a three-way connection control system. The control system includes a bus-memory connect... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6005537 | Liquid-crystal display control apparatus The liquid-crystal display control apparatus provided by the present invention comprises a display RAM unit 21 for storing character codes, character-generator RAM and ROM units 22 and 23 for storing character font patterns and a segment RAM unit 24 for s... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6004447 | Electroforming process This invention relates to an electroforming device and a process used to electroform a metal layer on an inner surface of a female mandrel. The electrolytic solution flows only through an electrolytic solution passageway that defines the inner surface as ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000607 | IC card reader/writer and method of operation thereof An IC card reader/writer having a body which includes an IC insertion slot and an operation display section. The body is separable into an upper cover and a lower portion. The upper cover and the lower portion are displaced from each other to form a step ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5998944 | Method and apparatus for controlling a lifting magnet of a materials handling machine An apparatus and method for controlling a lifting magnet (12) of a materials handling machine (10) to eliminate arcing between contacts (70-80) within the magnet controller (26) as is well as is large voltage spikes. The controller (26) selectively excite... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999197 | Synchronized data processing system and image processing system A data processor comprising: a bus control circuit adapted to be interfaced with a synchronous DRAM which can be accessed in synchronism with a clock signal; a plurality of data processing modules coupled to said bus control circuit for producing data and... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999409 | Contactless IC card The pattern line width of a coil is partially widened in a predetermined dimension and wiring patterns of a coil on the surface side and a coil on the rear side are arranged so as not to be in overlapped positions. Consequently, a direct current resistanc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996670 | Balanced shutter and balancing device thereof A balancing device (11) has a first balance pulley (20) provided in a hoisting drum (3) and a second balance pulley (40) connected to a coil spring (31). These pulleys are connected through a tension wire (50). The first balance pulley has a main pulley p... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995310 | Magnetic disk device with dummy write function A magnetic disk device of embedded-servo type is capable of performing dummy operation for suppressing waveform degradation of signal reproduced by magnetic heads at a high speed with high reliability. When a waveform deformation occurs in a No.0 head, a ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991545 | Microcomputer having variable bit width area for displacement and circuit for handling immediate data larger than instruction word Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplifica... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983426 | Versatile patient restraint system A versatile patient support and restraint system is provided. It includes a couch (14) having a top surface (22) for supporting a patient being examined within an examination region (12). Two substantially parallel grooves (20) are formed along a longitud... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5985402 | Magnetic disk and its manufacturing method In a thin film magnetic disk, a micro projections are formed on a substrate in a circumferential direction. A height of the micro projections is several nm to several tens of nm and a density of the micro projections is several hundred pcs/mm to several t... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5986259 | Mass spectrometer In a mass spectrometer using a sonic spray ion source, a technique of controlling the density of droplets in a nebulized sample solution which is passed into a mass spectrometer at high vacuum to an appropriate value to thereby reduce analysis noises is d... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5987460 | Document retrieval-assisting method and system for the same and document retrieval service using the same with document frequency and term frequency Because the whole image of a retrieved document group cannot be viewed, next retrieval request after one retrieval attempt has been determined only perceptually. Therefore, displaying a means for displaying topic words on a display means, extracting a gro... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983324 | Data prefetch control method for main storage cache for protecting prefetched data from replacement before utilization thereof When the OS judges that a read request to the secondary storage device from the user process is the sequential access, the OS judges whether prefetching is to be stopped before the data succeeding to the data designated by the request is prefetched, so as... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5983172 | Method for coding/decoding, coding/decoding device, and videoconferencing apparatus using such device The object of the invention is to provide a coding/decoding method in which degradation of sound quality perceptible by the listener does not occur at an low bit rate. A shift number calculation section of a decoding device divides a frequency domain into... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5982979 | Video retrieving method and apparatus The video retrieving method provides a video retrieval man-machine interface which visually specifies a desired video out of many stored videos by using previously linked picture data corresponding to the videos. Also, a video reproduction operating man-m... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5982610 | Multisided communication distribution cabinet having adjustable tie rod In a multisided access communication distribution cabinet, an adjustable tie rod is configured as part of mounting units. The adjustable tie rod is located between grooming bars of the mounting unit, fitted within slots allowing for the adjustable tie rod... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5982239 | Phase locked loop circuit and a picture reproducing device A first phase comparator 22 of digital type and a second phase comparator 32 of sampling type are provided. Near a lock phase, an output current Iout2 is fed from the second phase comparator 32 to a voltage-controlled oscillator 14 through a change-over s... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5982181 | Insulated device diagnosing system for diagnosing device based upon partial discharge signal data analyzed by frequency An insulated device diagnosing system is capable of judging the deterioration, lifetime, and defects of a device. The intensity at each voltage phase angle is measured at a plurality of specific frequencies, taking high voltage phase angles as the absciss... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5980827 | Disinfection of air using an iodine/resin disinfectant The present invention relates to iodine demand disinfectants. It relates in particular to a process for preparing a polyiodide-resin for use as an iodine demand disinfectant wherein a porous strong base anion exchange resin in a salt form, is contacted wi... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5983360 | Information processing system with communication system and hot stand-by change-over function therefor A running information processing system and a standby information processing system are connected via networks to a bridge to communicate with partner terminals. A hot standby function is provided such that the partner terminal is not required to include ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978820 | Text summarizing method and system By storing data on text attributes comprising a plurality of attribute items, a text analysis rule, a plurality of text type identification rules, a plurality of text content/domain type identification rules, a plurality of summarization method setting ta... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5978890 | External storage control device and data transfer method between external storage control devices In a data processing system in which main and sub disk storage devices are under the control of individual each disk control devices, the write processing time is reduced by selectively sending data according to the command-chaining time between main and ... | 11/02/1999 |
