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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185955 | Intrusion detection method and system, related network and computer program product therefor Intrusions in a system under surveillance are detected by matching the events occurring during operation of the system against a knowledge base including information on events which occurred during a learning phase. The detection technique includes the steps of: rec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185755 | Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and program A wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a user terminal information acquiring unit that acquires user terminal information related to user terminals, which are connected through a wireless communication network to enable commun... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185559 | Method and system for operating a telecommunication device using a hash table in particular for protecting such device from attacks A method for operating a telecommunications device using a hash table, includes: storing session data concerning received data packets in the hash table by means of a first hash function; monitoring the efficiency of the hash table in performing at least a predeterm... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185470 | Systems and methods for processing benefits Systems and methods for processing, for example, childcare benefits include: issuing a benefit card to a childcare customer; receiving a start time for childcare service at a childcare provider, the start time recorded by using the benefit card at a terminal located... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185372 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for translating speech input using example An apparatus includes a first search unit that searches a storage unit for a first example of a first language based on a sentence in the first language; a second search unit that searches for a second example of a second language corresponding to the first example,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185074 | Receiving apparatus, receiving method and wireless communication system There is provided a receiving apparatus including a plurality of antennas, a phase difference detection unit to detect a phase difference of each of a plurality of received signals received by the plurality of antennas, a phase adjustment unit to align phase of the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185053 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method having communication function The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11 | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185047 | Near field communication apparatus for automated assigning of various functions There is provided a communication apparatus including a plurality of communication units for making communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a detecting unit for detecting an approach between a communication party capable of communic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184980 | Method and system for fiber-optic monitoring of spatially distributed components A system for monitoring ancillary elements of an electric power distribution network, includes an optical fiber path associated with the ancillary elements to be monitored, respective optical branches branching from the optical fiber path, wherein each optical branc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184558 | Method, gateway and system for providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal A method of providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal which is connected to a packet-switched network includes, at a gateway interfacing the packet-switched network and the framework supporting the push-to-x service: receiving from the data terminal... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184088 | Image display apparatus and image display method An image display apparatus includes: a luminance modification unit configured to modify the luminance setting value so as to make a luminance difference between adjacent partial regions of a back light smaller; a luminance distribution calculation unit configured to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184053 | Position estimating system, radio communication apparatus, program, position estimating method and information server A radio communication apparatus has a storage section for correlating and storing positional information and identification information of the base station, a receiving section for receiving radio signals transmitted from the base station and containing the identifi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183927 | Power amplifier According to one embodiment, a variable attenuator is arranged in an input stage, a plurality of transistors are cascaded on the later part of this variable attenuator, temperature sensors are arranged in the vicinity of two or more of the plurality of transistors t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183686 | Semiconductor device Between a logic LSI (4) arranged on one side of a DRAM (1) and jointed to the DRAM and a radiating member (6) arranged on the other side of the DRAM (1) for irradiating the heats of the DRAM (1) and the logic LSI (4), there ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183641 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A silicon oxynitride film is formed on entire surface of a semiconductor substrate, a lanthanum oxide film is formed on the silicon oxynitride film and the lanthanum oxide film is removed from a pMOS region. Then, a nitrided hafnium silicate film serving as a highly... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183316 | Clay mineral products and their use in rubber compositions Disclosed herein is a rubber composition comprising a rubber and particulate kaolin clay as a filler wherein: the kaolin particles have a particle size distribution such that at least about 95% of the particles, relative to the volume of the particles, have a partic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183207 | Treatment of osteolytic disorders and cancer using CSF1R extracellular domain fusion molecules Methods of using colony stimulating factor receptor (CSF1R) extracellular domain (ECD) fusion molecules for treating osteolytic bone loss, cancer metastasis, cancer metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss, and tumor growth are provided. CSF1R ECD fusion molecules, p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183148 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device and semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes forming a first pattern having linear parts of a constant line width and a second pattern on a foundation layer, the second pattern including parts close to the linear parts of the fi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183119 | Semiconductor device fabrication method using multiple mask patterns A resist pattern (5) is formed in a dimension of a limitation of an exposure resolution over a hard mask material film (4) over a work film (3). The material film (4) is processed using the resist pattern (5) as a mask. A hard mask... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182981 | Pattern forming method A pattern forming method has forming a first resist film on a processed film, patterning the first resist film into a first resist pattern, forming a first film containing a photo acid generator so as to cover the first resist pattern, forming a second resist film s... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660294 | Handy terminal | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181023 | Information processing device and information processing system An information processing device is provided with a tamper-proof IC chip that includes a storage area and that can process data from the storage area, and with a storage module that includes a storage area external to the IC chip. First key data stored in the IC chi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180472 | Control method for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, control system for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing method for semiconductor device A control method for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising: generating, as log data, a history of operation states of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus when a wafer is processed by the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus; specifying, based on... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180305 | Communication apparatus, communication system, and communication method There is provided a communication apparatus including a reference electrode; a signal electrode which electrostatically couples to a communication medium; a measurement unit for measuring an impedance of a circuit system including between the reference electrode and... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180286 | Wireless power and communication system The present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus including: a communication processing unit that transmits and receives a radio signal; a wireless power transmitting unit that supplies power wirelessly to an apparatus located within a power supplyab... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179421 | Image synthesizing device and method and computer readable medium There is provided with an image synthesizing device, including: a connection unit configured to connect to another image synthesizing device; a layout storage configured to store the image layout information of one or more synthesized image where a plurality of inpu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179311 | Method for the acquisition of signals of a global navigation satellite system A method of acquisition of a received signal received from a global navigation satellite system, includes: obtaining a snapshot of the received signal; correlating the snapshot with a locally-generated signal, wherein the correlating includes: trying a phase delay v... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179264 | Radio frequency identification tag device for metallic products A radio frequency identification tag device includes an antenna unit including a dielectric substrate that has two through holes extending from a first surface to a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first conductive layer disposed over the first surfac... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178913 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A hard mask material film is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a recess is formed immediately below an opening in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. Next, a p-type region is formed immediately below the recess by implanting impurities into an ima... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178875 | Nonvolatile memory device and method for manufacturing same A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of component memory layers stacked on one another. Each of the plurality of component memory layers includes a first wiring, a second wiring provided non-parallel to the first wiring, and a stacked structure unit prov... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178770 | Information processing apparatus, sound analysis method, and program An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a beat analysis unit for detecting positions of beats included in an audio signal, a structure analysis unit for calculating similarity probabilities, each being a probability of similarity between conte... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178734 | Processes for producing ethylene glycol from oxalate(s) Provided are processes for producing ethylene glycol from oxalate(s), wherein two or more reaction zones in series are used, and oxalate feedstock is fed stagewise, or hydrogen feedstock and optionally a solvent are fed stagewise. The present processes achieve highe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178366 | Pattern forming method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and template manufacturing method In the pattern forming method according to the embodiment, second templates are manufactured by an imprint technology using first templates manufactured by applying a predetermined misalignment distribution for each shot on a first substrate by an exposure apparatus... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178258 | Electrochemical device with a LSGM-electrolyte An electrochemical device including an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the electrolyte membrane has a material of formula La1−xSrxGa1−yMGyO3−0.5(x... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177378 | Light emitting apparatus and image displaying apparatus A light emitting apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of light sources for emitting a light, and a light guide plate having a substantially plate shape orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the light source, which includes a light incident face int... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176402 | Decoding apparatus, decoding method, and decoding program A decoding apparatus includes a memory and a receiving unit and is adapted to decode data in units of codewords each including a parity part. The memory has a storage capacity capable of storing at least data with a length equal to the length of one codeword. The re... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175988 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus learning a preference of a user for a content item includes acquiring means for acquiring an operation or expression of the user for a certain content item as feedback information; training data generating means for generating tra... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175806 | Car navigation system To improve recognition accuracy of a traveling direction of a vehicle by accurately detecting a marking on a road surface which is photographed by a camera while a road environment where a vehicle travels is changing. A car navigation system 100 detects an im... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175619 | Method and system for determining whether a terminal belongs to a target space in a communication network, related network and computer program product The system allows determining whether at least one terminal belongs to a target space in a communications network in order to provide a set of services linked to the fact that the terminal belongs or does not belong to the above target space. The belonging is determ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175531 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method having communication function The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11 | 05/08/2012 |
