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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581062 | Disk array system A disk array system includes storage devices, a storage device control unit, a connection unit being connected with the storage device control unit, channel control units, a shared memory, and a cache memory. Each channel control unit includes a first processor of c... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576828 | Liquid crystal display device with spacer facing capacitance electrode A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567561 | Packet communication node apparatus with extension modules A packet communication node apparatus comprises a plurality of interface modules 10, a plurality of service modules 30 for executing predetermined communication service processing in response to received packets, a packet transfer module 20 for ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561243 | Liquid crystal display device with spacers facing capacitive element A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7552062 | Method and system for clinical process analysis There is provided a process analysis method capable of clustering of executed processes and extraction of similar processes. A process analysis method of the present invention converts the similarity between processes into a numeric value as a metric by inclu... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7070614 | Radially expandable vessel support The invention relates to a radially expandable vessel support which comprises a multitude of zigzag shaped annular elements interconnected in a flexible way by bending elements. Said annular elements define a vessel support with a proximal and a distal end and a lon... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7003440 | Method, system, and program for use in displaying expression phenomenon in living matters A method for use in displaying an expression phenomenon in a living matter that are capable of displaying (printing), in a format directly appealing to the eyes or sense, information indicative of gene expression phenomena occurring with time to assist a researcher ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7486348 | Liquid crystal display device Light-emitting elements can be accurately directly opposed to the entrance surface of a light guide at an accurate distance therefrom, and can be mounted on a single side of a printed circuit board together with other electronic components, whereby the number of man... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486363 | Liquid crystal display device having first and second pixel electrodes overlapped to a counter electrode and connected to separate switching elements The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode in a pixel formed on a surface of a substrate which faces liquid crystal, the counter electrode is formed below an insulation film, and the pixel ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486544 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit device having an SRAM in which leak current is reduced. In an SRAM comprising a plurality of memory cells each constructed by a storage in which input and output terminals of two inverter circuits are... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482394 | Antifouling coating This invention provided a high-build, self-polishing marine antifouling paint which affords a coated film having antifouling properties for a long period of time. The paint binder which is a fiber reinforced aldehyde resin comprises two synergistically acting compon... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479823 | Multiple circuit blocks with interblock control and power conservation A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal pa... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7480820 | Disk array apparatus, method for controlling the same, and program The present invention proposes a disk array apparatus that can be inexpensively constructed while maintaining its high reliability, and also proposes a method for controlling the disk array apparatus, and a program. In the disk array apparatus, a storage area in a s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479903 | Input device using elastic material A conventional mouse and keyboard poses great load on the user's finger and hands at key operation, and the material used for its surface is rigid. An input device which can reduce the load on the user's finger, and gives soft touch by avoiding abrupt change in down... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479953 | Display device The present invention provides a display device which can obviate the possibility of sticking as a whole of a display area even when the brightness is relatively changed on a display area. In a display device, a plurality of pixels are arranged in the inside of a di... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479451 | Display device manufacturing method preventing diffusion of an aluminum element into a polysilicon layer in a heating step The present invention prevents the diffusion of an aluminum element into a polysilicon layer in a heating step when an aluminum-based conductive layer is used in a source/drain electrode which is in contact with low-temperature polysilicon whereby the occurrence of ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477537 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device The invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with an SRAM that satisfies the requirements for both the SNM and the write margin with a low supply voltage. The semiconductor integrated circuit device include: multiple static memory cells ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476913 | Light emitting device having a mirror portion A light emitting device has a cup portion with a bottom surface opening, and one electrode of a light emitting element is connected to the cup portion. The other electrode of the light emitting element is connected to a lead set up from an inner space to outside the... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475670 | Valve operating mechanism A valve operating mechanism includes a valve body provided at an air passage of an internal combustion engine, an actuator causing the valve body to rotate so as to adjust a cross-sectional area of the air passage, a shaft body supporting the valve body, a link memb... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7478287 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and electronic device A dummy wiring 25 is provided for simulating an actual wiring 26 connecting semiconductor integrated circuits 2 and 6 on a circuit board. The semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a data output circuit 28 capable of variably s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477221 | Display device The present invention provides a display device which can achieve the high breakdown voltage proof property, the enhancement of reliability or the expansion of the designing/process tolerance of transistors by the improvement of a circuit. A display device includes ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474646 | Wireless communication system, node position calculation method and node A wireless communication system that detects a position of a node using an appropriate position detection method. The invention is based upon a wireless communication system provided with a plurality of nodes that mutually communicate and a server that detects a pos... | 01/06/2009 |
| D584291 | Remote control | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474046 | Display panel The present invention provides a display device which can suppress mura or irregularities of brightness of a display. To be more specific, in a display device including the plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array and are respectively provided with l... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474493 | Alternative DC-burst servo pattern for perpendicular recording The invention provides a servo pattern that is stable for long time, easily writable, and excellent in S/N. DC-signal area included in a burst area of a servo pattern comprises combination of positive and negative DC-signals, low-density dummy bit, or pattern having... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7475357 | Program, method and apparatus for operating objects displayed on a display To display many objects within a limited display region so a user can easily select the desired object, the invention includes: processing of arranging the objects in a virtual plane, processing of arranging a projection surface (a virtual projection body) on the vi... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471361 | Liquid crystal display with particular phase plates having specific axis angles The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device. An optical film having negative uniaxial double refractive index ellipsoids is arranged below a semi-transmitting liquid crystal display cell and, thereafter, a λ/4 phase difference plate, a λ/2 phase... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471349 | Display device Even when gate lines are pulled around at both left and right picture frame regions, it is possible to prevent a gate wiring pattern which is constituted of the gate lines and gate-line pull-around lines and a storage wiring pattern which is constituted of storage l... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470118 | Underwater cutting pelletizer An underwater cutting pelletizer is disclosed wherein a water chamber is circular in plan, an inlet portion is formed on one side in a diametrical direction of the water chamber to introduce cooling water into the water chamber, and an outlet portion is formed on th... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472243 | Storage system and control method thereof Upon receiving a primary/secondary switching command from a secondary host system, a secondary storage control device interrogates a primary storage control device as to whether or not yet to be transferred data that has not been remote copied from the primary stora... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472239 | Storage system and data management method Provided are a storage system and data management method capable of improving the usage efficiency of a storage extent. With this storage system, a first storage apparatus dynamically allocates a storage extent to the first volume and sends data written by the host ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7471353 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit disposed on the rear surface side of the liquid crystal display panel; and a flexible printed circuit whose end is connected to a terminal portion of the liquid crystal d... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7467464 | Method of manufacturing a memory card A method for manufacturing a multi media card comprises the steps of: providing a substrate, mounting a first flash memory chip and a controller chip for controlling the flash memory chip over a front surface of the substrate, molding the first flash memory chip and... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468715 | Image display device The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means tha... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468787 | Finger identification apparatus An identification apparatus that keeps the conditions for imaging uniform among successive identifications and requires a user to perform only a series of simple maneuvers. An identification apparatus comprising a guide member, a light source, and an imaging unit. T... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7469156 | Portable information terminal An objective of the present invention is to provide a slide type portable information terminal having a favorable internal packaging efficiency and a compact shape. A first body and a second body, each having a wedge shaped outer appearance, where a dimension in the... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7469412 | Disk misinsertion prevention mechanism and disk apparatus including disk misinsertion prevention mechanism An arm member is rotated when a disk is inserted into a disk apparatus from a disk insertion port while a circumferential edge of the disk abuts on a protrusion of the arm member for intercepting misinsertion of the disk. The arm member detects whether the disk inse... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468626 | Multiple circuit blocks with interblock control and power conservation A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal pa... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468627 | Multiple circuit blocks with interblock control and power conservation A semiconductor integrated circuit is provided including a plurality of circuit blocks and adapted to cut off the supply of power source voltage to any one of the circuit blocks. The integrated circuit includes an interblock interface circuit provided on a signal pa... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467263 | Storage system, management apparatus & method for determining a performance problem using past & current performance values of the resources A highly-reliable system, a management apparatus and method that can enhance the reliability of a storage system is provided. The present invention provides a storage system having a higher level system with a predetermined application installed, a storage ap... | 12/16/2008 |
