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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7681221 | Content processing apparatus and content processing method for digest information based on input of content user Value-added information is created based on favorite information of a content user. The content is processed according to the generated value-added information. Favorite data indicating operations, such as fast-forward, pause, and rewind operations, performed while ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7681141 | Fast scrolling in a graphical user interface A method of scrolling in a graphical user interface includes: receiving a command to scroll a plurality of contents icons displayed in the graphical user interface; and retrieving an appropriate number of additional contents icons from a contents icon database to pr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680393 | Content editing assistance system, video processing apparatus, playback apparatus, editing apparatus, computer program, and content processing method A content editing assistance system includes a mark generator for generating electronic mark data relating to content data; a take-metadata generator for generating a take-metadata file based on the electronic mark data generated for each take; a manager for managin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680187 | Coding system and method, encoding device and method, decoding device and method, recording device and method, and reproducing device and method A transcoder for executing a re-coding process on an encoded stream generated based on an MPEG standard to generate a re-coded stream having a different GOP (Group of Pictures) structure or bit rate. A decoding device of a transcoder decodes a source encoded stream ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680019 | Apparatus and method for producing optical recording medium, optical recording medium, apparatus and method for reproduction and apparatus and method for recording An optical recording medium having a plural number of recording layers includes a n-th recording layer (23) (n≧1), made up by a substrate (20) and a semi-reflective layer (21) carried by the substrate (20) and adapted for partially refl... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680006 | Apparatus and method for producing optical recording medium, optical recording medium, apparatus and method for reproduction and apparatus and method for recording An optical recording medium having a plural number of recording layers includes a n-th recording layer (23) (n≧1), made up by a substrate (20) and a semi-reflective layer (21) carried by the substrate (20) and adapted for partially refl... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679865 | Spring member for acceleration sensor, acceleration sensor and magnetic disk drive apparatus A spring member for an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration in a direction of a Z-axis that is perpendicular to an X-Y plane includes a movable section having a plane plate shape, for fixing a magnetic field generation member with weight of the acceleratio... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679678 | Data processing device and method, and recording medium and program An improvement information generating unit (11) generates a plurality of types of improvement information for improving the image quality of an image (broadcast image) broadcast as a program. An integrating unit (12) embeds one or more of the plurality... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679675 | Data converting apparatus, data converting method, learning apparatus, leaning method, program, and recording medium The present invention relates to a data conversion apparatus and a learning device in which an image can be converted into a higher-quality image. A class-tap generating circuit (2) and a predictive-tap generating circuit (3) generate, from an SD image... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678758 | Method for enhancing T cell reactivity toward tumour antigens Provided is a method of vaccinating a patient against a tumor by administering an agent to reduce or prevent interaction between Notch and a Notch ligand, or expression or processing of Notch or a Notch ligand. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by administerin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678544 | ADAM12, a novel marker for abnormal cell function The present invention provides a method, an assay and a kit for providing an indication of abnormal cell function. It was surprisingly found that the change in the serum ADAM12 concentration in individuals was useful as a prognostic tool to predict the clinical outc... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678246 | Vibratingly stirring apparatus, and device and method for processing using the stirring apparatus An insulated vibration-stirring apparatus comprising: a vibration generating means containing a vibration motor and a vibrating member attached to that motor, and a vibrating rod attached by an installation piece to allow vibration lined with the vibration generatin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678193 | Product for treating reinforced concrete constructions The invention relates to the use of lithium glycerophosphate for treating structures made of a cement-based product and having steel rebars, making it possible to inhibit rebar corrosion, to prevent the alkali reaction and to avoid the presence of alkalis and sulfat... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7677177 | Device for the disassembly of rail anchors The invention relates to a device for the disassembly of a rail anchor, connecting a rail to a sleeper of a track, comprising two opposing tool levers, connected by a rod, operated with displacement about a pivot axis by means of a press drive. A first tool lever is... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676579 | Peer to peer network communication Methods and apparatus for peer to peer network communication. In one implementation, a method of communicating between a first client system and a second client system includes: discovering first address information for a first client system connected to a first net... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676455 | Identifying and/or extracting data in connection with creating or updating a record in a database The invention provides systems, methods, and computer programs to improve the accuracy and efficiency with which data analysts can use news stories, press releases, and other sources of information to maintain databases that contain information about individuals and... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675541 | Display apparatus and control method A main unit (television receiver) displays a television broadcasting program and also detects its feature. In addition, the main unit detects a scene change from the feature of the television broadcasting program, and controls a subsidiary unit (television receiver)... | 03/09/2010 |
| D611432 | Remote control | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673153 | Data processing method, apparatus and system for encrypted data transfer A data processing apparatus includes an encrypting apparatus for encrypting data in units of an encryption block having a predetermined data length. A processing apparatus is also provided for performing predetermined processing on data in units of a processing bloc... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672914 | Apparatus and method for generating coefficient data, apparatus and method for generating coefficient-seed data, information-signal processing apparatus, program, and medium having recorded the program thereon A coefficient-data generating apparatus generates coefficient data of an estimating equation used to convert a first information signal including pieces of information data into a second information signal including pieces of information data. The coefficient-data g... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672844 | Voice processing apparatus A voice processing apparatus for performing voiceprint recognition processing with high accuracy even in the case where a plurality of conference participants speak at a time in a conference; wherein a bi-directional telephonic communication portion receives as an i... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672685 | Transmitter and transmission control method, and receiver and reception control method A base station carries out training for obtaining correlation information that correlates the reception quality of a packet channel transmitted from a terminal and the transmission power of an associated channel, and based on the correlation information, uses the tr... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672203 | Dubbing device for dubbing data The present invention is a dubbing device for dubbing data from a portable first recording medium such as a CD-DA (compact disc digital audio) to a second recording medium such as a hard disk drive (HDD), in which dubbing to the second recording medium with a large ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672087 | Magnetoresistive effect element having bias layer with internal stress controlled Provided is an MR effect element in which the magnetization of the pinned layer is stably fixed even after going through high temperature process. The MR effect element comprises: a non-magnetic intermediate layer; a pinned layer and a free layer stacked so as to sa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672084 | Composite thin-film magnetic head with non-magnetic conductive layer electrically connected with lower pole layer to increase counter electrode area Composite thin-film magnetic head includes a substrate; a first insulation layer on the substrate; an MR read head element on the first insulation layer and provided with a lower shield layer, an upper shield layer and an MR layer with a sense current flowing perpen... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671913 | Method for converting image data, converting circuit for image, and electronic camera A circuit for converting the format of image data, the motion of the image data being smooth, includes a memory (16) to which moving image data in the NTSC format is written; a memory controller (14) retrieving respective signals, from the memory (1... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671103 | Use of block polyethersiloxanes as stabilizers in polyurethane foams The invention relates to the use of compounds of the general formula (VII) as stabilizers in the preparation of polyurethane foams. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670969 | Fabricating symmetric and asymmetric shapes with off-axis reinforcement from symmetric preforms A device for obtaining off-axis reinforcement of a woven object. The device is made up of a fixed mandrel and a rotating mandrel. The rotating mandrel is connected to the fixed mandrel by a shaft that rotates through the middle of the fixed mandrel. The shaft allows... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669126 | Playback device, and method of displaying manipulation menu in playback device A plurality of identification miniature images for to-be-replayed objects is displayed simultaneously on a manipulating-function menu screen with taking one of the to-be-replayed objects corresponding to one of the identification miniature images in a predetermined ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668913 | Method and apparatus for generating a web site with dynamic content data from an external source integrated therein A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: determining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension of the web site based on the data entry; generating a multi-dimensional description of the web site based on t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668556 | Communication system, communication terminal apparatus and wireless key apparatus A communication system including a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus in wireless communication is provided. The communication terminal apparatus includes a first communication unit operable to receive a first wireless signal, and a first ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668486 | Rotation speed control device and image forming device The image forming unit 100 includes a photosensitive drum 11, a rotary developing device 30, and a rotation speed control device 70. Electrostatic latent images are formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 11. The rotary de... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668437 | Recording apparatus, recording method, and record medium A recording apparatus for recording video data to a rewritable optical disc is disclosed, that comprises an encoding means for encoding video data corresponding to a compression-encoding process, a converting means for converting the data structure of the encoded vi... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668319 | Signal processing system, signal processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to a signal processing system, a signal processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program in which high frequency components of a narrow-range signal having suppressed high frequency components can be restored with high... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667770 | Method and apparatus for processing information, storage medium, and program In a television set, image quality is adjusted in accordance with parameters calculated on the basis of adjustment values used in the past, depending on a feature of an image and an environmental status. A weight calculator determines a weight depending on the manne... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667735 | Image pickup device and image processing method having a mask function There is provided an image pickup device in which an overall output image can be prevented from being affected by an image signal of a mask area. According to the image pickup device, a prescribed area in a pickup image is masked to keep the masked area non-displaye... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666678 | Proteins imparting boron-tolerance and genes thereof The present invention provides genes and proteins having possibilities to generate plants having tolerance against excessive boron, which can confer a boric acid tolerance to organisms. 5 types of genes that can confer a boric acid tolerance to yeast, such as AtPAB2... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666618 | Lipolytic enzyme: uses thereof in the food industry The invention encompasses the use of a lipolytic enzyme obtainable from one of the following genera: Streptomyces, Corynebacterium and Thermobifida in various methods and uses, wherein the lipolytic enzyme hydrolyzes a glycolipid or a phospholipid or t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664951 | Transmitting apparatus for providing information by effective use of bands A transmitting apparatus adapted to effectively use the band for transferring programs of television broadcasting. A program of a first channel transmitted from the transmitting side can be viewed in real time on the receiving side. A program of a second channel is ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664376 | Information signal processing apparatus and method, information signal processing system and method, and information signal playback apparatus and method An information signal processing apparatus includes a data playback unit for playing back data from a recording medium on which featured data is recorded according to the setting of a first parameter series. An information file playback unit plays back the video/aud... | 02/16/2010 |