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| 8058388 | Process for alkoxylation with DMC catalysts in a loop reactor with ejector The invention relates to a process for preparing polyethers of the formula (I) R1—(CHR2CHR3—O)n—H (I) where n=1 to 12 000, R1=a radical comprising at l... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058188 | Thermally sprayed protective coating for industrial and engineered fabrics A fabric or belt and a method for forming such a fabric or belt, including a base support structure and at least one coating with the coating being applied by a thermal spray process. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057790 | Treatment of malodour This invention relates to methods for inhibiting growth of anaerobic bacteria, particularly halitosis causing bacteria. The methods use BLIS-producing Streptococcus salivarius strains, extracts thereof, and compositions comprising same in the prevention or tr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057593 | Pigment dispersions and black water-reducing agent for cement The present invention relates to a pigment dispersion and a black water-reducing agent, more particularly, to a pigment dispersion comprising a carbon black whose surface is modified with an aminosilane compound and a polycarboxylic acid-based water-reducing agent, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056097 | Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus There is provided a disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus including: a disk mounting part; a clamp member holding a disk-shaped recording medium between the clamp member and the disk mounting part; and a support member movably supporting the clamp member. One ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055894 | Process and streaming server for encrypting a data stream with bandwidth based variation There is disclosed a process for encrypting a data stream to secure the data stream for single viewing and to protect copyrights of the data stream. Specifically, there is disclosed a process for protecting streaming multimedia, entertainment and communications in a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055351 | MRI-safe high impedance lead systems Some embodiments are directed to MRI/RF compatible medical interventional devices. A plurality of spaced apart high impedance circuit segments are configured to have a high impedance at a high range of radiofrequencies and a low impedance at a low range of frequenci... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055148 | Image forming apparatus and method in which printing time is shortened and printing engine is not driven unnecessarily, and recording medium storing program for same Embodiments relate to an image forming apparatus including a print job input unit; an image data storing unit that stores the image data by dividing the image data into a band basis; a job managing unit that outputs a primary sheet supply numerical order of the band... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055078 | Filter for blocking image-based spam A network device and method are directed towards detecting and blocking image spam within a message by employing a weighted min-hash to perform a near duplicate detection (NDD) of determined features within an image as compared to known spam images. The weighting fo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052603 | Transducer/sensor assembly An imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system, forming a transducer/sensor assembly. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a coil proximally coupled with the imaging transducer. A cable having first and second wires are pr... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052256 | Liquid discharge device A liquid discharge device may be provided with a transferring device, a discharge head, a tank, a liquid replenishment device, and a member. The transferring device transfers a recording medium along a feeding path. The discharge head is capable of moving along a mo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051937 | Thermal assistance for bicycle A pedaling assistance device for a light vehicle, in particular a bicycle, equipped with pedals and a ratio-changing transmission, this device comprising a heat engine (1; 101; 201) equipped with a reducing gear mechanically coupled with an element receiving ... | 11/08/2011 |
| RE42905 | System for information on demand The present invention provides a system for serving information data such as video data to one or more users, comprising: one or more storage medium units for storing data of said information data; one or more end devices for receipt of said information data by the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051449 | Portable information terminal apparatus, information processing method, computer-program storage medium, and computer-program The present invention relates to a portable information terminal apparatus for additionally displaying information about other programs broadcast in the same time slot as a user-selected program. A TV program recording preset program under control of an I/O control ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050885 | Method for determining the effects of the wind on a blind A method for determining the effects of the wind on a blind (1) or the like that is provided with a sensor means (231) for measuring the effects of the wind in a first measurement direction (X1) and in a second measurement direction (Y1... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050693 | Employing the SMS protocol as a transport layer protocol Communicating data by transforming images or other non-text data into subsets of text characters and communicating each subset in an electronic message that can carry only a limited number of text characters. An embodiment transforms portions of binary data of an im... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048912 | Benzopyran derivatives having inhibitory activities against liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and their pharmaceutical uses The present invention relates to a novel benzopyran derivative having goodantagonistic activity on TGF-β receptor which can be effectively used as a prophylactic and therapeutic agent for liver disease as well as several fibroplasiadiseases such as hepatic fibrosis... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046822 | Electronic apparatus, function selection method of electronic apparatus and management system of electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a first apparatus that carries out a plurality of functions, and a second apparatus that is coupled to the first apparatus. The second apparatus comprises a control unit that includes a processing unit for supplying commands to the f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046807 | Information-processing system, information-processing apparatus, and information-processing method In an information-processing system shown in FIG. 1, a server (106) for delivering remote-operation control information in accordance with an audio/video instrument (110) and an information-processing apparatus (103) with a remote-operati... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046678 | Employing partial evaluation to provide a page A web page is generated by applying a partial evaluation technique. In one embodiment, at design time, a page designer enables a dynamic version of a page specification program to be generated, such as by way of a page customization interface. This dynamic version c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046434 | Data communication apparatus and method, data communication system, information-processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program In an AV-data transfer system, AV data stored in a RAID embedded in an AV server is supplied to a client personal computer connected to a network such as the Internet or an intranet by way of the network, and AV data output by the client personal computer is transmi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046411 | Multimedia sharing in social networks for mobile devices A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards sharing multimedia information on a mobile device based at least in part on vitality information and other social networking information. Multimedia information may be received and/or synchronized on the mobil... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046388 | Program additional data creating device, video program editing device, and video program data creating device An apparatus for producing program ancillary data pertinent to each scene of a picture program to be recorded includes a display control unit for demonstrating, on a display picture, an input form having, as an input item, the information pertinent to a scene as an ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046341 | Information processing apparatus for reproducing metadata and method, program, and recording medium A system and method to protect uniquely extended metadata by others, while maintaining compatibility of metadata. An information processing apparatus determines if items included in entered metadata are defined in advance, and reproduces only items that are included... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046073 | Lead connector for an implantable electric stimulation system and methods of making and using A lead-connection system includes a lead and a connector. The lead includes a distal end, a proximal end, a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductor wires electrically cou... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045945 | Reception apparatus, reception method and program A reception apparatus including an extraction section; a transmission line characteristic estimation section; an interpolation section; a compensation section; a detection section; and a selection section. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045850 | Image pickup apparatus, image recording apparatus and image recording method An imaging apparatus selectively recording an image taken by itself or at least one other apparatus is disclosed. A digital video camera selects between an image taken by a camera block (10) thereof, and an image taken by each of at least one other camera and... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045842 | Information processing apparatus and method, transmission apparatus and method, recording apparatus and method and program An information processing apparatus includes a conversion section configured to convert one of an SD signal according to a predetermined standard of Standard Definition Television and an HD signal according to a predetermined standard of High-Definition Television i... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045837 | Controller for photographing apparatus and photographing system A picture photographed by a camera portion is sent to a video capturing portion of a computer. The picture is displayed in an operation area of a monitor. A panorama picture of which pictures in part or all moving range of a pan tiler are combined is displayed in a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045796 | Image processing device and image processing method performing color conversion processing using a lookup table An image processing device that performs color conversion processing using a lookup table (LUT) includes an acquiring unit that acquires an emulation LUT for applying emulation of a gamut to a target device from a device in use, the emulation LUT being generated usi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045668 | Frame synchronization apparatus and its control method A frame synchronization apparatus and method for controlling a frame synchronization process. The frame synchronization apparatus includes a correlation-value computation section; an IQ component select section; and a synchronization-signal outputting section. The c... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045658 | Reception apparatus, reception method and program A reception apparatus includes: an extraction section; a transmission line characteristic estimation section; an estimation section; a frequency shift amount production section; a control section; an addition section; a first frequency shifting section; a second fre... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045422 | Near-field light generating element comprising surface plasmon antenna and waveguide with groove Provided is a near-field light generating element in which as much amount as possible of waveguide light can be coupled with a plasmon antenna. The element comprises a light waveguide and a plasmon antenna comprising a surface or edge for propagating surface plasmon... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045051 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus that includes a main body that includes a recording and reproducing unit that houses a main recording medium and records an information signal. The information signal from the main recording medium is reproduced. An auxiliary recording medium un... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044992 | Monitor for monitoring a panoramic image A system and method to monitor a target area of a panoramic images by shooting the target area, sequentially shifting the shooting direction. A unit image of a generated panoramic image and a corresponding unit image of another panoramic image generated before the f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044990 | Camera controller and teleconferencing system A teleconferencing system includes: a camera system for imaging a plurality of persons; a voice collector for capturing voices generated by a plurality of persons; and a transmitter for multiplexing an image signal acquired from the camera system and a voice signal ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044748 | Hybrid coupler and UHF television channel mixer comprising such a hybrid coupler A hybrid coupler for UHF-band television transmission has a box containing two lines, each of which is insulated from the box and from the other line, is connected to the other line in a “tandem” configuration, and has a first, a second, and a third portion sepa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044630 | Device of radioelectric signals transmitter and/or receiver type Radiofrequency device (30; 30′; 30″; 30′″) controlling means for supplying at least one electrical load (14, 14′) and comprising a radiofrequency unit (11) of radiofrequency signals transmitter and/or receiver type and connected by a f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044626 | Self-powered assembly for the actuation of a roller blind or awning An actuation assembly (INST) of a screen (SCR) for closure, solar protection or privacy, comprising, on the one hand, a motorized actuator (ACT) furnished with wireless control command receiving means (RCU) and, on the other hand, a standalone power supply assembly ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043222 | Transducer with multiple resonant frequencies for an imaging catheter A single transducer element that is capable of oscillation at a plurality of natural resonant frequencies may be used in an ultrasonic imaging catheter assembly including a catheter body configured to be inserted and guided through the vascular system of a living be... | 10/25/2011 |
