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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7572648 | Method of manufacturing optical sensor A cubic element of photonic crystal is integrally formed on the surface of a photo-detection element, and a portion of the photonic crystal cubic element is irradiated with ultraviolet rays thereby to change the refractive index of the portion of the cubic element t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564985 | Condenser microphone and method of manufacturing substrate therefor A substrate having a metal capsule which has an open end caulked to a planar periphery portion and in which an electric apparatus is accommodated includes a substrate main body having a planar central projecting portion consisting of a resin material and a step prov... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7563379 | Dry etching method and photonic crystal device fabricated by use of the same In a dry etching method in which clusters formed by agglomeration of atoms or molecules are ionized and accelerated as a cluster ion beam for irradiation of an object surface to etch away therefrom its constituent atoms, the clusters are mixed clusters 42 for... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7563129 | Video signal transmitting device for computer system having analog and digital video signal output functionality A video signal transmitting device having analog and digital video signal output functionality is adapted to transmit a video signal, and has a cable unit, a digital visual interface integrated input port disposed at one end of the cable unit and adapted to receive ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7541954 | Touch control apparatus and analog-to-digital converting apparatus and method thereof Disclosed are an analog-to-digital converting apparatus, an analog-to-digital converting method and a touch control apparatus adapted to convert a divided voltage generated according to a power voltage and a ground voltage. The analog-to-digital converting apparatus... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541951 | Tracking loop type digital angle converter and angle/digital converting apparatus A tracking loop type digital angle converter that operates so that a deviation between input and output angles always becomes zero by feeding back the output angle to the input angle, wherein in order to eliminate a case where a control deviation decreases an angle ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6735538 | Apparatus and method for measuring quality measure of phase noise waveform A clock signal xc(t) that has been converted into a digital signal is transformed into a complex analytic signal zc(t), and an instantaneous phase Θ of the zc(t) is estimated. A linear phase is removed from the Θ to obtain a phase ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6725557 | Thickness measuring apparatus and method A measuring system including a linear gauge 8 is placed on a vibration isolation table 7, and this system assembly is placed in a temperature controllable, constant-temperature chamber. A specimen table 16, which has a centrally-disposed circula... | 04/27/2004 |
| 7536483 | Computer system having analog and digital video signal output functionality, and computer device and video signal transmitting device thereof A video signal transmitting device having analog and digital video signal output functionality is adapted to transmit a video signal, and has a cable unit, a digital visual interface integrated input port disposed at one end of the cable unit and adapted to receive ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536299 | Correlating and decorrelating transforms for multiple description coding systems Transmitters and receivers in multiple description coding systems use correlating and decorrelating transforms to generate and process multiple descriptions of elements of an input signal. The multiple descriptions include groups of correlating transform coefficient... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7530128 | Inflatable pad with recreation function An inflatable pad includes an inflatable pad body having a transparent surrounding layer that cooperates with a first outer layer and a transparent second outer layer to define an inflatable space. The inflatable space is divided by an interlayer unit into a first i... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516064 | Adaptive hybrid transform for signal analysis and synthesis Analysis and synthesis filter banks such as those used in audio and video coding systems are each implemented by a hybrid transform that comprises a primary transform in cascade with one or more secondary transforms. The primary transforms for the filter banks imple... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515783 | Micro-optic device and method of manufacturing same A micro-optic device including a complicate structure and a movable mirror is made to be manufactured in a reduced length of time. A silicon substrate and a single crystal silicon device layer with an intermediate layer of silicon dioxide interposed therebetween def... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514950 | Semiconductor device testing apparatus and device interface board A interface board is provided with a first and second contact instruments each comprising a first and second contact terminal groups to which a first to third type semiconductor devices having different numbers of external terminals used can be connected. The first ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7508947 | Method for combining audio signals using auditory scene analysis A process for combining audio channels combines the audio channels to produce a combined audio channel and dynamically applies one or more of time, phase, and amplitude or power adjustments to the channels, to the combined channel, or to both the channels and the co... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505658 | Optical fiber device An optical fiber device comprising a positioning/fixing substrate has a fiber guide and an optical fiber pressing spring formed in the fiber guide, and an optical fiber stored in the fiber guide. The optical fiber includes an end part having at least one marker groo... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499609 | Optical Switch A blocking portion is provided at an end of the mirror to prevent a light beam emitted from an input port from being transmitted to or reflected by first and second output ports. The mirror is inserted to a position where the end of the blocking portion of the mirro... | 03/03/2009 |
| D586681 | Portion of a front panel | 02/17/2009 |
| 7488887 | Percussion-instrument pickup and electric percussion instrument An attachment part is disposed on a part of the edge of a resonance plate, which is made of a metal containing copper, and a weight is attached to the resonance plate at a predetermined distance from the attachment part. Plural vibration pickups are attached to the ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484207 | Software execution control system and software execution control program It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of software such as a game program in download type software distribution for using a program and data by storing them in a user computer in advance. A user downloads a game program of new version (including an accompanying... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7476561 | Method of making microminiature moving device In a microminiature moving device that has disposed, on a single-crystal silicon substrate, movable elements (a movable rod 46, a movable comb electrode 49, etc.) displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts (a stationary part... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476948 | Microminiature moving device and method of making the same In a microminiature moving device that has disposed, on a single-crystal silicon substrate, movable elements (a movable rod 46, a movable comb electrode 49, etc.) displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts (a stationary part... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468995 | Optical switch An optical switch, wherein the first and second output ports (optical fibers) are disposed on the opposite sides of the input port (optical fiber) so as to form acute angles with respect to the input port, the input port and the first output port are optically coupl... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463798 | MEMS device with failure diagnosis function In order to implement an MEMS device which monitors a mechanical response characteristic of a moving part to detect a precursor of a fatal failure without needing correction of an existing control input and without adding any components, there are provided vibration... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461002 | Method for time aligning audio signals using characterizations based on auditory events A method for time aligning audio signal, wherein one signal has been derived from the other or both have been derived from another signal, comprises deriving reduced-information characterizations of the audio signals, auditory scene analysis. The time offset of one ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454331 | Controlling loudness of speech in signals that contain speech and other types of audio material Mechanisms are known that allow receivers to control loudness of speech in broadcast signals but these mechanisms require an estimate of speech loudness be inserted into the signal. Disclosed techniques provide improved estimates of loudness. According to one implem... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447977 | Method and system for optimizing forward error correction of multimedia streaming over wireless networks The loss of packets in a communication system can be minimized in an optimal manner by adapting a set of error correction (EC) parameters in response to a calculated probability of packet loss. The calculated probability is obtained from derived algorithms that are ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447411 | Photonic structure A photonic structure has rods arranged with periodicity which is of a non-translational symmetry and defined in a polar coordinate system, which uses a distance in a radial direction and an angle in a circumferential direction, and has a center of the polar coordina... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447631 | Audio coding system using spectral hole filling Audio coding processes like quantization can cause spectral components of an encoded audio signal to be set to zero, creating spectral holes in the signal. These spectral holes can degrade the perceived quality of audio signals that are reproduced by audio coding sy... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441052 | Methods and apparatuses for providing copies of stored data for disaster recovery and other uses A disaster recovery technique for computer systems obtains backup copies of data by arranging recording devices like direct-access disk devices into copy pairs of primary and secondary devices. Management of the device copy pairs within a single system and across mu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432782 | Signal splitter A signal splitter includes a low-pass filter circuit for permitting a low-frequency component of an incoming signal in an incoming telephone line coupled to a first connecting port to pass therethrough to a second connecting port, and a coupling circuit including a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7396591 | Wiring substrate In a wiring substrate having a metal wiring pattern that is formed on a substrate and includes a contact portion for providing connection to an external element, an organic thin film containing silane is formed to cover the metal wiring pattern and the contact porti... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395211 | Modulating one or more parameters of an audio or video perceptual coding system in response to supplemental information A method of modifying the operation of the encoder function and/or the decoder function of a perceptual coding system in accordance with supplemental information, such as a watermark, so that the supplemental information may be detectable in the output of the decode... | 07/01/2008 |
| D571792 | Antenna for mobile telephones or the like | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389715 | Pliers-type hand tool A pliers-type hand tool includes first and second arms, a pivot joint, and a locking member. The first arm is formed with a threaded blind hole. The second arm is formed with a through hole. The pivot joint extends through the through-hole in the second arm and thre... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389190 | Testing apparatus for testing a device under test and comparator circuit and calibration apparatus for the testing apparatus There is provided a testing apparatus for testing a device under test, wherein the testing apparatus is provided with a timing generator for generating a timing signal indicating the timing at which a test signal is applied; a plurality of timing delay units for del... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379635 | Optical switch with three optical ports on one side The end parts of three optical waveguide parts are supported, mutually in parallel, on a substrate, the end part of the center optical waveguide part being one input port and the end parts of other two optical waveguide parts being a first and a second output port, | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375696 | Electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving device A direction-change element for changing the direction of travel of an incident electromagnetic wave and electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving elements are disposed on a substrate. The direction-change element has a periodic array of materials of different refr... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371015 | Connector for two-way optical communications Attachments are respectively attached to one ends of a pair of light guides, which are integrally formed via a connecting portion, such that the attachments surround the one ends of the light guides. The one ends protrude from a rear face of a receptacle body and ar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372287 | Semiconductor device testing apparatus and device interface board A interface board is provided with a first and second contact instruments each comprising a first and second contact terminal groups to which a first to third type semiconductor devices having different numbers of external terminals used can be connected. The first ... | 05/13/2008 |
