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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7536236 | Component mounting apparatus, service providing device and servicing method A service receiving method for receiving a component library including component size necessary for mount production, by inputting, via a service receiver, to a service provider, mounted component data having the results of fabrication of non-defective products, thr... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536091 | Image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a guide device which guides an image-stabilizing optical element in a manner to allow the image-stabilizing optical element to move in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, the guide device including at least one mechanical movement lim... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535419 | Method for data exchange between military aircraft and device for carrying out this method A device for user data transmission implemented in an aircraft for transmitting user data to a relay aircraft. The device includes a controllable directional antenna arrangement and an antenna steering module that is structured and arranged to control radiation prop... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534981 | Optical semiconductor device having a shield wire and optical pickup device having a shield wire An optical semiconductor device of the present invention includes: a light-receiving element which converts light into an electric signal; an amplifier circuit having an input terminal to which the light-receiving element is connected, and which amplifies the electr... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534130 | Cable connector A cable connector includes a housing, a first contact having a first contact unit opposed to a front surface of a cable and an engaging and pivoting unit opposed to a back surface of the cable, a second contact which is provided in the housing and which has a second... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533016 | Speech coder and speech decoder A target vector is coded by multi-stage vector quantization. A first stage of the coding of the target vector is performed using a first code vector stored in a first codebook. A scalar associated with a code of each first code vector is stored in an amplifier stori... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532950 | Integrated management system and method for controlling multi-type air conditioners An integrated management system for controlling multi-type air conditioners can effectively enable to perform maintenance, management and after-service to at least one air conditioner systems by adding provision for product information into a communication protocol ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532491 | Apparatus and method for supplying DC power source An apparatus and method for supplying a direct current power source capable of compensating a power factor of an input power source by increasing and decreasing energy required by load changes, the apparatus comprising: an input current detecting unit for detecting ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532423 | Magnetic recording medium, recording/reproducing apparatus, and stamper On a magnetic recording medium, M sets of burst patterns are formed along a direction of rotation of a substrate in each burst pattern region, where M is a natural number of two or higher. Each burst pattern is formed so as to include two types of burst signal units... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532375 | Tuning-fork-type scanning apparatus with a counterweight A scanning method and apparatus, the apparatus comprising a fork with first and second forwardly extending tines and a rearwardly extending counterweight member, a mount for supporting the fork at a point between the tines and the counterweight member, and a drive f... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532147 | Analog voltage latch An analog voltage latch for use in a controller for controlling a motor equipped electric bicycle, includes a window comparator for comparing an analog voltage latch output and an analog input voltage to produce a comparison result, an S-R latch for producing HIGH o... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531942 | Ultrasonic rotary drive device An ultrasonic rotary drive device includes an ultrasonic motor including an ultrasonic generating portion and a first rotary output portion, wherein the first rotary output portion is in contact with the ultrasonic generating portion to be rotatable relative to the ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531859 | Solid-state imaging device, driving method of the same and manufacturing method thereof The solid-state imaging device in the present invention is a solid-state imaging device that includes plural pixel cells arranged on a semi-conductor substrate, and a driving unit installed on the semi-conductor substrate in order to drive each pixel cell, wherein e... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531199 | Process for making enzyme-resistant starch for reduced-calorie flour replacer An enzyme resistant starch type III having a melting point or endothermic peak of at least about 140° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is produced in yields of at least about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of the original starch ing... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530991 | Vertebral body distance retainer A vertebral body distance retainer comprises a retainer member including engaging portions to be engaged with a pair of rods provided on a plurality of adjacent vertebral bodies and abutting portions capable of freely abutting on spinous processes of the adjacent ve... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530895 | Method for advancing network game by group competition A world map includes multiple regions. Each region includes one or multiple areas. A player causes his/her player character to belong to any nation. As a task given to the player character, a battle with an enemy character is provided on the map of each area (the ba... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530277 | Measuring apparatus A measuring apparatus has a display unit that can be favorably viewed when a measured object is clamped by a clamp-type sensor regardless of the orientation and position of the measured object. The measuring apparatus includes a first main unit on which the clamp-ty... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529476 | Digital camera A digital camera including a detecting system to detect a vibration that occurs in a camera body, an image capturing element drive system, which is adapted to adjust a position of an image capturing element based on an amount of the vibration detected with respect t... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529355 | Report data capture via billing module A system is provided for reporting call data related to a telecommunications service. The system includes a network element, such as a service control point, that generates billing records. The network element populates a base module with standard data and also popu... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528882 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes a multifocal optical system having at least two different focal lengths; an image pickup device for converting an optical image formed by the multifocal optical system into an image signal; a first image processor for forming an or... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528863 | Remote-control device for digital camera A remote-control device controls a digital camera, in which a first range of an exposure compensation value, which can be set when independently using the digital camera, is narrower than a potential range of the exposure compensation value, which is possible to set... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528862 | Anti-shake apparatus with magnetic-field change detector arranged in driving coil An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable-unit and a fixed-unit. The movable-unit has an imaging device and can be moved in first and second directions. The fixed-unit slidably supports the movable-unit in both the first and second dir... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528342 | Method and apparatus for via drilling and selective material removal using an ultrafast pulse laser A method and apparatus for selective material removal and via drilling for semiconductor applications using an ultrafast laser pulse directly from an ultrafast pulse laser oscillator without amplification are disclosed. The method and apparatus includes techniques t... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528339 | Sequencing system and method of use A system and method that sequences product to increase machine throughput and capacity. The system includes a plurality of input feeding devices each randomly receiving product received from a stream of product and a plurality of output groups each having output bin... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528169 | Substance having antitumor/anti-inflammatory activity A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof which has excellent antitumor activity and angiogenesis inhibitory action in a low oxygen condition, and a medicament such as an antitumor agent and an anti-inflammatory agent which comprises the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527768 | Liquid dispenser with vacuum control A liquid dispenser is provided which dispenses a predetermined amount of a liquid from a reservoir. It includes a negative pressure system to supply a negative pressure which acts on the liquid in the liquid reservoir while no liquid is being dispensed. The negative... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527709 | High tension permeable belt for an ATMOS system and press section of paper machine using the permeable belt A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt has a paper web facing side and is guided over a support surface. The permeable be... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527504 | Connector receptacle In a connector receptacle which is mounted on a printed circuit board, a pair of protection protrusions is formed to protrude outward in a insertion direction of a plug from a rear end of a bottom board of a metal shell. A plurality of terminals held on a plug holde... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527484 | Muffler of scroll compressor Disclosed herein is a muffler of a scroll compressor. The muffler includes a first muffler having a pair of chambers defined above an outlet of a fixed scroll to communicate with the outlet and a gas passage hole formed at the center of an upper end thereof, and a s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527438 | Retractable photographic lens A retractable photographic lens includes a moving ring; a holding frame which holds a retractable optical element and is movable between a photographing position and a displaced position displaced from the photographing position; and a driving device which moves the... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527261 | Mailpiece container for stacking mixed mail and method for stacking mail therein A system is provided for stacking mail having an escort assembly for handling each mailpiece. The system comprises a containment device, a transport mechanism and a detachment mechanism. The containment device includes a base, vertical walls extending from the base ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527061 | Dishwasher and method for controlling the same A dishwasher and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, the dishwasher including washing part comprising a sump for accommodating wash water for washing contaminated dishes, a washing pump for pumping wash water accommodated in the sump, and a filtering me... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527047 | Regulator thermostat support of heat engine with external hot water circuit The invention concerns a regulator thermostat support of heat engine with external hot water circuit, consisting of a specific regulator thermostat housing support (11) replacing the existing support and comprising means (12, 13) for mounting a double ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526985 | Sawing machine, cutting-off method, and method of reducing noise A band saw machine includes a driving wheel and a driven wheel around which an endless band saw blade is wound. At least one of the driving wheel and the driven wheel is directly connected to an output shaft of a control motor. The output shaft of the control motor ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526731 | Method for integrating user models to interface design A method that incorporates a detailed, precise procedure of designing a user interface by utilizing agent behavioral models. This method applies quantitative and qualitative agent behavioral models derived through the Categorize Describe-Model (CDM) methodology to t... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526641 | IPsec communication method, communication control apparatus, and network camera When a packet arrives from a communication terminal apparatus, i.e., a communicating terminal with which the IPsec communication is performed, a source IP address is recognized from an IP header of the packet and a security policy is registered in an SPD. At the sam... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526192 | Focus detection method and focus detection apparatus A focus detection method, for detecting a focus state of an object image in accordance with a contrast of the object image which is formed in a focus detection area, includes capturing the object images while moving a focusing lens group of a photographing lens step... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526189 | Optical image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a guide device which guides an image-stabilizing optical element in a guide direction orthogonal to an optical axis and an image shake counteracting driving device which moves the image-stabilizing optical element so as to counteract ima... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526080 | Integrated disparate intelligent peripherals A method for providing a service over a communications network includes interacting, by a first networked communications apparatus, with a second networked communications apparatus. The second networked communications apparatus interacts with the first networked com... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525594 | Camera having mode-selecting power-controlling buttons A camera has a power switching processor for switching on and off the power supply, a mode-setting processor for setting a selected mode among a plurality of mode, and a plurality of buttons, each corresponding to one mode. When one of the buttons is pushed in a sta... | 04/28/2009 |