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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963834 | Game device, game advancing method, program, and recording medium A game apparatus executes a game in which a player character and an enemy character fight against each other. The game apparatus includes an attack determiner that determines whether the player character has an attack turn. When the attack determiner determines that... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963595 | Vehicle seats A vehicle seat includes a seat back and a head rest. The seat back has an air blower that is capable of aspirating air, and a blower duct that is capable of introducing the aspirated air toward a blowhole formed in the seat back. The head rest has a head rest main b... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963546 | Article including a strap for retaining or tightening a foot or a boot An article that includes a strap for retaining or tightening a foot or a boot, the strap including a section for covering the foot or the boot, the covering section including a frame and a comfort element. The comfort element includes a synthetic material molded ove... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962568 | Event control device and digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962371 | Commodity presenting method and system therefor A merchandise presentation method includes: a step of preparing a standard value relating to work data, which specifies work performed by a user; a step of obtaining actual work data, which specifies the work actually performed by each user with respect to the work;... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962025 | Imager with auto focus functionality An imager comprising is provided having an image-capturing device, a display, and a view angle controller. The first in-focus detector is movable with respect to a stationary platform, and detects whether a subject image is in focus of an image sensor. The shake det... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962022 | Photographic apparatus with mechanism to perform inclination correction A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. The movable platform has an imager that captures an optical image, and is movable and rotatable in an xy plane. The acceleration sensor detects a first gravitatio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962021 | Photographic apparatus with image stabilization and controller for calculating and correcting inclination angle A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. The movable platform has an imager, and is movable and rotatable in an xy plane. The acceleration sensor detects a first gravitational component and a second gravitation... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962001 | Content reproduction apparatus In conventional technology, when a program which operates in synchronization with reproduction of video and audio instructs a trick play of video and audio such as fast-forward and rewind, the trick play of the video and audio continues even after the program is ter... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961250 | Photographing apparatus having an exposure mode selection function A photographing apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, a controller, and an exposure-mode-selecting device. The controller performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of the photographing subject based on the photometric... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961245 | Image surface illuminance varying apparatus, exposure correcting apparatus, and exposure correcting method An image surface illuminance varying apparatus includes a variable power optical system in which the optical power thereof can be varied by changing a relative position of a plurality of optical elements thereof; and a light-quantity ratio varying optical element wh... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961031 | Semiconductor switch circuit A semiconductor switch circuit is provided that enables current consumption to be reduced even in a conduction state. A semiconductor switch circuit 100 has P-type MOS transistors Q101 and Q102 for conduction that share a source and are connecte... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960530 | Fluorescent protein An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fluorescent protein derived from favia favus. The present invention provides a fluorescent protein derived from favia favus having the following properties: (1)... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960254 | Manufacturing method for epitaxial wafer To provide a manufacturing method for an epitaxial wafer that alleviates distortions on a back surface thereof due to sticking between a wafer and a susceptor, thereby preventing decrease in flatness thereof due to a lift pin. A manufacturing method for an epitaxial... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960225 | Method of controlling film thinning of semiconductor wafer for solid-state image sensing device The thickness of a semiconductor wafer layer, extending from a mirror-finished surface thereof to a solid-state image sensing device, is measured. Based on the residual thickness data, plasma etching is performed from the mirror-finished surface until a predetermine... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959852 | Process and device for manufacturing free-flowing metal foam Device for manufacturing a metal foam. The device includes at least two feed pipes for introducing gas. The at least two feed pipes are arranged next to one another. Each of the at least two feed pipes project into a foamable melt. This Abstract is not intended to d... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959236 | Wheel rim and method of manufacture thereof, and bicycle including such rim A rim for a cycle wheel that includes an annular shaped element, as well as a bicycle that includes such rim and a method of making the rim. The annular shaped element has at least one groove, with the element being encircled by at least one binding of polymerizable... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959226 | Vehicle seats A vehicle seat may include a monitor device that is movably disposed in a back board of a seat back, and a drive mechanism coupled to the base portion of the monitor device. The monitor device includes a base portion and a monitor portion. The drive mechanism is arr... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959056 | Method for joining rails by friction welding Method for the metallic joining of profiled rails in the longitudinal direction. Method includes heating rail ends to a joining temperature by pressing together faces of the rails end while simultaneously moving them relative to one another in an oscillating manner ... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639978 | Hematology test cassette with prefilled reagents | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957962 | Fixed codebook searching apparatus and fixed codebook searching method A fixed codebook searching apparatus which slightly suppresses an increase in the operation amount, even if the filter applied to the excitation pulse has the characteristic that it cannot be represented by a lower triangular matrix and realizes a quasi-optimal fixe... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957516 | System and method for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party A method, system and computer program for utilizing destination information stored in a database are disclosed. The database is queried for information about a service located at a destination, and location information of a requesting party is determined. Routing in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957509 | Voice enhancing for advance intelligent network services A method for updating communications service parameters includes receiving, at a platform configured for speech recognition functionality and corresponding to a communications address associated with verbally updating communications service parameters, a voice instr... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957367 | IP telephone apparatus, ENUM server, and calling method via the internet An ENUM server stores NAPTR records including PSTN telephone numbers and the corresponding IP telephone numbers of a source IP telephone apparatus and a destination IP telephone apparatus. When the ENUM server receives an ENUM query from the source IP telephone appa... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957366 | IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and calling method An IP telephone system comprises an IP telephone that performs voice communication via an IP network, a carrier that manages voice communication for the IP telephone via the IP network and a server that returns NAPTR resource record(s) in response to a request from ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956916 | Solid-state imaging device Provided is a solid-state imaging device having pixel units that are two-dimensionally arranged, and including: a photodiode that generates an optical signal charge corresponding to an intensity and an exposure time of light; a MOS transistor that transfers the opti... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956602 | Tilt angle sensor and detection-target device comprising the same To provide a tilt angle sensor that is capable of detecting acceleration, a tilt angle, and the like of a device to which the tilt sensor angle is mounted, and also capable of reducing the size and the cost with a simple structure. The tilt angle sensor comprises: a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956522 | Ignition anode, in particular for reignitable rocket combustion chambers An ignition anode for an ignition device of a reignitable rocket combustion chamber. The anode includes an ignition anode body having an ignition anode frontal area. The ignition anode frontal area has a plurality of edges. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956377 | Semiconductor light-emitting device and its manufacturing method In a light-emitting device and its manufacturing method, mounting by batch process with surface-mount technology, high light extraction efficiency, and low manufacturing cost are realized. The light-emitting device 1 comprises semiconductor layers (2, 3 | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956372 | Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting diode chip, a heat conductive plate mounting thereon the light emitting diode chip, a sub-mount member disposed between said light emitting diode chip and said heat conductive plate, a dielectric substrate stacked on... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956172 | Fluorescent protein and chromoprotein It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel fluorescent protein and a novel chromoprotein. The present invention provides a novel fluorescent protein derived from Montipora sp., Acropora sp. and Lobophytum crassum, and a novel ch... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955982 | Method for smoothing wafer surface and apparatus used therefor Disclosed is a method for smoothing the surface of at least one side of a wafer which is obtained by slicing a semiconductor ingot. In this method, a fluid is applied according to projections of the wafer surface, thereby reducing the projections. Alternatively, a f... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955708 | Optimized high temperature thermal barrier The invention is directed to high purity zirconia-based and/or hafnia-based materials and coatings for high temperature cycling applications. Thermal barrier coatings made from the invention high purity material was found to have significantly improved sintering res... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955440 | Method for cleaning silicon wafer and apparatus for cleaning the silicon wafer After a water film is formed on a wafer front surface in a chamber, the water film is supplied sequentially with an oxidizing component of an oxidation gas, an organic acid component of an organic acid mist, an HF component of an HF gas, the organic acid mist, and t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955035 | Rivet The invention relates to a rivet for connecting parts, in particular aircraft components, through which holes are formed, the rivet including a sleeve part, which has a rivet head with an axially extending cavity and an adjoining or is composed of such rivet head an... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955020 | Grooved profile for a hub shaft connection A grooved profile for a form fitting hub-shaft connection in which a groove profile for a hub and a shaft include flanks which are structured and arranged as opposing flanks. The groove profile includes a groove profile height in at least one of the hub and the shaf... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954873 | Lock structures for stowable vehicle seats A striker is supported by and coupled to a seat body and is held in a rotated position where the striker is lowered to a position along the shape of the seat body. When the seat body is moved and stowed, the striker is raised to and held at a rotated and raised posi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954862 | Electromagnetic lock provided with a sliding bolt for a swinging-type door Electromagnetic lock includes a body, a retractable sliding bolt, and a movable plate structured and arranged to move the retractable sliding bolt and functioning as an armature of an electromagnet housed in the body. The movable plate is movable via two forces acti... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954841 | Gliding board with rigidifying insert and method of manufacture Gliding board that includes an upper sub-assembly, a lower sub-assembly, and an intermediate core, the upper sub-assembly including a first longitudinal opening, the lower sub-assembly including a second longitudinal opening, and the intermediate core including a th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954399 | Steering control for self-propelled vehicles A steering control for vehicles, such as for automobiles or motorcycles in the form of a steering wheel or of a handlebar, with a gripping zone presenting an elastically variable geometry deformable under the action of the hand or the hands of the driver gripping th... | 06/07/2011 |
