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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074245 | Program reservation system and program reserving method In a receiving device, a receiver receives extended program information. A user selects a program to be reserved by a selection operation using an operation input unit. An extended reservation manager causes an instruction receiver to transmit an extended reservatio... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073945 | Method and apparatus for providing a measurement of performance for a network A method and an apparatus for providing a measurement of performance for a network are disclosed. For example, the method sends a plurality of multi-objective probes on a path, and receives one or more of said plurality of multi-objective probes for the path. The me... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073295 | Material for substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly and substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly A material for an optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly mounting substrate comprises a light permeable resin layer, and an optical circuit forming layer that is made of a light permeable resin of which refractive index increases (or decreases) when irradiated w... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073082 | Mirror sub-carrier demodulation circuit, receiving device with the same, and mirror sub-carrier demodulating method A mirror sub-carrier demodulation circuit includes a waveform generation unit, which generates a composite waveform of received I and Q signals, and a peak detection unit, which detects peak values of the composite waveform generated by the waveform generation unit.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072824 | Operation guarantee system An operation guarantee system includes a decoder circuit, a comparison circuit, a CPU circuit, a frequency adjustment circuit and a DQ adjustment circuit. The comparison circuit compares a test data signal input from the decoder circuit with an expected value data s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072694 | Objective lens There is provided an objective lens used for a plurality of types of optical discs having a front surface and a rear surface, each of which includes an inner region and an outer region. The outer region has a surface shape which suppresses a coma caused when a beam ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072508 | Photographing apparatus having first and second operation devices 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... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072008 | Biosensor having ultra fine fiber A high-sensitivity field effect transistor using as a channel ultrafine fiber elements such as carbon nanotube, and a biosensor using it. The field effect transistor comprises a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode arranged on the substrate, a channel... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071647 | Method for treatment of adhesion of the intestines Method for suppressing adhesion of the intestines or therapeutic treatment of adhesion of the intestines comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]b... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071197 | Assembled honeycomb An assembled honeycomb structure includes at least two prismatic honeycomb segments. An outer cross section of each of the at least two prismatic honeycomb segments perpendicular to a flow direction in an interior of the assembled honeycomb structure is a quadrangle... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070916 | Device for producing a web of tissue Method and device for producing a web of tissue. In the method, the web of tissue is led over at least one drying cylinder, doctored off the latter with a creping doctor and then wound up by way of a winding device. The web of tissue is supported at least largely ov... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070760 | Clipping instrument for an endoscopic surgical device A clipping instrument for an endoscope is provided. The clipping instrument includes a flexible sheath, an operation wire, at least one detachable clip assembly, including a pair of openable and closable clipping arms and a fastening ring, the clipping arms being co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070535 | Printed circuit board terminal and printed circuit board connector having the same A printed circuit board terminal includes a rectangular metal wire rod having a substantially rectangle cross-section. One longitudinal end portion of the printed circuit board terminal includes an insertion portion that is configured to be inserted into a through h... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069035 | Scalable encoding apparatus, scalable decoding apparatus, and methods of them A scalable encoding apparatus capable of suppressing the quality degradation of a decoded signal without increasing the bit rate. In this apparatus, a core layer encoding part (101) and an extended layer encoding part (102) encode an input signal for e... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068722 | Information storage medium, TS packet judgement apparatus, and data reproduction apparatus The present invention provides an information storage medium in which a stream including basic data and extension data for next generation is stored, so as to allow a decoder capable of decoding only basic data to process such a stream including basic data and exten... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068617 | Audio playback system Provided is an audio playback system, which reduces a restriction on a place of installation and which reduces the dispersion of characteristics of sound pressures in a low frequency range due to the seats in a passenger interior of a vehicle so that a comfortable b... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066728 | Disposable or single-use lancet device and method Single-use lancet device includes a body. A movable skin engaging member is at least partially disposed inside the body and includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member can move at least between a retracted position and an extend... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065524 | Authentication processing apparatus and authentication processing method An authentication processing apparatus includes an authentication unit, having a circuit that performs authentication phases included in processing for authenticating an external device. A command holding unit holds a first command that indicates whether or not each... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065115 | Method and system for identifying audible noise as wind noise in a hearing aid apparatus A method and system for detecting wind noise are adapted to determine whether two of a plurality of sound signals acquired by a plurality of sound receiving units include wind noise. The method includes the following steps: (a) transforming the two sound signals to ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064945 | Base station, communication system including base station, and transmission method Channel fluctuation values on propagation paths of modulated signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas are estimated, an eigenvalue of a channel fluctuation matrix created with the above-mentioned channel fluctuation values as elements is found in order to re... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064760 | Dust removal apparatus of photographing apparatus A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable. The controller moves the movable unit on a plane that is parallel to a first direction and a second direction. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064740 | Arrangement for the electro-optical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems An inexpensive and compact arrangement for the electrical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems is proposed, wherein said arrangement is stable, requires no mechanical movements and operates with a purely electric control, consume... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064655 | Face image detection device, face image detection method and imaging apparatus An face image detection device capable of detecting the location of the face image with high accuracy without increasing time for detecting the location of the face image or electric consumption required for detecting the location of face image includes: a rotated r... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064413 | Adaptive rate and reach optimization for wireless access networks A wireless local area network (WLAN) control system includes network elements (such as access points and clients) and a centralized dynamic performance management system. The network elements measure signal attenuation in communications with other WLAN network eleme... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062765 | Silver layer formed by electrosilvering substrate material The inventors have conducted vigorous studies, and discovered as a result that it is possible to form a silver layer having a high reflectance of about 90 to 99% in a visible light area by setting a grain size of an outermost surface of a silver plated layer within ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062539 | Method for manufacturing multilayer printed wiring board and multilayer printed wiring board obtained by the same A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board which enables the dielectric layers to have excellent thickness uniformity, the capacitor circuits to have high registration accuracy and the unnecessary dielectric layer is removed as large as possible; a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062479 | Paper machine Paper machine for producing paper that can be gravure printed from a fibrous stock suspension, and a related method. The paper machine includes a pressing section having at least one press nip, an impingement dryer arranged immediately after the pressing section, an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062020 | Three dimensional structure producing device and producing method An apparatus for making a three-dimensional object includes a powdery layer-forming unit for forming a powdery layer on a table and an optical beam-irradiating unit for irradiating an optical beam on a predetermined region of the powdery layer to sinter the predeter... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060749 | Authenticated program execution method According to a conventional technique, in the case where a program is stored into a non-volatile memory once and then activated, authentication of the program is performed immediately before such activation. However, calculations such as decryption of encrypted valu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060656 | Method and apparatus for providing mobile and other intermittent connectivity in a computing environment A seamless solution transparently addresses the characteristics of nomadic systems, and enables existing network applications to run reliably in mobile environments. The solution extends the enterprise network, letting network managers provide mobile users with easy... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059953 | Retractable zoom lens A zoom lens includes a zoom optical system including movable lens groups for zooming which are moved between a ready-to-photograph position and an accommodated position, a diaphragm mechanism, and a lens shutter. One of the movable lens groups serves as an aperture-... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059808 | System and method for implementing and accessing call forwarding services A communications redirection service is implemented when current communications service data for an account is forwarded through a packet switching network. An instruction is received through the packet switching network for the communications redirection service to... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059536 | System and method for measurement-based adaptive caching of virtual connections Reducing connection overhead in a communications network includes reusing at least one cached communication channel connecting a source and a destination. The at least one cached communication channel is cached for a variable duration. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059186 | Camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function A camera having a focus adjusting system and a face recognition function includes a photographing optical system; an image pickup device; a focus adjusting device which performs a focus search process in which the image pickup device captures object images at differ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059070 | Display device, and methods for manufacturing and controlling the display device A display device corrects uneven luminance due to uneven element characteristics by simple measurement and correction with a low cost. The display device includes pixels that each include a light emitter and a driver. Data lines supply a voltage signal to the driver... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054991 | Sound pickup apparatus and conference telephone A sound pickup apparatus includes a plurality of microphones, and a controller that receives signals from the plurality of microphones. When the controller detects a failure in one of the plurality of microphones based on the signals received from the plurality of m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053733 | Electromagnetic wave measuring apparatus A desired spatial resolution upon a measurement can be attained by making an electromagnetic wave including a terahertz wave (frequency thereof is equal to or more than 0.01 [THz], and equal to or less than 100 [THz]) incident to a device under test. An electromagne... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053702 | Method of connecting pipe members for endoscope A method for connecting pipe members for an endoscope includes the steps of arranging two pipe members each made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material by fitting one in another so that a passage is defined through the two pipe members, jetting inert gas toward an ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053695 | Time delay output apparatus for circuit breaker A time delay output apparatus for a circuit breaker includes a switch disposed at one side of a main shaft rotatable in directions to open/close a fixed contactor and a movable contactor, and a delay member disposed between the main shaft and the switch so as to ope... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053557 | SPARC-derived tumor rejection antigenic peptides and medicaments comprising the same It is an objective of the present invention to identify SPARC protein-derived peptides that are able to induce human killer T cells and helper T cells having cytotoxic activity to tumors, and to provide a means for carrying out a tumor immunotherapy of patients with... | 11/08/2011 |
