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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6351469 | Sound/data sharing communications system A TDMA in a CATV center and a CAU in a subscriber home communicate a B-ch idle/busy map indicating the idle/busy state of a B channel in synchronization with each other, so that the allocation of the B channel dedicated to sound and the C channel dedicate... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6329786 | Entertainment system, cell charging system, entertainment apparatus, portable information terminal, and external cell charger An entertainment apparatus for reading a program stored in an optical disk or the like as a detachably storage medium and executing a game based on the read program, charges a secondary cell accommodated in a portable information terminal. When the portab... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6314144 | Digital wireless receiving apparatus A digital wireless receiving apparatus performs AGC control. A desired wave level is detected at a modulator, and AGC control is performed for a high frequency portion by detecting a desired wave level at a demodulator. A tap number of a digital filter in... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304470 | Power supply device In a power supply device supplying, in parallel, power from a plurality of DC/DC converters to a common load, there is provided an output compensation circuit which is provided on an output side of each of the DC/DC converters and compensates for an outpu... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299179 | Fluid actuated chuck This invention discloses a chuck apparatus actuated by a fluid including a body, a plurality of master jaws slidably mounted in the body, a fluid driven piston mounted for axial motion relative to the body along an axis, the piston comprising a plurality ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297846 | Display control system for videoconference terminals A display control system for a videoconference terminal capable of displaying proper images of participants. A video camera captures wide-angle source pictures including the images of participants. The source pictures are sent to a participant position de... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289279 | Positioning system, method, and device for obtaining information about a current position A positioning system for obtaining information concerning a current position of a device even when one is in an underground center or inside a building includes a portable terminal is equipped with a radio-call-reception part having a radio-call-reception... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6288806 | Optical subscriber network system and fault supervising method for optical subscriber network system The invention provides an optical subscriber network system which can secure dual construction of optical transmission/reception sections of optical network units, specification of a failed faulty point in optical transmission lines and reception circuits... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6289092 | Method and apparatus for selectively suspending or activating a call waiting service An exchange identifies a destination telephone number dialed by a subscriber, accesses a database access unit to determine whether the subscriber performs data communication or speech communication based on the identified destination telephone number, sus... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285830 | Evaporated device for the evaporation of volatile products with variable evaporation intensity by interposition of a mobile brushing A device is disclosed meant to perform evaporation of insecticides, perfumes or the like, wherein the degree of evaporation is controlled by a moving cap (9) which makes up the regulating element (6), which is meant to produce a chimney effect in the upwa... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282237 | Multiple transmission system wherein analog signal is transformed to base band, random-transformed and superimposed on dispersed signal points in vector signal space A transmission system for transmitting a data signal with an analog passband signal through a analog transmission line. The data signal is transformed to a signal representing a descrete data signal point in a vector signal space. The analog passband sign... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6259706 | Communication controlling apparatus and recording medium for recording communication controlling programs A communication controlling apparatus includes a receiving side communication protocol identifying means for determining a candidate communication protocol for a second apparatus. If an acknowledgment response is received from the second apparatus, a comm... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6226302 | Multiplex transmission system wherein analog signal is transformed to base band, random-transformed and superimposed on dispersed signal points in vector signal space A transmitter has a power calculation unit for calculating the power of a signal. A maximum value detection circuit determines a maximum value of an output of the power calculation unit, and a floating point transformation circuit changes an output of the... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216640 | Pet toy A bone-shaped plastic toy is molded with a tubular central portion and a partial spherical socket on each end of the central portion. The sockets are formed by spring fingers which deflect outwardly to receive and hold a replaceable play ball. Pets, such ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6205335 | Zone selection method for mobile radio communication system A zone selection method for a mobile radio communication system selects one among many radio zones and switches a primary radio zone where a given mobile terminal exists to the selected radio zone without concentrating incoming and outgoing calls at a spe... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6120225 | Lamina-shaped borepiece for self-boring fastening elements A lamina-shaped borepiece (4) for a self-boring fastening element (1) is provided at its front side with cutting edges (5,6) flanked by grooves (7,8) that extend approximately parallel thereto. Indents (9,10) with set-back cutting edges (11,12) are provid... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115896 | Maintenance device for flat filter head valves A maintenance device for flat filter head valves, comprising a metallic structure (1) having an upper flange (2), which is supported and connected by structural components (5) on a support frame (6), from which derive four supporting legs (7) having respe... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112703 | Shrouded chewable pet toys and method of making A chewable pet toy is provided with an outer shell molded from a durable semi-rigid material such as vinyl plastic. The shell partially covers an inner bladder formed of a less durable and softer material such as latex rubber. The bladder can be held with... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6115611 | Mobile communication system, and a mobile terminal, an information center and a storage medium used therein In a mobile communicating system, a mobile terminal has a position information detecting unit for detecting position information, a position information transmitting unit for transmitting the position information to an information center, an up-load data ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111897 | Multiplexing/demultiplexing apparatus in digital communication system with variable frame structure and method of controlling the same A multiplexing/demultiplexing apparatus in a digital communication system with a variable frame structure and a method of controlling the same. The apparatus comprises a first FIFO unit for buffering data inputted at a fixed speed, a first write controlle... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108112 | Method and apparatus for failure recovery in passive optical network In a passive optical network in which a plurality of subscriber equipments are connected to central office equipment via a star coupler, non-faulty subscriber equipments are quickly recovered from a communication failure caused by a faulty subscriber equi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6085194 | Service managing apparatus, a database collating method for use in the service managing apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a database collating program therein A service managing apparatus for managing a state of a service controlling apparatus providing services in response to a request from an exchange has a request number reading unit for reading the number of requests for service supply from the exchange hel... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6082335 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular one-cylinder diesel engines A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular one-cylinder diesel engines, has a pump piston (1) which can axially slide and rotate in a pump cylinder (13) with at least one fuel suction bore (14), a driving groove (6) arranged on t... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6064338 | Array antenna system of wireless base station An array antenna system of a wireless base station in CDMA mobile communications combines signals, which have been received by a plurality of antenna elements of an array antenna, upon subjecting the signals to amplitude and phase-rotation control, and de... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6041350 | Network management system based upon managed objects Duplicates (duplicate managed objects) of managed objects that have been generated by a network element management system in order to manage the states of a plurality of network resources are produced and stored in a management information database of a n... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6023819 | Coil spring hanger clip The free ends of a coil spring are biased between a pair of jaws on a garment hanger and serve as the sole contact and connection of the spring to the jaws. A pivotable jaw pivots about a fixed jaw on a pair of stub shafts. The biasing force of the coil s... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023609 | Device for separating transmitting waves and receiving waves and a radio communication equipment provided with the device This separating device is provided with a transmitting filter and a receiving filter. Each of the transmitting and receiving filters comprises a variable capacity diode and a resonant element, and compose a band elimination filter. Each of the elimination... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6017793 | Method of forming a memory cell of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A method is provided for forming a memory cell in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having MOSFET configuration from a data memory section having two-layer gate construction and series select transistors formed between a control gate connected to ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6009076 | Repeating installation A communications system has two transmission circuits, each transmitting a multiplexed signal in both ways. A repeating installation used therein selects either one of the two transmission circuits and terminates management information contained in a sign... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5988192 | Soaking casks for malthouses They consist in the arrangement, as bottom of the cask (1), of a pluri-grooved sheet (7) which defines a plurality of cylindrical grooves, laterally adjacent and with coplanar mouths, the width of said grooves (7), being at a level with its mouth, corresp... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5982025 | Wire fixation structure A lead structure includes an insulating film, a plurality of leads, and a plurality of adhesive layers separately provided on the insulating film. Two adjacent leads are fixed by adjacent adhesive layers, respectively, such that an adhesive does not exist... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5968124 | Network operation managing system, method and computer program product Operation of a network which comprises a plurality of mutually connected subordinate-networks is performed. Operation information is unitarily managed transmitted and received in the entirety of the network. An information storing unit stores operation ma... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5959998 | Channel selection method for an ISDN line and an ISDN switching system therefor An H channel for controlling the use of network is selected to effectively use lines when a request for H communication is issued. An ISDN line channel selection method, whereby a plurality of B channels are bundled and serve as an H channel, and the B ch... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951225 | Large-area washer In the large-area washer with an aperture for fastener means, there are engagement components on the surface in the fastening direction of the washer. The engagement components engage a cover strip that is to be fastened. The washer also has stiffeners in... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5953377 | Coded modulation using repetition and tree codes A transmitter includes a repetition encoder generating a repetition code sequence having a word length of r bits by carrying out a repetition coding with respect to 1 bit of a transmission unit which divides transmission information by a predetermined wor... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949757 | Packet flow monitor and control system An ATM connection is a virtual communication path specified by VPI/VCI. A plurality of ATM connections that are directed to the same output line is defined as an ATM connection group. A connection UPC (Usage Parameter Control) facility is provided for eac... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5940375 | Feedback control apparatus and cell scheduling apparatus for use with cell exchange A feedback control apparatus whereby the traditional single control loop for available bit rate (ABR) connections is segmented into a plurality of loops that are handled in a mutually related manner for better responsiveness of ABR connection feedback con... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5940029 | Radar apparatus An array antenna radar apparatus has a single front end shared by a plurality of antennas, a first switch for cyclically connecting the antennas to the front end at a prescribed switching frequency, and a second switch for cyclically connecting the output... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5929461 | Optical semiconductor device having a semiconductor laminate mirror A surface emission semiconductor laser device has a semiconductor laminate mirror constituted of a plurality of pairs of InGaAS/InAlP films epitaxially grown on a GaAs or InGaAs substrate and a laser element bonded to the laminate mirror. The InAlP films ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5927497 | Pack of large surface washers In a pack of substantially parallel-stacked transportable washers, at least two through-holes are provided in each washer, the two legs of a substantially U-shaped metal or plastic wire being positioned in the two through-holes of the stack of washers. Th... | 07/27/1999 |
