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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178139 | Spherical capsule for an automatic beverage preparation and dispensing machine and method of use of the capsule Disclosed is a capsule designed to be used in an automatic beverage preparation and dispensing machine. The capsule includes a compacted aggregate of a substance to be infused; and a packaging envelope impermeable to air and water. The packaging envelope is configur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172052 | Rapid recovery shock absorber system with hydraulic end stop and method for use thereof The invention relates to a rapid recovery shock absorber system with hydraulic end stop, comprising a stem (3) and a body (1), in which a piston (8, 9, 10, 11) runs which is fixed to a tube (71) and which defines at least one upper chambe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171675 | Roofing element such as the one used in particular as swimming pool low-shelter component The invention concerns a roofing element (E) of the type of the one consisting of a material board (100) maintained inside a frame (200), characterized in that it consists of a single-walled solid material board and of at least one tensioning means ( | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167506 | Photographing device in particular for video surveillance and working methods of same Disclosed is a device providing the control and movement of a camera. The device includes a housing configured to form a protective chamber around the camera, the housing being mounted mobile in rotation along a first axis with respect to an arm. The device further ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8146297 | Rapid locking and unlocking device for an attachment plate for a swimming pool shelter roof element The invention relates to a device (D) for locking/unlocking to the ground (S) of a connecting plate (100) to the ground or to the rim of a basin of a roof element, the plate (100) being on the one hand connected to the rim of the roof element and on th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128533 | Exercise assisting method, exercise appliance, and information processor Each time stepping motion of a player by a stepper 1 is detected, one firework object 214 appears on a television monitor 100 and then disappears. Each a predetermined number of times of the stepping motion of the player is detected, a more spec... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109310 | Rotational vacuum press with a membrane The rotational vacuum press with a membrane; according to the invention, is aimed at veneering of profiled surfaces and laminating of wooden elements and other materials according to a modem facilitated with pressure generated by vacuum and applied on the surface th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8083604 | Information processing apparatus provided with input system utilizing stroboscope A stroboscope is utilized as an input device of a golf game system (10), for example. The golf game system includes a game machine (12) as an information processing apparatus and a golf-club-shaped input device (14), and within a housing of the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079379 | Baby walking apparatus having a double winding shape and two pairs of handlebars paralled to a wheel axle The invention relates to a baby walking stick which facilitates and accelerates the transition from crawling to walking in a physiologically appropriate manner. In addition, the invention prevents the accompanying adult from adopting unsuitable postures and the desi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074508 | Device for mechanically fastening a tyre sensor to a rim The invention relates to a device (D) for fastening an electronic detection unit (100) for tires to a rim (J), this unit being of the type which is fastened to the valve (200), which valve comprises a part (210) outside the rim and a part (22... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049758 | Sensing ball game machine A sensing baseball game apparatus (10) has a game machine (12) connected to a television monitor (18). A bat input device (32) is provided with an acceleration sensor. An acceleration signal is transmitted by an infrared-ray LED (34 | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035306 | Device for setting luminosity of light-emitting diodes The invention concerns a circuit for setting all types of LED'S (7), mounted in series of five, their particular arrangements in series of five, powered by a direct voltage higher than 14 volts, using an LM 317 T regulator (1) and a potentiometer of 4.... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024493 | Stand-alone personal portable device for transmitting and receiving a computer file between two mobile physical people A system configured to transfer an electronic file includes a non-volatile storage memory; an autonomous power supply; a transfer system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a file to be transmitted, the transmitter comprising a first contact connection p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009866 | Exercise support device, exercise support method and recording medium An imaging unit captures images of the retroreflective sheets worn on both legs. A multimedia processor detects step and jump of a player on the basis of the pictures obtained by the image capturing to reflect to a video image and thereby the interactive system is c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995588 | Systems and methods for distributing data within an internet having a plurality of nodes Disclosed are systems and methods for distributing data. In an exemplary method of distributing data within an internet, there is a step of receiving, in a first node, an identifier corresponding to a file. Subsequently, the exemplary method uses the identifier to s... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7972089 | Device for enabling the displacement of parts inside a conduit Disclosed is a system of displacing a plurality of parts to be stocked and distributed, each part defining a first end and a second end. The system comprises a conduit, the conduit defining an interior to house an actuation fluid, an axis of displacement in the inte... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963851 | Entertainment device using cards A card game apparatus 12 includes an image sensor 54. The image sensor photographs a design (31: FIG. 2) printed on a card 30. A photographic signal from the image sensor is sampled by a game processor 64, and is further re-... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7932908 | Apparatus systems, and the methods for stimulating movement of a ball in response to a signal generated in an input device moved by a game player A sensing baseball game apparatus (10) has a game machine (12) connected to a television monitor (18). A bat input device (32) is provided with an acceleration sensor. An acceleration signal is transmitted by an infrared-ray LED (34 | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930921 | Impact detector and controller for pseudoexperience device An impact detector includes a first determination unit operable to determine whether or not an absolute value of an acceleration in a direction of Y axis exceeds 1G, and an impact determination unit operable to output a predetermined impact detection signal which in... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7908416 | Data processing unit and bus arbitration unit An effective bus arbitration unit is described in which it is possible to reduce, as much as possible, the waiting time until a bus master obtain bus ownership and improve the rate of operating the bus while improving the throughput of data transfer. A bus master is... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7866834 | Input device The image sensor 15 of the information processing apparatus 1 can capture the retroreflective sheet 17 subjected to infrared light emitted from the infrared emitting diodes 11 since the retroreflective sheet 17 is exposed when the ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7839382 | Sensing ball game machine A sensing baseball game apparatus (10) has a game machine (12) connected to a television monitor (18). A bat input device (32) is provided with an acceleration sensor. An acceleration signal is transmitted by an infrared-ray LED (34 | 11/23/2010 |
| 7782515 | Digital beam engine for a soft video projector The invention concerns a system enabling projection of a digital video image sequence, on a screen with different size and shape, by the mean of a light beam which can be generated by a source (1), of low/medium power laser type or of white light type, orient... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779940 | Vehicles and methods for handling materials Disclosed are vehicles and methods for transporting materials. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7759632 | Motion detection apparatus and entertainment system having a pulse counting unit There are provided an infrared light emitting diode 42 operable to emit light in a predetermined cycle; a phototransistor 44 operable to receive light which is emitted by the infrared light emitting diode 42 and reflected from a retroreflective ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7719741 | Input device The image sensor 15 of the information processing apparatus 1 can capture the retroreflective sheet 17 subjected to infrared light emitted from the infrared emitting diodes 11 since the retroreflective sheet 17 is exposed when the ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7606935 | Systems and methods of automatic retransmission of electronic mail Disclosed are systems and methods of automatic retransmission of electronic mail. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7593844 | Document translation systems and methods employing translation memories Disclosed are systems and methods for translating documents. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7587767 | Systems and methods of transferring computer hardware Disclosed are systems and methods of transferring computer hardware from one set of users to another set of users. An exemplary receives units of circuitry from a plurality of business entities, and determines if access to a unit is blocked by lack of a primary pass... | 09/08/2009 |
| D599581 | Display for fabric samples in tubular form | 09/08/2009 |
| 7562762 | Rotary transfer device with finger moving on a CAM-forming path An exemplary device, for the support and rotary transfer of one or more parts, is integral with an operating shaft whose movement is brought about by the relative displacement of a transverse finger connected to the shaft on a cam-forming path. The exemplary device ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558018 | Head position detector with optical slit pattern Disclosed are systems and methods for positioning a head. An exemplary system includes a light source; a detector configured to receive signals from the light source; a transducer that reads signals from a magnetic tape; a plurality of structures coupled to the tran... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7541834 | System and the methods of managing a set of programmable fuses on an integrated circuit Disclosed is a design structure for systems and methods of managing a set of programmable fuses on an integrated circuit. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7006010 | Clamp assemblies and methods Disclosed are systems and methods for indicating events at various locations in a power distribution system. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7532142 | Structures for systems and methods of generating an analog signal A digital to analog converter (DAC) system includes a resistor network providing enhanced response time and steady state characteristics. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529808 | Systems and methods of automatic navigation on the world wide web Disclosed are systems and methods of automatic navigation on the world wide web. A server receives an anonymous signal from a browser, and selectively determines a resource identifier corresponding to one of the plurality of Internet domains, by accessing data struc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7519216 | Systems and methods of maintaining equipment for manufacturing semiconductor devices Disclosed is a method of operating a manufacturing facility. A processor detects whether abnormal first image data exists at a first common location for each of the last N wafers of the first set of wafers to be placed on a platform, excluding any abnormal image dat... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7489519 | Power and ground ring snake pattern to prevent delamination between the gold plated ring and mold resin for wirebond PBGA An exemplary ball grid array package for a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit on a substrate, and a first bus on the substrate, the first bus including first portions that extend substantially parallel to the integrated circuit, interleaved with sec... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489207 | Structure for voltage controlled oscillator Disclosed are design structures for systems and methods of generating a periodic signal. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7482948 | Roadway systems and methods for conditionally transmitting a radio signal to vehicles, depending on whether a certain person is in the area Disclosed are alert systems and methods for a roadway. According to one exemplary method, there is a step of receiving an identification signal from a device carried by a human having a medical condition. Subsequently, circuitry acts to conditionally cause a changea... | 01/27/2009 |
