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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7125710 | Apparatus for measuring the genetic sequence of biopolymers The present invention relates to apparatus for measuring the genetic sequence of electrically charged biopolymers by means of hybridization. The measuring apparatus comprises a container that contains a biopolymer and can be removed from the apparatus, and electrode... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7082440 | Medical image service method, medical software service method, medical image central management server apparatus, medical software central management server apparatus, medical image service system and medical software service system An image processing system having a server which applies image processing to a medical image sent by a subscriber via a generally available network, such as the “internet”, and sends the results of the image processing back to that subscriber or to another subsc... | 07/25/2006 |
| D523284 | Waffle iron | 06/20/2006 |
| D522803 | Waffle iron | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061651 | Image processing method and apparatus, recording medium, and imaging apparatus For the purpose of providing an image processing method for properly performing filtering, a local region is defined containing a pixel of interest in an original image (504); pixel groups are defined in the region in a plurality of modes (506); a pixe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043065 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, MRI apparatus and recording medium For the purpose of accurately calculating the average value M of original complex observed signals S from an absolute-value image produced by the complex observed signals S, in Step A1, the average value Ma of pixel values |S| of the absolute-value image in a local ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6985613 | Image processing method and apparatus, recording medium and imaging apparatus For the purpose of enhancing a difference between pixels relating to a substantial structure in an image and other pixels, with each pixel constituting an image defined as a pixel of interest, the variance of pixel values is determined in a local region to which the... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980977 | System for acquiring and analyzing personal profile data and providing the service of delivering various information An information delivery system having a service section; a plurality of nodes connected to the service section through a network and allocated with specific addresses that are unique within the network; and terminal devices for system users connected to the service ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973103 | Communication system and communication control method A communication control system and method comprising, in one embodiment, a plurality of strobe signals are generated at different timings in a transmission circuit and a plurality of latch circuits equal to the number of strobe signals are provided in a receiver cir... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955881 | Method and apparatus for producing biochips A method and apparatus for mass producing biochips quickly and easily, wherein a plurality of DNA molecules are amplified using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method and transcribing the amplified DNA molecule to other substrates by contact. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6933934 | Time-gain controlling method and apparatus, recording medium and ultrasonic imaging apparatus In order to perform precise time-gain control using a small manual setting device, one of two-dimensional coordinates of a position on a surface of a tablet pointer 215 which an external object touches is defined as a coordinate on a time axis, and the other ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915180 | Identification method for cross directional position correspondence and manufacturing equipment using this method for sheet form products The present invention solves the quality control problems that exist in manufacturing equipment for sheet form products, that is, although the position correspondence between actuators and measuring points has been measured and switched for every raw material recipe... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912302 | MR imaging method, 3D imaging method and MRI system With the objective of suppressing the adverse effect of residual magnetization caused by encode ordering, twelve encode points are defined as a first segment in order of decreasing distances from a center Cyz of a K space, twelve encode points are next defined as a ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904528 | Illegitimate duplication preventing method, data processing apparatus and medical imaging apparatus In order to assuredly prevent illegitimate duplication of a program by a simple technique, license information 304 is created as information in the form of a run-time read module in a data processing apparatus by a creation program that self-destructs after b... | 06/07/2005 |
| D505044 | Reversible grill | 05/17/2005 |
| 6885763 | Image processing method and apparatus, recording medium, and imaging apparatus For the purpose of providing an image processing method for efficiently performing filtering, a local region containing a pixel of interest is defined in a plurality of modes in an original image (502); sequentially for the region in the plurality of modes, t... | 04/26/2005 |
| D504277 | Smoothie maker | 04/26/2005 |
| D503869 | Smoothie maker | 04/12/2005 |
| 6813513 | Method for measurement of magnetic fields, method for production of gradient coils, gradient coil, and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging For the purpose of realizing a method for measuring, after stopping application of a gradient magnetic field, the residual magnetic field and a method for manufacturing a gradient coil by causing the characteristics of the residual magnetic fields, revealed by the m... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6812698 | Imaging with spin excitation while keeping within a specific absorption ratio limit In order to provide a spin excitation method and apparatus for performing imaging with good efficiency while keeping within an SAR limit, and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus employing such a spin excitation apparatus, an SAR of an object to be imaged in execu... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6804383 | Image processing method and apparatus, recording medium, and imaging apparatus For the purpose of providing an image processing method for determining the variance of noise in an image, a residual sum of squares of pixel values is determined for each of a plurality of local regions defined over the entire image (502-508); a histogram th... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6799082 | Process control methods and apparatus The present invention provides a method for controlling a process by inputting a deviation between setpoint and process variables to a controller to calculate a controlled/manipulated variable, and then inputting the controlled/manipulated variable to the process, w... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6782764 | Coriolis mass flowmeter A Coriolis mass flowmeter has a vibration tube through which a fluid to be measured flows so that the flow of the fluid in cooperation with angular vibration of the vibration tube generates Coriolis force which causes vibratory deformation of the vibration tube. The... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6769179 | Shaver The present invention relates to the shaver capable of cutting deeply, provided with the outer blade having a plurality of the hair-guiding ports and the inner blade being adjacently located to the inner part of the outer blade and relatively moving against the said... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6724938 | Boundary line detecting method and apparatus, image processing method and apparatus, non-boundary line detecting method and apparatus To detect a boundary line between different objects in contact which appear to be the same object as their structural consistencies are identical or substantially identical, there are provided a motion vector detecting unit which calculates motion vectors in plural ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6700376 | Method and apparatus for correcting static magnetic field using a pair of magnetic fields which are the same or different from each other in intensity and direction To correct static magnetic field intensity and homogeneity of an MRI system, B0 correction coil driving power sources respectively supply correction electric currents to B0 correction coils added to a pair of pillar yokes at the position where an imaging ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696835 | Second-order static magnetic field correcting method and MRI apparatus For the purpose of reducing second-order static magnetic field components in an MRI apparatus, a first circular loop coil C1 and a second circular loop coil C2 are disposed at positions spaced in a static magnetic field B0 direction to be symmetrical with... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6684137 | Traffic accident recording system A traffic accident recording system, wherein a recording unit is provided along a road, comprising a TV camera for continously obtaining visual images of a certain section of the road and a storage unit for continuously storing the visual images from the ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6669634 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus In order to provide an ultrasonic imaging apparatus that responds to the requirement for both portability and versatility, the ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a portable imaging apparatus 100 comprising ultrasonic imaging means, and a support appara... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6650727 | Radiation tomographic imaging apparatus and method A radiation tomographic imaging apparatus and method are provided in which the slice thickness can be dynamically switched during scanning, and the emission center of radiation can be arbitrarily moved in a direction of carrying a subject. There are provi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647312 | Adaptive control methods and apparatus using frequency analysis of time series data The present invention provides a method for controlling a process by calculating a manipulated variable from a deviation between setpoint and control output variables and then using the manipulated variable, wherein the time-series data of the control out... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6633627 | X-ray CT system, gantry apparatus, console terminal, method of controlling them, and storage medium In order to obtain an X-ray tomographic image with high quality while minimizing the exposed dose to a subject by employing the most suitable filter according to the region of the subject to be scanned, a filter unit 6 having filters 6a-6c having differen... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631029 | Optical image separation system and confocal scanning unit An optical image separation system, connected to a confocal image output port of a Nipkow disk type confocal scanner, wherein light returned from a sample and emitted from the confocal image output port is separated into a plurality of different wavelen r... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6630827 | Phase distribution measurement method and apparatus, phase correction method and apparatus, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus To efficiently calculate a precise phase map, phase differentials are calculated for each pixel of pixel data of an image, corresponding integrals are calculated for each pixel, and the phase map is formed using this integral. A phase correction of the im... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6618610 | RF coil, shield and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A TEM resonator RF coil with excellent operating characteristics comprising a plurality of ring segments on the orifice capable of being segmented by slits on the orifice are installed with a first conducting pattern connecting to the line element, a seco... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615353 | User authentication method and user authentication system A user authentication method and system which maintains reliable security using a low cost storage medium in place of cryptocards, wherein the system comprises control equipment and an operating section connected to the control equipment, and wherein the ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6603562 | Two-dimensional positioning apparatus and method for measuring laser light from the apparatus A two-dimensional positioning apparatus for positioning an object in a two dimensional direction, wherein are provided a platen, a slider having two X-axis motors and sensors and a Y-axis motor and sensor disposed above the platen, a converter for providi... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603311 | Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance signal acquisition and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus For the purpose of acquiring the magnetic resonance signal having a small Maxwell term, a flow encode gradient Gr having the first half and the second half in which the gradient of the respective halves is reversed and having an equal absolute value of th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595924 | Control panel for ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a device for preventing erroneous operation In order to prevent a troublesome result if a wrong operation button is pressed by mistake, a signal is transmitted from a "New Patient" button 6a to a control section 7' when a normal/lock switching switch 6b' is in a normal mode. When the normal/lock sw... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6597172 | Water and fat separation image forming method, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, reference peak phase detecting method and reference peak position detecting method With an object of separately and preferably forming a water image and a fat image even when there are present a plurality of independent signal regions in a complex number image taken by utilizing magnetic resonance, a complex number image is taken by uti... | 07/22/2003 |
