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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7572648 | Method of manufacturing optical sensor A cubic element of photonic crystal is integrally formed on the surface of a photo-detection element, and a portion of the photonic crystal cubic element is irradiated with ultraviolet rays thereby to change the refractive index of the portion of the cubic element t... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7563379 | Dry etching method and photonic crystal device fabricated by use of the same In a dry etching method in which clusters formed by agglomeration of atoms or molecules are ionized and accelerated as a cluster ion beam for irradiation of an object surface to etch away therefrom its constituent atoms, the clusters are mixed clusters 42 for... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7563129 | Video signal transmitting device for computer system having analog and digital video signal output functionality A video signal transmitting device having analog and digital video signal output functionality is adapted to transmit a video signal, and has a cable unit, a digital visual interface integrated input port disposed at one end of the cable unit and adapted to receive ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7541954 | Touch control apparatus and analog-to-digital converting apparatus and method thereof Disclosed are an analog-to-digital converting apparatus, an analog-to-digital converting method and a touch control apparatus adapted to convert a divided voltage generated according to a power voltage and a ground voltage. The analog-to-digital converting apparatus... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541951 | Tracking loop type digital angle converter and angle/digital converting apparatus A tracking loop type digital angle converter that operates so that a deviation between input and output angles always becomes zero by feeding back the output angle to the input angle, wherein in order to eliminate a case where a control deviation decreases an angle ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6735538 | Apparatus and method for measuring quality measure of phase noise waveform A clock signal xc(t) that has been converted into a digital signal is transformed into a complex analytic signal zc(t), and an instantaneous phase Θ of the zc(t) is estimated. A linear phase is removed from the Θ to obtain a phase ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6725557 | Thickness measuring apparatus and method A measuring system including a linear gauge 8 is placed on a vibration isolation table 7, and this system assembly is placed in a temperature controllable, constant-temperature chamber. A specimen table 16, which has a centrally-disposed circula... | 04/27/2004 |
| 7536483 | Computer system having analog and digital video signal output functionality, and computer device and video signal transmitting device thereof A video signal transmitting device having analog and digital video signal output functionality is adapted to transmit a video signal, and has a cable unit, a digital visual interface integrated input port disposed at one end of the cable unit and adapted to receive ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536299 | Correlating and decorrelating transforms for multiple description coding systems Transmitters and receivers in multiple description coding systems use correlating and decorrelating transforms to generate and process multiple descriptions of elements of an input signal. The multiple descriptions include groups of correlating transform coefficient... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7530128 | Inflatable pad with recreation function An inflatable pad includes an inflatable pad body having a transparent surrounding layer that cooperates with a first outer layer and a transparent second outer layer to define an inflatable space. The inflatable space is divided by an interlayer unit into a first i... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516064 | Adaptive hybrid transform for signal analysis and synthesis Analysis and synthesis filter banks such as those used in audio and video coding systems are each implemented by a hybrid transform that comprises a primary transform in cascade with one or more secondary transforms. The primary transforms for the filter banks imple... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515783 | Micro-optic device and method of manufacturing same A micro-optic device including a complicate structure and a movable mirror is made to be manufactured in a reduced length of time. A silicon substrate and a single crystal silicon device layer with an intermediate layer of silicon dioxide interposed therebetween def... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514950 | Semiconductor device testing apparatus and device interface board A interface board is provided with a first and second contact instruments each comprising a first and second contact terminal groups to which a first to third type semiconductor devices having different numbers of external terminals used can be connected. The first ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505658 | Optical fiber device An optical fiber device comprising a positioning/fixing substrate has a fiber guide and an optical fiber pressing spring formed in the fiber guide, and an optical fiber stored in the fiber guide. The optical fiber includes an end part having at least one marker groo... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499609 | Optical Switch A blocking portion is provided at an end of the mirror to prevent a light beam emitted from an input port from being transmitted to or reflected by first and second output ports. The mirror is inserted to a position where the end of the blocking portion of the mirro... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7488887 | Percussion-instrument pickup and electric percussion instrument An attachment part is disposed on a part of the edge of a resonance plate, which is made of a metal containing copper, and a weight is attached to the resonance plate at a predetermined distance from the attachment part. Plural vibration pickups are attached to the ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484207 | Software execution control system and software execution control program It is possible to prevent unauthorized use of software such as a game program in download type software distribution for using a program and data by storing them in a user computer in advance. A user downloads a game program of new version (including an accompanying... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7476561 | Method of making microminiature moving device In a microminiature moving device that has disposed, on a single-crystal silicon substrate, movable elements (a movable rod 46, a movable comb electrode 49, etc.) displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts (a stationary part... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476948 | Microminiature moving device and method of making the same In a microminiature moving device that has disposed, on a single-crystal silicon substrate, movable elements (a movable rod 46, a movable comb electrode 49, etc.) displaceable in parallel to the substrate surface and stationary parts (a stationary part... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468995 | Optical switch An optical switch, wherein the first and second output ports (optical fibers) are disposed on the opposite sides of the input port (optical fiber) so as to form acute angles with respect to the input port, the input port and the first output port are optically coupl... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463798 | MEMS device with failure diagnosis function In order to implement an MEMS device which monitors a mechanical response characteristic of a moving part to detect a precursor of a fatal failure without needing correction of an existing control input and without adding any components, there are provided vibration... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7441052 | Methods and apparatuses for providing copies of stored data for disaster recovery and other uses A disaster recovery technique for computer systems obtains backup copies of data by arranging recording devices like direct-access disk devices into copy pairs of primary and secondary devices. Management of the device copy pairs within a single system and across mu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432782 | Signal splitter A signal splitter includes a low-pass filter circuit for permitting a low-frequency component of an incoming signal in an incoming telephone line coupled to a first connecting port to pass therethrough to a second connecting port, and a coupling circuit including a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7389715 | Pliers-type hand tool A pliers-type hand tool includes first and second arms, a pivot joint, and a locking member. The first arm is formed with a threaded blind hole. The second arm is formed with a through hole. The pivot joint extends through the through-hole in the second arm and thre... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389190 | Testing apparatus for testing a device under test and comparator circuit and calibration apparatus for the testing apparatus There is provided a testing apparatus for testing a device under test, wherein the testing apparatus is provided with a timing generator for generating a timing signal indicating the timing at which a test signal is applied; a plurality of timing delay units for del... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379635 | Optical switch with three optical ports on one side The end parts of three optical waveguide parts are supported, mutually in parallel, on a substrate, the end part of the center optical waveguide part being one input port and the end parts of other two optical waveguide parts being a first and a second output port, | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375696 | Electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving device A direction-change element for changing the direction of travel of an incident electromagnetic wave and electromagnetic wave transmitting/receiving elements are disposed on a substrate. The direction-change element has a periodic array of materials of different refr... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372287 | Semiconductor device testing apparatus and device interface board A interface board is provided with a first and second contact instruments each comprising a first and second contact terminal groups to which a first to third type semiconductor devices having different numbers of external terminals used can be connected. The first ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371015 | Connector for two-way optical communications Attachments are respectively attached to one ends of a pair of light guides, which are integrally formed via a connecting portion, such that the attachments surround the one ends of the light guides. The one ends protrude from a rear face of a receptacle body and ar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366751 | Framework system Disclosed is a framework system improved such that flow of complex business logic for processing a variety of messages may be easily defined and changed without need for programming. Messaging service(s) 15 may relay message(s) between client(s) 11, 13... | 04/29/2008 |
| D567213 | Loudspeaker | 04/22/2008 |
| D567212 | Loudspeaker | 04/22/2008 |
| D567214 | Loudspeaker | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356109 | Apparatus for and method of measuring clock skew Timing jitter sequences Δφj[n] and Δφk[n] of respective clock signals under measurement xj(t) and xk(t) are estimated, and a timing difference sequence between those timing jitter sequences is calculated. In addition, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356152 | Method for expanding an audio mix to fill all available output channels Audio sources in typical computer systems provide different numbers of channels of audio signals to a mixing component of the operating system. This conventional arrangement usually prevents the audio signals from all sources from being played back through all outpu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352193 | Voltage-impressed current measuring apparatus and current buffers with switches used therefor A voltage-impressed current measuring apparatus, wherein the voltage from a direct-current power supply portion is impressed on the terminal of a device under test via a range switching portion and the current flowing in the same terminal is measured; wherein the ra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352873 | Electret-condenser microphone An electret-condenser microphone according to the present invention includes a vibrating diaphragm and a back electrode which compose a condenser; a cylindrical case which houses the vibrating diaphragm and the back electrode; a circuit board which is housed in an o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344405 | Electro-acoustic transducer with holder An electro-acoustic transducer, for example a microphone, with a holder is provided with a block-shaped holder having on the front face a housing chamber housing a microphone main body with its acoustic holes situated on the external face, the microphone main body h... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336866 | Optical fiber device There is provided an optical fiber device including two optical fibers, rod lenses, and an optical functional element. The two rod lenses have the same refractive index distribution and the front face of each is respectively formed, at the approximate midpoint of a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337118 | Audio coding system using characteristics of a decoded signal to adapt synthesized spectral components A receiver in an audio coding system receives a signal conveying frequency subband signals representing an audio signal. The subband signals are examined to assess one or more characteristics of the audio signal. Spectral components are synthesized having the assess... | 02/26/2008 |
