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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7969845 | Optical recording apparatus, recording method for optical recording medium and optical recording medium Disclosed herein is an optical recording apparatus which may record post pre-format recording information on an optical recording medium which has a guide portion formed in advance for guiding a light beam and a plurality of address portions for specifying individua... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969814 | Read command triggered synchronization circuitry A memory READ command triggered clock synchronization mode turns on a clock synchronization circuit only for memory READ operations. The clock synchronization circuit achieves a signal lock with the reference clock signal in less time than the column address strobe ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969810 | 256 Meg dynamic random access memory A 256 Meg dynamic random access memory is comprised of a plurality of cells organized into individual arrays, with the arrays being organized into 32 Meg array blocks, which are organized into 64 Meg quadrants. Sense amplifiers are positioned between adjacent rows i... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969672 | Lens device and imaging device It is intended to carry out a focusing operation suitably in each case of automatic focusing and manual focus adjustment. Therefore, in the present invention, there is provided a first focus ring 1 movable between a first position and a second position on an ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969497 | Image capturing apparatus having a movable display screen An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A sur... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969470 | Moving object detection apparatus, method and program A moving object detection device accurately detects moving objects. The device includes a motion vector calculation section calculating motion vectors from an input image; a motion vector removal section removing a motion vector having high randomness from the calcu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969313 | Remote communication devices, radio frequency identification devices, wireless communication systems, wireless communication methods, radio frequency identification device communication methods, and methods of forming a remote communication device Remote communication devices, radio frequency identification devices, wireless communication systems, wireless communication methods, radio frequency identification device communication methods, and methods of forming a remote intelligent communication device are pr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969284 | Wireless communication systems, interrogators and methods of communicating within a wireless communication system A wireless communication system includes an interrogator including a housing including circuitry configured to generate a forward link communication signal; communication circuitry configured to communicate the forward link communication signal; and a communication ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968643 | Graft copolymer for transparent thermoplastic polyurethane resin, preparation method thereof, and polyurethane resin composition containing the same The present invention relates to a graft copolymer for a transparent thermoplastic polyurethane resin prepared by graft copolymerization of (a) 50-85 weight % of rubber latex having a multi-layered structure composed of an inner layer and an outer layer comprising a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968292 | Compositions and methods for the identification of a carbapenemase gene Compositions and methods for the rapid and sensitive detection of a carbapenemase in a sample is provided. The compositions include novel primer and probe compositions for use in detecting the presence of this enzyme in a sample, particularly using PCR methods. Thes... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966498 | Data outputting method, data outputting apparatus, data reproducing method, data reproducing apparatus, data recording method, data recording apparatus, and record medium A reproducing method is disclosed, that comprises the steps of determining whether or not additional data has been read from data that had been read from a loaded record medium, and when the determined result represents that the additional data has been read from th... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966444 | Reconfigurable memory module and method A computer system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub and a plurality of memory devices divided into a plurality of ranks. The memory hub is operable to configure the memory module to simultaneously addr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966430 | Apparatus and method for direct memory access in a hub-based memory system A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one of the memory devices of the system memory, and further including a me... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965937 | Electronic apparatus, image pickup apparatus, time-correcting method, and program An electronic apparatus includes: a timer part that measures a time, a location information acquiring part that acquires location information, and a peripheral location calculating part where a location specified by the acquired location information is provided as a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965852 | Audio signal processing method and apparatus In case of carrying out a correction process with respect to a signal of a specific frequency band in an inputted audio signal, an output level is raised approximately uniformly with respect to a signal component equal to a predetermined level or less in the signal ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965781 | Signal component demultiplexing apparatus, filter apparatus, receiving apparatus, communication apparatus, and communication method A filter apparatus extracts a specific signal from a group of multi-carrier modulated signals. A subcarrier is selected. A specific group of signals is selected from among an input group of signals in accordance with the selected subcarrier. A frequency offset of a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965632 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication device and wireless communication method An information transmission source forms a transmission packet at a predetermined time unit into which a preamble is inserted and transmits it. The information reception target returns an acknowledge (ACK) packet or a not acknowledge (NACK) packet into which a pream... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965607 | Hologram recording/reproducing device and recording/reproducing optical apparatus A hologram recording/reproducing device includes a recording/reproducing optical unit performing recording and reproducing operations on a hologram recording/reproducing medium. The optical unit includes a laser light source emitting laser light; a spatial-light mod... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964947 | Stacking packages with alignment elements A stacked microelectronic assembly is disclosed, as are different embodiments related to the same. The stacked microelectronic assembly includes a plurality of stackable microelectronic units each having a semiconductor element mounted on a substrate, and also inclu... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964436 | Co-sputter deposition of metal-doped chalcogenides The present invention is related to methods and apparatus that allow a chalcogenide glass such as germanium selenide (GexSe1-x) to be doped with a metal such as silver, copper, or zinc without utilizing an ultraviolet (UV) photodoping step to d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963484 | Lift-augmenting flap, in particular for a leading edge flap, for an aerodynamically effective wing A lift-augmenting leading edge flap for a carrying wing of an aircraft, wherein the flap comprises an essentially rigid main body which makes a transition from the first side to the second side of the wing the flap being adjustable by a retention- and actuation mech... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963481 | Method and device for supporting the take-off rotation of an aircraft A method and a device for supporting the take-off rotation of an aircraft, which aircraft comprises on each side of the aircraft at least two main landing gear units, arranged one behind the other, which main landing gear units comprising wheels. For supporting the ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962764 | Data outputting method, data outputting apparatus, data reproducing method, data reproducing apparatus, data recording method, data recording apparatus, and record medium A reproducing method is disclosed, that comprises the steps of determining whether or not additional data has been read from data that had been read from a loaded record medium, and when the determined result represents that the additional data has been read from th... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962024 | Blur correcting device, blur correcting method, and image pickup apparatus A blur correcting device includes a shake detecting unit configured to detect a shake and output a detection signal indicating a result of the detection; a drive unit configured to displace a relative positional relationship between a lens unit and an image pickup e... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961221 | Image pickup and reproducing apparatus An image pickup position information acquisition unit acquires, from a position fixing unit, position information of an image pickup location of a moving image being picked up. A preceding image pickup position information storage unit stores position information of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960056 | Binder for electrode material containing semi-IPN of polyvinyl alcohol and polyurethane and lithium secondary battery employed with the same Provided is a binder for an electrode mix containing a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) of polyvinyl alcohol and polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane is mixed to crosslink with the polyvinyl alcohol to form semi-IPN, and a lithium secondary battery... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639939 | Medical device | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958519 | Recording medium changer A recording medium changer includes a storage block that is movable in a longitudinal direction, a drive block that processes data recorded on a recording medium, a conveying block that is movable in a vertical direction and conveys the recording medium for mounting... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958412 | System and method for on-board timing margin testing of memory modules A memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a memory hub. The memory hub includes several link interfaces coupled to respective processors, several memory controller coupled to respective memory devices, a cross-bar switch coupling any of the link int... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958248 | Information providing system, information processing apparatus and method, and information providing apparatus and method The present invention relates to an information providing system, information processing apparatus and method, and information providing apparatus and method, adapted to suppress broadcast contents from being utilized unduly. A digital broadcast receiver receives ne... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957581 | Image processing apparatus and method Directions normal to images of an object captured by at least two cameras from different points of view are aligned with each other to form corrected object images, and a correspondence is determined between at least one pixel position on a horizontal line in one of... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957537 | Information processing system and method using encryption key block An information processing system and method using an encryption key block sets sub-trees classified based on data processing ability of the devices (capability) in a key tree in which respective keys are corresponded to a root, nodes and leaves of a tree in which a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957527 | Cryptographic processing apparatus An apparatus and a method for performing a hyperelliptic curve cryptography process at a high speed in a highly secure manner are provided. A base point D is produced such that the base point D and one or more of precalculated data in addition to the base point used... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957290 | Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus, and radio communication method A radio communication system, a radio communication apparatus, and a radio communication method allow networks to operate without interference between contending networks. When plural piconets collide on the same frequency channel, a control station of one of the pi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957247 | Apparatus and method for processing information and program therefor An information processing apparatus may include the following elements. A content data generating unit generates first unit data segments constituting first content data and sequentially outputs the data segments. A holding unit is divided into a first holding area ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956751 | System for minimizing coupling nulls A system is disclosed for minimizing coupling nulls between an electromagnetic field derived from one or more sources and a plurality of randomly oriented RFID tags, wherein the electromagnetic field is rotated relative to the tags such that no tag is persistently l... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956396 | Memory array having floating gate semiconductor device A method for forming a floating gate semiconductor device such as an electrically erasable programmable read only memory is provided. The device includes a silicon substrate having an electrically isolated active area. A gate oxide, as well as other components of a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956276 | Method of distributing mashup data, mashup method, server apparatus for mashup data, and mashup apparatus A method of distributing mashup data for mashing up at least a first content and a second content. The method includes the step of distributing to a user, through a network, a data file having first data for dividing the first content and the second content into a p... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955677 | Two-sided non-stick release film Assemblies for the adhesive attachment to the skin or mucosa of a host are disclosed. The assembly or transdermal patch includes an outer backing layer, a first layer of adhesive on the inner surface of the outer backing layer, an inner backing layer, and an interme... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955355 | Methods and devices for improving percutaneous access in minimally invasive surgeries A device for use as a portal in percutaneous minimally invasive surgery performed within a patient's body cavity includes a first elongated hollow tube having a length adjusted with a self-contained mechanism. The first elongated tube includes an inner hollow tube a... | 06/07/2011 |
