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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175316 | Ear speaker device An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic me... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175204 | Receiving device, signal processing method, and program A receiving device includes: a pilot extracting section; a first estimating section; a second estimating section; a third estimating section; a distortion correcting section; and a filter controlling section. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170170 | Carrier synchronizing circuit and carrier synchronizing method Disclosed herein is a carrier synchronizing circuit including at least frequency synchronizing means and phase synchronizing means. The phase synchronizing means includes residual frequency error detecting means for detecting a residual frequency error after a frequ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170120 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus for encoding a baseband signal, the information processing apparatus includes: a data splitting block; an encoder; a control block; and a splicing block. The data splitting block is configured to acquire the baseband signal before... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160265 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the generation of three-dimensional sound in headphone devices A headphone device includes a first and a second ear piece coupled to an assembly, wherein the assembly facilitates the placement of the first and second ear piece in relation to a user's ears. A motion transducer is coupled to the first or second ear piece, whereby... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8136205 | Biaxial hinge device and mobile terminal device A biaxial hinge device includes: a first rotation axis mechanism configured to form a first rotation axis by using a substantially cylindrically shaped first shaft member; a first arm portion configured to include a fixing portion fixed to a first case, and provided... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134226 | Processing apparatus with memories coupled to respective processors In a processing apparatus, a plurality of processors which perform different kinds of processing is integrated on a first semiconductor substrate. A plurality of memories to be managed by the plurality of processors integrated on the first semiconductor substrate is... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122002 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program An information processing device includes an obtaining unit to obtain two pieces of information that are targets for searching for connections; a connection searching unit to use an action model wherein the manner of obtaining, from input information, obtain related... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8096923 | Exercise mat A mat that can be used for the practice of yoga includes a curve-shaped design and strategically placed stitch markings to assist the user in producing a properly aligned position with each yoga pose or yoga posture. Both the shape enhancements and stitch markings c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094970 | Road image creation system [Object] To provide a system that is able to generate road images with the effects of obstructions such as parked vehicles eliminated. [Solution means] A road image generating system which films road surfaces via an optical system mounted on a v... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086220 | Wireless communication device having short-distance wireless communications In a communication of audio signals between first and second portable-telephone devices through a first portable-telephone base station, a second portable-telephone base station and a portable-telephone line network has been connected, IP addresses are exchanged. Th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069877 | Pressure compensating flush valve with self-cleaning piston A flush valve according to the present disclosure includes a pressure compensating device for toilet and urinals to ensure consistent flush and bowl refill volumes. Certain flush volume limits may required for compliance with federal, state and local regulations reg... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8046434 | Data communication apparatus and method, data communication system, information-processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program In an AV-data transfer system, AV data stored in a RAID embedded in an AV server is supplied to a client personal computer connected to a network such as the Internet or an intranet by way of the network, and AV data output by the client personal computer is transmi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032619 | Environment information server Methods and apparatus implementing techniques for providing network environment information. In one implementation, a environment information server includes: a server controller; a network connection connected to said server controller; an environment information d... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032011 | Recording medium having recording program recorded therein and recording apparatus and method A recording apparatus for recording a moving picture file and a still picture file to a program area on an optical disk, capable of converting the format of management information to be recorded in combination with the file according to the attribute of the file. | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024580 | Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and data transmitting system Video data exploitation by alteration of data is prevented. An extractor 111 extracts valid video data in data 110 and predetermined data in the data. An inserter 114 inserts an arithmetic operation result of the predetermined data by an arithme... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015322 | Information-processing system, electronic apparatus, information-processing method, and computer-readable program and recording medium An information-processing system processes set-up identification information, which specifies a set-up item that is an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of an electronic apparatus connectable to a network. The electronic apparatus that sets a paramete... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010633 | Multiple peer-to-peer relay networks Methods and apparatus for implementing peer-to-peer relay. In one implementation, a network environment supporting multiple peer-to-peer relay networks includes: a first peer-to-peer relay network including N1 peer systems; and a second peer-to-peer relay network in... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005214 | Data transmission system A cipher key is generated by first information shared in secrete between a data transmitting unit 10 and a data receiving unit 20, second information derived from duplication control information of transmit data and third information which is time chan... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999811 | Image processing device, method, and program, and objective function An image processing device that models, based on a plurality of frame images being results of time-sequential imaging of an object in motion, a motion of the object using a three-dimensional (3D) body configured by a plurality of parts is disclosed. The device inclu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986355 | Picture displaying method, picture displaying apparatus, and imaging apparatus A picture displaying method is disclosed. In the picture displaying method, a first picture is displayed. A luminance distribution chart which represents a distribution of luminance levels of the first picture is displayed. A first luminance level and a second lumin... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982627 | Meter device, information processing device, and meter driving method A meter device includes an indicator unit, movably supported within a predetermined range, for representing an amplitude value of an input signal by a movement amount Δθ from a reference position θ0 which is one end of the predetermined range. A gain acqui... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975237 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium containing information processing program with rotary operation There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a cas... | 07/05/2011 |
| D640749 | Shelf label | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966038 | Wireless audio transfer system, wireless microphone, audio transmitting apparatus, audio receiving apparatus, image pickup apparatus, recording apparatus, and audio mixer Disclosed is a wireless audio transfer system. The wireless audio transfer system includes an audio transmitting apparatus including a microphone and a modulating/transmitting unit for transmitting radio waves modulated using an audio signal from the microphone, an ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958269 | Network camera having network failure recovery A network camera 1 comprises a camera block 10 for taking an image, a signal processing unit 20 supplied with an imaging output of the camera block 10, a communication interface unit 30 which connects to an external network to esta... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953718 | Data processing apparatus, method, and program A UMID extracting/embedding unit 10 extracts UMID data embedded in material data. A CPU 11 updates a generation indicated by generation data in the extracted UMID data to generate new generation data when processing accompanied by a deterioration of qu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7930217 | Joint subscriber management system and receiving terminal A joint subscriber management system includes a joint subscriber management unit for acting as a surrogate in performing a registration activity for enabling a receiver to receive a broadcast and/or an electronic commerce transaction. A reception unit receives a rec... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913315 | Recording apparatus that records information for protecting intangible property right, recording method thereof, record medium thereof, and program thereof A recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises converting means 15, 18, and 19 and recording means 23, 24, 32, and 33. The converting means 15, 18, and 19 convert the data structure of data into a file st... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912340 | Data processing apparatus A high speed data processing apparatus which is able to produce smooth reproduced pictures without lowering the quality of the reproduced picture. When the high speed reproduction is selected by a user, a system controller controls a media controller to cause a repr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7885993 | Communication apparatus, communication method, electronic apparatus, control method for controlling electronic apparatus, and storage medium Value-added information is generated by collecting information relating to apparatuses from a plurality of users, and service is automatically and adaptively provided in a manner that satisfies each user's own preference. Since a second electronic apparatus o... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885407 | Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and data transmission system Video data exploitation by alteration of data is prevented. An extractor 111 extracts valid video data in data 110 and predetermined data in the data. An inserter 114 inserts an arithmetic operation result of the predetermined data by an arithme... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881935 | Speech recognition device and speech recognition method and recording medium utilizing preliminary word selection A speech recognition apparatus in which the accuracy in speech recognition is improved as the resource is prevented from increasing. Such a word which is probable as the result of the speech recognition is selected on the basis of an acoustic score and a linguistic ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880790 | Image-signal processing apparatus for use in combination with an image sensor An image-signal processing apparatus (1) designed to process the signals output from a CCD image sensor (10) that reads pixel data for one screen, line by line, divides the pixel data into a plurality of channels and outputs the pixel data thus divided... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848183 | Information processing device and method, and recording medium for reducing replication time between a source and a destination An information processing device performing replication of data between recording media so that valid information recorded in a first recording medium is recorded in a second recording medium, the information processing device includes a replication control unit con... | 12/07/2010 |
| D631276 | Exercise mat | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870298 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, routing apparatus and communication control method Two logical partitions within a single computer communicate with each other internally. The protocol stack of a first logical partition generates a frame in a memory space provided in a driver and referred to by the first logical partition. The driver transfers the ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869659 | Image-comparing apparatus, image-comparing method, image-retrieving apparatus and image-retrieving method An image-comparing apparatus is provided for comparing a code stream obtained by encoding a retrieved image with a specific image for determining whether the code stream is substantially identical to the specific image. The apparatus includes image-characteristic am... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864688 | Communication system, method of providing information therein and communication device A communication system for a plurality of devices performing communications through a network is provided. The communication system includes a transmitter/receiver, a reception status detector, and a recorder. The transmitter/receiver is included in each of the plur... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853527 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program recording medium, and data recording medium A management center registers user information that includes user identification information for identifying a user terminal and improvement-information identification information for identifying improvement information recorded in an optical disk and processed by t... | 12/14/2010 |
