Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179734 | Semiconductor device A charge pump circuit, whose output is connected to a first node, starts a boosting operation after start of a test period. A load current application circuit supplies a load current to the first node during the test period. A voltage of the first node is a write vo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169230 | Semiconductor device and method of testing the same A semiconductor device is formed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor device has: an output buffer configured to externally output an output signal received from an internal circuit; an input buffer configured to output an input signal externally received to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164372 | Semiconductor device having level shift circuit, control method thereof, and data processing system To include a first level shift circuit that converts a first internal clock signal having an amplitude value of a first voltage into a second internal clock signal having an amplitude value of a second voltage, a second level shift circuit that converts a first inte... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164371 | Duty detection circuit, clock generation circuit including the duty detection circuit, and semiconductor device To provide a duty detection circuit including: a plurality of duty detectors that detect a duty ratio of internal clocks; a controller that controls the plurality of duty detectors so that the plurality of duty detectors operates in different phases from one another... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163110 | Superfine copper alloy wire and method for manufacturing same A superfine copper alloy wire has a copper-silver alloy wherein the superfine copper alloy wire has a final wire diameter of 0.05 mm or less, and the copper-silver alloy has a copper-silver eutectic crystal phase whose volume ratio to a whole volume of the superfine... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144971 | Pattern matching processing system and computer readable medium The pattern matching processing system includes: a recognition pattern-storage unit which stores a first image data obtained by picking up an image of at least a portion of a lead frame or a substrate of a first object and the second image data obtained by picking u... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144524 | Semiconductor device and semiconductor package including the same To include a plurality of pad groups each including a first data I/O pad, a first power supply pad, a second data I/O pad, and a second power supply pad arranged in order in an X direction. The first data I/O pad is connected to a first data I/O buffer, and the seco... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137125 | Conductor connection structure A conductor connection structure includes a cable including a stranded conductor composed of twisted plural wire conductors, and an insulating layer formed around the perimeter of the stranded conductor, the cable being connected to a male terminal member; a female ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134863 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a first memory cell array in which a plurality of first memory cells are arranged as a matrix, data being read from or written to the first memory cells, and a second memory cell array in which a plu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122386 | Dummy pattern placement apparatus, method and program and semiconductor device The load of OPC processing (especially, the load of bias processing) has been increasing due to optical effects involved in the placement of a dummy pattern. A pattern placement apparatus places dummy patterns in a layout region where a plurality of wiring patterns ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121139 | Communication module and communication apparatus A communication module mounted on a communication apparatus which includes plural communication modules, plural apparatus side signal processing circuits for processing a communication signal which is transmitted to and received from the communication modules by a p... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103091 | Object identification parameter learning system It is to learn an object identification parameter while suppressing an influence of the background area. The object identification parameter learning system includes: a feature extracting device for obtaining a feature of an object from the image; a background speci... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094929 | Color identifying apparatus and color identifying method A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified, includes a reference data storage that stores a plurality of associated sets of reference color information represented by the... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094107 | Liquid crystal display apparatus containing driver IC with grayscale voltage generating circuit A liquid crystal display (LCD) driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a grayscale voltage generating circuit generating grayscale voltages from a set of supply reference voltages. A converting section having connection terminals drives each of data lines of an LCD ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075380 | Roulette apparatus and roulette gaming machine A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receiv... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072828 | Sense amplifier circuit and semiconductor memory device A single-ended sense amplifier circuit comprises first and second MOS transistors and first and second voltage setting circuits. The first MOS transistor supplies a predetermined voltage to the bit line and switches connection between the bit line and a sense node i... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8044470 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Provided is a semiconductor device including a transistor that has a silicide layer formed over a semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode of each transistor is composed of a polysilicon electrode and the silicide layer formed thereon. Each transistor further has... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037582 | Fastener According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fastener including: a fastener body including: a cylindrical portion having an insertion hole formed therethrough; and a locking portion protruding outward from the cylindrical portion; and an unlo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036055 | Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of I/O terminals configured in a block, and including a representative I/O terminal and a non-representative I/O terminal; a plurality of memory cells each associated with the plurality of I/O terminals to store d... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029044 | Cab structure of construction equipment To facilitate the production of a cab in the form of a box by joining side, rear and roof panels to pillars, and to improve the productivity. Pillars forming the cab (2) include composite pillars (16, 18) obtained by juxtaposing and joining together th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8006026 | Multi-port memory and computer system provided with the same A multi-port memory, comprising: m (m≧2) input/output ports independent of one another; n (n≧2) memory banks independent of one another; and a route switching circuit capable of optionally setting signal routes of a command, an address, and input/output data bet... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994956 | Digital-to-analog converter circuit, data driver, and display device using the digital-to-analog converter circuit A data driver having a positive-polarity reference voltage generation circuit, a positive-polarity decoder, a first amplifier that outputs a positive-polarity gray scale voltage, a negative-polarity reference voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993038 | Light-emitting device In a light-emitting device including a base body portion which is configured by integrally forming a reflection case and a terminal holding portion provided at the rear portion of the reflection case and lead members to be inserted into the base body portion, portio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990455 | Image information management system It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device with which a photographing state of image data can be intuitively known. When a subject is photographed, a quadrangular flag mark representing a photographing point of an image, and a triangular ma... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7956409 | Semiconductor device having trench gate structure The present invention provides a vertical MOSFET which has striped trench gate structure which can secure avalanche resistance without increasing Ron. A vertical MOSFET 100 comprises a plurality of gate trenches 7 which is arranged in stripes, an array... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7461440 | Blind, blind slat, manufacturing method of the same, and forming machine of the same To provide a blind slat resistant to bending with keeping good rotation of a slat. The slat (16) is formed with a lift cord passing hole (16a) through which a lift cord passes, and when a length of the lift cord passing hole (16a) ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461326 | Information processing method capable of detecting redundant circuits and displaying redundant circuits in the circuit design process The information processing method of the present invention detects redundant circuits as described below by means of an information processor that is provided with: a storage unit for storing circuit operation information that uses hardware description language and ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460068 | Distributed phase type circular polarized wave antenna, high-frequency module using the same, and portable radio communication terminal using the same A distributed phase type circular polarized wave antenna provided with a plane, a power feed point 4 formed on the plane; and narrow conductor groups 1, 2 composed of narrow conductors 101 having a substantially one-dimensional current distribut... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459963 | Filter apparatus including differential slave gm-C filter with frequency characteristics automatically tuned by master circuit In a filter apparatus including a master circuit for receiving a reference frequency signal having a reference frequency to generate a control voltage and a slave gm-C filter formed by at least one operational transconductance amplifier and at least one capacitor wh... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458234 | Elongating method of optical fiber base material There is provided an elongating method of an optical fiber base material which can easily correct a distorted portion of an optical fiber base material with it being possible to elongate the optical fiber base material to reduce its diameter. According to such an el... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455333 | Side lock apparatus A side lock apparatus comprises a retainer, a rotor rotatably supported on the retainer, a pair of rods which are brought into engagement with positions which are point symmetrical relative to an axial center of the rotor at proximal end portions thereof and are sup... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455121 | Power tool A power tool includes an impact damping mechanism for damping an impact in a direction of rotation of a speed reduction mechanism portion 8. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451416 | Method and system for designing an electronic circuit A method and system of designing an electronic circuit includes dividing a chip area of a design into a plurality of bins, identifying a candidate bin in the plurality of bins, and performing an area reduction on the candidate bin. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447950 | Memory device and memory error correction method In a memory system, an ECC circuit is not inserted on a data path for data writing/reading. The ECC process is performed during the cycle of normal data reading/writing process, in such timing that it does not conflict with the data reading/writing process in order ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7431330 | Inflator bag for occupant restraint device and method of manufacturing the inflator bag By forming a resin sheet or a metal sheet, an angular-box-shaped bag main body (51) having gore portions (54) on surrounding side faces to ensure its height is formed. A folded line (55) to be folded, in a manner to form a valley line, toward an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429854 | CMOS current mirror circuit and reference current/voltage circuit Disclosed is a CMOS current mirror circuit including a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor constituting a current mirror, in which a drain of the first MOS transistor and a gate of the second MOS transistor are connected in common, a source of the first... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426368 | Satellite broadcasting converter, control circuit incorporated therein, and detector circuit used in such control circuit In a broadcasting satellite converter adapted to be connected to a BS tuner and fed with a power supply voltage signal from the broadcasting satellite tuner, a receiver circuit includes a mixer, and a plurality of local oscillators connected to the mixer to convert ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418570 | Logical unit number increasing device, and logical unit number increasing method According to an embodiment, virtual logical units are each provided with correlative data between a virtual logical unit number and a real logical unit number. In response to an access request specifying a virtual logical unit number from a host, a correlated real l... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411514 | Failure detecting apparatus The failure detecting apparatus includes an input circuit 13 connected to a temperature sensor 53 to detect various changes, for detecting the resistance of the temperature sensor 53, a monitor circuit 14 connected in parallel to the inpu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409978 | Dispenser with a cover A dispenser with a cover whose overall size can be kept compact and which is provided with a cover to protect the applicator tip when not in use is to be provided. The dispenser with a cover is provided with a body, an applicator tip protruding through a tip apertur... | 08/12/2008 |
