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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7496468 | Apparatus for determining a number of data transmissions in sensor network and method using the same An apparatus and method of determining a number of data transmissions in a sensor network are provided. More particularly, an apparatus for determining a number of data transmissions preferably includes an interest zone detector for detecting an interest zone based ... | 02/24/2009 |
| D586262 | Car | 02/10/2009 |
| 7477022 | System and method for driving a multi-lamp A system for driving a multi-lamp, and more particularly to, a system for driving a multi-lamp for driving a parallel arrangement of a plurality of discharge lamps and a method of driving a plurality of discharge lamps and a method thereof. The multi-discharge lamp ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476004 | LED lighting lamp tube A LED lighting lamp tube comprises a transparent tube body, lamp caps, electrode pins, pedestals mounted at the connection position of the transparent tube body and the lamp caps, a power supply converter located adjacent to the lamp caps and inside the tube body, a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7463918 | Method and apparatus for receiving data in human body communication system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for receiving data in a human body communication system. The receiving apparatus, which comprises plural receiving electrodes, selects the optimum pair of receiving electrodes when receiving data, so that it can ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7454185 | Wideband I/Q signal generation device An apparatus for generating an in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) signal in a wireless transceiver is disclosed, including a local oscillator for generating an oscillation signal, and first and second mixers for mixing an oscillation signal with a transmission/receptio... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449934 | CMOS mixer for use in direct conversion receiver Provided is a mixer for use in a direct conversion receiver. The mixer includes Field Effect Transistors (FETs), a current source (IBias), two load resistors (RLoad), another FET, and two inductors L1 and L2. The FET M21 constitutes a current bl... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451385 | Channel encoding apparatus and method A channel encoding apparatus and method are provided in which part of the parity bits are set to erroneous bits, and full parity bits are created by correcting the erroneous bits using a channel decoding apparatus of a receiver in a communication system. In the chan... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450546 | Mobility management method using an improved neighbor graph Disclosed is a method for managing mobility of mobile nodes between heterogeneous networks in an IP-based mobile communication system including a plurality of access nodes for providing an IP service to mobile nodes located in their service areas and a neighbor grap... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449762 | Lateral epitaxial GaN metal insulator semiconductor field effect transistor A Lateral Epitaxial Gallium Nitride metal insulator semiconductor field effect transistor (LEGaN-MISFET) is described that includes a body region including at least one layer formed of Gallium Nitride having a first conductivity type formed on the substrate; a resur... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446726 | Antenna Disclosed herein is an antenna that can be manufactured in a smaller size and can achieve good wideband characteristics. The antenna includes a substantially semicircular antenna component installed in a monopole or dipole structure. Power is supplied to an end of t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7428957 | Order picking station and order picking method An order picking station (30) to which storage containers (34) can be transported via a storage container conveyor line (36) and from which order containers (40), into which articles (38a, 38b) from the storage... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428994 | Toy adapting to color of surroundings A toy or game piece for producing color includes a housing formed in the shape of a toy; a color reader to read a sample and generate data; a processing device to process the generated data and determine a color of the sample based on the generated data; and a light... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7417707 | Introduction of an intermediary refractive layer for immersion lithography An intermediary layer is introduced between a lens and a wafer for an immersion lithography process. A non-supercritical gas is provided and condensed to form a layer of liquid between the lens and the wafer. The substrate may be irradiated through the lens and inte... | 08/26/2008 |
| D575346 | Tape dispenser with USB hub | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403173 | Antenna device Provided is a compact antenna for installment in a portable terminal and adjusting a resonant frequency. The compact antenna device includes an antenna unit including first and second elements, the first element including a first antenna terminal having at least one... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403506 | Seamless handoff method in wireless local area network A handoff method is provided in a communication network including a plurality of fixed nodes attached to a router connected to at least one external network, and at least one mobile node associated with a current fixed node. The method detects movement of a mobile n... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400604 | Probing method for fast handoff in WLAN Provided is a probing method for handoff including constructing a group of neighbor access points of a current access point with which the station associated, generating subgroups of the neighbor access points by the channel assigned to the access points, probing th... | 07/15/2008 |
| D563694 | Jewelry holder | 03/11/2008 |
| 7306523 | Etroops infrared shooting game An electronic toy gun for a toy shooting game includes an infrared beam emitter, a trigger, a game data input device, and an internal processor. The infrared beam emitter is configured to emit an encoded infrared beam. The trigger is configured to activate a state o... | 12/11/2007 |
