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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588337 | Optical system and image projection apparatus An optical system is disclosed which is capable of improving of its contrast characteristic and displaying of images which have a brightness according to the brightness of the use environment. The optical system comprises an optical integrator which divides and reco... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7554542 | Image manipulation method and system An animation system is made up of an audio analysis unit, having an audio output and a state change output, and a control unit having an input and an output, the input being constructed to receive a state change indication from the audio analysis unit, the control u... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7257574 | Navigational learning in a structured transaction processing system A method performed in connection with an arrangement of nodes representable as a graph, and an inverted index containing a correlation among keywords and nodes such that at least some nodes containing a given keyword are indexed to that given keyword, involves recei... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7118937 | Fabrication method of thin-film transistor array with self-organized organic semiconductor The present invention relates to a method of selectively depositing an organic semiconductor material and a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor thin film transistor array. Since the thin film transistor array is formed by locally performing a plasma pro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6937841 | Remote communication system and method A remote learning system combines on-line service information and remote user information with a television signal designed to be received by students using multimedia personal computers. The combined signal is then transmitted to all of the students at their person... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6772145 | Search method in a used car search support system A search method in a used car search support system in which when search conditions are inputted from a client, a server delivers the hit number for each price range to the client and when a user designates a desired price range via the client, the server sends the ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 7525106 | Exposure apparatus, pressure control method for the same, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate in a vacuum atmosphere through an optical system. The apparatus includes a partition which separates a first space including at least part of the optical system from a second space adjacent to it, and includes an opening to ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515945 | Connected mode for low-end radio The present invention relates to systems and methods for a implementing an optimized low-end radio communication protocol, wherein the communication link is flexible and the power consumption characteristics are optimized. One facet of the system's flexibility relat... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7502553 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed which has a light amount adjusting unit, a lens to be driven by a linear actuator, and a detector for detecting the position of the lens, and which can be reduced in size. The optical apparatus includes a light amount adjusting unit... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502052 | Image deformation estimating method and image deformation estimating apparatus Provided is an image deformation estimating method capable of obtaining information expressing image deformation between frame images caused by a camera shake with almost no influence of photographing conditions. The image deformation estimating method includes: a f... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499674 | Method and system for repeat request in hybrid ultra wideband-bluetooth radio A method and system improves data throughput when performing error control in Ultra Wideband (UWB) communications. The method and system is capable of performing communications via a first wireless communications link and a second wireless communications link. The f... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499179 | Measurement method and apparatus, exposure apparatus, exposure method, and adjusting method A measurement method for measuring a position of an aperture stop in an optical system includes the steps of measuring a light intensity distribution of light that passes the aperture stop, at a position that is optically conjugate with a pupil position in the optic... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499092 | Image display device Disclosed is a scanning image display device for displaying an image on a plurality of display screens. The image display device includes a light source, a scanner for two-dimensionally scanning with light from the light source, and a controller which is electricall... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498708 | Design of the magnet and webs in interior permanent magnet rotors A rotor includes a rotor core formed of webs defining a layout of the magnets in the rotor core. The rotor core has at least one layer of magnets forming a plurality of poles. Each pole includes a plurality of slots for holding a magnet, at least two ribs comprising... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7497111 | Surface shape measuring apparatus, surface measuring method, and exposure apparatus An apparatus measures a surface position of an object. The apparatus includes an array of members, each of which comprises a probe for an atomic force from the object and is configured to move in accordance with the atomic force, an optical system configured to proj... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496919 | Method to support role based prioritization of processes A method is disclosed to assign Priority to Processes based on Roles. The method calculates the process priority of the process using a scheduler running in the computer system, based on either a first weight of a first role, a second weight of a second role, or a c... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7496081 | Adaptive beacon period in a distributed network Multiple nodes communicate using repeating patterns of superframes, where each of the superframes includes a beacon period. A beacon slot in a first Media Access Slot (MAS) is reserved by the plurality of nodes. This reserved slot occurs in the beginning of the beac... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491780 | Polymerizable compound, polymer compound and block polymer compound, and composition, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus using the same A composition containing a polymer compound and medium being a solvent or a binder resin, wherein the polymer compound comprises monomer units represented by the general formula (1): wherein A is a straight-chain or branche... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489387 | Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method An exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a reticle with a light beam from a light source, and a projection optical system configured to project a pattern image of the reticle onto a substrate, the illumination optical ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7490141 | Ajax proxy indirection for external domain requests An Ajax proxy indirection technique enables a local, front-end proxy server to handle Ajax requests from an Ajax client that must be serviced by an external Ajax server in an external domain, instead of a local Ajax back-end server exposing itself to the external do... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486932 | Method and system for VoIP over WLAN to bluetooth headset using advanced eSCO scheduling A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first trans... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479512 | Dispersion composition containing functional substance, method of forming image and image forming apparatus An ink composition in which particles of a functional substance comprising a dye or a pigment included in polymer micelles comprising a block polymer are dispersed in a solvent, wherein the particles have an average particle size of not more than 200 nm and a partic... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477796 | Method for preparing compressed image data file, image data compression device, and photographic device A method for carrying out a step of extracting a portion of a predetermined size from the image data, and a step of preparing a predetermined number of compressed partial data compressed with different compression parameter values by repeating preparation of compres... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474380 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method The present invention provides a projection optical system which projects an image on a first object plane onto a second object plane, comprising a plurality of optical members inserted in turn from a side of the second object plane, said plurality of optical member... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474774 | Radiographic image processing method and apparatus, and grid sorting method and apparatus A fundamental frequency and at least one harmonic frequency of gridlines in a radiographic image are measured to form a filter for extracting the measured fundamental frequency component and harmonic frequency component. Filtering is performed on the radiographic im... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474196 | Apparatus, system, method and computer program product for implementing an automatic identification system with a personal communication system to improve functionality An apparatus, system, method and computer program product for implementing an automatic identification system to improve the functionality of a personal communication device. A data carrier that contains one or more data items transmits a data signal wirelessly to a... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470025 | Ophthalmic apparatus There is disclosed an ophthalmic apparatus including a detection unit which detects a vision fixation state of an eye to be examined, a projection unit which projects a fixation mark onto a fundus of the eye, and a fixation mark control unit which controls the proje... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468741 | Camera with integrated printer There is provided a media pack which can be removably mounted in a printer, and which allows a consumable article or articles contained therein for use by the printer, and enables the printer to easily recognize whether there is a possibility of degradation of the c... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468798 | System and method for polarization characteristic measurement of optical systems via centroid analysis A method for irradiating onto a target optical system plural linearly polarized rays having different polarization directions, and for measuring a polarization characteristic of the target optical system including a birefringence amount R and a fast axis Φ includes... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466368 | Image projection apparatus and adjusting method used for the same An image projection apparatus includes a first reflection type liquid crystal display device for modulating and reflecting red light, a second reflection type liquid crystal display device for modulating and reflecting green light, a third reflection type liquid cry... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465196 | Wiring harness end connector The present invention concerns a wiring harness end connector for an electronic module or an electronic card. It especially finds application in the case of connection of electronic modules contained in insulating cases, for example for vehicle headlights. An... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463429 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus includes an optical system including first and second movable lens units independently movable in an optical axis direction, and a controller causing the first movable lens unit to wobble in the optical axis direction based on contrast informati... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455439 | Elliptical headlight equipped with an occulting screen of transparent material A headlight of the elliptical type comprises an occulting or masking screen which defines a cut-off profile in the light beam emitted by a light source, the beam being a regulation lighting beam for use in wet weather, with a cut-off profile. This beam includes a zo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456870 | Image sensing apparatus, image sensing method, program for realizing the image sensing method, and storage medium which stores the program An object of this invention is to eliminate cumbersomeness and improve the photographer's convenience by inputting settings to an image sensing apparatus by the user. To achieve this object, an image sensing apparatus includes a memory which stores information on a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454171 | Method and system for VoIP over WLAN to Bluetooth headset using ACL link and sniff for aligned eSCO transmission The invention solves the problem of reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth signal handling, especially in voice over IP communications via a WLAN telephone to a Bluetooth headset. The invention sets up a voice link between the termin... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454131 | Image sensing apparatus with camera shake correction function In an image sensing apparatus which has a camera shake correction function of performing a camera shake correction on a plurality of images sensed by an image sensing unit by extracting a partial image from each of the sensed images on the basis of correlation betwe... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450855 | Optical detection apparatus and free-space optics communication apparatus There is provided an optical detection apparatus, comprising a light-receiving element, an optical system which forms a spot of light flux on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving element by externally incident light flux, and an information generating se... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450249 | Position sensor A position detecting apparatus for detecting position of an object disposed in a first space by receiving light from the object with a light receiving element disposed outside said first space, said position detecting apparatus includes an optical system for directi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446653 | Lighting and/or indicating system for a vehicle, with improved actuator control The lighting and/or signaling system according to the invention comprises at least one lighting and/or signaling device which is able to emit at least one light beam and is equipped with at least one actuator for adjusting an angle of the light beam, and at least on... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444074 | Autofocus lens apparatus and camera system with the same An autofocus lens apparatus is disclosed which is capable of changing a focus target area in position and size without degrading the operability of manual focusing when taking images with an autofocus function. The autofocus lens apparatus comprises an operating mem... | 10/28/2008 |
