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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7366523 | Method and system for providing location-based services A resource request that is originated by a short-range wireless communications device originates a request. A location indicator is added to the resource request that identifies a location of the WCD. The location indicator is based on a location of an access point ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347602 | Headlight for a motor vehicle with a cut-off beam, and a shield assembly for such a headlight The object of the invention is a headlight for a motor vehicle comprising a reflector of the ellipsoidal type; a light source placed at a first focus of the reflector; a convergent optical means whose object focus is situated close to the second focus of the reflect... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347550 | Ophthalmologic image taking apparatus Disclosed is an ophthalmologic image taking apparatus in which, when a processed medical image is read, an intended purpose of image taking can be intuitively and speedy understood, so that an image reading operation is accurately and efficiently conducted. The opht... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316926 | Immortalized vascular adventital cell line To provide an immortalized capillary pericyte line which maintains the original function/property of the cell line-deriving tissue, its establishment method, and the screening method for useful substance using the immortalized capillary pericyte line. Cerebral tissu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7283294 | Catadioptric projection optical system, exposure apparatus having the same, device fabrication method A catadioptric optical system comprising a first imaging optical system including a concave mirror and forming an intermediate image of a first object, said first imaging optical system forming a reciprocating optical system that an incidence light and reflected lig... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278768 | Indicating or lighting device with a screen or covering having a diffusive or reflective focus The invention relates to an indicating and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle, said device comprising a casing inside which there are arranged at least one main light source, at least one reflector associated with the main light source(s), optionally at least on... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271391 | Radiographic imaging apparatus and system, method therefor, and program A radiographic imaging apparatus includes an imaging means which captures a radiation image based on a radiation pulse emitted from a radiation generator, a radiation pulse detection means which detects the radiation pulse, and a control means which controls the ima... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257978 | Compact cantilever rolling mill and a method of producing a metallic product The invention relates to an apparatus for rolling a metallic product comprising a mill frame (18), a first cantilever roll shaft (19), a second cantilever roll shaft (20), both said roll shafts (19, 20) being mounted on the mill frame ( | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256521 | Motor or generator and method of producing the same A plurality of slots is provided at a stator core. A cable component is formed by bundling a plurality of conducting wires and connectors are mounted on both ends. The cable component is inserted into corresponding slot so as to cross over the corresponding pluralit... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255930 | Cap nut for envelopment casting, casting including the cap nut and method of enveloping the cap nut in casting A cap nut to be enveloped in a casting made of casting material includes a substantially cylindrical body. The body has a first end and a second end adjacent to a top end surface of the body. The body has a hole and an outer peripheral surface to be enveloped in the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252364 | Ink jet printing apparatus and printing position setting method of the apparatus An inkjet printing apparatus prints by scanning an inkjet printhead for discharging ink and a printing medium relative to each other. The printhead includes a first nozzle group used to print a dot having a first density, and a second nozzle group used to print a do... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247945 | Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes a printed circuit board, a peripheral type first semiconductor package which has a first group of ball electrodes arranged in a peripheral type first arrangement area and a first group of additional ball electrodes arranged inside ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208009 | Stent fabrication method A stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. The stent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides of the flat pattern are joined. The method includes the steps of a) cutting a stent pattern into a flat piece of metal thereb... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204098 | Oil separation structure for refrigerant compressor The present invention relates to a structure for separating oil from a refrigerant gas containing the oil. The refrigerant gas is discharged from a refrigerant compressor which forms a part of refrigerating cycle to an external refrigerant circuit. The oil separatio... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186926 | Surface mounting structure for surface mounting an electronic component A surface mounting structure for a surface mounting electronic component includes an electronic component, a circuit board and a solder fillet. The electronic component has on a marginal portion thereof a plurality of electrodes, each of which is formed so as to cov... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169214 | High pressure tank A high pressure tank has a cylindrical liner and a fiber reinforced plastic layer which covers the outer surface of the liner. At least one end of the liner is separable. The liner includes a cylindrical liner body and a lid. An O-ring is located between the contact... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131712 | Image recording apparatus Provided is an ink type image recording apparatus capable of recording high gradation monotone images of high quality at low cost by establishing a certain relationship between a lightness order in a color ink set, which is employed when the image recording apparatu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123683 | Radiographing apparatus and method An apparatus for radiographing an object using radiation from a movable radiation source, includes a detection unit which detects a radiation image of an object, a supporting unit which supports the object, and a control unit which controls a movement of at least on... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110502 | Radiographic apparatus and method for switching a grid This invention provides a radiographic apparatus and method, which can suitably set a grid in radiography or fluoroscopy and execute fluoroscopy or radiography of an object under optimum imaging conditions. The radiographic apparatus includes an X-ray unit (102 | 09/19/2006 |
| 7050789 | System and method for services access Systems and methods for facilitating access to services, including systems and methods providing for the use and/or distribution of keys employable in accessing services. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035022 | Observation optical system and optical apparatus An observation optical system is disclosed with which the Fresnel reflection at the surfaces of optical members can be reduced, the transmittance can be improved, and the surface reflection ghost that occur among a plurality of optical surfaces can be suppressed. Th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018056 | Method of producing a lighting or signalling device, and lighting or signalling device obtained by this method The present invention concerns a method of producing a lighting or signalling device comprising a light source (16), a reflector (14) reflecting the light rays emitted by the light source (16) towards a lens (18) so as to form along an op... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999540 | Programmable driver/equalizer with alterable analog finite impulse response (FIR) filter having low intersymbol interference and constant peak amplitude independent of coefficient settings A programmable driver/equalizer with an alterable FIR enables the equalization of serial links or other transmission systems to adapt to a variety of transmission media, specifically, intersymbol interference (ISI). Current mode differential drive circuits are coupl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993484 | Speech synthesizing method and apparatus An amplitude altering magnification (r) applied to sub-phoneme units of a voiced portion and an amplitude altering magnification s to be applied to sub-phoneme units of an unvoiced portion are determined based upon a target phoneme average power (p0) of s... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6961087 | Portable electronic apparatus, image processing method, photographic apparatus, and computer readable recording medium Even when a remaining amount of an image memory built in a digital camera is decreased, the photographing can be further continued while reserving a photographed image. An image which is obtained from an image input unit including image pickup means is accumulated i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6889346 | Scoping of real time signals of remote communication systems over a computer network: systems, methods and program products A remote controller is coupled to a target system via a computer network A real time probe is installed in software executing on a target system, typically a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The remote controller includes a “debugger user interface” which accepts... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6758570 | Reflective optical element, reflective optical system, image display system, and finder optical system The invention provides a reflective optical element which has three or more reflecting surfaces by which a light flux from an object is successively reflected. In an area enclosed by each of the reflecting surfaces, the reference axis intersects at least two times a... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6719998 | Treatment of restenosis Bisphosphonate (BP), pyrophosphate (PP) a complex of BP or PP, a polymer of BP or PP or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, are used for the prevention or treatment of vascular restenosis. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6600461 | Display apparatus and control method therefor A display apparatus includes a plurality of adjustment units for performing diopter adjustment, base length adjustment, and vergence angle adjustment in accordance with the characteristics of users, and a storage unit for storing pieces of operation condi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6577714 | Map-based directory system A method and system are disclosed for a map-based directory service. Users are presented with a map on a computer screen, the map having symbols indicating real-world locations such as buildings, streets, parks, and bodies of water. A close correspondence... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6547428 | Motor vehicle headlight with light pipe A headlight for a motor vehicle has a light source which illuminates the end of a light pipe. The light pipe has a number of transparent blades defining a plurality of oblique reflection facets cooperating with lenses. The transparent blades are bonded to... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6519453 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus performing communication via a network transmits second data for requesting a service of a second network in accordance with first data inputted to request the service of a first network. When the operation procedure for requesti... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6423318 | Hepatitis A virus vaccines A live hepatitis A virus adapted to growth in MRC-5 cells, which HAV is preferably characterized by suitable attenuation for effective vaccine administration to humans and animals without inactivation, methods for adapting HAV to growth in MRC-5, vaccine ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6410659 | Polymerization process A process for preparing bimodal molecular weight distribution copolymers of ethylene with alpha-olefins having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, said copolymers having: (a) a comonomer distribution wherein the comonomer level at the mid-position of the low molecular ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6392703 | Optical apparatus for forming an object image on a sensing element There is provided an optical apparatus which has excellent assembly performance, can suppress an increase in cost, and attain a decrease in thickness. The optical apparatus includes a board (1) having a photographing optical system and a mechanical system... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6377982 | Accounting system in a network A coupled data network with an accounting system is disclosed. The coupled data network includes a foreign network and a home network. The foreign network includes a base station with an access hub and a foreign mobile switching center with a serving regi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6277367 | Erythropoietin solution preparation This invention provides an erythropoietin solution preparation containing an amino acid as a stabilizer, and having excellent long-term storage stability.... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6237070 | Method and system for determining the data layout geometry of a disk drive A system and method for determining the disk drive parameters of any disk drive that may be encountered. A novel access pattern is applied to the disk drive and a novel technique used to interpret the measured results. In order to determine a data layout ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6233319 | Method and system for delivering messages to both live recipients and recording systems Method and system for delivering a message over a telecommunications network to a recipient comprising transmitting a message over the telecommunications network to the recipient when a predetermined energy/silence condition is detected, performing echo c... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6182918 | Lower thread winding device A lower thread winding device is structured such that it comprises: lower thread supply means for guiding a lower thread out from a lower thread supply source and also for supplying the lower thread to a bobbin through an opening formed in a bobbin case; ... | 02/06/2001 |
