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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487363 | System and method for controlled copying and moving of content between devices and domains based on conditional encryption of content key depending on usage A system and method is disclosed for allowing content providers to protect against widespread copying of their content, while enabling them to give their customers more freedom in the way they use the content. In accordance with one embodiment, content providers ide... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485729 | Organometallic compositions and coating compositions The present invention is directed to novel organometallic complexes as catalysts for the reaction of compounds with isocyanate and hydroxyl functional groups to form urethane and/or polyurethane and the process employing such catalysts. More particularly, the presen... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7460154 | Vibration compensation apparatus using a coordinate conversion A vibration compensation apparatus comprises: an angular velocity detector that detects a plurality of angular velocities in two orthogonal detection axes directions and outputs corresponding angular velocity signals; a compensation unit that compensates vibration i... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454079 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and computer-readable medium An image processing apparatus generates, from original image data, low- and high-frequency components of the original image data. By smoothing at least some of the high-frequency components, the second high-frequency component is generated. Image data is generated o... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453598 | Image processing method and apparatus, and color conversion table generation method and apparatus Arbitrary source image data, and destination image data obtained by retouching the source image data are recorded. When the user sets, using an image sensing mode setting unit, an image sensing mode, image reproduction parameters of which are to be changed, and inst... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454129 | Collapsible-type lens barrel and image sensing apparatus with withdrawing blur correction lenses A collapsible-type lens barrel includes an image blurring correction unit that drives a first lens in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis so as to cancel shaking of an image sensing apparatus, and a second lens placed adjacent the image blurring correction unit. W... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450153 | Image-blur correction apparatus, lens apparatus and optical device An image blur correction apparatus which can be reduced in size is disclosed. The image blur correction apparatus has a base member which is moved in a direction of an optical axis with respect to a member extended in the direction of the optical axis and a lens hol... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450966 | Method and device for storing and accessing personal information Basic personal data of an individual is stored as different data files based on content or intended use. The selection of personal data for inclusion in a data file may be performed in accordance with service provider requests or by the end user, preferably with the... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445337 | Ophthalmic image sensing apparatus An area having a diameter in which a peripheral area of an eye fundus image is covered with a mask is displayed on a monitor. When a region which may be abnormal is found in the vicinity of a boundary between the mask and the eye fundus image during image viewing, t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440007 | Image-taking apparatus and optical adjustment method for an image-taking apparatus with displacement of the optical axis An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which is capable of adjusting a positional displacement of an image-taking optical system and an image-pickup element even in a state in which they are fixed. The image-taking apparatus includes the image-taking optical system ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435984 | Imaging optical system and exposure apparatus An imaging optical system for imaging a pattern of an object plane onto an image plane includes a first imaging optical system for imaging at a first imaging position, the first imaging optical system having a magnification α in a vacuum atmosphere, and a second im... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437549 | Datacast distribution system According to the present invention there is provided a datacast distribution system which allows for the distribution of movies, music, games, application software, and the like using a new or existing terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) network or the li... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431650 | Casino poker and dealer management system In various embodiments of this invention, a suite of customized computer software applications, a linked or wireless computer network and accessory components cooperate to enhance and extend customer and employee resource management in the casino/gaming environment.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428080 | Image reading apparatus, method of controlling image reading apparatus, program, and computer readable storage medium This invention has as its object to obtain a high-quality read image from which dust or scratches have been removed by an image reading apparatus which reads image information on a transparent original by synchronously scanning a light source unit and image reading ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425257 | Method for the formation of a good contact surface on a cathode support bar and support bar The disclosure relates to a method of obtaining a good current contact on the support bar of a cathode used in electrolysis. In this method a highly electroconductive layer is formed on the contact piece on the end of the support bar of the cathode, especially at th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426393 | Method and system of identifying network services A method and apparatus for transmitting and accessing announcement information identifying available services. Services are provided on the network over a plurality of communication channels, such that each channel is associated with at least one service. At least o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423670 | Remote control of image pickup apparatus There is provided a method for controlling an image pickup apparatus in an image delivery system delivering an image acquired from the image pickup apparatus to at least one of multiple external devices, the image pickup apparatus being remotely controllable by the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420596 | Image sensing apparatus for generating image data and authentication data of the image data An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit and a key data control unit. The image sensing unit generates image data of a sensed image. The key data control unit (a) generates key data if a user turns on the power of the image sensing apparatus, and (b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420597 | System for installing image sensing program An external program supplied from an external unit in order to process an image sensed by a camera is prevented from causing a malfunction in the camera. An external program supplied by an personal computer is stored in an EEPROM of the camera. The external program ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414791 | Eye detection apparatus and image display apparatus What is disclosed is an eye detection apparatus which can detect the pupil position accurately. The apparatus has an image taking unit that picks up an image of an eye and a pupil detection unit that detects the position of the pupil in the eye based on an image pic... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407804 | Human genes relating to respiratory diseases and obesity This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising genes of human chromosome 12q23-qter and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing such genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400834 | Optical space transmission apparatus and optical space communication system An optical space transmission apparatus which performs a first communication, in which a light beam propagating through a space is used, with a remote apparatus includes a communication section and an identification section. Here, the communication section performs ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400447 | Stereoscopic image display device An object of the invention is to provide a stereoscopic image display device, which does not generate a non-display region when an observer observes each parallax image despite being a stereoscopic image display device for displaying a multi-visual point image, and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400250 | Indicating radio frequency identification (RF-ID) tag A RF-ID tag, preferably passive, provides an event indicating the tag has been successfully interrogated by a reader for data transmission. The event may be voice, light, color, vibration, odor, or different combinations of event indicators. The tag includes an ante... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398080 | Mobile content delivery system A mobile content delivery system that optimizes the delivery of especially bandwidth-consuming content (or the flow of any peak-hour data traffic) in a way that best utilizes the free capacity in the radio network, thus enabling considerably more efficient usage of ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393496 | Method and apparatus for increasing the capacity of a waste heat boiler in a metallurgic smelting furnace The invention relates to a method for increasing the capacity of a waste-heat boiler (1) processing gases obtained from a metallurgic smelting furnace, such as a flash smelting furnace, and for reducing dust accretions, where liquid is added into the waste-he... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390420 | Method and equipment for compressing a dispersion in liquid-liquid extraction The invention relates to a method for controlling and compressing a dispersion formed in the mixing stage of liquid-liquid extraction. The compression of the dispersion is achieved by reducing the cross-section of the separation section in the direction of flow and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390468 | Extraction process The invention relates to a method for the stabilization of the production capacity of an extraction plant extracting metals in a process, where the metal content of the feed solution varies. For the stabilization of capacity, the extraction cells and their piping ar... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391532 | Image correction in image sensing system including image sensing apparatus and image processing apparatus In an image scanning system which includes an image scanning apparatus for scanning an image using a solid-state image sensing element, and an image processing apparatus, the scanned image undergoes image correction. The image scanning apparatus informs the image pr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387386 | Ophthalmologic image processing apparatus To synthesize an aperture mask having unnoticeable steps with a taken fundus image. In an image processing apparatus, taken fundus image data is inputted and then analyzed. After that, an aperture mask is selected and inputted as aperture mask data, and an image siz... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385745 | Two-dimensional scanning apparatus and scanning type image displaying apparatus using the same The invention is to provide an optical scanning apparatus which scans light from a light source onto a surface to be scanned, comprising a light scanning optical system having at least one reflecting surface of non-rotation symmetrical shape, and guiding a deflected... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384156 | Projection display device, image projection system, and light source device Disclosed is a projection display device which projects an image onto a projection surface by a projection optical system by using light from a light source and which helps to realize efficient light source cooling. The projection display device includes: a cooling ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382351 | Color electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes a substrate and unit cells. Each of the unit cells has one display electrode, two collection electrodes and two types of charged particles different from each other in charged polarity and coloration, and has a driving mean... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383201 | Demand forecast device, method, and program product Conventionally, for a product accompanied by supplies such as a copy machine or a printer, the demand figures relating to the supply which such a main machine consumes have been determined empirically from the transition of the past sales records of the supply, the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381757 | Decolorable ink, image forming method and image forming apparatus A decolorable ink usable in various printing processes and an image forming method utilizing such decolorable ink. The decolorable ink comprises a block polymer having a stimulus responsiveness, a colorant which decolors in response to a change in a property of the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381759 | Polymer composition, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus A dispersible composition that comprises a polymer compound, a functional substance such as a colorant, and a solvent or a dispersion medium, where the polymer compound is comprised of a monomer unit represented by the general formula (1) | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382859 | X-ray imaging apparatus and method Since a notification unit (130) notifies a radiographer of the driving state of an X-ray detector (110), he/she can identify that the X-ray detector (110) is set in a detection signal accumulation state. When the irradiation button of an X-ray g... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379958 | Automatic and dynamic service information delivery from service providers to data terminals in an access point network A system and method for dynamically updating service information from a service provider to a data terminal in an access point network wherein an access point requests service information from a local server; in response, the access point receives service informatio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379151 | Exposure apparatus comprising cleaning apparatus for cleaning mask with laser beam An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern of a mask onto a plate to be exposed, the exposure apparatus includes a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the mask. The cleaning apparatus includes an irradiating part for irradiating a laser beam to the mask, and a polariz... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377754 | Compressor A compressor includes a swash plate, and a shoe connected to an outer periphery of the swash plate. A surface of the swash plate slides upon a flat surface of the shoe. A sliding film is applied to the surface of the swash plate. The sliding film is formed of binder... | 05/27/2008 |
