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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175803 | Graphic interface method and apparatus for navigation system for providing parking information A graphic user interface method and apparatus for a navigation system graphically shows parking information which vary depending on conditions such as time ranges or days, etc. The method includes the steps of: examining a location specified by a user for retrieving... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175801 | Link promotion method and apparatus for improving route search performance for navigation system A method and apparatus for link promotion for a navigation system allows expansion of search in a lower layer to determine an optimum climbing point to an upper layer to search an optimum route. The link promotion procedure includes the steps of determining whether ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175399 | Multiple-resolution image processing apparatus Multi-resolution images of a reference image and a target image are generated. Then, whole-range matching is performed on an image of a lower resolution to detect a two-dimensional displacement between the images. Block matching is performed on an image of a higher ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8155467 | Image data processing method and imaging apparatus An image data processing method for sharpening a captured image; the method defines a first transformation equation to change the pixel values of a defocused image into a focused image using the coordinates of the defocused image and the focused image as arguments, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150620 | Route search method and apparatus for navigation system utilizing map data of XML format A route search method for a navigation system using the XML map data that is layered based on administrative regions improves efficiency and accuracy of finding an optimum route. The method includes the steps of establishing boundary nodes on boundaries of administr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150618 | Method and apparatus to select city name associated with street located on border of two cities A method and apparatus for identifying correct city involving a street that borders on two or more cities for a navigation system. The navigation system identifies a correct city name associated with such a border street based on a direction of a vehicle travelling ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150095 | Thermal management system for speaker system having vented frame for establishing air passages A thermal management system improves thermal property of the speaker system by promoting air circulation to cool the speaker system. The thermal management system includes a speaker frame, an air guide formed on the speaker frame for guiding the air, a ventilation s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147343 | Tap A tap is designed so that the pollution of the environment can be prevented and the cleaning can be simplified. The tap includes an intake hole having openings at a screw portion of the tap. Air intake is performed through the intake hole, so that the chips generate... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140456 | Method and system of extracting factors using generalized Fisher ratios To provide an effective factor extraction system in which samples are generated artificially from a sample group and a virtual sample set is created so that even when the number of sample is relatively small, specific factors can be selected/extracted with high reli... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8115520 | Driver circuit A driver circuit includes a main driver which receives an input signal and outputs a first signal corresponding to the input signal, a sub driver which receives the input signal and outputs a non-inverted signal and an inverted signal corresponding to the input sign... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113895 | Article such as surfboard and production method thereof A production method of an article for water sports such as a surfboard with a hollow structure achieves a wide range of selections for users. The article is established with sufficient strength and durability, and is capable of achieving low cost and short delivery ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107045 | Color active matrix type vertically aligned mode liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A large screen display suitable for displaying moving images has a high operational property and is realized at low cost. A vertically aligned mode liquid crystal display comprises a scan wiring, a video signal wiring, a pixel electrode, an alignment directional con... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087159 | Tube expander for heat exchanger A tube expander is configured so that only the slide body that is worn down can be removed from the slide unit means and a new slide body is attached through the fastening means easily at low cost. The tube expander is configured by a support column formed on a base... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8071943 | Mask inspection apparatus and image creation method Provided is a mask inspection apparatus including: emitting unit for emitting electron beams onto a sample; electron detecting unit for detecting the quantity of electrons produced, by the emission of the electron beams, from the sample with patterns formed thereon;... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058891 | Delay lock loop circuit, timing generator, semiconductor test device, semiconductor integrated circuit, and delay amount calibration method A delay lock loop circuit and its delay amount calibration method is disclosed. An initially set value of a counter is determined by a technique which replaces measurement of a delay amount, whereby a time required for calibration of a delay circuit can be reduced. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8032298 | Method and apparatus for incorporating adaptive scroll operation for navigation system A method and apparatus for a navigation system achieves a smooth and, intuitive scrolling operation by checking available resources such as a computational power of the navigation system and map data stored in a video memory to determine an optimum scrolling operati... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014584 | Pattern dimension measuring apparatus and pattern area measuring method A pattern area measuring method includes the steps of: acquiring image data of a pattern; dividing the pattern into partial patterns; calculating the areas of the partial patterns; and calculating the area of the pattern by summing up the areas of the partial patter... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010638 | Method and apparatus for updating firmware for interface unit connecting portable audio/video player with another audio/video player A method and apparatus updates software data for an interface unit that interfaces a portable audio/video player with another audio/video system. When the portable audio/video players are updated by adding new features, etc., the method and apparatus enables the use... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991546 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system for efficiently searching cities on map image A display method and apparatus for a navigation system promotes to quickly search a desired on a map image with respect to an order of distance from a current vehicle position or other reference position. On the screen of the navigation system, it displays a special... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991545 | Method and apparatus for selecting POI by brand icon A method and apparatus for selecting a desired point of interest (“POI”) for a navigation system displays matching brand icons associated with POIs to assist the user in finding an intended POI. When the user inputs characters indicating a POI name or a POI type... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990177 | Driver circuit for producing signal simulating transmission loss In a driver circuit 10 for outputting a simulated signal simulating an input signal subjected to transmission loss, corresponding to the input signal, the driver circuit 10 comprises: a main driver 18 which receives the input signal and outputs ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981378 | Water activation piece for use in flow passage, arrangement structure of the water activation piece, and water activation device using the water activation piece and the arrangement structure A water activation device is configured by arranging a plurality of water activation pieces in a holder in a manner that the water activation pieces do not contact with each other where an axial direction of each piece is established along the flow passage. Multiple... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978221 | Method and apparatus for capturing an image A method for capturing an image using an image capturing module with multiple pixels configured in a 2-dimensional matrix and a focal plane electronic shutter function which sequentially slides the exposure timing by constant interval by pixel group which is a unit ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972641 | Method for producing soybean milk Lipoxygenase-free soybean grains are mechanically pulverized into fine particles and then subjected to heat drying treatment with water vapor having a temperature in the range of 130 to 250° C. under atmospheric pressure to form lumps of soybean powder. The lumps a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7960996 | Variable delay circuit, timing generator and semiconductor testing apparatus A variable delay circuit is designed to provided a wider range of delay time to a timing signal. The variable delay circuit includes a variable delay 50 which comprises a DA converter 51 which supplies current 51 based on delay setting data; a d... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957898 | Computational scheme for MEMS inertial navigation system A computational scheme for an INS which utilizes micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors resolves issues of unnecessarily large computational burden and numerical instability which happen in using conventional methods using high-end inertial sensors. The fir... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945383 | Route determination method and apparatus for navigation system A navigation system is able to find an optimum route to a destination even when a large non-digitized area exists between a starting point to the destination. The navigation system produces processing points based on a particular shape and size of the large non-digi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944263 | Timing generator and semiconductor test apparatus A timing generator reduces operation-dependent power consumption (AC component) and noises generated from a clock distribution circuit itself in distributing a clock, and further reduces a skew attributed to the clock distribution. A clock distribution circuit 20... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940072 | Timing generator and semiconductor test apparatus A variable delay circuit has a simple configuration for being incorporated in a timing generator to control a delay time in real time and assure a timing margin. The variable delay circuit of the timing generator includes a delay circuit having a plurality of cascad... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925438 | Method and apparatus for displaying route guidance list for navigation system A navigation system displays a route guidance list on a monitor screen in an intuitive and organized manner so that a user can easily understand information regarding the maneuvering locations and actions associated with the route to the destination. The route guida... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925428 | Method and apparatus for efficiently storing map data regarding calculated route for navigation system A method and apparatus for a navigation system efficiently stores the data associated with a calculated route to the destination in a backup memory by incorporating a direction coding method. The method and apparatus can be advantageously implemented in such a situa... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919750 | Electron gun, electron beam exposure apparatus, and exposure method An electron gun includes an electron source configured to emit electrons. The electron source includes an electron emission region configured to emit the electrons and an electron emission restrictive region configured to restrict emission of the electrons. The elec... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908897 | Spline rolling tool, and process of manufacturing spline rolling tool A spline rolling tool including a plurality of forming teeth that are to bite into a cylindrical workpiece so as to roll splines in the workpiece. Each of the forming teeth has an incomplete toothed region in which a crest of each forming tooth is removed such that ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7890330 | Voice recording tool for creating database used in text to speech synthesis system A method records verbal expressions of a person for use in a vehicle navigation system. The vehicle navigation system has a database including a map and text describing street names and points of interest of the map. The method includes the steps of obtaining from t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890272 | Torque measurement device and program To provide a torque measurement device capable of more accurately specifying positions of reflectors which are attached to a rotating body, and more accurately obtaining a torque of the rotating body. A pair of reflectors (14a, 14b... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890256 | Map image scrolling method and apparatus for navigation system A map scrolling method and apparatus enables to incrementally tracing back to previous relevant locations of the map image. The method includes the steps of: recording information on a stopped location of a map image every time when a user stops during a map scrolli... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889101 | Method and apparatus for generating location based reminder message for navigation system A method and apparatus for a navigation system for generating a reminder message by applying predefined validation rule to display and/or voice announce the reminder message associated with a particular location. The method includes the steps of creating reminder me... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7847823 | Motion vector calculation method and hand-movement correction device, imaging device and moving picture generation device A motion vector calculation method includes: processing for calculating multi-resolution data up to a predetermined resolution level L from a plurality of inputted image data; and processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution executing a matching step for ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847272 | Electron beam exposure mask, electron beam exposure method, and electron beam exposure system An electron beam exposure system is designed to correct a proximity effect. The electron beam exposure system includes: an electron beam generation unit for generating an electron beam; an electron beam exposure mask having opening portions that are arranged so that... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7869938 | Method and apparatus for displaying simplified map image for navigation system The display method and apparatus for a navigation system interchangeably displays a normal map image and a simplified map image in accordance with a user's preference and complexity of the map image. The method includes the steps of checking whether a simple map mod... | 01/11/2011 |
