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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185961 | Network system, method for controlling access to storage device, management server, storage device, log-in control method, network boot system, and method of accessing individual storage unit A network boot system including one or more client terminals, a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, a PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) server, a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server, a database administration server (hereinafter, DB server)... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185924 | Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program Request information 3 is transmitted from a transmission means 1a of a communication device 1 to a server 2. Then, related information 4a corresponding to the request information 3 and an identification code | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185918 | Method and system for managing access to add-on data files A method and system for managing access to add-on data files having an add-on data file attribute, which is used by a software application. The method: monitors input/output commands of the software application to an application programming interface of a code layer... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185802 | Data memory system A data memory system includes a nonvolatile memory cell array which includes a plurality of memory cells, a page adjacently formed by the plurality of memory cells being collectively erased in the nonvolatile memory cell, at least binary pieces of digital data of â€... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185732 | Selecting and executing a content code corresponding to an information processing apparatus based on apparatus check information at the time of processing using the content code An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit that acquires content codes including a data processing program recorded in an information recording medium and executes data processing according to the content codes; and a memory that stores an ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185622 | Condition dependent data maintenance system for a plurality of functional entities The present invention is directed to a server system for supplying differing amounts of data into a database, wherein the system comprises the database and a data tracker device, wherein the data tracker receives data sent by a plurality of functional entities, pref... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185577 | Content management apparatus, web server, network system, content management method, content information management method, and program A content management apparatus includes a content storage section configured to store a piece of content together with a content unique identifier; a content transmitter configured to transmit the piece of content together with the content unique identifier to a Web... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185541 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, reproduction device, and information processing system that identifies content using a similarity calculation An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive, from a reproduction device that reproduces content recorded on a loaded recording medium, content forming information regarding the structure of the content; a degree-of-similar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185267 | On-vehicle apparatus and content providing method The present invention is applied to, for example, a multimedia terminal having a function of navigation equipment and a function of playing back video and switches a display from a map display to a source display also with source switching operators 13P, 1... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185126 | Communication control method, radio base station, and radio control station A communication control method includes the step of restricting the number of communication channels used dedicatedly by each of mobile stations or a resource of communication channels used dedicatedly by each of the mobile stations when both communication channel s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185118 | Method for transferring the context of a mobile terminal in a wireless telecommunication network The present invention concerns a method for obtaining a context of a mobile terminal (30) which is expecting to be served by a first base station (10b) of a wireless telecommunication network comprising a plurality of base stations (10) l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185085 | Power line communication methods and devices A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185032 | Used toner collection device and image forming apparatus A used toner conveyance device includes a lateral conveyance member for conveying used toner substantially in the horizontal direction, and a vertical conveyance member for upwardly conveying the used toner transferred from the lateral conveyance member. The vertica... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185030 | Fixer, image forming apparatus including same, and fixing method A fixer includes a fixing member with a rotary heat generator, a pressure member, an excitation coil disposed facing a heat generation layer of the rotary heat generator to generate magnetic flux that inductively heats the heat generation layer, a loop-shaped demagn... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185025 | Device for developing an electrostatic latent image, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the same A developing device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with toner. The developing device includes a developer carrier, a developer supplying unit that supplies a developer on the developer carrier, a layer shaping member that shapes th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185021 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a developing unit, a developer agitating unit, a developer conveying unit, and a toner supplementing unit. The developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier with a developer containing toner and carrier. The ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185018 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively eliminating color displacement by recognizing a rotational position of a rotating member with a mechanism using detection marks An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a motor configured to rotate the rotating member, and a marking member having primary and secondary portions. The image forming apparatus also includes a mark sensor configured to detect the primary and secondar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185001 | Image forming apparatus and method An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear an electrostatic latent image on its surface, a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image using toner to form a toner image, a transfer device to transfer the toner image onto a re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184878 | Image diagnosis support system and image diagnosis support method Specific information for specifying a specific study or series for which an object, which is obtained by adding at least one information of a scan condition, a scan range, and a key image position as a basis of a diagnosis in an image, is to be generated is specifie... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184823 | Headphone device, sound reproduction system, and sound reproduction method Disclosed herein is a headphone device, including: a sound pickup section configured to pick up an external sound; a directivity setting section configured to generate a directional pickup audio signal, which is an audio signal obtained by picking up the external so... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184807 | Content distribution/browsing system, content distribution apparatus, content browsing apparatus and program A content distribution/browsing system is disclosed. First to (m−1)th encrypted content items E(K1, C1∥K2,1), . . . , E(Km−1, Cm−1∥Km,1) contain second to m-th (next in order) sharing keys K... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184785 | Elevator monitor system In an elevator monitoring system, an operation monitoring device receives operating condition data from a group management control device, and causes a monitor to display operating conditions of a plurality of elevators. An interphone base unit is connected to the o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184768 | X-ray CT apparatus and method for controlling X-ray tube This embodiment is provided with a detector configured to detect an X-ray radiated from an X-ray tube, a reconstructing part configured to reconstruct an image from projection data based on the detection by the detector, an acquiring part configured to acquire a par... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184739 | Power series digital predistorter and control method therefor A power series digital predistorter includes a combiner which combines an output from a linear transmission path with an output from an odd-order distortion generating path, an analog-to-digital converter which converts a feedback signal from an output of a power am... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184716 | Image coding apparatus, image coding method and image coding program The image coding apparatus is provided to realize image coding with little calculation quantity and through rate distortion optimization thereby maintaining a favorable image quality. The image coding apparatus includes a processing unit that conducts frequency tran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184690 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus able to encode and decode images by a low cost, small sized circuit configuration, having a temporary storage portion for temporarily storing data, an encoding/decoding processing portion for reading and writing data successively with r... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184645 | Communication system, gateway device and adapter device A gateway device which mutually converts communication protocols among a subscriber network including a base station wirelessly housing a mobile terminal and an Internet Protocol processor to bring an interface from the base station into an Internet Protocol process... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184636 | Information processing device and method, and computer readable medium for packetizing and depacketizing data The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, and program, whereby unnecessary standby time can be reduced in depacketizing processing, and processing can be performed easily and at high speed. A common header creating unit 203... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184604 | Wireless communication apparatus capable of performing aggregated transmission When a communication is performed between an access point and a wireless terminal according to the IEEE 802.11 of a wireless LAN communication, a MAC layer block of a wireless communication apparatus used as the access point adds an identifier showing a support of a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184596 | Resource allocation and network sharing between a multiple of 3G-service providers A method for setting up a radio traffic channel in a 3G-network shared between at least two operators. The network's traffic channel resources are divided into operator specific parts, the parts not sharing any common traffic channels. User equipment is allocated ch... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184517 | Optical recording medium, information recording method, and information reproducing method According to one embodiment, an optical recording medium is provided in which interlayer crosstalk is low and in which stable and high-quality recording characteristics can be obtained. To this end, an optical recording medium comprises a first recording part which ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184484 | Semiconductor memory device including stacked gate having charge accumulation layer and control gate and method of writing data to semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, word lines, a driver circuit, and a control circuit. The driver circuit repeats a programming operation of selecting any one of the word lines, of applying a first voltage to selected one of the word lines, and of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184470 | Resistance change memory device and programming method thereof A method of programming a resistance change memory device includes: applying program voltage pulses to a memory cell for programming a target resistance value; setting thermal relaxation times between the respective program voltage pulses; and controlling the shape ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184381 | Lens driving-control device and imaging apparatus including the lens driving-control device A lens driving-control device including a plurality of lens groups having variable magnification function, a plurality of lens driving devices each of which being configured to adjustably drive a driving speed of each of the plurality of lens groups, a control devic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184345 | Image reading device and image forming apparatus In a first mode, an original is read with a first and a second carriages stopped. In a second mode, the original is read with the first and the second carriages moving in a sub-scanning direction with a distance between the original and an optical reading element ke... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184290 | Device and method for monitoring the particle contamination in flowing hydraulic fluids A device for monitoring particle contamination in flowing hydraulic fluids includes a mechanism for particle counting and particle sizing. Further, a method for monitoring particle contamination in flowing hydraulic fluids: determines fluid flow velocity; counts par... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184170 | Imaging apparatus, information processing apparatus and method, and computer program therefor An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image; a recording unit that records the image on a recording medium; a first position estimating unit that estimates a position of the imaging apparatus using a first position estimation technique to ge... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184106 | Position detection device A position detection device including a substrate; a first ohmic resistor applied to the substrate and extending along an active surface of the position detector, whereby the first ohmic resistor is connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of the pos... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184099 | Information processing apparatus and processing program in information processing apparatus The present invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a keyboard that has a plurality of operating keys and is foldable via a hinge part, the keyboard being set in a closed state in which the operating keys are closed and in an opened state i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183671 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a device isolation insulating film which is buried in a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulation film which is provided on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode which is provided on the gate insulation film, a source region ... | 05/22/2012 |
