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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7965387 | Image plane measurement method, exposure method, device manufacturing method, and exposure apparatus A main controller moves a reticle stage in a scanning direction, illuminates an area on a reticle including a mark area in which predetermined marks are formed with illumination light, forms an aerial image of at least one mark existing in the mark area via a projec... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965376 | Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion lithography apparatus A lithographic projection apparatus that is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system has a liquid supply system arranged to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate. The appar... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965342 | Video image display device and video image display method A video image display device is provided. The device includes an expansion factor deriving unit deriving and outputting an expansion factor for each frame of the video image data, for use in a luminance range expansion process for expanding a luminance range of the ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965334 | Auto-focus camera with adjustable lens movement pitch An auto-focus (AF) camera enables AF operation with high speed and enhanced accuracy. The AF operation encompasses step-scanning the focus lens of the camera from the closest focal position to infinity, or vice versa. In one embodiment, the steps in the step-scannin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965284 | Projector, projection display system, and corresponding method and recording medium A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The im... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965035 | Light-emitting device, method for manufacturing light-emitting device, and image display apparatus A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting section disposed on a reference plane and supplying light; and a structure disposed on the light-exiting side of the light-emitting section, wherein the structure includes: a reflective polarizer that transmits pola... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964985 | Power supply control device and method of detecting abnormality of relay When an ignition key is turn ON, an ECU drives a bidirectional DC/DC converter to charge a capacitor to a voltage Vth1. The ECU turns on a first relay only and diagnoses whether or not a second relay, which is off, is welded, based on a change in a voltage VL... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964984 | Electric power generator utilizing intermittent wind A power generating system for utilizing intermittent winds includes a panel having first and second major sides each adapted for reciprocating the panel when intermittent winds are present. The panel is pivotally mounted on a frame supporting the panel such that upo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964976 | Layered chip package and method of manufacturing same A layered chip package includes a main body including a plurality of layer portions, and wiring disposed on a side surface of the main body. The plurality of layer portions include at least one layer portion of a first type and at least one layer portion of a second... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964831 | Remote control device for a target designator from an attack module, attack module and designator implementing such device The invention relates to a remote control device from an attack module flying over a target, module of the projectile or sub-projectile, missile or attack drone type, for a target designator positioned on a terrain of operations, comprising means to emit a remote co... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964827 | Laminated sheet heater, laminated sheet heater with lead wire, battery structure with heater, and heater unit There is provided a laminated sheet heater whose mounting space is small, a lead wire-equipped laminated sheet heater that requires only a small mounting space and provides high reliability of electrical connection between a heater element and a lead wire, a heater-... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964758 | Process for production of 2-(substituted phenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropene compound There is provided a novel process for production of a 2-(substituted phenyl) -3,3,3-trifluoropropene. Disclosed is a process for production of a 2-(substituted phenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropene compound represented by the formul... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964623 | Tricyclic benzopyrane compound This invention relates to benzopyran derivatives of formula (I) or (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R1 and R2 are independently of each other hydrogen atom, C1-6alk... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964546 | Endoscope cleaning method and washing machine Provided are a method of cleaning an endoscope, a washing machine and a washing machine for endoscope, which can effectively clean an endoscope while preventing the endoscope from deterioration. The electrolytic cell 11 can produce from tap water acidic water... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964440 | Phase-separated composite films and methods of preparing the same Composite films formed from blends of semiconducting and insulating materials that phase separate on patterned substrates are provided. Phase separation provides isolated and encapsulated areas of semiconductor on the substrate. Processes for preparing and using suc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964281 | Transparent conductor The invention relates to a transparent conductor provided with a base comprising a first a resin, a conductive layer comprising conductive particles and a second resin, and an intermediate layer composed of a third resin formed between the base and the conductive la... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964263 | Bonded element, honeycomb segment bonded element, and honeycomb structure using the same There is disclosed a bonded element manufactured from a bonding material composition being capable of contributing to the lowering of thermal expansion of a bonding material layer sufficiently to relax any thermal stress generated in a honeycomb structure and largel... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964261 | Advanced antiballistic materials A stack having at least one layer of tapes and at least one layer of multifilament yarn. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964259 | Security label and security label supply sheet A security label 1 according to the present invention can be removably applied on an image photographing device such as a mobile phone 2 incorporating therein a digital camera to cover a lens part 3 thereof. Upon removal, the security label 1... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964257 | Synthetic resin preform to be biaxially stretched and blow molded into a bottle The blow molded preform of a laminated wall structure comprises a bulging shoulder portion, which has a diameter that widens slightly in the downward direction; a bottom shell portion for molding the bottom, which has been blow molded from the corresponding portion ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964076 | Manufacturing method of electrophoretic display sheet, manufacturing method of electrophoretic display device, electrophoretic display device, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display sheet, comprising: forming a wall material on a first substrate, the wall material defining a disposing region; disposing a plurality of microcapsules to the disposing region, each of the plurality of microcapsule... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964047 | Manufacturing method of three-dimensional structure and manufacturing device therefor A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional structure includes (a) placing a second porous sheet on top of a first porous sheet that has a predetermined external shape and at least part of which contains a first functional liquid, (b) bonding at least a range surr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963881 | Powertrain and method of controlling the same When a reduction in a supply hydraulic pressure to a second shift portion is sensed, an engagement command of C0 clutch is generated so that a power split device (electrical differential portion) is brought into a locked state. In the locked state, a sun gear... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963711 | Packaging and applicator device including a member for reshaping an applicator surface thereof and a method of reshaping an applicator surface A packaging and applicator device comprising: a body; a block of fluidizable substance that is stationary relative to the body while the substance is in the solid state, said block of substance projecting beyond the body to define at least one surface serving as an ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963188 | Industrial robot having a suspended unit Since the rotating unit is disposed so that the drive part, which constitutes the rotating unit, is located in the inner side of the bent portion with the curved surface of the CABLEVEYOR in the side of the straight axis, there is no problem occurs by locating the d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963138 | Method and apparatus for forming a changed diameter portion of a workpiece A plurality of intermediate cross sections and center points thereof are provided for a plurality of target processed portions from an unprocessed portion of a workpiece up to a final target processed portion. By adjusting a relative position between each intermedia... | 06/21/2011 |
| D640418 | Crash helmet | 06/21/2011 |
| D640303 | Projector | 06/21/2011 |
| D640302 | Projector | 06/21/2011 |
| D640107 | Portable electronic router | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962257 | Power output device, control method for the same, and vehicle equipped therewith In a vehicle, it is determined whether a driver has requested increased driving force based on an accelerator opening degree. If the driver has requested increased driving force, a vehicle speed at the time of the request for increased driving force is derived. Thre... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962239 | Sewing machine and sewing machine operating program recorded on computer-readable recording medium A sewing machine and a sewing machine operating program stored on a computer-readable medium for changing display items displayed on a liquid crystal display of a sewing machine on a page by page basis, when an output signal of an operation of rolling forward or bac... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962228 | Evaluation device for control system, validation device used in evaluation device, method for evaluating control system, and computer program used therein An evaluation device (22) comprises an evaluation target model (31) which operates according to a control algorithm to be implemented in the control system, and which outputs a manipulated variable of a predetermined controlled equipment (8) inc... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962087 | Radius profiled vacuum media handling transport System and methods providing a plurality of fusers, and one or more radius profiled media handling transports for transporting media in a radius, in an image forming device. The system includes one or more of a plurality of fusers, and radius profiled media handling... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961441 | Exchange coupled film including hafnium and amorphous layers usable in a magnetoresistive element in a thin-film magnetic head The exchange coupled film according to the present invention comprises a buffer layer including a laminate in which an amorphous layer and a hafnium layer are laminated in that order, an antiferromagnetic layer laminated on the hafnium layer of the buffer layer via ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961428 | Thin-film magnetic head having magnetic layer with non-magnetic layer therewithin Provided is a thin-film magnetic having improved write characteristics in the high-frequency band. The head comprises an electromagnetic coil element comprising upper and lower magnetic layers, a write gap layer and a write coil layer, and in the electromagnetic coi... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961389 | Screen and projector There is provided a screen and a projector using a simple configuration and operation to make speckles less visible. A screen 10 on which light beams are incident includes a lenticular lens 11 as a first layer having viewing angle control means for enl... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961377 | Dispersion, microcapsule, electrophoretic device, electro-optical device, and method of forming a dispersion A method for making an electrophoretic solution includes: including two kinds of particles having different charging polarities into the electrophoretic solution; calculating a mixing ratio so that charge amounts of the two kinds of particles become approxima... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961319 | Method and apparatus for measuring color of a moving web A method and an apparatus for measuring color of a moving web. The web is measured by reflectance measurement and transmittance measurement, wherein the reflectance measurement is carried out by illuminating a surface of the web in a measuring area, where on the oth... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961290 | Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the protection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine An apparatus and method maintain immersion fluid in the gap adjacent to the projection lens during the exchange of a work piece in a lithography machine. The apparatus and method include an optical assembly that projects an image onto a work piece and a stage assemb... | 06/14/2011 |
