Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6155096 | Light transmission type powder and granular material measuring apparatus A light transmission powder and granular material measuring apparatus for a continuous production line assembly is provided. A conduit line is capable of being connected to the production line to provide an alternative flow path for the powder and/or gran... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6145108 | Retransmission packet capture system within a wireless multiservice communications environment A "hybrid" ARQ system within a multiple access wireless communications environment is provided for-recombining ARQ retransmission signals with information obtained from corresponding previously failed transmissions of the same signal which had been sent a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138260 | Retransmission packet capture system within a wireless multiservice communications environment with turbo decoding A "hybrid" ARQ system within a multiple access wireless communications environment is provided for recombining ARQ retransmission signals with information obtained from corresponding previously failed transmissions of the same signal which had been sent a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134351 | Image processing device performing the conversion of gradation value by means of error diffusion method When gradation values of an original image are converted, a pixel data read unit reads out a piece of pixel data, and a pixel data conversion unit converts the gradation value of the piece of pixel data. A condition judging unit decides whether a pixel co... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134281 | Method and apparatus for calibration of a signal processing system utilizing digital down converters A calibration technique for a signal processing system, wherein a digital down converter is selected by a system controller for calibration. The digital down converter's settings are copied into a calibration digital down converter which mimics the operat... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134048 | Binoculars with a convergence angle correction mechanism A binocular has a focusing mechanism and a convergence angle correction mechanism. Focusing is achieved by moving an objective optical system or eyepiece optical system along an optical axis. The convergence angle correction mechanism, which is interlocke... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132167 | Electronic component feeding apparatus A method of and apparatus for feeding electronic components are provided in which a group of electronic components joined to each other and stored in a stick are separated from each other before being supplied, regardless of the configuration at the joini... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128373 | Programmable data access arrangement having combined command signals A universal data access arrangement (DAA) for interfacing a modem with a telephone line which may variably control its parameter settings to meet the interface requirements for telephone networks in various countries. The parameter settings are programmed... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6128120 | Scanning optical system A scanning optical system is used to re-form an original image on a CCD line sensor. The optical system has an object side lens unit, a mirror and an image side lens unit. The object side lens unit condenses light from the object. The mirror is arranged b... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6127940 | Infra-red secure remote controller An infra-red secure remote controller having a xenon gas discharge tube which is ignited and pulse modulated with a code impressed on the resultant xenon plasma arc. Each pulse modulated code represents a channel formed of a short pulse burst train of a p... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125592 | Tile roof construction A two-part fastening mechanism employing (1) a continuous metal strip having attachment slots whose axes are oriented parallel to the length of the strip, and (2) a single preformed metal connector piece having a longitudinally-oriented hook for gripping ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125271 | Front end filter circuitry for a dual band GSM/DCS cellular phone A front end circuit for an RF dual band GSM/DCS phone includes a first channel including an elliptical high-pass filter, a first SAW filter, and a low noise amplifier and a second channel including a second SAW filter and a second low noise amplifier. The... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6123346 | Treasure chest change cart A casino money cart having a number of storage bays, a pair of bicycle wheels center-mounted on axles located between internal bulkhead panels and outer side panels, and four slightly recessed corner casters. The bulkhead panels form part of an internal f... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6123239 | Adjustable attachment system for a motorcycle bag A travel bag for a motorcycle is disclosed that can be easily attached and removed from a variety of different size motorcycle seat backs or sissy bars and ensures that the bag is secure during motorcycle operation. The bag carries a series of vertically ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122624 | System and method for enhanced fraud detection in automated electronic purchases A method and system for enhanced fraud detection in electronic purchase transactions from a remote site. A user at a remote terminal attempting to conduct an electronic purchase is prompted to input the user's billing address and social security number, w... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6122611 | Adding noise during LPC coded voice activity periods to improve the quality of coded speech coexisting with background noise A system and method to improve the quality of coded speech coexisting with background noise. For instance, the present invention receives a coded speech signal via a communication network and then decodes and synthesizes the different parameters contained... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119900 | Lever operating mechanism for air-pressure utilizing hot pot The lever operating mechanism for air-pressure utilizing hot pots referred to in the present invention that have a simple construction of lever operating mechanism, is able to raise and collapse the lever and maintain the lever raised and collapsed condit... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119592 | Apparatus for screen printing having a belt screen and locking frame A belt-like screen carrying a row of printing patterns is held between two roller screen holders. The printing patterns are advanced one by one to a printing position by the rotation of the roller screen holders. This allows the printing patterns to be ch... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119508 | Measuring equipment for isolating a plurality of probes contacting a sample Measuring equipment, such as a portable pH meter system, can include a plurality of probes for measuring different properties of a sample with each of the probes contacting the sample simultaneously. A reference source line connected to an appropriate ref... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118445 | System stream reproduction control information editing apparatus and a recording medium on which the method used therein is recorded The display unit displays an "Author" window and other windows that form a CUI according to control by the display control unit. The input operation unit receives inputs from the editor who views the "Author" and other windows. The window information stor... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118442 | Graphical-interactive-screen display apparatus and peripheral units A program receiver for displaying a graphical interactive picture by receiving a program transmitted from a program transmitter, the program receiver comprising: a storage unit for storing a plurality of basic picture elements in advance, the plurality of... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116521 | Sprinkler head for diluted medical fluid A sprinkler head for scattering diluted medical fluid, such as fluid fertilizer and nutritive agents, on cultivated vegetables comprising a main body connected at one end to a sprinkler head and at another end to a faucet supplying water. The main body in... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6111387 | End plate incorporated in battery power source unit, and cooling device for same Battery power source device wherein a large number of battery modules (9) consisting of a row of a plurality of single cells (7) connected electrically and mechanically in series are arranged parallel to each other and held in a holder casing (10), bus ba... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109763 | Emergency flashlight Light section 1 comprises a body case 8 accommodating batteries 5 and a lens cap 7 containing a light bulb 4 and detachably mounted at the bottom edge opening of the body case 8. Outer periphery of light section 1 is covered by an outer cylindrical sectio... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108086 | System and method of stabilizing the scale factor shift in fiber optic gyroscopes using a spectral monitor array A system and method for providing scale factor stabilization of a broadband light source used in fiber optic gyroscopes is provided. A primary bandpass filter is positioned in the propagation path of the light emitted by the broadband light source to narr... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6106778 | Blood cell count/immunoassay apparatus using whole blood A compact combination blood cell count and immunoassay apparatus for measuring drawn whole blood specimen includes a load station for receiving the whole blood specimen and a nozzle member that can selectively withdraw whole blood from the blood specimen.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104994 | Method for speech coding under background noise conditions A method of coding speech under background noise conditions wherein during active voice speech segments an analysis-by-synthesis method is used. However, when a background noise segment is detected, an adaptive code book (pitch prediction) contribution is... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6092017 | Parameter estimation apparatus An output parameter estimation apparatus for estimating an output parameter from an input data set that is composed of a plurality of input parameters and that is obtained whenever sampling time series input data. In this output parameter estimation appar... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085541 | Cold water supply apparatus A multiplicity of water passage pipes (4) are received in a horizontal, cylindrical-shaped drum (3), which is provided at an upper portion thereof with a discharge port (3a) and an inflow port (3b) for a refrigerant. Fixed to both ends of the drum (3) are... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6084559 | Plasma-display panel of high luminosity and high efficiency, and a driving method of such a plasma-display panel A plasma-display panel of high luminosity and efficiency which does not require auxiliary cells so that the panel structure has high-density cells, enabling longer emission time and smaller reactive power. A driving method of such a PDP comprising a first... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6078976 | Bridge device that prevents decrease in the data transfer efficiency of buses When the use of a receiver the bus is not be acquired in delayed read or posted write, the length of a burst data transfer is limited by the capacity of the buffer in a bridge device. In order to solve this problem, waits are inserted in data output proce... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075902 | Area recognizing device for image signals A first converting circuit converts I-level image data, and suppresses a diffusion range of data by an N-level converting circuit. The N-level converting circuit converts a K-level image into an N-level gradation image (K>N). An image memory stores the N-... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074970 | Dielectric ceramic composition, multilayer ceramic capacitor and process of producing same A multilayer ceramic capacitor is produced by using a dielectric ceramic composition prepared by allowing a composition represented by the composition formula (Ba1-x Cax)TiO3 (provided that 0.005ࣘxࣘ0.05), namely, 0.5-5... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072882 | Method and apparatus for sensing an audio signal that is sensitive to the audio signal and insensitive to background noise A method and apparatus for sensing audio frequency-pressure modulation of the moisture content of the atmosphere caused by a moisture-laden audio source, such as a live human voice, is disclosed. A first light emitter is provided to generate a first light... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6064769 | Character extraction apparatus, dictionary production apparatus and character recognition apparatus, using both apparatuses A character extraction apparatus is provided for extracting character data for each character from a text image which is represented by first pixels corresponding to character images and second pixels corresponding to background images. The character extr... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061640 | Method of and apparatus for extracting abnormal factors in a processing operation Factors which are adversely affecting a specific quality of products are extracted promptly and easily for common use by analyzing the causal relation between product quality data and quality affecting data. The apparatus comprises a memory unit 2 for sav... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058208 | Color correction device and color correction method A color correction device for correcting colors in a color image, comprising: standard point registration means for registering coordinates of a standard point on a color space for at least one color to be used as a standard for color correction; object p... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055724 | Method and device for sealing IC chip A method and device for sealing an IC chip are provided, by which a sealing material is surely discharged onto the upper surface of a circuit board, and the occurrence of imperfect sealing can be eliminated. A first gap (h1) is provided between an applica... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6052893 | Process for manufacturing a resin-encapsulated electronic product The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a small electronic component, by which its yield can be enhanced. The invention comprises the steps of: a component mounting step of mounting a necessary electronic component 2-4 on a substrate 1; a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6052431 | X-ray converging mirror for an energy-dispersive fluorescent X-ray system An X-ray converging mirror that can be positioned adjacent an X-ray source for reflecting X-ray beams from the X-ray source includes an X-ray converging mirror having a reflecting surface of a cross-sectional profile expressed by a curve of the following ... | 04/18/2000 |
