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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6554155 | Bottle cooler apparatus with quick plunge insertion feature An insulating device for bottles having a lower cylindrical enclosure which telescopically receives an upper enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end, the upper and lower enclosures being provided with mating threads adapted to achieve a quick plunge inse... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6522417 | Communication terminal device that processes received images and transmits physical quantities that affect the receiving communication terminal device A sending communication terminal device includes a physical quantity detection sensor for detecting the physical quantities that affect the sending communication terminal device, and transmits the physical quantities as physical quantity data in a form to... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6512633 | Optical system for compensation of image shake An optical system has the first, second, and third lens units from an object side. The first and third lens units have positive refractive powers. The second lens unit has a negative refractive power. The second lens unit moves toward an image side during... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6498443 | Color TV tube apparatus and color display tube apparatus A color TV tube apparatus having a horizontal deflection coil for generating a pincushion-shaped horizontal deflection field, which uses a self-convergence method. In such a color TV tube, the horizontal deflection coil is adjusted so that the vertical fo... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496930 | Message receiving apparatus and message transmitting apparatus A message receiving apparatus for receiving messages from a message transmitting apparatus generates first data for producing a display which urges a user of the message transmitting apparatus to input a message, and generates second data within the first... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6496471 | Disk playback apparatus, disk changer device, and disk magazine device A disk playback apparatus such as a CD player comprises a case and a lift unit which is supported to be movable in the vertical direction to the case. The lift unit comprises a playback unit, a turntable, a holder drawing member, and the like. A magazine ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492772 | HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP ELECTRODE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP ELECTRODE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS RESPECTIVELY USING THE HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMPS A high pressure discharge lamp has a pair of electrodes in a discharge tube. Each electrode includes a coil and an electrode rod with a tip, the coil being set around the electrode rod near the tip. The tip of the electrode rod and an adjacent portion of ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6493503 | Optical disc for coordinating a variable reproduction of video images A multimedia optical disc including data area and index area is provided. The data area includes objects each of which includes video data. The index area includes sub-areas. Each sub-area includes addresses of objects selected from the objects in the dat... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6490673 | Processor, compiling apparatus, and compile program recorded on a recording medium Each of registers R0 to R31 is divided into the upper 32-bit area and the lower 32-bit area. A register writing control unit 431 outputs information to the selectors 4321 and 4322 on the registers and the locations (upper and lower areas) in which data is... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6482199 | Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material, removal and modification A method and apparatus is disclosed for fast precise material processing and modification which minimizes collateral damage. Utilizing optimized, pulsed electromagnetic energy parameters leads to an interaction regime which minimizes residual energy depos... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474160 | Counterbalanced silicon tuned multiple accelerometer-gyro A simplified and smaller accelerometer-gyro is provided by combining gyro and accelerometer functions in a single sensor unit which has a pair of counter oscillating accelerometers each having a pendulum or sense element and a vibrating element. The pendu... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476555 | Long-life metal halide lamp A metal halide lamp has a long life since the temperature of the electrodes can be prevented from excessively rising. The metal halide lamp has an arc tube 3 that is composed of a light emitting part 1 and a sealing part 2 at each end of the light emittin... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476561 | Gas discharge display device with superior picture quality To provide a gas discharge display device that can perform stable write operations for a gas discharge panel and thereby display images with superior quality. A base pulse is applied throughout a write period. The base pulse gradually varies with an appro... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476879 | Direct drive LCD retractor A liquid crystal flat panel monitor is mounted in a frame that is positioned in an overhead compartment of an aircraft. A D.C. motor is mounted for pivoting the monitor. A voltage source having positive and negative polarity controls the D.C. monitor caus... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477121 | Apparatus and disk holder for use in the same A disk apparatus has a playback unit. In the playback unit, a drive plate having thereon a turntable and a spindle motor is compulsively mechanically driven by drive cams of a first and second driving plates, and then mechanically locked at a lower positi... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477606 | Bus system and a master device that stabilizes bus electric potential during non-access periods A master device in a system including a bidirectional bus and at least one device manages whether the system is in an access state in which the master device permits an access to or from one device or a non-access state in which the master device permits ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477549 | Transmission document editing device, a server device in a communication document processing system, and a computer-readable record medium that stores the function thereof A transmission document edition device edits a transmission document to be transmitted to a variety of mobile communication terminals from a document described in a markup language. A document content storage unit stores a document including a plurality o... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477335 | Toner cartridge identification system for a printer An apparatus for communicating to a printer a type of installed printer cartridge, where the combination of the cartridge and the printer form a magnetic coupling that can generate a cartridge specific code to identify the toner cartridge as being of a pr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477237 | X-ray shielding mechanism for off-axis X-rays An X-ray shielding mechanism to block off-axis X-rays for example, in an X-ray analytical instrument such as a fluorescent X-ray spectroscope is provided. X-rays are guided on-axis by elongated glass guide tubes and outer elongated metallic protective pip... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473248 | Method for manufacturing an optical pickup A movable enclosure contains optical components, such as an objective lens, a semiconductor laser, a mirror, and a photodetector. The movable enclosure is supported by a fixed member via a plurality of wires that are positioned in parallel. This construct... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470508 | Air check valve system for a spa A system for use in a spa for controlling air flow to jets of the spa having a water pump directing water to a water input of a jet nozzle; and a valve directing exhaust air from the water pump to an air input of the jet nozzle, the valve being operated b... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471267 | Collapsible frame for ensnaring animal waste A collapsible frame is provided for positioning a flexible membrane to capture and collect animal waste. From a folded, retracted condition capable of being stored in a pocket or easily carried, the present invention springs open using hinges that open to... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467158 | Component feeder with load position alignment recognition A component feeder including a rotary mechanism 31 which is mounted on a turning mechanism 17 for turning the suction nozzle 3 and causes the suction nozzle 3 to rotate around its axis line A, a detector 7 for detecting an amount of displacement the compo... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467505 | Variable pressure regulated flow controllers A flow controller having a first and second stages of regulation. The first stage is a pressure regulation stage that maintains the pressure within an intermediate chamber (formed by a series of interconnected passageways and cavities) within a predetermi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467670 | Method and apparatus for mounting component Sealant 11 is supplied in advance to one or both of the electrical bonding areas 5,6 of the component 3 and the mounting surface 4, and as the component 3 is brought in contact with the mounting surface 4, the sealant 11 is compressed and filled therebetw... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469625 | Security sensor having disturbance detecting capability A security sensor 1 having a disturbance detecting capability capable of detecting the presence of an obstacle 8 purposefully applied to the sensor 1 in an attempt to fool or tamper the sensor 1 includes a carrier body A having an infrared sensor element ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469719 | Graphical user interface apparatus with improved layout of menu items A layout unit refers to a plurality of menu items stored in a menu item information storage unit by a menu item information obtaining unit. The following processes are performed as necessary to display a large number of menu items in a predetermined part ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6470496 | Control program downloading method for replacing control program in digital broadcast receiving apparatus with new control program sent from digital broadcast transmitting apparatus To provide a control program downloading method that is used by a digital broadcast receiving apparatus equipped with a storing device which stores an update program and a non-update program that compose a control program. Under control of the update prog... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469820 | 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... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466735 | Optical disk and reproduction apparatus for producing optical disk The car navigation file of the optical disk stores data which is used for navigating the car, and the video title set stores a plurality of video titles concerning facilities located in districts included in the map data. A VOB comprising one scene of a v... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464557 | Elastomeric doll head, molding method and mold therefor A method for forming a safe molding material into an elastic doll head of a uniform thickness without deteriorating an appearance of the doll head. Split mold members (2, 3) each have an inner surface (2a, 3a) formed to have a configuration which provides... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464523 | Watertight electrical cable connector An electrical connector forming a watertight seal once connected. The connector includes a receptacle formed within a first housing and having a plurality of electrically conductive sockets disposed in an insulator for receiving electrically conductive pi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6462744 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS IMAGE DECODING SO THAT FRAME AREAS THAT OCCUPY A LARGE AREA IN A STORAGE APPARATUS CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING AN IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM When an OSD data storage area for storing OSD data needs to be reserved, an area of a frame storage apparatus that should store macroblocks corresponding to an invisible area on a screen is allocated as the OSD data storage area. There is no degradation i... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459792 | Block cipher using key data merged with an intermediate block generated from a previous block A cryptographic processing apparatus for performing cryptographic processing using input data to generate output data is provided. The cryptographic processing apparatus includes a storage unit for storing chain data which is used for reflecting present c... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459272 | Apparatus and method for inspecting wiring on board A magnetic field applying portion is positioned above a magnetic field applied region, and applies a magnetic field to the magnetic field applied region. Among probes which are abutted against ball grids of wirings, two probes are selectively connected el... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456302 | Image display apparatus and image evaluation apparatus An image display apparatus which displays images, suppressing the occurrence of the moving image false edge. The image display apparatus selects a signal level among a plurality of signal levels in accordance with a motion amount of an input image signal,... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456621 | Mobile migration communications control device Disclosed is a migration communication control device constructed to control a continuous communication between a mobile node and a node unaffected the mobile node's migration. The migration communication control device comprises a first migration control... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449975 | Self tapping spray nozzle for vehicle ventilation system A self tapping spray nozzle for use in a vehicle ventilation system is preferably made of stainless steel. The spray nozzle has a neck with an internal channel and threads cut into its outside surface. A wedge at a thirty degree angle, having sharpened ed... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452943 | Data server system where the cycle for transmitting video or audio data is adjusted according to control data transmitted to a transmitter by a receiver that monitors its buffer state A video server system includes a transmitter for cyclically transmitting predetermined amounts of video data that have been read from a magnetic disc drive apparatus and a receiver for receiving and reproducing the video data. A control data transmitting ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447653 | Method of shaping a flux mask and process of sputtering with the shaped flux mask The present invention provides a method for shaping a mask to reduce coating non-uniformity in the radial direction. A test run of the ion beam sputtering system coats a stationary glass plate having the same area and shape as the platen. The resulting co... | 09/10/2002 |
