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| 8181903 | Aircraft having the ability for hovering flight, fast forward flight, gliding flight, short take-off, short landing, vertical take-off and vertical landing Aircraft having two, preferably four or more, rotors (20) in wing hatches (10) which can be closed. The closure mechanism has, at the top, individually curved elements on a rollshutter (scroll/roller blind) (40) and, at the bottom, a set of long... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180086 | Speaker A speaker includes a box-shaped enclosure, a speaker unit and a sounding board. A pair of side plates, a bottom plate, a top plate, a back plate and a baffle are assembled into the enclosure. The speaker unit is attached to an opening portion of the baffle. The soun... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175336 | Target tracker For a tracking of a target object in a time series of frames of image data, a tracking object designation acceptor accepts a designation of a tracking object, a target color setter sets a color of the designated tracking object as a target color, and a particle filt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172352 | Printing apparatus having line-type ink jet head and method of printing images by line-type ink jet head A printing apparatus is provided with a line-type ink jet head having a plurality of blocks on each of which a set of ink ejection elements are arranged. A drive signal generating unit is configured to generate a drive voltage signal including a prepulse to be appli... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165336 | Voice coil and speaker A voice coil includes a cylindrical bobbin formed of a first material; a coil which surrounds on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; and a plurality of reinforcement members formed of a material having a propagation speed faster than the first material a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162474 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a circulating transfer path for transferring a sheet. The image forming apparatus is capable of forming images on both surfaces of the sheet by: transferring the sheet having an image formed on a first surface thereof along the ci... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160291 | Voice coil and speaker A voice coil includes a bobbin formed of a wooden sheet obtained by slicing natural wood to a predetermined thickness and a coil that surrounds an outer circumference of the bobbin. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151636 | Device for measuring the axial position of a piston rod relative to a cylinder housing Device for measuring the axial position of a piston rod (18) relative to the cylinder housing (10) of a cylinder-piston unit that is actuated by fluid pressure, with structures having elevations or indentations formed in the jacket surface of the pisto... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150200 | Apparatus and method for reducing image noise with edge tracking and computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method A method for reducing image noise with edge tracking comprises receiving input of an object image data for conversion and a size data of a matrix, namely, a conversion area of the image data; calculating a statistical difference value between each pixel of the image... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149962 | Estimating frequency shift Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for estimating a frequency shift. An apparatus for estimating a frequency shift includes a fast Fourier transform unit to transform a signal of a time domain into a frequency domain and output fast Fourier transform sy... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141872 | Printing apparatus having discharge speed control A printing apparatus comprises: a first paper discharge roller unit 411 and a second paper discharge roller unit 412 which are configured to transport a print sheet to a discharge port; a upper transportation roller unit 401 configured to transp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139149 | Still image acquisition device, still image acquisition method, and image fluctuation correction device A still image acquisition device includes: a fluctuation detection unit (5) for detecting a horizontal or a vertical fluctuation generated in an imaging device; light refraction means (10A, 10B) for refracting light into an arbitrary direction; ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135977 | Process for digital, bidirectional data transmission The invention relates to a process for digital, bidirectional data transmission between a processing unit and a position encoder, as based on the transmission of frames of a predetermined bit length, such that each frame is provided with at least an initial bit leng... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132029 | Method for managing the power transmitted from a central network component to a decentralized network component via a line Disclosed is a method for managing the power transmitted from a central network component to a decentralized network component via a line, said method determining the ultimately available power in a simple manner. In said method, a respective decentralized network c... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131135 | MPEG picture data recording apparatus, MPEG picture data recording method, MPEG picture data recording medium, MPEG picture data generating apparatus, MPEG picture data reproducing apparatus, and MPEG picture data reproducing method Executes a re-encoding after decoding data of a connection section A of a first MPEG picture data. This re-encoding is executed based on a control such that a transition of a VBV buffer occupation value starts from a VBV buffer occupation value at a position a and e... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130306 | Electronic appliance using video camera responsive to detected motion of an operator within detection zones when the motion exceeds a threshold An electronic appliance includes a display. A screen of the display on which an image from a video camera is displayed is divided horizontally by N and vertically by M, to define a plurality of detection zones. A detection unit of the electronic appliance includes d... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120929 | Electrical or electronic level indicator An electrical or electronic level indicator is positioned in a plug-in housing 24. The plug-in housing 24 is closed with a cover 10. This cover 10 is furnished with a handle bar 11, which serves as an aid for removing the cover ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120470 | Method of and apparatus for controlling electronic appliance An edge signal extractor generates an edge signal according to a sound wave generated for controlling the electronic appliance. According to the edge signal, an edge pulse generator generates an edge pulse. If a predetermined number of such edge signals are generate... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113074 | Gear for an adjusting device A gear for an adjusting device with includes a gear spindle (5) and a spindle nut (30) exhibiting an internal thread (32). The spindle nut (30) rests on the spindle (5) and the inner thread (32) of the spindle nut (30... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111167 | Level indicator and process for assembling a level indicator The invention relates to a level indicator (100) for measuring the fill level of a container, with an electronic control and evaluation system (132, 232) and an interface (133, 233), that are positioned in a housing (131, 231); a sensor u... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100500 | Ink jet printer having ink maintenance system controlling maintenance in accordance with the ink viscosity by use of a simple structure An ink jet printer is provided with an ink circulation route which includes an ink jet head, an ink supply tank and an ink collection tank. A measuring unit obtains a value indicative of the flow resistance measured when ink flows from the ink supply tank to the ink... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100270 | Set of parts for information stand The set parts of the information stand has pieces like solid box-shaped assembly modules, among them at least one square module (1), at least one right-angled module (2), at least one isosceles triangular module (3), at least one sectored convex... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8083556 | Single terminal The disclosed technology relates to a single terminal (10, 110) with a terminal body (20, 120) designed in the shape of a frame and made of an electrically conductive material, with at least one connection pin (27, 127) being arranged on one ext... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077590 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075200 | Connecting part for an optical connection and method for connecting two optical fibers A connecting part (1) for an optical connection of a first optical fiber (2) to a second optical fiber (3) comprises a sleeve-like cable mount (4) having a first cable receiving section (5), in which the first optical fiber (2 | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069724 | Filling level indicator having an explosion-proof housing Filling level indicator having an explosion-proof housing comprising a glass and a metallic frame, wherein the glass is fused into the frame. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057259 | Receptacle connector, plug connector and connector apparatus A receptacle connector prevents a plug from being obliquely inserted with a simple configuration. Receptacle connector 100 has: a hollow rectangular shape shield case (120) which is made by machining a metal plate and which includes fitting slot 101... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050570 | Optoelectronic sensor An optoelectronic sensor includes at least one light transmitter for the transmission of light signals into a monitored zone, at least one light receiver for the reception of light signals transmitted from the light transmitter and a control device for the generatio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050167 | Optical device An optical device includes a sub-mount 2 mounting first and second semiconductor lasers 1a, 1b and having an onboard part for the semiconductor lasers and an optical-path conversion mirror 7 integrated with each other, and a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041180 | Hardware apparatus and method having video/audio encoding and multiplexing functionality The apparatus includes a video signal acquisition device, an audio signal acquisition device, a time information processing device, a video signal encoding device, an audio signal encoding device, a multiplexing device and an output device. The video signal acquisit... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040438 | Method for channel change in digital broadcasting The present invention offers a method for channel change in digital broadcasting consisting of: a step 1 for recognizing a command for a channel change while the currently connected channel is being decoded at the digital broadcasting terminal; a step 2 for completi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038825 | Fibre strip application heads The invention relates to improvements in fiber strip application heads for applying fiber strips (4) that are supplied with a support and protection paper (5), the fiber strip (4) to be applied being supplied with the immediate separation of the... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038460 | Safety device for a plug (patch guard) A security device for a plug (1) has at least one locking clip (2) said security device comprising a lockable closure piece (8, 12) which prevent the manual operation of the locking clip (2). The closure piece (8, 12) comprises a c... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029434 | Device for the prevention of incontinence, especially urinary incontinence The invention relates to a device for the prevention of incontinence, especially urinary incontinence, with an expandable balloon (3) that is connected to at least one fluid conduit (6) by means of which the volume of the balloon (3) can be adju... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026815 | Reading out of information using an optoelectronic sensor and an RFID reader A device (10) is provided for the reading out of information from a transponder (14) arranged at an object (12), said device comprising an optoelectronic sensor (24), a reading device (16) able to excite the transponder (14)... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023699 | Iris recognition system, a method thereof, and an encryption system using the same The present invention generally relates to an iris recognition system, a method thereof, and more specifically, to an iris recognition system comprising the image selector scanning each iris image in pixel unit by using a mask defined into a second area which is in ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023427 | Method and device of measuring communication quality for constructing wireless sensor network Provided is a communication quality measurement method and a portable communication quality measurement device for wireless sensor network configuration. The communication quality measurement method for wireless sensor network configuration includes: a portable comm... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7975516 | Electric steering lock apparatus An electric steering lock apparatus includes a cam plate rotated in an unlocking direction and a locking direction by driving a motor unit, and a lock shaft shifting between a lock position at which the rotation of the steering shaft is prevented and an unlock posit... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963625 | Printer providing temperature equalization for plural color inks An inkjet printer performs printing by circulating cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks in their respective passages. The printer includes a heat exchanger which the passages enter together, and which is configured to promote the temperatures of the inks to be equal... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962492 | Data management apparatus, data management method, data processing method, and program Data management security against leakage or loss of personal information is achieved by setting a division range for dividing personal information into identification information that enables a specific individual to be identified and attribute information that does... | 06/14/2011 |
