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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940328 | Solid state imaging device having wirings with lateral extensions A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area that includes arrayed pixels having photoelectric converting units and transistor elements; and a peripheral circuit, in which a wiring line in the imaging area that is... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940234 | Pixel circuit, display device, and method of manufacturing pixel circuit A pixel circuit including: a driving transistor; a light emitting element; and a power supply line; wherein the driving transistor is connected between the power supply line and a predetermined electrode of the light emitting element, and the power supply line is fo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940080 | Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit block having an internal voltage line; an annular rail line forming a closed annular line around the circuit block and supplied with one of a power supply voltage and a reference voltage; and a plurality of swi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938373 | Vertical support structure A vertical support structure includes a mounting plate and a support member. The support member extends vertically along a vertical axis and has a pair of vertically-elongated panel integrally connected together in a form of an angle iron to define a vertically-exte... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637582 | Speaker | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937080 | Wireless measurement device The present invention comprises a system for viewing measurements remotely, including a first processor that is connected to a wireless communications device; a sensor; and at least one measurement device comprising a second processor programmed to (1) receive an in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936631 | Non-volatile memory element and method of operation therefor A very small magnetic tunnel junction is formed on a semiconductor p-i-n diode. Spin-polarized current which is generated by circular polarized light or elliptically-polarized light, is injected into a free layer of the magnetic tunnel junction so that magnetization... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934589 | Foundation brake hill start aide system An exemplary embodiment of a Hill Start Aide system for a vehicle includes a brake system. The brake system including a brake actuator for manually actuating the brake system. The brake system is selectively configurable in a stopped configuration, where the brake s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934581 | Broadband noise resonator An apparatus comprising includes a conduit portion having a conduit inner surface and a conduit outer surface, and a plurality of chambers in fluid communication with the conduit portion. The chambers include a first chamber defined, at least in part, by a first out... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934538 | Heat exchanger and water heater A plurality of first joint tubes 40 connected to a plurality of heat transfer tubes 3 and a plurality of second joint tubes 50 provided at a header 5B are connected to each other at joints J. The joints J include at least one slide joint ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637180 | Earphone | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932941 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup lens having an aperture diaphragm, an image-pickup element that has a color filter which is periodically allocated colors in units of a predetermined unit array and that generates picked-up image data including pixe... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931496 | Electrical connector A connector includes a housing to be attached to a front face of a panel. A panel has a mounting opening through which a rear portion of the housing is inserted. The rear portion of the housing has a lance extending in a direction parallel to the front face of the p... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636745 | Television receiver | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930254 | Property value estimation using feature distance from comparable sales Property value estimation employs a comparable sales technique that calculates a feature distance between a target property and corresponding comparable properties. Determining estimated values for properties includes performing a regression based upon property feat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929867 | Emergency lamp and wireless emergency lamp data transmission system An LED is used as a light source of the emergency light. Data are normally received through a power line, demodulated at a modem section, and stored in a data memory. In an emergency, a change sectio switches the power line to a battery, and LED emits light and func... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929042 | Imaging apparatus, control method of imaging apparatus, and computer program An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes: a face detecting part configured to detect a face area from an input image in the imaging apparatus; a measurement frame setting part configured to set a measurement frame corresponding to a face are... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929023 | Camera device and monitoring system In a camera device having a function for converting an image formed by a lens and captured by an imaging element into image data and correcting distortion of the image data caused by distortion aberration of the lens, the camera device includes a first storage unit ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927220 | Driveshaft comprising a counter track joint featuring a delimited axial displacement path A constant velocity universal ball joint 11 having first and second outer ball tracks 16, 18, and first and second inner ball tracks 17, 19, forming first pairs of tracks 16, 17 which widen in a first axial direction. Ri1 (α), and... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927196 | Louver module A louver module includes a louver module body that extends in a length-wise direction, a width-wise direction and a height-wise direction such that the length-wise direction, the width wise-direction and the height wise direction are oriented perpendicularly relativ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927029 | Imaging apparatus and open/close device An imaging apparatus include a lens, a first blade slidable between a covering position where the first blade covers the front side of the lens and a retract position where the first blade retracts from the front side of the lens, and a second blade pivotally suppor... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636377 | Headphone | 04/19/2011 |
| D636376 | Amplifier | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924513 | Lens barrel There is provided a lens barrel including: a rear barrel to which an imaging device is attachable, an imaging optical system leading a subject image to the imaging device, and an image blur correcting unit moving a shift lens forming the imaging optical system in a ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924509 | Variable focal length lens system and imaging apparatus A variable focal length lens system includes first to fourth lens groups which have positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers, respectively, and are arranged in this order from an object side to an image side. An aperture diaphragm is arranged in ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922590 | Grease reduction insert An articulating joint apparatus includes a first rotational member having an axis, a second rotational member coupled with and positioned generally coaxial to the first rotational member, and a boot cover assembly for sealing at least part of the first rotational me... | 04/12/2011 |
| D636008 | Video camera | 04/12/2011 |
| D635957 | Headphone | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920615 | Surface-emitting laser diode and method of manufacturing the same A surface-emitting laser diode capable of being manufactured easily at low cost, and capable of stabilizing the polarization direction of laser light in one direction and achieving higher output is provided. A light emission section 20 in which a lower first ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920333 | Variable focal distance lens system and imaging device A variable focal distance lens system includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, w... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920332 | Variable-focal-length lens system and imaging apparatus A variable-focal-length lens system includes first to fifth lens groups having positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers, respectively, from the object side. As the lens-position state changes from wide-angle to telephoto, the air space ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920327 | Image capturing apparatus and optical adjustment method An image capturing apparatus includes: at least one or more vertically movable lens groups among at least three or more lens groups, which constitute a zoom lens, movable in an optical axis direction, the vertically movable lens group being movable in a direction su... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920146 | User interface providing device A user interface providing device provides a user interface that handles correction of a pixel value of each pixels forming image data. The user interface includes a hue setting unit for selecting a pixel by designating a hue. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920120 | Display device, driving method of the same and electronic equipment having the same A pixel circuit of a display device of the present invention has a drive transistor which serves also as a transistor adapted to control the emission and non-emission periods of an organic EL element or other elements. A final stage buffer in an output circuit of a ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919914 | Discharge lamp and electrode for use in the same It is possible to enhance the luminance of a cold-cathode type discharge lamp and to contribute to a prolongation of service life thereof. A discharge lamp 1 is provided with an electrode 3 having a cup 4 with such a shape that a bottom is provi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919806 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and fabrication method therefor Disclosed herein is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, including a memory transistor. The memory transistor has a channel formation region defined between two source and drain regions formed on a semiconductor substrate a bottom insulating film, a charge sto... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919793 | Semiconductor integrated circuit Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including: a plurality of standard cells including a transistor having a gate electrode and arranged in combination with each other; a metallic wiring layer interconnecting the standard cells to form a desired c... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918347 | Cleaning apparatus The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus (1) for removing solid matter from a liquid, especially for a coolant-lubricant circuit (35). Said cleaning apparatus (1) comprises a hollow cylindrical filter member (2) that separates a crud... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918216 | Exhaust gas recirculation device The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation device (5) for an internal combustion engine (1), especially in a motor vehicle, said device comprising an exhaust gas recirculation line (6) and an exhaust gas cooler (7) which is bui... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918155 | Piston with a cooling gallery A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston crown includes an interior surface that defines at least in part a cooling gallery and a cooling gallery surface within the piston. An annular surface may defines at least in part an annular passagew... | 04/05/2011 |
