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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941563 | Address translation equipment, terminal equipment and mobile communication method A packet sent in a mobile IP communication between different regions passes through a particular address translation unit, so that the communication route cannot be optimized. The packet cannot be delivered to a mobile node not having a fixed home address. To overco... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941511 | Method for reproducing configuration of a computer system in a remote site A computer system formerly handles a service that is quickly reproduced with another computer system to resume the service immediately. The association relations between services run by a primary site (1) and primary site servers (13), between the prim... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941485 | Measurement system, management device and processing distribution method using the system In a measurement system that comprises plural measurement devices classified by groups, and plural data processing devices on a network that receives and processes measured data from the measurement devices, the data processing devices are smoothly allocated. The me... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941413 | Index processing method and computer systems Provided is an effective index processing method for a key corresponding to characteristics of a key series. The index processing method includes: holding a key tendency for representing the characteristics of the key series and a node split ratio, corresponding to ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941322 | System and methods for providing a healthcare industry trade show via internet A system or method for providing a 3-D virtual healthcare industry trade show via internet including at least one server computer for collecting, assembling, storing, correlating, or otherwise processing information desired by a participant of the healthcare industr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940379 | Finger identification apparatus An identification apparatus that keeps the conditions for imaging uniform among successive identifications and requires a user to perform only a series of simple maneuvers. An identification apparatus comprising a guide member, a light source, and an imaging unit. T... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940145 | Thin film piezoelectric vibrator, thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator, and radio-frequency filter using such resonator A thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator has a multilayer structure including a piezoelectric thin film, a first metal electrode film, and a second metal electrode film. At least a part of the piezoelectric thin film is interposed between the first and... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939829 | Semiconductor device and display device A semiconductor device can easily reduce a leak current which flows when a reversely-staggered-type TFT element in which an active layer is made of polycrystalline semiconductor is turned off. The semiconductor device includes a reversely-staggered-type TFT element ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936864 | Voice communication terminal, media server, and method for control of locking voice communication A lock control technique suitable for voice communication terminals. A voice communication terminal includes an unattended state detecting unit which detects an unattended state of the terminal, when its user leaves the terminal, and a lock control unit. The lock co... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936436 | Liquid crystal display device with orientation control projection having light shielding The present invention lowers leaking of light at the time of performing a black display of VA-type liquid crystal display device and, at the same time, prevents lowering of a numerical aperture. In a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display pane... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936323 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention prevents deterioration of image quality by lowering a heat value of a data driver connected to a liquid crystal display panel. In a liquid crystal display device, a pixel which connects a TFT thereof to one of two neighboring scanning signal li... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936255 | Group analysis system and group analysis equipment Face-to-face detection by infrared-ray communication is effective in grasping interaction between persons. However the problem here is that infrared rays have a high directivity and detection fails unless the persons face each other right in front. Sensor signals ha... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932964 | Liquid crystal display device An IPS-method liquid crystal display device which exhibits small directivity of a viewing angle and high brightness is realized. A planar common electrode is arranged below a pixel electrode which includes comb-teeth-shaped electrodes and slits. When a video signal ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929083 | Liquid crystal display device including a transparent element and a reflective element with a retardation film A subject of the present invention is to prevent damage to a retardation film, etc. to improve the reliability in a liquid crystal display device including a retardation film on the side of the color filter substrate. To solve the problem, there is provided a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929074 | Liquid crystal display device An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a so-called direct backlight where the interval between a number of rod light sources can be reduced, as well as a liquid crystal display device where the liquid crystal display panel an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924833 | Packet transfer unit The present invention relates to a packet transfer unit, which comprises a search key memory that stores a search key for a transfer destination of a packet and verification information generated from the search key, in association with a storage location of transfe... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923048 | Segmented pizza crust system Making a pizza crust includes forming a mass of dough into a substantially flattened shape to define an inner crust bordered by an outer crust extending around the inner crust. The outer crust is divided into a plurality of segments without cutting the inner crust b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916261 | Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can obviate cutting off of a peripheral region of the liquid crystal display device which is provided with an inspection circuit and can surely perform the inspection of an image display even when ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914915 | Highly charged ion modified oxide device and method of making same A highly charged ion modified device is provided that includes a first metal layer or layers deposited on a substrate and an insulator layer, deposited on the first metal layer, including a plurality of holes therein produced by irradiation thereof with highly charg... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914836 | Pizza with segmented crust A pizza includes a dough member and at least one topping disposed on the dough member. The dough member defines a substantially flattened shape and includes a central portion and a border portion. The central portion defines a perimeter. The border portion extends a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913571 | Apparatus for estimating residual life of blasting vessel, method of estimating residual life, and blasting facility The present invention aims at estimating a residual life of a blasting vessel. For the estimation, a strain gauge 30 is attached to a blasting vessel 10. The strain gauge 30 measures high-frequency repetitive strain caused in the blasting chambe... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635303 | Cosmetics case | 03/29/2011 |
| D635030 | Flask assembly | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912530 | Magnetic detection coil and apparatus for measurement of magnetic field A magnetic detection coil is provided, which includes a plurality of differential coils. Each differential coil is made of one of superconductors and metallic materials. The differential coils having mutually different loop directions are arranged in parallel at a s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912071 | Passive optical network system for supporting virtual ethernet service and method for the same A passive optical network (PON) system includes at least one optical line terminal (OLT), a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) connected to each OLT, and an OLT management server used to manage the OLT. The OLT management server creates a VLAN access control ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911574 | Display device having a board for a connector for inputting of video data and a board for mounting a display control circuit and manufacturing method thereof In a display device forming a board for mounting a connector which allows inputting of video data thereon and a board for mounting a display control circuit to be connected to the connector thereon on a surface of a display module opposite to an observation side, th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911055 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same In a semiconductor device, capacitance between copper interconnections is decreased and the insulation breakdown is improved simultaneously, and a countermeasure is taken for misalignment via by a manufacturing method including the steps of forming an interconnectio... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634639 | Flask | 03/22/2011 |
| D634638 | Flask | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908390 | Packet forwarding apparatus using token bucket algorithm and leaky bucket algorithm A packet forwarding apparatus and network system for providing different types of bandwidth control services to the user; in which a packet forwarding apparatus for transferring data comprises an interface unit for sending and receiving packets, and a traffic shaper... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907797 | Image processing apparatus This invention provides an efficient image processing apparatus having merits as the handiness and visibility of paper and the multi-functionality of a computer, enabling trial and error with paper media without capturing all images previously. The apparatus compris... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905613 | LED backlight and liquid crystal display device using thereof An object of the present invention is to improve the color reproduction capability of a liquid crystal display backlight using white LEDs. A backlight of the present invention includes: a light guide plate 6; a light diffusing optical waveguide 3 | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904252 | Method for measuring a structural change in a protein A method of easily and speedily determining what structural change is experienced by a target protein upon contact and binding of any arbitrary compound to the target protein; a method of selecting and screening a compound for use in the method; and a computer progr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904052 | Sensor net management method There is provided a sensor node management method in which a user is unconscious of a service break even when a sensor node has failed among a plurality of sensor nodes assuming intermittent operation. Moreover, it is possible to provide a flexible sensor node manag... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903490 | Semiconductor memory device The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device in which the number of write amplifiers is decreased by increasing the number of bit line pairs connected to one pair of common write data lines. Further, by decreasing the number of bit line pairs connect... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903224 | Liquid crystal display device To long sides of a front-side liquid crystal display panel and a rear-side liquid crystal display panel on the same side, elongated portions of flexible printed circuit boards having a substantially U-shape in a plan view are respectively connected by thermo-compres... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903196 | Display device A panel unit is formed by sandwiching a liquid crystal display panel and a diffusion sheet between a front surface plate having a curved plane and a back surface plate having a curved plane. A light source unit is arranged on a back surface of the panel unit. The di... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903193 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device that includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit disposed on the rear surface side of the liquid crystal display panel; and a flexible printed circuit whose end is connected to a terminal portion of the liquid crystal d... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903182 | Display device The present invention is directed to providing a technology for display devices where a transparent cover is pasted on a display panel according to which inconsistencies resulting from expansion of the polarizing plate in the vicinity of an end portion caused by moi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899412 | Switching element, antenna switch circuit and radio frequency module using the same A switching element is provided that realizes an stabilize a potential between the gates of the multi-gates without an increase in the insertion loss, and an antenna switch circuit and a radio frequency module each using the switch element. The switching element inc... | 03/01/2011 |
