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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185556 | Computer-implemented processing of hetrogeneous data A computer-implemented method for a computing environment employing a matrix-based mathematical programming language includes: generating a heterogeneous dataset in the computing environment, where the heterogeneous dataset embodies a plurality of variables for a pl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183596 | High electron mobility transistor, epitaxial wafer, and method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor A high electron mobility transistor includes a free-standing supporting base having a III nitride region, a first III nitride barrier layer which is provided on the first III nitride barrier layer, a III nitride channel layer which is provided on the first III nitri... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183509 | Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus and the like having a structure for implementing at the same time both an efficient laser processing in the place where a laser beam is difficult to reach and a laser processing without damages in the pla... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183071 | Method for producing nitride semiconductor optical device and epitaxial wafer In step S106, an InXGa1-XN well layer is grown on a semipolar main surface between times t4 and t5 while a temperature in a growth furnace is maintained at temperature TW. In step S107, immediately after c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175461 | Optical module implemented with tri-plexer optical subassembly An optical module that implements with a tri-plexer assembly is disclosed. The tri-plexer module comprises a bi-directional module for transmitting digital input and output signals and an analogue optical assembly for receiving analog optical signals. The bi-directi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175129 | Group-III nitride semiconductor laser device, method of fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor laser device, and method of estimating damage from formation of scribe groove A method of fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor laser device includes: preparing a substrate comprising a hexagonal group-III nitride semiconductor and having a semipolar principal surface; forming a substrate product having a laser structure, an anode elect... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174118 | Detection device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a detection device includes the steps of providing bonding bumps on at least one of a light-receiving element array and a read-out circuit multiplexer, fixing a bump height adjusting member for adjusting the heights of the bumps to the lig... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174035 | Nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device An object is to provide a nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device capable of preventing a Schottky barrier from being formed at an interface between a contact layer and an electrode. LD 1 is provided as a nitride-based semiconductor light emitting d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173458 | Method for forming quantum well structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor light emitting element A method for forming a quantum well structure that can reduce the variation in the In composition in the thickness direction of a well layer and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting element are provided. In a step of forming a quantum well struc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170768 | Slip ratio estimating device and slip ratio control device The present invention provides a slip rate estimating device measuring a slip ratio without the need for a body speed and a slip ratio control device using the slip ratio estimating device. A motor torque measured by a torque measuring instrument is input to each of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167505 | Pluggable system between optical transceiver and host system A mechanism to fix the new type of the pluggable optical transceiver to the host system is disclosed. The optical transceiver provides the screws, while, the host system has the face panel with a port and the rail system between which the optical transceiver is set ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165413 | Optimizing bounds checking in neighborhood processes A computer-implemented method for optimizing bounds checking in a structured lattice having a regular pattern of neighboring nodes, includes the steps of: visiting a node in the lattice in a determined order, including bounds checking the node and performing a neigh... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160215 | Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Embodiments of the invention provide a system for enhancing user interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising: data encoding a database, the database ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155280 | Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) database, the system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprising a list of telephone numbers associated with one or more destinat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153499 | Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, the method including: providing a base wafer including a semiconductor substrate, metal layers and first alignment marks; transferring a monocrystalline layer on top of the metal layers, wherein the monocrystalline la... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150103 | Background modeling with feature blocks Video content analysis of a video may include: modeling a background of the video; detecting at least one target in a foreground of the video based on the feature blocks of the video; and tracking each target of the video. Modeling a background of the video may incl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148751 | Group III nitride semiconductor wafer and group III nitride semiconductor device A group III nitride semiconductor device and a group III nitride semiconductor wafer are provided. The group III nitride semiconductor device has a channel layer comprising group III nitride-based semiconductor containing Al. The group III nitride semiconductor devi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148728 | Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure A method for fabrication of 3D semiconductor devices utilizing a layer transfer and steps for forming transistors on top of a pre-fabricated semiconductor device comprising transistors formed on crystallized semiconductor base layer and metal layer for the transisto... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148716 | Group III nitride semiconductor optical device, epitaxial substrate, and method of making group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device A group III nitride semiconductor optical device includes: a substrate comprising a group III nitride semiconductor; a first group-III nitride semiconductor region on a primary surface of the substrate; a second group-III nitride semiconductor region on the primary ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146418 | Apparatus and method for soil testing for jack-up rigs An apparatus for soil testing for a jack-up rig, the apparatus comprising a soil testing device integrated with a leg of the jack-up rig, the leg of the jack-up rig having a footing, an opening in the footing for allowing passage of an active portion of the soil tes... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145061 | Optical module implementing a light-receiving device and a light-transmitting device within a common housing A bi-direction optical module with an arrangement to reduce the crosstalk noise is disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser diode (LD) driven by a differential signal and a photodiode (PD) on a single package. The PD is mounted on a position where the electri... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144314 | Spectral measurement apparatus and measurement method utilizing Brillouin scattering The present invention relates to a spectral measurement apparatus and measurement method utilizing Brillouin scattering, which judge the state of the temperature or strain of an optical fiber more quickly. The spectral measurement apparatus comprises a light source,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140263 | Method for deriving conversion coefficient used for specifying position from value detected by various sensors, and navigation apparatus A position measuring unit measures measurement data including at least a movement velocity, an accuracy reduction index, and an azimuth on the basis of a signal received from a satellite. A determining unit for a distance determines validity of measurement data and ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139619 | Group-III nitride semiconductor laser device, and method for fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor laser device Provided are a group-III nitride semiconductor laser device with a laser cavity to enable a low threshold current on a semipolar surface of a hexagonal group-III nitride, and a method for fabricating the group-III nitride semiconductor laser device on a stable basis... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138504 | Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A silicon carbide semiconductor device having excellent performance characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained. A coating film made of Si is formed on an initial growth layer on a 4H—SiC substrate, and an extended terrace surface is formed... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128209 | Ink cartridge for inkjet printer An ink cartridge includes a main body and a cover. A liquid storing chamber and an air introducing post for communicating the liquid storing chamber with the outside atmosphere are disposed in the main body. A liquid filling port is disposed on the cover. A balancin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124430 | Method for forming quantum well structure and method for manufacturing semiconductor light emitting element A method for forming a quantum well structure that can reduce the variation in the In composition in the thickness direction of a well layer and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting element are provided. In a step of forming a quantum well struc... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123874 | Soft magnetic material, dust core, method for manufacturing soft magnetic material, and method for manufacturing dust core A soft magnetic material, a dust core, a method for manufacturing the soft magnetic material, and a method for manufacturing the dust core that can improve DC bias characteristics are provided. A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of metal magnetic p... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121484 | Bi-direction optical module installing light-emitting device and light-receiving device in signal package A bi-directional optical module with an improved optical crosstalk between the transmitter unit and the receiver unit is disclosed. The optical module provides the LD, the PD, the WDM filter secured with the block, and the package with the co-axial shape. The block ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121160 | Driver circuit for semiconductor laser diode driven in differential mode A driver circuit for a semiconductor laser diode (LD) is disclosed, in which the driver circuit drives the LD in the differential mode and lowers the power consumption thereof. The driver circuit includes a differential unit to provide the modulation current to the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117437 | System for providing services for applications available under different protocols In a service providing system, a plurality of application users can work together in real time, and an application can be created which can handle a plurality of protocols. In the system where the web-AP and SIP server environments are cooperative with each other, a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116637 | Optical transmitter with a chirp managed laser diode automatically adjusting emission wavelength thereof and its adjusting method An optical transmitter using a chirp managed laser is disclosed. The optical transmitter compares, in advance to the ATC operation, the phases of the signal corresponding to the original output of the LD and the signal corresponding to that reflected by the filter. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115511 | Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure A configurable integrated circuit (IC) system comprising: a first die comprising input/output cells; and a configurable logic second die connected by a first plurality of through-silicon-vias (TSVs) to the first die. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114757 | Semiconductor device and structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, the method comprising providing a base wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate; preparing a first monocrystalline layer comprising semiconductor regions; performing a first layer transfer of the first monocrystalli... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112004 | Optical receiver implemented with dual electronic dispersion compensators An optical receiver implemented with two electronic dispersion compensators (EDC) is disclosed. The optical receiver selects one of the EDC in an ordinary operation. Once there shaped signal compensated by the selected EDC is degraded due to irregular conditions of ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111316 | Video camera In a video camera, air outlet holes and air inlet holes are disposed in a panel-facing surface of a camera body. A duct is disposed inside the camera body and guides the air taken in through the air inlet holes to the air outlet holes. A first heat sink is so arrang... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107507 | Group III nitride semiconductor element and epitaxial wafer A primary surface 23a of a supporting base 23 of a light-emitting diode 21a tilts by an off-angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 80 degrees from the c-plane. A semiconductor stack 25a includes an active layer hav... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105857 | Method of fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor laser device A method for fabricating a III-nitride semiconductor laser device includes: forming a substrate product having a laser structure; scribing a first surface of the substrate product to form a scribed mark, which extends along a reference line indicative of a direction... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104977 | Pluggable transceiver with bi-directional optical sub-assembly An optical transceiver is disclosed, in which the transceiver installs a BOSA and has an additional heat conducting path from the BOSA to the cover and to the base independent of the path from the IC to the cover. The optical transceiver includes a heat conductor th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098435 | Optical combiner and image projector using the optical combiner An optical combiner in which the number of parts used is lessened is made of a resin. The optical component comprises a first surface, a diffraction grating, and a second surface. The first surface is a surface providing first, second, and third lenses. The diffract... | 01/17/2012 |
