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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185919 | Optical disk device with a precise ejection position of a disk tray An optical disk device which highly precisely positions a disk tray in an ejection position is provided. A controller of an optical disk device drives the disk tray from a storage position toward an exposed position. When a position immediately before the ejection p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185773 | Processor system employing a signal acquisition managing device and signal acquisition managing device A processor system having a processor core configured to control an external apparatus in accordance with a control algorithm; a signal acquisition managing device configured to receive state signals provided by the apparatus, perform corresponding actions, and gene... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185738 | Data transmission method using an acknowledgement code comprising hidden authentication bits A method for transmitting data between a first and a second point comprises the steps of transmitting data, from the first to the second point, together with a signature comprising bits of a first authentication code, and transmitting an acknowledgement, from the se... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185080 | Harmonic rejection mixer A harmonic rejection mixer for carrying out a frequency translation of a mixer input signal having a mixer input frequency, the mixer including an up-conversion mixer for generating an intermediate signal by multiplying the mixer input signal with a first local osci... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184109 | Coordinate input device, position indicator and variable capacitor A dielectric (16) is housed in a chassis (15) having an opening (22) and a main face portion (23). The dielectric (16) is formed with a hole (30) extending from a first surface (28) to a second surface (29) the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182823 | Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of breast cancer Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antige... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180992 | Method for configuring a memory space divided into memory banks A method for configuring a memory space, the method including reading a piece of configuration information in the memory space, determining a division of at least one part of the memory space into memory banks according to the configuration information read; and all... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180957 | Memory control unit and memory control method An object of the invention is to provide a memory control unit and a memory control method capable of making the operation setting of SDRAM without intentionally stopping access to the SDRAM. A switch signal generation section (18) for generating a switch sig... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180414 | Portable radio device There is adopted an enclosure dipole antenna structure including antenna elements respectively provided in a lower enclosure and an upper enclosure. There is also adopted a structure in which the lower structure and the upper structure are rotatably joined together ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179967 | Method and device for detecting movement of an entity provided with an image sensor An image sequence sensor senses images. To associate a motion vector with an image of the sequence currently being processed, k candidate vectors are generated by adding, to a reference motion vector, respectively k search vectors. Then, a motion vector is selected ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179947 | Radio communication apparatus and reference signal generating method A wireless communication apparatus capable of minimizing the degradation in separation characteristic of a code multiplexed response signal. In this apparatus, a control part (209) controls both a AC sequence to be used in a primary spreading in a spreading p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179399 | Rasterizing method A rasterizing method calculates an attribute (C) of a pixel having coordinates (X, Y) based on the coordinates (X0, Y0), (X1, Y1), (X2, Y2) of vertices of a primitive in a screen space, Z coordinates ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179260 | System and method of reading RFID tags at high speeds Processing a transponder signal received from a transponder may include providing a first signal that is in-phase with the transponder signal and a second that is off-phase with the first signal. A first transformed signal is generated using the first signal, where ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178724 | Compounds for inhibition of 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine reuptake or for treatment of depression disorders, their preparation processes and uses thereof The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I), their optical isomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation and uses thereof, wherein the definitions of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are shown in the description. These compounds are optical i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178085 | Methods of proliferating stem cells The invention relates to methods of proliferating stem cells. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of glycosaminoglycans or proteoglycans to promote the growth of stem cells in ex vivo culture, while preserving their multipotentiality. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176594 | Wiper blade The present invention relates to a wiper blade mounted to a wiper apparatus for a vehicle to wipe a windshield. An object of the present invention is to provide a wiper blade which can be more easily assembled and manufactured by forming a connector integrally with ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176478 | Process for running programs on processors and corresponding processor system Programs having a given instruction-set architecture are executed on a multiprocessor system comprising a plurality of processors, for example of a VLIW type, each of said processors being able to execute, at each processing cycle, a respective maximum number of ins... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176330 | Method, apparatus and article for off-line certification in mobile applications A tamper-resistant certification device receives a certified digital time stamp from a trusted third party, resets a time function and produces a time stamp receipt in an on-line mode; The tamper-resistant certification device receives a digital file from a mobile c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175995 | Quantum and digital processor hybrid systems and methods to solve problems Quantum and digital processors are employed together to solve computational problems. The quantum processor may be configured with a problem via a problem Hamiltonian and operated to perform adiabatic quantum computation and/or quantum annealing on the problem Hamil... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175579 | Apparatus, systems and methods to communicate authorized programming between a receiving device and a mobile device A mobile device embodiment communicates program distribution account information to a program distributor. The mobile device embodiment receives from the program distributor, authorization to use programming that is conditioned on the communicated program distributi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175214 | Programmable frequency divider comprising a shift register and electrical system comprising the frequency divider A frequency divider having a plurality of programmable latches connected in a feedback shift register configuration. A programmable latch of said plurality of latches comprises a program input to receive a program signal configured to select a polarity of the progra... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174850 | Method and circuit for avoiding hard switching in half bridge converters A half bridge switching dc-dc converter an input dc voltage to an output dc voltage. The converter includes a switching circuit for receiving the input dc voltage and generating a periodic square wave voltage oscillating from a high value corresponding to the input ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174667 | Nanowire-based transparent conductors and applications thereof A transparent conductor including a conductive layer coated on a substrate is described. More specifically, the conductive layer comprises a network of nanowires that may be embedded in a matrix. The conductive layer is optically clear, patternable and is suitable a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174533 | Data management for image processing A system comprises a memory storing data at addresses associated with pixels in images, each address being linked by a function to coordinates of a pixel in an ordered image reference frame, a device for processing the data associated with the pixels, where a pixel ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174305 | System, devices and methods for coupling qubits A ladder structure is ferromagnetically coupled to a first qubit where the ladder structure has a monostable energy potential in use, such that the first qubit and the ladder structure effectively operate as a single qubit. The ladder structure and first qubit may b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174076 | Method for manufacturing electronic devices integrated in a semiconductor substrate and corresponding devices A method manufactures a vertical power MOS transistor on a semiconductor substrate comprising a first superficial semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, comprising: forming trench regions in the first semiconductor layer, filling in said trench regions wi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173885 | Enhanced recording operation in an overdubbing device A CPU of an overdubbing device plays back a music file recorded in a memory card of the device and outputs the file as a played-back audio signal while mixing the played-back audio signal with an external audio signal input from the outside, to thus perform overdubb... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173513 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor pressure sensor Method for manufacturing a semiconductor pressure sensor, wherein, in a silicon substrate, trenches are dug and delimit walls; a closing layer is epitaxially grown, that closes the trenches at the top and forms a suspended membrane; a heat treatment is performed so ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173140 | Compositions and methods for activating innate and allergic immunity Methods for making and using therapeutic formulations of Proteosome-based immunoactive compositions are provided. The immunogenic compositions, which include Proteosomes and liposaccharides, may be used to elicit or enhance a nonspecific innate immune response to, f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172827 | Apparatus for treating asthma using neurotoxin Apparatus for providing intrabronchial delivery of neurotoxins to control the effects of asthma comprises a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a neurotoxin applicator assembly disposed on the distal end. The neurotoxin applicator assembly comprises a deployab... | 05/08/2012 |
| RE43374 | Apparatus and method for bioelectric stimulation, healing acceleration and pain relief An apparatus for generating an electrical signal for use in biomedical applications, including two timing blocks for generating timing intervals T1-T7, an interconnection block for combining these intervals into an output signal having predeter... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659335 | Covered clothes line | 05/08/2012 |
| D658951 | Scoop turner | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171313 | Communication device and power supply method Provided is a communication device capable of efficiently performing a power supply control when reducing power consumption by reducing the time during which the power is supplied. In the device, a CPU power saving control unit (301) switches between a normal... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170897 | Automated validation of results of human performance of tasks Techniques are described for facilitating automated validation of results of performance of tasks. In some situations, task requesters may specify various automated validation criteria for tasks that they submit, and those specified validation criteria may automatic... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170840 | Pitch determination systems and methods for aerial roof estimation User interface systems and methods for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system that provides a user interface configured to facilitate roof model generation based on one or more aerial images of a building roof. In one emb... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170564 | Communication terminal apparatus, network system and handover method A communication terminal apparatus wherein even if there occurs a dropout or overtaking of call control messages, the current service can be continued without increasing the load of an apparatus such as a server in the network. In this apparatus, a VoIP call control... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170393 | Digital broadcast reproduction device and digital broadcast recording device There is disclosed a digital broadcast recording/reproduction device capable of easily searching for an updated data broadcast. In this device, a data broadcast update recording unit (125) receives an event message and a report on a module modification from a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169984 | Communication system, radio lan base station control device, and radio lan base station device There are provided a communication system, a radio LAN base station control device, and a radio LAN base station device capable of increasing the control reliability and improving communication stability and safety between the radio LAN base station control device a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169442 | Graphic system comprising a fragment graphic module and relative rendering method A graphic system having a central processing unit; a system memory coupled to the central processing unit; a display unit provided with a corresponding screen; a graphic module coupled to and controlled by the central processing unit to render an image on the screen... | 05/01/2012 |
