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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132012 | Method and apparatus for the secure identification of the owner of a portable device An authentication system is provided that includes a portable device and a decryption node. An individual uses the portable device, such as a portable device like a cell phone to compute a challenge and a response. The challenge and response is sent to a decryption ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7956592 | Monitoring and control of power converters A digital controller configured to inject a signal into a digital feedback path that facilitates regulation of a power converter and measure the corresponding phase, gain, or frequency. The digital controller may also include an adaptive tuning controller for adjust... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7532027 | Deliberate destruction of integrated circuits A method is provided for intentionally permanently disabling a target device. The target device comprises an integrated circuit having one or more electronic devices, where the target device is disabled by destroying at least one or more electronic devices. The meth... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7489022 | Radio frequency over-molded leadframe package An over-molded leadframe (e.g., a Quad Flat No-lead (QFN)) package capable of operating at frequencies in the range of about five gigahertz (GHz) to about 300 GHz and a method of making the QFN package are disclosed. The QFN package includes a capacitance lead confi... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7456620 | Determining dead times in switched-mode DC-DC converters Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for determining dead-times in switched-mode DC-DC converters with synchronous rectifiers or other complementary switching devices. In one embodiment, for example, a controller for a DC-DC converter determines dead-time... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7418832 | Portable mister for adjusting ambient temperature A portable mister for cooling ambient air is disclosed comprising a housing for entirely containing a cooling agent, an irrigation system connected to the housing for receiving the cooling agent from the housing and dispersing the cooling agent in ambient air, and a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7151891 | Multi-orientation low profile dual outlet volatile dispenser The invention provides means within an improved vapor dispensing device to accommodate or compensate for multiple orientations of an outlet into which the device is to be inserted. Orientation compensation is accomplished by inverted and/or rotatable electrical adap... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7006376 | Tunable cantilever apparatus and method for making same Mass distribution within programmable surface control devices is controlled growing or dissolving an electrodeposition of metal and/or metal ions from a solid solution upon application of a suitable electric field. One such programmable surface control device includ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999905 | Method for extracting significant signal, recording medium and program A method for extracting a signal of interest from a signal generated from at least one subject, comprises the steps of (A) obtaining a time-series signal generated from the subject as a data group consisting of a plurality of pieces of data, (B) obtaining a pluralit... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994671 | Apparatus and method for screening, olfactory mucosa stimulating compound found by the screening method, and therapeutic apparatus and electrode section for measurement A method and apparatus for readily and reliably screening olfactory mucosa stimulating compounds are provided. An olfactory mucosa stimulating compound is sprayed through an atomizing nozzle 33 to an olfactory mucosa of a rat fixed in a test animal fixing dev... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6956785 | Method and apparatus for saving current in a memory device A memory device is configured to conserve electrical current by disabling the address lines provided to a memory bank when the address is not needed, such as during periods of automatic precharge. Because address data need not be provided while the bank is in an aut... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6893482 | Method for improving metals recovery using high temperature pressure leaching The present invention is directed to a system for recovering metal values from metal-bearing materials. During a reactive process, a seeding agent is introduced to provide a nucleation site for the crystallization and/or growth of solid species which otherwise tend ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894511 | Extracellular recording multiple electrode A multiple electrode for measuring electro-physiological characteristics of a biological specimen includes a plurality of micro-electrode provided on a first region on a substrate, and a reference electrode provided in a second region on the substrate. The reference... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890371 | Method for processing elemental sulfur-bearing materials using high temperature pressure leaching The present invention relates generally to a process for the production of sulfuric acid and liberation of precious metal values from materials containing sulfur through pressure leaching operations. In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the s... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6859546 | Image detection apparatus, program, and recording medium An image detection apparatus for detecting a target in an input image includes a database storing a target data unit, which includes information specifying the target to be detected, used color data, representative color data, and a cluster image; a representative c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6856866 | Apparatus for controlling hybrid electric vehicle An apparatus is provided for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle in which a rechargeable battery is discharged to drive an electric motor to cause the hybrid electric vehicle to travel, and the rechargeable battery is charged with regenerative electric power from ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6853606 | Magneto-optical storage medium capable of transferring magnetic domain from recording layer to reproducing layer A magneto-optical recording medium includes a substrate and a reproducing layer and a recording layer provided on the substrate. A recording magnetic domain is provided in the recording layer by heating the recording layer by irradiation with light and applying a re... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6850157 | Wireless data acquisition system A wireless data collection system 1a includes a wireless terminal 2 provided for an apparatus 1, a wireless base station 5 for communicating with the wireless terminal 2 through a wireless communication to collect data on th... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6838067 | Metamorphosed mineral compositions having internal lattice defects and methods of making A method of controllably altering the mineral matter transformation of mineral compositions such as, for example, vermiculitic micas, to achieve metamorphosed mineral compositions having specifically desired monatomic lattice defects is provided. Compositions formed... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6815726 | Semiconductor device and semiconductor substrate, and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes: a crystalline substrate including a primary surface and a crystal plane provided within the primary surface so as to have a surface orientation different from a surface orientation of the primary surface; a semiconductor layered stru... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6812670 | Battery control device The present invention provides a battery control device for controlling charging and discharging operations performed on a battery pack in which a plurality of serially-connected battery blocks each include a plurality of battery cells, and the device includes: a vo... | 11/02/2004 |
| D497911 | Reader for a payment device | 11/02/2004 |
| D497636 | Payment device | 10/26/2004 |
| 6796189 | Ultrasonic flowmeter having sequentially changed driving method For the purpose of solving the above problems, the present invention includes: transmission/reception means provided in a flow path for performing transmission/reception using a state change of fluid; repetition means for repeating the transmission/reception; time m... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6798725 | Wave-shaping apparatus and reproduction signal processing apparatus including the same A wave-shaping apparatus includes a first detection circuit for detecting a reproduction signal reproduced from an optical disk by an optical pickup circuit using a first detection time constant to detect an upper envelope of the reproduction signal; a second detect... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795941 | Method for diagnosing a network The present invention, in one embodiment, is a network having at least one controllable CAN-based sensor device having a microcontroller, a power source and at least one host controller. Preferably, the network is a Smart Distributed System-based network. In this em... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6791681 | Apparatus and method for determining existence range of foreign substance An apparatus for determining an existence range of a foreign substance which is present on a surface of an object, includes: an optical system including a light source for emitting a light beam on to the surface of the object; a movement section for relatively movin... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6789135 | Apparatus function change system having an apparatus service center containing customer information and setting information for a reconfigurable chip An apparatus function change service system for changing a function of an apparatus including a reconfigurable chip includes a request receiving section for receiving a request for a function change of the apparatus from a user of the apparatus; a specifying section... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6788624 | Method and apparatus for reproducing information from a magneto-optical recording medium A magneto-optical recording medium includes a substrate and a reproducing layer and a recording layer provided on the substrate. A method for reproducing information from the magneto-optical recording medium includes increasing the temperature of the magneto-optical... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785799 | Multiprocessor with asynchronous pipeline processing of instructions, and control method thereof A multiprocessor includes M banks storing a plurality of instructions; and N processors each having N instruction fetch stages, wherein each of the N processors processes one of the plurality of instructions in a pipelined manner, where N is an integer equal to or g... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6778425 | Magnetoresistance effect memory device and method for producing the same A magneto-resistive effect memory element according to the present invention includes a first ferromagnetic film; a second ferromagnetic film; a first nonmagnetic film provided between the first ferromagnetic film and the second ferromagnetic film, a first conductiv... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774886 | Display system, cursor position indication method, and recording medium A display system includes: a display section; and a control section for controlling the display section, wherein the control section includes a cursor display section for displaying a cursor on the display section, and a cursor position indication image display sect... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773335 | Apparatus for polishing periphery of device wafer and polishing method When a device wafer is chucked and is rotated about an axis thereof, arc-shaped work faces of first and second inclined-face-polishing members are brought into line-contact with inclined faces disposed at front and rear faces, respectively, of the device wafer, the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768334 | Signal transmitting receiving apparatus A signal transmitting/receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmitting device for transmitting data; a receiving device for receiving the data; a data line for transmitting the data; and a supply line for transmitting a bias voltage fo... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6759832 | Device for detecting a battery condition based on variations in batter voltage In a battery control device for controlling input to and output from a battery pack of the present invention, the battery pack includes a plurality of serially-connected battery blocks each including a plurality of serially-connected unit batteries. The device inclu... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748811 | Ultrasonic flowmeter An ultrasonic flow meter of the present invention includes: a measurement flow path 6 through which a fluid to be measured flows; ultrasonic transducers 8 and 9 provided respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side with respect to each... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748812 | Flow rate measuring apparatus A flow rate measuring apparatus includes: flow rate detection section 2 and 3 provided in a fluid flow path 1; a measuring section 10 for measuring an output from the flow rate detection sections 2 and 3; a cycle setting sec... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747921 | Apparatus for driving an objective lens utilizing flexible arms and pivotability mechanisms An apparatus for driving an objective lens of the present invention includes: a base which is moved along an optical disk; an objective lens disposed so as to be opposed to the optical disk and having an optical axis in a vertical direction with respect to the optic... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6745218 | Adaptive digital filter An adaptive digital filter of the present invention includes: a pipelined filtering section for performing a filtering operation based on input data and coefficient data so as to output filtered data; and a non-pipelined adaptation section for outputting the coeffic... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6738028 | Multi-display system and cursor controlling method therefor A multi-display system includes: first display means and second display means, wherein a cursor is displayed at a first position on the first display means; cursor position conversion means for converting the first position on the first display means at which the cu... | 05/18/2004 |
