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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7060983 | Method and apparatus for radiation detection An imaging system for imaging an object has an x-ray source for emitting x-rays. A detection system has a plurality of position sensitive detector planes, and the object is located between the x-ray source and the detection system. A portion of the x-rays pass throu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7489351 | Dynamic range extension for focal plane arrays An optical detector uses an auxiliary integrating capacitor is used to determine the optical flux rate when the charge on the well capacitor approaches or reaches linear saturation. The voltage across the primary linearly operating integrating well capacitor is moni... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7337653 | Liquid chromatography specimen filling method A sample injection apparatus and sample injection method capable of sufficiently reducing carry-over, having simple cleaning means for a short cleaning time period, a small influence of vibration of the cleaning means, and a small error in the amount of injected sam... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332364 | Method of fabricating a Zn-base semiconductor light emitting device A p-n junction interface 3 is formed between an n-type ZnTe1-xOx (0.5≦x≦1) layer 8 and a p-type ZnTe1-xOx (0≦x | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326118 | Gaming machine, trading card and game system A gaming machine uses a trading card 20. The trading card 20 stores character data concerning a character and has a surface printed with a detail of the character data. A trading card handling device 60 writes changed character data into the tra... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311579 | Block set for assembling a solid creation and apparatus for fabricating block for assembling solid creation A block set for assembling solid creations uses at least two types of cylindrical blocks. The cylindrical blocks are a thin cylindrical block and a thick cylindrical block. The thick cylindrical block may include a hole on a side face thereof for receiving the thin ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309288 | Computer-readable program stored in a memory for implementing a game There is provided a gaming machine which enhances interest in the entire game by diversifying the contents of the game, such as an RPG, and enables players to play a game adjusted to the individual players. When an object for ring customization is determined to be a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301697 | Microscope device Specularly reflected light from a convergence position on an object surface 31 enters a second critical-angle prism 14, another prism 15, and a first critical-angle prism 13 of a parallel beam selection optical system 20 in this or... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297214 | Free cutting alloy Provided is free cutting alloy excellent in machinability, preserving various characteristics as alloy. The free cutting alloy contains: one or more of Ti and Zr as a metal element component; and C being an indispensable element as a bonding component with the metal... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294779 | Solar cell and method for producing the same A solar cell 1 has a number of grooves 2 formed in parallel with each other on a first main surface 24a of a silicon single crystal substrate. An electrode 6 is formed on the inner side face of each groove 2 on one side. Eac... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291992 | Load failure protection circuit and discharge lamp driving apparatus The present invention provides a load failure protection circuit and a discharge lamp driving apparatus, which can exactly detect a failure even if the failure arises in any of a plurality of discharge lamps, and can stop drive of the discharge lamp. A part of curre... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289081 | Antenna coil device In an antenna coil device 100, a coil portion 12 having a lead wire 2 wound around a magnetic core 1 is mounted on a case 3 made of plastic resin, and on one side of the case 3, terminal boards 4 and 5 that ele... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285294 | Hair growth inhibitors and composition containing same A hair growth inhibitor contains, as an active ingredient, at least one herb selected from the group consisting of phellodendron bark, houttuynia, rice bran, mulberry tree bark, Japanese coptis, thyme, peach seed, nettle, calendula, wild ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281976 | Gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a game board 3 formed from a light-transparent member; a projecting device 42 for projecting a game medium onto the game board; a plurality of entrances 10 adapted to receive the game medium projected onto the game boa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282025 | Electronic endoscope apparatus for connection to adapter unit A DVI circuit for generating a digital video signal in accordance with a display standard of a personal computer, etc. is provided for a processor device to which an electronic endoscope is connected. On the output side of the DVI circuit, a high vision system conve... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277567 | Medical visible image generating method According to a distribution of image data values corresponding to individual spatial coordinate points on a three-dimensional space obtained when a region to be observed is tomographically taken by a radiographic medical diagnosis system, an interpolation area is pr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272539 | Representation generation method, representation generation device, and representation generation system Unique representation, such as music or image full of originality, is generated in relation to a specific data sequence such as a telephone number. A music generation server 10 is provided with a material table TA in which material data associated with... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255676 | Electronic endoscope apparatus which stores image data on recording medium An electronic endoscope apparatus which records image data of an object under observation on a recording medium has an image storage memory capable of storing current image data for at least one examination in response to an image capture command and transfers the i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257496 | Method and apparatus for monitoring SF6 gas and electric utility apparatus A method for detecting loss of SF6 gas from electrical utility apparatus determines a molar ratio of gas in a container at an initial time and of gas in the container at a subsequent time. Measurement of temperature is determined by averaging ambient temperature and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246900 | Shock-absorbing mechanism for spectacles An endpiece (E) is composed by disposing a pair of elastic inner and outer wiring or plating parts in juxtaposition. An outer part external member (1) is adopted to keep a shape and structure of the endpiece (E) intact and reinforced. The inner part is a buff... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248281 | Electronic endoscope apparatus which superimposes signals on power supply An electronic endoscope apparatus has a single coaxial cable installed between a scope A and a processor unit B. Waveform superimposing circuits superimpose a video signal on power transmitted through the coaxial cable and sequentially superimpose scope-side referen... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245384 | Sample inclination measuring method A sample inclination measuring method rotates, by a predetermined angle with respect to an interferometer apparatus, a columnar member having a leading end face in a planar form while the columnar member is held by a clamping apparatus, detects a relative angle betw... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243428 | Hair brush and replaceable cutting unit for hair brush The object of the present invention is to provide a hair brush that can be used for cutting the hair so that no skills and knack are required for adjusting the inclination angle of bristles and cutters with respect to the scalp. In a hair brush in which multiple the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233400 | Interferometer for measuring virtual contact surfaces The light source is a low-coherence light source, and the optical path is regulated so that the reflected light from the upper surface of each metal wire and that from the reference surface interfere with each other during the first measuring operation, and so that ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229176 | Device for displaying imagery three-dimensionally Device for displaying imagery three-dimensionally, which comprises a first image reproduction element having an image reproduction surface and a second image reproduction element having an image indication surface of reflective property. Those image reproduction and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223174 | Program for implementing a game and gaming machine A conventional game program involves the risk of the player losing interest in the game. A computer-readable program product which enables a beginner player to sufficiently enjoy interest in a game is provided. A character to be subjected to ring customization is se... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208755 | Light-emitting device and method of fabricating the same A light emitting device 1 has formed therein a light emitting layer section 24 based on a double heterostructure in which a p-type cladding layer 34, an active layer 33 and an n-type cladding layer 32, individually composed of a Mg... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204977 | Powder-containing oil-in-water emulsified composition There is provided an oil-in-water emulsified composition comprising hydrophobic powder particles, a polyether-modified silicone represented by formula (1), and an ionic water-soluble polymer compound, whereby the succulent feel originating from thickening effect ren... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199436 | Attachment structure for solid-state imaging device An attachment structure is used for attaching a solid-state imaging device to a light exit end face of a color-separating prism. When bonding the light exit end face on the color-separating prism side and the light entrance face on the solid-state imaging device sid... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194896 | Surface hardness distribution measuring method and apparatus It is possible to blast air on a surface portion of a measured object from a hole of pressing means, project illumination light in a concentric pattern with an optical element and shoot the measured object with a CCD so as to visually grasp hardness distribution on ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189407 | Composition for external use A compositions for external use comprising succinoglucan and a water-swelling clay mineral, which is useful particularly as cosmetics. The composition can give a novel feeling upon use which satisfies the diversified requirements by consumers and is excellent in lon... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183889 | High-voltage transformer A high-voltage transformer 11 is provided with first and second bobbins 21A, 21B wound with primary windings 45A, 45B and secondary windings 46A, 46B respectively, I-shaped first and second cores 30A, 30... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183886 | Inductance device An inductance device comprises a drum core having a center core, and flanges integrated therewith. The center core is wound with a wire, whereas a magnetic gap is formed between the upper flange and lower flange. The magnetic gap is closed with an insulator, mixed w... | 02/27/2007 |
| D537130 | Body for a doll | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175785 | Method of producing a polarized lens and a casting die used in the same A method of producing a polarized lens and a casting die used therein are provided to allow a polarized film to be securely positioned within a casting die and a polarized lens to be cast in a uniform density and be almost free from any distortion on the surface so ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173710 | Inclination adjusting apparatus, ferrule clamping apparatus, and interferometer apparatus equipped with them In an inclination adjusting apparatus comprising two base members opposing each other, an adjusting screw for relatively inclining the two base members with respect to each other is rotatably threaded into and held by one of the two base members while projecting a l... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166136 | Hairdye preparation A hair dye composition comprising a component (A), which is a specified long-chain acyl sulfonic acid salt anionic surfactant, in an amount of 0.1 to 10.0 wt. %; a component (B), which is an aliphatic alcohol, in an amount of 0.25 to 25.0 wt. %; and a component (C),... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164343 | Digital potentiometer A variable potentiometer with a wiper terminal and first and second terminals has relay switches for shorting or for unshorting resistors. When resistance is reduced between the wiper and one of said terminals, resistance is increased between the wiper and another t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161308 | High-voltage discharge lamp operating device A high-voltage discharge lamp operating device capable of reducing the size and the weight of a DC-DC converter circuit, and accordingly of the operating device without generating any magnetic saturation of a transformer core part even when igniting a lamp in the op... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157307 | Zn-base semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing same On the surface of a substrate 1, a precursory buffer layer 2′ composed of an In-base compound or a Zn-base compound, not contained in the substrate 1, is formed so as to be stacked thereon as a polycrystal layer or an amorphous layer. Before a... | 01/02/2007 |
