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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180856 | Testing a network There are disclosed processes and systems relating to optimized traffic generation and reception for testing a network. A TCP/IP protocol stack and an HTTP program are operative in kernel space. The HTTP program may receive a test request from an application operati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180070 | Howling suppressing apparatus A howling suppressing apparatus includes: a detecting unit configured to detect howling of input audio signals; a plurality of filters configured to apply a filter process sequentially to the audio signals to be output; and a setting unit configured to set a filter ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179282 | Consensus based vehicle detector verification system A method, system and computer program product are provided for automating the task of data collection and reduction for highway vehicle detector testing. To evaluate the performance of each detector under test, a set of detection data is accumulated concurrently fro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179107 | Power supply circuit and electronic equipment A power supply circuit comprising: a voltage generating circuit configured to generate an output voltage of a target level from an input voltage; an overcurrent protection circuit configured to control the voltage generating circuit so as to stop an output current, ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179075 | Motor driving integrated circuit A motor driving integrated circuit comprising: a speed control circuit configured to control a rotation speed of a motor according to a speed control signal; a detecting circuit configured to detect whether the speed control signal indicates stop of rotation of the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171193 | Master communication circuit, slave communication circuit, and data communicating method A master communication circuit communicatively connected to a slave communication circuit, comprises a timer circuit that can detect a first time; a first output circuit that outputs a first output signal of one logical level for starting a detecting operation of th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170517 | Receiving apparatus A receiving apparatus comprising: a first mixing unit to output first and second mixed signals each having a first frequency that is a frequency difference between a received signal and a first local oscillator signal, the first and second mixed signals having phase... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170413 | Single seat-kill camera system There is disclosed a single seat-kill camera system and method. The single seat-kill camera may include a camera head and an elevator configured to position the camera head in one of a down position and an up position. An obstruction detector may determine whether o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170412 | Platform for stereoscopic image acquisition There is disclosed a method and apparatus for acquiring stereoscopic images. A first camera may be mounted to a first convergence plate, the first convergence plate coupled to a first plate via a first XY slide and a first pivot displaced from the first XY slide. A ... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658422 | Towel with a zippered segmented storage compartment | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165002 | Optical pickup apparatus and objective lens An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a laser diode; an objective lens made of synthetic resin arranged in an optical path of laser light between the laser diode and an optical disc so that the laser light from the laser diode is focused onto a signal recording la... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161418 | System and method for generating an informational media display on a document processing device The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating an informational media display on a document processing device. A document processing signal representing the status of a document processing operation on an associated document processing dev... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159957 | Hardware time stamping and synchronized data transmission Hardware time stamping and synchronized data transmission disclosed. In a method, a reference time stamp and a local time stamp are obtained. A synchronization offset is prepared based on the local time stamp and the reference time stamp. Instructions are received t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156966 | Animal resistant tubing system There is disclosed an animal-resistant tubing system. The animal resistant tubing system may include a flexible tube disposed within a coil shield, the coil shield having an uncompressed length longer than a length of the flexible tube. The coil shield may have an i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149444 | Printing control system A print system in which a printer and a client personal computer are connected to a network. The printer may include a storage unit configured to store a residual quantity information of sheets of paper in a paper feed cassette, a communication unit configured to tr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139935 | 3D camera with foreground object distance sensing There is disclosed a stereographic camera system and a method of operating a stereographic camera system. The stereoscopic camera system may include a left camera and a right camera having respective left and right lenses and an IOD mechanism to set an interocular d... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134522 | LED driving circuit An LED driving circuit includes: a current generating circuit configured to generate a drive current corresponding to a voltage level of a drive voltage applied to anodes of the first to fourth LEDs so as to alternately drive the first and second LEDs and the third ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127534 | Pellet loaded attitude control rocket motor There is disclosed a solid fuel rocket motor which may include a case and a nozzle coupled to the case. A plurality of fuel pellets may be disposed within the case. An igniter may be disposed to ignite at least a portion of the fuel pellets. A pellet retainer may be... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127217 | Document management system for transferring a plurality of documents The subject application is directed to managing electronic documents in associated data storage areas. User identification is received and indicia of data storage areas is displayed. Storage selection is received from the user to store incoming electronic documents.... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126910 | System and method to perform mobile printing from handheld devices A system and method for printing a file on a remote printer via an electronic message. A personal electronic device transmits an electronic message requesting a listing of available electronic files. The personal electronic device then receives an electronic message... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126151 | Audio signal processing circuit An audio signal processing circuit comprising: a holding circuit configured to receive a clock signal and set data corresponding to the clock signal, and to hold the set data; a processing circuit configured to process at least one of a first audio signal and a seco... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121497 | Image forming apparatus, MFP and method of displaying jam removal guidance An image forming apparatus may include an image forming device to form and fix an image on a paper, a paper conveyer to convey the paper from a sheet feeder through the image forming device to a finisher, at least one door configured to uncover and cover a part of t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121148 | Protocol stack using shared memory There are disclosed processes and systems relating to optimized network traffic generation and reception. Application programs and a protocol stack may share a memory space. The protocol stack may designate available bandwidth for use by an application program. The ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117272 | Matching social network users Systems and methods are disclosed for matching of individuals to one another using a matching model. The matching model matches social network users based on ratings given by users one to another, as well as, as appropriate and available, explicit attributes indicat... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116433 | Calls per second network testing Systems and methods for calls per second network testing are disclosed. The methods may be performed by a network testing system or other computing device. The method may include receiving user selection to create a network test. A user specification of a bulk netwo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109404 | Cap for shipping and storage containers including two types of tamper evidence A tamper evident cap adapted to close an opening on a vessel includes a main body having an outer circumference, a pull tab extending from the main body, and a flange, forms an annulus around the main body and connected to the main body. The flange includes an outer... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109146 | Measurement of bowed string dynamics There are disclosed systems and methods for measuring the bowing parameters and the bowed string dynamics of a player playing a bowed string instrument. A system for measuring the bowing parameters and the bowed string dynamics may comprise a computer, a bow system ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102158 | Phase synchronization circuit A phase synchronization circuit comprising: a charging/discharging-circuit to charge/discharge a capacitor in accordance with a drive-signal, charging and/or discharging current-values of the capacitor being settable; an oscillation-circuit to output an oscillation-... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099734 | Portable system and method for soft reset of computer devices The subject application is directed to a portable system and method for soft reset of computer devices. Upon detection of a portable data device via an associated media interface, data communication is commenced between a computer device and the detected portable da... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098847 | Muting circuit A muting circuit comprising: a DC offset eliminating unit including an HPF (High Pass Filter) constituted by a first operational amplifier to eliminate a DC offset component of an AC input signal, the DC offset eliminating unit being configured to output an output s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098033 | Motor drive circuit A motor drive circuit comprising: a triangle wave generation circuit configured to charge/discharge a capacitor with a charging/discharging current having a current amount corresponding to an amplitude control voltage for controlling an amplitude of an oscillation v... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652347 | Button | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095209 | Biological interface system with gated control signal Various embodiments of a biological interface system and related methods are disclosed. The biological interface system may comprise a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patien... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090803 | System and method for transmission of data A system and method for data communication connecting on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant call to action for users who are p... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090318 | Digital data processing circuit A digital data processing circuit includes: an output unit configured to output to an audio signal processing circuit change data for changing a receiving frequency of a FM receiving device as a first frequency to a second frequency in response to an instruction sig... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090251 | Frame linked 2D/3D camera system A method of operating a 3D camera and a frame-linked 2D/3D camera system. The 3D camera may receive data conveying operating parameters of at least one 2D camera. Operating parameters of the 3D camera including a pan angle Φ3D, a tilt angle T3D | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082146 | Noise canceller using forward and backward linear prediction with a temporally nonlinear linear weighting A noise canceller is constituted by a forward linear prediction processor that performs forward linear prediction for a reception signal in a noisy section where the reception signal includes noise, and a backward linear prediction processor that performs backward l... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081557 | Optical pickup apparatus An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a laser light source; an objective lens; a reflection mirror; a photodetector; and a beam splitter, the beam splitter including a first reflective film configured to generate a first phase difference corresponding to a predete... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081556 | Optical pickup apparatus An optical-pickup apparatus comprising: a laser-light source including first-and-second-light-emitting points for laser lights with first-and-second wavelengths which points are disposed at positions deviating in a direction optically corresponding to an optical-dis... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081115 | Combining multiple-port patch antenna An exemplary apparatus providing an antenna for radiating electromagnetic energy is disclosed as having: a first dielectric substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a patch of conducting material disposed on the first surface, a ground plane of conductin... | 12/20/2011 |
