Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757192 | Integrated circuit designing device, integrated circuit designing method, and integrated circuit designing program Shielded clock wiring used in an integrated circuit is designed by storing a table of identifiers of shielded clock wiring usable in the integrated circuit, storing dividing rule information in correspondence with each identifier, describing a way of dividing the sh... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752576 | Design support apparatus, design support method, and computer product for designing function module from specification description An input unit inputs specification description that includes a plurality of pieces of processing information each indicative of a processing performed by a design object and association information indicative of associations among the processing information. A node ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7653738 | Network management method, program, and system An interconnection network is provided with switch devices for computers for a plurality of computers, respectively, a predetermined number of physical lines for switch devices for computers are bound to form each of logical lines, the physical lines forming the log... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653623 | Information searching apparatus and method with mechanism of refining search results An information searching apparatus and method capable of producing good search results even in the case where specified search keywords are found separately on a plurality of documents. Upon receipt of a search request from a client, a first search process searches ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646982 | Chromatic dispersion compensator A chromatic dispersion compensator of present invention includes a high-refractive-index VIPA plate, a three-dimensional mirror, and a control unit. The high-refractive-index VIPA plate is made of a material such as silicon having a refractive index higher than that... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646020 | Apparatus for observing an assembled state of components and method of observing an assembled state of components using such apparatus When bonding a workpiece to a substrate, processed parts of the substrate and the workpiece are observed and behavior such as the production of voids and the flowing of resin is observed. An apparatus for observing an assembled state of components includes: a stage ... | 01/12/2010 |
| D607862 | Mobile phone | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644420 | Electronic unit loading mechanism and disk array device In an electronic unit loading mechanism, an electronic unit is attachable to or detachable from an electronic unit loading base which is retractable to a housing. The electronic unit loading mechanism comprises a main part fixed to the loading base and a holding par... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7644292 | Information processing apparatus, quick activation method, and storage medium In response to an instruction to shut down a first operating system, the first operating system is shut down, and then a second operating system whose function is limited as compared with the first operating system is activated, and by the activation, the data store... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7644155 | Data communication system and data communication method A data communication system and data communication method capable of drastically improving the quality of a dynamic image service to be offered to a user. The data communication system comprises a mobile communication terminal (1-2), an application ser... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642991 | Method for driving plasma display panel A method for driving an AC type plasma display panel includes the steps of performing initialization at least once for each frame so as to clear binary setting of wall charge quantity in a screen by discharge except for micro discharge in which electrodes covered wi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639212 | Ac-type gas-discharge display device A novel PDP device capable of reducing the peak current of a sustain discharge without the need to modify circuits has been disclosed. The PDP device is an AC-type gas-discharge display device comprising an AC-type gas-discharge panel 1 having a plurality of ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636811 | Cache memory and method of controlling memory A cacheable memory access space receives memory access addresses having different data structures according to a status of a cache capacity from a processor. A cache hit detector determines whether data has been hit based on a mode signal, an enbblk [n] signal, and ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7635269 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part comprises a socket body to be mounted on a wiring board and a contact unit mounted on the socket body and provided with a plurality of electro-conducting members. The contact unit including a unit body vertically movable with respect ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7633047 | Non-contact optical sensor module Provided is an optical sensor module including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a pad with a perforated portion formed in the central portion thereof; a lens disposed on the top surface of the pad so as to cover the perforated portion; one or more light sources ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630587 | Optical waveguide device An optical waveguide device is disclosed wherein the modulation efficiency for a driving voltage is improved. The optical waveguide device includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, an electrode section adapted... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630164 | Library apparatus, having radio tags for arranging plurality of tape drives Radio tags storing parts identifying information are arranged for the individual constituent modules such as tape drives and conveying robots of the library apparatus. Upon every rise of the apparatus, the conveying robots are moved to positions permitting read of t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629485 | Process for producing aromatic carbonate Production of an aromatic carbonic ester through an ester exchange reaction between a starting material and a reactant while distilling by-product alcohols and/or by-product dialkyl carbonates off the reaction system, wherein use is made of a specified catalyst.... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626806 | Electronic device and receiving member An electronic apparatus having an upper housing, a lower housing to which the upper housing is connected so as to be openable and closable, where the lower housing is formed with a signal line path running near a connecting portion with the upper housing and the sig... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7607939 | Connector socket module and electronic device using the same A connector socket module having a reduced height used in a server is disclosed, the connector socket module including plural connector sockets, a relay board having a pattern of wiring electrically connected to the connector sockets provided on a front side of the ... | 10/27/2009 |
| D579915 | Speaker | 11/04/2008 |
| 7251792 | Net list creating method, net list creating device, and computer program thereof It is intended to provide net list creating method, net list creating device, and computer program thereof capable of creating net list of memory space by selecting optimum combination of memory macros and providing a control circuit for controlling and making the c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7123577 | Optical disk, optical disk access device and access method An optical disk having an increased data storage capacity and accessible randomly, the positional shift of which can be quickly detected. An optical disk access device and access method are also disclosed. The optical disk (1) has a track (T1) construc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103446 | Power supply control device and method for mobile robot A charging/discharging circuit electrically controls the charge of a battery using supplied current and discharge of it. A micro-controller drives a robot according to instructions from a personal computer, controls the charging/discharging circuit while monitoring ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7062679 | Computer recovery supporting apparatus and method, and computer recovery supporting program A computer recovery supporting apparatus and method, and computer recovery supporting program, in which when a failure occurs in a computer, by executing the recovery processing automatically as much as possible, an inappropriate recovery processing due to human err... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6932664 | Gas discharge tube and method for forming electron emission layer in gas discharge tube A gas discharge tube includes a plurality of light-emitting portions that are provided outside of the tube, at least two discharge electrodes, and an electron emission film formed on the entire inner wall of the tube for improving discharge characteristics. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925603 | Apparatus and method for presenting schedule information depending on situation Schedule data described using a sequence of a predetermined specification based on a set of a place condition and a time condition, and a schedule to be performed based on the place condition and time condition is processed depending on a range of a place informatio... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6925430 | Method of and apparatus for signal-waveform simulation, and computer product The apparatus includes the wiring-model generation section that generates a wiring model in accordance with high-frequency-circuit design information; the random-pattern analysis section that generates and analyzes a dummy random-pattern waveform for transmitting a ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6888610 | Liquid crystal display device having spontaneous polarization A liquid crystal layer is formed by filling a space between alignment films provided on both glass substrates with a ferroelectric liquid crystal material having a spontaneous polarization. This ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibits a monostable state in which the a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6875968 | Method of controlling microwave oven A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chambe... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6836063 | Display tube and display device A display tube is provided that can improve light emission efficiency without raising a breakdown voltage. The display tube has a tubular vessel defining a discharge gas space and a pair of display electrodes for generating surface discharge along the circumferentia... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6829592 | Data protection system, data preparation device, and data working device When a user works data required for allowance for the use thereof, the work processing is carried out by utilizing an exclusive work processing device. Thereafter, only the data of work information indicating what kind of working has been made to the original data (... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6804496 | Communicating in the presence of periodic microwave noise A wireless communication system operating in the presence of the periodic noise signals such as from a microwave oven, the communication system, including at least two wireless communication stations with each station including a transceiver, each such transceiver. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6798952 | Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer having a small-loss structure that uses an arrayed waveguide grating to optimally make the passband characteristic of demultiplexed light flat. An optical input waveguide and a sector slab waveguide are connected by a directional... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792482 | Device controller and input/output system An input/output request sent from a host is once cued through a channel adapter and is then transferred to a resource manager and is cued, and the cuing is distributed. Even if sequential input/output requests of the host are separated through a distribution process... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783872 | Dinaphtopyrene compound, and organic EL element and organic EL display using the same An organic EL element utilizes a dinaphthopyrene compound that has a high color purity of green light, excellent light-emitting efficiency, light-emitting luminance. The organic EL element has, in between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, an organic thi... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6717122 | Wall-mounted microwave oven and structure for removing magnetron A wall-mounted microwave oven includes a body partitioned into a cooking cavity and a machine room, a magnetron detachably installed in the machine room, and a control panel detachably mounted on the body in front of the machine room. The magnetron is mounted on a b... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714965 | Group contacting system, and recording medium for storing computer instructions for executing operations of the contact system A group contact system includes a server 4 for managing user information, and a plurality of user terminals (2) which mutually and commonly engage in a communication service operated on the server. The user terminal (2) includes a card forming i... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6700107 | Wall-mounted type microwave oven A wall-mounted type microwave oven includes an oven body and a single lighting device which illuminates a cooking chamber of the oven body and a kitchen space below the oven body. The lighting device is provided at a lower portion of the oven body to illu... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6687682 | System for discounting in a bidding process based on quality of service A multi-agent system for selecting a service based on competing bids, comprising a Bid Manager agent for issuing a call for bids, receiving the bids and selecting a best bid from among the received bids taking into consideration Quality of Service, and a ... | 02/03/2004 |
