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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949062 | Encoding system using a non-binary turbo code and an encoding method thereof An encoding system using a non-binary turbo code and an encoding method thereof is capable of encoding an input signal at a low code rate and at once by spreading the input signal. An input information bit sequence is spread according to the obtained channel code ra... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949016 | Interactive communication system, communication equipment and communication control method Communications from a transmission side to a reception side neither changing the format of voice code data nor requiring another transmission path or increasing the transmission quantity of control information are controlled utilizing information obtained on the rec... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948892 | Relay method, relay device, communication system, and computer program The present invention enables accurate simulation of the state of communication over a communication network in which a communication channel of different communication characteristic is set for each protocol and session, such as a VoIP network built in a multi-vend... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948725 | Composite integrated semiconductor device A composite integrated semiconductor device. In one embodiment, an input surge/noise absorbing circuit absorbs surge from an input signal, an attenuating circuit attenuates the input signal, and an electrical signal converting circuit converts the input signal to an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948670 | Optical attenuator An optical attenuator includes a first reflection portion reflecting a light incoming from an optical input portion in a direction different from incoming axis, a second reflection portion reflecting the light from the first reflection portion, an optical output por... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948228 | Technique for measuring power source noise generated inside integrated circuit To accurately measure power source noise generated inside an integrated circuit, the power source noise measuring device comprises: a mutual inductor pair placed inside an integrated circuit, the mutual inductor pair including (i) a first inductor connected to betwe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948091 | Mounting structure for semiconductor element A mounting structure for a semiconductor element is disclosed. The semiconductor element is bonded to a die pad through an adhesive film, which is formed by applying a predetermined amount of a paste adhesive onto the surface of the die pad and placing the semicondu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947754 | Foam The present invention provides a foam comprising (a) a polylactic acid resin, (b) at least one thermoplastic resin selected from a polyolefin resin and a polystyrene resin, and (c) a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene, wherein a rati... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7552411 | LSI analysis method, LSI analysis apparatus, and computer product In an LSI analysis apparatus, a logic element pair extracting unit extracts an unselected logic element pair when an input unit receives circuit description input. A searching unit searches for an input pattern causing the extracted pair to perform concurrent transi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552287 | Method and system of controlling a cache memory by interrupting prefetch request with a demand fetch request A cache memory control unit that controls a cache memory comprises: a PF-PORT 22 and MI-PORT 21 that receive a prefetch request and demand fetch request issued from a primary cache; and a processing pipeline 27 that performs swap processing when... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552278 | Disk array access dynamic control device and method In order to provide a disk array access dynamic control device and a method for improving the performance of a disk array device, the disk array access dynamic control device 1 comprises a composition information storage unit 3 for storing composition ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552249 | Direct memory access circuit and disk array device using same A DMA circuit prevents an erroneous data transfer by a descriptor due to an address failure of memory. When a descriptor is created, the data processing unit writes a pointer, for storing the descriptor, in a predetermined part of the descriptor, and stores the desc... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552167 | Communications control method and system with automatic data congestion preventing function A communications control method is provided for managing a communications system that includes an external network such as the Internet, an internal network and a router. A plurality of clients are connectable to the external network, while a server is connected to ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552105 | Importance degree calculation program, importance degree calculation method, and importance degree calculation apparatus The present invention has been made to calculate objective variable distribution having high reliability irrespective of the section size in an explanatory variable in which frequency drastically changes to thereby obtain highly reliable importance degree. An... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552002 | Numerical controller A numerical controller capable of performing path-table operations in a plurality of systems individually or synchronously, such that during a path-table operation in one system, a path-table operation or an operation according to NC statements can be selectively pe... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551828 | Optical transmission device for controlling optical level of transmission signal in optical transmission system An optical transmission device includes: an attenuator that attenuates an optical signal before being input into an optical element by a predetermined attenuation amount determined so that a level of an adjustment optical signal input into the optical element falls ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551820 | Optical device An optical device including (a) a substrate having an electro-optic effect; (b) an optical waveguide formed on a surface layer portion of said substrate and including an optical waveguide for performing optical modulation for light inputted to said substrate and an ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551778 | Business form processing program, method, and device A business form processing program to cause a computer to execute a character box-image reading step for reading by a scanner all colors of a business form with blank character boxes and storing them as character box images, a business form reading step for reading ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551740 | Weighted secret sharing and reconstructing method A weighted secret sharing and reconstructing method includes encoding the secret using a predetermined code, producing voices so that different weights are assigned to errors in an error vector according to locations of the errors, encrypting the encoded secret usin... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551634 | Communication network system A communication network system includes: a plurality of lower hierarchy networks, each having a plurality of first relay apparatuses; and an intermediate hierarchy network having a plurality of second relay apparatuses for connecting the plurality of lower hierarchy... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551347 | Optical amplification characteristics simulation apparatus and optical amplification characteristics simulation method In an optical amplification characteristics simulation apparatus according to the present invention, using spectrums of a signal light input to an optical amplifier and a characteristic parameter for amplification medium, gain wavelength characteristics of the ampli... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551203 | Picture inputting apparatus using high-resolution image pickup device to acquire low-resolution whole pictures and high-resolution partial pictures A solid state image pickup device has a high-resolution pixel array consisting of a plurality of photo-receptive elements disposed at a high density. A low-resolution whole picture scanning unit outputs low-resolution whole picture data by reading out and scanning t... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551048 | Micro-relay and method of fabricating the same A micro-relay includes a first substrate having stationary contacts and a stationary electrode, a second substrate arranged so as to face the first substrate, and a movable plate arranged between the first and second substrates. The movable plate has a frame and a m... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550891 | Permanent magnet motor having stator poles with stepped-end-surfaces and rotor with outer-circumferential-recessed surface A permanent-magnet motor including a rotor having permanent magnets disposed therein, and a stator, wherein an outer circumferential surface of the rotor is opposite to an inner circumferential surface of the stator, and one or both of the outer circumferential surf... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7549805 | Transceiver module The object is to provide a transceiver module that is capable of performing a high-rate communication, and satisfies the demand at a moderate cost in a case where short distance communication is enough for transmitting or receiving signals. The transceiver module ha... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7549794 | In-furnace temperature measuring method There is provided an in-furnace temperature measuring method that is capable of reducing the number of operation steps that are required for temperature measurement, and effectively applying a measurement result even if colors and finishing states of a circuit board... | 06/23/2009 |
| RE40791 | Method and system for verifying the authenticity of a first communication participants in a communications network In the method and the arrangement for checking the authenticity of a first communication subscriber in a communications network, a first fault information item is formed in the first communication subscriber using a fault detection data item of the first communicati... | 06/23/2009 |
| RE40784 | Method for automatic setting of a timer reservation mode and an associated clock in a V.C.R. In a VCR employing multiple reservation modes, the last used reservation mode is memorized by a microprocessor, and, at the time for setting a next reservation, the memorized reservation mode is automatically set. At that time, if the current time has not been set, ... | 06/23/2009 |
| RE40769 | Method and apparatus for controlling the gray scale of plasma display device A method of controlling the gray scale of a plasma display device has a forming step of forming a frame for an image by a plurality of subframes each having a different brightness, a setting step of setting the number of sustain emissions of each subframe in an anti... | 06/23/2009 |
| D594842 | Portable phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594841 | Portable phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594840 | Portable phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594839 | Mobile phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594838 | Mobile phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594837 | Mobile phone | 06/23/2009 |
| D594832 | Portable phone | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548528 | Method for assigning and method for scheduling codes for data transmissions, between a radio station and at least one subscriber station, over an air interface of a radiocommunication system, together with network-side equipment and radio station Codes are assigned and scheduled for data transmissions, between a radio station and at least one subscriber station, over a wireless interface of a radio communication system, in such a way that both for transmissions in the upward direction (uplink), from subscrib... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548399 | Head stack assembly protecting member and method for installing head stack assembly in hard disk drive using the same A head stack assembly (HSA) protecting member to be installed in the HSA to protect the HSA, and a method of installing the HSA in a hard disk drive (HDD) by using the HSA protecting member are provided. The HSA protecting member includes a first spacer which is int... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548024 | Plasma display panel and method for manufacturing the same A plasma display panel includes first and second substrates opposed to each other for defining a space filled with discharge gas, a screen made up of cells arranged in the row and column directions, display electrodes arranged on the first substrate, the display ele... | 06/16/2009 |
| D594466 | Video image display for a portable phone | 06/16/2009 |
