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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185950 | Image forming apparatus, method for management of authenticating information and computer readable medium storing program thereof An information forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that carries out data communication with an authentication card inserted into a card slot; an authentication unit that authenticates that a user who attempts to operate the apparatus is an authorized us... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185846 | Teaching box for use in robot, customization method, and robot system using the same The present invention provides a teaching box configured such that an operator can optionally change a coloration and a size of a text displayed on a display area. The teaching box includes a main menu area, a pulldown menu area, a status area, a general-purpose are... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185742 | Device and method for providing video stream having integrity Provided are a device and method for providing a video stream, in which a hash value of a frame is included in the header of a video stream, and authentication information about the header is inserted into the video stream, thus ensuring integrity against the forger... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185722 | Processor instruction set for controlling threads to respond to events The invention provides a processor comprising an execution unit and a thread scheduler configured to schedule a plurality of threads for execution by the execution unit in dependence on a respective status for each thread. The execution unit is configured to execute... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185719 | Message routing scheme for an array having a switch with address comparing component and message routing component Each possessor node in an array of nodes has a respective local node address, and each local node address comprises a plurality of components having an order of addressing significance from most to least significant. Each node comprises: mapping means configured to ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185530 | Method and system for web document clustering Method and system for web documents clustering are provided. The method for web documents clustering includes: inputting a plurality of web documents, collecting information of the links and the directory structure of the inputted web documents, extracting, accordin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185452 | Document processing system and computer readable medium A document processing system includes: an activity storage; a business process narrative storage; a risk storage; a control storage; an information extracting unit; and a document preparing and outputting unit. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185374 | Multi-language communication method and system The invention provides a multi-language communication method, comprising: providing to each of the persons access to a plurality of language options; receiving from each of one or more of the persons an indication of a respective choice of language chosen by the res... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185324 | Method of determining initial concentration of nucleic acid in sample using real-time amplification data Disclosed is a method of determining an initial concentration of a target nucleic acid within a sample using real-time nucleic acid amplification data. Amplification efficiencies of the target nucleic acid with respect to amplification time are obtained from signals... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185284 | Control device of automatic transmission, and control method of automatic transmission ECU executes in-neutral control in a case where a first clutch is brought into a half-engagement state on the basis of execution of neutral control. During the in-neutral control, ECU detects engine speed and input-shaft rotating speed, and detects differential rota... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185225 | Program creation apparatus, numerical control apparatus, program creation method An NC programming assisting apparatus that creates an NC machining program reflecting dimensional tolerance data on shape data of a machining subject includes a machining target dimension calculation unit that calculates machining target dimensions of the machining ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185029 | Fixing device including deformable peeling member and image forming apparatus including the same A fixing device comprises: a pair of fixing rotors, at least one of which has a heating source and both of which are rotated in pressure contact with each other; and a click-shaped peeling member provided on a downstream side of the fixing rotor with respect to a tr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185024 | Developing unit having a magnet member and image forming apparatus including the developing unit A developing unit including a retainer receiving portion for receiving a developer retainer, a first agitation portion adjacent to the retainer receiving portion, a second agitation portion adjacent to the first agitation portion, a first conveyance member received ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184956 | Method and apparatus for storing appreciation data, method and apparatus for generating order information, method and apparatus for processing appreciation data, and programs therefor A large amount of appreciation data such as image data exceeding capacity of a recording medium is easily managed. Image data are recorded in a recording medium by a digital camera. When a user requests storage of the image data from a DPE store, the image data are ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184930 | Titania nanotube and method for producing same A titania nanotube suitable as an optical sensor or gas sensor is provided. The titania nanotube has a length of 1 μm or more; preferably a diameter of 0.1 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 100 or more. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184871 | Biometrical feature inputting system, image synthesizing apparatus, and image synthesizing method A biometrical feature inputting system including: an imager placed in front of a finger, for imaging an image of a front face of the finger, and an image of either one of lateral faces of the finger; a reflector placed on at least one side of lateral faces of the fi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184870 | Apparatus, method, and program for discriminating subjects A characteristic amount calculating means calculates first characteristic amounts, which do not require normalization, and normalized second characteristic amounts. A first discriminating portion discriminates whether a candidate for a face is included in the target... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184857 | Moving object recognizing apparatus The moving object recognizing apparatus includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring image data obtained in time series by an imaging device, a recognition unit for recognizing a moving object by executing a plurality of image processing operations on two of the i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184738 | Clock reproducing apparatus and method A common mode of a waveform of a duobinary transmission signal (IN) is set to 0 and the size of a data eye is set to Veye; and reference potentials Vref_H and Vref_L are set to the following values: Veye/√{square root over (3)}≦Vrefâ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184695 | Digital broadcasting transmitter, turbo stream processing method thereof, and digital broadcasting system having the same A digital broadcasting transmitter, a turbo stream processing method thereof, and a digital broadcasting system having the same. The digital broadcasting transmitter includes a first compressor, forming a normal stream by compressing audio and video signals in a fir... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184688 | Digital broadcasting reception apparatus and robust stream decoding method thereof A digital broadcasting reception apparatus and robust stream decoding method thereof. The digital broadcasting reception apparatus includes a robust decoder that decodes a robust stream of a dual transport stream where a normal stream and the robust stream are combi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184568 | Wireless LAN system and wireless communication method Each of a plurality of wireless terminals connected to a wireless LAN base station notifies the base station of an address for receiving data by one-to-many communication from the base station when said wireless terminal executes a program using the one-to-many comm... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184473 | Nanowire memory device and method of manufacturing the same A nanowire memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A memory device includes: a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a first nanowire extending from an end of the first electrode; a second electrode formed over the first el... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184356 | Micro thin-film structure, MEMS switch employing such a micro thin-film, and method of fabricating them A micro thin-film structure, a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) switch, and methods of fabricating them. The micro thin-film structure includes at least two thin-films having different properties and laminated in sequence to form an upper layer and a lower lay... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184333 | Image recording processing circuit, image recording apparatus and image recording method using image recording processing circuit Mirror sequential data supplied from an RIP are temporarily stored as divided data in memory banks of an intermediate memory. Thereafter, the stored mirror sequential data are read in blocks. Then, a transposition processor transposes a matrix of the mirror sequenti... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184286 | Atomic absorption spectrophotometer An atomic absorption spectrophotometer that memorizes the maximum amount of light of each light source when an transmissivity of each of a plurality of dimmers is largest; computes an appropriate transmissivity of each dimmer for equalizing the amounts of light of t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184171 | Image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, image pickup method, and image processing method Images are photographed by focus bracket photography at an in-focus position of a main subject and at focal positions followed and preceded by the in-focus position. The images are synthesized so as to obtain a blur-emphasized image in which areas desired to be blur... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184162 | Radiation image capturing apparatus A radiation image capturing apparatus includes: a radiation detector for detecting charge information; an analog multiplexer for passing an analog charge information signal read out from each pixel of the radiation detector, alternately in a first order and a second... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184156 | Image displaying system and apparatus for displaying images by changing the displayed images based on direction or direction changes of a displaying unit An image displaying system for displaying an image operable to change a displayed image according to a direction of a image displaying apparatus, including: an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, the display... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183978 | Electronic key apparatus for a vehicle Provided is an electronic key apparatus for a vehicle, capable of suppressing power consumption, reducing a verification time, and improving responsiveness of an on-vehicle device. The electronic key apparatus for a vehicle includes an on-vehicle device and a plural... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183956 | Diplexer circuit, high-frequency circuit and high-frequency module A diplexer circuit comprising a common terminal, a low-frequency-side terminal, a high-frequency-side terminal, a low-frequency-side path comprising a low-frequency filter disposed between the common terminal and the low-frequency-side terminal, and a high-frequency... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183895 | Clock dividing circuit A clock dividing circuit includes a control logic unit and a flip-flop. The control logic unit outputs an enable signal and a data signal according to a clock signal and a division ratio. The flip-flop outputs a divided clock signal based on the clock signal, the en... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183704 | Connection and disconnection sequence for variable speed wind turbine having an exciter machine and a power converter not connected to the grid A variable speed wind turbine having a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), includes an exciter machine mechanically coupled to the DFIG and a power converter placed between a rotor of the DFIG and the exciter machine. Thus, the power converter is not directly con... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183656 | Photodiode A photodiode includes: an upper spacer layer including a semiconductor transparent to incident light; a metal periodic structure provided on the upper spacer layer and arranged to induce surface plasmon, the metal periodic structure including first and second electr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183492 | Power supply circuit for wire electric discharge machining apparatus A power supply circuit for a wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes an auxiliary power supply (3) for generating an auxiliary discharge by applying a voltage between a workpiece (2) and a wire electrode (1); and a plurality of main... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183465 | Component built-in wiring substrate and manufacturing method thereof A component built-in wiring substrate (10) which includes: a core substrate (11); a plate-shaped component (101); a resin filling portion (92); and a wiring stacking portion (31), wherein, when viewed from the core principal surfac... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183403 | Organosilicon compound as well as rubber composition, tire, primer composition, paint composition and adhesive using the same This invention relates to a novel compound capable of largely reducing hysteresis loss of a rubber composition but also highly improving wear resistance, and more particularly to an organosilicon compound characterized by having one or more silicon-oxygen bond (Siâ€... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183387 | Phenylpyrazole derivatives The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, sleep apnea syndrome, cir... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183386 | Phenylnaphthylimidazole compound and usage of the same A surface treating agent containing a novel phenylnaphthylimidazole compound represented by the following formula is brought into contact with the surface of copper or a copper alloy. In the formula, when A1 is a p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183368 | Thermosetting compound, composition containing the same, and molded article The object of the present invention is to provide a thermosetting compound having dielectric properties, in particular permittivity and dielectric loss, which are improved compared to prior art, a composition containing the same, and a molded article. The thermosett... | 05/22/2012 |
