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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181263 | Data communication system controlling available addressees for data based on preselected security level of user and addressee location An LDAP server stores security levels individually assigned to a plurality of destinations and a plurality of users in advance. When a user is authenticated successfully by the LDAP server, a control section of a multi-functional machine obtains the security level o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174609 | Camera module and electronic device including the same In a camera module 1 of the present invention, a mechanical shutter 2 is provided above a top surface of a lens unit 3, and a protrusion section formed to an end of a lens 31 is held in a depression section formed on a back surface of the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169870 | Recording/reproducing device and method using pulse sequences, and information recording medium A recording/reproducing device includes a laser and a laser drive carried by a pickup having a drive for movement. A control controls the drives to irradiate the recording medium with laser pulse sequences forming recording marks having recording mark lengths betwee... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169869 | Recording parameter setting device and method using pulse sequences A recording parameter setting device setting parameters of pulse sequences forming recording marks on recording media. The device includes a storage section storing first and second look-up tables, and a recording parameter setting section for obtaining from the tab... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169647 | Authentication technique that can simplify works necessary when the printer position is changed, personnel allocation is changed, or a new printer is installed An image processing apparatus 30 is used with an IC card 32 capable of outputting first location information specifying a location where a user belongs to, and includes a card reader 50 obtaining the first location information from the IC card | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166073 | Information processing device, storage device and computer-readable medium for accepting description information of multi-media content including keywords and reference information indicative of duplicative occurrence of each keyword and retrieving location information in the content using the respective keywords and associated reference information There are provided a storage device and a computer readable medium capable of efficiently storing keywords contained in description information and efficiently retrieving the keyword. A list producing portion extracts the keywords from the description information an... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164781 | Output system for unifying a documentary form relating to an event To provide an output system and an output device capable of easily unifying a documentary form relating to an event without increasing the number of work processes, in a system wherein output data is transmitted to an output device such as a printer, via a communica... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159912 | Recording parameter setting device, program thereof, computer-readable recording medium containing the program, information recording medium, recording/reproducing device, and recording parameter setting method A recording parameter setting device including a trial recording parameter setting section and a reproduced signal quality judging section. The reproduced signal quality judging section judges whether or not a reproduced signal obtained by reproduction of the trial ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154969 | Recording parameter setting device and method using pulse sequences A recording parameter setting device setting parameters of pulse sequences forming recording marks on recording media. The device includes a storage section storing first and second look-up tables, and a recording parameter setting section for obtaining from the tab... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139240 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided, in which communication history that may change in a sleep mode is updated and displayed, whereby state of data communication in the sleep mode can be grasped. Even if the image forming apparatus as a whole is stopped, power is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131773 | Search information managing for moving image contents A search information analyzing unit (101) separates search information (15) into structured search information (152) representing a structure of moving image contents, semantic search information (153) representing characteristics in sema... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130315 | Solid image capture device and electronic device incorporating same The solid image capture device 100 in accordance with the present invention is detachably fixed to a wiring board 1 and applies pressure to the side faces of a transparent lid section 3 in a direction normal to the faces, so as to nip and secure... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130125 | A/D converter, solid-state image capturing apparatus and electronic information device The CMOS image sensor according to the present invention includes a sample hold section 3A1 for retaining an analog input signal voltage and a ramp wave signal voltage; and a comparing section 3A2 for taking an output from the sample hold... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126631 | Apparatus and method for fuel flow rate, fuel temperature, fuel droplet size, and burner firing rate modulation An apparatus and method for precisely, quickly and substantially uniformly controlling a combustion system by a transfer of heat to a fluidic fuel along a heat/fuel interface having a large surface area substantially immediately prior to the mixing of the fuel with ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125881 | Optical information recording medium, reproduction method and optical information processing device using the same An optical information recording medium of the present invention, a reproduction method using the optical information recording medium, and an optical information processing device using the optical information recording medium, each of which optically reproduces re... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116184 | Recording/reproducing device and method using pulse sequences, and information recording medium A recording/reproducing device includes a laser and a laser drive carried by a pickup having a drive for movement and an input for recording information. A control controls the drives to retrieve recording parameters from a predetermined portion of the recording med... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107006 | Camera module and electronic device including the same A camera module 1 of the present invention includes a moving magnet type mechanical shutter 2 and a lens unit 3 (lens drive section) for driving a lens by electromagnetic force. A magnetic field for driving the lens is set so that a light path i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094391 | Driving device, imaging device including the same, and imaging apparatus A driving device includes: a bending displacement member (1A), partially fixed, which is excited by electrical control to be bent and displaced; a bending displacement member (1B), partially fixed, which is excited by electrical control to be bent and ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086764 | Remote USB device usage system In one embodiment of a remote USB device usage system, when there is a request to connect to a remote USB device from any one of a plurality of applications, a check is performed of whether or not another application is using the remote USB device. When no applicati... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081891 | Image quality adjustment method, image forming apparatus and computer readable medium When an image forming job is completed that records onto a recording sheet an image formed on a photoconductor drum and conveys the recording sheet, a simple process control is carried out that forms some filled patch images with using some toners. After the simple ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079662 | Drop coating apparatus A droplet applying apparatus includes a base 11 having a mounting surface 11a on which a substrate 10 is to be mounted, an arm part 4 which is fitted to the base 11 so as to be movable relative to the base 11 in an ar... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075810 | Process for producing microlens In a microlens formation step, the portions of a lens material film (32) supported on elevations (BG) are melted by heat so that part of the lens material film (32) flows into trenches (DH); thus, the shape of the portions of the lens material film ( | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073251 | Image processing apparatus and method including page-background process capability, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for causing computer to function as the same An image processing apparatus includes: a document type automatic classification section which determines whether input image data is image data for a text document or not; a newspaper document classification section which determines whether the input image data is ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072864 | Recording/reproducing device and method using pulse sequences and information recording medium A recording/reproducing device includes a laser and a laser drive carried by a pickup having a drive for movement. A control controls the drives to irradiate the recording medium with laser pulse sequences forming recording marks having recording mark lengths betwee... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072856 | Recording/reproducing device and method using pulse sequences, and information recording medium A recording/reproducing device includes a laser and a laser drive carried by a pickup having a drive for movement and an input for recording information. A control controls the drives to retrieve recording parameters from a predetermined portion of the recording med... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072619 | Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same According to one embodiment of the present invention, a printing apparatus including a printing unit for executing a print job and performing a printing process on recording paper, and a control unit for controlling the printing unit, the printing apparatus causing ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066367 | Drop coating apparatus A droplet applying apparatus includes a base having a mounting surface on which a substrate is to be mounted, an arm part which is fitted to the base so as to be movable relative to the base in an arrow A direction, and a plurality of droplet ejecting sections which... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8050505 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and image forming apparatus In a card serving as an external storage device to be inserted into a digital color multi-function printer, features of a reference image and processing rule information indicating processing content to be applied to input image data judged to be similar to the refe... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049804 | Lens driving device and imaging device A contact portion 9 of a lens holding frame 1 and a contact portion 8 of a nut 10 are so formed that when the lens holding frame 1 and the nut 10 are brought into contact with each other by a coil spring 12, an urging... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041112 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, computer-readable storage medium for storing the image processing program with segmentation and density correction optimization The image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a segmentation process section for performing a segmentation process with respect to image data corresponding to an image to be processed; first and second input tone correction sections eac... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035683 | Stereoscopic image reproducing apparatus and stereoscopic image reproducing method When three-dimensional images are displayed on various display apparatuses, the images are displayed in a state that allows for stereoscopic vision even if the size of the display apparatus is large or even if the resolution of the display apparatus is low. T... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027550 | Image-document retrieving apparatus, method of retrieving image document, program, and recording medium Feature vectors used in discrimination of images include information on feature blocks of images in an image-document retrieving apparatus of the present invention. Text areas of a page image document are combined to form rectangular images. On the basis of informat... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018507 | Solid-state image sensing device and electronic apparatus comprising same A camera module 100a of the present invention includes a lens unit 10a which includes a lens 11 and a lens holder 12 holding the lens 11 therein, and an image sensing unit 20a which includes a solid-stat... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014015 | Print data processing system, printer, and data processing indicating apparatus To provide a print data processing system, a printer, and a data processing indicating apparatus, for storing print data and a print history and notifying update of the print data, which is not necessarily registered separately in order to receive a notification of ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004020 | Solid-state image capturing device, camera module and electronic information device A solid-state image capturing device includes a plurality of electrode pads for inputting and outputting a signal or voltage from and to the outside, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a planarization film for planarizing the difference in the level o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999284 | Semiconductor device and optical device module having the same A solid-state imaging device 1 is arranged so that a hollow section 9 is formed between a solid-state imaging element 2 and a covering section 4 and an air path 7 is formed in an adhesive section 5 so as to extend from the h... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978851 | Keystream encryption device, method, and program A stream encryption device generates a first pseudo random number sequence from key information, generates a second pseudo random number sequence according to clock control performed according to the first pseudo random number sequence, and subjects it to a nonlinea... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978359 | Control device, image processing device control system, method of controlling control device, program, and computer-readable recording medium In an image processing device control system, a function that a predetermined image processing device operated by the user cannot execute is executable by a substitute device, the user can input to the predetermined image processing device setting information regard... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974330 | Multi-carrier code dividing multiplex transfer system and method, and receiving device The multi-carrier code dividing multiplex transfer system of the present invention includes a direct demodulator that discriminates transmitted signals according to a receiving signal point composed of a combination of receiving values in a spread state of sub-carri... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974203 | Traffic control system, traffic control method, communication device and computer program The invention is directed to a traffic control system. The traffic control system comprises a communication device. The communication device includes a traffic type differentiation unit for differentiating a traffic type of an application that generates traffic to b... | 07/05/2011 |
