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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6913853 | Integral battery and recharger An integral battery and recharger is described. The battery includes a battery housing, battery terminals and plug pins for location in a plug socket and operable to effect recharging of the battery when connected to an AC supply. The battery housing is generally de... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6865592 | Automatic transaction system An automatic transaction apparatus develops applications on a Web basis. The automatic transaction apparatus is provided with a local AP program resident therein which can implement transactions identical to those executed by an AP program downloaded from a Web serv... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6799161 | Variable bit rate speech encoding after gain suppression A speech coding apparatus having a speech input unit for receiving input speech, a speech coding rate selector for selecting an appropriate speech coding rate according to the power of the input speech, a speech analyzer for processing the input speech to estimate a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795232 | Wavelength converter A wavelength converter implements high speed, high efficiency, low noise wavelength conversion without performing high voltage poling of a crystal, and enables switching and modulation of converted light in response to an electric field. A KLTN crystal, includes a d... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6784497 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to the invention of the present application comprises a first semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer formed over the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer formed over the insulating layer, a protective elemen... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6728957 | Program response time estimating apparatus In a system in which a plurality of programs each enter an execution wait state at a given time point and they are sequentially executed in the order of their cutoff times, the execution completion time point of a program undergoing estimation of execution completio... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6728410 | Picture coding method and apparatus reducing size of critical segments A picture coder divides a frame of coded picture data into a critical segment including information needed for decoding other segments in the frame, and at least one non-critical segment including only information needed for its own decoding. The critical segment is... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721113 | Method of recognizing master disk positioning mark A positioning mark of a soft magnetic film is provided at the center of a master disk, and a beam from a light source irradiates the position of the mark. When a optical reception sensor using a CCD recognizes the mark, the recognizability of the positioning mark ca... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6701355 | System and method for dynamically substituting broadcast material and targeting to specific audiences An insertion and encoder system monitors broadcasts from a first broadcasting system to determine the presence of segments that can be substituted in a second broadcast. In one embodiment, the system and method determines whether the first segment from th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6666319 | Safety device for escalators and moving walkways A device for monitoring the presence. of steps and pallets of an escalator or moving walkway, such that missing steps or pallets are immediately detected, so that the drive will be stopped before the missing or defective part reaches the visible area of t... | 12/23/2003 |
