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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758504 | Electronic device for health index measurement and control method of the same The present invention allows easily performing various types of controls and improving productivity without adding a special communication section. The present invention includes a power receiving section 21 to be connected to a driving power supply 50... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751334 | System and method for Skype traffic detection Networks carry various kinds of traffic and ISPs are keen to analyze the traffic so as to be able to support QoS on the distinct traffic flows. Traffic can be broadly categorized into two types: plain traffic and encrypted traffic. Further, each of these traffic typ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7680753 | System and method for fault identification in an electronic system based on context-based alarm analysis A fault identification system analyzes alarm information and the associated contextual information to identify the occurred faults. The contextual information is based on usecases, transactions, and functions associated with the electronic system under consideration... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673827 | Bowl mill for a coal pulverizer with an air mill for primary entry of air A bowl mill for a coal pulverizer with an air mill for primary entry of air, comprising a substantially closed separator body (2) having a central axis; and a bowl-like grinding table (3) mounted on a shaft (4) rotatable about said central axis,... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7641617 | Wrist blood pressure gauge A convenient, inexpensive wrist blood pressure gauge whereby a cuff can easily be adjusted to the height of the heart merely by adding a simple structure. A lenticular sheet (display body (14)) whose visible image varies according to an angle in relation to a... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7624554 | Rail-type fixing apparatus for installing panels A rail type fixing apparatus for installing panels includes a rail 120 having an elongate shape and a plurality of attachment panels 30 inserted into the rail so that they can be moved. The rail 120 has a lower surface 120a, a top ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7595053 | Chimeric T helper-B cell peptide vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus A vaccine composition for humans and animals against Japanese encephalitis virus infection is a composition which comprises a chimeric synthetic peptide consisting of a B cell epitope linked to a T-helper cell epitope from Japanese encephalitis proteins, wherein the... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7554982 | Communication terminal and communication network Routing schemes are provided for a communication network. In one scheme, destination terminals and associated neighboring terminals are listed in a routing control cache at each communication terminal in the network, and packets are routed toward the destination ter... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7543565 | Optical system for detecting the concentration of combustion products Optical system for detecting the concentration of combustion products operating in situ and at high temperature based on measurement of the optical absorption of a gaseous mixture of combustion products through a photodetecting sensor based on gallium nitride (GaN),... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539613 | Device for recovering missing frequency components A band recovering device recovers frequency components lying in a frequency band lost due to band-limitation of a sound signal. The device includes a peak-limiting amplifier for amplifying an input narrow-band signal while preventing the resulting amplified signal f... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532165 | Built-in antenna having center feeding structure for wireless terminal A built-in antenna having a center feed structure for wireless terminal. The antenna includes: a feeding means for providing an electromagnetic signal; and a radiating means for radiating the electromagnetic signal, wherein the feeding means is located on a point ra... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7509314 | Document retrieval system recognizing types and values of numeric search conditions A document retrieval system has an index information generator that generates index information about the frequency of occurrence of non-numeric terms in documents, and index information about the numeric values of numeric terms and the types of quantities they repr... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504794 | Planar motor A common electrode plate formed on a common electrode base attached to the lower surface of the movable stage faces a split electrode plate formed on a split electrode base attached to the upper surface of a main base, which are apart from each other at a predetermi... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504494 | Multiplex PCR assay This invention relates to a multiplex PCR assay capable of screening or detecting the relevant microbial organism specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Toxoplasma gondii, pathogenically important fungii and cytomegalo virus (CMV) in a sample, comprising a r... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502343 | Communication terminal, system and method for connecting a terminal with unknown ID information via a network The present invention provides a communication terminal which can make connection to a communication terminal the position of which can be specified in an actual space but the ID information of which is not known through a network. The communication terminal include... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7496655 | System and method for static and dynamic load analyses of communication network The proposed system defines a predictive real-time Service Level Agreements (SLAs) monitoring system by (a) a detailed analysis of traffic flows with reduced monitor-data flow across network; and (b) a suitable combination of offline and real-time processing of hist... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494117 | Signature gatherer with detachable feeders A device for gathering signatures, positioned straddling, into printed products such as newspapers, magazines, and brochures includes a conveying arrangement that has a saddle-shaped gathering section, and at least one signature feeders. The at least one signature f... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481359 | Automatic transaction system An automatic transaction system has a cellular phone of a customer and an automatic teller machine (ATM) which can directly communicate with the cellular phone by infrared communication. When the customer performs a transaction by the ATM, transaction information su... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7478253 | Reduction of power consumption in electrical devices Reducing power to a minimum permissible value based on temperature of a component may permit savings in power consumption. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475510 | Quick change fishing implement An implement for a fishing line includes a weighted body having two ends and a longitudinal axis there between where the weighted body is adapted to be placed on the fishing line about the longitudinal axis, a front portion disposed at one end of the weighted body a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7466273 | Multiband antenna using whip having independent power feeding in wireless telecommunication terminal Provided is a multi-band antenna using a whip having independent power feeding in a wireless telecommunication terminal. The multi-band antenna of a wireless telecommunication terminal includes a first feed point for feeding an electric signal provided from an elect... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7466685 | Apparatus for controlling data transmission timing responsively to a calculated collision ratio Communication control apparatus provided in nodes forming a telecommunications network includes a transmission timing calculator responsive to the state of the phase of the own node to determine a timing at which the node transmits data. The calculator is responsive... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7444866 | System for rehabilitation training using muscle force data measured of a person both before impaired and when impaired A system for rehabilitation training is able to specify the muscle of a person in need of rehabilitation, and also to help the person to set a proper goal of training. To this end, the system includes a trainer device for measuring living data of the person and for ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444925 | Machine-readable identifier on a portion package, which contains ground coffee, for espresso machines A machine readable identification on a single-serving unit containing coffee powder for espresso machines, designed so that it can be read easily and accurately, is structured in a rotation-symmetrical manner and is applied to an essentially level surface of the sin... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445344 | Optimisation of the illumination of a projection appliance In order to align the optical components of a projection apparatus (1), more particularly a rear projection apparatus of a projection wall, wherein the projection apparatus (1) comprises a light mixing rod (8), it is proposed to arrange an align... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440143 | Tampering judgement system, encrypting system for judgement of tampering and tampering judgement method A tampering judgement system is provided which is capable of easily checking whether or not a printed document has been tampered. An image feature information extracting section extracts image feature information from a document image. An image feature information e... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434563 | Rotary engine The rotary engine includes a cylinder body having a cylinder chamber, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a spark plug, and a rotor which is received in the cylinder chamber to eccentrically rotate while coming into contact at seal faces thereof with an inner circu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428828 | Press die of disk with shaft shaped portion A press die and a molding process can form a disk member having a shaft shaped portion at a center with satisfactory circularity and flatness in a disk portion, dimensional precision in the shaft shaped portion, and concentricity between the disk portion and the sha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425335 | Chimeric T helper-B cell peptide vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus A vaccine composition for humans and animals against Japanese encephalitis virus infection is a composition which comprises a chimeric synthetic peptide selected from envelope glycoprotein consisting of amino acids Egp 149-SENHGNYSAQVGASQ-163 (SEQ ID NO:1) AND Egp 4... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424226 | Optical code division multiplexing communication method and system An optical code division multiplexing communication method includes the steps of: producing a multi-wavelength optical pulse train from wavelength multiplexing pulse; transmitting the multi-wavelength optical pulse train through a transmission line using a time-spre... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421080 | Method of reconstructing a secret, shared secret reconstruction apparatus, and secret reconstruction system Secret information is shared by a group of members by giving each member a first share of the information. To reconstruct the secret information, a subgroup consisting of some or all of the members generate second shares from their first shares, and distribute the s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415527 | System and method for piecewise streaming of video using a dedicated overlay network The main challenge in providing video on demand service is to meet the quality of service requirements under the conditions when both server and network are loaded. Disclosed is a system and method for meeting this challenge by using a streaming overlay network with... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406605 | Information recording medium, manufacturing method of its recording medium, information process unit and copyright management system Medium individual information formed an information recording medium is obtained, and a management key used for recording or regeneration on the information recording medium corresponding to the medium individual information is generated, and the predetermined infor... | 07/29/2008 |
| D573894 | Honey bottle | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389726 | Device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing A device for producing print images of varying lengths in offset printing, said device comprises replaceable, cylindrical format sections with differing cylinder diameters. Each format section includes a support shaft with which the format section forms a single uni... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384030 | Method for producing a print article comprising a protective signature attached to inside folded edge of a printed product A method and apparatus are provided for producing a print article including at least one printed product having inside and outside folded edges. The printed products are transported on a saddle-shaped conveying section of a conveying track, with the printed product ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384356 | Pulley cover assembly for motorcycle transmission Disclosed herein is a pulley cover assembly for a motorcycle transmission which can securely support a pulley to minimize an shivering phenomenon thereof caused when a load is applied to the rotating pulley, thereby attenuating noise due to the shivering phenomenon ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374543 | Wrist sphygmomanometer and cuff spring for the same To improve measurement accuracy of blood pressure. A wrist sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff spring formed in a curved shape to fit the semicircle on the side of the pulsation part of the wrist, having a mount portion formed outside; a cuff band including the cuff s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373511 | Identification device, identification system, and card issuing device and system needing identification The device and system of present invention identify the person to be identified according to a result given from certification bureau. These device or system mainly comprises a condition inputting section to input identification condition, a certification inputting ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364238 | Article of furniture An article of furniture (10) includes a base having a front (14) and a rear (16) and a top (18) surface. A backrest assembly (20) has a front edge (22) and a rear edge (24) and is slideably arranged relative to the ba... | 04/29/2008 |
