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...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174623 | Image adjustment device and method thereof The present invention provides a device and an image adjustment method by simultaneously adjusting the luminance and the chrominance of an image. The device comprises a luminance analysis device, a contrast adjusting device, a luminance adjusting device, a chrominan... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160276 | Audio system and related method integrated with ultrasound communication functionality Audio system and related method integrated with ultrasound communication functionality are provided. A communication transmitting device of proposed invention modulates a communication signal of communication functionality to a high-frequency sound and transmits the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154963 | Method of writing data to a disc, disc drive The invention relates to a method of writing data to a disc (OD). The method comprised: a) performing a plurality of writing actions in which a plurality of data portions are written to the disc, b) performing a plurality of verification actions in which written dat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149617 | Data storage medium and method for accessing digital data therein A data storage medium is described. The data storage medium may comprise a first bit of magnetic medium for a first read-and-write head, and further comprise a second bit of magnetic medium. The second bit of magnetic medium, below the first bit of magnetic medium, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144887 | Electronic stethoscope and the stethoscope auscultation method using the same The present invention relates to a stethoscope auscultation method, adapted for an improved stethoscope so as to be used for assisting a medical diagnosis according to visceral sounds. The stethoscope auscultation method comprises the steps of: providing a stethosco... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142730 | Two-stage granular moving-bed apparatus A two-stage granular moving-bed filter includes a gas inlet part, a gas outlet part, and a plurality of flow-corrective elements. The gas outlet part is disposed opposite to the gas inlet part, and the plurality of flow-corrective elements is disposed in a channel f... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656492 | Strain relief of earphone | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139907 | Optoelectronic device and method of forming the same An optoelectronic device including a substrate, a half-boat-shaped material layer, a deep trench isolation structure, and an optical waveguide is provided. The substrate has a first area. The half-boat-shaped material layer is disposed in the substrate within the fi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139708 | Shift register An exemplary shift register includes a control circuit and an output circuit. The control circuit is electrically coupled to receive a start pulse signal, a first clock pulse signal and a power supply voltage and for generating an enable signal according to the star... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138116 | Titanium oxide composition and the application thereof on poly-esterification The application discloses a Titanium oxide composition and the application thereof. The mentioned Titanium oxide composition comprises Titanium co-precipitate(s), organic acid, diol, and water. According to this application, a catalyzed poly-esterification with said... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137472 | Semiconductor process A semiconductor process is provided. First, a metal layer, a dielectric layer and a patterned hard mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. Thereafter, a portion of the dielectric layer is removed to form an opening exposing the metal layer. Afterwards, a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135219 | Method of detecting and compensating fail pixel in hologram optical storage system A method of detecting and compensating fail pixels in a holographic storage system. The method includes steps of: providing a plurality of image frames to show on a data plane for all pixels on the data plane being capable of outputting a light state or a dark state... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135011 | Method for operating multipoint control system The present invention provides method for operating a multipoint control system, which includes a plurality of controlled units serially connected and each controlled unit has a execution unit and an interpretive unit having a data processing unit and a memory unit,... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133931 | Acrylate nanocomposite material The present invention discloses an acrylate nanocomposite material which can apply to optoelectronic device encapsulation, dental restorations and light waveguide. The acrylate nanocomposite material comprises an inorganic nano-particle, an acrylate monomer with at ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133792 | Method for reducing capacitance variation between capacitors A structure of a capacitor set is described, including at least two capacitors that are disposed at the same position on a substrate and include a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first capacitor includes multiple first capacitor units electrically connec... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132299 | Cord safety device for a window covering A cord safety device for a window covering includes a first and a second body. The first body includes: a first pivot portion, disposed on a periphery; a first fixing portion, disposed on a periphery at a predetermined angle with respect to the first pivot portion; ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131398 | Automatic card dispenser An automatic card dispenser is disclosed, which comprising: a base provided with a standby area, an output area, and a first track and second track parallel to each other; said standby area and output area are respectively provided on each end of the first track and... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130616 | Device and method for detecting blank area in optical disc A method and a device of distinguishing blank area from non-blank area in an optical disc are provided. An input signal such as a DPD TE signal or RF ripple signal is first filtered to obtain a filtered signal. A subtracting operation of the input signal and the fil... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130604 | Spherical aberration compensation method and device of optical disc drive A spherical aberration compensation method is provided. A first thickness of a cover layer at a first radius position of an optical disc is measured. A second thickness of the cover layer at a second radius position of the optical disc is measured. A spherical aberr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125565 | Image processing circuit and method thereof An image processing circuit generating a frame according to a plurality of fields including at least first, second and third fields, comprises a memory unit and a de-interlacing unit. The memory unit stores the first and second fields. The de-interlacing unit receiv... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120747 | Method for integrating LCD monitor circuitry A method and a device for integrating LCD monitor circuitry using a single-layered printed circuit board so as to improve the productivity and reduce the cost of manufacturing LCD monitors. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120531 | Signal processing apparatus for multi-mode satellite positioning system and method thereof A signal processing apparatus for a multi-mode satellite positioning system includes a band-pass filter, a local oscillator circuit, a first mixing circuit, a second mixing circuit, an analog-to-digital converter and a baseband circuit. By properly allocating a loca... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117479 | Electronic apparatus and auto wake-up circuit thereof The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and an auto wake-up circuit thereof. The electronic apparatus comprises a main module for performing a main function of the electronic apparatus and generating a first control signal when the electronic appara... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116584 | Adaptively de-blocking circuit and associated method The present invention discloses an adaptively de-blocking circuit and associated method. A mean is derived according to the neighboring pixels surrounding a central pixel of an image. A blending factor is determined according to a flatness of the image. An updated p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114773 | Cleaning solution, cleaning method and damascene process using the same A cleaning solution is provided. The cleaning solution includes (a) 0.01-0.1 wt % of hydrofluoric acid (HF); (b) 1-5 wt % of a strong acid, wherein the strong acid is an inorganic acid; (c) 0.05-0.5 wt % of ammonium fluoride (NH4F); (d) a chelating agent ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114752 | Structure of capacitor set A structure of a capacitor set is described, including at least two capacitors that are disposed at the same position on a substrate and include a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first capacitor includes multiple first capacitor units electrically connec... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106729 | Complementary-conducting-strip transmission line structure with plural stacked mesh ground planes This invention discloses a complementary-conducting-strip transmission line (CCS TL) structure. The CCS TL structure includes a substrate, at least one first mesh ground plane, m second mesh ground planes having m first inter-media-dielectric (IMD) layers interlaced... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106721 | Multilayer complementary-conducting-strip transmission line structure with plural interlaced signal lines and mesh ground planes A multilayer complementary-conducting-strip transmission line (CCS TL) structure is disclosed herein. The multilayer CCS TL structure includes a substrate, and n signal transmission lines being parallel and interlacing with n-1 mesh ground plane(s), therein a plural... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103376 | System and method for the on-machine 2-D contour measurement The present invention provides a system and method for the on-machine 2-D contour measurement, employing the contour measurement, coordinate system transformation, error identification, and image matching theory in image processing field to develop the on-machine me... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101670 | Polymers with benzoxazine groups in their main chains The present invention discloses polymers prepared through the Diels-Alder reaction with benzoxazine groups in their main chains. Moreover, polymers with high molecular weight could be successfully prepared via this method. Furthermore, the mentioned polymers are abl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096048 | Method for fabricating MEMS structure A method for fabricating a MEMS is described as follows. A substrate is provided, including a circuit region and a MEMS region separated from each other. A first metal interconnection structure is formed on the substrate in the circuit region, and simultaneously a f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094374 | Beam shaping module A beam shaping module capable of receiving a polarized beam from a light source is disclosed including a beam splitter for splitting the polarized beam into a first beam and a second beam wherein the polarization directions of the first beam and the second beam are ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089467 | Keyboard frame with induction light source A keyboard frame with induction light source is disclosed, which comprises: a frame, a light guide plate, a signal line, a thermal sensor, a light source, a control circuit and a switch. As the light guide plate having the signal line disposed thereon is received in... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085113 | Complementary-conducting-strip coupled-line This invention discloses a complementary-conducting-strip coupled-line (CCS CL). The CCS CL includes a substrate, m layers of mesh ground planes interlacing with m−1 layer(s) of first inter-media-dielectric (IMD) to form a stack structure on the substrate, a secon... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085013 | DC power converter and mode-switching method A DC converter and a mode-switching method used in an electronic apparatus are included. The electronic apparatus includes a subsystem circuit. The DC power converter comprises a first voltage converting circuit electrically connected to the subsystem circuit, recei... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076735 | Semiconductor device with trench of various widths A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are described. A polysilicon layer is formed on a substrate. The polysilicon layer is doped with an N-type dopant. A portion of the polysilicon layer is then removed to form a plurality of dummy patterns. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062767 | Organic light emitting diode containing a Ir complex having a novel ligand as a phosphorescent emitter An organic light emitting diode with Ir complex is disclosed in this specification, wherein the Ir complex is used as the phosphorous emitter. The chemical containing pyridyl triazole or pyridyl imidazole functional group is used as the auxiliary monoanionic bidenta... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062751 | Low biofouling filtration membranes and their forming method The present invention discloses a method for forming a low biofouling filtration membrane. First, an ozone treatment is performed to a fluorine-based porous membrane to introduce peroxides on surface. Afterwards, a first grafting polymerization is initiated from the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059780 | Shift register circuit and gate driving circuit An exemplary shift register circuit includes a shift register, a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit. The shift register has a start pulse signal input terminal and a start pulse signal output terminal. The first switching circuit includes a first... | 11/15/2011 |
| D648663 | License plate frame | 11/15/2011 |
