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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185661 | Method and apparatus for header compression A packet compressor 12 operates under a reliable mode or an optimistic mode. A mode determination unit 31 counts the number of ACK packets or NACK packets received by a unit time X by an ACK/NACK packet receiver 14. When the counted number of NA... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185243 | Robot, control device for robot arm and control program for robot arm A robot arm, which is driven by an elastic body actuator and has a plurality of joints, is provided with an arm-end supporting member that supports the robot arm when made in contact with a supporting surface that is placed on an arm-end portion of the robot arm and... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185238 | System for carrying out automatic drilling / riveting process in aeronautical assembly pieces A system of automatic drilling/riveting of pieces for aeronautical assembly, includes a robot governed by a numerical control device containing drilling/riveting information. A module allows for introduction of data by the operator. A piece checking module detects a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184951 | Recording and reproducing apparatus A recording and reproducing apparatus prevents, when a format instruction is given via an on-screen menu in an image format of one of HDTV and SDTV standards and the content item to be erased is in the other standard, erroneous erasure of a content item on a recordi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184827 | Sound source position detector Provided is a sound source localization device which can detect a source location of an extraction sound, including at least two microphones; an analysis unit (103) which (i) analyze frequencies of the mixed sound including the noise and received by each micr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184826 | Speaker system A speaker system includes a cabinet, at least one speaker unit fixed to the cabinet, and a gas adsorbent which is situated inside the cabinet and which is made from a porous material. The speaker unit is configured with moisture-proof component parts. In the speaker... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184817 | Multi-channel acoustic signal processing device Provided is a multi-channel acoustic signal processing device by which loads of arithmetic operations are reduced. The multi-channel acoustic signal processing device includes: a decorrelated signal generation unit, and a matrix operation unit and a third arithmetic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184805 | Program converter, encrypting device, and encrypting method A program converter (1) converts a program (P) which performs arithmetic addition processing to execute encryption, into a converted program (tP) which performs processing equivalent to the processing of the program (P). The program converter (1) inclu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184706 | Moving picture coding apparatus and method with decimation of pictures A motion vector estimating device estimating a motion vector having high accuracy is provided. An eliminating unit eliminates each of pictures in a set of input pictures for each picture. A picture reducing unit reduces left pictures after the elimination, and gener... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184697 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184515 | Phase error detecting device, waveform shaping device and optical disc device A waveform shaping portion receives a digital reproduced signal generated from an analog reproduced signal reproduced from an information recording medium and shapes the waveform of the digital reproduced signal. A maximum likelihood decoding portion applies maximum... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184429 | Capacitor lead wire, its manufacturing method, and capacitor using the same A capacitor is improved in reliability by suppressing the formation of burrs or protrusions at a joint portion between an aluminum wire round rod and an external terminal in a lead wire used for a capacitor. A metal cap having a higher melting point than aluminum is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184426 | Dielectric element and method for producing the dielectric element Provided is a dielectric element comprising a dielectric thin film formed of a layer of perovskite nanosheets. The dielectric element has the advantages of inherent properties and high-level texture and structure controllability of the perovskite nanosheets, therefo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184238 | Planar illumination device and liquid crystal display device using the same A planar illumination device 10 is provided with a laser light source 11 for emitting laser light, a light source side bundle fiber 12 having one end surface thereof optically connected with the laser light source 11, a flat light guide p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184132 | Electronic display device medium and screen display control method used for electronic display medium When an electronic book is activated, a video image obtaining section starts taking face images of a user. Next, an analysis section analyzes the face images of the user taken by the video image obtaining section, thereby inferring a physiological condition of a use... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184023 | Rotary operation type input device A rotary input device includes a circular ring shaped operation body, a magnetic first guide plate fixed to the bottom of the operation body, movable magnets disposed on the bottom of a first flat plane of the first guide plate concentrically with the operation body... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184017 | Processing method in operation system, flow rate converter, and coriolis flow meter A processing method for an operation system which performs operation processing in accordance with a detection amount detected by detection means and pulse output processing in which an operation result from the operation processing is transmitted as a pulse output,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183777 | Low power consumption plasma display panel A high definition plasma display panel which can display a video of a higher brightness and yet can be driven at a low power consumption is realized. To this end, a plasma display panel includes front panel including display electrode formed on glass substrate, diel... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183774 | Front plate for plasma display panel and method for manufacturing the same, as well as plasma display panel In a front plate for PDP, which includes: a large number of display electrodes formed in stripes on a substrate; a plurality of terminal groups for connection with an external drive circuit, each terminal group being formed along an edge of the substrate, the edge b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183732 | Radial anisotropic magnet manufacturing method, permanent magnet motor using radial anisotropic magnet, and iron core-equipped permanent magnet motor To improve tranquility and controllability of an iron core-equipped permanent magnet motor with an improved maximum energy product (BH)max by improving shape compatibility of a radial anisotropic magnet, there is provided a radial anisotropic magnet manuf... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183413 | Process for production of β-amino-α-hydroxy carboxamide derivative Provided is a process for production of a β-amino-α-hydroxy carboxamide derivative that is important in production of drugs or the like. In the presence of a predetermined solvent, a β-(N-protected)amino-α-hydroxycarboxylic acid is reacted with an amine to conve... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183408 | Process for production of N-carbamoyl-tert-leucine The present invention relates to a process for producing an N-carbamoyl-tert-leucine, characterized in mixing tert-leucine with an isocyanic acid compound while a pH of the mixture is kept at not less than 8.0 and not more than 13.5, wherein an amount of the isocyan... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183372 | Substituted 9,11-dioxo-2,3,4a,5,9,11,13,13a-octahydor-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrrolo[1′,2′:3,4]imidazo[1,2-d]pyrazines The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula 1b which compound is useful as a prodrug of HIV integrase inhibitors and therefore is useful in the inhibition of HIV replication, ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183324 | Antistatic acrylic fiber and a method for manufacturing the same The present invention is an antistatic acrylic fiber which comprises 90 to 99% by weight of acrylonitrile polymer containing 80 to 100% by weight of acrylonitrile as a constituting component and 10 to 1% by weight of acrylic antistatic resin containing 10 to 70% by ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183306 | Two-paste type dental self-adhesive resin cement The present invention provides a dental self-adhesive resin cement having clinically-acceptable adherability for various adherends without pre-treatment with primers. Specifically, there is provided the dental self-adhesive composite resin cement comprising: ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183232 | Therapeutic agent for hemorrhoidal disease An external preparation containing acetylsalicylic acid or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient for treating anal diseases having therapeutic activity on hemorrhoids (internal hemorrhoid, external hemorrhoid), hemorrhoidal disease owing to an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183175 | Thermal recording material In a thermal recording material having an intermediate layer and a thermal recording layer that are laminated on a support in this order, the above intermediate layer contains a swellable starch and a pigment and is formed by applying onto the support a coating liqu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182976 | Positive resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, and polymeric compound A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the resin component (A) including at least ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182879 | Method for preventing elution of nickel from water-contact instrument of copper alloy by formation of a protective film There are provide a nickel elution prevention method for preventing a water-contact instrument made of copper alloy from eluting nickel even when being water-contact with a fluid, such as city water, a protective film formation agent for preventing the elution of ni... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182352 | Constant velocity universal joint A constant velocity universal joint smoothly rotates under a high operating angle and large torque and reduces an excessive load applied to the cage. The universal joint includes an outer joint member having an inner spherical surface with multiple track grooves and... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182159 | Lens assembly, optical device, optical axis adjusting method for an optical device An optical device includes a first retaining sleeve having a first capillary tube retained therein, the first capillary tube having an optical fiber inserted therein; a second retaining sleeve having a second capillary tube retained therein, the second capillary tub... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181843 | Friction stir welding method and its device In a friction stir welding method, a tool is moved being rotated along portions to be joined of a work piece, where the portions include a corner with a smaller curvature that connect two portions with larger curvatures. The method includes the steps of setting the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181795 | Polymer membrane for water treatment A polymer membrane for water treatment contained a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin with a chlorine content of 58 to 73.2%. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide polymer membranes for water treatment that, along with being able to achieve suf... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181710 | Tube-end device for fire extinguishment A tube-end device for fire extinguishment jets and sprays pressurized and fed water, seawater, or aqueous fire-extinguishing agent from a tube end. The tube-end device for fire extinguishment is provided with: an induction electrode unit disposed in an emission spac... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181615 | Lash adjuster for swing arm type valve gear The object is to provide a lash adjuster that can be easily and repeatedly mounted on a swing arm type valve gear, having an adjusting screw that can be repeatedly held in a pushed-in state with a general-purpose turning tool such as a wrench. A serrated inte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181524 | Ultrasonic stress measurement method and device The present invention relates to an ultrasonic stress measurement method of measuring a residual stress of a measuring target layer in a measuring object using an ultrasonic wave, the method comprising, setting a plurality of vibration modes according to a number of... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660511 | Accessory for a lamp | 05/22/2012 |
| D660193 | Faceted bead with through hole | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181192 | Disk apparatus and disk drive unit including a lock mechanism that is released only when the display unit is in a closed state A disk apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a disk drive portion for housing a disk medium having an information recording surface and for recording and/or reproducing information; and a lid body including a display for displaying information, and closed ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181040 | Program execution device A program execution device capable of protecting a program against unauthorized analysis and alteration is provided. The program execution device includes an execution unit, a first protection unit, and a second protection unit. The execution unit executes a first p... | 05/15/2012 |
