Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429525 | Fabrication process of a semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a metallic nickel film on a silicon substrate such that the metallic nickel film covers an insulation film on the silicon substrate and a silicon surface of the silicon substrate, annealing... | 09/30/2008 |
| D577188 | Walking assistance device | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428461 | Walker navigation device, walker navigation method, and program A pedestrian navigation device (10A) of this invention has a position information reception unit (12), which obtains current position information from a GPS (20); a position information analysis unit (13), which calculates the current pos... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428224 | Radio base station system, and method and program for controlling transmission of synchronous burst In a CS in accordance with a PDMA system, control of transmission of a synchronous burst is performed at a transmission data generating DSP (7). In particular, the synchronous burst for reconnection is transmitted with a relatively high transmission level dur... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428154 | Package structure, printed circuit board mounted with the same, electronic apparatus having the printed circuit board A package structure to be mounted on was external printed circuit board includes a package board that is mounted with an exoergic circuit element, and a heat sink that radiates heat from the exoergic circuit element, wherein first pressure for connecting the heat si... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428130 | Magnetoresistive element, magnetic head, magnetic storage unit, and magnetic memory unit A CPP-type magnetoresistive element including a fixed magnetization layer, a non-magnetic metal layer, and a free magnetization layer that are stacked, and a diffusion prevention layer is disclosed. The free magnetization layer includes CoMnAl. The diffusion prevent... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428085 | Method for producing hologram by pico-second laser Disclosed is a method of producing a hologram through a two-beam laser interfering exposure process, which comprises emitting a coherent laser light with a pulse width (τ) ranging from greater than 900 femtoseconds to 100 picoseconds and a laser power of 10 μJ/pul... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428029 | Optical film and its manufacturing method The present invention relates to an optical film that is excellent in optical properties and can be produced at low cost. In the optical film formed by laminating a transparent polymer film layer and a birefringent layer of a non-liquid crystalline polymer, the bire... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427515 | Electronic element including ferroelectric substance film and method of manufacturing the same A laminated film structure, method of manufacturing, and a preferable electronic element using the structure. The effective polarization into the electric field can be realized in the direction of crystal axis by enhancing the crystal property and alignment property... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427307 | Electric vacuum cleaner An electric vacuum cleaner has a dust collecting section for removing dust and an electric air blower mounted in its main body and comprises a filter for removing dust from air sucked into the dust collecting section by driving the electric air blower, and a disposa... | 09/23/2008 |
| D577284 | Fastener for automobile parts | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425765 | Zinc-aluminum solder alloy A high melting point solder alloy superior in oxidation resistance, in particular a solder alloy provided with both a high oxidation resistance and high melting point suitable for filling fine through holes of tens of microns in diameter and high aspect ratios and f... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425452 | Pump-and-probe method for estimating strength of forming photochemical ozone and apparatus therefor A method of estimating strength of forming photochemical ozone utilizing a pump and probe technique is disclosed along with an apparatus for estimating strength of forming photochemical ozone utilizing a pump and probe means whereby strength of forming photochemical... | 09/16/2008 |
| PP19231 | Peach tree named ‘Crispdelice Sun’ A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated ‘Crispdelice Sun’, has fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet yellow flesh of high eating quality and an attractive, very high percentage red skin. The tree is of larg... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426313 | Method and apparatus for reduction mosquito noise in decoded images A method and an apparatus of reducing the mosquito noise in a decoded image by using a noise reduction algorism that does not depend on the compression coding algorism applied to the image to be improved. The decoded compression-coded digital image is divided into b... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426424 | Moving body system It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine the moving position of a vehicle, stacker crane, or other moving body wherever on a moving path having a branching portion or a joining portion the moving body is, the syste... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425703 | Electron beam apparatus, a device manufacturing method using the same apparatus, a pattern evaluation method, a device manufacturing method using the same method, and a resist pattern or processed wafer evaluation method An object of the present invention is to provide an electron beam apparatus, in which a plurality of electron beams, e.g., four electron beams, is produced for one optical axis with a relatively high current achieved for each electron beam. Provided is an ele... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421921 | Parallel axes type automatic transmission A parallel axes type automatic transmission including a first input shaft having m or more (m is an integer not less than 2) wet multiplate clutches and drive gears rotatably mounted, a second input shaft having n or more (n is an integer greater than m and not less... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424207 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit makes signal processing on the camera data read from a camera data area of an SDRAM to produce YUV data for record. A thin-out circuit makes a thin-out processing on the recording Y... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424188 | Optical module and mounting deviation compensation method for optical waveguide part The optical module includes a first optical waveguide part including a first waveguide core, a second optical waveguide part including a second waveguide core and provided such that the second waveguide core and the first waveguide core are positioned partially clos... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423714 | Polarizing plate provided with optical compensation layers and image display apparatus using the same To provide a polarizing plate provided with optical compensation layers capable of contributing to thickness reduction, preventing uneven display due to heat, and favorably preventing light leak in black display, and an image display apparatus using the same. The po... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423636 | Touch panel device and method for manufacturing touch panel devices Each of transducers of a touch panel device includes a piezoelectric thin film, a plate electrode disposed at one surface of the piezoelectric thin film and a comb-like electrode disposed at the other surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The comb-like electrode h... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423405 | Electromagnetic rotating machine In order to obtain an electromagnetic rotating machine of lightweight and high energy efficiency, which produces big torque for rotating a large-diameter fan, a coil A and coil B as excitation coils are disposed on an inner peripheral surface of a fan casing so as t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423071 | Polypropylene based resin composition, expanded moldings comprising the same and method for production thereof A polypropylene-based resin composition for injection foam molding, containing (A) 50 to 95 parts by weight of a linear polypropylene-based resin having a melt flow rate of from 10 g/10 min. to 100 g/10 min. and a melt tension of 2 cN or less and (B) 5 to 50 parts b... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423009 | Method for treatment of kidney diseases The present invention relates to a composition for prevention and treatment of kidney diseases comprising one or more effective component(s) of a PAR-2 activating agent which is able to activate PAR-2 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422942 | Method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an insulation film with reduced water content A semiconductor device having a self-aligned contact hole is formed by providing a side wall oxide film on a gate electrode, covering the gate electrode and the side wall oxide film by an oxide film and further covering the oxide film by a nitride film, wherein the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422833 | Toner, production process thereof, and process for forming image A charge control resin composition for positive or negative charge, which is prepared either by mixing and kneading a charge control resin for positive or negative charge with a colorant, or by mixing and kneading the above combination further with a charge control ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422702 | Benzene derivative having long, linear conjugated structure, process for producing benzene derivative, and liquid-crystal material The present invention provides, in a method for transporting charge using the molecular orientation in a liquid-crystalline state, a novel benzene derivative having a long, linear conjugated structure expected to have satisfactory charge-transport properties without... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422414 | Inlet guide vane control device of gas turbine An IGV opening command is set based on an IGV opening A set by an exhaust gas temperature control section, an IGV opening B set by a compressor surge protective control section, and an IGV opening C set by an exhaust gas pressure protective control section. The valu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422198 | Liquid substance supply device for vaporizing system, vaporizer, vaporization performance appraisal method In a liquid substance supply device, a three port two valve directional control valve is provided in a transfer line, and a substance container and the transfer line are connected together by a four port three valve directional control valve in such a way that the f... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422042 | Method and apparatus for centering a log An apparatus for centering a log to allow an optimum yield axis and a maximum radius of rotation of the log to be calculated more accurately than conventionally possible. The angle of rotation of a log M is detected by a rotation angle detector that is engaged with ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421997 | Outboard engine unit An outboard engine unit having heat-generating electrical equipment. An intake port of an intake silencer is set at a distance from an engine, and air suctioned from the intake port is unlikely to be affected by heat produced by the engine. Electrical equipment is d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421996 | Lubricating device for engine An lubrication device for an engine includes: a crank case which freely rotatably supports a crank shaft and also which stores oil at its lower part; an oil strainer which is so arranged as to be fixed in the crank case; and an oil pump which suctions the oil at the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423267 | Electron beam apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the apparatus The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus for irradiating a sample with primary electron beams to detect secondary electron beams generated from a surface of the sample by the irradiation for evaluating the sample surface. In the electron beam appara... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420612 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a CCD imager. If brightness of an object is not enough, a frame rate of the CCD imager at a time of a focus adjustment is changed from 30 fps to 15 fps. This also lowers a reading speed of a camera signal, and reduces noise included in the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421134 | Image processing apparatus and method for moving object-adaptive compression An image processing apparatus is adapted to a surveillance camera system, and a CPU included in the surveillance camera system divides a plurality of continuous screens of an image signal into a plurality of blocks by each screen, and detects a specific object, whic... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421209 | Optical wavelength multiplexing FSK modulation method An optical wavelength multiplexing frequency shift keying modulation system. The system includes an optical wavelength multiplexing signal acquisition unit for outputting an optical wavelength multiplexing signal. A n optical frequency shift keying modulation unit a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420454 | Cement resistor A resistive element in the form of a bent metal plate is placed in a box-shaped case and has electrodes exposed out of the box-shaped case. A heat radiator in the form of a bent metal plate is also placed in the box-shaped case and has heat radiating electrodes expo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420295 | Power unit for conveyance and conveyance provided with the power unit The present invention provides a power unit for conveyance, having a main power source and a standby power source. The power unit has a thermal battery provided as the standby power source. The conveyance is provided with an electronic control system and the power u... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420164 | Objective lens, electron beam system and method of inspecting defect An electron beam system or a method for manufacturing a device using the electron beam system in which an electron beam can be irradiated at a high current density and a ratio of transmittance of a secondary electron beam of an image projecting optical system can be... | 09/02/2008 |
