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| US-8,209,467 |
Recording apparatus, recording method, program for recording method, and
storage medium that stores program for... A recording apparatus includes: a type detecting section that detects a type of storage medium; an erase-block size detecting section that detects an... |
| US-8,209,434 |
Continued transfer or streaming of a data file after loss of a local
connection A server receives a request for transfer or streaming of a data file sent in the local network from a portable communication device. The server provides the... |
| US-8,209,348 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and
information processing program In an information processing apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a keyword, and a calculation unit calculates the importance level of each keyword by adding... |
| US-8,209,329 |
Apparatus, method, and program for information processing An information processor is disclosed. The processor includes: a keyword extraction portion for extracting keywords from a text created by a user; a keyword... |
| US-8,209,326 |
Information system, method, device and method providing system for
conveying predetermined information as... An information providing device for providing various provide information formed with the predetermined format responding to a transfer request, and the... |
| US-8,209,296 |
Information processing apparatus, divided management server, information
processing method, divided management... There is provided an information processing apparatus including a blocking unit that acquires holding block information, which is information about blocks to be... |
| US-8,209,179 |
Speech communication system and method, and robot apparatus This invention realizes a speech communication system and method, and a robot apparatus capable of significantly improving entertainment property. A speech... |
| US-8,208,945 |
Information processing device and method, program, and recording medium An information processing device for transmitting information to be provided to a user to a terminal held by the user, including: current position obtaining... |
| US-8,208,901 |
Mobile terminal apparatus A mobile terminal apparatus checks if a user is a proper user based on the operation of the user and, if the result of authentication is negative, uploads... |
| US-8,208,899 |
Wireless communication system, wireless communication device,
authentication method of wireless communication... There is provided a wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless communication devices form a network in an autonomous distributed manner.... |
| US-8,208,794 |
Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, program, and program storage
medium A reproducing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring playback management information containing first information containing a main playback path... |
| US-8,208,785 |
Video recording system, video camera, video recording apparatus, method of
controlling video recording... A video recording system is provided in which reliability of information supplied from a video camera to control recording and the like is improved when video... |
| US-8,208,782 |
Recording device, recording method, and recording program When the BD-ROM standard is extended to recordable record mediums, a system which stores title numbers when a title is deleted and a system which stores the... |
| US-8,208,735 |
Image processing device, image processing method, learning device,
learning method, and program An image processing device, to convert a first image data into a second image data having a higher image quality, includes: a predicted tap extracting unit to... |
| US-8,208,721 |
Signal processing apparatus and method, and program Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined... |
| US-8,208,690 |
Image-processing device and image-processing method, image-pickup device,
and computer program An image-processing device configured to process image data including at least one face image includes an image-input unit configured to input the image data, a... |
| US-8,208,676 |
Earpiece and earphone There is provided an earpiece comprising: a main unit having a cylindrical shape having made therein a through hole that can allow sound to be transmitted... |
| US-8,208,672 |
Headphone A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit and that has a generally flat surface that comes into contact with an outward facing surface of an... |
| US-8,208,657 |
Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program A signal processing device includes a sound pickup unit configured to pick up sound and convert the sound into a sound signal; a signal recording unit including... |
| US-8,208,596 |
System and method for implementing a dual-mode PLL to support a data
transmission procedure A system and method for effectively utilizing a dual-mode phase-locked loop to support a data transmission procedure includes a voltage controlled oscillator... |
| US-8,208,531 |
Information processing device, information processing method, program
storage medium, program, data structure,... The present invention relates to an information processing device and information processing method, program storage medium, program, data structure, and... |
| US-8,208,525 |
2K mode interleaver with odd interleaving only and per OFDM symbol
permutation code change in a digital video... A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division... |
| US-8,208,524 |
4K mode interleaver with odd interleaving only and per OFDM symbol
permutation code change in a digital video... A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division... |
| US-8,208,510 |
Semiconductor laser device and heat sink used therein A semiconductor laser device has a heat sink of which multiple laminated plates are constituted and a semiconductor laser element mounted on upper surface of... |
| US-8,208,357 |
Optical disc apparatus and optical disc drive control method A movement speed of a lens included in an optical pickup is calculated by differentiating a total reflection return light quantity that is detected by emitting... |
| US-8,208,217 |
Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing system A magnetic recording medium includes a tape-shaped nonmagnetic support, and a vertical magnetic layer formed on a main surface of the nonmagnetic support by a... |
| US-8,208,112 |
Display device A display device is provided and includes pixel electrodes, each of the pixel electrodes including a plurality of electrode sections which are arranged parallel... |
| US-8,208,079 |
Optical compensator, liquid crystal display system, and projection type
liquid crystal display system and... An optical compensator handling higher luminance, capable of achieving a higher contrast ratio while suppressing variation of the contrast ratio, and able to... |
| US-8,208,076 |
Front end circuit An IC of a front end circuit which can be ready for various television broadcasting systems is provided. The front end circuit includes tuning circuits 12A to... |
| US-8,208,074 |
Information processing apparatus and method, computer program, and
information processing system An information processing apparatus includes: video-signal transmitting and receiving means for transmitting/receiving a video signal to/from one or more... |
| US-8,208,073 |
Display device, display method, supply device, supply method, storage
medium, and control system for... A display device includes a display section configured to perform display and provided with a display screen; communicating sections configured to perform... |
| US-8,208,064 |
Wipe video signal processing apparatus, wipe video signal processing
method, computer program product, and... A video signal processing apparatus includes a video signal synthesis section for, when positions after and before a border position by a predetermined length... |
| US-8,208,053 |
Imaging device, camera, control method for imaging device, and computer
program An imaging device includes: plural pixel blocks with a predetermined number of pixel circuits of respective plural blocks set as one unit, the plural blocks... |
| US-8,208,045 |
Method and system for reducing noise in image data The present invention relates to a method for reducing noise in image data, comprising the steps of performing (S4, S7, S10) a spatial noise reduction on the... |
| US-8,208,038 |
Image signal processing device and image signal processing method A dynamic range is widened by effectively using an output range that is originally possessed by a solid-state image-capturing device, and an image having less... |
| US-8,208,030 |
Method and unit for motion detection based on a difference histogram Method for motion detection in a current picture (CP) with respect to a reference picture (RP), wherein for a plurality of locations in the current picture (CP)... |
| US-8,208,010 |
Face image correction using multiple camera angles Methods for adjusting a picture of an object captured by a camera in a mobile radio communication terminal include defining a first camera angle relative to the... |
| US-8,207,966 |
Terrain editor tool for rule-based procedural terrain generation Disclosed are systems and methods for rule-based procedural generation of terrain in real time for a virtual world. Using the terrain editor tool, the terrain... |
| US-8,207,936 |
Voice remote control A device may include an image capture device and logic. The logic may be configured to receive voice input from a user and identify the voice input. The logic... |
| US-8,207,910 |
Information presentation device The present invention relates to a device and a method for presentation of information on a display. The method performs obtaining information to be presented... |
| US-8,207,899 |
Folded dipole antenna device and mobile radio terminal Disclosed is a folded dipole antenna device which is of an unbalanced feed type and includes an antenna element of approximately plate-like loop structure,... |
| US-8,207,847 |
Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless
communication method, and program A wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a wireless communication transmitting circuit and a wireless communication... |
| US-8,207,791 |
Amplifier circuit with a first and a second output line An amplifier circuit including an amplifier to amplify a signal and to output the amplified signal in a first output, a coupling line connected to the first... |
| US-8,207,705 |
Charging apparatus and charging method The present invention provides a charging apparatus capable of efficiently charging battery in view of power consumption and a charging method. The charging... |
| US-8,207,088 |
Transfer substrate and method for fabricating organic electroluminescent
element A transfer substrate includes a light transmissive support substrate; a light-heat conversion layer formed on the light transmissive support substrate; and a... |
| US-8,207,007 |
Method of producing semiconductor device, solid-state imaging device,
method of producing electric apparatus,... There is provided a method of producing a semiconductor device. The method includes the steps of: forming a first hard mask having an opening above a substrate;... |
| US-8,206,844 |
Battery and center pin A battery with improved safety that can more surely short-circuit electrodes when flattened out by the external force is provided. A center pin (30) is inserted... |
| US-8,206,805 |
Optical recording medium, and method for producing optical recording
medium An object of the invention is to provide an optical recording medium and a method for producing an optical recording medium that enable to improve the quality... |
| US-8,206,544 |
Cutting method and cutting device for adhesive film A device for ideal cutting of an adhesive film mother sheet which prevents or reduces displacement or peeling of a cover film, etc. on an adhesive layer when... |
| US-8,206,224 |
User created content and quests A computer-implemented method of providing an environment for a crafting player to craft a role-playing content and/or quests in a computer game, the method... |
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