Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH105639. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH105639, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH105639 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH105639.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH590373. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH590373, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH590373 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH590373.

Abstract: A storage apparatus is disclosed which includes: a memory configured to have a plurality of pages to which data can be written in units of a page, the memory being further configured to have a plurality of pages of write data stored into each page in multi-valued form; and a control section configured to select pages to which to write the data from among the plurality of pages of the memory, the control section being further configured to write to the selected pages of the memory the data of at least two bits in multi-valued form for a plurality of pages including the selected pages; wherein, when writing the plurality of pages of the write data, the control section puts the write data into multi-valued form per page before writing the data to a plurality of different unused pages of the memory on a page-by-page basis.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH457359. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH457359, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH457359 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH457359.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH681203. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH681203, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH681203 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH681203.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH115012. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH115012, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH115012 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH115012.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH394570. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH394570, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH394570 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH394570.

Abstract: A storage element includes: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material and include a perpendicular magnetization layer whose magnetization direction is in a direction perpendicular to a film plane, a non-magnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer that has an axis of easy magnetization along a direction in the film plane and has a magnetization direction inclined to a direction perpendicular to the film plane by an angle in a range from 15 degrees to 45 degrees, the storage layer being configured by stacking of the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer with intermediary of the non-magnetic layer and magnetic coupling between the perpendicular magnetization layer and the ferromagnetic layer; a magnetization pinned layer; and a non-magnetic intermediate layer.

Abstract: A system and method of guaranteeing the presence of secure and tamper-proof remote files over a distributed communication medium, such as the Internet, is provided. The system and method automatically detects, and then self-repairs corrupt, modified or non-existent remote files. The method first performs an integrity check on a remote file and then determines whether the integrity check passed. If the integrity check passed, then the user goes through the authentication process as normal. If the integrity check fails, then the present invention redirects to an install module in order to prepare to reinstall the remote file. Via the install module, the present invention then reinstalls the remote file and the user is then taken through the authentication process as normal.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH128176. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH128176, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH128176 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH128176.

Abstract: A pixel driving portion 102 can carry out first read drive with which a transfer element is turned OFF in accordance with a drive signal TG to output a signal at an output node, and second read drive with which the transfer element is turned ON in accordance with the drive signal TG to transfer signal charges to the output node, thereby outputting a signal at the output node. A pixel signal reading portion 103, 104 outputs a signal corresponding to a difference between the signal read out in accordance with the second read drive and the signal read out in accordance with the first read drive.

Abstract: Described herein is an enabling product that facilitates implementation of an m-commerce business solution. According to an embodiment of the present invention an m-commerce solution includes: a content provider or merchant site that provides products and goods to be purchased; a payment system allowing online authorization of funds to purchase the goods; and a wireless network for all customer interactions. Embodiments described herein perform at least one of the following three functions: 1) protocol conversions; 2) customer information reposing, and 3) payment authorization system interfacing.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH607207. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH607207, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH607207 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH607207.

Abstract: An optical member including high refractive index layers having a great refractive index and low refractive index layers having a small refractive index, which are each relatively thin as compared with an optical length, disposed alternately in the lateral direction as to an optical axis. Each width of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers is equal to or smaller than the wavelength order of incident light.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH728664. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH728664, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH728664 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH728664.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: a light receiving section performing photoelectric conversion; a transfer register formed in a semiconductor base; a transfer electrode formed of a semiconductor layer on the transfer register; a charge transfer section which formed of the transfer register and the transfer electrode and transferring a signal charge accumulated in the light receiving section; a bus line electrically connected to a portion of the transfer electrode to supply a driving pulse to the transfer electrode and formed of a metal layer; and a barrier metal layer formed near an interface between the transfer electrode and the bus line in a contact section that connects the transfer electrode and the bus line with each other and having a work function of the size between a work function of the semiconductor layer of the transfer electrode and a work function of the metal layer of the bus line.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV502609. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV502609, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV502609 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV502609 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV502609.

Abstract: A method and system of smart card banking utilizes a contactless communication interface, such as infrared or a wireless or radio frequency interface, including, for example, a proximity interface. A contactless communication is initiated for a smart card user between a smart card application and the on-line system of a financial institution, such as a bank, the system verifies authorization for the communication, the information is communicated for the user to the on-line system. The contactless communication is initiated, and the information is communicated, for example, between a contactless interface transceiver of a personal data assistant, into which the smart card is inserted, and the contactless interface transceiver of an on-line terminal. Alternatively, the contactless communication is initiated, and the information is communicated between a contactless interface transceiver of the smart card and the contactless interface transceiver of the terminal.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus that divides an input time series signal into a plurality of sub-bands and encodes a low frequency sub-band signal to generate encoded data of the low frequency sub-band signal. Concurrently, it compares the frequency amplitude peak of the new high frequency sub-band signal generated from the low frequency sub-band signal and the original high frequency sub-band signal and generates frequency amplitude peak information of the high frequency sub-band signal. It compares the gain of the new high frequency sub-band signal generated by using the low frequency sub-band signal and the original high frequency sub-band signal and generates gain information of the high frequency sub-band signal. Subsequently, the signal encoding apparatus multiplexes the encoded data of the low frequency sub-band signal, the frequency amplitude peak information of the high frequency sub-band signal and the gain information of the high frequency sub-band signal and outputs compressed data.