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  • Image forming apparatus and photosensitive unit
    Patent number: 8306452
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus may include: a main body having an accommodation chamber and a moving unit configured to slide between an accommodated position and a drawn position. First unit electrodes may be disposed on a second outer side surface of the moving unit. Each of the first unit electrodes may be configured to connect to a corresponding first main body electrode, upon the moving unit moving downward after moving to the accommodated position. Inner and outer side surfaces may be spaced to avoid contact between the moving unit and the first main body electrodes when the moving unit is moving to the accommodated position. At least one of the first unit electrodes may be arranged to move in a path to overlap with one or more of the first main body electrodes as the moving unit is moving to the accommodated position, when viewed from a top/bottom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasushi Okabe
  • Method for constructing adjacent cast in place concrete slabs using a template for positioning pocket formers
    Patent number: 8303210
    Abstract: A template for positioning a pocket former wherein the template positions the pocket former at a fixed depth with respect to the top of concrete formwork. The template comprises a support and a body. The support positions the template; the body comprises a positioner for locating a pocket former. A spacer that connects to the support according to the desired depth of the pocket former can also be included. The template thus provides a reliable and efficient way of ensuring that a pocket former is placed at the appropriate depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventors: Nigel Parkes, Russell Boxall
  • Re-addressable alternate content
    Patent number: 8307390
    Abstract: Providing re-addressable alternate video content to consumers during trickplay modes of operation. For example, providing first video content for standard playback to a consumer; receiving a first consumer request for a first trick mode operation during the standard playback of the first video content; responsive to the first consumer request, providing addressable second video content, different from the first video content, to the consumer; receiving, during providing of the addressable second video content, a second consumer request for a second trick mode operation on the addressable second video content; and responsive to the second consumer request, providing addressable third video content, different from the first and second video contents, to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Dan Holden
  • Image recognition device, copy apparatus and image recognition method
    Patent number: 8305597
    Abstract: An image recognition device of the invention includes an image reading means for reading image information from a manuscript, discriminating a specific mark in which plural marks are arranged from image information. The image recognition device includes an extraction means for extracting marks included in the image information, a distance calculating means for calculating distances between marks, and a discrimination means for determining that there is a specific mark in image information when distance between the marks correspond to distances between marks of the specific mark as well as there is not a mirror-image relationship between positions of marks and the specific mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Sato
  • Transmission of audio signals
    Patent number: 8306233
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is presented that comprises a multichannel audio transmitter which has a first mode for transmitting a multichannel audio signal and a second mode for transmitting at least a first and a second audio signal, each having fewer channels than the multichannel audio transmitter. A controller is configured to switch the multichannel audio transmitter from the first mode to the second mode when the first audio signal becomes available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Corey Sinton, Neil Briffett
  • Economic intelligence
    Patent number: 8306894
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide for the use of transactional data in the calculation of sub-scores that may be used in an index score. The sub-scores may include an account sub-score, an investment sub-score, and/or a discretionary sub-score. One or more sub-scores that represent an individual, an entity, or an economic sector may be used to create an index. Further aspects relate to calculating novel indices that more accurately represent and/or predict economic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Newman, Debashis Ghosh, David Joa, Tim Bendel, Mark Krein, Aaron Lai
  • Methods and systems for utilizing contextual feedback to generate and modify playlists
    Patent number: 8306976
    Abstract: Systems and methods of generating and modifying a playlist using contextual information are disclosed. For example, a user may provide an input seed such as a song name or artist name. The input seed is compared to database items and a playlist is generated as a result. In some examples, the contextual information is used to enhance the comparison and to select better content objects for a user's playlist. Meanwhile, in some examples the content objects in the playlist may be arranged in an enhanced order using ranking and/or contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Pandora Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Etienne F. Handman, Thomas J. Conrad, Joseph J. Kennedy, Timothy B. Westergren
  • Image forming apparatus, image forming system, container for developing agent, and method of manufacturing container for developing agent
    Patent number: 8306445
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a mounting part configured to allow plural types of cartridges having different initial capacities of developing agent to be detachably mountable therein; a light emitting device configured to emit light into the cartridge mounted in the mounting part; a light receiving device configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting device and passed through an inside of the cartridge; a determining unit configured to determine that a replacement time of the cartridge has been reached when a ratio of time, during which an output value of the light receiving device exceeds a light reception reference value, exceeds a determination threshold value. The image forming apparatus or the cartridges are configured such that the determination of the replacement time changes according to the initial capacity of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Suzuki, Shunsuke Ishii, Keigo Nakajima
  • Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure
    Patent number: 8303885
    Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes at least one of a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure. The upper may include an exterior layer and an interior layer. The exterior layer forms at least a portion of an exterior of the upper, and the exterior layer includes a plurality of incisions that extend through the exterior layer. The interior layer is located adjacent an inner surface of the exterior layer, and the interior layer is exposed through the incisions. The sole structure may include a connecting portion and a plurality of discrete sole elements. The connecting portion is positioned adjacent the upper and may extend along a longitudinal length of the upper. The sole elements extend from the connecting portion, and the sole elements are separated by a plurality of sipes that extend upward into the sole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobie D. Hatfield, Eric P. Avar, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, James Meschter, Kevin W. Hoffer, Stann Norman Richard Sheperd, Todd Anthony Waatti
  • Article of footwear with a sole structure having fluid-filled support elements
    Patent number: 8302234
    Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure incorporates a support element that includes a fluid-filled chamber, a first insert, and a second insert. The chamber defines a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a sidewall extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first insert is secured to the first surface and at least partially recessed into the polymer material of the chamber, and the second insert is secured to the second surface. In addition, the chamber may be pressurized to deform the first insert or the second insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Goodwin, Gerald Edwin Crowley
  • Image formation apparatus and developer cartridge
    Patent number: 8301059
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus is provided, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are mountable. The apparatus includes developing device shutters, each configured to open and close a respective one of the openings of the developing devices mounted to the apparatus; and a link mechanism configured to move the developing device shutters linked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Susumu Sakuma
  • Two part code
    Patent number: 8297521
    Abstract: A code system for associating data with articles having codes each code having a uniquely created, non-informational first part and a second part wherein each code is associated with an article and the first part may be transformed and thereby uniquely associated with an individual article and a second part may be associated with the first part, such that a relationship between the parts, or lack thereof may be discerned by reading both parts of the code, in order to verify the authenticity of the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Filtrona C&SP Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Pinchen, Jens Jacob Juul Rassmussen
  • Self-contained wireless camera device, wireless camera system and method
    Patent number: 8300107
    Abstract: A self-contained wireless camera (10) and a wireless camera system (25) having such a device and a base station (20). Video processing (e.g. video compression) circuitry (200, 210) of the camera device receives video signals from a camera (130) and provides processed video signals. These are transmitted over a shared radio channel. A radio receiver (101) receives processed (e.g. compressed) video signals from the base station or another camera device. Images from the camera or the base station are displayed in a selected manner on a display or monitor (140). The base station device (20) receives processed (e.g. compressed) video signals, stores them and retransmits them. A command signal is received by the radio receiver to modify operation in such a manner as to control bandwidth usage. Wireless camera devices can adjust their operation to accommodate other wireless camera devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Memorylink Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Strandwitz, Robert Kniskern, Gary D. Schutz, Jan-Michael Wyckoff
  • Golf clubs and golf club heads having adjustable weight members
    Patent number: 8298096
    Abstract: Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a ball striking face; (b) a club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a slot or rail defined therein; and (c) a weight member at least partially located within the slot or rail. The weight member may be mounted at plural positions along the slot or rail (optionally at least partially within a weight cartridge member provided with the club head body). The weight member also may be movably engaged with the weight cartridge member, slot, rail, and/or other portion of the club head body. Golf clubs including these club heads and methods of making and using such golf clubs and golf club heads also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Stites, Robert Boyd, Andrew G. Oldknow, Eric A. Larson
  • Cable gland module
    Patent number: D669862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Trelleborg Industrial Products Finland Oy
    Inventors: Aapo Nurmi, Mika Hautamaki
  • Display screen with transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D669911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery G. Arnold, Jeffrey C. Fong, Michael I. Guss
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D669912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael I. Guss, Jeffrey C. Fong
  • Housing with electronic data modules
    Patent number: D670242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamian R. Cobbett, Kyle Schepke, Steve Jarvis
  • Handset
    Patent number: D670261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Nuovo, Eduardo Salazar
  • Radio relay device for a digital home electronic appliance
    Patent number: D670272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Takeshi Suzuki