Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner,
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Patent number: 8325251Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: receiving means for receiving selection input for an imaging mode; discriminating means for discriminating, when the selection input is received through the receiving means, a selected imaging mode on the basis of the received selection input; and scanning controlling means for causing, when it is discriminated by the discriminating means that a simple imaging mode for limiting operation input and allowing a user to appropriately take an image of a subject is selected, the imaging apparatus to execute scanning processing for specifying a position of the subject, which is performed to set focus on the subject, in a maximum range from a near scene to a distant scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Tomoko Takachi
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Patent number: 8318095Abstract: An apparatus for automatic execution of different treatment operations in connection with staining of tissue specimens on microscope slides, wherein the apparatus (1) comprises a loading station (2) for microscope slides (7) with tissue specimens, a number of reagent stations (3) for staining of the tissue specimens on supplied microscope slides, a conveyor (5) for transfer of microscope slides (7) between the stations (3) in accordance with a staining program, an unloading station (10) for treated microscope slides, and a control unit (19) for controlling the treatment operations in accordance with a data program. The apparatus comprise a photo station (25) with a digital camera (26) for automatic photographing with a background light source of the finished treated tissue specimens on supplied microscope slides (7).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Dako Instrumec ASInventors: Øystein Ljungmann, Torstein Ljungmann
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Patent number: 8237655Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, an icon display control unit causing a display to display an operation icon, a pickup image display processing unit causing the display to sequentially display an input operation region image constituted by, among pixel regions constituting an image picked up by the imaging unit, a pixel region including at least a portion of a hand of a user, an icon management unit managing event issue definition information, which is a condition for determining that the operation icon has been operated by the user, for each operation icon, an operation determination unit determining whether the user has operated the operation icon based on the input operation region image displayed in the display and the event issue definition information, and a processing execution unit performing predetermined processing corresponding to the operation icon in accordance with a determination result by the operation determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshiharu Yabe, Kenichiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8166564Abstract: The user of any one portable terminal sends a content information request including a user ID to a distribution server. In response, the distribution server distributes a stream data of content that can be used on the user's terminal. If the user of a first portable terminal intends to let a second portable terminal try out a certain content, the user sends to the distribution server the trial permission information including the user's own user ID, a content ID of the content of interest, and a digital signature. The distribution server authenticates the received information before distributing a streaming data of a trial-oriented content with the content ID and user ID attached to it as search keys. This allows the content that can be used on a given user terminal to be tried out on another user terminal without the latter user having recourse to the steps of searching for the content in question.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Ryosuke Nomura
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Patent number: 8131657Abstract: An information processing device for generating a target feature amount computational expression for outputting a target feature amount corresponding to input data, comprising: a feature amount extraction expression list generating unit configured to generate and update a feature amount extraction expression list; a feature amount computing unit configured to input actual data supplied as tutor data to each feature amount extraction expression included in the feature amount extraction expression list to compute multiple feature amounts corresponding to the actual data; a target feature amount computational expression generating unit configured to employ the multiple feature amounts, and an existing feature amount corresponding to the actual data supplied as tutor data for the same rank to generate the target feature amount computational expression by machine learning; and an evaluation value computing unit configured to compute the evaluation value of each feature amount extraction expression included in theType: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7987154Abstract: A system for updating a data set through a geographical communication network. The data set is stored in a recovery storage unit located in a recovery data center and has to be updated with data blocks generated by a processing system located in a primary data center.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Andrea Di Giglio, Raffaele Girardi, Eugenlo Maria Maffione
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Patent number: 7927381Abstract: Provided is a process for lightening or dyeing keratin fibers, in which the following are applied to the said fibers: (a) an aqueous cosmetic composition (A) comprising at least one fatty substance and at least one surfactant; (b) a cosmetic composition (B) comprising at least one alkaline agent, (c) a cosmetic composition (C) comprising at least one oxidizing agent, wherein the amount of the at least one fatty substance in composition (A) is greater than 20% by weight relative to the total weight of composition (A), and when the process used is a process for dyeing keratin fibers, then cosmetic composition (B) further comprises at least one oxidation dye, at least one direct dye, or both. Also provided is a multi-compartment device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.Inventor: Leïla Hercouet
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Patent number: 7918870Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion with a lumen extending therein; inserting the device into the vascular lumen; positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall; and directing the distal portion within the vascular wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Robert E. Atkinson
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Patent number: 7755700Abstract: According to one embodiment, a motion-adaptive non-interlace conversion apparatus includes an interference elimination process circuit which executes a cross-color & dot interference elimination process, an intra-field interpolation process circuit which generates an intra-field interpolation signal using a signal that is obtained by delaying a processed signal, which is subjected to the interference elimination process, with a delay corresponding to 1 field, an inter-field interpolation process circuit which generates an inter-field interpolation signal by using the processed signal and a pre-process signal which is yet to be subjected to the cross-color & dot interference elimination process, a motion detection circuit which obtains a motion detection signal, a mixing circuit which mixes the intra-field interpolation signal and the inter-field interpolation signal with a mixing ratio corresponding to the motion detection signal and outputs a mixed signal, and a multiple-speed conversion circuit whicType: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tadayoshi Kimura, Himio Yamauchi
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Patent number: 7706379Abstract: A transmitting apparatus includes an input interface which receives a TS, a counter which counts the number of packets contained in the TS and output count values, a multiplexing section which multiplexes the output count values of PCR packets contained in the TS on a predetermined position of each PCR packet, a discard section which discards null packets from the TS, and a transmitting section which transmits the TS. A receiving apparatus includes a receiving section which receives the TS, an extraction section which extracts the count values from the PCR packets contained in the received TS, and a rearranging section which rearranges the multiplex position of the PCR packets of the received TS based on the extracted count values to restore a TS equivalent to the previous TS from which the null packet has not been discarded.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Masaki Kato
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Patent number: 7199381Abstract: A performance of a stimulable phosphor layer is enhanced by filling a filler in spacing of columnar crystals of a stimulable phosphor layer in a radiation image conversion panel having a stimulable phosphor layer in the form of columnar crystals formed by a vapor deposition method. According to the foregoing radiation image conversion panel, entire columnar crystals were able to be evenly surface-treated by penetrating the surface treatment agent into spacing of columnar crystals and by being treated for the surface of columnar crystals with the surface treatment agent in surface tension not more than 25 mN/m, and functions concerning properties such as the prevention of reflection and scattering of a stimulating light, water-repelling, oil-repelling, moisture resistance, antifouling and so forth can also be added.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Takehiko Shoji
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Patent number: 7173249Abstract: A method for detecting radiation emitted from a radiation source within a subject. A radiation detector is moved in approximately parallel with the direction of the body axis of the subject. The detector is rotated about the body axis. The distance between the subject and the detector is changed. The radiation is detected by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hisataka Komatsu, Junji Baba
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Patent number: 6882698Abstract: In one embodiment, as an example, N/M (=3.33333 . . . ) dividing is performed assuming M=3, N=10. That is, the frequency of the input signal CK is converted to the frequency of 1/3.33333 . . . times. Here, it is assumed that the frequency dividing number is 3.33333 . . . In this case, 3(=n) dividing is combined with 4(=n+1) dividing to perform the dividing, and accordingly a signal of a desired frequency can be obtained. In response to the output DOUT of the frequency divider, an n dividing counter counts the number of performed n-dividing operations and an n+1 dividing counter counts the number of performed n+1-dividing operations. An adder outputs the frequency dividing number (n) or (n+1). A frequency divider uses the frequency dividing numbers to divide an arbitrary frequency signal CK.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Takanobu Mukaide
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Patent number: 6824815Abstract: Process for preparing an electrical cable comprising at least one conductor and at least one layer of extruded insulating coating, which includes: coating, by extrusion, the conductor with a polymeric composition comprising a polyethylene, a radical initiator and at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid of general formula (I) in free form: in which: R1 represents H or CH3; n represents 0 or 1; said unsaturated carboxylic acid being present in an amount of between 0.0006% and 0.25% by weight, said amount being expressed as the weight content of —COOH groups relative to the total weight of the polymeric composition; heating the conductor thus coated so as to obtain cross-linking of said polymeric composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2001Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.p.A.Inventors: Gabriele Perego, Enrico Albizzati
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Patent number: 6800569Abstract: There is disclosed a film forming method comprising continuously discharging a solution adjusted so as to spread over a substrate by a given amount to the substrate through a discharge port disposed in a nozzle, moving the nozzle and substrate with respect to each other, and holding the supplied solution onto the substrate to form a liquid film, wherein a distance h between the discharge port of the nozzle and the substrate is set to be not less than 2 mm and to be in a range less than 5×10−5 q&ggr; (mm) given with respect to a surface tension &ggr; (N/m) of the solution, discharge speed q (m/sec) of the solution continuously discharged through the discharge port, and a constant of 5×10−5 (m·sec/N).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinichi Ito, Tatsuhiko Ema, Kei Hayasaki, Rempei Nakata, Nobuhide Yamada, Katsuya Okumura
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Patent number: 6780593Abstract: The invention relates to a Happy Mapping type method for mapping a DNA molecule comprising a step enabling ad infinitum amplification of the DNA of each panel, consisting of the following: (i) a first amplification with the aid of a primer comprising 10-30 nucleotides defined at extremity 5′ thereof, and 5-10 random nucleotides at extremity 3′ thereof, in addition to (ii) a second amplification with the aid of a primer comprising at least the oligonucleotides defined at extremity 5′ of the primer used in stage i.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Inventors: Francis Galibert, Yvon Cavaloc
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Patent number: 6746331Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention assist a user's ability to control a game such that the user's proficiency is largely independent of prior experience with the game. Disparities between users arising from differences in experience or unfavorable viewing perspective can be compensated by appropriately modifying the speed of the movement of actions taking place within the game. Additional embodiments are also provided which enhance the realism of the game display by improving the presentation of shadows.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2000Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega EnterprisesInventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Masayuki Inoue
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Patent number: 6738059Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide an image processing apparatus and image processing method capable of reducing a load for drawing, diversifying image representation and smoothing character motion. An image processing means (2) synthesizes background image data (3d) composed of movie image with character data (4d) composed of solid image of polygon data and supplies to a display (6). An image (60) produced by synthesizing the background image (3) with the character (4) is displayed on the display (6). A simple model (5d) composed of three dimensional data for determining the precedence in erasing a negative face between the background image data (3d) and character data (4d) is set in part of the background image data. The image processing means (2) determines a portion in which the character (4) is hidden by the background (3) based on the simple model and erase a corresponding portion. This erase processing enables a screen to be represented three-dimensionally.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega EnterprisesInventors: Takumi Yoshinaga, Misaqa Kitamura, Takashi Yuda, Hitoshi Nakanishi
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Patent number: 6627356Abstract: The photomask of the present invention comprises a transparent substrate, a pattern, and a calcium fluoride film. The transparent substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and is transparent to the exposed light. The pattern is formed on the first main surface of the transparent substrate and has at least one of a opaque film, a translucent film, and a phase control film. The opaque film does not transmit the exposed light. The translucent film partly transmits the exposed light. Further, the phase control film serves to control the phase of the exposed light. The calcium fluoride film is formed on the second main surface of the transparent substrate and performs the function of an antireflection coating for suppressing the re-reflection of light on the back surface of the transparent substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Daisuke Kawamura, Hiroshi Nomura
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Patent number: D599008Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventor: Daniel Paul Charles Tyce