Patents Represented by Attorney Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC
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Patent number: 8344501Abstract: A multilayer wiring substrate has a through hole that passes from a first surface through to a second surface. The multilayer wiring substrate includes an electrical connection terminal formed in at least one of an inner edge portion which is a periphery of the through hole, an outer edge portion which is an outer periphery of the substrate, and a non-edge portion, on at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The electrical connection terminal has a castellation structure that does not pass through to a surface opposite to a formation surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Shibuta, Tohru Terasaki, Tomoyasu Yamada, Nobuo Naito, Yukihiko Tsukuda, Ryu Nonoyama
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Patent number: 8345069Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix thereon, each of the pixels including an electro-optical element, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, and a storage capacitor connected between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor for storing an image signal written by the writing transistor, each of the pixels carrying out a mobility correction process for applying negative feedback to a potential difference between the gate and the source of the driving transistor with a correction amount determined from current flowing to the driving transistor; a temperature detection section configured to detect the temperature of the display panel; and a control section configured to control the period of the mobility correction process based on a result of the detection by the temperature detection section.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Minami, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8344388Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel array unit having pixels including a circuit configuration, in which a first electrode of an electro-optical element and a source electrode of a driving transistor are connected together, a gate electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a writing transistor are connected together, a holding capacitor is connected between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor, and an auxiliary capacitor is connected between the first electrode and a second electrode of the electro-optical element, disposed on a substrate in a matrix shape, wherein, from one pixel of adjacent pixels to an area of the other pixel, the auxiliary capacitor of the one pixel is set to be disposed, and an electrode of the auxiliary capacitor that is disposed on the electro-optical element side is conductive with the second electrode of the electro-optical element.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Asano, Yukihito Iida
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Patent number: 8345032Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel matrix section including pixel circuits laid out to form a pixel matrix to serve as pixel circuits each having an electro optical device, a signal writing transistor, a signal storage capacitor, and a device driving transistor, and a power-supply section configured to change a power-supply electric potential appearing on a power-supply line for providing a driving current flowing to the device driving transistor from one level to another in order to control transitions from a light emission period of the electro optical device to a no-light emission period of the electro optical device and vice versa, and stopping an operation to assert the power-supply electric potential on the power-supply line during a portion of the no-light emission period of the electro optical device.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Mitsuru Asano
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Patent number: 8344971Abstract: An image display device includes a display portion formed by disposing pixel circuits in a matrix, and a signal line driving circuit and a scanning line driving circuit for driving the pixel circuits through signal lines and scanning lines of the display portion. The pixel circuit includes at least: a light emitting element; a drive transistor for current-driving the light emitting element by a drive current corresponding to a gate-to-source voltage thereof; a hold capacitor composed of either one capacitor or a plurality of coupling capacitors for holding therein the gate-to-source voltage; and a write transistor adapted to be turned ON/OFF in accordance with a write signal outputted from the scanning line driving circuit, thereby setting a voltage developed across terminals of the hold capacitor at a voltage of corresponding one of the signal line.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Mitsuru Asano
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Patent number: 8337578Abstract: The invention relates to an air filter device (1) having a filter housing comprising a filter housing cup (2) and a filter housing cover, in which filter housing at least one filter element (3) is arranged. Pertinent to the invention is that a flow-directing element (7) is provided that is configured in such a manner that it is ensured that the filter element (3) is flowed through uniformly.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Mahle Interntaional GmbHInventor: Gerhard Koser
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Patent number: 8341618Abstract: Software is updated easily and efficiently and in the same time, thereby reducing the load imposed on the user side, the software vendor side and the center computer side. When the user computer sends user ID to the center computer, the center computer have the user computer obtain URL of the module-storing region that corresponds to the user ID and stores the modules that the user should obtain. The user computer accesses to the module storing portion using the URL, obtains a list of modules, compares the list to the modules that are currently installed in itself and judges whether it is necessary to obtain modules. When judged that modules are needed to be obtained, the user computer accesses to the module-storing region again and obtains the module.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: Yoichiro Terasawa
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Patent number: 8339387Abstract: A display device able to amplify the same input as a power supply voltage of IC by using low temperature polysilicon having high threshold voltage and large variation and an electronic apparatus using the same, including MCK use level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 of a type where a reset operation is periodically necessary, a logic circuit 173 for using a level shift horizontal synchronization signal Hsync to input reset pulses for the MCK level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 having a period of N horizontal periods shifted in phase by M horizontal periods (note, M<N) to the level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 and outputting the resultant signals, and a function of selecting the circuit not performing the reset operation among outputs of the L number of level shifters 171-1 and 171-2 for each M horizontal periods and outputting a level shift master clock LSMCK as a last output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masaki Murase, Daisuke Ito, Masaaki Tonogai, Yoshitoshi Kida, Yoshiharu Nakajima
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Patent number: 8341539Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents. The display controller portion collects the contents detected by the content detector portion and belonging to the same time range, displays content-related graphical information of the respective contents collected in units of the respective time range, and displays on the display portion a selector. The operation state detector portion detects an operation state of an operation portion. After detecting a predetermined operation state, the popup display controller portion detects a content having past time information with respect to the time information of the selected content, and popup displays content-related graphical information of the detected content on the display portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Japan Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Matsuzawa, Yoshimitsu Funabashi, Mayu Irimajiri, Atsushi Imai, Seiji Muramatsu, Takamoto Tsuda, Keiko Hiraoka, Takeshi Tanigawa, Tomoharu Okamoto, Akihiko Adachi, Tatsuhiko Nishimura
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Patent number: 8337599Abstract: The present invention relates to an oxygen concentrator in which a pulsation detection device for detecting pulsation of oxygen supplied and a control device for controlling an amount of air supplied from a compressor based on the detection results in a pressure swing adsorption-type oxygen concentrator, which is equipped with an adsorption bed filled with an adsorbent capable of selectively adsorbing nitrogen relative to oxygen, the compressor for supplying air to the adsorption bed, a channel switching valve to repeat in a constant timing an adsorption step, in which air is supplied from the compressor to the adsorption bed to isolate concentrated oxygen and a desorption step, in which the adsorption bed is evacuated to regenerate the adsorbent and a flow rate measuring device for determining a supply flow rate of concentrated oxygen produced and an amount of oxygen produced is controlled by a feedback with a flow rate sensor by itself after paying attention to variation of a product flow rate caused by supType: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Teijin Pharma LimitedInventor: Hisashi Kiritake
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Patent number: 8340514Abstract: An opening/closing mechanism for a cover of an imaging device includes a cover that is moved between a closed position and an inclined position in such a manner that the cover is inclined with respect to an outer housing of an imaging device, is moved in a straight line with respect to the outer housing, and has a pressing operation portion and an portion to be locked, a slide base that supports the cover slidably between the inclined position and the open position, and has a locking portion which is engaged with the portion to be locked to lock the cover at the open position, and a tilting base that supports the slide base tiltably between an initial position and a tilted position. When the cover is placed at the closed position, the slide base is placed at the initial position.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takashi Kusatsugu
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Patent number: 8341351Abstract: A data reception system includes a data acquisition unit acquiring data from a predetermined transmission path, an access control unit storing the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in a predetermined storage area, and a plurality of storage areas. The plurality of storage areas includes a first storage area and a second storage area having a greater storable capacity and a lower storing speed compared to the first storage area. The access control unit further includes a transfer unit. The access control unit determines whether the total amount of data stored in the first storage area is in the excess of a predetermined threshold or not and causes a transfer unit to transfer the data acquired by the data acquisition unit to the second storage area to store the data in the second storage area when the total amount is in the excess of the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takeo Tsumura
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Patent number: 8339337Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a pixel array section including pixel circuits each having an electro optical device, a signal writing transistor, a signal storage capacitor, and a device driving transistor; and a pixel driving section, wherein: in a no-light emission period, the pixel driving section carries out a threshold-voltage correction process by changing an electric potential appearing on an electrode of the device driving transistor close to the electro optical device toward an electric potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage of the device driving transistor from the initialization electric potential of the gate electrode of the device driving transistor and a mobility correction process of negatively feeding a current flowing through the device driving transistor back to the gate electrode of the device driving transistor; and when a current is not flowing through the device driving transistor, the pixel driving section applies a positive bias voltage to the gateType: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Junichi Yamashita, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8336483Abstract: A system for glazing a sash is disclosed. The system comprises at least two position assemblies, a back bedding glazing compound applicator assembly, and a stabilizer assembly. The position assemblies each include a position member defining a distal end and a housing. Each position member is selectively slidable between a stored position and an extended position; wherein the distal end of the positioner member is extend outwardly from the housing and contacts a glazing leg of the sash when the positioner member is moved into the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sika Technology AGInventor: William B. Davis
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Patent number: D673129Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Daigaku Kumano
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Patent number: D673201Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Nakamura, Tomonari Murakami
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Patent number: D673286Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masataka Shinoda
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Patent number: D673287Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shoji Akiyama, Masaya Kakuta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsumi Ito, Masataka Shinoda
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Patent number: D673522Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Yoshimune Iijima
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Patent number: D673529Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takeshi Miyazaki