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| 20090085817 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device is provided with the following an antenna, a first radio module configured to perform wireless communications by use of the antenna, a second radio module configured to perform wireless communications by use of the antenna, a first printed circuit board with reference to which the second radio module is attachable or detachable, a first cable which connects the antenna and the second radio module together, a second cable which connects the second radio module and the first radio module together, and a connection mechanism which connects the first and second cables together in a state where the second radio module is detached from the first printed circuit board. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090168379 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a polygonal printed circuit board provided with a cutout portion at least in a part, the cutout portion defined by at least a first edge and a second edge; and a first electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board; wherein the first electronic component is mounted at a position crossing a line defined by the first edge on the printed circuit board. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100328870 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with counterpart devices; a housing configured to include the wireless communication unit, the housing being formed with an opening for exposing the wireless communication unit; a lid member configured to be movable between an opened position for opening the opening and a closing position for closing the opening; and an input device configured to receive an input and outputs an operation signal in accordance with the input, the input device being provided on the housing, wherein the input device includes the lid member. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110122557 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a side wall, an interface component, a partition wall, and a protrusion. The side wall is formed on one of the bottom wall and the top wall of a housing to spatially separate the inside of the housing from the outside. The side wall includes a through opening. The interface component faces the through opening in the housing. The partition wall is formed on the one of the bottom wall and the top wall and coupled perpendicularly to the side wall. The partition wall spatially separates the inside of the housing and a component retainer formed as a cutout or a recess of the housing. The protrusion is formed on the one of the bottom wall and the top wall to be spaced apart from the partition wall. The interface component is held between the partition wall and the protrusion. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110249383 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a casing, a device attachment portion, a pointing device, an attachment member and a button member. The casing includes an outer surface, an inner surface and an opening. The device attachment portion is provided in the casing. The pointing device is attached to the device attachment portion from a side of the inner surface. The attachment member is removably fixed to the casing and covers a part of the pointing device from the side of the inner surface. The button member is attached to the attachment member and includes a base portion, a supporting portion and an operating portion. The base portion is fixed to the attachment member. The supporting portion extends from the base portion. The operating portion at a front end of the supporting portion is fitted in the opening, and exposed to the outside of the casing. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249403 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a first back plate on the circuit board, a second back plate on the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the first back plate with the second back plate. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120250257 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a first back plate on the circuit board, a second back plate on the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the first back plate with the second back plate. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120276432 | Battery Unit Having Case to Contain Cells - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing, a holding part and a battery unit. Placed in the battery receptacle of the housing, the battery unit comprises a plurality of cells and a case accommodating the plurality of cells. The case comprises (i) a first part configured to contain at least one cell, (ii) a second part configured to contain at least one cell different from the at least one cell contained in the first part, and (iii) a third part located between the first part and the second part. The third part of the case includes a thin wall portion having a thickness less than a thickness of each of the plurality of cells. The thin wall portion includes a bottom on which the holding part is stacked in a thickness direction of the housing when the battery unit is placed in the battery receptacle. | 11-01-2012 |
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| 20100118872 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND PATH SETTING CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus operable to set a path based on path setting information used to set a communication path over a communication network formed by a plurality of the communication apparatuses, the communication apparatus including a first storage medium operable to store first path setting information formatted with a first format, a second storage medium operable to store second path setting information formatted with a second format, and a controller operable to control to convert control information of the communication apparatus in which the first path setting information stored in the first storage medium is set, to the second path setting information formatted with the second format. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100165987 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORM COMMUNICATION ROUTE - There is provided a communication device including a score information storage unit to store score information indicating a score as an evaluated value of a communication path; a receiver unit to receive a route connection notice including current score information; a routing unit to acquire the score information stored in the score information storage unit, and select the communication path next to the communication path based on the acquired score information of the communication path; a score updating unit to add a score of the communication path selected by the routing unit to the current score of the partial communication route indicated by the current score information, and update the current score information to the added score as a new current score; and a transmission unit to transmit the route connection notice including the current score information. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100247095 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING APPARATUS AND DISPERSION COMPENSATING METHOD FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL - When line trouble occurs in an optical network, the restoration time can be reduced. A transponder | 09-30-2010 |
| 20120002964 | OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXER - An optical add-drop multiplexer having first and second routes includes: an optical cross connect; a first multiplexer optically coupled to a plurality of output ports of the optical cross connect; a second multiplexer optically coupled to a plurality of other output ports of the optical cross connect; a first wavelength selective switch to generate a first WDM optical signal including an optical signal output from the first multiplexer and to guide the first WDM optical signal to the first route; and a second wavelength selective switch to generate a second WDM optical signal including optical signal output from the second multiplexer and to guide the second WDM optical signal to the second route. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120207477 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL FILTER CIRCUIT - There is provided an optical transmission device, the optical transmission device including a wavelength selective switch configured to select a first optical signal having a first wavelength from an input signal of wavelength division multiplexing, an optical filter circuit configured to include an optical tunable filter having a pass wavelength that is tunable to a second wavelength of a second optical signal for passing therethrough, a splitter configured to split the input signal, a split signal split by the splitter being transferred to the optical filter circuit, and a coupler configured to couple the first optical signal selected by the wavelength selective switch and the second optical signal passed through the optical filter circuit. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120263452 | METHOD OF SWITCHING OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK AND NODE DEVICE - A node device in an optical transport ring network including plural node devices connected in a ring form using plural optical transmission paths so that optical transport frames of a working line and a protection line are transmitted using the plural optical transmission paths, includes a control information transmitter, when a failure occurs in the optical transmission paths, transmitting the optical transport frame to an opposing node device as a transmission destination node in the optical transmission paths, the optical transport frame including switching control information; and a switcher receiving the optical transport frame including switching control information, the optical transport frame being transmitted to the node device as the transmission destination node, forming a loop back to fold a transmission path between the plural optical transmission paths, and switching the optical transmission path from the work line to the protection line. | 10-18-2012 |
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| 20090026570 | Methods and structures for discharging plasma formed during the fabrication of semiconuctor device - Methods and structures for discharging plasma formed during the fabrication of semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a wordline, a common ground line and a fuse structure for electrically coupling the wordline and the common ground line until a break signal is applied via the fuse structure. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090053867 | PLASMA TREATED METAL SILICIDE LAYER FORMATION - Devices and methods for plasma treated metal silicide layer formation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a metal layer on a silicon substrate, exposing the metal layer to a plasma, and thermally treating the silicon substrate and the metal layer to form a metal silicide layer. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090174041 | ULTRAVIOLET BLOCKING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Structures and methods for blocking ultraviolet rays during a film depositing process for semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the ONO film, a lower layer insulation film formed on the ONO film and the gate electrode, and a ultraviolet (UV) blocking layer based on a plurality of granular particles scattered in at least one insulation film formed on lower layer insulation film, where the UV blocking layer suppresses UV rays generated during an additional film deposition from reaching the ONO film. | 07-09-2009 |
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| 20100114846 | OPTIMIZING MEDIA PLAYER MEMORY DURING RENDERING - Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114986 | NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS - Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110173163 | OPTIMIZING MEDIA PLAYER MEMORY DURING RENDERING - Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110218998 | NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS - Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120323917 | NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS - Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists. | 12-20-2012 |
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| 20110143259 | FUEL CELL AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a fuel cell which can obtain a sufficiently high electromotive force even under a low-temperature condition such as room temperature without using a deleterious substance or platinum. This fuel cell uses an electrolyte layer containing a layer-shaped metal oxide which has been subjected to the steam treatment. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120202128 | Solid Electrolyte Including Layered Metal Oxide, Fuel Cell Including Thereof, Production Method for Solid Electrolyte, and Production Method for Electrode Catalyst - A solid electrolyte including a layered metal oxide represented by the formula (1), | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120328971 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, FUEL BATTERY CELL, AND FUEL BATTERY - Provided are a solid electrolyte membrane useful in achieving strong electromotive force in a fuel battery, and a fuel battery cell produced with this membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane includes a substrate made of a sheet material and having a plurality of openings penetrating the substrate in its thickness direction, and a solid electrolyte layer provided on at least one of the faces of the substrate. The fuel battery cell includes a solid electrolyte membrane having the solid electrolyte layer on one of the faces of the substrate, and a catalyst layer containing a precious metal and provided on the other of the faces of the substrate, with the solid electrolyte layer and the catalyst layer being in contact with each other in the openings of the substrate. | 12-27-2012 |
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| 20100249593 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a first storage unit configured to store three-dimensional image data acquired by measuring the organ; a second storage unit configured to store a region name in association with a display method, the region name being the name of a region of the organ and the display method being for displaying the region of the organ; a region retrieval unit configured to retrieve, based on the region name, the region from the three-dimensional image data; and a display unit configured to display a two-dimensional image data; and a display control unit configured to transform, based on the region retrieved by the region unit, the three-dimensional image data of the region into the two-dimensional image for the region and configured to display the two-dimensional image on the display unit using the display method. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20120036094 | LEARNING APPARATUS, IDENTIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A learning apparatus acquires a plurality of training samples containing a plurality of attributes and known classes, gives the plurality of training samples to a route node of a decision tree to be learned as an identifier, generates a plurality of child nodes from a parent node of the decision tree, allocates the training samples whose attribute corresponding to a branch condition for classification is not a deficit values at the parent node of the decision tree out of the plurality of training samples, to any of the plurality of child nodes according to the branch condition, gives the training samples whose attribute is the deficit value, to any one of the plurality of child nodes, and executes the generation of the child nodes and the allocating of the training samples until a termination condition is satisfied. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120126812 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - First magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) three-dimensional heart image data includes a plurality of two-dimensional heart image data superimposed and having a resolution in at least one direction that is different from that in two other directions. A first axis is detected in the three-dimensional heart image data. A first vector is calculated as passing through the first axis and having at least a predetermined resolution and generated image data on a plane passing through the first axis and the first vector is generated from the first imaging data. A second axis is detected relating to the heart from the generated image data, the second axis being a higher precision axis than the first axis. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120134566 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus for diagnostic imaging,which allows easy verification of a spatial position on an arbitrary cross section is provided. An image processing apparatus | 05-31-2012 |