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Sony patents granted on 27 February 2007
Tuesday February 27th 2007, 9:02 am
Filed under: Patents, Sony

40 US patents granted on 27 February 2007 and assigned to Sony

1 7,185,356 Image processing apparatus and image processing method as well as recording medium
2 7,185,349 Biaxial actuator apparatus and a method for mounting and adjusting the biaxial actuator
3 7,185,283 Screen control method
4 7,185,193 Person authentication system, person authentication method, and program providing medium
5 7,185,108 Information processing apparatus having reply priority and method thereof
6 7,185,095 Network system, network server and terminal device
7 7,185,056 Apparatus and method for sharing information between terminals on a network
8 7,184,986 Content transaction system and method, and program providing medium therefor
9 7,184,975 Sales system and sales processing apparatus for selling an intangible product and a tangible product
10 7,184,808 Portable wireless communication apparatus
11 7,184,725 Pole switch down converter with symmetric resonator
12 7,184,706 Mobile terminal apparatus using a communication protocol capable of flexible communication between non-contact communication means and internal control means
13 7,184,647 Information carrier, device for reading and device for providing the information carrier and method of transmitting picture information
14 7,184,611 Data recording apparatus and method, data reproducing apparatus and method, data recording and reproducing apparatus and method, and map image data format
15 7,184,606 Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
16 7,184,565 Headphone
17 7,184,562 Loudspeaker apparatus
18 7,184,512 Phase locked loop circuit and optical communications receiving apparatus
19 7,184,449 Cycle synchronization between interconnected sub-networks
20 7,184,380 Reproducing device, reproducing method and audio data storage medium
21 7,184,371 Optical pickup driver having piezoelectric elements of different voltages at start and steady state
22 7,184,295 Memory device
23 7,184,294 Ferroelectric-type nonvolatile semiconductor memory
24 7,184,208 Variable power finder and imaging apparatus
25 7,184,183 Hologram recording/reproducing apparatus and hologram recording/reproducing method
26 7,184,119 Liquid crystal device and its manufacturing method
27 7,184,060 Special effect device, address signal generating device, address signal generating method and address signal generating program
28 7,184,051 Method of and apparatus for rendering an image simulating fluid motion, with recording medium and program therefor
29 7,183,987 Antenna apparatus, and communications apparatus using same
30 7,183,909 Information recording device and information recording method
31 7,183,894 Communication system for accessing shared entrance of multiple dwelling house
32 7,183,870 Resonant circuit and a voltage-controlled oscillator
33 7,183,482 Singing voice synthesizing method, singing voice synthesizing device, program, recording medium, and robot apparatus
34 7,183,229 Semiconductor thin film forming method, production methods for semiconductor device and electrooptical device, devices used for these methods, and semiconductor device and electrooptical device
35 7,183,135 Method for manufacturing high-frequency module device
36 7,183,021 Solid electrolyte battery
37 7,182,440 Liquid jet apparatus
38 D537,463 Video camera
39 D537,435 Combined amplifier and receiver
40 D537,409 Combined charger and infrared ray emitter