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Canon patents granted on 28 February 2006
Tuesday February 28th 2006, 1:52 pm
Filed under: Canon, Patents

40 US patents granted on 28 February 2006 and assigned to Canon

1 7,007,002 Signal processing circuit involving local synchronous behavior
2 7,006,836 Wireless communication system and wireless device for quickly connecting to device providing desired service, and method of controlling wireless communication system and wireless device
3 7,006,776 Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having opening and closing member for opening and closing an opening through which a process cartridge is mounted
4 7,006,775 Image forming apparatus with electrically conduction rotary member for electrically connecting a plurality of developing devices to a main body of the apparatus
5 7,006,774 Image forming apparatus, wherein voltages applied to developer regulating members are based on respective voltages applied to developer carrying members
6 7,006,705 Image processing for correcting defects of read image
7 7,006,668 Image processing method and image processing apparatus
8 7,006,660 Data processing apparatus and method, data processing program, and storage medium
9 7,006,598 Imaging method and apparatus with exposure control
10 7,006,421 Optical information recording and reproducing method and apparatus for reproducing information utilizing maximum-likelihood decode
11 7,006,308 Retainer, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method
12 7,006,290 Optical system and method of designing optical system
13 7,006,277 Electrophoretic display apparatus
14 7,006,262 Reading of information by bidirectional scanning using image reading/printing apparatus
15 7,006,260 Image sensing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and method of controlling image sensing apparatus
16 7,006,258 Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and image processing system
17 7,006,257 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
18 7,006,246 Image processing method, apparatus, recording medium and chart therefor
19 7,006,239 Image forming apparatus with manual inhibiting of plural image retention forming mode and control method therefor
20 7,006,238 Print enablement in software systems
21 7,006,226 Alignment method, alignment apparatus, exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufactured by using the same
22 7,006,225 Alignment mark, alignment apparatus and method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
23 7,006,194 Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and method using the same
24 7,006,139 Image pickup apparatus with focusing lens control device
25 7,006,102 Method and apparatus for generating models of individuals
26 7,006,089 Method and apparatus for generating confidence data
27 7,006,083 Image display apparatus and image display method
28 7,005,797 Image forming apparatus
29 7,005,659 Charged particle beam exposure apparatus, charged particle beam exposure method, and device manufacturing method using the same apparatus
30 7,005,658 Charged particle beam exposure apparatus and method
31 7,005,647 Photoelectric converter and radiation reader
32 7,005,461 Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus
33 7,005,081 Base material cutting method, base material cutting apparatus, ingot cutting method, ingot cutting apparatus and wafer producing method
34 7,005,047 Film deposition apparatus and film deposition method
35 7,004,648 Image-taking apparatus
36 7,004,579 Ink composition containing a polymer complex, and an image formation method and equipment using the ink composition
37 7,004,578 Printing apparatus
38 7,004,575 Liquid container, liquid supplying apparatus, and recording apparatus
39 7,004,569 Electrothermal converting element board, ink jet printing head provided with electrothermal converting element board and ink jet printing apparatus using the same
40 7,004,554 Ink jet printing apparatus