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Panasonic patent applications published on 02 February 2012

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:30:49 +0000

46 US patent applications published on 02 February 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20120030708	Portable Media Device and Method for Presenting Viewing Content During Travel
2	20120030430	CACHE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CACHE CONTROL METHOD
3	20120029336	ELECTRODE ATTACHMENT STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, ELECTRODE ATTACHMENT STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF
4	20120029326	METHOD FOR MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF A BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE CONTAINED IN A LIVING BODY
5	20120028753	Electric power tool
6	20120028684	RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ERROR CORRECTION/ENCODING METHOD
7	20120028247	PLASMON SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR INSERTING SAMPLE INTO PLASMON SENSOR
8	20120028144	FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
9	20120028141	PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ENERGY SYSTEM USING THE SAME
10	20120027919	ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
11	20120027392	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP METHOD
12	20120027243	PRESSURE ADJUSTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SPEAKER DEVICE USING THE PRESSURE ADJUSTOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND VEHICLE
13	20120027221	Trunk Mounted Automotive Network Server with Wireless Data Capability
14	20120027214	KEY IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM
15	20120027124	BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION METHOD
16	20120027087	IMAGE DECODING DEVICE
17	20120026969	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS
18	20120026953	COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
19	20120026948	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND DIVISION NUMBER DETERMINATION METHOD
20	20120026933	ROUTING METHOD, ROUTING SYSTEM, MOBILE NODE, HOME AGENT, AND HOME BASE STATION
21	20120026892	BASE STATION APPARATUS AND TERMINAL APPARATUS
22	20120026850	OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
23	20120026849	OPTICAL DISC DEVICE
24	20120026782	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE
25	20120026736	ILLUMINATION DEVICE
26	20120026602	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM
27	20120026601	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
28	20120026600	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
29	20120026360	IMAGING DEVICE
30	20120026349	IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE
31	20120026271	OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING IMAGE ON OPTICAL DISC
32	20120026142	PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE
33	20120025939	ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
34	20120025716	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE
35	20120025699	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE
36	20120025613	ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
37	20120025381	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
38	20120025336	CONVERTER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
39	20120025326	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
40	20120025272	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND LAYOUT METHOD FOR THE SAME
41	20120025224	ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
42	20120025181	ORGANIC EL ELEMENT
43	20120025132	THERMOCONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, HEAT DISSIPATING PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATING SUBSTRATE AND CIRCUIT MODULE USING THERMOCONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THERMOCONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION
44	20120024938	SOLDERING APPARATUS
45	20120024716	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE
46	20120024057	ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR

Panasonic patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:19 +0000

57 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D653,347	Holder for medical ultrasound equipment
2	8,108,936	Content distribution server and content playback control terminal
3	8,108,889	Digital television receiver module and digital television receiver using the same
4	8,108,885	Disk cartridge
5	8,108,884	Optical disk recording/reproducing device and optical head
6	8,108,689	Obfuscation evaluation method and obfuscation method
7	8,108,552	Information processing device, server, communication system, address decision method, address modification method, and program
8	8,108,408	Image recognition device and image recognition method
9	8,108,407	Informationn retrieval apparatus
10	8,108,222	Encoding device and decoding device
11	8,107,994	Multimode communication apparatus
12	8,107,967	Relay station in mobile communication system and relay transmission channel setting method
13	8,107,919	RF receiver
14	8,107,900	Multi-carrier transmission device
15	8,107,899	Power supply circuit
16	8,107,898	Transmitter circuit and communication device using the same
17	8,107,794	Optical disk for high resolution and general video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, optical disk recording apparatus, and reproduction control information generation apparatus
18	8,107,789	Playback apparatus that reads data replacing data recorded on recording medium from another recording medium and plays back read data, playback method, and non-transitory recording medium
19	8,107,788	Recording medium, playback device, recording method and playback method
20	8,107,660	Hearing aid
21	8,107,628	Data transmitting apparatus and data receiving apparatus
22	8,107,533	Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method
23	8,107,498	Network relay apparatus, data receiving apparatus, data transmitting apparatus, multipath MTU finding method and multipath MTU finding system
24	8,107,453	Mobile communication control method, mobile terminal, and access router
25	8,107,448	Apparatus for reducing signalling data bursts in mobile network
26	8,107,431	Master station in communications system and access control method
27	8,107,346	Optical head device and optical information processing device
28	8,107,334	Laser power control method and optical information recording/reproducing device
29	8,107,231	Cover opening and closing device and information processing unit
30	8,107,028	Display device having improved step coverage for thin film transistors
31	8,107,019	Projection type image display device
32	8,107,012	Image process apparatus and method for contour correction
33	8,107,000	Image pickup apparatus and semiconductor circuit element
34	8,106,993	Diffractive imaging lens, diffractive imaging lens optical system, and imaging apparatus using the diffractive imaging lens optical system
35	8,106,963	Flicker correcting device and flicker correcting method
36	8,106,954	Imaging apparatus and method that reduces illumination variations by converting a luminance value of a target pixel depending on an average luminance value of pixels in the vicinity of the target pixel
37	8,106,902	Display device
38	8,106,722	Multi-layered device and electronic equipment using thereof
39	8,106,691	Phase adjustment circuit
40	8,106,585	Manufacturing method of high-pressure discharge lamp, high-pressure discharge lamp, lamp unit using high-pressure discharge lamp, and image display apparatus using high-pressure discharge lamp
41	8,106,523	Liquid resin composition, semi-conductor device, and process of fabricating the same
42	8,106,521	Semiconductor device mounted structure with an underfill sealing-bonding resin with voids
43	8,106,431	Solid state imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and camera using the same
44	8,106,382	Field effect transistor
45	8,106,344	Compound eye camera module
46	8,106,307	Substrate structure and electronic apparatus
47	8,105,926	Method for producing a semiconductor device by plasma doping a semiconductor region to form an impurity region
48	8,105,732	Direct oxidation fuel cell
49	8,105,712	Sealed secondary battery, and method for manufacturing the battery
50	8,105,711	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
51	8,105,396	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for fabricating the same
52	8,105,395	Method for manufacturing electrode plate for battery
53	8,105,101	Lamp socket and luminaire with same
54	8,104,942	Light guide sheet and movable contact element using the same
55	8,104,923	Light-emitting apparatus
56	8,104,307	Expander-integrated compressor and refrigeration-cycle apparatus with the same
57	8,104,181	Outer blade for reciprocation-type electric shaver and method of producing the same

Panasonic patent applications published on 26 January 2012

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:04 +0000

48 US patent applications published on 26 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20120023514	COMPOUND OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
2	20120023358	HOST DEVICE, PERIPHERAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
3	20120023311	PROCESSOR APPARATUS AND MULTITHREAD PROCESSOR APPARATUS
4	20120023275	DATA TRANSFERRING METHOD
5	20120023164	NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
6	20120022833	LIBRARY FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUIT SIMULATION, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IT, AND LIBRARY GENERATION SYSTEM
7	20120021754	RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND BANDWIDTH DETERMINATION METHOD
8	20120021640	COMMUNICATION CABLE
9	20120021608	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RESIN-ADHESIVE-LAYER-BACKED SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD
10	20120021549	METHOD FOR GROWING CRYSTALS OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
11	20120021320	FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEM
12	20120021260	BATTERY MODULE
13	20120021143	DISPLAY DEVICE
14	20120020817	RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR
15	20120020653	IMAGE BLUR CORRECTING MECHANISM AND IMAGING DEVICE
16	20120020642	METHOD FOR DETECTING PROGRAM OVERLAPPING PORTION AND AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE USING THE SAME
17	20120020613	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING MIRROR FACE, AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPOSITE WIRING BOARD
18	20120020575	AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS
19	20120020506	HEARING AID
20	20120020505	SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
21	20120020416	FLEXIBLE CABLE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
22	20120020391	RADIO TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CIRCUIT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD
23	20120020390	ANGLE MODULATOR, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
24	20120020343	GATEWAY CONNECTION METHOD, GATEWAY CONNECTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND USER EQUIPMENT
25	20120020187	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
26	20120020095	ELECTRONIC DEVICE
27	20120019984	CAPACITOR
28	20120019939	LENS BARREL
29	20120019925	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
30	20120019730	RECEIVER
31	20120019719	DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
32	20120019706	IMAGE PICKUP LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE USING THE SAME
33	20120019623	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND LENS DRIVING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
34	20120019571	METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE
35	20120019570	METHOD FOR DRIVNG PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE
36	20120019435	INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM
37	20120019227	POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT
38	20120019166	POWER SOURCE UNIT FOR LED LAMPS, AND LED LAMP SYSTEM
39	20120019119	ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBE, METHOD FOR FORMING REFLECTIVE FILM OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBE, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
40	20120019102	ELASTIC WAVE ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME
41	20120018890	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
42	20120018820	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
43	20120018740	SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
44	20120018636	INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR
45	20120018311	CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION METHOD, AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION DEVICE USED FOR THE METHOD
46	20120017636	REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS
47	20120017620	REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS
48	20120017430	LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

Panasonic patents granted on 24 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:31:18 +0000

43 US patents granted on 24 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	RE43,145	Processor which can favorably execute a rounding process composed of positive conversion and saturated calculation processing
2	RE43,126	Optical pickup head and information recording/reproducing device
3	D653,006	Clothes dryer
4	D652,851	Robot hand
5	D652,842	Display screen with an icon image
6	8,104,068	Program replacing method
7	8,104,052	Slot-in type disk apparatus including a base body and lid forming a chassis sheath provided with a bezel
8	8,103,516	Subband coding apparatus and method of coding subband
9	8,103,447	Map displaying device
10	8,103,442	Navigation device and its method
11	8,103,400	Sensor apparatus
12	8,103,152	Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium
13	8,103,036	Speaker device and television receiver using the speaker device
14	8,103,017	Sound reproducing system and automobile using such sound reproducing system
15	8,102,919	Image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus
16	8,102,911	Picture coding device
17	8,102,908	Waveform equalizing device
18	8,102,880	Method and apparatus for packet segmentation and concatenation signaling in a communication system
19	8,102,831	Radio transmitting apparatus and method for transmitting OFDM signals from different antennas according to the degree of multiplexing
20	8,102,808	Method for ensuring medium access in a wireless network
21	8,102,761	Path control device, path control method, and path control program
22	8,102,741	Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus
23	8,102,696	Nonvolatile memory device and method of writing data to nonvolatile memory device
24	8,102,516	Test method for compound-eye distance measuring apparatus, test apparatus, and chart used for the same
25	8,102,450	Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus and driving method for the same
26	8,102,387	Image display device
27	8,102,357	Display device
28	8,102,349	Display device
29	8,102,274	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, integrated circuit and circuit module
30	8,102,155	Discharge controller
31	8,102,152	Deterioration detecting method and deterioration suppressing method for rechargeable lithium batteries, deterioration detector, deterioration suppressor, battery pack, and charger
32	8,102,115	Organic EL display device and manufacturing method thereof
33	8,102,056	Semiconductor device having pads and which minimizes defects due to bonding and probing processes
34	8,102,024	Semiconductor integrated circuit and system LSI including the same
35	8,101,972	Nitride semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
36	8,101,967	Optical semiconductor package and optical semiconductor device
37	8,101,472	Method for manufacturing TFT substrate
38	8,101,357	Method for inhibiting telomerase reaction using an anionic phthalocyanine compound
39	8,101,063	Method of measuring quantity of substrate
40	8,100,637	Double suction type centrifugal fan
41	8,100,549	Illuminating lens, and lighting device, surface light source, and liquid-crystal display apparatus each using the same
42	8,100,451	Multi-fingered robot hand
43	8,099,802	Flush toilet equipment

Panasonic patent applications published on 19 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:45:20 +0000

25 US patent applications published on 19 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20120016527	GAS SHUTOFF DEVICE
2	20120015522	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RESIN-ADHESIVE-LAYER-BACKED SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD
3	20120015504	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
4	20120015289	ALIGNMENT METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY
5	20120014821	RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR
6	20120014789	AIR BLOWING DEVICE
7	20120014640	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CORE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND OPTOELECTRIC COMPOSITE WIRING BOARD
8	20120014412	POSITIONING SYSTEM AND POSITIONING METHOD
9	20120014373	WIRELESS TRANSMITTER, WIRELESS RECEIVER, AND PREAMBLE SEQUENCE GENERATION METHOD
10	20120014279	WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND PRECODING METHOD
11	20120014244	BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, PILOT TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD
12	20120014231	WRITE-ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
13	20120014084	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD
14	20120014004	LENS BARREL SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL DEVICE
15	20120013993	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM
16	20120013991	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM
17	20120013721	AUDIO/VIDEO REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, HEARING AID, AND AUDIO/VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE
18	20120013709	VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD
19	20120013652	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
20	20120013648	PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
21	20120013555	TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM
22	20120013511	PORTABLE RADIO
23	20120012893	SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
24	20120012645	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD
25	20120012371	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CIRCUIT BOARD, AND CIRCUIT BOARD

Panasonic patents granted on 17 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:32:55 +0000

60 US patents granted on 17 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D652,383	Plug
2	8,099,744	Disk device
3	8,099,743	Slot-in type disk apparatus
4	8,099,741	Disk device
5	8,099,537	Method, device, and system for transmitting data fragments over multiple transmission lines and techniques for stopping data transmission
6	8,099,475	Information terminal
7	8,099,427	Search article estimation apparatus and method and server for search article estimation apparatus
8	8,099,418	Information search support method and information search support device
9	8,099,291	Signal decoding apparatus
10	8,099,275	Sound encoder and sound encoding method for generating a second layer decoded signal based on a degree of variation in a first layer decoded signal
11	8,099,248	Flow rate measuring device, and gas supply system employing it, method for specifying gas appliance
12	8,098,983	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system
13	8,098,972	Reproduced signal processor and video display
14	8,098,953	Image processing apparatus and image processing method for adaptively processing an image using an enhanced image and edge data
15	8,098,898	Motion detection device, MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor) integrated circuit, and video system
16	8,098,876	Speaker
17	8,098,869	Loudspeaker damper, manufacturing method thereof, and loudspeaker and electronic device using the same
18	8,098,832	Apparatus and method for detecting sound
19	8,098,772	Method for digital wireless communications
20	8,098,759	Radio transmitting device and radio transmitting method
21	8,098,756	MIMO antenna apparatus capable of diversity reception using one radiating conductor
22	8,098,736	Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method
23	8,098,660	Transmitting apparatus and transmitting method
24	8,098,659	Communication apparatus, communication system including the same, and method for setting IP address of communication apparatus
25	8,098,642	Communication system and mobile home agent
26	8,098,641	Method for selective distribution of communications infrastructure
27	8,098,626	Packet transfer control method, communication message processing method, access router, and mobile terminal
28	8,098,625	Wireless terminal and communication system switching method
29	8,098,616	Radio communication system, radio communication method, and radio communication device
30	8,098,566	Optical disc, optical disc drive, optical disc recording/reproducing method, and integrated circuit
31	8,098,557	Signal evaluation method and signal evaluation apparatus
32	8,098,556	Optical disc device
33	8,098,555	Optical disk device with coma aberration correction
34	8,098,550	Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus including writing information on rewritable information recording medium
35	8,098,549	Information recording medium, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method and reproduction method
36	8,098,442	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
37	8,098,356	Liquid crystal display device
38	8,098,323	Camera system and camera body
39	8,098,318	Video reproduction apparatus, digital camera, semiconductor integrated circuit, and method for video reproduction
40	8,098,306	Phase adjustment device, phase adjustment method and digital camera
41	8,098,217	Driving device and driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display device
42	8,098,199	Array antenna apparatus including multiple steerable antennas and capable of avoiding affection among steerable antennas
43	8,098,118	Bandpass filter and process of fabricating the same
44	8,098,010	Organic electroluminescence display device and manufacturing method thereof
45	8,097,965	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
46	8,097,962	Semiconductor device
47	8,097,958	Flip chip connection structure having powder-like conductive substance and method of producing the same
48	8,097,920	Semiconductor integrated circuit comprising electro static discharge protection element
49	8,097,886	Organic electroluminescence device
50	8,097,850	Infrared sensor
51	8,097,821	Movable contact unit with light-guiding function and lighted panel switch using the same
52	8,097,815	Printed circuit board and its designing method, and designing method of IC package terminal and its connecting method
53	8,097,371	Hydrogen generator, fuel cell system comprising the same, and operation method thereof
54	8,097,370	Dynamically controllable direct oxidation fuel cell systems and methods therefor
55	8,097,357	Battery can and method for manufacturing the same
56	8,097,147	Method of measuring quantity of substrate
57	8,097,112	Method for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly
58	8,097,013	Skin incision instrument and method for incising skin with the same
59	8,096,653	Method for manufacturing lens for electronic spectacles, lens for electronic spectacles, and electronic spectacles
60	8,096,047	Electronic component mounting apparatus

Panasonic patent applications published on 12 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:07:09 +0000

50 US patent applications published on 12 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20120011388	POWER LINE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
2	20120011272	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
3	20120010811	ROUTE INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE AND ROUTE INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD
4	20120010530	BLOOD TEST APPARATUS HAVING BLOOD SENSOR
5	20120010353	REFLECTOR AND LIGHTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
6	20120010043	Electric power tool
7	20120009795	CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST MATERIAL AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD USING THE SAME
8	20120009471	LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
9	20120009470	LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE OF THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY
10	20120009097	FLOW PATH DEVICE
11	20120008797	SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD
12	20120008776	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
13	20120008713	HYBRID DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT
14	20120008685	IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING METHOD
15	20120008674	MULTITHREAD PROCESSOR AND DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEM
16	20120008589	WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS, FREQUENCY RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, AND METHOD OF FORMING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL
17	20120008532	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SUB-PACKETS
18	20120008517	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
19	20120008481	OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS
20	20120008474	RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
21	20120008365	METHOD FOR OPERATING A NONVOLATILE SWITCHING DEVICE
22	20120008241	ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD
23	20120008210	DIFFRACTIVE LENS AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE USING THE SAME
24	20120008066	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
25	20120008046	HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION GENERATION CIRCUIT, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING LSI, AND VIDEO SYSTEM
26	20120008043	IMAGING APPARATUS
27	20120008036	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM
28	20120008007	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD
29	20120007952	RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM
30	20120007846	DISPLAY DEVICE
31	20120007844	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
32	20120007680	VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER
33	20120007668	FILTER CIRCUIT, TRANSMISSION FILTER CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND TIMING ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR FILTER CIRCUIT
34	20120007641	ELECTRONIC PART AND METHOD OF DETECTING FAULTS THEREIN
35	20120007580	HIGH FREQUENCY POWER DETECTOR CIRCUIT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
36	20120007435	POWER GENERATOR AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
37	20120007257	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
38	20120007178	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
39	20120007148	SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
40	20120007131	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE USING THE SAME
41	20120007013	COMPOSITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL
42	20120006915	ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION APPARATUS
43	20120006811	INDUCTION HEATING COOKER
44	20120006798	LASER OSCILLATOR AND LASER MACHINING APPARATUS
45	20120006729	WATER PURIFIER
46	20120006585	TOUCH PANEL
47	20120006574	ELECTRIC POWER TOOL
48	20120006195	FABRICATION METHOD FOR GAS-ADSORBING DEVICE, GAS-ADSORBING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
49	20120006083	ELECTRONIC LOCK
50	20120005899	RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER

Panasonic patents granted on 10 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:53:43 +0000

69 US patents granted on 10 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	RE43,100	Apparatus and method for header decompression
2	RE43,093	Communication system
3	RE43,083	Gas dischargeable panel
4	D651,976	Plug
5	D651,973	Lamp socket
6	D651,972	Lamp socket
7	8,095,952	Mobile terminal device, control method thereof, program, and semiconductor device
8	8,095,942	Disc changer device
9	8,095,905	Power supply wiring structure
10	8,095,894	Changing a design rule for forming LSI pattern based on evaluating effectiveness of optical proximity corrected patterns
11	8,095,833	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, transmission method, and reception method
12	8,095,744	Device for controlling access from a plurality of masters to shared memory composed of a plurality of banks each having a plurality of pages
13	8,095,576	Recording device
14	8,095,490	User support device, method, and program
15	8,095,211	Body fat measuring device
16	8,095,093	Multi-mode transmitter having adaptive operating mode control
17	8,095,000	Camera system
18	8,094,995	Plural drive device delay countermeasure and recording/reproduction device performing power saving control
19	8,094,994	Information recording medium, and apparatus and method for recording information to information recording medium
20	8,094,974	Picture data management apparatus and picture data management method
21	8,094,950	Signal processor
22	8,094,864	Diaphragm unit and speaker using the same
23	8,094,862	Speaker
24	8,094,830	Video/sound output device and external speaker control device
25	8,094,820	Information recording/reproducing device
26	8,094,811	Data encryption device and data encryption method
27	8,094,741	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
28	8,094,738	Radio communication base station apparatus and report channel signal transmission band setting method
29	8,094,725	Video coder, coding controller, and video coding method
30	8,094,717	Image generation apparatus and image generation method
31	8,094,565	Loop detection for mobile IP home agents
32	8,094,543	Information recording medium, reproducing apparatus and reproducing method
33	8,094,532	Interlayer movement apparatus, and integrated circuit for interlayer movement apparatus
34	8,094,506	Method and apparatus for timing adjustment
35	8,094,498	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
36	8,094,485	Variable resistance nonvolatile storage device with oxygen-deficient oxide layer and asymmetric substrate bias effect
37	8,094,482	Nonvolatile memory apparatus and nonvolatile data storage medium
38	8,094,481	Resistance variable memory apparatus
39	8,094,410	Spindle motor with flange land portion for ensuring flatness of recording disc
40	8,094,269	Liquid crystal display device, manufacturing method thereof, and color filter substrate
41	8,094,241	Digital broadcast reception device and related method to determine programs included in receivable programs
42	8,094,238	Video signal processing device and video signal processing method
43	8,094,233	Imaging device for a camera
44	8,094,227	Solid state image sensor
45	8,094,222	Driving method for solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device
46	8,094,096	Organic electroluminescence display device and manufacturing method thereof
47	8,093,976	Vehicle switch
48	8,093,972	Electromechanical device and electrical device with the electromechanical device
49	8,093,968	Microelectromechanical element and electromechanical switch using the same
50	8,093,926	Physical quantity detection circuit and physical quantity sensor device
51	8,093,881	Reference voltage generation circuit with start-up circuit
52	8,093,837	Lamp ballast and an illumination apparatus
53	8,093,830	Semiconductor light source driving apparatus and semiconductor light source driving method
54	8,093,784	Piezoelectric power generating element, and method of generating electric power using the piezoelectric power generating element
55	8,093,685	Nitride compound semiconductor element
56	8,093,672	Solid-state imaging device
57	8,093,645	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device
58	8,093,612	Organic EL display device and manufacturing method thereof
59	8,093,578	Nonvolatile memory element, nonvolatile memory element array, and method for manufacturing nonvolatile memory element
60	8,093,543	Voltage generator circuit having a resistor ladder circuit and a switch control circuit allowing a variation of the slope of a given ramp wave, digital-to-analog converter, ramp generator circuit, analog-to-digital converter, image sensor system, and method for generating voltage
61	8,093,534	Cooking device
62	8,093,505	Layered electronic circuit device
63	8,093,168	ZrO.sub.2-Al.sub.2O.sub.3 composite ceramic material and production method therefor
64	8,093,131	Lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor having a retrograde doping profile in base region and method of manufacture thereof
65	8,092,407	Massage machine
66	8,091,505	Secondary battery, method and device for testing the negative electrode, and method and device for producing negative electrode thereof
67	8,091,426	Ultrasonic wave measuring method and apparatus
68	8,091,241	Electric hair remover
69	8,091,216	Electronic parts mounting apparatus and electronic parts mounting method

Panasonic patent applications published on 05 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:45:09 +0000

61 US patent applications published on 05 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20120005687	SYSTEM ACTIVATION METHOD IN MULTI-TASK SYSTEM
2	20120005562	ENCODED STREAM DECODING DEVICE
3	20120005481	AUTHENTICATED PROGRAM EXECUTION METHOD
4	20120005354	WIRELESS POINT THAT PROVIDES FUNCTIONS FOR A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK TO BE SEPARATED BETWEEN THE WIRELESS POINT AND ONE OR MORE CONTROL NODES, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK HAVING FUNCTIONS SEPARATED BETWEEN A WIRELESS POINT AND ONE OR MORE CONTROL NODES
5	20120005141	NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM
6	20120004887	ACTION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ACTION ANALYSIS METHOD
7	20120004759	COMPONENT MOUNTING LINE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD
8	20120004010	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD
9	20120004002	TERMINAL DEVICE AND BASE STATION DEVICE
10	20120003946	ADAPTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS INCLUDING ADAPTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA
11	20120003859	CONNECTOR SET AND JOINTER FOR USE THEREIN
12	20120003554	FUEL CELL SYSTEM
13	20120002975	WIRELESS MICROPHONE
14	20120002943	RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCING METHOD
15	20120002885	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
16	20120002829	HEARING AID AND HEARING AID SYSTEM
17	20120002817	KEY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND KEY MANAGEMENT DEVICE
18	20120002770	SECOND-ORDER DISTORTION CORRECTING RECEIVER AND SECOND-ORDER DISTORTION CORRECTING METHOD
19	20120002768	DISTORTION-CORRECTING RECEIVER AND DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD
20	20120002754	TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD
21	20120002707	PLL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER
22	20120002693	NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
23	20120002653	MOBILE NODE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD
24	20120002631	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RESOURCE REGION SETTING METHOD
25	20120002603	INTERFERENCE LIMITATION FOR RETRANSMISSIONS
26	20120002521	INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD
27	20120002520	PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM
28	20120002485	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE
29	20120002361	PIVOTING DISPLAY DEVICE
30	20120002263	LASER LIGHT SOURCE, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
31	20120002134	NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ILLUMINATING DEVICE
32	20120002130	DISPLAY DEVICE
33	20120002118	LIQUID CRYSATL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET
34	20120002054	MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM, VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD
35	20120002052	OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS, OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM HAVING SAME, AND OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD
36	20120002018	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
37	20120001892	OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, SIGNAL DRIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OFFSET VOLTAGE ADJUSTING METHOD
38	20120001882	DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS
39	20120001782	Delta Sigma ADC
40	20120001695	RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER
41	20120001688	TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL APPARATUS
42	20120001687	RECEIVING APPARATUS AND AUTO GAIN CONTROL METHOD
43	20120001497	WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
44	20120001496	WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DEVICE WITH HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE
45	20120001312	PACKAGE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
46	20120001311	PACKAGE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
47	20120001310	PACKAGE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
48	20120001275	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
49	20120001223	NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
50	20120001200	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
51	20120001186	ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
52	20120001177	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
53	20120001124	INK FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ORGANIC DISPLAY PANEL, ORGANIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS, INK , FORMING METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL LAYER, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
54	20120000904	INDUCTION HEATING COOKER
55	20120000895	METHOD OF CONTROLLING WELDING
56	20120000699	CIRCUIT MODULE
57	20120000551	GAS SHUTOFF DEVICE
58	20120000381	SCREEN PRINTER
59	20120000380	SCREEN PRINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A MASK OF THE SAME
60	20120000288	PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR
61	20120000236	HEAT PUMP HEATING SYSTEM

Panasonic patents granted on 03 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:47:04 +0000

62 US patents granted on 03 January 2012 and assigned to Panasonic

1	8,091,064	Supporting system, design supporting method, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with design supporting program
2	8,090,957	Information security device, information security method, computer program, computer-readable recording medium, and integrated circuit
3	8,090,956	Program converting device, secure processing device, computer program, and recording medium
4	8,090,921	Processing device, computer system, and mobile apparatus
5	8,090,920	Recording medium, and information processing device and information processing method for the recording medium
6	8,090,811	Service provider for embedded devices using a message store
7	8,090,585	Audio decoding device
8	8,090,547	Ultrasonic measuring device and ultrasonic measuring method
9	8,090,498	Turning direction indicator
10	8,090,419	Folding portable wireless apparatus
11	8,090,408	Portable wireless device
12	8,090,239	Identification-information recording system, management unit, recording unit and recording control circuit
13	8,090,238	Reproducing apparatus
14	8,090,209	Image coding device, digital still camera, digital camcorder, imaging device, and image coding method
15	8,090,195	Compound eye imaging apparatus, distance measuring apparatus, disparity calculation method, and distance measuring method
16	8,090,034	Transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus in a multicarrier transmission system and a transmission method and a reception method using the multicarrier transmission system
17	8,089,981	Method of resolving duplicate MAC addresses, network device management system, server, and information device
18	8,089,954	IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and communications method
19	8,089,950	Wireless communication equipment and wireless communication method
20	8,089,945	Communication method, and transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus using that communication method
21	8,089,896	Network system
22	8,089,850	Optical pickup, optical disc apparatus, integrated coupling lens, integrated prism, and optical information equipment
23	8,089,847	Recording and reproducing apparatus
24	8,089,844	Method and device for optical recording onto optical disc medium
25	8,089,701	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
26	8,089,620	Method for measuring optical characteristics of diffraction optical element and apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of diffraction optical element
27	8,089,605	Liquid crystal display device
28	8,089,602	Display device with spacers having different heights and numbers
29	8,089,582	Liquid crystal display device comprising at least one groove having an end portion that stops short of the non-adjacent opposite side surfaces and extends in a direction perpendicular to the non-adjacent side surfaces
30	8,089,581	Display and illuminator
31	8,089,575	Display device and manufacturing method of the same
32	8,089,565	Digital signal receiver and method for controlling the same
33	8,089,548	Image processing device, method, and storage medium
34	8,089,539	Phase adjusting device and related art thereof
35	8,089,514	Moving image communication device, moving image communication system and semiconductor integrated circuit used for communication of moving image
36	8,089,507	Recording medium, playback device, system LSI, playback method, glasses, and display device for 3D images
37	8,089,505	Terminal apparatus, method and computer readable recording medium
38	8,089,477	Display device and method for controlling the same
39	8,089,457	Image operating device, image operating method, and image operating program embodied on computer readable medium
40	8,089,439	Image display device
41	8,089,428	Flat panel display apparatus
42	8,089,426	Plasma display panel drive method of determining a subfield, having a low luminance, for performing an every-cell initialization operation and setting a width of a sustain pulse of the subfield for performing the every-cell initialization operation
43	8,089,312	Amplifying circuit with bypass circuit, and electronic device using the same
44	8,089,215	Discharge lamp lighting device, headlight device and vehicle having the same
45	8,089,211	Plasma display panel and method for manufacturing the same
46	8,089,180	Integrated circuit device, method of controlling operation of integrated circuit device, and method of fabricating integrated circuit device
47	8,089,156	Electrode structure for semiconductor chip with crack suppressing dummy metal patterns
48	8,089,122	Vertical trench gate transistor semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
49	8,089,096	Field effect transistor with main surface including C-axis
50	8,089,018	Movable contact unit and method of manufacturing the same
51	8,088,989	Thermoelectric conversion material and thermoelectric conversion element
52	8,088,632	Elemental analysis method and semiconductor device manufacturing method
53	8,088,565	Exposure system and pattern formation method
54	8,088,517	Lithium ion secondary battery and production method thereof
55	8,088,510	Lithium secondary battery comprising double-structured battery case
56	8,088,508	Thermal battery
57	8,088,464	Information recording medium and method for manufacturing same
58	8,088,444	Method and apparatus for applying electrode mixture paste
59	8,088,271	Method of measuring hematocrit (Hct), sensor used in the method, and measuring device
60	8,088,123	Hair growth modulation device
61	8,087,296	Angular velocity sensor
62	8,087,260	Fluid machine and refrigeration cycle apparatus

Panasonic patent applications published on 29 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:15:51 +0000

56 US patent applications published on 29 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20110321076	VIEWING TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND PARTICIPATING PROGRAM SHARING SYSTEM
2	20110320906	ENCODER, DECODER, AND ENCODING METHOD
3	20110320692	ACCESS DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROLLER, REAL TIME INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM, ACCESS METHOD, AND PROGRAM
4	20110320549	TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION SERVER AND NETWORK SYSTEM USING THE SAME
5	20110320463	IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD
6	20110320193	SPEECH ENCODING DEVICE, SPEECH DECODING DEVICE, SPEECH ENCODING METHOD, AND SPEECH DECODING METHOD
7	20110320141	FLOW RATE MEASURING DEVICE
8	20110319768	ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
9	20110318891	METHOD OF CRYSTALLIZING SILICON THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE
10	20110318660	HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME
11	20110318659	FUEL CELL SYSTEM
12	20110317883	TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING ACCURACY OF IRIS AUTHENTICATION BY UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF IRIS IMAGES HAVING DIFFERENT PUPIL DIAMETER/IRIS DIAMETER RATIOS
13	20110317781	TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DATA RECEPTION METHOD
14	20110317769	IMAGE CODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD
15	20110317672	WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION AUTHENTICATION METHOD
16	20110317655	RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, CHANNEL SIGNAL FORMING METHOD, AND CHANNEL SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD
17	20110317654	WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER, WIRELESS BASE STATION, WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
18	20110317581	RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
19	20110317386	CONNECTING STRUCTURE, CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
20	20110317266	IMAGE STABILIZING DEVICE AND CAMERA
21	20110317105	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
22	20110317062	DIGITAL CAMERA AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT
23	20110317053	IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
24	20110317051	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
25	20110316996	CAMERA-EQUIPPED LOUDSPEAKER, SIGNAL PROCESSOR, AND AV SYSTEM
26	20110316983	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
27	20110316902	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
28	20110316831	BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME
29	20110316823	DISPLAY APPARATUS DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY APPARATUS
30	20110316801	CONTENTS DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTENTS DISPLAY METHOD
31	20110316758	PORTABLE RADIO
32	20110316732	VECTOR QUANTIZATION DEVICE, VECTOR INVERSE-QUANTIZATION DEVICE, AND METHODS OF SAME
33	20110316700	DEVICE FOR DETECTING ENTRY AND/OR EXIT MONITORING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ENTRY AND/OR EXIT
34	20110316445	LED LAMP SYSTEM
35	20110316436	DISCHARGE LAMP IGNITION APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE LAMP IGNITION METHOD
36	20110316414	ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, ORGANIC DISPLAY PANEL, AND ORGANIC DISPLAY DEVICE
37	20110316174	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE
38	20110316154	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
39	20110316153	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
40	20110316109	SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE
41	20110316107	SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SENSOR
42	20110316025	Light emitting device
43	20110316010	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET
44	20110315747	SOLDER BALL MOUNTING APPARATUS, SOLDER BALL MOUNTING METHOD, AND METAL BALL MOUNTING APPARATUS
45	20110315694	REFRIGERATOR
46	20110315675	INDUCTION HEATING COOKER
47	20110315674	INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE
48	20110315580	ELECTRONIC DEVICE STORAGE CASE
49	20110315545	HYDROGEN GENERATING DEVICE
50	20110315534	LIGHT GUIDE SHEET, MOVABLE CONTACT BODY USING SAME, AND SWITCH
51	20110315321	RESIN APPLICATION APPARATUS AND DATA CREATION APPARATUS FOR RESIN APPLICATION
52	20110315033	SCREEN PRINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A MASK OF THE SAME
53	20110315029	SCREEN PRINTER
54	20110315028	SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD
55	20110314864	REFRIGERATOR
56	20110314859	REFRIGERATOR

Panasonic patents granted on 27 December 2011

Administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:23:44 +0000

73 US patents granted on 27 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D651,319	Blood pressure measuring apparatus
2	8,086,927	MIMO transmitting apparatus, MIMO receiving apparatus, and retransmitting method
3	8,086,862	Program data file storage method in broadcast receiver and broadcast receiver
4	8,086,861	Information processing terminal and status notification method
5	8,086,830	Arithmetic processing apparatus
6	8,086,814	Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus
7	8,086,452	Scalable coding apparatus and scalable coding method
8	8,086,450	Excitation vector generator, speech coder and speech decoder
9	8,086,402	Map displaying device
10	8,086,401	Method for transmitting information on position on digital map and device used for the same
11	8,086,338	Component mounting apparatus, service providing device and servicing method
12	8,086,331	Reproduction apparatus, program and reproduction method
13	8,086,270	Classifying-synthesizing transmission method of multi-user feedback information at base station
14	8,086,225	Methods and apparatus for controlling the operation of wireless communications systems
15	8,086,204	Radio receiving apparatus
16	8,086,202	Method for removing the coupling and correlation of antennas, and wireless device having the function of removing the coupling and correlation of antennas
17	8,086,194	Communication apparatus
18	8,086,108	Optical transmission/reception device and optical communication system using the same
19	8,086,090	Recording medium and playback apparatus for selecting sub-picture data according to combination of aspect ratio of display screen and type of display mode
20	8,085,970	Speaker damper and speaker using the same
21	8,085,866	Radio transmission apparatus, radio reception apparatus, modulation method, and demodulation method
22	8,085,856	Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
23	8,085,851	Moving image encoding method and apparatus
24	8,085,724	Sequence report method and sequence report device
25	8,085,667	Wireless relay apparatus and wireless relay method
26	8,085,666	Transmission apparatus and transmission method
27	8,085,645	Optical pickup device and optical disk apparatus
28	8,085,641	Reproduced signal evaluation method and write adjustment method
29	8,085,635	Optical disc, recording apparatus, reading apparatus, recording method and reading method
30	8,085,631	Tracking control device, tracking control method, and optical disc apparatus
31	8,085,626	Optical pickup device and lens for optical pickup
32	8,085,525	Electric double layer capacitor including current collector having a plurality of apertures therein
33	8,085,495	Spindle motor and disk-shaped medium recording and producing device
34	8,085,485	Lens barrel support structure and optical device
35	8,085,475	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system
36	8,085,372	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
37	8,085,338	Imaging apparatus and camera system
38	8,085,334	Imaging apparatus
39	8,085,331	Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof, and camera
40	8,085,308	Image correction device, method, integrated circuit and system for correcting images captured by a camera provided in a moving object
41	8,085,298	Camera control device
42	8,085,243	Input device and its method
43	8,085,222	Plasma display device and method for driving the same
44	8,085,221	Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display unit
45	8,085,140	Travel information providing device
46	8,085,101	Spread spectrum clock generation device
47	8,085,051	Abnormality detecting device for storage element, abnormality detecting method for storage element, abnormality detecting program for storage element, and computer-readable recording medium storing abnormality detecting program
48	8,085,012	Semiconductor integrated circuit and sensor driving/measuring system
49	8,085,007	Switching power supply circuit
50	8,084,981	Rechargeable electric power tool
51	8,084,956	Apparatus and method for automatically trimming an output parameter of an electronic ballast
52	8,084,943	Plasma display panel with front filter
53	8,084,922	Array scanning type ultrasound probe
54	8,084,916	Acoustic wave device and electronic equipment using the same
55	8,084,915	Surface acoustic wave resonator having comb electrodes with different overlapping lengths
56	8,084,859	Semiconductor device
57	8,084,826	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
58	8,084,796	Solid state imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and camera using the same
59	8,084,703	Rotating operation type electronic component, and electronic device including the same
60	8,084,699	Vehicle switch
61	8,084,358	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
62	8,084,352	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
63	8,084,314	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
64	8,084,165	MEA, MEA manufacturing method, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
65	8,084,163	Fuel cell
66	8,084,156	Cooling device and power supply
67	8,083,700	Chair type massager
68	8,083,681	Ultrasonic probe
69	8,083,650	Exercise assisting device
70	8,083,150	Noncontact information storage medium and method for manufacturing same
71	8,083,121	Paste for soldering and soldering method using the same
72	8,083,007	Electric power tool having speed reduction mechanism
73	8,082,623	Accessible vacuum cleaner for persons with disabilities

Panasonic patent applications published on 22 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:52:37 +0000

43 US patent applications published on 22 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20110314423	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
2	20110314190	FIFO BUFFER SYSTEM
3	20110313698	VOLTAGE POLARITY DETERMINATION CIRCUIT AND CHARGE AMOUNT MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT
4	20110313590	DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
5	20110312365	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PRIORITY CHANGE METHOD
6	20110312104	IMMUNOASSAY METHOD
7	20110311212	CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING APPARATUS
8	20110311061	CHANNEL SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ENCODING DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SIGNAL DECODING DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD, AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL DECODING METHOD
9	20110310991	COMMUNICATION MEDIUM DETERMINING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
10	20110310856	HARQ ACK/NACK FOR DYNAMIC PDSCH
11	20110310809	Wireless Communication Base Station Apparatus and Channel Allocation Method
12	20110310805	BASE STATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING CELL ID
13	20110310798	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONNECTION DESTINATION SEARCH METHOD
14	20110310684	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
15	20110310650	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF
16	20110310519	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLYING METHOD THEREFOR, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
17	20110310326	BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
18	20110310293	DOME-SHAPED CAMERA
19	20110310285	IMAGING APPARATUS
20	20110310277	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM
21	20110310231	STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS, AND CAMERA SYSTEM
22	20110310225	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
23	20110310099	THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
24	20110310078	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION SET
25	20110310074	BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME
26	20110310045	PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE
27	20110310024	PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
28	20110309860	NONVOLATILE LOGIC CIRCUIT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME AS AN EXCLUSIVE-OR (XOR) CIRCUIT
29	20110309859	METHOD FOR OPERATING A NON-VOLATILE LOGIC CIRCUIT
30	20110309858	NON-VOLATILE LOGIC CIRCUIT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
31	20110309792	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CHARGING SYSTEM
32	20110309743	Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same
33	20110309742	Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same
34	20110309741	Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same
35	20110309740	Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing same
36	20110309732	RAIL DEVICE AND REFRIGERATOR USING THE SAME
37	20110309681	SECONDARY BATTERY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
38	20110309520	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVICE
39	20110309515	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING THE SAME
40	20110309505	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
41	20110309400	NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVICE
42	20110309385	DISPLAY PANEL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
43	20110309064	RADIO-FREQUENCY HEATING APPARATUS WITH RANGE HOOD

Panasonic patents granted on 20 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:57:03 +0000

56 US patents granted on 20 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	8,082,488	Method for accessing a parent page while browsing web pages
2	8,082,429	Information processing apparatus and exception control circuit
3	8,081,971	Service in WLAN inter-working, address management system, and method
4	8,081,950	Power line communication apparatus and power line communication method
5	8,081,943	Reception apparatus and reception method
6	8,081,935	Multiple-mode modulator to process baseband signals
7	8,081,874	Interchangeable lens and camera body
8	8,081,865	AV data recording apparatus and method, recording media recorded by the same, AV data reproducing apparatus and method, and AV data recording and reproducing apparatus and method
9	8,081,863	Content playback apparatus
10	8,081,791	Loudspeaker
11	8,081,781	A/V amplifier and method for driving the same
12	8,081,764	Audio decoder
13	8,081,711	Predistortion methods and apparatus for polar modulation transmitters
14	8,081,703	Communication apparatus and communication method
15	8,081,702	Radio communication system, radio communication device, and channel correlation matrix decision method
16	8,081,688	Radio transmitting apparatus and radio transmitting method in multicarrier communication
17	8,081,683	Decoding-processing apparatus for decoding bitstreams encoded in accordance with an arithmetic-encoding system in image compression and method for performing the same
18	8,081,678	Picture coding method and picture decoding method
19	8,081,651	Radio communication method and radio communication device
20	8,081,617	Radio transmitting apparatus and radio transmitting method
21	8,081,594	Extension subordinate machine system and signal relaying method
22	8,081,562	Configurable acknowledgement mode for a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol
23	8,081,554	Optical pickup device with specific wavelength light blocking members for preventing further curing of adhesive
24	8,081,551	Optical recording medium, and optical information device
25	8,081,525	Memory device including combination SRAM-ROM cells and SRAM cells alternately arranged and semiconductor device including the memory device
26	8,081,445	Drainage structure and information processing unit
27	8,081,292	Exposure system and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
28	8,081,271	Backlight apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus
29	8,081,252	Image displaying apparatus
30	8,081,212	Abnormality detecting apparatus
31	8,081,199	Light emitting element drive apparatus, planar illumination apparatus, and liquid crystal display apparatus
32	8,081,173	Plasma display device
33	8,081,168	On-screen input image display system
34	8,081,151	Driver controller for controlling a plurality of data driver modules included in a display panel
35	8,081,148	Display device
36	8,081,144	Plasma display panel drive method and plasma display device
37	8,081,117	Antenna device
38	8,081,103	Remote controller, method for controlling the same, and method for manufacturing the same
39	8,081,099	D/A converter, differential switch, semiconductor integrated circuit, video apparatus, and communication apparatus
40	8,081,033	Variable gain amplifier and high-frequency signal receiving apparatus comprising the same
41	8,081,000	Evaluation method and evaluation apparatus for evaluating battery safety, and battery whose safety indices have been determined with the same
42	8,080,948	Apparatus and method for trimming an output parameter of an electronic ballast
43	8,080,935	Organic EL display and method for manufacturing same
44	8,080,884	Mounting structure and mounting method
45	8,080,869	Wafer level package structure and production method therefor
46	8,080,855	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
47	8,080,763	Method of controlling arc welding and welding apparatus
48	8,080,754	Push switch
49	8,080,449	Method for manufacturing thin-film transistors
50	8,080,364	Pattern formation method
51	8,080,339	Gelled negative electrode for alkaline battery and alkaline battery
52	8,080,337	Electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery using same
53	8,080,336	Alkaline dry battery
54	8,080,334	Lithium secondary battery
55	8,080,202	Component separating device and chemical analysis device using the same
56	8,079,140	Component mounting condition determining method

Panasonic patent applications published on 15 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:35:08 +0000

40 US patent applications published on 15 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20110307752	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DESIGN METHOD, DESIGN TOOL, AND FAULT DETECTION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
2	20110307702	METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AND EXECUTING A PROGRAM
3	20110307686	Method for Instructing a data processor to process data
4	20110307572	WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM
5	20110307248	ENCODER, DECODER, AND METHOD THEREFOR
6	20110306313	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MODULATION BASED AUDIO CORRELATION TECHNIQUE FOR MAINTAINING DYNAMIC FM STATION LIST IN SINGLE TUNER VARIANT AND ASSISTING ALTERNATE FREQUENCY SWITCHING METHODOLOGY IN SINGLE TUNER AND DUAL TUNER VARIANTS
7	20110306302	RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD
8	20110305435	PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM
9	20110305431	DATA PROCESSOR
10	20110305261	BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION COMMUNICATING WITH OFDM SYSTEM USING A PLURALITY OF SUBCARRIERS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD WITH OFDM SYSTEM USING A PLURALITY OF SUBCARRIERS
11	20110305238	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR HOSTED-PBX SERVICE
12	20110305213	HARQ OPERATION FOR MACRO-DIVERSITY TRANSMISSIONS IN THE DOWNLINK
13	20110305169	TERMINAL DEVICES AND PACKET TRANSMITTING METHOD
14	20110305125	DATA PROCESSOR
15	20110304932	LENS BARREL
16	20110304925	LENS BARREL
17	20110304924	LENS BARREL
18	20110304919	SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND IMAGING DEVICE SUPPORT STRUCTURE
19	20110304829	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
20	20110304770	DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
21	20110304769	DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD
22	20110304753	IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
23	20110304746	IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, OPERATOR MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE TO FACE, AND PROGRAM
24	20110304738	IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE
25	20110304732	MONITORING CAMERA AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING MONITORING CAMERA
26	20110304712	STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGE OBSERVATION
27	20110304657	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE
28	20110304570	TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
29	20110304386	CONSTANT-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT
30	20110304385	BIAS CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE BIAS CIRCUIT
31	20110304194	BRUSH BODY AND TOOTHBRUSH INCLUDING BRUSH BODY
32	20110304057	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVICE
33	20110304025	NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
34	20110303833	SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND IMAGING DEVICE SUPPORT STRUCTURE
35	20110303737	JET SOLDERING DEVICE AND SOLDERING METHOD
36	20110303652	COOKING DEVICE
37	20110303519	MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SWITCH
38	20110303108	SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD
39	20110303001	ROTARY ANGLE AND ROTARY TORQUE SENSING DEVICE
40	20110302954	ROTARY-TYPE FLUID MACHINE AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS

Panasonic patents granted on 13 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:10:07 +0000

86 US patents granted on 13 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D650,484	Medical ultrasound equipment
2	D650,404	Robot hand
3	D650,388	Scanner
4	D650,342	Light emitting diode
5	D650,341	Light emitting diode
6	D650,338	Operation switch
7	D650,335	Plug
8	D650,205	Chair bed
9	8,078,950	Delay measuring device and semiconductor device
10	8,078,949	Semiconductor memory device
11	8,078,900	Asynchronous absorption circuit with transfer performance optimizing function
12	8,078,753	Enabling simultaneous use of home network and foreign network by a multihomed mobile node
13	8,078,735	Information processing system, tunnel communication device, tunnel communication method, and program
14	8,078,563	Method for locating road shapes using erroneous map data
15	8,078,560	Operation check information providing device and electronic device using the same
16	8,078,475	Audio signal encoder and audio signal decoder
17	8,078,391	Road traffic information communicating system and method
18	8,078,310	Component crimping apparatus control method, component crimping apparatus, and measuring tool
19	8,078,290	System and methods for controlling embedded devices using device style sheets
20	8,078,147	Mobile terminal system, mobile terminal apparatus, and function locking method
21	8,078,059	Multimode optical transmission device
22	8,078,047	Imaging apparatus
23	8,078,038	Content reception/recording device, method, program, and recording medium
24	8,077,980	Image processing apparatus
25	8,077,900	Microphone and method for fabricating the same
26	8,077,867	Confidential information processing apparatus, confidential information processing device, and confidential information processing method
27	8,077,865	Electronic device, content reproduction control method, program, storage medium, and integrated circuit
28	8,077,818	Radio receiver
29	8,077,789	Repetition-dependent mapping for higher order modulation schemes
30	8,077,784	OFDM demodulation device
31	8,077,770	Methods and apparatus for reducing modulation signal bandwidth in polar modulation transmitters
32	8,077,667	Radio communication base station apparatus and radio communication method used for multi-carrier communication
33	8,077,661	Access gateway apparatus, base station apparatus, communication control system and communication control method
34	8,077,660	Base station apparatus, access gateway apparatus, communication control system and communication control method
35	8,077,598	Apparatus and method for radio transmission
36	8,077,594	Radio communication base station device and correlation setting method
37	8,077,593	Radio communication mobile station device and correlation setting method
38	8,077,574	Drive device and method for controlling the same
39	8,077,565	Optical disc device and lens tilt control method
40	8,077,562	Optical disc device
41	8,077,560	Additionally recordable information recording medium, information recording method, information reproducing method, information recording apparatus and information reproducing apparatus
42	8,077,530	Semiconductor memory device
43	8,077,478	Module board
44	8,077,477	Electronic component and circuit board
45	8,077,447	Electronic element package and method of manufacturing the same
46	8,077,412	Lens barrel and imaging device
47	8,077,403	Lens barrel
48	8,077,392	Composite optical element
49	8,077,295	Distance measurement device
50	8,077,277	Liquid crystal display device comprising a first optical compensating member disposed without a birefringent medium sandwiched between the liquid crystal layer and the first optical compensating member
51	8,077,273	Liquid crystal display module
52	8,077,255	Imaging apparatus
53	8,077,248	Optical device and production method thereof
54	8,077,241	Phase adjustment method and digital camera
55	8,077,233	Imaging apparatus
56	8,077,202	Driving-operation assist and recording medium
57	8,077,173	Driving device for driving display panel, driving method and IC chip
58	8,077,121	Plasma display panel display device
59	8,077,120	Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display device
60	8,077,119	Display panel drive apparatus having a noise reducing driver
61	8,076,985	PLL/FLL with voltage controlled oscillator
62	8,076,852	High-pressure discharge lamp, lighting method and lighting device for high-pressure discharge lamp, high-pressure discharge lamp device, and lamp unit, image display device and headlight device
63	8,076,851	Plasma display having a crystalline MgO dielectric layer
64	8,076,843	Organic electroluminescence display device
65	8,076,823	Ultrasonic actuator
66	8,076,745	Imaging photodetection device
67	8,076,736	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
68	8,076,698	Transistor and method for operating the same
69	8,076,695	Semiconductor device
70	8,076,685	Nitride semiconductor device having current confining layer
71	8,076,679	Nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting diode and illuminating device
72	8,076,611	Welding device having a selector to designate welding conditions
73	8,076,608	Energy collection and power reduction in laser coupling process
74	8,076,589	Multilayer wiring board and its manufacturing method
75	8,076,196	Semiconductor device and fabrication method for the same
76	8,076,043	Fuel cell
77	8,076,040	Direct oxidation fuel cell
78	8,076,027	Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery using same, and methods for manufacturing those
79	8,076,023	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and battery module
80	8,076,017	Fuel cell stack
81	8,075,973	Information recording medium and method for manufacturing the same
82	8,075,961	Display apparatus
83	8,074,637	High frequency heating apparatus having a range hood
84	8,074,517	Inertia force sensor
85	8,074,471	Refrigeration cycle apparatus and fluid machine used for the same
86	8,074,351	Part mounting device and part mounting method

Panasonic patent applications published on 08 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:27:03 +0000

52 US patent applications published on 08 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20110302501	CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
2	20110302225	ACCESS DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
3	20110301946	TONE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND TONE DETERMINATION METHOD
4	20110301733	WELDING METHOD AND WELDING SYSTEM
5	20110301629	PUNCTURE TOOL, DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE
6	20110301499	BODY FLUID SAMPLING DEVICE AND BODY FLUID MEASURING DEVICE USING THE SAME
7	20110300893	WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD
8	20110300890	RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
9	20110300868	HANDOVER DESTINATION SPECIFICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION
10	20110300867	TERMINAL DEVICE, HOME BASE STATION, AND HOME BASE STATION SWITCHING DEVICE
11	20110300702	METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
12	20110300459	METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL-CELL ELECTRICITY-GENERATING DEVICE
13	20110300330	RESIN MOLDING METHOD, DIE DEVICE, AND RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE
14	20110300289	COATING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC EL DISPLAY
15	20110299843	CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING CAMERA DEVICE
16	20110299833	READING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND READING METHOD
17	20110299830	APPLICATION RUNNING DEVICE
18	20110299566	PYROELECTRIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING A TEMPERATURE WITH THE PYROELECTRIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR
19	20110299496	SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND SCHEDULING METHOD
20	20110299407	BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RANK SETTING METHOD
21	20110299372	OPTICAL DRIVE
22	20110299370	OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS
23	20110299318	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES
24	20110299169	ANTIREFLECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
25	20110299066	COMPONENT CONCENTRATION METER, COMPONENT CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, SHIPPING INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
26	20110298990	DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD
27	20110298977	VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE
28	20110298952	IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
29	20110298942	VIDEO IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE
30	20110298941	IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
31	20110298921	ROTATIONAL DRIVING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM
32	20110298913	PUPIL HIDDEN STATE DETECTING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA EMPLOYING THE SAME
33	20110298737	TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
34	20110298644	SWITCHED-CAPACITOR AMPLIFIER AND ANALOG FRONT-END CIRCUIT
35	20110298642	CURRENT TRIMMING CIRCUIT AND A/D CONVERTER INCLUDING CURRENT TRIMMING CIRCUIT
36	20110298597	WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM
37	20110298389	DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD
38	20110298373	MAGNETRON AND MICROWAVE UTILIZATION DEVICE
39	20110298363	PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
40	20110298138	STANDARD CELL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
41	20110298118	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
42	20110298096	Semiconductor chip
43	20110298083	SOI WAFER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
44	20110298006	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
45	20110297960	TRANSISTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
46	20110297956	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GALLIUM NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT
47	20110297950	CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD, SUBSTRATE COATED WITH CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, AND THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR
48	20110297819	READING DEVICE
49	20110297664	HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE
50	20110297020	SCREEN PRINTER AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD
51	20110297019	SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD
52	20110296740	INSECT PEST-CONTROLLING APPARATUS

Panasonic patents granted on 06 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:07:26 +0000

86 US patents granted on 06 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D650,131	Electric shaver
2	D650,070	Injector
3	D650,069	Injector
4	D650,068	Syringe drive device
5	D649,944	Light emitting diode
6	D649,943	Light emitting diode
7	8,074,284	Device provided with rewritable circuit, updating system, updating method, updating program and integrated circuit
8	8,074,245	Program reservation system and program reserving method
9	8,074,139	Communication method and communication device
10	8,073,939	License information exchange system
11	8,073,929	Systems and methods for managing a provider’s online status in a distributed network
12	8,073,851	Content searching device and content searching method
13	8,073,704	Conversion device
14	8,073,703	Acoustic signal processing apparatus and acoustic signal processing method
15	8,073,696	Voice synthesis device
16	8,073,615	Destination-prediction apparatus, destination-prediction method, and navigation apparatus
17	8,073,506	Mobile terminal
18	8,073,446	Radio network controller, wireless access gateway, radio communication system, and communication method for radio communication system
19	8,073,412	Method for automatic frequency range and step selection using region signature for a digital AM/FM tuner
20	8,073,405	MIMO transmitter
21	8,073,295	Material for substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly and substrate mounting optical circuit-electrical circuit mixedly
22	8,073,280	Image processing apparatus and image processing program for correcting image degradation
23	8,073,273	Moving image receiving apparatus
24	8,073,206	Face feature collator, face feature collating method, and program
25	8,073,173	Hearing aid
26	8,073,170	Hearing aid adjuster
27	8,073,166	Electretization method and apparatus
28	8,073,149	Loudspeaker device
29	8,073,082	Mirror sub-carrier demodulation circuit, receiving device with the same, and mirror sub-carrier demodulating method
30	8,073,075	Transmission apparatus and transmission power control method
31	8,073,070	Multi-pilot generation method and detection method in multi-antenna communication system
32	8,073,065	Radio transmitting apparatus and multicarrier signal generating method
33	8,073,061	Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method
34	8,073,059	Picture encoding method and picture decoding method
35	8,073,057	Motion vector estimating device, and motion vector estimating method
36	8,073,053	Image encoding device that encodes an arbitrary number of moving pictures
37	8,073,038	Wireless communication apparatus and response signal spreading method
38	8,073,037	Base station apparatus and response signal receiving method
39	8,073,022	Laser light source device and image display device
40	8,073,015	Method, system, integrated circuit, communication module, and computer-readable medium for achieving resource sharing including space and time reuse within a power line communication system
41	8,072,981	High rate packet data transmission system
42	8,072,949	Wireless node apparatus, and multihop wireless LAN system
43	8,072,937	Wireless communication apparatus and handover method
44	8,072,870	Optical pickup and optical disc drive
45	8,072,860	Data recording/reproduction for write-once discs
46	8,072,859	Optical disc, recording apparatus, reading apparatus, recording method and reading method
47	8,072,858	Optical disk apparatus, control method of optical disk apparatus, and integrated circuit
48	8,072,857	Method and apparatus of determining a recording condition for optical disc
49	8,072,852	Optical disc device
50	8,072,832	Electronic equipment system and semiconductor integrated circuit controller
51	8,072,824	Operation guarantee system
52	8,072,823	Semiconductor memory device
53	8,072,808	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
54	8,072,778	Plasma display device
55	8,072,682	Transmissive screen and diffusion plate
56	8,072,549	Repeater apparatus to provide a source apparatus with format information that can be processed by both a sink apparatus and the repeater apparatus and method for controlling the same
57	8,072,548	Output control apparatus controlling an output of video or audio by automatically switching an input of a reproduction device and an output control system, a reproduction apparatus and a television for performing the same
58	8,072,531	Imaging device
59	8,072,492	Mobile terminal device
60	8,072,486	Camera device, liquid lens, and image pickup method
61	8,072,447	Display drive device
62	8,072,436	Screen input-type image display system
63	8,072,323	Power-line carrier communication apparatus
64	8,072,293	Surface acoustic wave filter, antenna duplexer and method for manufacturing them
65	8,072,258	Booster circuit
66	8,072,177	Stepping motor driver
67	8,072,156	Discharge lamp operating system
68	8,072,155	Electrodeless discharge lamp device and lighting fixture using the same
69	8,072,143	Plasma display panel and its manufacturing method
70	8,072,142	Plasma display panel with improved light transmittance
71	8,072,109	Radial anisotropic magnet manufacturing method, permanent magnet motor using radial anisotropic magnet, and iron core-equipped permanent magnet motor
72	8,072,057	Semiconductor device and method of fabrication
73	8,071,902	Push-button switch and electronic apparatus having the same
74	8,071,881	Wiring board, method for manufacturing same and semiconductor device
75	8,071,425	Flip chip mounting body, flip chip mounting method and flip chip mounting apparatus
76	8,071,363	Chip for cell electrophysiological sensor, cell electrophysiological sensor using the same, and manufacturing method of chip for cell electrophysiological sensor
77	8,071,243	Fuel cell system
78	8,071,239	Long life and low corrosion lead storage battery
79	8,071,237	Negative electrode active material and negative electrode using the same and lithium ion secondary battery
80	8,071,183	Display apparatus
81	8,070,474	Lamination shaping apparatus
82	8,070,447	Ceiling fan
83	8,070,316	Lighting apparatus with LEDs
84	8,070,304	Camera lens unit
85	8,070,138	Sauna apparatus
86	8,069,557	Method of manufacturing circuit forming board

Panasonic patent applications published on 01 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:16:34 +0000

46 US patent applications published on 01 December 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20110296447	METHOD FOR INSPECTING OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INSPECTION APPARATUS, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING METHOD
2	20110296361	CIRCUIT ANALYSIS METHOD
3	20110296285	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
4	20110296283	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
5	20110296275	WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, WIRELESS RECEPTION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION DATA FORMATION METHOD, AND DATA RECEPTION METHOD
6	20110296028	EXCLUSIVE CONTROL METHOD OF RESOURCE AND EXCLUSIVE CONTROLLER OF RESOURCE
7	20110295086	STATE-OF-ATTENTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
8	20110294444	SWITCHING DEVICE, RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SWITCH, AND RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION MODULE
9	20110294429	COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
10	20110294315	CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME
11	20110294259	NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS USING THE NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT
12	20110294244	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE
13	20110294025	SURFACE-TREATED HYDROCARBON-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES FOR DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELLS
14	20110293901	COMBINATION OF BASE LAYER AND INK FOR INKJET FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
15	20110293145	DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
16	20110293046	COMPLEX SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, RECEIVER CIRCUIT, AND SIGNAL REPRODUCTION DEVICE
17	20110292780	INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM EVALUATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS
18	20110292779	METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING GROUP OF MULTILAYER DISC, AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE
19	20110292689	DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR POWER SWITCHING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS
20	20110292649	PROJECTION APPARATUS
21	20110292479	OPTICAL REFLECTION ELEMENT
22	20110292349	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING SUCH LIGHT DEVICE
23	20110292332	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
24	20110292318	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
25	20110292316	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
26	20110292313	DISPLAY DEVICE
27	20110292267	SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA
28	20110292264	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
29	20110291997	SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATABLE TRANSLATION OF POSITION
30	20110291966	TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
31	20110291873	DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER AND PIPELINE A/D CONVERTER USING THE SAME
32	20110291866	VARIABLE-LENGTH DECODING DEVICE
33	20110291755	TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL APPARATUS
34	20110291715	PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT
35	20110291271	SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
36	20110291253	LEAD FRAME, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING THE LEAD FRAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
37	20110291162	SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE
38	20110291128	LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
39	20110291111	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
40	20110291087	LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
41	20110291086	LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
42	20110291085	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
43	20110291012	THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME
44	20110290791	HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE
45	20110290768	GAS LASER OSCILLATION DEVICE AND GAS LASER PROCESSING MACHINE
46	20110290649	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MICROSPHERES

Panasonic patents granted on 29 November 2011

Administrator — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:43:30 +0000

51 US patents granted on 29 November 2011 and assigned to Panasonic

1	8,069,306	Data area managing method in information recording medium and information processor employing data area managing method
2	8,069,235	Method and device for managing a peer relationship in a data communication network
3	8,069,035	Scalable encoding apparatus, scalable decoding apparatus, and methods of them
4	8,069,009	Physical quantity detection circuit and physical quantity sensor device
5	8,068,977	Destination prediction apparatus and method thereof
6	8,068,845	Transmission power level setting during channel assignment for interference balancing in a cellular wireless communication system
7	8,068,806	Portable terminal apparatus
8	8,068,728	Imaging apparatus
9	8,068,723	Recording medium, playback apparatus, recording method, program, and playback method
10	8,068,722	Information storage medium, TS packet judgement apparatus, and data reproduction apparatus
11	8,068,718	Reproduction device, system integration circuit, program, reproduction method, and information recording medium
12	8,068,634	Diaphragm and speaker using same
13	8,068,617	Audio playback system
14	8,068,475	Radio base station apparatus and transmission rate notifying method
15	8,068,403	Optical head
16	8,068,402	Optical head, optical disc device, computer, optical disc player and optical disc recorder
17	8,068,399	Signal evaluation method and signal evaluation apparatus
18	8,068,392	Recording method, recording apparatus, and recording medium
19	8,068,390	Information recording device
20	8,068,388	Optical pick up and optical disc device having optical shield for suppressing the influence of stray light through hologram element
21	8,068,294	Lens barrel, image pickup device, and lens barrel manufacturing method
22	8,068,286	Variable focal lens and imaging apparatus
23	8,068,281	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system
24	8,068,280	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system
25	8,068,274	Wavelength conversion laser device and image display device using the same
26	8,068,196	Surface illumination device and a liquid crystal display device using such a surface illumination device
27	8,068,193	Liquid crystal display device
28	8,068,160	Imaging apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, printing method, display system, display apparatus, and display method
29	8,068,158	Solid state imaging device capable of parallel reading of data from a plurality of pixel cells
30	8,068,155	Solid-state image sensor and driving method thereof, and image sensor
31	8,068,141	Imaging device
32	8,068,102	Drive voltage supply circuit
33	8,068,069	Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus
34	8,068,017	Crime-prevention system
35	8,068,015	Medication dispenser respecting the physiological clock of patients
36	8,067,995	Voltage controlled oscillator, and PLL circuit and wireless communication device each using the same
37	8,067,976	Semiconductor integrated circuit
38	8,067,950	Semiconductor device including chip
39	8,067,870	Motor and electronic apparatus having the same
40	8,067,861	Interface device for host device, interface device for slave device, host device, slave device, communication system and interface voltage switching method
41	8,067,814	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
42	8,067,811	MEMS device, MEMS device module and acoustic transducer
43	8,067,769	Wafer level package structure, and sensor device obtained from the same package structure
44	8,067,698	Wiring substrate for use in semiconductor apparatus, method for fabricating the same, and semiconductor apparatus using the same
45	8,067,148	Pattern forming method
46	8,067,122	Fuel cell system
47	8,067,120	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
48	8,067,119	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
49	8,067,115	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
50	8,067,058	Method for producing battery electrode and apparatus for producing battery electrode
51	8,065,919	MEMS device and method for fabricating the same