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Toshiba patent applications published on 20 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:23:01 +0000

48 US patent applications published on 20 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	20080288902	CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
2	20080288838	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM
3	20080288766	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ABORTTING LEGACY EMULATION PROCESS
4	20080288517	DOCUMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION RELATED TO A DOCUMENT
5	20080288233	SIMULATOR AND SIMULATION METHOD
6	20080288232	BRIDGE PROGRAM, BRIDGE METHOD, AND SIMULATOR
7	20080288210	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING DEVICE CONDITION AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
8	20080287135	COMMUNICATION SCHEME WITH ARBITRATION MECHANISM FOR CASES OF ADDRESS INITIALIZATION AND SERVER SETTING
9	20080287066	RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
10	20080286994	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
11	20080286924	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
12	20080286678	DEVELOPING AGENT
13	20080286602	HEAT CONDUCTOR
14	20080285996	FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD FOR FIXING DEVICE
15	20080285951	VIDEO/AUDIO REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SIGNAL IN VIDEO/AUDIO REPRODUCING APPARATUS
16	20080285942	HOME NETWORK APPARATUS
17	20080285832	MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INCIDENTAL INFORMATION
18	20080285798	Obstacle detection apparatus and a method therefor
19	20080285517	Mobile communication terminal and content reception method therefor
20	20080285406	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCTION METHOD
21	20080285402	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD
22	20080285401	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD
23	20080285394	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR THE APPARATUS
24	20080285327	Ferroelectric Memory and Semiconductor Memory
25	20080285324	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE
26	20080285217	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
27	20080285214	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
28	20080285183	MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY
29	20080285175	DISK DEVICE
30	20080285174	Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device
31	20080285101	LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND THRUST-DIRECTION FORCE CANCELING METHOD
32	20080285089	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
33	20080284893	SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE
34	20080284813	INK JET APPLICATOR
35	20080284811	INK JET APPLICATOR
36	20080284634	DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT
37	20080284542	FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR
38	20080284524	Phase Locked Loop Circuit Having Regulator
39	20080284494	FUSE DEVICE, METHOD FOR WRITING DATA, METHOD FOR READING DATA, AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND READING DATA
40	20080284438	MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS
41	20080283965	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
42	20080283909	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
43	20080283898	NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
44	20080283888	SPIN TRANSISTOR, PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CIRCUIT, AND MAGNETIC MEMORY
45	20080283871	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
46	20080283797	FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME
47	20080283230	HEAT EXCHANGER
48	20080282803	STATOR CORE LOOSENING DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND STATOR CORE LOOSENING DIAGNOSIS METHOD

Toshiba patents granted on 18 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:18:12 +0000

34 US patents granted on 18 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	D580,947	Graphical user interface for a portion of a display
2	7,454,669	Coding system and decoding system
3	7,454,568	Memory card authentication system, capacity switching-type memory card host device, capacity switching-type memory card, storage capacity setting method, and storage capacity setting program
4	7,454,395	Information processing apparatus and program for displaying tree diagram
5	7,454,340	Voice recognition performance estimation apparatus, method and program allowing insertion of an unnecessary word
6	7,454,268	Manipulator
7	7,454,066	Extracting method of pattern contour, image processing method, searching method of pattern edge, scanning method of probe, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, pattern inspection apparatus, and program
8	7,454,062	Apparatus and method of pattern recognition
9	7,454,051	Method of manufacturing photo mask, mask pattern shape evaluation apparatus, method of judging photo mask defect corrected portion, photo mask defect corrected portion judgment apparatus, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
10	7,454,041	Person recognition apparatus
11	7,453,780	Information recording medium, information recording/reproducing apparatus and information management method
12	7,453,749	Semiconductor memory device with electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells arranged therein
13	7,453,742	Semiconductor integrated circuit device
14	7,453,739	Semiconductor integrated circuit adapted to output pass/fail results of internal operations
15	7,453,733	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and a method of word lines thereof
16	7,453,728	Data storage system with enhanced reliability with respect to data destruction caused by reading-out of the data
17	7,453,704	Printed wiring board and information processing apparatus
18	7,453,697	Electronic apparatus
19	7,453,660	Shock feed forward adaptive filters
20	7,453,656	Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with an optical pickup actuator having high thrust
21	7,453,637	Projection type screen and image projection system
22	7,453,523	Noise reduction apparatus
23	7,453,522	Video data processing apparatus
24	7,453,521	Information processing apparatus and display control method
25	7,453,511	Apparatus and method for inputting reflected light image of a target object
26	7,453,108	Semiconductor device that is advantageous in complex stress engineering and method of manufacturing the same
27	7,453,099	Semiconductor light emitting device
28	7,453,090	Semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate formed with a shallow impurity region
29	7,452,819	Chemical mechanical polishing method of organic film and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
30	7,452,751	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
31	7,452,118	Area light source
32	7,452,042	Ink jet head driving method and apparatus
33	7,451,842	Control system for electric motor car
34	7,451,665	Autoanalyzer and probe cleaning method

Toshiba patent applications published on 13 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:13:08 +0000

31 US patent applications published on 13 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	20080282182	Control System For Networked Home Electrical Appliances
2	20080282099	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SAVING CONTROL METHOD
3	20080281896	INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER
4	20080281595	VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD
5	20080281576	INTERFACE BOARD, SIMULATOR, SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, AND SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM
6	20080281186	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and control method thereof
7	20080280405	Semiconductor device
8	20080280187	LIQUID CARTRIDGE
9	20080280100	MICROLENS TRANSCRIPTION MOLDING ROLLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREOF, AND MICROLENS OPTICAL SHEET
10	20080279975	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN INJECTION SPEED PATTERN
11	20080279530	Recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method
12	20080279394	Noise suppressing apparatus and method for noise suppression
13	20080279383	METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCIPHERING AND DECIPHERING DATA USING MULTIPLE KEYS
14	20080279364	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD USED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
15	20080279315	WIRELESS RECEIVING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS RECEIVING METHOD
16	20080279272	Contents reproducing apparatus
17	20080279006	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY METHOD
18	20080278893	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
19	20080278632	Image processing apparatus
20	20080278384	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH ANTENNAS
21	20080278142	FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING CIRCUIT
22	20080277865	DUPLEX IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FEEDING ROLLER WITH AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT SPEEDS
23	20080277770	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
24	20080277742	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
25	20080277725	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
26	20080277704	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
27	20080277698	FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR
28	20080277697	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR HIGH FREQUENCY
29	20080277692	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
30	20080277207	Machine Room-Less Elevator
31	20080276635	AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS

Toshiba patents granted on 11 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:49:01 +0000

39 US patents granted on 11 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	D580,484	Electronic office machine
2	D580,431	Portable information terminal unit
3	D580,384	Television set
4	D580,383	Television set
5	7,451,429	Computer automated method for optimizing an integrated circuit pattern in a layout verification process
6	7,451,376	Decoder and decoding method for decoding irregular low-density parity-check codes
7	7,451,320	Digital watermark detection method and apparatus
8	7,451,117	System and method for digital payment of document processing services
9	7,450,946	System and method for automatic wireless detection and identification of document processing service location
10	7,450,818	Apparatus for recording data, method for recording data and television program receiver
11	7,450,775	Image processing apparatus for efficient storage of variable block length data
12	7,450,651	Multi-carrier transmission system
13	7,450,643	Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus
14	7,450,596	Scheme for realizing communications through external network from contents processing device connected to local network in home environment
15	7,450,533	Wireless transmitting device and wireless receiving device
16	7,450,399	Signal coupling apparatus and transmitter including signal coupling apparatus
17	7,450,392	Cable modem device and method of assembling the same
18	7,450,313	Scanning lens molded from resin and method of positioning a scanning lens
19	7,450,271	System and method for optimizing image output quality
20	7,450,133	System and method for color correction
21	7,450,105	Display device
22	7,450,009	Wireless tag reader, wireless tag system, computer readable medium and wireless communication method
23	7,449,961	Parallel controlled connections of the plurality of ring oscillator units, PLL, radio apparatus
24	7,449,945	Phase demodulator and portable telephone apparatus
25	7,449,937	Power supply circuit
26	7,449,928	Semiconductor device
27	7,449,745	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having element isolating region of trench type
28	7,449,733	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
29	7,449,730	Nitride-based semiconductor device
30	7,449,713	Semiconductor memory device
31	7,449,700	Electron beam exposure apparatus, electron beam exposure method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
32	7,449,691	Detecting apparatus and device manufacturing method
33	7,449,669	Receiving apparatus
34	7,449,375	Fin semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
35	7,449,215	Method of manufacturing display device
36	7,449,101	Method of reducing corrosion of metal material
37	7,448,865	Transcript apparatus
38	7,448,862	Transcript apparatus
39	7,448,226	Refrigerator

Toshiba patent applications published on 06 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:41:29 +0000

22 US patent applications published on 06 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	20080276216	Pattern forming method and system, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
2	20080275747	INCIDENT/ACCIDENT REPORT ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD
3	20080275643	OPTIMUM ROUTE PLANNING FOR SERVICE VEHICLES
4	20080274714	AMPLIFIER, FILTER USING THE SAME, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
5	20080273890	FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING METHOD
6	20080273888	DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVELOPER TRANSFER METHOD
7	20080273860	AUTOMATIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND AUTOMATIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS
8	20080273782	X-RAY CT APPARATUS, MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION INFORMATION GENERATING SYSTEM, X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD
9	20080273744	DIGITAL WATERMARKING METHOD AND APPARATUS
10	20080273650	FAST REACTOR HAVING REFLECTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND NEUTRON REFLECTOR THEREOF
11	20080273438	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PERSONAL COMPUTER
12	20080273076	LIGHT BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
13	20080273066	Ink jet recording apparatus
14	20080272984	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY MONITORS PROVIDED ON AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
15	20080272783	MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD
16	20080272494	Semiconductor device
17	20080272365	INSULATING FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
18	20080272364	INSULATING FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
19	20080271990	LANTHANOID ALUMINATE FILM FABRICATION METHOD
20	20080271949	LUBRICATION-CONDITION DETECTOR, LUBRICANT FEEDER, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF DETECTING LUBRICATION-CONDITION
21	20080271914	PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
22	20080271490	CHANNEL STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

Toshiba patents granted on 04 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:13:50 +0000

35 US patents granted on 04 November 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	7,447,994	Setup program, recording medium, and setup method
2	7,447,949	Coding system and decoding system using an input code string
3	7,447,884	Multi-table branch prediction circuit for predicting a branch’s target address based on the branch’s delay slot instruction address
4	7,447,830	Information processing system and memory controller for controlling operation of memories
5	7,447,819	Information processing apparatus and SMI processing method thereof
6	7,447,793	Content management apparatus, content management system, and content management program
7	7,447,719	Quantum computing method and quantum computer
8	7,447,695	Computer apparatus
9	7,447,634	Speech recognizing apparatus having optimal phoneme series comparing unit and speech recognizing method
10	7,447,456	Image forming apparatus and function extension program for image forming apparatus
11	7,447,354	Image transmitter, image receiver, and image transmitting system
12	7,447,294	X-ray computed tomographic apparatus
13	7,447,293	X-ray computer tomographic imaging apparatus and control method thereof
14	7,447,271	Radio receiving apparatus and method
15	7,447,063	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
16	7,446,914	Image processing apparatus
17	7,446,909	Image reader for use in image forming apparatus
18	7,446,853	Exposure method, exposure tool and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
19	7,446,852	Projection exposure mask acceptance decision system, projection exposure mask acceptance decision method, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and computer program project
20	7,446,813	Active camera apparatus and robot apparatus
21	7,446,793	Image forming apparatus
22	7,446,770	Apparatus of and method for drawing graphics, and computer program product
23	7,446,759	Array substrate for flat display device
24	7,446,625	Narrow impedance conversion device
25	7,446,600	Filter adjustment circuit
26	7,446,581	Semiconductor integrated circuit with a logic circuit including a data holding circuit
27	7,446,567	Signal transmission apparatus and interconnection structure
28	7,446,529	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radio frequency coil unit
29	7,446,457	Semiconductor device using piezoelectric actuator formed by use of MEMS technique
30	7,446,364	Semiconductor memory device including multi-layer gate structure
31	7,446,362	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
32	7,446,348	Light emitting device with filled tetrahedral (FT) semiconductor in the active layer
33	7,446,061	Method of forming insulating film, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and their controlling computer program
34	7,445,881	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, acid etching resistant material and copolymer
35	7,445,307	Droplet jetting apparatus and display device manufacturing method

Toshiba patent applications published on 30 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:40:44 +0000

58 US patent applications published on 30 October 2008 and assigned to Toshiba

1	20080271041	PROGRAM PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
2	20080271035	Control Device and Method for Multiprocessor
3	20080271033	INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
4	20080271028	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
5	20080270957	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
6	20080270956	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING SOFTWARE
7	20080270815	DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD
8	20080270767	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD
9	20080270760	DEBUG SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS
10	20080270736	Information processing apparatus and access control method
11	20080270685	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD
12	20080270621	CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT USING NETWORK SERVICE
13	20080270501	Seed generating circuit, random number generating circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, IC card, and information terminal equipment
14	20080268922	Information processing apparatus and cellular phone
15	20080268903	Information processing apparatus
16	20080268558	Semiconductor Light Emitting Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same
17	20080268313	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SYSTEM
18	20080268291	MAGNETIC DEVICE, MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS
19	20080267806	Method of manufacturing high frequency magnetic material
20	20080267676	FIXING DEVICE, COIL UNIT FOR FIXING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF COIL UNIT
21	20080267656	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EXHAUST MECHANISM
22	20080267644	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING PRINTING CONDITION IN THE SAME
23	20080267583	VIDEO-RECORDING PROGRAMMING APPARATUS AND VIDEO-RECORDING PROGRAMMING METHOD
24	20080267533	RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
25	20080267532	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
26	20080267414	VOICE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND VOICE OUTPUTTING METHOD
27	20080267389	TILTING MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
28	20080267371	TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
29	20080267347	X-Ray Tomograph and Stereoradioscopic Image Constructing Equipment
30	20080267256	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROCESSOR CIRCUIT
31	20080267040	TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION ELEMENT AND HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE APPARATUS
32	20080267028	INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD
33	20080266967	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
34	20080266965	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY HAVING PLURAL DATA STORAGE PORTIONS FOR A BIT LINE CONNECTED TO MEMORY CELLS
35	20080266796	ELECTRONIC DEVICE
36	20080266784	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
37	20080266456	BROADCASTING RECEPTION DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR BROADCASTING RECEPTION DEVICE
38	20080266376	VISUAL COMMUNICATION SERVER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
39	20080266319	Video processing apparatus and method
40	20080266270	Electrostatic Pad Apparatus and Information Processing Apparatus
41	20080266228	BOOSTER POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT THAT BOOSTS INPUT VOLTAGE
42	20080266190	Tunable antenna device and radio apparatus
43	20080266182	Antenna device operable in multiple frequency bands
44	20080266154	Optical quantizing unit and optical A/D converter
45	20080266059	Quadrature demodulator and interrogator
46	20080265884	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method
47	20080265856	CONSTANT-VOLTAGE POWER CIRCUIT
48	20080265742	Display Unit-Use Blue Light Emitting Fluorescent Substance and Production Method Therefor and Field Emission Type Display Unit
49	20080265739	Phosphor and Method for Producing Phosphor and Light Emitting Device
50	20080265502	SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH PROTECTION COVER
51	20080265499	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
52	20080265443	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
53	20080265328	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
54	20080265324	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
55	20080265298	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
56	20080265185	LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SAME
57	20080264451	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INSIDE OF PIPE
58	20080264226	PUNCH UNIT