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Sony patents granted on 12 May 2009
Tuesday May 12th 2009, 10:38 am
Filed under: Patents, Sony

40 US patents granted on 12 May 2009 and assigned to Sony

1 D592,181 Headphone
2 D592,130 Rechargeable battery
3 7,533,397 Disc cartridge
4 7,533,394 Disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus
5 7,533,224 Apparatus, method and computer program for content utilization management
6 7,533,180 Information-processing device, information-processing method, recording medium, and program
7 7,533,100 Network system, element thereof and context management method
8 7,532,907 Method of providing multiple data paths using a mobile terminal and related devices
9 7,532,876 Communication system and associated method of performing mutual authentication
10 7,532,750 Image processing apparatus and method, program, and image processing system
11 7,532,743 Object detector, object detecting method and robot
12 7,532,674 Transmitting device, transmitting method, and storage medium
13 7,532,668 Transmitter and transmitting method, receiver and receiving method, pulse detection method, and tracking method
14 7,532,665 Wireless communication apparatus and method, and computer program
15 7,532,655 Semiconductor light emitting device and method of producing the same
16 7,532,654 Laser diode
17 7,532,558 Data recording method and data recording medium
18 7,532,419 Apparatus and method for writing and reproducing data
19 7,532,283 Liquid crystal display
20 7,532,279 Reflective LCD device having a metal film outside pixel region which includes a light shielding electrode and common electrode contacting interior of substrate seal portion
21 7,532,276 Liquid crystal display device and method for producing the same
22 7,532,248 Adapter device and video camera device
23 7,532,247 Image pickup apparatus
24 7,532,240 Imaging apparatus and imaging methods
25 7,532,217 Methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events
26 7,532,199 Input apparatus
27 7,532,188 Clocked inverter circuit, latch circuit, shift register circuit, drive circuit for display apparatus, and display apparatus
28 7,532,148 Method and apparatus for AD conversion, semiconductor device for detecting distribution of physical quantity, and electronic apparatus
29 7,531,988 Battery pack having a protection circuit
30 7,531,939 Communication device
31 7,531,856 Display apparatus
32 7,531,781 Imager with image-taking portions optimized to detect separated wavelength components
33 7,531,735 Musical piece extraction program, apparatus, and method
34 7,531,389 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
35 7,531,375 Solid image-pickup device and method for manufacturing the solid image pickup device
36 7,531,251 Magnetic recording medium
37 7,531,157 Soluble carbon nanotubes
38 7,531,136 Chemical sensor
39 7,530,823 USB modem devices with a flip antenna and a retractable USB connector
40 7,530,668 Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and method for fabricating liquid ejection head