US07644525B2
Steam iron comprising a sole (1) in thermal communication with a heating body (5) equipped with a steam chamber (53), the steam chamber (53) communicating with a reservoir (7) by means of a supply circuit comprising a flow control valve (10) whose degree of opening is controlled by a thermally deformable element (16) in thermal communication with the heating body (5), characterized in that the opening of the control valve (10) is braked, beginning at an intermediate temperature, by a stabilizing element (18) that exerts a force that opposes the force generated by the thermally deformable element (16).
US07644518B2
The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a foot. Further, the heel part can include a plurality of side walls arranged below the heel cup or rim and at least one tension element that interconnects at least one side wall to another side wall or to the heel cup or rim. The heel cup or rim, the plurality of side walls, and the at least one tension element can be integrally formed as a single piece.
US07644514B2
A clothes dryer which comprises a housing, a rotatable drum for receiving the clothes and a bearing for rotatably receiving the drum in the housing. In order to protect the bearing from overheating, a cooling air device for cooling the bearing is provided.
US07644510B2
The Layout Framing Tape provides a quick, actuate, cost effective means of laying out standard and non standard construction framing projects not previously incorporated in prior art. The user can utilize symbols, text, shapes, and a standard/metric ruler to locate these members. The Layout Framing Tape provides a simplified, modified and improved method for locating these building members.By using the appropriate location, the user can eliminate workmanship errors and locate but not limited to suds, runners and various size doors. Additionally, the Framing Layout Tape can be used to locate non standard members using the 48″ (1220 mm) ruler as a guide. It is intended to leave the Framing Layout tape in place via an adhesive backing. However, the potions of the tape not covered by a building member may be removed as the trade's person as they see fit to do.
US07644509B2
A structure and process for producing an even cut for window covering horizontal slat sets includes a cutting sleeve attached at opposite ends of the slats of a window covering horizontal slat set to be cut which gather in selective ones of the slates together for cutting in a way which minimizes collective bowing and ripping of the finished surface immediately adjacent the cut ends of the slats. The cutting sleeves can be spaced to hold groupings of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or more slats. Embodiments of the cutting sleeves can have two main opposite walls or eliminate one wall in favor of a comb topography which can load from the side.
US07644506B2
Present invention provides an edge level that can be used for measuring angles or levelness on all X, Y and Z axis simultaneously and in hands-free type operation, due to the use of Velcro or external clamps used together with the features introduced herein. A removable pod, containing the Z-axis bubble, provides the flexibility of insertion to the pod seat for measuring Z-axis angle and can be stored or put aside when not in use.
US07644495B2
Electrical interfaces formed into a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are formed from non-metals, such as carbon, graphite, that may also be metallic plated, or the like, or from metals such as stainless steel, nickel, copper, silver, that may also be metallic plated, or the like, or from a combination of non-metal, plated, or in combination with, metal powders. The micron conductor fibers preferably are of nickel plated carbon fiber, stainless steel fiber, copper fiber, silver fiber, or the like.
US07644492B2
A holding jig is made into cylindrical body that has a conductor insertion aperture, and a conductor end portion is inserted into the conductor insertion aperture in a loosely-fitted state and held. The holding jig is moved along an arc that has a radius L that is centered around a projecting root portion of the conductor end portion to a vicinity of a coil end to bend and form the conductor end portion into a desired lead around shape.
US07644478B2
The present invention provides an embalming weighted positioning device for maintaining and/or restoring a cadaver in a substantially normal lifelike appearance before, during, and after the embalming process, comprised of a flexible, conformable adherent container that allows for the nesting of two or more containers. The container can have a fill spout with a removable cover for filling or emptying the container with particulates and/or air before, during or after the embalming process. Also provided is a method for maintaining and/or restoring the body parts of a cadaver to a substantially normal lifelike appearance by controlling body fluid deposition in the body of a cadaver, and by positioning the body parts of a cadaver before, during and/or after the embalming process, by placing at least one container on top of, under or next to a body part of the cadaver.
US07644475B2
There is provided an improved cable tie made of integrally molded thermoplastic material that includes a head, a strap that has a near end, a tail end, and an elongated body portion between the near end and the tail end. The strap includes a gripping surface formed on the upper surface of the tail end. The head is attached to the near end. The head has an opening extending there through that is slightly larger than the strap for receiving the tail end of the strap. A locking means is positioned within the head and extends into the opening and is formed to engage the gripping surface to prevent the strap from loosening once the strap is tightened. A blade is located within the head such that blade may be moved so as to cut the excess portion of said tail end once the strap is tightened. The blade extends through a portion of the wall of the head. The remaining end of the strap is recessed within the slot so that the end, if sharp, is not exposed.
US07644464B2
A caulk tool has a finishing head at one end of a handheld main body, and a cutting mechanism located near the other end. The finishing head can include a bristle structure used for smoothing out caulk and sealants. The cutting mechanism may include a push button blade for cutting tips of caulk and sealant tubes to a desired length and angle.
US07644461B2
This invention relates to a foam integrated innerspring mattress and method of manufacture wherein a flexible polyurethane foam is adhered onto the top and bottom of individually wrapped pocket innersprings, and additional polyurethane foam is molded onto the sides of the mattress.
US07644455B2
An adjustable bed frame includes a frame having a first retractable device in a horizontal direction for securing a first supporting unit. The first supporting unit includes a second retractable device for securing a first mattress. Second supporting units are provided at respective sides of the frame. Each second supporting unit has a third retractable device therein for securing a second mattress. The first mattress is connected with a soft pad. The second mattress is connected with a soft pad. The first supporting unit can be pulled outward in a horizontal direction. Both the first mattress and the second mattress can be lifted upward, and the soft pads can be turned for different purposes.
US07644454B2
The subject of the invention is a mechanical lifting system with seat which enable the disabled people with paralysis or paresis of lower limps to stand up from the wheelchair and without excessive energy expenditure take upright position in standing frame and came back to the wheelchair. This mechanical lifting system can be used in a kind of walking frame, static standing frame or mobile standing frame and is very useful in rehabilitation of disabled people.
US07644451B1
An apparatus for selectively moving a toilet seat between a first and second position comprising: a base, a first pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon pivotally connected to the base, a first means connected between the toilet seat and an end of the first pedal opposite the first end for moving the toilet seat from a first position to a second position, a second pedal having a first end for receiving a downward force thereon and pivotally connected at an edge opposite the first end to the first pedal, a second means connected between the second pedal and an upper end of the first moving means for moving at least one of the toilet seat from the second position to the first position and the second pedal away from the first pedal. Upon applying the downward force to the first end of the first pedal, the first pedal pivots and causes the first moving means to move the toilet seat from the first position to the second position and causes the second moving means to move the second pedal away from the first pedal. Upon applying the downward force on the first end of the second pedal, the second moving means causes the toilet seat to be moved from the second position to the first position.
US07647644B2
A consumer system is registered on a producer system, which can be accomplished by submitting one or more registration values. The producer system checks each application according to acceptable registration values for each application. A set of applications that are available is generated according to which applications have permissions associated with the submitted registration values. The set is then presented to the consumer system, which can utilize applications on the set.
US07647642B2
Copyrighted electronic media are packaged in a secure electronic format, and registered on associated registration server, which serves to provide on-line licensing and copyright management for that media. Users are connected to the server, e.g., through a computer network or the Internet, to enable data transfers and to transact licenses to utilize the media. Packaged electronic media are typically created by an author or derivative user of the work. Once the packaged media is registered on the server, the media is made available for limited use and possible license through an authorization server. This limited use is specified within the minimum permissions data set assigned to each packaged media. Without a license, users are typically permitted to view the packaged media—through a system which unpackages the media—but cannot save or otherwise transfer the media without obtaining auxiliary permissions to do so from the authorization server. The electronic media is authenticated through digital signatures and optional encryption.
US07647636B2
A generic RootKit detector is disclosed that identifies when a malware, commonly known as RootKit, is resident on a computer. In one embodiment, the generic RootKit detector performs a method that compares the properties of different versions of a library used by the operating system to provide services to an application program. In this regard, when a library is loaded into memory, an aspect of the generic RootKit detector compares two versions of the library; a potentially infected version in memory and a second version stored in a protected state on a storage device. If certain properties of the first version of the library are different from the second version, a determination is made that a RootKit is infection the computer.
US07647630B2
A method for authorizing information flows based on security information associated with information objects is provided. A hash key is generated based on an information object and a lookup operation is performed in a hash table based on the hash key. A determination is made whether an entry in the hash table at an index corresponding to the hash key identifies a labelset for the information object. A labelset, identifying a sensitivity of the information object, is stored in the entry at the index corresponding to the hash key for the information object if a labelset for the information object is not identified in the entry in the hash table. Information flows involving the information object are authorized based on a lookup of the labelset associated with the information object in the hash table. The hash table may be a multidimensional hash table.
US07647619B2
A broadcast receiver includes an input unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, a main memory, a demultiplexer unit, and a decoding unit. A transport stream of digital packetized data includes various data types identified by various parameters within the packet header. A filtering table lists select identifying parameters representing the various data types which are to be stored and processed. Data packets which do not have a select parameter found within the filtering table are ignored by the broadcast receiver. The filtering table is scalable by a control unit to an optimum size, which is the minimum size necessary to store all necessary parameters. A control unit determines the number of parameters required in the filtering table, and scales the filtering table to accommodate that number of parameters.
US07647616B2
A method and system of analyzing the perceived quality of streaming media that includes transmitting at least one data packet from a stream sender to a stream receiver via a network connection; analyzing the data packets at the stream receiver, where the stream receiver determines whether there are data packets missing from the stream sender's data packets; requesting retransmission of specific data packets missing from the stream receiver; and retransmitting at least one specific data packet missing from the stream sender to the stream receiver.
US07647600B2
System and method for direct call of a target function by a start function by means of a processor with a memory management unit (MMU) in a computer operated by an operating system. A first task with a first memory context and with the staff function as a component executes the start function to perform a context switch from the first memory context into a second memory context. The target function is a component of a second task with the second memory context. The target function is executed in the second memory context, and the context switch is reversed to return to the first memory context after executing the target function.
US07647596B2
An object model comprises a plurality of event framework information objects, a shared event data store and an event managing object. Each one of the event framework information objects define event framework characteristics for a respective one of a plurality of event frameworks implemented in a server. The shared event data store includes a plurality of event information objects each defining server event information for a respective one of a plurality of unique events exhibited by the server during operation. Each one of the event information objects is at least temporarily referenced by at least one of the event framework information objects. The event managing object is configured for creating the event information objects and managing persistence of the event information objects.
US07647592B2
Methods and systems are provided for assigning objects to processing units. In one implementation, a method is provided for assigning objects to a cluster of processing units, wherein each of the processing units has a storage capacity. The method may include the steps of providing an ordered sequence of objects, providing an initial distribution of the objects to the processing units, and processing the objects in the order of the sequence to improve the smoothness of the initial distribution.
US07647590B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and article of manufacture for parallel application load balancing and distributed work management. In one embodiment, a hierarchy of master nodes may be used to coordinate the actions of pools of worker nodes. Further, the activity of the master nodes may be controlled by a “coordinator” node. A coordinator node may be configured to distribute work unit descriptions to the collection of master nodes. If needed, embodiments of the invention may be scaled to deeper hierarchies.
US07647583B2
A platform for running embedded software using an inexpensive standard personal computer is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes a compiler assist component and a runtime component. The compiler assist component operates in conjunction with a standard personal computer compiler to compile an embedded system application to run on a conventional personal computer. The runtime component executes on the personal computer and operates in conjunction with the standard operating system drivers to allow an emulated system to communicate with real hardware connected to the personal computer or to virtual hardware that is simulated on the personal computer.
US07647579B2
Under the present invention, a best practice violation (BPV) engine resource is first built. This typically occurs by: receiving sets of source code from a plurality of sources; detecting a programming language of each of the sets of source code; extracting code patterns from the sets of source code; defining meta data for each code pattern that indicates a quality; classifying each code pattern; and assigning a rank to each of the code pattern based on its corresponding meta data as well as a skill level and an experience level of the developer. Once the BPV engine resource is built, it will be used to detect best practice violations in other sets of source code.
US07647575B2
A method for developing integrated circuits includes generating a core (logic core) in an HDL format readable by a logic synthesis tool, from an ASIC core (logic core) made of ports of blocks and port connection information, creating a temporary chip design from chip terminal information to generate a terminal in the temporary chip design, generating a design identical to that created, as a cell within the design created, connecting a design port with a cell port, wherein a name of the design port is identical to a name of the cell port, inserting an I/O buffer, depending on the device technology, into a net between the ports connected, replacing the cell by the core (logic core) created to gerate a netlist, and expanding a hierarchy of the design, being the top hierarchy.
US07647570B2
A behavior synthesis apparatus performs a behavior synthesis while optimizing an intermediate point pair, which is equivalent to each other only under a condition to be referenced. When an equivalence condition is provided for an intermediate cone, an equivalence-condition setting unit provides the intermediate cone with the condition for the equivalence. A logic-cone comparison unit determines whether or not the intermediate cone is equivalent under the provided equivalence condition. An intermediate-point-result reflection unit simplifies the intermediate cone with respect to the intermediate point pair determined to be equivalent in the logic cones to be verified. The logic-cone comparison unit checks the equivalence using the simplified logic cone.
US07647569B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for organizing layout data. A layout database is analyzed to determine a statistical distribution of cells within the layout database based on a shape complexity of each cell. Cells with a shape complexity that exceeds a complex threshold may be defined as complex cells, which are examined to find candidate shapes that may be moved to one or more child cells within the complex cell. The layout database is then stored as an output layout database with at least some of these candidate shapes moved to child cells within the complex cells. Simple cells with a shape complexity that is less than a simple threshold may have their layout shapes moved to a parent cell of that simple cell. The layout database may also be partitioned into multiple dispatchable segments, which may be distributed to multiple processing threads for performing additional processes on the database.
US07647567B1
A system and method for Term Rewriting System hardware design employs a scheduler that incorporates a preference order in scheduling conflicting rules. The scheduler schedules a conflicting rule to execute when its predicate is true, and it is preferred over other conflicting rules in the preference order. The preference order may be, in one embodiment, a user-specified preference order enumerated by a designer. Such an order may be chosen according to efficiency criteria, such that the conflicting rule most essential for efficient hardware will be scheduled to execute on a given state rather than less essential conflicting rules The system and method advantageously permits a schedule to be computed in a time frame polynomially related to the number of rules, and produces more predictable and more easily understood schedules than conventional methods.
US07647564B2
A system and method for building a representation of a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising generating a class, generating a first representation of the GUI, wherein the class can produce a second representation GUI based on the first representation, generating a second representation of the GUI from the class, wherein the second representation includes at least one control, and wherein the first representation can include at least one of hierarchical relationships among controls, control properties, and control event information.
US07647549B2
The invention concerns a method of processing a request for obtaining multimedia digital data, said request having a number of descriptors characterizing it, characterized in that said method has the following steps: analysis of the descriptors characterizing the request being processed; comparison of the result of the analysis with the descriptors of other requests processed earlier; according to the result of the comparison, a decision as regards knowing whether the request being processed is: identical to a request processed earlier, in the sense that the two requests have the same request descriptors; similar to a request processed earlier, in the sense that the two requests have at least one request descriptor in common; new compared with the requests processed earlier.
US07647547B2
A method and an apparatus is provided for producing branch metrics in a LogMAP turbo decoding operation. During a forward recursion of a trellis, a set of primary branch metrics is generated. The primary branch metrics are stored in receiver form in a relatively small memory cache module and corresponding secondary branch metrics are produced by negating the primary branch metrics. The primary branch metrics and the secondary branch metrics constitute all possible branch metrics for a given state in the trellis. During a backwards recursion of the trellis, the stored primary branch metrics are retrieved from the memory cache module and the secondary branch metrics are regenerated by negating the retrieved primary branch metrics.
US07647541B2
A method and apparatus for assigning automatic repeat request (ARQ)/hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to support enhanced uplink (EU) data transmissions. After parameters associated with the ARQ/H-ARQ processes are configured, the WTRU assigns an ARQ/H-ARQ process for selected data. After transmitting the data, the WTRU determines whether feedback information for the data has been received. The WTRU releases the ARQ/H-ARQ process if an acknowledgement (ACK) message has been received, and retransmits the data if a non-acknowledgement (NACK) message or no feedback information has been received in a predetermined time period while incrementing a transmission counter in the WTRU. When an ARQ/H-ARQ transmission limit has been reached, the WTRU may discard the data or reinitiate the transmission. An ARQ/H-ARQ process assigned for transmission of lower priority data may be preempted for transmission of higher priority data when there is no available ARQ/H-ARQ process.
US07647539B2
A system and method processor testing using test pattern re-execution is presented. A processor re-executes test patterns using different timing scenarios in order to reduce test pattern build time and increase system test coverage. The invention described herein varies initial states of a processor's memory (cache, TLB, SLB, etc.) that, in turn, varies the timing scenarios when re-executing test patterns. By re-executing the test patterns instead of rebuilding new test patterns, verification quality is improved since more time is available for execution, verification and validation. In addition, since the test patterns result in the same final state, the invention described herein also simplifies error checking.
US07647538B2
There is provided a test apparatus that tests a device under test. The test apparatus includes a pattern memory that stores a test instruction stream determining a test sequence for testing the device under test, an interval register that stores a repeated interval in response to the fact that the repeated interval showing at least one instruction to be repeatedly executed in the test instruction stream has been specified, an instruction cache that caches the test instruction stream read from the pattern memory, a memory control section that reads the test instruction stream from the pattern memory and writes the read stream into the instruction cache, a pattern generating section that sequentially reads and executes instructions included in the test instruction stream from the instruction cache and generates a test pattern corresponding to the executed instruction, and a signal output section that generates a test signal based on the test pattern and supplies the generated signal to the device under test. The pattern generating section repeatedly executes an instruction stream within the repeated interval in the test instruction stream when the repeated interval is stored on the interval register.
US07647524B2
A system such as a Web-based system in which a plurality of computers interact with each other is monitored to detect online an anomaly. Transactions of a service provided by each of a plurality of computers to another computer are collected, a matrix of correlations between nodes in the system is calculated from the transactions, and a feature vector representing anode activity balance is obtained from the matrix. The feature vector is monitored using a probability model to detect a transition to an anomalous state.
US07647523B2
A computing services grid. The grid can include a service desk coupled to one or more computing service instances. Each service instance can conform to an interface which is common to all service instances in the grid. A routing component can be disposed in the grid. Specifically, the routing component can route individual service requests to individual ones of the service instances. An instance selection service is used to satisfy QoS characteristics associated with the requester of the service. The grid further can include a service instance monitoring component. The monitoring component can monitor the performance of individual service instances charged with processing individual service requests. Fail-over logic can be configured to re-route service requests from selected service instances to others of the service instances where the monitoring component detects a fail-over condition in the selected service instances. In that regard, fail-over conditions can include error conditions and a performance deficiency conditions in which the performance of a selected service instance lags behind guaranteed levels of performance.
US07647520B2
The invention relates to electronic devices for generating synchronization signals, in particular to ultrahigh resolution synchronization signals whose temporal accuracy is less than a nanosecond. The inventive device operates not only with an internal clock but also with the external clock of a synchronizable device, thereby avoiding any temporal drift and uncertainty of the synchronization signals. The main element of the device is embodied in the form of a programmable digital component which operates with the external clock frequency and comprises programmable delay lines enabling to attain ultrahigh temporal resolutions. Said invention also relates to a system comprising several synchronization devices which are interconnected in such a way that the synchronization of different devices remains perfect. The invention makes it possible to control with high accuracy a quasi-unlimited number of devices.
US07647519B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for dynamically managing power in a microprocessor chip that includes physical hardware elements within the microprocessor chip. A process is selected to be executed. Hardware elements that are necessary to execute the process are then identified. The power in the microprocessor chip is dynamically altered by altering a present power state of the hardware elements that were identified as being necessary.
US07647512B2
A method and an apparatus for switching performance are provided. The method includes: providing a performance adjustable circuit working at a specific threshold frequency; determining a working power supply of the performance adjustable circuit; when the working power supply is higher or lower than a specific threshold level range corresponding to the specific threshold, adjusting the performance adjustable circuit to work at another specific threshold frequency.
US07647511B2
When a plurality of electric devices is charged, each electric device is charged by priorities. The data processing apparatus related to the present invention comprises; a first data processing unit which comprises a first memory, a first data control section and a first battery; a second data processing unit which comprises a second memory, a second data control section and a second battery. The first data processing unit and the second data processing unit can be mechanically attached to and removed from each other. The data processing apparatus related to the present invention comprises; a data transfer control section which transfers data between the first memory and the second memory when the first data processing unit and the second data processing unit are mechanically connected with each other; and charge control sections which charge the first battery and the second battery when the first data processing unit and the second data processing unit are mechanically connected with each other, and the data processing apparatus is connected to the external power supply means.
US07647498B2
Authentication of two devices in communication with a third device is achieved where the first and second devices each possess a shared secret value. The authentication includes communication of authentication values from the first device to the second device using the third device. Similarly, there is communication of values from the second device to the first device using the third device. The third device retains the communicated values. The values are calculated to permit the third device to authenticate the first and second devices without the third device receiving the shared secret value. The authentication may be used to establish a communications channel between the first and the second devices.
US07647496B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products that, by defining a common interface, allow for a single implementation of operations common to both kernel mode and user mode processing, relative to a hardware adapter. Corresponding kernel mode and user mode implementations of the operations are provided. For a given process, a call to the common interface is mapped to the kernel mode implementation for kernel mode processes and to the user mode implementation for user mode processes. The mapping may be performed at runtime or may be static. The common operation may provide a user mode process direct access to a hardware adapter, such as for sending and receiving information, without switching to kernel mode. A kernel mode implementation for operations unique to kernel mode processing, such as specifying security parameters for the hardware adapter to enforce, or initiating and terminating communication through the hardware adapter, also may be provided.
US07647493B2
The invention relates to a communication system which comprises at least one user equipment having a plurality of identities associated therewith. The user equipment has means for storing at least one of the identities. Storage means are provided for storing at least one of the plurality of identities and means for receiving identity information from the user equipment, for obtaining from the storage means at least one identity associated with the received identity information and for sending to the user equipment the at least one obtained from the storage means.
US07647490B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus to collect and dynamically update system locality information during runtime. In one method embodiment, the present invention collects system locality information at boot time to be provided to an operating system. The system locality information describes distances between devices within an integrated processing system. The operating system is then notified that a triggering event has occurred that may potentially alter the distances between devices within the integrated processing system. Upon receipt of this notification, the operating system invokes an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) procedure that provides updated system locality information during runtime to reflect the changes in distances between devices within the integrated processor system after the occurrence of the triggering event.
US07647488B2
The information processing device of the present invention stores the branch history information of a fetched instruction. When branch prediction fails, BHR information used for the branch prediction is restored using this stored branch history information. Thus, even when branch prediction fails, BHR information can be accurately restored. Accordingly, prediction accuracy can be improved.
US07647482B2
Apparatus and methods of reducing dynamic memory stack by a register stack engine are disclosed. An example apparatus and method identifies a local parameter of a caller function. A scratch register corresponding to the local parameter is moved to the top of a register stack, and a local parameter of a callee function is assigned to the scratch register.
US07647481B2
Many processor architectures include registers in the form of a stacked register file, for holding data used during execution of processing operations. As taught herein, the physical registers forming the stack are organized into banks. One or more of the banks is activated and deactivated, as needed to meet the demands of register allocations.
US07647478B2
An apparatus and method are provided for extending a microprocessor instruction set to allow for selective suppression of store checking at the instruction level. The apparatus includes fetch logic, and translation logic. The fetch logic receives an extended instruction. The extended instruction has an extended prefix and an extended prefix tag. The extended prefix specifies that store checking be suppressed for the extended instruction. The extended prefix tag is an otherwise architectural opcode within an existing instruction set. The fetch logic precludes store checking for pending store events associated with the extended instruction. The translation logic is coupled to the fetch logic. The translation logic translates the extended instruction into a micro instruction sequence that sequence directs the microprocessor to exclude store checking during execution of a prescribed operation.
US07647477B2
Inspecting a currently fetched instruction group and determining branching behavior of the currently fetched instruction group, allows for intelligent instruction prefetching. A currently fetched instruction group is predecoded and, assuming the currently fetch instruction group includes a branch type instruction, a branch target is characterized in relation to a fetch boundary, which delimits a memory region contiguous with the memory region that hosts the currently fetched instruction group. Instruction prefetching is included based, at least in part, on the predecoded characterization of the branch target.
US07647472B2
An integrated circuit (203) for use in processing streams of data generally and streams of packets in particular. The integrated circuit (203) includes a number of packet processors (307, 313, 303), a table look up engine (301), a queue management engine (305) and a buffer management engine (315). The packet processors (307, 313, 303) include a receive processor (421), a transmit processor (427) and a risc core processor (401), all of which are programmable. The receive processor (421) and the core processor (401) cooperate to receive and route packets being received and the core processor (401) and the transmit processor (427) cooperate to transmit packets. Routing is done by using information from the table look up engine (301) to determine a queue (215) in the queue management engine (305) which is to receive a descriptor (217) describing the received packet's payload.
US07647466B1
An indication to allocate storage is received, where the storage is to be used to store previous version data associated with a protected data set. One or more storage groups are allocated of at least a prescribed allocation group size and comprising a set of physically contiguous storage locations.
US07647465B2
A method, for determining sufficiency of a given set of portions included within a storage system (SS) to accommodate one or more flows of data anticipated as flowing therethrough, may include: configuring the given set to include at least one of following portions, a given stable of one or more providers of data-storage (PDSs), and an SS-infrastructure; identifying components within members of the given set as queuing centers according to the one or more flows, respectively; estimating one or more capacity values, based upon the one or more flows, that will be demanded of the components, respectively; and determining whether the estimated one or more capacity values are acceptable in a context of corresponding capacity values attributed to the components, respectively.
US07647464B2
Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for recording media. An input is received via a user interface to record media. An entry is created in a recording schedule to record the media. The recording schedule is sent to a restoration server, such that the recording schedule is mirrored to the restoration server.
US07647460B1
A method and apparatus for implementing a remote mirroring data facility for a computer system comprising a central processing unit (CPU); a first storage system that is coupled to the CPU so that the CPU can store information in the first storage system; a second storage system coupled to the CPU via a communication link; and a mirroring controller to mirror at least some of the information stored in the first storage system in the second storage system by transferring the at least some of the information over the communication link. The communication link can be implemented via a network cloud, which may be the Internet or an intranet. Multiple pipes can be used to pass data through the network cloud in parallel. Alternatively, the communication link can be implemented using wireless technology.
US07647459B2
A system for high-speed access and recording includes a demodulator, a buffer memory, and a hard disk. During a write cycle, a content stream is stored in buffer memory and thereafter transferred to the demodulator. When the buffer memory reaches its storage capacity, its contents are transferred to the hard disk for storage. During a read cycle, contents from the hard disk are read and then stored in the buffer memory. The hard disk further includes includes a high-speed zone and a random-access zone, which are configured to operate in a high-speed mode, a random-access mode, and a buffer-cleaning mode.
US07647456B2
Provided are a method, system, and program for establishing copy relationships to copy source data to target data. A request is received to establish a copy relationship indicating to copy source data to target data. A determination is made as to whether the source data defined in the request comprises target data defined in a preexisting copy relationship. A determination is made as to whether base source data copied to the target data in the preexisting copy relationship also comprises the source data indicated in the request in response to determining that the source data defined in the request comprises target data in the preexisting copy relationship. A new copy relationship is defined to copy the determined base source data to the target data indicated in the request.
US07647452B1
A re-fetching cache memory improves efficiency of a processor, for example by reducing power consumption and/or increasing performance. When the cache memory is disabled or temporarily used for another purpose, a data portion of the cache memory is flushed, and a tag portion is saved in an archive. In some embodiments, the tag portion operates “in-place” as the archive, and in further embodiments, is placed in a reduced-power mode. In some embodiments, less than the full tag portion is archived. When the cache memory is re-enabled or when the temporary use completes, optionally and/or selectively, the tag portion is repopulated from the archive, and the data portion is re-fetched according to the repopulated tag portion. In some embodiments, less than the full archive is restored. According to various embodiments, processor access to the cache is enabled during one or more of: the saving; the repopulating; and the re-fetching.
US07647451B1
A technique places content, such as data, of one or more data containers on volumes of a striped volume set (SVS). The placement of data across the volumes of the SVS allows specification of a deterministic pattern of fixed length. That is, the pattern determines a placement of data of a data container that is striped among the volumes of the SVS. The placement pattern is such that the stripes are distributed exactly or nearly equally among the volumes and that, within any local span of a small multiple of the number of volumes, the stripes are distributed nearly equally among the volumes. The placement pattern is also substantially similar for a plurality of SVSs having different numbers of volumes.
US07647449B1
A method, system, and computer readable medium for maintaining the order of write-commands issued to a data storage, where the write-commands are issued by one or more host. In one embodiment of the present invention the method includes assigning an order-descriptor to each write-command, storing the write-command, storing the order-descriptor, and collating a plurality of order-descriptors and their corresponding write-commands to obtain an ordered write-command stream.
US07647446B2
Methods and systems are provided for helping maintain isochronous communications with peripheral devices (308), such as USB devices, over a network (302). Some methods for facilitating isochronous IN communication include noting (1906) passage of a predetermined interval without communication (310) from the peripheral device driver (402), and then creating (1908) a dummy communication (312) and sending (1910) it over the network toward the peripheral device to maintain isochronous communication toward the peripheral device. Some methods for facilitating isochronous OUT communication include noting (2006) passage of a predetermined interval without receipt, over the network, of a responsive communication (310) from the peripheral device in response to a first communication, and then creating (2008) a dummy communication (312) and sending (2010) it toward the peripheral device driver to maintain isochronous communication transmissions toward the peripheral device driver. The interval between isochronous communication transmissions may be changed (1930) to optimize buffer (314) usage, and delays may be controlled (1922, 2016).
US07647444B2
A method and apparatus for dynamically arbitrating, in hardware, requests for a resource shared among multiple clients. Multiple data streams or service requests require access to a shared resource, such as memory, communication bandwidth, etc. A hardware arbiter monitors the streams' traffic levels and determines when one or more of their arbitration weights should be adjusted. When a queue used by one of the streams is filled to a threshold level, the hardware reacts by quickly and dynamically modifying that queue's arbitration weight. Therefore, as the queue is filled or emptied to different thresholds, the queue's arbitration weight rapidly changes to accommodate the corresponding client's temporal behavior. The arbiter may also consider other factors, such as the client's type of traffic, a desired quality of service, available credits, available descriptors, etc.
US07647443B1
Technologies are described for implementing locks to control I/O operations in a storage system. The lock implementations can have reduced resource requirements for memory and processing. Through the utilization of the technologies and concepts presented herein, an I/O process preparing to acquire a write lock can advertise its need for the lock for a pre-determined time before the lock is granted. The time period for advertisement can be specified so that all I/O operations that were initiated before the advertisement are guaranteed to have completed by the time the advertisement period is over. As such, a lock controller may only need to track outstanding I/Os that begin once the advertisement starts. This can reduce the typical requirement to maintain and process a lock structure for every unit of storage in the system at all times.
US07647436B1
A system that includes a host including at least one per-connection data structure and at least one per-processor data structure, wherein the at least one per-connection data structure is associated with a connection, and an offload engine operatively connected to the host. The engine includes offload engine connection registers and functionality to update the at least one per-connection data structures in the host, wherein the offload engine is configured to send and receive network data on the connection, wherein the host and the offload engine communicate using the at least one per-processor data structure, and wherein the offload engine communicates a status of the connection to the host using the offload engine connection registers.
US07647431B2
Local drive presence is provided for local and remote drives by maintaining a plurality of uninterrupted protocol connections between a plurality of I/O controllers and a plurality of device interfaces through which peripheral bus commands are transmitted. Preferably, the I/O controllers are each housed in a separate server blade and provide each blade with access to the local and remote drives. At each of the device interfaces, rather than attaching an actual storage device, peripheral bus commands received at the device interfaces are serialized and conditionally passed or suppressed to and from the shared drive which is shared amongst the plurality of uninterrupted protocol connections. Preferably, the plurality of uninterrupted protocol connections is maintained such that the shared drives can be simultaneously shared. In one embodiment, the local drives are provided in a media tray which is shared amongst a plurality blades.
US07647427B1
Stateful failover redundancy support is provided for network address translation (NAT). A master NAT device is backed-up with at least one back-up NAT device. Existing sessions are synchronized between the two NAT devices, such as via a dedicated link between them. In the event of a failover where the master NAT device is unable to perform its NAT functions, ownership of Internet protocol (IP) addresses is transferred from the master NAT device to the back-up NAT device. The back-up NAT device, which is now owner of the IP addresses, assumes the NAT functionality associated with these IP addresses and continues the existing sessions, as well as processing new sessions.
US07647414B2
Systems and methods that manage multiple stack environments are provided. In one example, a system may include, for example, a first protocol processing stack, a second protocol processing stack and a mapper. The mapper may be coupled to the first protocol processing stack and to the second protocol processing stack. A first port number may be associated with the first protocol processing stack and a second port number may be associated with the second protocol processing stack. The mapper may store a correspondence between the first port number and the second port number.
US07647409B2
Managing subscriber access to online subscription services providing online subscribers or potential new subscribers access to a subscription or trial subscription content at a normal level of service during the subscription period but, after the subscription has expired, providing a decreased level of service during a post-expiration period. The level of service may be decreased incrementally by reducing the content available to a subscriber, downloading the subscription content at a slower than normal rate, delivering certain features in black and white instead of color, deleting sound files, disabling any inter-active features, or any combination of these features. A subscription server manages the various databases and downloads subscription content to the online subscribers. The databases contain information about the subscribers and instructions for the subscription server to follow in granting normal or reduced access to the subscription content.
US07647408B2
This application describes how Session Description Protocol (SDP) preconditions signaling can be enhanced to support lead role negotiation, precondition capability exchange, premature precondition attempts and concatenated preconditions processing. The application describes the use of send and receive tags in an SDP message for a given media line. In a given message, a success or failure tag may be associated with a send or receive tag in addition to an optional or mandatory condition indicator tag. A lead role indicator may also be associated with a send or receive tag to indicate a desired preference with regard to the sender or receiver taking the lead role. These additions lead to a greater chance of successful session set-up completion, reduce the number of signaling exchanges in general, and enable precondition attempts to be started earlier and to be executed in parallel.
US07647406B2
A method for implementing resources reservation in a proxy-requested mode in an NGN, includes: an AF entity sending a resources request message carrying resources requirement parameters information on behalf of a user to a resources mediation PDF; the resources mediation PDF making an admission decision according to network operation policy rules, subscriber configuration files, and availability of transport resources; if the corresponding resources request is admitted, the resources mediation PDF sending an admission installation command to a BGF, setting and keeping corresponding admission decision parameters information in the BGF; the BGF forwarding subscriber traffic entering networks according to the admission decision parameters information to ensure QoS class requested by the user. According to the present invention, terminals with various QoS negotiation capabilities are supported, and QoS requirement parameters of the media flows are negotiated or are determined by the AF entity according to the media flows and service operation policies.
US07647403B2
A network access arrangement for connecting an end user's computer to the Internet includes a network access server and a proxy server. When an end user requests to be connected to the Internet, the network access server forwards the access request to the proxy server. The proxy server authenticates some requests itself but forwards other requests to authentication servers for authentication. After receiving a response from one of the servers, the proxy server forwards the response to the network access server. If the proxy server does not receive a response from one of the authentication servers, it follows a default procedure. This can be to authenticate the request in the proxy server or simply to accept the request. The proxy server has a counter associated with each of the servers. Each time the proxy server receives a response from one of the servers, it decrements the appropriate counter. Each time it does not receive a response, it increments the appropriate counter. When one of the counters reaches a threshold value, the proxy server then follows the default procedure for a pre-set number of requests which would normally be forwarded to the appropriate server. After following the default procedure for this predetermined number of access requests, the proxy server forwards the next access requests, which would normally be forwarded to the relevant server, to that server.
US07647395B2
A terminal management system includes a terminal apparatus connected to a local network, a management server capable of transmitting and receiving information relating to the terminal apparatus through the local network, and a client terminal capable of receiving the information relating to the terminal apparatus from the management server through the local network. The management server includes a terminal searching section for searching for the terminal apparatus connected to the local network, a terminal information transmitting section for transmitting information relating to this terminal apparatus to the client terminal with reference to information relating to the client terminal, and a driver requesting section for requesting a data server connected to an external network for a driver program for operating the terminal apparatus, in accordance with request information transmitted from the client terminal. The management server transmits an installer and the driver program to the client terminal.
US07647393B2
The present invention provides a server load balancing apparatus using MPLS session labels. The server load balancing apparatus includes a packet analyzing unit, a load balancing processing unit, a session label switching unit, a session managing unit, and a session label managing unit. The packet analyzing unit inspects whether a session label has been attached to a received packet, analyzes header information of the received packet to learn session information, and attaches a session label to a header of the received packet. The load balancing processing unit assigns a server to a session of the received packet without the session label attached. The session label switching unit hardware-switches the received packet with the session label attached using only the session label information. The session managing unit manages and maintains relevant information and states of sessions. The session label managing unit manages the session label.
US07647391B1
Processes and systems are disclosed for creating and for managing trouble tickets and work orders. One embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and receiving a request to create a work order. The work order is initiated and identified with a work order number. The work order number includes a telephone number experiencing the problem. The work order is then distributed to clients, and the work order is identified and tracked using a customer's telephone number. A trouble ticket is similarly managed, with the trouble ticket describing a problem in a communications system. Here the trouble ticket is initiated and the work item number is assigned. The trouble ticket is then distributed to clients, and the trouble ticket is identified and tracked using a customer's telephone number.
US07647382B2
A method for providing caller identification information to instant messaging communication participants can include identifying an online presence for at least a first instant messaging client and determining caller identification information for a user associated with the first instant messaging client. The caller identification information can be provided to a second instant messaging client.
US07647373B2
A process for network collaboration using embedded annotations and rendering instructions allowing collaborators to generate, share, and render collaborative content over the internet without installing any applications other than a web browser is disclosed, which allows the recipients of such collaborative content to view the content without installing any application other than the web browser. The message containing collaborative content sent between collaborators is a URL and collaborative content elements, which not only contain the identity of the base document, but an encoded representation of the collaborative content itself. These URLs are self-contained, and can be distributed using synchronous or asynchronous messaging systems.
US07647368B2
Data processing apparatus and method perform data processing operations on floating point data elements. The data processing apparatus has processing logic for performing data processing operations on the floating point data elements, and decode logic operable to decode a data processing instruction in order to determine a corresponding data processing operation to be performed by the processing logic. The data processing instruction has an m-bit immediate value encoded therein. Further, constant generation logic is provided to perform a logical operation on the m-bit immediate value in order to generate an n-bit floating point constant for use as at least one input floating point data element for the processing logic when performing the corresponding data processing operation. The values “n” and “m” are integers, and n is greater than m. This approach provides a particularly efficient technique for generating floating point constants.
US07647365B2
A system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques that provides local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the cache depending on the value and size of the selection. The value assigned to an item can represent the time-dependent likelihood that a user will review an item at some time in the future. An initial value of an item can be based on the user's viewing habits, the user's viewing habit over particular time segment and/or viewing habits of a group of user's during a particular time segment. A value assigned to a selection dynamically changes according to a set of cache retention policies, where the value can be time-dependent functions that decay based on the class of the item, as determined by inference about the class or via a label associated with the item.
US07647364B2
A system for onsite backup of internet-based data is provided. The system includes a central computer, a client computer, a communications link between the central computer and the Internet, and a communications link between the client computer and the Internet. The system also includes at least one database containing a plurality of data records accessible by the central computer, each data record containing a client identification number. Software executing on the central computer receives a data backup request, and software executing on the central computer transmits the data backup to the client computer.
US07647363B2
A repository manager facilitates robust revision control of components of a large scale system. The repository manager stores system components under revision control in a repository, according to internal names. The repository manager also stores binding information between internal names of system components and associated external names, as well as component attribute information. The repository manager provides users with working areas, from which they are able to access system components according to their external names, via the repository manager. As users perform operations affecting system components, the repository manager keeps track of the performed operations. Responsive to a user committing a set of changes, the repository manager updates the master repository according to the performed operations, associates a new version number with the resulting state of the repository and synchronizes the user's working area with the updated repository.
US07647356B2
Methods and apparatus are described for updating a database using a multi-dimensional data model in which data corresponding to the database are organized in multi-dimensional blocks. Each block has summary information associated therewith corresponding to a current state of evolution of the associated block. Dependency information is maintained in the data model which identifies data dependencies within and among the blocks. Change information is maintained which identifies changes made to particular ones of the blocks and times at which the changes were made. The database is updated with reference to the dependency information, the summary information, and the change information. At least some of the blocks are updated without reference to all dependents thereof. In some implementations, the underlying database may be a relational database, the data from the relational database being mapped to the multi-dimensional data model.
US07647354B2
A method and software for change data capture is described, in which change data is extracted from a recovery log in a single pass and stored into multiple database objects, such as change tables. The change data indicates modifications that has been performed to multiple source objects that correspond to the multiple database objects. In a preferred embodiment, this can be accomplished with a single multi-table insert SQL statement.
US07647341B2
Provided is a map editing-and-displaying system that acquires partial map data from a database that contains map data. The partial map data includes appended index data. The system automatically assigns a map name to the partial map data based on the appended index data. A user can then identify and select the map according to the assigned map name.
US07647338B2
A system and method for formulating a related content query are provided. A search engine receives queries having terms for content items and stores the queries and user interaction data in a query log. Also, the search engine provides a collection of content items and related content item queries for each content item within the collection of content items, in response the queries. Each content item in the collection of content items includes terms that match the received queries. The related content item queries are generated by an advisor engine that processes the query log and each content item in the collection of content items to select query terms, different from the received query terms, which previously resulted in a specified content item being accessed or selected.
US07647332B2
A unified discovery interface that presents aggregated discovery data for media content available via multiple content delivery types is provided. In one implementation, the discovery data may be aggregated via a discovery data ingestion module to provide a compilation accessible by one or more client modules. The one or more client modules may present the aggregated discovery data in the unified discovery interface through which a user may select between first media content available via a first content delivery type and second media content available via a second content delivery type. In another implementation, a client module may aggregate discovery data and provide a unified discovery interface through which a user may select between first media content available via a first content delivery type and second media content available via a second content delivery type.
US07647290B2
A system in which researchers can freely and effectively use worldwide bioinformatics analysis programs available on the Internet is provided. When a bioinformatics analysis program available on the Internet is used by a user computer, a broker program is used. The broker program has a function of absorbing differences in input/output format between analysis programs, and each analysis program is provided with the broker program. A broker program-providing server stores various broker programs provided by users and makes them available to the public. When the user uses bioinformatics analysis programs available on the Internet, the user can use broker programs that are made available by the broker program-providing server and that are created by other users.
US07647286B2
A method for determining a sequence of decisions related to a chaotic event. A plurality of decisions related to the chaotic event is received. A mathematical optimization algorithm is used to select a sequence in which the plurality of decisions are to be considered. The mathematical optimization algorithm takes as input at least one constraint and chaotic event information. The sequence is stored.
US07647282B1
A method for reducing a risk associated with a commodity. The method is implemented at least in part by a computer and includes offering to supply the commodity to a commodity consumer. The offer includes an obligation to supply a first quantity of the commodity at a first price during a first period of time, an obligation to supply a second quantity of the commodity at a second price during a second period of time, and an obligation to supply a third quantity of the commodity at a third price during a third period of time. The second price is within a first price band defined by the first price, and the third price is within a second price band defined by the second price.
US07647277B1
Access to a content selection may be regulated by accessing a medium associated with the content selection, identifying a profile associated with the medium, using the profile to analyze a content request with a multitiered rule base that includes two or more of a medium rule base, a media player rule base, and a host rule base, and enabling access to the content selection in accordance with one or more results of the analysis.
US07647272B1
Systems and methods are described for processing mortgage payments. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a fixed payment for the mortgage, such fixed payment being based on an initial interest rate, with the initial interest rate serving as a maximum interest rate; determining a principal and interest payment amount based on a revised interest rate, the revised interest rate not exceeding the maximum interest rate; determining a difference between the fixed payment and the determined principal and interest amount, so that any difference may prepay the mortgage.
US07647271B2
A system for determining latent demand for at least one of a plurality of commodities includes an offer analyzer and a commodity selector. The offer analyzer analyzes at least a plurality of initially unaccepted offers for each of the plurality of commodities. The commodity selector selects at least one of the plurality of commodities to offer for sale which satisfies at least one criteria based on the analysis by the offer analyzer.
US07647264B2
A method for trading a security in an electronic market includes receiving closing orders and orders for the security traded in the electronic market, disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the close of trading, determining a closing price for the security based on the closing orders and orders, and executing at least some of the closing orders at the determined closing price.
US07647255B2
A method for conducting a repairable inventory analysis calculates the minimum number of repairable parts to be held in inventory while still being able to satisfy the demand for spare parts even in view of uncertain repair lead times. The method uses a set of equations that relates a customer service level to arbitrary probability distribution functions of a repair lead-time and a part arrival process. The distributions are then searched to locate the optimal inventory level in the distribution.
US07647254B2
At least one or more customized solutions for setting up a computer system for a customer may be provided. A customer may select a new computer system, or upgrade or set up a current computer system based at least in part on customer identification information. A customer solutions advisor computer program may query the customer and/or may retrieve databases to determine a likely computer configuration, preference, and need of the customer. The customer solutions advisor computer program may launch a polling program on at least one or more of computer systems of the customer to determine the configuration of equipment and software in the computer system. The customer solutions advisor computer program may recommend hardware and/or software solutions to the customer. The customer interactively customizes the computer system. Static or animated graphical representations of the proposed computer system solutions may be used to illustrate installation procedures and other operational characteristics of the computer system solution.
US07647251B2
A system and method are provided for handling errors that arise in communications between process agents on behalf of business objects. The system and method deal with the discovery and reconciliation of business-logic-level errors and conflicts. The system and method may operate at two levels: they may detect errors and conflicts from within a process agent based on the messages it receives or has access to, or they may detect the errors and conflicts from another object based on collection of inter-process agent messages. Errors and conflicts may be automatically reconciled. This may occur when the system or method determines potential causes of the error and the potential impact of each cause. This allows for automated error or conflict handling in many cases where the cause is trivial or where the cause and solution are definitely discernable.
US07647242B2
The number of ads potentially relevant to search query information may be increased by relaxing the notion of search query keyword matching. This may be done, for example, by expanding a set of ad request keywords to include both query keywords and related keywords. The scores of ads served pursuant to a relaxed notion of matching (those with keyword targeting criteria that matched words related to words in the search query, but not the words from the search query) may be discounted relative to the scores of ads served pursuant to a stricter notion of matching. This may be done by using a score modification parameter, such as an ad performance multiplier (when an ad score is a function of ad performance information) The score modification parameter may be updated to reflect observed performance data, such as that associated with {word-to-related word} mappings.
US07647238B2
A computer-implemented warranty knowledge base construction system and method. An user interface receives a first rule related to vehicle repair claim processing. A rules syntax data store stores syntax rules for constructing repair claim-related rules. A knowledge base generator module connected to the user interface and to the rules syntax data store determines whether the first rule is in an acceptable syntax based upon the stored syntax rules. The first rule is used in a knowledge base system to process repair claims.
US07647237B2
A communication station is for use with a medical device (such as an infusion pump) and a processing device (such as a computer). The communication station includes a housing, a medical device interface coupled to the housing, a processing device interface coupled to the housing and a processor coupled to the housing. The device interface interfaces with the medical device, and the processing device interface interfaces with the processing device. The processor provides a communication path between the medical device and the processing device such that programming and instructions may be communicated from the processing device to the medical device and data may be transferred from the medical device to the processing device. The communication station may be combined with a system that is capable of generating reports either locally or remotely. In addition, the medical device interface may be a cradle that is configurable to attach to different shaped medical devices.
US07647233B2
A business intelligence system is disclosed that utilizes shipping information to provide business intelligence to a user. The business intelligence system receives information pertaining to originating parcel pickup and delivery information, stores the information in a shipping information database, and allows a user to formulate various types of transaction requests. The transaction results provide shipping information categorized in various ways in regard to past shipments as well as compare one category shipping information with another category of shipping information or with categories of non-shipping information. In addition, the system can extrapolate certain categories of shipping information into the future. Further, the system provides information to a user in a variety of formats including various graphical formats, tabular formats, and cartographical formats.
US07647228B2
An audible utterance is received from a user. A procedure determines a user intent associated with the audible utterance and identifies multiple parameters associated with the user intent. The procedure then determines whether any of the multiple parameters associated with the user intent are missing from the audible utterance. If any parameters are missing, an audible response requesting the missing parameters is generated and communicated to the user. If all parameters associated with the user intent are contained in the audible utterance, a response to the user's request is generated and communicated to the user.
US07647226B2
A pitch wave signal creation method as a preliminary process for efficiently coding a speech wave signal having a fluctuated pitch period is provided. A speech signal compressing/expanding apparatus and a speech signal synthesizing apparatus using the method, and a signal processing associated therewith are further provided. The pitch wave creation method of the invention is essentially comprised of a method of detecting the instantaneous pitch period of each pitch wave element of the speech wave signal, and a process of converting a corresponding pitch wave element into a normalized pitch wave element having a predetermined fixed time length by expanding and compressing the pitch wave element on a time axis while retaining its wave pattern based on the each detected instantaneous pitch period. The speech signal having a pitch fluctuation can be compressed in high quality and high efficiency by coding or synthesizing the speech wave signal using the pitch wave signal creation method of the invention. Text-to-speech conversion using pitch wave signals.
US07647225B2
A real-time speech recognition system includes distributed processing across a client and server for recognizing a spoken query by a user. Both the client and server can dedicate a variable number of processing resources for performing speech recognition functions. The partitioning of responsibility for speech recognition operations can be done on a client by client or connection by connection basis.
US07647222B2
A method and an apparatus for encoding digital audio data with reduced bit rates, the apparatus having a provider of psycho-acoustically quantized digital audio data with a bit rate being higher than the reduced bit rate. The apparatus further has an identifier for identifying a frequency band according to a selection criterion, the selection criterion being such that an impact on the quality of the digital audio data when the data in the identified frequency band is replaced by generated noise is smaller than the impact on the quality of the digital audio data, which would arise when the data in a different frequency band is replaced by generated noise. The apparatus further has a replacer for replacing data in the identified frequency band of the digital audio data by a noise synthesis parameter.
US07647215B2
Systems and methods for generating models of directed scale-free object relationships are described. In one aspect, a sequence of random numbers is generated. Individual ones of these random numbers are then selected over time to generate the directed scale-free object relationships as a graph based on sequences of in-degrees and out-degrees.
US07647211B2
An improved method for designing the route of a transport element, such as a tube, is provided. The method preferably designs the route automatically and, by utilizing constraint objects in the design of the route, as opposed to during a post design check, ensures that the resulting route complies with the various constraint objects. In addition, the method of the present invention may establish an overall cost function to evaluate a plurality of feasible routes of the transport element that each comply with the constraint objects such that a preferred or optimal route may be designed. Constraints may be based upon the routing of the transport element in relation to another transport element, an additional constraint, or a relaxed constraint.
US07647209B2
A frequency domain transforming section transforms mixed signals observed by multiple sensors into mixed signals in the frequency domain, a complex vector generating section generates a complex vector by using the frequency-domain mixed signals, a normalizing section generates a normalized vector excluding frequency dependence of the complex vector, and a clustering section clusters the normalized vectors to generate clusters. Then, a separated signal generating section generates separated signals in the frequency domain by using information about the clusters and a time domain transforming section transforms the separated signals in the frequency domain into separated signals in the time domain.
US07647208B2
A method for generating a series of output signals represented by a series of measurement signals which is particularly useful in the compensation for jatter, missing spurious pulses or plates when applied to the processing of signals from a speed probe monitoring the speed of a rotating bladed shaft. The method includes the steps of predicting a value for a first measurement signal from a historical measurement signal value, generating a first output signal from the predicted value of the first measurement signal; comparing the measurement signal to its predicted value, and: if the measurement signal is within a predetermined range of acceptable values, using the first measurement signal to predict a value for a second measurement signal; if the measurement signal is outside the pre-determined range of acceptable values, using the first predicted value to predict a second measurement signal, and generating a second output signal from the predicted value of the second measurement signal.
US07647201B2
A compressor information network includes a remote module operable to communicate with a plurality of local modules. Each local module includes a processor and a first non-volatile memory associated with the processor. The processor communicates with the first non-volatile memory and the second non-volatile memory associated with a compressor. The remote module includes a database of information copied from the second non-volatile memory.
US07647196B2
A method of monitoring human activity includes monitoring accelerations using an inertial sensor disposed at one of a plurality of locations on a human body, wherein at least one of the plurality of locations is not a foot location. A plurality of steps are counted based on the accelerations. A gait characteristic of the plurality of steps is determined. The characteristic is used to determine a stride length. At least one of a distance traveled and a speed of travel are determined based on the stride length.
US07647194B1
Methods for accurately and conveniently calculating the temperature of gaseous hydrogen during vehicle fueling are disclosed. The metered amount of hydrogen added to the on-board storage tank, the ambient conditions, The pressure measured at the dispenser, and a correlation to account for heat transfer are the inputs to the methods of the present invention. These inputs eliminate the need for obtaining temperature and pressure information from the vehicle which is out of the control of the dispenser and/or energy provider. In addition, the use of the equation of the present invention does not require the fill rate to be limited and the corresponding fill time to be extended.
US07647193B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for authenticating a pharmaceutical product is provided. The method includes receiving an identifier and a quantity for the pharmaceutical product and receiving a photonic signal from the pharmaceutical product, wherein the photonic signal includes a frequency and amplitude. The method can further include searching for the identifier and quantity that was received in a predefined list comprising identifier-quantity pairs, wherein a frequency and amplitude corresponds to each identifier-quantity pair. The method can further include matching the identifier and quantity that was received to a first identifier-quantity pair in the list. The method can further include storing a record indicating that the pharmaceutical product is counterfeit if the frequency and amplitude of the photonic signal does not match the frequency and amplitude corresponding to the first identifier-quantity pair.
US07647190B2
An analyzing system, comprising: a sample processor for processing a sample based on a designated dilution parameter; a measurement section for measuring the sample processed by the sample processor; a dilution parameter memory for storing a first dilution parameter and a second dilution parameter which is different from the first dilution parameter and can be supplied by a user of the analyzing system; and a measurement controller for controlling the sample processor and the measurement section so as to process the sample based on the first dilution parameter and obtain a measurement value by measuring the processed sample; wherein, when a comparison of the measurement value and a predetermined threshold indicates a retest, the second dilution parameter is used for the retest, is disclosed. A diagnostic processing device and computer program product thereof are also disclosed.
US07647189B2
A method and a device are provided for inspection of liquid articles to determine the presence of drugs concealed in the liquid articles without opening the outer packages. The method includes emitting radiation beams having a single energy to transmit through the liquid article; receiving the radiation beams transmitted through the liquid article to get multi-angle projection data; inversely operating the multi-angle projection data based on the uniformity of the liquid article to obtain an attribute value of the inspected liquid article; retrieving a reference attribute value in a pre-created database by using the identification information of the liquid article as an index, and calculating a difference between the calculated attribute value and the reference attribute value; and determining whether the difference is larger than a predefined threshold value. When the predefined threshold value is exceeded by the difference, it is concluded that there are drugs concealed in the liquid article and this result is output to a user for appropriate action.
US07647188B2
Computer systems, computer program products and methods for processing an input nucleic acid chromatogram having a plurality of substantially simultaneous traces. Each trace in the plurality of traces has a plurality of datapoints. Each respective datapoint in each of the plurality of datapoints represents a signal amplitude at a position in the trace corresponding to the respective datapoint. A first peak is identified in a first trace that is substantially overlapping a second peak in a second trace in the plurality of traces. The first peak is outputted to a first output homozygous representation and the second peak is outputted to a second output homozygous representation. The first output homozygous representation is a first homozygous sequence representation or a first homozygous nucleic acid chromatogram corresponding to the input nucleic acid chromatogram. The second output homozygous representation is a second homozygous sequence representation or second homozygous nucleic acid chromatogram of the input nucleic acid chromatogram.
US07647187B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for processing a data set having noise to determine whether the data set exhibits statistically linear behavior. A true data signal is calculated based on local properties of the data, and an estimate of the noise in the data is calculated from the true data signal. A measure of the estimated noise is then compared to properties of a linear fit to the data set.
US07647186B2
A system is described for ordering oligonucleotides through a network, such as the Internet. The system provides a mechanism for validating the data provided by a customer, and then displaying graphical images to represent any data that has errors. The system can also pool multiple oligonucleotide samples together by providing graphical images representing oligonucleotide containers, and allowing the customer to select the proper containers to pool.
US07647181B2
A method and system for generating land cover classifications is provided. Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a method in a computing environment for determining land cover classification that includes identifying a geographic unit and determining a human presence datum corresponding to the geographic unit. The method can further include determining an environmental datum corresponding to the geographic unit and/or a cultural datum corresponding to the geographic unit. The method can still further include assigning a land cover classification to the geographic unit based on at least the human presence datum and (a) the environmental datum, (b) the cultural datum, or (c) both (a) and (b). In certain embodiments, the method can still further include determining a geographic region corresponding to the geographic unit and assigning a land cover classification to the geographic unit based on at least the geographic region.
US07647177B2
A time estimator determines a first aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a first beacon and receipt of a return signal, a second aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a second beacon and receipt of a return signal, and a third aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a third beacon and receipt of a return signal. A bias compensator compensates for bias delay associated with at least one of the first transmitter, the first beacon, the second beacon and the third beacon. A converter converts the first aggregate elapsed time, the second aggregate elapsed time, and the third aggregate elapsed time into position curves. A data processor estimates a position of the vehicle at a confluence or intersection of the position curves.
US07647172B2
Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a technician server to direct a global satellite positioning system to obtain the set of coordinates for the customer service location; obtaining the coordinates and updating one or more databases with said coordinates. The coordinates may include at least one of a latitude and a longitude associated with the customer service location. Another embodiment includes obtaining through a technician server at least one set of “from” coordinates associated with the first customer service location and at least one set of “to” coordinates associated with the second customer location; transmitting the “from” and “to” coordinates to a mapping system; and, generating directions in the mapping system based on the “to” and “from” coordinates. At least one of the sets of coordinates includes latitude and longitude data. System and computer-readable media embodiments of these methods are also provided.
US07647171B2
A location-centric signal shadow mapping and storing architecture that creates maps where signals, such as GPS, cannot be seen with ease because of natural or synthetic features such as groups of tall buildings. Such maps are used with other information, such as the dynamics of the sensed velocity that had been seen before the loss of the signals, to reason about the location and likely activities being carried out by one or more people. Inferences can be made based on information about organizations and services associated with structures and locations proximal to the locations where signals were lost. Also, such reasoning can be used to turn off or to reduce the power consumed by the receivers of the location information, potentially with the joint use of accelerometers to identify when significant accelerations occur.
US07647167B2
There are provided a navigation system, a route search method and a storage medium which are easily capable of setting a destination even if a telephone number, which is not contained in a storage device, is entered. A route search processing unit, in the case where, for example, positions corresponding to telephone numbers that match the number expressing the area of the entered telephone number are four or more, selects four telephone numbers that are approximate to the entered telephone number, and sets the point of intersection, which is formed when the positions corresponding to the selected telephone numbers are connected diagonally by straight lines, as a destination. The route search processing unit searches for a route from the position of a user's car, which is calculated by a vehicle position measuring unit, to a point that is set as a destination.
US07647166B1
The present invention discloses a navigation system for communicating narrative information to a traveler moving through a geographic region. The present invention more specifically discloses a navigation system comprising: a position determining device; a means for associating each of a plurality of narrations with each of a plurality of locations within the geographic region, wherein each of the plurality of narrations relate to each of a plurality of points of interest within the geographic region; a means for associating each of a plurality of alerts with each of the plurality of locations within the geographic region; a means for communicating alerts to the traveler as the traveler freely moves throughout the geographic region, wherein the alerts are communicated when the traveler moves within a specified proximity to the locations associated with the alerts, and wherein the alerts provide the traveler with a means for receiving information with respect to the general nature of the point of interest associated with the location; and a means for providing the traveler with the narration associated with the point of interest associated with the location.
US07647163B2
An automated system collects information related to various factors that affect fuel costs, and determines an optimal amount of fuel to be loaded on an aircraft. Information related to an aircraft's fuel efficiency is collected from the aircraft; price information is collected for the stops made by the aircraft; and flight plan information is collected for each flight. The collected information is used to determine or estimate the fuel requirements of the aircraft and an optimal amount of fuel to load onto the aircraft at a location.
US07647160B2
A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine which is designed to determine an instantaneous engine speed in a cycle of, for example, 30° CA of the engine to learn an actual injection quantity that is the quantity of fuel actually sprayed from a fuel injector. The system filters the instantaneous engine speed using a band-pass filter to extract a cyclic component which varies in synchronism with an engine operating cycle to produce an engine speed change which has arisen from the spraying of fuel into the engine from which unwanted noise components are removed and uses it to determine the actual injection quantity.
US07647149B2
The operations of an electric power steering system and a wheel slip control system such as a traction control system or an anti-lock brake system are co-related so as not to undesirably affect one another, by the target assisting steering force for the electric power steering system being modified differently according to whether or not the wheel slip control system is in operation. In doing so, the target value of assisting steering force according to an increase of the steering torque of the steering wheel is increased by a degree increased along with increase of a time based differential of the steering torque of the steering wheel, or the degree of increasing the target value of assisting steering force according to an increase of the steering torque of the steering wheel is decreased along with increase of a time based differential of steering angle of the steering wheel.
US07647148B2
A roll stability control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) includes an active anti-roll bar system (62) and a rollover sensor (40) that generates a roll attitude signal indicative of a pending rollover of the vehicle. A controller (26) controls the active anti-roll bar system (62) to prevent the vehicle from rolling over in response to the roll attitude signal. The controller (26) may also control a brake system (60). The brake system may be used in addition to the active anti-roll bar system to prevent rollover of the vehicle.
US07647145B2
A method for error processing in electronic controllers, particularly, in motor vehicles, is provided whereby errors determined on each vehicle start are permanently written in an error memory. On repeated recognition of similar errors, an error counter, provided for the error, is increased. In the case where it is determined that the error counter has reached a pre-determined state on a renewed vehicle start, a special “poor maintenance” is launched, which only permits the start of the monitored function when further tests are carried out and completed.
US07647143B2
A watercraft can have a controller that can change a speed mode between a speed set mode and a regular mode in response to an operation of an auto cruise switch. The controller can return the speed mode to a regular mode under various conditions. For example, but without limitation, when an engine rotational speed reaches “zero” or nearly “zero” (i.e., an engine operation stops or nearly stops) while the speed mode is in the speed set mode. The controller can be configured to follow the actuation of the cruise switch only when the switch is operated in the regular mode.
US07647141B2
A method of processing and displaying train performance including analyzing train data received from the train or train simulator real time or from a data storage and preparing display data of the results of the analysis. Computer graphic images are created from the display data; and the computer graphic images are provided for display. A display may be a drive with the display data and displayed portions of the display data may be selected to be created into computer graphic images. The computer graphic images may be transmitted over the internet or stored on a portable store and ultimately displayed on a video player. The computer graphic images may be viewed and edited or enhanced.
US07647138B2
A system, device, and corresponding method for enabling a user to accurately control, monitor, and evaluate performance of a vehicle. A portable programmable computer device that a user can readily install by plugging it into a diagnostic connector port of the vehicle. The system includes a detector for detecting the start time of first movement of the vehicle independent of the on board diagnostic system. Velocity data from the onboard diagnostic system is time stamped by a clock in the device and stored. Velocity curves are generated from the velocity data and time stamps. Wheel spin is accounted for by smoothing the velocity curve to determine a point of inflection in the velocity indicative of termination of wheel spin and creating correcting velocity and acceleration curves by solving equations from the inflection point backwards on the curve down to time zero. From the corrected curves, an accurate distance is calculated.
US07647133B2
A computer-based method for maximizing the use of lumber in the production of truss members for a truss assembly using a linear feed saw apparatus. The method comprises storing a list of truss members to be cut by the linear feed saw apparatus, selecting from the list a first truss member for cutting, the first member having a trailing end. A second truss member from the list is selected for cutting, the second member having a first end that will nest with the trailing end of the first member. The second member is oriented such that its first end nests with the trailing end of the first member. The members are then cut using the linear feed saw. The nesting members can abut across the entire member width, only across a portion of the member width or at a single point. The nested ends of the first and second members may be bevel cuts. The selecting of a second truss member may comprise comparing the angles of the cuts to be made on the trailing end of the first member to the angles of the cuts to be made on the ends of at least two of the members on the list. The selected member may have an angle to be cut which is supplementary to one of the angles of the trailing end of the first member or which is close fitting with an angle on the trailing end of the first member. The selected member is oriented such that the supplementary or close fitting angle of the selected member is adjacent the corresponding supplementary or close fitting angle of the first member. Orienting the selected member may further comprise rotating the member around its longitudinal axis, its lateral axis or both.
US07647128B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements from digital media accessed by clients. The digital media including one or more media items, such as tracks on a CD. The methods, computer-readable media, and data structures further identifying metadata associated with a media item accessed by a client utilizing the authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements.
US07647124B2
A catheter used to deliver a medical electrical lead to a right atrium of a heart in close proximity to a His bundle. The catheter includes a proximal portion and a distal portion.
US07647119B1
An implantable neural stimulation system, such as a cochlear implant system, utilizes a Distributed Compression Amplitude Mapping (DCAM) system to distribute signal compression between a pre-bandpass linear mapping function, and a post-bandpass compressive mapping function. The pre-bandpass linear mapping function is implemented, in one exemplary embodiment, as a traditional audio compressor to prevent distortion that might result from a non-linear mapping function. The post-bandpass compressive mapping function is implemented, in another exemplary embodiment, as a logarithmic transform to reflect natural hearing. As a result of the DCAM processing, the differences in amplitudes of components of the acoustic spectrum are maintained. By maintaining these differences, spectral smearing between channels is reduced and speech clues are preserved.
US07647118B1
An implantable neural stimulation system, such as a cochlear implant system, utilizes a Distributed Compression Amplitude Mapping (DCAM) system to distribute signal compression between a pre-bandpass linear mapping function, and a post-bandpass compressive mapping function. The pre-bandpass linear mapping function is implemented, in one exemplary embodiment, as a traditional audio compressor to prevent distortion that might result from a non-linear mapping function. The post-bandpass compressive mapping function is implemented, in another exemplary embodiment, as a logarithmic transform to reflect natural hearing. As a result of the DCAM processing, the differences in amplitudes of components of the acoustic spectrum are maintained. By maintaining these differences, spectral smearing between channels is reduced and speech clues are preserved.
US07647112B2
Devices and methods are provided for electrically stimulating a predetermined body part of a mammal. The method includes placing at least one electrode in proximity to the mammal's skin, injecting an electrically conductive gel into the body of the mammal so as to form a conductive gel pathway extending at least partially along a distance between the at least one electrode and the predetermined body part, and stimulating the predetermined body part by applying an electrical signal via the electrode that travels, at least in part, through the conductive gel pathway.
US07647111B2
A connector assembly for detachably coupling a proximal end of a lead and an implantable medical device. The connector assembly includes a deflectable connector clip having a first arm, a second arm and a top portion extending between the first arm and the second arm. The first arm and the second arm detachably position the proximal end of the lead within the implantable medical device. A housing portion has a first deflection portion that deflects the connector clip from a first position corresponding to a first distance between the first arm and the second arm, to a second position corresponding to a second distance between the first arm and the second arm. Subsequent advancement of the lead through the first and second arms further deflects the connector clip from the second position to a third position, which transfers all of the spring force of the connector clip to the lead.
US07647107B2
Techniques for applying overdrive pacing to one or both atria following termination of an AF episode, to prevent a recurrent AF episode. An implantable medical device such as a pacemaker applies overdrive pacing according to overdrive pacing parameters, and sets the parameters as a function of the response of the patient to overdrive pacing. The parameters may be adjusted upward or downward, so that overdrive pacing may be applied effectively but not over-applied.
US07647102B2
A cardiac contractility modulating (CCM) device (30) includes an anti-arrhythmic therapy unit (38) for detecting a cardiac arrhythmia in a heart (2) of a patient based on processing electrical signals related to cardiac activity sensed at the heart, and for delivering anti-arrhythmic therapy to the heart. The device includes a cardiac contractility modulating (CCM) unit (40) capable of delivering cardiac contractility modulating (CCM) signals to the heart for modulating the contractility of a portion of the heart. The device may provide to the anti-arrhythmic therapy unit control signals associated with the delivery of the CCM signals to the heart. The control signals may be used to prevent interference of the CCM signals with the detecting of the cardiac arrhythmia. The device (30) includes a power source. The device may be an implantable device or a non-implantable device. The device may also include a pacing unit.
US07647098B2
A system and method for prediction of cognitive decline, comprises an input receiving input data corresponding to brain activity of an individual and a processor coupled to the input for analyzing the input data to obtain a selected set of features, the processor comparing the selected set of features to at least a portion of entries in a database corresponding to brain activity of a plurality of individuals, wherein entries in the database have been separated into a plurality of categories corresponding to one of a degree of cognitive decline and a propensity for future cognitive decline of individuals relating to the entries, the processor determining, based on the comparison, a category most closely corresponding to the selected set of features.
US07647091B2
A method and a system for free space optical tomography provides one or more light source and one or more light sensors spaced, which in one embodiment are spaced apart from and object to be imaged. A surface capture system coupled to a variety of optical models provides the method and system with the ability to render accurate tomographic images though the light has propagated both through a diffuse medium and, in on embodiment, also through free space to the one or more light sensors.
US07647084B2
A sensor assembly is provided that includes a skeletal frame comprising a loop structure. The sensor assembly includes at least one physiological sensor attached to the loop structure. A coating is provided over the skeletal frame and the at least one physiological sensor to form a sensor assembly. The sensor may be placed on a patient's finger, toe, and so forth to obtain pulse oximetry or other physiological measurements. Methods of manufacturing the sensor and sensor body and of applying the sensor are also provided.
US07647080B1
The send, end, and/or push-to-talk functions of a combination cellular telephone/two-way radio, are controlled with a single button on a hands-free device having a cable attached to the button, a microphone, and an earpiece. The button is pressed to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to transmit in a half-duplex communications mode for a two-way radio conversation. The user speaks while continuing to press the button, to transmit the user's words in the two-way radio conversation. Next, the user releases the button, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to cease transmitting, to permit the user to hear words transmitted by the other party to the two-way radio conversation. Additionally, in some examples the user may answer an incoming cellular telephone call by pressing the button used during the two-way radio conversation, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to establish communications for a full duplex cellular telephone conversation.
US07647076B1
Customizing an image for display on a wireless device. A user accesses an image database and selects an image to customize. After the user selects an image, the image is retrieved from the image database based on a profile of the device. A customized image is produced from a composite of the selected image and a text layer generated from user text provided by a user. The customized image is formatted for the user's device based on the device profile and then transmitted to the user's device for display.
US07647071B2
A device includes an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the device. An RF transceiver generates an outbound RF signal from an outbound symbol stream, transmits the outbound RF signal to a remote station of a wireless network, and generates an inbound symbol stream from an inbound RF signal received from the at least one remote station. A processing module is coupled to process the motion parameter to produce motion data, to convert outbound data into the outbound symbol stream, and to convert the inbound symbol stream into inbound data, wherein the outbound data includes the motion data.
US07647070B2
A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled.
US07647064B2
Each mobile terminal and/or radio base station determines whether a radio base station transmits radio waves of excessive power. Based on determination results obtained by a plurality of mobile terminals and/or radio base stations, a radio-system management server determines whether a certain radio base station transmits radio waves of excessive power. When the certain radio base station transmits radio waves of excessive power, the radio-system management server instructs the certain radio base station to forcefully stop its radio transmission by transmitting a forced transmission-stop control message to the radio network controller that controls the certain radio base station.
US07647054B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for a mobile origination comprises receiving an origination request message by a main call control (MCC) from a radio call control (RCC), receiving an assignment request message by the RCC from the MCC, receiving a traffic channel assign message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC from the RCC, receiving a call setup message by a selector distribution unit (SDU) from the MCC, and receiving a link active message by the CEC from the SDU.
US07647048B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for identifying at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks associated with an access point. The method comprises detecting whether a Wi-Fi network is hidden behind a first visible network of the at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks associated with the access point, and if so, selecting the Wi-Fi network to connect an authorized user to a wireless local area network while retaining an ability to select a second visible network from the at least one of one or more hidden and visible networks. In a client-server based communication system, the Wi-Fi network information of visible access points in a particular range may be automatically retrieved. In addition, by defining a group of networks belonging to an access point, and combining the groups of other access points in the vicinity of the client, a hidden network may be selected without an additional knowledge or processing by the authorized user. This may enable network operators or service providers to reorganize the Wi-Fi network infrastructure as desired and may enable authorized users or client software to detect and select a hidden network, regardless of organization of networks in the vicinity of the client.
US07647046B2
A method, an apparatus, and code in a carrier medium to operate in a first access point of a wireless network in communication with at least one associated client station. The method includes wirelessly broadcasting a management frame including an indication that the first access point will stop being active, such that each associated client station can wirelessly roam to a second access point prior to the first access point ceasing being active. One embodiment further includes reducing the transmit power of wireless communication used to wirelessly transmit information to the associated client stations, such that each associated client station can eventually wirelessly roam to the second access point.
US07647045B2
The invention provides environment aware messages delivery systems, apparatus and methods. In example embodiments the system and method automatically deliver messages to the user based on the environment around the user. In the system and method, a portable message redirection agent cooperates with a message delivery service manager in the environment to discover available message delivery service, and sets message forwarding options without the user's operation. The system and method of the invention can make full use of the existing message redirection mechanisms in more flexible manner.
US07647037B2
A method, system and computer program and method for delivering a streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter. In one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to send units of the streaming data to the remote device. A receiver is configured to receive usage data about the streaming data from the remote device. An adjusting module is configured to automatically adjust a transmission strategy of unsent units of the streaming data based, at least in part, on the usage data as a function of time according to a transmission policy. The usage data may include at least location information about the remote device or time of day information at the remote device. A user interface at the remote device may be configured to adjust the predefined transmission policy.
US07647036B2
A security group management system includes a cellular mobile station (2), two or more devices (3) belonging to a group, and a group management server (1). The group management server comprises a storage unit (11, 13) configured to store information about the cellular mobile station registered by a member of the group and group information about the group in advance; and a group information providing unit (16) configured to supply the group information in response only to an access from the registered cellular mobile station. The cellular mobile station has a group information transmission unit (23) configured to supply the group information to the devices so as to allow the devices to recognize that the devices belong to the group and to perform secure mutual connection and/or resource sharing among the devices.
US07647031B2
A vehicle-mounted receiver system includes a receiver apparatus that is controlled for receiving, in common, transmissions from a plurality of external devices such as a remote key, smart key, etc., having respectively different transmission frequencies. The receiving frequency at the current time is selected based on criteria such as the insertion/non-insertion status of the ignition key, or whether an interrogation signal has been transmitted to a specific external device so that a response transmission is be received from that device during a specific time interval and the receiving frequency is to be set accordingly during that specific interval.
US07647030B2
Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency, and/or amplitude characteristics of the desired time-varying complex envelope signal. In another embodiment, a time-varying complex envelope signal is decomposed into a plurality of constant envelope constituent signals. The constituent signals are amplified equally or substantially equally, and then summed to construct an amplified version of the original time-varying envelope signal. Embodiments also perform frequency up-conversion.
US07647027B2
A method of controlling a tuneable filter (13a) of an antenna network (13) for use in a base station (1). The proposed method comprises: inputting an output of the antenna network (13) to a pre-distortion feedback path (5), inputting an output of the pre-distortion feedback path (5) and part of an original baseband signal to be transmitted by the base station (1) to a tuneable filter optimization algorithm (20a), controlling the tuneable filter (13a) in accordance with an output (CS) of said tuneable filter optimization algorithm (20a).
US07647025B2
Disclosed is a method, and system thereof, for controlling other-cell interference by adjusting a transmit power parameter for mobile stations in neighboring cells in order to create, within a serving cell, a low interference zone associated with a set of sub-carriers which may be used by edge mobile stations within the serving cell. Rather than restricting the neighboring cells from using the set of sub-carriers associated with the low interference zone, the goal is to reduce the amount of other-cell interference the mobile stations in the neighboring cells can produce with respect to the low interference zone in the serving cell.
US07647009B2
A developing apparatus having agitating/supplying section which is capable of providing enhanced developer stirrability and supplying a developer to a developing roller uniformly in its lengthwise direction is provided. The developing apparatus installed in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an agitating/supplying section composed of: a rotary shaft member which is made rotatable about its rotation axis; a plurality of blade support members disposed intersectionally with respect to the rotation axis of the rotary shaft member; and a plurality of blade members formed between respective adjacent blade support members so as to be arranged around the rotation axis of the rotary shaft member and extend in a direction of the rotation axis.
US07647004B2
A developer cartridge includes a first developer wall formed with a convex part and a second developer wall disposed in confronting relation with the first developer wall. The convex part of the first developer wall is insertable into an insertion portion of an image-bearing member cartridge when the developer cartridge is mounted on the image-bearing member cartridge. When a plurality of the developer cartridges are stacked one on the other with the first developer wall being downside with respect to the second developer wall facing upward, the first developer engagement part in one developer cartridge engages the second developer engagement part in another developer cartridge disposed just below the one developer cartridge.
US07647000B2
A cooling structure includes driving motors as heat sources, a metal sheet body as a heat transfer member that comes into contact with the driving motors, and a first fan serving as a cooling portion provided oppositely to the metal sheet body in a portion spaced apart from the position at which the driving motors are provided to cool the metal sheet body.
US07646999B2
An image forming apparatus, and a control method and program for same, whereby processing efficiency can be improved by permitting processing in respect of other print requests, even when paper has not been loaded in a manual paper supply unit after a manual print request has been made. When a print request relating to a prescribed paper is received, processing in respect of other print requests is permitted until it is detected that the prescribed paper has been loaded.
US07646996B2
An image forming apparatus is provided with an image formation portion, a measuring portion and a determination portion. The image formation portion forms an image on an image carrier. The measuring portion measures image formation ability associated with resolution of the image formation portion. The determination portion determines operating condition of the image formation portion according to the measured image formation ability and size of a component image constituting a code pattern image to be formed by the image formation portion. The code pattern image is constituted by a combination of a plurality of the component image having a predetermined shape. The code pattern image is code information expressed as a pattern image.
US07646991B2
An optical transmitter produces electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light) of at least one frequency (e.g., at a particular color frequency) by utilizing a resonant structure that is excited by the presence a beam of charged particles (e.g., a beam of electrons) where the electromagnetic radiation is transmitted along a communications medium (e.g., a fiber optic cable). In at least one embodiment, the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation is higher than that of the microwave spectrum.
US07646989B2
A light emitting element driving device of the present invention comprises at least one light emitting element and a power supply device for generating a driving current of the light emitting element. The power supply device has a step-up type DC-DC converter circuit. The step-up type DC-DC converter circuit has a soft-start function for gradually increasing the driving current at a rise of the driving current in generation of the driving current. Thus can be provided a light emitting element driving device which is capable of suppressing an inrush current to be generated at turn-on of the main power supply of the power supply device.
US07646988B2
An active linear amplifier circuit mounted in an optoelectronic package includes input nodes for receiving a differential signal pair, a first bipolar transistor, a second bipolar transistor, an electro-optical transducer and a decoupling circuit. A base terminal of the first bipolar transistor is coupled to the two input nodes and an emitter terminal of the first bipolar transistor is coupled to a base terminal of the second bipolar transistor. A collector terminal of the first bipolar transistor is coupled to a first terminal of the electro-optical transducer, the first terminal of the electro-optical transducer also being configured to be coupled to a voltage source. A collector terminal of the second bipolar transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the electro-optical transducer and an emitter terminal of the second bipolar transistor is coupled to a signal ground which is not the header ground.
US07646987B2
An open-path optical communication system has either optical or laser sources and communicates between the source and a detector. In a first embodiment, the laser source includes a gas cell in the laser cavity to regulate laser wavelengths based on the minimum absorption between spectral lines of the gas in the cell. The laser is tuned close to a minimum absorption wavelength and the minimum absorption line locks the laser wavelength to the minimum position. In a second embodiment, the strong absorption lines of a gas in a gas cell positioned at a receiver site are used to provide channel isolation of the receiver. In a third embodiment, an atmospheric gas provides the channel isolation. In the fourth embodiment, individual wavelength channels are positioned between the absorption lines of atmospheric or non-atmospheric gases to prevent cross-talk between adjacent channels.
US07646985B2
The present invention is an optical clock signal extraction device, comprising first conversion means and second conversion means for enabling to extract an optical clock signal without depending on the polarization direction of an input optical signal. The first conversion means comprises a first optical converter and a continuous wave light source of which wavelength is λ2, where an input optical signal of which wavelength is λ1 and continuous wave light of which wavelength is λ2 are input to the first optical converter, and an intermediate optical signal of which wavelength is λ2 is generated and output without depending on the polarization direction of the input optical signal. The second conversion means has a second optical converter, where the intermediate optical signal is input to the second optical converter, and an optical clock signal of which wavelength is λ3 is generated and output by the passive mode locking operation of the second optical converter. The input optical signal is input from the end face L1 of the first optical converter, and the continuous wave light of which wavelength is λ2 is input to the first optical converter from the other end face of the first optical converter. The intermediate optical signal is output from the end face of the first optical converter and input to the end face of the second optical converter. The optical clock signal is output from the other end face of the second optical converter.
US07646983B2
An apparatus and method directed to testing and optimizing performance of an optical transmission system is disclosed, including at least one broadband dispersion compensation unit (DCU) or at least one depolarization device. The depolarization device may be used alone or in combination with the at least one broadband DCU. A method for optimizing performance of data channels in initial loading (IL) and full loading (FL) configurations of the optical transmission system is also disclosed.
US07646979B1
A system for simultaneously transmitting and receiving multiple data messages on a unidirectional ring having a plurality of nodes coupled thereto is described. This technique utilizes a medium access (MAC) protocol for a multi-gigabit-per-second local-area optical wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network that is particularly well suited for high-performance computing environments that need a network that provides quality of service and the ability to enforce service level agreements. The protocol uses an asynchronous, unslotted, tokenless, and collision-free access scheme that is arbitrated by a centralized scheduler. The embodiment is based on a folded-bus unidirectional ring that is passively optically tapped by the nodes to both transmit data onto the network and to receive data from the network. The system includes a scheduler based on a master/slave protocol that provisions and regulates data flow on the network, and uses a dedicated out-of-band control wavelength to broadcast scheduler directives to the nodes in the network.
US07646978B2
Various methods, systems, and apparatuses in which a wavelength-division-multiplexing passive-optical-network includes a first broadband light source and a second broadband light source. The first broadband light source supplies an optical signal containing a first band of wavelengths to a first plurality of optical transmitters. The second broadband light source supplies an optical signal containing a second band of wavelengths to a second plurality of optical transmitters. A fiber is used for bi-directional transmission of optical signals in at least two different wavelength bands.
US07646977B2
Methods and Systems are provided to enable automatically taking a series of depth of field bracket photos by varying the f-stop and shutter speed for a particular scene to keep the exposure constant. The method may be practiced on a digital camera which has been equipped with software in accordance with the present invention.
US07646970B2
An image sensing apparatus on which a plurality of lens units are interchangeably mountable includes a system controller configured to acquired information specific to a mounted lens unit from the mounted lens unit, a detection unit configured to detect a focus shift amount of the mounted lens unit, a display circuit configured to display the specific information acquired by the system controller in association with a focus correction value for correcting the focus shift amount detected by the detection unit, an operation switch configured to be operated by a user, and a setting unit that sets the focus correction value according to an operation on the operation switch.
US07646969B2
A method and system for limiting the motion of components such as the optics of a camera are disclosed. The system can comprise a stage and a snubber assembly for controlling motion of the stage in six degrees of freedom. For example, the snubber assembly can permit movement in one translational degree of freedom while substantially limiting motion in the other five degrees of motion so as to facilitate focusing and/or zooming of a camera while inhibiting misalignment of the optics and while providing some protection against shock and vibration. Such motion control can be achieved while mitigating costs associated with precision manufacturing of the snubber assembly.
US07646968B1
An embedded digital versatile disk recording system operable to selectively record a menu with a user generated background image on a digital versatile disk.
US07646967B2
An AV stream, as an entity of contents, is managed by ClipInformation. The reproduction of the AV stream is managed by PlayList. The attribute information of the AV stream is recorded in the ClipInformation, whereby the attribute information may include address information corresponding to the discontinuous point in the AV stream, information correlating the time information in the AV stream and the address information, and the time information corresponding to a characteristic picture in the AV stream. This enables a preset mark to be retrieved promptly.
US07646964B2
A reproduction apparatus and a monitor apparatus are interconnected by one cable connector, which transmits an image and/or audio signal, a first control signal, and a power signal between the reproduction apparatus and the monitor apparatus. A controller in the monitor apparatus generates the first control signal to control the reproduction apparatus and generates a second control signal to control an output unit in the monitor apparatus. The output unit outputs the image and/or the audio signal from the reproduction apparatus as a visual and/or auditory signal in response to the second control signal. A power unit receives the power signal from the reproduction apparatus and supplies power to each component of the monitor apparatus. Thus, the reproduction apparatus and the monitor apparatus can be driven through the monitor apparatus using one remote controller. Similarly, the reproduction apparatus and the monitor apparatus can be driven through the reproduction apparatus using the remote controller.
US07646953B2
Purging interior regions of a cable reduces or prevents hydrogen darkening of an optical fiber located in the cable. While hydrogen may permeate through an outer surface of the cable, fluid circulating through the cable purges the hydrogen from within the cable. This circulation of the fluid occurs between an inner tube containing the fiber and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube.
US07646948B2
A flexible optical waveguide film comprises: two waveguide cores; and a clad surrounding the two waveguide core, wherein a light entrance/exit part is disposed at one end of each of the two waveguide cores, the waveguide film having an optical path converting part comprising an air void located inside the waveguide film, and a light entrance/exit end face of the light entrance/exit part is a plane surface facing an optical path converting surface of the optical path converting part, the optical path converting surface being an interface defining the air void.
US07646947B2
An optical switch including an alignment head, a first fiber, a second fiber, a third fiber, a wedge, and a displacing means is provided. The alignment head has a base and a cover. The base has a first V-groove, a second V-groove, and a trench linked to the first and the second V-grooves. An end of the first fiber and that of the second fiber are mounted in the first and the second V-grooves, respectively. The cover is mounted on the base to secure the ends of the first and the second fibers. An end of the third fiber located in the trench is aligned to that of the first fiber. The wedge located beside the base has an incline. The displacing means set under the wedge is capable of aligning the end of the third fiber to that of the second fiber by moving the wedge.
US07646941B2
A data capturing module combined with a portable data terminal of the hand-held type to record handwritten data. Using a digitized pad, the module can provide for direct input of handwritten data into the system, or a peripheral digital scanner can be employed to provide for data entry. Depending upon the particular application, the module therefore provides for data entry of handwritten text or graphics using the data terminal and other components of a portable data system to enter, display, print or otherwise communicate the handwritten data.
US07646935B2
Method and computer program product for mirroring an image according to internationalization information in an application supporting images. An initial image to be mirrored, which is described in a graphical format, is read. The image data is wrapped in a new image format by adding information about which area of the image is to be mirrored and how it is to be mirrored. A new image format library added to the application enables the application to read the new image format and transform the image according to the locale.
US07646927B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a block decompression unit that decompresses, block by block, a compressed code formed of a plurality of blocks into which image data is divided, where the compressed code is encoded block by block; and a rendering control unit that causes a code to be decompressed and rendered on a display unit, where the code corresponds to at least one of the blocks which one is renderable in the rendering region of the display unit.
US07646922B2
A combination of inter-frame and intra-frame and sequential classification methods provide for robust and flexible object classification. Intra-frame classification determines the object type based on features extracted from a single image. Inter-frame classification determines object types based on the features extracted from several sequential frames. A sequential classification combines the results of the inter- and intra-frame classifications over a sequence of images.
US07646918B2
An image is analyzed to locate an object appearing in the image. A contour of that object is extracted from the image and normalized. Based on the normalized contour, one or more summation invariant values are determined and compared to templates comprising one or more summation invariants for each of one or more target objects. The determined summation invariants for the extracted object are compared to summation invariants for the target objects. When the summation invariants for the extracted object sufficiently match the summation invariants determined from an image of a target object, the extracted object is recognized as that target object. The summation invariants can be semi-local summation invariants determined for each point along the normalized contour, based on a number of points neighboring that point on the normalized contour. The semi-local summation invariants are determined as a function of the x and y coordinates of those points.
US07646917B2
A method of detecting a corner, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including acquiring a visible light image and an infrared image of a spatial area of interest; and extracting corner information of the spatial area of interest using the acquired visible light image and the acquired infrared image.
US07646915B2
An image recognition apparatus includes an objective image data acquisition unit to acquire objective image data containing a face image portion, a feature area detection unit to detect an eye area corresponding to left and right eyes contained in the objective image data, an inclination estimation unit to estimate inclination of the face image portion in a depth direction thereof based on the relative position of the detected eye area, an area-to-be-extracted determination unit to determine a shape of an area to be extracted in response to the inclination estimated by the inclination estimation unit, and an area-to-be-extracted extraction unit to extract the area to be extracted of the shape determined from the objective image data. Preferably, the area to be extracted is subjected to predetermined processing.
US07646913B2
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates analyzing and/or recognizing a handwritten character. An interface component can receive at least one handwritten character. A personalization component can train a classifier based on an allograph related to a handwriting style to provide handwriting recognition for the at least one handwritten character. In addition, the personalization component can employ any suitable combiner to provide optimized recognition.
US07646912B2
A signal is used to form intermediate feature vectors which are subjected to high-pass filtering. The high-pass-filtered intermediate feature vectors have a respective prescribed addition feature vector added to them.
US07646909B2
A method and system for generating 3D images of faces from 2D images, for generating 2D images of the faces at different image conditions from the 3D images, and for recognizing a 2D image of a target face based on the generated 2D images is provided. The recognition system provides a 3D model of a face that includes a 3D image of a standard face under a standard image condition and parameters indicating variations of an individual face from the standard face. To generate the 3D image of a face, the recognition system inputs a 2D image of the face under a standard image condition. The recognition system then calculates parameters that map the points of the 2D image to the corresponding points of a 2D image of the standard face. The recognition system uses these parameters with the 3D model to generate 3D images of the face at different image conditions.
US07646906B2
Computer-implemented methods for detecting defects in reticle design data are provided. One method includes generating a first simulated image illustrating how the reticle design data will be printed on a reticle using a reticle manufacturing process. The method also includes generating second simulated images using the first simulated image. The second simulated images illustrate how the reticle will be printed on a wafer at different values of one or more parameters of a wafer printing process. The method further includes detecting defects in the reticle design data using the second simulated images. Another method includes the generating steps described above in addition to determining a rate of change in a characteristic of the second simulated images as a function of the different values. This method also includes detecting defects in the reticle design data based on the rate of change.
US07646892B2
An image inspecting apparatus invention includes an original image storing memory 21 for storing an image data output from an image sensor 11, a filtering processing section 22 for obtaining a shading component-removed data in which the shading component is removed from the output image data, a preliminary processing memory 23 for storing the shading component-removed data, a block dividing/adding section 24 for dividing the shading component-removed data into blocks with a size of n×m and adding the shading component-removed data within the divided blocks to obtain a block divided/added data, a secondary processing memory 25 for storing the block divided/added data, a statistics processing section 26 for calculating an average value, a maximum value and a minimum value for the block divided/added data, a quality determining section 27 for determining a quality with the calculated average value, maximum value and minimum value and a determination result storing memory 28 for storing information for the block which has been determined.
US07646889B2
A rain sensor provided in a vehicle includes a camera and a processor. The camera takes an image of a scene outside of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle with an infinite focal length. The processor detects rain based on a variation degree of intensities of pixels in the image from an average intensity of the pixels.
US07646882B2
A digital watermark embedding apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a topological invariant as digital watermark information, key information corresponding to the digital watermark information, and a target content in which the digital watermark information is to be embedded, function generation unit configured to generate a topological function corresponding to the topological invariant, a randomizing-function generation unit configured to generate a randomizing function based on the key information, and compute a composite function by composition of the randomizing function and the topological function, and a function-embedding unit configured to embed the composite function in the target content.
US07646879B2
A headset communication unit includes a housing and a microphone arm pivotally connected to the housing. The housing has a first pivotal portion that has a pivotal end and connects a supporting pillar in direction of the pivotal end. The microphone arm has a microphone and an elastic slice member received therein. In the process of the microphone arm rotating from an opening status to a closing status, the elastic slice member contacts the supporting pillar and rotates around the supporting pillar. Among this process, there is a farthest supporting position away from a geometric center of the cross-section of the supporting pillar in all supporting position of the supporting pillar. When the elastic slice member contacts the farthest supporting position, an elastic force stored in the deformed elastic slice is maximized. The elastic force is released to push the microphone arm forward to the closing status.
US07646873B2
Key manager systems and methods for a QKD-based network are disclosed. The system includes a QKD layer that generates quantum encryption keys, a persistent storage layer that stores the quantum encryption keys, and a key management layer. The key management layer generates an application registration record that includes a list of multiple applications that use the quantum encryption keys. The key management layer also generates a corresponding key storage layer. The multiple applications reside in an applications layer. The applications in each node remove keys from the key storage layer so that each node can encrypt/decrypt data using quantum encryption keys. The methods also include secure QKD system boot-up and authentication that facilitate implementing a commercial QKD system in real-world environments.
US07646872B2
A method for secure bidirectional communication between two systems is described. A first key pair and a second key pair are generated, the latter including a second public key that is generated based upon a shared secret. First and second public keys are sent to a second system, and third and fourth public keys are received from the second system. The fourth public key is generated based upon the shared secret. A master key for encrypting messages is calculated based upon a first private key, a second private key, the third public key and the fourth public key. For re-keying, a new second key pair having a new second public key and a new second private key is generated, and a new fourth public key is received. A new master key is calculated using elliptic curve calculations using the new second private key and the new fourth public key.
US07646867B2
A method, system and article for encrypting data by applying an encryption process, wherein the encryption process includes storing progress data relating to the progress of the encryption process so that the encryption process may be resumed after an interruption. Even more specifically, after the interruption, progress data relating to the progress of the encryption process is accessed. Portions of the progress data are compared to determine the last encrypted data segment. After the last encrypted data segment, the encryption process at the data segment is resumed.
US07646852B2
A system, a processor, and a method for tracking a focus of a beam are described. The method includes determining a plurality of intensities corresponding to a plurality of voltages, and applying a first voltage of the plurality of voltages corresponding to a maximum intensity of the plurality of intensities during a scan.
US07646850B2
The present invention provides a method and system for detecting a material in an object to be analyzed in a radiographic imaging system. The method includes providing wide-field illumination of an object with partially monochromatic x-ray radiation from a divergent source without restrictively collimating the x-ray radiation. The x-ray radiation scattered by the object outside of a predetermined range of angles defined about a characteristic angle is rejected. The characteristic angle is a scattering angle about which a material of the object coherently scatters the incident x-ray radiation. In addition, the method includes the step of detecting coherently-scattered radiation, which is the x-ray radiation diffracted by the object within the predetermined range of angles defined about the characteristic angle.
US07646847B2
A handheld X-ray diffractometer comprises a miniaturized X-ray source and multiple area detectors to allow the diffractometer to obtain two-dimensional X-ray diffraction images in a large diffraction space without rotating the sample. The source and detectors are located inside of a radio opaque enclosure that protects the operator during use. The handheld diffractometer also comprises a sample monitoring and alignment system that allows an operator to observe the measuring area and to align the diffractometer to the sample from outside of the housing. A specially designed mouthpiece, which mates the diffractometer to the sample area, prevents x-ray leakage and triggers off the data collection. The detectors can be positioned to perform measurements necessary to calculate a mechanical stress in the sample. Linear detectors may also be used in place of the area detectors.
US07646833B1
Systems and techniques relating to channel equalization in received communications signals are described. In one aspect, a communications signal of a channel is obtained and channel effects are removed from the communications signal by generating one or more time-varying channel response estimates.
US07646829B2
A composite data detector having first and second data detectors. The second detector of the invention starts in a known state and only runs as long as is necessary before being switched off and handing control back over to the smaller detector. Therefore, the composite data detector of the invention consumes less power than the known composite data detector and estimates bits with higher accuracy.
US07646826B2
A type dependency modulation method with type control is integrated with type control code words in traditional type dependency modulation. It increases the effect of DC component control in the overall encoding procedure. In this method, a specific type-control code word is inserted at certain intervals in the encoding procedure, increasing the selectable code words in subsequent encoding procedures, thereby improving the DC component control ability.
US07646813B2
An encoding circuit transforms a picture signal into blocks of, for example, 8*8 coefficients, in which each block of coefficients is read motion- adaptively. In the case of motion within a sub-picture, the block of coefficients is read in such an order that the obtained series of coefficients includes, as it were, two interleaved sub-series. The first series starts with a dc component. In a first embodiment, the second series starts with the most relevant motion coefficient. In a second embodiment, two interlaced sub-fields are separately transformed and the second series also starts with a dc coefficient. As a result, the coefficients are transmitted as much as possible in their order of significance. This particularly produces the largest possible clusters of zero value coefficients. Such clusters are transmitted as one compact run-length code so that an effective bit rate reduction is achieved, also for moving pictures.
US07646808B2
A pulse width modulation (PWM) generator having asynchronous updating of its PWM duty cycle and/or period values allows immediate correction for the new PWM duty cycle and/or period values instead of waiting until the end of a PWM period to accept the new duty cycle and/or period values. This reduces the latency in a control loop when responding to changing system status, e.g., changes in PWM duty cycle. Also the PWM duty cycle is prevented from “running away” (e.g., missing a PWM cycle) if the PWM duty cycle timer/counter has advanced beyond an updated duty-cycle maximum value.
US07646807B1
An analog equalizer (613 and 614) adaptively equalizes an input analog signal affected with intersymbol interference (“ISI”), or an intermediate analog signal generated therefrom, to produce a filtered partially equalized analog signal with reduced ISI. An analog-to-digital converter (210) converts the filtered analog signal, or an intermediate analog signal generated therefrom, into an initial digital signal. A digital equalizer (212) adaptively equalizes the initial digital signal, or an intermediate digital signal generated therefrom, to produce an equalized digital signal as a stream of equalized digital values with further reduced ISI. An output decoder (605) decodes the equalized digital values, or intermediate digital values generated therefrom, into a stream of symbols. Equalization control circuitry (213, 214, and 217) adjusts equalization filter characteristics of the equalizers such that adjustments of the filter characteristics of the analog equalizer depend adaptively on adaptive adjustments of the filter characteristics of the digital equalizer.
US07646798B2
A nitride semiconductor laser element comprises; a nitride semiconductor layer that includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer, and that has a cavity with end faces, and a protective film formed on at least one end face of the cavity, wherein the protective film is formed of a first film with a crystal structure that has the same axial orientation as that of the nitride semiconductor layer constituting the end face of the cavity, and a second film with a crystal structure that has a different axial orientation from that of the first film, in this order from the side of the end face.
US07646787B2
The invention relates to a method for the packet-oriented transmission of data in telecommunications networks between a communications terminal and a data computer in which the data is transmitted via an intermediately connected protocol-converting intermediate node which converts messages in a connectionless transmission protocol into messages in a connection-oriented transmission protocol, and vice versa. In the method, a program module is transferred to the communications terminal which permits the communications terminal to transmit and receive messages by the connectionless transmission protocol. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network node and a telecommunications network.
US07646784B2
Provided are an apparatus for estimating frequency offset from received signal and method for the same. The apparatus and method estimates frequency offset precisely without increment of autocorrelator by performing moving average filtering on a noised signal to thereby alleviate jitter. The frequency offset estimating apparatus includes: moving average filter for alleviating jitter of received signal; multiplier for multiplying a filtered signal by conjugate complex operanded pilot signal; phase-rotation value calculator for calculating a phase-rotation value from multiplicand operanded signal by using of symbol delay and an autocorrelation function; frequency offset estimator for estimating frequency offset from the phase-rotation value based on a smoothing function multiplication.
US07646783B2
An electronic device is disclosed that generates an interface identifier to determine an IP address to use. The electronic device comprises an interface identifier generating unit to generate the interface identifier, a temporary IP address determining unit to determine a temporary IP address containing the interface identifier and a prefix, a duplication determining unit to determine whether the temporary IP address is the same as an IP address of another electronic device, and an IP address determining unit to specify the temporary IP address as the IP address to use, when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is not the same as the IP address of another electronic device, wherein the interface identifier generating unit generates another interface identifier when the duplication determining unit determines that the temporary IP address is the same as the IP address of another electronic device.
US07646777B2
Communication environment switchover may be provided. A received signal strength level may be determined corresponding to a signal sent from a first device and received at a second device. The received signal strength level may be measured at the second device. In addition, the first device may be re-provisioned. For example, the first device may be re-provisioned to communicate in a second environment if the first device is provisioned to communicate in a first environment and if the received signal strength level is greater than a first threshold value. Furthermore, the first device to be re-provisioned to communicate in the first environment if the first device is provisioned to communicate in the second environment and if the received signal strength level is less than a second threshold value. The second threshold value may be less than the first threshold value.
US07646775B2
Firewalls and network address translators (NAT) provide many advantages for client and the Internet itself, however, these devices break many existing transmission control protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) applications, since they conceal the identity of IP clients (i.e., peers) and block transmission control protocol (TCP) call setup requests. Firewalls and NATs make it impossible for one TCP peer to discover another and establish a connection. Embodiments of this invention provides a system and a protocol to enable two TCP peers that exist behind one or more firewalls and NATs to automatically setup a true peer-to-peer TCP connection and exchange data without making changes to the firewall or NAT devices or existing TCP-based applications. In embodiments of this invention, the synchronization between the blind TCP peers is achieved using a system that consists of a registration server, an agent application, and a virtual network interface that together relay and replicate the control signals between the two TCP peers. In addition, embodiments of this invention are also used to traverse the NAT and establish a bi-directional peer-to-peer TCP connection in the firewall.
US07646760B2
A system and method for routing data elements from an origin to a terminus is disclosed. The switches each have a plurality of ports. These ports are numbered relative to one another, such that a first output port, adjacent to the input port, may be numbered “0”, while a second output port, adjacent to the first output port, would be numbered “1”, This numbering continues for each port in the switch. When a data element is received on an input port of the switch, an output port is selected based on a value contained in that received data element. In one embodiment, the value is contained within a path specification, which includes a count field and a plurality of turn fields.
US07646757B2
In one illustrative example, a radio modem device includes a serial interface adapted for connection to a host device via a wired serial link with use of a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection; a radio modem router coupled to the serial interface; a radio modem server coupled to the radio modem router; and radio frequency (RF) transceiver processing circuitry coupled to the radio modem router. The RF transceiver processing circuitry is configured to provide communications over a wireless link with a cellular network, establish a packet data service attachment with the cellular network, and maintain an attachment state of the attachment during operation of the radio modem device. The radio modem router is configured to receive data packets from the host device; remove a PPP wrapper of the data packets to reveal a destination IP address and a destination UDP or TCP port number; identify whether the destination IP address and the UDP or TCP port number match an IP address and UDP or TCP port number of the radio modem server; in response to identifying a mismatch between the IP addresses or the UDP or TCP port numbers: cause the data packets to be routed to a server, over the wireless link, using the attachment with the cellular network; and in response to identifying a match between the IP addresses and the UDP or TCP port numbers, cause the data packets to be routed to the radio modem server. The radio modem server is configured to receive the data packets from the radio modem router when the IP addresses and the UDP or TCP port numbers match; receive a command code in the data packets; and if the command code is for obtaining the attachment state of the attachment with the cellular network, then cause a response having the attachment state to be sent to the host device.
US07646755B2
Portable computing devices automatically interface with other computing devices to interact in a collaborative effort toward providing a single, seamless computing experience for a user. As a user walks into a room with a cellular telephone certain functionality and data can be automatically unloaded to a desktop computer or other device based on a user or device identification or state. For example, a conversation on a cellular telephone can be automatically migrated to a desktop telephone as a user sits down. As a user is about to leave a room for a meeting, the desktop computer can update the telephone with latest versions of certain files. Thus, devices can automatically aggregate and/or decouple to provide a user with a single computing experience. These portable devices can broadcast an extensible set of services to other devices as well as to a host computer or server.
US07646752B1
Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network. These embodiments can advantageously be deployed in dense urban areas and/or co-located with wireless access nodes, such as base-stations of a cellular wireless communication system. Preferably wireless links between constituent network nodes are set-up hierarchically. A basic result of this is that peer-to-peer (child-to-child) communication is generally prohibited and circuits are forced to conform to a topology. The multi-hop wireless backhaul network may be used to carry delay sensitive, high-density last mile circuit traffic over Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) broadband radio links. Moreover, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of path-healing for re-routing of circuit traffic from circuits that have experienced catastrophic failures.
US07646733B2
A system and method creates multiple, symmetric spanning trees within a network. Bridges within the network generate, send and process Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) control messages that are updated as they are propagated across the network to reflect the paths followed by the messages. The bridges, moreover, utilize the path indication value of received STP control messages to compute the spanning trees. The path indication values are preferably derived from the sum of Bridge Identifiers (IDs) corresponding to the bridges through which the STP control message has passed from the root bridge to the current bridge processing the STP control message. Each bridge also tags newly received messages with the Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier (VID) associated with the spanning tree for which the bridge is the root, thereby causing the messages to follow more optimal paths through the network.
US07646732B2
A method for verifying full mesh status in a network is disclosed. The network includes endpoint entities in full mesh configuration. The method includes a step of maintaining a first value in the endpoint entities. The first value is related to counting of network endpoint entities. Another step in the method is maintaining a second value in the endpoint entities. The second value is related to counting non-operational transmission paths before a point in time. An additional step in the method is discovering an additional value related to counting non-operational transmission paths after the point in time. Yet another step in the method is comparing the additional value with the first value and the second value.
US07646728B2
A method and device for detecting and halting specified peer-to-peer (“P2P”) and/or Internet Relay Chat (“IRC” communication sessions based on a priori defined templates is described. Network packets are intercepted and inspected for patterns (defined by the templates) that identify them as definitely, likely or not being associated with one of the specified P2P and/or IRC protocols. Those packets identified as definitely belonging to one of the specified protocols are prevented from reaching their target destination. Those packets identified as only likely belonging to one of the specified protocols are permitted to continue toward their target destination after select information about the particular session/packet is recorded for later use. Those packets identified as not belonging to one of the specified protocols are permitted to continue to their target destination.
US07646725B1
Performance of applications such as service capabilities in a container for providing a multimedia service is monitored. Performance monitoring indicates how well the applications are functioning in terms of predefined metrics and also whether the applications are functioning at all. Responses are prompted if performance monitoring indicates that an application is performing below a predefined level or failing to perform entirely. For example, a hung application may be restarted and other applications may alter their manner of function. This allows complex recovery logic through combinations of simple rules.
US07646712B2
A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route and relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.
US07646707B2
Logical circuit identifiers for rerouted logical circuits in a data network are automatically renamed. A failure is determined in a first logical circuit and a second logical failover circuit is utilized to reroute data from the failed logical circuit. A logical circuit identifier for the failed circuit is compared to a logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit. The logical circuit identifiers are utilized to identify and track logical circuits in the data network and are stored in a network database. If the logical circuit identifier for the failed logical circuit is different than the logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit, the identifier for the failed logical circuit is renamed to the logical failover circuit in the database. Upon determining that the failed logical circuit has been restored, the identifier for the restored logical circuit is renamed to its original logical circuit identifier.
US07646704B2
A communication device is provided that is capable of operating in an OFDM or communication system and that provides for cancellation of in-band spurs. The communication device identifies a bin of multiple bins associated with an output of an inverse transformer and comprising a spur and estimates one or more spur phase parameters and a spur amplitude in association with the identified bin. In one embodiment of the present invention, the one or more spur phase parameters includes a spur initial phase and a spur change rate. When the communication device receives a signal from another communication device, the communication device transforms the received signal to produce a multiple parallel output signals that are each associated with a bin of the multiple bins and cancels a spur in an output signal associated with the identified bin based on the estimated one or more spur phase parameters and spur amplitude.
US07646702B2
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission apparatus and method generate a transmission sequence including first data, second data, and known signals such that more known signals are allocated to the first data than to the second data within the transmission sequence. The transmission sequence is OFDM multiplexed into a sequence of OFDM signals and transmitted. A receiver of the OFDM signal sequence uses the known signals for estimating transmission paths of the communicated OFDM signals and improving the reception of the data to which they are allocated.
US07646686B2
A recording/reproduction apparatus, comprising a first recording section for recording test information onto a medium using at least one recording power, a reproduction section for reproducing at least one test signal indicating the test information from the medium, and a second recording section for recording information onto the medium using one of the at least one recording power. The reproduction section comprises a decoding section for performing maximum likelihood decoding of the at least one test signal and generating at least one binary signal indicating a result of the maximum likelihood decoding, a calculation section for calculating a reliability of the result of the maximum likelihood decoding based on the at least one test signal and the at least one binary signal, and an adjustment section for adjusting a recording power for recording the information onto the medium to the one recording power based on the reliability.
US07646678B2
Provided is a watch capable of performing digital display as well as analog display. The watch can offer digital display without posing disadvantages peculiar to a liquid crystal panel. On the other hand, the watch can reduce the restrictions in design and make the digital display larger and easier to see. The watch includes a light-shielding plate 22 on the rear side of the dial 24. In the light-shielding plate, light-transmitting holes 23 are made piercing from a front of the light-shielding plate to a rear thereof. Thin chip LEDs 17 are inserted in the light-transmitting holes, and mounted on a circuit board 16. The circuit board is placed on the rear side of the light-shielding plate. On the rear side of the circuit board, an analog movement 13 is provided, and an LED drive circuit 33 for driving the LEDs is placed. Thus, the LEDs 17 for digital display are placed on the rear side of the dial. The dial is formed so as to have an optical transmittance such that the digital display with the LEDs can be visually identified through the dial only when the LEDs are ON.
US07646673B2
A method and apparatus for processing acoustic data recorded by a subterranean receiver array. The method includes emitting an acoustic signal into a formation, receiving the signal after it passes through the array, and processing the data with semblance and phase velocity processing. Semblance and phase velocity plots are generated and combined into a single plot. The phase velocity processing creates phase separation lines, the phase separation line that crosses the closest contour of the semblance plot is identified. The point where the intersecting phase separation line crosses an associated tool line marks the slowness and travel time that provides maximum coherence.
US07646669B1
A method for measuring water-flow noise over a hydrophone comprising: coupling the hydrophone to a distal end of a hydrodynamic-drag-reduced beam, which has a proximal end that is rotatably connected to a frame; pivoting the beam through water; and recording the water-flow noise generated by the water flowing around the hydrophone.
US07646666B2
A non-volatile memory system is formed of floating gate memory cells arranged in blocks as the smallest unit of memory cells that are erasable together. The system includes a number of features that may be implemented individually or in various cooperative combinations. One feature is the storage in separate blocks of the characteristics of a large number of blocks of cells in which user data is stored. These characteristics for user data blocks being accessed may, during operation of the memory system by its controller, be stored in a random access memory for ease of access and updating. According to another feature, multiple sectors of user data are stored at one time by alternately streaming chunks of data from the sectors to multiple memory blocks. Bytes of data in the stream may be shifted to avoid defective locations in the memory such as bad columns. Error correction codes may also be generated from the streaming data with a single generation circuit for the multiple sectors of data. The stream of data may further be transformed in order to tend to even out the wear among the blocks of memory. Yet another feature, for memory systems having multiple memory integrated circuit chips, provides a single system record that includes the capacity of each of the chips and assigned contiguous logical address ranges of user data blocks within the chips which the memory controller accesses when addressing a block, making it easier to manufacture a memory system with memory chips having different capacities. A typical form of the memory system is as a card that is removably connectable with a host system but may alternatively be implemented in a memory embedded in a host system. The memory cells may be operated with multiple states in order to store more than one bit of data per cell.
US07646658B2
A memory device that can provide good timing margins for read and write operations is described. In one design, the memory device includes a memory array, a timing control circuit, and an address decoder. The memory array includes memory cells for storing data and dummy cells to mimic the memory cells. The timing control circuit generates at least one control signal used for writing data to the memory cells and having timing determined based on the dummy cells. The timing control circuit may generate a pulse on an internal clock signal with a driver having configurable drive strength and a programmable delay unit. The pulse duration may be set to obtain the desired write timing margin. The address decoder activates word lines for rows of memory cells for a sufficiently long duration, based on the internal clock signal, to ensure reliable writing of data to the memory cells.
US07646647B2
An electronic circuit arrangement includes at least one memory element in which at least two electrical quantities can be stored. A switching unit is electrically connected to the memory element and has at least one first circuit path and a second circuit path. A storage unit has a first partial storage unit and a second partial storage unit. Each partial storage unit is set up for storing at least one electrical quantity. The switching unit is set up in such a way that it can sequentially pass a first one of the at least two electrical quantities along the first circuit path to the first partial storage unit and a second one of the at least two electrical quantities along the second circuit path to the second partial storage unit.
US07646636B2
A method and system for extending the life span of a flash memory device. The flash memory device is dynamically configurable to store data in the single bit per cell (SBC) storage mode or the multiple bit per cell (MBC) mode, such that both SBC data and MBC data co-exist within the same memory array. One or more tag bits stored in each page of the memory is used to indicate the type of storage mode used for storing the data in the corresponding subdivision, where a subdivision can be a bank, block or page. A controller monitors the number of program-erase cycles corresponding to each page for selectively changing the storage mode in order to maximize lifespan of any subdivision of the multi-mode flash memory device.
US07646626B2
An array of non-volatile memory cells arranged in logical columns and logical rows, and associated circuitry to enable reading or writing one or more memory cells on a row in parallel. In some embodiments, the array of memory cells may include a phase change material. In some embodiments, the circuitry may include a write driver, a read driver, a sense amplifier, and circuitry to isolate the memory cells from the sense amplifier with extended refresh.
US07646620B2
A dual input AC/DC power converter (10) having dual inputs (12, 14) adapted to receive both an AC and DC input and provide a selectable DC voltage output (16) and a second DC output (18). The dual input AC/DC power converter (10) comprises a power converter circuit (20) having an AC-to-DC converter (22), a DC-to-DC booster converter (24), a feedback circuit (26), a filter circuit (25) and a DC-to-DC buck converter (28). Advantageously, the power converter (10) resolves many of system management problems associated with carrying all of the different interface components necessary to power a wide variety of mobile products from either an AC or DC power supply. In addition, the power converter (10) also advantageously includes dual output voltage terminals (16/18) to allow for multiple mobile devices of varying power requirements to be powered, simultaneously, by a single converter.
US07646619B2
A power converter controlling apparatus that can prevent burnout caused by overcurrent and/or overvoltage generated by low power index operation or output short circuit in a high frequency power converter employing a digital controlling method, and a method thereof. The power converter controlling apparatus includes a digital controller which outputs a gate signal for controlling intermittent operation of a predetermined switch based on inputted control data, a detector which generates a detection signal in response to generation of overcurrent and/or overvoltage, and a registration maintenance unit for maintaining a state where the output of the gate signal is shut off, when the detection signal is generated.
US07646616B2
A capacitor charging circuit is provided with a primary side output voltage sensing circuit for generating a control signal indicative of whether the output voltage has reached a desired level. The control signal is unaffected by voltage spikes occurring when the main switch is turned off. In one embodiment, the circuit filters the primary side voltage for comparison to a reference voltage in order to provide the control signal. In another embodiment, an AND gate provides the control signal indicating that the output voltage has reached the desired level only in response to the primary side voltage being greater than a reference voltage and the secondary current being discontinuous. In a further embodiment, an AND gate provides the control signal indicating that the output voltage has reached the desired levels only in response to a predetermined delay occurring after the primary side voltage becomes greater than a reference voltage and the secondary current being discontinuous. According to a further aspect of the invention, an auxiliary switch is provided to reduce the reverse recovery time of the output diode in order to speed up the capacitor charging time.
US07646611B2
A plurality of wiring patterns are formed so as to extend in parallel with each other. A plurality of test terminals are formed in a substantially rectangular shape such that respective widths thereof increase toward respective one sides from respective ends of the plurality of wiring patterns. The plurality of test terminals in each group are arranged so as to be aligned along a length direction of the wiring patterns. The wiring patterns are formed so as to be longer in the order, and the test terminals are further away from a mounting region in the order. An interval (width of a plating resist) between the test terminals in each group and the wiring patterns in the other group adjacent thereto is set to decrease in the order.
US07646609B2
A method and apparatus used for actuation is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an actuation body having a gradually tapered wider end received at one end by an expandable member and at an opposing end by a drive shell. The actuation body being movable from a first position to a second position by means of the drive shell such that this movement causes a looser or tighter fit at the wider end with respect to the expandable member.
US07646607B2
In some embodiments, a heatsink includes a thermally conductive core and at least ten thermally conductive fins extending quasi-radially from the thermally conductive core, wherein most of the fins are of uniform length, and wherein at least a portion of the thermally conductive core is shaped such that the fins having uniform length form a substantially rectangular cross sectional form factor. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US07646603B2
A noise-reducing attachment apparatus for a heat exchanger door is provided for facilitating attenuation of noise emanating from an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a frame structure configured to coupled to the heat exchanger door. The door includes in air opening and air-to-liquid heat exchanger, and air passing through the air opening also passes across the heat exchanger. The air opening facilitates passage of external air through the electronics rack. The frame structure defines in part an airflow channel through the apparatus, wherein air passing through the air opening also passes through the airflow channel when the apparatus is operatively coupled to the door. An acoustically absorptive material, which is coupled to the frame structure and at least partially defines the airflow opening through the apparatus, is selected and positioned to attenuate noise emanating from the electronics rack when the apparatus is coupled to the heat exchanger door.
US07646586B2
A multilayer capacitor comprises a multilayer body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second inner electrodes are laminated alternately, and first and second terminal electrodes arranged on the multilayer body. The first terminal electrode is electrically connected to the first inner electrodes. The first terminal electrode includes one or a plurality of resistance layers having a resistivity greater than that of the first inner electrode. The one or a plurality of resistance layers cover end portions of lead portions of the first inner electrodes exposed at the side face. Each resistance layer has a width wider than the lead portion of the first inner electrode but narrower than the width of the side face formed with the first terminal electrode.
US07646582B2
A micro-electromechanical device includes a semiconductor body, in which at least one first microstructure and one second microstructure of reference are integrated. The first microstructure and the second microstructure are arranged in the body so as to undergo equal strains as a result of thermal expansions of the body. Furthermore, the first microstructure is provided with movable parts and fixed parts with respect to the body, while the second microstructure has a shape that is substantially symmetrical to the first microstructure but is fixed with respect to the body. By subtracting the changes in electrical characteristics of the second microstructure from those of the first, variations in electrical characteristics of the first microstructure caused by thermal expansion can be compensated for.
US07646574B2
Provided is a voltage regulator having an overcurrent protective circuit, which is excellent in detection precision and small in current consumption. The voltage regulator having the overcurrent protective circuit which detects that overcurrent flows in an output transistor, and limits the current of the output transistor, includes a regulated cascode circuit that makes a voltage at a source of the output transistor equal to a voltage at a source of the output current detection transistor, in which the operating current of the regulated cascode circuit is supplied by a transistor that is controlled by the output voltage of an error amplifier circuit.
US07646569B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor and a magnetic read sensor are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes providing a seed layer disposed over a substrate of the magnetic read sensor, providing a free layer disposed over a seed layer and providing a spacer layer disposed over the free layer. The method further includes providing a pinned layer disposed over the spacer layer. In one embodiment, the pinned layer includes cobalt and iron, wherein the concentration of iron in the pinned layer is between 33 and 37 atomic percent (at. %). The method further includes providing a pinning layer disposed over the pinned layer, wherein the pinning layer is in contact with the pinned layer.
US07646568B2
Improved magnetic devices have been fabricated by replacing the conventional seed layer (typically Ta) with a bilayer of Ru on Ta. Although both Ru and Ta layers are ultra thin (between 5 and 20 Angstroms), good exchange bias between the seed and the AFM layer (IrMn about 70 Angstroms thick) is retained. This arrangement facilitates minimum shield-to-shield spacing and gives excellent performance in CPP, CCP-CPP, or TMR configurations.
US07646563B2
A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media, a rotational member, and a cartridge case. The rotational member holds the recording disk media so that the recording disk media simultaneously rotate. The cartridge case provides a rotationally free housing for the recording disk media and the rotational member. The cartridge case has an opening to allow an end portion of the rotational member to be exposed to an outside of the cartridge case. The recording disk cartridge has an elastic member which provides a force to thrust the rotational member toward the opening.
US07646557B2
A method of generating a clock signal from a moving medium includes detecting movement of at least one mark that moves synchronously with the medium. A generally sinusoidal output signal corresponding to movement of the mark is produced. The generally sinusoidal output signal is interpolated to provide a clock signal having a higher frequency than said generally sinusoidal output signal. The interpolation dynamically adjusts the phase of the interpolated output clock signal to correct for errors in the phase of said output signal. In one embodiment, servo tracks are written to a magnetic disk using a servo pattern signal, the phase of the servo pattern signal being adjusted relative to a clock signal. In another aspect, timing errors in a servo track writer are characterised.
US07646554B2
An optical element with improved deflection of a laser light beam calls for combination of a pentaprism with one or more glass blocks or an afocal optical system. A rotational angle-dependent parallel offset of emerging beams is eliminated for the most part.
US07646547B2
A three-unit zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a negative first lens unit G1, a positive second lens unit G2 and a third lens unit G3, wherein during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end the distance between the first lens unit G1 and the second lens unit G2 decreases and the distance between the second lens unit G2 and the third lens unit G3 changes. The first lens unit G1 is composed of one negative lens component including, in order from the object side, a negative lens having a concave surface directed toward the image side and a positive lens having a convex surface directed toward the object side. The second lens unit G2 includes at least one negative lens and a plurality of positive lenses, wherein at least three lenses among these lenses are cemented to adjacent lenses, the total number of lens components included in the second lens unit G2 is two or less. The third lens unit is composed of one lens component composed of two or less lenses.
US07646544B2
A fluidic optical device, systems utilizing fluidic optical devices, methods for manufacturing fluidic optical devices and actuators are disclosed.
US07646540B2
An image display system provides a viewer with an experience of three-dimensional imagery by presenting a composite image made up of at least two separate images. The system includes at least first and second image sources, a beam combiner, and a “background-image-occluding element” which prevents background imagery from being seen through foreground image elements. The system presents the image from one of the image sources, containing background image information, at a distance from the viewer which is greater than the distance from the viewer to the other image presented from the other image source, which contains foreground image elements. The “background-image-occluding element” is positioned at the same optical distance from the viewer as the image containing foreground image elements, eliminating any parallax error between them, enabling the foreground image elements to always occlude appropriate areas of the background image, regardless of the viewer's position or the background image brightness relative to the brightness of foreground image elements.
US07646537B2
Provided is a high-resolution field sequential autostereoscopic display. The display includes a display panel including display elements which display images, a lenticular array receiving a signal from the display panel and outputting a directional signal to be viewed with both eyes of a viewer, an anisotropic element arranged parallel to the lenticular array and outputting from the lenticular array a phase-alternated signal, a polarization switch switching the output phase of the anisotropic element according to an image refresh rate of the display panel, and a polarizer outputting a signal with a predetermined phase among phases of an output signal of the polarization switch. The autostereoscopic display provides full resolution stereoscopic images viewable without eyeglasses. Conventional low cost TN LCD panels can be applied to the autostereoscopic display without significant increase of flickering or crosstalk between the left and right images.
US07646534B2
A box-type motor-operated microscope has a motor-operated microscope section having a transmitting illumination optical system, an electric stage, and an image forming optical system; and a housing. The housing includes a fixed housing and a moving housing. The moving housing is movable parallel to an oblique direction with respect to the fixed housing while holding optical elements arranged above the electric stage so that the specimen vessel placed on the electric stage is made replaceable, the motor-operated microscope section is sealed and light-blocked in cooperation with the fixed housing, and the optical axis of the transmitting illumination optical system is practically aligned with that of the image forming optical system.
US07646528B2
A mirror device which deflects incident light includes: a mirror arranged on a substrate and supported by a hinge; an address electrode deflecting the mirror to an ON state, an OFF state, or an oscillating state; a drive circuit applying a voltage to the address electrode; and a first stopper unit determining an oscillation amplitude in the oscillating state.
US07646506B2
The present invention efficiently directs the flow of print jobs and efficiently controls the spooling and printing of print jobs. The multiplexer system analyzes jobs received from client systems through print channels. The multiplexer determines the attributes of the incoming job and the attributes associated with the print channel. If the attributes of the print job and the attributes of the print channel dictate an output path (either MUST PRINT or MUST SPOOL), then the multiplexer examines the state of the selected path. If the designated output path (printer or spooler) is busy, then the multiplexer decision is to signal a Stop_Flow to the print channel. The print channel is signaled to Start_Flow at a later time, when the output path becomes available. If the attributes of the print job and the attributes of the print channel do not dictate an output pith, then the multiplexer examines a User Output Selection setting to control spooling and printing of print jobs.
US07646496B2
When a continuous borderless printing is carried out, in order to reduce a difference between an image region displayed on a screen and an image region as a print result, a print system according to the present invention is directed to a system which carries out the continuous borderless printing by printing an image having a wider width than a width of the continuous-form paper, comprising, a print area setting means which sets a print area having a wider width than the width of the continuous-form paper, an image display means which displays an area corresponding to the width of the continuous-form paper out of said print area having been set by the print area setting means, an image read means which reads an image as to the print area having been set by the print area setting means, an image edit means which edits the image as to the area being displayed, a print data generation means which generates print data on the basis of the image as to the print area having been set by the print area setting means, and a print execution means which executes printing on the basis of the print data.
US07646491B2
A method, system and computer program product for determining an Azimuth angle of an incident beam to a wafer are disclosed. A method comprises: using the incident beam to make a first set of measurements of calibration targets of a first set of grating angles that are different than one another; analyzing the first set of measurements to determine an reference grating angle which corresponds to a grating line to which the incident beam has a practically zero Azimuth angle; and determining the Azimuth angle of the incident beam to the wafer using the determined reference grating angle.
US07646486B2
A modulated reflectance measurement system includes lasers for generating an intensity modulated pump beam and a UV probe beam. The pump and probe beams are focused on a measurement site within a sample. The pump beam periodically excites the measurement site and the modulation is imparted to the probe beam. For one embodiment, the wavelength of the probe beam is selected to correspond to a local maxima of the temperature reflectance coefficient of the sample. For a second embodiment, the probe laser is tuned to either minimize the thermal wave contribution to the probe beam modulation or to equalize the thermal and plasma wave contributions to the probe beam modulation.
US07646480B2
Apparatus for imaging the wall of a borehole drilled through an underground formation, comprising: a light source; an optical detector device such as a CCD camera; a sensor head including a window for application against the wall of the borehole, the light source being connected to the sensor head so as to illuminate the region of the borehole wall when the sensor head is applied to the wall; and an optical fiber bundle connecting the window to the optical detector device so as to pass optical signals from the wall to the optical detector device; wherein the optical fiber bundle comprises a coherent bundle, each fiber of the coherent bundle providing one pixel of a two-dimensional, multi-pixel image of the borehole wall.
US07646476B2
A method for analyzing defect information on a substrate, including logically dividing the substrate into zones, and detecting defects on the substrate to produce the defect information. The defect information from the substrate is analyzed on a zone by zone basis to produce defect level classifications for the defects within each zone. The zonal defect level classifications are analyzed according to at least one analysis method. The defect level classifications are preferably selected from a group of defect level classifications that is specified by a recipe. Preferably, the at least one analysis method includes at least one of zonal defect distribution, automatic defect classification, spatial signature analysis, and excursion detection. The defect level classifications preferably include at least one of individual defect, defect cluster, and spatial signature analysis signature. In one embodiment the defect information is logically divided into configurable zones after the defects on the substrate have been detected.
US07646455B2
A transflective liquid crystal display including upper and lower panels facing each other. A plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting each other are formed on the lower panel to define pixel areas arranged in a matrix. A plurality of thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and the data lines and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors are also provided on the lower panel. Each pixel electrode includes a transparent electrode and a reflecting electrode with high reflectance having a transmitting window. A black matrix having apertures opposite the pixel areas and a plurality of red, green and blue color filters are formed on the upper panel, and a passivation layer covers the color filters. The passivation layer includes thicker and thinner portions, and the thinner portion is disposed opposite the transmitting window.
US07646450B2
Provided is a light emitting diode array including: a plurality of light emitting chips spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance; and a fixing member that positions the plurality of light emitting chips at predetermined heights and/or predetermined directions. Also provided are methods for manufacturing the light emitting diode array, a backlight assembly including the light emitting diode array, and a liquid crystal display device including the light emitting diode array.
US07646443B2
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a first source electrode and a first drain electrode on a substrate, wherein the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are separated from each other and formed of a metallic material, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode on the first source electrode and the first drain electrode, respectively, and are formed of a transparent conductive material, wherein the second source electrode covers an upper surface of the first source electrode, and the second drain electrode covers an upper surface of the first drain electrode, a pixel electrode on the substrate and contacting the second drain electrode on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the substrate, a gate insulating layer on the organic semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer.
US07646442B2
A liquid crystal display device having a switching element in a pixel portion and a CMOS element in a driving portion includes: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; a polycrystalline silicon layer on the gate insulating layer, the polycrystalline silicon layer having an active region in a central portion corresponding to the gate electrode and an ohmic contact region at side portions of the active region; an interlayer insulating layer having a set of contact holes for contacting the polycrystalline silicon layer at the side portions; and source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other on the interlayer insulating layer, the source and drain electrodes contacting the polycrystalline silicon layer through the set of contact holes.
US07646440B2
Five photomasks are used in fabricating the pixel structure of an LCD. In this pixel structure, a metal light-shielding layer is formed under the thin film transistor to reduce photocurrent. Furthermore, a metal conductive wire is used to increase the storage capacity of the storage capacitor.
US07646438B2
A micro lens panel unit for 3D display device includes: a first panel; a resin lens formed on the first panel and having a convex shape; a second panel facing the first panel; and a liquid crystal interposed between the first and second panels.
US07646434B2
An interactive video compositing device includes a chroma-key mixer, video switcher and control circuitry. The chroma-key mixer generates a composite image by combining a real-time image, such as one captured by a video recorder, with a prerecorded video image, such as a movie. The composite image includes the modified real-time image superimposed, or overlaid, onto the prerecorded image. The video switcher automatically selects either the composite image or the prerecorded image to be output to a display. The control circuitry controls the video switcher and other outputted signals based on data file information that corresponds to content of the prerecorded image or media. For example, the data files may contain information relating to the presence (or absence) of a particular character in a movie scene, thus allowing for the output and display, at appropriate times, of the real-time composite image instead of the prerecorded image.
US07646409B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image data acquisition part that acquires image data obtained by photographing a subject, a subject ID acquisition part that acquires, on the basis of a signal obtained from the subject, a subject ID to identify the subject, and a memory that stores the image data acquired by the image data acquisition part and the subject ID acquired by the subject ID acquisition part, the image data and the subject ID being related. A subject ID adding method includes acquiring image data obtained by photographing a subject, acquiring, on the basis of a signal obtained from the subject, a subject ID to identify the subject, and connecting the image data and the subject ID to store them.
US07646408B2
It is so arranged that the user of a device such as a digital still camera can ascertain the transfer history of an image file that has been transferred to the camera. An image file is obtained by “Mr. A” shooting a subject using a digital still camera, whereupon information concerning the owner of the camera is read and “Mr. A” is written to a photographer/transferor history table as the photographer of the image file. The table is placed in the header recording area of the image file. If the image file is transferred to a “Miss B”, the table is read out of the image file and “Miss B” is written to the table as the transferor of the image file. The table thus updated is placed in the header recording area of the image file. One can determine the photographer and transferor of the image file by referring to the table.
US07646406B2
The invention provides an image taking apparatus for shortening image taking time and obtaining a high quality image by preventing deterioration of the S/N ratio. A digital camera that performs image taking for generating image signals by capturing, with a CCD, object light sent via an image taking optical system includes: a shading correction section performing shading correction by adjusting gain depending on respective positions on the CCD; a scene determination section determining that a scene just shot is to be corrected if the scene just shot includes a uniform region with a predetermined or more area and a predetermined or higher bright ness; and a shading correction control section causing, if the scene just shot is determined by the scene determination section to be a scene to be corrected, the shading correction section to perform shading correction on an image signal obtained by image taking just performed.
US07646405B2
The present invention is an image processing apparatus for processing an image data using an image file which includes the image data and image processing control information to be used for processing the image data. The apparatus comprises an automatic picture quality adjuster configured to automatically regulate lightness of the image data according to lightness of a whole image expressed by the image data and an adjustment degree determiner configured to determine a degree of the auto adjustment based on the image processing control information.
US07646404B2
A foveated wide-angle imaging system and method for capturing a wide-angle image and for viewing the captured wide-angle image in real time. In general, the foveated wide-angle imaging system includes a foveated wide-angle camera system having multiple cameras for capturing a scene and outputting raw output images, a foveated wide-angle stitching system for generating a stitch table, and a real-time wide-angle image correction system that creates a composed warp table from the stitch table and processes the raw output images using the composed warp table to correct distortion and perception problems. The foveated wide-angle imaging method includes using a foveated wide-angle camera system to capture a plurality of raw output images, generating a composed warp table, and processing the plurality of raw output images using the composed warp table to generate a corrected wide-angle image for viewing.
US07646389B1
Methods and systems for texture mapping in a computer-implemented graphics pipeline are described. A sample group is identified as including a divergent pixel. A determination is made whether an operand of an instruction executing on the divergent pixel satisfies a condition. A scheme for determining a level of detail for the texture mapping is selected depending on whether or not the condition is satisfied.
US07646385B2
When a plurality of coplanar shapes are rendered over one another by performing a hidden surface removal operation using the Z value, a reference plane is specified, and the Z value of each point of a shape to be rendered on the reference plane is uniquely calculated based on the Z value of the rendering start point, the Z value gradient dZdx for the X direction, and the Z value gradient dZdy for the Y direction. Thus, any coplanar shapes will have the same Z value for each point shared therebetween. Therefore, if the rendering process is performed under such a rule that a shape is overwritten when the Z value of the new shape is less than or equal to the current Z value, it is ensured that the previously-rendered shape is always overwritten with a later-rendered, coplanar shape. Thus, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon that some pixels of a later-rendered shape that are supposed to be displayed are not displayed.
US07646380B2
A method and system for correcting alignment and linearity errors in devices using a finger or stylus input device with a display device interactively coupled to a digitizer is disclosed. Touching intersections in a calibration grid on the display device may be performed to create a linearity map. Subsequently, detected stylus input is mapped to a sector in the linearity map, and resultant screen coordinates are calculated using ratios within a reference rectangle corresponding to the detected stylus input and the mapped sector.
US07646375B2
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special
US07646371B2
A driver circuit includes an operational amplifier OPC1 which drives a data line by a rail-to-rail operation or a non-rail-to-rail operation based on a grayscale voltage corresponding to one of first to Pth (P is an integer of four or more) grayscale values, and an operational amplifier control section OPCC1 which causes the operational amplifier OPC1 to perform the rail-to-rail operation or the non-rail-to-rail operation based on grayscale data. When the sth (1≦s≦P, s is an integer) grayscale value corresponding to the grayscale data is in a range of the qth (1
US07646369B2
A method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines arranged to intersect the plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in correspondence with the intersections between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel switching elements for supplying the signals of the data lines to the pixel electrodes based on the signals of the scanning lines, and an opposed electrode facing the pixel electrodes. The plurality of scanning lines are supplied with respective timings to apply any one of a selection potential and a non-selection potential to the pixel switching elements, the opposed electrode is inversion-driven between a first potential and a second potential, and at least one of the plurality of scanning lines has the selection potential at a common inversion timing when the opposed electrode is inverted from the first potential to the second potential.
US07646365B2
A method and apparatus for driving an electro-luminescence display device capable of preventing a defect of signal lines caused by a relatively high scan voltage and current is disclosed. In the apparatus, a display panel has a scan line, a data line intersecting the scan line and supplied with a data, and a light-emitting device positioned at the intersection between the scan line and the data line. A data driver supplies a data to the data line. A scan driver applies a scanning pulse having a different current component to the scan line during a desired period.
US07646363B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array part; and a drive part that drives the pixel array part. The pixel array part includes row-wise first scan lines and second scan lines, column-wise signal lines, pixels arranged in a matrix form on parts where the lines intersect, and power supply lines and ground lines that supply power to the respective pixels. The drive part includes a first scanner that sequentially supplies first control signals to the respective first scan lines and line-sequentially scans the pixels in units of rows, a second scanner that sequentially supplies second control signals to the respective second scan lines according to the line-sequential scan, and a signal selector that supplies video signals to the column-wise signal lines according to the line-sequential scan.
US07646361B2
The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) including scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, a driver that supplies a pre-reset waveform to the scan electrodes or the sustain electrodes prior to a reset period of one or more sub-fields, and a controller that controls a period between a last sustain pulse, which is supplied to the scan electrodes or the sustain electrodes during a sustain period of a (n−1)th sub-field (where n is a positive integer), and an initialization signal, which is applied to the scan electrodes during a reset period of an nth sub-field, depending on a temperature of the PDP or an ambient temperature of the PDP.
US07646360B2
A plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a chassis base having a first surface to which the plasma display panel is attached and a second surface on which a driving circuit module is installed, and at least one gripper provided on the second surface of the chassis base, the gripper being integrally formed with the chassis base, the gripper being protruded with respect to the second surface of the chassis base. A technique of manufacturing a chassis base for a plasma display apparatus, includes applying a press working process to a chassis base body to provide a chassis base, forming a pair of parallel incision lines on the chassis base, and pressing a portion partitioned by the incision lines toward a thickness direction of the chassis base to form a grip body.
US07646357B2
A video display system including an electronic sign, a electronic sign control system utilizing a general purpose personal computer, having a video interface card, controlled by clock and command signals from said personal computer, containing a plurality of video and digital input ports and a high speed output port, a transmitter link control card, also under the control of clock and command signals from said personal computer, for transmitting video display, clock, and command signals to a remote data receiver and distributor associated with the electronic sign, which converts said signals into device control signals for controlling individual sign display elements.
US07646356B2
An antenna comprises a first antenna element, which has a first helix, and a second antenna element, which has a second helix. The first and the second antenna elements each have a feed point at an outer end of the corresponding helix and an open end at an inner end of the corresponding helix. A symmetrical helix antenna according to the invention can be integrated in a comparatively simple manner in an existing system, for example in a hearing aid. By integrating the antenna in a plastic housing, the antenna cannot be seen at all from the outside. The antenna is comparatively small in relation to conventional antennas.
US07646355B2
A system and method for mounting one or more radio antennas in an outdoor enclosure by placing a ground plane underneath the antennas and above any electrical devices. The ground plane may be used to mount the antennas in any configuration and be coupled to earth ground. In some embodiments, an outdoor enclosure may have a weatherproof radome mounted around the antennas.
US07646354B2
An antennae device for reading electronic labels includes passive antennae arranged in the form of an array comprising L lines and C columns. The antennae are located in the array by co-ordinates (i, j), i ranging from 1 to L, j ranging from 1 to C. Each antenna (i, j) is controlled by two control switches, one controlling the antennae located on a line i, the other controlling the antennae located on a column j.
US07646353B2
An antenna structure and a method for increasing an antenna bandwidth are provided. The antenna structure includes a feeding portion, a first resonating element electrically connected to the feeding portion, a protruding portion electrically connected to the feeding portion, and a second resonating element coupled with the protruding portion.
US07646345B2
A hinge portion is formed on the base portion. An antenna portion is attached to the hinge portion so as to be pivotable thereabout. The hinge portion includes a hinge base having a first shaft formed on one end thereof, a second shaft formed on the other end thereof, and a first protrusion formed on an outer periphery of the second shaft, and a hinge bush rotatably mounted on the first shaft and engaged with the antenna portion. The antenna portion is formed with a hole surrounding the outer periphery of the second shaft. A projection is formed on an inner periphery of the hole. The first protrusion is brought into contact with the projection when the antenna portion is pivoted so as to define a predetermined angle with respect to the base portion.
US07646344B2
An antenna array includes at least a first and a second substrate; a plurality of radiators located proximate to a surface of the first substrate opposite the second substrate; at least a first ground plane located between the first and the second substrate, the ground plane having a plurality of slots located therein; and a plurality of feed lines located proximate to a surface of the second substrate opposite the first substrate.
US07646333B2
An electronic circuit comprises a randomizing bit generator configured to generate a randomizing bit sequence based on a sequence selection input signal. The randomizing bit generator includes a counter operable to provide an individual starting count for the randomizing bit sequence and a parity generator responsive to an output of the counter. The circuit further comprises a pseudo-random number generator responsive to the randomizing bit generator. The pseudo-random number generator is operable to provide at least one pulsed signal based at least in part on the random bit sequence. The electronic circuit is operable to substantially eliminate interference in a series of pulsed signal transmissions comprising the at least one pulsed signal from each of two or more navigation devices, where each of the pulsed signals from each of the navigation devices is separated by an automatically adjustable time interval.
US07646327B1
A target object motion estimation method using at least one subset of a complex SAR image. Coarse range cell alignment is performed on at least one subset of a complex SAR image. At least one subset is autofocused, thereby providing an estimated phase error function. The estimated phase error function yielded by autofocusing (or a manipulated version of the phase error function) may be analyzed to detect, characterize, and estimate target object motion.
US07646326B2
Method and apparatus for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar and moving target detection. A plurality of independent radio frequency signals are generated and applied to separate radiating/receiving antenna elements. Signals are generated as basis functions, such that moving target detection and synthetic aperture radar signals are constructed from individual waveform components in space, time, frequency, and coding. Waveform components are sorted and combined at reception. Received data is simultaneously processed to extract synthetic aperture radar images and moving target indication detections.
US07646325B2
An ADC, such as a CT SD-ADC, includes a clock generation circuit that produces charging and discharging clock signals such that a settling time for an integrator in the ADC is increased. The clock signals may control a feedback SD-DAC in the CT SD-ADC. The clock signals also may be asymmetric and/or may result in the settling time of the integrator being greater than half the system clock.
US07646311B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses relation to traffic control systems. In one embodiment, a traffic condition is identified by capturing a traffic image, masking the traffic image to obtain an image portion including a traffic image object, and generating the traffic condition based on the traffic image object and the traffic image portion.
US07646308B2
A system monitors electrical equipment and provides predictive diagnostics therefor. The system includes sensors located at or about the electrical equipment. The sensors sense information pertaining to operation of the electrical equipment. A first processor is located at or about the electrical equipment and receives the sensed information from the sensors as first information. A first transceiver cooperates with the first processor to transmit the first information as transmitted information. A second processor is located remote from the electrical equipment. A second transceiver cooperates with the first transceiver to receive the transmitted information as second information and communicate the same to the second processor. The second processor provides a notification pertaining to an immediate inspection and/or maintenance of the electrical equipment, and set points operatively associated with the sensed information. The set points pertain to a number of potential alarms regarding operation of the electrical equipment.
US07646302B2
A scooping device with an integrated electromagnetic (EM) surveillance device for a container. The container defines an interior for storing a product. The scooping device is configured for scooping or capturing the product. The electromagnetic surveillance device is integrated with, embedded into or attach to the body of the scooping device. The electromagnetic surveillance device may be an EAS, Bistatix, RFID, or other electromagnetic surveillance tag or label that is configured to respond to an electromagnetic signal such that the presence of the electromagnetic surveillance device is detectable. The detectability of the electromagnetic surveillance device provides an anti-theft feature to the container without interfering with the construction of the container.
US07646285B2
A security system in a vehicle extends its protection to installed equipment of the vehicle, such as audio components and navigation systems. The installed equipment is armed and disarmed by the security system remote control, preventing the equipment from normal functioning after unauthorized removal. The security system further enables programming, monitoring, and diagnosing of the installed equipment through the security system remote control.
US07646280B2
A common mode choke coil includes two extraction conductors formed on a resin insulating layer, and a concave portion is formed in the resin insulating layer in an area between a first portion covered with one of the extraction conductors and a second portion covered with the other extraction conductor. An upper resin insulating layer is embedded inside the concave portion. Accordingly, because the resin insulating layer is not flat in the portion where the extraction conductors are formed, a distance between the extraction conductors along the surface of the resin insulating layer increases. Therefore, a current path generated due to ion migration along the surface of the insulating layer is hardly formed, thereby enabling to obtain high withstand voltage, even if the distance between the extraction conductors is short.
US07646277B2
An ignition coil includes a coil part having primary and secondary coils, a center core, and a peripheral core, a connector case part, a seal rubber, and a ventilation passage. The coil part is inserted in a plug hole of an engine, and the case part is outside the plug hole. An axial end of the peripheral core is inserted in an insertion hole of the case part. The peripheral core and an inner wall surface of the insertion hole define a ventilation clearance therebetween. A gap between the case part and the plug hole is sealed with the rubber. The rubber is closely-attached to the plug hole and the case part along its whole circumference. The passage, through which the plug hole is ventilated, includes the clearance and a ventilation hole formed at a certain position of the case part away from the rubber to communicate with the clearance.
US07646271B2
A circuit breaker includes an enclosure with a first side and a second side opposite and distal from the first side. A number of separable contacts are enclosed by the enclosure. An operating mechanism is structured to open and close the separable contacts. A plurality of terminals are electrically interconnected with the number of separable contacts. The terminals protrude through the second side of the enclosure. A number of phase barrier apparatus is disposed on the second side of the enclosure. Each of the number of phase barrier apparatus includes a plurality of separate phase barrier members, each of which is disposed about a corresponding one of the terminals, and a number of interlocking members. Each of the number of interlocking members interlocks with an adjacent pair of the separate phase barrier members.
US07646260B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a switching device with phase selection terminals to select between at least two phase shifting modes to reduce intermodulation distortion in the switching device includes a first phase selection terminal to select a first phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a first transmission line in a first phase shifting switching branch coupled to an input of the switching device. The switching device further includes a second phase selection terminal to select a second phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a second phase shifting switching branch coupled to the switching device input. The intermodulation distortion in the switching device is reduced by selecting one of the first and second phase shifting modes. The first transmission line is enabled by enabling a FET coupled in series with the first transmission line in the first phase shifting switching branch.
US07646258B2
A system, method and apparatus are described for digitally synthesizing a signal for FM transmission. A complex variable frequency digital IF signal is generated for use by a digital modulator in transmission of a signal with an integrated circuit. In some examples, the integrated circuit includes various baseband processing blocks, an up-sampler, a summer, a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) and a complex rotator, all arranged in cooperation with one another. The complex variable frequency digital IF signal can be used by a digital quadrature modulator for generation of the synthesized analog RF transmission signal, and optionally for use with an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme.
US07646255B2
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) assembly and module incorporating a ball grid array resonator as part of the tank circuit of the voltage controlled oscillator. The VCO module preferably incorporates at least an oscillator circuit, the tank circuit, and an output buffer stage circuit all defined by a plurality of interconnected electrical/electronic components including the ball grid array resonator which are mounted to a printed circuit board. In another embodiment, the oscillator assembly also includes a phase-locked loop circuit defined at least in part by an integrated circuit mounted to the printed circuit board.
US07646238B2
The contents of a distortion compensation table for adjusting a waveform of a signal input to an amplification apparatus are more precisely adjusted to suppress distortion occurring in an output signal. A table value calculation unit exercises adaptive control over compensation data I and Q according to the perturbation method using power series to update a power series distortion compensation table when distortion of an output signal from a power amplification unit is greater than a first threshold used in the adaptive control process performed on the compensation data I and Q according to the perturbation method using power series. When the distortion of the output signal from the power amplification unit is smaller than the first threshold used in the adaptive control process performed on the compensation data I and Q according to the perturbation method using power series, the table value calculation unit performs an adaptive control process on the compensation data I and Q according to the perturbation method based on interpolation using representative points to update a representative point interpolation distortion compensation table.
US07646237B1
In a programmable logic device having high-speed serial interface channels, a clock distribution network for providing one or more high-speed clocks to dynamic phase alignment circuitry of those high-speed serial interfaces includes at least one bus that is segmentable (e.g. using tristatable buffers). This allows the bus to be divided into different portions that can be connected to different clock sources when the high-speed serial interfaces are running at different speeds. In one embodiment, the segmenting elements (e.g., the aforementioned buffers) are located between selected channels (e.g., every fourth channel), limiting the size of the different segments. In another embodiment, segmenting elements are located between each channel, allowing complete user freedom in selecting the sizes of the segments. Thus, instead of providing a bus for every clock source, multiple clocks can be made available to different channels by segmenting a single bus.
US07646228B1
Repeater circuits including an inverting zipper repeater circuit and an inverting gain-enhanced repeater circuit are described.
US07646226B2
An adaptive bandwidth phase locked loop (PLL) includes a phase frequency detector configured to generate a comparison pulse having a pulse-width and sign corresponding to a difference between a reference frequency and a first frequency. A pulse-voltage converter is configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to the comparison pulse. An oscillator is configured to generate the output frequency corresponding to the control voltage.
US07646224B2
A phase/frequency locked loop (PLL) includes circuitry adapted to detect missing pulses of a reference clock and to control the phase bump of the PLL. The circuitry includes, in part, first and second flip-flops, as well as a one-shot block. The first flip-flop has a data input terminal responsive to a voltage supply, and a clock terminal responsive to an inverse of feedback clock. The second flip-flop has a data input terminal responsive to an output of the first flip-flop, and a clock terminal responsive to the inverse of the feedback clock. The one-shot block generates a pulse in response to a rising edge of the reference clock that is used to generate the feedback clock. The one-shot block generates an output signal applied to a reset terminal of the first flip-flop.
US07646204B2
A system and method are disclosed for testing a settling time of a device-under-test (DUT). A method for determining a settling time of a device-under-test (DUT) includes activating a DUT to generate an output signal and mixing the output signal of the DUT and a reference signal to generate a mixed signal. An amplitude threshold is set for the mixed signal relative to an amplitude of the mixed signal and the settling time of the DUT is determined based on a last time that the amplitude of the mixed signal crosses the amplitude threshold relative to the activation of the DUT.
US07646199B2
When scanning a patient to generate an image thereof, radio frequency (RF) coil modules are scalably coupled to each other using a plurality of clips to form flat or polygonal coil arrays that are placed on or around the patient or a portion thereof. A user assesses the volume to be imaged, identifies a coil array configuration of suitable size and shape and employs clips of one or more pre-determined angles to construct the identified coil array configuration, which is placed on or about the volume. Coil modules are coupled to a preamplifier interface box (PIB), which provides preamplified coil signal(s) to a patient imaging device, such as an MRI scanner. Small arrays are constructible to accommodate pediatric patients and/or smaller animals. Modules are hermetically sealed, can be sanitized between uses, and discarded at end-of-life. In one aspect, the modular coil array, clips, and PIB are maintained in an isolated contamination zone, separate from the patient imaging device.
US07646195B2
An apparatus for sensing rotation of a wheel includes a sensor and a detector. The sensor is disposed in a wheel, and is operable to detect the earth magnetic field. The detector is operable to detect a change of a sensed earth magnetic field in order to sense rotation of the wheel based on the detected change.
US07646183B2
A system includes a converter to convert an input voltage to an output voltage, where the converter has an adjustment input. The system further includes a voltage adjustment logic to receive an indication of an electrical current consumed by a load, with the voltage adjustment logic being responsive to the indication of the consumed electrical current to provide a control indication to the adjustment input of the converter to adjust the output voltage from the converter.
US07646179B2
An electric power supply circuit includes a first switching element that turns on or off according to an external signal; an inductor capacitor circuit provided between the power supply and the load that charges or discharges electric power provided by the power supply according to the on or off state of the first switching element; a rectifier diode provided between the first switching element and the ground; a second switching element provided in parallel with the rectifier diode that turns on or off synchronously with the first switching element; and a depletion transistor that detects a direction of a current flowing through the inductor capacitor circuit based on a voltage detected across the second switching element to generate a detection result, and causes the second switching element to turn on or off according to the detection result.
US07646177B2
A design structure for an on-chip duty cycle measurement system may be embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing or testing an integrated circuit. The design structure may embody an apparatus that measures the duty cycle of a reference clock signal that a clock circuit supplies to a duty cycle measurement (DCM) circuit. The design structure may specify that the DCM circuit includes a capacitor driven by a charge pump and that a reference clock signal drives the charge pump. The design structure may specify that the clock circuit varies the duty cycle of the reference clock signal among a number of known duty cycle values. The design structure may specify that the DCM circuit stores resultant capacitor voltage values corresponding to each of the known duty cycle values in a data store. The DCM circuit may apply a test clock signal having an unknown duty cycle to the capacitor via the charge pump, thus charging the capacitor to a new voltage value that corresponds to the duty cycle of the test clock signal. The design structure may specify that control software accesses the data store to determine the duty cycle to which the test clock signal corresponds.
US07646171B2
Disclosed is a method of charging a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell wherein the lithium-sulfur cell comprises a cathode comprising an electroactive sulfur-containing material, an anode comprising lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. Also disclosed are methods for determining charge termination when charging lithium-sulfur cells.
US07646169B2
Battery protection circuitry and method are disclosed. A battery is protected from a large current overdrawn condition by setting a discharge switch into a controllable conduction state. After the discharge switch is in the controllable conduction state, a tickle discharge current is gradually generated under control of a switch control signal. The trickle discharge current can be used to determine whether the large current overdrawn condition still exists. When the large current overdrawn condition is removed, the discharge switch is turned back on.
US07646168B2
An electrical device is provided. The electrical device of this invention includes a voltage control circuit that couples with an AC-DC adapter and a charger. The voltage control circuit uses the charger to determine the condition of the battery and controls the AC-DC adapter to generate different output voltages by the conditions of the system loading and the battery. The electrical device can be used for portable equipment.
US07646155B2
A method for controlling the operation of a motor utilizing a generic motor control module. The method includes sampling at least one motor operating criterion during operation of the motor and executing a generic control algorithm at a predetermined periodic interval. Execution of the algorithm provides a firing angle, duty cycle, or other suitable control function solution for an electronic valve for each periodic interval, thereby controlling the behavior of the motor. Additionally, the method includes firing the electronic valve at the calculated timing during each periodic interval such that the motor functions in accordance with desired motor operational parameters.
US07646154B2
An apparatus and method for controlling emission of light are provided. The light emitting apparatus comprises a plurality of first light emitting parts which are connected with each other in series, a first current supply which supplies a current to the plurality of first light emitting parts, a plurality of switches which are respectively connected with the plurality of first light emitting parts in parallel to make the current be transmitted to or bypass the first light emitting parts and a controller which receives brightness information corresponding to the respective first light emitting parts and controls the plurality of first switches to make overall light emitting time of the first light emitting parts within time intervals correspond to a brightness level of the brightness information. The present invention provides an apparatus and method for emitting light by driving a plurality of light emitting parts to independently emit light in various brightness levels with a simplified circuit configuration and improved efficiency.
US07646147B2
An electro-luminescence (EL) panel is provided. The EL panel comprises a substrate, a cover, an EL device, and a buffer structure. The cover is disposed above the substrate. The EL device is disposed on the substrate and between the substrate and the cover. The buffer structure is disposed on the cover and between the EL device and the cover.
US07646145B2
An organic EL light-emitting device includes a substrate, thin films having a reflecting function formed on the substrate, an organic EL light-emitting layer, and upper electrodes. The thin films having a reflecting function are formed from an amorphous alloy, whereby there can be provided an organic EL light-emitting device having reflective films that have all of a reflecting function, a function of shielding transistors from light, and an electrode function, and moreover have little surface unevenness.
US07646141B2
Disclosed are a phosphor, which a light emitting device using the phosphor, and a method for producing the phosphor, which allows to control color coordinates, color temperatures and color rendering indexes by shifting a main emission peak without a decrease in light emission luminosity by changing the concentration of an activator included in a phosphor. By this structure, it is possible to actively control the state of white light according to use, thereby enhancing user convenience.
US07646136B2
A piezoelectric element is formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrode layers. The internal electrode layers are positive and negative electrode layers. The positive electrode layers are first and second positive electrode layers. The negative electrode layers are first and second negative electrode layers. Each of the first positive and negative electrode layers includes four divided electrodes and a connecting electrode for connecting a pair of the four divided electrodes formed on diagonally opposite two areas along a first diagonal direction on a principle surface of the associated one of the piezoelectric layers. Each of the second positive and negative electrode layers includes four divided electrodes and a connecting electrode for connecting a pair of the four divided electrodes formed on diagonally opposite two areas along a second diagonal direction on a principle surface of the associated one of the piezoelectric layers.
US07646127B2
In a stator of a motor, a first winding of each coil is arranged around three teeth next to one another and a second winding of each coil is arranged around three teeth with a tooth which is arranged at an end of the three teeth for the first winding at a center thereof. By virtue of such configuration, each coil is arranged around four teeth in a distributed manner.
US07646126B2
A permanent-magnet switched-flux (PMSF) device has a ferromagnetic outer stator mounted to a shaft about a central axis extending axially through the PMSF device. Pluralities of top and bottom stator poles are respectively mounted in first and second circles, radially outwardly in first and second transverse planes extending from first and second sections of the central axis adjacent to an inner surface of the ferromagnetic outer stator. A ferromagnetic inner rotor is coupled to the shaft and has i) a rotor core having a core axis co-axial with the central axis; and ii) first and second discs having respective outer edges with first and second pluralities of permanent magnets (PMs) mounted in first and second circles, radially outwardly from the rotor core axis in the first and second transverse planes. The first and second pluralities of PMs each include PMs of alternating polarity.
US07646123B2
A vehicle alternator for generating electric power is driven by an engine mounted on a vehicle driven through a driving belt. The alternator has a pulley part joined to and directly receiving a driving force from the engine through the driving belt, a field magnet part located in separation from the pulley part, a rotation speed changing part placed between the pulley part and the field magnet part. The rotation speed changing part converts the number of revolutions between the pulley part and the field magnet part. The rotation speed changing part decreases a speed changing ratio “S” according to increasing of the number of revolutions of the engine, where the speed changing ratio “S” is obtained by dividing the number of revolutions of the field magnet part by the number of revolutions of the pulley part.
US07646115B2
A regulator circuit may be configured to operate with multiple power supplies. The regulator circuit may be configured to receive an input voltage and provide a regulated output voltage at an output terminal as a function of the input voltage. The regulator may include at least two drivers. A first driver may have a driver output coupled to the output terminal and have a supply terminal coupled to a high power supply, and a second driver may have a driver output coupled to the output terminal and have a supply terminal coupled to a low power supply. A selector circuit may be configured to compare the input voltage with a control voltage that has a magnitude just below a magnitude of the low power supply, to determine which driver to select from the first driver and the second driver, and enable either the first driver output or the second driver output to be active according to which driver has been selected. The regulator circuit may be configured to operate with any number of power supplies by including corresponding drivers and selection logic in the selector circuit.
US07646114B2
A ship has electrical consumers connected to an electrical distributor by respective supply lines for delivering electrical power. A connector device connects a shore cable with a selected one of the supply lines for delivering the electrical power towards the electrical distributor, the selected one of the supply lines being a supply line to a thruster.
US07646106B2
A system for generating electricity from the rotational movement of wheels of a vehicle incorporates a turbine assembly, a wheel assembly, and an apparatus for storing electricity. The turbine assembly is disposed within the wheel assembly. The turbine assembly is connected to the apparatus for storing electricity thereby supplying the apparatus for storing electricity with electricity produced by the rotational movement of the wheel. The turbine assembly is comprised of a hollow rotor and a stator. The stator is disposed longitudinally within the hollow rotor.
US07646105B2
A integrated circuit package system includes: forming a package substrate with a top substrate side and a bottom substrate side; forming a corner contact in a first corner of the bottom substrate side, the corner contact extending to a substrate edge of the package substrate; mounting an integrated circuit device over the top substrate side; connecting an electrical interconnect between the integrated circuit device and the top substrate side; and forming a package encapsulation over the top substrate side, the integrated circuit device, and the electrical interconnect.
US07646103B2
A dicing/die-bonding film including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) on a supporting base material (1) and a die-bonding adhesive layer (3) on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2), wherein a releasability in an interface between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) and the die-bonding adhesive layer (3) is different between an interface (A) corresponding to a work-attaching region (3a) in the die-bonding adhesive layer (3) and an interface (B) corresponding to a part or a whole of the other region (3b), and the releasability of the interface (A) is higher than the releasability of the interface (B). The dicing/die-bonding film is excellent in balance between retention in dicing a work and releasability in releasing its diced chipped work together with the die-bonding adhesive layer.
US07646102B2
Flip chip packages formed at a wafer level on semiconductor wafers for electronic systems provide convenient prepackaging. The package, in one embodiment, includes an adhesive layer applied to an active side of the wafer. The adhesive layer has openings to permit access to the conductive pads on each die. A conductive material substantially fills the openings. A pre-packaged die diced from the semiconductor wafer is mounted to a support wherein the conductive material effects electrical interconnection between the conductive pads on the die and receiving conductors on the support. The pre-packaged die can be coupled to a processor for an electronic system. To provide greater mounting densities, two or more dice may be coupled with the adhesive layer providing a covering for the two or more dice. The prepackaged chip with two or more dice may be coupled to a processor reducing the volume needed in an electronic system.
US07646099B2
Embodiments concern contacts for use in integrated circuits, which have a reduced likelihood of shorting to unrelated portions of an overlying conductive layer due to contact misalignment. Embodiments for forming the integrated circuit include performing a first etching process to pattern the conductive layer, where the etching compound used in the first etching process is relatively selective to the conductive layer's materials. Embodiments also include performing a second, contact related etching process that removes a portion of any misaligned contacts that were exposed by the first etching process, where the etching compound used in the second etching process is selective to the contacts' materials. The embodiments can be used to form vias and other interconnect structures as well. The modified contacts and vias are adapted for use in conjunction with memory cells and apparatus incorporating such memory cells, as well as other integrated circuits.
US07646083B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for integrated circuit packages and lead frames are provided. A quad flat no-lead (QFN) package includes a plurality of peripherally positioned pins, a die-attach paddle, an integrated circuit die, and an encapsulating material. The die-attach paddle is positioned within a periphery formed by the pins. The die is attached to the die-attach paddle. The encapsulating material encapsulates the die on the die-attach paddle, encapsulates bond wires connected between the die and the pins, and fills a space between the pins and the die-attach paddle. One or more of the pins are extended. An extended pin may be elongated, L shaped, T shaped, or “wishbone” shaped. The extended pin(s) enable wire bonding of additional ground, power, and I/O (input/output) pads of the die in a manner that does not significantly increase QFN package cost.
US07646082B2
A multi-layer circuit substrate and method having improved transmission line integrity and increased routing density uses a selectively applied transmission line reference plane metal layer to achieve signal path shielding and isolation, while avoiding drops in impedance due to capacitance between large diameter vias and the transmission line reference plane metal layer. The transmission line reference plane defines voids above (or below) the signal-bearing plated-through holes (PTHs) that pass through a rigid substrate core, so that the signals are not degraded by an impedance mismatch that would otherwise be caused by shunt capacitance from the top (or bottom) of the signal-bearing PTHs to the transmission line reference plane. For voltage-plane bearing PTHs, no voids are introduced, so that signal path conductors can be routed above or adjacent to the voltage-plane bearing PTHs, with the transmission line reference plane preventing shunt capacitance between the signal path conductors and the PTHs.
US07646081B2
Method for forming a low dielectric constant structure on a semiconductor substrate by CVD processing. The method comprises using a precursor containing chemical compound having the formula of (R1-R2)n-Si—(X1)4-n, wherein X1 is hydrogen, halogen, acyloxy, alkoxy or OH group, R2 is an optional group and comprises an aromatic group having 6 carbon atoms and R1 is a substituent at position 4 of R2 selected from an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, Cl or F; n is an integer 1-3. The present precursors allow for a lowering of the electronic dielectric constant compared to conventional dielectric materials, such as silicon dioxide or phenyl modified organo-containing silicon dioxide.
US07646080B2
A protective film structure (100) includes a base (110) and a resistive film (120) formed on a surface of the base. The base is comprised of amorphous boron nitride or amorphous boron carbide, and is formed on a surface of a substrate (10) to be protected. The resistive film includes an adhesive layer (121), an intermediate layer (122) and an outermost layer (123), which are formed on a surface of the base one on top of the other in that order.
US07646074B2
An image sensor that includes a contact plug formed in the substrate; a lower electrode formed on the contact plug; a photo diode formed on the lower electrode, the photo diode having a carbon nanotube provided therein; and an upper electrode formed on the photo diode. The photo diode can function as a color photo diode 160 that can transfer electrons or holes using the carbon nanotube while also functioning as a color filter.
US07646067B2
A CMOS transistor and a method of manufacturing the CMOS transistor are disclosed. An NMOS transistor is formed on a first region of a semiconductor substrate. A PMOS transistor is formed on a second region of a semiconductor substrate. The NMOS transistor includes a first gate conductive layer. The PMOS transistor includes a second gate conductive layer. The first gate conductive layer includes a metal having a nitrogen concentration increasing in a direction from a lower portion toward an upper portion. In addition, the metal has a work function of about 4.0 eV to about 4.3 eV. The third gate conductive layer includes a metal having a nitrogen concentration increasing in a direction from a lower portion toward an upper portion. In addition, the metal has a work function of about 4.7 eV to about 5.0 eV.
US07646066B2
A method of fabricating a double gate FET on a silicon substrate includes the steps of sequentially epitaxially growing a lower gate layer of crystalline rare earth silicide material on the substrate, a lower gate insulating layer of crystalline rare earth insulating material, an active layer of crystalline semiconductor material, an upper gate insulating layer of crystalline rare earth insulating material, and an upper gate layer of crystalline rare earth conductive material. The upper gate layer and the upper gate electrically insulating layer are etched and a contact is deposited on the upper gate layer to define an upper gate structure. An impurity is implanted into the lower gate layer to define a lower gate area aligned with the upper gate structure. A source and drain are formed in the active layer and contacts are deposited on the source and drain, respectively.
US07646060B2
Method for producing a field effect transistor having a source region (9), a drain region and a channel layer (11) interconnecting the source and drain regions, and including the step of providing a sacrificial layer (4) on part of a semiconductor material (1) whose edge is used to define the edge of an implant, such as the source region (9), in the semiconductor material (1), where the edge (4c) of the sacrificial layer (4) is subsequently used to define the edge of a gate (16).
US07646057B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first gate formed in a trench of a semiconductor substrate, a first gate oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate including the first gate, a first epitaxial layer on the first gate oxide layer, first source and drain regions in the first epitaxial layer at sides of the first gate, an insulating layer on the first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer on the insulating layer, a second gate oxide layer on the second epitaxial layer, a second gate on the second gate oxide layer, and second source and drain regions in the second epitaxial layer below sides of the second gate.
US07646052B2
A semiconductor device in which a DRAM and a SRAM are mixedly mounted is provided. The DRAM and the SRAM have a stack-type structure in which a bitline is formed below a capacitive element. A cross couple connection of the SRAM is formed in a layer or below the layer in which a capacitive lower electrode of the DRAM is formed and in a layer or above the layer in which the bitline is formed. For example, the cross couple connection of the SRAM is formed in a same layer as a capacitive contact.
US07646050B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode that is formed over said semiconductor substrate, a capacitive insulating film that is formed on the first electrode and is made of a metal oxide ferroelectric, a second electrode that is formed on the capacitive insulating film, an insulating film that has a first opening exposing a portion of an upper side of the second electrode and is formed so that it covers the first electrode, the capacitive insulating film, and the second electrode, a first barrier film having an amorphous structure which is formed inside the first opening and on the insulating film, and a wiring film that is formed over the first barrier film.
US07646046B2
A field effect transistor with a fin structure having a first and a second source/drain region; a body region formed within the fin structure and between the first and the second source/drain region; a metallically conductive region formed within a part of the first source/drain region, the metallically conductive region being adjacent to the body region or to a lightly doped region disposed between the body region and the first source/drain region; and a current ballasting region formed within a part of the second source/drain region.
US07646045B2
A nanoelement field effect transistor includes a nanotube disposed on the substrate. A first source/drain region is coupled to a first end portion of the nanoelement and a second source/drain region is coupled to a second end portion of the nanoelement. A recess in a surface region of the substrate is arranged in such a manner that a region of the nanoelement arranged between the first and second end portions is taken out over the entire periphery of the nanoelement. A gate-insulating structure covers the periphery of the nanoelement and a gate structure covers the periphery of the gate-insulating structure.
US07646039B2
A source trench and a drain trench are asymmetrically formed in a top semiconductor layer comprising a first semiconductor in a semiconductor substrate. A second semiconductor material having a narrower band gap than the first semiconductor material is deposited in the source trench and the drain trench to form a source side narrow band gap region and a drain side narrow band gap region, respectively. A gate spacer is formed and source and drain regions are formed in the top semiconductor layer. A portion of the boundary between an extended source region and an extended body region is formed in the source side narrow band gap region. Due to the narrower band gap of the second semiconductor material compared to the band gap of the first semiconductor material, charge formed in the extended body region is discharged through the source and floating body effects are reduced or eliminated.
US07646037B2
Provided are an organic light emitting apparatus for use in, for example, a flat device display, and a method of producing the apparatus. The organic light emitting apparatus has sides formed by division at ends of its substrate. Three-dimensional portions are formed on the surface of the substrate along the sides. An inorganic sealing layer is formed to extend toward the three-dimensional portions.
US07646036B2
An object of the invention is to prevent migration of silver contained in an electrode of a Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device. A positive electrode is formed on a p-type layer. In the positive electrode, an ITO light-transmitting electrode layer, a silver alloy reflecting electrode layer, a diffusion-preventing layer in which a Ti layer and a Pt layer are stacked, and a gold thick-film electrode are sequentially stacked on the p-type layer. The reflecting electrode layer made of a silver alloy contains palladium (Pd) and copper (Cu) as additives and also contains oxygen (O). By virtue of this structure, migration of silver from the silver alloy reflecting electrode layer and blackening of the interface between the silver alloy layer and the ITO light-transmitting electrode layer disposed thereunder are prevented, whereby light extraction efficiency can be enhanced.
US07646023B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel effectively minimizing light leakage current and a liquid crystal display including the same. The panel includes a transistor structure having a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on and insulated from the gate electrode; a light blocking layer formed around and overlapping a portion of the gate electrode; a data line intersecting the gate line to form a source electrode, which overlaps a portion of the semiconductor layer; a drain electrode opposing to the source electrode and overlapping a portion of the semiconductor layer, and a pixel electrode formed on and insulated from the transistor structure and electrically connected to the drain electrode.
US07646018B2
A TFT array substrate includes: a gate electrode connected to a gate line; a source electrode connected to a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a drain electrode which is opposite to the source electrode with a channel in between; a semiconductor layer defining the channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the drain electrode; a channel passivation layer on the channel of the semiconductor layer; a gate pad extending from the gate line, where a semiconductor pattern and a transparent conductive pattern are formed; a data pad connected to the data line, where the transparent conductive pattern is formed; and a gate insulating layer formed under the semiconductor layer, the gate line and the gate pad, and the data line and the data pad.
US07646016B2
A method for automatically measuring the modulation transfer function of an imager is disclosed. A opaque mask is placed over selected columns and rows of the imager during fabrication. In the course of an automated process, photons are uniformly shone over the image sensor. The amount of the input signal that flows from the unmasked pixel cells to the masked pixel cells can then be measured and the modulation transfer function can be determined.
US07646013B2
A fast organic field effect transistor (100), which operates at low voltages, is achieved by the introduction of an oligomeric or polymeric electrolyte (131) between the gate electrode (141) and the organic semiconductor layer (121), which electrolyte (131) has a dissociation constant of at least 10−8. Said organic semiconductor layer (121) is in contact with the source electrode (111) and the drain electrode (112) of the transistor. In operation a potential (152) applied to said gate electrode (141) controls the current A between said source electrode (111) and said drain electrode (112).
US07646011B2
An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; an organic layer including at least an emission layer and formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The emission layer includes a host and a dopant material. The dopant is one of materials having the structure of Formula 1, where R may be one selected from the group consisting of ethylene, an ethylene derivative, stilbene, a stilbene derivative. Also, R1 to R6 may be different from or equal to each other, and each is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C20 aryl group, a C3 to C30 heterocyclic group, and an aliphatic C3 to C30 hydrocarbon group.
US07646005B2
An apparatus for varying a length of a flame scanner assembly for monitoring a flame includes a mounting shaft which connects to a fiber optic cable assembly; and a spool assembly having a first end and a second opposite end. The first end connects to a detector head assembly and the second end is configured to connect to a guide pipe. The second end of the spool assembly receives one end of the mounting shaft and a length of the flame scanner assembly is adjusted via telescopic interconnection between the second end of the spool assembly and the one end of the mounting shaft such that longitudinal displacement therebetween may be varied by slidable displacement of the mounting shaft relative to the spool assembly.
US07645999B2
An apparatus is provided for producing a plasma for a work surface, for example to deposit material thereon. The apparatus comprises an enclosure which contains an ionizable gas, a plurality of plasma excitation devices each of which is arranged to enable microwaves to travel from a first end thereof to a second end and radiate therefrom into the gas, and means for generating a magnetic field in the gas. A source of microwaves feeds microwaves to the first ends of the excitation devices. In use, regions exist within the said gas where the direction of the electric vector of the microwaves is non-parallel to the lines of the magnetic field, and the magnetic field has value B, and the microwaves have a frequency f such as to substantially satisfy the relationship: B=πmf D e where m and e are the mass and charge respectively of an electron.
US07645993B2
Neutron detectors including one or more gamma shields over memory dies and methods of making the neutron detectors are provided. The neutron detectors can contain two or more memory dies, neutron-reactant layers over the two or more memory dies, and one or more gamma shields over at least a portion of or an entire of the two or more memory dies. By containing the gamma shield over the at least a portion of or an entire of the two or more memory dies, the neutron detector can detect and discriminate neutrons in the presence of gamma rays.
US07645991B1
An IR spectroscopic method of determining the presence or absence of metallic material embedded in polymer material including irradiating a surface of said polymer material and collecting at least one spectrum of reflected infrared energy from said surface of said over a spectrum of wavelengths including the near-infrared wherein said metallic material is at least partially absent in a affected condition; performing a multivariate comparison of said at least one spectrum with at least one reference spectrum to determine a change in reflectance of said at least one spectrum with respect to at least one reference spectrum wherein said metallic material is present in an unaffected condition; and, correlating the amount of said change in reflectance with the presence or absence of said metallic material embedded in said polymer material.
US07645989B2
The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an object with miniaturized structures. The method involves processing the object by supplying reaction gas during concurrent directing an electron beam onto a location to be processed, to deposit material or ablate material; and inspecting the object by scanning the surface of the object with an electron beam and leading generated backscattered electrons and secondary electrons to an energy selector, reflecting the secondary electrons from the energy selector, detecting the backscattered electrons passing the energy selector and generating an electron microscopic image of the scanned region in dependence on the detected backscattered electrons; and examining the generated electron microscopic image and deciding whether further depositing or ablating of material should be carried out. The disclosure also relates to an electron microscope and a processing system which are adapted for performing the method.
US07645972B2
An apparatus rapidly reads out wavefront errors of an input wavefront and includes a holographic optical element (HOE), a position readout detector and a readout device. The HOE receives the input wavefront and includes a hologram of a particular wavefront recorded with reference waves, each defining a particular aberration coefficient. The position readout detector includes a plurality of position sensing devices (PSDs) receiving an optical output of the HOE, each PSD sensing the occurrence and magnitude in the input wavefront of any of the particular aberrations defined by the reference waves recorded to the holographic optical element with the particular wavefront. The readout device provides a readout value of each PSD upon application of the input wavefront to the holograph optical element, each readout value representing in the input wavefront the presence and magnitude of any of the particular aberrations defined by the reference waves.
US07645971B2
An image scanning apparatus comprises a time delay integration sensor for obtaining first image information from a target and a scan device for causing relative motion between the time delay integration sensor and the target. The image scanning apparatus is characterized by detector array for obtaining second image information from a target, wherein the first image information corresponds to a first portion of light received from the target and the second image information corresponds to a second portion of light received from the target.
US07645965B2
Disclosed is a microwave oven having a coffee maker with a structure wherein a user can easily clean a filter basket (420), the microwave oven includes a first housing (100) having a cooking chamber (110) being opened or closed by a door (130) and a component chamber (120) having components for irradiating microwave into the cooking chamber (110), a second housing (200) provided in the first housing (100) and having an open side, a water reservoir (300) provided in the second housing (200), a filter basket assembly (400) provided to be withdrawn from or inserted into the second housing (200) and separated from the water reservoir (300), a water supplying tube supplying water in the water reservoir (300) to the filter basket assembly (400), a heater for heating water flowing in the water supplying tube and a container (700) provided to be withdrawn from or inserted into the second housing (200) for receiving coffee dropped from the filter basket assembly (400).
US07645959B2
Nozzles for plasma torches are essentially formed from a metal or a metal alloy. To increase the life of such nozzles wear-resistant microparticles of a hard material, preferably a hard ceramic material, are embedded in the metal or the metal alloy, at least in certain regions. The nozzles can be advantageously manufactured by extrusion.
US07645956B2
Membrane switches have at least one trace with two leads, such that its integrity can be tested during deployment of the switch.
US07645951B2
A device for protecting data for operating or controlling functions of an operating system, process, equipment, and/or a machine, which is stored in a switching arrangement that consists of electronic components and a processor, wherein the switching arrangement is mounted on a printed circuit board inside a housing or is embedded by an insulating material. A pickup or sensor, which is electrically conductively connected with the switching arrangement, is arranged along the walls on the inside of the housing, is embedded in the walls of the housing, or is arranged inside the insulating material.
US07645948B2
An apparatus for weighing and dispensing a mass of material, including a closed chamber, a scale disposed in the closed chamber; and a receptacle disposed in the closed chamber and operatively connected to the scale. The receptacle has an inlet, an outlet, and a valve. An actuator for opening and closing the valve is movable between a first position wherein the actuator is decoupled from the valve and a second position wherein the actuator is coupled to the valve.
US07645940B2
This invention relates to a substrate with via and pad structure(s) to reduce solder wicking. Each via and pad structure connects a component to conductive layers associated with the substrate. The substrate includes one or more plated vias, solder mask(s) surrounding the plated vias, and a conductive pad with a conductive trace connected to each plated via. The conductive pad extends beyond the terminal sides to increase solder formation and the solder mask reduces solder formation at the terminal end of the component. The via and pad structure is suitable for a variety of components and high component density. The invention also provides a computer implemented method for calculating the maximum distance of a conductive pad extending beyond the terminal side of a component.
US07645938B2
The present invention is to prevent twisting of a wiring harness when it is assembled to a vehicle. A wiring harness fastening device for an electric supply line of a sliding door includes a rotational portion having a spherical shape for fastening the wiring harness and a case having a spherical receiving space for rotatably holding the rotational portion, wherein the rotational portion has a protrusion at an outer surface thereof, wherein the receiving space has a rib, and wherein the protrusion abuts to the rib when the wiring harness is twisted. The rotational portion has a circular-shaped rib intersecting with the rib for holding the rotational portion slidably. The case has a wiring harness guide wall with a curved shape to lead out the wiring harness. The wiring harness abuts the wiring harness guide wall prior to the protrusion abuts the rib.
US07645929B2
Various method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to computational estimation of a tempo for a digitally encoded musical selection. In certain embodiments of the present invention, described below, a short portion of a musical selection is analyzed to determine the tempo of the musical selection. The digitally encoded musical selection sample is computationally transformed to produce a power spectrum corresponding to the sample, in turn transformed to produce a two-dimensional strength-of-onset matrix. The two-dimensional strength-of-onset matrix is then transformed into a set of strength-of-onset/time functions for each of a corresponding set of frequency bands. The strength-of-onset/time functions are then analyzed to find a most reliable onset interval that is transformed into an estimated tempo returned by the analysis.
US07645924B2
A novel garden bean cultivar, designated H25101, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar H25101, to the plants of garden bean line H25101 and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the cultivar H25101 with itself or another bean line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a bean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other garden bean lines derived from the cultivar H25101.
US07645922B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS28002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS28002, to the plants of soybean RJS28002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS28002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS28002 with another soybean plant, using RJS28002 as either the male or the female parent.
US07645921B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB15A08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB15A08, to the plants of soybean XB15A08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB15A08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB15A08 with another soybean plant, using XB15A08 as either the male or the female parent.
US07645920B1
The invention relates to the production of plants with reduced development and a mutant gene of the GRAS family.
US07645911B2
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of Paricalcitol and intermediates thereof.
US07645901B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, formulations and medicaments comprising a bupropion salt, in particular, modified-release tablets comprising an effective amount of bupropion hydrobromide, and the use of the bupropion salt to prepare a medicament to treat a condition.
US07645900B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of isocyanates by reacting the appropriate amines with phosgene, condensing the gas mixture thereby obtained, stripping the liquid phase thereby obtained and returning the solvent so retained in liquid form to the reaction stage. The gaseous constituents are then purified further in an absorption process.
US07645895B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a fluorinated and silylated derivative having a bond between the bearing carbon of at least one fluorine and one silicon. This method comprises at least one step during which a derivative of formula (I) Rf—CO—O-D, in which D is selected among silylated radicals, is placed in the presence of a base. The inventive method is used for synthesizing fluorinated derivatives.
US07645894B2
The invention relates to continuous processes for making cyclic dimethylsiloxane oligomers by reacting in situ methyl bromide, dimethyl ether and activated silicon particles in a direct process reaction zone to produce methylsiloxanes, wherein the proportion of dimethylsiloxane produced in said reaction zone is greater than 75 mole % of the methylsiloxanes produced and recovering the dimethylsiloxane from the reactions zone. The invention favors making cyclic dimethylsiloxane oligomers by this in situ direct reaction.
US07645893B2
Substituted ferrocenium compounds comprising at least one pendant oleophilic substituent on at least one of the cyclopentadienyl groups and an inert, compatible, noncoordinating, anion and processes for use thereof as catalyst activators for addition polymerizations or as oxidizing agents for metal complex syntheses.
US07645892B2
Reaction gases such as hydrogen, oxygen and propylene are reacted in a slurry of solid catalyst in solvent, the reaction being carried out in a series of separate zones with intermediate removal of the exothermic heat of reaction by indirect heat exchange.
US07645890B2
A process for preparing (+)duloxetine, or an acid addition salt thereof, which process comprises resolving racemic(±)duloxetine with a chiral acid so as to obtain a salt of the chiral acid and (+)duloxetine, substantially free of (−)duloxetine; and (ii) if desired, converting the salt prepared in step (i) to the free base or another acid addition salt as appropriate. The process for preparing (+)duloxetine, or an acid addition salt thereof, can further comprise an O-alkylation intermediate process step which is carried out in the presence of a base and a phase transfer catalyst.
US07645884B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising at least one [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound, said [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound selected from the group consisting of structures I and II, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, electron withdrawing group, organic group, divalent 1,2-cycloalkylidene group, or combinations thereof; “q” is independently an integer from 1-4, L is a linking group, and “r” is independently 0 or 1; said at least one [benzo[4,5]imidazo(heterocycle)] compound being present at a concentration sufficient to cause said composition to exhibit upon exposure to an excitation radiation having a wavelength of from about 330 nanometers to about 390 nanometers, a maximum fluorescence emission wavelength of greater than or equal to about 470 nanometers; and a Stokes shift of greater than or equal to about 80 nanometers; wherein the wavelengths are measured in bisphenol A polycarbonate matrix.
US07645883B1
Provided is a TNT replacement comprising one or more ionic liquids selected from the group of a triazolium salt, substituted triazolium salt and mixtures thereof.
US07645878B2
A process for the preparation of various quinazoline compounds which are useful as Rho-Kinase inhibitors, and thus having utility in the treatment of hypertension and other indications.
US07645875B2
Disclosed is a compound of the formula wherein M is atom or group of atoms capable of bonding to central cavity of phthalocyanine molecule, wherein axial ligands optionally can be attached to M, each R′ is a substituent, each n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, each R″ is a substituent, each m is 0, 1, 2, or 3, each R is alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, each X is —OH, —COOH, or wherein each Y and each Z is a direct bond, oxygen, or —NR1—, wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, provided that Z and Y are not both direct bonds connected to a single C═O moiety at the same time, provided that when X is —COOH, R can also be a direct bond, and each Rd is alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl.
US07645873B2
This invention relates to galactosylceramide compounds.
US07645864B2
The present invention provides an E-type crystal of N-demethyl-N-isopropyl-12-methoxy-11-oxo-8,9-anhydroerythromycin A-6,9-hemiacetal fumarate having strong diffraction peaks at diffraction angles (2θ) of 5.6° and 10.4° as measured by powder X-ray diffractometry, which is prepared by treating a C-type crystal of the compound in a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate and water at 20° C. to 40° C., and a D-type crystal prepared via the E-type crystal. These crystals have a reduced content of residual solvent and high suitability for formulation.
US07645856B2
Ether nitrile co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups, including wholly aromatic poly(aryl ether ether nitrile)s containing sulfonic acid groups (SPAEEN)s, and poly(phthalazinone ether ketone nitrile) co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups (SPPEKN)s, intended for fuel cells applications as proton conducting membrane materials, were prepared.
US07645845B2
A process for producing a polymer by polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer in the presence of a radical initiator and a surfactant in a polymerization medium containing essentially only carbon dioxide. The surfactant is a functional (per)fluoropolyether having recurring units (R1) and at least one functional group containing a heteroatom other than fluorine, the recurring units containing at least one ether linkage in the main chain and at least one fluorine atom. Molded article containing the polymer obtained from the process.
US07645841B2
Techniques are provided for the prevention of reactor fouls in polymerization reactors. A technique is provided for limiting polymer particle size to prevent or limit the occurrence of reactor fouls associated with large polymer particles. A technique is also provided for measuring reactor temperature at one or more local hot spots of the reactor and for controlling the polymerization reaction based upon these temperature measurements. In particular, control of the reaction may be based on the hottest temperature, such that the hottest temperature in the reactor is maintained within the reactor fouling curve. A technique is also discussed for predicting reactor fouls by using statistical analyses, such as periodogram analysis, to identify leading indicators of impending fouls. Preventative measures may be performed upon identification of such a leading indicator. In addition, the statistical analyses may be used to identify catalysts having less propensity to foul.
US07645834B2
Disclosed is a method of polymerizing olefin using a compatible combination of a multi-site catalyst and a single-site catalyst. The catalysts may be a Ziegler-Natta catalyst and a metallocene catalyst. The resulting polymer, which may be a homopolymer or a random copolymer, may exhibit a molecular weight distribution which is intermediate than that resulting for polymers prepared using either catalyst alone.
US07645831B2
Reactive hot melt adhesives compositions with long open time and/or high green strength are prepared by the use of urethane diols. These results are achievable at moderate/low application viscosity or low application temperature.
US07645830B2
A polymer including a block chain A which is formed from a random copolymer containing a repeating unit (I) represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 each independently represents hydrogen or C1-10 hydrocarbon and R1 and R3 may bond to form a ring; R4a and R4b each independently represents hydrogen or methyl; R5 represents hydrogen, hydrocarbon, acyl, or silyl; and m represents any integer of 1 to 100 and when m is 2 or more and each R4a may be the same or different from one another and each R4b may be the same or different from one another; and a repeating unit (II) represented by the formula (II) wherein R6 and R8 each independently represents hydrogen or C1-10 hydrocarbon and R6 and R8 may bond to form a ring; R7 represents hydrogen, C1-10 hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, hydrocarbonoxy, carboxyl, acid anhydride, amino, ester, or an organic group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl, epoxy, acid anhydride, and amino; and R9 represents an organic group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl, epoxy, acid anhydride, and amino; and a block chain B having a repeating unit (III) represented by the formula (III) wherein R10 to R12 each independently represents hydrogen or C1-10 hydrocarbon and R13 represents aryl or heteroaryl; and wherein an arrangement order thereof is B, A, B.
US07645823B2
Disclosed is a biodegradable resin composition containing at least one biodegradable organic high molecular compound, a flame retardant additive containing a phosphorus-containing compound, and a hydrolysis suppressing agent suppressing the hydrolysis of the at least one biodegradable organic high molecular compound. An aliphatic polyester resin is polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxy lactic acid, polyhydroxy valeric acid, polyethylene succinate, polybutylene succinate, polybutylene adipate, polymalic acid, polyesters synthesized by fermentation, or a copolymer containing at least one of them. A polysaccharide is cellulose, starch, chitin, chitosan, dextrane, a derivative of at least one of them, or a copolymer containing at least one of them.
US07645819B2
The present invention provides an extrudable resin-containing composition comprising at least saccharide ester, preferably according to Formula I. wherein “A” is hydrogen or has the structure of Structure I: wherein “R” is an aliphatic or aromatic moiety of about eight to about 40 carbon atoms, and wherein at least one “A” moiety of Formula I is a moiety of Structure I. Also provided are extrusion methods and extruded products based on the present compositions.
US07645815B2
The present invention provides fast-drying aqueous compositions that lower the cost of making roadway markings without impairing the quality or appearance of the markings made therewith. The aqueous compositions comprise one or more hollow core binder having an average particle size of from 200 to 500 nanometers (nm), preferably from 300 to 470 nm, and made of a first polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or more and containing one or more void, the first polymer being substantially encapsulated by one or more second polymer having a Tg of −30° C. or more, preferably, −20° C. or more. Fast-drying aqueous compositions may be one component or two component compositions. One component compositions comprise one or more volatile base, one or more polyfunctional amine, and one or more hollow core binder with a second polymer chosen from, for example, an anionically stabilized emulsion polymer, a polyamine functional polymer, a polymer having strong pendant cationic groups containing and mixtures thereof. The polyfunctional amine can be part of the hollow core binder. Two component compositions comprise one or more aqueous hollow core binder and an absorber component. The present invention also provides coatings and roadway markings made from the fast-drying aqueous compositions.
US07645812B2
A poly(para-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) compound for forming a buffer layer of a thin film transistor represented by where R is a C1-C20 silyl group substituted with cyclohexyl or phenyl, m is an integer from 2 to 4, and n is an integer from 1 to 3,000; a composition for forming a buffer layer of a thin film transistor that is used to form the compound represented by formula 1 and includes a halo precursor polymer, a photobase generator, and a solvent; a thin film transistor including a buffer layer which is manufactured using the PPV compound; and a flat panel display including the thin film transistor. A patterned buffer layer can be formed under an organic semiconductor layer of an organic TFT by photolithography patterning using the silicon-containing PPV precursor. Accordingly, the alignment of the organic semiconductor layer of the organic TFT can be improved, and thereby, the characteristics of the organic TFT can be improved.
US07645806B2
A method for making particles containing carboxyalkyl cellulose, comprising blending a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a galactomannan polymer or a glucomannan polymer in water to provide an aqueous solution; treating the aqueous solution with a crosslinking agent to provide a gel; drying the gel to provide a solid; comminuting the solid to provide a plurality of particles.
US07645798B2
N-(2-hydroxyalkanoyl)-N,N′-dialkylureas of general formula (1) are described A-X-(A)m (1) where A: m=0 or m=1; when m=0, X=R′″, where R′″ is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, arylaliphatic radical, C1-C18; when m=1, X=—(CH2)n—, where n is an integer from 1 and 20, preferably from 2 to 6; R is chosen among H, and alkyl radicals C1-C8, possibly substituted with halogen atoms; R′ is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, arylaliphatic radical, C1-C18; R″ is chosen among H, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, arylaliphatic radical, C1-C18.The preparation of said compounds is described, as well as the preparation of corresponding polymers.
US07645797B2
Compounds that provide for sustained systemic concentrations of GABA analogs following oral administration to animals are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions including, and methods using, such compounds are also disclosed.
US07645795B2
The administration of nutritional supplements such as phosphatidylcholine; linoleic acid and alpha linolenic acid in an approximately 4:1 (v/v) ratio; and mineral supplements provides an effective method for the treatment of ALS. Subjects presenting with symptoms indicative of ALS can therefore be treated with these nutritional supplements to inhibit progression of ALS. Subjects at risk for developing ALS can also be treated with these nutritional supplements to delay the onset of ALS symptoms.
US07645789B2
Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
US07645788B2
Use of the tetramerous derivative of indole-3-carbinol having formula I for preparing a medicinal having anti-carcinogenic activity, and method of synthesis of the tetramerous derivative having formula I, in which indole-3-carbinol is reacted with an oxidizing agent so as to cause a polymeric oxidation of indole-3-carbinol.
US07645785B2
The invention is concerned with novel benzimidazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds bind to Farnesoid-X-receptors (FXR) and can be used to treat diseases which are modulated by FXR agonists such as diabetes and dyslipidemia.
US07645782B2
The present invention relates to new Macrocycles of formula (I) and their use for the treatment of cancer.
US07645781B2
The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formulae I, II, and III described herein.
US07645780B2
Disclosed are compounds of the formula: where variables Z, X, R15, R2, R3, and Rc are defined herein. Compounds disclosed herein are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and are therefore useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal.
US07645775B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US07645766B1
A method for treatment of depression and depressive mood disorders. The patient is administered an amount of a compound that increases the catalytic activity of MAO-A, so as to increase synaptic metabolism of serotonin to 5-HIAL. The effective compound is preferably reserpine, administered in a dosage of less than about 0.03 mg per day. The reserpine may be administered transdermally at a dosage in the range from about 0.002 mg per day to about 0.02 mg per day. A caffeine compound may be administered simultaneously so as to compensate for an antihypertensive effect of the reserpine. The caffeine compound may be combined with the reserpine in a transdermal cream.
US07645762B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of protein and/or checkpoint kinases, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations including one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the protein or checkpoint kinases using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. An illustrative compound is shown below:
US07645754B2
The subject invention provides compounds having the structure: wherein, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, wherein the substituent is hydroxyl, dihydroxy, carboxyl, —C(═O)NRaRb, —NRaRb, —NRaC(═O)NRaRb, —NRaC(═O)ORa, —OC(═O)NRaRb, or —NHC(═O) Ra; R2 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, wherein the substituent is hydroxyl, dihydroxy, carboxyl, —C(═O)NRaRb, —NRaRb, —NRaC(═O)NRaRb, —NRaC(═O)ORa, —OC(═O)NRaRb, or —NHC(═O)Ra, or R1, R2 and N together form a substituted piperazine, substituted azetidine ring, or a pyrrolidine ring substituted with —(CH2)2OH or —CH2C(═O)OH; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or a 5-6 membered heteroaryl ring, wherein the substituent is halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, (C1-C15)alkyl, (C1-C15)alkoxy, or —NRaRb; R4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C15)alkyl; R5 is —(CH2)mOR6, —CHNOR7, —C(═O)NR8R9, —(CH2)mC(═O)OR10, —(CH2)kC(═O)NR11R12; wherein R6 is a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, (C3-C10)cycloalkyl, or an aryl, heteroaryl or 4-8 membered heterocyclic ring; R7 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, (C1-C30)alkylaryl; R8 and R9 are each independently hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, (C1-C30)alkylaryl, (C1-C30)alkylamino, (C1-C30)alkoxy, or a saturated or unsaturated, monocyclic or bicyclic, carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or R8, N, and R9 together form a substituted or unsubstituted 4-8 membered heterocyclic ring; R10 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C30)alkyl, (C3-C10)cycloalkyl, or an aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclic ring; R11, N and R12 together form a 4-8 membered heterocyclic ring; Ra and Rb are each independently hydrogen or alkyl; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and k is 1, 2 or 3, or a specific enantiomer thereof, or a specific tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for treating a disease associated with the A2b adenosine receptor in a subject in need of such treatment comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds of the invention.
US07645744B2
RNA interference using small interfering RNAs which target HIF-1 alpha mRNA inhibit expression of the HIF-1 alpha gene. As HIF-1 alpha is a transcriptional regulator of VEGF, expression of VEGF is also inhibited. Control of VEGF production through siRNA-mediated down-regulation of HIF-1 alpha can be used to inhibit angiogenesis, in particularly in diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration and many types of cancer.
US07645741B2
Disclosed is an isomer, enantiomer, diastereoisomer or tautomer of a compound represented by Formula I or II or a salt thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R100, R200, R300, A, A1, BG, Q and Q1 are substituents described herein. Also disclosed is the use of compounds of Formula I and II to treat proliferative disorders such as cancer.
US07645739B2
Modified annexin proteins, including a homodimer of human annexin V, are provided. Methods for their use, such as to prevent thrombosis without increasing hemorrhage, enhancing the survivability of platelets during storage or transfusion and to attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury (IPI), are also provided. The modified annexins bind phosphatidylserine (PS) on cell surfaces, thereby preventing the assembly of the prothromkinase complex. The modified annexin decreases the binding of leukocytes and platelets during post-ischemic reperfusion, thereby restoring microvascular blood flow and decreasing organ damage. In addition, the modified annexin prevents lipid loss from platelets during storage.
US07645734B2
The present invention provides compositions useful for cardiac therapy comprising a cyclin-associated agent. The present invention also provides kits for use in delivering a cyclin-associated agent to cardiac cells in a subject, comprising the composition of the present invention and a catheter. The present invention additionally provides a methods for enhancing cardiac function; promoting regeneration of cardiac tissue; inducing endogenous myocardial regeneration; and preventing or treating heart failure in a subject in need thereof by augmenting cyclin in cells.
US07645733B2
A method of treating, preventing, delaying the onset, and/or reducing the effects of proinflammatory cytokines in conditions including, but not limited to, sepsis, adhesion formation, wounds, organ failure, chronic disease, general inflammatory conditions resulting from infection, scarring resulting from injury and incisions, and combinations thereof.
US07645732B2
Methods and compositions are provided to inhibit release of HCV from an HCV-infected cell by contacting the cell with a VLDL assembly inhibitor, and detecting a resultant inhibition of HVC release from the cell. The methods can be used to decrease serum viremia of an HCV-infected person.
US07645731B1
A detergent composition is provided for preventing calcium, magnesium and iron precipitation and for removing soils. The detergent composition includes a caustic, a surfactant and an aminocarboxylate functionalized catechol. The detergent composition may include less than about 10% by weight phosphorous-containing compounds, NTA, and EDTA.
US07645728B2
A composition for use as an additive for fuels or lubricants. The composition includes a reaction product of a treated amine and a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl succinic anhydrides, Mannich adducts derived from hydrocarbyl-substituted phenols reacted with formaldehydes, ethylene-propylene copolymers grafted with ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic groups, copolymers of unsaturated acids and polyolefins, and acid or ester functionalized hydrocarbon polymers. The reaction product is oil soluble and has a number average molecular weight ranging from about 900 to about 50,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography. The treated amine includes an aliphatic or aromatic amine containing at least one primary or secondary amino group reacted with an aliphatic or aromatic nitrile and hydrogen.
US07645725B2
Fluids useful as subterranean treatment fluids, and more particularly, polymeric fluid loss additives, subterranean treatment fluids with improved fluid loss control, and their associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid, and a polymeric fluid loss control additive that comprises at least a first plurality of polymer molecules having a first average molecular weight, and a second plurality of polymer molecules having a second average molecular weight, wherein the first average molecular weight is different from the second average molecular weight; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
US07645724B2
Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities reduced (gels broken) by the direct or indirect action of a composition that contains at least one unsaturated fatty acid, such as a monoenoic acid and/or polyenoic acid. The unsaturated fatty acid may be contained in an oil-soluble internal phase of the fluid. The breaking composition is believed to act possibly by rearranging, disaggregating or otherwise attacking the micellar structure of the VES-gelled fluid. In a specific, non-limiting instance, a brine fluid gelled with an amine oxide surfactant can have its viscosity broken with an oil such as flax (linseed) oil, soybean oil and/or fish oils containing relatively high amounts of unsaturated fatty acids. The unsaturated fatty acids are thought to auto-oxidize into products such as aldehydes, ketones and saturated fatty acids that break the VES gel.
US07645721B2
A method for coimmobilizing two or more biomolecules on a substrate in a defined ratio is disclosed. The method uses a copolymer conjugated to a number, N, of different types of oligonucleotides. The copolymer can be adsorbed to the surface of the substrate. N types of oligonucleotides complementary to the copolymer-bound oligonucleotides can be conjugated to N types of biomolecules. The types of the copolymer-bound oligonucleotides can be mixed in a defined ratio then adsorbed to the surface. The biomolecule-bound complementary oligonucletides can be conjugated to the copolymer-oligonucleotides to create a substrate with the biomolecules coimmobilized in a defined ratio. The invention also relates to a substrate prepared by the method of the invention.
US07645717B2
Nano-scale DMC catalyst complexes are highly active alkylene oxide polymerization catalysts. Thy show a greatly improved ability to catalyze the formation of EO-capping onto secondary hydroxyl-terminated polyethers. The catalysts can be prepared by precipitation in the dispersed adequous phase of a water-in-oil emulsion.
US07645712B2
A substrate having at least two metal oxide semiconductor devices of a same conductive type and a gap formed between the two devices is provided. A first stress layer is formed over the substrate to cover the metal-oxide semiconductor devices and the substrate, filling the gap. An etching back process is then performed to remove a portion of the stress material layer inside the gap. A second stress layer and a dielectric layer are sequentially formed on the first stress layer. The first stress layer and the second stress layer provide a same type of stress. A portion of the second stress layer is removed to form a contact opening. A second conductive layer is filled into the contact opening to form a contact.
US07645709B2
Methods of fabricating an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate includes placing a substrate to be oxidized on a substrate support in a vacuum chamber of a plasma reactor, the chamber having an ion generation region remote from the substrate support; introducing a process gas into the chamber, the process gas comprising at least one of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2)—provided at a flow rate ratio of hydrogen (H2) to oxygen (O2) of up to about 3:1—or water vapor (H2O vapor); and generating an inductively coupled plasma in the ion generation region of the chamber to form a silicon oxide layer on the substrate.
US07645708B2
A shadow mask deposition system includes a plurality of identical shadow masks arranged in a number of stacks to form a like number of compound shadow masks, each of which is disposed in a deposition vacuum vessel along with a material deposition source. Materials from the material deposition sources are deposited on the substrate via openings in corresponding compound shadow masks, each opening being formed by the whole or partial alignment of apertures in the shadow masks forming the compound shadow mask, to form an array of electronic elements on the substrate.
US07645707B2
A method for etching a dielectric layer over a substrate and disposed below a mask is provided. The substrate is placed in a plasma processing chamber. An etchant gas comprising O2 and a sulfur component gas comprising at least one of H2S and a compound containing at least one carbon sulfur bond is provided into the plasma chamber. A plasma is formed from the etchant gas. Features are etched into the etch layer through the photoresist mask with the plasma from the etchant gas.
US07645700B2
A method and structure for a composite stud contact interface with a decreased contact resistance and improved reliability. A selective dry etch is used which comprises a fluorine containing gas. The contact resistance is reduced by partially dry-etching back the tungsten contact after or during the M1 RIE process. The recessed contact is then subsequently metalized during the M1 liner/plating process. The tungsten contact height is reduced after it has been fully formed.
US07645692B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a semiconductor device having a silicon substrate provided with a DRAM region containing first transistors and capacitor elements, and with a logic region containing second transistors. A minimum gate length of the second transistors provided in the logic region is smaller than a minimum gate length of the first transistors provided in the DRAM region. One of a cobalt silicide layer and a titanium silicide layer is provided on source/drain regions and on gate electrodes of the first transistors provided in the DRAM region, and a nickel-containing silicide layer is provided on source/drain regions and on gate electrodes of the second transistors provided in the logic region.
US07645691B2
A method for forming an ohmic contact and a zener zap diode in an integrated circuit includes forming a first contact opening in the insulating layer over a first diffusion region to expose the semiconductor substrate; forming a barrier metal layer on the insulating layer and in the first contact opening; forming a second contact opening in the barrier metal layer over a second diffusion region and the insulating layer to expose the semiconductor substrate; forming a third contact opening in the barrier metal layer and the insulating layer over a third diffusion region to expose the semiconductor substrate; forming an aluminum layer on the barrier metal layer and the insulating layer and in the first, second and third contact openings; and patterning the aluminum layer to form the ohmic contact over the first diffusion region and the zener zap diode over the second and third diffusion regions.
US07645689B2
A gallium nitride-based light emitting device, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The light emitting device comprises an n-type GaN-based clad layer, an active layer, a p-type GaN-based clad layer and a p-side electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate. The device further comprises an n-side electrode formed on one region of the n-type GaN-based clad layer, and two or more MIM type tunnel junctions formed on the other regions of the n-type GaN-based clad layer. Each of the MIM type tunnel junctions comprises a lower metal layer formed on the GaN-based clad layer so as to contact the n-type GaN-based clad layer, an insulating film formed on the lower metal layer, and an upper metal layer formed on the insulating film. The device is protected from reverse ESD voltage, so that tolerance to reverse ESD voltage can be enhanced, thereby improving reliability of the device.
US07645686B2
The invention concerns a method of collective bonding of individual chips on a strained substrate (44), which comprises the following steps: functionalised layers (40) are arranged on a support (41), in an adjacent non-contiguous manner, with a space e between two neighboring layers (40), a calibrated drop of adhesive (43) is deposited on each of these functionalised layers, the strained substrate (44) is transferred onto these drops of adhesive, the parts of the assembly thereby formed are singularized to produce chips (45) bonded to the surface of strained substrate. The invention also concerns a method of placing under strain a semiconductor reading circuit by a substrate in a material of different coefficient of expansion.
US07645681B2
Conventional heat bonding and anodic bonding require heating at high temperature and for a long time, leading to poor production efficiency and occurrence of a warp due to a difference in thermal expansion, resulting in a defective device. Such a problem is solved. An upper wafer 7 made of glass and a lower wafer 8 made of Si are surface-activated using an energy wave before performing anodic bonding, thereby performing bonding at low temperature and increasing a bonding strength. In addition, preliminary bonding due to surface activation is performed before main bonding due to anodic bonding is performed in a separate step or device, thereby increasing production efficiency, and enabling bonding of a three-layer structure without occurrence of a warp.
US07645677B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first film forming step of forming, on a concave and convex portion formed by an element on a semiconductor substrate, an oxidation preventive layer which prevents permeation of moisture into the element; a second film forming step of forming, on this oxidation preventive layer, an expansion layer which can be oxidized and expanded by a heat treatment in an oxidation atmosphere; a third film forming step of forming, on this expansion layer, an insulating film which can be fluidized by the heat treatment in the oxidation atmosphere; and an expansion step of subjecting, to the heat treatment in the oxidation atmosphere, the semiconductor substrate on which the oxidation preventive layer, the expansion layer and the insulating film have been formed, to fluidize the insulating film and to oxidize and expand the expansion layer, thereby eliminating bubbles generated in the insulating film.
US07645672B2
A mask ROM, a method for fabricating the same and a method for coding the same are disclosed. The method for forming the mask ROM maximizes packing density and integration of a device. The mask ROM includes a semiconductor substrate having a device isolation region and an active region, BN junction regions formed in predetermined portions of the active region, an insulating film, first electrode layers formed on predetermined portions of the insulating film, spacers formed at sides of the first electrode layers, and second electrode layers between the spacers.
US07645670B2
A method for fabricating a nonvolatile memory device includes forming a tunneling insulation layer, a first conductive layer for forming a floating gate, and a hard mask over a substrate. A portion of the hard mask, the first conductive layer, the tunneling insulation layer, and the substrate is etched to form a trench. An isolation structure is formed to fill in the trench. The etched hard mask is removed such that an upper portion of the isolation structure protrudes above the etched first conductive layer. A dielectric layer is formed over the etched first conductive layer. A second conductive layer for forming a control gate is formed over the isolation structure and the dielectric layer. The second conductive layer is polished to align an upper surface of the second conductive layer using an upper surface of the isolation structure.
US07645664B1
Layout patterns for the deep well region to facilitate routing the body-bias voltage in a semiconductor device are provided and described. The layout patterns include a diagonal sub-surface mesh structure, an axial sub-surface mesh structure, a diagonal sub-surface strip structure, and an axial sub-surface strip structure. A particular layout pattern is selected for an area of the semiconductor device according to several factors.
US07645631B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing an organic EL display including an insulating substrate, a power supply terminal, a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate and each including an organic EL element and a pixel circuit, and an organic planarizing film covering the pixel circuits and interposed between the organic EL elements and the substrate, including selecting a pixel which can be recognized as a dark spot and/or a bright spot from the pixels, and irradiating, of the pixel circuit included in the selected pixel, a portion located between the organic planarizing film and the substrate with an energy beam through the substrate to electrically disconnect the organic EL element included in the selected pixel from the power supply terminal.
US07645629B2
A CMOS image sensor and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The method includes forming a nitride layer over a boundary region between a device isolation region and a pixel region, forming a silicide barrier layer in the pixel region and performing a silicide process. A boundary portion of the silicide barrier layer formed in the pixel region can be prevented from being wet-etched while the silicide barrier layer is removed by the wet etching process.
US07645628B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor components with lens structures and lens support structures includes the steps of providing semiconductor substrates on a substrate, attaching a carrier to the substrate configured to support the substrate during various processes, thinning the carrier to form lens support structures having desired geometrical characteristics, singulating the substrate and the carrier such that each semiconductor substrate includes a lens support structure, and then attaching the lens structures to the support structures. Each semiconductor component includes a thinned semiconductor substrate, a support structure attached to the semiconductor substrate, and a lens structure attached to the support structure. A system for fabricating the semiconductor components includes the substrate containing the semiconductor substrates, and the carrier configured to support the wafer, to protect the semiconductor substrates and to provide the lens support structures.
US07645626B2
In connection with an optical-electronic semiconductor device, improved photoluminescent output is provided at wavelengths approaching and beyond 1.3 μm. According to one aspect, a multiple quantum well strain compensated structure is formed using a GaInNAs-based quantum well laser diode with GaNAs-based barrier layers. By growing tensile-strained GaNAs barrier layers, a larger active region with multiple quantum wells can be formed increasing the optical gain of the device. In example implementations, both edge emitting laser devices and vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) devices can be grown with at least several quantum wells, for example, nine quantum wells, and with room temperature emission approaching and beyond 1.3 μm.
US07645623B2
Only five photomasks are used to fabricate a LCD pixel array structure. A gate dielectric layer of the LCD pixel array structure is formed by two deposition steps to increase the storage capacity of the storage capacitor.
US07645620B2
A method for reducing edge effect interference with critical dimension (CD) measurement of semiconductor via structures includes forming a test structure in a kerf region of a semiconductor wafer, the test structure including at least a via structure and a trench structure in contact with the via structure. The via structure is formed in accordance with a critical dimension associated with a corresponding via structure in a circuit region of the semiconductor wafer, and the trench structure is formed in accordance with a widened dimension with respect to a minimum ground rule dimension associated with a corresponding trench structure in a circuit region of the semiconductor wafer.
US07645618B2
The present invention relates generally to semiconductor fabrication and particularly to fabricating magnetic tunnel junction devices. In particular, this invention relates to a method for using the dielectric layer in tunnel junctions as an etch stop layer to eliminate electrical shorting that can result from the patterning process.
US07645617B2
A nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device using a silicon substrate includes an insulating layer formed in an etching region of the silicon substrate, a floating channel layer formed over the bottom word line, an impurity layer formed at both ends of the floating channel layer and including a source region formed over the insulating layer and a drain region formed over the silicon substrate, a ferroelectric layer formed over the floating channel layer, and a word line formed over the ferroelectric layer.
US07645608B2
A device for storing, rehydrating, transferring, and streaking a stored freeze dried specimen comprises a three piece construction including a collection vial used to store a freeze dried specimen, a capsule including a reservoir with hydrating fluid retained by a frangible membrane, and an adapter fluidly linking the capsule to the collection vial. The adapter is configured to fluidly link to the capsule to the collection vial via leak-proof couplings to create a closed system of specimen, hydrating fluid, and a small quantity of trapped air. The fluid communication between the vial and the capsule is accomplished through the adapter via an internal lumen longitudinally traversing the adapter. The adapter and capsule combination can also serve as a transfer pipette once the hydration operation is complete to withdraw the specimen from the collection vial and transfer the specimen to a petri dish or other culture medium. The adapter and capsule combination is quickly detachable from the collection vial to allow an inoculating tip exposed to the specimen to be transferred conveniently to a media for culturing with minimal exposure. The inoculating tip is also capable of streaking the transferred specimen to create isolated colonies in the medium from the transferred specimen.
US07645607B2
A method for producing (S)—N-protected-propargylglycine of the following formula (2), wherein the method comprises asymmetrically hydrolyzing an N-protected-propargylglycine ester of the following formula (1) by using an asymmetric hydrolysis enzyme or a cultured substance of a microorganism having an ability of producing this enzyme or a treated substance thereof. The hydrolysis enzyme is obtained from a microorganism selected from the group consisting of Thermomyces genus, Aspergillus genus, Rhizopus genus, Penicillium genus, Pseudomonas genus, Humicola genus, Burkholderia genus, Candida genus Bacillus genus and Streptomyces genus.
US07645599B2
A method for producing optically active alcohols is provided. Optically active alcohols are useful intermediates in pharmaceutical production. The method of the present invention enables simple and efficient production of optically active alcohols with a high optical purity. According to the production method disclosed, optically active alcohols are produced via asymmetric reduction of 3-quinuclidinone using tropinone reductase-I. For example, the use of tropinone reductase-I derived from plants like Datura stramonium and Hyoscyamus niger allows the production of high optical purity (R)-3-quinuclidinol.
US07645598B2
The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding biologically active domains of such a PUFA PKS system, to genetically modified organisms comprising PUFA PKS systems, to methods of making and using such systems for the production of bioactive molecules of interest, and to novel methods for identifying new bacterial and non-bacterial microorganisms having such a PUFA PKS system.
US07645576B2
The non-invasive detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidies is demonstrated. Alleles of fetal RNA-SNPs present in a biological sample (e.g. maternal blood) containing fetal RNA are detected and quantified in order to determine the ratio of the alleles. This ratio is compared to a standard control consisting of euploid fetuses. Deviation of allele ratio indicates the presence of chromosomal aneuploidy.
US07645575B2
Described herein is a system for monitoring gene expression for diagnosing and monitoring inflammation disorders, and for monitoring gene expression in inflammation disorders in response to a particular drug treatment regimen. This system for detecting nucleic acid expression in a body fluid uses an isolated polynucleotide to detect expression of a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5; SEQ ID NO:11; SEQ ID NO:17; and SEQ ID NO: 23. These nucleic acids are differentially expressed in body fluid in an individual with a disease criterion for a disease as listed in Table 1 as compared to an individual without the disease criterion.
US07645572B2
It is intended to provide a means of diagnosing genetic risk of restenosis after coronary angioplasty which shows a high accuracy and a high estimation ratio. The risk of restenosis after coronary angioplasty is diagnosed by a method comprising the following steps: (i) the step of analyzing 2 or more polymorphisms among 6 gene polymorphisms proved as relating to restenosis after balloon expansion or 5 gene polymorphisms proved as relating to restenosis after stent insertion; (ii) the step of determining the genotype of a nucleic acid sample based on the polymorphism data obtained in the above step; and (iii) the step of determining the genetic risk of restenosis after coronary angioplasty form the genotype thus determined.
US07645565B2
A polymerizable composition comprising: a polyurethane resin synthesized by using a compound represented by the following formula (I) as one of starting materials; a photopolymerization or thermal polymerization initiator; and an addition-polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond: wherein X represents a tri- or higher valent atom; R1 and R2 each independently represent a single bond or an alkylene group optionally having a substituent, provided that R1 and R2 do not represent a single bond at a same time; A represents a straight chain linking group; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
US07645557B2
A positive resist composition, comprising: (A) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; (B) a resin having a repeating unit containing at least one alicyclic structure, of which solubility in an alkali developer increases under an action of an acid; and (C) an alkali-soluble resin having a siloxane bond as a main chain.
US07645556B2
A photo-patternable composition for forming an organic insulating film which includes (i) a functional group-containing monomer, (ii) an initiator generating an acid or a radical upon light irradiation, and (iii) an organic or inorganic polymer. Further disclosed is a method for forming a pattern of an organic insulating film using the composition. Since an organic insulating film can be simply patterned without involving any photoresist process, the overall procedure is simplified and eventually an organic thin film transistor with high charge carrier mobility can be fabricated by all wet processes.
US07645555B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor and method for forming a photoreceptor is disclosed which is provided with an anticorrosion layer on the interface between the supporting substrate surface and the undercoat layer. The photoreceptor has a high mechanical strength and minimizes defects in print for longer periods of time.
US07645543B2
Alkali (or other active) metal battery and other electrochemical cells incorporating active metal anodes together with aqueous cathode/electrolyte systems. The battery cells have a highly ionically conductive protective membrane adjacent to the alkali metal anode that effectively isolates (de-couples) the alkali metal electrode from solvent, electrolyte processing and/or cathode environments, and at the same time allows ion transport in and out of these environments. Isolation of the anode from other components of a battery cell or other electrochemical cell in this way allows the use of virtually any solvent, electrolyte and/or cathode material in conjunction with the anode. Also, optimization of electrolytes or cathode-side solvent systems may be done without impacting anode stability or performance. In particular, Li/water, Li/air and Li/metal hydride cells, components, configurations and fabrication techniques are provided.
US07645539B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a liquid electrolyte including a non-aqueous solvent and an alkali metal salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; a positive electrode active material including a redox material that is dissolved or dispersed in the liquid electrolyte; a positive electrode current collector that provides a place where an oxidation-reduction reaction involving the positive electrode active material occurs; and a negative electrode capable of charging and discharging in which an alkali metal ion participates.
US07645534B2
A polymer electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including a proton conductive membrane having superior workability is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a proton conductive membrane, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode being disposed on opposite sides of the proton conductive membrane, in which the proton conductive membrane includes a polyarylene having the constitutional unit (S) expressed by the general formula (2-2) described below and the constitutional unit (T) expressed by the general formula (2-3) described below; the ratio s of the unit (S) in the polyarylene is 50 to 95 mole %, and the ratio t of the unit (T) is 5 to 50 mole % in the polyarylene, where s+t=100 mole %.
US07645526B2
A member for a plasma etching device, comprising a coating film of yttrium oxide or YAG having a coating film thickness of 10 μm or more, a coating film thickness variance of 15% or less, preferably a surface roughness (Ra) of 1 μm or less, formed on a surface of a member, comprising quartz glass which contains 1 to 10% by weight of yttrium oxide or YAG. The member for a plasma etching device has high plasma resistance, is not subjected to an abnormal etching on the basis of a partial change of electric properties and, accordingly, can be used for a long period of time. Even when the member is large enough to handle 12-inch Si wafers, the above-described advantageous properties are maintained and the member can be used for a long period of time.
US07645523B2
An organic electroluminescence element has an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer made of organic compounds, an electron transport layer and a cathode. The light emitting layer comprises an organic host material having an electron transport capability and an organic guest material of phosphorescent material. An ionization potential energy of the organic host material is higher than that of the hole transport layer. The difference in the ionization potential energy between the organic host material of the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer is in a range from 0.4 eV to 0.8 eV.
US07645522B2
A bonding or superfine wire is provided made of copper, with a gold enrichment on the surface thereof, in particular in an amount corresponding to a coating of at most 50 nm. The wire may be bonded by the ball/wedge method, has a copper-colored appearance, and the ball thereof after flame-off has a hardness of less than 95 according to HV0.002. In order to produce the bonding or superfine wire, a copper wire is coated with gold or a copper-gold alloy or gold is introduced into the surface of the copper wire. The wires are bonded to a semiconductor silicon chip.
US07645519B2
The invention relates to a composite article comprising at least one metal reinforcement element embedded in a polymer material. An adhesion promoting layer is interposed between the metal reinforcement element and the polymer material. The adhesion promoting layer comprises an organofunctional silane and a hyperbranched polymer. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a composite article and to the use of a composite article as metal reinforced article.
US07645517B2
Atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) is applied to the fabrication of new forms of rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides. Further, ternary compounds composed of binary (rare-earth oxides, rare-earth nitrides and rare-earth phosphides) mixed with silicon and or germanium to form compound semiconductors of the formula RE—(O, N, P)—(Si,Ge) are also disclosed, where RE=at least one selection from group of rare-earth metals, O=oxygen, N=nitrogen, P=phosphorus, Si=silicon and Ge=germanium. The presented ALE growth technique and material system can be applied to silicon electronics, opto-electronic, magneto-electronics and magneto-optics devices.
US07645516B2
Organopolysiloxaneurea polymers with good melt viscosity but which effectively crosslink in the presence of moisture contain alkylalkoxysilane or alkylaminoalkylalkoxysilane groups pendant to the polymer chain. The polymers are useful as non-creeping hot melt adhesives, and for other uses as well.
US07645512B1
The present invention features additions of nano-structures to interconnect conductor fine particles (spheres) to: (1) reduce thermal interface resistance by using thermal interposers that have high thermal conductivity nano-structures at their surfaces; (2) improve the anisotropic conductive adhesive interconnection conductivity with microcircuit contact pads; and (3) allow lower compression forces to be applied during the microcircuit fabrication processes which then results in reduced deflection or circuit damage. When pressure is applied during fabrication to spread and compress anisotropic conductive adhesive and the matrix of interconnect particles and circuit conductors, the nano-structures mesh and compress into a more uniform connection than current technology provides, thereby eliminating voids, moisture and other contaminants, increasing the contact surfaces for better electrical and thermal conduction.
US07645507B2
Protective film in the form of a tape or sheet comprising a substrate layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive composition.
US07645502B2
An anti-dazzling film is provided, which includes a triacetylcellulose film and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the triacetylcellulose film. The anti-dazzling layer includes a coating composition including an acrylic light transparent resin, plastic light transparent fine particles, and a leveling agent including a copolymer including (meth)acrylic acid repeating units containing at least one perfluoroalkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms and (meth)acrylic acid repeating units having at least one bornane ring. A low-refractive index layer is provided on the anti-dazzling film to constitute an antireflection film.
US07645501B2
A multi-layered sports playing field including a top layer made of substantially artificial material simulating a natural playing surface such as grass and a padding layer positioned between the top layer and the base or dirt layer. The padding layer is made of a plurality of discrete beads of substantially elastic, resilient material (e.g., foam) with portions of adjacent beads abutting one another and other portions being spaced from each other. Substantially all of the adjacent beads are preferably integrally joined (e.g., glued, fused) together at their abutting portions. The padding layer is very porous and breathable and preferably includes feet members supporting the main body of the padding layer above the base or dirt layer to create a water channel of interconnected portions to enhance water drainage to the sides of the field.
US07645500B2
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or semi-reflective coating layer of optical discs. Elements that can be added to silver to produce useful silver alloys include zinc, aluminum, copper, manganese, germanium, yttrium, bismuth, scandium, and cobalt. These alloys have moderate to high reflectivity and reasonable corrosion resistance in the ambient environment.
US07645498B2
A catheter having a balloon comprised of a polymer material comprising first monomer units of an alkyl amide having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and second monomer units of an alkyl amide having 7 to 12 carbon atoms. The first and second monomer units are copolymerized with each other in a random fashion to form a random copolyamide polymer.
US07645496B2
A compound of formula (A): wherein L1 and L2 each independently are a single bond or a divalent linking group, R1 and R2 each independently are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R is a group having a polymerizable group; and a composition, containing at least one of the compound; an optically anisotropic material, containing the compound or the composition; and a liquid crystal display device, containing the optically anisotropic material.
US07645494B2
The invention relates to a method that involves (a) removing graphite from at least one surface of a metal graphite composite material; (b) chemically cleaning or plasma etching the surface of the metal graphite composite material; (c) applying a metal-containing material to the surface of the chemically cleaned or plasma etched metal graphite composite material, and thereby forming an intermediate layer; (d) applying a metal coating on the intermediate layer, and thereby forming a composite material. The invention also relates to a composite material comprising (a) a metal graphite composite substrate having at least one surface that is substantially free of graphite; (b) a metal-containing intermediate layer located on a surface of the substrate; and (c) a metal coating on the intermediate layer.
US07645493B2
A composite wire for producing a wear resistant and corrosion resistant coating on a substrate by thermal spraying, spray and fuse, or welding techniques are disclosed. The physical properties of the coating are particularly suited for high-temperature erosion-corrosion environments. The resultant coating exhibits good hardness, toughness, and bonding characteristics. The composite wire comprises a metallic outer sheath and an inner core containing boron carbide and chrome carbide.
US07645489B2
A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording medium comprising the steps of: applying a coating color containing a pigment and a binder as major components to at least one side of a base material using a transfer roll coater, subsequently drying coating layer to form an ink absorbing layer, wherein Hercules viscosity of coating color is 5 m Pa·s to 30 m Pa·s and pigment contains a synthetic silica having an oil absorption of 90 ml/10 g to 200 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 45 m2/g to 200 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 3.0 μm and/or a precipitated calcium carbonate-silica composite having an oil absorption of 100 ml/10 g to 250 ml/100 g, a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g to 150 m2/g and an average particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 10 μm.
US07645485B2
There is provided a method for applying an improved chromium diffusion coating on an industrial item such as a turbine blade of a gas turbine engine. Chromium and other active metals are combined to form an alloy coating. Active elements include silicon, hafnium, zirconium, yttrium, tantalum, and rhenium. For producing the modified coatings through pack cementation chromium and a master alloy are mixed into a packing along with inert material and a halide activator. The packing surrounds a target in a diffusion box. The metals are then deposited by diffusion onto a target surface by pack cementation methods. The diffusion of the desired metals takes place during a coating thermal cycle. Alternatively, the diffusion can take place using an out-of-pack arrangement. Such modified coatings are utilized as improved performance coatings for environmental resistance applications over the current chromium diffusion coatings.
US07645481B2
The present invention relates to a method of lowering dielectric constant of an insulating film including Si, O and CH formed by a chemical vapor deposition process. A process gas containing hydrogen atoms is supplied into a reaction vessel. A microwave is introduced into the reaction vessel to supply a uniform electromagnetic wave, thereby a plasma containing a hydrogen radical is generated in the reaction vessel. The structure of the insulating film is modified by the hydrogen radical contained in the plasma irradiated to the insulating film, lowering the dielectric constant of the film. The microwave is supplied into the reaction vessel through a radial-slot antenna.
US07645480B2
The invention relates to a procedure for applying pictures, preferably color pictures, in the surface of a glass article. The pictures are separated by color to make different templates for different colors, e.g. for silk screen printing, or for another method to apply the color on the glass. The colors are then fired according to a schedule of temperature sequences, to get the colors melt into the surface of the glass article to solidity on level with that surface.
US07645473B2
A vegetable fat composition comprises glycerides, wherein the triglyceride content of the composition is: 6 to 20% SSS, 5 to less than 20% SUS 5 to less than 25% SSU 10 to 39% SU2 and at least 20% U3, wherein S is a saturated fatty acid residue having 16 to 24 carbon atoms and U is an unsaturated fatty acid residue having at least 18 carbon atoms and all percentages are by weight based on the total triglycerides present in the composition, the weight ratio SUS/SSU is between 0.5 and 2.0, the weight ratio of (saturated fatty acid residues having 18 to 24 carbon atoms)/(saturated fatty acid residues having 16 carbon atoms) in the total S content of the triglycerides is less than 0.2, and the triglycerides contain less than 3% of arachidic and behenic acid residues based on the total fatty acid residue content of the triglycerides, and wherein the saturated fatty acid residue content of the triglycerides is less than 45% by weight of the total fatty acid residues in the triglycerides. The composition may be used to produce baked products and iced confectionery products.
US07645469B2
Methods of using pomegranate extracts of the present invention for treating patients with atherosclerosis, or increased intima-media thickness of an artery, are provided. The methods comprise the step of administering to the patient a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an extract from pomegranate. The methods of the present invention may also be used to decrease the incidence of stroke or heart attack in a patient.
US07645467B2
The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a plant jelly in the form of a jelly-like product wherein selected phospholipids (for example, PC, PE and lyso-PC/PE) play an important role in jellifying the mixture. The plant jelly has a plant hard fat blend and an oil blend in which the plant hard fat blend is made up of about 10-20% of a fat with a melting point of 30-40° C. and about 4-10% of a vegetable fat, and in which the oil blend is made up of about 1-3.5% phospholipids and about 70-80% liquid oil.
US07645464B2
The present invention relates to extracts containing beneficial plant secondary metabolites. In particular the present invention relates to plant extracts from butter trees and methods of producing such extracts. Applications of these extracts are furthermore disclosed herein.
US07645463B2
The present invention provides a method for treating diabetic vascular complications including administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an extract product of a Dioscorea species. The extract product preferably is prepared by a process which involves (a) extracting a tuber of the Dioscorea species with an alcohol-based solvent in the presence of an acetic acid solution to form an extract composition, (b) subjecting a resultant product obtained in step (a) to obtain a soluble fraction, and (c) removing solvent from the soluble fraction obtained in step (b) to obtain the extract product.
US07645462B2
A method, apparatus and method of making acupoint patches is disclosed. The acupoint patch of the present invention uses natural herbs as raw materials. It is made by combining traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy and contemporary transdermal controlled release technologies. The acupoint patch of the present invention is made with natural herb extracts using contemporary transdermal absorption technologies based on the characteristics of different acupoints. They can stay on the skin for 6-8 hours, during which period natural herb essence enters blood circulation and performs a sustainable regulating function. This is a feature unrivaled by traditional acupuncture.
US07645457B2
An emulsified cosmetic offering superior sensation of use and r stability comprises 0.1 to 25 wt % of aqueous moisturizing components, 2 to 80 wt % of oil solution components, and 0.1 to 30 wt % of spherical resin particles having hydrophilic groups on their surfaces and an average volume particle size of 2.0 μm to 20.0 μm. The spherical resin particles are made by applying alkali cleaning or acid cleaning to aggregation particles after resin polymerization, and the volume particle size distribution GSDv of the spherical resin particles is 1.3 or less, and the shape factor SF1 thereof is 100 to 140.
US07645451B2
Novel Dkk and Dkk-related polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated, full-length Dkk and Dkk-related proteins, the invention further provides isolated fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and antibodies. The invention also provides Dkk and Dkk-related nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and n which a Dkk and Dkk-related gene has been introduced or disrupted. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.
US07645450B2
Humanized antibodies specifically binding to hTNF-α are prepared from a mouse monoclonal antibody by the CDR (complementarity determining region) grafting method, and they show an antigen binding affinity similar to the original mouse monoclonal antibody and significantly low immunogenicity. Therefore, the humanized antibodies can be effectively used for treating a hTNF-α-related disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, septicemia, asthma, Wegener's granulomatosis, inflammation, and ankylosing spondylitis.
US07645446B2
The invention provide methods and compositions for localized delivery of a vector comprising a therapeutic agent to a specific region of the brain that is overstimulated in neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, the invention provides methods and compositions used to deliver an adeno-associated virus vector (AAV) comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) to cells in the subthalmic nucleus of the basal ganglia, mesaphilia and thalamus.
US07645445B2
CTLA-8 related antigens from mammals, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding said antigens. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.
US07645440B2
A catalyst that can be used for the production of hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels in steam reforming processes contains an active metal of, e.g., at least one of Ir, Pt and Pd, on a catalyst support of, e.g., at least one of monoclinic zirconia and an alkaline-earth metal hexaaluminate. The catalyst exhibits improved activity, stability in both air and reducing atmospheres, and sulfur tolerance.
US07645439B2
Nanomaterials of the JT phase of the titanium oxide TiO2-x, where 0≦x≦1 having as a building block a crystalline structure with an orthorhombic symmetry and described by at least one of the space groups 59 Pmmn, 63 Amma, 71 Immm or 63 Bmmb. These nanomaterials are in the form of nanofibers, nanowires, nanorods, nanoscrolls and/or nanotubes. The nanomaterials are obtained from a hydrogen titanate and/or a mixed sodium and hydrogen titanate precursor compound that is isostructural to the JT crystalline structure. The titanates are the hydrogenated, the protonated, the hydrated and/or the alkalinized phases of the JT crystalline phase that are obtained from titanium compounds such as titanium oxide with an anatase crystalline structure, amorphous titanium oxide, and titanium oxide with a rutile crystalline structure, and/or directly from the rutile mineral and/or from ilmenite. The titanates are submitted to dynamic thermal treatment in an inert, oxidizing or reducing atmosphere to produce the JT phase of the TiO2-x, where 0≦x≦1 with an orthorhombic structure.
US07645431B2
Processes for the recovery and purification of noble gas stream contaminated with small amounts of hydrogen and/or other getter combustibles. One process involves dividing the noble gas stream gas into a first and second noble gas streams. The first noble gas stream is sent to a second metal getter containing a bed comprised of a metal getter in an oxidized state wherein the hydrogen is combusted. Oxygen is added to the second noble gas stream and the stream is passed through a catalytic unit wherein the hydrogen is combusted and then through a first metal getter bed operating in parallel with a second bed wherein the metal getter is converted to its oxide form. When breakthrough is detected in either bed, the flows of the first and second noble gas streams are rerouted to the other beds, respectively.
US07645428B2
A reaction vessel which includes internally placed temperature controlling mixing baffles in which liquid is boiled, resulting in an isothermal heat sink. The energy of vaporization is supplied by the reaction vessel contents. The vapor produced by the boiling may be directed to channel coils which surround the outside of the reaction vessel wall. The channel coils contact the outside wall of the reaction vessel perpendicularly, and provide mechanical support for the reaction vessel. The mechanical support from the channel coils allows for a decrease in the thickness of the reaction vessel wall and corresponding increased heat transfer efficiency between the channel coil contents and the reaction vessel contents. The entire above described apparatus is enclosed within an evacuated shell to provide additional insulation. The apparatus includes a gravitationally powered device that ensures that saturated or sub-cooled liquid enters the isothermal mixing baffles, thus guaranteeing that isothermal phase change will occur therein.
US07645426B2
Multilayer mats, pollution control devices containing the multilayer mats, and methods of making the multilayer mats are described. The multilayer mats include an intumescent layer sandwiched between two non-intumescent layers. The non-intumescent layers contain inorganic fibers and have a larger area than the intumescent layer.
US07645424B2
A reagent cuvette has a first chamber with an inspection part and a socket, and a second chamber. The socket has four spikes at its base. Both chambers are sealed with a membrane. At the point-of-care the foil membrane of the first chamber is peeled away by the therapist (typically general practitioner doctor). A sample, such as blood, is added to the chamber using a pipette or other device to provide a verifiable quantity of sample. This provides a mixture of a buffer reagent supplied in the chamber and the sample injected into the inspection chamber at the point of care. The chamber is then inserted into the socket by gently pressing it down so that its foil membrane is broken by the spikes. This causes the starter reagent to drop down from within the second chamber into the inspection part of the first chamber. The inspection part is then inserted into an optical inspection instrument for analysis of the two reagents and the sample mixed together.
US07645415B2
An elastic film, particularly for hygiene articles, has at least one layer that is produced extrusion of an elastomer polymer composition and subsequently cross-linked. The elastomer polymer composition contains a mixture of 40 to 90 parts by weight of a styrene block copolymer, 5 to 50 parts by weight of a plasticizer oil, and up to 10 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polymer. The layer of the elastomer polymer composition is cross-linked by treatment with electron beams. The elastomer polymer composition additionally contains 2 to 20 parts by weight of a reactive plasticizer that has a mole mass of less than 10,000 kg/kmol, is compatible with soft segments of the styrene block copolymer, and has functional acrylate groups.
US07645402B2
Disclosed herein are a dispersant for dispersing nanoparticles that are surface-bound with capping ligands in a polymer matrix having an epoxide group, a method for dispersing the nanoparticles using the dispersant, and a nanoparticle-containing thin film including the dispersant.
US07645401B2
Disclosed is a modified electroconductive polymer material, which comprises a metal filled in a space between the chains of an electroconductive polymer. The metal is oxidized (partially formed as a hydroxide) through a chemical reaction between three substances consisting of the metal, a cation radical/dication, and absorbed water. The metal has a work function less than that of the electroconductive polymer. The contact between the metal and the electroconductive polymer is kept in the state of coexistence between three substances consisting of the metal, the cation radical/dication and the absorbed water. This allows an electroconductive polymer material to have enhanced durability against oxidation/reduction, and controlled conductivity.
