US07785241B2
A device for obtaining a predetermined linear force, includes a first elastic force elements and a force output elements in the form of a non-elastic, flexible elongated member, a force transformation elements arranged between the first elastic force element and the force output element, such that a pulling of the force output element creates a tension in the first elastic force element. The force transformation element is arranged and designed such that the pulling force required on the force output element decreases with the distance the force output element is pulled. The device includes a second elastic force element and a second force output element attached thereto wherein the pulling force required on the second force output element increases with the distance the force output element is pulled. The two force output elements are connected to each other such as to summarize the forces.
US07785240B2
A circularly shaped weight includes an opening in the center having a handle extending there through. The handle bi-sects the opening and creates equal openings for receiving a hand or foot of the user. The weight is particularly useful for individuals who may be incapacitated by arthritis or other physical ailments that may prevent them from properly grasping a weight. The novel shape is useful in stacking the weights when they are not in use. A plurality of circularly shaped weight may be fastened together via a coupler.
US07785231B2
A gear shift controlling apparatus of an automatic transmission for a vehicle has a synchronization-time engagement pressure correcting device that, before synchronization of gear-shifting, makes an increase correction of an engagement pressure of the disengaged-side engaging element by a first prescribed amount, to cause an input shaft rotational speed immediately before synchronizing of the automatic transmission to approach a rotational speed calculated by multiplying an output shaft rotational speed by a gear ratio of a gear after gear-shifting the automatic transmission.
US07785229B2
A controllable hydrodynamic torque converter is provided for use within a vehicle having a detectable throttle level, the torque converter comprising a first stator having a first outlet angle and a second stator having a higher second outlet angle. The second stator is selectively engageable with the first stator using a hydraulic clutch to thereby vary the torque converter K-factor during idle and high-throttle conditions, and is permitted to freewheel during low or part throttle conditions. The first outlet angle is at least five degrees lower than the second outlet angle. A vehicle is also provided including an engine having an engine torque and a detectable throttle level, a transmission, a torque converter operable to transmit the engine torque to the transmission and having a stator assembly with two stators, a selectively controllable clutch, and a controller configured to selectively actuate the clutch to vary the K-factor depending on the throttle level.
US07785227B2
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07785224B2
An electromagnetic actuator having an annular pole piece and an annular armature with surfaces formed thereon through which a magnetic flux passes. One of the annular pole piece and the annular armature is axially movable relative to the other between a first position, in which the surfaces are spaced axially apart by a minimum distance, and a second position in which the surfaces are spaced axially apart by a maximum distance. The surfaces axially overlap one another but do not touch when the one of the annular pole piece and the annular armature is positioned in the first position and in the second position.
US07785214B2
A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a heel, a toe, a crown, a sole, a strike face, and a lower transition region between the strike face and the sole. The lower transition region may have a plurality of nadir angles progressively increasing in size from the central region of the strike face to the heel and/or toe. The club head may further include an upper transition region between the strike face and the crown. The upper transition region may have a plurality of apex angles progressively increasing in size from the central region of the strike face to the heel and/or toe.
US07785213B2
A golf club head includes a metallic head body 1 having a cavity 10 therein and an opening 8 being formed in a face part 2 therethrough to the cavity, and a metallic face plate 9 welded to the opening. The opening 8 is demarcated by an upper edge along an upper end of the face part 2 and a U shaped curved edge (8B, 8A, 8C) located within the face part 2, and is also formed so that, in a state in which the head body 1 is soled in accordance with the lie angle, a projection line A on the face part surface of the perpendicular passing through the lowermost portion X of the opening 8 coincides with a projection line A on the face part surface of the perpendicular passing through a ground contact point Y of a sole part 4, or the projection line drawn with the lowermost portion X of the opening 8 being the reference is positioned close to a heel part 7 with respect to the projection line A drawn with the ground contact point Y of the sole part; and the ratio of width W2 on the toe side with respect to the projection line drawn with the ground contact point Y of the sole part 4 is higher than the ratio of width W1 on the heel side toward a crown part. The face plate 9 is formed so as to have a shape matching the opening 8.
US07785207B2
A water amusement system may include a composite tree and an elevated structure. A composite tree may include a base having an artificial trunk portion. The base may be coupled to the surface. Living plants may be coupled to the base. Portions of the living plants may form branches of the composite tree. In some embodiments, the living plants are living trees. The system may include at least one structure coupled to the base. At least one of the structures may function to contain one or more persons above the surface. The water amusement system may include a water amusement ride coupled to the base. The water amusement ride may include an access point configured to allow participants to access the water amusement ride from the structure.
US07785205B2
A cross groove constant velocity universal joint for a drive shaft or a propeller shaft of an automotive vehicle includes an inner ring and an outer ring each having ball grooves which are alternately slanted in respective directions opposite to each other while alternating with each other in a direction circumferentially thereof. Torque transmission balls are positioned at a crossing area where each of the ball grooves in the inner ring and the associated ball groove in the outer ring are crossed with each other. A cage is provided to retain the torque transmission balls. The number of torque transmission balls is ten, and a crossing angle between the axis of the inner or outer ring and each of the ball grooves in the inner or outer ring is within the range of 10 to 15° or 6 to 9° for the drive shaft or the propeller shaft, respectively.
US07785204B2
Memories coupled to a gaming terminal, are reprogrammed by a method and apparatus which includes identification, negotiation, downloading and verification information from an external information source to a gaming terminal. Hardware devices are used to identify gaming terminals or components.
US07785195B2
A gaming device having an improved award offer bonus scheme wherein the player may improve their award during the bonus round. The bonus game enables the player to select an award offer from a plurality of award offers. The gaming device enables the player to modify the selected award offer, creating a subsequent or modified award, with the idea of increasing the award offer to receive a greater or higher award during a bonus game.
US07785194B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to networked gaming devices that can keep particularized records for identified players. A server can store records of player's present and past actions on the gaming network and can communicate with the gaming device using messaging. In some embodiments, status of games or awards can be stored from one gaming session to another, which allows a player to resume a previously started game or award at a later time. Some games include rewards that are collected over time that can be redeemed for personalized rewards.
US07785188B2
A gaming device including a plurality of positions displayed to the player. The gaming device includes a modifier and a symbol display which displays at least one symbol at one or more of the positions. Each symbol includes at least one game element. In a play of the game, the gaming device determines at least one of the game elements to be a designated element and enables the player to pick one of the positions. The gaming device displays at least one of the symbols at one or more of the positions and determines an outcome based on any winning combination of the symbols displayed at the positions. The processor modifies any determined outcome by the modifier when the designated element is displayed at the selected position. The modified outcome is provided to the player in that play of the game.
US07785186B2
A gaming method includes receiving a wager from a player, displaying an image representative of a primary game, determining if a bonus event trigger has occurred, displaying an image representative of a bonus game, the bonus game including a representation associated with the player and a representation associated with an opponent, the representations each having at least one attribute associated with the bonus game, if the bonus event trigger occurs, and determining a payout associated with an outcome of the bonus game. The method also includes offering the player at least one advantage option, the at least one advantage option affecting at least one of the at least one attribute of the representation associated with the player and the at least one attribute of the representation associated with the opponent. A gaming machines and system may be provided to carry out such a method.
US07785182B2
A method of playing a card-based wagering game. The method comprises conducting the card-based wagering game at a gaming terminal and displaying a plurality of cards arranged in an array. The plurality of cards includes a first set of selectable cards and a first set of non-selectable cards. The non-selectable cards are at least partially protected by others of the plurality of cards. One or more of the selectable cards are selected. A player's hand is created by removing the selected cards from the array, which then creates a second set of selectable cards and a second set of non-selectable cards in the array such that the second set of non-selectable cards are at least partially protected by others of the plurality of cards. It is then determined whether the player's hand is a winning hand.
US07785165B2
A method for manufacturing a field emission electron source includes the following steps: (a) providing a pair of conductive bases (32, 42) each having a top (322, 422), the tops being spaced apart from and opposite to each other, the tops being immersed in a solution (50) having carbon nanotubes dispersed therein; (b) applying an alternating voltage (60) between the two conductive bases thereby causing at least one carbon nanotube to become assembled between the tops of the conductive bases; (c) shutting off the alternating voltage between the conductive bases and removing the solution between the tops of the two conductive bases; (d) detaching one of the two conductive bases in a matter such that the carbon nanotube remains connected with one of the tops of the conductive bases; and (e) modifying the carbon nanotube to create a low work function coating on a least a tip/free end thereof.
US07785158B1
An electrode connection platform is made of an electrically conductive material, such as brass, and configured to allow multiple electrical conductors to be rigidly and securely attached to its upper surfaces. The platform is attachable to a terminal of a storage battery. Upper surfaces of the platform are arranged so that interference between electrical conductors is minimized. The platform, with all of its attached electrical conductors, can be removed from a terminal post of a storage battery without necessitating the disconnection of any of the electrical conductors from the platform.
US07785156B1
An electrical connector for a dynamo hub includes a fastening component, a hollow insulating component formed with first and second accommodating spaces and a passage, and an electrode unit including at least one electrode plate that has a welding section disposed in the second accommodating space. The fastening component includes a metallic surrounding wall adapted to be sleeved on a hub axle of the dynamo hub, and having an inner surface formed with a positioning protrusion to be inserted into a groove in the hub axle, and a radial through hole extending from the inner surface to the outer surface and to be radially aligned with the groove in the hub axle. The first accommodating space retains the fastening component therein, and the passage is in spatial communication with the first and second accommodating spaces and is radially aligned with the radial through hole.
US07785152B2
A terminal arrangement in an electrical connector including: an array of terminal pairs arranged along a first direction, each terminal pair comprising a first terminal (5) and a second terminal (6), each of the first terminal and the second terminal having a portion angled toward the other terminal, a connecting end (51, 61) continuing the angled portion, and a terminating end (52, 62) opposite the connecting end, the connecting ends of the first and second terminals of each terminal pair being substantially aligned to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the connecting end of the first terminal having a mating face (511) facing away from the second terminal, the connecting end of the second terminal having a mating face (611) facing toward the first terminal, the mating faces of the first and second terminals being spaced a distance from each other in the second direction. An electrical connector (100) and a connector system including such a terminal arrangement are also disclosed.
US07785150B1
A battery connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal recesses each extending longitudinally to penetrate through a bottom and a mating surface thereof. A top of each of the terminal recesses defines a locating passageway extending longitudinally. The conductive terminals are disposed in the corresponding terminal recesses. Each of the conductive terminals has a base board. A contact portion projects out of the mating surface of the insulating housing and an elastic portion elastically connects the contact portion to the base board. A portion of an edge of the elastic portion extends upward to form a locating portion slidably moving along the corresponding locating passageway so as to limit the movement area of the conductive terminal and avoid the conductive terminal swaying in the terminal recess.
US07785146B2
The invention relates to a device for locking a cap onto a contact-carrier module, wherein said cap has a bearing for locking the contact disposed in the contact-carrier module is assembled on the coupling face of module in such a way that the cap and the module form a first connector element which includes a latch for latching the cap on the module in a longitudinal contact locking position and a removable stop preventing the coupling of the connector element with a complementary connector element until the cap is latched on the module in the contact locking position.
US07785137B2
An integral riser structure for a watt-hour meter enclosure to provide a mounting structure for a pair of meter jaw assemblies includes a pair of laterally spaced riser walls formed integrally with a back wall of the enclosure and positioned in forwardly spaced relation to the back wall. The riser walls are separated by a recessed wall positioned in a recessed plane located between the plane of the riser walls and the plane of the back wall. The riser walls include holes to receive fasteners to secure the meter jaw assemblies to the riser walls.
US07785125B1
A connector, comprises a housing (10) receiving a plurality of contacts, a stiffener (21) surrounding the housing and a cover (25) rotatably assembled to the stiffener and defining an open position and a closed position relative to the stiffener. The stiffener has a front wall (214) and a rear wall (215), and the front wall is formed with at least one retarding piece (217). The cover has at least one tab (254) engaging with the stiffener when the cover is at the open position, the tab is disposed above the retarding piece, thereby the retarding piece limits a downwardly movement of the cover.
US07785116B2
A block body made of insulating synthetic resin having a terminal supporting plate in one piece therewith. A plurality of elongated ribs project on one surface of the terminal supporting plate and a rescue terminal is arranged on the other surface of the terminal supporting plate. A bus bar is mounted in the block body. A clamping portion of a booster cable can grasp both the rescue terminal and the rib at one time. The plurality of ribs are parallel to each other. The dimension of the rib is defined such that the rib is placed under compressive deformation when the rib is clamped by the clamping portion. The block body has a hole through which the rescue terminal is passed such that the rescue terminal extends along and in contact with the other surface of the terminal supporting plate.
US07785115B2
A distribution connection module (1) for telecommunications and data technology includes a housing (3) in which input and output contacts (4, 5) for the connection of cables or wires are arranged such that they are externally accessible. The housing (3) is designed with a cavity in which functional elements are arranged between the input and output contacts (4, 5).
US07785109B2
A method for monitoring cleaning of a surface includes applying an amount of transparent indicator material to an area of a surface and measuring the amount of transparent indicator material remaining on the surface. The transparent indicator material may be fixed on the surface by drying and, when a fluorescent material, may be measured through exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
US07785099B2
A stringing preventing member is provided and includes: a member having an opening portion through which resin injected from an injection nozzle of an injection molding apparatus is fed to a mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold; and a projection portion protruding inwardly with respect to an opening of the injection nozzle, so as to define at least a part of a contour of the opening portion. A ratio of an effective opening area of the opening portion to a surface area of an inner wall surface of the opening portion contacting with the resin at an inside of the opening potion is 0.6 or less, and a ratio of the effective opening area of the opening portion to an area of the opening of the injection nozzle is 0.6 or more.
US07785097B2
A mold assembly for an automated dry-cast block machine including a mold cavity formed by at least one frame element having a plurality of guide holes therein, a moveable liner plate positioned within the mold cavity and having a plurality of non-driven guide posts configured to align with and slide within the plurality of guide holes within the at least one frame element, and a drive system coupled to the moveable line plate independent of the guide posts and configured to drive the moveable liner toward and away from an interior of the mold cavity.
US07785093B2
An improved stereolithography apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects using multiple chambered resin vats and a quick disconnect mounting system to permit concurrent use of multiple photopolymer build materials and easy change over of resin vats is disclosed. The apparatus permits easy change over from multiple chambered vat use to single chamber vat use and vice versa or change over between multiple chambered vats.
US07785092B2
Systems and methods of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses, for example, soft, extended wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses, are provided. The systems generally include a housing having an illuminated chamber, a carrier, for example a tray, movable in the illuminated chamber from an inlet portion to an outlet portion of the housing, and the tray configured to carry a plurality of contact lens molds. Polymerizing light energy is provided, for example, by multiple fluorescent lamps, to the molds at an intensity effective to at least initiate polymerization of a monomer composition located in each of the molds. The light may be illuminated onto two opposing sides of each mold. In some cases, the intensity of the light provided to one side of the mold may be different to the light intensity provided to the opposing side of the mold. In addition, the system may include features that are effective to provide for an instantaneous start and an instantaneous end to the light induced cure of the monomer in the molds. The system may include DALI protocol based technology for controlling the fluorescent lamps.
US07785084B1
A pumping apparatus for pumping a liquid from a source to a target includes a pump having a pump housing and a pump piston. The pump housing defines a central longitudinal bore, a transverse bore communicating with the central bore for conveying a liquid through the pump housing and a liquid reservoir communicating with the central bore and the transverse bore for retaining an amount of the liquid conveyed through the transverse bore. The pump piston is axially and rotatably slidable within the central longitudinal bore for pumping the liquid through the transverse bore.
US07785081B2
A fluid pump assembly is used in combination with a container having a wall. The pump assembly comprises a first casing disposed outside the container in contact with the wall, a first magnetic assembly mounted to the first casing and operatively associated with a drive motor, a second casing disposed inside the container in contact with the wall, and a second magnetic assembly mounted to the second casing and operatively associated with an propeller. The first magnetic assembly includes a rotatable magnetic drive member drivingly coupled to the drive motor. The magnetic drive member is magnetically coupled to the magnetic driven member through the wall for imparting a rotary driving force of the drive motor to the propeller. Furthermore, the second casing is detachably connected to the second side of the wall of the container solely by magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnetic assemblies.
US07785079B2
A compressor of the present invention is provided with a plurality of housing members (a front housing, a cylinder block, and a rear housing) that forms a body, a fastener (a bolt member) for coupling the plurality of the housing members to one another, a drive shaft inserted through the body and coupled to a power source via an electromagnetic clutch, a movable member (a piston) that moves in association with the drive shaft to compress a fluid, a detection body that moves in association with the drive shaft, and a detection part for detecting a rotational state of the drive shaft by means of the detection body. A magnetic sensor having a magnetic impedance element constitutes the detection part. The magnetic sensor is provided on an outer lateral face side of the body and in proximity to the fastener.
US07785076B2
Aspects of the invention relate to a construction system and method for components in high temperature environments, such as the hot gas path components of a turbine engine. Such a component can include a skeleton and a coating. The skeleton can be formed by a plurality of interconnected frame members, which can give the component its general shape. The frame members can be made of ceramic matrix composite. A coating can be provided around at least a portion of the skeleton. Preferably, the coating is a refractory material, such as refractory ceramic. Examples of turbine engine components that can be constructed according to aspects of the invention are airfoils with or without platforms, blade rings, combustor tiles and heat shields. A component according to aspects of the invention can be made using low cost fabrication and construction methods.
US07785074B2
A blade of a rotor of a second stage of a compressor can be defined by coordinates of a discreet combination of points, in a Cartesian reference system (X, Y, Z), where the axis (Z) is a radial axis intersecting the central axis of the compressor. The blade has a profile which can be identified by a series of closed intersection curves between the profile itself and planes (X, Y) lying at distances (Z) from the central axis. The blade also has a non-linearly variable trend of decreasing maximum thickness defined by the closed curves, substantially parallel to a base portion of the blade itself, fixable to the rotor. The variable trend of maximum thickness is substantially situated midway up the blade and is suitable for shifting the natural resonance frequencies of the blade itself outside a functioning velocity range of the rotor.
US07785067B2
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling at least one turbine nozzle segment within the gas turbine engine. The at least one turbine nozzle segment includes at least one airfoil vane extending between an inner band and an outer band that includes an aft flange and a radial inner surface. The method also includes coupling at least one turbine shroud segment downstream from the at least one turbine nozzle segment, wherein the at least one turbine shroud segment includes a leading edge and a radial inner surface, and coupling a cooling fluid source in flow communication with the at least one turbine nozzle segment such that cooling fluid channeled to each turbine nozzle outer band aft flange is directed at an oblique discharge angle towards the leading edge of the at least one turbine shroud segment.
US07785058B2
A personal vehicle transportation device to protect, secure, and transport a personal vehicle. The personal vehicle transportation device reduces the load placed on the towing vehicle and the personal vehicle transportation device is mechanically operable. The device includes a frame with a platform, a ramp and protective shell attached to opposite sides of the frame. The ramp and protective shell operate substantially simultaneously via a mechanized action. The protective shell includes inflatable bladders to secure the interior cargo.
US07785055B2
The invention relates to a screw (1) having a threaded shank (2) and a screw tip (6). The threaded shank (2) is composed of a shank core (10) and a thread which extends helically over the shank core (10). Two flanks (15, 16) which converge in an outer thread edge (14) has a height (H) measured radially from the shank core (10) to the thread edge (14). The thread (12) has a specific apex angle (α) formed between the adjacent flanks (15, 16). Preferably the outer thread edge (14) extends in a wave form in the radial direction with an amplitude (U) between wave crests (20) forming indentations (24) which interrupt the surface of the flank (15/16). At least one of the two flanks (15, 16) of the thread (12) is formed concavely in the region between the shank core (10) and the thread edge (14), seen in radial profile, in such a way that the apex angle (α) is less than a flank angle (αF). With preference, the thread (12) respectively has in the regions that are not interrupted by indentations (24).
US07785049B2
A fastening device (61) for fastening a hand router to the underside of a work platform (2) of a workbench (1) has radially outwardly extending projections which are associated with a base ring for the hand router and which may be introduced into associated fastening pockets by rotating the base ring in the work platform (2). The fastening pockets can be formed by fastening members (12) associated with the underside (2′) of the work platform (2).
US07785040B2
This invention relates to a method for forming a mono pile foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower including drilling a plurality of holes into the soil, the plurality of holes being arranged along a curve having a contour corresponding to a cross-dimensional shape of the mono pile, and placing the mono pile in an annular cavity, the annular cavity being formed by the plurality of holes alone and/or by the mono pile breaking up intermediate soil walls between adjacent holes in the plurality of holes while being placed therein. A foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower, a wind turbine comprising such a foundation, and use of such a foundation in a wind turbine is also disclosed.
US07785030B2
A connecting element (10), in particular for connecting a lining piece with a support, includes a head part (12) for fastening to the lining piece, and a foot part (14) for fastening to the support. The head part (12) and the foot part (14) are connected with each other elastically so that the foot part (14) is movable relative to the head part (12) in directions perpendicular to a central axis (A) of the connecting element (10).
US07785026B2
A cosmetic stick applicator for treating the lips of a person. The applicator has an elongate, tubular body with an inner chamber for storing a chemical formulation or substance such as an exfoliant, to be applied to the lips. One end of the body has an external, oblique, lip-engageable abrasive applicator surface containing a product-dispensing orifice through which the substance can be ejected. Such ejection is accomplished by means of a finger-engageable wheel that is turned to forcibly discharge the substance through the orifices and onto the applicator surface. Thereafter this surface which now contains the discharged substance, is rubbed against the lips and thus effects a scrubbing thereof, which brings about gentle and controlled exfoliation of accumulated dead skin cells. Following this, excess dead cell material can be wiped off with a tissue or pad.
US07785019B2
There is provided a fiber optic receptacle and plug assembly adapted to provide electrical connectors for electrical conductors. The receptacle and plug define complimentary alignment and keying features for ensuring that the plug is mated with the receptacle in a predetermined orientation. An alignment sleeve is disposed within the plug for receiving a multi-fiber receptacle ferrule and a multi-fiber plug ferrule. The fiber optic receptacle and corresponding plug each include a biasing member assembly for urging the receptacle ferrule and the plug ferrule towards one another, wherein the biasing member assembly includes a spring, a spring centering cuff and a ferrule boot that operatively engage the rear of the receptacle ferrule and the plug ferrule, respectively, to substantially center a spring biasing force on the end face of the receptacle ferrule and the plug ferrule. The electrical connectors of the receptacle and plug are preferably provided separate from the biasing member assembly.
US07785011B2
A roller element (10) is provided which has a central body (1) and a roller unit (2). The roller unit (2) is mounted so as to circulate on a non-circular race (21) about the central body (1) and so as to be mobile with respect to the central body (1) by the rolling movement of the rollers (3) of the roller unit (2) on the central body (1). The rollers (3) are configured as balls or substantially cylindrical elements. A peripheral surface of the rollers (3), for a substantial part, is shaped as a rolling surface that corresponds to the central body (1) and for rolling off on the central body (1). The elements of the roller unit (2) have play in relation to one another and/or the roller unit has play regarding its mobility in relation to the central body (1).
US07785010B2
In order to provide a long-life, highly-reliable guide apparatus which exhibits dustproof performance and prevents intrusion of dust into the moving block in environments where there are lots of fine dust such as gypsum and ceramic powder and where no oil contents or oil contents are not liked, there is provided a guide apparatus having a track rail 11, in which rolling-element raceway grooves 12-1 to 12-4 are formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a moving block 20 attached to the track rail by way of a plurality of rolling elements in a relatively-movable manner, wherein an end-face dustproof brush 25, which has a brush member 36 whose tip end contacts a surface of the track rail 11 and which eliminates extraneous matters adhering to the surface of the track rail 11 by means of the brush member 36, is attached to outside of each of the side covers 22 with respect to the direction of relative movement.
US07785001B2
An apparatus for sensing a change in environmental conditions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a coating or a wire between two surfaces that has a mechanical property changed as a result of a change in the environmental conditions. The change in the mechanical property of the coating or wire results in a change in a vibration characteristic of the apparatus, such as the frequency, phase, amplitude or quality factor. The change in the vibration characteristic can be used to determine the change in the environmental condition.
US07784999B1
An eductor apparatus has an inlet nozzle section with a primary inlet and a nozzle, a mixing chamber connected to the inlet nozzle section and in fluid communication with a narrow diameter opening of the nozzle, and a diffuser section connected to the mixing chamber opposite the inlet nozzle section. The diffuser section has throat formed therein. The throat has a plurality of lobes formed thereon. The plurality of lobes extend longitudinally along the throat. The lobes are generally equally circumferentially spaced from each other around the throat. The narrow diameter opening of the nozzle has another plurality of lobes formed therearound and extending in longitudinally alignment with the plurality of lobes of the throat.
US07784990B2
A light emitting device includes at least one light source, a rigid nonconductive light source fixing member having at least one fastening unit that includes a plurality of sections defining spaces where the at least one light source is fixed, a wiring line, which transmits a driving signal to the at least one light source, wherein the wiring line is formed in the light source fixing member such that the wiring line is not directly exposed on the outer surface of the light source fixing member, and an optical waveguide that guides light emitted from the at least one light source.
US07784988B2
The invention provides a diffusion plate and a backlight module. The backlight module includes pluralities of light sources, a reflector and a first diffusion plate. The light sources, which are disposed in the reflector, are spatially arranged. The first diffusion plate is disposed on the light sources. There are pluralities of bar-shaped first patterns and second patters, which are arranged in the alternating way, disposed on the emission surface of the first diffusion plate. The contours of first patterns and second patterns are arc shaped. The height of first patterns is H1, and the width is W1. The height of second patterns is H2, and the width is W2. The value of H1/W1 is between 0.4 and 1. The ratio of H2/W2 versus H1/W1 is between 0.6 and 0.9.
US07784987B2
A fiber-optic device includes at least one LED light source having at least one light-emitting semiconductor surface, a fiber-optic optical waveguide having a multiplicity of individual optical fibers combined at one end to form a light-receiving entrance surface, and a lens configuration having optical lenses associated directly with one another, for imaging the light from the LED light source onto the entrance surface. In order to optimize the coupling of LED light into an optical waveguide with regard to technical complexity, efficiency and economic costs, to make the light from different types of LED light sources usable in an identical manner and to avoid undesirable optical effects during the transmission of light, the lens configuration includes at least two aspherical lenses, with at least one input lens and one output lens having an increased diameter relative thereto, and an input lens is associated with each light-emitting semiconductor surface.
US07784984B2
A lamp unit as a vehicle lamp is structured by a compact constitution including a lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a front and rear direction of the lamp, and a light emitting element arranged rearward from the lens. The light emitting element is arranged at a vicinity of the rear side focal point in a state of inclining a light emitting chip in a skewed upper direction relative to a direction of a front face of the lamp. A vicinity of the light emitting element is arranged with a reflector for reflecting light from the light emitting chip to the lens. Light directed in a direction proximate to the optical axis emitted from the light emitting chip is incident on the lens, and also most of other light is made to be incident on the lens by being reflected by the reflector.
US07784973B2
An LED wall lamp includes a heat sink having a base, an LED module attached to a top surface of the base of the heat sink, an envelope attached to the top surface of the base and receiving the LED module therein, and a cover coupled to a top of the base and covering a part of the envelope. The heat sink includes a circular base, a cylindrical transferring portion extending downwards from a bottom surface of the base, and a plurality of radial partition fins. The fins extend evenly and outwards from an outer surface of the transferring portion and simultaneously extending downwards from the bottom surface of the base. Engaging poles extend downwardly from the base of the heat sink for securing the LED wall lamp to a wall.
US07784970B2
The present invention discloses a heat dissipating structure of a light source utility that includes a rear-located heat dissipating element, a light source generating element, a thermally conductive mounting element and a front-located heat dissipating element. The rear-located heat dissipating element has a first surface, and a light source generating element arranged on the first surface. The thermally conductive mounting element is arranged around the light source generating element on the first surface. The front-located heat dissipating element is arranged on the thermally conductive mounting element, and has at least one hole corresponding to the light source generating element. The heat generated from the light source generating element is conducted to the rear-located heat dissipating element, and the thermally conductive mounting element further conducts the heat to the front-located heat dissipating element for heat dissipation.
US07784969B2
A light emitting diode (LED) based light engine that can replace a conventional PAR type bulb with no modifications to a host lighting fixture is provided. The light engine includes a thermally conductive housing including a generally cylindrical wall defining a cavity, an outer surface of the wall includes a plurality of axially radiating fins and disposed on an inner surface of the wall is an annular center wall dividing the cavity into a first, upper cavity and a second, lower cavity; a light module including at least one LED is disposed in the first, upper cavity and configured to contact the annular center wall, wherein heat generated by the at least one LED is disposed in the second, lower cavity and electrically coupled to the light module.
US07784966B2
A light fixture includes a raceway, a lampholder, and a power pack. The raceway includes an aperture and a locking aperture. The lampholder is electrically connected to a lampholder connector. The power pack includes a power pack cover and a ballast. The power pack cover includes a latching end. The ballast includes a power input connector adapted to electrically connect to a power cord and a ballast output connector adapted to electrically connect to the lampholder connector. The latching end includes a flange adapted to mate with the aperture of the raceway and a locking protrusion adapted to mate with the locking aperture of the raceway such that the power pack is detachably mountable to the raceway.
US07784961B1
A decorative Christmas tree lighting system with individual light strands for each tree bough or branch is herein disclosed, comprising a central bus wire located near the trunk of the tree and a series of five (5) to ten (10) single-ended lighting strands originating in an outward or radial pattern therefrom the central bus wire. Each of these lighting “branch” strands has approximately ten (10) to twenty (20) individual light bulbs, depending on the overall size, and is routed along or around an individual branch or bough of the tree. Each individual light strand is held in place with at least two (2) clip means, one (1) near the outer end of the branch, and one (1) near the tree trunk, which help hold the lights in place. The central bus wire comprises a plurality of electrical plugs on each end to allow for end-to-end connection of multiple light systems. In such a manner, any size tree can be illuminated by simply adding additional light systems.
US07784956B2
A light source is used to extend the operating period of light-activated materials in gazing globes and other decorative or ornamental objects. A gazing globe according to the invention includes a hollow glass globe supported on a stand. Photoluminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent material is deposited on, or embedded in, the globe. A light-emitting diode (LED) is supported within the globe to activate the material. A solar cell is used to charge one or more batteries, and a light detector is used to switch power from the battery to the source of light when a sufficient level of darkness is detected. A violet or ultraviolet LED may be used as the light source, with the solar cell is supported on the stand. The material deposited on, or embedded in, the globe may intentionally glow in a swirling pattern when activated.
US07784953B2
An apparatus includes a mirror head assembly including a rearwardly-extending ball section, and a mirror support assembly including a tube having a larger-diameter mid-section and a smaller-diameter tapered end section. A socket on the mirror support assembly, when in the end section, captures the ball section with friction to permit angular adjustment but with enough friction to maintain a selected angular position. A spring biases the socket from the mid-section into the end section, but is compressible so that assembly is possible by pressing the ball section against the socket, causing the socket to move from the end section into the mid-section where the ball section snaps into the socket. It is conceived that the ball section and socket components can be reversed, and also that the mirror support assembly can include a two-ball mount, with a ball-and-socket connection at each end.
US07784935B2
Eyewear includes a left temple and a right temple. Each of the temples has a cavity sized to receive an audio device such as a BlueTooth transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a remote device like a cell phone or a digital sound device. The BlueTooth transceiver may be placed in the cavity of either temple with the other temple cavity covered with a cover plate. An earphone may be connected to the BlueTooth transceiver through a receptacle. The earphone delivers the audible sound to the user's ear. The receptacle of the BlueTooth transceiver to which the earphone connects is also configured to receive the connector from a charger to charge a rechargeable battery in the BlueTooth transceiver. The eyewear may also be configured with cover plates over the cavity in both of the temples or with an audio device in both cavities to provide audible signals to both ears of the user.
US07784933B2
An improved handheld printer includes projectors to project images of the various page content that remains to be printed on the page. By providing this visual indication of locations of the page that remain to be printed, the projectors assist the user in achieving full coverage of the page when moving the handheld printer across the page. The projectors emit a narrow beam of light that can be rapidly scanned, with the assistance of micromirror-based optics, over points composing an area on the page to create a visual image to guide the user along the page. The projectors can be used to project an actual image of the page content to be printed. Alternatively, the projectors can project signals or other meaningful information onto the page that provide instructions to the user or point the user towards void areas that have been missed.
US07784922B2
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: a plurality of plate members which are laminated with an adhesion layer interposed therebetween; and an ink flow path for an ink, which is formed through the plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members include: a first plate member which includes a first surface; and a second plate member which is adjacent to the first plate member and includes a second surface facing to the first surface through the adhesion layer. A work of adhesion of the ink to each of the first and second surfaces at a portion surrounding the ink flow path is 0.065 J/m2 or less.
US07784907B2
A printhead assembly includes a chassis, an ink reservoir secured on the chassis and printhead modules attached to the reservoir. Each printhead module includes a first molding defining a plurality of ink chambers and a plurality of clips. The clips are releasably engaged with receiving formations defined by the ink reservoir. A second molding is in engagement with the fist molding to cover the ink chambers. A sub-assembly is attached to the second molding. The sub-assembly includes an ink ejection integrated circuit which is supplied with ink from the ink chambers via the second molding and a Tape Automated Bond (TAB) film which is electrically connected to the integrated circuit.
US07784904B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of nozzles, each including an ejection outlet for ejecting a droplet, an ejection energy generating element, disposed at a position opposing the ejection outlet, for generating energy for ejecting a droplet, a pressure chamber provided with the ejection energy generating element and fluidly communicating with the ejection outlet, and a supply passage for supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber. The nozzles include a first nozzle and a second nozzle, which are connected with respective supply passages having lengths different from each other. The first nozzle and the second nozzle are disposed at one end portion with respect to a widthwise direction of an elongated supply chamber for supplying the liquid to the first nozzle. The supply passage for the first nozzle extends in a direction perpendicular to a direction of liquid ejection from the ejection outlet and fluidly communicates with the supply chamber, and wherein the supply passage for the second nozzle extends in a direction parallel with the direction of liquid ejection.
US07784902B2
A printhead integrated circuit having a monolithic wafer substrate supporting an array of droplet ejectors for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto print media. Each drop ejector has a nozzle and an actuator for ejecting a drop of printing fluid through the nozzle. The array has more than 10000 of the droplet ejectors so that it provides a high nozzle pitch and the printhead has a very high ‘true’ print resolution—i.e. the high number of dots per inch is achieved by a high number of nozzles per inch.
US07784900B2
An imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes a carriage that moves back and forth along the main scanning direction, plural recording heads mounted on the carriage that discharge recording liquid, a guide that guides the carriage in the main scanning direction, a power source and a drive pulley that drive the carriage to move in the main scanning direction, a driven pulley that transmits the drive power from the power source to the carriage, and a motion transmitting element that is arranged over the drive pulley and the driven pulley. The carriage is forced toward the guide by a tension generated by deflecting an extending direction of the motion transmitting element.
US07784892B2
A scale is provided with a plurality of marks or slits arranged in a first direction such that a distance between centers of adjacent marks or slits in the first direction assumes a first length. An encoder is opposing the scale and includes: a photo emitter, operable to emit light; and a plurality of photo detectors, each of which has a light receiving region adapted to receive the light emitted from the photo emitter and transmitted by way of the marks or slits, and is operable to output a detection signal in accordance with a quantity of the light received by the light receiving region, so that the detection signal has a first cycle corresponding to the first length. A control signal generator is operable to generate a control signal having a second cycle which is (½n1) of the first cycle. A controller is operable to estimate a rotation speed of a motor based on a third cycle which is defined by subsequent (2n1) second cycles. Here, n1 is an integer no less than one.
US07784888B2
A refrigerator includes a body; a compartment within the body; a container within the compartment, the container being moveable along a first direction; an electrical device, the electrical device moving along with the container in the first direction when the container moves along the first direction; and a conductor for providing an electrical signal to the electrical device, the conductor being extendable and retractable in the first direction when the electrical device moves along the first direction.
US07784887B2
A toolbox assembly 10 which is adapted to allow material to be easily and securely stored and retrieved and which is aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.
US07784885B2
An adjustable storage system includes one or more adjustable storage units. The storage units generally comprise opposing panels comprising a polymer material and one or more shelf supports means that are integral with the panels. Shelves and/or drawers, also made from polymer materials, may then be disposed between the panels. Storage units may be added to the storage system by adding additional panels. In some embodiments, adjacent storage units of a storage unit may share a panel.
US07784879B2
A brake system assembly for a motor vehicle is provided comprising an air compressor operably engaged to the motor vehicle engine; a compressed air control device; at least one supply circuit for retaining compressed air in fluid communication with the compressed air control device; a service brake operably engaged by the application of compressed air; a parking brake operably disengaged by the application of compressed air; a dash control assembly having a parking brake control; a plurality of functional conduits for fluid communication; and a plurality of valves for manipulating compressed air including a foot brake valve for selectively engaging the brake system.
US07784877B1
The wheel shield apparatus provides a selectively folded first panel and second panel, each having a plurality of hingedly adjoined radial segments and also provides clear panels so that wheels and hubcaps can be seen. The optional elastic cord hooks the apparatus to a wheel and tire. The folding radial segments provide for compact storage and transport when desired. The segments are easily folded out and the two panels fastened together to quickly form a shield for wheels and hubcaps, against chemicals, especially sprays which are typically used. Each segment of each panel is doubly hinged to the next to ensure durability.
US07784876B2
A motorcycle wheel assembly having a wheel with a central hub and an axle extending centrally through the hub with interior wheel bearings and at least one brake disc in abutment with the outside surface of the hub is provided with at least a wheel cover fitted onto a spacer surrounding the axle between the brake disc and the lower extremity of an adjacent fork in order to protect the wheel bearings and the mounting bolts from sand and grit. The wheel cover includes a shoulder portion on one side through which a spacer and an axle extend and an outer lip overlying the brake disc and mounting bolts.
US07784874B2
A child safety seat tether anchor for securing a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle is provided. The child safety seat tether anchor may comprise a metal strip cooperating with a plurality of vertically offset pins extending from a surface of an engagement structure and positioned along a length of the metal strip. The metal strip is bent by the plurality of pins along a length of the metal strip so that when pulled in tension, the metal strip slides while bending around the pins to absorb energy.
US07784867B2
A seat assembly for a vehicle, such as a school bus, accommodates two or three passengers, depending on the size and stature of the passengers. The seat assembly is equipped with three seatbelts and five buckles spaced along a seatback. When three passengers are utilizing the seat assembly, each of the three seatbelts and three of the buckles are utilized. When two passengers are utilizing the seat assembly, two of the seatbelts and the remaining two buckles are utilized. The seatbelts and buckles are visually coded and/or keyed to prevent improper use. When the buckles are not being utilized, they are housed in cavities formed in the seatback to avoid interference with the passengers.
US07784866B2
An occupant restraint device 10 in which a bag is disposed without being folded includes a bag 12 disposed above the seat pan 8 and being inflatable to push a front portion of the seat cushion from below, and a gas generator 14 for inflating the bag 12. The bag 12 is disposed on the seat pan 8 in a flattened state without being folded.
US07784865B2
A technology is provided effective for aiming at improving an assembling capability of an airbag module in a vehicle seat, on which an airbag module is mounted having a construction in which an airbag is developed and expanded from a downside to an upside of the seat cushion, against a movement of the vehicle occupant in a front of the motor vehicle, in a condition of the occupant being seated in the vehicle seat, at a time when an accident occurs. A vehicle seat with respect to the present invention is constructed such that a hollow portion that is caved downward, which is provided in a seat pan is capable of holding an airbag module.
US07784852B2
A sealing device is provided for a vehicle having a door movable between a closed and an opened position. The door defines a fishmouth aperture. A striker pin is configured to enter the fishmouth aperture when the door closes and exit the fishmouth aperture when the door opens. The sealing device is configured to at least partially seal the fishmouth aperture while allowing the striker pin to enter and exit the fishmouth aperture.
US07784844B2
A concave notch portion to which an interference body is fitted is formed in an interference region with the interference body existing in an incorporated portion of at least one side edge portion of an interior trim member. A cushion body made of an elastically deformable material is arranged in a periphery including the concave notch portion, and a structure member made of a material which is light and harder than the cushion body is arranged in the other region than the arranged region of the cushion body in the interior trim member. The skin member, the structure member and the cushion body are integrated by a molding. Consequently, an interior trim member is removable from an incorporated position, even in the case that a post exists in a driver seat, in the rigid interior trim member incorporated in the driver seat of various work vehicle.
US07784834B2
A clamp for clamping to two threadedly-connected items, and, in one aspect, two threadedly-connected components of a top drive system.
US07784830B2
A telescoping steering column assembly has an inner jacket and an outer jacket telescopically engaged with a sleeve between the inner and outer jackets. The sleeve has internal and external ribs which run parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve, the internal ribs contacting an outer surface of the inner jacket, and the external ribs contacting an inner surface of the outer jacket. The internal and external ribs are circumferentially offset to allow the wall of the sleeve to flex relative to the opposing surfaces of the jackets, resulting in smooth telescoping action of the assembly without lash. In addition, the system provides a constant collapsing force and provides guidance for a controlled collapse of either a telescoping or non-telescoping column assembly in a vehicle crash impact.
US07784827B2
An airbag inflator that contains a first quantity of inflation gas. This gas may be housed in a chamber. A quantity of liquid fuel may also be added. This fuel may be housed within a liquid fuel chamber. The quantity of inflation gas may operate to pressurize the liquid fuel chamber. A piezo-valve is also added. The piezo-valve seals the liquid fuel chamber. The piezo-valve is capable of variably releasing liquid fuel from the chamber such that when this secondary liquid is ignited, the airbag inflation gas can be augmented as desired.
US07784825B2
A vehicle steering wheel includes a gas bag module (16) and an immovably fastened component (18), in particular a shield, adjacent to the gas bag module (16). The vehicle steering wheel further includes at least one separate elastic positioning element (22) which establishes the position of the gas bag module (16) relative to the adjacent component.
US07784823B2
A vehicle occupant restraint system has a side gas bag which is arranged folded along a roof frame of a vehicle. The side gas bag is configured such that in an inflated condition a front inflatable section at a front end of the side gas bag projects further into the vehicle interior than an inflatable portion adjoining the front inflatable section in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
US07784821B2
The present invention relates to an airbag deployment device for decreasing peak pressure of an airbag in which an inflation tube is provided to a tear seam of a cover and an inflation tube is connected to an inflator through a gas supply tube. When the inflator is operated, the tear seam is torn due to the inflation of inflation tube before the airbag is deployed toward the outside of the cover. Accordingly, when the airbag is deployed, the peak pressure is significantly decreased. As a result, even though a passenger collides with the airbag to be deployed, it is possible to obtain an advantage of decreasing the degree of injury.
US07784818B2
At least one guide member extends longitudally along at least a portion of a stowed side curtain airbag. At least one guide ramp directs deployment of the side curtain airbag toward the openable passage defined at least in part by one or more trim pieces. The guide member surrounds the side curtain airbag on three sides to define an airbag deployment opening facing a rear surface of the one or more trim pieces adjacent the openable passage. The interior trim stucture covers the stowed side curtain airbag and allows deployment of the side curtain airbag through an interface joint to a position along a sidewall of a passenger compartment adjacent a rear seat location of a two-door coupe style vehicle. The interface joint defines an openable passage along the first and second abutting edges allowing deployment of a side curtain airbag through the interface joint.
US07784808B2
The present invention discloses a rear-pedaling standing type bicycle structure having a driving means installed at a front end of a bicycle frame and proximate to a corresponding line of front and rear wheels, and pedals pivotally coupled to both lateral sides of the front end of the bicycle frame for up and down movements. The driving means can be driven up and down alternately by the left and right pedals, and a link wheel is provided for transmitting kinetic forces to the rear wheel to drive the bicycle, so that the bicycle can be operated and driven in a special unique way to achieve the effects of expanding the exercising range and giving more fun to the exercise and game.
US07784793B2
A roping practice apparatus includes a base and at least one wheel rotatably mounted to the base about a horizontal wheel axis oriented transverse to the base and below the top surface of the base, the wheel defiling at least one slot extending from a rim of the wheel toward the wheel axis. The rim of the wheel extends above the top surface of the base. An upper portion defines a wheel well on a bottom surface thereof, and is configured such that the wheel extends upward into the wheel well. The upper portion is supported above the base such that a gap is formed between the upper portion and the base. The wheel is configured such that a selected object drawn through the gap enters the at least one slot on the wheel and causes the wheel to rotate. A retainer mechanism is operative to prevent the upper portion from moving upward away from the base.
US07784790B2
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into a second group of cards, wherein the second group of cards is randomly arranged or shuffled. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first group of cards, a single stack of card-receiving compartments generally adjacent to the card receiver, the stack generally vertically movable, an elevator for moving the stack, a card-moving mechanism between the card receiver and the stack for moving cards one at a time into a selected one of the compartments, another card moving mechanism for moving cards from one of the compartments to a second card receiver and a microprocessor that controls the card-moving mechanisms and the elevator. A count of cards within specified areas of the card handling system is maintained and card handling is halted and all cards counted by adding a count of all cards not within the specified areas to the total of cards counted within the specified areas.
US07784787B2
An equipment (22) for the automatic deposit of banknotes (23) comprising a transaction port (33) for receiving a stack (24) of banknotes, a separating device (36) for separating the constituting sheets of the stack (24), a validation device (37) for discriminating the constituting sheets as recognized banknotes and constituting sheets not recognized, a transport mechanism (38, 39) servo-dependent on the validation device to drag said constituting sheets along differentiated paths (72, 73) for the recognized banknotes and the constituting sheets not recognized, and a box assembly (51) adjacent to the transaction port. The box assembly (51) includes two storage boxes (53, 54) and is shiftable among at least three different positions. The three positions are associated with predetermined conditions of communication of the storage boxes (53, 54) with the transaction port (33), the separating device (36) and the transport mechanism (38, 39) to receive the stack, transfer the stack to the separating device, temporarily store as banknote sub-stack and as discard sub-stack the recognized banknotes and, respectively, the constituting sheets not recognized and to return, by request, the discard sub-stack and the banknote sub-stack.
US07784785B2
Apparatus for forming sheet stacks and delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing machine having a stop
An apparatus for forming stacks in sheet-processing machines, in particular printing machines, includes side stops moving back and forth. The stops are divided into upper and lower parts. The lower part can be displaced vertically or in slotted guides and can interact with a switch in order to switch off a stack lift drive.
US07784782B2
A modular print engine assembly for a peripheral comprises an upper paper support, a tray base, the upper paper support pivotally connected to one of the tray base or an extender disposed between the upper paper support and the tray base. The extender allows the modular print engine to be utilized across multiple print models or platforms with housings of various shape and size.
US07784777B2
A sheet loader for loading a folded sheet bundle provided from a sheet bundle provider with a folded edge of the folded sheet bundle in a lead, including: an undersurface support configured to support an undersurface of the folded sheet bundle provided from the sheet bundle provider; a folded edge blocker configured to take a blocking position to block the folded edge of the folded sheet bundle on the undersurface support and a releasing position to release the folded sheet bundle; and a joint configured to evacuate from an orbit of the folded edge blocker returning from the releasing position to the blocking position, the joint is configured to join the undersurface support with the folded edge blocker at the blocking position after the returning to the blocking position.
US07784770B2
A membrane exchange humidifier employs a water permeable membrane comprising a microporous polymer and a hydrophilic additive. In operation, the membrane preferably has favorable water transmission properties and resists transmission of reactant gas or other components. The membrane is suitable for use even when permeable in its dry condition to the wet or dry gases in the humidifier, and/or when the wet and dry gases are of different composition. By wetting the membrane, the presence of an amount of liquid water in the wet gas can reduce gas transmission through the membrane to an acceptable level. The humidifier is useful in fuel cell systems in which a reactant gas supply stream, such as the oxidant supply stream, is humidified primarily using water vapor from a fuel cell reactant exhaust stream. The humidifier is particularly suitable for use in conjunction with solid polymer fuel cell systems. The improved mechanical and welding properties of the membrane allow for a simpler humidifier configuration.
US07784767B2
A boat lift drive for connection to a winch having a winch shaft. The boat lift drive includes a power unit, a drive train engaged to and being driven by the power unit, and a drive shaft engaged to and being driven by the drive train. The drive shaft in turn is engaged to and drives the winch shaft. The drive shaft includes an interior threaded opening that engages a threaded end of the winch shaft to directly connect the drive shaft to the winch shaft. The drive shaft is further engaged to the winch shaft via a pin that extends through the drive shaft and is threaded into the winch shaft.
US07784744B2
A clamp for connecting a pair of orthogonally disposed pipes. The clamp may comprise a pair of identical clamp halves or brackets, or a pair of mirror-image clamp halves or brackets, each bracket having a centrally located plate portion having one or more apertures, an upper surface, a lower surface and spaced apart ends, each of the ends carrying a curved jaw designed to conform to cylindrical outer surfaces of the pipes. The lower surfaces of the plate portions of the pair of clamp brackets are disposed in confronting relationship with their apertures in alignment, the pair of brackets being coupled with one or more fasteners passing through the aligned apertures. The end jaws of one of the brackets are in opposed relationship with the corresponding end jaws of the other of the brackets, wherein the end jaws of the coupled brackets define a pair of generally cylindrical pipe gripping surfaces each having a longitudinal central axis. The orientation of the jaws relative to their respective plate portions is such that the longitudinal central axis of one of the pair of generally cylindrical pipe gripping surfaces is orthogonal to the longitudinal central axis of the other of the pair of generally cylindrical pipe gripping surfaces.
US07784730B2
A device is provided for use in covering a danger area on a roll changer that can carry at least one roll of material to be directed to a rotary, web-fed printing press. A cover is provided with a drive that can move the cover. A control unit is provided to control the drive for the cover. The cover is closed in a first operational state and is open in a second operational state. The roll of material, that is supported by the roll changer, has a first rotational speed or web speed when the cover is in the first, closed operational state. In the second, cover opened, operational state, the roll of material also has a second rotational or web speed which is greater than zero. A method for controlling a device on a roll changer is also disclosed.
US07784727B1
A cable reel mechanism includes a main body, a cable reel, a cable, a volute spring and a switching element. The main body has a receiving room defined therein and a limiting groove. The cable reel is turnably disposed in the receiving room of the main body and has a track groove in which a ball bearing is disposed. One portion of the ball bearing engages with the limiting groove of the main body. The cable is reeled on the cable reel. The switching element is disposed on the main body and has a pressing portion which detachably presses the ball bearing. The cable reel mechanism can be switched to different operation modes via the switching element, so that users can pull then retract the cable rapidly and directly to adjust the length of the cable, therefore the operation is easier and more convenient.
US07784726B2
A seatbelt retractor for storing seatbelt webbing that can be utilized to restrain an occupant of a motor vehicle. The retractor includes a retractor frame and a plurality of spools rotatably coupled to the retractor frame and spaced a distance apart from each other. Seatbelt webbing can be withdrawn from the seatbelt retractor to extend about an occupant of a seat of the motor vehicle and releasably coupled to a buckle provided to the motor vehicle in a withdrawn state, and collected by the seatbelt retractor in a retracted state. A length of the seatbelt webbing adjacent to a terminal end thereof is collected at least partially around the plurality of spools in the retracted state.
US07784717B2
A method for fabricating a nozzle includes providing at least two plates. At least one of the at least two plates includes a first opening. Each plate includes at least one mating surface. The method also includes stacking the at least two plates together such that a mating surface of a first of the at least two plates is substantially flush against a mating surface of a second of the at least two plates, and such that a fluid passage is at least partially defined by the at least two plates. The method also includes orienting the at least two plates relative to each other such that the opening within at least one of the at least two plates at least partially defines an outlet for discharging fluid from the fluid passage.
US07784702B2
Methods, computer program products, systems and data structures for generating a bar code are described. The bar code may include a first bar code and a second bar code. The first bar code includes a first number system character, a GS1 company prefix, a family code, a value code and a check digit, and the second bar code includes a second number system character and an application identifier. The family code of the first bar code, in some implementations, may be generated based on brand and/or sub-brand of associated products.
US07784699B2
A data storage device includes a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor outputs a temperature signal corresponding to a detected temperature. An identification unit connected to the temperature sensor generates and outputs an identification signal based on the temperature signal. A plurality of such data storage devices can therefore be identified by their relative position to an interrogator which outputs heat.
US07784695B2
A planar laser illumination module (PLIM) including: (i) a laser illumination source driven preferably by high frequency modulated (HFM) diode current drive circuitry; (ii) a beam collimating optics disposed beyond the laser illumination source; (ii) an optical beam multiplexer (OMUX) device disposed beyond the collimating optics; and (iv) a planarizing-type illumination lens array disposed beyond the OMUX device, and arranged for generating a plurality of substantially planar coherence-reduced laser illumination beams (PLIBs) that form a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) having substantially reduced spatial/temporal coherence.
US07784693B2
A subscriber identity module (SIM) card includes: a printed circuit board; a circuit provided on the printed circuit board and capable of executing SIM and RFID functions; a set of circuit contacts provided on the printed circuit board, electrically connected to the circuit via conductive paths, and conforming to a SIM specification; a set of antenna contacts provided on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit via conductive paths; and a protective plate fixed to the printed circuit board and conforming to standard dimensions of the SIM card. An assembly of the SIM card and a RFID antenna is also disclosed.
US07784690B1
A system, method and apparatus for maintaining the location of a removable data medium once that removable data medium has been taken off-line is provided. Such a capability is provided by a mobile device that includes a data transmission mechanism configured to transmit the identity of a data medium and an identity of the location of that data medium. The transmission from the mobile device is received by a web service module that provides the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store. In one embodiment, the data store comprises an identification of each of a plurality of data media, the status of each of the data media indicating whether that data medium is on or off-line, and if off-line the identity of the location of the off-line data medium.
US07784681B2
A method of tracking a security document having disposed thereon or therein a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the security document. The method includes having a computer system receive indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device being responsive to sensing of the coded data to generate indicating data indicative of the identity of the product item. The computer system uses the indicating data to update tracking data stored in a data store, the tracking data being indicative of the identity of the security document and tracking information.
US07784675B2
A carton can be placed in a dispensing configuration by separating the carton into dispenser sections. The dispenser sections may be connected by a hinge that allows the sections to stand side-by-side.
US07784670B2
A practical bonding technique is provided for solid-phase room-temperature bonding which does not require a profile irregularity of the order of several nanometers, in which a high-vacuum energy wave treatment and continuous high-vacuum bonding are not required.Since an adhering substance layer is thin immediately after a surface activating treatment using an energy wave, a bonding interface is spread by crushing the adhering substance layer to perform bonding, so that a new surface appears on a bonding surface, and objects to be bonded are bonded together. In order to crush the adhering substance layer more easily, a bonding metal of a bonding portion of the object to be bonded needs to have a low hardness. According to the results of various experiments conducted by the present inventors, it was found that the hardness of the bonding portion which is a Vickers hardness of 200 Hv or less is particularly effective for room-temperature bonding.
US07784665B2
A motor vehicle car body framing apparatus for use at a welding station, the apparatus including a gate having a frame structure and a plurality of tooling members carried by the frame structure for use in positioning components of the vehicle body at the welding station for welding. The tooling members are mounted on the frame structure by a plurality of mounting brackets. Each mounting bracket includes a base member mounted on the frame structure and a riser mounted on the base and mounting a respective tooling member. The riser is fixedly mounted on the base by a single central fastener bolt which may include a reduced diameter portion sized to breakaway in response to predetermined impact against the riser. The interface between the riser and the base comprises a plurality of contact points arranged in concentric relation with respect to the fastener bolt. The contact points may comprise a plurality of circumferentially spaced balls mounted on the base for coaction with circumferentially spaced grooves defined on the riser. A breakaway bolt assembly replacement kit is also disclosed as well as an arrangement wherein the riser is constituted by an integral extension arm of the tooling member.
US07784662B2
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use includes a proximal portion that is manipulated external to a patient to position an attached elongate shaft and end effector to a desired surgical site inside of the patient. An articulation joint pivotally attaches the end effector to the elongate shaft to give further clinical flexibility in reaching tissue at a desired angle. A closure tube assembly includes a single pivoting portion that overrides the articulation joint in order to distally translate to the end effector to close, yet pass over an articulated shaft by having a multiple pivot frame ground encompassed therein to accommodate the longitudinal change in closure sleeve pivot. Thereby, additional clinical flexibility in positioning the end effector is achieved without losing the ability for separate closure and firing motions transferred by the shaft.
US07784656B2
A Bumper and bike rack assembly especially suitable for use as the front bumper assembly of a bus. The assembly includes a rigid structural member adapted to extend transversely of the bus and defining a series of laterally spaced slots extending vertically in a front wall of the member; a rubberized fascia member including a vertical front wall spaced forwardly of the front wall of the structural member and constituting the forward contact surface for the bumper and a series of laterally spaced notches respectively aligned with the slots in the structural member; and a bike rack including laterally spaced pivot arms each having a lower pivot end journaled on the structural member rearwardly of the front wall of the structural member and below a top wall of the structural member and extending from the pivot end outwardly through a respective slot in the structural member front wall and through an aligned notch in the fascia member for connection to a main body structure of the rack whereby to mount the rack for pivotal movement between a working position in which the pivot arms extend forwardly through the slots and aligned notches in the fascia to position the main body of the rack forwardly of the fascia and a raised, stowed position in which the pivot arms extend upwardly through the slots to position the rack above the fascia and rearwardly of the forward contact surface of the bumper.
US07784649B2
An aerosol texturing system for applying a layer of texture material on an uncoated portion of a substrate substantially to match a coated portion of the substrate, comprises an aerosol assembly, texture material, and propellant material. The aerosol assembly defines a product chamber and is selectively operable in a first mode in which the product chamber is sealed and in a second mode in which fluid is allowed to flow out of the product chamber along a dispensing passageway. The texture material and propellant material are disposed within the product chamber. The texture material has a base portion and a particulate portion containing at least one particulate material. When the aerosol assembly is in the second mode, the propellant material is adapted to force the texture material out of the aerosol assembly along the dispensing passageway and onto the uncoated portion of the substrate.
US07784643B1
A vending machine messaging system for displaying messages within a vending machine. The vending machine messaging system generally includes a vending machine having a window, a display unit attached to an interior surface of the window and a server in communication with the display unit via a communications network. The server communicates various messages to be displayed by the display unit such as advertisements, stock quotes, news, weather, nutritional content of the merchandise and the like. The vendor is able to add their own messages for display on their vending machines by communicating with the server. Advertisers add various advertisements to the server which are then reviewed and disseminated to the appropriate vending machines.
US07784639B2
This invention relates to the preform to produce a plastic container for packaging foodstuffs, and especially to blow mould thin-walled containers which can be hermetically closed with a metal lid by double seaming. The preform (1) includes a body (4) and a convex hemispherical bottom (6). The body (4) has a conical shape that flares towards a cylindrical neck (2) surrounded by a flange (3) that terminates in a thickened rim (5). Preferably, the angle (α) at which the internal body surface (4) flares towards the cylindrical neck is greater than the angle (β) at which the external body surface (4) opens upwards, and the thickness (g2) of the cylindrical neck (2) is less than the thickness (g3) of the bottom (6).
US07784637B2
A multi-piece seal has an outer member and an inner member partly disposed in the outer member. In cross section, the outer member has a C-shape and defines a channel, and the inner member is round and has a pair of lobes extending away from its body.
US07784630B2
There is provided a gasket element having at least one first inner layer and at least one first outer layer. Each of the at least two layers have differing material properties. The gasket element is well suited to cooperate with an ingress/egress opening of a container that in turn is well suited to retain an active pressure and/or temperature sensitive substance. The gasket element may be operatively connected to a cap element that is suitable to selectively close the at least one ingress/egress opening of the container. The cap element may be a stand alone sealing cap or may be operatively associated with a spray nozzle or the like.
US07784627B2
A device for suspending a rail, particularly a running rail of an overhead conveyor or of a lifting apparatus, on a traveling mechanism or supporting framework with a traction element, which is fastened at one end to the rail. The traction element is passed through by a bolt, which is fastened to the rail via a fixing device. The traction element consists of a single part and comprises a lower borehole for the bolt and an upper borehole for fastening to the traveling mechanism or to the supporting framework.
US07784609B2
A convertible holder for enclosing a consumer article formed by at least two combinable pieces forming an enclosure wherein at least one combinable piece may be converted from forming a part of the enclosure to a support base that attaches to another combinable piece at a transverse angle and the other combinable piece continues to partially enclose the article. The combination of base and enclosing pieces supporting the article at a height above a base surface.
US07784608B2
The invention provides contact lens packages in which removal of the lens is facilitated by elevating the lens when the package is opened.
US07784603B2
A gripper for containers, in particular for bottles, with at least first and second gripper arms (1, 2) which are mounted such that they can pivot and are acted on in the gripping pivoting direction by magnetically interacting permanent magnets such as, permanent magnets which simultaneously repel one another and attract one another are arranged in such a way that the sum of the repelling and attracting forces which act in the gripping pivoting direction on the gripper arms is substantially constant within a predetermined gripping range (d1 to d2) of the gripper which covers different container gripping sizes.
US07784599B2
An automated grouping system of bakery products increases a quantity of bakery products that may be fed to equipment having a larger processing capacity. The automated grouping system includes a supporting structure laterally arranged adjacent to a conveyor of bakery products. The structure includes two longitudinally-arranged lateral rails. Sliding supports, along with first linear driving actuators of regulated stroke, are mounted on the lateral rails. Each sliding support includes a vertical post and a cross guide fixed at an upper portion thereof. The structure also includes a pair of second linear vertical actuators, which support and actuate a pair of pulling plates and positioning mechanisms of bakery products. The pulling plates are also actuatable by third linear actuators of regulated stroke, which are provided on a lower cross member, to position the pulling plates in a direction transverse to a conveying direction of the bakery products.
US07784593B2
A brake pad for a bicycle comprises a backing plate formed from titanium, and a friction member bonded to the backing plate through a diffusion layer. The diffusion layer is formed at least in part by thermal spraying copper onto the backing plate. A method of constructing the brake pad comprises the steps of thermal spraying copper on a backing plate formed from titanium to form a copper layer on the backing plate, and bonding a friction member to the copper layer by forming a diffusion layer with the copper layer.
US07784587B2
A control system for a vehicle lift apparatus is provided, having an infrared wireless controller and a wired controller for operating the lift. The wired controller includes an infrared sensor for receipt of the signals from the wireless controller. The wired controller is removably attached to the vehicle lift apparatus in a position normally capable of receiving the infrared control instructions.
US07784582B2
A drive switching lever device for a vehicle for a vehicle in which a single control lever can operate both two-wheel-drive/four-wheel drive switching means and a differential lock on/off switching mechanism includes a bell crank swingably supported by a vehicle body side. A pull rod adapted to operate a switching lever of a two-wheel-drive/four-wheel-drive switching means is connected to a lever bracket and a control cable adapted to operate a switching lever of a differential lock on/off switching mechanism is connected to the bell crank. When a control lever is swung independently of the lever bracket, the bell crank is swung in engagement with the shaft portion of the control lever. The resulting configuration provides flexibility for the layout of the linkage between the control lever and the operating portion of each switching mechanism.
US07784576B2
Mechanisms are described for selectively closing grille and/or bumper openings. These mechanisms may be operated in response to one or more vehicle parameters. Closure mechanism control signals may be delivered to such mechanisms along a vehicle databus. In addition, vehicle parameters used in determining the control of such mechanisms may be sensed and provided along the databus to a controller which then processes the parameter information for determining whether to open or close the vehicle grille closing mechanism and/or the vehicle bumper opening closing mechanism.
US07784571B2
A gasoline engine powered snowboard having an endless track trained about a support frame containing driven and idler wheels. A molded chassis having a contoured track support pan cooperates with a fringed track and forward and rear foot supports to enable steering with foot and body movements. Engine operation is directed from operator directed servos coupled to the engine. The support pan exhibits a beveled contour and includes a recessed center region. The track is divided into center and right and left fringe portions defined by seriatim, lateral slits. Alternating rows of transverse, laterally offset drive lugs and ground contact lugs project from internal and external surfaces of the track. The drive lugs rotate within a contoured recess provided in the support pan. The ground contacting lugs exhibit contoured thickness profiles and provide transverse horizontal and obtuse extending portions that exhibit elongated, inverted V-shapes. Steering movements can also be effected with rollers or pads mounted to engage the ground contacting filamentary members of the track.
US07784570B2
A robotic vehicle is disclosed, which is characterized by high mobility, adaptability, and the capability of being remotely controlled in hazardous environments. The robotic vehicle includes a chassis having front and rear ends and supported on right and left driven tracks. Right and left elongated flippers are disposed on corresponding sides of the chassis and operable to pivot. A linkage connects a payload deck, configured to support a removable functional payload, to the chassis. The linkage has a first end rotatably connected to the chassis at a first pivot, and a second end rotatably connected to the deck at a second pivot. Both of the first and second pivots include independently controllable pivot drivers operable to rotatably position their corresponding pivots to control both fore-aft position and pitch orientation of the payload deck with respect to the chassis.
US07784569B2
The present invention discloses a barrier-overpassing transporter, which comprises: a support frame carrying a rider or another load; a sensing/adjusting module detecting a tilting state of the support frame and maintaining the support frame in a horizontal state; a ground contact module arranged below the support frame supporting an effective load and lifting the support frame to overpass a surface of a barrier; and a wireless transceiver module collecting and transmitting information to enable adjustments and activities responding to interior states of the transporter. Thereby, the present invention can provide a safe, stable, reliable, comfortable, convenient and low-cost barrier-overpassing transporter.
US07784559B1
A subsoil ripper for subsoil tillage, where a spur is operatively connected to the shank of the subsoil ripper; for example, operatively connected to the posterior of the shank of the subsoil ripper.
US07784555B2
A horizontal sidewall fire protection sprinkler is provided, including a deflector having a vertical face, transverse to the fluid flow from the output orifice, and a horizontal shelf positioned above and perpendicular to the vertical face. A portion of the horizontal shelf extends in the fluid flow direction by a first length, with respect to the vertical face, and this first length is less than about half of a total length of the horizontal shelf in the fluid flow direction. The sprinkler is installed in a support cup having a raised mounting platform configured to receive the sprinkler body and a cylindrical outer surface, with a front edge in a fluid flow direction, and a back edge. The mounting platform of the support cup is closer to the front edge of the support cup in an axial direction thereof than to the back edge.
US07784545B2
A method is provided for in-situ production of oil shale, gas via gas (methane) hydrates and gas shale, and steam via geothermal formations wherein a network of fractures is formed by injecting liquified gases into at least one substantially horizontally disposed fracturing borehole. Thereafter, heat can be applied to liquify the kerogen or to dissociate the gas (methane) hydrates so that oil shale oil and/or gases can be recovered from the fractured formations.
US07784544B2
Subterranean formation treatment methods incorporating a rheology model which enables prediction of fluid rheology properties during a treatment operation, where the foundation of the model is a description of the reaction chemistry which describes how the number of crosslinks and broken polymer linkages develops in time under the influence of crosslinkers, breakers, and/or thermally induced effects and pressure effects. In one aspect, when used as a tool for simulating the fluid viscosity, the model can help optimizing the fluid design and optional breaker schedule for a hydraulic fracturing treatment.
US07784543B2
A tubing component for use in a downhole environment including a tubular having a plurality of openings therein and a plurality of beaded matrixes disposed in the plurality of openings the beaded matrixes being configured to be pluggable in situ in the downhole environment. A method for controlling flow in a wellbore.
US07784541B2
A system includes a wellbore in fluid communication with a formation of interest and a fracturing slurry include a carrier fluid with a low amount of a viscosifier, an amount of proppant including a first average particle size between about 200 and 2000 μm, an amount particulates including a second average particle size between about three and ten times smaller than the first average particle size, and a third amount of particulates having a third average particle size smaller than the second average particle size. A sum of all of the particulates in the fracturing slurry exceed about 16 pounds per gallon of the carrier fluid. They system further includes a pumping device that creates a propped fracture in the formation of interest with the fracturing slurry, and a removal agent that removes the second amount of particulates and/or the third amount of particulates from the propped fracture.
US07784538B2
A transmitter generates an acoustic ping in a fluid in a borehole, and a receiver monitors waves resulting from the acoustic ping. Responsive to the monitored waves, an attribute of the fluid is estimated, including a sonic velocity, a mixture of gas and oil, a mixture of water and oil, an amount of sand, an amount of gas, an amount of skin effect, or a depth of fluid. An operation of the artificial lift device is then controlled responsive to the estimated attribute. Alternately, a sonic velocity is estimated for the fluid through an analysis of a sample pumped to the surface or through an analysis of monitored waves. A depth of the fluid is calculated responsive to the estimated sonic velocity for the fluid in the borehole and the monitored T-waves. The operation of the artificial lift device is then controlled responsive to the calculated depth of fluid.
US07784527B2
The present invention provides a continuous casting method of steel preventing alumina and other nonmetallic inclusions becoming causes of slivers and argon bubbles becoming causes of blowholes from being entrained and thereby enabling the production of a cast slab superior in surface and internal quality, that is, one giving an inside bore 21 of an immersion nozzle 21 a horizontal sectional shape of an elliptical shape or oblong shape with a length ratio DL/DS of that long axis DL and short axis DS of 1.2 to 3.8, making a direction of that long axis substantially parallel to a long side direction of the casting mold 3, and making the sliding direction of the sliding nozzle 1 a direction perpendicular to said long axis to supply the molten steel in the casting mold 3. Note that a ratio S1/S0 of a sectional area S1 at a smallest sectional area part 23 of the inside bore 21 and a sectional area S0 of a nozzle hole 11 of the sliding nozzle 1 is made 0.5 to 0.95
US07784526B2
A sand-introducing device that uses air for introducing molding sand in a molding space or spaces is provided. The device is provided with air-permeable partitioning plates that define a double-walled structure together with the wall of the body of the device. The air-permeable partitioning plates are easily produced, they can easily inject pressurized air of a desired pressure, and they will not need regular maintenance. The body of the device, which acts as a pressure tank, defines a double-walled structure together with the air-permeable partitioning plates (10, 11), thereby defining chambers (12, 13). In the sand-introducing device that uses air, while molding sand is fluidized by pressurized air injected from the air-permeable partitioning plates, it is introduced in a molding space. Each air-permeable partitioning plate is made of a porous resin or metal.
US07784522B2
A rolling shutter and a slat for use in a rolling shutter are provided. The slat comprises an engaging track located at a first edge and a receptacle track located at a second edge. Illustratively, the engaging track has a hook-shaped profile and is disposed at an acute angle relative to an adjacent part of the body portion, is disposed at an angle of less than 180° relative to a vertical axis of the slat, or has a hook-shaped profile that curves for more than 180°, and the receptacle track comprises a lip and a guard defining a space adapted to receive therein an engaging track of an adjacent slat.
US07784516B2
An automatic nose strip bonding apparatus for a face mask is disclosed, including a nose strip providing mechanism, a nose strip turnover mechanism, and a press-to-bond device. The nose strip providing mechanism drives a nose strip forward and carries out stamping operation on the nose strip, and applies a bonding agent to the nose strip. The nose strip turnover mechanism serves to turn over the nose strip that has already been applied with the bonding agent to allow the surface of the nose strip on which the bonding agent is applied to face a face mask. The press-to-bond device includes a first bonding device and a second bonding device to attach the nose strip to the face mask and to carry out a secondary bonding operation, respectively, to ensure firm bonding of the nose strip to the face mask.
US07784515B2
Wafers W are supported respectively on inner tables 52 of a table 13, and after a strip of sheet S is fed out to the upper surface side of the wafers W, a press roller 14 imparts a press force. The adhesive sheet S is cut along the outer periphery of the wafers by a cutter blade 63 mounted at the free-end side of a robot 15. The robot 15 has a function to exchange the cutter blade 63 with a suction arm 100, to transfer the wafer W from a magazine 200 to the table 13 and to transfer the wafer W stuck with the sheet to the next process.
US07784500B2
A fluid dispensing system includes a fluid dispensing pump interchangeably connected to a fluid dispensing pump manipulator that is capable of translating the fluid dispensing pump between two known positions along the Z-axis, and at least one open ended container, such as a seedcoat, disposed below the fluid dispensing pump for receiving fluid therefrom. The fluid dispensing system further includes a controller. The controller 30 sends control signals for automating the fluid dispensing process.
US07784492B2
In a direction control valve, a bottom face of an insertion hole of a first movable member is at a predetermined distance from a second movable member with respect to a first axial direction when communication between a first communication switching port and a communication object port is made and communication between a second communication switching port and the communication object port is broken. The bottom face contacts and pushes the second movable member in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction after the first movable member moves in the second axial direction by the predetermined distance while the first and second movable members move in the second axial direction to switch a port communicating with the communication object port from the first communication switching port to the second communication switching port.
US07784482B2
The present invention is directed to pressure relief devices and to corresponding pressure relief assemblies that have improved vacuum resistance, improved fragmentation resistance, and/or improved burst control while maintaining low mass. The pressure relief device includes a substantially flat flange section and a domed section. The domed section may include a transitional line that defines a change in the shape of the domed section. The pressure relief device may also include a bracket for securing or aligning a domed section to a flange section. The pressure relief device may further include a stress distribution feature that is disposed transversely to a line of weakness in the domed section. The pressure relief assembly may include a fastener having a wire that is configured to break and release the pressure relief device when subject to a predetermined tensile load.
US07784480B2
The technology of the present application provides a collapsible canopy shelter having reinforced eaves for additional structural integrity, as well as at least one collapsible ventilation flap in the canopy cover that is capable of moving between a closed position and an open position to ventilate air from beneath the canopy cover as desired. Further, the collapsible canopy shelter comprises a canopy frame with a robust, spring-loaded pull latch, allowing the user to quickly and easily assemble and collapse the shelter without risking injury.
US07784479B2
An adjustable lighted walking aid adapted to be used in low light or dark areas is disclosed and may include a cane having a front light for illuminating obstacles being encountered in front of the user and a back light for simultaneously illuminating the area proximate the feet of the user so that the user may see and thus help avoid upcoming obstacles in front, as well as observe the area at his or her feet while walking. The cane may be used in its generally vertical manner during use to assist properly the stability of the user, and is adjustable in its length to accommodate a variety of users.
US07784471B2
A smoking article such as a cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component having a cavity filled with spherical beaded carbon. As mainstream tobacco smoke is drawn through the filter component, targeted gas phase smoke constituents are removed as the smoke passes through the carbon. During the filter manufacturing process the spherical beaded carbon flows like a liquid and substantially completely fills the cavity. Point-to-point contact between the spherical beads together with substantially complete filling of the cavity produces minimal channeling of ambulatory gas phase as well as maximum contact between the gas phase and the carbon surface of the spherical beads during smoking.
US07784470B2
A smoking article such as a cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component having a cavity filled with spherical beaded carbon. As mainstream tobacco smoke is drawn through the filter component, targeted gas phase smoke constituents are removed as the smoke passes through the carbon. During the filter manufacturing process the spherical beaded carbon flows like a liquid and substantially completely fills the cavity. Point-to-point contact between the spherical beads together with substantially complete filling of the cavity produces minimal channeling of ambulatory gas phase as well as maximum contact between the gas phase and the carbon surface of the spherical beads during smoking.
US07784460B2
A delivery device, in particular a breath-actuated nasal delivery device, for delivering substance, in particular one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder containing a medicament, especially systemic or topical pharmaceuticals, or a vaccine to the nasal airway of a subject.
US07784457B2
The oven (1) which is the object of the present invention, comprises an outer cabinet (2) preferably in a rectangular prism shape, a cooking chamber (3) located inside this outer cabinet with spacing between, fan(s) (9) moving the air inside the oven, heater(s) (10) that heat the air, a fan cladding (11) located at the back of the cooking chamber (3) that directs the air moved by the fan, a side wall (4) enabling the transfer of the air moved by the fan and received from the inlet, towards the middle and the back sections of the cooking chamber at required temperature and pressure rates.
US07784456B2
An air-compressed bullet gun assembly with a length-reduced gun barrel is provided, including a barrel body, a bullet-firing device, a blocking element and a rear cover. The barrel body includes a hollow tube which further includes a 1st blocking flange and a 2nd blocking flange; the 2nd blocking flange divides the hollow tube into two connected parts: the 1st air chamber and the 2nd air chamber; the 1st air chamber includes a screw hole. The bullet firing device includes a 1st protruding flange, a 1st air-tight loop, a 2nd air-tight loop, a plurality of ventilators, and a guiding pole. The blocking element includes a locking hole, a 2nd protruding flange, and a 3rd air-tight loop. The rear cover includes a 5th air-tight loop.
US07784447B2
The injection system has a high-pressure pump (7) having at least one pumping element (18) operated reciprocatingly to perform an intake stroke and a delivery stroke. Each pumping element (18) has a corresponding intake valve (25) communicating with an intake conduit (10) supplied by a low-pressure pump (9). The intake conduit (10) is fitted with an on-off solenoid valve (27) controlled by a control unit (16) asynchronously with respect to the intake of each pumping element (18). And the control unit (16) may control the on-off solenoid valve (27) by means of frequency-modulated and/or duty-cycle-modulated control signals (A, C).
US07784446B2
A conveying device (1) has a fuel pump (5) for supplying an internal combustion engine (2) of a motor vehicle with fuel. The conveying device further has a monitoring apparatus (10) for determining the wear condition or the degree of soiling of the fuel pump (5). To this end, the monitoring apparatus (10) compares the power consumption to the hydraulic power of the fuel pump (5). A diagnostic display (11) is activated when a predefined value for the power consumption is exceeded.
US07784443B2
A spark-ignition gasoline engine having at least a spark plug, the engine including an engine body having a geometrical compression ratio set at 14 or more, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve provided, respectively, in intake and exhaust ports connected to each of a plurality of cylinders of the engine body. The intake and exhaust valves are adapted to open and close corresponding respective ones of the intake and exhaust ports. The engine further includes an operation-state detector adapted to detect an operation state of the engine body and a control system adapted, based on detection of the operation-state detector, to perform at least an adjustment control of an ignition timing of the spark plug, the control system being operable, when an engine operation zone is a high-load operation zone including a wide open throttle region within at least a low speed range, to retard the ignition timing to a point within a predetermined stroke range just after a top dead center of a compression stroke.
US07784431B2
An animal stanchion having fixed stanchion structure and a pivotal release stanchion laterally spaced apart to define a head opening. The animal stanchion further comprises an upper top control rail which is configured to interact with a latch to selectively hold and release various portions of the pivot rod from connection with the latch. This device further comprises a plurality of individual locking brackets which are configured to interact with handle catch devices so as to hold various devices within their designated location within the device.
US07784430B1
A door section for fitting in a sliding door frame is preferably made of plastic, e.g., PVC. The door section contains a built in pet door. The door section is formed by tubular sides and cross members, and has plastic brackets that press fit within the tubular members and preferably also may be screwed in place, or otherwise fixed in place, e.g., using epoxy, or both screws and epoxy. The door section has brackets on its side edges for hanging or connecting to the inside of the sliding door frame, and the door section may also have a bracket or catch on the other side edge from which the door section connects to the frame. This bracket or catch is for the existing sliding door's lock. Preferably, insulation strips are provided and preferably an H-shaped vertical section may fit on top of the door section and inside the frame for a fit with less play, and for a smoother or cleaner look. Rubber or rubbery elements may be placed over the sliding door's bottom track, for the door section to sit more securely. The door section preferably also has a glass or other clear material in it above the pet door.
US07784425B2
A droplet ejecting apparatus includes a stage which holds a substrate; R (red), G (green), and B (blue) head groups for ejecting droplets of the R, G, and B colors, respectively, each of the head groups including at least one head; and a carriage which holds the R, G, and B head groups. In the apparatus, droplets of the R, G, and B colors are ejected to R, G, and B colored portions on the substrate from the R, G, and B head groups, respectively, during movement of the carriage relative to the stage in a first direction.
US07784417B2
A sailboat includes a canting ballast system configured to rotate with respect to a hull. The sailboat includes the hull having a port side and a starboard side, and an external surface. An arcuate member is coupled to the starboard and port sides extending above the hull. The canting ballast system includes at least one rotatable member coupled to the external surface and to the arcuate member. The system further includes a first strut having a first end and a second end, and a second strut having a first end and a second end wherein the first ends are coupled to the rotatable member. The system also includes at least one ballast. The second ends are coupled to the ballast such that an angle is defined between the first and second struts. The sailboat also includes a drive system coupled to the canting ballast system wherein the at least one drive system is configured to rotate the canting ballast system with respect to the hull.
US07784401B2
The invention provides, with a simple technique, a jig for reliably stemming one or a plurality of flow paths and/or a portion of reaction fields continuously provided in a reaction chip, and for making the flow paths and/or reaction fields independent, and a reaction ship processing apparatus.A reaction field independent jig for making a plurality of reaction fields of a reaction chip independent, the reaction chip including a substrate and a lid material, the substrate including at least the reaction fields and a flow path that brings the reaction fields into communication with each other, the lid material being disposed on the substrate on a side where the reaction fields and the flow path are provided, wherein the reaction field independent jig includes one or a plurality of reaction field independent blades that carry out a squashing operation for squashing the flow path from above the substrate and/or from above the lid material, and the reaction field independent blade includes a heater unit that carries out a heating operation.
US07784398B2
The food protector apparatus of the invention attaches directly to the food pan such that the food protector shield is at the proper location with respect to the food pan. Because the food protector apparatus is attached to the food pan, proper installation of the food pan ensures that all of the corresponding standards and health code requirements are met. Thus, it is virtually impossible for the food protector to be installed in a countertop in a way that fails to meet those standards and requirements.
US07784396B2
This invention uses a hydraulic system to seal the brew chamber of a coffee maker. The sealing mechanism consists of a heating part, sealing part and slider drawer. The heating part provides the hot water and forms a chamber that allows the piston seal to expand for sealing. The slide drawer is the region where the coffee is extracted and the crema is created. The claimed invention differs from that previously known in the art in that it does not employ a mechanical locking system but rather a hydraulic system for locking. This results in a tighter and more secure lock fit of the brew chamber than previously has been known in the art. In addition, because a hydraulic system for locking is used, locking of the brew chamber is accomplished without manual force.
US07784387B2
A kit for constructing a sawhead comprises a pair of plates adapted to be stacked upon and secured to one another by bolts to form a plate stack. The kit further comprises a pair of elongate guide receivers. Each guide receiver has a longitudinal axis and an interior wall which defines a bore extending through the each guide receiver and through which bore the longitudinal axis extends. The interior wall has a cross-section which is substantially constant along the length of each guide receiver. The guide receivers are adapted to be mounted to the plate stack by bolts at respective operative positions whereat the longitudinal axes are oriented parallel to one another and whereat the guide receivers are spaced from one another in a direction transverse to the axes.
US07784385B2
A splitter for installation behind a rotating blade of a table saw to prevent contact between the kerf of a work piece and the upwardly moving rear portion of the saw blade. The splitter is indexed from the side of an actual kerf rather than from a side of the saw blade. In this manner, variations in kerf width resulting from variations in blade width and vibration of the saw blade are accommodated. Splitters having work piece contacting surfaces with incremental amounts of offset relative to the side of the kerf may be selected to provide a desired degree of interference and resulting force between the splitter and the work piece.
US07784384B2
A method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve by bias cutting sides thereof using a cutter. A belt/belt sleeve preform is trained around at least two spaced shafts and driven as the sides are reconfigured by the cutter. The cutter may reside within a cutting space bounded by an inner circumference of the traveling belt/belt sleeve preform. The belt/belt sleeve preform has a starting shape wherein spaced sides thereof are parallel to each other. Parts of the sides may be maintained parallel after the bias cutting is performed. A power transmission belt with bias cut side surfaces is also contemplated.
US07784383B2
An aid for the connecting of a piece of jewelry together that has a pliers type construction. The aid includes a first handle and a first jaw connected by a pivotal joint with a second handle and a second jaw. The first jaw has a distal end portion with an inwardly facing surface that defines a notch. The second jaw has an elongate arcuate distal end portion that fixes the position of a biased clasp of a piece of jewelry. The notch of the first jaw engages a lever of the clasp and opens the clasp while it is fixed in position by the second jaw. The aid includes a bias that urges the jaws to a closed position and retains the clasp in an open position.
US07784379B2
In a cover arrangement for a machine tool for covering guide and drive structures, comprising a pleated wall arrangement which can be expanded and compressed upon movement of a carriage between which and a machine wall it is connected. The pleated wall structures is provided with armor lamellas which are anchored to the pleat sections of the wall structures and over-lap for covering the pleated wall structure which is movably supported on guide tracks which are disposed in planes extending at an obtuse angle facilitating installation and removal of the cover arrangement.
US07784378B2
An improved bicycle crankshaft assembly, including a crank axle with an axial axle axis, a first axle end, and a second axle end axially opposed to the first axle end; a first crank arm connected to the crank axle at a first crank arm interface adjacent the first axle end; a second crank arm connected to the crank axle at a second crank arm interface axially spaced from the first crank arm interface; a first bearing surrounding said crank axle adjacent said first axle end for rotation of said crank axle about said axial axis; a second bearing surrounding the crank axle and axially spaced from the first bearing. The crank axle includes reinforcement fibers for structural reinforcement of the crank axle and the crank axle is an integral crank axle that simultaneously contacts both the first bearing and the second bearing.
US07784375B2
An electrical shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a slider, and an actuator. The lever is rotatable about perpendicular axes to be able to deflect from a neutral position in anyone of different deflection directions. The lever includes a projection which extends along a first deflection direction. The slider is displaceable along a slider direction perpendicular to the first deflection direction. The slider has stages each engageable with the lever projection to limit the lever deflection in the first deflection direction. Each stage is different to limit the deflection of the lever in the first deflection direction to a different extent as a function of which stage engages the lever projection. The actuator positions the slider along the slider direction such that a selected slider stage engages the lever projection thereby allowing the lever deflection in the first deflection direction to be limited to different extent.
US07784367B2
Gas resistance of an image is evaluated by placing the image in a mixed gas atmosphere containing at least ozone and nitrogen dioxide. The mixed gas atmosphere is controlled such that the concentrations of ozone and nitrogen dioxide are not less than 75 ppb and not less than 150 ppb, respectively, and the mixed gas is continuously supplied to the surface of a sample bearing the image at a flow rate not less than 0.2 m/s and not more than 3.0 m/s.
US07784363B2
A tactile load cell that has particular application for measuring the load on a phalange in a dexterous robot system. The load cell includes a flexible strain element having first and second end portions that can be used to mount the load cell to the phalange and a center portion that can be used to mount a suitable contact surface to the load cell. The strain element also includes a first S-shaped member including at least three sections connected to the first end portion and the center portion and a second S-shaped member including at least three sections coupled to the second end portion and the center portion. The load cell also includes eight strain gauge pairs where each strain gauge pair is mounted to opposing surfaces of one of the sections of the S-shaped members where the strain gauge pairs provide strain measurements in six-degrees of freedom.
US07784358B2
A method and apparatus for determining flow in an aspirated particle detector system, includes a plurality of carriers in fluid communication with a particle detector, a flow rate detector in at least one of the carriers that senses a signal transmitted between a first and a second signal transceiver, wherein the first transceiver transceives signals in at least two of the carriers.
US07784357B2
A creep tester for a precise and accurate creep test includes a movable actuator capable of loading corresponding to change in length of a specimen, a cam actuator operated in association with the movable actuator, and a self weight actuator. The movable actuator includes upper and lower spherical adjusting seats to hold upper and lower portions of the specimen, a spring disposed on the upper spherical adjusting seat to correspond to a minute deformation of the specimen, upper and lower movable tables respectively contacting the spring and the lower spherical adjusting seat, a load cell and a stationary table disposed on the upper movable table, and a movable loading table disposed below the lower movable table to apply a predetermined load to the specimen. The creep tester can perform a precise creep test by continuously applying a constant load without supplementation of hydraulic pressure.
US07784345B2
A device (10) for measuring the running behavior of a gear pair having a rolling device (12) which comprises one spindle (15, 16) per gear (13, 14) and has at least one drive (17; 18) for driving one of the gears (13, 14). Furthermore, a structure-borne noise sensor (20), a sequence controller (30), and a speed sensor system (23, 24) are provided. The sequence controller (30) is designed in such way that a combined test of the gear pair may be performed, in which, in a first search run, a specific installation position is ascertained using structure-borne noise testing and subsequently a single-flank working test is performed at the specific installation position.
US07784337B2
A tire pressure monitoring system sensor includes a body provided with an air inlet that provides fluid communication between the interior of the body and the interior of a tire. A pressure plate slides within the interior of the body by pressure in the tire, in a direction away from the air inlet. A spring biases the pressure plate toward the air inlet. Several sensors are attached to the body, each configured to generate a signal indicative of proximity of the pressure plate. The sensor may further include an air supply valve to supply air to the tire, connected to the body. The body may define an air supply passage through which the air supplied from the air supply valve is supplied to the tire through the air inlet. Three sensors may be provided: one indicative of excessive pressure, one indicative of appropriate pressure, and one indicative of insufficient pressure.
US07784335B2
Wheels of a two-wheeled motor vehicle are supported by support rollers corresponding to each wheel, respectively, and an antilock brake system is operated for each wheel. Measuring means 20 and 31 measure values related to the rotation speed of rollers supporting the wheel for which the antilock brake system operates. Based on the values obtained by the measuring means 20 and 31, the waveform accompanying the change in rotation speed of the wheel that occurs by the operation of the antilock brake system is computed by a computing means 44 based on the values obtained by the measuring means 20 and 31. A determination means 45 determines whether or not a portion of the waveform obtained by the computing means 44 falls within a predetermined range or not. According to the present brake system test of a two-wheeled motor vehicle, not only is it possible to specify the malfunctioning portion easily, but it is also possible to reduce the time required for each test of the motor vehicle dramatically, enabling the test of the two-wheeled motor vehicle to be performed with high accuracy and efficiency.
US07784333B2
An approach controller (234) of a coordinate measuring instrument enables a position control loop (RP) and drives an actuator (133) so that a force sensor (1) is brought to a close position under a position control. When recognizing that the force sensor (1) reaches the close position, a contact controller (235) controls a switch (227) to enable a force control loop (RF) and drives the actuator (133) to bring the force sensor (1) into contact with a workpiece under a force control.
US07784327B2
An apparatus for determining the proportion of gases in a gas mixture, has a measurement chamber having a chamber defining structure, a gas inlet and a gas outlet, an ultrasound source and an ultrasound detector mounted such that the ultrasound source is capable of transmitting ultrasound through the chamber to the ultrasound detector; a temperature sensor mounted such that the sensor is capable of sensing the temperature in the chamber. The chamber defining structure is adapted to amplify thermal exchange with a gas content in the chamber so as to suppress a temperature change in the chamber.
US07784321B2
The invention relates to a device for adapting working rolls, in particular of four-high stands, to a rolling line with at least one pair of wedges (1, 1′) in a region between parallel, spaced from each other, rolling mill stands (2, 2′), which are displaceable along a horizontal slideway relative to the stands (2, 2′) by toggle lever adjusting means. To this end, the wedges (1, 1′) of the wedge pair are connected with each other at a fixed distance from each other, and for their displacement an arrangement of two toggle levers (4, 5) is provided of which one lever (4) is supported on one wedge (1) with at least one articulated joint (6) and another lever (5) is supported on an opposite stand (2′) also with at least one articulated joint, and both levers (4, 5) are connected with each other by a longitudinally adjustable toggle joint (7).
US07784314B2
The present invention generally relates to a device for securing a tire to a vehicle so as to reduce the accidental or unauthorized removal of the tire from the vehicle. The device is particularly suitable for preventing the theft of a spare tire from a vehicle. More specifically, the device prevents an unauthorized user from gaining access to an opening in the vehicle which is used to lower and remove the spare. As a result, the device may save an individual hundreds of dollars and the annoyance of not having a spare tire when needed. The device is easily installed in many vehicles in around one minute.
US07784311B2
The present invention relates to an instantaneous mixing device for injection/extraction cleaning machines and in particular to an instantaneous mixing device with a pre-spray functionality of the type equipped with at least one washing accessory (13) and/or at least one pre-washing accessory (30) connected at the outlet to a hydraulic circuit (20), the device (10) comprising: at least one spray pump (12) connected to the hydraulic circuit (20); at least one tank for water (15) and at least one tank for a chemical product (16), connected to the hydraulic circuit (20); at least one mixing element (14) with a Venturi effect connected downstream of the at least one water tank (15) and at least one tank for a chemical product (16). The at least one pre-washing element (30) preferably comprises a spray hole having greater dimensions with respect to the hole of the spray nozzle of the at least one washing accessory (13).
US07784302B2
The invention relates to a soldered refrigerant condenser that consists of a heat exchange network with flat pipes and corrugated ribs, of collector pipes that fluidically communicate with the flat pipes, and of a collector (10) that is arranged in parallel to one of the collector pipes. Said collector accommodates a dryer and/or a filter (31) and fluidically communicates with the collector pipe via two overflow openings (13, 14). The dryer is configured by a chamber containing a drying agent (28) and limited by a section (18) of the collector (10, 11) and two endplates (23, 24) that extend through the cross-section of the collector (10, 11).
US07784298B2
A refrigerator which can control a supercooling degree corresponding to user's taste or kinds of food, and a cooling control method thereof are disclosed. The refrigerator has a function of supercooling a drink, and includes an input unit to select a slush level for adjusting a supercooling degree of the drink in response to a user's command, a memory unit to store information about a supercooling temperature of the drink corresponding to a selected slush level, and a controller to adjust the supercooling degree of the drink by controlling a temperature within the supercooling compartment based on the information about the supercooling temperature of the drink stored in the memory unit.
US07784295B2
A level control algorithm for an HVAC refrigeration system is provided. The control algorithm utilizes a fuzzy logic methodology to automatically adjust a flow of refrigerant in the system to maintain a desired liquid level in the condenser. The fuzzy logic methodology incorporates a plurality of fuzzy logic control algorithms each having different membership functions and other control parameters that can provide different degrees of level control in the condenser. A particular fuzzy logic control algorithm is selected based on the amount a measured liquid level in the condenser deviates from the desired liquid level in the condenser.
US07784283B2
A sound-absorbing exhaust nozzle center plug for an aircraft gas turbine engine can include an outer skin and at least one forward cavity within the outer skin. At least one aft cavity can be located within the outer skin and substantially aft of the forward cavity. A perforated wall including a plurality of first openings can be disposed between the forward and aft cavities. The outer skin can include a second plurality of openings providing an acoustic pathway through the outer skin and into the forward cavity. The forward and aft cavities can be configured to absorb and dissipate relatively low-frequency sound energy emitted from an aircraft gas turbine engine's combustor.
US07784276B2
It is intended to efficiently remove particulate substances, such as NOx and soot, without poisoning by Sox, etc. from dilute-combustion effecting internal combustion engines, combustion equipment, etc. There is provided an exhaust gas purifier to be installed in exhaust passage (2) of internal combustion engine (1) or the like, comprising, disposed in the exhaust passage (2), NOx adsorbent (4) capable of temporarily adsorbing nitrogen oxides even in an atmosphere of excess air and capable of desorbing the adsorbed nitrogen oxides upon temperature rise or in a reducing atmosphere, adsorbed substance desorbing means (3) arranged on an exhaust upstream side as compared with the NOx adsorbent (4) and capable of heating the exhaust or converting it to a reducing atmosphere, and combustion device (5) arranged on an exhaust downstream side as compared with the NOx adsorbent (4) and composed of fuel nozzle (6) and igniter (7). In normal operation, the NOx adsorbent (4) adsorbs NOx contained in exhaust gas. When the amount of NOx adsorbed increases to saturation, the adsorbed substance desorbing means (3) and the combustion device (5) are operated to thereby desorb the NOx, which is burned off in combustion over-rich combustion region (X1) of the combustion device (5).
US07784262B2
The present invention relates to an exhaust gas guide of a gas turbine, which is situated between the gas turbine and a downstream waste heat boiler or a downstream gas diverter and which comprises a flow channel which has a cross-section expanding in at least some areas in the main flow direction, having installed surfaces influencing the flow. In order to achieve a more compact implementation of the exhaust gas guide and simultaneously avoid or reduce pressure losses, the installed surfaces are implemented as a swirl device generating a leading edge swirl, which is situated in the diverging area of the flow channel and is implemented to distribute the exhaust gas flow uniformly over the flow cross-sectional area upon entry into the waste heat boiler or the gas diverter. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for mixing the exhaust gas of a gas turbine with hot exhaust gas streams generated in an auxiliary firing of at least one burner. This thorough mixing is achieved by generating at least one leading edge swirl system in the flow channel.
US07784254B2
A lawn mower blade assembly for a rotatable driveshaft includes a blade mount to be secured to the rotatable driveshaft and having at least one wedge surface thereon. A cutting blade is removably coupled to the blade mount. At least one sliding retainer removably couples the cutting blade to the blade mount and is slidably movable between a locked position and a released position. The at least one sliding retainer has at least one wedge surface thereon cooperating with the at least one wedge surface of the blade mount to securely couple the cutting blade to the blade mount when in the locked position.
US07784251B2
A closure cap that is particularly suited for use with plastic containers in packaging malt based beverages such as beer and ale includes an upper portion and a generally cylindrical sidewall that depends downwardly from the upper portion. The cylindrical sidewall defines a threaded inner surface, which permits the closure cap to be threaded onto a threaded finish portion of a container. Most advantageously, the outer surface of the cylindrical sidewall is stylized to resemble a conventional crown closure. In the disclosed embodiment this is accomplished by molding a plurality of fluted ribs into the outer surface of the cylindrical sidewall. A method of packaging a beverage and a packaging assembly is also disclosed.
US07784237B2
The invention is a joint cover assembly for covering a gap adjacent an edge of a panel that covers a sub-surface, and a method of covering such a gap. The assembly includes a molding having a foot, a first arm, and a second arm. The foot is positioned along a longitudinal axis, and the first arm extends generally perpendicularly from the foot. The second arm extends generally perpendicularly from the foot. A tab depends generally perpendicularly from the first panel engaging surface. At least one of the tab and the foot engage the edge in order to tightly fit within the gap. The method includes the steps of placing the foot in the gap, pressing the respective panel engaging surfaces into contact with respective panels, and configuring at least one of the tab and the foot to cooperate to retain the molding in the gap when the assembly is in an installed condition.
US07784216B2
A climate-controlled control station includes a protective enclosure containing a pest control material and/or control device. A reflector or heat shield protects the enclosure from impinging infrared radiant energy, thereby moderating the internal air temperature in the enclosure. At least part of the enclosure may be insulated against heat transfer. A vent in the enclosure facilitates exhausting hot and/or humid air from the enclosure. A fan or blower may be provided for forcing hot and/or humid air from the enclosure.
US07784215B2
A process and device to attract a multitude of terrestrial and aerial arthropods using a plurality of light wavelengths emitted from light emitting diodes (LEDs). The selected light wavelengths increase trap capture rates by taking advantage of the insect's physiological and behavior instincts associated with vision and sensory perception. The LED wavelengths (light color) are selected to mimic the electromagnetic spectra of natural features, such as sugar and blood meal resources within the target insect's environment. Lighting platforms containing a plurality of LEDs produce the mimicking colors and can be optimally arranged in either a cylindrical fashion or on polygonal lighting chips. These two types of lighting platforms can be modified to fit existing insect traps, used in new light trap designs, or incorporated into insect traps currently lacking a lighting component.
US07784209B2
A composite web comprised of a base or first full width web is adhered to a second, partial width web with both webs being made of a generally transparent, lightweight laminate material. A layer of adhesive, covered by a protective release coated liner of partial width is applied to the second laminate web, and between the first and second laminate webs. At the other side of the web another layer of adhesive is applied along with another protective liner. A die cut in the composite web defines the outline of a plurality of adjacent self laminating wristbands which may be separated from the web by tearing along the die cut. A second die cut forms a slot in each wristband carrier to be used along with the strap end to fasten the wristband to a wearer, in cinch and strap manner. A continuous web includes a continuous number of wristband carriers with cinch attachment although a page or sheet may be cut to any desired shape or number of wristbands.
US07784208B2
The display panel has an outer surface to which a sign may be attached and an inner surface having a fastener composed of resiliently deformable material. An end of the fastener is separated from the display panel by a slit which is adapted to receive an outer plate of a conventional door handle The outer plate is held in the slit by the resiliently deformable composition of the fastener. The plate may however be removed from the slit by the application of a force opposed to the bias of the resilient material in order to widen the slit.
US07784196B1
An article of footwear has an upper and a sole. The sole has at least one inflatable bladder wherein said at least one inflatable bladder has an inflated state and a deflated state. A ground engaging surface of the sole has a first profile in the deflated state and a second profile in the inflated state. The first profile is different from the second profile. Varying the profile of the ground engaging surface varies the amount of cushioning in the sole so that the shoe can serve as a multipurpose shoe for activities requiring different amounts of cushioning.
US07784191B2
A tracking attachment (10) adapted and operable to facilitate measuring the alignment characteristics of the rear suspension of a vehicle, including tracking (thrust angle), offset, toe-in and toe-out, and length characteristics. The tracking attachment (10) broadly comprises an adjustment component (12); a bar component (14); one or more target components (16); an alignment component (18); one or more attachment components (20); a centering component (22); and a locking component (24).
US07784180B2
In the repair of a blisk or blisk drum, the damaged airfoils are completely cut off a low-stress nodal line of the respective blade, except for a blade stump (2), and are each replaced by a new blade repair element (3) of a same shape and size which is accurately clamped onto the blade root by a ledge (5) formed onto its mating end, with this ledge (5) also serving for fixation of the processing fixtures and stabilization of the thin airfoil, and is then welded to the blade root and subsequently subjected to a cutting or non-cutting operation for removal of the ledge (5). This highly efficient repair method can similarly also be applied to the new manufacture of blisks.
US07784176B2
A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a crimper which includes a groove portion being opposed to a supporting portion of the anvil. An inner surface of the groove portion of the anvil and a terminal support face of the supporting portion of the crimper cooperate to press the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire mounted on the metal terminal. A width of the groove portion of the crimper is not more than 1.0 mm. The terminal support surface of the anvil is formed into a concavely curved surface in which a depth of the concavely curved surface is not smaller than 0.06 mm and is not larger than 0.17 mm in a cross-section of the anvil perpendicular to an axis direction of the electric wire.
US07784171B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a magneto-resistive device. The magneto-resistive device is for reducing the deterioration in the characteristics of the device due to annealing. The magneto-resistive device has a magneto-resistive layer formed on one surface side of a base, and an insulating layer formed of two layers and deposited around the magneto-resistive layer. The layer of the insulating layer closest to the base is made of a metal or semiconductor oxide. This layer extends over end faces of a plurality of layers made of different materials from one another, which make up the magneto-resistive device, and is in contact with the end faces of the plurality of layers with the same materials.
US07784169B2
A method of manufacturing a superconducting wire includes the step of drawing a wire formed by coating raw material powder for a superconductor with a metal, the step of first rolling a multifilamentary wire after the step of drawing, and the step of first sintering the multifilamentary wire 1 after the step of the first rolling. At least one of an interval between the step of drawing and the step of the first rolling and an interval between the step of the first rolling and the step of the first sintering is less than seven days. With this method, a superconducting wire having high and uniform performance can be obtained.
US07784159B2
This invention relates to a spring fastener, which comprises engagement springs in opposite sides of the fastener. Each engagement spring has an engagement region comprising a hindrance portion, which increases considerably the removal to insertion force ratio as compared to such ratio in the absence of the hindrance portion, thus permitting very easy insertion with considerably more difficult removal of the fastener from the slot of a panel, which provides an efficient ergonomically balanced removal to insertion force ratio. The hindrance portion comprises ripples or other hindrance elements of unexpectedly minute dimensions for providing this efficient ergonomic force balance. The combination of the above structures with the presence of barbs being bent at their front portion improves immensely the ergonomic character of the devices.
US07784156B2
A hinge apparatus comprises a rotation body and a fixed body. The rotation body includes a frame which has a side portion orthogonal to a rotation axis and having a first through hole and a cut portion, and a longer side portion having an extending portion and extending along the rotation axis. The extending portion is engaged with the cut portion and has a protruding portion protruding outwardly of the side portion. The fixed body includes: a bracket having first and second side portions, a superimposed portion extending from the second side portion to be overlapped with the first side portion, and an opening passing through the first side portion and the superimposed portion; and a stud inserted through the opening and rotatably securing the frame to the bracket. The protruding portion is contacted with the superimposed portion at a predetermined angle to regulate the rotation of the rotation body.
US07784151B2
A swivel locking device for stroller wheel, comprising: a seat, a wheel bearing assembly, a locking pin, a biasing member, and an operating member. The seat and the wheel bearing assembly are coupled so as to rotate with respect to each other. The locking pin may move between a first position where the seat is coupled to suppress rotation between the seat and the wheel bearing assembly and a second position where the seat is decoupled to allow the rotation between the seat and the wheel bearing assembly. Normally, the biasing member biases the locking pin to the first position. The operating member moves between a locked position and a unlocked position. Movement of the operating member toward the locked position causes the locking pin to move toward the first position. The movement of operating member toward the unlocked position causes the locking pin to move toward the second position.
US07784150B2
An improved auto-rack railroad car door pivot bolt assembly for an auto-rack railroad car including a roof having a roof stiffener and a door having a hood. The auto-rack railroad car door pivot bolt assembly ties the hood of the door of the auto-rack railroad car to the roof stiffener on the roof of the auto-rack railroad car to reduce relative movement of the hood and the roof stiffener to each other and prevents wear of the shoulder bolt, the hood, and the roof stiffener.
US07784149B2
Handheld dust removal devices that selectively utilize vacuum pressure are disclosed. Preferably each device includes a small lightweight handle that houses a vacuum assembly having an electric motor and a battery. The device further includes a duster assembly for removably holding a dusting cloth or cover, whereby it can be used similarly to a conventional duster. The vacuum source can be fluidly connected to and draw a vacuum airflow through the duster assembly, for example, through and/or around the dusting cloth. In some implementations, this is done by drawing the vacuum airflow toward opposing lateral portions of the duster assembly. Some implementations further include an auxiliary vacuum inlet that is adapted and configured for drawing large particles such as crumbs, hair, and others thereinto. The auxiliary vacuum port can be displaced from the duster assembly, e.g., mounted to the handle or elsewhere, as desired.
US07784145B1
A removable roller surface insert for use with a container of rollable liquid. The insert may, in one embodiment, include a roller surface having an upper edge, and an upper contact portion attached to the roller surface at or near the upper edge. The upper contact portion may be configured to contact an inner sidewall surface of the container at or near the upper rim. All, or substantially all, of the insert may be, when the insert is in a use position, located within a first half of the container, the first half defined by a vertical plane passing through a centerline of the container.
US07784142B2
Adjustable roller frame includes a pair of housing members having opposed surfaces containing laterally spaced grooves which cooperate to define laterally spaced guideways in which support arms are axially slidably received for supporting roller covers of different lengths and/or diameters between opposite outer end portions of the support arms. These support arms are held in axially adjusted position by one or more cam members movable between a clamping position for applying a friction force to the support arms to hold the support arms against axial movement and a non-clamping position releasing the friction force.
US07784135B2
A tool assembly provides for brushing circumferential welds in a restrictive access area between a cylindrical inner member and a cylindrical outer member such as the shroud and vessel in a nuclear reactor. The tool assembly includes a circumferential plate sized larger than an outside diameter of the inner member and smaller than an inside diameter of the outer member. At least one renew brush is coupled with the circumferential plate, and a motor is coupled with the renew brush that rotates the renew brush. A driving assembly mounted between the inner member and the outer member engages the circumferential plate and circumferentially drives the circumferential plate in the restrictive access area.
US07784134B2
A method for laying a military bridge over an obstacle in a combat zone with using at least one laying vehicle. First, the bridge is loaded on a self-propelled, unmanned, remote-controlled laying vehicle and transported to the edge of the combat zone by water, air, rail, and/or road. From this point, the laying vehicle with the bridge is guided by a manned pilot vehicle to the vicinity of the obstacle. The laying vehicle then begins an automatic slow approach to the obstacle, for which purpose the laying vehicle has a suitable optical system or a laser scanner. At the edge of the obstacle, the topographical situation is scanned. On the basis of the scanner data, the laying operation is simulated, taking into consideration the predetermined design limits. On the basis of the simulation results, a decision is made about whether the laying operation will be carried out or broken off. This decision is then executed.
US07784133B2
A washing machine and a water level control method thereof that can supply an appropriate amount of water based on the amount of laundry using a conventional water level sensor even when the washing machine has a holeless rotary drum. The water level control method includes supplying water between the water tub and the rotary drum, introducing the supplied water into the rotary drum, discharging the introduced water out of the rotary drum, and detecting the water level of the water remaining in the water tub, and comparing the detected water level with a predetermined water level and, when the detected water level is below the predetermined water level, resupplying water between the water tub and the rotary drum until the detected water level reaches the predetermined water level.
US07784130B2
An alternating pressure mattress has two sets (A, B) of cells, which are inflated and deflated cyclically and in sequence, to provide alternating support for a patient. Each set (A, B) has central transverse cells (11a, 11b) and side forming cells (14a, 14b). The central cells (11a, 11b) provide a central region for the patient. The side forming cells (14a, 14b) protrude, when inflated, higher than the central cells, to act as side barriers preventing rolling of the patient off the mattress. At each side of the mattress a plurality of the side forming cells (14a, 14b) of both sets (A, B) is present, these cells inflating and deflating with the respective central cells (11a, 11b), so that the side barrier effect is provided by the two sets (A, B) cells alternatingly.
US07784124B2
A system and method for occluding potential entrapment zones in a bed. The system may include a head-end assembly with a head-end cover enclosing a head-end pad, and a foot-end assembly with covers enclosing pads. The system may further include a pair of walls extending between the head-end assembly and the foot-end assembly. The walls may include inflatable members.
US07788729B2
Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein may include a method and system for integrating multiple identities and identity providers, including, receiving the security policy of a service provider, determining the attributes requested by the service provider, obtaining authenticated attributes requested by the service provider, registering with a provisioning service based at least in part upon the authenticated attributes, and accessing services of the service provider based at least in part upon the registration from the provisioning service.
US07788724B2
A system and method are disclosed for detecting malicious computer applications. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether a communication is attempting to occur, wherein the communication is associated with a first application. It is also determined whether there is a second application associated with the first application; and also determined whether the second application is trusted.
US07788722B1
The present invention provides for the receipt of a request to modify a software agent's configuration at a server-based manager. A determination of the modifications to the software agent is made at the server-based manager. The requested modifications are then delivered to the software agent. The software agent interprets the requested modifications and implements them.
US07788719B1
Providing network security is disclosed. If it is determined that a next portion of a data stream being reconstructed has more than one possible data value, each possible data value for the next portion is stored in a corresponding storage location associated with the data stream. Each storage location in which a possible data value for the next portion is stored as a next location with respect to a storage location in which a previous data value for a previous portion that immediately precedes the next portion in the data stream is stored is identified.
US07788716B2
A token handler API which can be instantiated to allow for custom token types. The token handler API can interact with a web service security handler and security service provider interfaces of security framework in order to do a number of security functions such as authentication, digital signatures and encryption for SOAP messages in a Web Service security system.
US07788715B2
An embodiment of the invention incorporates, or encapsulates, authentication mechanisms into an initiation phase of a transmission protocol session. In a preferred embodiment, Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication steps are included in the three-way handshake of a request to establish a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCP/IP) session. An EAP authentication session request can be designated within the standard Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) segment by using unused flags in the segment header. Another way to designate the request is to include a predefined option value in the header.
US07788714B2
Plural retrieval units are prepared, and a retrieval unit which can reduce power consumption is selected according to the condition of a retrieval key. For example, in general, the retrieval unit including a CAM is used. However, when the condition of the retrieval key is simple as in a case where reference is made to only TOS in an interior node of Diffserv and QoS is determined, the retrieval unit including a dscp-QoS table constituted of an FF or RGF is used and the power consumption is reduced. A CAM retrieval start determination section determines that a process is performed by which retrieval unit in accordance with previously set setting information or a previously set header information item.
US07788708B2
Systems and methods for delegating information technology authorization to at least one other person
A system for delegating authorization relating to an information technology resource is described. The system includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. A user database is stored in the memory. The user database includes a plurality of user identifications and trusted circle data. Instructions are stored in the memory and are executable to add a new user to the trusted circle data and to provide a user interface for the new user so that the new user is capable of resetting a password for an account owner or of reinstating an account for the account owner.
US07788706B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application data logging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for capturing and logging application data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for capturing and logging application data can include consulting both administrative permissions for capturing and logging application data, and also user permissions for capturing and logging application data. Subsequently, application data can be captured and logged only if permitted by the administrative permissions and the user permissions. In this regard, it can be determined from either or both of the permissions whether capturing and logging of application data is permitted generally, and also a type or portion of the application data that is permitted to be captured and logged.
US07788702B1
Files are protected against intrusion. A first embodiment protects certain files against changes. A second embodiment encrypts the files that are stored using user's personal information.
US07788699B2
System, method, computer, and computer program and computer program product for safe usage of potentially malicious code and documents or other content to may contain malicious code. System and method for a virus and hacker-resistant computer. Method and system for supporting a computer systems self repair.
US07788694B2
Systems for delivering satellite signals to multiple dwelling units (MDUs). A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna for receiving the satellite signals, a conversion unit, coupled to the antenna, for stacking the satellite signals onto a single cable, a distribution unit, coupled to the conversion unit, wherein the distribution unit distributes the stacked satellite signal to a plurality of outputs, and at least one customer device, coupled to an output of the plurality of outputs, wherein each unit in the MDU uses the customer device to destack the stacked satellite signals for delivery to a receiver.
US07788692B2
Instant messaging (IM) and TV programming are displayed simultaneously on a TV screen. An instant messaging window on the screen displays posted messages and identifies the TV program (if any) being currently viewed by each user posting messages. An icon accompanying a message can be selected by a message recipient to permit a telephone call to be automatically dialed and completed to the message sender. Video files attached to sent messages include a key which may be compared to a key at the destination, so that the video file may be viewed by the recipient only if the there is a match. Data collected at a server managing the instant messaging may be used to monitor message, television and telephone activity, as well as demographic data associated with the IM users.
US07788690B2
Upon reproducing a TV program, it is a common practice to display video data sent from a broadcast station as it is, and the display pattern (layout) is not effectively changed (e.g., an object in video data is erased, or the object size is changed). A program ID from additional data contained in received TV information is detected, and when layout setting data corresponding to the detected program ID is stored in a memory, the corresponding layout setting data is read out from the memory to display program video data in the set layout. When a new layout is set, the user selects an object for which a layout is to be adjusted from objects that form image data in TV information, and adjusts movement, upscaling/downscaling, display ON/OFF of the selected object.
US07788687B1
A method and mechanism for selecting and conveying ads in an interactive television system. An ad stream is conveyed concurrently with a broadcast programming stream in an interactive television system. The ad stream includes multiple streams of ads wherein each stream of ads includes multiple ads. An ad selector mechanism detects programming and ad requests. Requests may be indicated by a viewer, a received cue, or by an interactive application. Based on programming and ad selection data, a viewer profile is created which may be used to select targeted ads for display. In response to a detected request, the ad selector mechanism searches the ad stream for an ad to meet the request. An ad is selected according to a viewer profile or a particular viewer action. The selected ad may be used to meet the request by filling an unused avail or by providing further information to a viewer. A particular ad may appear in more than one of the multiple streams and at different start times. Additionally, a particular ad may appear multiple times in a single stream. The multiple appearances of a particular ad offers multiple possible start times for the ad.
US07788683B2
A data storage cartridge includes a housing, a non-tape storage medium contained within the housing, and a stacking feature provided on a top surface of the housing and on a bottom surface of the housing opposite the top surface. The stacking feature is asymmetrical about a first median axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface of the housing, and asymmetrical about a second median axis oriented substantially perpendicular to a first end of the housing and a second end of the housing opposite the first end. The stacking feature is configured to facilitate positioning of and maintaining a stacked configuration of the data storage cartridge with another data storage cartridge.
US07788681B1
Systems and methods for facilitating access to web services, wherein function calls are packaged with information and/or code that facilitates use of the function calls. One embodiment comprises a system that includes a server, where the server is configured to provide a web service accessible through a function call. The server is configured to bundle the function call for the web service with information for facilitating execution of the function call and to distribute the resulting function call package. The information for facilitating the function call may include parameters for the call or software code that can be configured to format user input for use as parameters of the function call, to prompt the user for parameters, to control the display of the web services received in response to execution of the function call, or to otherwise facilitate use of the function call.
US07788678B2
A system and method for expediting the replication of at least one specified object to a replica in a distributed computer system. A source object of a source replica determines that it has an urgent change to propagate through the distributed system, and informs a replication facility at the source replica of the urgent change. The facility extracts, or is provided with, the change information from that object, and the source replica communicates information representative of the change to a destination replica. A replication facility at the destination replica provides the change information to a destination replica object, which uses the information to make itself consistent with the source replica object.
US07788674B1
A software framework for implementing distributed applications is provided. An implementer's client-specific code functions through the framework's client-side software. The implementer's server-specific code contains system-specific business logic and functions within the framework's server-side software. Communication is provided by the framework between each instance of implementer's client-specific code through an instance of client-side software to implementer's server-specific code through the server side software over at least one communication link. Multi-threaded communication is achievable over a single communications link, even where the implementer writes single-threaded code. The client-side software is able to process synchronous and asynchronous messages received from the server-side software while simultaneously sending additional messages to the server-side software, which can be processed concurrently by said server-side software. Security included in the framework includes encrypted, authenticated communications and digitally signed and verified content. Robust communication is provided, as lost links may be automatically restored.
US07788667B2
A scheduling algorithm for scheduling processor tasks and message transmissions in distributed real-time time-triggered embedded system. The algorithm identifies the earliest starting transmission time and the latest ending transmission time for each message to be transmitted on a bus to define message transmission time-windows. The algorithm then identifies a task execution time-window for each task to be performed in each processor in terms of the message transmission time-windows. The algorithm then optimizes the message transmission time-window by minimizing a peak usage request and an average usage request for each processor. The optimized transmission time-windows allows each processor to be separately scheduled.
US07788664B1
An embodiment of a method of virtualizing a counter in a computer system comprises a first step and iterative performance of second through fifth steps. In the first step, a virtual machine monitor programs a hardware event counter with an initial count for a profiling event for a virtual machine. In the second step, the virtual machine monitor saves a suspension count and disables the hardware event counter upon suspending operation of the virtual machine. In the third step, the virtual machine monitor programs the hardware event counter with the suspension count upon resuming the operation of the virtual machine. Upon receiving an interrupt from the hardware event counter that provides notification of reaching the initial count, the virtual machine monitor performs the fourth and fifth steps. In the fourth step, the virtual machine monitor saves a sample that comprises an event identifier and a code-in-execution indicator. In the fifth step, the virtual machine monitor reprograms the hardware event counter with the initial count.
US07788661B2
The present invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system of adding new static data variables and initialisation routines for these variables as part of a method of replacing a current version of a computer program with a replacement version of the program concurrently with the execution of the program on a computer system. This replacement version consists of new machine code completely replacing the existing version, new static data variables and initialisation routines for these variables. The content of the existing static variables will be preserved during the application of the concurrent patch. The concurrent patch can be revoked and the new static data variables can be removed such that the computer program that was executed before the application of the concurrent patch will be executed again.
US07788656B2
Disclosed is as system for reducing memory and computational requirements of graphics operations. The system provides techniques for combining otherwise individual operations to apply filters to images. The combined filter emerging from the combination spares the processor time and the creation of an entire intermediary image. The system further provides for application of these techniques in many contexts including where the operations are fragment programs in for a programmable GPU.
US07788651B2
A computer-implemented system for representing data comprises a position indicator that indicates a position of a datum within a group, a name indicator that optionally names the datum, and a value of the datum. A type to be assigned to the datum is derived from at least one of a name of the datum and the position of the datum within the group. Methods of using the system are also provided.
US07788650B2
Source code includes a directive to indicate data structures of related data to a compiler. The compiler associates the related data to the same one of multiple processors in a multiprocessor environment. The compiler searches the source code for locks associated with the related data, and generates executable code that is modified with respect to locks written in the source code. The compiler may replace or remove locks written in the source code to protect access to the related data, resulting in an executable program that does not include the locks.
US07788649B1
A method and software for processing a server page is disclosed, in which a resource file is generated for each server page. The resource contains the markup text of the server page. When the server page is translated into a servlet, a static class initializer is included to read the resource file and initialize static class variables with the markup text. The initialized class is then loaded into a shored memory that is accessible to different processes.
US07788639B2
The present invention relates to the field of provisioning of electronic computing resources via a network to a client, and in particular to a method for automatically selecting resources in for application environments consisting of a multitude of resources, wherein a resource managing component is provided for associating specific, selected resource combinations to the application environment, wherein a list of qualifying working combinations of the resource combinations is maintained. In order to improve provisioning, it is proposed to automatically generate combinations of resources, wherein respective search algorithms look for new resources within a pool of free resources, assemble a combination of resources which fulfil a set of predetermined rules, test such given new combination in multiple level preciseness, and define a fail over situation differently to prior art, namely by providing a new resource combination which was already tested for the exact business application and the exact business process for which it was designed.
US07788637B2
Described herein is an implementation of a technology for the construction, identification, and/or optimization of operating-system processes. At least one implementation, described herein, constructs an operating-system process having the contents as defined by a process manifest. Once constructed, the operating-system process is unalterable.
US07788626B2
A pattern data correction method is disclosed, which comprises preparing an integrated circuit pattern, setting a tolerance to the pattern that is allowable error range when the pattern is transferred on a substrate, creating a target pattern within the tolerance, and making correction for the target pattern to make a first correction pattern under a predetermined condition.
US07788618B2
Methods, systems and software products are provided to enhance the scalability of dependent state analysis element identification. In a method of partitioning a model representing a state machine, a variable is selected from the variables of the model, and a first set of variables are identified that support the selected variable. Then a second set of variables is identified that have overlapping support of the first set of variables. The second set of variables is a partition suitable for use in determining an overapproximation of the reachable states of the selected variable.
US07788617B2
An accurate method to compute the capacitance at a pin whose capacitance is slew dependant. The method uses existing library characterized data and provides an equation based approach which can easily be integrated in static timing analysis without the added resource needs that an iterative approach would require. An RC/RLC network from slew and output load dependent pin capacitance tables is generated. The resulting linear network which models the pin capacitance is then stitched to the original interconnect network and used to calculate the propagation delay across a gate and corresponding interconnect. The method steps include: a) determining a response of the gate pin capacitance to its input slew and output load; b) synthesizing a linear time-invariant filter that matches the response; c) extending the interconnect model to include the synthesized time-invariant filter; and d) inputting the extended interconnect model into a static timing analysis for determining timing behavior between a gate input and each of its fan-out gates.
US07788610B2
A computer-implemented method for verification of a hardware design includes specifying requests to allocate regions in a memory of the hardware design, such that at least two of the requests are specified independently of one another. The requests indicate respective allocation types.Overlap restrictions are specified between at least some of the allocation types. The requests and the overlap restrictions are automatically converted to a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP), which includes CSP constraints based on the requests, the allocation types and the overlap restrictions.The CSP is solved to produce a random test program, which includes a memory map that allocates the regions in the memory while complying with the requests and the overlap restrictions. The test program is applied to the hardware design.
US07788607B2
A system (100) and method (200) for mapping a virtual user interface (VUI) to a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. The method can include identifying (202) a range of object movement in a first coordinate system of the Virtual User Interface (101), identifying (204) a display range in a second coordinate system of the graphical user interface (103), and mapping (206) the range of object motion to the display range to produce a virtual mapping. The method can further include tracking (211) a finger (214) movement (310), applying (213) the virtual mapping to the finger movement to produce a second movement (312), and handling (215) a touchless control (102) in accordance with the second movement.
US07788606B2
Systems and methods for generating graphic primitives. Data is received that is indicative of a gesture provided by a user. It is determined whether the received gesture data is indicative of a graphic primitive. A graphic primitive is generated for use on a user display based upon said determining step.
US07788605B1
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium are provided that in various embodiments relate to manipulating data. In an embodiment, the data may be manipulated with respect to viewing the data.
US07788603B2
A method and system of adding functionality to an Internet browser interface. In one embodiment of the present invention, the added functionality may facilitate automatic login to a web site using an Internet browser. In another embodiment, the added functionality may enable the user to perform various tasks using the Internet browser such as, by way of non-limiting example, performing various tasks required to navigate one or more web pages, or to retrieve information desired by the user from one or more web pages or web sites.
US07788601B2
Movement of a pointer or a window on a display of a personal computer, mobile telephone or digital television set, which allows an object to be selected, is controlled using an orthogonal set of keys. Motion of the pointer or window closely resembles the behaviour of a body of fixed mass obeying Newton's second law of motion. Movement of the pointer may used to predict which object the user wishes to select. Once a prediction has been made, the object is marked and the user may select the marked object, although the user need not act on the prediction.
US07788594B1
Methods and apparatuses for presenting a data input interface. In one exemplary embodiment of a method described herein, a text input field is displayed and, through a first input to the text input field itself, a selection between at least a first operation and a second operation can be made. A first input is received to determine a selected operation which is one of the first operation or the second operation, and a text input is received and the selected operation is performed. Other methods are described, and apparatuses are also described.
US07788588B2
A method implemented in a computer system realizes a user's preferences for launching applications for corresponding kinds of files. The method launches a first application to service a file unless a second application is available to service the same kind of file. If such is the case, the method presents a consent user interface to allow the user to indicate a preference between the first application and the second application. Changes to the preference are inhibited unless made via the consent user interface.
US07788565B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a low maximum allowable operating frequency such as an analog circuit can be prevented from being destroyed during a scan test. When a scan test mode signal is “1”, output signals of a first AND circuit and a second AND circuit are fixed to a low level and an output of an OR circuit is fixed to a high level. Therefore, output signals of fourth through sixth flip-flops FF4-FF6 are not transferred to first through third analog circuits during the scan test. On the other hand, the output signals of the fourth through sixth flip-flops FF4-FF6 are transferred to the first through third analog circuits during a normal operation.
US07788560B2
An interleaver has an input multiplexer that receives a data sequence at an interleaver input and that separates the data sequence into multiple data sub-blocks. The interleaver has a linear feedback shift register that generates an input address sequence. The interleaver has adder circuits that generate output address sequences associated with each data sub-block. The interleaver has memory that stores the data sub-blocks at addresses controlled by the input address sequence. The memory reproduces each data sub-block in an interleaved sequence controlled by the associated output address sequence. The interleaver has an output multiplexer that assembles the interleaved sequences to provide an interleaver output.
US07788559B2
A device test architecture and interface is provided to enable efficient testing embedded cores within devices. The test architecture interfaces to standard IEEE 1500 core test wrappers and provides high test data bandwidth to the wrappers from an external tester. The test architecture includes compare circuits that allow for comparison of test response data to be performed within the device. The test architecture further includes a memory for storing the results of the test response comparisons. The test architecture includes a programmable test controller to allow for various test control operations by simply inputting an instruction to the programmable test controller from the external tester. The test architecture includes a selector circuit for selecting a core for testing. Additional features and embodiments of the device test architectures are also disclosed.
US07788555B2
Herein described is at least a method and system for processing a read or write operation when one or more defects are mapped using one or more fractional sectors. The method comprises using one or more fractional sectors to map defects and to store data symbols. Furthermore, a first algorithm is used for translating a logical block address into a physical starting location such that one or more fractional sectors may be processed during a read or write operation. A second algorithm is used for temporally processing one or more portions of a track of a disk drive, wherein the one or more portions may comprise one or more defective fractional sectors, non-defective fractional sectors, frame remainders, and servo sectors. The system comprises a memory, a processor, and software resident in said memory. The process executes the software that implements the first and second algorithms.
US07788554B2
A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for implementing static random access memory (SRAM) cell write performance evaluation is provided. A SRAM core includes each wordline connected to only one bit column. A ring oscillator circuit is used to generate wordline pulses. A state machine controls operations for the SRAM cell write performance evaluation circuit including the ring oscillator circuit and the SRAM core. A control signal is applied to the state machine to select a first write operation, where the circuit simultaneously writes all the cells to a known state with wide wordlines to ensure all cells are written. Then a second write operation is selected, and all the wordlines are launched simultaneously to write the cells to the opposite state. From these write operations, a required wordline pulse width to write the cell is identified.
US07788540B2
Computing environments, each executing at least one software program, are monitored for failures occurring during execution of the software program. Information associated with the failure, such as an identification of the software program and a failure type describing the failure, is recorded. The failure information is quantified to report the number of times the software program has failed or the number of times a particular failure has occurred. The quantified data may provide help in prioritizing what program or what failures merit investigation and resolution. Reports may be received from failing computing systems stopped at a state following the occurrence of the failure. In response, hold information is checked to determine whether to instruct the failing computing system to hold a state existing upon the occurrence of the failure.
US07788538B2
A method comprising generating status signals comprising stall and event information associated with a hardware system. The method also comprises multiplexing logic partitioning the status signals into classes according to one or more user-specified partition criteria.
US07788535B2
A data processing system is provided comprising at least one processing unit (PU) for data processing and a debugger means (DM) for debugging the processing of the at least one processing unit (PU) based on a plurality of breakpoints. The debugger means (DM) comprises a first register (BAR) for storing a base address for one of the plurality of breakpoints, wherein the debugging means (DM) initiates the debugging of the processing of the at least one processing units (PU) based on the base address stored in the first breakpoint register, i.e. the base address register. A second breakpoint register (OR) is provided for storing an offset for obtaining subsequent breakpoints. A logic arithmetic unit (LAU) is provided for repetitively calculating a breakpoint condition based on the base address stored in the first breakpoint register and the offset stored in the second breakpoint register and for updating the base address stored in the first breakpoint register.
US07788529B2
A method for safely interrupting blocked work in a server including: creating a registry; registering a potential blocking event in the registry; executing the potential blocking event; determining that the potential blocking event is not responding; accessing a registry entry corresponding to the blocking event; and taking an corrective action indicated by the registry entry corresponding to the blocking event.
US07788527B2
A management server in a storage system manages a table that stores, as a change history, at least configuration change and a change time for plural volumes; acquires specification of a recovery-target volume and of a recovery time, and acquires, from the table, information on the specified volume and the specified recovery time; shows, in a user interface, a point of difference between a current configuration of the specified volume and a configuration of the specified volume as of at the specified time in a manner distinguishing it from the other parts in display based on the acquired information and current information on the specified volume; and recovers the specified volume to its state as of at the specified time based on backup data and journal data after acquisition of an instruction to recover the specified volume to its state as of at the specified time based on the display.
US07788523B2
A method and apparatus for relating a device name to a physical location of a device (202) on a network is provided. The network may be a serial loop network, for example a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop network. The network includes a plurality of devices (202) on or connected to the network (201) and a control device (205) with control over at least one of the devices (202). Each device (202) has a check output (204) independent of the network (201) with connection means (206) to a control device (205). The method includes the step of sending a device name from the check output (204) of a device (202) to the control device (205). The check output (204) of a device (202) is also connected to an external indication means for indicating the failure of the device (202).
US07788520B2
Administering a system dump on a redundant node controller including detecting a communications failure between a system controller and the redundant node controller; generating a unique identifier for the communications failure; instructing a primary node controller to provoke a system dump on the redundant node controller; provoking the system dump on the redundant node controller including suspending a processor of the redundant node controller and storing during the suspension of the processor the unique identifier for the communications failure and an instruction to execute the system dump on the redundant node controller; releasing the processor of the redundant node controller from suspension; in response to releasing the processor from suspension, identifying the unique identifier for the communications failure and the instruction to execute the system dump; and executing the system dump including associating the system dump with the unique identifier.
US07788519B2
A system, apparatus, and method for a core rationing logic to enable cores of a multi-core processor to adhere to various power and thermal constraints.
US07788513B2
A method of reducing power consumption of a computing system by a predetermined amount comprises: selecting at least one memory component of the computer system for reduced power consumption based on the predetermined amount of power consumption reduction; and evacuating the selected at least one memory component to reduce the power consumption of the computing system by at least the predetermined amount.
US07788502B1
A method and system are disclosed. The system includes a trusted loader. The method includes downloading an IP core from a vendor to a target device. The IP core is received in an encrypted form at the target device, which can be, for example, a programmable logic device.
US07788501B2
A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numbers or another unique identifier for each device that it produces, along with a self-generated public key for each device. The enrollment authority is recognized by the manufacturer or another suitable institution as capable of validating an individual before enrolling him into the device. The enrollment authority maintains and operates the appropriate equipment for enrollment, and provides its approval of the enrollment. The methods described herein discuss post-manufacturing, enrollment, backup, and recovery processes for the device.
US07788495B2
The present invention provides systems and methods to automatically install and trust a self-signed (e.g., untrusted) web site certificate on one or more web clients local to the network. In addition, the systems and methods provide for automatic installation of the self-signed certificate and/or a signed (e.g., trusted) certificate on a web server, and automatic configuration to enable an authentication and/or encryption mechanism (e.g., SSL encryption) with at least a portion of the web site. Conventionally, certificate installation, configuration and trusting are achieved manually, which can be time consuming and prone to errors such as trusting a fictitious certificate, for example. The systems and methods of the present invention provide a novel approach to mitigate manual web site certificate installation (e.g., trusted and untrusted) and trusting, web client interruption via untrusted web site warning notifications, and domain web site redirection to a fictitious web site.
US07788488B2
Upon detection of a virus definition file update, a virus check server mounts a computer's storage area in a storage apparatus via a network to check whether or not a file stored in the storage area is infected with a virus. For the virus check, the virus check server communicates with the storage apparatus via a path different from the one that is laid between a user computer and the storage system. Therefore, a virus check executed by the virus check server does not lower the computer's communication speed and disk access speed.
US07788487B2
In a data processing apparatus that switches between a secure mode and a normal mode during execution, the secure mode allowing access to secure resources to be protected, the normal mode not allowing access to the secure resources, when the secure resources increase in the secure mode, the load on a protection mechanism for protecting the resources becomes large. Thus, there is a demand for data processing apparatuses that are able to reduce secure resources.The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus that stores therein a secure program including one or more processing procedures which use secure resources and a call instruction for calling a normal program to be executed in a normal mode. While executing the secure program, the data processing apparatus calls the normal program with the call instruction and operates according to the called normal program.
US07788486B2
A slide customization system, comprising an administrator, wherein at least one information presentation is received at the administrator, at least one database, wherein the at least one information presentation is stored, a validator, wherein validation of the at least one information presentation is performed by the validator by validating the at least one information presentation with at least one validation attribute selected by the administrator from a plurality of validation attributes, and wherein the validation of the selected ones of the validation attributes against the at least one information presentation is stored to said at least one database, and a compiler, wherein the compiler manipulates the selected ones of the validation attributes and the information presentation associated therewith in accordance with an output request, and in accordance with unique limitations of one or more of the selected ones of the validation attributes, and wherein the manipulation is in accordance with at least one output selected from the group consisting of a report, a search result, and an order placement is disclosed.
US07788470B1
A method and controller for supporting out of order execution of instructions is described. A microprocessor is coupled to a coprocessor via a controller. Instructions are received by the microprocessor and the controller. Indices respectively associated with the instructions are generated by the microprocessor, and the instructions are popped from the first queue for execution by the coprocessor. The controller includes a first queue and a second queue. The instructions and the indices are queued in the first queue, and this first queuing includes steering the instructions and the indices associated therewith to respective first register locations while maintaining association between the instructions and the indices. The instructions may be popped off the first queue out of order with respect to an order in which the instructions are received into the first queue.
US07788463B2
Systems and methods for cyclic buffer management are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods enable cyclic buffer wrap-around write operations independent of temporary buffer allocations and corresponding multiple data copies. To this end, the systems and methods map the cyclic buffer's physical addresses two-times (“doubly map”) to a consecutive block of virtual memory. When an application desires to write beyond the end of what represents the cyclic buffer, the systems and methods provide a logical pointer to the doubly mapped virtual memory, enabling the application to directly write into the virtual memory from the end of the first cyclic buffer mapping to the beginning of the second cyclic buffer mapping. The memory management operations automatically transfer the data out of this doubly mapped virtual memory into the cyclic buffer for subsequent extraction and presentation to the user.
US07788460B2
Provided are a method, system and program for defragmenting objects in a storage medium. An I/O request to an object in storage is received and the object is defragmented in storage so that blocks in storage including the object are contiguous in response to receiving the I/O request. The I/O request is executed with respect to the object in storage.
US07788458B2
Described are a method, computer program product, and system for obtaining a copy of source data in a consistent state. One or more file operations having a corresponding time sequence which modify said source data are recorded. A request for a copy of the source data in a consistent state is received. It is determined at which point in the corresponding time sequence said source data is in a consistent state as a result of applying a portion of the file operations. The point in the corresponding time sequence at which the source data is in a consistent state is marked. The portion of file operations determined to place the source data in a consistent state is applied to the copy of the source data.
US07788454B2
A controller includes an internal flash ROM to which initial data is writable after the controller is manufactured. In response to a download enable signal, a download control circuit reads data from an external serial flash ROM in accordance with a set of data read commands stored in a first command register and an address that is registered in an address register. Then, the download control circuit temporarily stores the read data in a data register. The download control circuit writes the data that is temporarily stored in the data register to the internal flash ROM by referring to a set of data write commands stored in a second command register and the address that is registered in the address register.
US07788447B2
An electronic flash memory external storage method and device for data processing system, includes firmware which directly controls the access of electronic storage media and implements standard interface functions, adopts particular reading and writing formats of the external storage media, receives power via USB, externally stores date by flash memory and access control circuit 2 with the cooperation of the firmware, driver and operating system, and has write-protection so that the data can be safely transferred. The method according to present invention is highly efficient and all parts involved are assembled as a monolithic piece so that it has large-capacity with small size and high speed. The device operates in statistic state and is driven by software. It is plug-and-play and adapted to data processing system.
US07788437B2
A computer system is provided including a computer having a bus coupled to a computer system memory with a user buffer allocated therein. A network interface controller is coupled between the bus and a network. A retransmit buffer is coupled to the computer system memory, a transmit/receive buffer coupled to the computer system memory, and a retransmit direct memory access is within the network interface controller for moving data between the user buffer and the transmit/receive buffer, the retransmit buffer, or both as well as for moving the data to the network.
US07788435B2
An interrupt redirection and coalescing system for a multi-processor computer. Devices interrupt a processor or group of processors using pre-defined message address and data payloads communicated with a memory write transaction over a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI Express bus. The efficiency of processing may be improved by combining multiple interrupt notifications into a single interrupt message to a processor. For some interrupts on a multi-processor computer, such as those signaling completion of an input/output (I/O) operation assigned to a device, the efficiency of processing the interrupt may vary from processor to processor. Processing efficiency and overall computer system operation may be improved by appropriately coalescing interrupt messages within and/or across a plurality of queues, where interrupts are queued on the basis of which processor they target.
US07788432B2
The various embodiments described herein relate to a system for performing a serial communication between a central control block and a plurality of satellite components within a semiconductor chip. The system comprises at least one logical ring that serially connects the satellite components to the central control block. The system further comprises a centralized timer. The satellite components aid the system in obeying protocols and performing direct accesses to and/or from registers. The logical ring comprises at least one data channel that is provided for transmitting data packets and address packets. Single-envelope transactions are implemented. Errors of the satellite components associated with the single-envelope transactions are reported to the central control block as additional acknowledgement information.
US07788421B1
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for directing airflow through a computing device. This system comprises an airflow baffle, which includes a set of signal pins and a circuit. The airflow baffle is configured to direct airflow through the computing device, and the set of signal pins are configured to interface the airflow baffle with the computing device. Moreover, the circuit in the airflow baffle is coupled to the set of signal pins, and is configured to use the signal pins to notify the computing device that the airflow baffle is installed in the computing device.
US07788418B2
A measurement or protective device has a terminal for establishing a connection to a data bus. A control device determine the mode of operation of the measurement or protective device, and the mode of operation can be changed from the outside using the terminal. The novel device enables evaluation operations, in particular testing operations, from the outside in an even simpler manner than before. The control device is configured in such a manner that it can operate at least two software modules in parallel and independently of one another. One of the software modules is an operating module which determines the measurement or protective mode of operation of the device, and at least one additional software module has another function. The control device has at least one software interface to which the additional software module can be coupled, in terms of software, from the outside using the terminal.
US07788416B2
A technique is provided for configuring and controlling complex hardware subsystems that relieves the burden placed on the system programmer and that is, by comparison to present methods, safe and error-free. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, configuration of a hardware subsystem (110) is accomplished by providing in hardware a configuration controller including a controller portion (113) and a storage portion (115) storing configuration parameters. The configuration controller (113) is activated, for example in response to a Configuration/Control ID, and thereupon performs configuration of the hardware subsystem (110), including storing at least one configuration parameter in a register (111) of the hardware subsystem. Typically, the configuration controller hardware (113) and storage (115) are embedded within the hardware subsystem to be configured or controlled. The configuration/control functionality is thus “encapsulated” within the hardware subsystem (110) itself such that the system programmer need not be concerned with details.
US07788407B1
An application level gateway allows computers on a local area or “internal” network to serve data (e.g., web pages, files or other constructs) to computer systems on an external or public network such as the Internet, even though references such as hostnames and/or network addresses within the internal network that are contained within the data (e.g., URLs in web pages) might not be compatible (e.g., DNS resolvable or routable) with the external network. The system detects, in a portion of data (e.g., a web page), a local reference to a computer system on the internal network, determines whether a computer system identifier is mapped to the computer system specified in the local reference, and replaces the local reference with a translated reference obtained from the mapping. The translated reference contains the computer system identifier and a reference to a gateway computer system coupled to the internal network, such that subsequent referrals to the translated reference are directed to the gateway computer system. When a request for the data is subsequently received, the gateway performs a reverse mapping to determine the identity of the computer system on the internal network.
US07788392B2
Methods, apparatuses, articles, and systems for instantiating a control service to facilitate management of a remotely disposed platform supporting a plurality of redirection protocols of media devices of different types for redirecting the media devices, are described herein. In various embodiments, the control service is adapted to establish a control session with the remotely disposed platform and discover the supported redirection protocols of the media devices. In some embodiments, the control service is further adapted to control the remotely disposed platform based on the redirection protocols, to cause the remotely disposed platform to establish a data session with a media server, remotely disposed from the platform, having one or more of the media devices of different types, the data session including a number of redirection connections redirecting the media devices of the media server to the platform. Additionally, in one embodiment, the control service is adapted to manage the platform.
US07788391B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides performing packet processing on a packet, and placing the packet in a placement queue; if no read buffer is available, determining if the size of the placement queue exceeds a threshold polling value; and if the size of the placement queue exceeds the threshold polling value: if there are one or more pending DMM (data movement module) requests, polling a DMM to determine if the DMM has completed the one or more pending DMM requests for data associated with an application; and if the DMM has completed the one or more pending DMM requests, then sending a completion notification to the application to receive the data.
US07788386B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for shaping traffic. These mechanisms and methods for shaping traffic can enable embodiments to control traffic flow at a network gatekeeper based upon policies implementing service level agreements dictating traffic characteristics permitted to applications and/or by network node. The ability of embodiments to provide service level agreement based control of network traffic can enable control of traffic flow by application and/or by network node.
US07788380B2
Disclosed herein is a load balancing method and apparatus which can efficiently distribute load to a plurality of servers providing a software streaming service where a bandwidth-on-demand is different depending on sending times, and a software streaming system using the same. Sessions established between the servers and clients are classified into first sessions which send data for initial execution and second sessions which send data desired by users after the initial execution is completed, and the resulting session information of each of the servers is collected. A total load amount of each of the servers is calculated under the condition that different load weights are applied to the first and second sessions. A server with a minimum one of the total load amounts is selected from among the servers by comparing the total load amounts of the servers with one another, and the selected server is allocated to a new client requesting the software streaming service.
US07788378B2
A method of discovering a community relay node within a network community wherein the community relay node is operatively coupled to an access-protected client and adapted to facilitate communication between the access-protected client and a requesting client, includes receiving a request message from a requesting client relating to a request for a community relay node, associating the request message with a serverless name resolution protocol name, selecting a community relay node from among a list of community relay nodes based on the serverless name resolution protocol name, wherein the list of community relay nodes comprises at least one internet protocol address associated with a community relay node, and returning an internet protocol address of the selected community relay node to the requesting client.
US07788372B2
A method, computer program product and computer platform for delivering allowing an advisory services provider to provide advisory services to an organisation is described. Information relating to a plurality of different topics is accessible over a computer network by a plurality of end users of the organisation. Access to the information by the end users is monitored. It is determined when information relating to a topic identified as being high risk or complicated has been accessed by an end user. The method then ensures that a communication between the end user and an individual authorised to advise on the topic is initiated to allow advice to be provided to the end user. The advisory services platform can include a content delivery module operable to provide a website to the end users and also operable to monitor and track access to the information by end users. A call and case management module can interact with the content delivery module to record details of communications between the end users and call co-ordinators and/or advisors.
US07788362B2
In one aspect this invention provides a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium that is executed by at least one data processor of a policy management system. The computer program includes first computer program instructions for implementing a user interface and second computer program instructions for implementing a policy manager that is coupled to the user interface via a policy repository for introducing a new attribute, using the first computer program instructions, into a policy for a policy-managed system, without requiring a change to (e.g., without having to re-write or re-compile) the second computer program instructions.
US07788360B2
A configurable distributed information sharing system includes a process for controlling the sharing of data entities among a plurality of interconnected computers including one or more servers and a plurality of client computers. As transactions are processed by the client computers, the client computers log new data records, modified data records, and deleted data records. During communication sessions with servers, the client computers convey the changed data entities to the server for relay to other client computers according to a data sharing table. The data sharing table includes a data source column listing all data sending computers, a data destination column matching all data receiving computers with data sending computers from which they will receive changed data, and a data identification column matching all the types of data that will be shared among specific data sending and data receiving computers.
US07788352B2
System and method for providing services to a user with one or more user devices in a communication network are disclosed. The system includes a server for communicating with the one or more user devices, where the server includes a connected-data-set and the one or more user devices share portions of the connected-data-set, a configuration database for storing configurations and settings of the one or more user devices, where the configuration database includes type descriptions, transcodings, account templates, service descriptions, and settings of the connected-data-set, and logic for providing services to the one or more user devices using the connected-data-set and the configuration database.
US07788349B2
When it is detected that a user connects a device to a client but there is no device driver of the device in an information processing server, the device driver existing in the client is transmitted to the information processing server and is automatically installed. Further, in order to cope with even the case where it is necessary to restore the information processing server to the environment existing before utilization thereof after utilization of the information processing server is ended even if the information processing server is shared with a plurality of users, the introduction state of the device driver in the information processing server is restored.
US07788346B2
A client-server system may include a distributed store configured to maintain a primary state of session data including one or more attributes. One or more other nodes may include other instances of the primary state. The system may compare the primary state to a benchmark primary state to generate a subset of the attributes of the session data that have been modified in the primary state. Another instance of the primary state may be synchronized with the primary state using the subset of the attributes. In one embodiment, the comparing may include performing binary differencing of binary representations of the primary state and the benchmark primary state to determine the modified attributes. In another embodiment, the comparing may include performing object graph differencing of object graph representations of the primary state and the benchmark primary state to determine the modified attributes.
US07788342B2
A system and method for data communication connecting on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant call to action for users who are provided with the ability to instantaneously retrieve further detailed information. The notification centric portions of information is wirelessly broadcast to wireless receiving devices which are attached to computing devices. Upon receipt of the information at the personal computer, the user is notified through different multimedia alerts that there is an incoming message. Wirelessly broadcasted URL's, associated with the data, are embedded in data packets and provide an automated wired or wireless connection back to the information source for obtaining detailed data.
US07788339B1
A system provides for the automated access and downloading of multimedia files according to a custom made listing. Prior to download, a listing of all multimedia files to be broadcast from at least one broadcast website on the Internet may be received and such information may be provided to a system user through use of a web browser incorporated in a personal computer. Once this listing is received, a system user may make selections as to the multimedia files to be downloaded and the dates and times that this shall occur. The system user may further provide information for future use as to the categories for the types of programs which the system will provide notice for. At the designated time, a file download module in the web browser will access the designated broadcast website and download the multimedia file to a designated location.
US07788335B2
A switched file system, also termed a file switch, is logically positioned between client computers and file servers in a computer network. The file switch distributes user files among multiple file servers using aggregated file, transaction and directory mechanisms. The file switch supports caching of a particular aggregated data file either locally in a client computer or in the file switch in accordance with the exclusivity level of an opportunistic lock granted to the entity that requested caching. The opportunistic lock can be obtained either on the individual data files stored in the file servers or on the metadata files that contain the location of each individual data files in the file servers. The opportunistic lock can be broken if another client tries to access the aggregated data file. Opportunistic locks allows client-side caching while preserving data integrity and consistency, hence the performance of the switched file system is increased.
US07788323B2
A distributed data processing system provides a virtual workplace environment. The virtual workplace environment may be a three-dimensional model of an office, a conference room, or an entire office building complex. Participants are represented by three-dimensional avatars, which move within the virtual environment. Participants may also share data within the virtual environment. Two-dimensional data may be projected onto the surface of a three-dimensional object within the environment, such as a wall. Three-dimensional data may be rendered within the environment for the participants to inspect.
US07788319B2
Methods and systems for managing integration of a heterogeneous application landscape are disclosed. The landscape is defined by one or more business process. A business process management system includes an integration server connected between two or more applications in the landscape. The integration server includes a business process engine configured to execute one or more business processes that define message-based interactions between the two or more applications. The business process management system further includes a runtime engine, under direction of the business process engine, for executing one or more messaging services on the message-based interactions between the two or more applications.
US07788314B2
The present invention discloses a modified computer architecture (50, 71, 72) which enables an applications program (50) to be run simultaneously on a plurality of computers (M1, . . . Mn). Shared memory at each computer is updated with amendments and/or overwrites so that all memory read requests are satisfied locally. During initial program loading (75), or similar, instructions which result in memory being re-written or manipulated are identified (92). Additional instructions are inserted (103) to cause the equivalent memory locations at all computers to be updated. In addition, the initialization of JAVA language classes and objects is disclosed (162, 163) so all memory locations for all computers are initialized in the same manner. The finalization of JAVA language classes and objects is also disclosed (162, 163) so finalization only occurs when the last class or object present on all machines is no longer required. During initial program loading (75), or similar, instructions which result in the application program (50) acquiring (or releasing) a lock on a particular asset (50A, 50X-50Y) (synchronization) are identified. Additional instructions are inserted (162, 163) to result in a modified synchronization routine with which all computers are updated.
US07788311B2
A processor-executed computational method especially for use in cryptographic systems quickly determines a polynomial quotient under specific conditions. For a polynomial modulus f(x), a maximum degree for a polynomial i(x) to be reduced by this method is defined as the sum of the degree of f(x) and the difference d between the degrees of the two highest degree coefficients of f(x). Polynomials i(x) with degree less than this maximum can be divided by a^[deg(f(x))] instead of the full f(x) to quickly obtain the quotient value. With this quotient a residue value can be obtained, or optionally a random congruent value.
US07788308B2
A method for realizing a digital filter in an electronic system. The method includes first determining the specific number of coefficients to be calculated for a design filter and calculating the value of some of the coefficients for the design filter, typically all but one. Next, a reference filter is selected having the same number of coefficients as the design filter and each coefficient of the reference filter is calculated. With the reference filter's coefficients, the method concludes by determining the value of the remaining coefficients of the design filter that were previously not calculated. The determination is based upon an arithmetic comparison to the coefficients of the reference filter. The system and method improve second-order filter response for certain filters implemented with a direct-form topology.
US07788303B2
Systems and methods are provided for scanning files and directories in a distributed file system on a network of nodes. The nodes include metadata with attribute information corresponding to files and directories distributed on the nodes. In one embodiment, the files and directories are scanned by commanding the nodes to search their respective metadata for a selected attribute. At least two of the nodes are capable of searching their respective metadata in parallel. In one embodiment, the distributed file system commands the nodes to search for metadata data structures having location information corresponding to a failed device on the network. The metadata data structures identified in the search may then be used to reconstruct lost data that was stored on the failed device.
US07788300B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for garbage collection of shared data entities. A computer program identifies a set of virtual machines (VMs), each operable to generate references to shared entities stored in shared memory. Each shared entity can include references to one or more of the other shared entities. The program waits for the VMs to independently identify the shared entities that they reference directly, and then initiates a shared garbage collection procedure to identify the shared entities that are not directly or indirectly referenced by any of the VMs and to reclaim the shared memory being used to store those shared entities. The VMs are prevented from generating new references to the shared entities solely during a portion of the shared garbage collection procedure. By minimizing the time during which access to the shared entities is restricted, performance and scalability can be increased.
US07788292B2
The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods for normalizing document representations for use with Naïve Bayes. The system can include devices and components that determine norms associated with documents by aggregating absolute term weight values associated with the documents, and further ascertain term weights for features associated with the documents, and thereafter divides the term weights for the features associated with the documents with the norms associated with the documents to produce a normalized document representation that can be utilized by arbitrary linear classifiers.
US07788288B1
A method for propagating changes, including updates and new configurations, to data in a data-store for a network is disclosed. The methodology discovers a method that includes forming a schedule for each one of a group of intelligent peripheral resources and forming a query to a data-store for each one of the intelligent peripheral resources. The method continues by using each one of the group of intelligent peripheral resources to gather new data, which is the result of the query, and updating the data with the gathered new data so the updated data can be stored on a computer readable media.
US07788284B2
The present invention provides functionality for conducting a knowledge based by finding search results from limited topic domains. According to one embodiment, the method of the present invention includes retrieving the context of a given user and identifying a plurality of characteristics associated with the user's context. The one or more characteristics associated with the user's context are displayed to the user and the user may select from the displayed characteristics. One or more items of content are retrieved based upon the user's selection and presented to the user on the user's client device.
US07788281B2
Spatial rules involve locations of entities, such as wireless devices, from a mobile population. When evaluating rules in a communication network, attributes of an entity are determined, where one of the attributes comprises location of the entity. Rules are evaluated to produce one or more results, each of the rules operating on the attributes of the entity. Specified actions for the rules are performed, based on the evaluation of the rules. At least one of the specified actions comprises communicating a result to an application. The communication network may have a portion that is wireless. An attribute of the entity can include subscriber information and an entity generally corresponds to a particular subscriber in the communication network, but the entity may also correspond to multiple subscribers. An entity may be a wireless device, which can subscribe to a network. Rules can apply to particular geographical regions, to particular subscribers, to both, or to additional criteria.
US07788278B2
Input data queries directed at a plurality of target databases and originating from any of a plurality of sources are first converted to validated canonical forms, which are then used to query the target databases. Specifically, upon receiving an input data query, a relatively accurate reference database is selected based on the type of the input data. This reference is then queried for the input data with the intent of finding an exact matching record or a near-matching record that can be considered an exact match and thereby validating the input data. Otherwise, the requesting source is instructed to provide a new query. Once having a validated record, it is converted to a canonical form, which is then used to query the target databases intended to be searched. In a further embodiment, multiple reference databases are queried to determine a canonical form of the data or to determine multiple canonical forms of the data.
US07788275B2
An object-relational mapping mechanism facilitates customized relationship traversal. The mechanism can override default loading behavior with custom functionality (e.g., eager loading, lazy loading . . . ) specified by a programmer, for example. In other words, the object-relational mapping mechanism includes an extensibility point or hook for customization.
US07788273B2
The extended facet navigator combines two or more facet navigators for searching two or more datasets into a single, space efficient user interface. Each facet navigator is comprised of a plurality of constraint manipulators surrounding a results viewer. In one embodiment, the results from a first facet navigator are a constraint for a second facet navigator. Whenever the results of a first facet navigator are a constraint for a second facet navigator, any change to a constraint manipulator on the first facet navigator will update the results for the first facet navigator. The updated results from the first facet navigator updates the constraint on the second facet navigator. The second facet navigator updates the results of the second facet navigator based on the updated constraint.
US07788272B2
A method for open-text searching of information sources owned by a library is provided. The method uses existing full-text search engines and databases of open-text scans of text documents to provide searches which are limited to the actual set of information sources owned by or within a physical library. This set of information sources may be defined by a listing of ISBN or document identification numbers at an access rights database. Users may access this system from computer terminals within the library, or offsite using a unique library patron identification card. Constraints may be placed on the searches which limit the number of users searching a specific book at one time or the level of search access permitted.
US07788267B2
Data files are action tagged by electronic devices as the files are used, and such tags are used to compute a total value for each data file among a group of data files for the purpose of running comparative-type operations, e.g., sorting or organizing the group of data files, or searching for one or more files in the group. The action tags are carried on each data file, preferably in the header, so as to travel with the file as the file is transferred among devices. The action tagging generally involves tracking, and storing as metadata in the data file, each occurrence of each of multiple indirect actions, and one or more characteristics associated with each indirect action occurrence. In setting up a comparative-type operation, a user can select via an interface one or more parameters with which to constrain each input value computation for respective indirect activities. A user-selected weight can be assigned to each input calculation. Embodiments of the invention and/or aspects thereof can be realized in methods, instruction-containing mediums, data structures, devices and systems.
US07788264B2
Systems and methods for classifying documents each having zero or more links thereto include generating a link matrix; generating a document term matrix; and jointly factorizing the document term matrix and the link matrix.
US07788251B2
Systems, methods, and computer programs for performing concept-based searches and for creating content are described. According to one embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified and a search query is formed based on the identified concepts. The search query is used to perform one or more searches that retrieve one or more search results. According to another embodiment, a method is described wherein one or more concepts are identified in a first content source. Context related to at least one of the one or more concepts is extracted from the first content source, and a second content source is populated with at least a portion of the context.
US07788240B2
A method is described that involves hashing a key value to locate a slot in a primary table, then, hashing the key value to locate a first slot in a secondary table, then, linearly probing the secondary table starting from the first slot.
US07788239B2
A method provides access to a data entity having a basis version and the creation of derived versions. The method includes a creating procedure for creating a derived version, by carrying out one or more operations on the basis version, storing them, and accepting them. The method further includes a providing procedure for providing access to the derived version through first addresses mapped to second addresses of the basis version and of the accepted one or more operations, by reconstructing the derived version based on the basis version and the accepted one or more operations.
US07788232B2
In writing a new file over an existing file, if it is set that the existing file is to be stored into an archive, it is confirmed whether or not there is an archive file for the existing file, and the existing file is stored into the archive file. After the existing file is stored into the archive file, the new file is written over the existing file and stored. By performing such a process, a file management program product is provided that can suitably execute an overwriting process while considering the convenience of a user and can protect the original file.
US07788214B2
A system and method for integrating data from a source application to a target application are provided. The system includes an interface module for extracting data from the source application and publishing the data in a first predetermined format; a business transformation logic engine for transforming the formatted data by a series of transformation handlers into a second predetermined format usable by the target application; and a configuration interface for defining the data to be transformed from the source application to the target application.
US07788209B2
A fault reasoning system combines both a model-based reasoning approach based upon predicted root causes of a plurality of fault signals, and a case-based reasoner that looks at the actual root cause of actual cases.
US07788197B2
A teaching apparatus and a teaching method that facilitates accurately setting a retainer at a target position, and minimizes troublesome steps in the manufacturing process, are to be provided. The teaching apparatus includes a first member held by the retainer of the carrying apparatus, a second member attached to the wafer boat (mounting rack) so as to oppose the first member held by the retainer when the retainer is set close to the target position, an output unit, and an arithmetic unit. The first member includes a distance sensor that generates a sensor signal representing a distance between the distance sensor and a surface of the second member opposing the first member. On the surface of the second member opposing the first member, a reference mark A is provided. The first member includes an imaging device that shoots an image including the reference mark A, and generates image data.
US07788195B1
Systems and methods for performing fraud detection. As an example, a system and method can be configured to build a set of predictive models to predict credit card or debit card fraud. A first predictive model is trained using a set of training data. A partitioning criterion is used to determine how to partition the training data into partitions. Another predictive model is trained using at least one of the partitions of training data in order to generate a second predictive model. The predictive models are combined for use in predicting credit card or debit card fraud.
US07788192B2
A method for quantum computing using a quantum system comprising a plurality of qubits is provided. The system can be in any one of at least two configurations at any given time including one characterized by an initialization Hamiltonian HO and one characterized by a problem Hamiltonian HP. The problem Hamiltonian HP has a final state. Each respective first qubit in the qubits is arranged with respect to a respective second qubit in the qubits such that they define a predetermined coupling strength. The predetermined coupling strengths between the qubits in the plurality of qubits collectively define a computational problem to be solved. In the method, the system is initialized to HO and is then adiabatically changed until the system is described by the final state of the problem Hamiltonian HP. Then the state of the system is read out by probing an observable of the σX Pauli matrix operator.
US07788191B2
Methods and systems are provided for encoding, transmission and decoding of vectorized input data, for example, video or audio data. A convex invariance learning framework is established for processing input data or a given data type. Each input vector is associated with a variable transformation matrix that acts on the vector to invariantly permute the vector elements. Joint invariance and model learning is performed on a training set of invariantly transformed vectors over a constrained space of transformation matrices using maximum likelihood analysis. The maximum likelihood analysis reduces the data volume to a linear subspace volume in which the training data can be modeled by a reduced number of variables. Principal component analysis is used to identify a set of N eigenvectors that span the linear subspace. The set of N eigenvectors is used a basis set to encode input data and to decode compressed data.
US07788187B2
The methods of the invention include interrogating a user provided “Abandoned Property DataBase” (APDB) and assigning a probable escheat jurisdiction to each account based on a series of user-selected processing options. The invention appends confidence codes indicating how each escheat decision was reached, enabling users to make informed decisions as to which accounts require additional manual review and ultimately, which escheat to each jurisdiction. The invention can also correct addresses, parse extraneous data, append alternate escheat jurisdictions, provide Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) compliance validation, and allow real-time review and updating of account data and escheat determinations. The invention will increase the likelihood of lost assets being reunited with their rightful owners and/or turned over to the proper jurisdiction.
US07788179B2
A cellular phone company closes a contract with a user to the effect that the cellular phone company collects a predetermined basic charge from the user together with a communication charge. When the user intends to print out a contents, the user sends authentication information given to him/her to a contents server from his/her cellular phone. The contents server authenticates the user based on the authentication information, and sends contents data for browsing to the user's cellular phone, if authentication is successful. The user's cellular phone sends print request information to a printer. The printer acquires corresponding contents data for print-out from the contents server in accordance with the print request information, and prints out the contents. The cellular phone company collects the basic charge and the communication charge from the user based on the contract.
US07788178B2
The present invention provides according to an embodiment a method of reproducing digital content, comprising the steps of: (a) reading a position information where a sample data is present, the sample data being same as a portion of digital content and not encrypted; and (b) reproducing the sample data based on the read position information without a key information, the key information required for decrypting an encrypted digital content.
US07788176B2
In accordance with the disclosed embodiments, a system and method is presented for providing online SMS games to any SMS equipped device without having to install any additional applications on the SMS equipped device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a text message from a SMS equipped device. The method sends a text message that includes a list of available online SMS games to the SMS equipped device. The method receives a text message from the SMS equipped device that indicates a selected SMS game from the list of available online SMS games. The method sends a text message to the SMS equipped device to initiate playing of the selected SMS game.
US07788174B1
A system and method for electronically processing and settling electronic financial transactions in an environment in which a number of different service providers provide financial services in addition to their core communications, content aggregation, media or Internet search, advertising and/or auction services. More specifically, the present invention concerns an electronic financial gateway and/or middleware processing of financial transactions in an environment in which a plurality of communications, media, or Internet service providers provide also financial services to their customers. The financial transactions are settled to existing accounts associated with the service providers.
US07788170B2
A system and method for upgrading existing credit cards with additional lines of credit is disclosed. Credit information associated with customers holding credit cards issued by a credit card issuer are analyzed to determine a level of risk associated with each customer. One or more extra line of credit may be established for selected customers based on the determined level of risk associated with each customer. Each extra credit line may be exclusively associated with a selected set of vendors that have a partnership agreement with the credit card issuer. The credit card issuer may allow customers to select vendors to be associated with the extra credit line or may automatically choose vendors for selected customers. Customers with established extra credit lines may purchase goods and/or service directly from vendor sites or at the credit card issuer's web sites. Purchases at selected vendor sites may be automatically applied to a customer's newly established extra credit line. Additionally, a customer may choose to apply purchases to their extra credit lines or their primary line of credit.
US07788168B2
A method of dynamically negotiating a transaction can include determining a potential transaction between participants according to transaction parameters stored within a transaction parameter data store. The transaction parameters can be associated with each of the participants and can specify acceptable transaction terms. The potential transactions can be evaluated according to a mutual benefit conferred on the participants by the potential transactions according to the transaction parameters. The potential transactions can be ordered according to decreasing mutual benefit; and, the potential transaction having the greatest mutual benefit can be presented to the participants.
US07788166B2
A data processing apparatus and method are provided for calculating an implied correlation and/or dispersion of an index that has a plurality of constituents. Data is received which describes properties of the index and properties of at least some of its constituents. An implied variance of the index and an implied variance of each of the at least some constituents are determined based on the received data. The implied correlation and/or dispersion of the index are calculated using the determined implied variances. A variance calculation scheme may be used which does not require the calculation of a volatility. Further, a model-free algorithm may be used to determine the implied valiances. Furthermore, an implied volatility of the index and an implied volatility for constituents may be determined from the implied variances.
US07788164B2
To use market clearing methods to determine market equilibrium, a market clearing situation is established by determining a number of items to be sold at the market price and allotting a number of pseudo items assignable to bids below the market price. Once bids are received for the items, using the number of pseudo items and the actual items as the supply side, and the total funds bid as the demand side, a market clearing price is determinable using a market clearing equilibrium model. Funds assigned to pseudo items are returned or not charged. Further, by selling items only to bids exceeding the market clearing price, such as by setting the market price incrementally above the market clearing price, bidders are encouraged to submit bid prices bid reflecting what the items are worth to them instead of attempting to bid strategically to guess or set the market price.
US07788161B2
A large market order to buy is received causing an imbalance. A portion of the market order is executed at a best offer price. A quote is changed from fast to slow, and a remaining unexecuted size of the market order is calculated. The unexecuted size of the market order is quoted at the best offer price, and the best bid size is quoted as 100 shares. The best bid price is quoted as a gap price. In a similar fashion a large market order to sell results in a gap quote.
US07788160B2
A system and method are provided for including a configurable order option in a listing on a network-based auction service. The system and method include specifying the configurable order using an auction application separate from the network-based auction service and communicating the configurable order option specified using the auction application to the network-based auction service as part of the listing. A seller may specify configurable order options during the creation of a listing that may be communicated to the network-based auction service along with the listing information. Configurable order options provide at least two possible choices for a bidder/buyer thereby allowing customization of the listing to the degree permitted by the seller. Configurable order options may include information such as, for example, the shipping method, payment method, an optional accessory purchase for a product in the listing, a warranty for a product in the listing, a color selection, and a model selection. The winning bidder/buyer's selection for a configurable order option is communicated back to the auction application which may process the selection and send the appropriate order information to a back-end business information management system or the auction application may send the selection directly to the back-end business information management system for processing as part of the order.
US07788155B2
A financial advisory system is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, return scenarios for optimized portfolio allocations are simulated interactively to facilitate financial product selection. Return scenarios for each asset class of a plurality of asset classes are generated based upon estimated future scenarios of one or more economic factors. A mapping from each financial product of an available set of financial products onto one or more asset classes of the plurality of asset classes is created by determining exposures of the available set of financial products to each asset class of the plurality of asset classes. In this way, the expected returns and correlations of a plurality of financial products are generated and used to produce optimized portfolios of financial products. Return scenarios are simulated for one or more portfolios including combinations of financial products from the available set of financial products based upon the mapping.
US07788153B1
A method of managing dedicated use of a credit account is provided. The method includes receiving information regarding a credit account, associating the credit account with a usage program, where the usage program includes terms of dedicated use and where the terms of dedicated use are associated with providing benefits to the customer in return for dedicated use of the credit account, providing a benefit to the customer according to the terms, monitoring credit activity corresponding to the credit account, and maintaining the benefit if the monitored credit activity satisfies the terms of dedicated use.
US07788152B2
Time series consumer spending data, point-in-time balance information, internal customer financial data and consumer panel information provides input to a model for consumer spend behavior on plastic instruments or other financial accounts, from which approximations of spending ability may be reliably identified and utilized to promote additional consumer spending.
US07788143B2
An apparatus and method for selecting a lowest bidding vendor from a plurality of vendors of a customized good or service, including receiving a set of vendor's attributes from each of the plurality of vendors representing their respective capabilities, and receiving an invitation-for-bid data from the buyer defining a custom job for which the buyer desires price quotes or bids. The vendor attributes or the invitation-for-bid, or both, are received through a web browser. The invitation-for-bid is compared to each of the vendor's attributes according to certain standard or optional selection criteria to generate a vendor selection pool of vendors qualified to bid on the job. Each vendor in the vendor selection pool receives a vendor's invitation-for-bid. A bid is received from at least one vendor in the vendor selection pool, the lowest price bid is identified, the buyer is informed of the identity of the selected vendor, and solicited for approval of the selected vendor. Upon receipt of approval from the buyer, an order is issued to the selected vendor. The non-selected vendors in the selection pool are informed of the bid prices and of the selection results.
US07788133B2
A technique for the allocation and pricing of a resource among n buying agents during an auction bid. A bid sent by each buying agent in the form of a resource demand function si(p) is received, and a datum corresponding to the equilibrium price p* is calculated from the sum S of the n demand functions si(p), by means of the relation: S(p*)=Q. All of the bids received during a predetermined period corresponding to a round of bidding are processed in order to determine the quantity of a resource to be allocated to each buying agent. This is followed by the calculation of the data corresponding to the quantity ai to be allocated for this equilibrium price p* to each buying agent i based on its demand function si such that ai=si(p*). The management system utilizes the calculated data to allocate the corresponding quantities of the resource, and this data is stored in order to calculate the price to be billed to each buying agent.
US07788132B2
The way in which Websites are reviewed for use in an advertising network may be improved by (a) accepting a collection including one or more documents, (b) determining whether or not the collection complies with policies of an advertising network, and (c) approving the collection if it was determined that the collection complies with the policies. The collection may be added to the advertising network if the collection is approved such that (e.g., content-targeted) advertisements may be served in association with renderings of documents included in the collection. The collection may be a Website including one or more Webpages. The policy may concern (A) content of the one or more documents of the collection, (B) usability of a Website wherein the collection of one or more documents is a Website including one or more Webpages, and/or (C) a possible fraud or deception on the advertising network or participants of the advertising network by the collection.
US07788131B2
Seed keywords are leveraged to provide expanded keywords that are then associated with relevant advertisers. Instances can also include locating potential advertisers based on the expanded keywords. Inverse lookup techniques are employed to determine which keywords are associated with an advertiser. Filtering can then be employed to eliminate inappropriate keywords for that advertiser. The keywords are then automatically revealed to the advertiser for consideration as relevant search terms for their advertisements. In this manner, revenue for a search engine and/or for an advertiser can be substantially enhanced through the automatic expansion of relevant search terms. Advertisers also benefit by having larger and more relevant search term selections automatically available to them, saving them both time and money.
US07788125B2
A reduced PID tag set specification represents POS transaction data in a manner that is largely retail store product specification independent. A reduced PID tag set specification is a tagged format specification in which a number of PID tags in the tagged format specification is less than the number of PIDs for products contained in RS POS CSs PID specification. In a preferred embodiment, there is only one tag set defined for identifying product identification datum as such. As a result, the product descriptions of all of the product identifications that exist in a retailer's product identification specification are lost when saving the same data in the preferred reduced PID tag set specification. However, saving the retailer's transaction data in a reduced PID tag set specification moots the need to know the retailer's product identification specification in order to receive, store, organize, and, to a certain extent, process the retailer's transaction data.
US07788123B1
The present invention relates to a method and system for generating client preference recommendations in a high performance computing regime. Accordingly, one embodiment of the present invention comprises: providing a sparse ratings matrix, forming a plurality of data structures representing the sparse ratings matrix, forming a runtime recommendation model from the plurality of data structures, determining a recommendation from the runtime recommendation model in response to a request from a user, and providing the recommendation to the user.
US07788119B2
In one embodiment, optimizing inventory for a supply chain includes generating an inventory plan for the supply chains. Execution of a supply chain plan associated with the inventory plan is initiated at the supply chain. The supply chain is monitored to generate metric values. A watchpoint triggered by a metric value is detected, and a cause of the triggered watchpoint is identified using a causal tree. The inventory plan is adjusted in response to the detected triggered watchpoint and in accordance with the identified cause, and the supply chain plan is adjusted in accordance with the adjusted inventory plan. Execution of the adjusted supply chain plan is initiated, and new metric values are measured to determine performance. The performance is evaluated, and the causal tree is updated in response to the evaluation.
US07788089B2
Methods and apparatus for document based ambiguous character resolution. An application searches a document for words that do not contain ambiguous characters and adds them to a dictionary, then searches the document for words that do contain ambiguous characters. For each ambiguous word, a set of candidate solutions is created by resolving the ambiguous characters in all possible ways. The dictionary is searched for words matching members of the candidate solution set. When a single member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved accordingly. When no member or more than one member is matched, a user is prompted to resolve the ambiguous characters. Alternatively, when more than one member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved to obtain the largest word, the smallest word, the most words, or the fewest words.
US07788073B2
A process for determining the strength of a plate-type heat exchanger includes computing the temperature stresses of the plate-type heat exchanger within the heat exchanger during its operation by a three-dimensional numerical simulation. Based on the computed temperature stresses, the strength of the plate-type heat exchanger is determined. The process for producing a plate-type heat exchanger with separating plates and profiles of metal uses this strength determination for establishing one or more mechanical parameters of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is manufactured with the one or more mechanical parameters.
US07788070B2
A method is provided for developing a product. The method includes obtaining data records from a plurality of stages of development of the product; identifying respective objectives of the plurality of stages and corresponding objective factors of the objectives; and determining common variables associated with the objectives based on the objective factors. The method includes selecting one or more input parameters based on the common variables and one or more output parameters based on the objectives; and updating the data records to generate desired data records indicative characteristics of the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters. The method includes generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records; and providing a set of constraints to the computational model representative of a design of the product.
US07788067B2
Methods and apparatuses for validating signals to determine sizes and velocities of spherical objects are described. Light is scattered from a spherical object to form an interference fringe pattern. Portions of the interference fringe pattern are received by photodetectors. In response, the photodetectors generate time varying electrical signals. At least one of the time varying signals is partitioned into timing segments. The timing segments are processed to determine one or more timing parameters. A timing parameter consistency between at least two of the timing segments is verified. At least one of the time varying signals is validated based on the timing parameter consistency. The time varying electrical signal is accepted if a timing parameter difference is less or equal to a predetermined timing parameter error threshold. The time varying electrical signal is rejected if the timing parameter difference is larger than the predetermined timing parameter error threshold.
US07788062B2
A three-dimensional position-measuring apparatus comprises a body, a rotational optical portion rotatable with respect to the body in a horizontal direction and comprising a reflective plate in which deflection in a vertical direction is controllable, a first data transmitting and receiving portion arranged in the body and comprising a first coil which has a rotational axis of the rotational optical portion as an axis, and a second data transmitting and receiving portion arranged in the rotational optical portion and comprising a second coil that has the same axis as that of the first coil and magnetically couples with the first coil.
US07788060B2
An electromagnetic tracking system and a distortion compensation method that utilize a lead-lag network model to compensate for position and orientation distortion caused by eddy currents formed in one more conductive distorters located within a tracking environment during electromagnetic tracking of one or more objects. The method is adaptive relative to the amount of distortion cause by the conductive distorters.
US07788058B2
A mechanism for diagnosing broken scan chains based on leakage light emission is provided. An image capture mechanism detects light emission from leakage current in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices. The diagnosis mechanism identifies devices with unexpected light emission. An unexpected amount of light emission may indicate that a transistor is turned off when it should be turned on or vice versa. All possible inputs may be tested to determine whether a problem exists with transistors in latches or with transistors in clock buffers. Broken points in the scan chain may then be determined based on the locations of unexpected light emission.
US07788049B2
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes inserted into the soil utilizing a set of identical dynamically reconfigurable voltage control units located on each electrode and connected together by a communications and power cable. A test sequence is provided in each voltage control unit. Each voltage control unit records data measurements for transmission to a central data collector. Each voltage control unit incorporates and determines its positional relationship to other voltage control units by logging when the unit is attached to the electrode. Each voltage control unit I equipped with a magnetic switch for detecting when they are in contact with the electrode.
US07788047B2
Disposable, pre-sterilized, and pre-calibrated, pre-validated conductivity sensors are provided. These sensors are designed to store sensor-specific information, such as calibration and production information, in a non-volatile memory chip on the sensor on in a barcode printed on the sensor. The sensors are calibrated using 0.100 molar potassium chloride (KCl) solutions at 25 degrees Celsius. These sensors may be utilize with in-line systems, closed fluid circuits, bioprocessing systems, or systems which require an aseptic environment while avoiding or reducing cleaning procedures and quality assurance variances.
US07788046B2
A medium to be measured is allowed to flow through a measuring tube of a flow meter and a magnetic field passing at least sectionally with a time-varying intensity through the medium in the measuring tube is produced in such a manner that a measurement voltage is induced at least at times, especially in a clocked manner, in the medium. The measurement voltage induced in the medium is tapped, at least at times, by means of an electrode pair formed by first and second measuring electrodes for producing an analog measurement signal corresponding with the measurement voltage, and a flow-type of the medium located in the measuring tube, as determined by an instantaneous flow profile and/or an instantaneous composition of the flowing medium, is ascertained with application of a digital signal representing the at least one measurement signal. Starting on the basis that the measurement signal has a wanted-portion corresponding essentially with an instantaneous flow velocity of the medium and a noise portion influenced at least partially by existent disturbances in the flowing medium, ascertained are: a noise spectrum of the measurement signal corresponding with the noise portion; and, with application at least of a part of the noise spectrum, a state value signaling, at least qualitatively, at least one flow-type present in the measuring tube.
US07788044B2
The invention provides criteria and methods for selecting optimum subsequence(s) from a target gene for targeting by a zinc finger protein. Some of the methods of target site selection seek to identify one or more target segments having a DNA motif containing one or more so-called D-able subsites having the sequence 5′NNGK3′. Other methods of the invention are directed to selection of target segments within target genes using a correspondence regime between different triplets of three bases and the three possible positions of a triplet within a nine-base site. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of designing zinc finger proteins that bind to a preselected target site. These methods can be used following the preselection of target sites according to the procedures and criteria described above. The methods of design use a database containing information about previously characterized zinc finger proteins.
US07788041B2
The present invention provides Homo sapiens Recon 1, a manually assembled, functionally validated, bottom-up reconstruction of human metabolism. Recon 1's 1496 genes, 2004 proteins, 2766 metabolites, and 3311 biochemical and transport reactions were extracted from more than 50 years of legacy biochemical knowledge and Build 35 of the human genome sequence.
US07788040B2
A system, for processing patient medical information for storage in an electronic patient medical record repository, includes an interface, a repository, and a data processor. The interface receives data representing genomic information of a patient. The repository includes a patient record incorporating data representing genomic information specific to a particular patient. A data processor compares the genomic information specific to a particular patient with the received genomic information. The data processor identifies a genomic match in response to the comparison and predetermined matching criteria. The data processor initiates processing of patient record information specific to the particular patient in response to an identified match.
US07788035B2
Systems may methods may be provided for determining turbulent mixing characteristics. The systems and methods may include obtaining sounding data associated with an atmospheric column and determining first vertical potential temperature profiles from the sounding data. The systems and methods may further include determining second vertical profiles of displacement scales based at least in part on the first vertical potential temperature profiles, and determining turbulent mixing characteristics in the atmospheric column based at least in part on the displacement scales.
US07788033B2
A collision possibility determining unit determines that a subject vehicle has possibility of colliding with a certain vehicle when both the following two determinations are fulfilled. The first determination is that the traveling state of the subject vehicle is proper. The second determination is that a relative position between the subject vehicle and the certain vehicle continues to be maintained at the same relationship for a given period. When the collision possibility is determined to be existing, an alarm generating unit generates an alarm that arouses driver's attention. Thus, collision possibility is determined based on the relative position relationship with another vehicle, so that an alarm relating to another vehicle as an obstacle can be generated at a proper timing.
US07788031B2
When a rotary intersection is of large scale, “rotary intersection guidance based on exit number” is provided. That is, it is informed from what number exit road of the multiple exit roads of a rotary intersection, relative to an entrance road, the driver should get off. For example, the guidance of “Get off from the second exit road ahead” is provided. In contrast, when a rotary intersection is of small scale and the rotary intersection is in simple shape, “rotary intersection guidance based on direction guidance” is provided. That is, the direction of an exit road about which guidance is to be provided, relative to an entrance road, is informed. For example, the guidance of “Turn to the right” is provided.
US07788024B2
A torque control system comprises a torque correction factor module, a RPM-torque transition module, and a selection module. The torque correction factor module determines a first torque correction factor and a second torque correction factor. The RPM-torque transition module stores the first torque correction factor. The selection module selectively outputs one of the first torque correction factor and the second torque correction factor based on a control mode of the torque control system.
US07788006B2
In a rollover stability method for a vehicle in a situation which is critical with respect to the driving dynamics, a critical rollover situation is detected by analyzing a control variable and the stabilization intervention is activated or de-activated as a function of the control variable. The regulation intervention is maintained even in driving situations featuring relatively low transverse acceleration if the control variable or a characteristic property of the stability algorithm is calculated as a function of the steering angle and/or the longitudinal vehicle velocity.
US07787990B2
A system of three-dimensional multipurpose elements is disclosed, consisting of single solid elements which can be computer-controlled to move, connect to one another, and disconnect from one another. A single element of the system consists of a casing made up of walls (6), linked with each other by means of an electroplastic actuator (3) which changes the reciprocal position of the walls of the casing of a single element. Changes in the reciprocal position of the walls occur according to the exciting signal transmitted from a programmable integrated circuit (1). Heat emitters (14) carry away excess heat from the system devices. Inside a single element there are provided interlocks (7) for connecting respective single elements, as well as magnetic coils (8) and a voltage source (5) supplying the integrated circuit (1), interlocks, magnetic coils and electroplastic actuator.
US07787980B2
The tension of a web in a multi-web system is regulated. At least two webs initially run through a first processing step independently of each other and are subsequently combined with each other to form one resultant web strand. The web tensions of these two initially independent webs are adjusted to each other through a first regulation process. Each of these webs has its web tension regulated on the separate web path by a dedicated second regulation process which is different from the first regulation process.
US07787979B2
Fuselage sections of an aircraft are joined using splice elements that compensate for gaps caused by mismatches between mating surfaces on the fuselage sections. The fuselage sections are virtually assembled using computer models that are based on non-contact measurements of as-built fuselage sections. The virtually assembled fuselage sections are used to map the gaps between the mating surfaces. The mapped gaps are used to produce tool inserts having profiles that reflect the dimensions of the gaps. The tool inserts are used to manufacture splice elements having profiles that fill the gaps when the fuselage sections are assembled and joined, thereby eliminating the need for shims and spaces to fill the gaps.
US07787977B2
A method for processing substrates to manufacture semiconductor structures thereon includes analyzing at least one first processing parameter of a first apparatus for processing a substrate, thereby yielding at least one first throughput rate of the first apparatus. At least one second processing parameter of a second apparatus is analyzed for processing the substrate, thereby yielding at least one second throughput rate of the second apparatus. The first throughput rate and the second throughput rate are compared, thereby yielding at least one comparison result for processing the substrate.
US07787976B2
A method for estimating an audio length of an audio file in an audio player is provided. First, the method generates a predicted audio length based on the average bit rate of some selected audio frames in the audio file, and initializes an adjustable audio length by the predicted audio length. Then, in the process of playing each audio frame of the audio file, the method continuously calculates a latest reference audio length. If the variation between the latest reference audio length and the previous reference audio length is smaller than a predetermined threshold, the method will adjust the adjustable audio length according to the latest reference audio length. Finally, based on the ratio of the played data amount to the total data amount of the audio file, an estimated audio length can be acquired between the adjustable audio length and the reference audio length.
US07787975B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for restoring audio signals. A data sequence of samples representing an audio signal is received. Multiple filter coefficients are defined for a filter, and a current sample in the data sequence is selected to be processed. The filter coefficients are updated based on a previous sample preceding the current sample in the data sequence and a filtered value determined by the filter for the previous sample. A filtered value for the current sample is determined using the filter with the updated filter coefficients. The filtered value of the current sample is used to determine whether the current sample has been corrupted by impulsive noise, for example, a crackle.
US07787973B2
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing information. According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least two data segments are collected. Each data segment is collected from a media stream, and each media stream is located at a different media source. Then, a composite media stream is generated by joining together each of the collected data segments. In another embodiment, the data segment is an audio data segment. The above-described invention has utility for allowing a user/listener to search for an Internet radio station by listening to a composite media stream.
US07787962B2
An implantable electrical medical lead for a pulse generator includes a distal electrode, a connector for electrical connection with the pulse generator, an electrical conductor within the lead extending between the connector and the distal electrode, and an insulating sheath of flexible resilient material normally covering the electrical conductor having self sealing properties to re-insulate the electrical conductor in the event a rupture of the sheath should occur which exposes the electrical conductor. The insulating sheath includes an outer insulative layer, an inner insulative layer, and an intermediate plasticized layer to seal any occurring rupture in the insulating sheath and re-insulate the electrical conductor which has been exposed.
US07787956B2
A method for processing sound signals to generate electrical stimuli for an auditory prosthesis electrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the method including: deriving (10) one or more filtered representations (FIGS. 3 and 4) of an incoming audio signal; and, generating (11) a series of spikes from each filtered signal representation to directly control electrode stimulation. Each spike has a temporal position based upon an instant at which the filtered signal representation crosses a predetermined threshold (ÿ;0).
US07787946B2
Systems and methods involve an implantable device configured to perform at least one cardiac-related function, a patient-external respiratory therapy device, and a communication channel configured to facilitate communication between the implantable device and the respiratory therapy device. The implantable and respiratory therapy devices operate cooperatively via the communication channel to provide one or more of patient monitoring, diagnosis, and therapy. The communication channel may be configured to facilitate communication between an external processing system and at least one of the implantable device and the respiratory therapy device. The processing system is communicatively coupled to at least one of the implantable and respiratory therapy devices via the communication channel to provide one or more of patient monitoring, diagnosis, and therapy.
US07787938B2
Body temperature measurements are obtained by scanning a thermal radiation sensor across the side of the forehead over the temporal artery. A peak temperature measurement is processed to compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperature and the sensed surface temperature. The function includes a weighted difference of surface temperature and ambient temperature, the weighting being varied with target temperature through a minimum in the range of 96° F. and 100° F. The radiation sensor views the target surface through an emissivity compensating cup which is spaced from the skin by a circular lip of low thermal conductivity.
US07787936B2
A method of performing a medical procedure on target tissue within the body includes immobilizing the target tissue with an immobilization device, positioning an insertion tool (e.g., a needle, a needle and marker wire, a needle gun, etc.) to be inserted into the target tissue on the immobilization device based on at least one reading of the target tissue, and inserting the insertion tool into the target tissue. An immobilization device for performing methods includes a frame assembly, a tissue immobilization assembly coupled to the frame assembly, the tissue immobilization assembly including a structure adapted to immobilize tissue, and a needle assembly releasably connectable to the frame assembly. The needle assembly includes a needle capable of being inserted into the immobilized tissue.
US07787932B2
Planning and navigation assistance using two-dimensionally adapted generic and detected patient data
A method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning includes detecting the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the positions of medical treatment devices or treatment-assisting devices. The detected positional data can be assigned to body structure data, in order to jointly use the body structure data in assignment with the positional data, within the context of assisting the treatment. The body structure data can be used which is obtained based on a three-dimensional generic model, where the model is adapted by two-dimensional data linking with patient-characteristic, two-dimensional detection data.
US07787927B2
In one embodiment, an adaptive medical image registration procedure includes a motion estimation procedure involving estimating or determining an amount of patient or tissue motion along a set of axes; an evaluation procedure involving evaluating an estimated amount of motion relative to a correction threshold; and a correction procedure involving performing a two dimensional image resampling, a three dimensional image resampling, or possibly avoiding an image resampling based upon a relationship between an estimated amount of motion and the correction threshold. Axes considered by a motion estimation procedure may include an axis of lowest image resolution, and the correction threshold may have a value given by a fraction of a lowest image resolution.
US07787923B2
A device for sensing analyte concentration, and in particular glucose concentration, in vivo or in vitro is disclosed. A sensing element is attached to the distal end of an optical conduit, and comprises at least one binding protein adapted to bind with at least one target analyte. The sensing element further comprises at least one reporter group that undergoes a luminescence change with changing analyte concentrations. Optionally, the optical conduit and sensing element may be housed within a cannulated bevel.
US07787922B2
To provide a cell phone equipped with a broadcast receiver that delivers a high receiving sensitivity and antenna performance in various usage states.A loop element 12 as an antenna for receiving television broadcast is arranged in a range (c) of an upper end portion of an upper housing 1. An end part of an upper circuit board 6 is matched with a portion shown by (a) so that a conductor other than the antenna element does not exist in the range (c). A monopole element 19 for cell phone communication is arranged at a lower end portion of a lower housing 2.
US07787914B2
A mobile communication terminal includes a first body, a second body foldably coupled to the first body, and an opening mechanism that rotates the second body with respect to the first body in response to a sliding movement of the second body.
US07787910B2
A mobile terminal that has a display unit separable from a main unit and a method thereof are provided. The main unit includes a first separation sensor for sensing separation of the display unit; a radio frequency (RF) transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting data to be output to the display unit by radio; and a main unit controller for setting a path of the data to be output to the display unit to the RF transmission unit if the separation of the display unit is sensed by the first separation sensor. The display unit includes a second separation sensor for sensing separation from the main unit; an RF receiver unit for receiving data transmitted wirelessly from the RF transmission unit; a display controller for setting a path of the data input to the display unit to the RF receiver unit if the separation from the main unit is sensed by the second separation sensor; a memory for storing the data received by the RF receiver unit; and a display module for displaying the data stored in the memory.
US07787909B2
A system and method is disclosed for a receiver mounted to a mobile terminal. The system provided comprises a first receiver mounted with a vibrating motor on a side of a display unit for receiving a first frequency signal. In one embodiment, the side is an upper side of the display unit. In another embodiment, a second receiver is disposed on the mobile terminal for receiving a second frequency signal. The system, in one embodiment, comprises a first antenna disposed on a side of the mobile communication terminal.
US07787908B2
Techniques to manage the display of information for multiple voice and/or data calls in wireless devices. The techniques can manage a summary of all calls that are in progress and detailed information for individual calls. In one method, summary information is initially provided (e.g., to a display) for the multiple calls. The summary information may include, for example, the type and status of each call. An indication is then received to view detailed information for a selected call. In response, the detailed information for the selected call is provided. The detailed information for the selected call may include, for example, the caller name, call number, call duration, and so on. The detailed information for a data call may indicate various attributes for the data call (e.g., data rate, connection status, activity, service type, billing information, and so on).
US07787891B2
Embodiments herein may use first and second path loss values L1 and L2 to calculate first and second distances R1 and R2 between the MS and first and second base stations BS1 and BS2, respectively, in a a reduction in signal strength of signals as transmitted by the BS1 and the BS2 wireless packet-carrying network. L1 and L2 may comprise values of and as received by the MS. The MS may triangulate its position relative to a grid using R1 and R2. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07787889B1
Methods for determining a customized location area (CLA) for a subscriber in a cellular network are provided herein. One such method includes the steps of monitoring the cell to which a mobile station registers; storing data corresponding to the cell within a database; determining at least one CLA based upon the data, the CLA each including at least one cell; storing said at least one CLA; utilizing a predictive algorithm to determine which CLA the mobile station is currently located within, if at least two CLAs are stored; and paging each of the cells associated with the appropriate CLA. Other methods are also provided.
US07787882B2
Method, system and process for touch screen generated signals used in multiple communication systems and networks with reception and processing of Radio Frequency (RF) signal for generating processed location finder signal. Processing of input signal into time division multiple access (TDMA) processed filtered signal used in a cellular system and into orthogonal frequency division processed orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signal used in a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a wide area network (WAN), wherein cellular system and WLAN, WAN are distinct systems and networks. Processing input signals into cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed filtered signals for quadrature modulation and into signals for non-quadrature modulation and transmission. Communication system and network wherein touch screen processed signal provides direct access to launch browsers from the screen by touching the screen. Receiving a Radio Frequency (RF) signal from a satellite system and from a distinct land based system.
US07787879B1
A user uses a wireless communication device to engage in a communication session over a packet-switched network. The communication session is one of a plurality of different session types, e.g., a push-to-talk (PTT) session or a Web browsing session. The user is identified in the communication session by a user identifier that is dependent on the session type. The user identifier used in a particular communication session is included in a usage record generated for that communications session. A billing system determines the session type from the user identifier in the usage record. Based on this session type, the billing system selects a billing formula to calculate a charge to the user for the communication session.
US07787876B1
A method for mobile call testing is provided. The method involves initiating at a test-control module a test call to a mobile unit, and detecting at a ring-detecting module, via a contactless coupling to the mobile unit, whether the mobile unit rings in response to the test call from the test-control module. Further, the method then involves providing a ring indication from the ring-detecting module to the test-control module when a mobile ring is detected in response to the test call. In one example, the contactless coupling is an acoustic coupling.
US07787874B2
A mobile terminal has a wide-area wireless communication unit having a communication function of performing wireless communication with a public network, a mobile terminal communication unit having a communication function of performing wireless data communication with a local area network, and an information acquisition unit that performs wireless short-range communication with an information supply device which supplies information. The information acquisition unit performs communication with the information supply device to acquire information indicating whether or not wireless data communication over the local area network is possible near a location where the mobile terminal is located. A controller determines whether or not the data communication is possible based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, enables the communication function of the mobile terminal communication unit upon determination that the data communication is possible, and disables the communication function upon determination that the data communication is not possible.
US07787871B2
A cellular phone 100 registers incoming call histories in which other party telephone numbers are correlated to own telephone numbers which received a call in an incoming call history accommodation section 14b. It is judged whether or not the other party telephone number to which a call is made is the other party telephone number from which a call was received previously with reference to the incoming call histories when transmitting a call. If the other party telephone number is an other party telephone number which was received previously, the own telephone number which was used at that time is extracted from the incoming call histories and a call transmission is made. Accordingly, this enables preventing the error in using different plurality of own telephone numbers.
US07787870B2
A method (10) and system (200) for associating a user profile (39) to Caller ID signal can include a processor (202) that is controlled under an operating system allowing multiple profiles. The processor extract (12) Caller ID information from a Caller ID signal, associate (14) at least a portion of the Caller ID information with at least a predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device, and enable (16) access to the predetermined profile only when the portion of the Caller ID information is associated with the predetermined profile stored on the wireless communication device. The method can store (18) separate profiles on the wireless communication device for each Caller ID or for each predetermined set of Caller IDs or store separate multiple profiles for each Caller ID or set of Caller IDs and further enable user selection among the multiple profiles.
US07787867B2
A request to retrieve a message, such as a voice mail message or an email message, may be provided by a user a of an electronic device. The message has one of at least two different presentation modes by which it may be revealed to the user at the electronic device. The message is retrieved using one of at least two different communication networks depending on a presentation mode by which the message may be revealed.
US07787846B1
An RF system is capable of transmitting and receiving sensor data using an ultra low power narrowband RF signal. The system handles frequency drift and other problems inherent in such a system through a spectrogram statistical analysis, dynamic programming, and narrowband filtering.
US07787841B2
The demodulator in the receiving module of the invention supplies a signal produced based on a signal level detected by a first detector to a second amplifier as an amplification degree adjustment signal. With this arrangement, when a second receiver works, an AGC voltage supplied to the second receiver is already close to an ultimately converging certain value. The AGC voltage supplied to the second receiver is thus stabilized in its value, from the value close to the ultimately converging certain value to the certain value. Accordingly, a time period required from the second receiver starts working until the AGC voltage supplied to second amplifier ultimately converges into the certain value is shortened.
US07787840B1
In one embodiment, a frequency agile receiver is provided that includes an antenna: a first diode having its anode coupled to ground through a first conductor; a second diode having its anode coupled to the cathode of the first diode through a second conductor, the antenna coupling to the second conductor, the second diode having its cathode coupled to an output node through a third conductor, wherein at least one of the first, second, and third conductors comprises a shape memory alloy conductor; and a tuning circuit adapted to drive a bias current into the shape memory alloy conductor.
US07787830B2
There is provided a transceiver comprising a first node for receiving a received signal and transmitting a transmitted signal; a receiver, connected between a first voltage and the first node, for processing the received signal; a transmitter, connected between a second voltage and the first node, for generating the transmitted signal; and a DC voltage controller for selecting a DC component of a voltage of the first node to at least one of: selectively activate at least one of the transmitter and the receiver; and selectively substantially deactivate at least one of the transmitter and receiver.
US07787825B2
A wireless service provider recognizes a data transmission from a wireless user as a request to provision the mobile terminal and become a subscriber by an over the air process. An Internet protocol provisioning server automatically transmits a text-based message to be displayed on the user's equipment identifying information to be provided by the user for provisioning. In response the user transmits a reply text-based message to the server supplying the requested information. The server stores this information for utilization in provisioning the required infrastructure facilities. Provisioning data required to be stored in the user's equipment is downloaded to the user's equipment. This process permits an over the air provisioning to be accomplished without requiring the use of a voice channel between the user and a customer service representative of the wireless service provider.
US07787819B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for ground-based beamforming of a satellite communications payload (200) within a satellite communications network (100). An embodiment of the invention comprises a satellite (11) communicatively coupled to at least one gateway (12) via a feeder link (13) and further coupled to a plurality of user terminals (16), each communicatively coupled with the satellite by a user link (17). A ground based beam forming system (400) measures and corrects amplitude and phase errors of a plurality of return path signals (452) traveling from the user terminals (16) via the satellite (11) to the at least one gateway (12), and measures and corrects amplitude and phase errors of a plurality of forward path signals (457) traveling from the at least one gateway (12) via the satellite (11) to the user terminals (16).
US07787817B2
Disclosed is a method for providing heterogeneous services using a PIP function in a terrestrial DMB receiver. The method includes: a first step of receiving a key input for activating the PIP function and displaying a list of services in an available ensemble during use of a desired DMB service; a second step of selecting a desired item in the list of services; a third step of identifying if the desired item selected at the second step is an “exchange” function and identifying if PIP function of the terrestrial DMB receiver is activated when the selected item is the “exchange” function; a fourth step of exchanging a service of a main screen for a service of a PIP screen, when it is identified that the PIP function is activated at the third step; and a fifth step of identifying if the desired item selected at the second step is the “exchange” function and displaying the selected item on the PIP screen when the selected item is not the “exchange” function.
US07787813B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism, a toner image carrier, a transfer unit, and a contact-separate mechanism. The image forming mechanism forms a toner image. The toner image carrier carries the toner image. The transfer unit includes a transferor, a pre-transfer guide, and a post-transfer guide. The transferor opposes the toner image carrier to form a transfer nip at which the toner image on the toner image carrier is transferred onto a recording medium. The pre-transfer guide and the post-transfer guide are respectively disposed on upstream and downstream sides from the transfer nip relative to a recording medium conveyance direction. The contact-separate mechanism moves the transfer unit including the transferor, the pre-transfer guide, and the post-transfer guide to contact and separate the transferor to and from the toner image carrier.
US07787810B2
A color registration method, system, and computer program product generally includes a plurality of imaging stations and one or more MOB (Marks-On Belt) sensors. An indication is initially provided to each imaging station among the imaging stations, which colors among a plurality of colors associated with said color registration system are active. Next, an arbitrary imaging station among the imaging stations can be assigned as a reference color. Thereafter, the arbitrary imaging station can be instructed to write an appropriate color pattern to replace marks associated with any imaging among imaging stations not enabled with the marks with respect to said reference color in order to thereby produce a resulting color ensemble that is detectable by one or more MOB sensors.
US07787809B2
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a first photoconductive member used during monochrome printing; a plurality of second photoconductive members used together with the first photoconductive member during full-color printing and arranged in parallel to the first photoconductive member; a transfer belt that forms a loop-like moving path; a first transfer roller and a plurality of second transfer rollers provided on an inner peripheral side of the transfer belt; and a link member that shifts, during the full-color printing, the second transfer rollers to positions where the second transfer rollers are brought into press contact with the respective second photoconductive members via the transfer belt and shifts, during the monochrome printing, the second transfer rollers to positions where respective separations between an inner peripheral surface of the transfer belt and the respective second transfer rollers are substantially identical.
US07787804B2
A charging member for electrically charging a substrate has a charge layer to be brought into contact with the substrate, an intermediate layer supporting the charge layer, and a support member supporting the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has a first portion adjacent the charge layer and a second portion adjacent the support member, the first portion having a greater rigidity than that of the second portion.
US07787800B2
A belt cleaning device includes a cleaning part positioned to be capable of being in contact with a surface of a belt, the cleaning part having a bias voltage and including a cleaning roller, and a metal roller. A scraping member is in contact with surface of the metal roller of the cleaning part. A conductive holding member holds the scraping member. A conductive member is disposed proximate to the cleaning part. A same potential keeping part includes at least a first connection member which is configured to electrically connect the cleaning part and the conductive holding member and to electrically connect the conductive holding member and the metal roller, and keeps the conductive member and the cleaning part at approximately the same potential.
US07787796B2
The present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network, and a server which controls the operation state of the image forming apparatuses via the network. The image forming apparatuses are operable in a normal operation mode and in one of plural power-saving modes with different power consumption. The server individually sets the operation mode of the image forming apparatuses in accordance with a preset power-saving operation policy, and controls the image forming apparatuses so that each of the image forming apparatuses operates in the preset operation mode in each predetermined time band.
US07787780B2
An optical signal receiving circuit, may include a first transimpedance amplifier configured to convert a first current signal into a first voltage signal, wherein the first current signal generated in a first photodiode, to which an optical signal is inputted; a second transimpedance amplifier configured to convert a second current signal into a second voltage signal, wherein the second current signal generated in a second photodiode, to which an optical signal is inputted; a noise detection circuit configured to detect a noise signal of the second voltage signal, and configured to shift at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage in order to widen a voltage difference between the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal when the noise signal of the second voltage signal is detected; and a first comparator having as inputs the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal, and configured to generate a digital signal based on the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal.
US07787779B2
A photonic waveform generator and system is described. The photonic waveform generator is used in produce an electrical pulse having arbitrarily controllable temporal characteristics in a Fourier transform (FT) pulse shaper or a direct space-to-time (DST) photonic generator. The electrical pulse signal may be used in a radar, a telecommunications system or other electrical apparatus where the spectral and temporal characteristics of the signal are be optimized with respect to specific system needs, such as spectral occupancy, peak-to-average power, minimum pulse duration, target-to-clutter ratio, target type discrimination, and the like.
US07787771B2
Provided are extendable loop-back passive optical network (PON) and scheduling method and apparatus for the same. The loop-back type PON includes an OLT (optical line terminal) including a wavelength-tunable optical transmitter and a wavelength-locked optical receiver, and an RN (remote node) including an optical coupler/splitter, the optical coupler/splitter receiving optical signals from the wavelength-tunable optical transmitter and splitting the optical signals by wavelength so as to transmit the optical signals to corresponding ONTs (optical network terminals). Each of the ONTs transmits upstream data to the OLT using the same wavelength as the wavelength of the optical signal received from the OLT through the RN. Since the optical network makes use of the TDM and WDM communication schemes, the optical network can be maintained and upgraded at lower cost.
US07787767B2
An electro-optical transceiver module having at least one parallel optical transmit lane and at least one parallel optical receiver lane, the module comprising optical receiver lane signal detection circuitry to detect a loss of signal on one or more of the receive lanes, and optical transmit lane control circuitry to control a optical transmit lane corresponding to the receive lane, on which a loss of signal was detected to transmit a signaling mode optical signal indicating the loss of signal on the receive lane. In a multiple lane parallel optic embodiment, and by signaling a loss of a signal on a per lane basis, a break or fault in a sub-set of fibers of a parallel optical link will not result in the entire parallel optic link being lost.
US07787764B2
An optical network transmission channel failover switching device is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with an optical network for providing a transmission channel failover switching function, which is characterized by the provision of a pair of two-to-two (2×2) optical switches and an optical transceiver module for providing a backup channel monitoring function that can be used to activate the failover switching action. This feature allows the utilization of the optical network system to have enhanced reliability, serviceability, and security.
US07787762B2
An image photographing apparatus for capturing a subject image in accordance with smile detection of a subject includes an optical unit; an image capturing unit configured to capture the subject image; an optical mechanism driving control unit configured to control driving of mechanisms of the optical unit; an image signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing on the captured image; an image recording unit configured to record the captured image onto a predetermined recording medium; a face detection unit configured to detect a face of the subject; a smile detection unit configured to detect a smile on the detected face; and a smile-detection photography control unit configured to perform photographing processing for the subject image in response to detection of the smile of the subject from the captured image, while the driving of the mechanisms by the optical mechanism driving control unit is maintained fixed.
US07787760B2
A lens aperture-adjustment device of a closed circuit television camera for capable of switching between automatic and manual adjustments of lens aperture is provided. The device includes a geared motor for driving aperture blades of a lens aperture mechanism; a drive circuit for driving the geared motor in response to a first drive signal for automatic adjustment or a second drive signal for manual adjustment; a comparison circuit for making a comparison between a lightness information signal responsive to the imaging environment and a first reference signal and outputting the first drive signal; a differential amplifier to which a manual adjustment signal entered by an operator and a second reference signal for defining the limit value of the drive amount of the geared motor are input, the differential amplifier for outputting the second drive signal; and a selection circuit for connecting the first drive signal or the second drive.
US07787759B2
A camera has a contrast detector that successively detects contrast data of an object image that is formed on a light-receiving surface of an image sensor, and a focus detector that successively calculates a difference value between currently detected contrast data and previously detected contrast data, and that detects a focused situation on the basis of the difference value and the detected contrast data. The camera further has a focus adjuster that drives a photographing optical system so as continuously to shift an image-formed surface from a given position along an optical axis. While the photographing optical system is driven, the focus detector determines whether the image-formed surface surpasses a focused-position corresponding to a position of the light-receiving surface, on the basis of a decreasing-amount of the difference value.
US07787756B2
A waterproof housing is provided with an engaging member that can engage with rotary members provided respectively on a plurality of cameras. The rotary members can be rotated from the outside of the waterproof housing. Accordingly, the plurality of cameras can be stored and operated selectively in a single waterproof housing. For example, the engaging member can be configured in such a manner that a plurality of multiple recessed portions are provided concentrically so that each one of the plurality of rotary members can be fitted to any one of the recessed portion out of the multiple recessed portions.
US07787750B2
In an information recording/reproduction apparatus (Arp), a preprogrammed recording specifying unit (1, As) specifies a date of distribution, a time of distribution, and a distribution source of information as well as an information recording unit (BD). Further, a preprogrammed recording setting displaying unit (8) displays a preprogrammed recording setting (As) on a two dimensional matrix (7), and a preprogrammed recording setting specifying unit (20) specifies each (8) preprogrammed recording setting (As) displayed on the two dimensional matrix. In addition, a preprogrammed recording setting displaying unit (30) displays the specified preprogrammed recording setting (As), and the preprogrammed recording setting editing unit (30) edits the preprogrammed recording setting (As).
US07787749B2
A system for voice portal-based control of a digital personal video stream manager (102), for example, to program a video recording device (114). Such a system includes a DPVSM control module (3304, 3306, 3308) at a server (3202) of a service provider. The DPVSM control module (3304, 3306, 3308) is adapted to respond to a user calling in a predetermined phone number and using an interactive voice response system, issue prompts and accept inputs for DPVSM control. The DPVSM control module (3304, 3306, 3308) then converts the inputs to a DPVSM Instant Message or a DPVSM e-mail control message. The DPVSM Instant Message or a DPVSM e-mail control message is then transmitted to the user's personal computer (110), where the IM or e-mail plug in translates it and uses it to control the DPVSM (102).
US07787744B2
An entry property 2 contained in an entry property identifies normal or system. The normal represents an entry of entity data. The system represents an entry which describes a definition of flags. The flags represent attribute information of a file. The flags are defined by an apparatus or a user. An entry property 3 identifies valid or invalid of the entry. An entry property 4 represents whether or not a file registered to the entry references another file. A referred counter represents the number of files referred from another file. When a designated file is referenced from another file, a referring file list represents a file which references the designated file. With these information, a reference relation of files can be described.
US07787740B2
A universal cable bracket for strain relieving a cable in a fiber management system includes a first portion having a cable receiving area defined therein for holding a section of an optic fiber cable with a notch to prevent postponing; a second portion having a complementary cable receiving area for the section of the optic fiber cable, the second portion being configured to mate with the first portion; a routing window defined in at least one of the first and second portions for routing a fiber of the optic fiber cable therethrough; and a sacrament assembly being configured to hold the first and second portions together and to secure the section of the optic fiber cable there between.
US07787732B2
An optical fiber, made of silica-based glass, comprising a core and a cladding, each of the optical fiber having a mode field diameter of 5.5 μm or larger at a wavelength of 1100 nm, transmitting light with a wavelength of 1250 nm in a single mode, and having a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1100 nm when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 2 mm.
US07787709B2
A method for enhancing the quality of a digital image by using a single user-defined parameter. A virtual image is created based on the single user-defined parameter and the original digital image. An adaptive contrast enhancement algorithm operates on a logarithmically compressed version of the virtual image to produce adaptive contrast values for each pixel in the virtual image. A dynamic range adjustment algorithm is used to generate logarithmic enhanced pixels based on the adaptive contrast values and the pixels of the logarithmically compressed version of the virtual image. The logarithmic enhanced pixels are exponentially expanded and scaled to produce a compensated digital image.
US07787704B2
A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
US07787702B2
Systems and methods of rendering image data to multiprimary displays that adjusts image data across metamers are herein disclosed. The metamer filtering may be based upon input image content and may optimize sub-pixel values to improve image rendering accuracy or perception. The optimizations may be made according to many possible desired effects. One embodiment comprises a display system comprising: a display, said display capable of selecting from a set of image data values, said set comprising at least one metamer; an input image data unit; a spatial frequency detection unit, said spatial frequency detection unit extracting a spatial frequency characteristic from said input image data; and a selection unit, said unit selecting image data from said metamer according to said spatial frequency characteristic.
US07787695B2
The present invention provides a method for applying a signature simplicity analysis for improving the accuracy of signature validation, the method including the steps of generating a plurality of synthetic fraudulent signatures for a person, encoding authentic signatures of the person using signature simplicity and validating the signatures using signature simplicity.
US07787692B2
An image processing apparatus for correcting an image of a subject, includes: a first illuminated image acquisition unit for acquiring the first reference member image that is an image a reference member having a plurality of normal directions taken under the first illumination condition; the second illuminated image acquisition unit for acquiring the second reference member image and a subject image that are an image of the reference member and an image of the subject, respectively, taken under the second illumination condition; a shape acquisition unit for acquiring three-dimensional shapes of the reference member and the subject; a normal direction determination unit for determining a normal direction of each region of the first reference member image, the second reference member image and the subject image based on the three-dimensional shapes of the reference member and the subject; a difference calculation unit for calculating a color difference in each region between the first and second reference member images for every normal direction; and a subject image correction unit for correcting a color of each region of the subject image with the color difference for every normal direction.
US07787691B2
In a high quality image-encoding scheme an input image is decomposed into several image blocks comprising multiple image elements. The image blocks are encoded into encoded block representations. Such a block representation comprises two color codewords, a color modifying codeword and optionally a sequence of color indices and color modifier indices. The color codewords define multiple discrete color representations along a line in color space. The color modifying codeword represents a set of multiple color modifiers for modifying the multiple color representations along at least one extension vector to obtain, for each color representation, a set of multiple color points. These color points of the multiple sets are located on a surface defined by the multiple color representations and the at least one extension vector. The colors of the image elements in the block are then approximated by these color points on the surface.
US07787689B2
With apparatus and method for measuring in three dimensions by applying an estimating process to points corresponding to feature points in a plurality of motion image frames, high speed and high accuracy are realized. The apparatus comprises: a first track determining section (4B) that determines corresponding points of feature points extracted from frames of motion images and estimates by robust estimation a coordinate transformation projection parameters between frames using part of the determined corresponding points, a second track determining section (4C) that utilizes the estimated value to determine coordinate values of estimated location of each corresponding point, to determine residuals of the coordinate values relative to the estimated values for each corresponding point, to apply threshold process, and to exclude points of large residuals as incorrect corresponding points. Three-dimensional measurement is carried out by tracking again feature points while removing those incorrect corresponding points.
US07787678B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise, automatically determining a target object from an image via an application of an iterative minimization algorithm to an energy function. Each iteration of the iterative minimization algorithm can comprise a comparison of a model with an estimated contour of the target object.
US07787675B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide the use of average CT (ACT) to match the temporal resolution of CT and PET to enhance PET imaging and evaluated tumor quantification with HCT and ACT. For example, an embodiment of a method of enhanced PET imaging on a PET/CT scanner includes generating an average CT scan responsive to 4D CT emission image data to thereby correct attenuation in PET emission image data. Another embodiment of a method of attenuation correction in a PET/CT scan includes averaging a plurality of consecutive low dose CT images of approximately one breathing cycle to thereby obtain an average CT.
US07787670B2
Radiation imaging device for correcting body movement, image processing method, and computer program
To perform as high-accuracy as possible a correction for a body movement for reducing an artifact occurring in a case of creating a tomographic image from an X-ray projected image, the coordinates of the respective corresponding points are acquired as between the projected images of which the projected angles overlap each other (e.g., 0° and 360° ), and a geometric transformation parameter is acquired through affine transformation or the like by using the set of the acquired coordinates. When an estimated amount of the acquired parameter is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, the geometric transformation parameter for geometric correction is determined by using the acquired geometric transformation parameter, the geometric transformation (correction of body movement) is executed by using the determined geometric transformation parameter, and the tomographic image is created by using the corrected projected images.
US07787667B2
A method for finger biometric processing may include selecting at least one enrollment spot from finger biometric enrollment data comprising a plurality of pixels, and selecting at least one verification spot from finger biometric verification data comprising a plurality of pixels. One or more spot properties is determined for one (or both) of the at least one enrollment spot and the at least one verification spot. The method may further include comparing the at least one enrollment spot with the at least one verification spot based upon a function of corresponding pixel values of the at least one enrollment spot and the at least one verification spot, and also based upon the at least one spot property.
US07787661B2
A system is used for authorizing access to a Personal Security Device. This system comprises a Personal Security Device 75 and another device 105 which is in functional communication with said Personal Security Device. Said Personal Security Device comprises identification information retrieval data and a biometric authentication application 200 which transfers said identification information retrieval data to said other device 105 in response to an identified match between biometric data sent by said other device and a predetermined biometric reference. Said other device 105 comprises a security executive application 230 for retrieving an Identification Information with at least said identification information retrieval data, thus generating a retrieved Identification Information, and transferring said retrieved Identification Information to said Personal Security Device 75. Said Personal Security Device comprises a security executive application 215 for authorizing access in response to an identified match between said transferred retrieved Identification Information and a predetermined Identification Information stored in said Personal Security Device.
US07787657B2
A synthetic aperture radar acquires an image of one or more objects and identifies them as targets. The objects are located in the proximity of clutter within the image such of trees, or a tree line. The radar acquires a SAR image having pixels descriptive of the clutter and the object(s). Regions having object pixels are identified within the synthetic aperture image using an object identification (algorithm), where the object identification (algorithm) utilizes one or more historically known target characteristics and one or more measured characteristic to obtain an output. Boundaries are identified for the one or more objects within the output using an object isolation, such as, for example, a Watershed transform. Clutter pixels are identified external to the one or more objects. The clutter pixels are suppressed from the synthetic aperture image thereby generating a clutter reduced image containing the one or more objects. The objects are compared with known images of a probable target until a match is found, the match representing the target identification.
US07787655B1
An approach to sub-pixel image registration involves determining parameters of an objective function from pixel values of a template image and of a target image. This objective function is defined on a bounded continuous domain of relative displacements of the template image and the target image, which corresponds to sub-pixel registration locations. This objective function is directly optimized without necessarily evaluating spatially interpolated values of either the template image or the target image to achieve a global optimum of the objective function in the bounded domain that provides the sub-pixel registration location. The approach can be used for tracking a template in a sequence of video frames.
US07787651B2
Reducing the number of hypotheses for locations of an active object in a saved image generated by a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application program may be accomplished by determining possible triangles for the saved image, wherein vertices of the triangles are points where the active object and any two additional objects of the saved image are located, determining possible pairs of hypotheses corresponding to the two additional objects from a current playback image corresponding to the saved image, determining triangles corresponding to the possible pairs of hypotheses and filtering the detected triangles, determining vertices with weights for similar triangles of the current playback image, and calculating a weight for every hypothesis of the active object and filtering hypotheses of the active object on the current playback image based on a weight bound.
US07787635B2
Resonant frequencies f2 and f3 detected in a resonant space are determined as center frequencies of a dip. Based on measurement values at a speaker and a microphone in the resonant space, a basic amplitude frequency characteristic Ca and a target amplitude frequency characteristic Cd are found. A smoothness degree on a frequency axis is larger in the target amplitude frequency characteristic Cd than the basic amplitude frequency characteristic Ca. A damping level and quality factor of the dip are determined based on a difference between the basic amplitude frequency characteristic Ca and the target amplitude frequency characteristic Cd in the center frequencies f2 and f3 of the dip and frequencies near the center frequencies.
US07787633B2
A vehicle engine sound simulator includes a crossfade sample playback engine which produces an output waveform comprising at least two constituent waveforms which are transposed up and down in frequency with RPM. The playback engine's output waveform is provided to at least one digital signal processing (DSP) circuit, which processes the output with a function that varies with the rate of change of RPM, an external load value, and/or a combination of both to produce the simulator's output. The crossfade sample playback engine is arranged to crossfade between at least 2 wave samples as RPM changes. Wave samples from additional wave banks associated with different load states can also be mixed into the playback engine's output waveform. The DSP circuit can include both nonlinear and linear processing sections in various combinations.
US07787629B1
In a computer system having a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), a system, method and computer program product for recovering a password used to encrypt a plaintext, including (a) generating N passwords on the CPU; (b) providing the N passwords to the GPU; (c) for each of the N passwords, calculating a transformed value from the password on the GPU, wherein the calculating is performed in parallel for all the N passwords provided to the GPU; (d) providing the N transformed values to the CPU; (e) at the CPU, testing the N transformed values for correctness; and (f) if none of the N transformed values are correct, repeating steps (a)-(e) for the next set of N passwords; (g) informing the user of a correct password.
US07787628B2
A method of distributing a quantum key from a sender to a recipient. The recipient generates a pulse having multiple photons; splits the pulse into first and second sub-pulses; phase modulates the first sub-pulse with a secret key; and transmits both the phase-modulated first sub-pulse and the second sub-pulse to the sender. The sender receives the phase-modulated first sub-pulse and the second sub-pulse from the recipient; encodes a quantum key bit into one of the sub-pulses received from the recipient; and transmits both the phase-modulated first sub-pulse and the second sub-pulse back to the recipient. Then, the recipient receives the phase-modulated first sub-pulse and the second sub-pulse from the sender; phase modulates the second sub-pulse with the secret key; combines the phase-modulated first sub-pulse and the phase-modulated second sub-pulse to produce a composite pulse; and processes the composite pulse in an attempt to detect the quantum key bit.
US07787626B2
Systems and methods for updating status of digital certificate subkeys. A request is made to a key server to verify if a given key is revoked. If it is not, then the key with its subkeys is acquired from the key server. If one or more subkeys or signatures of the subkeys are different in the acquired key, then the key is replaced.
US07787622B2
A system and method for digital data distribution is disclosed. The system and method provides a set of one or more source streams encoded by an encoder to form a common data stream for distribution to a plurality of destination systems, each authorized to access at least a portion of the common data stream. Encryption comprises obtaining the source stream, identifying some blocks of the source stream as secure blocks, identifying some other blocks of the source stream as unsecured blocks, encrypting the secure blocks for each of a plurality of destination system classes wherein each of the plurality of destination systems is a member of one or more destination system classes, and each of the blocks of an encrypted secure block set is decryptable by destination systems in the class associated with that encrypted secure block set.
US07787621B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for transmitting data secures the data by adaptively transforming it and spreading the transformed data piecewise over plural transmission channels. The method, apparatus and computer program product may select low-cost channels preferentially to transmit greater amounts of the data; may disorder the data and transmit ordering information separately over a preferred channel of higher security; may conceal data in a lower-security channel by steganographic methods; and may conceal the sequence of the data by placing segments of it statically, for example, in a WWW website, while providing sequencing data on the preferred channel of higher security. A receiving method, apparatus and computer program product may also be provided for recovering information content from signals on the plural channels.
US07787615B2
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications jack including a housing having a port for receiving a plug. The jack also includes a plurality of contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing, and a plurality of wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack. The jack further includes a circuit board that electrically connects the contact springs to the wire termination contacts. The circuit board includes a crosstalk compensation arrangement for reducing crosstalk at the jack. The circuit board also includes arrangements that reduce return loss at the jack.
US07787614B2
Methodologies and structure are provided for use in a communications line that transmit data without plain old telephone service (POTS), or splits the POTS service from the data service, to inhibit oxidation of electrical connections within the physical communications line between the central office of a service provider and a subscriber premises and/or subscriber equipment. A direct current load is drawn by a sealing current terminator circuit that is electrically coupled across the communications line at a convenient location proximate or within the subscriber's location so as to assist in providing oxidation reducing direct current flow along a portion of the communications loop coupling the service provider with the subscriber.
US07787613B2
An echo canceling circuit comprising a double talk detector, an upper band signal filter configured to pass only near-end upper band signals to the double talk detector and remove lower band signals, an adaptive filter circuit, a control circuit operatively coupled to the double talk detector and to the adaptive filter circuit, and a threshold estimator configured to iteratively calculate an upper adaptive decision threshold value and a lower adaptive decision threshold value. The double talk detector declares near-end speech to be present if an estimated power level of the upper band signals exceeds the upper adaptive decision threshold value, and declares the near-end speech to be absent if the estimated power level of the upper band signals falls below the lower adaptive decision threshold value for a predetermined number of iterative cycles.
US07787610B1
An accessory device for a plurality of servers, the servers allocating client primary resource requests to primary resources, each server having a primary queue, the device including: a controller; a plurality of server communication links adapted to communicate with a respective server and to intercept client primary resource requests in response to the controller; an auxiliary queue, the device storing the intercepted requests in the auxiliary queue in response to the controller; and a secondary resource communication link adapted to communicate with at least one secondary resource. The device allocates secondary resource requests to at least one secondary resource in response to the controller. The device routes the intercepted requests to a selected server via at least one of the server communication links in response to a desired condition.
US07787609B1
The present invention is directed to a contact center using presence information to direct work items to experts. More specifically, a system is provided that includes a feature that allows for subject matter experts, which are individuals other than customer service agents, to assist in incoming calls in at least three different modes: an assist mode, an intercept mode and an overflow mode. Thus, customer service efficiency and customer satisfaction are increased. In addition, it is contemplated that subject matter experts may either selectively accept or deny the request for assistance.
US07787605B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for improved audio, video, and data conferencing. The present invention provides a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints communicating data including audio data and control data according to a communication protocol. A local conference endpoint may control or be controlled by a remote conference endpoint. Data comprising control signals may be exchanged between the local endpoint and remote endpoint via various communication protocols. In other embodiments, the present invention provides for improved bridge architecture for controlling functions of conference endpoints including controlling functions of the bridge.
US07787603B2
A telephone apparatus includes: a call signal detecting unit that detects a call signal transmitted via a public telephone line; an identification information detecting unit that detects source identification information transmitted via the public telephone line; and a source identification information detection control unit that controls an operation of the identification information detecting unit. The source identification information detection control unit actuates the identification information detecting unit when the call signal detecting unit detects the call signal and a predetermined condition is satisfied, and stops or does not actuate the identification information detecting unit when the call signal detecting unit detects the call signal and the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
US07787596B2
An x-ray absorption grid produced by a lithography method for use in a phase-contrast CT system has at least two individual grids arranged atop one another in the radiation direction. Each individual grid has a grid area with a grid structure including grid webs and grid gaps in alternation. Each individual grid has a region outside of the grid area (outer region). The outer region of the at least two individual grids has toothed structures corresponding to one another at least two points. The toothed structures are generated as well in the production of the grid structure. The toothed structures have a position that is defined relative to the grid structure, such that a defined alignment of the individual grids occurs given a combination of the individual grids by engagement of the toothed structures of individual grids lying atop one another.
US07787591B2
A primary collimator for a multiple inverse fan beam x-ray diffraction imaging (MIFB XDI) system. The MIFB XDI system includes a multi-focus x-ray source (MFXS) defining a plurality of focus points arranged along a length of the MFXS. Each focus point is sequentially activated to emit an x-ray fan beam including a plurality of primary beams each directed to a corresponding convergence point. The primary collimator includes a first diaphragm configured to be positioned with respect to the MFXS. The first diaphragm defines a plurality of first channels through a thickness of the first diaphragm. Each first channel is aligned with a corresponding focus point and configured to transmit the x-ray fan beam. A second diaphragm is positioned with respect to the first diaphragm and defines a plurality of second channels through a thickness of the second diaphragm. Each second channel is axially aligned with a corresponding first channel.
US07787590B2
A radiographic apparatus according to this invention carries out lag correction by applying lag data based on a plurality of radiation detection signals acquired in time of non-irradiation before first irradiation, to both first and second radiation detection signals. Thus, lag correction is possible without acquiring lag components between the first irradiation and second irradiation. Also in the case of carrying out two radiation irradiations (first irradiation and second irradiation) for one image, lag-behind parts included in the radiation detection signals can be removed simply from the radiation detection signals.
US07787589B2
Methods for in vivo measurement of lead or other trace elements in bone by x-ray fluorescence (XRF) without independent measurement of underlying tissue thickness are disclosed. In one method, the lead concentration is calculated based on the intensity of a first characteristic fluoresced peak and a function having as an argument the intensity ratio of first and second characteristic fluoresced peaks, with at least one parameter of the function being empirically determined by measurements of calibration phantoms having differing thicknesses of tissue surrogate material. In another method, the lead concentration is measured by estimating tissue thickness based on the intensity of the Compton scattering peak, or ratio of Compton/Rayleigh intensities, and the intensity of a characteristic fluoresced x-ray peak corrected for attenuation by tissue of the estimated thickness. Also disclosed is a method for determining the calcium concentration and density of bone based on XRF spectrum data.
US07787587B2
A radiographing apparatus of an image radiographing system is equipped with plural sensors each detecting an amount of radiation transmitted through a breast in the course of radiographing, and it transmits sensor data showing an output value of each sensor to a control apparatus through a network. In the control apparatus, a mammary gland content rate corresponding to an output value of each sensor is acquired based on sensor data transmitted from the radiographing apparatus, then, a breast type is discriminated based on an average mammary gland content rate and on the state of distribution of mammary gland content rates, and image processing conditions are established based on the results of discrimination of the breast type. Then, based on the image processing conditions thus established, image processing is given to image data acquired from a reading apparatus.
US07787586B2
A method of displaying a standard observational X-ray CT image for diagnostics for use in an X-ray CT apparatus or an X-ray CT image display apparatus and an apparatus for displaying the same image are disclosed. The standard observational X-ray CT image can be displayed as a display image of at least one of an X-ray CT sectional image and a three-dimensional CT volume image depending on its purpose. The present method involves a step of designating the interested area with respect to the maxillofacial area of the object, a step of producing the standard observational X-ray CT image of the designated interested area, based on the dental arch reference information prepared in advance, and a step of displaying on a display means the standard observational X-ray CT image of the object thus produced.
US07787584B2
Disclosed are a bottom spacer grid with a louver on a spring that can filter debris flowed through a channel of a lower end fitting with coolant on the lower end fitting of a nuclear fuel assembly, and can prevent uplift of fuel rods due to coolant, simultaneously.The bottom spacer grid for debris filtering with the louver for preventing uplift of the fuel rods, in the spacer grid equipped with a strip dividing a plurality of unit grid cells and a plurality of springs, protruded in uniform directions of each of vertical and horizontal directions on a grid surface of the strip, having uniform elasticity and supporting a lower end cap of a nuclear fuel rod, which includes: a spring having a plane portion with a predetermined size to contact to an outer circumference of the bottom end cap of the nuclear fuel rod; a louver protruded downward the spacer grid at a predetermined angle from the plane portion of the spring; and a debris filtering member bent and protruded to the bottom of the grid surface of the spacer grid.
US07787579B2
A frame synchronous circuit operable in a dedicated short-range communication system, applicable to several modulation schemes, includes a UW detector for detecting a UW word from received data, an operation setting register group for specifying the operations of an on-board unit, a synchronous manager for controlling synchronization, an unlimited synchronization continuation register for maintaining the unlimited continuation of the synchronization, and an FCMC data analyzer for analyzing FCMC data. The operation setting register group can control synchronization by using not only operational information obtained from the FCMC data but also another operational information retrieved from an input device such as a CPU or terminal connected to the on-board unit. Consequently, debug and test operations can be performed without receiving any FCMC data.
US07787578B2
A method and an apparatus for synchronizing a data stream are disclosed. The method includes: decoding the data stream to generate a decoded data stream and program clock references; generating a local clock reference; generating a simulated clock reference according to the program clock references and the local clock reference; comparing the local clock reference with the simulated clock reference to generate a comparison result; adjusting a processing timing of the decoded data stream according to the comparison result; and processing the decoded data stream according to the processing timing.
US07787573B2
A MISO wireless LAN includes multiple inputs and a single output. The present invention includes a method and apparatus of compensating for time sensitive or frequency sensitive channel fading using minimum mean square error. The time sensitive channel fading is represented by the vector [H(t)], and the interference compensation is performed by multiplying the incoming data by a minimum mean square error factor that is determined as [(H*·H+1/SNR)−1·H*]. More specifically, the H* represents channel matching and (H*·H+1/SNR)−1 represents interference cancellation due to channel fading over time or frequency.
US07787571B2
Process for the blind demodulation of a linear waveform source or transmitter in a system comprising one or more sources and an array of sensors and a propagation channel. The process comprises at least the following steps: the symbol period T is determined and sampled to Te such that T=ITe (I being an integer); a spatio-temporal observation z(t), the mixed sources of which are symbol trains from the transmitter, is constructed from the observations x(kTe); an ICA-type method is applied to the observation vector z(t) in order to estimate the Lc symbol trains {am-i} that are associated with the channel vectors ĥz,j=ĥz(kj); the Lc outputs (âm,j, ĥz,j) are arranged in the same order as the inputs (am-i,hz(i)) so as to obtain the propagation channel vectors ĥz,j=ĥz(kj); and the phase αimax associated with the outputs is determined.
US07787569B2
A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a low noise amplifier that amplifies an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal to produce an amplified RF signal. A down conversion module converts the amplified RF signal to a down converted signal based on a local oscillation. An analog to digital conversion (ADC) module coupled to convert the down converted signal into a digital signal. A baseband processing module converts the digital signal into inbound data, wherein at least one function of the baseband processing module is clocked by a plurality of baseband clock signals A clock module produces the plurality of baseband clock signals, wherein the clock module detects an interference condition when frequency dependent noise components associated with at least one of the plurality of baseband clock signals are inside a frequency band associated with the inbound RF signal, and spreads the spectrum of the at least one of the plurality of baseband clock signals when the interference condition is detected.
US07787524B2
An object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication apparatus which can correct error flexibly without wasting consumed resources while maintaining the improvement of reliability resulted from error correction. The wireless communication apparatus (relay station) 12 includes a receiving antenna 41 for receiving signals transmitted from the transmission station, a receiving RF section 42 for high-frequency amplifying the received signal, an error correction decoding section 43 for subjecting the received signal to the error correction decoding processing and outputting soft decision values and decoded bits, an error detection section 44 for subjecting the signal after the error correction decoding processing to the hard decision processing to detect error of the signal subjected to the hard decision processing, a switching section 45 for switching the soft decision values and the decoded bits, a re-coding section 46 for re-coding extracted ones of the soft decision values, a transmission RF section 47 for modulating the re-coded soft decision values and a transmission antenna 48 for transmitting the signal to the receiving station.
US07787515B2
A circuit for spread spectrum rate control uses a first interpolator to phase interpolate between a first signal and a second signal and generate a first output signal based on a first control signal. A second interpolator is utilized to phase interpolate between a third signal and a fourth signal and generate a second output signal based on a second control signal. A multiplexer is used to select, based on a select signal, the first output signal or the second output signal as a spread spectrum clock (SSCLK). A leap-frog interpolator control is used to generate, in synchronism with the SSCLK, the first control signal based on a first type of phase adjustment request, the second control signal based on a second type of phase adjustment request, and the select signal to switch the multiplexer between the first output signal and the second output signal after allowing for an interpolator settling time when changing the first control signal or the second control signal.
US07787512B2
A light-emitting element assembly includes a support substrate having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a recessed portion, and a conductive material layer formed over the first surface and the inner surface of the recessed portion, and a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element has a laminated structure including a first compound semiconductor layer, a light-emitting portion, and a second compound semiconductor layer, at least the second compound semiconductor layer and the light-emitting portion constituting a mesa structure. The light-emitting element further includes an insulating layer formed, a second electrode, and a first electrode. The mesa structure is placed in the recessed portion so that the conductive material layer and the second electrode are in at least partial contact with each other, and light emitted from the light-emitting portion is emitted from the second surface side of the first compound semiconductor layer.
US07787511B2
A surface-emitting laser diode device that oscillates in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is provided. This surface-emitting laser diode device includes: an active layer; a resonator structure including a first distributed Bragg reflector and a second distributed Bragg reflector that face each other and sandwich the active layer; a hole passage that extends from a first electrode to the active layer; an electron passage that extends from a second electrode to the active layer; a hole restricting structure that is located in the hole passage and defines a region for confining holes to the active layer; and an optical mode control structure that includes a non-oxide region provided in the resonator structure and an oxide region surrounding the non-oxide region, each region containing Al as a constituent element. In this surface-emitting laser diode, the area of the non-oxide region is smaller than the area of the hole restricting structure.
US07787496B1
Packets are broken into fragments when received by a radio network controller. The fragments are sized according to the network connection that are to receive the fragments. With a T-1 connection, the radio network controller attempts to create fragments of a packet with a maximum size of 1200 bytes. The radio network controller also attempts to send fragments of the same packet across the same network connection or T-1 line when multiple network connections or multiple T-1 lines exist.
US07787486B2
A method and system for increasing the precision of time synchronization among a plurality of host nodes in a packet-switched network by reducing transmission delay variation in the network. Each host node is provided with a distinct set of transmission times selected from a global schedule in such a way as to avoid concurrent transmission of messages by the plurality of host nodes. The transmission times may be determined as offsets within a global hyperperiod, and each host node carries out transmissions according to predetermine offsets the respective host node. Transmissions according to offsets may be applied to real-time messages, including time-synchronization messages, hence yielding increase precision of synchronization.
US07787483B2
In a network for digital data packet transmission, reception quality of received data packets is sensed (111) by a remote terminal (101). Thereupon, a bit string indicative for the sensed reception quality is generated (112). This bit string or a compressed version of this bit string is transferred (114) in real-time over a management channel to a first central processing unit (121) in a network node (102) where the bit string is compacted or processed. By processing the bit string, the first central processing unit (121) may determine impulse noise characteristics. Alternatively, the bit string or a compressed or compacted version thereof may be forwarded to a second central processing unit (131) in a network manager (103) that processes the bit string and determines impulse noise characteristics.
US07787467B2
Arbitration is performed in a packet exchanger. In one implementation, a device for performing the arbitration may include input ports configured to each receive sequences that define a packet and output ports. A packet switch concurrently process multiple ones of the received sequences to select an output port for each of the received sequences, the packet switch transferring the received sequences to the selected output ports for output from the device at different times from one another.
US07787464B2
An integrated circuit monitors the most active traffic flow rates on a communications network by using a leaky bucket model having a variable fill rate. As a switch receives packets, the packet identifications are sampled. A sampled packet identification is compared to record identifications in a table of identifications. If the sampled and record identifications match, an activity value for the packet identification is increased by an amount inversely proportional to an activity value associated with the record identification. If the sampled and record identifications do not match, the activity value is decreased. Record identifications are removed from the table when the activity value decreases to a specified level. New sampled identifications are added to the table if empty records exist.
US07787463B2
An example network device includes a processor that is configured to apply specific fields from a packet to an associated memory device and comparing means for comparing input to the memory device with entries in the memory device. The example network device is configured to enable selection of bits, by the memory device, that are required to match exactly with bits from the input to the memory device. The specific fields include a plurality of fields some of which include multiple field values and definitions. An input bit map field of one of the plurality of fields is used to provide an additional global mask that is ANDed to associated masks in selected entries in the memory device thereby enabling the memory device to output an OR of the data in the selected entries and thereby allowing multiple ports to share a rule within a memory device entry.
US07787461B2
A system is dedicated to processing data frames for a communications network that supports one or more communications protocols. The system includes, firstly, a detection module adapted, on receipt of a data frame, to determine, from a plurality of sets of predefined values corresponding to respective different forms of protocol processing, the set containing a value taken by a selected frame field contained in the received frame and used by the protocol, and, secondly, a processing module adapted to determine a specific form of protocol processing corresponding to the set determined by the detection module and to be applied to the received frame.
US07787460B2
Described are a system and method for switching packet traffic over an optical transport network. A network element comprises plurality of mappers for mapping packet traffic to electrical streams. A host network interface includes a packet switch that forwards a first portion of the packet traffic to a first one of the mappers and a second portion of the packet traffic to a second one of the mappers. The first one of the mappers maps the first portion of the packet traffic into a first electrical stream targeted to a first destination on an optical transport network and the second one of the mappers maps the second portion of the packet traffic into a second electrical stream targeted to a second destination on the optical transport network.
US07787458B2
A method and apparatus for communicating data packets according to classes of service is described. One or more service interfaces are coupled to a plurality of transport interfaces. The service interfaces carry packets having multiple classes of service, while each of the plurality of transport interfaces carries packets of a single class of service. A differentiated services codepoint profile is associated with each service interface and maps a differentiated services codepoint value of a data packet to a class of service and a drop precedence. The data packet is assigned to a transport interface based on its class of service and its drop precedence. Other factors, such as the destination of the data packet may be considered when assigning the data packet to a transport interface. Data packets from different transport interfaces are preferably enqueued in different queues of a destination service interface.
US07787456B2
Disclosed is a technique for correcting a configuration problem. The configuration problem is detected. It is determined whether there is at least one solution for the configuration problem in a knowledge data store. When it is determined that there is at least one solution in the knowledge data store, automatically selecting a solution to solve the configuration problem. When said solution can be automatically applied, automatically applying said solution. When said solution cannot be automatically applied, notifying a user.
US07787443B2
A method for provisioning a peering relationship between the multimedia networks in a telecommunications system. The method comprises registering a customer with at least one of the multimedia networks; constructing the customer's mapping and routing data (including initial filter criteria) within each of the networks; synchronizing the customer's mapping and routing data between the multimedia networks; and storing the customer's mapping and routing data in a database in each of the multimedia networks. Further, the method results in network selection using the customer's mapping and routing data.
US07787442B2
A communication statistic information collection apparatus comprises a unit for searching a flow table for a flow entry corresponding to a searching key, a unit for collecting statistics information for each of flows, a unit for generating a packet for notifying a collector apparatus of stored statistics information, a unit for updating the flow table in accordance with statistics control information shown by a statistics control entry found as a result of searching the flow table, and a unit for generating a sample packet to be transferred to the collect or apparatus at a specified sampling rate in accordance with the statistics control information shown by a specified entry found from the flow table.
US07787439B1
A system and method for allowing an end-user to interact with a system in order to execute an application. Multiple digital service packets are broadcast to a plurality of end-users, such that the upstream transmission of data from end-users is greatly reduced. Each end-ser further receives media packets, whereas visual objects relating to the application can be displayed on an end-user display unit with visual objects originating from the media packets.
US07787437B2
It is necessary to solve problems caused when constituting a communication system such as a radio LAN using an independent distributed type network without the controlling-controllable relationship of a master station and a slave station. In the radio communication system consisting of a plurality of communication stations having no relationship of a controlling station and a controllable station, each communication station transmits a beacon describing information on the network, thereby constituting a network. Through this beacon, it is possible to make a sophisticated judgment on the communication state in the other communication station.
US07787428B2
To provide an integrated information communication system without using dedicated lines or the Internet, ensuring communication speed, communication quality, communication trouble countermeasures in a unified manner, wherein security and reliability in communication is ensured. The system is comprised of an access control apparatus for connecting a plurality of computer communication networks or information communication equipment to each, and a relay device for networking the aforementioned access control apparatus, the system having functions for performing routing by transferring information by a unified address system, and is configured such that the aforementioned plurality of computer communication networks or information communication equipment can perform communications in an interactive manner.
US07787423B2
A device in a PAN 7 having a plurality of devices 1 to 6 connected by short range communication whose network configuration dynamically changes is provided. A cellphone 1 includes a discovery function to discovery the devices 2 to 6 for a device capable of carrying out prescribed processing based on a request for execution of the prescribed processing from the cellphone 1 and a transmission control function to transmit output control information for outputting a notice indicating the capability of carrying out the prescribed information to the devices found by the discovery.
US07787417B2
In a wireless communication system using the contention method, collisions between transmission signals sent from terminals to a base station are avoided, and a communication area is flexibly formed while suppressing unnecessary radiation of the communication area. The base station includes antennas disposed such that wireless zones cover mutually different areas, wireless units connected to the antennas in one-to-one correspondence, and for, via the respective antennas, receiving wireless signals from the terminal stations in the wireless zones and transmitting wireless signals to the terminal stations in the wireless zones, a data processing unit for processing the wireless signals received by the plurality of wireless units and generate data to be transmitted to the terminal stations, and a communication control unit for controlling the wireless units so as to, during a slot other than a transmission request slot, form one communication area combining the wireless zones of all of the antennas, and during the transmission request slot, form mutually independent communication areas less than or equal in number to the antennas.
US07787416B2
A wireless network having a real-time channel allocation is described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary network architecture includes, but is not limited to, multiple access points coupled to a wired network, where each of the access points is capable of communicating with one or more mobile nodes over a wireless network. The exemplary network architecture further includes a controller coupled to the access points over the wired network. The controller maintains one or more parameters that control one or more characteristics of each access points. The controller adjusts and communicates the one or more parameters to each of the access points in response to a detection of real-time conditions changed. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US07787410B2
A new communication protocol based on a new physical interference model, and apparatuses and systems for implementing such protocols are described herein. The new communication protocol may be a new medium access control (MAC) protocol for a wireless network that uses different signal transmission powers for transmitting and receiving various MAC protocol packets.
US07787404B2
A method for operating a computer network has a source router transmit a first message to be received by an intermediate router of the computer network, the first message to activate the intermediate router to listen for a designated time period for the intermediate router to receive a second message. Upon receiving a second message by the intermediate router during the designated time period, the intermediate router responds to the second message in response to receiving the second message during the designated time period.
US07787393B2
This method for receiving a data stream transmitted over several radiofrequency channels each with a different frequency, comprises scanning the bandwidth to identify available radiofrequency channels, determining a quality indicator for each available radiofrequency channel and selecting a channel for receiving the data stream depending upon said quality indicators. The method further comprises determining a refreshing period for the quality indicator of each available channel and weighting every determined refreshing period depending on the value of the quality indicator of the currently received channel.
US07787391B2
In a client device (1) including OBject EXchange protocol (OBEX), a lower layer processing section (13) below an OBEX processing section (12) generates a pseudo response command for a request command, and notifies the pseudo response command to the OBEX layer processing section (12). This makes it possible for the client device (1) to communicate, via object exchange, with a server device having no transmitting function.
US07787388B2
A method of and a system for autonomously identifying which node in a two-node system has failed are described. The system includes two nodes and a fault-tolerant communication fabric. The fabric defines a plurality of communication paths connecting the two nodes, and fault-tolerant loop-back communication in which each node can send a message to itself utilizing at least one switch structure of the fabric. In addition, each of the two nodes includes logic for performing the service; logic for testing the functionality of the respective node; logic for sending test result messages to both nodes; fault-isolation logic for analyzing test result messages from both nodes; and logic for disabling the other node from performing the service only if the fault-isolation logic determines that the respective node is capable of successfully performing the service and also determines that the other node is incapable of successfully performing the service.
US07787385B2
A routing apparatus comprising: 1) a first router coupled to a first plurality of Ethernet links; and 2) a second router coupled to a second plurality of Ethernet links, wherein selected ones of the first plurality of Ethernet links are coupled to selected ones of the second plurality of Ethernet links to thereby form Ethernet trunk groups in which traffic associated with a plurality of Ethernet ports are aggregated into a single logical port. The routing apparatus further comprises a first high-speed link and a second high-speed link directly coupling the first router and the second router and forming a self-healing ring for transferring data packets between the first and second routers. In response to a failure associated with the failing one of the first and second routers, the first and second high-speed links transfer data traffic from the failing router to the non-failing router.
US07787383B2
The status of an appliance may be monitored using promiscuous packets and network reads. In order to establish a peer-to-peer connection between two appliances, a connection manager may issue a communication to a first appliance to establish a connection with a second, remote appliance. The connection manager issues a similar communication to the second appliance. The first appliance issues a promiscuous packet to the second appliance including connection information to establish a peer connection between the two appliances. The first appliance continues to issue the promiscuous packets even after the connection is established to indicate that the first appliance is still available. If the second appliance does not receive a promiscuous packet, the second appliance may attempt to perform a read over the connection. If the attempt to perform a read fails, the second appliance can notify the connection manager that the connection is no longer active.
US07787378B1
A method and apparatus for conversion of an arbitration table into count values to control the distribution of resources have been described.
US07787373B2
Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for providing secure blast calls. An example embodiment includes a secure blast call apparatus including a blast component to determine if a secure or a non-secure call connection is needed and to blast a call connection invite to a plurality of destination endpoints; and a connection component to determine if a responding destination endpoint is a secure or a non-secure destination endpoint, to establish a connection with a secure destination endpoint if a secure call connection is needed, and to establish a connection with a non-secure destination endpoint if a non-secure call connection is needed.
US07787371B2
Methods and systems for managing system resources in a data transmission system are disclosed herein. An adaptive packet inactivity timer can be associated with the data transmission system, wherein the adaptive packet inactivity timer dynamically changes a behavior thereof based on one or more customer attributes, such as, for example, of quality of service (QoS) level. The customer attribute is linked to a plurality of timer parameters that define the behavior of the adaptive packet inactivity timer for management of the data transmission system. Additionally, the customer attributes can be assigned to a customer based on a contract level associated with the customer, or based on an application type intended for use with the customer contract.
US07787369B2
Congestion is minimized on a desired port in an Ethernet bridge. A packet with a destination address and a source address is received on an incoming port. An address table is search to determine a destination port associated with the destination address. If the destination port is not determined by the search then flooding the packet on all of the ports except the desired port if the incoming port is determined to be equal to the desired port; and flooding the packet on all of the ports except the incoming port and the desired port if the incoming port is determined to be not equal to the desired port.
US07787363B2
A fault-tolerant stack of low cost switches each having only two dual-purpose uplinks is enabled by utilizing a specified topology for connecting the uplinks and implementing a recovery algorithm on each switch.
US07787362B2
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method and device for recovering a shared mesh network. The core idea of the method lies in that: a network ingress node of network connection service determines and saves routing information of a recovery path; after a working path is established successfully, a network management system controls resource reservation of the recovery path; and after the working path is interrupted, the network ingress node of the network connection service initiates an establishing procedure of the recovery path by using the reserved resources according to the saved routing information of the recovery path, and switches services on the working path to the recovery path for transmission. The technical solutions of the invention are easy to implement, and can be realized by using existing protocols; moreover, it can be well compatible with existing devices.
US07787361B2
A method of hybrid route discovery in a mesh network is described. The method comprises the optional designation of a root node of the mesh network and formatting a route request message at an originating mesh point, where the route request messages include a hop limit parameter. If a root node has been configured, the route request is responded to with a message that describes the route to the root. If a direct route between two nodes is required, the route request message is broadcast from the originating mesh point, and the hop limit parameter limits the number of times the route request message will be forwarded. The originating mesh point receives a unicast route reply message from a neighboring mesh point, after the neighboring mesh point received the route request message. Finally, a route connecting the originating mesh point and the destination mesh point is established.
US07787360B2
A multicast non-stop forwarding (NSF) router architecture enhances high availability of a multicast router in a computer network. The router architecture further preserves multicast data forwarding through a data plane during NSF recovery of one or more failures in a control plane of the router. Various multicast components of the router cooperate to provide a checkpointing and recovery technique of the multicast NSF architecture that enables efficient restart and recovery of the control plane failures without loss of data connectivity.
US07787358B2
Inter-carrier interference (ICI) cancellation in an OFDMA receiving signals from two transmitters is performed by identifying the transmitted sub-carriers that cause the largest ICI to sub-carriers received from other transmitters, and removing the ICI contribution from these sub-carriers. This may be accomplished by calculating the ICI terms only based on the interfering sub-carrier and the frequency offset. Alternatively, the transmissions causing the ICI are demodulated, the ICI on other signals is then determined and subtracted, and other signals are then demodulated. Which transmissions cause the largest ICI on others depends on the relative strength of the corresponding sub-carriers and how much orthogonality is lost. The latter might be due to frequency error, Doppler spread, or a combination of both.
US07787354B2
A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including segment information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility.
US07787339B2
A reproducing position control circuit has a reading part for reading data stored in a recording medium, a position information detecting part for detecting the position information of data read by said reading part within said recording medium, and a control part for storing said position information detected by said position information detecting part in a volatile memory, and retrieving said position information within said volatile memory to store it in a writable non-volatile memory when the power is turned off or after a predetermined time passes since the power is turned off.
US07787338B2
A write once disc allowing management of a data area, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is allocated for disc defect management. In the disc and method, area allocation information specifying a structure of the data area is recorded on the disc, thus allowing a recording/reproducing apparatus to recognize the data area structure. Therefore, allocating areas, such as a spare area, for disc defect management other than an area for storing user data, to the data area is possible. The allocation of the areas for disc defect management to the data area enables effective use of the write once disc.
