US07987515B2
An electronic signal transmission apparatus executes an authentication process with a transmitting electronic device over a transmission line and receives an encrypted signal and first and second key information therefrom. The encrypted signal is decrypted based on the first key information, displayed and/or recorded, and re-encrypted using the second key information. The encrypted signal is transmitted to another electronic transmission apparatus if that apparatus does not have a recording capability and determined to be authorized using a second authentication process. The re-encrypted signal is sent to the another electronic transmission apparatus if that device has a recording capability and is authorized.
US07987514B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using an arbitrary fixed channel to carry third-party information. In one embodiment, the present invention provides systems and methods for enabling existing content rendering devices to accept content encoded in a proprietary format, such as an encoding format used by a digital rights management system. The encoded content is rendered by the device in the normal manner, and decoded by a retrofitting appliance connected to the device's output. The retrofitting appliance may apply decoded rules and controls to the decoded content, thereby managing use of the content.
US07987510B2
Technologies are disclosed to transfer responsibility and control over security from player makers to content authors by enabling integration of security logic and content. An exemplary optical disc carries an encrypted digital video title combined with data processing operations that implement the title's security policies and decryption processes. Player devices include a processing environment (e.g., a real-time virtual machine), which plays content by interpreting its processing operations. Players also provide procedure calls to enable content code to load data from media, perform network communications, determine playback environment configurations, access secure nonvolatile storage, submit data to CODECs for output, and/or perform cryptographic operations. Content can insert forensic watermarks in decoded output for tracing pirate copies. If pirates compromise a player or title, future content can be mastered with security features that, for example, block the attack, revoke pirated media, or use native code to correct player vulnerabilities.
US07987505B2
The invention relates to a method for triggering re-negotiation of a session when an Access Terminal moves from one access network (source AN) to another access network (target AN) having different capabilities in high rate packet data system. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the source AN is allowed to store all the protocol subtypes, protocols and applications that AT is capable of and also allowing the AT to send this information in priority order during session negotiation and hence facilitating the transfer of this information from source AN to target AN during session transfer when AT moves from one AN to another AN. An alternate embodiment is to let the AT send the protocol subtypes, protocols and applications and other AT capable information to target AN after it moves to a new AN or by letting the Rev-A capable AN query the AT's capability information and then the AT providing this information. In another exemplary embodiment, the invention includes re-negotiation by introducing a revision (like Protocol revision) information in overhead information messages that an AN broadcasts to all ATs.
US07987496B2
The secure application of content protection policies to content. The secure application of content protection polices is accomplished by having an enforcement mechanism monitor policy application points to detect the transfer of content. The enforcement mechanism accesses the content and a determination is made to protect the content. A usage policy is then identified by the enforcement mechanism to apply to the content and the usage policy is then applied to the content, resulting in a usage policy for the content.
US07987490B2
A media content manager residing at a user premises having a tuner coupled to at least one media source operable to selectively receive at least one media stream of at least one type of media content. The media content manager also including a media processor coupled to the tuner and operable to receive the at least one media stream and convert the media stream to a predetermined data format, the at least one media stream comprising metadata. Additionally, the media content manages has a media manager coupled to the media processor and operable to receive the at least one media stream in the predetermined data format and direct the media stream to a selected media player device coupled to the media processor. Furthermore, the media content manager includes a storage device coupled to the media manager and operable to receive and store the at least one media stream in the predetermined data format.
US07987488B2
A system for transmitting and receiving image and audio data that is information on any of image and audio has a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus. The transmission apparatus transmits the image and audio data using a multi-channel communication system and includes a first protocol conversion device. The reception apparatus receives the image and audio data using the multi-channel communication system and includes a second protocol conversion device. The transmission apparatus performs data conversion processing on the image and audio data by the first protocol conversion device using a protocol to produce parallel image and audio data, and transmits it to the reception apparatus using the multi-channel communication system. The reception apparatus receives the parallel data to perform data conversion processing on the parallel data using the protocol by the second protocol conversion device to return to the image and audio data.
US07987486B2
A signal distribution and control system where signals are distributed and control signals transmitted via a single coaxial cable. Integrated Receiver/Decoder (IRD) units communicate with a Frequency Translation Module (FTM) for construction of a custom data signal for delivery to all IRDs coupled to a given FTM. The commands sent by the IRDs to control the FTM inform the FTM which signals are of interest and should be placed on the custom data signal, also called the combined IRD channels. Previously installed IRDs that cannot generate the new commands are still supported in the system via legacy ports in the multiswitch.
US07987481B2
A receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving television broadcasts and a communication unit for receiving streaming broadcasts via a network. A guide information producing unit produces guide information for displaying a program guide for television broadcast programs and a program guide for streaming broadcast programs on the same screen. An outputting unit outputs to a display device image data on the television broadcasts, image data on the streaming broadcasts, and the guide information.
US07987480B2
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide is implemented on user television equipment containing a memory. The system allocates the memory among different categories of program guide data used by the program guide. When new channels are added to the channel line-up, the program guide adjusts its memory allocation accordingly. When it is desired to install a new non-program-guide application on the user television equipment in addition to the program guide, memory can be reallocated to accommodate the new application.
US07987473B1
Determining a class of an object is disclosed. A pointer of the object is obtained. One or more bits that are not implemented as address bits are extracted from the pointer. The one or more bits are interpreted as an identifier of the class of the object. The class of the object is determined to correspond to the identifier.
US07987470B1
Converting heavyweight instances to lightweight instances is disclosed. An indication is received to convert one or more heavyweight instances to corresponding one or more lightweight instances. One or more sharable parent instances is/are created. One or more lightweight instances is/are created. For each lightweight instance, one of the one or more sharable parent instances is/are designated as a parent to create a lightweight composite instance. Each of at least a subset of the one or more sharable parent instances is shared by two or more lightweight instances. And, the created lightweight composite instances are configured to provide the functionality provided by the one or more heavyweight instances.
US07987469B2
In an embodiment, a method is provided. In an embodiment, the method provides determining that a message has been placed in a send buffer; and transferring the message to an application on a second virtual machine by bypassing use of an operating system to process the message by directly placing the message in an application memory space from which the application can retrieve the message.
US07987467B2
A method, grid computing environment, and computer readable medium for managing available resources in a grid computing environment are disclosed. The method includes determining, when a new job is submitted, if a first of the computing clusters has sufficient available resources to run the new job. If the first computing cluster does not have sufficient available resources to run the new job, the method further includes determining if a second of the computing clusters has sufficient available resources to run a first job that is currently running on the first computing cluster. If the second computing cluster has sufficient available resources to run the first job, the first job is migrated to the second computing cluster.
US07987466B2
A storage system including a plurality of logical units; file management application software for performing file management on a per-file basis for a plurality of files stored in the respective logical units; a load monitoring module for monitoring a load in a resource of the storage system; and a file management control module for controlling the file management application software based on the load monitored by the load monitoring module.
US07987465B2
A method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of processing resources and tasks, including multimedia tasks. Tasks are queued, available processing resources are identified, and the available processing resources are allocated among the tasks. The available processing resources are provided with functional programs corresponding to the tasks. The tasks are performed using the available processing resources to produce resulting data, and the resulting data is passed to an input/output device.
US07987464B2
A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for logical partitioning and virtualization in heterogeneous computer architecture. In one illustrative embodiment, a portion of a first set of processors of a first type is allocated to a partition in a heterogeneous logically partitioned system and a portion of a second set of processors of a second type is allocated to the partition.
US07987461B2
A system and method for automated design deployment for distributed applications includes providing a node with at least one requirement attribute in an application description. A repository for infrastructure elements is searched for candidate infrastructure elements for that satisfy the at least one requirement attribute. A candidate infrastructure element that best satisfies the at least one requirement attribute in the application description is substituted in place of the node with the at least one requirement attribute.
US07987460B2
Methods, apparatuses, articles, and systems for identifying, by a state machine, a first module installation of a first module of a plurality of modules of one or more applications, at least a subset of the modules each having one or more installation relationships with one or more other modules of the plurality of modules, and the identifying being based at least in part on the first module's installation relationship(s), if any, with the other modules as described by a data structure describing the installation relationships of the plurality of modules, are described herein. In various embodiments, the state machine may further execute the first module installation and repeat the identifying and the executing for at least a second module installation of a second module of the plurality of modules.
US07987459B2
An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.
US07987458B2
Embodiments described herein disclose the use of a compiler pre-processing component for the optimization of a firmware image so that it can be made to take up less space in a memory device without the use of compression. Embodiments identify repeated modules or common components across previously separate binary firmware modules within a body of software and automatically and seamlessly merge the content of these modules so they occupy less space in their binary form. The overhead footprint of the binary is reduced without modifying the pre-existing source code defining the individual components. In general, the resulting space savings is additive to the savings provided by existing compression savings techniques.
US07987454B2
The processing of server pages is emulated at run time. The system includes a library of custom tags, and a server page emulator for reading the server page, including identifying any calls to the library of custom tags, and further for emulating any calls to the custom tags identified in the server page; and thereby generating and processing the server pages dynamically at runtime. Each server page is parsed to create a tree of nodes for each element of the page, and each node identified as one of template text, custom tag start, custom tag end, and expression language (EL) expression. For each template text node, text is written directly to final markup. For each custom tag node, a return code indicates that the body should be skipped, processed normally, or provided as bulk data to the tag implementation. For each EL expression node, the EL expression is evaluated and the result written to final markup.
US07987453B2
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for determining computer flows autonomically using hardware assisted thread stack and cataloged symbolic data. When a new thread is spawned during execution of a computer program, new thread work area is allocated by the operating system in memory for storage of call stack information for the new thread. Hardware registers are set with values corresponding to the new thread work area. Upon context switch, values of the registers are saved in a context save area for future restoration.When call stack data is post-processed, the operating system or a device driver copies call stack data from the thread work areas to a consolidated buffer and each thread is mapped to a process. Symbolic data may be obtained based on the process identifier and address of the method/routine that was called/returned in the thread. Corresponding program flow is determined using retrieved symbolic data and call stack data.
US07987452B2
An apparatus, program product and method utilize metadata collected for a lock in a computer program to determine an optimal lock acquisition strategy for the lock. The metadata is typically collected via profiling of the computer program to determine a wait characteristic for the lock in the particular runtime environment in which the computer program executes, and the metadata is used to select from among different lock access implementations to be used to attempt to acquire the lock, often enabling an optimum lock access implementation to be selected for a lock.
US07987447B2
Programming the creation of a software system is facilitated by automating the generation of some of the program code that is necessary for the software system. The generation of program code may be automated based on a software design specification that can be created by developers. The software design specification may be scanned and code may be generated for implementing the software system based on information obtained from scanning the software design specification.
US07987446B2
A method for automating variables in an end-user programming system is disclosed. The end-user programming system comprises a script, a shared repository, at least one database, a recorder, an interpreter, and an execution engine. The script comprises at least one command describing an event comprising a data value. Each user has a uniquely identified entry set for the entries distributed in at least one database. The interpreter automatically creates a variable for a data value in a command by comparing the data value with each entry value in the entry set for the user recording the command. The interpreter automatically instantiates a variable in a command with an entry value by comparing the variable with each entry name in the entry set for the user executing the command.
US07987445B2
System and method for determining differences and/or matches between a configuration diagram and an actual system. First information is received regarding a configuration diagram comprising a first plurality of nodes and graphically representing a first system, and second information is received regarding an actual system comprising a plurality components. At least a portion of the nodes may correspond to hardware devices, programs, and/or configuration data of the first system, and may be interconnected. The first and second information is analyzed to determine differences and/or matches between the configuration diagram and the actual system, e.g., between hardware, software, configuration, and/or connectivity, e.g., by traversing the configuration diagram or a data structure representing the diagram, and/or traversing the actual system or a data structure representing the actual system. An indication of the differences and/or matches is displayed on a display device, e.g., textually, or graphically, e.g., via a merged configuration diagram.
US07987436B2
A method of making a mask design having optical proximity correction features is provided. The method can include obtaining a target pattern comprising a plurality of target pattern features corresponding to a plurality of features to be imaged on a substrate. The method can also comprise generating a mask design comprising mask features corresponding to the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate and controlling the aspect ratio of at least one of the features of the plurality of features to be imaged on the substrate by positioning a sub-resolution assist feature proximate to the corresponding mask feature.
US07987435B2
A verification method of an integrated circuit pattern includes extracting a pattern which is not greater than a preset pattern size, extracting a pattern edge as a target of lithography simulation from the extracted pattern, and performing the lithography simulation on the extracted pattern edge to verify the integrated circuit pattern.
US07987425B2
An exemplary method for handling a hidden dialog in a media centered graphical user environment is presented including: detecting the hidden dialog; determining whether the hidden dialog is an approved dialog; if the hidden dialog is an approved dialog, providing a notification to a user of the hidden dialog such that the media centered graphical user environment is interrupted; and if the hidden dialog is not an approved dialog, ignoring the hidden dialog such that the media centered graphical user environment is uninterrupted. In some embodiments, the hidden dialog originates from any WINDOWS™ compatible program. In some embodiments, the hidden dialog is a pop-up notification. In some embodiments, the approved dialog is user configurable. In some embodiments, the approved dialog may be: a programmatic subscription dialog, a programmatic update dialog, a programmatic alert dialog, and a system alert dialog.
US07987417B2
An improved system and method is provided for detecting a web page template. A web page template detector may be provided for performing page-level template detection on a web page. In general, the web page template classifier may be trained using automatically generated training data, and then the web page template classifier may be applied to web pages to identify web page templates. A web page template may be detected by classifying segments of a web page as template structures, by assigning classification scores to the segments of the web page classified as template structures, and then by smoothing the classification scores assigned to the segments of the web page. Generalized isotonic regression may be applied for smoothing scores associated with the nodes of a hierarchy by minimizing an optimization function using dynamic programming.
US07987399B2
A test card system for use in product development includes a device under test (DUT). The DUT comprises: a mount plane; a power input port coupled to the mount plane; a JTAG input port coupled to the mount plane; a clock signal distribution network coupled to the JTAG input port; a plurality of latches coupled to the clock signal distribution network and the power input port; and an output port coupled to the plurality of latches. A test card (TC) couples to the DUT, comprising: a JTAG interface coupled to the DUT JTAG input port and configured to provide test data to the DUT; a clock module coupled to the DUT clock signal distribution network and configured to generate a clock signal; and an analysis module coupled to the DUT output port and configured to receive data from the DUT.
US07987396B1
The present specification describes techniques and apparatus that adjust filter tap values to be used in filtering a data value input to a detector and/or that increase or decrease a threshold value used to determine whether to adjust the filter tap values.
US07987393B2
Determining operating context of an executed instruction. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a computer-readable medium storing a debug-trace program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to display trace data on a display device (the trace data comprising a plurality of addresses of instructions executed by a target processor), enable a user of the debug-trace program to select an address of the plurality of addresses to create a selected address, and display data based on an operating context proximate in time to when the instruction of the selected address was executed on the target processor.
US07987390B2
Techniques are provided for automatically tracking errors encountered by a software system. An occurrence of an error that affects performance of an operation being performed by a database server is detected. In response to detecting the occurrence, error information about the error is automatically recorded in a storage space within a database that is managed by the database server. The error information is automatically recorded by executing one or more computer instructions in a first code path of the database server, where the first code path is a separate code path than a second code path of the database server that performs the operation whose performance is affected by the error.
US07987384B2
A method for handling errors in a cache memory without processor core recovery includes receiving a fetch request for data from a processor and simultaneously transmitting fetched data and a parity matching the parity of the fetched data to the processor. The fetched data is received from a higher-level cache into a low level cache of the processor. Upon determining that the fetched data failed an error check indicating that the fetched data is corrupted, the method includes requesting an execution pipeline to discontinue processing and flush its contents, and initiating a clean up sequence, which includes sending an invalidation request to the low level cache causing the low level cache to remove lines associated with the corrupted data, and requesting the execution pipeline to restart. The execution pipeline accesses a copy of the requested data from a higher-level storage location.
US07987382B2
One inventive aspect relates to a digital sub-circuit suitable for embedding in an at least partially digital circuit for minimizing the influence of another digital sub-circuit on the at least partially digital circuit, the other digital sub-circuit being part of the at least partially digital circuit. The influence of the other digital sub-circuit may, for example, be the introduction of ground bounce by switching of the other digital sub-circuit. Another inventive aspect relates to an at least partially digital circuit comprising such a digital sub-circuit for minimizing the influence of another digital sub-circuit to the at least partially digital circuit and to a method for reducing the influence of another digital sub-circuit to an at least partially digital circuit.
US07987376B2
According to one embodiment, an information processor, which is capable of supplying power to an external device, includes a connector, a storage module, and a power supply control module. The connector connects the external device to the information processor. The storage module stores a plurality of power supply modes each defining conditions of respective modules of the information processor to make the external device connected to the connector chargeable. The power supply control module selects a power supply mode effective for the external device from the power supply modes when the external device is connected to the connector, and sets the respective modules of the information processor according to the conditions corresponding to the power supply mode selected.
US07987372B2
A method for managing the access to a memory space shareable by several users, by using passwords, comprises: defining a maximum number of passwords, providing a password storage zone, dividing the shareable memory space into a plurality of blocks greater in number than the maximum number of passwords, providing in each block a parameterization field for parameterizing the protection of the block, providing in each parameterization field a binary index smaller in size than a password and designating a password assigned to the protection of the block, and allocating, to each block, access rights requiring a password to be presented corresponding to the password designated by the index present in the block parameterization field. Application is provided particularly but not exclusively to multi-user integrated circuits.
US07987361B2
A method of and an apparatus for copying and decrypting encrypted digital data. The method of copying encrypted digital data includes encrypting a first media key block to be used for decryption of the encrypted digital data using a predetermined key of a second information storage medium and storing the encrypted digital data and the encrypted first media key block in the second information storage medium. Security of data encryption is heightened by not discarding an encryption key used for an initial encryption, encrypting the encryption key used for initial encryption using another encryption key used for a second encryption, and storing the encrypted encryption key with the data. Also, since unnecessary decryption and encryption of data are not repeated, the time required for copying data is reduced, and since data is transferred between apparatuses in an encrypted state, a security level is higher.
US07987356B2
A dynamically programmable security device. The device includes: a secure nonvolatile read only memory (NVMROM) for securely storing a unique device cipher key; a secure interface for dynamically loading authenticated application code; a cryptographic engine for encrypting, decrypting data and authenticating the application code; a secure random access memory (RAM) for storing the authenticated application code and application data; and a processor for executing the authenticated application code.
US07987352B2
A method of booting up a computer system comprising a first multi-cored processor comprising a first plurality of cores and a second multi-cored processor comprising a second plurality of cores is disclosed. The method may comprise configuring a first partition comprising a first one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and from the second plurality of cores, configuring a second partition comprising a second one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and from the second plurality of cores, and configuring a third partition comprising a third one or more cores from the first plurality of cores and one or more cores from the second plurality of cores.
US07987345B2
A system comprising a plurality of execution units configured to execute, at least in part, a plurality of instruction threads; a plurality of performance monitors, each performance monitor being configured to collect performance information related to the execution of at least one instruction thread; a selected thread identifier configured to provide, during operation, the selection of at least one instruction thread; and a performance manager configured to filter, utilizing the selected thread, the information collected by the plurality of performance monitors.
US07987341B2
A computing machine includes a first buffer and a processor coupled to the buffer. The processor executes an application, a first data-transfer object, and a second data-transfer object, publishes data under the control of the application, loads the published data into the buffer under the control of the first data-transfer object, and retrieves the published data from the buffer under the control of the second data-transfer object. Alternatively, the processor retrieves data and loads the retrieved data into the buffer under the control of the first data-transfer object, unloads the data from the buffer under the control of the second data-transfer object, and processes the unloaded data under the control of the application. Where the computing machine is a peer-vector machine that includes a hardwired pipeline accelerator coupled to the processor, the buffer and data-transfer objects facilitate the transfer of data between the application and the accelerator.
US07987328B2
In a virtual disk library device access of data stored in a tape can be conducted at a high speed with a high-speed archiving process from a disk to the tape in units of LUs maintained. The efficiency of update of the data stored in the tape can be improved. In this system, when the data stored in the tape is to be accessed with a high-speed archiving process in units of LUs from the disk to the tape maintained, a disk staging process is performed in the unit of a page that is smaller than the unit of an LU, and accordingly, high-speed access can be implemented. In addition, when an update process for the data (LU) stored in the tape is performed, the host can be responded by only staging an update target page of the LU, and a prior disk staging process is performed for the remaining pages of the LU in the background. Accordingly, when the data is re-stored in the tape, immediately storing the data in the tape can be performed without performing a staging process.
US07987326B2
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for performing backup operations for a volume group of volumes. Information on a volume group associating a plurality of volumes and backup settings is maintained. A volume group is selected to which the backup settings apply. A volume group associates hosts and volumes, indicating the hosts that are enabled to access the volumes in the volume group. Automatic backup operations for the selected volume group are invoked to generate backup information for the volume group indicating backups performed with respect to the volumes associated with the volume group, process the backup information for the volume group to determine whether to perform a backup with respect to the volume group according to the backup settings, and backup each volume in the volume group in response to determining to perform the backup operation for the volume group.
US07987323B2
A computer server system and a method for operating the system are described. An address and a status of each computer device of a plurality of computer devices accessible to a switch is written into a memory in the switch. The status of a first computer device which is off line is set to indicate that the first computer device is off line. The status information is read from the memory in the switch by a second computer device so that the second computer device knows that the first computer device is off line. Embodiments are described where the status of a data storage device and the status of a server are written to the memory in the switch.
US07987319B2
Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event that the scanner reads the identifier incorrectly due to a defect in the barcode, such as a damaged label, misaligned identifier, or because the scanner is incapable of reading the identifier type or the scanner's field of view is incorrect, a media management component receives the scanned identifier data and matches it to a known set of media identifiers to create a subset of matching identifier data. A closest matching media identifier may be identified from the subset of matching identifier data. An index may be updated with information indicating the closest matching media identifier and a location of the removable storage media.
US07987316B2
The invention presents a programming method for a non-volatile memory with a bit signal to be programmed unidirectionally. The method includes the steps of a) providing first data each having a first number of sequential bits of first status in a data page in a non-volatile memory, b) decoding the first number of sequential bits of the first status in the first data into a second number of sequential bits of second status, and c) programming second data in a portion of the data page where the first status has been decoded to the second status.
US07987315B2
An embodiment of a data storage apparatus includes a storage medium, a flash memory buffer configured to store write data to be written in the storage medium, and a controller configured to compare the amount of unused space in the flash memory buffer to a first reference value, compare the amount of valid data in the flash memory buffer to a second reference value, and in response to the comparisons, conducts either a block reclaim operation on the flash memory buffer or a buffer flush operation to transfer valid data from the flash memory buffer to the storage medium. An embodiment of a method for managing a data storage apparatus includes determining when to perform a reclaim operation on a nonvolatile memory buffer, and performing the reclaim operation by moving data either physically or virtually within the nonvolatile memory buffer.
US07987311B2
A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices, wherein each representation of a device connected to the first transport medium is associated with one or more representations of storage space on the remote storage devices and controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the map and using native low level block protocol.
US07987303B2
An ultrasound measurement system including a handheld display and processing means, an ultrasound transducer, a processing means of a substantially similar weight to the handheld display and processing means, and a transmission cable interconnecting the handheld display and processing means with the ultrasound transducer and processing means, the cable being of sufficient length to provide a means to mechanically locate the system around the neck of a user.
US07987301B1
A direct memory access controller comprises a plurality of registers defining parameters for multiple direct memory access transactions and transfer control circuitry responsive to data in the plurality of registers. The transfer control circuitry is adapted to automatically execute multiple, consecutive data transactions using the parameters of the plurality of registers. At least two consecutive data transactions are executed with respect to non-contiguous system locations.
US07987293B2
A method of display modification in a client server web system, comprising, intercepting, by a web intermediary, a response to a client request, sent by a server in response to the request, the response including client side active content adapted to execute at a browsing software on a client computer; replacing at least one display-related code section in said response by a wrapper section that includes code for modification of at least one display element and code for executing the original display-related code section; and executing said wrapper section as client side active content at said client to generate a display, modified from a display that would have been generated by executing the response.
US07987289B2
A Totally Stubby Edge (TSE) participates in a cloud under the condition that the TSE may select paths for frames that the TSE introduces to the cloud, but may not transit frames between nodes in the cloud. The edge submits, to an administrator of the cloud, a request to join the cloud. If the administrator allows the request, then the edge is given access to the address tables that define the structure of the cloud, and may insert itself into the structure. The edge may use the address tables to select paths for frames that the edge introduces to the cloud. Normally path decisions are made by devices that the administrator trusts and controls. However, since the TSE selects paths for its own frames but does not transit frames between other nodes in the cloud, the TSE may select paths even if it is untrusted by the administrator.
US07987282B2
An audiovisual distribution system includes a central server and a plurality of audiovisual units. Each unit includes structure for interactively communicating with the user for selecting a piece or a menu, a payment device, a computer network card, and a permanent semiconductor memory containing a multitask operating system comprising at least a hard disc access management task. The order for performing a selected piece is processed as a hard disc sequential access task. The hard disc is declared as a peripheral corresponding to the network card of the unit, enabling a request to be sent through the network to the server for processing.
US07987278B2
A technique is provided for implementing multiple Web services on a multi-functional device (MFP) executing multiple service applications. A Device Facility Manager (DFM) executing on the MFP represents the MFP by responding to discovery, metadata, and logging requests with device location, metadata and logging information. When a client application discovers the services provided by the MFP, the client application may communicate directly with a service application executing on the MFP. The client application requests the service metadata of the service application and then transmits SOAP requests, which the service application processes. The implementation of one or more Web Service specifications may be packaged into one common module so that the complexity of the Web Services is hidden from developers. New services may be added to the MFP and existing services may be updated through communication with the DFM.
US07987276B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request to modify a subscriber connection to a network element. The method also includes modifying attributes of the subscriber connection, within a memory of the network element, without disconnecting the subscriber connection from the network element.
US07987275B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement a chat proxy component and a chat wrapper component. The chat proxy component controls interactions with a chat application by external users. The chat proxy component receives chat requests from external users and initiates a chat session only if a user is validated as a valid user. User validation may be performed by a chat payment application that validates a user only if payment is received for chat services, or by an external user validation system that validates users as, for example, employees authorized to use the chat application. Once a chat session is established, chat operations are managed on a session-specific basis. The chat wrapper component manages communication between the chat proxy component and the chat application. The chat wrapper component also permits the user-facing chat application to be situated on a remote computer.
US07987270B2
Apparatus, and an associated method, for generating a bearer setup request in a mobile, or other, communication system. An application-level bearer setup request generator is positioned at the application level of the communication system. A request is forwarded to a transport level. And a bearer setup request signal generator, located at the transport level, generates a transport-level bearer setup request that is routed to the bearer manager. Bearer setup is performed by the bearer manager and a response is provided through the transport layer to the application level, and back to a communication node when the bearer setup is performed.
US07987264B1
A device may include first logic configured to receive a data unit and to receive a network policy. The device may include second logic configured to identify how the data unit will be handled by the network policy and to generate a result that includes information about how the data unit will be handled by the network policy.
US07987261B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to predicting the performance of an information package or module presented on a network addressable resource, such as a web page. A particular implementation relies on regression models that utilize statistical measures of user interest in terms, concepts and other subject matter as revealed in on-line search activity of a pool of users. A model receives as inputs a plurality of attribute values corresponding to an information package or module (including one or more statistical measures of interest) and outputs an estimated click-thru rate.
US07987257B1
Techniques are described for monitoring performance of a network. Particularly, network devices within the network exchange routing communications in accordance with one or more routing protocols, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), to automatically establish a community for monitoring performance throughout the network. Upon establishing the community, the network devices of the community exchange performance probes to collect comprehensive performance information for the network. This performance information may be aggregated via one or more computing devices. Using the aggregated performance information, numerous network performance characteristics may be computed, including delay, jitter, throughput, availability and packet loss.
US07987252B2
A “velvet rope” mechanism that enables customers of a shared distributed network (such as a content delivery network) needing to control their costs to control the amount of traffic that is served via the shared network. A given server in the distributed network identifies when a customer is about to exceed a bandwidth quota as a rate (bursting) or for a given billing period (e.g., total megabytes (MB) served for a given period) and provides a means for taking a given action based on this information. Typically, the action taken would result in a reduction in traffic served so that the customer can constrain its usage of the shared network to a given budget value.
US07987246B2
A method and system for browser notification of a change in browser information content and update of the browser information content. A browser establishes an http connection with a server and loads a web page with information content. At the same time, the server and client also establish a socket connection to pass messages from the server to the client over the socket connection. When the server determines that browser content needs update or has changed, the server sends a change notice message over the socket connection. Upon browser receipt of the change notice message, the browser initiates an refreshes the information content over the http connection.
US07987242B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating cookies. A cookie value is retrieved in response to receiving the request. An expiration for the cookie value is set based on a time period in which the request is received. A set of unique identifiers, including the expiration, are added to the cookie value and a cookie name to form a cookie. A response to the request is sent to an intermediate server. The response includes data responsive to the request and the cookie. The validity of the data for the response is related to the expiration.
US07987238B2
An on-line service manages downloads of digital content in response to user requests. User requests to download digital content include parameters defining conditions for downloads. Parameters may define the device to which the requested content is to be downloaded and the time that the download is to take place. The requests and related parameters are maintained in a queue which may be centrally managed and maintained. The queue is monitored and downloads executed consistent with the user-specified parameters. Digital content is downloaded to devices other than from which the request was made and at times specified by the user.
US07987237B2
A client computer can display a desired Web screen on a display by transmitting a request containing an URL address to a Web server using a Web browser. The Web server provides an instance associated with a URL address with member variable mode indicating whether a variable can be rewritten in response to a request from the Web browser. Only when member variable mode indicates that the variable can be rewritten, the Web server rewrites the variable corresponding to a request from the Web browser. On the other hand, when member variable mode indicates that the variable cannot be rewritten, the Web server does not rewrite the variable and notifies the Web browser of an error. This control can prevent the occurrence of inconsistency between the data recognized as the data which the user has input to the Web browser and transmitted to the Web server and the data actually stored in the Web server.
US07987235B2
An electronic mail (email) communication system includes a mobile office platform. A direct access proxy accesses an electronic mailbox of the user and pushes email from the electronic mailbox of the user to a wireless communications device. A web client engine is operative with the mobile office platform and includes a port agent module that communicates with the wireless communications device over a port agent connection. It is operative to receive a message from a wireless communications device as a request corresponding to a job to be completed. A worker module receives the message from the port agent module and completes the job. The web client engine attempts to process jobs within a specified delay time, and if successful, transmits an acknowledgment (ACK) to indicate the job has been completed without saving the message to a jobstore database. If the job has not been completed within a specified delay time, the message can be saved to the database.
US07987234B1
Graphical means for setting up, monitoring and issuing alerts for data conditions are described.
US07987233B1
A system and methods for facilitating multiparty communications sessions with a plurality of participants and for dynamically designating a communications session manager. More particularly, a system and methods, including protocols, for: establishing a multiparty communications session between a plurality of participants and their respective communication devices in a full-mesh topology; establishing a dynamically designated session manager uniquely associated with a first participant of the multiparty session and, hence, such participant's communication device; as necessary, adding and removing participants and their respective communication devices from the multiparty communications session; and, designating, or electing, another participant as session manager when the first participant exits the multiparty communications session. The methods also enable participants to maintain consistent lists of session participants and establish peer to peer communication links between the participants.
US07987231B2
Users browsing the same website may join in a single communication forum by navigating to a predefined communication web server or website. Navigating to the predefined communication web server includes transmitting an access request to the web server. The access request includes various information including identification information associated with the referring website. Based on the identity of the referring website, the web server joins users into an appropriate communication forum. If a pre-existing communication forum corresponding to the referring website is unavailable, a new communication forum corresponding to the referring website may be created. The communication forum allows users viewing the same referring website to interact and communicate in a variety of ways.
US07987228B2
The invention relates to communications, particularly but not exclusively broadband communications. One facet of the present invention relates to provisioning of services in a communications network and finds particular, but not exclusive, application in a broadband network environment or other environment where services are provisioned. The provisioning of services will now be discussed in more detail.
US07987220B2
The present invention provides an equalizer (200) and a method for computing equalizer filter coefficients in a communication receiver. The equalizer filter coefficients are computed on the basis of a real matrix T which is generated from channel estimation vector f, which is derived from the channel estimation inputs.
US07987219B2
The present invention is an incremental umbrella sampling method to improve the performance of established sampling methods. It is sampling the state space by iteratively generating states xi,t and their weighting factors represented by Formula (a) by fitting the sampling distribution function ρj(x) of the next iteration to at least one weighted property of the already sampled states. This means that ρj(x) is fitted to the product represented by Formula (b), in which Formula (a) is the weighting factor and O(x,i) is a function respectively a property of the states xi,t. The number of states xi,t and the number of weighting factors (see Formula (a)) is incremented with each iteration. In order to have a consistent set of weighting factors (see Formula (a)), the weighting factors are recalculated in each iteration for all, respectively for a set of selected, states. By fitting ρj(x) in the state space it is possible to use all the information of Formula (a) and O(xi,t) for the states xi,t generated so far. The fitting step allows to use different fitting strategies. For example the fitting can bias the sampling away from areas where intensive sampling has been done in the preceding iterations, or the sampling can be directed along local gradients respectively towards local minima or maxima of one or several weighted properties. In each of the iterations, the sampling distribution function is fitted in a way to improve the overall sampling of the state space. The method supports multi-objective optimizations. State space integrals can be solved. It reduces the probability that the system is trapped. The invention is general. It can be used with different sampling methods, in particular with Monte Carlo sampling, Metropolis Monte Carlo sampling, or dynamic simulations. It can be combined with the concepts of simulated annealing and multicanonical sampling. It provides a general framework that can be adapted to the system and the observables of interest.
US07987212B2
Tools for synchronizing survey data between one or more survey devices and a surveying office application. The disclosed tools can help to ensure that each of the devices, and the office application, have consistent data. An exemplary tool might detect a change to data in an office application, identify any affected files on one or more survey devices, and ensure that the affected files are updated with the appropriate information. Conversely, in other aspects, a data inconsistency (which might be caused by a data change in the office application and/or on one or more of the survey devices) might be detected, and tools might be provided to enable a user to ensure that the correct version of the data is maintained by the system.
US07987208B2
Method and system for delivery of personal search services and advertising. The method includes collecting information from the user about the user's personal search engine, including, but not limited to digital content data sources, link crawl depth of those digital content data sources, and time interval to refresh the index of the digital content data sources created. In one embodiment of the present invention user's do not pay a fee in return for allowing the provider to present advertising to the user as the user uses the invention. In another embodiment, advertisers purchase advertising display services from the provider to be displayed to specific users.
US07987199B2
An apparatus, program product and method utilize dynamic EJB's capable of being dynamically reconfigured in a runtime environment. An EJB may be dynamically instantiated in a runtime container during execution of an EJB application that uses the EJB. Moreover, a deployment descriptor associated with an EJB may be parameterized such that at least one descriptor element in the deployment descriptor identifies a variable in a value field therefor. Then, when the deployment descriptor is parsed during instantiation of the EJB, the value for the variable may be determined, and the EJB instantiated using the determined value for the variable as the value for the descriptor element. By doing so, information that is not known at development time can be provided when the EJB is being instantiated.
US07987189B2
A full text indexing system is provided for processing content associated with data applications such as encyclopedia and dictionary applications. A build process collects data from various sources, processes the data into constituent parts, including alternative word sets, and stores the constituent parts in structured database tables. A run-time process is used to query the database tables and the results in order to provide effective matches in an efficient manner. Run-time processing is optimized by preprocessing all steps that are query-independent during the build process. A double word table representing all possible word pair combinations for each index entry and an alternative word table are used to further optimize runtime processing.
US07987185B1
A system searches a first search index based on a search query to obtain first search results and searches a second search index based on the search query to obtain second search results. The system further ranks the first search results using a first ranking algorithm and one or more first ranking parameters to produce ranked first search results, and ranks the second search results using a second ranking algorithm and one or more second ranking parameters to produce second search results, where the one or more first ranking parameters are different than the one or more second ranking parameters and where the one or more second ranking parameters include at least one of previous user feedback associated with custom content that corresponds to the second search index, annotations of the custom content provided by a user, or usage patterns associated with users previously accessing and searching the custom content. The system also provides the ranked first and second search results to a user.
US07987181B2
A system and method for directing query traffic. In one embodiment, the system may include a plurality of query servers, each configured to evaluate queries, and a query traffic director. The query traffic director may be configured to receive a given query formulated in a query language for evaluation, to parse the given query, to identify a dataset targeted by the given query dependent upon parsing the given query, and to convey the given query to a particular query server dependent upon the identified dataset.
US07987177B2
The task of estimating the number of distinct values (DVs) in a large dataset arises in a wide variety of settings in computer science and elsewhere. The present invention provides synopses for DV estimation in the setting of a partitioned dataset, as well as corresponding DV estimators that exploit these synopses. Whenever an output compound data partition is created via a multiset operation on a pair of (possibly compound) input partitions, the synopsis for the output partition can be obtained by combining the synopses of the input partitions. If the input partitions are compound partitions, it is not necessary to access the synopses for all the base partitions that were used to construct the input partitions. Superior (in certain cases near-optimal) accuracy in DV estimates is maintained, especially when the synopsis size is small. The synopses can be created in parallel, and can also handle deletions of individual partition elements.
US07987171B2
Parallel generic and non-generic versions of a Web site allow a user of the site to either remain anonymous (if accessing the generic version) or allow user information to be collected (if accessing the non-generic version). In one exemplary embodiment, a Web site may provide a user an interface for entering and processing a search query. A search query processed by a generic version of the Web site includes a marker that informs a Web server supporting the generic Web site that the user wishes to remain anonymous. A parallel non-generic version of the Web site may also interface with the same Web server as interfaced by the generic Web site, but permit a data collecting scheme at the Web server to collect user-specific or user-identifiable information. Such user information, if collected, can be used by the Web server to enhance the user's experience with the Web site.
US07987166B2
Atomic renaming and moving of data files, while permitting lock-free look-ups to the data files, is disclosed. A temporary record may be created within a hash chain encompassing a record for a data file and corresponding to a location of the data file within a computer file system. The temporary record is linked within the hash chain so that the temporary record points to the same records to which the record for the data file points. The record for the data file is renamed with a new name, and/or moved to a new location within the computer file system, and the temporary record is removed from the hash chain. Before the temporary record is removed, look-ups of the data file resolve to the temporary record, the temporary record causing the look-ups to wait until the record for the data file has been renamed and/or moved and the temporary record removed.
US07987162B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for compression of files in a filesystem. In embodiments of the present invention, a file is logically partitioned into chunks and each chunk is compressed, such that a request involving a portion of a file can be satisfied by reading and decompressing only the compressed chunk(s) corresponding to that portion.
US07987159B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products detect and manage changes in business data integration (BDI) solutions. BDI solutions include extracting, mapping, or loading source information from disparate sources as targets presented to business applications that consume targets. A method involves detecting changes in a BDI solution, classifying each of the changes based on change severity, analyzing what objects would be impacted by the changes, determining whether the objects impacted by the changes can be change handled without user intervention, and change handling without user intervention all the objects impacted by changes that are not severe. Still further, the method involves committing changes to a metadata repository and creating a deployable checkpoint of the metadata repository where the deployable checkpoint is consistent for all the changes handled in the BDI solution. The modularized metadata describes an end-to-end information flow and underlying dependencies between the source information, mappings, targets and business applications.
US07987149B2
A configuration mapping system and method increase the effectiveness of mapping of information from an established product line to a new product offering. In at least one embodiment, the configuration mapping system herein uses configuration mapping rules to map individual product features and entire configurations from established products to a new product offering. The configuration mapping system also provides a way to appropriately map, for example, demand and sales information for the purpose of demand estimation and sales prediction. Conventionally, mapping can be ineffective because the configuration mapping rules usually focus on one part of the product at a time, and, if applied in isolation, the impact on other parts is missed. The systems and method herein provide a way to integrate configuration mapping rules across feature parts, time periods, and product lines into a unified, holistic view, allowing for new insights.
US07987143B2
Methods and systems for multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based engineering desgin optimization
The present invention discloses systems and methods of conducting multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) based engineering design optimization of a product (e.g., automobile, cellular phone, etc.). Particularly, the present invention discloses an archive configured for monitoring the progress and characterizing the performance of the MOEA based optimization. Further, an optimization performance indicator is created using the archive's update history. The optimization performance indicator is used as a metric of the current state of the optimization. Finally, a stopping or termination criterion for the MOEA based optimization is determined using a measurement derived from the optimization performance indicators. For example, a confirmation of a “knee” formation has developed in the optimization performance indicators. The optimization performance indicators include, but are not limited to, consolidation ratio, improvement ratio, hypervolume.
US07987137B1
Embodiments consistent with the present invention provide a credit enhancement structure for risk allocation between parties that minimizes the regulatory capital reserve requirement impact to an institution subject to capital reserve requirement. A subject pool of assets held by the institution, such as a pool of loans, is rated to determine its risk levels. Based on the rated risk levels, a guarantor party agrees to be responsible for a portion of the risk associated with the pool of assets, which may define the maximum risk exposure of the institution holding the asset pool. The risk-rated capital reserve requirements are applied to the asset pool based on the risk level rating and the guarantor's agreed upon risk responsibility such that the institution holds a reduced amount of reserve capital compared to what it would otherwise be required to hold.
US07987135B2
Systems and method for mediating risks associated with orders in an electronic trading system are provided. A front end component includes a plurality of trading engines that receive orders from traders. A back-end component includes a credit control module that communicates with the plurality of trading engines. The credit control monitors aggregate risk parameters for the trading engines and requests credits from trading engines.
US07987125B2
This invention provides methods and system for facilitating funding, disbursing, and accessing consumer tax preferential accounts wherein funding or disbursing is related to consumers POS transactions. Novel network computer systems and methods of their include a POS CS and a central CS. The central CS receives consumer purchase transaction data records from the POS CS. The central CS stores consumer data that may include consumer purchase transaction data records, sponsor accounts including at least one HSA sponsor account, and HSA accounts. The central CS applies funding and/or disbursing criteria to fund and/or disburse funds based upon consumer data records.
US07987124B1
A method of and system for evaluating an appraisal value associated with a loan are disclosed. The method includes receiving an appraisal value and at least one of foreclosure sale data and purchase money transaction data associated with a loan in a computerized system. The method also includes estimating the accuracy of the appraisal value based the at least one of foreclosure sale data and purchase money transaction data. The system includes memory configured to store an appraisal value and at least one of foreclosure sale data and purchase money transaction data associated with the loan. The system also includes a processor coupled to the memory and operable to execute programmed instructions, wherein the programmed instructions are configured to estimate the accuracy of the appraisal value based on the at least one of foreclosure sale data and purchase money transaction data.
US07987118B1
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for assisting in automatically identifying and handling erroneous orders is described. In some situations, an automatic identification is made of received orders from users that are duplicates of one or more other orders recently placed by those users. When orders are identified as being potentially erroneous, fulfillment of those orders may be delayed while automatically querying the users to obtain manual confirmation to continue with the order fulfillment. In other situations, other types of orders are analyzed, orders are identified as being potentially erroneous in other ways, and such orders are handled in ways other than based on querying for a manual confirmation or rejection response. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US07987117B2
The present invention provides a system and method for providing a real estate auction system. In architecture, the system includes a server device on a network comprising a mechanism for posting a real estate property for auction, a mechanism for acquiring a plurality of data items describing the real estate property for auction from a seller remote device, a mechanism or making the real estate property available at auction to a bidder remote device; and a mechanism for accepting a bid on the real estate property for auction from at least one potential buyer for a predetermined period. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for providing a real estate auction. The method operates by (1) posting a real estate property for auction; (2) acquiring a plurality of data items describing the real estate property for auction; (3) making the real estate property available at auction; and (4) accepting a bid on the real estate property for auction from at least one potential buyer for a predetermined period.
US07987113B2
A method of determining a commission comprises providing a plurality of selectable variables. The plurality of variables are associated with an asset. A commission associated with a sale of the asset based at least partially on a selection of at least one variable from the plurality of variables is calculated. Calculating the commission includes assigning a value to each variable selected from the plurality of variables.
US07987107B2
A supply chain management system facilitates the efficient allocation and shipment of items. At least one customer having a geographical location associated therewith communicates with at least one client. The at least one client generates an order on behalf of the customer, where the order includes item data corresponding to at least one item and location data corresponding to the customer geographical location. A promising engine is in communication with the at least one client and with a plurality of warehouses in the system. The promising engine identifies a shipping warehouse from the plurality of warehouses based in part upon the location data corresponding to the customer geographical location, where the shipping warehouse is the nearest warehouse to the customer geographical location that has an ability to ship the at least one item to the at least one customer within a specified timeframe.
US07987100B2
A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual's response to the questions.
US07987085B2
The present invention relates generally to semiconductor wafer fabrication and more particularly but not exclusively to predictive, pre-fabrication methodologies for determining inefficiencies in an integrated circuit (IC) design. The present invention, in one or more implementations, provides an effective pre-production methodology for predicting the efficiency and behavior of a designed ESD protective circuit and testing the ESD protective circuit with a simulated IC. The method of the present invention yields predictive results that have been comparatively tested.
US07987082B2
A method of estimating a thermophysical property of a fluid using a local model is disclosed herein. The method includes generating, for use within the local model, a series expansion of thermodynamic equations relating to the thermophysical property and one or more derivatives involving the thermophysical property. The method further includes evaluating, based upon a set of specified values of parameters of the fluid, a first order term of the series expansion and a second order term of the series expansion. The values of the first order term and the second order term are then compared. A value of the thermophysical property is then automatically updated when the values of the first order term and the second order term are found to differ by more than a predefined amount.
US07987078B2
A method of modeling a diesel engine that is capable of multiple combustion modes and equipped with a turbocharger and EGR loop. The model comprises a set of equations, each equation representing one of the following as a time derivative: pressure at the intake manifold, pressure between the turbine and an intake manifold throttle, pressure at the exhaust manifold, the compressor power, and the fresh air fraction (the ratio of fresh air to EGR). The model is used to determine what engine conditions (such as throttle positions and turbocharger output) will result in desired pressures and fresh air fraction.
US07987074B2
Method for efficient processing of controlled source electromagnetic data, whereby Maxwell's equations are solved [107] by numerical techniques [109] such as finite difference or finite element in three dimensions for each source location and frequency of interest. The Reciprocity Principle is used [103] to reduce the number of computational source positions, and a multi-grid is used [105] for the computational grid to minimize the total number of cells yet properly treat the source singularity, which is essential to satisfying the conditions required for applicability of the Reciprocity Principle. An initial global resistivity model [101] is Fourier interpolated to the computational multi grids [106]. In inversion embodiments of the invention, Fourier prolongation is used to update [120] the global resistivity model based on optimization results from the multi-grids.
US07987073B2
A method of optimally designing a structure includes a step of obtaining a solution of a structure optimal designing problem having a first solution process to solve an optimization problem of a first evaluation function for a status variable vector and a design variable vector, wherein the status variable vector is a displacement in each node, and the design variable vector is a rate of existence to a structural member in each element. The first solution process has a design variable update step of reading the design variable vector and the status variable vector stored in a first storage unit, updating the design variable vector, and storing the updated design variable vector into the first storage unit, and a status variable update step of reading the design variable vector and the status variable vector stored in a second storage unit, updating the status variable vector, and storing the updated status variable vector into the second storage unit. The status variable update step includes a second solution process to solve an optimization problem of a second evaluation function for the status variable vector and the design variable vector, wherein the second evaluation function corresponds a norm of a residual vector which is obtained as a difference between a nodal force vector and the status variable vector on which a global stiffness matrix is operated, and the status variable vector is not initialized upon start of the second solution process. An output step outputs the obtained solution.
US07987067B2
A method for optimizing an operation of at least one wind turbine includes defining a plurality of test parameters that include a plurality of test points for at least one wind turbine operational parameter, wherein each test point includes a plurality of test values for the wind turbine operational parameter, and defining at least one test sequence of the plurality of test points. The method also includes initiating a test that executes the plurality of test points within the at least one randomized test sequence and measures at least one operating condition of the at least one wind turbine at each test point.
US07987054B2
A method is disclosed that uses (a) source-receiver reciprocity and (b) a method such as ISR DMO (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0098529) that allows reconstruction of densely sampled gathers at arbitrary surface locations, to efficiently predict multiple reflections, either surface related or interbed multiples, in seismic data. For each reconstructed gather and each output (field) trace, two traces are extracted corresponding to the field source and receiver positions of the output trace, then they are convolved and the convolution result is added (summed) to that obtained by applying this procedure to previously reconstructed gathers. The efficiency results from the fact that the convolutions are performed by looping over all traces for each “bounce” point, with the outer loop being over bounce points. Once all the reconstructed gathers are processed, multiple predictions are obtained for the whole survey by conventional means.
US07987053B2
A method for determining a monitor unit that is associated with a process using ions, includes obtaining a depth dose curve, determining a characteristic parameter based on the depth dose curve, and using the characteristic parameter to determine a first monitor unit factor. A system for determining a monitor unit that is associated with a process using protons, includes a processor that is configured for obtaining a depth dose curve, determining a characteristic parameter based on the depth dose curve, and using the characteristic parameter to determine a first monitor unit factor.
US07987045B2
A method of stitching converging path segments to aesthetically label Y-intersections, path bifurcations or splits in roads or the like entails determining which pair of adjacent path segments subtend the largest angle. The path segments subtending the largest angle are reconstructed (stitched together) and a single instance of the label is then rendered along the reconstructed path. Although this stitching can be performed on the client device, pre-stitching server-side is even more efficient in terms of economizing over-the-air bandwidth and onboard processing resources.
US07987042B2
An oil level detection apparatus having a float-type oil level detector (50) and a mode switching unit. The oil level detector emits a signal indicating that the oil level has dropped when a movable contact disposed on a float (54) makes contact with fixed contacts once the level of oil (Lu) has dropped to a lower limit level. The mode switching unit switches between one of two modes selected from a first mode for actuating the alarm and stopping the engine (10) in accordance with the level drop signal, and a second mode for actuating the alarm and continuing to operate the engine (10) in accordance with the level drop signal.
US07987038B2
A cruise control for a vehicle that detects an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle. A first vehicle speed instruction value is computed based on the inter-vehicle distance. Curve information of a curve in the road ahead of the vehicle is detected, and a second vehicle speed instruction value is computed for traveling on the curve based on the curve information. A final target vehicle speed is set based on the vehicle speed instruction values. When the vehicle travels through the curve while the first vehicle speed instruction value is larger than the second vehicle speed instruction value, the final target vehicle speed is set to a vehicle speed higher than the second vehicle speed instruction value and lower than the first vehicle speed instruction value. The speed of the vehicle is controlled based on the final target vehicle speed.
US07987037B2
A vehicle motion control apparatus includes a first means applying a first braking force to an outer wheel, relative to a turning direction, for suppressing oversteer when the vehicle is judged to be skidding in vehicle turning movement, a second means obtaining a state of a driver's steering operation in the vehicle turning movement, a third means applying a second braking force, set to be smaller than the first braking force, to a wheel located at a horizontally opposite side of the outer wheel to which the first braking force is applied, when the state of the driver's steering operation is judged to be in a steering turning back state, in which a steering wheel is turned from a turning direction to a reverse direction of the turning direction, based on the state of the driver's steering operation obtained by the second means.
US07987033B2
The present invention relates to a method determining the morphology of the occupant of an automotive car, characterized in that it comprises the steps of collecting (200) the outputs of a plurality of capacitive sensors (100) provided on a seat, determining for each capacitive sensors (100) a first value representative of the distance (di) separating a target (10) from the sensor (100) and a second value (Sdi) representative of the surface of the sensor (100) covered by the target (10), applying (210) to the second values (Sdi) representative of the surface of the sensor (100) covered by the target (10) a respective weighting (Wi) based on the corresponding first value (di) representative of the distance separating the target (10) from the same sensor (100), and determining (240) the morphology of the target (10) on the basis of the collection of weighted second values (SdixWi).
US07987031B2
The invention relates to a device for determining a tendency to tilt about the longitudinal axis and a tendency to turn about the vertical axis of a vehicle. The detection system is characterized by a lateral acceleration sensor producing a lateral acceleration signal, a yaw rate sensor producing a yaw rate signal, a steering angle sensor producing a steering angle signal, wheel speed sensors producing the rotation signals of the wheels, and which includes a controller which, in response to the steering angle, the steering velocity and the vehicle speed, determines a tendency to tilt about the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and which, in response to the lateral acceleration sensor, the yaw rate sensor, the steering angle sensor and the wheel speed sensors determines the tendency to turn about the vertical axis of the vehicle, and with the controller generating a triggering signal for at least one passenger protection means depending on the extent of these tendencies.
US07987030B2
An apparatus and method for illuminating a vehicle including a light source connected to an illuminatable component such as an interior or exterior vehicle door handle or steering wheel, and a control system including a plurality of sensors that monitor the vehicle and surroundings for predetermined conditions and selectively illuminate the component as a means of conveying information or warnings about the vehicle or its surroundings. Illumination may be enhanced by other auditory signals such as audio alarms or vibration. Predetermined conditions may include the proximity of a vehicle user, key fob activation or proximity, input from an entertainment system, activation of a pressure sensor, the presence of a person or object in proximity to the vehicle, or the vehicle's ignition or gear state.
US07987029B2
A control input for operating an actual vehicle actuator and a control input for operating a vehicle model are determined by an FB distribution law based on a state amount error which is a difference between a reference state amount determined by a vehicle model and an actual state amount of an actual vehicle such that the state amount error is approximated to zero. An actuator device of the actual vehicle and the model vehicle, respectively, are then operated based on the control inputs. The FB distribution law estimates an external force acting on the actual vehicle due to a control input for operating an actual vehicle actuator, and determines a control input for operating the vehicle model on the basis of the estimated value and a basic value of a control input for operating the vehicle model for approximating the state amount error to zero.
US07987020B1
A key storage and dispensation assembly 10 which selectively and securely stores keys, such as key 144 and which allows access to a stored key, such as key 144, without allowing access to the remaining key, and to a method which uses such a technique.
US07987018B2
A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system includes actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver each retrieved disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert each disk drive in the respective test slot.
US07987014B2
A method of sequencing wafer processing order to minimize sequence correlation in a cyclical two pattern model by generating a set of sequences of wafer identifiers that each specify an order by which one or more fabrication equipments processes wafers of a wafer lot, where the wafer lot contains a number of slots and the fabrication equipments each includes a first subsystem for processing wafers in odd-numbered slots of the first wafer lot and a second subsystem for processing wafers in even-numbered slots of the first wafer lot, and where each of the generated wafer sequences contains exactly a number of wafer identifiers that match the wafer identifiers in every other wafer sequence indexed in the set.
US07987002B2
A first unit (200, 303, 304) works with analog and digital signals in physical sequences referring to one or several measurement objects (200′, 305, 307), which work with one or several functions (200″, 211, 302, 308, 309) and detectors (201, 202, 205) and/or control devices (212/214) detecting these functions. A distributed control system (206) works with a first protocol (218). The first unit (200) is connected to the control system (206) and is arranged, through its compatibility with the first protocol (218), to receive and/or send messages from/to the control system. The first unit (200) receives and sends physical signals for measurement and/or control of various types and combinations of functions and/or detectors or control devices, and processes the physical signals. The first unit is connected to a second connection (209) working with a second protocol (418). The second connection is in a link in a tool arrangement. The first unit communicates with a second unit (450 and/or 201, 221) via the second connection (209). The first unit van be set up via a connection that works with the first and/or the second protocol(s) or variant(s) thereof. In this way, more complex and simpler tasks can be dealt with separately, and can be divided up between different pieces of equipment and different people.
US07987000B2
A neurostimulation paddle lead, method of neurostimulation, and neurostimulation system are provided. The neurostimulation paddle lead carries a plurality of electrodes comprising at least four columns of electrodes having a spacing between two inner electrode columns less than a spacing between the inner electrode columns and adjacent outer electrode columns. The inner electrode columns may also be longitudinally offset from the outer electrode columns. The methods and neurostimulation systems steer current between the electrodes to modify a medial-lateral electrical field created adjacent spinal cord tissue.
US07986999B2
A lead assembly for an implantable medical device. The lead assembly comprises a lead body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is adapted for coupling to a pulse generator and the second portion is adapted for implantation in or near a heart. First and second co-radial conductive coils are positioned within the lead body and electrically isolated from each other. The first and second conductive coils include a first and second number of coil turns and the first number is substantially equivalent to the second number. A ring electrode is located at the second portion and a tip electrode is located distal to the ring electrode and coupled to the second conductive coil.
US07986997B2
A method of making a wireless communication connection between a patient device and an electromedical implant as communication partners is disclosed, wherein a transmitting unit of the patient device is continually switched on and off, so that the transmitting unit is alternately in an activity phase and an activity pause and during its activity pause at least once sends a recognition signal and wherein a receiving unit of the electromedical implant is continually switched on and off so that the receiving unit is alternately in an activity phase and an activity pause and during its activity phase checks whether the transmitting unit is just then in its activity phase and sends a recognition signal, wherein switching on and off of the receiving unit is so effected that an activity phase and an activity pause of the receiving unit together give an overall duration which differs from the overall duration of an activity phase and an activity pause of the transmitting unit so that within a foreseeable period of time the activity phases of the transmitting unit and the receiving unit overlap and a wireless communication connection between the two communication partners occurs.
US07986990B2
A sensor, such as an antenna, detects an electrical sinoatrial signal produced by the human heart. A spectrum analyzer then processes the electrical sinoatrial signal to generate a frequency spectrum comprising a plurality of frequency components associated with different organs. A diagnostic unit then analyzes the frequency spectrum and compares the frequency spectrum to a standardized normal spectrum to determine the condition of the organs. In particular, the amplitude and the bandwidth of the frequency components may be compared to the standardized normal spectrum. The system monitors the relationship between the electromagnetic energy of the heart, organs, limbs, and the brain.
US07986983B2
Disclosed are methods and devices of a slider form factor device including two housings. The top surface of a lower housing may include a QWERTY keypad, or a display screen of any type. The top surface of an upper housing may include a display screen. The device is configured to allow the bottom face of the upper housing to slide with respect to the top face of the lower housing until a limit of travel is reached. At the end of travel, the lower housing and the upper housing do not overlap. The upper housing drops down so that its top face is contiguous with the top face of the lower housing. Moreover, the upper housing is tilted with respect to the lower housing by a predetermined angle. In this way, the upper housing and the lower housing may abut to form substantially contiguous surfaces.
US07986980B2
A method, apparatus, memory embodying a program, and others are described determining a first traffic pattern for a first radio access system of an apparatus, determining a second traffic pattern for a second radio access system of the apparatus, and restricting operation of at least one non-radio sub-system of the apparatus based on the first traffic pattern and on the second traffic pattern. It is notable that the first and second traffic patterns span a common time interval. In a multiradio device, the traffic patterns are generated by a multiradio controller in order to inhibit instances where one radio would interfere in time and frequency with another. Those traffic patterns are used by a resource manager to manage power draw from the battery by delaying full operation of other sub-systems to a time when the traffic patterns indicate no radio is scheduled. Another use of the traffic patterns for power savings is also detailed.
US07986978B2
A hands-free apparatus determines whether there is an incoming call, and then determines whether the incoming call is to be answered by switching from a current call or to be rejected. When the incoming call is determined to be answered, the current call in a hands-free communication is put on hold for switching to the incoming call, and call partner information of the current call is spared from being displayed on a display unit to represent that the incoming call is now being established.
US07986973B2
An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed network (35-39) from a feed line to the radiating elements. The feed network includes: downtilt phase shifting means (35,36) for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the downtilt angle of the antenna beam; azimuth phase shifting (38,39) means for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the azimuth angle of the antenna beam; and beam width adjustment means (37) for varying the power or phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the width of the antenna beam.
US07986972B2
A method is provided a method for transmitting data in a MIMO communication system. The method includes receiving feedback information including channel quality information of transmission antennas from terminals; selecting one of a multi-user mode and a single user mode according to the channel quality information; extracting information for the selected mode from the feedback information; selecting at least one terminal and a preceding matrix of at least one transmission antenna through which data is transmitted according to the extracted information and the selected mode; and transmitting data using the selected precoding matrix and information of the selected terminal.
US07986967B2
A first wireless communication device stores identification display information representing at least one other wireless communication device in a memory, and a second wireless communication device controls a display unit of the second wireless communication device to display information based on the identification display information.
US07986965B2
The present invention teaches an economical disposable emergency cellular telephone. A major object of this invention is a shocking self-defense capability. A further object is a cell phone which launches projectiles to deliver the shocking voltage. A further object of the invention is a new technique for having a large number of cellular phones share the same small group of access numbers and serial numbers in order to reduce the monthly charges to zero for the end consumer. This makes it more practical to use cellular phones for data transmission and monitoring applications.
US07986959B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate utilizing power control preambles with closed loop power control techniques in a wireless communication environment. An uplink grant can be transferred over a downlink (e.g., a first uplink grant after uplink inactivity), and a power control preamble can be sent over an uplink in response to the uplink grant. According to an example, transmission of the power control preamble can be explicitly scheduled and/or implicitly scheduled. The power control preamble can be transmitted at a power level determined by an access terminal utilizing an open loop power control mechanism. A base station can analyze the power control preamble and generate a power control command based thereupon to correct the power level employed by the access terminal. The access terminal can thereafter utilize the power control command to adjust the power level for uplink data transmission.
US07986953B2
A method for determining location of an observer device is disclosed. The method includes receiving basestation distance data for the observer device and applying a location algorithm to the basestation distance data to determine a computed location of the observer device. The method further includes determining whether the basestation distance data correlates to any of a plurality of observer device conditions. Upon determining the basestation data correlates with one of the observer device conditions, a location bias associated with that observer device condition is employed to correct the computed location of the observer device and produce a corrected location.
US07986950B2
A wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) user equipment (UE) for receiving a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS). The UE comprises an MBMS receiver configured to receive data of an MBMS service over one of a secondary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) or a dedicated channel. After the reception of the data of the MBMS service over the one of the S-CCPCH or dedicated channel, configured to receive data of the MBMS service over the other of the S-CCPCH or dedicated channel.
US07986939B2
Systems and methods for handling restoration operations for a mobile device. A mobile device receives a kill pill command, wherein the command causes some or all data on the mobile device to be wiped. An indicator is stored to indicate that the kill pill command was sent to the mobile device. The indicator is used to determine whether a program should be wiped from the mobile device.
US07986923B1
A system and method for signal channel balancing through accurate estimation of signal amplitude and phase parameters are described. The system includes multiple analog-to-digital (A/D) converter devices coupled to a digital signal processing (DSP) unit, each A/D converter device corresponding to a communication channel within the system. The system further includes multiple analog multiplexers, each analog multiplexer being coupled to a corresponding A/D converter device and having a number of inputs equal to the number of communication channels to be balanced within the system. The system further includes a timing generator circuit and selection logic coupled to the DSP unit, such that for each clock cycle, a single analog channel input is routed to each A/D converter device.
US07986909B2
A fixing device includes an endless belt member and a rotating body that are arranged to come in pressure contact with each other, the endless belt member and the rotating body having a source of heat generation; a pressing member that is arranged within the endless belt member and comes in pressure contact with the endless belt member to the rotating body; and a lubricant reservoir that is provided in the pressing member and reserves a semisolid or solid state lubricant, wherein a width in a central portion of the lubricant reservoir is wider than that in both ends of the lubricant reservoir, and widths along a length direction of the lubricant reservoir narrows from the central portion toward the both ends.
US07986908B2
A fixing device including an endless fixing belt; a pressure member that presses the fixing belt toward the fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side of the fixing belt; and a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member and extends outside the pressure member in the longitudinal direction thereof wherein a surface other than an opposed surface opposed to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt is cut out.
US07986905B2
Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form an image on a sheet based on an input image data; an additional information position instruction section to instruct a position of an additional image indicating additional information to be formed with the image data; a sheet-cutting position instruction section to instruct a sheet-cutting position on the sheet; and a control section to calculate an image formable region where the additional image can be formed based on the sheet-cutting position instructed by the sheet-cutting position instruction section, to set the position instructed by the additional information position instruction section within the image formable region as a position where the additional image is formed, to combine the additional image with the image data at the set position, and to control the image forming section to form the combined image data on the sheet.
US07986903B2
An image forming apparatus capable of preventing meandering of a transfer belt. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, including an image forming unit; and a transfer device to transfer an image formed by the image forming unit to a printing medium. The transfer device includes a transfer belt; at least one pair of rollers to rotatably support the transfer belt; a supporting unit to rotatably support both ends of the pair of rollers; and an eccentric unit to movably support a first end of a first roller of the pair of rollers with respect to the supporting unit, the first end deviating from an axis of the first roller.
US07986896B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. When an external power is supplied to a heating resistance member of a fusing unit in the image forming apparatus that is in a standby mode, a power supply unit supplies an internal power to a different load (for example, an exposure unit, a developing unit, or a transfer unit) in one or more time sections so as to supply the internal power to the load at a continuously changing operating frequency.
US07986892B2
Provided are a developing device and an image forming apparatus, the developing device which employs a two-component developer wherein development hysteresis (ghost) is reduced and deterioration of a carrier is stably suppressed, and high-quality images are thus realized for a long period of time. The developing device, which uses a developer including toner, carrier and reverse polarity particles which are charged to have a polarity reverse to that of the toner, performs a collecting operation for collecting the reverse polarity particles at a timing in which image formation is not affected by a collecting operation, where the reverse polarity particles are accumulated in the area enclosed by a toner carrying member, a developer carrying member for toner supply and developer carrying member for collecting toner are collected into a developer container.
US07986891B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image supporting member for forming a developer image; a developing unit for forming a developer layer and forming the developer image on the image supporting member using developer of the developer layer; a developer supplying unit for supplying the developer to the developing unit; an image density detection unit for detecting an image density of the developer image; and a control unit for controlling a voltage applied to the developing unit and the developer supplying unit. The control unit corrects the voltage applied to at least one of the developing unit and the developer supplying unit according to the image density detected with the image density detection unit.
US07986884B2
An optical network test access point (“TAP”) device. In one example embodiment, an optical network TAP device includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of optical receiver modules. The printed circuit board includes a microprocessor, a multiplexer connected to the microprocessor, and a plurality of post amplifiers connected to the multiplexer. Each optical receiver module includes one or more ROSAs. Each ROSA is connected to the multiplexer through one of the plurality of post amplifiers.
US07986881B2
Optical communications systems including grooming, protection, restoration, and migration on a unified network platform, and using a unified control plane. The systems may include combinations of optical bypass and mesh restoration, may include combinations of shared mesh and dedicate protection, and may be combinations of long haul, extended long haul, and ultra long haul systems. The systems may also include a configurable DWDM tier to accommodate dynamic traffic patterns, thereby allowing for increased operational flexibility.
US07986875B2
A sound-based focus system includes an imaging device and focus controller. The imaging device is configured for capturing an image. The focus controller includes a sound detecting module and a control module. The sound detecting module is configured for obtaining the position coordinates of a sound source. The control module is configured for controlling the imaging device to focus on the sound source according to the position coordinates thereof.
US07986873B2
An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which at least an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a drive mechanism for shake correction for swinging the movable module on the fixed body on the basis of a detection result of the shake detection sensor to correct the shake of the movable module, and a control section which controls the drive mechanism for shake correction on the basis of the detection result of the shake detection sensor. The shake detection sensor is a gyroscope mounted on the movable module and the control section controls the drive mechanism for shake correction so as to cancel the shake detected by the gyroscope.
US07986871B2
A method of adjusting the heat transfer properties within a processing chamber is presented. Chamber properties may be determined and adjusted by adjusting the thermal mass of an edge ring disposed in the processing chamber.
US07986866B2
A playback device plays back a digital stream and executes an application. A Java™ module is a platform unit, executes the application, and performs playback control based on a result of the execution. When performing this playback, the playback device has a plurality of real parameters specific to the playback device, for the playback control. The Java™ module provides a function using a real parameter to the application, in response to a method call from the application.
US07986861B2
An optical fiber connector has a first ferrule holding an end of a first optical fiber, a first fiber stub connected to the first ferrule, a second ferrule holding an end of a second optical fiber, and a second fiber stub connected to the second ferrule. The first fiber stub enlarges the beam diameter of light transmitted through the first optical fiber, and produces the collimated light. The second fiber stub reduces the beam diameter of the collimated light, and leads the converging light into the second optical fiber. The first and second fiber stubs are detachably connected inside a connection sleeve across a predetermined gap. First and second GI fibers contained in the first and second fiber stubs satisfy L1≧L2 and L1+L2≅½ pitch, wherein L1 and L2 represent the lengths of the first and second GI fibers, and one pitch is a sinusoidal period of the light transmitted therethrough.
US07986858B2
An image enlarging apparatus includes: a luminance data calculation unit configured to set a reference frame from a video image, and to calculate first luminance data for a high resolution video image; a position calculation unit configured to set target pixels in at least one of frames included in the video image except the reference frame, and to calculate corresponding positions to the target pixels in the reference frame with decimal accuracy; a correction amount calculation unit configured to parallelly calculate correction amounts of the first luminance data for the corresponding positions based on the first luminance data, third luminance data of the target pixels, and the corresponding positions; an addition unit configured to calculate sum of correction amounts from the correction amounts; and a luminance data correction unit configured to correct the first luminance data based on the sum of the correction amounts.
US07986857B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for generating an image using a multi-channel filter. More particularly, provided are an apparatus and method for generating an image using a multi-channel filter, wherein images input into a plurality of image sensors are allowed to pass through different filters, each of which includes a plurality of channels, and segmented images passed through the filters are combined to produce a desired image. The apparatus includes a filter unit including a plurality of filters having different patterns with respect to a plurality of image channels and filtering images input into the filters, an image sensing unit including a plurality of image sensors sensing images filtered through the plurality of the filters, an interpolation unit calculating image channel values of pixels of the sensed images, and an image combination unit assigning the calculated image channel values to corresponding pixel positions to generate a single desired image.
US07986854B2
A method of improving picture quality in a composite video burst signal includes dividing the composite video burst signal into a plurality of frequency bands using a low pass filter and a high pass filter, performing wavelet packet filtering of frequency bands including a chrominance signal having energy higher than a specified threshold among the plurality of frequency bands, and performing Wiener filtering of frequency bands including a chrominance signal having energy lower than a specified threshold.
US07986850B2
A noise elimination method capable of handling even beat noise occurring in an oblique direction is proposed. In an image processing apparatus that is provided with a correcting unit that subtracts cyclic data of beat noise from effective pixel data included in inputted digital image data, the correcting unit comprises: a distributing unit that sequentially and cyclically distributes optical black area pixel data included in the digital image data; an integrating unit to which the optical black area pixel data distributed by the distributing unit is sequentially inputted; a first calculating unit that divides the integration result of the integrating unit by the number of integrations; a minimum value detecting unit that detects a minimum value of the output of the first calculating unit; and a second calculating unit that calculates the minimum value and the division result to obtain the cyclic data of the beat noise.
US07986849B2
A method, system and computer program product that involves receiving and initializing a digital image. Quantization is preformed on the digital image using at least two multiplication operations. Finally, a compressed version of the digital image is presented for viewing and/or storage or transport.
US07986848B2
A method, system, and computer program product for a multi-resolution storage scheme for historical data are provided. The method includes dividing the historical data into a plurality of time frames and determining an amount of compression for each of the time frames, where at least two of the time frames have a different amount of compression. The method further includes applying the amount of compression to each of the time frames, resulting in multi-resolution historical data, and storing the multi-resolution historical data.
US07986847B2
Detects from camera information frames of probable low continuity, such as frames in which a strobe is flashed, and does not use such frames as candidate images for a reference image. As a result, the possibility that the candidate images in the frame memory are images of high continuity with a frame to be encoded increases, enabling efficient motion vector detection and making possible low data-generation-volume encoding.
US07986846B2
A method and apparatus for decoding a coded video data in a digital broadcast receiver. The method includes: determining a resizing control signal for resizing a received video data; analyzing header information from a decoded video stream and separating and outputting a video data; resizing the separated video data by the resizing control signal and decoding the resized video data into an original pixel data with an original data size by using a variable length table; dequantizing the decoded video data; resizing and converting the dequantized frequency-domain video data into a two dimensional spatial domain video data by the resizing control signal; movement compensating for movement of a movement compensation data corresponding to one of the inverse-transformed video data and the separated video data; and converting outputs of the inverse transform unit and the movement compensation unit into display data for a display unit.
US07986844B2
A video redirection system redirects an incoming video stream to a remote console. The video redirection system samples the video stream to generate a currently sampled frame comprising a plurality of tiles, and calculates a current hash value for each of the tiles. The video redirection system compresses the tile if the current hash value is different from a reference hash value locally stored inside the video redirection system. A difference in the hash value indicates that there is a change in the tile of the currently sampled frame from the corresponding tile of the previously sampled frame. Thus, it is no longer necessary to compare the currently sampled frame with a reference frame in the memory. Accordingly, the amount of memory access is reduced.
US07986840B2
A computer-implemented method is described including receiving input specifying an image frame from among a series of image frames, and automatically detecting one or more points in the specified image frame that would be suitable for tracking a point in the series of image frames. In addition, a computer-implemented method is described including choosing a first position of a point on a first image frame of a plurality of image frames, and displaying in a bounded region on the first image frame content relating to a second image frame of the plurality of image frames, wherein the content displayed in the bounded region includes a second position of the point at a different time than the first position of the point.
US07986839B2
In the image processing apparatus of the present invention, when a document is read, a document matching process section determines whether the document is similar to a reference document or not. When the document is similar to the reference document, the document matching process section further determines whether the document has been zoomed (size of the document has been changed). When the document has been zoomed, an editing process section restores the size of the document to the size of the reference document. This provides an image processing apparatus capable of restoring the changed size of a document in a predetermined format such as a form document and an application document to its original size.
US07986833B2
An image processing method and an image processing apparatus for color correction are provided. The image processing method for color correction comprises the steps of: (a) determining an angle on a color space according to an image data of a basic color, (b) determining a first straight line on the color space according to the angle, (c) determining a second straight line on the color space according to an image data of a pixel, wherein the second straight line is parallel to the first straight line, (d) calculating a distance between the second straight line and the first straight line in order to obtain a color intensity difference value, (e) correcting the image data of the pixel according to the color intensity difference.
US07986830B2
Radiometric calibration of an image capture device (e.g., a digital camera) using a single image is described. The single image may be a color image or a grayscale image. The calibration identifies and analyzes edge pixels of the image that correspond to an edge between two colors or grayscale levels of a scene. Intensity distributions of intensities measured from the single image are then analyzed. An inverse response function for the image capture device is determined based on the intensity distributions. For a color image, the radiometric calibration involves calculating an inverse response function that maps measured blended colors of edge pixels and the associated measured component colors into linear distributions. For a grayscale image, the radiometric calibration involves deriving an inverse response function that maps non-uniform histograms of measured intensities into uniform distributions of calibrated intensities.
US07986826B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for modeling S-distortion in an image intensifier. In an embodiment, the method may include identifying a reference coordinate on an input screen of the image intensifier. The method also includes computing a set of charged particle velocity vectors. The method also includes computing a set of magnetic field vectors. The method also includes computing the force exerted on the charged particle in an image intensifier. Certain embodiments of the present invention include an iterative method for calibrating an image acquisition system with an analytic S-distortion model. In an embodiment, the method may include comparing the difference between the measured fiducial shadow positions and the model fiducial positions with a threshold value. If the difference is less than the threshold value, the optical distortion parameters are used for linearizing the set of acquired images.
US07986823B2
System and method for consistent detection of mid-sagittal planes for magnetic resonance brain scans
A method for finding consistent mid-sagittal planes (MSPs) in a pair of 3D image head scans of a same patient includes, for each image, selecting a 2D transverse localizer image from a middle slice along a transverse view of the 3D image, fitting an ellipse to the transverse localizer image to locate a head position (x, y), where the y-coordinate is indicative of a position of a 2D coronal localizer image in the 3D image, fitting an ellipse to the coronal localizer image to locate a head position (x, y) in the coronal localizer image, calculating a middle line in the transverse localizer image and a middle line in the coronal localizer image, calculating an MSP from the middle lines, and determining a new set of slope and intercept parameters for one MSP that maximizes a similarity measure between the one MSP and the other MSP.
US07986822B2
A method of assessing rupture risk of an aneurysm from time-resolved images includes injecting a contrast enhancing agent into a patient with an aneurysm, using an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal to trigger an image acquisition run, wherein a sequence of 2D X-ray fluoroscopic images is acquired along with a corresponding ECG signal value, rotating a C-arm attaching the X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus during said image acquisition run, wherein the images in said X-ray fluoroscopic image sequence are acquired from a rotating viewpoint, sorting the images in said X-ray fluoroscopic image sequence into time windows of the cardiac cycle based on the ECG signal, and constructing one or more 3-dimensional (3D) angiography image volumes of said aneurysm from said 2D fluoroscopic image sequence.
US07986820B2
Features are extracted from a test and reference image to generate a test and reference record. Each feature has a location, and orientation, and furthermore, the features of the reference records also have associated weights. The features of the test record are approximately aligned with the features of the reference record. Then, differences between the locations and orientations of the features of the reference record and the features of the test record are measured, and the weights of all features of the reference record that are less than a predetermined difference when compared with the features of the test record are summed to determine a similarity score that the test record matches the reference record.
US07986801B2
A device is described, having a first (2) and a second (4) sound-generating means and an input for a stereo signal (S) comprising left (L) and right (R) sound signals. The device has an interconnected first (1) and second (3) part comprising a first (2) and a second (4) sound-generating means, respectively. The first part (1) is formed so as to couple soundwaves generated by the first sound-generating means (2) into a surface (6) when placed upon said surface (6), and the device has means (5) for sending a first signal (S1), which is a composite of the left (L) and right (R) sound signals, to the first sound-generating means (2) of the first part (1), and a second signal (S2), which is a different composite of the left (L) and right (R) sound signals, to the second sound generating means (4) of the second part (3).
US07986799B2
The invention refers to a device (3) for actuating a membrane arranged in an opening to a space, and a vehicle having such a device. The membrane (1) has a first surface (1′) and a second opposite surface (1″), and is limited by an edge area. The device includes a first strip (5) to be attached to the first surface of the membrane in the edge area, and a second strip (6) to be attached to a surface of a frame portion extending around the opening. An exchanging number (8) is arranged between and connecting the first strip with the second strip. An actuating member (20) is arranged to transfer a reciprocating primary movement to the exchanging member converting the primary movement to a reciprocating secondary movement, which has a longer length of stroke than the primary movement and acts on the strips to move towards and away from each other.
US07986791B2
The illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for automatically muting a headphone. The headphone detects a sound external to the headphone. A volume threshold and a frequency threshold are received, wherein the volume threshold and the frequency threshold define a sound of interest. A determination is made as to whether the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest. Responsive to a determination that the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest, a signal is transmitted to automatically mute an active state of the headphone.
US07986790B2
The present subject matter provides method and apparatus for hearing assistance devices, and more particularly to a system for evaluating hearing assistance device settings using detected sound environment. Various examples of a hearing assistance device and method using actual use and hypothetical use logs are provided. Such logs provide a dispenser or audiologist the ability to see how a device is operating with actual settings and how the device would have operated had hypothetical settings been used instead. In various examples, the system allows for collection of statistical information about actual and hypothetical use which can assist in parameter setting determinations for a specific user. The settings may be tailored to that user's commonly experienced sound environment. Wireless communications of usage logs is discussed. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents.
US07986781B2
The invention concerns a method for controlling access to encrypted data (CT) by control words (CW), said control words being received by a security module in control messages (ECM) and returned to a unit operating on the encrypted data. Said control messages (ECM) contain at least one first control word (CW1) and a second control word (CW2), said control words each allowing access to the encrypted data (CT) during a predetermined period called cryptoperiod (CP). Said method includes the following steps: sending said encrypted data to at least one operating unit; and sending control messages (ECM) to said control unit, such a control message (ECM) containing at least two specific control words (CW1, CW2) being sent to the operating unit after sending the data encrypted by said first control word (CW1) and before sending the data encrypted by said second control word (CW2). Said method is characterized in that the time shift between sending to the operating unit the data encrypted by said first control word (CW1) and sending the control message (ECM) containing said first control word (CW1) and said second control word (CW2) is more than 75% of the cryptoperiod.
US07986779B2
Time to perform scalar point multiplication used for ECC is reduced by minimizing the number of shifting operations. These operations are minimized by applying modulus scaling by performing selective comparisons of points at intermediate computations based on primality of the order of an ECC group.
US07986774B2
A call schedule is received that includes a plurality of sample calls to be made by an automated calling station. The plurality of sample calls are automatically placed on the network using the automated calling station. At least one final billing record corresponding to the at least one completed sample call is received. The call data is processed to determine billed cost data. The billed cost data is compared to the previous cost data and a change in the rate plan is detected based on the comparison of the billed cost data to the previous cost data.
US07986773B2
In one embodiment, a method includes initiating an interactive voice response (IVR) session with a user over an IP network, identifying an imminent secure session event, and initiating an encrypted mode for the IVR session.
US07986771B2
The embodiments include a system, a computer readable medium, and a method for establishing a communication connection after searching the World Wide Web for relevant phone information. The system can include a first communication device for forming at least one communication connection between the first communication device and a second communication device, search means adapted to accept a query, access means adapted to (i) search and identify relevant phone number information using the query (ii) create at least one icon to link the first communication device to a relevant phone number included in the relevant phone number information identified by the query, and (iii) reformulate the query if no relevant phone numbers are identified during the search. The system also includes click-to-dial means adapted to establish at least one communication connection from the first communication device to the second communication device.
US07986765B2
A mammographic imaging system is optimized for use with a single fixed size flat panel digital image receptor. It accommodates compression devices (paddles) of varying sizes, and positions them properly in the field of view of the image receptor. When a compression paddle with size smaller than the field of view of the image receptor is used, the compression paddle can be shifted laterally in the direction parallel to the chest wall, so as to facilitate different views of different size breasts, and permit the image receptor to image as much of the desired tissue as possible. An automatic x-ray collimator restricts the x-ray illumination of the breast in accordance with compression paddle size and location in the field of view. An anti-scatter grid, mounted inside the image receptor enclosure, just below the top cover of the enclosure, can be retracted out of the field of view of the image receptor for use in magnification imaging.
US07986746B2
The present invention employs hierarchical modulation to simultaneously transmit data over different modulation layers using a carrier RF signal. Each modulation layer may be of a higher or lower order than the other modulation layers. Certain embodiments of the present invention may transmit different information on the different modulation layers. Other embodiments of the present invention may use the different layers for processing different information streams.
US07986743B2
A method for transmitting a digital signal is described, wherein the digital signal is to be transmitted by a plurality of antennas and a 2-domain pre-transformation is carried out, i.e., in course of a pre-transformation modulation symbols assigned to subcarriers having different frequencies and assigned to subcarriers sent by different antennas are linearly combined.
US07986741B2
Methods and apparatus for determining the starting points of redundancy version transmissions in a circular rate matching operation. At least one block of information bits to be transmitted are encoded to generate a plurality of coded bits, which are then segmented into a plurality of sub-blocks of coded bits. Each of the sub-blocks of coded bits is interleaved by using a certain interleaver. The interleaved coded bits of the plurality of sub-blocks are collected and filled into a circular buffer having a plurality of redundancy versions in the circular buffer, with each redundancy version corresponding to a starting bit index in the circular buffer. For each transmission, a subset of bits are selected from the circular buffer by selecting a redundancy version from among the plurality of redundancy version. The selected subset of bits are modulated by using a certain modulation scheme, and are transmitted via at least one antenna. The redundancy versions of the circular being determined such that in at least one pair of redundancy versions, the number of bits between the starting point of a first redundancy version and the starting point of a second redundancy version is not divisible by at least one modulation order.
US07986728B2
A decision feedback equalizer includes a chip estimate buffer that forms chip estimates into a vector. A CCK decoder decodes the vector of chip estimates, and a CCK encoder, connected with the CCK decoder, re-encodes the vector of chip estimates into a valid CCK code word. At the same time, a chip slicer provides direct sliced chips from the chip estimates. An update module then forms a hybrid vector from the valid CCK code-word and the direct sliced chips for input to the feedback filter of the decision feedback equalizer. The hybrid feedback filter input vector reflects the CCK coding gain of its re-encoded portion thereby reducing the estimated chip error rate to improve the performance of the decision feedback equalizer.
US07986727B2
An in-band configuration technique configures a data communications link for high-speed data communications between at least a first and second integrated circuit using in-band communications between the first and second integrated circuits. The technique configures at least one equalizer of the data communications link with predetermined equalizer settings selected from a plurality of predetermined equalizer settings based on a selected rate of data communications for the link.
US07986721B2
In a semiconductor optical device, the first conductive type semiconductor region includes a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion. The first and second regions of the first semiconductor portion are arranged along a predetermined plane. The second semiconductor portion is provided on the first region of the first semiconductor portion. The active layer is provided on the second semiconductor portion of the first conductive type semiconductor region. The second conductive type semiconductor region is provided on the second region of the first semiconductor portion of the first conductive type semiconductor region. The side of the second semiconductor portion of the first conductive type semiconductor region, the top and side of the active layer, the second region of the first conductive type semiconductor region and the second conductive type semiconductor region constitute a pn junction. The first distributed Bragg reflector portion includes first distributed Bragg reflector layers and second distributed Bragg reflector layers which are arranged alternately. The second distributed Bragg reflector portion includes third distributed Bragg reflector layers and fourth distributed Bragg reflector layers which are arranged alternately. The first conductive type semiconductor region, the active layer and the second conductive type semiconductor region are provided between the first distributed Bragg reflector portion and the second distributed Bragg reflector layers.
US07986715B2
The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a method of processing data. In one aspect of the present invention provides a method of processing data, the method including receiving a broadcasting signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, demodulating the received broadcasting signal, obtaining an identifier indicating that data frame of the broadcasting signal includes service guide information, decoding and storing the service guide information from the data frame; and outputting a service included in the mobile service data according to the decoded service guide information.
US07986714B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting packets in a wireless network. The apparatus includes a motion calculation unit, a transmission repetition adjustment unit, and a packet transmission repetition unit. The motion calculation unit calculates the motion value of a mobile terminal. The transmission repetition adjustment unit receives N-value determination information and determines the number of repetitions (N value) of transmission of a packet transmitted and received by the mobile terminal based on the received N-value determination information, and the motion value calculated by the motion calculation unit. The packet transmission repetition unit repeatedly transmits the packet, which is received from a data link layer, to a physical layer according to the N value determined by the transmission repetition adjustment unit.
US07986712B2
A cellular communication system comprises a management function having a broadcast mode function; a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to the management function; and a plurality of wireless subscriber communication units receiving signals from respective wireless serving communication units in an uni-cast mode of operation on a frequency channel comprising a plurality of downlink transmission resources. The broadcast mode function applies a common cell identifier associated with broadcast transmissions from the plurality of wireless serving communication units thereby signalling to the plurality of wireless subscriber communication units that part or all of the transmission resource is to be configured or re-configured for broadcast mode of operation.
US07986711B2
A system and method for broadband communications over power lines has a low-voltage transformer for the house connection unit and/or the electricity distribution inside the house. The system method allow for several parallel asynchronous data communications in different sub-channels with individual transmit power in each sub-channel. Sub-channel separation uses pass-band filters with high stop-band attenuation. High data rate in each sub-channel is achieved through the use of discrete wavelet multi-tone modulation. Coarse synchronization in each sub-channel and the optimization of the coefficients of the time-domain equalizer are carried out using a training sequence.
US07986696B1
A lookup table including stored data, the lookup table including a Random Access Memory (RAM) for storing the data, wherein the RAM includes a plurality of windows; and a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) for storing indices, each index pointing to the windows, and a method for performing a Longest Prefix Match (LPM) including organizing data in such a lookup table, searching according to a lookup key in the TCAM, receiving a match signal from the TCAM including an index pointing to one of the windows, and searching according to the lookup key in the pointed to window.
US07986693B2
A data link layer switch includes a switching mechanism coupled to a plurality of port interface controllers. Each of the port interface controllers comprises a multicast address table, a multicast matcher, and a timer. The multicast address table stores multicast addresses for hosts attached to the port interface controller. The multicast matcher matches an incoming packet to a target pattern, generates a multicast address from the incoming packet if the incoming packet matches the target pattern, and stores the generated multicast address in the multicast address table. The timer determines an amount of time that the generated multicast address remains in the multicast address table.
US07986688B2
A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device. A reply is received at the first VPN device from the second VPN device that includes a second signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device. The VPN is established between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices.
US07986676B2
System, apparatus, and method to manage data communication rates in a wireless network are described. In an embodiment, a system may include multiple antennas, multiple transceivers to connect to the multiple antennas; and a media access controller to connect to the transceivers. The media access controller may send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using the transceivers. The media access controller may receive an acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from the first physical protocol data unit. The media access controller may select a third number of media access control protocol data units for a second physical protocol data unit using the second number.
US07986673B2
A method for reducing feedback overhead in a wireless communications system is described. Channel quality indicator (CQI) values corresponding to a measured channel quality are received from one or more mobile communications devices. The mobile communications devices to be scheduled at a future time are estimated. CQI values are requested from the mobile communications devices that are estimated to be scheduled at a future time.
US07986668B2
The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of executing scanning for radio signals in the case where the mobile terminal is connectable to multiple radio communication systems employing different radio communication schemes. The mobile terminal and the method can scan for radio signals transmitted from a radio base station at an appropriate timing without modifying the existing radio base station or the like. The mobile terminal includes a WLAN controller configured to cause a WLAN communication unit to execute scanning for radio signals transmitted from an access point. Scanning is executed if a scrambling code determining unit determines that a scrambling code contained in notification matches a scrambling code stored in a scrambling code information storage, and if a position determining unit determines that a certain position indicated by position information stored in a GPS position information storage is within a predetermined distance from a current position of the mobile terminal.
US07986662B2
An apparatus and method for reducing MAP channel overhead in a broadband wireless communication system. In a Base Station (BS), a traffic classifier classifies transmission data into a first group and a second group according to user channel information and packet sizes of the transmission data. A MAP channel configure configures a MAP channel to include information about users of the first group and positions of data for the users, information indicating whether users of the second group have succeeded in random access in a second uplink data region of a previous frame, and information about resource reservation for a current frame for the second group. A channel mapper maps the first group to a first downlink data region and maps the second group to a second downlink data region according to the MAP channel.
US07986655B2
A method for connecting, by a first Bluetooth device of a first piconet, a link between a second Bluetooth device of a second piconet and a third Bluetooth device of a third piconet that cannot directly communicate with each other. The connecting method comprises the steps of: upon receiving a connection request message from the second Bluetooth device requesting connection with the third Bluetooth device, transmitting the connection request message from the first Bluetooth device to the third Bluetooth device; and upon receiving a response to the connection request message from the third Bluetooth device, transmitting the response from the first Bluetooth device to the second Bluetooth device.
US07986650B2
An RF front-end includes a transmit adjust module, a PA module, an antenna coupling circuit, a LNA module, and a receive adjust module. The transmit adjust module adjusts coordinates of up-converted analog signals when in a first transmit mode and adjusts coordinates of a plurality of up-converted analog signals when in a second transmit mode to produce to produce multiple adjusted up-converted signals and a plurality of adjusted up-converted signals, respectively, which are subsequently amplified by the PA module. The antenna coupling circuit provides the multiple or the plurality of outbound RF signals to at least some of a plurality of antennas depending on the transmit mode and provides multiple or a plurality of inbound RF signals at least some of the plurality of antennas to the LNA module based on a receive mode. The receive adjust module adjusts coordinates of the multiple or plurality of amplified inbound RF signals based on the receive mode.
US07986649B2
A method, apparatus and system for virtual network configuration and partition handover are provided. The virtual network configuration method includes the following steps: The serving edge device obtains a target virtual network identifier and a corresponding interface identifier, uses the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier to generate a Layer-2 Control (L2C) protocol packet, and sends out the L2C protocol packet; the communication proxy device that receives the L2C protocol packet obtains the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier from the L2C protocol packet, and sets up a mapping relation between a target virtual network and an interface.
US07986639B1
System and methods are provided for creating a topology of a communications network. One embodiment includes receiving a first instance of topology information at one or more integration sources and determining if the first instance of topology information includes a portion of topology information on a span of the communications network by the one or more integration sources. If the first instance of topology information only includes the portion of topology information, then receiving, at the one or more integration sources a second instance of topology information, and supplementing the first instance with the second instance of topology information to form complete topology information of the span of the communications network by the one or more integration sources and transferring the complete topology information to a topology data structure.
US07986634B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for measuring sound quality in a variable band multi-codec. The sound quality measurement apparatus includes: a recording file receiving/generating unit receiving a first recording file in which a natural sound is recorded, and a second recording file obtained by converting the natural sound into digital data using the variable band multi-codec, receiving information obtained by encoding the natural sound using the variable band multi-codec, in the format of a Real Time Protocol (RTP) packet, unpacking the RTP packet, decoding the RTP packet using the variable band multi-codec, and generating a third recording file; a Mean Opinion Score (MOS) value calculating unit repeatedly selecting a file from among the first recording file, the second recording file, and the third recording file, or selecting two files from among the first recording file, the second recording file, and the third recording file, and calculating a MOS value by obtaining a difference between the selected results; and a MOS value comparison unit comparing a plurality of MOS values generated by the MOS value calculating unit, with each other, and detecting a cause of sound quality deterioration.
US07986633B2
The present invention relates to a method of controlling data transmission for a multimedia and broadcasting service in a broadband wireless access system. As an aspect of the present invention, a base station receives feedback information including burst profile information with which a terminal can receive MBS data without errors and the base station configures an appropriate burst profile and transmit the MBS data using the burst profile to the terminal, thereby reception errors in the terminal can be minimized and radio resources can be used efficiently.
US07986631B1
The present invention relates generally to restoration of services in a network. More particularly, the invention encompasses a scheme for randomized selection of equal cost links during restoration in a communication network. The invention further includes multiple schemes for restoring services. The network could consist of optical, ATM, FR, or IP/MPLS switches and cross-connects.
US07986630B1
An embodiment of the present invention is disclosed to include a fiber channel target device for receiving information in the form of frames and including a controller device coupled to a microprocessor for processing the frames received from the host, at least one receive buffer for storing the frames and having a buffer size, the controller device issuing credit to the host for receipt of further frames in a manner wherein only one microprocessor is needed to process the frames while maintaining a buffer size that is as small as the number of first type of frames that can be received by the fiber channel target device from the host.
US07986629B1
Methods and devices for processing packets are provided. The processing device may Include an input interface for receiving data units containing header information of respective packets; a first module configurable to perform packet filtering based on the received data units; a second module configurable to perform traffic analysis based on the received data units; a third module configurable to perform load balancing based on the received data units; and a fourth module configurable to perform route lookups based on the received data units.
US07986626B2
A method and device for identifying degradation in service quality for a wireless media service. The wireless media service has a known expected packet generation rate, which may be determined by the device based upon the codec and payload size selected on initiating the media service. At a receiving device, the packets actually received by the device from the other termination point are counted over a time period, and this number is compared with the number of packets that were expected based upon the known packet generation rate. From this comparison a packet loss rate may be determined. If the packet loss rate exceeds a threshold level, then the device may issue a user alert, terminate the service, or take other action. The threshold level may be established based upon a packet loss rate corresponding to a significant degree of service quality degradation.
US07986611B1
The present disclosure provides a high-density optical storage medium which comprises a substrate structure having a thickness of 1.0 mm or more and including one or more information layers, a high-density information layer bonded via an adhesive spacer layer to the substrate structure, and a cover layer over the high-density information layer. The high-density information layer can be formed by transferring a reflective film to the substrate structure from a substrate formed of a material (such as polymethyl methacrylate) that does not bond well with the reflective film.
US07986604B2
An objective lens causes birefringence, which causes wave aberration in outgoing light from the objective lens. A coated objective lens has a dielectric multilayer film that can reduce astigmatism component of the wave aberration to 5 mλ rms or smaller when 10 mλ rms or larger astigmatism component of wave aberration is generated.
US07986599B2
A drive apparatus of the present invention includes a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section. The drive control section at least performs a process including: allocating a contiguous area to a specific location in the user data area other than the location specified by the recording instruction; controlling the recording/reproduction section to record the data in the allocated contiguous area; and generating new disc management information including first replacement management information for mapping a start location of the contiguous area specified by the recording instruction to a start location of the allocated contiguous area and second replacement management information for mapping an end location of the contiguous area specified by the recording instruction to an end location of the allocated contiguous area.
US07986598B2
The invention relates to recording methods for recording information on a dual layer recordable disk, and to corresponding recording devices. In one such method and recording device the OPC-area is variably located on a layer of the disk. In a preferred embodiment the OPC-area is located relative close to the radius where the data stream switches from the first layer to the second layer. This reduced additional time required for jumping to a fixed OPC-area. Furthermore, in another such method and device the information to be recorded is equally divided over both layers of the dual layer disc. This avoids additional time required for finalization.
US07986595B2
An optical pickup for performing recording and/or playback of information by selectively irradiating the corresponding wavelength optical beam to first through third optical discs having a protection layer with different thickness, includes emission units for emitting first-wavelength through third-wavelength optical beams corresponding to the respective optical discs respectively, a condensing optical device for condensing each wavelength optical beam on an optical disc signal recording face, a divergence angle transformation device, which can be moved in the optical axis direction, for transforming the divergence angle of each wavelength optical beam according to the moved position in the optical axis direction so as to obtain a predetermined divergence angle, and a detector having a common light receiving unit for receiving each wavelength optical beam separated by an optical path separating unit and returned, with the condensing optical device condensing each wavelength optical beam on the corresponding optical disc signal recording face appropriately.
US07986593B2
An optical integrated device includes a light source; a light splitting-and-guiding section that splits a reflected light beam into two end light beams, a connection light beam, and a residual light beam, and guides the two end light beams and the connection light beam in directions different from a direction of the residual light beam; and a light receiving section that receives the two end light beams and the connection light beam with photodetection devices divided, in the tangential direction, into at least two regions within a range in which the connection light beam is incident, receives the residual light beam with photodetection devices divided, in the tangential direction, into regions having widths corresponding to portions on which the two end light beams are incident, and outputs a detection signal in accordance with an amount of light received with each of the photodetection devices.
US07986591B2
An integrated circuit for high-resolution timing measurement includes a delay pulse generator, the first oscillator to generate the first clock with the first frequency, the second oscillator to generate the second clock with the second frequency, an oscillator tuner, a sampling module, a counter, wherein the delay pulse generator generated a delayed pulse from the second clock, the oscillator tuner controls the second frequency to be as close as possible to the first frequency without being the same as the second frequency, the sampling module samples the delayed pulse at the first frequency, the counter generates a digital counter value by counting a number of sampling by the sampling module, and a time width of the delayed pulse can be calculated by the digital counter value. The second oscillator can be a tunable ring oscillator with one or more coarse tune stages and one or more fine-tune stages.
US07986586B2
Seismic data are obtained for each seismic source activation in a marine streamer and for each frequency, after being transformed to a spectral domain. An iterative conjugate gradient scheme, using a physically-based preconditioner, is applied to the transformed seismic data, to provide a least squares solution to a normal set of equations for a deghosting system of equations. The solution is inverse-transformed back to a space-time domain to provide deghosted seismic data.
US07986577B2
A precharge voltage supplying circuit comprises a control signal generating unit for generating a first control signal in response to a power-up signal and a clock enable signal, and a precharge voltage control unit having a bleeder circuit and driving the bleeder circuit in response to the first control signal to control a precharge voltage. The precharge voltage supplying circuit can be widely used in various devices which need the generation of a voltage, a level of which is adjustable according to a PVT characteristic change, and a range of change of which is not so large.
US07986569B2
A semiconductor device includes a termination driver for driving a data line with a predetermined termination level by using an external power supply voltage and a drive current controller for controlling a drive current flowing into the data line from the termination driver in response to a voltage level of the external power supply voltage.
US07986568B2
Systems and methods, including computer software for performing operations enable interleaving of charging operations in a charging pump. A first charge pump is charged to a predetermined level, and a first operation is performed using a charge stored in the first charge pump after it reaches the predetermined level. A second charge pump is charged during a time that overlaps with performing the first operation. A second operation is performed using a charge stored in the second charge pump as a result of charging the second charge pump.
US07986567B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to data storage and computer memory, and more particularly, to systems, integrated circuits and methods for accessing memory in multiple layers of memory implementing, for example, third dimension memory technology. In a specific embodiment, an integrated circuit is configured to implement write buffers to access multiple layers of memory. For example, the integrated circuit can include memory cells disposed in multiple layers of memory. In one embodiment, the memory cells can be third dimension memory cells. The integrated circuit can also include read buffers that can be sized differently than the write buffers. In at least one embodiment, write buffers can be sized as a function of a write cycle. Each layer of memory can include a plurality of two-terminal memory elements that retain stored data in the absence of power and store data as a plurality of conductivity profiles.
US07986566B2
A functional memory of the integrated circuit includes row and column periphery units and an array of memory cells having a core storage element and a read buffer. The functional memory further includes a read buffer supply line that is connected to the read buffer, wherein the read buffer supply line is switchable between an operating mode output and a low-power mode output of a read buffer supply that is separate from core storage element supplies.
US07986562B2
A system and methodology that can minimize disturbance during an AC operation associated with a memory, such as, program, read and/or erase, is provided. The system pre-charges all or a desired subset of the bit lines in a memory array to a specified voltage, during an AC operation to facilitate reducing AC disturbances between neighboring cells. A pre-charge voltage can be applied to all bit lines in a block in the memory array, or to bit lines associated with a selected memory cell and neighbor memory cells adjacent to the selected memory cell in the block. The system ensures that source and drain voltage levels can be set to desired levels at the same or substantially the same time, while selecting a memory cell. This can facilitate minimizing AC disturbances in the selected memory cell during the AC operation.
US07986558B2
A method of operating a non-volatile memory cell is described, including pre-erasing the cell through double-side biased (DSB) injection of a first type of carrier and programming the cell through Fowler-Nordheim (FN) tunneling of a second type of carrier.
US07986557B2
A memory may include word lines; bit lines; cells provided corresponding to intersections between the word lines and the bit lines; sense amplifiers detecting data; a column decoder selecting a certain bit line for the sense amplifiers to output read data or receive write data; a row decoder configured to select a certain word line; a charge pump supplying power to the sense amplifiers, the column decoder, and the row decoder; a logic circuit controlling the sense amplifiers, the column decoder, and the row decoder based on an address selecting the memory cells; a first power source input applying a voltage to the logic circuit; and a second power source input applying a voltage higher than a voltage of the first power source input to the charge pump, and to supply power to the charge pump at least at a data reading time and a data writing time.
US07986555B2
A nitride read only memory (NROM) cell can be programmed by applying a ramp voltage to the gate input, a constant voltage to one of the two source/drain regions, and a ground potential to the remaining source/drain region. In order to erase the NROM cell, a constant voltage is coupled to the gate input. A constant positive current is input to one of the source/drain regions. The remaining source/drain region is either allowed to float, is coupled to a ground potential, or is coupled to the first source/drain region.
US07986549B1
An apparatus and a method for refreshing or toggling a phase-change memory cell are described. The apparatus includes a voltage ramp element coupled to the phase-change memory cell and provided for controlling voltage across the phase-change memory cell. A current control element is coupled to the phase-change memory cell and provided for controlling current through the phase-change memory cell. A current sensor element is coupled to the phase-change memory cell. A write-back timer and control element is coupled to the current sensor element and to the current control element.
US07986548B2
The present invention provides a method and device for programming a magnetic random access memory element with reduced current consumption, by re-routing digitline current through a selected bitline in a selected direction.
US07986543B2
A method of electronic computing, and more specifically, a method of design of cache hierarchies in 3-dimensional chips, and a cache hierarchy resulting therefrom, including a physical arrangement of bits in cache hierarchies implemented in 3 dimensions such that the planar wiring required in the busses connecting the levels of the hierarchy is minimized. In this way, the data paths between the levels are primarily the vias themselves, which leads to very short, hence fast and low power busses.
US07986541B2
An integrated circuit device has a display memory which stores data for at least one frame displayed in a display panel which has a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, the display memory includes a plurality of RAM blocks, each of the RAM blocks including a plurality of wordlines, a plurality of bitlines, a plurality of memory cells, and a wordline control circuit, each of the RAM blocks is disposed along a first direction in which the bitlines extend, each of the memory cells has a short side and a long side, the bitlines are formed along a direction in which the long side of the memory cell extends, and the wordlines are formed along a direction in which the short side of the memory cell extends.
US07986538B2
A controller for a multi-level converter regulates the DC midpoint voltage of the multi-level converter by accounting, for the effect non-redundant switch states have on the DC midpoint current. The controller includes a DC bus regulator that monitors the DC output voltage and generates in response a commanded voltage vector. The duty cycle calculator is operably connected to receive the commanded voltage vector generated by the DC-bus regulator and to generate in response to the commanded voltage vector duty cycles associated with non-redundant switch states. The DC midpoint regulator is operably connected to receive the non-redundant duty cycles calculated by the duty cycle calculator and to generate in response a first midpoint current command that accounts for the effect the non-redundant switch states have on the midpoint current. Based, at least, in part, on the calculated effect the non-redundant switch states will have on the midpoint current, the DC midpoint regulator regulates the DC midpoint voltage of the multi-level rectifier to a desired value.
US07986532B2
An apparatus includes a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits. Such capacitor may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/0 transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
US07986523B2
A display device includes a main body, a display screen, an orientation sensing module and a display controlling module. The display screen is arranged on the main body for displaying an image in an original orientation. The orientation sensing module includes a first elongated chamber, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a flowing medium received in the first elongated chamber. The display controlling module is configured for deviating the displayed image at a given angle clockwise or counterclockwise from the first orientation of the image in response to the change of the capacitance of the first capacitor or the second capacitor.
US07986522B2
A portable telephone 1 is a portable terminal device in which a telephone receiving housing 2 is coupled to a telephone transmitting housing 3 by a coupling portion 4 such that they can be opened and closed. In the telephone receiving housing 2, a projecting portion 21 is formed on an end portion of a first face S1, which faces the telephone transmitting housing 3 in the closed state. In the telephone transmitting housing 3, a notched portion 22 is formed in an end portion thereof, in which the projecting portion 21 is arranged such that the projecting portion is rotatably coupled to notched portion 22. A switch is provided inside the projecting portion 21 and a sub-key capable of depressing this switch is provided to the projecting portion 21. The sub-key is provided on a surface of the projecting portion 21 in such a manner that a depression direction of the sub-key coincides with a depression direction of the main key in the opened state.
US07986521B2
A heat dissipation device includes a fin unit, a fan and a fan duct. The fin unit includes a plurality of fins stacked together. An airflow channel is defined between each two neighboring fins. The fan includes an air inlet and an opposite air outlet. The fan duct communicates the airflow channels of the fin unit and the fan. The fan duct includes a first flue connected to the air inlet of the fan and a second flue connected to the fin unit. The second flue includes a first side plate and a second side plate covering on two neighboring sides of the fin unit, respectively.
US07986509B2
A composite electrode is created by forming a thin conformal coating of mixed metal oxides on a highly porous carbon structure. The highly porous carbon structure performs a role in the synthesis of the mixed oxide coating and in providing a three-dimensional, electronically conductive substrate supporting the thin coating of mixed metal oxides. The metal oxide mixture shall include two or more metal oxides. The composite electrode, a process for producing said composite electrode, an electrochemical capacitor and an electrochemical secondary (rechargeable) battery using said composite electrode are disclosed.
US07986503B2
A circuit protection system is provided that utilizes a single state definition for each of the zones of protection of the circuit to increase computational efficiency. Multiple zone protective functions can be performed on a single zone of protection and can reference the single state definition.
US07986502B2
An ESD protection circuit including an SCR having at least a PNP transistor and at least a NPN transistor such that said PNP transistor is coupled to an anode and the NPN transistor is coupled to a cathode. The circuit also includes a first resistor coupled between the anode and the base of the pnp transistor and a second resistor coupled between the cathode and the base of the npn transistor. A parasitic distributed bipolar transistor is formed between said first and second transistor to control triggering of the SCR.
US07986500B2
An ungrounded electrical power distribution system may experience a single line to ground fault. Such a fault may not disrupt operation of the system, but its presence may raise a risk of additional problems if left uncorrected. A system for progressively grounding the ungrounded system may be initiated when a line to ground fault is suspected. As grounding through successively lower impedance proceeds, fault current may increase and detection of severity of the line to ground fault may be more readily achieved, thus facilitating localization of the fault.
US07986498B2
A high performance TMR element is fabricated by inserting an oxygen surfactant layer (OSL) between a pinned layer and AlOx tunnel barrier layer in a bottom spin valve configuration. The pinned layer preferably has a SyAP configuration with an outer pinned layer, a Ru coupling layer, and an inner pinned layer comprised of CoFeXBY/CoFeZ wherein x=0 to 70 atomic %, y=0 to 30 atomic %, and z=0 to 100 atomic %. The OSL is formed by treating the CoFeZ layer with oxygen plasma. The AlOx tunnel barrier has improved uniformity of about 2% across a 6 inch wafer and can be formed from an Al layer as thin as 5 Angstroms. As a result, the Hin value can be decreased by ⅓ to about 32 Oe. A dR/R of 25% and a RA of 3 ohm-cm2 have been achieved for TMR read head applications.
US07986497B2
The invention is a magnetoresistive read head with an MTJ configuration having an ultra-thin tunneling barrier layer with low resistance and high breakdown strength. The barrier layer is formed by natural oxidation of an ultra-thin (two atomic layers) Al or Hf—Al layer deposited on an electrode whose surface has first been treated to form an oxygen surfactant layer. The oxygen within the surfactant layer is first adsorbed within the ultra-thin layer and the layer is subsequently naturally oxidized to produce a uniform and stable Al2O3 stoichiometry (or HfO stoichiometry) in the tunneling barrier layer.
US07986487B1
A fly height control system includes a weighting function module. The weighting function module applies coefficients from a window function in a time domain to digital samples to provide weighted samples. A first of the coefficients is applied to a first of the digital samples and a second of the coefficients is applied to a second of the digital samples. The first of the coefficients has a first magnitude that is different than a second magnitude of the second of the coefficients. The system also includes a harmonic sensor module that estimates a magnitude of a frequency in a frequency domain based on the weighted samples. The system also includes a head height control module that determines a height of a read/write head over a storage medium based on the magnitude of the frequency.
US07986483B1
A speed control system for a rotating storage device including a mode selection module configured to select an operating mode or a standby mode to operate the rotating storage device based on use of the rotating storage device and to select the standby mode after a first predetermined period during which reading and writing to the rotating storage device is not performed. The first predetermined period is selected based on a type of device in which the rotating storage device is implemented. The speed control system includes a speed control module configured to select a predetermined operating speed to rotate a storage medium of the rotating storage device when the operating mode is selected and to select a predetermined standby speed to rotate the storage medium when the standby mode is selected. The predetermined standby speed is (i) less than the predetermined operating speed and (ii) greater than zero.
US07986476B2
A camera device includes a housing, a lens module, a holder, an image sensor, a driving apparatus, and an elastic member. The housing includes a front housing and a back housing. The lens module is assembled on the outer surface of the front housing away from the back housing. The holder is received between the front housing and the back housing, the holder is movable along the optical axis of the lens module and defines a screw hole thereon. The image sensor is fixed on the holder and facing the lens module. The driving apparatus is fixed on the back housing, the driving apparatus includes a motor and a lead screw rotated by the motor, the lead screw is inserted into and meshing with the screw hole for moving the holder. The elastic member has two ends thereof connecting to the holder and the back housing respectively.
US07986474B2
There is provided an optical pickup actuator for actuating a lens holder having an object lens according to an interaction between coils and magnets. The optical pickup actuator includes a lens-seating portion formed on the lens holder to support the object lens and a lens guide portion protruding from the lens-seating portion to securely support the object lens. The lens guide portion has an adhesive confining groove in which adhesive can be injected to securely fix the object lens.
US07986468B2
A lens barrel including: an imaging optical system; a tube configured to contain the imaging optical system; a holder configured to hold a lens included in the imaging optical system in the tube in such a way that the lens is movable along a direction of an optical axis of the imaging optical system; a sensor unit configured to output a cyclic detection signal whose peak value changes depending on a movement amount of the holder; a memory unit configured to store a relationship between peak values of the detection signal and a position of the holder in the direction of the optical axis in advance; and an arithmetic processor configured to calculate a position of the holder in the direction of the optical axis from a peak value of a detection signal detected by the sensor unit in movement of the holder based on the relationship stored in the memory unit.
US07986465B1
Fluidic lens devices, and systems employing such lens devices, along with methods of fabricating and operating such lens devices, are disclosed. Certain of the disclosed structures permit fluidic lens devices to operate without valves that control fluid exchange between fluidic lenses and reservoirs. Also disclosed are fluidic lens devices that comprise a fluidic lens but no reservoir. Additional disclosed structures and methods permit fluidic lens devices to perform zoom and focus functions.
US07986453B2
A Raman amplifier that amplifies a signal light intensity by using a Raman amplification effect of an optical fiber transmission channel has an excitation unit that supplies excitation lights of a plurality of wavelengths to the optical fiber transmission channel and performs Raman amplification, a signal light monitor that monitors the signal light intensity of each wavelength contained in the signal light that is Raman amplified, an output light intensity deviation monitoring circuit that finds a deviation in the intensity of each signal light detected by the signal light monitor, and an excitation light control circuit that controls an excitation light intensity from excitation light sources of each wavelength constituting the excitation unit so as to correspond to a predetermined characteristic based on a deviation of the intensity of signal light found by the output light intensity deviation monitoring circuit.
US07986450B2
A polyurethane formed from an isocyanate, a polyether diol and a polyester diol, the polyester diol having a molecular weight less than about 2000, or comprising two polyester diol segments connected by a steric hindrance group, each of the polyester diol segments having a molecular weight less than about 2000, the molar ratio of polyether diol to polyester diol being in the range of from about 1:9 to about 9:1. The polyurethane is useful as a lamination adhesive in electro-optic displays, and in components used to form such displays.
US07986437B2
In a method, program, or device to generate or process a document data stream that comprises data relating to color management resources wherein processing of color-related data of the document data stream can be controlled, associating at least one indexed color management resource with the document data stream wherein with the management resource color-related data of the document data stream can be associated with multiple predetermined color palettes. Within a color palette, an index value is respectively associated with multiple color. Respective values regarding the index colors are stored in the color management resource. The values are associated with corresponding proportions of color tones to reproduce the respective indexed color. The color palettes are compared between the system that generates the document data and an output system that outputs the document data, the document data stream is structured.
US07986426B1
A system and/or method enables a typical PC user to add electronic paper processing to their existing business process. The system and/or method extends the notion of copying from paper passing through a conventional copier, to a process that involves scanning paper from a first device and copying the image of that paper to a remotely-located second device. The system and/or method can optionally copy paper from a first device directly into a business application residing on a network or on the Internet, or visa versa. The system and/or method includes software that manages paper so that it can be electronically and seamlessly copied in and out of devices and business applications without needing to modify the devices or applications.
US07986413B2
Methods and apparatus are provided employing rapid scanning continuous wave terahertz spectroscopy and imaging for the non-destructive evaluation of materials such as animal hides and natural cork, and explosive detection, concealed weapon detection, and drug detection. A system employing an aperiodic detector array and implementing phase modulation at 100 kHz significantly reduces the imaging time and enables interferometric images of a THz point source to be obtained at several frequencies between 0.3 and 0.95 THz.
US07986408B2
A device for optically detecting and distinguishing airborne liquid water droplets and ice crystals includes an illumination portion and a detection portion. The illumination portion outputs a circularly polarized illuminating beam. The detection portion receives circularly polarized backscattered light from moisture in the cloud, in response to the illuminating beam. The circularly polarized backscattered light is passed through a circular polarizer to convert it into linearly polarized backscattered light, which is split into two components. Each of the two components is optionally subject to further linear polarization to filter out any leakage-type orthogonal polarization. The two components are then optically detected and the resulting detection signals are used to calculate one or more parameters reflective of the presence or absence of airborne ice crystals and/or water droplets.
US07986406B2
Apparatus for obtaining the gas-phase electromagnetic radiation spectrum of a liquid sample, including an analysis chamber having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet and analysis chamber are such that, in use, liquid sample is drawn into the inlet through capillary action and vaporized therein. The vaporized liquid sample is maintained in the gas-phase within the inlet and the analysis chamber.
US07986402B2
A three-dimensional profile inspecting apparatus includes at least two optical inspecting apparatuses and a tilt angle adjusting mechanism. The tilt angle adjusting mechanism is equipped with the at least two optical inspecting apparatuses so as to adjust the tilt angles of the at least two optical inspecting apparatuses. When the tilt angles of the optical inspecting apparatuses are changed, the focuses of the optical inspecting apparatuses remain at a single position and a subject to be inspected is within the fields of view of the optical inspecting apparatuses. The three-dimensional profile of the subject can be obtained by building the images collected by the two optical inspecting apparatuses.
US07986401B2
Methods and apparatus to determine the orientation of randomly arranged birefringent fibers are disclosed. One method comprises emitting light, creating Ni polarization states of the emitted light, illuminating the birefringent fibers with the emitted light so polarized, thereby generating IRi internal reflection components of the light in the birefringent fibers, observing the light from the illuminated birefringent fibers, creating Oi polarization states of the observed light, forming Ii images of the observed polarized light, each image comprising an information (Ni, Oi, IRi), wherein i=1, 2, . . . , n and n≧3, separating the i-th internal reflection component from the i-th image, and calculating an angle of a neutral axis of the birefringent fibers using the IRi internal reflection components.
US07986400B2
A fingerprint imaging system configured to capture an image of a friction ridge pattern of a subject (e.g., a fingerprint, a palm print, a hand print, a footprint, etc.). The system may include one or more components that reduce the impact of ambient light on the performance of the system. In some implementations, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light without requiring additional power (e.g., to generate an increased amount of radiation) and without including “external” hoods and/or covers designed to block ambient light prior to the ambient light entering system. Instead, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light on performance by blocking ambient light internally within the system along an optical path of radiation used to electronically capture an image of the friction ridge pattern.
US07986398B2
A method and apparatus for determining gas velocity, which includes generating transmitted radiation having an expected transmission frequency, detecting backscattered radiation, and determining gas velocity in dependence upon any Doppler shift of the frequency of the backscattered radiation, determining a transmission frequency of the transmitted radiation; detecting any difference between the measured transmission frequency and the expected transmission frequency and generating a feedback signal therefrom, and determining gas velocity using said feedback signal.
US07986394B2
The object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having a flexural panel formed by bending the normal plan liquid crystal panel, which possesses an excellent display quality without the leakage of the light. The technical solution thereof is: the entire liquid crystal panel is bent to form a concave shape bend at the observer's side of the liquid crystal panel, that is, at a side of the CF substrate, towards the observer, so that the pitch at the horizontal direction of the respective pixels on the CF substrate is shorter than the pitch at the horizontal direction of the respective pixels on the TFT substrate, or to make said the same as each other and the width at the horizontal direction of the black matrix existing in both left and right end regions of the horizontal direction on the CF substrate, which is bent to a concave shape, is greater than the width at the horizontal direction of the black matrix disposing in the central section region.
US07986391B2
An exemplary liquid crystal display (50) includes plural integrated circuit bonding regions (51), plural flexible printed circuit bonding regions (52), and plural wires (53). Each of the wires includes a first branch (535) connecting to a corresponding one of the integrated circuit bonding regions, and two second branches (538). Each of the second branches connects between the first branch and a corresponding one of the flexible printed circuit bonding regions. The liquid crystal display can provide high reliability.
US07986387B2
An array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other to define a pixel region including a transmissive area and a reflective area surrounding the transmissive area; a thin film transistor having a gate insulating layer, the thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line; a first passivation layer having a drain contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a through hole exposing the substrate in the transmissive area; a pixel electrode on the first passivation layer, the pixel electrode contacting the substrate in the transmissive area through the through hole; and a reflective plate on the pixel electrode, the reflective plate being electrically connected to the drain electrode through the drain contact hole and to the pixel electrode.
US07986379B2
A data line and an amorphous silicon pattern are formed on a substrate. The first electrode pattern is extended from the data line and overlaps an edge of the amorphous silicon pattern. The second electrode pattern is made of the same metal as the first electrode pattern and overlaps the edge of the amorphous silicon pattern at an opposite side of the first electrode pattern. Edges of the first and the second electrode patterns are sharply formed so that a tunneling effect easily occurs through the amorphous silicon pattern. An indium-tin-oxide pattern for a capacitor is formed at the end of the second electrode pattern. The capacitor is formed between the ITO pattern and a common electrode.
US07986370B2
An apparatus and method for detecting vertical blanking intervals (VBI) is disclosed. The apparatus can identify and filter non-VBI signals, and calculate a level value for digitization corresponding to the type of television signals. The apparatus includes a detecting unit and a coupled computing unit. The detecting unit is for generating a detecting signal according to a television signal. The computing unit is for calculating a slope of the detecting signal, and for determining whether the television signal contains a clock run-in signal according to the slope.
US07986368B2
A digital photo frame with photographing function includes a digital frame, a lens module, a bracket, and a copy stand. The digital frame may further include a display module, a frame, a memory module, a control module, an input module, a power supply module, and a sense module. The display module is framed within the frame, and the lens module is disposed at a predetermined location on the frame. A paper photo can be disposed on the copy stand that is pivotally connected to the bracket. The input module can input a control signal to operate and control the lens module to copy photograph the paper photo into a digital photo and store the digital photo in the memory module and further display the digital photo on the display module.
US07986366B2
An optical low pass filter includes one portion that splits an incident light beam into plural light beams having a predetermined split width in a predetermined direction, and emits the light beams, and another portion that splits the incident light beam into plural light beams having a split width different from the predetermined split width in the predetermined direction, and emits the light beams.
US07986362B2
There is provided an image pickup apparatus including a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and an amplification element for amplifying and outputting a signal generated at the photoelectric conversion element, a load transistor for controlling an electric current flowing at the amplification element, and a potential control element for suppressing potential fluctuation in a first main electrode region of the load transistor which is an output side of the amplification element.
US07986353B2
An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array including a light-shielded area where light-shielded pixels are arranged, and an effective area where non-light-shielded pixels are arranged. Each of the light-shielded pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion unit, a first charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated in the first photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage, and a first amplification transistor functioning as a MOS transistor which receives, at the gate, the voltage converted by the first charge-voltage converter. Each of the non-light-shielded pixels includes a second photoelectric conversion unit, a second charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated in the second photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage, and a second amplification transistor functioning as a MOS transistor which receives, at the gate, the voltage converted by the second charge-voltage converter. The gate capacitance of the first amplification transistor is larger than that of the second amplification transistor.
US07986351B2
Luma adaptation for digital image processing. Luminance signals are separated from sensor RGB signals representing an image. A transfer function is obtained from the luminance signals. Using the transfer function, the sensor RGB signals are adjusted to adapt the luma of the image.
US07986349B2
A recording device including: a recorder recording data onto a recording medium on which tracks as units of audio data are grouped and managed by management information; and a controller generating an image file in which image data associated with one of each track recorded on the recording medium and each group managed by the management information is collected, and recording the image file onto the recording medium by the recording means.
US07986346B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image input unit which photo-electrically converts an object image to generate an image signal, a status determination unit which determines an object status in an image generated by the image input unit, an automatic image capturing instruction unit which starts an automatic image capturing operation as an operation to automatically store the image generated by the image input unit in the first storage unit when the object status determined by the status determination unit satisfies a predetermined automatic image capturing condition, and a shooting control unit which automatically stores the image generated by the image input unit in the second storage unit when the object status does not satisfy the automatic image capturing condition even upon the lapse of a predetermined time after the automatic image capturing instruction unit designates the automatic image capturing operation.
US07986331B1
Techniques for implementing a source lens for viewing and editing artwork are described, including receiving input indicating selection of an object, receiving another input indicating positioning a source lens over a portion of the object, the source lens being configured to reveal at least one underlying source of the portion, and revealing at least one underlying source of the portion.
US07986325B1
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for improving the flexibility and programmability of a graphics pipeline by enabling full access to integer texture maps within a graphics processing unit (GPU). A new mechanism for loading and unloading integer texture images is disclosed that enables the shader units within the GPU to have full access to integer values stored within an integer image buffer in a GPU local memory. New integer formats are added to the graphics API that indicate that data should be loaded and processed without the prior art conversion to a floating-point representation, thereby enabling the use of these new integer data types.
US07986322B1
Parallax compensation is described, including magnifying a portion of a region of a display using a lens, receiving a request to move the lens in a direction, and moving the portion relative to the lens in the direction in response to the request to move the lens to compensate for parallax at a first edge of the region.
US07986319B2
Techniques and a system for performing geological interpretation operations in support of energy resources exploration and production perform well log correlation operations for generating a set of graphical data describing the predetermined geological region. The process and system interpret the geological environment of the predetermined geological region from measured surface and fault data associated with the predetermined geological region. Allowing the user to query and filter graphical data representing the predetermined geological region, the method and system present manipulable three-dimensional geological interpretations of two-dimensional geological data relating to the predetermined geological region and provide displays of base map features associated with the predetermined geological region. The method and system automatically update the manipulable three-dimensional geological interpretations of two-dimensional data relating to the predetermined geological region, as well as calculate three-dimensional well log and seismic interpretations of geological data relating to the predetermined geological region.
US07986317B2
An display and a driving method thereof are capable of displaying images of desired luminance. The display includes a scan driver connected to scan lines, a data driver connected to data lines, pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines, the pixels being adapted to generate light while supplying an electric current from a first power source to a second power source, a power source unit for generating the first power source, and a compensating unit adapted to control a voltage value of the first power source.
US07986308B2
A method of detecting and interpreting a path of designated positions is disclosed. The method concurrently detects a plurality of designated positions on a touch panel, again detects the plurality of designated positions subsequent to a travel of the designated positions, determines the distances between each of the current designated positions and the respective immediately preceding designated positions, treats an immediately preceding designated position, closest to the current designated position of interest, as the immediately preceding designated position of the current designated position of interest, and acquires the path of each designated position, thereby recognizing the paths of the plurality of designated positions that move concurrently. A combination of the paths of the plurality of designated positions is interpreted to identify a designation input by a user, and an operation thus designated is executed.
US07986306B2
A user interface for receiving inputs from a user includes a touch sensitive surface having a plurality of regions where each region corresponds to a switch having a function. The user interface also includes an interface disposed on the touch sensitive surface over at least one of the plurality of regions. The interface comprises a material that is at least partially transparent and that is configured to provide tactile feedback to the user. The touch sensitive surface may emit light that is visible through the interface. The interface may further include a plurality of buttons disposed over the plurality of regions wherein the light is selectively provided to each of the plurality of buttons. The touch sensitive surface may include a display that is configured to provide text and graphics that are visible through the interface. The user interface may be mounted in, for example, a vehicle.
US07986298B1
Editing an image is disclosed. Editing may include receiving a marking on the image, activating a command interface in response to the marking, receiving a command via the command interface, and applying the command to a portion of the image, where the portion is determined based at least in part on the marking.
US07986296B2
A thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display comprises a display unit which contains a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines arranged to cross the plurality of scanning lines and defining a plurality of pixels, and a data driving circuit providing pixel data signals to the plurality of data lines. The pixels of each scanning line are divided into groups of N successive pixels, where N is an integer greater than 1. A polarity of the respective pixel data signals for the data lines within each group is the same as each other. The polarity of the respective pixel data signals for each successive group along at least one of the scanning lines alternates between a first polarity and a second polarity.
US07986292B2
An image line driving circuit has: an n-number of switching elements for sampling a k-number of gradation voltages inputted from outside and then sequentially supplying the gradation voltages to first to (n/k)-th groups of a k-number of image lines; and a shift register circuit for sequentially inputting sampling voltages to first to (n/k)-th groups of a k-number of switching elements to thereby sequentially turn ON the respective groups of a k-number of switching elements. The scanning line driving circuit sequentially supplies selected scanning voltages to an m-number of scanning lines. The image line driving circuit and the scanning line driving circuit are circuits built in a semiconductor chip mounted on the first substrate. A thin-film transistor has a semiconductor layer formed of amorphous silicon. When voltage levels of the k-number of gradation voltages inputted from outside are at 0 to 5V, the selected scanning voltages inputted to the gates of the thin-film transistors are 20V or more.
US07986289B2
An object of the invention is to repair a drain signal line easily. Each region enclosed by two gate signal lines adjacent to each other and two drain signal lines adjacent to each other that are formed on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one of transparent substrates that are opposed to each other with a liquid crystal interposed in between is made a pixel region. Each pixel region is provided with a switching element that is driven being supplied with a scanning signal from one of the two gate signal lines and a pixel electrode that is supplied, via the switching element, with a video signal from one of the two drain signal lines. A repair conductive layer is formed so as to be contained in each drain signal line when viewed perpendicularly with an insulating film interposed in between.
US07986285B2
A display device includes a pixel array unit and a driver unit. A sampling transistor samples a signal potential to hold the signal potential in a holding capacitor. A driver transistor flows a drive current to a light emitting element in accordance with the signal potential held. A power supply scanner in the driver unit changes a power supply line from a first potential to a second potential before the sampling transistor samples the signal potential. A main scanner in the driver unit makes the sampling transistor conductive to apply a reference potential from the signal line to the gate of the driver transistor and to set the source of the driver transistor to a second potential. The power supply scanner changes the power supply line from the second potential to the first potential to hold a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage off the driver transistor in the holding capacitor.
US07986280B2
A broad beam width antenna array, preferably having 360 degrees of azimuth coverage, which also has broad frequency bandwidth, for use in a wireless network system is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the antenna array comprises a planar dielectric substrate, micro strip elements on both sides of the dielectric substrate, and a corporate feed structure employing parasitic conductive beam width enhancing tubes as feed line conduits. The antenna array comprises dipole radiating elements formed on both sides of the dielectric substrate and a balanced feed network feeding each dipole arm. The shape of the dipole is symmetric and the overall structure, including feed network, preferably has a ┌-shape when viewed from either side of the dielectric substrate. Disposed proximate to each dipole arm are bandwidth enhancement coplanar micro strips which are parallel to each dipole arm and at least partially overlapping each other.
US07986279B2
One embodiment is a ring-slot radiator having: at least one radiating element having a characteristic of dual resonance, double-tuned in which an open ended strip and a cavity are structured to resonate at at least two different frequencies. Another embodiment may have: a ring-slot structure having at least one ring-slot opening on an infinite ground plane that forms a radiating element; a probe-fed strip structure that excites the slot; another ground plane underneath the strip; and a plurality of suppression elements around the ring slot to suppress parallel plate and surface wave modes.
US07986272B2
The present invention discloses an antenna apparatus including a dielectric substrate on which an element including a conductive material pattern is formed. The dielectric substrate is a film.
US07986271B2
Techniques are disclosed that allow for the detection, identification, direction finding, and geolocation of emergency personnel in a given multipath environment. For example, the techniques can be used to detect and identify multiple lines of bearing (LOBs) to an IEEE 802.11 emitter of an emergency responder that is inside a building or otherwise hidden from view. LOBs from multiple vantage points can be used to geolocate and/or track the emergency responder. The resulting geolocation can be plotted on a map display or model of the scene (e.g., building, etc) so the precise position of the emergency responder having the targeted wireless emitter can be known.
US07986267B2
Aspects of a method and system for customized full ephemeris compatible with standard AGPS network devices allows a GPS enabled handset to receive real-time full ephemeris from an AGPS server for calculating a position fix. The real-time full ephemeris may be generated at the AGPS server in response to one or more request for real-time full ephemeris from the GPS enabled handset. The AGPS server may be configured to provide fresh full ephemeris generated at smaller intervals such as every 10-15 minutes as approximated real-time full ephemeris. The generated real-time full ephemeris or fresh full ephemeris may be communicated to the GPS enabled handset periodically or aperiodically. Various predicted real-time full ephemeris or predicted fresh full ephemeris compatible with various standards may be generated via Short Term Orbits (STO) technology.
US07986264B2
A positioning system accurately estimates transmission times of signals from a signal transmitter and measures a position of a receiver on the basis of the transmission times. The receiver 10 comprises a velocity-vector calculating unit 12 calculating velocity vectors of GPS satellites 20 on the basis of signals from the GPS satellite; a satellite selecting unit 13 generating a combination of velocity vectors from the calculated velocity vectors and selecting a combination of GPS satellites from the GPS satellites on the basis of the combination of velocity vectors; a position calculating unit 15 calculating positions of the receiver 10 at a plurality of times, the times being signal transmission times, on the basis of signals from the selected GPS satellites; and a position-accuracy evaluating unit 17 evaluating the accuracy of the calculated positions of the receiver 10, setting one time selected from the plurality of times corresponding to the plurality of positions as a transmission time, and setting the position of the receiver 10 corresponding to the transmission time as an estimated position.
US07986262B2
A radar tracking apparatus and method are provided. The radar tracking apparatus includes an α-β tracking filter, wherein the α-β tracking filter includes: a tracking index unit calculating a tracking index for obtaining α and β filter gains of an α-β tracking filter, based on changes in the measurement error covariance of a radar-measured value that occur when the measured value of target is converted from a polar coordinate system to a rectangular coordinate system; and a filter gain update unit calculating the variations of α and β filter gains, based on the partial differential coefficient of the changing rate of the α and β filter gains with respect to the changing rate of the tracking index and the variations of the tracking index, and updating the α and β filter gains.
US07986259B2
A radar detection system for use with a motorcycle includes a main console that includes a single I/O interface, a detector and a controller that transmits an alert signal upon the detection of a radar or laser by the detector. The radar detection system also includes a visual alert that receives the alert signal from the main console, and a display which provides a visual display of the alert signal, with the visual alert being mounted to a portion of a motorcycle. The radar detection system further includes a wiring harness having a plurality of I/O interfaces, including a first I/O interface that is removably coupled to the single I/O interface of the main console, and a second I/O interface that is removably coupled to the visual alert.
US07986258B2
There is provided an analog-digital conversion cell being an analog-digital conversion cell that performs an N-bit analog-digital conversion (where N is a natural number) and including: a comparison circuit (202) comparing an analog input signal VI based on a plurality of reference voltages and outputting a first digital code DA selected from Q digital codes (where Q is a natural number equal to or more than 2N+1 and equal to or less than 2N+1−1) in accordance with a size of the analog input signal VI; a first logic operation circuit (203) outputting a second digital code DB selected from Q digital codes, which is expressed by DB=DA×KA+DB0 where a constant KA is a decimal number satisfying a condition of 1
US07986250B2
A successive requantizer, which serves as a replacement for a ΔΣ modulator in a fractional-N PLL or a DAC, and avoids spurious tone problems, thereby circumventing the tradeoffs that result from reliance on the common approach of making highly linear analog circuitry to avoid spurious tones. A successive requantizer fractional-N PLL of the invention has the potential to reduce power consumption and the cost of commercial communication devices. The successive requantizer performs digital quantization one bit at a time in such a way that the quantization noise can he engineered to have desirable properties such as non-linearity robustness. The successive requantizer is applicable to most high-performance digital communication systems, such as cellular telephone handsets and wireless local and metropolitan area network transceivers.
US07986239B2
Methods and apparatus to visualize locations of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged items are described. One example method includes receiving a request from a portable electronic device to access product information associated with an individual radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged item, determining a location of the product information in a database, transmitting the located product information to the portable electronic device for display thereon, receiving modified product information associated with the individual RFID tagged item from the portable electronic device, and storing the modified product information to the location of the product information in the database.
US07986232B2
The IR sensor is configured to be mounted proximate to a door to be monitored. The IR sensor has an IR transmitter and an IR receiver. The IR transmitter has an active period and an idle period. The IR transmitter transmits control data packets which are provided by the processor during the active period. The IR receiver has an active period for detecting IR data and reflected data packets. Each of the reflected data packets has a packet IR reflectivity. The memory stores a door IR reflectivity associated with a door surface of the door, and the processor compares the packet IR reflectivity to the door IR reflectivity to determine at least a door position of the door.
US07986220B2
Whether interruption is present in the connections of automatic door constituting units is detected.A plurality of automatic door constituting units (4, 8, 10, 12, 20, 24 and 26) are interconnected in such a manner that they can communicate with each other via a bus (2). The automatic door constituting units include a door controller (4) for controlling opening and closing of a door. The door controller (4) successively calls the other automatic door constituting units one by one via the bus (2), and the other automatic door constituting units send a response to the calling via the bus (2). The door controller (4) judges that the automatic door constituting unit the door controller (4) called is disconnected from the bus (2), when said called automatic door constituting unit does not send a response within a predetermined time after the calling.
US07986212B2
A fuse includes: a first connecting terminal to be connected to a power source; a second connecting terminal to be connected to a load; a third connecting terminal to be connected to a relay control circuit; a fuse element having one end to be connected to the first connecting terminal; and a semiconductor relay directly mounted on the second connecting terminal. The semiconductor relay is a relay circuit switching between conducting and non-conducting states of a connection between its own drain and source electrodes, according to control signals inputted to the own gate electrode. The drain, source and gate electrodes are electrically connected to the other end of the fuse element, the second connecting terminal and the third connecting terminal, respectively. The first to third connecting terminals, the fuse element and the semiconductor relay are formed in an integral structure with a mold resin sealing portion.
US07986208B2
A surface mount magnetic component assembly including a magnetic core having a side with a stepped external surface, a coil within the magnetic core, and terminal clips for making electrical connections to the ends of the coil. The ends of the coil extend through the stepped external surface, the terminal clips attach to the stepped external surface, and the external surface is mounted to a circuit board to complete electrical connection with improved reliability. Smaller component sizes with improved manufacturability and consistency result.
US07986201B2
The invention relates to electromagnetic wave guiding devices or waveguides (f<10 THz) and to processes for manufacturing these waveguides, which comprise at least one body (30) supporting at least one active wall (40). The body (30) of the waveguide is made from a volume of a ceramic selected from the following: silicon carbides, aluminum nitride, boron nitrides, and especially 3C cubic and 2H hexagonal varieties of boron nitride, diamond, beryllium oxide or assemblies of said materials. Applications: waveguides, filter cavities, reflectors and antennas for radiofrequency waves and microwaves, atomic clocks and particle accelerators.
US07986199B2
A band pass filter is suitable to be formed in a multi-layered circuit substrate of a wireless communication module. The band pass filter includes an input port, a first inductor, a first capacitor, a first parasitic capacitor, a second capacitor, a second inductor, a second parasitic capacitor, a third inductor, a third parasitic capacitor and a output. The input port, first inductor, first capacitor, second capacitor, third inductor and output port are sequentially electrically connected in series. The first parasitic capacitor is induced between the first inductor, first capacitor and a ground. The second inductor is electrically connected to the first capacitor, second capacitor and ground. The second parasitic capacitor is induced between the second inductor, first capacitor, second capacitor and ground. The second parasitic capacitor is electrically connected in parallel with the second inductor. The third parasitic capacitor is induced between the third inductor, second capacitor and ground.
US07986197B2
Simple and compact structures for an attenuator or resistor ladder can be implemented in a standard integrated circuit process as well as hybrid, thick or thin film ceramic processes, which allows metallization along with resistive components. The structure has the mathematical property that it attenuates an applied reference voltage logarithmically/exponentially along its length because of the natural solution of the Laplace equation for this type of geometry and contact configuration.
US07986192B2
Provided are a harmonic rejection mixer and a harmonic rejection mixing method. A plurality of oscillator signals having a ⅓ duty cycle and uniform phase differences may be generated and a differential or quadrature mixer with harmonic rejection may be realized by using the oscillator signals.
US07986191B2
A self-biased PLL includes a first charge pump and a second charge pump, an output terminal of the first charge pump is connected with a discharge-charge capacitor to output a control voltage, an output terminal of the second charge pump is connected with an output terminal of a bias generator for outputting a first bias voltage equal to the control voltage, wherein, a current output from the first charge pump is equal to a value obtained through dividing the production of a first constant with a bias current of a voltage control oscillator by a frequency division factor of a frequency divider; a current output from the second charge pump is equal to a value obtained through dividing the bias current of the voltage control oscillator by a second constant; and a multiple relation exists between an output resistance of the bias generator and an equivalent resistance of a differential buffer delay stage in the voltage control oscillator.
US07986188B2
A circuit includes a differential amplifier unit that receives an input signal at a non-inverting input thereof, a constant current source, a load circuit, an output transistor that receives an output of the differential amplifier unit as an input and drives a load circuit, a phase compensation circuit including a variable resistor and a capacitor connected in series between the input of the output transistor and a feedback path, an output current monitor circuit that detects an output current flowing through the output transistor, and a bias voltage generation circuit that varies a resistance value of the variable resistor in accordance with a result of the detection of the output current by the output current monitor circuit. A signal obtained by voltage dividing an output of the output transistor by resistors is supplied to an inverting input of the differential amplifier unit.
US07986182B2
A demodulator is provided for demodulating an amplitude-modulated input signal defined by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency modulated by a modulating signal, the demodulator including an amplifier stage having a gain and structured to receive the amplitude-modulated input signal, and a gain control stage coupled to the amplifier stage and configured to vary the gain of the amplifier stage according to the carrier frequency of the carrier signal.
US07986181B2
A calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance, the calibration circuit generating a calibration signal for calibrating the capacitance and including a calibration loop, suitable to carry out a calibration cycle in several sequential steps. The calibration circuit includes a controllable capacitance for receiving a control signal and including an array of switched capacitors selectively activated by the control signal to connect to a first common node that conducts a voltage value depending on the total capacitance value of the activated capacitors; an assessment unit for comparing this voltage value with a reference voltage to output a logic signal that can transition between first and second logic levels; a control and timing unit to receive the logic signal and change the control signal to carry out a subsequent calibration step that is provided at the end of the integration interval during a comparison interval of a preset duration, which allows a transition of the logic signal to occur prior to the beginning of the consecutive calibration step.
US07986169B2
A comparator circuit. A comparator circuit may include a differential amplifying unit to amplify a difference between a voltage at a first node and a voltage at a second node and/or output a resultant voltage, and/or a current source to supply a first bias current to a first node and/or supply a second bias current to a second node. A comparator may include a first bias switch to bias a current flowing from a first node to a ground voltage source, a second bias switch to bias a part of a current flowing from a second node to a ground voltage source, a third bias switch to bias a remaining part of a current flowing from a second node to a ground voltage source, and/or a bias converting unit to supply a third bias current to a second node.
US07986168B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes an arithmetic circuit that executes a program based on an operating clock signal input through a clock transfer node, an internal oscillator that generates an internal clock signal to be used internally, a watch dog timer that counts the internal clock signal, detect that a count value reaches a predetermined value of an execution time of the program in the arithmetic circuit and output a notification signal, and a clock monitor circuit that detects presence or absence of the operating clock signal in response to the notification signal.
US07986165B1
An apparatus is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the apparatus includes a a dynamic circuit structure that includes a dynamic node coupling a precharge circuit, a discharge circuit, and a gated keeper circuit. The gated keeper circuit is enabled by a signal from a discharge delay tracking circuit.
US07986163B2
A scalable non-blocking switching network (SN) having switches and intermediate (stages of) conductors that are used to connect a first plurality of conductors to other multiple sets of conductors in a generally unrestricted fashion within respective interconnect resources constraints. The SN can be applied in a wide range of applications, in tandem or hierarchically, to provide a large switch network used in network, routers, and programmable logic circuits. The SN is used to connect a first set of conductors, through the SN, to multiple sets of conductors in a given logic circuit hierarchy whereby the conductors in each of the multiple sets are equivalent or exchangeable, which in term, by construction, makes the first set of conductors equivalent when used in the next level of circuit hierarchy. The SN is scalable for large sized sets of conductors and can be used hierarchically to enable programmable interconnections among large sized circuits.
US07986159B1
With conventional redrivers used for external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (eSATA), there is no ability to indicated to a host that an external device (like a hard disk drive) is not present. As a result, power is consumed by a host because of nearly continual transmission of communication reset signals. Here, a redriver has been provided that includes a cable disconnect terminal and circuitry within a controller that is able to detect whether an external device is present. This redriver enables a host to be powered down or placed in a low power mode while also enabling the use an eSATA compliant connector.
US07986156B2
An exemplary aspect of an embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a plurality of test elements formed in an array on a semiconductor substrate, an address signal generating portion that generates an address signal corresponding to each of the test elements, and a digital-to-analog converter that converts the address signal into an analog signal and outputs the converted analog signal. The present invention enables to recognize which DUT is being measured.
US07986146B2
One exemplary embodiment is a method for detecting existence of an undesirable particle between a planar lithographic object, such as a semiconductor wafer or a lithographic mask, and a chuck during semiconductor fabrication. The exemplary method in this embodiment includes placing the planar lithographic object, such as the semiconductor wafer, over the chuck. The method further includes measuring a change in at least one electrical characteristic formed by and between the chuck and the planar lithographic object, such as measuring a change in capacitance between the chuck and semiconductor wafer, caused by the undesirable particle.
US07986143B2
A multicoil NMR detection and imaging apparatus allows multicoil NMR detection and imaging to be performed efficiently at low operating frequencies. The apparatus comprises an AC voltage generator, a transmit switching circuit, a coil switching network, an array of two or more detection coils, a set of receive switching circuits with one switching circuit for each detection coil, and a set of preamplifier circuits with input impedance substantially greater than the impedance of each respective detection coil at the intended operating frequency. The AC generator produces an alternating current waveform that is routed through one of more detection coils during transmit mode while the preamplifier circuits are isolated from the detection coil(s). During receive mode the AC generator is isolated from the detection coils to prevent noise from the transmitter from degrading the quality of received signals.
US07986141B2
A patient bed, in particular for a magnetic resonance apparatus, has at least one socket for accommodation of a plug of a device (in particular a local coil) to be arranged at the patient bed. A generation of a force generator that automatically assists or effects the insertion or the unplugging of the plug is built into the socket or is associated with the socket.
US07986140B2
Systems and methods for RF magnetic-field vector detection based on spin rectification effects are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises sweeping a quasi-static external applied magnetic field at a h-vector detector, measuring voltages across terminals of the h-vector detector when the detector receives a microwave, varying the angle between the external applied static magnetic field and the RF current, determining an angular dependence of the measured voltages, and calculating a magnetic-field vector (h-vector) component of the microwave. In another embodiment, a method comprises providing an array of h-vector detectors, each element of the array being positioned at a different angle with respect to each other, subjecting the array to an external swept quasi-static magnetic field, measuring voltages across terminals of each element of the array when the array receives a microwave, associating each measured voltage with a respective angle, and calculating at least one h-vector component of the microwave.
US07986125B2
Provided is a railway type feeder-lineless traffic system in which the weight of a vehicle is reduced while the structure of the vehicle is simplified, and it is possible to carry out a quick charge during a brief stopping time at a station or the like. A charging method in a feeder-lineless traffic system in which a vehicle mounted thereon with an electric storage unit runs on a predetermined pathway with the use of a power, and the electric storage unit in the vehicle is charged from a charger set up on the pathway, wherein a contact charging way in which a power feeder 24 connected to the charger 21 set up on the ground is made into contact with a power receiver 6 mounted on a vehicle 1 is carried out when the vehicle 1 comes to a stop, and a commercial electric power is converted by the charger and a charge control unit of the charger into a DC power which is chargeable direct into the electric storage unit 1, and the DC power is quickly charged into the electric storage unit through the intermediary of the power feeder and the power receiver while a current value of the DC power is controlled.
US07986124B2
Electrical systems, power supply apparatuses, and power supply operational methods are described. According to one aspect, an electrical system includes an electrical entity configured to utilize electrical energy, and wherein the electrical entity comprises a communications interface, and a power supply apparatus configured to provide the electrical energy for use by the electrical entity, and wherein the power supply apparatus comprises a support system, a plurality of battery assemblies configured to be removably coupled with and supported by the support system, wherein individual ones of the battery assemblies comprise at least one rechargeable electrochemical device configured to provide the electrical energy, at least one power terminal configured to couple with the electrical entity and to provide the electrical energy from the electrochemical device to the electrical entity, and a communications interface configured to implement communications with the communications interface of the electrical entity, and wherein the electrical entity and the power supply apparatus are configured to implement the communications comprising at least one of status information regarding the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus to the electrical entity and a command regarding an operation of the power supply apparatus from the electrical entity to the power supply apparatus.
US07986123B2
A handheld electronic device in conjunction with a holder for the handheld electronic device that together form an electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a first battery and the holder includes a second battery and a charging apparatus. When the handheld electronic device and the holder are electrically connected together, such as when the handheld electronic device is received in a cavity formed in the holder the charging apparatus charges the first battery on the handheld electronic device from the second battery on the holder when the first battery charge has been depleted to a given level and the second battery charge is above a second given level. Alternatively, if the first battery charge is above a third given level the first battery charges the second battery if the second battery is not fully charged.
US07986121B2
An inverter apparatus is for correcting deviations among current detectors of a three-phase motor. The inverter apparatus includes bidirectional switching elements that have on and off states in the cases in which there are 1 and 0 mean on- and off-states. The states are alternately repeated by controlling the switches, and measurement for correcting the deviations among the current detectors are obtained in the state Currents have the same amplitude flow on a U phase and a V phase. In the state of normal use, the inverter apparatus is operated by correcting detected current values based on the measurement data.
US07986112B2
An improved LED module that is thermally self-stabilizing, and that is able to be retrofitted into an existing flashlight is provided. In one embodiment, the LED module includes a light emitting diode, an amplifying circuit and a microchip. The amplifying circuit includes a temperature sensing device to sense heat from the light emitting diode. The output of the amplifying circuit is input to the microchip which output to a switching device that regulates energy that is delivered to the light emitting diode. The switching device may be part of a boosting circuit, a bucking circuit or an inverting circuit.
US07986109B2
A load driving circuit is disclosed that allows a charge pump circuit to operate at an optimum step-up ratio without frequently changing the step-up ratio. The load driving circuit includes a step-up circuit; a current setting circuit that sets a value of an electric current to be supplied to a load; a constant current circuit generating a constant electric current having the set value; a determination circuit; and a control circuit. In response to a load current setting signal, the current setting circuit sets the electric current to be maximum, and decreases the electric current step by step down to a preset value. Each time the electric current is decreased by one step, the control circuit changes the step-up ratio according to the determination results of the determination circuit, until the constant current circuit supplies the set electric current.
US07986105B2
A display and a method for driving a backlight thereof are provided. The display generates a control voltage and supplies the generated control voltage to a backlight driving unit in a step-wise manner. Accordingly, malfunctions of the backlight due to incomplete activation during initial driving, can be avoided.
US07986103B2
A method and a control apparatus for driving a lamp 14 in a lighting system, in particular a lamp having a fast response to a change of an amount of energy supplied through the lamp, in which a device controller 8 is connected with the lamp 14. The device controller 8 receives data values from a system controller 2 to change a light output level of the lamp 14. Upon receiving a data value which is different from a previously received data value the device controller calculates additional data values and distribute the additional data values in a following time interval to smoothen a transition between different light output levels of the lamp 14.
US07986100B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) string is provided. The LED string includes a power plug configured for connecting with a power source to power the LED string; one or more LED sockets configured for electrically connecting with the power plug; one or more LEDs configured for being installed on and electrically connecting with the LED sockets; and a control module configured for being electrically connected with anyone of the LED sockets. The control module includes a control circuit, an input terminal and an output terminal, the control circuit electrically connects with one of the LED sockets via the input terminal and the output terminal and controls a current flowing through the LED string to change from a first value to a second value, thereby controlling the LED string to light.
US07986098B2
Disclosed herein is a cathode potential control device for controlling a common cathode potential applied to a self-luminous display panel adapted to drive and control the light emission status of each of the pixels by active matrix driving, the cathode potential control device including: a cathode potential determination section adapted to read a cathode potential level from a table memory according to a current panel temperature, the cathode potential level being associated with a panel temperature so as to cancel the temperature dependent characteristic of a voltage which develops between anode and cathode electrodes of a self-luminous element during light emission, the level causing a drive transistor of the self-luminous element to operate in the saturation region; and a cathode potential application section adapted to develop a cathode potential associated with the determined cathode potential level and supply the potential to a common cathode electrode of the self-luminous display panel.
US07986097B2
A PDP includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of first discharge electrodes on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer covering the first discharge electrodes, a plurality of second discharge electrodes on the second substrate and intersecting the first discharge electrodes, a second dielectric layer covering the second discharge electrodes, and a sealing material between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient difference between the second dielectric layer and the sealing material is less than or equal to 13×10−7/° C.
US07986094B2
An electro-optical device for performing time division gray scale display and which is capable of arbitrarily setting the amount of time during which light is emitted by EL elements is provided. From among n sustain periods Ts1, . . . , Tsn, the brightness of light emitted by the EL elements during at least one sustain period is set to be always lower than the brightness of light emitted by the EL elements during the other sustain periods, and the sustain periods are extended by the amount that the brightness has dropped. In accordance with the above structure, the sustain periods can be extended by lowering the setting of the brightness of light emitted by the EL elements.
US07986091B2
According to the invention, the extractor is a reflection concentrator. The entry section of the extractor has a larger area than its exit section. The reflecting side walls of the extractor have a suitable shape so that it makes an angle called the cut-off angle θlim, which corresponds to a limiting wavelength λC-lim for transmission from this extractor for a given optical cavity. Applied to diode-based image displays, the invention broadens the viewing angles and improves the colour purity of the images displayed.
US07986090B2
The invention relates to a light-emitting component, in particular organic light-emitting diode, having an electrode and a counterelectrode and an organic region—arranged between the electrode and the counterelectrode—with a light-emitting organic region, which comprises an emission layer and a further emission layer and which, upon application of an electrical voltage to the electrode and the counterelectrode, is formed in a manner emitting light in a plurality of colour ranges in the visible spectral range, optionally through to white light, in which case the emission layer comprises a fluorescent emitter which emits light predominantly in the blue or in the blue-green spectral range; the further emission layer comprises one or a plurality of phosphorescent emitters emitting light predominantly in the non-blue spectral range; a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the fluorescent emitter in the emission layer is greater than a triplet energy for an energy level of a triplet state of the phosphorescent emitter in the further emission layer; and an at least 5% proportion of the light generated in the light-emitting organic region is formed in the visible spectral range as fluorescent light from singlet states of the fluorescent emitter in the emission layer.
US07986082B2
A fluorescent lamp according to the present invention includes: a glass tube 1 in which mercury and a rare gas are enclosed; a protective film 3 that is attached so as to cover an inner face of the glass tube 1; and a phosphor layer 4 that is laminated on the protective film 3. The protective film 3 has a thickness of 0.5 μm to 3 μm. Further, the protective film 3 is formed of inorganic particles and has a volume ratio of 0.1 to 0.5. Preferably, the inorganic particles are of at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, yttrium oxide, and calcium halophosphate.
US07986077B2
Grooves (2a, 3a) are formed in the tines (2, 3) of an oscillator, side surface electrodes (2e, 3e) are formed on the side surfaces of the tines, and groove electrodes (2d, 3d) are formed in the grooves, respectively. The width of the tines (2, 3) is fixed through the whole length of the tines, while, in a part close to the lower end of the tine, the width of the grooves (2a, 3a) is gradually reduced toward the lower end, whereby a trapezoid region (D) is formed between the side surface of the tine and the groove in this part, and a part of the region (D) is used as an arrangement region of an electrode (5c) which connects the groove electrode and the side surface electrode.
US07986073B2
The present invention combines electrostatic comb with parallel plate actuation in a novel design to create a robust low voltage MEMS Micromirror. Other unique advantages of the invention include the ability to close the comb fingers for additional reliability and protection during mirror snapping with over voltage.
US07986069B2
A first member (40a) has a magnet assembly (20) that includes a plurality of permanent magnets (10) held with their homopoles contacting one another. A second member (50a) includes magnet coils (30), and is designed to be changeable in position relative to the first member. The magnet assembly (20) generates the strongest magnetic field in a magnetic field direction lying in the homopolar contact plane at which the homopoles contact one another, the magnetic field direction being oriented outward from the magnet assembly (20) along the magnetic field direction.
US07986066B2
The invention relates to a jacketed axial magnetic bearing for a rotary machine having a rotor in contact with a gaseous atmosphere that is corrosive, acid, or carrying particles, the bearing comprising a rotor armature in the form of a disk secured to the rotor and placed in the gaseous atmosphere, and a stator magnetic circuit secured to a stationary support device and placed facing the rotor armature, the magnetic circuit of the stator comprising at least one coil and a ferromagnetic body placed in a metallic protective enclosure. The protective enclosure comprises firstly an annular support of channel section with a web and inner and outer flanges presenting a thickness of several millimeters and a length that is less than the length of the stator magnetic circuit, and secondly an annular jacket in the form of a channel-section cover machined from a solid piece and thus without welds, the jacket having inner and outer flanges and a closure web presenting a thickness smaller than the thicknesses of the inner and outer flanges, the free ends of the inner and outer flanges of the jacket being welded to the free ends of the inner and outer flanges of the annular support.
US07986060B2
A bipolar pulse generator includes two, two-conductor transmission lines coupled together with a load positioned between the two transmission lines. Each conductor of a transmission line we define as a segment. Two segments of one transmission line are charged and switchably coupled to two segments of the other transmission line to produce a bipolar pulse on the matched load. This bipolar pulse generator may be implemented in a flat or a folded design. The generator may include two transmission line structures coupled together with a load positioned between each transmission line structures. The first transmission line structure may include a stepped transmission line and an embedded transmission line segment. A switch may be coupled between the embedded transmission line segment and another segment of the transmission line structure. During operation, the first transmission line structure may be charged to a potential with the switch in the open position and, when the switch is closed, the charge on the first transmission line structure together with the second transmission line structure generates a bipolar pulse on the matched load.
US07986059B2
A charging system comprises circuitry adapted to devices to be charged, including a power receiver module embedded or molded into form-fit case, e.g., gel-skin, that attaches physically and electrically to the device to be charged and that effectively receives power either conductively or inductively from a power delivery surface of a recharging pad on which the devices are placed.
US07986056B2
The present invention provides a device for reducing energy waste. One aspect of the present invention provides an electrical adapter designed to mate with a pre-existing electrical outlet. The adapter includes a plurality of outlets along a surface thereof. At least one primary outlet is provided, the primary outlet controlling peripheral outlets so that when the power drawn by a device plugged into the primary outlet drops below a predetermined threshold, the power to the peripheral outlets is interrupted.
US07986048B2
A method of manufacture of a package-on-package system includes: providing a package substrate; attaching a semiconductor die to the package substrate; forming an encapsulant around the semiconductor die to have a bottom exposed surface coplanar with a bottom surface of the package substrate and to have a top exposed surface with through openings extending therefrom through the bottom exposed surface; and creating through vias by applying solder into the through openings.
US07986046B2
A semiconductor module including: a semiconductor chip in which an integrated circuit is formed; an electrode formed on the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the integrated circuit; an insulating film formed on the semiconductor chip and having an opening positioned corresponding to the electrode; an elastic protrusion disposed on the insulating film, a surface of the elastic protrusion opposite to the insulating film being convexly curved; an interconnect extending from over the electrode to over the elastic protrusion; an elastic substrate on which a lead is formed, the lead being in contact with part of the interconnect positioned on the elastic protrusion; and an adhesive maintaining a space between a surface of the semiconductor chip on which the elastic protrusion is formed and a surface of the elastic substrate on which the lead is formed. The elastic substrate has a first depression formed by elastic deformation. The lead is in contact with the interconnect on a surface of the first depression.
US07986042B2
A semiconductor device comprising: a first single crystal silicon layer comprising first transistors, first alignment marks, and at least one metal layer overlying the first single crystal silicon layer, wherein the at least one metal layer comprises copper or aluminum more than other materials; and a second single crystal silicon layer overlying the at least one metal layers; wherein the second single crystal silicon layer comprises a plurality of second transistors arranged in substantially parallel bands wherein each of a plurality of the bands comprises a portion of the second transistors along an axis in a repeating pattern.
US07986039B2
A wafer assembly comprises a wafer having a MEMS layer formed on a frontside and a polymer coating covering the MEMS layer. A holding means is releasably attached to the polymer coating so that the wafer assembly facilitates performance of backside operations on a backside of the wafer. The polymer coating is comprised of a polymerized siloxane.
US07986038B2
The present invention can prevent a lid from tilting when the lid is attached to a substrate. An electronic device 200 includes: a substrate 202; an electronic component mounted on the substrate 202; and a lid 100 including a cover portion 102 protruding in a direction opposite the substrate 202 and covering the electronic component and a flange portion 104 arranged at the periphery of the cover portion 102 and adhered to the substrate 202. A protrusion portion 106 protruding for a predetermined height in a direction of the substrate 202 compared to other areas of the flange portion 104 is arranged on the flange portion 104 of the lid 100.
US07986031B2
A primary molding product is formed by integrally forming a first lead frame and a second lead frame with a primary molding resin portion. In addition, in order to prevent separation of the first lead frame and the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion, a hook-and-hold portion for preventing separation of the first lead frame from the primary molding resin portion and separation of the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. Thus, a resin molding part capable of achieving suppression of increase in a thickness thereof without deformation or displacement of a lead frame and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.
US07986025B2
When a metal cap film is provided on an electric fuse, the break-ability of the electric fuse is reduced. A semiconductor device 1 includes interconnects 10, an electric fuse 20 and metal cap films 30. Both of the interconnects 10 and the electric fuse 20 are composed of Cu. The interconnects 10 and the electric fuse 20 are provided in the same layer in the interconnect layer 40. The metal cap films 30 are provided only on the interconnects 10 and not provided on the electric fuse 20.
US07986020B2
A flexible printed circuit board includes: a signal wiring pattern including: a transmission line for connecting an end of an optical device with an end of a signal generation circuit; and another transmission line for connecting another end of the optical device with another end of the signal generation circuit; a thin film resistor layer formed in a region including a region facing the signal wiring pattern so as to constitute a first microstrip line together with each of the transmission lines; a ground conductor formed in a region except a part of a region facing the thin film resistor layer within a region including a region facing the signal wiring pattern so as to constitute a second microstrip line together with each of the transmission lines; and an insulating layer formed between each two of the signal wiring pattern, the thin film resistor layer, and the ground conductor.
US07986015B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having first and second areas; an STI isolation region being made of an isolation trench formed in the semiconductor substrate and an insulating film burying the isolation trench and defining a plurality of active regions in the first and second areas; a first structure formed on an area from the active region in the first area to a nearby STI isolation region and having a first height; and a second structure formed on an area from the active region in the second area to a nearby STI isolation region and having a second height, wherein the surface of the said STI isolation region in the first area is lower than the surface of said STI isolation region in the second area.
US07986011B2
The invention provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device with an increased capability to discharge ESD generated current with a reduced device area. The ESD protection device comprises a grounded gate MOS transistor (1) with a source region (3) and a drain region (4) of a first semiconductor type interposed by a first well region (7) of a second semiconductor type. Second well regions (6) of the first semiconductor type, interposed by the first well region (7), are provided beneath the source region (3) and the drain region (4). Heavily doped buried regions (8,9) of the same semiconductor types, respectively, as the adjoining well regions (6,7) are provided beneath the well regions (6,7).
US07986003B2
A carrier storage layer is located in a region of a predetermined depth from a surface of an N− substrate, a base region is located in a shallower region than the predetermined depth and an emitter region is located in a surface of the N− substrate. The carrier storage layer is formed by phosphorus injected to have a maximum impurity concentration at the predetermined depth, the base region is formed by boron injected to have the maximum impurity concentration at a shallower position than the predetermined depth and the emitter region is formed by arsenic injected to have the maximum impurity concentration at the surface of the N− substrate. An opening is formed to extend through the emitter region, base region and the carrier storage layer. On the inner wall of the opening, a gate electrode is formed with a gate insulating film therebetween.
US07985994B2
Flux-closed spin-transfer torque memory having a specular insulative spacer is disclosed. A flux-closed spin-transfer torque memory unit includes a multilayer free magnetic element including a first free magnetic layer anti-ferromagnetically coupled to a second free magnetic layer through an electrically insulating and electronically reflective layer. An electrically insulating and non-magnetic tunneling barrier layer separates the free magnetic element from a reference magnetic layer.
US07985984B2
Provided is a semiconductor device that can reduce the contact resistance, has a small current collapse, and can improve the pinch-off characteristic upon a high-frequency operation. A field effect transistor using a wurtzite (having (0001) as the main plane) type III-nitride semiconductor includes: a substrate (101); an undercoat layer (103) of a first III-nitride semiconductor; and a carrier travel layer (104) of a second III-nitride semiconductor. The undercoat layer (103) (101) and the carrier travel layer (104) is formed on the substrate in this order. The field effect transistor includes source/drain electrodes (105, 106) in ohmic contact, and a gate electrode (107) in Schottky contact directly or via another layer on the carrier travel layer (104). The undercoat layer (103) has an average lattice constant greater than that of the carrier travel layer (104) and a band gap greater than that of the carrier travel layer (104).
US07985973B2
The invention provides a semiconductor light-emitting device package structure. The semiconductor light-emitting device package structure includes a substrate, N sub-mounts, and N semiconductor light-emitting die modules, wherein N is a positive integer lager than or equal to 1. Each of the sub-mounts is embedded on the substrate and exposed partially. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting die modules is mounted on the exposed surface of one of the sub-mounts.
US07985953B2
A detector of human emitted Blackbody radiation includes a plurality of series connected thermocouples. A lens can be associated with each of the thermocouples. Incoming radiation produces a different response in each of the thermocouples in accordance with a respective angle of arrival even from a motionless radiation source.
US07985950B2
A system and method of mass spectrometry is provided. Ions from an ion source are stored in a first ion storage device and in a second ion storage device. Ions are ejected from the first ion storage device to a first mass analysis device during a first ejection time period, for analysis during a first analysis time period. Ions are ejected from the second ion storage device to a second mass analysis device during a second ejection time period. The ion storage devices are connected in series such that an ion transport aperture of the first ion storage device is in communication with an ion transport aperture of the second ion storage device. The first analysis time period and the second ejection time period at least partly overlap.
US07985944B2
A steaming device (50) for a baker's oven including a steam generation chamber (55), located adjacent at least one heating element (25, 26) in an oven compartment of the baker's oven, the steam generation chamber (55) being closed at one end and having at least one steam outlet at or adjacent the other end; at least one heat sink member (57) in the steam generation chamber (55) to provide a heat source to convert steaming water introduced into the steam generation chamber 55) into steam; and a steaming water pipe (40) having at least one nozzle (41) operable to direct water into the steam generation chamber (55), the steaming water being convertible into steam within the steam generation chamber (55) and releasable to the oven compartment through the at least one steam outlet.
US07985943B2
A backup water heater for installation downstream of a water outlet of a thermosiphon solar water heater includes a corrosion resistant tank having a fin heat exchanger. A burner is supplied with gas from a gas feed valve system that includes at least one electrovalve connected to a cast body configured. A bimetallic temperature detector is disposed to detect the temperature of water in the tank, and a flow detector is disposed so as to activated by water flow through the tank. A first spark plug ignites the burner, and a second spark plug positioned to detect current changes in the first spark plug generated by ionization effect after the burner is ignited. An electronic controller is in operative communication with the various components to send a current to the first spark plug upon detection of a low setpoint temperature from the temperature detector and a detected setpoint flow from the flow detector. The electronic controller causes gradual opening of the electrovalve to supply gas to the burner to ignite the burner with the first spark plug. The electronic controller detects the change of current from the second spark plug and generates a visual display of normal operation, or closes the electrovalve and terminates operation of the water heater if the change of current is not detected within a defined time.
US07985938B2
Methods for reclaiming or reconditioning used tubulars are disclosed. One method includes performing non-visual, non-destructive inspection of used tubulars at a site of a reconditioning or reclaiming plant prior to the used tubulars being cleaned in preparation for reclaiming or reconditioning, followed by sorting the used tubulars based principally on the inspection. The non-visual, non-destructive inspection may be selected from magnetic flux leakage inspection, ultrasonic inspection, Eddy current inspection, acoustic emission inspection, and combinations thereof.
US07985936B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for indicating a closing operable state for an air circuit breaker and an air circuit breaker having the same. The apparatus for indicating a closing operable state for the air circuit breaker comprises a micro switch installed at a switching mechanism providing a driving force for switching contactors, provided with a lever extended into the switching mechanism so as to receive the driving force, generating and outputting an electric signal for indicating that the air circuit breaker is in a closing operable state, and provided with a signal transmitting terminal for transmitting the electric signal to a remote place, and an on coupling pressing the lever of the micro switch so that the micro switch generates and outputs the electric signal only when a closing spring for providing elastic energy for switching the contactors charges elastic energy and the air circuit breaker is opened.
US07985924B1
A coaxial transducer that uses lead zirconate titanate ceramic or other suitable material as an isolator between the conductors in a coaxial cable to transmit acoustic power at useful levels. The lead zirconate titanate ceramic is diced into thin disks and placed in between spacers made of much stronger insulating material. The coaxial cable is then integrated into a conventional double-armored steel tow cable with a typical diameter of 1″. This provides substantial longitudinal strength and provides crushing resistance to the lead zirconate titanate ceramic when the cable is being deployed or retrieved over a sheave under tension.
US07985923B2
A terminal crimping structure includes a terminal crimped to a copper alloy wire. The terminal has a crimping piece portion crimped to the copper alloy core wire portion. A rate of compression of the copper alloy core wire portion, of a particular diameter, by the crimping piece portion is determined from a relative relation between a parameter varying according to the ratio of (the cross-sectional area of the copper alloy core wire portion at a crimped portion)/(the cross-sectional area of the copper alloy core wire portion before crimping) and a parameter varying according to the ratio of (a cross-sectional area of an annealed copper core wire portion at a crimped portion)/the cross-sectional area of the annealed copper core wire portion before crimping) which is the rate of compression of the annealed copper core wire portion by the crimping piece portion.
US07985921B2
A system may include a solar cell, a support defining an opening over the solar cell and comprising a retention feature, and an optical element disposed within the opening. The optical element may include a location feature engaged with the retention feature of the support. In some aspects, the optical element includes an upper surface to receive concentrated light and a lower surface through which light passes to the solar cell, and the location feature is disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. The retention feature may be a lip defining the opening over the solar cell, and/or the location feature may consist of a notch defined by an edge of the optical element.
US07985919B1
Methods and devices are provided for improved thermal management for photovoltaic devices and assemblies. In one embodiment, the photovoltaic device comprises of at least one photovoltaic cell based on a thin-film photovoltaic stack deposited directly onto a thermally conductive substrate. The thermally conductive substrate is connected to a heat sink in a configuration to allow sufficient heat transfer that lowers a normal operating cell temperature (NOCT) of the photovoltaic cell, thus increasing the efficiency of the cell and the module.
US07985915B2
Characteristic amounts are calculated from each of multiple musical piece contents, and then time points when the characteristic amounts exceed a threshold are detected as cut points. Information on the cut point concerning each of the multiple musical piece contents is stored. Based on the stored information on the cut point, a judgment is made as to whether the multiple musical piece contents match each other.
US07985913B2
Methods and systems for converting digital music scores to Braille, and vice versa and for creating Braille and digital music scores directly from music keyboard entry. The system and methods are embodied in computer programs which can extract note data from a digital score or Midi file, and correlate the note data with Braille cell data in a computer processor. A digital Braille score is created from the Braille cell data, and can be output as an embossed score, as a printed simulated Braille score or on a refreshable Braille display. The computer programs can also create digital scores from input Braille scores. Hardware components can include a music keyboard having a processor, a digital storage device and an integrated refreshable Braille display.
US07985896B2
A soybean cultivar designated 21151712 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 21151712, to the plants of soybean 21151712, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 21151712 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 21151712 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 21151712, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 21151712 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 21151712 with another soybean cultivar.
US07985875B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic polycarboxylic acid by liquid phase oxidation of a di- or tri-substituted benzene or naphtalene compound, the process comprising a step of contacting the aromatic compound with an oxidant in the presence of a carboxylic acid solvent, a metal catalyst and a promoter in a reaction zone, wherein the promoter is an ionic liquid comprising an organic cation and a bromide or iodide anion. Advantages of this process include high conversion without severe corrosion problems otherwise associated with halogen-containing compounds as promoter. The process does not necessitate the use of special corrosion-resistant material or liners in the process equipment; thus offering savings on investment and maintenance costs and increasing plant reliability.The process of the invention is especially suited for production of terephthalic acid from p-xylene.
US07985872B2
A method for producing an olefin compound represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, and independently represent an alkyl group or the like, with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time, R3 represents an alkyl group or the like, which comprises contacting a palladium catalyst with an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same as defined above, in the presence of an inorganic base.
US07985870B2
The invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of substituted 2-cyanocinnamic esters. This novel economical process provides products in high purity and yields.
US07985869B2
As demonstrated herein, the ligand exchange chemistry of phosphine-stabilized Au11 clusters with ω-functionalized thiols is a powerful synthetic method that provides convenient access to a diverse family of functionalized Au11 clusters. The general nature of the presented ligand exchange approach, in combination with the ease preparation, makes this approach of broad utility. The approach is general and shows the high tolerance for a wide variety of functional groups. Mechanistic studies provided conclusive evidence that the Au11 core of the precursor particle remains intact during ligand exchange and showed that the ligand exchange of these particles follows a different pathway than for ligand exchanges of larger gold nanoparticles such as “Au101(PPh3)21Cl5”. Optical studies of the products show a strong dependence on the nature of the stabilizing thiol ligands.
US07985861B2
The present application describes substituted piperidinyl modulators of MIP-1α or CCR-1 or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and transplant rejection using said modulators are disclosed.
US07985859B2
The invention relates to processes for the preparation of clopidogrel and salts thereof. The inventors have developed a process for preparing racemic clopidogrel by racemizing R(−) clopidogrel. The process includes the step of reacting R(−) clopidogrel with a powered anhydrous base in one or more solvents.
US07985854B2
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods, compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed including those directed to nucleotide sequences for TAF1.
US07985848B2
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating diabetes or blood glucose control abnormality comprising gisenosides Rg3, Rg5, and Rk1 from natural substances; a use of a mixture comprising gisenosides Rg3, Rg5, and Rk1 for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating diabetes or blood glucose control abnormality; or a method for preventing or treating diabetes or blood glucose control abnormality by administering a therapeutically effective amount of mixture comprising gisenosides Rg3, Rg5, and Rk1 to a subject. The present composition can effectively prevent or treat diabetes, blood glucose control abnormality, and complication thereof.
US07985837B2
The present invention relates to two-component lantibiotics isolated from Bacillus sp. Methods for producing said lantibiotics are provided, wherein dehydration and cyclization of the peptides is carried out by two substrate-specific modifying enzymes. Given the antimicrobial activity of the instant lantibiotics, methods for preventing or treating bacterial infections are also provided.
US07985827B2
Described are polyester compositions comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, wherein said 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol contains certain cis to trans ratios; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.
US07985826B2
Unsaturated polyester compositions are disclosed that are obtainable by reacting: (i) plant and animal oil triglycerides, an alkyl ester of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid or mixtures thereof; (ii) a difunctional, or polyfunctional glycol or mixtures thereof; (iii) a difunctional or polyfunctional acid, their anhydrides or alkyl esters and mixtures thereof; (iv) a strained cycloolefin; (v) a component(s) that function as a compound capable of initiating polymerization at high temperature and which is stable at room temperature; and (vi) low profile additives, fillers, and reinforcements. Also disclosed are methods for the preparation of the polyesters and the use of the polyesters in closed and open mold compositions such as sheet molding compound (SMC), bulk molding compounding (BMC), resin transfer molding (RTM), pultrusion, infusion, filament winding, and spray up.
US07985825B2
Ethers of aromatic acids are produced from halogenated aromatic acids in a reaction mixture containing a halogenated aromatic acid such as is described by the structure of Formula II wherein each X is independently Cl, Br or I; the reaction mixture further comprising; (i) a polar protic solvent, a polar aprotic solvent or an alcoholic solvent containing the alcoholate RO-M+ (wherein M is Na or K), wherein the polar protic solvent, polar aprotic solvent or alcoholic solvent is either ROH or is a solvent that is less acidic than ROH; (ii) a copper (I) or copper (II) source; and (iii) an amino acid ligand that coordinates to copper, wherein the ligand comprises an amino acid in which the amine nitrogen and the carboxyl carbon are separated by no more than two carbon atoms.
US07985823B2
The invention aims at providing a process for the production of polycarbonate resin which is suppressed in discoloration and reduced in the content of crystalline foreign substance, gel, and so on. The invention relates to a process for the production of polycarbonate resin from raw materials, namely, an aromatic dihydroxyl compound and a carbonic diester through continuous transesterification by the use of a production unit provided with plural reactors, which comprises producing continuously an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 20,000 for a prescribed time before the termination of the continuous transesterification, discharging the polymerization fluid, cleaning the insides of the reactors with a mixture of the raw materials and then with an aromatic monohydroxy compound, feeding the raw materials and a catalyst to the reactors after the internal temperatures and degrees of vacuum of the reactors have reached respectively to levels falling within −5% to +5% of the levels preset for manufacturing operation, and then initiating manufacturing operation again.
US07985820B2
A non-water soluble polymeric surfactant is prepared by reacting a polymerized/bodied unsaturated oil with maleic anhydride followed by a further partial or complete reaction with an amine to form an amide; or an alcohol to form an ester.
US07985818B2
Methods for removing safrole from a sample, molecular imprinted copolymers that bind safrole, and methods of making the same are provided.
US07985815B2
A polymer comprising a first repeat unit comprising ArhX2 wherein ArhX2 comprises a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group and each X is the same or different and independently comprises a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group and a second repeat unit that is adjacent to the first repeat unit wherein each X that is part of a main body of the polymer backbone is directly conjugated to the second repeat unit.
US07985805B2
A polymer blend useful as an ion conductor in fuel cells includes a first polymer having a cyclobutyl moiety and a second polymer include a sulfonic acid group.
US07985798B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one fluorosilane and at least one aminosilane, a condensation product of said fluorosilane and said aminosilane, and a surface protective agent made thereof.
US07985796B2
This invention relates a copolymer (D) containing (A) methacrylic polymer units each having, at an end thereof, at least one group represented by the below-described formula (1) and (B) units of an aromatic vinyl monomer, wherein a weight ratio (A:B) of the units (A) to the units (B) is A:B=5 to 95:95 to 5; and its use. The present invention can provide inter alia a copolymer useful as a pigment dispersant or the like capable of affording pigment dispersions useful for inkjet inks, colors for color filters, and other applications.
US07985795B2
A polymer composition with blocks of hydrophobes attached to or within the backbone of an associative thickener. The blocks are composed of two or more units of the same or different hydrophobes whereby the hydrophobe is reversibly switched between being hydrophilic and hydrophobic in nature. When the hydrophobe is rendered hydrophilic, the aqueous thickener is pourable and readily incorporated into aqueous polymer compositions. When this hydrophobe is rendered hydrophobic, the thickener performs its thickening function efficiently, especially in tinted systems. Switching is readily accomplished by adjusting the pH of the associative thickener composition and the aqueous polymer composition being thickened.
US07985794B2
A starch-polyester graft copolymer and chemically modified starch-polyester graft copolymer composition comprising a chemically modified starch or chemically modified starch-nanoclay product is described. The composition can be produced continuously in a twin-screw co-rotating extruder. The starch-polyester graft copolymer can be solvent cast, melt cast and blown into clear transparent film particularly for use in single use disposable applications and can be biodegradable.
US07985788B2
The invention provides a flame retardant resin composition containing a polyalkylene furan dicarboxylate represented by the following formula (1), an aromatic polycarbonate, a phosphazene compound represented by the following formula (2) and a fluorine-containing compound: wherein m and n1 are each an integer of 2 or more; wherein n2 is an integer of 2 or more, and R1 and R2 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aryl group.
US07985785B2
An ink composition of the present invention is disclosed, which contains (i) a sensitizing dye represented by the following Formula (I); (ii) at least one polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of α-aminoketones and acyl phosphine oxides; and (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing polymerizable compound. In Formula (I), X represents O, S or NR; n represents an integer of 0 or 1; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group; R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R1 and R2, R2 and R3, and R3 and R4 may be connected to each other to form a ring; and R5 or R6 may be connected to R7 or R8 to form an aliphatic ring but not to form an aromatic ring.
US07985780B2
A cylindrical molding based on cellular polyurethane elastomers having a density according to DIN EN ISO 845 of from 300 to 900 kg/m3, a tensile strength according to DIN EN ISO 1798 of ≧2.0 N/mm2, an elongation at break according to DIN EN ISO 1798 of ≧200% and a tear propagation resistance according to DIN ISO 34-1 B (b), of ≧8 N/mm, wherein the cellular polyurethane elastomer is based on the reaction (i) of a prepolymer having isocyanate groups and based on (a) methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and (b1) polyetherdiol having a molecular weight of from 1500 g/mol to 3000 g/mol and based on propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide, with (ii) a crosslinking component comprising (b2) polyetheralcohol having a nominal functionality with respect to isocyanates of from 2 to 3 and a molecular weight of from 1500 g/mol to 6000 g/mol and based on propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide, (c2) diol having a molecular weight of from 62 g/mol to 499 g/mol, (d) water and (e) catalysts, the polyols (b) present in the cylindrical molding and comprising (b1) and (b2) having an average polyol molar mass of less than 3900 g/mol.
US07985776B2
A method of delivering a curcuminoid to a patient, which includes iontophoretically delivering a charged curcuminoid across the skin of an Alzheimer's Disease patient.
US07985774B2
The present invention relates to the use of 3,5-seco-4-nor-cholestane derivatives for obtaining a cytoprotective drug, with the exception of a neuroprotective drug, notably a cardioprotective or hepatoprotective drug.
US07985745B2
This invention discloses a method of treating pain by administering histamine H4 receptor ligands and compositions comprising the same.
US07985743B1
A topical pain reliever and method of making the same is disclosed. The topical pain reliever may comprise effective amounts of water, glycerine, analgesic agent such as salicylic acid or a derivative thereof, and alcohol. The method of making the topical pain reliever may maintain the analgesic agent in suspension within a solution. The topical pain reliever may be applied to the skin of a user to provide pain relief without ingestion of the composition, thereby potentially avoiding adverse side effects.
US07985739B2
Methods and compositions for introducing a nucleic acid into the genome of a cell are provided. In the subject methods, a Sleeping Beauty transposon that includes the nucleic acid is introduced into the cell along with a source of a mutant Sleeping Beauty transposase that provides for enhanced integration as compared to the wild-type Sleeping Beauty transposase having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:01. Introduction of the mutant Sleeping Beauty Transposase and transposon results in integration of the nucleic acid into the cell genome. Also provided are mutant transposases and transposons, as well as systems and kits thereof, that find use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications.
US07985736B2
The present invention relates to compositions to treat CaV2 disorders. The invention also relates to methods treating CaV2 disorders. The invention further relates to kits for treating CaV2 disorders in a subject. The invention further relates to methods of identifying novel treatments for treating Cav2 disorders in a subject.
US07985727B1
A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a synthetic apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including a synthetic apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide, or combination of an Apo A-I synthetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of an endogenous Apo A-I related peptide. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) synthetic peptide in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid backbone that has less amino acid residues relative to endogenous Apo A-I and a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of Apo A-I.
US07985725B2
This disclosure relates to ultra concentrated liquid laundry detergent (e.g., 3×+ ultra concentrated liquid laundry detergent). For example, this disclosure relates to ultra concentrated liquid laundry detergent having superior water dispersibility at low temperatures (e.g., from about 14° C. to about 19° C.).
US07985719B2
The invention relates to a cutting and lubricating suspension composition containing gelatinous particles for cutting hard and brittle material with a wire saw. The composition contains an in situ partially neutralized polyelectrolyte and a glycol which suspends abrasive particles used in the cutting operation.
US07985716B2
Multiplexed affinity purification and thermal dissociation prior to biochip hybridization simplifies uncharacterized sample admixtures, thereby minimizing or eliminating sample interferents, improving hybridization specificity on a microarray detector, and minimizing or eliminating the need for post-hybridization thermal dissociation analysis. An integrated thermo-affinity sample preparation sub-circuit for sample purification and enrichment is described that is consistent with a field-portable form factor and analytical processes. Thermo-affinity sample preparation on model admixtures of varying complexity was efficacious.
US07985713B2
A magnesium boride thin film having a B-rich composition represented by the general formula of MgBx (x=1 to 10) and a superconducting transition temperature of 10K or more has superior crystallinity and orientation and is used as a superconducting material. This thin film is formed by maintaining a film forming environment in a high vacuum atmosphere of 4×10−5 Pa or less, and simultaneously depositing Mg and B on a substrate maintained at a temperature of 200° C. or less so as to grow the film at a growth rate of 0.05 nm/sec or less. It is preferable to supply an Mg vapor and a B vapor into the film forming environment at an Mg/B molar ratio of 1/1 to 12/1.
US07985711B2
To provide a thermosensitive recording material that is superior in uniformity, makes it possible to obtain images with high glossiness and has less curl, in which a synthetic paper having a multilayer structure serves as a support. Specifically, there is a thermosensitive recording material including: a support, and a thermosensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer on the support, wherein the support is a synthetic paper having a multilayer structure, and an inorganic pigment is contained only in a base layer of the synthetic paper; also, two layers which are formed solely of polypropylene and which contain no inorganic pigment are laid one on top of the other on the base layer containing an inorganic pigment; further, all layers are biaxially stretched.
US07985710B2
The present invention relates to a novel composite metal oxide catalyst, a method of making the catalyst, and a process for producing synthesis gas using the catalyst. The catalyst may be a nickel and cobalt based dual-active component composite metal oxide catalyst. The catalyst may be used to produce synthesis gas by the carbon dioxide reforming reaction of methane. The catalyst on an anhydrous basis after calcinations has the empirical formula: M a m + N b n + Al c 3 + Mg d 2 + O ( am 2 + bn 2 + 3 2 c + d ) Mm+ and Nn+ are two transition metals serving as dual-active components and selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Mo, Cu, Zn or mixtures thereof, a+b+c+d=1, and 0.001≦a≦0.8, 0.001≦b≦0.8, 0.1≦c≦0.99, 0.01≦d≦0.99.
US07985704B2
A method of regenerating an absorbent includes preparing a reactor having a gas inlet portion and a discharge portion, filling the reactor with a reforming catalyst and an absorbent for absorbing carbon dioxide, feeding the feedstock gas and the steam via the gas inlet portion to the reactor to allow a steam reforming reaction to take place, allowing the absorbent to absorb carbon dioxide generated with hydrogen at the steam reforming reaction, and releasing the carbon dioxide from the absorbent after the carbon dioxide absorption capacity of the absorbent has been degraded. In this method, the temperature in an inside of the reactor is set to 625° C. or more at the release of the carbon dioxide, and an inert gas is fed via the discharge portion to the reactor.
US07985703B2
A coating suitable for use as a wear-resistant coating for a gas turbine engine component comprises a lubricating material and a hard carbide material.
US07985702B2
A woven fabric for an airbag includes a synthetic fiber woven fabric having a cover factor of 2000 to 2500 in which at least one side thereof is coated with a synthetic resin. Air permeability of the woven fabric under a pressure difference of 100 kPa is 0.01 to 1.00 L/cm2/min. A resin film is present at an upper part of a single yarn at a thickness of 2 μm or less on a central cross section of a weaving yarn part. A resin film is present at an upper part of a single yarn at a thickness of 2 to 30 μm on a cross section at a border between weaving yarn parts. The synthetic resin can be a polyamide-based resin that includes a polyether compound of a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5000 as a soft segment.
US07985700B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device utilizing the step of forming a first insulating film of a porous material over a substrate; the step of forming on the first insulating film a second insulating film containing a silicon compound containing Si—CH3 bonds by 30-90%, and the step of irradiating UV radiation with the second insulating film formed on the first insulating film to cure the first insulating film. Thus, UV radiation having the wavelength which eliminates CH3 groups is sufficiently absorbed by the second insulating film, whereby the first insulating film is highly strengthened with priority by the UV cure, and the first insulating film can have the film density increased without having the dielectric constant increased.
US07985693B2
An area where a lower electrode is in contact with a variable resistance material needs to be reduced to lower the power consumption of a variable resistance memory device. The present invention is to provide a method of producing a variable resistance memory element whereby the lower electrode can be formed smaller. Combining an anisotropic etching process with an isotropic etching process enables the lower electrode to be formed smaller.
US07985685B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, the method includes forming a coated film by coating a solution containing a solvent and an organic component above an insulating film located above a semiconductor substrate and having a recess, baking the coated film at a first temperature which does not accomplish cross-linking of the organic component to obtain an organic film precursor, polishing the organic film precursor using a slurry containing resin particles to leave the organic film precursor in the recess, baking the left organic film precursor at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature to remove the solvent to obtain a first organic film embedded in the recess, forming a second organic film on the insulating film, thereby obtaining an underlying film, forming an intermediate layer and a resist film successively above the underlying film, and subjecting the resist film to patterning exposure.
US07985683B2
A method of treating a semiconductor substrate has forming convex patterns over the semiconductor substrate by dry etching, cleaning and modifying a surface of the convex patterns by using chemical, forming a hydrophobic functional surface on the modified surface of the convex patterns, after forming the hydrophobic functional surface, rinsing the semiconductor substrate by using water, drying the semiconductor substrate, and removing the hydrophobic functional group from the hydrophobic functional surface of the convex patterns.
US07985679B2
An atomic layer deposition method includes providing a semiconductor substrate within a deposition chamber. A first metal halide-comprising precursor gas is flowed to the substrate within the chamber effective to form a first monolayer on the substrate. The first monolayer comprises metal and halogen of the metal halide. While flowing the first metal halide-comprising precursor gas to the substrate, H2 is flowed to the substrate within the chamber. A second precursor gas is flowed to the first monolayer effective to react with the first monolayer and form a second monolayer on the substrate. The second monolayer comprises the metal. At least some of the flowing of the first metal halide-comprising precursor gas, at least some of the flowing of the H2, and at least some of the flowing of the second precursor gas are repeated effective to form a layer of material comprising the metal on the substrate.
US07985676B2
To form a semiconductor device, an insulating layer is formed over a conductive region and a pattern transfer layer is formed over the insulating layer. The pattern transfer layer is patterned in the reverse tone of a layout of recesses to be formed in the insulating layer such that the pattern transfer layer remains over regions where the recesses are to be formed. A mask material is formed over the insulating layer and is aligned with the pattern transfer layer. Remaining portions of the pattern transfer layer are removed and recesses are etched in the insulating layer using the mask material as a mask.
US07985672B2
A method of attaching a solder ball to a bonding pad includes disposing flux on the bonding pad, attaching a conductive metal ring to the pad using the flux, and placing the solder ball in the ring. A reflow operation is performed that secures the ring to the pad and melts the solder ball into and around the ring. A solder joint is formed between solder ball and the pad, with the ring secured within the ball. Use of the ring allows for higher stand-off height to be achieved with similar solder ball size, without having to use bigger ball size as in the conventional method, which causes solder ball bridging. With higher stand-off height, better board level reliability performance can be obtained.
US07985671B2
Structures with improved solder bump connections and methods of fabricating such structures are provided herein. The method includes forming an upper wiring layer in a dielectric layer and depositing one or more dielectric layers on the upper wiring layer. The method further includes forming a plurality of discrete trenches in the one or more dielectric layers extending to the upper wiring layer. The method further includes depositing a ball limiting metallurgy or under bump metallurgy in the plurality of discrete trenches to form discrete metal islands in contact with the upper wring layer. A solder bump is formed in electrical connection to the plurality of the discrete metal islands.
US07985666B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing silicon nanowires including: forming a silicon nanodot thin film having a plurality of silicon nanodots exposed on a substrate; and growing the silicon nanowires on the silicon nanodot thin film using the silicon nanodots as a nucleation site. The silicon nanowires can be manufactured using the silicon nanodot thin film disposed in a silicon nitride matrix, as a nucleation site instead of using catalytic metal islands, wherein the silicon nanodot thin film includes the silicon nanodots.
US07985645B2
A semiconductor device having a high aspect cylindrical capacitor and a method for fabricating the same is presented. The high aspect cylindrical type capacitor is a stable structure which is not prone to causing bunker defects and losses in a guard ring. The semiconductor device includes the cylindrical type capacitor structure, a storage node oxide, a guard ring hole, a conductive layer, and a capping oxide. The cylindrical type capacitor structure in a cell region includes a cylindrical type lower electrode, a dielectric and an upper electrode. The storage node oxide is in a peripheral region over the semiconductor substrate. The conductive layer coating the guard ring hole. The guard ring hole at a boundary of the peripheral region that adjoins the cell region over the semiconductor substrate. The capping oxide partially fills in a part of the conductive layer. The gapfill film filling in the rest of the conductive layer.
US07985644B1
Transistor structures for relatively even current balancing within a device and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. These devices can be used in relatively compact MOSFET Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection structures, such as in snapback devices. One embodiment utilizes a salisided exclusion layer for segmentation of the source and/or drain diffusion areas, while the others utilize poly for segmentation of the source and/or drain area. Also, diffusion is used generically herein and, for example, includes implants. These techniques provide relatively good ESD tolerance while consuming a relatively small amount of area, and provide significant area and parasitic capacitance reduction over the state of the art without sacrificing ESD performance. These techniques are also applicable to current balancing within relatively high current devices, such as drivers.
US07985641B2
A semiconductor device has: a semiconductor substrate made of a first semiconductor material; an n-channel field effect transistor formed in the semiconductor substrate and having n-type source/drain regions made of a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material; and a p-channel field effect transistor formed in the semiconductor substrate and having p-type source/drain regions made of a third semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, wherein the second and third semiconductor materials are different materials. The semiconductor device having n- and p-channel transistors has improved performance by utilizing stress.
US07985631B2
A method for packaging an integrated circuit. A barrier metal pattern is disposed on a baseplate. A conductive layer is disposed on the barrier metal pattern. A photoresist having a pattern is applied to the conductive layer. A via is then disposed on the conductive layer. An integrated circuit is coupled to the via and encapsulated. Then, at least a part of the baseplate is removed. An integrated circuit package is produced by the method.
US07985624B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: arranging multiple dies planarly between a first lead frame plate and a second lead frame plate, which face each other, to connect the multiple semiconductor chips to each of the first lead frame plate and the second lead frame plate; filling a resin between the first lead frame plate and the second lead frame plate to seal the multiple dies; performing a first dicing on a laminated body including the first lead frame plate, the resin, and the second lead frame plate, between the adjacent dies, to separate at least the first lead frame plate by cutting; applying plating to the laminated body with at least the first lead frame plate being separated by cutting; and performing a second dicing on a remainder of the laminated body between the adjacent dies, to separate the laminated body into individual semiconductor devices.
US07985616B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes providing a wafer including multiple cells, each cell including at least one emitter, and performing a lithographic operation on the wafer. The lithographic operation comprises forming heater trenches adjacent the emitters, each heater trench having a width that extends over at least respective portions of two cells. Other embodiments are also described.
US07985615B2
The present invention relates to embodiments of TPV cell structures based on carbon nanotube and nanowire materials. One embodiment according to the present invention is a p-n junction carbon nanotube/nanowire TPV cell, which is formed by p-n junction wires. A second embodiment according to the present invention is a carbon nanotube/nanowire used as a p-type (or n-type), and using bulk material as the other complementary type to a form p-n junction TPV cell. A third embodiment according to the present invention uses a controllable Schottky barrier height between a one-dimensional nanowire and a metal contact to form the built-in potential of the TPV cells.
US07985603B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method comprises forming conductive and ferroelectric material layers on a semiconductor substrate. The material layers are patterned to form electrodes and a ferroelectric layer of a ferroelectric capacitor, wherein a conductive residue is generated on sidewalls of the ferroelectric capacitor as a by-product of the patterning. The method also comprises removing the conductive residue using a physical plasma etch clean-up process that includes maintaining a substrate temperature that is greater than about 60° C.
US07985595B2
Disclosed herein is a method for extracting a biosubstance from a root of a hair, including the step of using as the hair a hair that has pulling force of at least a predetermined reference value to pull out the hair.
US07985582B2
DNA plasmids containing sequences coding for different fragments of 185neu oncoprotein which are able to induce an immune response against p185neu-overexpressing tumors, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are described.
US07985577B2
Waste material is screened to produce unders and overs, the overs are treated to produce a partially hydrolyzed biomass, and the partially hydrolyzed biomass and the unders are anaerobically digested. Treating the overs includes fermenting and mixing the overs with an aerotolerant anaerobic bacteria in a controlled environment, such as a rotating drum, while air is passed through the controlled environment. The moisture content, pH, and biological content of the overs can be adjusted before the overs are treated. Volatile fatty acids from the air passed through the controlled environment can be collected for anaerobic digestion or can be recirculated back into the controlled environment. The cleansed air can also be recycled back into the controlled environment.
US07985566B2
The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use.The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.
US07985563B2
The present invention provides methods of identifying compounds that decrease proline hydroxylation of the alpha subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIFα).
US07985557B2
Certain disclosed embodiments of the present invention concern the synthesis, derivatization, conjugation to immunoglobulins and signal amplification based on discrete, relatively short polymers having plural reactive functional groups that react with plural molecules of interest. Reactive functional groups, such as hydrazides, may be derivatized with a variety of detectable labels, particularly haptens. The remaining reactive functional groups may be conjugated directly to a specific binding molecule, such as to the oxidized carbohydrate of the Fc region of the antibody. Disclosed conjugates display large signal amplification as compared to those based on molecules derivatized with single haptens, and are useful for assay methods, particularly multiplexed assays.
US07985539B2
The invention encompasses reagents comprising particles with at least one Raman dye and a specific binding members bound thereto and methods of using such reagents. The invention also encompasses reagents of a specific binding member and two or more different Raman dyes and methods for using such reagents. New types of particle probes having a specific binding member bound thereto are described. These reagents are used in a novel detection strategy that utilizes the catalytic properties of the Au nanoparticles to generate a silver coating that can behave as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) promoter for the dye-labeled particles that have been captured by target and an underlying chip in microarray format. The strategy provides the high sensitivity and high selectivity attributes of grey-scale scanometric detection but provides a route to multiplexing and ratioing capabilities since a very large number of probes can be designed based upon the concept of using a Raman tag as a spectroscopic fingerprint in detection. These spectra are used as fingerprints to differentiate oligonucleotide or other targets in one solution. This method has been used to distinguish six dissimilar DNA targets with six Raman labeled nanoparticle probes, and also two RNA targets with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
US07985533B2
Provided is an all-in-one type light guide plate including a plurality of prism-shaped structures that are integrally formed on the all-in-one light guide plate and which totally internally reflect light incident from a light source and emit the totally internally reflected light.
US07985530B2
An enhanced process forming a material pattern on a substrate deposits the material anisotropically on resist material patterned to correspond to an image of the material pattern. The material is etched isotropically to remove a thickness of the material on sidewalls of the resist pattern while leaving the material on a top surface of the resist pattern and portions of the surface of the substrate. The resist pattern is removed by dissolution thereby lifting-off the material on the top surface of the resist pattern while leaving the material on the substrate surface as the material pattern. Alternately, a first material layer is deposited on the resist pattern and a second material layer is deposited and planarized. The second material layer is etched exposing the first material while leaving the second material in features of the resist pattern. The first material and the resist are removed leaving the first material pattern.
US07985526B2
The present disclosure provides methods for incorporating a dye into latex particles via a supercritical fluid microencapsulation technique, in order to achieve improved dispersion of a colorant in the latex and an increase in color gamut.
US07985525B2
A method for producing a developing agent, includes preparing a dispersion of particles containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and forming toner particles by aggregating and fusing the particles, in which the number of coarse particles having a particle size of 0.6 μm or larger after the solid concentration of the dispersion of particles is adjusted to 1 ppm is less than 3,000 per μL.
US07985518B2
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit configured to form a latent electrostatic image on the latent electrostatic image bearing member, at least three developing units each configured to develop the latent electrostatic image using a toner to form a visible image, a transferring unit configured to transfer the visible image on a recording medium, and an image fixing unit configured to the transferred image on the recording medium, in which the developing units respectively include any one of a yellow toner, a magenta toner, and a cyan toner, the magenta toner includes C.I. pigment red 269, and the yellow toner includes C.I pigment yellow 180 or C.I pigment yellow 155.
US07985516B2
A processing temperature of thermal processing is corrected based on measurement of a first dimension of a resist pattern on a substrate from a previously obtained relation between a dimension of a resist pattern and a temperature of thermal processing, a second dimension of the resist pattern after thermal processing is performed at the corrected processing temperature is measured, a distribution within the substrate of the second dimension is classified into a linear component expressed by an approximated curved surface and a nonlinear component, a processing condition of exposure processing is corrected based on the linear component from a previously obtained relation between a dimension of a resist pattern and a processing condition of exposure processing, and thermal processing at the processing temperature corrected in a temperature correcting step and exposure processing under the processing condition corrected in an exposure condition correcting step are performed to form a predetermined pattern.
US07985510B2
Fuel cell systems and methods for controlling the operation of components of the fuel cell system, which may include a fuel source and a fuel cell stack. In some examples, a fuel source is adapted to provide supply fuel to a fuel cell stack at a supply pressure. The fuel cell stack produces electric current at a production amperage. In some examples, a control system is adapted to control operation of the fuel cell stack based on a pressure detected at the fuel cell stack. In some examples, a target production amperage is determined based on the detected pressure, such that when electric current is produced at the target production amperage for the detected pressure, the fuel cell stack consumes a predetermined proportion of the supply fuel.
US07985498B2
A lithium secondary battery that can improve safety of the battery. The lithium secondary battery comprises a jelly-roll type electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates having different polarities, and a separator interposed between the electrode plates. A porous ceramic film is coated on an active material of the first electrode plate, and the porous ceramic film is coated on one surface of an active material uncoated part of the first an outmost electrode plate and the porous ceramic film is not coated on another surface thereof.
US07985492B2
Novel ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium or platinum complexes of dibenzothiophene ligands are electroluminescent compounds.
US07985490B2
A composition including a conducting polymer and an ionomer, and an opto-electronic and an electronic device including the composition are provided. The composition is prepared by doping a conducting polymer with an ionomer which has a low water uptake, has a low content of by-products decomposed by a reaction with electrons, and can crosslink with the conducting polymer. Thus, the opto-electronic device including the composition has improved device performance such as device efficiency and lifetime.
US07985483B2
A method of coating low density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), or combinations of the two, is disclosed. The method includes treating the polyethylene with a coating and then digitally printing the coated polyethylene substrate. The coated substrate may then be over-coated to protect the printing and the substrate may be formed as desired. The coated substrate may also be coated with a clear thin protective coating and heat-sealed on three sides to form a small tote bag.
US07985480B2
Disclosed herein are an interlayer film for glass laminate, which contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and can be easily bonded to glass sheets to produce a glass laminate having high transparency, and a glass laminate using such an interlayer film. The interlayer film for glass laminate includes 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl acetal resin and 40 to 75 parts by weight of a plasticizer, wherein 4 to 40 wt % of the plasticizer is composed of an unsaturated fatty acid alkyl ester having 16 to 20 carbon atoms.
US07985478B2
A process for producing moldings, in which a solventborne or aqueous, pigmented coating composition (P) and a free-radically crosslinkable coating composition (K), which after crosslinking to completion produces a transparent coating (KE) are applied to a support sheet, a dried but as yet not completely crosslinked coating (KT) is produced from the coating composition (K), the coated support sheet is shaped and is injection backmolded or foam-backed with a liquid polymeric material, and the coating (KT)—if this has not already taken place—is cured or aftercured; the crosslinkable coating composition (K) comprising a free- radically crosslinkable component (KK) which comprises carbamate and/or biuret and/or allophanate and/or urea and/or amide groups.
US07985471B2
The present invention concerns a cutting tool insert for turning of steel at high cutting speeds. The cutting tool insert comprises a (006) textured α-Al2O3 coated cemented carbide grade. The cemented carbide body has about 4.5-6.5 wt-% Co and about 3-10 wt-% cubic carbide forming metals and an S-value of about 0.77-0.92 and a coercivity of about 10-20 kA/m. The α-Al2O3 layer has a thickness ranging from about 7 to 12 μm and is composed of columnar grains having a length/width ratio from about 2 to 12 and is deposited on an MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer having a thickness from about 4 to 12 μm. The alumina layer is characterized by a pronounced (006) growth texture. The alumina layer is the uppermost layer and is wet-blasted having an Ra value of less than 1 μm, giving the tool a black and shiny appearance.
US07985464B2
An intermediate transfer belt that includes a conductive core shell component thereover, wherein the core is, for example, comprised of a silica, and the shell is comprised of, for example, an antimony tin oxide.
US07985436B2
A method of making raw sausage by an accelerated maturing process consisting of modifying conventional recipes and basic principles relating to the making of raw sausage by adding between about 5 mg and about 25 mg, preferably 10 mg, of folic acid or folate or both per kg of sausage meat.
US07985429B2
A kit for colonic cleansing includes a phosphate salt laxative, a flavorant, and an oral rehydration mixture. The flavorant includes aspartame and a citrate, and the oral rehydration mixture includes sodium and a glucose containing saccharide. The kit may be used for a colonic cleansing procedure by combining the phosphate salt laxative and the flavorant to provide a flavored laxative liquid, orally administering to a subject the flavored laxative liquid, and orally administering to the subject an oral rehydration liquid.
US07985428B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising animal venom and using same in a method for the treatment of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and related pathologies.
US07985423B2
Porous bodies which are soluble or dispersible in non-aqueous media comprising a three dimensional open-cell lattice containing (a) 10 to 70% by weight of a polymeric material which is soluble in water immiscible non-aqueous media and (b) 30 to 90% by weight of a surfactant, said porous bodies having an intrusion volume as measured by mercury porosimetry of at least 3 ml/g.
US07985408B2
The present invention relates to a method for culturing tenocytes. In particular the present invention relates to a method for culturing tenocytes comprising the step of incubating tenocytes in a culture medium comprising insulin or functional derivative.
US07985407B2
The present invention provides a method of immune/gene combination therapy that has an effect of suppressing growth of an intractable solid tumor and is useful for treatment of such a tumor, and a therapeutic composition used for said method.
US07985399B2
A hydrogen production method and facility in which a synthesis gas stream produced by the gasification of a carbonaceous substance is processed within a synthesis gas processing unit in which the carbon monoxide content is reacted with steam to produce additional hydrogen that is removed by a pressure swing adsorption unit. The tail gas from the pressure swing adsorption unit is further reformed with the addition of a hydrocarbon containing stream in a steam methane reforming system, further shifted to produce further additional hydrogen. The further hydrogen is then separated in another pressure swing adsorption unit.
US07985395B2
Catalyst for oxidation reactions which comprises at least one constituent active in the catalysis of hydrogen chloride oxidation and support therefor, which support is based on uranium oxide. The catalyst is notable for a high stability and activity.
US07985393B2
A process is presented for the production of ammonium sulfate nitrate. The process provides for producing a highly uniform product and having a substantially uniform size. The process includes reacting ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate to form an FASN slurry melt. The slurry melt is continuously stirred and heated to keep the slurry melt under a shear thinned condition and at a uniform temperature until the slurry melt is extruded, cooled and solidified.
US07985389B2
A method for producing pig iron by direct processing of ferrotitania sands, by the steps of: (a) mixing carbonaceous reductant, a fluxing agent, and a binder with titanium-containing materials selected from iron sands, metallic oxides, and/or iron ore concentrates, to form a mixture; (b) forming agglomerates from the mixture (c) introducing the agglomerates to a melting furnace; (d) melting the agglomerates at a temperature of from 1500 to 1760 C and forming hot metal with a slag thereon; (e) removing the slag; (f) tapping the hot metal; and (g) recovering the titanium and vanadium values.
US07985381B2
Catalyst regeneration vessels including a chlorination zone that includes an outer mixing chamber, an inner mixing chamber, and a catalyst bed. The outer mixing chamber can include a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion of the outer mixing chamber including at least one air nozzle that injects a drying air stream into the outer mixing chamber, at least one chlorine input nozzle that injects a chlorine input stream into the outer mixing chamber, and at least a first baffle. The chlorination zone can also contain a second baffle that directs the mixed drying air stream and chlorine input stream from the outer mixing chamber to the inner mixing chamber.
US07985378B2
The present invention discloses multiple loop reactor wherein one of the settling legs transferring polymer product from one loop to a further loop can be taken out of service or re-opened without interfering with the operation of said multiple loop reactor.
US07985376B2
A measuring unit includes a quantifying section for quantifying a sample in volume, a main channel communicating with the quantifying section, an analyzing section provided in the main channel for analyzing the quantified sample, and a pressure introduction port communicating with the main channel for introducing a pressure into the main channel to transport the sample from the quantifying section to the analyzing section, wherein the analyzing section comprises at least one of an electrical characteristic measuring section for measuring an electrical characteristic of the sample and an optical characteristic measuring section for measuring an optical characteristic of the sample.
US07985373B2
The invention concerns an alloy containing equally 0.02 to 0.07% wt. % of the total iron, of chromium or vanadium, 0.8 to 1.3 wt. % of niobium, 100 ppm or less of tin, 1100 to 1700 ppm of oxygen, less than 100 ppm of carbon, 10 to 30 ppm of sulphur and less than 50 ppm of silicon.
US07985368B2
To separate resin molded parts that are used for a push button switch member with less light leakage from the side faces and less trouble in key operation, easily, a resin molded body comprises one or more resin molded parts for a push button switch member, a frame surrounding the outside of the resin molded parts, one or more gates connecting a plurality of the resin molded parts each other or the resin molded part to the frame and one or more runners crossing the longitudinal direction of the gates, wherein the gates are connected at the back faces of the resin molded parts not to be coated with light shielding paint, and wherein the runners are connected to the gates on the same surfaces as the resin molded parts are connected to and are connecting the opposing sides of the frame.
US07985366B2
A method of providing at least one heat sensitive material on at least part of a surface of a polymer article formed from a heated polymer whose temperature is sufficient to adversely affect the at least one heat sensitive material, wherein an at least partly textured shaping surface is provided. The heat sensitive material is applied to at least part of the shaping surface, the shaping surface being at a temperature at which the heat sensitive material is not adversely affected. The heated polymer is brought in contact with the shaping surface and formed by the surface shape of the shaping surface. The at least one heat sensitive material is transferred from the shaping surface to the polymer surface, while maintaining sufficiently low the temperature of the shaping surface so that the heat sensitive material is not substantially adversely affected by heat upon or after contact with the heated polymer.
US07985363B2
A method of encasing a magnet to isolate the magnet from the environment is provided. The method includes introducing a magnet to a housing having at least one passage capable of passing a fluid from the environment to the magnet, introducing a hardenable fluid, for example, a resin, to the passage to obstruct the passage, and solidifying the hardenable fluid in the passage to provide a solid obstruction to the passage to isolate the magnet from environmental fluids. The housing may be provided as two mating housings and the passage may be provided by the mating surfaces between the two housings. An encased magnet is also disclosed. The encased magnet may be used in any environment that may be damaging to the magnet, for example, in surgical or prosthetic applications.
US07985353B2
The invention relates to novel oligomeric polyacene compounds, organic semiconducting formulations and layers comprising them, a process for preparing the formulation and layer and electronic devices, including organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising the same.
US07985352B2
Provided are a phosphor used in a PDP, which is a compound represented by Formula 1 below and a PDP including a phosphor layer comprising the phosphor. (Y1-x-yGdxTby)AlrQ3-r(BO3)4 Formula 1 where 0
US07985346B2
Method for preventing fencing during process of forming an air-bearing surface on a slider substrate
The invention provides a method for preventing fencing during process of forming an ABS on a slider substrate includes the steps of: (a) providing a slider substrate having a photo-resist covered thereon, the photo-resist having a plurality of trenches developed thereon, the plurality of trenches collectively defining an air bearing surface pattern, the plurality of trench each having at least a non-vertical sidewall, the at least non-vertical sidewall including a zigzag-shaped edge adjoining the slider substrate; (b) etching the photo-resist by oxygen ions, such that the zigzag-shaped edge is trimmed to be a straight edge and the at least non-vertical sidewall is trimmed to be a vertical sidewall; and (c) etching the slider substrate exposed from the trenches such that a fencing-free air-bearing surface is formed on the slider substrate.
US07985344B2
In the filtration of fluid materials, the removal of particulate from the moving stream requires substantial pressure to maintain flow and substantial capacity for removing particulate. The filters of the invention are rugged, high wet strength materials having a basis weight, permeability and efficiency suitable to obtain substantial reduction in particulate loading from liquid streams without plugging or mechanical failure. In particular, the filters of the invention permit the removal of substantial proportions of particulate from non-aqueous streams including lubricant oils, hydraulic fluids and other contaminated streams.
US07985328B2
A method and apparatus are described that use cell voltage and/or current as monitor to prevent electrochemical deposition (e.g., electroplating) tools from deplating wafers with no or poor metal (e.g., Cu) seed coverage.
US07985324B2
A system and method for treating unmarketable fly ash and improve its properties as an additive for concrete is disclosed. The method includes the steps of creating a gas stream containing ionized air through a plasma reactor and exposing an amount of fly ash containing carbon to the ionized air while in the reactor. The exposure of the carbon to the ionized air promotes the attachment of the ions to the carbon to reduce the adsorption capacity of the carbon.
US07985317B2
There are provided an adhesive-agent disposing step of disposing the adhesive agent, a first curing step of curing part of the adhesive agent disposed (including an adhesive-agent-disposition providing step of the present invention), a painting step of coating a paint on the works, and a heating step (a second curing step) of applying a heating treatment with a drying device. There can be provided a joining method of works that can ensure a high joining quality and productivity.
US07985312B2
In an ultrasonic welding apparatus, ultraviolet-curable ink droplets are discharged to an upper surface of stacked sheets by means of an ink-jet head to land the ink droplets in a predetermined area on the upper surface of the sheets. The sheets, on which the ink droplets have been landed, are interposed and pressed between a welding horn and a receiving stand, while the welding horn is ultrasonically vibrated. Accordingly, the stacked sheets are welded to one another at portions opposed to the predetermined area in which the ink droplets are landed. In this way, the ultrasonic welding apparatus is provided, which makes it possible to perform the ultrasonic welding irrelevant to the shape of the area to be subjected to the welding.
US07985302B2
A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening being adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The cleaning device further includes a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, i.e. the cleaning material is pre-loaded with the cleaning agent. The compressible cleaning material is at least partially secured in the inner cavity and adapted to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent.
US07985292B2
A precipitated silica having a d50-value of from 150 to 2000 nm, a d90-value of from 500 to 7000 nm, a silanol group density of from 2.5 to 8 OH/nm2, and a modified tapped density of less than or equal to 70 g/l is useful for thickening and providing thixotropy in liquid systems and shows superior efficiency at thickening and creating thixotropy compared to existing grades of precipitated silica. The precipitated silica functions best as a thixotrope in non-polar or intermediate polar liquid systems such as unsaturated polyester (UPE) resin systems.
US07985289B2
The present invention provides an ultrafine barium sulfate particle, which improves, even if the particle is mixed in a water-borne composition, such as a water-borne coating composition or a water-borne ink composition, color saturation and gloss of color pigments, such as carbon black, or improve orientation of aluminum flakes or pearl pigments, which have been used in metallic coating compositions. The present invention also provides a water-borne coating composition and a water-borne ink composition, which contain the ultrafine barium sulfate particle. The present invention provides an ultrafine barium sulfate particle, comprising barium sulfate; and (1) a hydroxide and/or an oxide of at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si and Zr; and/or (2) a phosphate of at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; the barium sulfate being coated with the hydroxide and/or oxide (1) and/or the phosphate (2).
US07985288B2
The invention provides a colorant compound represented by the general formula (I) below. In the general formula (I), R1 and R2 represent independently from each other a species selected from at least one of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, and a hydroxyl group. R3 and R4 represent independently from each other a species selected from at least one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocycle group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group, an alkylsulfanyl group, a carboxylic acid group, a carboxylic acid ester group, a carboxylic acid thioester group, a carbamoyl group, a nitro group, and a halogen atom. R3 and R4 may optionally be bonded together to form an aromatic ring. Cy represents an aryl group having at least one anionic group.
US07985285B2
An electroless gold plating bath includes a water-soluble gold compound, a complexing agent, a formaldehyde metabisulfite adduct, and an amine compound represented by R1—NH—C2H4—NH—R2 or (CH2—NH—C2H4—NH—CH2)n—R4 (wherein R1 to R4 represent —OH, —CH3, —CH2OH, —C2H4OH, —CH2N(CH3)2, —CH2NH(CH2OH), —CH2NH(C2H4OH), —C2H4NH(CH2OH), —C2H4NH(C2H4OH), —CH2N(CH2OH)2, —CH2N(C2H4OH)2, —C2H4N(CH2OH)2 or —C2H4N(C2H4OH)2, and n is an integer of 1 to 4). A gold plated coating of a good appearance can be formed without causing a failure in appearance owing to the progress of intergranular corrosion in a nickel surface.
US07985282B2
Disclosed herein is a cyclone for separating fine particles from a gas. The cyclone includes a cyclone body having an upper end with an inlet and a lower end with a particulate outlet, gas outlet tube with an upper end that extends upwardly into the lower end of the cyclone body, and a vortex breaker. The upper end of the gas outlet tube is connected to the lower end of the cyclone body by a slip joint. The configuration of the cyclone provides for efficient removal of fine particles as compared to conventional techniques. A vessel containing cyclones, and methods of separation using the cyclones and vessel, also are disclosed.
US07985277B2
A process for extracting gold from a gold-bearing ore. The process includes, first, providing a leaching liquor with thiosulfate anion and ethylenediamine. Next, the leaching liquor is contacted with the gold-bearing ore to form a pregnant leach solution including gold dissolved from the gold-bearing ore. Finally, at least part of the gold in the pregnant leach solution is recovered.
US07985273B2
A device for the precipitation of liquid from a gas stream includes a preseparator chamber in a first housing portion arranged to flow a gas stream laterally centrally to rebound from an opposing sidewall and deflect upwards to a main separator in a second housing portion. The main separator includes a drainage element separating oil from the gas stream. A guide element is arranged between the housing portions and includes an outer wall with a central opening and at least one guide part arranged on the wall to laterally deflect the gas stream. The deflected gas stream flows laterally through the main separator.
US07985270B2
A fluidised bed filter comprises a drying pan, and a filter assembly having a membrane over the pan, and a plurality of openings in the membrane. A filter bag is secured to each aperture by means of a clamping ring attached to the rim of the respective aperture, and cooperating with a clamping band within the cuff of the bag. The material of the bag is clamped between the ring and the band. The ring is covered in a cloth strip, which is folded over to produce a flap, which is stitched between the layers of a double fabric forming the membrane. The band is retained in a tunnel formed by a fold in a double fabric forming the filter bag by stitching.
US07985263B2
An improved, polymeric surgical membrane, which can be used in a variety of surgical procedures, such as sutured and sutureless duraplasty procedures. For sutureless applications, a textured, discontinuous, outer polymer layer is provided which encourages rapid incorporation and anchoring into surrounding tissue. In cooperation with the discontinuous first layer, a second elastomeric layer provides elasticity and resilience. A third barrier layer is provided to essentially eliminate adhesions and irritation to surrounding tissue. In those applications requiring anchoring sutures, the second elastomeric layer “self-seals” against the sutures, essentially eliminating the leakage of blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or other fluids. In addition, the composite structure of the present invention has a high degree of suture retention strength is polymeric with a high degree of biocompatibility, is thin and very flexible.
US07985260B2
An acetabular prosthesis system configured to be coupled to a surgically-prepared acetabulum includes an acetabular shell, an augment component, and a fastener configured to couple the acetabular shell and the augment component together.
US07985255B2
An interbody device for the fixation and support of adjacent bone bodies includes a body for implantation at a location between the two vertebrae and one or more protrusions extending from the body. The protrusion(s) are configured for engagement with one of the vertebrae upon implantation and for progressive penetration into the vertebra over a period of time subsequent to the implantation.
US07985238B2
A medical device for placing an embolic device at a predetermined site within a vessel of the body including a delivery catheter and a flexible pusher member slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter. An embolic device is retained within the delivery catheter by a mechanical interlocking mechanism which includes an engagement member attached to the distal end of the pusher member and extends through a retaining ring at the proximal end of the embolic device. A detachment member extends through an aperture at the distal end of the engagement member thereby locking the embolic device onto the pusher member. A kicker member which takes the form of a generally U-shaped wire spring which extends from the distal end of the pusher member and is biased so as to lift the retaining ring off of the engagement member to ensure the release of the embolic device when the detachment member is withdrawn from the aperture of the engagement member.
US07985232B2
A system for connecting a hemostasis valve to a splittable sheath includes an interface formed between a ledge on the proximal end of a cannula portion of the hemostasis valve and an engagement structure aligned with the handles of the splittable sheath. Pulling the handles to split the sheath likewise disengages the ledge from the engagement structure. A snap ring on the cannula portion engages a snap ring in the lumen of a sheath hub formed on the proximal end of the splittable sheath. An O-ring between the cannula portion and the sheath hub provides a fluid-tight seal.
US07985225B2
Methods and devices for sculpting bones, particularly in preparation for implanting prosthetic devices to replace articulating bone joint surfaces. Improved bone removal devices including burr mills driven by gears and loop drives are provided. Reciprocating cutters and belt cutters are also provided. Some devices have either integral or removable expandable portions to vary the force and bone resection depth. Devices can have irrigation ports and plenums to remove bone fragments. Some cutters are dual cutters, adapted to remove bone in two or more regions, such as the knee joint, simultaneously.
US07985223B2
A ventral bone-plate assembly has a U-shaped base having a pair of legs bridged by a bight and each formed with an inner hole and an outer hole. A brace bar extends between outer ends of the legs and is formed with end holes alignable with the outer holes. Respective inner bone screws extend through the inner holes, and respective outer bone screws each extend through a respective one of the outer holes and a respective one of the end holes.
US07985210B2
A disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and backsheet; at least one sidewall adjacently disposed to the chassis; and at least one handle assisting in the application of the article onto a wearer. Preferred embodiments of the said handle include flaps, tabs, ridges, improved surface characteristics, apertures, loops, and combinations thereof. A toilet training kit comprising the article in the form of a training pant and an instruction to the caregiver for transitioning the infant to proper toilet use. A kit comprising more than one absorbent article wherein the article is positioned within said kit such that the handle is readily accessible.
US07985198B2
A process and device for metering different solutions is provided with which a high rate of repetition of drugs to be metered is possible. To accomplish the object, provisions are made for taking fluid volumes in the range of 50 nL to 50 μL from a fluid source (2, 3, 4, 5) in rapid succession in time according to the time multiplex method and for introducing them into a collecting channel (10) without mixing.
US07985197B2
A therapeutic-substance carrying/administering appliance includes a cylindrical outer sheath; a slide member installed in the cylindrical outer sheath to be slidable therein; and a sheet supporting member, connected to a distal end of the slide member and made of a resilient material, for supporting a sheet-shaped therapeutic substance. The sheet supporting member is held in a flat unrolled shape in a free state in which the sheet supporting member projects outwardly from a distal end of the cylindrical outer sheath. When the sheet supporting member is in the free state, sliding the slide member in a retracting direction causes the sheet supporting member to contact the distal end of the cylindrical outer sheath, and subsequently further moving the slide member in the retracting direction causes the sheet supporting member to be retracted into the cylindrical outer sheath while being deformed into a tubular shape.
US07985192B2
A protective and/or splint device, for example a distal radial splint device (200), comprises a protective and/or splint member (201) and a spacer member (13). The protective and/or splint member (201) comprises a composite protective and/or splint material and is formable at a forming temperature and is substantially rigid at ambient temperature. The material comprises a polycaprolactone and a ligno-cellulose additive material. The protective and/or splint member (201) comprises a mesh of elements (202), with a plurality of openings (203) through the protective and/or splint member (201). Away from the periphery of the splint member (201), the openings (203) are diamond-shaped. Two border elements (204) extend along the two sides of the periphery of the splint member (201). The three point bending strength to openness ratio of the member is greater than 0.1 and the unidirectional bending strength to openness ratio of the member is greater than 4. This results in a device (200) with sufficient strength, which is breathable with open surfaces, and the volume of material used is optimized. The strength of the member (201) parallel to the longitudinal direction of the arm is greater than the strength parallel too the circumferential direction. At the forming temperature the member (201) is stretchable. The member (201) is rounded between the outer surface of the member (201) and the edges around the openings (203).
US07985189B1
A method of treating pathological conditions associated with bone and soft tissue adjacent to musculoskeletal environments and soft tissues and osteoporotic sites and of enhancing bone formation and remodeling in a stress fracture, involves applying acoustic shock waves to cause localized trauma, including micro-disruptions, non-osseous tissue stimulation, injury and increased vascularization, and circulation and induction of growth factors to induce or accelerate the body's natural healing processes and responses thereby inducing or accelerating healing.
US07985184B2
An ultrasound beacon is incorporated into a needle of a drug delivery system utilizing high intensity ultrasound energy during certain cancer treatments. The beacon is configured to generate a electrical feedback signal in response to an initial ultrasound signal sent by an ultrasound transmitter. The electrical feedback signal is then sent along two electrical conductors of the needle and further over a cable back to the electronic unit. The feedback signal is then used to generate high intensity focused ultrasound using time-reversal acoustics principles. Therapeutic application of the system of the invention includes applying high intensity focused ultrasound at the site of drug delivery to enhance local tissue uptake of injected medication.
US07985178B2
An endoscope has a shaft which is composed of an outer tube and an inner tube, providing a channel therebetween. The proximal end of the shaft is connected to an endoscope head. The endoscope head is provided with a light guide connector. Light guides extend from said light guide connector to a distal end of said channel in said shaft. Said channel housing said light guides is filled with an adhesive.
US07985177B2
An endoscope for magnified image observation configured to observe a magnified image of in vivo tissue comprises an insertion part configured to be inserted into a body, a magnified image observation port configured to take in the magnified image of the in vivo tissue in one of a state where the magnified image observation port is in contact with the in vivo tissue and a state where the magnified image observation port is in proximity to the in vivo tissue, the observation port being provided at a distal end of the insertion part, and a marking unit configured to mark the in vivo tissue in one of the state where the magnified image observation port is in contact with the in vivo tissue and the state where the magnified image observation port is in proximity to the in vivo tissue.
US07985176B1
A method of implanting a penile prosthesis into a patient includes engaging a cap that is attached to a cylinder of the penile prosthesis with a distal end of a tool, and cradling the cylinder of the penile prosthesis between two support arms of the tool. The method additionally includes inserting the two support arms of the tool and the cylinder secured between the two support arms into a corpora cavernosum of the patient.
US07985163B2
A method for controlling an input clutch of a vehicle transmission that includes an output driveably connected to the input clutch includes increasing the torque capacity of the input clutch, determining a reference acceleration of the output, determining a current acceleration of the output after the reference acceleration is determined, if a difference between the reference acceleration of the output and the current acceleration of the output is equal to or greater than a reference change in acceleration of the output, determining a desired input clutch torque, and adjusting the input clutch to produce the desired input clutch torque.
US07985157B2
A decelerating device includes a fixed shaft, a tube, a transmission element and a driven element is provided. The tube is disposed around the fixed shaft and adapted to rotate about the fixed shaft. The transmission element has a fixed portion fixed at the fixed shaft and a planetary gear revolvably disposed at the fixed portion. The teeth of the tube are geared to the planetary gear. The driven element has a wheel, a sun gear fixed at the wheel and a plurality of balls. The sun gear and the wheel are revolvably disposed at the fixed shaft and in the tube. The planetary gear is adapted to drive the sun gear. The wheel has holes. Each of the holes extends from an outer surface of the wheel facing the tube to the interior of the wheel to form a cavity. The balls are disposed in the holes respectively.
US07985156B2
The present invention relates to a mechanically controlled continuously variable automatic transmission, comprises a housing and a torque converting mechanism mounted in the housing, the torque converting mechanism comprising an input part, a rotatable or rotary carrier, at least one eccentric assembly which is rotatablely mounted on the carrier, and an output part, wherein the input part and the carrier can rotate independently with respect to each other, and have respective rotation axes which are collinear. Each of the at least of one eccentric assembly comprises an eccentric mass which is driven to rotate around its rotation axis by the input part, the output part is provided with only one one-way clutch directly connected therewith. The mechanically controlled continuously variable automatic transmission not only can automatically adjust the output speed and moment depending upon the magnitude of load applied thereto so as to well achieve a function of stepless automatic change of the speed, but is also simple in structure, high in transmission efficiency, and long in life time. Furthermore, the transmission can be applied to an operating condition of high rotary speed and can effectively transmit large power and motive power with large torque, so that it can be used in various vehicles and has a wide application range.
US07985145B1
A portable apparatus and method for providing real time visual feedback of a sports swing to a user is provided. The portable apparatus comprises a rotatable reflecting surface housed in a frame, an attachment assembly connected to a rear section of the frame, a telescopic pole rotatably attached to the attachment assembly, and a fastener. The rotatable reflecting surface enables the user to view the sports swing. The attachment assembly facilitates rotation of the rotatable reflecting surface housed in the frame about a first axis. The telescopic pole facilitates rotation of the rotatable reflecting surface about a second axis. In an embodiment, the telescopic pole is rigidly attached to a pole holder that accommodates the telescopic pole. The fastener is pivotally attached to the telescopic pole for facilitating rotation of the telescopic pole about a third axis. The fastener enables attachment of the portable apparatus to different sports equipment.
US07985143B1
A boxing ring corner mat includes a mat body having a mat upper surface; and a pan recess in the mat upper surface and a liquid collecting pan retained within the pan recess for gathering and retaining water and other liquids. The mat preferably additionally includes a spit bucket recess located forwardly of the pan recess and pan and a spit bucket retained within the spit bucket recess in fluid communication with the pan through a bucket drain hose. The mat preferably additionally includes shoe engaging and propping elevations having shoe sole engaging upper surfaces, and preferably additionally includes a separable display region removably fitted into a display region opening in the mat body. The shoe propping elevations optionally are hollow and have upwardly opening air flow ports and each contain a shoe drying fan for blowing a stream of air onto the soles of boxer shoes.
US07985136B2
An operation input reception unit (201) receives an operation input for a virtual vehicle. A running condition managing unit (203) manages the running condition of the virtual vehicle based on the received operation input. An image producing unit (204) produces a view field image seen from the viewpoint of the moving object based on stored image information and the managed moving condition. A velocity calculation unit (205) calculates the velocity of the moving object based on the managed moving condition. A deformed image producing unit (206) extracts an image of a rectangular area based on the velocity from the produced view field image and produces a deformed image obtained by deforming the extracted image into a trapezoidal shape. A display control unit (207) synthesizes the produced view field image and the produced deformed image and displays the synthesized image.
US07985131B2
A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an image display device; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to the symbol display device after game media are BET in number equal to or less than a previously set maximum number of BETs, and game media are paid out in number according to the stop-displayed symbols or a combination thereof; (B) shifting a mode from a non-insurance mode to an insurance mode on condition that a predetermined number of game media is inserted; (C) counting the number of games played after shifting to the insurance mode, in the insurance mode; (D) paying out a predetermined number of game media when the number of games counted in the processing (C) reaches a specific number; and (E) displaying an image showing that the current gaming state is the insurance mode, in the insurance mode.
US07985116B2
Provided is there a piece with a magnet for building a toy, and more particularly to a piece with a magnet for building a toy, the piece having at least two or more end and a magnet case having a magnet with south and north pole faces inside, rotatably provided on each end, capable of connecting to the other piece of the same construction, without sliding with respect to each other, by automatically enabling the north or south pole face of the one magnet to be opposite to the south or north pole face of the other magnet.
US07985115B2
A panel device for use with a plurality of connectors and rods with the rods connectable to the connectors is provided. The panel device comprises a substantially planar panel member having a plurality of sides. A groove is formed along each side of the panel member. A first groove edge is positioned along one side of the groove. A second groove edge is positioned on the other side of the groove with the second groove edge extending beyond the first groove edge wherein each rod is adapted to be inserted into the groove, the first groove edge and the second groove edge releasably maintaining the rod within the groove.
US07985114B2
A method for making a field emission lamp generally includes the steps of: (a) providing a cathode emitter; (b) providing a transparent glass tube having a carbon nanotube transparent conductive film and a fluorescent layer, wherein the carbon nanotube transparent conductive film and the fluorescent layer are both disposed on an inner surface of the transparent glass tube; (c) providing a first glass feedthrough, a second glass feedthrough, and a nickel pipe, wherein the first glass feedthrough has an anode down-lead pad and an anode down-lead pole connected to the anode down-lead pad, and the second glass feedthrough has a cathode down-lead pole; (d) securing the nickel pipe to one end of the cathode emitter and securing the other end of the cathode emitter to one end of the cathode down-lead pole of the second glass feedthrough; and (e) melting and assembling the first and second glass feedthroughs to ends of the transparent glass tube respectively.
US07985112B2
A vest personal flotation device saver includes: (a) a saver pillow portion, and two substantially mirror image saver tail portions extending from the pillow portion, with at least four substantially parallel body strap slots; (b) a central open neck; (c) an open-ended gap extending down from the open neck between the two tail portions; (d) three closable, adjacent body sides; (e) a central main chamber; and (f) a releasable closure mechanism attached to each of the body sides; wherein the personal flotation device saver has an open position and a closed position. The vest-type personal flotation device saver may include a closed tail end pocket at the end of each tail portion, a releasable saver waist strap device attached to the tail portion; and a locking mechanism adjacent the closure mechanism. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.
US07985107B2
A battery connecter includes a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a resisting portion, a supporting portion, and a contacting portion. The resisting portion includes a first portion and a second portion bent from the first portion. The supporting portion extends from the first portion and resists the second portion. The contacting portion is bent and extends from the supporting portion. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device using the battery connecter.
US07985102B2
The invention relates to a receptacle for standard connections in industrial information networks, in particular an RJ45 jack for Ethernet-based applications. The receptacle includes a socket which opens against a plug-in direction and a plurality of spring contacts. The spring contacts each form a first inclined lead in surface projecting into the socket in the plug-in direction. To allow a downwardly compatible, vibration-resistant connection, it is proposed according to the invention that the spring contacts each form a further second inclined lead in surface offset in the plug-in direction from the first inclined lead in surface.
US07985101B2
RJ-45 style communications jacks include a housing having a plug receiving cavity that is defined, at least in part, by opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first guide protrudes from the upper surface into the plug receiving cavity. A first channel is formed in the lower surface. The width of this first channel is greater than the width of a housing of an RJ-11 style communications plug but less than a width of a housing of an RJ-45 style communications plug. Moreover, the length of the first channel is sufficient to allow the RJ-11 style communications plug to be fully inserted within the plug receiving cavity.
US07985097B2
A ruggedized, two-piece electrical connector. One piece, which may be configured for mounting to a daughtercard, is assembled from wafers. Each wafer includes a shield member and signal contacts held by an insulative member. Within the insulative member, the signal and ground contacts run in spaced, parallel planes. Both signal and ground contacts terminate in pads along a mating segment of the connector. The second piece of the connector, which may be configured for mounting to a backplane, has a housing with slots to receive the mating segments of the wafers. Within the slots, the backplane connectors have contacts that provide at least four points of contact with each pad. The contact points are at least two different heights on each side of the pad.
