US08060775B1
A method and apparatus for providing dynamic multi-pathing for an asymmetrical logical unit access (ALUA) based storage system. The method comprises identifying a first processor within a storage system as providing an optimized path to a disk array, identifying a second processor within a storage system as providing an unoptimized path to the disk array and, in response to failure of the optimized path, immediately switching from the optimized path to the unoptimized path.
US08060773B1
A computer-implemented method for managing sub-clusters within a multi-cluster computing system subsequent to a network-partition event may include: 1) identifying a plurality of computer clusters, 2) identifying a network-partition event that partitions each of the plurality of computer clusters into multiple sub-clusters, 3) identifying, within the multiple sub-clusters, a plurality of nodes that share a common attribute or property, and then 4) ensuring that only those nodes that share the common attribute survive subsequent to the network-partition event. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08060771B2
Circuits and methods to provide a digital clock signal, which can be instantly halted without glitches and then resumes under control of an asynchronous suspend signal with whole width clock pulses has been achieved. The circuit suspends the clock output in either a high or a low state, instantaneously with the suspend signal. There is no restriction on either the suspend pulse width or position in relation to the input clock. The asynchronous logic implementation is using standard cell logic gates. The circuit functionality is not dependent on the manufacturing technology, i.e. CMOS, bipolar, BI-CMOS, GaAs, etc. implementations are all valid.
US08060769B2
There is provided a duplexed field controller. The duplexed field controller includes: first and second control units between which a control authority is switchable; a first application clock that is updated based on a reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the first control unit; a second application clock that is updated based on the reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the second control unit; and an update control unit that bypasses the first update of the second application clock after switching of the control authority, if the first application clock is ahead of the second application clock when the control authority is switched from the first control unit to the second control unit.
US08060766B2
A voltage droop monitoring and correcting circuit for a microprocessor includes: a monitor circuit configured to monitor voltage droops of the microprocessor and perform a temporary clock-skipping technique to compensate for the voltage droops. A method for monitoring and correcting voltage droops of a microprocessor includes: monitoring voltage droops of the microprocessor; and performing a temporary clock-skipping technique to compensate for the voltage droops. A computer system includes memory; a processor operatively connected to the memory; and computer-readable instructions stored in the memory for causing the processor to: monitor voltage droops of the microprocessor; and perform a temporary clock-skipping technique to compensate for the voltage droops.
US08060759B1
Described is a storage system and method for managing and optimizing power consumption in a storage system. Logical devices are mapped to physical disk drives. A plurality of power profiles is defined. Each power profile is associated with a mode of operation for a physical disk drive. One of the power profiles is assigned to each logical device. One of the physical disk drives is identified for which every logical device mapped to that physical disk drive has been assigned the same power profile. The identified physical disk drive is operated in the mode of operation associated with said same power profile. The mapping of the logical devices to the physical disk drives may be changed in order to group logical devices assigned the same power profile onto the same physical disk drive.
US08060757B2
An encryption part or a decryption part of an encryption/decryption apparatus or a part common to both parts is used both for encryption and decryption of a datum to be stored and the encrypted memory content and for the generation of the address-individual key and the address-dependent key, respectively.
US08060745B2
The present invention provides a method of securing transmission of content over a wireless network. The method may include initiating a relationship between a content source and a display system, establishing a relationship between the content source and the display system including negotiating a shared key and encrypting content for transmission between the content source and the display system.
US08060742B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a trusted service provider (TSP) which assists with the secure exchange of data across the public switched telephone network. Communications are routed via a TSP, which uses cryptographic techniques to conceal the identities (e.g., telephone numbers) of the call initiator and call recipient, thereby preventing traffic analysis attacks. The TSP also performs cryptographic handshakes with the call initiator and call recipient to authenticate callers. The TSP further provides cryptographic keying material which communicants may use to help protect communications and to directly authenticate and identify each other. Although the TSP is trusted to negotiate the connection and is involved in the process, the communicants can perform their own key agreement and authentication for protecting data routed via the TSP.
US08060740B2
A method for authenticating an interactive optical disk, wherein first content is stored on the interactive optical disk for reproduction by a reproducing system, the method comprising: transmitting a first request to a content server to access second content from the content server based on enhanced navigation data recorded on the interactive optical disk; and authenticating identity of the interactive optical disk with the content server based on authentication data provided by the reproducing system, when the first request indicates that authentication is required.
US08060736B2
A navigation system and method that allows switching between multi-language operating interfaces. It provides multi-language operating interfaces in the storage unit of the navigation system. During the navigation system operation, the user is prompted by Basic Input Output System (BIOS) to select a language of operating interface to display. The navigation system is then installed by executing the index file of the selected language to display the navigation system operating interface in the selected language.
US08060733B2
An apparatus for displaying a basic input output system (BIOS) power-on self-test (POST) code and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a BIOS, a conversion module, and an output module. The BIOS is used for generating a POST code. The POST code is transmitted via a low pin count (LPC) interface. The conversion module receives the POST code and converts the POST code into a system management bus (SMBus) format. The output module is used for receiving and outputting the POST code transmitted by the conversion module. The output module is an SMBus interface.
US08060730B2
A plurality of test points are located at predetermined circuit nodes in a processing system. Test code which includes a set of software-controllable interrupts is executed using a multiple input shift register (MISR) to generate a MISR signature. One or more selected software-controllable interrupt types are determined. During execution of the test code, the MISR is used to also accumulate data values from the plurality of test points during exception processing of one or more of the software-controllable interrupts within the set of software-controllable interrupts which are of the one or more selected software-controllable interrupt types to generate the MISR signature. A test control register has a plurality of fields, each for selecting or not selecting a corresponding software-controllable interrupt type.
US08060729B1
In the provided architecture, one or more multi-threaded processors may be combined with hardware blocks having increased functionality. Each hardware block may be able to transfer a data packet to a particular hardware block based on the packet being processing. One or more hardware block may also be able to divide packets into subpackets for separate processing, and other hardware blocks may be able to rejoin the subpackets. Hardware blocks may also be able to transfer packet information between other hardware blocks during the processing sequence.
US08060724B2
Executing a first memory access instruction with update by an N-bit processor includes accessing at least one source register of a plurality of registers, wherein the accessing includes accessing a first register, wherein each register of the plurality of registers includes a main portion of N bits and an extension portion of M bits, wherein the main portion of the first register includes a first address operand. The execution of the first instruction further includes forming a memory access address using the first address operand; using the memory access address as an address for a memory access; producing an updated address operand; and writing the updated address operand to the main portion of the first register. The producing includes accessing an extension portion of a source register of the at least one source register to obtain modifying information and using the modifying information in the producing an updated address operand.
US08060716B2
To aim to provide an information processing device capable of improving a processing capability and securely handling programs and data to be protected. According to a system LSI including a plurality of CPUs, when a CPU-1 switches to a protection mode, the CPU-1 and a CPU-2 are reset. While the CPU-1 operates in the protection mode, only the CPU-1 executes a protection program and the CPU-2 is stopped by continuing outputting a reset signal to the CPU-2.
US08060708B2
A disclosed circuit includes circuitry for coupling to a volatile memory, circuitry for coupling to a nonvolatile NAND flash memory, and circuitry that: (i) receives a volatile memory request from a processor and satisfies the volatile memory request by accessing the volatile memory, and (ii) receives a nonvolatile NOR flash memory read request from the processor and satisfies the NOR read request by accessing both the NAND flash memory and the volatile memory. The circuit may also include circuitry that receives a volatile memory request from another processor and satisfies the volatile memory request from the other processor by accessing the volatile memory, and circuitry that receives a NAND flash memory read request from the other processor and satisfies the NAND read request by accessing the NAND flash memory. Multiprocessor systems including the circuit are described, as is a method for satisfying a NOR flash memory read request.
US08060680B2
A method of allocating memory in a memory unit includes creating a data structure containing a list of all available memory segments; and assigning a bias to each available memory segment. The bias indicates how to allocate that available memory segment in response to a resource request wherein the resource request is for a new entry in the memory unit that will be fragmented with at least two fragments of the new entry in the memory unit at being at different locations in the memory unit, the bias for an available memory segment comprising an indication of where within the new fragmented entry to be made in the memory unit a corresponding available memory segment should be used.
US08060679B2
Requestors acquire tokens before issuing access requests to a memory controller. The access requests issued are accumulated in a command queue of the memory controller. When the amount of access requests accumulated in the command queue is smaller than or equal to a first threshold, or in level 0, tokens are generated at a rate equivalent to 200% of a bus bandwidth. If the amount of accumulation is greater than the first threshold and is smaller than or equal to a second threshold, i.e., in level 1, tokens are generated at a rate equivalent to the bus bandwidth. If the amount of accumulation exceeds the second threshold, the token generation is stopped.
US08060672B2
There is described a method, a bus protocol, a peripheral module, a processing unit, a hub and also to a system consisting of said components, for event signaling between at least one peripheral module and a processing unit by means of a system bus. In this case the data to be transmitted data is encoded into a larger symbol space, from which a standard idle symbol is used in telegram pauses for synchronizing a connection between transmitter and receiver. A message present at the peripheral modules is enabled to be signaled to the processing unit independently of the telegram traffic initiated by the processing unit. This is achieved by a peripheral module wishing to signal an event to the processing unit sending to the processing unit in a telegram pause, instead of the standard idle character, a signaling sequence consisting of an alarm idle symbol and an alarm identifier which contain information about the relevant event as well as the module address of the peripheral module at which the event is present, with the information about the event also being transcoded into the larger symbol space.
US08060667B2
An apparatus and a method for processing high speed data using hybrid Direct Memory Access (DMA) are provided. The method includes determining a size of data to be transmitted, determining a memory access method of the data by comparing the determined size of the data with a first threshold, and determining an I/O bus access method of the data by comparing the determined size of the data with a second threshold.
US08060661B1
An interface circuit and method for programming or communicating with an integrated circuit (IC) via a power supply pin is provided herein. In general, the power supply pin may be coupled for receiving a relatively constant voltage signal during a first mode of operation (i.e., a normal mode) and a modulated voltage signal during a second mode of operation (i.e., a programming or communication mode). The interface circuit may be coupled between the power supply pin and other IC components for decoding the modulated voltage signal into data. Various encoding/decoding schemes may be used by the interface circuit and method for communicating data to the IC over the power supply lines. The decoded data may be used for programming or communication purposes.
US08060660B2
A method for issuing shadow requests to manage bandwidth allocation between an application that issues input/output (I/O) operation requests and an I/O device. A bandwidth manager detects the completion of an I/O operation, which includes either a read operation or a write operation. The bandwidth manager calculates a statistical duration for future I/O operations between the application and the I/O device based on throughput statistics related to past I/O operations. The bandwidth manager generates a shadow request for reserving a position in a queue that stores pending I/O requests for the I/O device for a first future I/O operation request from the application and having a duration related to the statistical duration, and inserts the shadow request into the queue. Advantageously, applications that do not make frequent I/O operation requests in advance may still execute I/O operations because bandwidth is reserved for future I/O operation requests via the shadow requests.
US08060659B2
There is provided a method of determining an optimal image transmission method when image data is transmitted from an image supplying device 1 and 1′ to an image display device 2 and 2′, the method including: before the image data is transmitted after a transmission path from the image supplying device 1 and 1′ to the image display device 2 and 2′ is established, determining the image transmission method on the basis of correspondence table, which is previously prepared, such that the optimal image transmission method according to at least one of transmission path information and capability of the image display device 2 and 2′ acquired by the image supplying device 1 and 1′ is derived.
US08060658B2
A method for auto-addressing a device in communication with a controller is disclosed. The method includes communicating a pulse from a first contact of a controller, receiving the pulse at a second contact of a device in communication with the controller, communicating a number of pulses from a first contact of the device, and receiving the number of pulses at a second contact of the controller, wherein the number of pulses indicates a number of devices in communication with the controller.
US08060655B1
A user interface is provided for an apparatus located at a customer premises location that manages routing of network services to communication endpoints at the customer premises location. The apparatus aggregates network traffic for the customer premises location and routes the network traffic to any of a variety of different communication endpoints at the customer premises location. Routing of network traffic may be based on user-configurable customer management rules. The user interface facilitates access to and interaction with network services and control of the customer management rules.
US08060653B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for determining a schedule for synchronizing a server and a client are described herein. The method operates by tracking user usage of the client to develop usage patterns. A sync schedule is generated using the usage patterns, where the sync schedule enhances at least one of sync usefulness and sync transparency. The server and client are synchronized according to the sync schedule. More particularly, a sync fitness measure for an interval t is determined. The sync fitness measure is based on at least one of (a) sync transparency; and (b) sync usefulness. It is determined whether the sync fitness measure satisfies a threshold. If the sync fitness measure satisfies the threshold, then the server and client are synchronized during interval t.
US08060652B2
An extensible binary mark-up language is disclosed that is compatible with existing XML standards yet provides significantly improved efficiencies for XML-based data storage and communications, particularly for narrow and low bandwidth communication media. A corresponding extensible non-binary mark-up language is also disclosed that is compatible with the XML standard. This dual-representation common message format (CMF) allows standard XML tools to be utilized in viewing and editing XML-based data and allows a CMF parser to be utilized to convert the XML formatted information into an extensible binary representation for actual communication through a medium or storage on a wide range of media. Advantages include a very compact, yet flexible and extensible binary data representation (CMF-B) for a corresponding extensible mark-up language (CMF-X), a data packaging scheme that allows for the effective transport of XML-based data over existing data channels, including narrow-bandwidth channels that utilize existing network protocols, and a CMF parser that allows for seamless conversion between CMF-B and CMF-X.
US08060644B1
A host is coupled to a network via an intelligent network adaptor. The host is executing an application configured to receive application data from a peer via the network and the intelligent network adaptor using a stateful connection according to a connection-oriented protocol. The intelligent network adaptor performs protocol processing of the connection. Application data is copied from host memory not configured for access by the application (possibly OS-associated host memory) to host memory associated with the application (application-associated host memory). The application data is received from the peer by the intelligent network adaptor and copied to host memory not configured for access by the application. The operating system selectively provides, to the intelligent network adaptor, information of the memory associated with the application. At least one portion of the application data for the connection is provided directly from the intelligent network adaptor to the memory associated with the application.
US08060638B1
Streaming media technology includes a back buffer configured to begin at a stream frame most recently played by the streaming media player. The back buffer continues, for each played frame of the stream, for a length determined by a nominal fill and an offset. In some embodiments, the offset is determined in runtime. In some embodiments the runtime-determined offset is determined by the position of a keyframe in the vicinity of the nominal fill. The keyframe in the vicinity of the nominal fill can be a keyframe next earlier, next later, or nearest in the stream to the location of the nominal fill.
US08060637B2
In a playback apparatus adapted to receive stream data transmitted from a server and play back the received stream data, attribute information is sequentially received from the server and stored in an attribute information buffer, and, on the basis of the attribute information stored in the attribute information buffer, a request is issued to the server to transmit stream data corresponding to the attribute information. The stream data received from the server is sequentially stored in a first-in-first-out stream data buffer. When an end part of the stream data being currently played back has been stored in the stream data buffer, attribute information corresponding to stream data to be played next is read from the attribute information buffer, and on the basis of this attribute information, a request is issued to the server to transmit the stream data to be played next.
US08060628B2
A storage medium storing a program, in inter-application communication that is performed between a first application operating on a first node and a second application operating on a second node, for making the first node perform processes by transmitting a same packet simultaneously to all the communication paths, the processes including: a trouble monitoring session establishing process in which, whether or not a trouble monitoring session has already been established between a first communication control unit and a second communication control unit is checked; an inter-application communication session establishing process in which, a request for establishing the inter-application communication session is performed to the second application and the inter-application communication session is established; and a trouble monitoring communication process in which trouble monitoring communication is performed using only necessary information for trouble monitoring in the trouble monitoring session and at a shorter interval than an interval between retransmission processes.
US08060622B2
Disclosed is a system and a method for session reestablishment between a client terminal and a server for a messenger service. In a session reestablishment system including a client terminal capable of accessing a communication network, a session information database and a server for providing a messenger service to the client terminal, the client terminal sends a synckey exchanged and stored during previous access to the server when sending a request for session reestablishment (reaccess) to the server after lapse of a predetermined time period from termination of the previous access due to log-off or timeout. The server searches the session information database to detect last session information corresponding to the client terminal based on the synckey, compares the last session information with current session information to detect any updated data, and sends only the updated data to the client terminal.
US08060619B1
A system and method for efficiently accessing replicas of a storage object. A first node may perform a find operation to determine a plurality of nodes that each store a replica of a first storage object. For each node in the plurality of nodes, the first node may establish a direct connection to the node. The first node may then access the replicas of the first storage object using the respective direct connections to the plurality of nodes. In one embodiment, the nodes may be nodes in a peer-to-peer network. Establishing a direct connection to each storage object replica may enable the first node to communicate with each node in a single hop without having to pass messages via intermediate nodes in the peer-to-peer network.
US08060615B2
In one embodiment, a talker device may issue talker registrations to bridges of a network domain for a stream, the talker registration having at least a bandwidth requirement and a state of the talker registration as either offering or failed. Also, a listener device may issue listener registrations for a stream, the listener registration having at least a state of the listener registration as one of asking, asking-failed, ready, or ready-failed. In response to receiving a talker registration and listener registration for the same stream, a bridge of the network domain may then attempt to allocate resources for the stream if the bridge is on a path of the stream between the talker device and the listener device. The bridge may then notify, via respective states of the talker and listener registrations, the talker device and the listener device of whether resources have been allocated for the stream.
US08060614B2
A streaming operator assignment system and method for determining a streaming operator assignment that minimizes overload in a data processing system. Embodiments of the streaming operator assignment system include an optimization goals definition module, which defines optimization goals in terms of fundamental quantities that system administrators and application writers want to control, such as minimizing the worst case latency over all periods of time, or minimizing how much the system is backlogged with work. Embodiments of the streaming operator assignment system also include an optimization goals solution module that optimizes and solves a selected optimization goal. A specialized optimization technique is used to find the best operator (or load) assignment using the optimization goals to measure of the value of the assignment. This technique minimizes an optimization goal by iterating over all possible operators assignments over all possible nodes to find the operator assignment that minimizes the desired optimization goal.
US08060613B2
A repeater server in a content delivery network (CDN) maintains a list of resources that are no longer valid. When the server gets a request for a resource, it checks whether that resource is on the list, and, if so, it replicates the resource from a content provider's content source such as an origin server. Otherwise the repeater server tries to serve a copy of the requested resource or to obtain a copy from another location in the CDN.
US08060606B2
A traffic reporter gathers real-time information on traffic conditions within a network and sends out traffic reports to traffic managers. The traffic reporter analyzes the network and also gathers network information from the traffic managers and analyzers dispersed throughout the network. These traffic reports provide real-time information on network conditions to allow the traffic managers to route network traffic in the most efficient, reliable, and fastest manner.
US08060605B1
A computer-implemented method for evaluating the startup performance of a remote computing system may comprise: 1) commanding the remote computing system to power on using an out-of-band remote-management protocol, 2) determining when the remote computing system becomes responsive to an in-band remote-management protocol, and then 3) calculating the amount of time that elapsed between when the remote computing system was commanded to power on and when the remote computing system became responsive to the in-band protocol. Similarly, a method for evaluating the shutdown performance of a remote computing system may comprise: 1) commanding the remote computing system to shut down using an in-band remote-management protocol, 2) determining when the remote computing system has powered off using an out-of-band remote-management protocol, and then 3) calculating the amount of time that elapsed between when the remote computing system was commanded to shut down and when the remote computing system powered off.
US08060604B1
Methods and systems for facilitating communication between IMS and non-IMS applications are introduced. A network agent may serve as a proxy between one or more client devices and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. The network agent may transmit a monitoring program to a client device for execution on the client device. The monitoring program may collect data regarding communication applications executing on the client device, and then transmit this data to the network agent. From the collected data, the network agent preferably selects translation logic with which to translate between messages compatible with the communication applications executing on the client device and standardized communication applications executing in the IMS infrastructure.
US08060593B2
A method of managing the allocation to TCP connections of memory blocks of a TCP re-assembly buffer in a TCP network device including a TCP Processing unit, comprises computing a function r(t) on a per connection basis, that measures the occupancy rate of the re-assembly buffer for the relevant TCP connection, and that is updated upon reception of any packet belonging to said TCP connection; and allowing the TCP connection to be closed and the corresponding memory blocks to be released based on a decision scheme that includes at least a first trigger set on the corresponding function r(t), which defines two different states for said function r(t).
US08060587B2
A storage area network (SAN) of the type has a plurality of components including one or more digital data processors in communication with one or more storage devices via a switching fabric. An interface process, e.g., resident on a manager digital data processor, permits the operator/administrator to effect execution of at least a process residing on the manager and at least one process, such as a management application, residing on another SAN component.
US08060585B2
A self-service distribution configuration framework integrates with a directory services and Systems Management Server (SMS) of an enterprise computing system for web based self service configuration changes on a server owner defined schedule. The framework will cross reference the SMS database with the configuration framework database and dynamically update or create SMS server collections and advertisements for each unique time and day selected. For example, all systems that have had “Monday at 8 PM” selected as their scheduled date and time would become a member of the same collection. Upon opening the web site, the system owner is presented a data grid populated with a list of servers for which the individual is responsible, enabling selection of specific days and times for each server at which configuration changes sent by the SMS will occur.
US08060576B2
A device is provided for connecting a medical apparatus to a network. The device collects data from the medical apparatus and performs a variety of processing functions, such as trending, protocol translation, generating reports, etc. related to the collected data. The device then transmits the collected data over a network to interested parties. In some implementations, the device can transmit the collected data as an email message.
US08060570B2
A network platform for supporting a network-enabled application, comprising a plurality of communication channels to respective plurality of wireless network carries, each of the wireless network carriers having a plurality of users, the network platform comprises at least one processor, at least one interface having access to the internet, a mobile desktop applications, at least one email application, an address book widget, a private view widget, a fake public view profile, and a real public profile.
US08060568B2
Methods and systems are provided for communicating an event from a server to a set of applications via a real time messaging framework hub, which communicates with the applications on individual channels and with the server on a single channel. A polling message is sent to the server and a reply is received. From the reply, it is determined whether the event has occurred. A polling message is received from a client, and a reply is sent containing either the event, if it has occurred, or a null response is sent indicating that the event has not occurred. Limitation of server communication with the hub to a single open channel substantially reduces server overhead.
US08060560B2
A method and system for pervasive computing are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises a server communicating with a first device in a cloud computing environment, wherein the first device can detect surrounding devices, and an application program executable by the server, wherein the application program is controlled by the first device and the output of the application program is directed by the server to one of the devices detected by the first device.
US08060559B2
Methods, systems, and protocols are described for securing data in transit over networks. A communication session is initiated between a client and a server. One or more communication channels can be set up between the client and the server. Each established communication channel may have zero or more intermediary nodes that are selected by the client or by the server to process information exchanged between the client and the server via the communication channels.
US08060555B2
Electronic content management systems and methods are disclosed. Geographic locator addresses such as mailing addresses are associated with respective, unique, geo-specific electronic addresses. For example, unique electronic addresses may be generated based on information specifying geographic locator addresses. The electronic address associated with a geographic locator address, to which information is to be distributed, may then be determined, and electronic content which includes the information to be distributed can be made available through the electronic address. The geo-specific nature of the electronic addresses may also be used to make electronic content that has local significance available through an electronic address. A user system may determine a type of the electronic content obtained through an electronic address and process the electronic content according to the determined type.
US08060550B2
Method and apparatus for integer transformation using a discrete logarithm and modular factorization
Transforming an integer comprises receiving the integer, where the integer can be expressed as a modular factorization. The modular factorization comprises one or more factors, where each factor has an exponent. The integer is expressed as a product of residues. A discrete logarithm of the integer is established from a sum corresponding to the product of residues. A value for an exponent of a factor is determined from the discrete logarithm. The integer is represented as the modular factorization comprising the one or more factors, where each factor has a value for the exponent.
US08060546B2
A deterministic finite state machine organised for the detection of positionally significant matches of characters in a string of characters examines each character in turn to determine a exit transition for a current state of the machine to another state The machine responds to an examination of the string of characters by executing in response to a first character at the commencement of the string a transition from an initial state to another state. The machine has at least one state for every character position, includes a exit transition from each state for each character to another state; and possesses only forward exit transitions each from any of the states whereby the current state of the machine unambiguously represents a count of the number of characters from the commencement of the string. The machine may include at least one match state which indicates that all character matches in the string required by at least one respective rule have been detected. Some but not all the states in the multiplicity of states each have a single exit transition for any value of a respective character in the string. At least some of the states in the multiplicity of states each define an exit transition to a state indicating ‘no match’. The machine may be disposed to cease its examination of the character string on attaining a ‘no match’state.
US08060545B2
A decimal floating point finite number in a decimal floating point format is composed from the number in a different format. A decimal floating point format includes fields to hold information relating to the sign, exponent and significand of the decimal floating point finite number. Other decimal floating point data, including infinities and NaNs (not a number), are also composed. Decimal floating point data are also decomposed from the decimal floating point format to a different format.
US08060538B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to acquiring information from the worldwide web, organizing information acquired from the worldwide web, and using the acquired and organized information to facilitate web-page searching, web-page browsing, and other worldwide-web-based activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database of concept objects is created from an initial set of semantic objects and from hyperlink information obtained from web pages by one or more web crawlers. The initial set of semantic objects is processed using hyperlink based objects created by the web crawler. The processed semantic objects are then associated with additional hyperlink-based objects to create a concept-object database. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the concept-object database can be further refined and supplemented in an automated fashion by additional web crawling, subsequent association of hyperlink-based objects with concept objects, and creation of new concept objects as well as by user input to, and editing of, the concept-object database. The concept-object database may be employed, in various embodiments of the present invention, to facilitate web browsing, web-page searching, and other worldwide-web-base activities.
US08060535B2
A telecommunications system includes a network; one or more user devices operably coupled to the network; one or more servers operably coupled to the network, the servers defining document storage locations; and a document management service including: a document address database configured to identify geographical locations associated with the document storage locations; a map display manager configured to cause a display to display a map of geographical locations associated with the document storage locations; and a geography manager configured to allow access to documents at locations defined by the document address database and displayed by the map display manager in association with a particular geographical location.
US08060533B1
A mechanism for providing panel-based management of data. In accordance with instructions on a machine-readable medium, a computing system receives data objects from various sources such as various user devices and application servers. Further, the computing system causes a device to display a graphical user interface through which a user can define panels that will be associated with various received data objects, so as to define a record, by time or subject matter, of relevant data objects. Further, the computing system allows a user to readily switch from display of one panel to display of another panel, so as to assist the user with multi-tasking and associated context switching.
US08060531B2
A data query system including a first storage medium including a data schema having a data schema query language associated therewith, a second storage medium including an ontology model including classes and properties, the ontology model having an ontology query language associated therewith, wherein constructs of the database schema are mapped to corresponding classes, properties or compositions of properties of the ontology model, and an ontology query processor generating a query expressed in the data schema query language corresponding to a specified query expressed in the ontology query language. A method is also described and claimed.
US08060525B2
A computer-implemented method and system are provided for generating media recommendations in a media recommendation network. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a plurality of play histories of media items from a plurality of users of devices, wherein at least a portion of the media items are tagged with corresponding time and location data indicating a time and location of play; receiving by the server a media recommendation request from a requester, including receiving seed information indicating a current location of the requester; using at least one of user preferences of the requester and the seed information to identify correlated users from which to search corresponding play histories from among the plurality of play histories; comparing the seed information to the corresponding play histories and generating a list of related media items contained therein; and returning the list of related media items to the requester.
US08060517B2
Methods and systems for adjusting a scoring measure of a search result based at least in part on the breadth of a previously-executed search query associated with the search result are described. In one described system, a search engine determines a popularity measure for a search result, and then adjusts the popularity measure based at least in part on a query breadth measure of a previously-executed search query associated with the search result. The search engine may use a variety of query breadth measures. For example, the search engine may use the quantity of results returned by the search query, the length of the query, the IR score drop-off, or some other measure of breadth.
US08060514B2
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or non-metadata such as content. In one exemplary method, a composite document is received and it is determined whether the composite document contains at least one subdocument and if it does, the method captures metadata and/or content from the subdocument and stores the captured metadata and/or content for use in future searches (or an immediate search). The metadata and/or content from the composite document is typically combined together with information about the hierarchy of the subdocuments in the document. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.
US08060512B2
What is disclosed is a novel system and method for analyzing multi-dimensional cluster data sets to identify clusters of related documents in an electronic document storage system. Digital documents, for which multi-dimensional probabilistic relationships are to be determined, are received and then parsed to identify multi-dimensional count data with at least three dimensions. Multi-dimensional tensors representing the count data and estimated cluster membership probabilities are created. The tensors are then iteratively processed using a first and a complementary second tensor factorization model to refine the cluster definition matrices until a convergence criteria has been satisfied. Likely cluster memberships for the count data are determined based upon the refinements made to the cluster definition matrices by the alternating tensor factorization models. The present method advantageously extends to the field of tensor analysis a combination of Non-negative Matrix Factorization and Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis to decompose non-negative data.
US08060510B2
A search engine computer system is configured to produce an optimized display of maps especially useful in mobile handheld devices with comparatively small screens. The system factors in scoring functions, visibility, and empirical data on map levels to provide optimal map based results to users. This minimizes or avoids graphical results that overlap each other.
US08060509B2
A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.
US08060508B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing information about a user are presented which include obtaining at least one search result based on at least one search terms describing the user; presenting the at least one search result to the user; receiving an indication from the user of the desirability of a search result; and performing an action based on the desirability of the search result. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented for determining a reputation score representing the reputation of a user which include collecting search results from data source, determining an effect on the reputation of the user of the search results from the data source, and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the determined effect on the reputation of the user from the search results from the data source.
US08060507B2
Systems and methods are provided for personalizing advertising for a user. In accordance with certain implementations, information is accessed indicating which documents were selected by a user and which documents were not selected by a user. At least one positive word vector is generated using words contained in at least one of the selected documents, and at least one negative word vector is generated using words contained in at least one of the unselected documents. Document word vectors are generated, and a document rank order is established based on a vector space relationship analysis. Categories associated with the documents are ranked based on the document rank order, and the ranked categories are sent to an ad server. Advertising material associated with the ranked categories may then be received from the ad server in a selected context.
US08060493B2
A computer program product and/or system for determining storage requirements includes means for receiving a plurality of files to be stored, means for classifying the plurality of files based on business value, means for classifying the plurality of files based on contractual obligations, means for classifying the plurality of files based on empirical characteristics, and determining a storage medium based on the classified business value, classified contractual obligation, and classified empirical characteristics. The system further includes means for determining storage requirements based on the determined storage mediums, means for determining a normalization factor, means for determining a product of the determined normalization factor and summed individual used storage capacity, means for determining at least one secondary information class based on the product, and means for storing at least one of the received plurality of files based on the determined storage medium.
US08060491B2
The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for extracting semantic information from text data having metadata associated therewith. A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes selecting an ordered set of scale values for a plurality of scales and, for each of the scale values, determining one or more subset of metadata information related to the scale value. For each of the scales and associated subsets, a statistic on occurrences of content associated with the metadata in each subset is determined and the statistics are aggregated for each scale and associated subsets to determine a semantic level for the content. The scales and associated subsets having content with a semantic level above a threshold may be determined to extract semantic information across multiple time frames with the ordered set of scale values for the plurality of scales.
US08060490B2
Methods and systems provide a tool for searching and analyzing XPS files. In accordance with the described embodiments, a user can search and analyze XPS files without having a full understanding of an associated software development kit (SDK). Further, in at least some embodiments, the tool can load an XPS file, analyze XPS/OPC/ZIP metadata information, and store the metadata information into a set of predefined rules.
US08060481B1
A method and mechanism for managing a time-indexed block map in a file system configured to store multiple versions of file data. A file system includes inodes or other structures corresponding to files in the system. Responsive to creating a file, one or more blocks are allocated for use in storing the file data. A block map is maintained for the file and is updated to include an identification of the blocks storing the file data and a timestamp corresponding to the stored data. In response to creating a file, data corresponding block map is maintained. In addition, a new entry is created in the block map which identifies the newly allocated blocks. Further, an entry of the block map is updated to (i) identify the particular blocks to which the write was directed and (ii) include a timestamp corresponding to the time of the write.
US08060477B1
A system and method for archiving a user's media collection are provided. In general, a central archiving system stores high-quality versions of a number of known media files and a number of known encoding algorithms. First, each media file in the user's media collection and an encoding algorithm used to encode each media file are classified as either known or unknown to the archiving server. For each known media file encoded with a known encoding algorithm, the archive includes information identifying the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and optionally the one or more quality parameters such as bit rate, sampling frequency, and the like for the media file. For each unknown media file and/or media file encoded with an unknown CODEC or encoding algorithm, the archive includes the media file, which is uploaded and stored at the archiving system.
US08060475B1
A method of intelligently copying recovery points from a primary storage device to a secondary storage device is presented. The decision on how to copy the recovery points depends upon the backup copy policy as well as the availability of previous backups on the secondary storage device.
US08060471B2
An updating display system of a display list and the method thereof are provided. A first version information of the display list at a local end is checked against with a second version information on a server. If they are different, only a modification item file containing a data item to be modified is downloaded from the server. The display list is then modified according to a line number given in the modification item file. The data item in the display list are ordered according to the time tags in the modification item file. This can solve the problems of spending too much time in downloading the display list and an unclear play list. This helps to achieve efficient update and better display.
US08060469B2
A file containing proprietary content can be protected against unauthorized duplication via file sharing between remote computers connected to an Internet swapping service. To this end, the content to be protected is searched on the Internet, at least the hash ID of each data record offered as a search hit is stored, this hash ID is linked to substitute content data, and queries of remote computers for the file to be protected are responded to by offering the modified data record.
US08060466B1
Information retrieval systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items of interest to a user of a computer-based data repository, where the items are presented in the form of lists generated by other users. Users of a data repository may generate lists of items from the repository that are accessible by other users. In various embodiments, users generating lists may add supplemental commentary about the items and other personalizing information. The information retrieval systems and methods store the user-generated lists for future presentation to other users. When a user of the data repository submits a search query, items returned in the query's results are interpreted to be items of interest to the user, and in response, one or more lists determined to be similar to the items of interest are presented to the user.
US08060458B2
The present invention relates to an engineering design method and a system of implementing same. In one embodiment, the method includes a construction process of knowledge components and a design process based on the knowledge components. The knowledge components pack universal modules in the standard forms. Accordingly, the knowledge components are independent from design layouts or design processes of products, and reusable in different projects and platforms. The design process integrates a variety of software platforms via a uniform environment and calls the knowledge components to complete the engineering designs. Further, the design process defines a data relation and an execution relation of the knowledge components and establishes a relationship between the knowledge components without programming. The universal module comprises at least operations, methods, rules and/or flows of an engineering design process and engineering analysis process.
US08060448B2
A system for verifying intent in a card not present transaction is provided. The system includes a late binding token that is distributable to consumers without necessarily being bound to an account. The system also includes a client software that locates a token server configured to facilitate managing and communicating with the late binding token. The system also includes a protocol concerning how to build a verifiably secure structured proposal that carries an offer to the consumer through the client software.
US08060438B2
A browser based automated loan system includes a loan engine offered individually to financial institutions to set up, operate and manage loan product offerings, a consumer website interface having a loan application form with data fields relevant to the loan product offerings, a designer component that establishes tasks in the form of a loan process checklist associated with each loan product offering, and a workflow engine for automatically evaluating the loan application form using the applicable loan process checklist in conjunction with rules, logical mathematical computational components, and risk based offer configurations for generating an instant loan offer when a borrower qualifies. Each task has attributes available for establishing entry conditions to provide workflow automation, and each task is performed when the entry conditions associated therewith are satisfied. The consumer website interface enables selecting a category of loan product offerings, and each checklist is associated with the selected category.
US08060429B2
A prepaid messaging solution which uses open networking standards (e.g., TCP/IP) and which supports pre-payment of enhanced Internet messaging services. The disclosed prepaid architectures and methods accurately determine if a subscriber has sufficient account balance to deliver a complete short message, prior to delivery of the message. The short message may be prevented from being delivered (either at the source end or at the destination end) if insufficient funds are in the subscriber's account. A prepaid tariff engine is preferably extensible over a TCP/IP network, and supports remote interaction with the SMSC and web chat servers for the purpose of applying a real-time billing charge for each message. A service provider may create subscriber classes of service that define and uniquely identify subscriber rate and/or tariffing plans used to apply real-time billing charges for sending or receiving of messages. The prepaid short message tariff engine determines the appropriate message billing based upon, e.g., flat rate per message, message count (e.g., 10 messages @ $ 5.00), character count (e.g., $0.01/char.), Time of Day, Day of Week (i.e., peak & non-peak hours), type of message, and/or mobile location (i.e., network point code). The prepaid short messaging service preferably supports Internet web page access to subscriber's relating to their short messaging account balances and status maintained in the prepaid short messaging database of the prepaid messaging server.
US08060426B2
A method performed by a transfer instrument issuer involves issuing, to a recipient, a certificate which is linked to a national card account obtained by the transfer instrument issuer from an account issuer different from the transfer instrument issuer, without both issuing and providing a physical card for the national card account to the recipient of the certificate, the certificate having been purchased by a purchaser, who is not also the recipient, and containing all information necessary for the purchase of goods or services from any merchant who is capable of processing economic transactions involving one of the plurality national card accounts for which a physical card has issued, but without presentment of the physical card.
US08060421B1
A financial analysis program includes an object oriented architecture having a number of abstract classes associated with performing financial calculations. The abstract classes include an instruments class that defines a number of financial instruments in a hierarchical manner. The abstract classes also include a models class that defines a number of objects or functions used to perform financial calculations. The program also includes an interface to allow a user to pass instrument parameters to the objects or functions and execute the object or function using the instrument parameters.
US08060415B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for generating a sales lead for the sale of a CVR system. The method comprises initiating a call in which a human calls an organization and interacts with an interactive voice response (IVR) system that defines an interface to a database for an organization in order to obtain information from the database; generating a first audio file comprising a recording of the interaction; generating a second audio file comprising a recording of an interaction of the caller with a CVR system in order to obtain the same information from the database; presenting the first and second audio files to a decision maker in the organization who has some influence on a decision to purchase the CVR system; tracking when the decision maker accesses the audio files; and initiating contact with the decision maker once access of the audio files is established.
US08060413B2
There is disclosed a system and method of making an electronic payment from a wireless mobile device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an electronic wallet, the electronic wallet having a persistent store for storing data for one or more payment cards and a wallet security module configured to verify authorized access to the electronic wallet; and permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet upon verification of authorized access by the wallet security module. In an embodiment, the wallet security module is configured to store one or more of a password and biometric data, and the method further comprises: comparing any subsequently input password or biometric data to a password or biometric data previously supplied by the authorized user and stored in the wallet security module; and if the comparison matches or is within an acceptable range, then permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet.
US08060408B2
The present invention provides a bi-directional communication network which provides monitoring, data collection, and control of food service industry operations. The system includes a computer and control logic implemented by the computer which may be configured to perform various tasks. A communication network may be provided linking the computer with equipment and appliances having a microprocessor based controller capable of communicating with the system. In one embodiment, the system automatically verifies the performance of equipment-related manual tasks in food preparation. In another embodiment, the system schedules the maintenance of a plurality of kitchen appliances. In another embodiment, the system provides a hold timer for tracking the hold time of cooked food products and determines when the hold time elapses. In yet another embodiment, the system manages the inventory of cooked food products in a food preparation establishment.
US08060406B2
A method, system, and medium are provided for targeting advertisements to users of mobile devices based on geo-temporal models. Time-stamped location information is collected for a mobile device and a dynamic geo-temporal model is constructed and updated when new data is collected according to a sample design. Using the geo-temporal model, device location and instances of user interaction with the device can be predicted, and advertisements can be provided based on the predicted location. Advertisements can be cached on the mobile device for later presentation, and the sample design can be updated to improve efficiency and accuracy in the modeling system.
US08060396B1
A system for monitoring orders processed by order processing applications implemented on computer systems is provided. The order processing monitor comprises an application to process a portion of an order and to write application data to a log file, the application data related to the processing of the order by the application, a log adapter operable to communicate with the log file to obtain at least a portion of the application data, a log agent operable to monitor a resource data related to a computer system used by the application to process at least some of the order, and a monitor component in communication with the log adapter to obtain the portion of the application data and operable to obtain at least a portion of the resource data, the monitor component using the application data and resource data to determine order status information.
US08060395B1
A priority-based scheduling service may schedule appointments between service providers and service consumers by assigning a priority to an appointment request based on one or more factors. The scheduling service may take into consideration the history of the service consumer and the purpose or reason for the appointment request. In addition, preferences indicated by the service provider and service consumer may be taken into consideration by the scheduling service. A prioritized appointment request may be scheduled dependent upon how high or low a priority has been assigned to the request. The scheduling service may apply rules during the prioritizing and scheduling processes. Rules may be configured by the service providers. Once the appointment has been scheduled by the scheduling service, notification may be sent to the service provider and service consumer. Communication between the scheduling service, service providers and service consumers may be accomplished via a communications network.
US08060391B2
A method of creating an analogous workflow is provided. A first workflow is received at a first device, the first workflow including a plurality of first modules that are connected. A second workflow is received at the first device, the second workflow including a plurality of second modules that are connected. A third workflow is received at the first device, the third workflow including a plurality of third modules that are connected. An analogy workflow is determined based on a difference between the received first workflow and the received second workflow. The determined analogy workflow is applied to the received third workflow to define a fourth workflow. The defined fourth workflow is presented to a user at the first device. A method of identifying a workflow of a plurality of workflows is provided. A query workflow is received at a first device, which includes a plurality of modules that are connected. A workflow is identified of a plurality of workflows, the identified workflow at least partially matching the received query workflow. The identified workflow is presented to a user at the first device.
US08060388B1
Provided are techniques for allowing consumers to reserve a resource, in which potential consumers have a choice among a number of different reservation contracts for reserving a resource to be provided at a future time. Each reservation contract allows a corresponding contracting customer to elect whether to receive the resource and requires the contracting customer to make a first payment in aggregate if the resource ultimately is elected and to make a second payment in aggregate if the resource ultimately is not elected, with the first payment being higher than the second payment, and with both being nonzero.
US08060387B2
An insurance program for funding benefits by maintaining assets in the insurance program that includes an employer or employee owned trust account and at least one life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract obtained directly or indirectly from a captive insurance company. The life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract is purchased with assets from the trust account and the captive insurance company is at least partially owned by the employer. When paying or reimbursing benefits, the employer or the trust may pay the benefit and if the employer pays the benefit, the trust may reimburse the employer.
US08060386B2
The present invention includes systems and methods employing branded virtual characters across multiple network platforms throughout various stages of complex transactions (eg, selling insurance). These characters initially engage prospective customers on a network platform, such as a social network, and persist over time across other network platforms (eg, university and company websites) to educate consumers until they are ready to purchase—from their “trusted advisor”—particular products and services offered by various providers. Even after completing transactions, these characters continue to provide various services, such as notifying a customer whose circumstances have changed of a relevant product or service, while remaining available to answer questions and provide information upon demand. By employing a semi-automated model, the system of the present invention can answer many questions via predetermined vignettes and automated answers generated by expert systems, while still utilizing live human experts (often transparently) when necessary.
US08060385B1
A system, method and computer program product for utilizing a person's voting status as a factor in segmenting a population, and in various aspects of selling, underwriting, or rating insurance. Voting status may include voter registration, eligibility for voter registration, an instance of recent voting, voting frequency, or other voting history in elections. In defining voting status, an instance of recent voting, voting frequency, or other voting history may optionally take into account the type of election or the turnout for the election, or both. Voting status may be used together with other factors such as age, gender, driving distance to place of employment, or residence location. A risk model for insurance purposes is provided, including segmentation of a population into groups based factors including voting status; and determining risk parameters of each group. A rate structure corresponding to the segmented groups may be calculated, and insurance coverage limits and a premium proposed to a customer based on a group assignment. Persons to receive insurance sales solicitations may be identified based on voting status.
US08060383B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting harmful and/or hazardous ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction, interfere with the effectiveness of a prescription drug, exacerbate symptoms associated with a chronic illness, and/or cause another undesired reaction.
US08060371B1
Systems and methods for voice interaction with non-voice enabled web pages and browsers are provided. A communication unit that does not provide for voice enabled web browsing can be provided with a hardware and/or software plug-in. The plug-in can receive non-voice enabled web pages, receive voice from a user of the communication unit and provide the voice to a speech recognition server. The plug-in receives corresponding text from the speech recognition server and provides the text to a non-voice enabled web browser to fill-in form fields with the corresponding text.
US08060370B2
A method and system provides for a single-pass review and feedback of a document. During audio playback of the document to be reviewed, voice-activated recording of feedback and submission of feedback relative to the location in the original document are accomplished. This provides for a fully integrated, single pass review and feedback of documentation to occur.
US08060368B2
A voice recognition apparatus 10, which performs voice recognition of an input voice by referring to a voice recognition dictionary and outputs a voice recognition result, has an external information acquiring section 14 for acquiring from externally connected devices 20-1-20-N connected thereto a type of each externally connected device, and for acquiring data recorded in each externally connected device; a vocabulary extracting analyzing section 15 and 16 for extracting a vocabulary item from the data as an extracted vocabulary item, and for producing analysis data by analyzing the extracted vocabulary item and by providing the extracted vocabulary item with reading; and a dictionary generating section 17 for storing the analysis data in the voice recognition dictionary corresponding to the type. For each type of the externally connected devices, one of the voice recognition dictionaries 13-1-13-N is assigned.
US08060365B2
A dialog processing system which includes a target expression data extraction unit for extracting a plurality of target expression data each including a pattern matching portion which matches an utterance pattern, which are inputted by an utterance pattern input unit and is an utterance structure derived from contents of field-independent general conversations, among a plurality of utterance data which are inputted by an utterance data input unit and obtained by converting contents of a plurality of conversations in one field; a feature extraction unit for retrieving the pattern matching portions, respectively, from the plurality of target expression data extracted, and then for extracting feature quantity common to the plurality of pattern matching portions; and a mandatory data extraction unit for extracting mandatory data in the one field included in the plurality of utterance data by use of the feature quantities extracted.
US08060356B2
Processor emulation using fragment level translation is disclosed. A target system having a main target processor, a secondary target processor element and an instruction memory associated with the secondary target processor element may be emulated with a host system having one or more host processors and a host memory. Two or more target system code instructions for the secondary target processor may be grouped into one or more fragments with known starts and ends. A data structure that maps the host memory locations of the starts and ends may be maintained. Each fragment may be translated into a corresponding set of position-independent translated fragments executable by the host system. The translated fragments may be loaded into one or more of the host processors. If a memory layout for target system code corresponding to the one or more fragments has changed, the fragments may be dynamically re-linked, without re-translation, and executed.
US08060347B2
Disclosed herein are computer aided design (CAD) techniques to implement a unified data schema and graphical user interface (GUI) to link ECU/devices, in-vehicle communications, and vehicle harness information together with respect to architectural relation, performance relation, and cost relation, and to facilitate a designer's understanding and manipulation of this information. The domain-specific information from each domain is converted to objects in this unified data schema and stored in a unified database that is accessible to every domain, so that the impact of the current state in the device domain can be accessed and analyzed by a designer from any domain. This approach enables design data sharing and real-time collaboration between different electrical/electronic (E/E) design domains, thereby facilitating the realization of design data collaboration, design change management, and product lifetime management (PLM) and product data management (PDM) implementation.
US08060345B2
A system and method for knowledge based development of interior models for configurable spaces, including storing a digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects, storing a digital definition of a plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of the objects, defining one or more collision rules between a first three dimensional stay-out space and a second three dimensional stay-out space, the rules define whether the first three dimensional stay-out space and the second three dimensional stay-out space may overlap, and designing the interior section to accommodate objects based on the defined collision rules and object parameters.
US08060337B2
A system for estimating motion parameters corresponding to a user. The system may generally include a receiver operable to receive a signal from an external source, an inertial sensor operable to be coupled with the user and arbitrarily oriented relative to the direction of user motion for generation of a signal corresponding to user motion, and a processing system in communication with the receiver and inertial sensor. The processing system can be operable to utilize the receiver signal to estimate a first parameter corresponding to a first motion parameter type, utilize the inertial sensor signal to estimate a second parameter corresponding to a second motion parameter type, generate a user-specific motion model to correlate the first parameter type and second parameter type using at least the first and second estimated parameters, utilize the inertial sensor signal to estimate a third parameter corresponding to the second parameter type, and utilize the motion model and the third parameter to estimate a fourth parameter corresponding to the first parameter type independent of the receiver signal.
US08060336B2
An electronic apparatus includes a body, a triaxial acceleration sensor which is built in the body and includes a long axis and a short axis, a disk device built in the body, a calculation unit that calculates a value on a basis of an acceleration value which is detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor and is output in a direction perpendicular to the long axis and to the short axis, a setting unit that sets a threshold in a state of the body in which a plane formed by the long axis and the short axis is approximately parallel to a direction of action of gravitational acceleration, and a controller that starts protection of the disk device on a basis of a result of comparison between the value calculated by the calculation unit and the threshold.
US08060329B2
A display-device inspection apparatus includes a pointing device for following a position where an identification for identifying an attention area on an inspection image is displayed on the inspection image simultaneously, an attention area information extracting part for converting the identification into outline coordinate data to extract both positional information and shape information related to the attention area m a screen, an attention area information storing part for classifying and storing the positional information and the shape information on a basis of a predetermined standard of classification, and an analysis result outputting part for outputting inspection result information constructed by analyzing contents stored in the attention area information storing part.
US08060327B2
There is provided a waveform generator for generating an analog signal, including a data changing section which changes an input data sequence, which is to be modulated to the signal which the waveform generator should generate, to generate an after-change data sequence such that an initial phase and a final phase of the signal to be obtained by FSK modulation are continuous, a waveform generating section which generates basic waveform data representing a waveform corresponding to the signal obtained by subjecting the after-change data sequence to FSK modulation, and an output section which outputs the signal repeating the waveform represented by the basic waveform data.
US08060323B2
A secondary-battery life estimation apparatus includes: a voltage measuring portion measuring a terminal voltage of a secondary battery to be measured; a first memory storing in advance a terminal voltage V0 of a non-degraded secondary battery before the non-degraded secondary battery discharges after fully charged; a second memory which stores in advance a life-estimation data map as a look-up table associating a voltage difference dV between a terminal voltage V of the secondary battery to be measured before the secondary battery to be measured discharges after fully charged and the terminal voltage V0 with a residual life of the secondary battery to be measured; and a CPU calculating the voltage difference dV between the terminal voltage V measured by the voltage measuring portion before the secondary battery to be measured discharges after fully charged and the terminal voltage V0 stored in the first memory and estimating the residual life of the secondary battery to be measured based on the life-estimation data map stored in the second memory using the voltage difference dV.
US08060314B2
To perform a marine survey, a streamer is deployed into a body of water, where the streamer has plural first sensors to perform a subterranean survey. Indications are received from second sensors in corresponding sections of the streamer, where the indications are regarding which sections are in the body of water. Information is updated regarding which sections of the streamer are in the body of water in response to the received indications.
US08060308B2
Arrangement and method for monitoring weather includes a sensor system arranged in vehicles for obtaining information about the weather in the vicinity of the vehicle, a communication system arranged in each vehicle and coupled to a respective sensor system for communicating the obtained weather information to a control station or other remote facility, and a transmission system arranged at the control station for transmitting weather conditions in an area in which the vehicles travel based on the information obtained by the vehicles. A positioning system may be arranged on each vehicle to determine its position so that the communication systems transmit the position of each vehicle along with the obtained information. A display may be arranged in each vehicle for displaying the transmitted weather conditions to an occupant of the vehicle.
US08060307B2
A riskiness reference value Riskm is corrected and calculated for each target object according the a road surface friction coefficient based on a vehicle-to-target time and a collision allowance time, and a riskiness Riskm (ΔAm) for each three-dimensional object is set based on the riskiness reference value Riskm with a range which uses a probability distribution given in an azimuthal angle direction where each target object exists, whereby a riskiness Risk (ΔA) is set for each azimuthal angle. Then, alarming and brake controlling are made to be executed according to a riskiness Risk (0) at an azimuthal angle of 0, and a steering angle control amount θstrt is obtained from the current riskiness Risk (ΔA) of each azimuthal angle and an estimated riskiness Risk (ΔA)e of each azimuthal angle after a set time period.
US08060301B2
A disclosed vehicle navigation apparatus enables the issuance of an accurate and quick guidance. Voice uttered by an occupant of a vehicle is collected by a voice collecting unit and transmitted to an external facility by a voice transmitting unit. The external facility generates destination information based on the received voice, and transmits the destination information back to a destination information receiving unit of the apparatus. Based on the received destination information, the apparatus issues a guidance. The apparatus further includes a destination extracting unit by which the voice collected by the voice collecting unit is subjected to voice recognition in order to extract a destination from the collected voice. A tentative guidance is then issued based on the extracted destination until the destination information is received by the destination information receiving unit from the external facility.
US08060300B2
Systems, methods, and programs, store map data including a roadway network, detect a current position of the vehicle, and detect or receive at lest one of a distance to another vehicle, a speed of another vehicle, and traffic congestion information. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a passing lane, a climbing lane, or a lane for slower traffic based on the detected current vehicle position and the map data. If the vehicle is within the predetermined distance, the systems, methods, and programs provide guidance regarding the passing lane, the climbing lane, or the lane for slower traffic based on at least one of the distance to the other vehicle, the speed of the other vehicle, and/or the received traffic congestion information.
US08060292B2
A cetane number detection device in which an angular velocity detection device (10) for detecting the rotation angular velocity of the crankshaft (11) of an engine (54), and which detects a variation in the value of the amplitude of the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detection device (10) as a variation in cetane number.
US08060279B2
A method is described for generating at least one feature for an occupant protection system, which is determined from at least one basic feature and analyzed for generating a triggering signal for an occupant protection device, and a corresponding device. During normal operation, at least one short-term window integral is calculated from the at least one basic feature and used as a starting value for calculating a corresponding long-term integral when a starting condition for a crash operation obtains, the at least one long-term integral being made available to a following method as a feature for generating the triggering signal for the occupant protection system.
US08060276B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle with an automated gearbox (1), which can be connected, via a clutch (2), to a prime mover (3). The output rotational speed of the gearbox (1) is detected by sensors and evaluated for plausibility by comparison with an arithmetic mean value of sensor-detected rotational speeds of the rear wheels (7, 8) of the motor vehicle. It is also possible to determine plausibility, using the arithmetic mean of the sensor-detected rotational speeds of the front wheels (9, 10), in case of a failure of at least one of both generated signals (20, 21) of the rotational speed sensors (18, 19) of the rear wheels (7, 8) for checking the plausibility of the output rotational speed of the gearbox (1).
US08060273B2
A method for diagnosing a component of a vehicle, which presents the steps of: identifying a series of classes, each of which is associated to a given mode of operation of the component; identifying at least one control signal of the component; providing a mathematical model of the component designed to classify an evolution in time of the control signal, assigning a respective class to the evolution in time of the control signal itself; detecting a number of evolutions in time of the control signal; classifying each evolution in time of the control signal by the mathematical model of the component; and determining a diagnosis of the component on the basis of the classification of the evolutions in time of the control signal.
US08060270B2
A method for inspecting structures that includes using a plurality of independent unmanned mobile vehicles. The unmanned mobile vehicles are equipped with a control and guidance system for enabling each unmanned mobile vehicle to operate autonomously. Each unmanned mobile vehicle may be programmed with an operating program that defines a path of travel for it, relative to a structure to be inspected. The unmanned mobile vehicles are deployed so that they cooperatively form a swarm that travels about the structure. At least one of said unmanned mobile vehicles is used to obtain inspection data of a portion of the structure as it executes its respective operating program.
US08060260B2
An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on vehicle passing maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle has started a lane change from a first lane to a second lane as a first phase of the passing maneuver. If so, the process determines whether the lane change to the second lane has been completed as a second phase of the passing maneuver. If the lane change to the second lane has been completed, the process determines whether there has been a lane change back to the first lane to complete the passing maneuver as a third phase of the passing maneuver. Further, the process determines whether a time threshold has been exceeded after the passing maneuver is in a second phase, but no lane change back to the first lane has occurred.
US08060257B2
Systems, methods and devices for the remote control of a robot which incorporates interchangeable tool heads. Although applicable to many different industries, the core structure of the system includes a robot with a tool head interface for mechanically, electrically and operatively interconnecting a plurality of interchangeable tool heads to perform various work functions. The robot and tool head may include several levels of digital feedback (local, remote and wide area) depending on the application. The systems include a single umbilical cord to send power, air, and communications signals between the robot and a remote computer. Additionally, all communication (including video) is preferably sent in a digital format. Finally, a GUI running on the remote computer automatically queries and identifies all of the various devices on the network and automatically configures its user options to parallel the installed devices. Systems according to the preferred embodiments find particular application in the pipeline arts. For example, interchangeable tool heads may be designed to facilitate inspection, debris clearing, cleaning, relining, lateral cutting after relining, mapping, and various other common pipeline-related tasks.
US08060253B2
Systems and methods are presented that use the rate of change of a legged robot's centroidal angular momentum ({dot over (H)}G) in order to maintain or improve the robot's balance. In one embodiment, a control system determines the current value of {dot over (H)}G, compares this value to a threshold value, and determines an instruction to send to the robot. Executing the instruction causes the robot to remain stable or become more stable. Systems and methods are also presented that use a value derived from {dot over (H)}G in order to maintain or improve the robot's balance. In one embodiment, a control system determines the location of the Zero Rate of change of Angular Momentum (ZRAM) point (A), determines the distance between A and the location of the center of pressure of the resultant ground force, compares this value to a threshold value, and determines an instruction to send to the robot.
US08060244B2
An object of the present invention is to perform replacement of parts of a substrate processing apparatus more rapidly than that by the prior art. The present invention is a substrate processing apparatus constituted of a plurality of component parts for performing predetermined processing for a substrate, identification marks being attached to the respective component parts, the apparatus including: a storage unit for storing part information on each of the component parts necessary when placing an order for a component part, in correspondence with the identification mark; an input unit for inputting an identification mark of a component part to be ordered; and a display unit for displaying the part information in the storage unit corresponding to the inputted identification mark.
US08060241B2
Stations (8,9) of an automatic warehouse (2) are provided with transfer devices (10) for transferring an article one by one between a tray and a bucket, and hands (11, 12) of the transfer devices are provided with an ID tag reader and writer. The ID of the article stored in the bucket can be grasped and delivering products can be inspected, and further, data corresponding to each article can be written in the ID tag.
US08060224B2
A music genre judging device able to judge a genre of music in a relatively simple structure.The music genre judging device is provided with a signal input part 4 which takes in music reproduction signal outputted from a music reproduction device 100; a signal processing part 10 which outputs an integration value and a differential value of a low frequency component and a differential value of a high frequency component of the music reproduction signal taken in by the signal input part 4; a data generating part 30 which takes in the integration value and the differential values outputted from the signal processing part 10 for each prescribed sampling unit time Tn, judges whether the integration value and the differential value of the low frequency component and the differential value of the high frequency component exceed respective prescribed levels within the sampling unit time Tn, and generates analysis data D1 obtained by totalizing numbers of times of judgment when a value exceeding the prescribed level is detected for each prescribed sampling cycle Tm and each of the integration value and the differential values; and a data analysis part 31 which calculates respective average values M0 to M2 of the totalized values and respective coefficients of variation CV1, CV2 of the totalized values, which are described with respect to the respective differential values of the low frequency component and the high frequency component in the analysis data D1, and judges a genre of music outputted from the music reproduction device based on the calculation result.
US08060217B2
The present invention relates to a neural device comprising wires transmitting and receiving electric signals. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure of the neural device comprising wires which effectively obtain electric signals developed in nerve fibers and transmit electric stimuli to the nerve fibers.The neural device according to the present invention is connected to a processing module processing electric signals detected from nerve fibers, and the neural device is inserted in nerve fibers via nanowires to obtain electric signals from the nerve fibers, or inserted in the nerve fibers to transmit electric stimuli. The neural device may further provide with at least one through-hole and support.The neural device according to the present invention has an advantage that may obtain electric signals without killing nerve fibers or provide them with electric stimuli.
US08060210B1
A method for improving mobility and/or the quality of synovial fluid of an affected articular joint, wherein the joint is associated with at least a first muscle group and at least a second muscle group each having an antagonistic relationship for effecting mobility of the joint through a range of motion when recruited by natural neural impulses. The method includes positioning at least two first electrodes proximate to the at least first muscle group, positioning at least two second electrodes proximate to the at least second muscle group, and applying motor-level electrical stimulation to the at least first and second muscle groups via the at least two first and second electrodes in a multiphasic pattern corresponding to a sequence of electromyographic outputs.
US08060196B2
An electromedical implant includes a measuring signal generator, an impedance measuring unit to determine the impedance of human or animal tissue, a control unit which, for controlling the measuring signal generator and the impedance measuring unit, is at least indirectly connected to the measuring signal generator and to the impedance measuring unit, as well as an electrode arrangement comprising at least two electrodes which can be directly or indirectly connected or at least temporarily connected to the measuring signal generator and to the impedance measuring unit, or to a connection for such an electrode arrangement. The measuring signal generator is designed to generate and emit a current pulse or a series of current pulses, and the control unit is designed at a specific point in time to cause the measuring signal generator (to generate and emit a current pulse, and to cause the impedance measuring unit to measure the voltage that is present between the electrodes connected to the measuring signal generator and the impedance measuring unit after the passing of at least two time periods of different length that start with commencement of the current pulse being emitted and end before the end of emitting the current pulse, and to issue a voltage value which in each case represents the measured voltage.
US08060189B2
A system and method for determining brain hematoma including a handheld device for emitting and detecting radiation with a removable light guide assembly. A method for determining a brain hematoma condition that includes determining optical density of various regions of the brain using near infrared spectroscopy.
US08060184B2
A method of navigating the distal end of a medical device through an operating region in a subject's body includes displaying an x-ray image of the operating region, including the distal end of the medical device; determining the location of the distal end of the medical device in a reference frame translatable to the displayed x-ray image; and displaying an enhanced indication of the distal end of the medical device on the x-ray image to facilitate the navigation of the distal end of the device in the operating region.
US08060181B2
A method for planning the placement of a device in a body includes analyzing information of at least part of the internal structure of the body of a patient to determine if at least one specific or critical region or structure lies within a region of interest, said region of interest within a predetermined distance of the planned trajectory of the device in the body. Then, a level of risk is assessed to the at least one specific or critical region or structure that is within the region of interest.
US08060175B2
A system and apparatus for obtaining physiological data from a patient. The system and apparatus comprising at least one electrode disposed to collect physiological data from the patient and an electrode connection device having a conductive array formed by a plurality of conductive regions and a plurality of nonconductive regions. The conductive regions are suitable to be connected to the at least one electrode. The electrode may be connected to a first conductive region of the electrode communication device and wherein upon movement by the patient or the conductive array, the electrode is connected to a second conductive region of the conductive array.
US08060174B2
Disclosed herein is an analyte sensing biointerface that comprises a sensing electrode incorporated within a non-conductive matrix comprising a plurality of passageways extending through the matrix to the sensing electrode. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a sensing biointerface and methods of detecting an analyte within tissue of a host using an analyte sensing biointerface.
US08060159B2
A slidable and rotationally attaching unit configured to slidably and rotatably attach a movable housing on a supporting base so that a part of the movable housing is overlapped with the supporting base, the slidable and rotational attaching unit includes a base plate provided between the supporting base and the movable housing and attached to the supporting base; a plate cam provided between the supporting base and the movable housing and attached to the movable housing; a slide guide provided on a surface of the base plate facing the plate cam, the slide guide being formed by a slit or a groove along upper and lower directions in a standard pose that is a basic using state of the movable housing; a guide pin provided on a surface of the base plate facing the plate cam, the guide pin being positioned on an extended line of a lower end of the slide guide; and a connecting pin slidably and rotatably engaged with the plate cam so that the connecting pin prevents the plate cam from coming off from the slide guide.
US08060156B2
A filter package is provided with a support structure, a filter device having terminals, impedance matching circuits formed on the support structure and electrically connected to at least some of the terminals of the filter device, and at least one electrical ground structure electrically connected to the impedance matching circuits. Moreover, the filter package has an outer housing to contain the support structure, filter device, impedance matching circuits, and at least one ground structure.
US08060153B2
A method and apparatus for performing measurement by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. The UE has a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode for discontinuously receiving data and a continuous reception mode for continuously receiving data. The mobile communication system also has a serving cell where the UE is located, and a neighboring cell located near the serving cell. Signal strength of the serving cell is measured according to a period of the DRX mode. The signal strength measurement is continuously performed on the serving cell and the neighboring cell, if the measured signal strength of the serving cell is less than or equal to a particular threshold. The continuous signal strength measurement is stopped and signal strength of the serving cell is measured according to the period of the DRX mode, if the continuously measured signal strength of the serving cell is greater than the particular threshold.
US08060151B2
An apparatus for position-dependent control has a control unit, where the control unit takes the position of the apparatus as a basis for: a) controlling damping and/or echo cancellation for the apparatus, and/or b) switching a summit of the apparatus on or off or to a power saving mode, and/or c) prompting call acceptance.
US08060139B2
A system and method for allowing mobile devices to simultaneously access a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) are disclosed. The SIM contains a wireless transceiver, and the SIM may be located within a mobile phone, or it may be a stand-alone device. The mobile devices use a wireless protocol, such as Bluetooth, to retrieve identification information from the SIM. The devices then use this identification information to connect to a wireless communications network, such as a wireless local area network. Through this network the devices will be able to access the Internet. The SIM will never need to be removed and inserted from one device to another, and multiple devices can use the SIM simultaneously. Thus, the mobile phone will work regardless of whether other devices are also using the SIM.
US08060136B2
A mobile computing device includes a housing, a light source, a power circuit, and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be carried by a user while in use. The power circuit is coupled to the light source. The processing circuit is configured to provide control signals to the power circuit to illuminate the light source. The processing circuit is configured to count the illuminations of the light source, to store usage data based on the counted illuminations, and to adjust the control signals based on the usage data.
US08060134B2
According to the embodiment of the invention, a communication apparatus including: a first communication module radio communicating based on a first radio access technology; a second communication module radio communicating based on a second radio access technology; a first information storing module storing radio access technology information indicating at least one of the first and second radio access technologies to be used in a radio communication of the communication apparatus; a chip storing module configured to store an information chip that stores company information with respect to a company providing a communication service; a search module configured to read out the company information from the information chip to perform a radio wave search according to one of the first and second radio access technologies based on the company information; and a setting module configured to set the radio access technology information in the first information storing module based on the result of the radio wave searching
US08060132B2
An apparatus and a method for supporting a relay service using at least two antennas in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes at least two antennas, each of the at least two antennas for receiving a signal, at least two factor generators, each of the at least two factor generators for generating a factor used for removing at least one polarization component other than a select polarization component from a signal, at least two filters, each of the at least two filters for filtering at least one polarization component other than a select polarization component from the signal received by one of the at least two antennas using a factor generated by one of the at least two factor generators, and at least two signal detectors, each of the at least two signal detectors for detecting a signal for the select polarization component filtered by one of the at least two filters.
US08060127B2
A method for setting a power control level (600) in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of obtaining (620) transmission information from a wireless subscriber unit, and modifying a power control level and/or a communication channel format (660) in response to said transmission information. Preferably, the transmission information is re-transmission requests from a wireless subscriber unit, which are transmitted frequently. In this manner, rapid adjustment of power control can be attained utilising an optimal selection of the available communication channel format, followed by a fine-tuning power control operation.
US08060121B1
Methods and systems are described for providing a presence service that is particularly useful for mobile telecommunications devices. A plurality of outgoing presence updates are sent to a presence client. The system monitors the level of network traffic and determines whether the client is in a region of high network load. If the client is in a region experiencing a condition of high network load, the system throttles the outgoing presence updates during the condition of high network load. The level of throttling may depend at least in part on the amount of time that has elapsed since the presence client began a presence session, and/or the amount of time that has elapsed since an incoming presence update was received from the presence client. In determining the latter amount of elapsed time, the system may consider only the amount of time elapsed since an incoming non-automatic presence update was received from the presence client. When presence updates are throttled, the may schedule presence updates such that at least a minimum delay period elapses between consecutive updates to a particular client.
US08060113B2
A location visit detail service, typically provided by a wireless carrier to a subscriber includes a portable wireless device, a location identification means and a central processor. The central processor periodically receives location data generated by the location identification means. The central processor data transforms the location data into time and position data pairs that identify the location of the portable wireless device at a particular time. Through a geographic information system database, the position data is converted to street address data. The details data is provided by the wireless carrier to the subscriber, which can use the details data to provide a summary report describing the activity of the service person. This summary report can be used for preparation of bills or for gathering statistics on (individual or group) service person efficiency. Alternatively, the wireless carrier can prepare the report that is then transmitted to the subscriber.
US08060104B2
A method (300, 400) and a communication system (104, 106, 200) for dynamic RF spectrum allocation among a plurality of RF transmitters (108, 110, 112). A message can be received from a first communication system. The message can include a request (130) for available RF spectrum over which to transmit RF signals. The message can indicate a geographic location of a first non-incumbent transmitter (112) associated with the first communication system. Further, for the RF spectrum, a maximum power level can be determined at which the first non-incumbent transmitter may transmit without exceeding a threshold level of interference at least one focal point (134). A RF spectrum list (138) identifying at least the RF spectrum and the determined maximum power level can be communicated to the first communication system.
US08060096B2
A method and system for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system are provided, in which an mobile station determines a sequence number of a first protocol data unit being a last received protocol data unit, transmits the SN of the first protocol data unit to a serving base station, and allocates a virtual SDU sequence number to a service data unit including a second protocol data unit following the first protocol data unit.
US08060092B2
An apparatus and method for enhanced heterogeneous network handover using a media independent handover scheme is provided. A heterogeneous network handover method of the present invention includes generating, at a mobile node, self-location information, transmitting the self-location information to a management server which manages heterogeneous networks, searching, at the management server, surrounding networks using the self-location information, composing a set of candidate networks including at least one of the surrounding networks, transmitting information on the set of candidate networks to mobile node and deciding, at the mobile node, a target handover network among the candidate networks. Accordingly, latency during handover in a heterogeneous network can be reduced.
US08060086B1
A method and apparatus for processing mobile-IP registration messages. Upon receipt of a mobile-IP registration request (RRQ) message that designates a care-of address matching the mobile-IP home agent's IP address, the RRQ would be dropped. Alternatively, before deciding to drop such an RRQ, the invention may further involve determining whether the home agent is currently functioning as a foreign agent for the requesting mobile node, which would justify the care-of address matching the home agent's IP address. If the home agent is not currently functioning as a foreign agent for the mobile node, then the RRQ would be dropped. On the other hand, if the home agent is currently functioning as a foreign agent for the mobile node, then RRQ processing would proceed as normal.
US08060080B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for providing power-off information in a portable communication system. The portable communication system for identifying information on a destination terminal in a power-off state includes a portable terminal and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC).
US08060079B1
A method and system for prioritizing the optimization of sectors within a cellular network using the minimum least squares error (“MLSE”) algorithm is presented. Each sector's throughput and performance metrics are collected over time. Problem sectors are having one or more performance metrics above or below a specified acceptable value are identified. A MLSE algorithm is applied to problem sectors to determine a weight per metric. Next, for each problem sector, the optimized throughput is calculated by substituting the value of a specific problem metric with an acceptable value. Problem sectors are prioritized in order of how much their throughput would improve as a result of an improvement to the problem metric.
US08060076B2
A system and method for monitoring an attribute of a received signal in a wireless network having plural radios wherein one of the radios includes a monitoring module operatively connected to a second network. An attribute of one radio is monitored substantially continuously at the monitoring module. A display device is operatively connected to the second network. A value representative of the current state of the attribute is transmitted via the second network to the display device upon a change in the state of the attribute from a previous state of the attribute, and the value is displayed on the display device.
US08060073B1
A method is presented for provisioning a communication device. In the method, a call initiated by the communication device to initiate a first form of provisioning of the device is received. In response to the call, capabilities of the communication device are requested. In response to the request, an indication of whether the communication device supports a second form of provisioning different from the first form of provisioning is received. Based on the indication received, provisioning of the communication device using the second form of provisioning is initiated, or the communication device is provisioned using the first form of provisioning.
US08060072B2
A method for allowing remote control of the usage of a networked wireless device including incoming communications, outgoing communications, and application launching. Controlling entities, such as parent cellular telephones or web sites, are provided with the ability to select a list of approved anytime incoming communications, or approved incoming and outgoing communications based on time and day. Incoming communications include text messaging and telephone calls. Further, the controlling entity is provided with the ability to reroute to the controlling entity any usage of the wireless device such as incoming communications, outgoing communications, and application launching. Access to usage logs of the wireless device is provided to the controlling entity.
US08060069B1
Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.
US08060065B1
Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.
US08060054B1
Disclosed herein is a method and system for power management in a subscriber station. The method involves (a) during a communication session between a subscriber station and an access network, determining a packet inter-arrival time for data received from the access network; (b) determining whether the packet inter-arrival time indicates that the communication session is in a high-activity state or, in the alternative, indicates that the communication session is in a low-activity state; (c) if the packet inter-arrival time indicates that the communication session is in the low-activity state, then selecting a first power-saving mode for use by the subscriber station; and (d) if the packet inter-arrival time indicates that the communication session is in the high.
US08060051B2
In a radio communication apparatus, a frequency offset calculator of the radio communication apparatus calculates a frequency offset of the received radio signal from the reception frequency of the radio communication apparatus. An averaging unit averages the frequency offset calculated by the frequency offset calculator. A moving speed calculator calculates the moving speed of an associated radio communication apparatus with which the radio communication apparatus is communicating, based on the frequency offset calculated by the frequency offset calculator. An averaging time changer changes an averaging time for which the frequency offset is averaged by the averaging unit, in accordance with the moving speed of the associated radio communication apparatus calculated by the moving speed calculator.
US08060050B2
In a wireless device, a method and system for a baseband receiver interface including analog and digital components are provided. An analog or a digital interface may be selected for a I/Q data signal received from a front-end receiver. The analog interface may be a conventional RF or a VLIF interface. The I/Q data signal may be digitized when received from the analog interface and saturation detection may be used during digitization of the I/Q data signal. When the analog interface is the VLIF interface, a derotator may be used to remove the VLIF frequency. The derotator may be based on a CORDIC algorithm. The I/Q data signal may be converted from serial to parallel format when received from the digital interface. The received I/Q data signal may be decimated before transferred to a baseband processor.
US08060041B2
In general, the disclosure is directed to techniques for combining a high performance receiver and a low power receiver within a wireless communication device (WCD) to reduce power consumption. Upon receiving a signal from a base station, a controller within the WCD detects one or more channel conditions of a radio frequency (RF) environment between the base station and the WCD. The controller selects a high performance receiver to process the received signal when the RF environment is unfavorable and selects a low power receiver to process the received signal when the RF environment is favorable. In this manner, the WCD implements an adaptive receiver that adapts its receiver structure according to RF channel conditions.
US08060032B2
A wireless communication device capable of restraining interference and thereby improving transmission quality. A wireless controller includes a wireless communication interface, and a baseband controller includes a baseband communication interface for controlling the transfer/reception of baseband signals, a logic circuit, and a memory. The wireless communication interface and the baseband communication interface are connected to each other by a communication line, and the memory stores, with respect to individual radio frequencies of a receive radio signal, bit rates for the communication line at which interference caused by noise produced around the communication line is minimized. When notified of a receive radio frequency, the logic circuit reads, from the memory, an optimum bit rate which corresponds to the receive radio frequency and at which the interference is minimized, and sets the optimum bit rate in the wireless communication interface and the baseband communication interface.
US08060031B2
A voice-activated mobile phone in the form of jewelry includes a necklace element for suspending the phone around the neck of a user, a phone element being a part of the necklace and a pendant hanging from the necklace. The phone element is voice activated so that a user can send and receive calls without having to physically manipulate the phone. The phone element may be disguised as a part of the necklace by virtue of a fancifully designed cover that fits over the phone portion of the device.
US08060030B2
In a folder type or a swing type terminal including a pair of housings or triple housings for attaining composite opening/closing operation, information transmission with a higher speed and larger capacity is available using optical devices for establishing communication lines between circuit devices in the housings. Also, a stable maintenance of the communication lines is possible between the circuit devices of the housings in spite of repeated opening/closing operation of the housings.
US08060025B2
A filter arrangement comprises a first impedance, a second impedance and a subtractor. The first impedance comprises a first connection connected to an input of the filter arrangement and has a first resonant frequency. The second impedance comprises a first connection likewise connected to the input of the filter arrangement and has a second resonant frequency which is higher than the first resonant frequency. The subtractor comprises a first input connected to a second connection of the first impedance, comprises a second input connected to a second connection of the second impedance, and comprises a first connection of the output connected to a first output of the filter arrangement.
US08060011B2
A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a drive clock signal generation circuit that generates a drive clock signal that specifies a drive frequency of a primary coil, a driver control circuit that generates a driver control signal based on the drive clock signal and outputs the driver control signal to a transmission driver, a waveform adjusting circuit that outputs a waveform adjusting signal of an induced voltage signal of the primary coil, a pulse width detection circuit that receives the waveform adjusting signal and the drive clock signal and detects pulse width information relating to the waveform adjusting signal, and a control circuit that detects a change in secondary-side load based on the detected pulse width information.
US08060002B2
A developer storage device and an image forming apparatus having the same include a developer storage part including a first storage part and a second storage part having widths different from each other, and a first developer conveying member to convey a developer stored in the first storage part to the second storage part in a diagonal direction. The first developer conveying member includes conveying elements extended slantingly with respect to a width direction of the developer storage part. An angle between the conveying elements and the width direction of the developer storage part is determined depending on relative positions of the first storage part and the second storage part. Accordingly, the developer storage device can effectively convey a developer by designing the developer conveying member adequately for an overall shape or structure of the developer storage device.
US08059992B2
A corona charger including a corona discharge electrode and a control electrode is provided. A layer including a zeolite, a conductive agent, and a binder resin is formed on a surface of the control electrode.
US08059990B2
An image forming apparatus having an image bearing member having a substrate and a photosensitive layer having a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer, a charging device for uniformly charging the surface of the image bearing member, an irradiating device having a light source for irradiating the image bearing member to form a latent electrostatic image thereon, a developing device for developing the latent electrostatic image, a transfer device for transferring the developed image to a recording medium and a cleaning device for cleaning the surface of the image bearing member, wherein the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material represented by the following chemical formula, the light source emits light having a wavelength not less than 600 nm and the image bearing member is not irradiated with light having a wavelength less than 600 nm, wherein R1 and R2 independently denote a hydrogen atom, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, cyano group, nitro group, amino group, hydroxyl group, a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group.
US08059988B2
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a drum unit supporting the drum, a developing unit supporting a developing roller and swingably coupled with the drum unit, drum and developing roller rotating force receiving portions first and second positionable portions positioned at first and second main assembly side positioning portion by contacting to the first main assembly side positioning portions by contacting by the urging force of first and second main assembly side urging members, a developing device spacing force receiving portion, first and second cartridge side rotation regulating portions for limiting rotation of the drum unit by abutting first and second main assembly side rotation regulating portions, when the drum and developing roller rotating force receiving portions receive the rotating forces or when the developing device spacing force receiving portion receives the urging force from the main assembly.
US08059984B2
A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that it may be cleaned, and a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray.
US08059979B2
An image forming apparatus has a transfer unit, a power supply unit that takes a value of a current imparted to the transfer unit as a control target and that supplies power conforming to the value of the control target to the transfer unit; and a determination unit that acquires a detection value of a voltage detection unit and a detection value of a current detection unit and that determines, as a control target value for the power supply unit, an optimum value for the control target derived from a characteristic line showing a relationship between both detection values or a detection value of the voltage detection unit and an optimum value of the control target. The characteristic line is a line showing a relationship of a change in the absolute value of the optimum value for the control target shifting from an increasing tendency to a decreasing tendency with an increase in both detection values or the detection value of the voltage detection unit.
US08059973B2
An optical receiver assembly that is configured to avoid the introduction of feedback in an electrical signal converted by the assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical receiver assembly is disclosed, comprising a capacitor, an optical detector provided with a power supply being mounted on a top electrode of the capacitor, and an amplifier mounted on the reference surface. The assembly further includes an isolator interposed between the reference surface and the capacitor, wherein the isolator includes a bottom layer of dielectric material that is affixed to a portion of the reference surface, and a metallic top plate that is electrically coupled both to a ground of the amplifier and to the capacitor. This configuration bootstraps the amplifier ground to the amplifier input via the photodiode top electrode of the capacitor to cancel out feedback signals present at the amplifier ground.
US08059972B2
A data signal to be transmitted is supplied to a modulator of a transmitter, and the modulator modulates the output of a blue light-excited white LED and outputs blue LED light and phosphor light. The modulated blue light enters to a photo-electric converter through an LED light transmission color filter. The modulated phosphor light on the other hand enters to another photo-electric converter through a phosphor light transmission color filter. The photo-electric converters convert incident light to electric signals. The converted signals are amplified by amplifiers. Then, equalizers emphasize the harmonic component therein according to the response characteristic of the blue light and the response characteristic of the phosphor light for reduction of the dullness of waveforms.
US08059969B1
A method and apparatus for modulating an RF signal. The RF signal is supplied to a grating modulator having a grating, and light of at least a first wavelength is supplied as a first optical carrier to the grating modulator. The first carrier light is modulated by the grating modulator, wherein the first wavelength of the first carrier coincides with a null in the third derivative of a transmittance spectrum of the grating. Optionally, light of at an additional, second wavelength as a second optical carrier, is supplied to the grating modulator which modulates the second carrier light. The second wavelength of the second carrier coincides with another null, but different than the first mentioned null, in the third derivative of a transmittance spectrum of the grating.
US08059959B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus comprises: a correction level calculating unit that calculates a correction level, which is the input light level necessary to meet an optical signal-to-noise ratio at the maximum level of an optical noise signal; a loss-of-light detection threshold-value setting unit that compares the correction level with an initial threshold value to set a loss-of-light detection threshold value used in detection of any loss of light on the basis of the comparison result; and a loss-of-light detecting unit that compares the level of an input optical signal with the loss-of-light detection threshold value to determine that any loss of light is caused if the level of the input optical signal is lower than the loss-of-light detection threshold value.
US08059951B2
An image stabilizing device of the present invention includes: a correction lens holding member 405 to which a correction lens G3 included in an optical system of a camera is fixed; a lens holding member 408 that holds the correction lens holding member so that the correction lens holding member is movable in a rectilinear direction that is an arbitrary direction in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis A of light entering the correction lens G3 and in a rotation direction along an arc in the plane about a rotary shaft A3 substantially parallel to the optical axis A; a driving portion for rectilinear movement 412 that applies a driving force to the correction lens holding member 405 in order to drive the correction lens holding member 405 in the rectilinear direction; and a driving portion for rotation 413 that applies a driving force to the correction lens holding member 405 in order to drive the correction lens holding member 405 in the rotation direction. According to this configuration, it is possible to provide an image stabilizing device that achieves miniaturization, while preventing a deterioration in image stabilizing performance, and a camera including the same.
US08059945B2
A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible.
US08059940B2
According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiving apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive a broadcast signal; a storage configured to store audio files and video files; a reading module configured to determine whether the broadcast signal received is an audio signal or a video signal, and to read a video file or an audio file from the storage according to a result of determination; and a playing back module configured to play back audio and video on the basis of the broadcast signal and one of the video file and the audio file read by the reading module.
US08059939B2
On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area.
US08059935B2
In an information recording medium for recording and reproducing data thereon on a sector-by-sector basis, the recorded data being managed as at least one file by using a file structure, the file structure includes unused space management information for identifying a used region and an unused region. At least one defective region is registered as an unused region in the unused space management information, the at least one defective region being a region on the information recording medium which is incapable of proper reproduction of the recorded data.
US08059921B2
An audio photograph data storage system stores a printed image and a plurality of audio segments associated with the printed image. The audio segments are arranged in a plurality of audio layers.
US08059919B2
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, including: an averaging processing unit to periodically execute an averaging processing of applying an averaging pattern to a processing target image and replacing each pixel value in a pixel group corresponding to the averaging pattern with an average value of the pixel values; a resolution converting unit to perform a resolution converting processing to the processing target image, the resolution converting processing converting a resolution R1 of the processing target image into a resolution R2 (R1
US08059915B2
A method of processing an image includes the steps of computing a plurality of line averages for a first image; identifying a set of pairs of line averages having high edge strengths; identifying a set of maximal pairs of line averages from among the set of line averages having high edge strength; expanding each of the maximal pairs of line averages into line stacks to form a set of line stacks; applying the set of line stacks to a second image so as to compute lines averages for the second image; shifting the line stacks to center the stacks on areas of highest edge strength and computing a distance between line stacks of the first and second images.
US08059910B2
An image processing method for removing noise contained in an image includes: inputting an original image constituted with a plurality of pixels; generating a plurality of band-limited images, resolution levels of which are lowered in sequence, by executing a specific type of band pass filter processing on the original image; extracting a high-frequency component from each of the band-limited images by executing high-pass filter processing on the band-limited images; extracting a noise component contained in each of the band-limited images by separating the noise component through nonlinear conversion processing executed on the extracted high-frequency component; and removing the noise in the original image based upon the extracted noise component in each band-limited image.
US08059908B2
A sample cell corresponding to a sample is computed to include pixels of an image according to sample cell criteria and shape. The sample cell shape and criteria define pixels to include in the sample cell. A target pixel cell corresponding to a target pixel includes pixels of the image according to a target pixel cell criteria defining which pixels are included in the target pixel cell. A sample filter coefficient is computed from pixels in the sample and target pixel cells. A filter tap corresponding to the target pixel is defined based on the sample filter coefficient. A tap extension corresponding to the target pixel is generated. The tap extension defines additional pixels of the image to be included in an extended target pixel cell according to a tap extension criteria. The extended target pixel cell includes pixel in the target pixel cell and the additional pixels. A tap extension filter coefficient based on pixels located in the extended target pixel cell and the sample cell is computed. Sample cell shape is varied according to sample cell shape parameters. An optimal filter weight for the target pixel is extracted from the sample filter and tap extension filter coefficients.
US08059894B1
In various embodiments, the present invention provides a system and associated methods of calibration and use for an interactive imaging environment based on the optimization of parameters used in various segmentation algorithm techniques. These methods address the challenge of automatically calibrating an interactive imaging system, so that it is capable of aligning human body motion, or the like, to a visual display. As such the present invention provides a system and method of automatically and rapidly aligning the motion of an object to a visual display.
US08059891B2
A method for generating a Markov stationary color (MSC) descriptor is disclosed. The MSC descriptor may be used for image/video content representation, which characterizes both intra-color and inter-color spatial relationships in images. The MSC descriptor has a low storage requirement, relative to some other color descriptors.
US08059888B2
In accordance with one or more aspects, a plane in a 3D coordinate system in which a 3D model is to be generated based on one or more 2D images is identified. A direction of extrusion for the plane is also identified. Additionally, a user identification of a region of interest on a 2D image is received and projected onto the plane. A location in the 3D model of the region of interest is then automatically identified by extruding the plane along the direction of extrusion until the region of interest in the plane matches a corresponding region of at least one of the one or more 2D images.
US08059887B2
The present invention provides an improved system and method for estimating range of the objects in the images from various distances. The method comprises receiving a set of images of the scene having multiple objects from at least one camera in motion. Due to the motion of the camera, each of the images are obtained at different camera locations Then an object visible in multiple images is selected. Data related to approximate camera positions and orientations and the images of the visible object are used to estimate the location of the object relative to a reference coordinate system. Based on the computed data, a projected location of the visible object is computed and the orientation angle of the camera for each image is refined. Additionally, pairs of cameras with various locations can then be chosen to obtain dense stereo for regions of the image at various ranges. The process is further structured so that as new images arrive, they are incorporated into the pose adjustment so that the dense stereo results can be updated.
US08059864B2
Disclosed is a system and method of image-based space detection. The system includes an image selection module, a 3-layer detection mechanism and an optimization module. At least one image processing area that may affect space-status judgment is selected from plural image processing areas. The 3-layer detection mechanism having an observation layer, a labeling layer, and a semantic layer observes the information about the selected image processing area, associates with a local classification model, and adjacent local constraint model and a global semantics model to completely describe the probability distribution of the links among the three layers, and provide global label constraint information. The optimization module analyzes the probability distribution and global label constraint information, and generates an image-based optimized space detection result.
US08059859B2
To provide a technique of embedding information in a document image containing character strings, photos, and graphics, an image processing apparatus for inputting a document image and embedding watermark information by controlling the line spacing between character strings in the document image includes an input unit which inputs a document image as image data, an image reduction unit which generates reduced image data from the image data, a determination unit which determines reduced objects corresponding to character strings in the image data, a specifying unit which specifies the position of each character string in the image data based on the positions of the reduced objects in the reduced image data, and an embedding unit which embeds the watermark information in the image data by moving the positions of a plurality of specified character strings in the image data based on a preset line spacing correspondence relationship.
US08059845B2
An in-ear stabilizer with a compression strut securely holds an in-ear communications device within the human ear. The in-ear stabilizer comprises an in-ear device housing which fits into the human ear and has a receiver and speaker. Attached to the in-ear device housing is a compression strut which extends, when in the human ear, across the crus of helix and fits securely under the antihelix in the upper concha of the ear. The housing of the in-ear device fits into the lower concha of the human ear. The compression strut exerts outward pressure when compressed, comfortably holding the in-ear device in place through pressure on the lower and upper concha of the human ear.
US08059835B2
An impulsive communication activated device for connection to a computer input port for controlling a computer, is disclosed. The disclosed device includes an output connector for communicating with the computer input port, and includes a sensor for detecting an impulsive communication such as a hand clap or other predetermined input, to generate an impulsive signal. The disclosed device includes a comparator for responding to both a reference signal and to the impulsive signal, and to determine if the impulsive signal differs substantially from the reference signal to generate a start signal. The disclosed device includes a logic circuit responsive to the start signal for generating a predetermined computer command signal to control the computer.
US08059834B2
A controller 100 updates data LVLm indicative of a level section of an input audio signal and controls a reference level Vr based on a signal CMP representative of a comparison result between the input audio signal and the reference level Vr, and further, controls gains of electronic volumes 10L and 10R in such a manner that these gains become such gains corresponding to the level section of the input audio signal. In this case, the level sections of the input audio signals are related to the gains in such a manner that levels of output signals of the electronic volumes do not exceed a previously set output amplitude upper limit level.
US08059831B2
A noise processing device and its method are provided for a video/audio system having a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI). The noise processing device includes a detecting unit, a signal generating unit, and a decision unit. The noise processing method includes using the detecting unit to monitor a variation related to an audio signal and generate a detecting signal accordingly; using the signal generating unit to produce an adjustment signal according to the detecting signal; and using the decision unit to produce an output audio signal according to the audio signal and the adjustment signal. Another embodiment of the noise processing device includes a compensation tracking unit having a control unit. The compensation tracking unit produces an output audio signal according to a difference between the output audio signal itself and the audio signal and a gain of the control unit.
US08059826B2
The present invention provides improvements to prior art audio codecs that generate a stereo-illusion through post-processing of a received mono signal. These improvements are accomplished by extraction of stereo-image describing parameters at the encoder side, which are transmitted and subsequently used for control of a stereo generator at the decoder side. Furthermore, the invention bridges the gap between simple pseudo-stereo methods, and current methods of true stereo-coding, by using a new form of parametric stereo coding. A stereo-balance parameter is introduced, which enables more advanced stereo modes, and in addition forms the basis of a new method of stereo-coding of spectral envelopes, of particular use in systems where guided HFR (High Frequency Reconstruction) is employed. As a special case, the application of this stereo-coding scheme in scalable HFR-based codecs is described.
US08059825B2
The data of a hearing device system with two hearing devices are to be available in a more comfortable manner. To this end, provision is made for each of the two hearing devices to be equipped with a data acquisition facility, in order to acquire internal signal processing data and/or external data. The two data acquisition facilities and/or the hearing devices are designed to establish a wireless communication link. A synchronized data acquisition is possible in both hearing devices with the aid of this link. This binaural wireless data logging dispenses with the need for comparing the recording times (synchronization). A division of the recording onto two hearing devices enables storage capacity to be saved.
US08059820B2
Protecting content. A recipient receives content from a publisher. Some content is managed by an access server. The access server controls the recipient's use of managed content through interaction with a trusted agent at the recipient. The content is encrypted to a content key, and the content is associated with policy information. The policy information includes the content key for decrypting the content. The policy information is encrypted to an access server key allowing the policy information to be decrypted by the access server. The content key is received from the access server. The content key is encrypted to a trusted agent key. The content key is further encrypted to additional factor(s) defining additional content protection beyond that provided by trusted agent. The content key is decrypted using the trusted agent key and the at least one additional factor. The content is decrypted using the content key.
US08059817B2
Disclosed is a method for encrypted communications. A first IPsec endpoint selects a security association (SA) from a security association database (SAD) by using a selector and then extracts an indexing parameter from SA. The indexing parameter is used to determine an active key location from a key storage database (KSD). Data packets are then encrypted using a key from the active key location. The first IPsec endpoint also forms a security parameter index (SPI) in a header of the data packet by using a keyID from the active key location and transmits the encrypted data packet with the header indicating the SPI to a second IPsec endpoint.
US08059816B2
An apparatus and method for sharing a secret comprising the steps of generating a first random matrix, generating a first projection matrix from the first random matrix, and determining a first remainder matrix from the first projection matrix and the first secret matrix. The first secret matrix may be determined using the remainder matrix and a plurality of distributed vector shares.
US08059814B1
A technique carries out seed (or key) derivation within an electronic apparatus (e.g., a hand holdable electronic apparatus such as a token, an authentication server, etc.). The technique involves acquiring a stored representation of a derived seed, the stored representation of the derived seed resulting from an earlier-performed cryptographic operation based on a higher-level seed. The technique further involves (i) performing a current cryptographic operation based on a stored representation of the higher-level seed, the current cryptographic operation resulting in a current representation of the derived seed, and (ii) providing a corruption detection signal indicating whether the current representation of the derived seed matches the stored representation of the derived seed.
US08059813B2
A control method of a communication terminal having a telephone directory user interface and a communication system, the control method and system include storing a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to a destination user as telephone directory data, requesting a notification of location information of the destination user to a server, receiving location information of the destination user from a server, and displaying a telephone number corresponding to a current location of the destination user.
US08059807B2
A conferencing system is disclosed in which a participant to a conference call can program the embodiment to listen for one or more “keywords” in the conference call. The keywords might be a participant's name or words associated with him or her or words associated with his or her area of knowledge. The embodiments uses speech recognition technology to listen for those words. When the embodiments detects that those words have been spoken, the embodiment alerts the participant—using audible, visual, and/or tactile signals—that the participant's attention to the call is warranted. When the keywords are chosen wisely, the benefit can be great.
US08059806B2
A method and system for managing a communication session is provided. The communication session is associated with multiple communication devices. The method includes learning (304) a set of derived acoustic features of an audio communication signal that is associated substantially only with one user of a communication device. The method also includes receiving (306) a communication session signal. The communication session signal is an audio signal that includes a combination of audio communication signals. Each audio communication signal of the audio communication signals is associated with a user of a communication device of the multiple communication devices. The method includes modifying (308) the communication session signal based on the set of derived acoustic features.
US08059802B2
A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual data requirements. The billing data may be presented in such a way that the customer may input the billing data directly into its client billing system. The billing data may be processed according to client billing specifications corresponding to a client billing system used by the customer. The processed data may preserve leading zeros, separate client code and matter code into two fields, etc. The resulting data file may be delivered to the customer for entry into the customer's client billing system.
US08059801B2
A telephone communications system, a method of delivering content to a calling party and a method of distributing information to a calling party. In one embodiment, the telephone communications system includes: (1) a master subsystem configured to store ringback information including content and application rules for the ringback information and (2) a trunk interface subsystem coupled to the master subsystem and configured to perform call processing and apply at least a portion of the ringback information to at least one call-in-progress according to the application rules.
US08059794B2
A sound data providing system capable of improving the freedom of creation of sound data provided from a sending terminal to a receiving terminal, a method thereof, an exchange, and a program. A sending terminal transmits to a user interface information concerning the data of sound such as voice and digital sound, destination information and date information. The user interface converts the information received from the sending terminal to a format acceptable to an exchange to transmit the converted information to the exchange. The exchange provides a receiving terminal with the sound data at the specified date.
US08059784B2
A portable orthovoltage radiotherapy system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, the ocular structures are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the ocular structures inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the ocular structures within the coordinate system.
US08059782B2
The present invention seeks to provide a radiotherapeutic apparatus that mitigates the various problems found in the techniques such as tomotherapy, IMAT, IMRT and the like. It provides a radiotherapeutic apparatus comprising a source of radiation whose output is collimated by a multi-leaf collimator, and a patient support, the source being rotatable around the support and the support being translatable along the axis of rotation, thereby to move the source helically relative to a patient on the support. The leaves of the MLC are preferably oriented orthogonal to the axis of rotation, to simplify computation of the dose distribution. The apparatus thus moves the patient on the patient support system along the axis of rotation, in the longitudinal direction. Thus, the device has an effectively unlimited treatable volume in the longitudinal direction and avoids the limitations of IMAT and IMRT techniques whilst enabling the use of thin MLC leaves to give a high longitudinal resolution. The apparatus is preferably combined with an optimization system providing a computational service similar to that provided for IMAT and IMRT devices. Essentially the same computational techniques could be used, with appropriate changes to the input conditions and characteristic equations. The long aperture length (compared to tomotherapy) makes the radiation delivery efficient and therefore the delivery of high doses a practicality; hypofractionation and radiosurgery therefore become possible over large treatable volumes.
US08059778B1
A system and method are provided for automatically acquiring a serial data stream clock. The method receives a serial data stream with an unknown clock frequency and coarsely determines the clock frequency. The frequency is coarsely determined by (initially) selecting a high frequency first reference clock (Fref1), and counting the number of data transitions in a first time segment of the serial data stream at a plurality of sample frequencies equal to Fref1/n, where n is an integer ≧1. The count for each sampling frequency is compared to the count for Fref1 (n=1). Next, the highest sampling frequency (n=x) is determined, which has a lower count than Fref1, and the coarse clock frequency is set to Fc1=Fref1/(x−1).
US08059771B2
A method and system for transmitting and receiving data using a plurality of antennas are disclosed. The method of transmitting includes the steps of receiving feedback information from a receiving end, the feedback information including group selection information and weight values for the plurality of antennas, grouping the plurality of antennas into a plurality of antenna groups based on the group selection information included in the feedback information, and transmitting, to a receiving end, a plurality of data streams through the plurality of antenna groups, respectively, based on the weight values.
US08059767B2
A communications device includes a signal input for receiving signals such as a binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) communications signal having a repeated preamble bit or symbol pattern. A modem processes the communications signal and includes a demodulator and processor that generates an initial frequency offset estimate and phase error estimate by processing such as with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), that detects the repeated preamble pattern for a block of samples within the communications signal, correlates two halves of the block of samples with a plurality of different shifted sequences and determines a maximum correlation value for the shifted sequence that provides the maximum correlation value to establish a symbol timing estimate based on the known timing alignment of this shifted sequence. Radio circuitry is operative with the modem for processing communications data obtained from the communications signal.
US08059762B2
According to some embodiments, an input symbol may be received, and a hard symbol may be generated from the input symbol. A probability associated with the hard symbol may be calculated along with a probability associated with a previous hard symbol. An enhanced symbol may then be determined as a function of a comparison between the probability associated the hard symbol and the previous hard symbol.
US08059749B2
Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency, and/or amplitude characteristics of the desired time-varying complex envelope signal. In another embodiment, a time-varying complex envelope signal is decomposed into a plurality of constant envelope constituent signals. The constituent signals are amplified equally or substantially equally, and then summed to construct an amplified version of the original time-varying envelope signal. Embodiments also perform frequency up-conversion.
US08059741B2
A digital broadcast transmitting and receiving system and a signal processing method thereof that improves the receiving performance of the system. A digital broadcast transmitter includes a randomizer to receive and randomize a data stream into a specified position of which stuff bytes are inserted, a replacement sequence generator to generate known data including a predefined sequence, a stuff-byte exchange unit to insert the known data into the specified position of the data stream into which stuff bytes are inserted, an encoder to encode the data stream output from the stuff-byte exchange unit for an error correction, and a transmission unit to modulate the encoded data stream, RF-convert the modulated data stream and transmit the RF-converted data. The digital broadcast receiving performance is improved even in an inferior multi-path channel by detecting the known data from the received transmission and using the known data for synchronization and equalization in a digital broadcast receiver.
US08059733B2
Multi-user (MU-) MIMO systems with quantized feedback are designed to maximize the sum-rate via scheduling and linear precoding. To maximize throughput over the network, quantized CSIT is sent through a low-rate feedback link feedback from a plurality of users back to a base station. The base station then determines a subset of the plurality of users to transmit one or more signals to based on the received feedback and determines a preceding matrix based on the received feedback from the plurality of users wherein the precoding matrix maximizes a sum-rate throughput for the subset of the plurality of users. Additionally, based on the received feedback, the base station designs a quantization codebook. This codebook may be designed off-line and/or online. The codebook and/or precoding matrix are used to transmit signals to the users.
US08059731B2
A base station performs communication of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme with a mobile station by using any one of equal to or greater than two frequency bands. The base station includes means that transmits a synchronization channel and a control channel using a band that includes a center frequency fA on a raster of a first band (20 MHz) and that has a bandwidth equal to or greater than that of a second band (5 MHz of the end). The control channel includes center frequency information for specifying a center frequency fA′ of the second band. Since the mobile station moves to a desired band after obtaining center frequency information using a band including the center frequency on a raster, the mobile station can connect to the desired band without searching frequencies that are not on the raster.
US08059727B2
A wireless network includes at least one Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless network station and two or more physical layer repeaters. Each of the physical layer repeaters is for receiving a wireless signal to or from the at least one MIMO wireless network station and re-transmitting the wireless signal while continuing to receive the wireless signal. The repeaters may be either frequency translating repeaters or non-frequency translating repeaters.
US08059718B2
A VSB communication system or transmitter for processing supplemental data packets with MPEG-II data packets includes a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor includes a Reed-Solomon coder for coding the supplemental data to be transmitted, a null sequence inserter for inserting a null sequence to an interleaved supplemental data for generating a predefined sequence, a header inserter for inserting an MPEG header to the supplemental data having the null sequence inserted therein, a multiplexer for multiplexing an MPEG data coded with the supplemental data having the MPEG header added thereto in a preset multiplexing ratio and units. The output of the multiplexer is provided to an 8T-VSB transmission system for modulating a data field from the multiplexer and transmitting the modulated data field to a VSB reception system.
US08059716B2
An apparatus for and a method of transcoding data in a first format, for example, MPEG (moving picture experts group)-2 data into data in a second format, for example, H.264 data. The apparatus may include a scaling dequantization unit, a coefficient transform unit, and/or a scaling quantization unit. The scaling dequantization unit may dequantize the data in the first format (e.g., MPEG-2 data) to generate a DCT (discrete cosine transform) coefficient. The coefficient transform unit may approximate a 4x4 second data format (e.g., H.264) integer transform matrix to a 4x4 DCT matrix and transforms the DCT coefficient into an integer transform coefficient using the approximated 4x4 DCT matrix. The scaling quantization unit may quantize the integer transform coefficient to generate the data in the second format (e.g., H.264 data).
US08059702B2
Within a communication device, a method of managing a plurality of modems can include determining a first measure of transmission power for a first modem (710), wherein the first measure of transmission power is a running total of transmission power for the first modem over a predetermined time period, and determining a second measure of transmission power for a second modem (715), wherein the second measure of transmission power is a running total of transmission power for the second modem over the predetermined time period. If a sum of the first measure of transmission power and the second measure of transmission power exceeds a threshold during the predetermined time period, at least one predetermined action can be performed (725, 730).
US08059698B2
An acquisition unit of a GNSS receiver base band circuit comprises a correlator (40) with a correlator shift register (43) to which a correlation sequence derived from a basic sequence characteristic for a satellite is fed by a code generator (41). Each of the N=32 or more memory cells of the correlator shift register (43) is connected to two correlator cells (44a, 44b) for multiplying digital values of the correlator sequence from the memory cell with data values of a data sequence, adding up the products and storing the sum in a register as a correlation value pertaining to one of N relative phase positions of the correlation sequence relative to the data sequence during a correlation phase. During a subsequent read-out phase the registers of each row of correlator cells (44a; 44b) are connected to form a daisy chain and the correlation values are fed through the same to appear sequentially at the output of the last register in the row while the correlator shift register (43) and the rows of registers are sequentially filled with initial values for the next correlation phase.
US08059697B2
A transmitter and a method are described herein that generate a reduced peak-to-rms ratio multicode radio signal which helps to conserve battery life and increase the communication range and average data throughput rate.
US08059688B2
Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing multiple clock sources of a system, and may include: determining time of a first clock at a first and second time instants; determining time of a second clock at a third time instant occurring between the first and second time instants, and a fourth time instant occurring after the second time instant; and determining a clock offset between the first and second clocks based on the determined times. The first and/or second clocks may be adjusted based on the clock offset to synchronize clock operation. This adjusting can be used, for instance, to synchronize operation of an audio and/or video component operating according to the first clock with an audio and/or video component operating according to the second clock. The techniques may further include determining if the clock offset is valid (e.g., based on detection of perturbing events or difference between a clock's times).
US08059681B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a packet in a mobile communication system. When upper layer packets are multiplexed into a packet whose overall size is informed via a separate path, the size of the upper layer packet is not signaled if it can be calculated from the overall size of the packet, so that the size a packet transmitted/received over a radio channel can be reduced.
US08059674B2
The present invention is directed to a system for demultiplexing video signals that have been combined using a time division multiplexing approach. The system includes synchronizers, parsers, demultiplexers, and an input buffer. Each demultiplexer within the system includes a header detect module, a slot map module, a frame sync module and a packet accept module. The method includes the steps of receiving an input stream that contains data packets for more than one program channel that have been combined in which packet identification (PID) information is used and a time division multiplexing scheme, such as transport stream multiplexing format (TSMF) is used. The PID and slot location for each packet is analyzed. Based on the PID and slot location a packet is either accepted or rejected.
US08059672B2
A communication system includes a base station and a service node. The service node communicates over the Internet. The base station establishes Internet connectivity over a communication link. The base station registers with the service node over the communication link and the Internet, and the service node validates the base station during registration. The base station and service node establish a tunnel over the communication link and the Internet. The base station exchanges user communications with wireless communication devices in a wireless format. The base station and service node exchange the user communications over the tunnel. The service node processes the user communications to provide a communication service to the wireless communication devices.
US08059667B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an enriched messaging service in a communications system is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a signaling message associated with a call at one of a plurality of service dispatch and control (SDC) functions, wherein the call signaling message includes a subscriber identifier. A plurality of call services associated with the subscriber identifier that is to be applied to the call is determined. The method also includes communicating the signaling message from the SDC function to a service platform and receiving back at the SDC function for each of the plurality of call services and thereby sequentially applying the call services to the call.
US08059666B2
A signal processing method in a bridge-based RAS backbone network system is provided, in which an MN within a network periodically transmits to an HLR a route-update message for registration updating, if the MN is in active mode and transmits to the HLR a paging-update message having a transmission period longer than that transmission period of the route-update message, for registration updating, if the MN is in idle mode, each of bridges and the HLR stores location information about the MN in a soft state with an age set for the location information in a routing cache according to the route-update message received from the MN, and each of BSBs, SCBs, and an SIB selected from a plurality of SIBs stores location information about the MN in a soft state with an age set for the location information according to the paging-update message received from the MN.
US08059655B2
Transmitting data in a digital video broadcasting for handheld (DVB-H) receiver comprises a transport stream (TS) demultiplexer adapted to extract internet protocol (IP) datagrams from TS data packets; a packet identifier (PID) filter adapted to extract the TS data packets based on the PIDs of the TS data packets; a Multi Protocol Encapsulation-Forward Error Correction (MPE-FEC) random access memory (RAM) unit operatively connected to the TS demultiplexer; a Reed-Solomon decoder operatively connected to the MPE-FEC RAM unit; an IP to TS encapsulator operatively connected to the MPE-FEC RAM unit; a TS multiplexer operatively connected to each of the PID filter and the IP to TS encapsulator, wherein the TS multiplexer is adapted to combine both DVB-Terrestrial (DVB-T) and DVB-H TS data packets into a single combined TS data packet; and a host interface operatively connected to the TS multiplexer.
US08059654B2
Systems are provided for sequencing, delivery acknowledgement, and throttling of data packets over a network layer, such as UDP and SMS. To support devices with limited battery resources, the invention incorporates asymmetric retry logic and/or acknowledgements with overlapping ranges, to minimize the transmissions required for the device. The sender of a data-bearing frame does not need to wait for a frame to be acknowledged before sending the next, such that many frames can be “in flight” at once.
US08059646B2
A peer-to-peer (P2P) network for providing real time media recommendations is provided. The media recommendations may be song recommendations or video recommendations. Each time a media presentation is played by a peer device, the peer device provides a recommendation identifying the media presentation to other peer devices in the P2P network. A peer device having received recommendations from the other peer devices in the P2P network then programmatically, or automatically, selects a next media presentation to play from the media presentations recently played by the other peer devices and one or more locally stored media presentations. If the selected media presentation is not stored locally by the peer device, the peer device may obtain the selected media presentation from a subscription based service enabling streaming or download of the selected media presentation, an e-commerce service enabling purchase and download of the selected media presentation, or another peer device.
US08059638B2
A method and apparatus for link aggregation in a data communications network. A dual-layer link aggregation is formed, including two peer nodes, each connected to at least a third node. The dual-layer link aggregation is formed of a peer link aggregation of ports for communicating with a peer node, distant link aggregation of ports for communicating with a third node, and an outer-layer link aggregation of the ports included in the peer link aggregation and the distant link aggregation. The third node may implement an inter-node link aggregation aggregating links to each of the peer nodes. Packets may be received and forwarded by the peer nodes in such a manner as to each link aggregation to be active simultaneously.
US08059630B2
The present invention provides a unique manner of identifying the Frame boundaries in multiple identical/non-identical Synchronization Channels (SCHs) in different sub-frames via a new sub frame position difference method. The method implements the differences between the different sub-frames carried by the SCH. The sub frame identity, and hence the frame boundary, can be identified by calculating the difference between the positions, based on time or number of slots/sub-frames or any data packets, of the two subsequent slots/sub-frames or any identical data packets.
US08059629B1
A method for synchronizing a digraph network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving timing information from a first node at a second node over a first connection specified by a first digraph link, wherein the first digraph link is a directional link specifying routing information at the first node in a network, and wherein the network includes a plurality of nodes each with a plurality of digraph links. The method further comprises calculating a synchronized time using the received timing information and a local time and sending timing information from the second node to a third node over a second connection specified by a second digraph link.
US08059627B2
A digital broadcast system and a method of processing data are disclosed. The receiving system of the digital broadcast system includes a signal receiving unit, a first data processor, a second data processor, and an A/V decoder. The signal receiving unit receives at least one of first mobile service data that is transmitted according to a first transmission method and second mobile service data that is transmitted according to a second transmission method. The first data processor performs demodulation on the first mobile service data received by the signal receiving unit using a first demodulation method and corrects errors occurring in the demodulated first mobile service data. The second data processor performs demodulation on the second mobile service data received by the signal receiving unit using a second demodulation method and corrects errors occurring in the demodulated second mobile service data. The A/V decoder performs A/V decoding on mobile service data outputted from at least one of the first and second data processors.
US08059620B2
Each mobile router in a mobile ad hoc network is configured for measuring a minimum interval of stable relative proximity (SProxMIN) between at least one neighbor before initiating convergence of a routing protocol. The minimum interval of stable relative proximity requires any variation in relative proximity between at least one neighbor to be stabilized below a prescribed stability threshold (S) for the prescribed minimum interval (SProxMIN) before initiating convergence of a routing protocol. Hence, mobile routers in a mobile ad hoc network can be configured to avoid prematurely initiating reconvergence according to a routing protocol due to an instability introduced into the network.
US08059619B2
A mobile communication system (100) includes an infrastructure (121) including at least a first base transceiver station (123) and a plurality of mobile stations (101, 103), wherein each of the mobile stations is operable to detect interference by jamming to a signal sent on a downlink channel by the first base transceiver station and, when it determines that such interference exists, to send a notification message to the infrastructure.
US08059617B2
A method and apparatus are provided for providing a packet data service in an asynchronous Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system. A combination of physical channel elements are determined based on combinations of physical channel elements and a first Puncturing Limit (PL). Packet data is transmitted using the determined physical channel elements. A second PL is used for a maximum combination of physical channel elements when no combination of physical channel elements are available to satisfy the first PL.
US08059616B1
A method, medium, and wireless system are provided for scheduling access terminals to prevent starvation of other access terminals connected to a communication network. The wireless system includes access terminals and base stations that are configured with a first wireless scheduler and a parallel wireless scheduler that select access terminals to communicate during specified time slots. The access terminals may measure channel conditions associated with communications to the base station and transmit requests that specify a desired communication rate to the base station. The first and parallel wireless schedulers on each base station receive the requests from each access terminal and select an access terminal to communicate during a subsequent time slot that may be based on, for example, the channel conditions and weighted average functions of the communication rates—corresponding to the access terminal—generated by the first and parallel wireless schedulers.
US08059612B2
A method and a digital broadcast receiving terminal are provided. The terminal includes a receiving unit, a decoder, a memory, and a controller. The receiving unit receives a digital multimedia broadcast transport stream and the decoder decodes data included in the transport stream. The memory stores system information obtained from a previously received transport stream. The controller provides a signal for controlling an initial broadcast receiving operation of the terminal using information stored in the memory to reduce an initial operating time required for the terminal to receive a broadcast.
US08059610B2
A method and apparatus for implementing hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system are disclosed. A transmitter transmits at least two data packets via two or more antennas. If at least one of the data packets is not successfully transmitted, the transmitter retransmits the data packets while rearranging the data packets in an orthogonal spreading manner. Alternatively, the transmitter may retransmit only the unsuccessfully transmitted data packet along with a new data packet which replaces a successfully transmitted data packet. The unsuccessfully transmitted data packet may simply be repeated without changing its format. When only the unsuccessfully transmitted data packet is retransmitted along with the new data packet, the transmissions may be combined to recover the retransmitted data packet and the new data packet simultaneously.
US08059609B2
Techniques for supporting MIMO transmission are described. Users are classified into a first group of users to be scheduled individually for MIMO transmission and a second group of users that can be scheduled together for MIMO transmission. Transmission resources are allocated to the first and second groups, e.g., based upon various criteria such as the number of users in each group, data requirements of the users, total loading for each group, etc. The transmission resources may be hybrid automatic retransmission (HARQ) interlaces, frequency channels, time frequency resources, etc. The resource allocation may be semi-static. The transmission resources allocated to each group are used for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink for the users in the group. HARQ with blanking may be used for data transmission for the users in the first group. HARQ without blanking may be used for data transmission for the users in the second group.
US08059607B1
A spatial transmit diversity method includes transmitting data at a selected rate from a first antenna and awaiting an acknowledgement indicating successful receipt by the receiving terminal of the data transmitted at the selected rate from the first antenna. The data are then transmitted at the selected rate from a second antenna upon failure to receive an acknowledgement of successful receipt by the receiving terminal of the data transmitted at the selected rate from the first antenna within a predetermined time interval.
US08059591B1
Methods and systems are provided for dynamic supplemental-channel (SCH) burst duration. In an exemplary embodiment, a base station provides a wireless coverage area having a plurality of traffic channels, an SCH, an SCH queue, and an SCH burst duration initially set to a first value. The base station computes Ec/Ior for the coverage area, and determines (i) whether the computed Ec/Ior is greater than an RF threshold, (ii) whether the number of mobile stations in the SCH queue is less than a queue threshold, and (iii) whether the number of mobile stations having a traffic channel in the coverage area is less than a traffic-channel threshold. The base station determines a second value based at least in part on each of those determinations, and operates with the SCH burst duration set to the second value.
US08059590B2
Methods and systems for allocating bandwidth and performing soft handoffs in multi-hop cellular communication networks are disclosed. For example, a method for allocating bandwidth is disclosed, which includes the steps of a first communication device transmitting a first bandwidth allocation request, responsive to receipt of the first bandwidth allocation request, a second communication device transmitting a first bandwidth allocation value, responsive to receipt of the first bandwidth allocation request, a third communication device transmitting a second bandwidth allocation value, the first communication device comparing the first bandwidth allocation value with the second bandwidth allocation value, a fourth communication device transmitting a third bandwidth allocation request, and responsive to receipt of the third bandwidth allocation request and the comparing step, the first communication device transmitting a third bandwidth allocation value, the third bandwidth allocation value including at least one of the first bandwidth allocation value and the second allocation value.
US08059585B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for processing a call setup in a network system are provided. A femtocell system receives a call origination for a call to be terminated with a user equipment serviced by the femtocell system from a core network, transmits a page message to the user equipment, performs a service connection with the user equipment, creates a connection for the core network, and completes the call setup with the user equipment.
US08059582B2
A network device sends information on at least one cell of second cell layer of a second technology access network, the at least one cell of second cell layer being located in an area of a cell of first cell layer of a first technology access network, wherein the information comprises location information of the at least one cell of second cell layer. A mobile device receives this information and performs calculations based on this information serving to aid in a process of entering into a wanted cell of the second cell layer.
US08059573B2
Some aspects include a method of associating electronic devices for communicating data. The method includes receiving a message on a first device indicating that a second device is discoverable and pairable. The method further includes determining whether the first device is pairable, transmitting a pairing response to the second device based on the determination that the first device is pairable, and pairing the first device to the second device in response to the received message and the determination that the first device is pairable. For example, some aspects include devices such as headsets, watches, and medical devices configured to use such methods for communicating data.
US08059571B2
Low-power wireless receivers and low-power communication methods and systems are provided. According to some embodiments, a low-power wireless receiver can comprise an input module, a controller, and a feedback loop. The input module can receive a wireless signal from a wireless communication channel. The controller can receive the wireless signal and provide a control signal corresponding to the wireless communication channel. The controller can be operatively configured to dynamically modify the control signal responsive to conditions of the wireless signal and/or the communication channel. The feedback loop can be disposed between the controller and the input module and can dynamically provide the control signal to the input module such that the input module can modify quality conditions of the wireless signal. Dynamic adaptations can occur in real-time so that a low-power wireless device can manage power consumption in response to a quality of signal metric that reflects conditions of a wireless communication channel. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.
US08059568B1
Methods and systems are provided for implementing an alternative timing source for low-cost-Internet-base-station-(LCIB) systems. In accordance with an embodiment, an LCIB has an internal clock. The LCIB is arranged to receive a GPS signal, and to treat timing information embedded in the GPS signal as the LCIB's primary source of timing information for calibrating the internal clock. The LCIB detects a loss of the GPS signal, and responsively uses a macro-network receiver to receive macro-network timing information from a macro network, which is a terrestrial wireless network. The LCIB uses the macro-network timing information to calibrate the internal clock.
US08059554B2
An system and method for transmitting/receiving sounding resource allocation information in a communication system are provided, in which a transmitter selects one of a plurality of preset sounding resource allocation patterns according to operation mode information about an receiver to which uplink resources will be allocated, the uplink resources having a period of a predetermined number of time units and a predetermined number of frequency units, reads resource layout information about each sounding subblocks of an active sounding resource allocation pattern corresponding to the selected sounding resource allocation pattern, and allocates at least one of the sounding subblocks of the sounding resource allocation pattern to the receiver according to the resource layout information and transmitting a sounding resource allocation information including the allocated sounding subblock information.
US08059549B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for interworking a first protocol, e.g., Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE), that provides Ethernet carrier-class traffic engineering, with a second protocol, e.g., Virtual Private LAN Service, that emulates local area network (LAN) service. Unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmissions are enabled across an Ethernet aggregation network and an MPLS core network. Dual homing protection and end-to-end traffic engineering with adjustable granularity are also provided. These capabilities are not available with traditional PBB-TE networks or with an interworking between PBB and VPLS that has been previously proposed. Embodiments of the invention terminate a PBB-TE tunnel at a user-facing provider edge (UPE) node and attach instance service identifiers (ISIDs) to different virtual switching instances (VSI)s. As a result, inexpensive Ethernet-only aggregation networks can be designed to interoperate with VPLS with increased reliability and control, benefiting service providers and end users.
US08059542B1
A method and system is disclosed for dynamically adapting operation of an auxiliary pilot according to reverse noise. An access terminal in a wireless communication system that includes a base station may operate in a first state in which the access terminal transmits a primary pilot signal on an air interface communication link to the base station, and also transmits an auxiliary pilot signal on the air interface communication link to the base station concurrently with transmission of the primary pilot signal. While operating in the first state, responsive at least to receiving a noise-level message from the base station indicating excessive reverse-link noise, the access terminal may transition to a second state in which it ceases to transmit the auxiliary pilot signal but continues to transmit the primary pilot signal.
US08059541B2
An end-host based network management system and methods are described. The methods are performed independently at each end-host within the network based on data on local flows which is shared between end-hosts. In an embodiment, an end-host shares data on constrained local flows with other end-hosts and receives such data from other end-hosts. Based on this data, the end-host determines which flows from other nodes are competing for a shared resource with a constrained local flow and allocates the capacity of the shared resource between all the competing flows. This allocation is then enforced for the local flow by the end-host. Other end-hosts with competing flows perform similar methods and through an iterative process the contention for the shared resource is resolved and the utilization of the shared resource is optimized.
US08059533B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving packet flow optimization (PFO) configuration data that associates each rule name of multiple PFO rule names with a corresponding method for processing a data packet in a communications network based on data in a payload of a layer 3 protocol of the data packet. A first policy message is received from a policy management process in the communications network. The first policy message includes rule data that indicates a signaled rule name associated with a particular network address in the communications network. In response to receiving the first policy message, a data packet of the particular network address is processed according to a particular method associated with a particular rule name selected based on the signaled rule name. As a result, a PFO policy is controlled from the policy management process.
US08059528B2
A method for estimating restoration capacity for a communication network includes a specified number of restoration paths, which can be maximally diverse from each other.
US08059510B2
In an information reproducing device for performing maximum likelihood decoding using asynchronous sample data, data from the recording medium 101 is sampled by an A/D converter 103 at an asynchronous sampling clock generated by a clock generator 104, to obtain asynchronous sample data. A timing detector 106 detects a phase θ of the asynchronous sampling clock, where recording timings of data of the recording medium 101 are reference points. A reference value generator 108 generates reference values used in a Viterbi decoder 107, based on basic phase reference values at a phase of 0 and a phase signal θ of the asynchronous sampling clock. A basic reference value learner 109 learns and modifies the phase-0 basic reference values based on the phase signal θ, the asynchronous sample data, and the reference values.
US08059506B2
A method and apparatus are presented for optimizing write operations for optical storage media. A determination is made, at least in part by iteration, of a next power range and a current score for a current power range. If it is determined that the current score is relatively equivalent to a maximum score, a plurality of final parameters is updated and provided, including an optimal power range and a final score. If it is determined that the current score is relatively greater than the final score, then the plurality of final parameters is updated. If it is determined that a maximum number of iterations has been performed, the plurality of final parameters is provided. Otherwise, the current power range is updated with the next power range. One or more of the returned plurality of final parameters are employed to optimize write operations for optical storage media. Determination of the score may also include determining validity of test data segments, selecting a score calculation criterion, and calculating the score based at least in part on the score calculation criterion and on a number and a sequence of valid test data segments. The score calculation criterion may be based on such criterion as beta criterion or modulation amplitude.
US08059503B2
A backup device and a one-key data backup method for the same use a backup device having ability to retrieve a memory card and an optical disc. The backup device is connected to an external computer. A backup application is installed having backup conditions configured in the external computer. When an input unit of the backup device is triggered, the backup device sends a backup request instruction to the external computer. The external computer executes the backup application upon receiving the backup request instruction, and records data of the memory card to an optical disc, or saves the data of the optical disc in the memory card based on configured backup conditions.
US08059498B2
An operating element for receiving from an operator an instruction about reading speed and reading order of stored data includes: a rotatable operating disc part (38) disposed at one end of a rotation shaft (40), for receiving a rotation operation by an operator; a sensor substrate part (34) through which the rotation shaft (40) is inserted and having a sensor pattern (44) for detecting capacitance disposed on a surface facing the operating disc part (38); and a conductive cover part (36) disposed between the operating disc part (38) and the sensor substrate part (34) so as to cover the sensor pattern (44) and to sag when the operating disc part (38) is pressed, the conductive cover part (36) being set to a ground potential.
US08059497B2
In an information recording/reproducing method performing a thermo-magnetic recording, a tracking offset value of a recording light spot and/or a tracking offset value of a magnetic flux detecting element is changed in accordance with a radial position at which a tracking is performed at the present time, to make a direction of a magnetic wall of a recording magnetic domain in accord with a longitudinal direction of the magnetic flux detecting element. Alternatively, a shape of a heated area is changed to be in accord with the direction of the magnetic flux detecting means at respective radial position, to make the direction of the magnetic wall of the recording magnetic domain in accord with the longitudinal direction of the magnetic flux detecting element.
US08059496B1
Various embodiments of a TAMR head having a magnetic core antenna (MCA) with a recessed plasmon layer are disclosed. An end of the plasmon layer is separated from the ABS by a magnetic layer that transmits the plasmon mode from the plasmon layer and transmits magnetic flux from an adjacent main pole layer. Both of the MCA and magnetic layer may have a triangular shape from an ABS view. There may be a non-magnetic separation layer between the MCA magnetic core and the main pole. Furthermore, a magnetic shield may be included with a side at the ABS, a side facing an end of a waveguide that transmits electromagnetic radiation to the MCA, and a side facing an edge of the plasmon layer. The recessed plasmon layer allows an improved overlay of the thermal heating spot on the magnetic field gradient at the magnetic medium that provides better TAMR performance.
US08059492B2
To provide a calendar mechanism-attached timepiece having a thin date feeding mechanism and month feeding mechanism. A calendar mechanism-attached timepiece of the invention includes a date indicator, a month indicator, a date indicator driving wheel, a date feed finger, and a small month end feed lever. The date indicator includes a month feed tooth for rotating an intermediate month wheel and a small month end feed tooth for feeding the date indicator at a month end of a small month. The month indicator includes a month cam for operating a small month end feed lever at a month end of a small month. The small month end feed lever is constituted to be able to feed the date indicator by an amount of 1 day based on rotation of the date indicator driving wheel and rotation of the month cam.
US08059489B1
The different advantageous embodiments provide a method and apparatus for detecting an aircraft. The different advantageous embodiments may provide a method for detecting an acoustic emission emitted by the aircraft using a number of acoustic sensors to form a detected acoustic emission. The aircraft may be identified from the detected acoustic emission to form an identified aircraft. A bearing may be estimated for the identified aircraft using the detected acoustic emission.
US08059487B2
An underwater detection device includes a transceiver module for transmitting underwater an ultrasonic pulse signal that is frequency-modulated and receiving an echo signal corresponding to the transmitted signal, a pulse compression module for pulse-compressing the signal received by the transceiver module and outputting a signal pulse-compressed, a suppression range determining module for determining a suppression range where a range side lobe suppression process is performed for the pulse-compressed signal, an echo determining module for determining whether the data of the pulse-compressed signal at each depth corresponding to a range side lobe, a suppression value determining module for determining a suppression value for the data of the pulse-compressed signal at each depth, a suppression conducting module for performing a calculation to suppress the range side lobe based on the suppression value for the data determined to be data of the pulse-compressed signal corresponding to the range side lobe by the echo determining module among a plurality of data of the pulse-compressed signals that fall into the suppression range, and a display processing module for generating a signal for display based on the signal outputted from the suppression conducting module to display a generated signal as detected information.
US08059485B2
A communication system for obtaining predetermined information from an underwater terminal via a sonobuoy is provided. The system includes an underwater terminal for transmitting and receiving sound wave signals, a base station apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio wave signals, and a plurality of sonobuoys for transmitting and receiving the sound wave signals to and from the underwater terminal, and for transmitting and receiving the radio wave signals to and from the base station apparatus.
US08059481B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array provided with a main memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and a dummy column including a plurality of dummy memory cells, a dummy readout current control section configured to control a current value of a dummy readout current of the dummy memory cell in such a manner that the current value becomes between the current values of the readout currents in first and second states of the memory cell, and a sense section provided with a sense amplifier configured to receive a readout current in one of the first and second states, or dummy readout current as an input, comparing these currents with each other, and outputting the currents.
US08059478B2
Methods of testing and sorting integrated circuits in clusters are disclosed. Each cluster has power and data terminals connected to common power and data busses providing a common power supply. Each integrated circuit has a first non-volatile memory storing an activation code and a second programmable non-volatile memory that is capable of storing the activation code. If an integrated circuit passes testing, the activation code stored in the first non-volatile memory is written into the second non-volatile memory. An integrated circuit is independently functional upon separation from the cluster if the codes in the first and second non-volatile memories match. Upon separation, integrated circuits are queried to determine which respond. Each integrated circuit includes logic adapted to determine whether the codes in the first and second non-volatile memories match. If the codes do not match, the logic permanently disables the integrated circuit upon separation from the cluster.
US08059476B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an asynchronous memory device that use internal delay elements to enable memory access pipelining. In one embodiment, the delay elements are responsive to an input load control signal, and are calibrated with reference to periodically received timing pulses. Different numbers of the delay elements are configured to produce different asynchronous delays and to strobe sequential pipeline elements of the memory device.
US08059475B2
A reference voltage regulator for an embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) employing VSS-sensing with a reference level includes an oscillator, a control block, a reference generator, a comparator, a pulse generator, a driver, and a reference voltage output, where the oscillator sends requests for sampling and correction to the control block between accesses of the eDRAM, the control block sends a pulse defining a time interval during which sampling and correction occurs to the pulse generator, the reference generator provides the reference level for comparison by the comparator with a sampling of the reference voltage output, the comparator decides if the reference voltage output requires correction and sends a correction request to the pulse generator if necessary, the pulse generator produces a correction pulse for the driver according to the correction request from the comparator, and the driver adjusts the reference voltage output during the correction pulse.
US08059471B2
A non-volatile DRAM cell includes a pass-gate transistor and a cell capacitor. A read operation of the non-volatile cell begins by negatively charging the cell capacitor. A cell capacitor of an associated dummy non-volatile DRAM cell is fully discharged. The pass-gate transistor is activated and if the pass-gate transistor is programmed it does not turn on and if it is erased, it turns on. Charge is shared on the complementary pair of precharged bit lines connected to the non-volatile DRAM cell and its associated Dummy non-volatile DRAM cell. A sense amplifier detects the difference in the data state stored in the pass-gate transistor. The program and erase of the non-volatile DRAM cell is accomplished by charge injection from the associated bit line of the non-volatile DRAM cell.
US08059470B1
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a flash memory array with at least first and second subarrays, or sectors, of memory cells. The subarrays have a set of shared bitlines and separate sets of word lines. A bitline driver circuit is coupled to the set of shared bitlines, a first row driver circuit is coupled to the set of word lines of the first subarray, and a second row driver circuit is coupled to the set of word lines of the second subarray. The first and second row driver circuits are operable to enable the memory cells of the first subarray to be erased independently of the memory cells of the second subarray. The two row driver circuits are further operable to enable the memory cells of the second subarray to be erased independently of the memory cells of the first subarray.
US08059466B2
Provided are a non-volatile memory system and a programming method thereof. The programming method of the non-volatile memory system includes adjusting a program-verify-voltage of a selected memory cell referring to program data to be written in an interfering cell configured to provide interference for the selected memory cell and programming the selected memory cell depending on the adjusted program-verify-voltage.
US08059463B2
Information stored as physical states of cells of a memory is read first by setting each of one or more references to a respective member of a first set of values and reading the physical states of the cells relative to the values of the first set. Subsequently, the references are set to respective members of a second set of values, and the physical states of the cells are read again relative to the values of the second set. The second set is different from the first set, so that the two readings together read the physical states of the cells with higher resolution than the first reading alone.
US08059460B2
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device includes an inputting step for inputting program data to a first latch of each of page buffers, and inputting redundancy data to a second latch of each of the page buffers, a verification result storage step for performing a program operation on selected memory cells using the program data stored in the first latch, performing a verification operation for the program operation, and storing a result of the verification operation in the first latch of each of the page buffers coupled with the selected memory cells, a verification result change step for changing the result stored in the first latch using the redundancy data stored in the second latch, and a verification check step for determining whether all data stored in the second latches, after the verification result change step, are program pass data.
US08059456B2
When a memory device receives two or more pluralities of bits from a host to store in a nonvolatile memory, the device first stores the bits in a volatile memory. Then, in storing the bits in the nonvolatile memory, the device raises the threshold voltages of some cells of the volatile memory to values above a verify voltage. While those threshold voltages remain substantially at those levels, the device raises the threshold voltages of other cells of the volatile memory to values below the verify voltage. In the end, every cell stores one or more bits from each plurality of bits. Preferably, all the cells share a common wordline. A data storage device operates similarly with respect to storing pluralities of bits generated by an application running on the system.
US08059452B2
An integrated circuit and methods for laying out the integrated circuit are provided. The integrated circuit includes a first and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first active region comprising a first source and a first drain; and a first gate electrode over the first active region. The second transistor includes a second active region comprising a second source and a second drain; and a second gate electrode over the second active region and connected to the first gate electrode, wherein the first source and the second source are electrically connected, and the first drain and the second drain are electrically connected.
US08059448B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array including memory cells arranged in matrix each having a selective transistor and a variable resistance element having an electric resistance changed from a first state to a second state by applying a first write voltage and from the second state to the first state by applying a second write voltage. A first write current for a first writing operation to change the electric resistance from the first state to the second state is larger than a second write current for a second writing operation to change it from the second state to the first state. A second memory cell number of memory cells subjected to the second writing operation at a time is greater than a first memory cell number of memory cells subjected to the first writing operation at a time. At least the second memory cell number is plural.
US08059444B2
A memory is provided that includes a first memory level having a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a vertically oriented p-i-n diode including a bottom heavily doped p-type region, a middle intrinsic or lightly doped region, and a top heavily doped n-type region. When a voltage between about 1.5 volts and about 3.0 volts is applied across each p-i-n diode, a current of at least 1.5 microamps flows through 99 percent of the p-i-n diodes. Numerous other aspects are also provided.
US08059441B2
For one disclosed embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a first die including a first plurality of memory cells for a memory array and a second die including a second plurality of memory cells for the memory array. The second die may include a shared line for the memory array to conduct digital signals for memory cells of both the first and second plurality of memory cells. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08059439B2
An encoding scheme is disclosed that allows a CAM device to selectively store, within each cell of a row of the CAM device, either a single bit of a binary value or two bits of an encoded data word encoded from the binary value. By storing two bits of the encoded data word in each CAM cell, data may be stored more efficiently and CAM systems may consume less power. The encoded data words can be balanced data words that have equal number of logic high and logic low values.
US08059417B2
A switch module comprising: a first body; a first switching circuit contained within the first body; a first set of connector ports electrically coupled to the first switching circuit; a second body; a second switching circuit contained within the second body; a second set of connector port electrically coupled to the second switching circuit; a plurality of first cables fixedly attached to and extending from the first body, each cable in the plurality of first cables having an USB connector plug; and a plurality of second cables fixedly attached to and extending from the second body, each cable in the plurality of second cables having a video connector plug; wherein the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit switch to connect each of the first set of connector ports to one of the plurality of first cables and the second set of connector port to one of the plurality of second cables, respectively.
US08059410B2
A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat from an electronic component mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a fin unit, a heat-conducting board attached to the electronic component, a heat pipe thermally connecting the fin unit and the heat-conducting board, and a clip disposed on the heat pipe. A pair of engaging portions protrude upwardly from a top face of the heat-conducting board towards each other. The clip secures the heat pipe to the top face of the heat-conducting board. The clip includes a pivoting portion which is pivotally fixed to the heat-conducting board, a clasping portion detachably engaging with the engaging portions, and a main body interconnecting the pivoting portion and the clasping portion and abutting against the heat pipe toward the heat-conducting board.
US08059408B2
A heat spreader having at least two adjoining layers each having at least two pyrolytic graphite strips cut from a sheet of pyrolytic graphite along the z direction. Thermal conductivity in the xy plane of the graphite sheet is greater than in the z direction. The z direction cut provides strips which are each oriented 90 degrees such that the thickness direction of the original sheet becomes the width or length of the cut strip. A side of a first strip adjoins a side of a second strip in each layer. Because of the greater thermal conductivity in the xy plane of the strips as compared to the z direction heat transfers more rapidly in the length and thickness direction of the strips than across adjoining sides of the oriented strips in each layer. The first layer strips are oriented about 90 degrees from the orientation of the second layer strips.
US08059404B2
Power inverters include a frame and a power module. The frame has a sidewall including an opening and defining a fluid passageway. The power module is coupled to the frame over the opening and includes a substrate, die, and an encasement. The substrate includes a first side, a second side, a center, an outer periphery, and an outer edge, and the first side of the substrate comprises a first outer layer including a metal material. The die are positioned in the substrate center and are coupled to the substrate first side. The encasement is molded over the outer periphery on the substrate first side, the substrate second side, and the substrate outer edge and around the die. The encasement, coupled to the substrate, forms a seal with the metal material. The second side of the substrate is positioned to directly contact a fluid flowing through the fluid passageway.
US08059401B2
An electronic device includes a printed circuit board and a heat dissipation module. The printed circuit board has a first heat-generating electronic component and a number of second heat-generating electronic components. The heat dissipation module includes a heat sink thermally engaging on the first heat-generating electronic component and an enclosure enclosing the printed circuit board. The heat sink includes a number of fins. The enclosure extends an inner casing to envelop the fins of the heat sink. The enclosure defines a number of slots letting the casing communicate with an exterior of the enclosure. The casing separates the fins from the second heat-generating electronic component.
US08059397B2
A sliding-type portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing linearly movably coupled to the first housing face-to-face includes a spring module for opening/closing the first and second housings. The spring module includes at least a pair of asymmetrical S-shaped wires each including a first bend and a second bend extending from the first bend and having a greater curvature than the first bend. The spring module of the portable terminal provides a reduced thickness because of the spring action in the portable terminal, contributing in particular to an overall reduction in thickness of a sliding-type portable terminal and permit smooth opening/closing of the portable terminal.
US08059396B2
The present invention is related to a removable electronic device with handle structure suitable for an electronic apparatus, including a housing having an accommodating trough, a handle structure, an elastic engaging device, and an engaging component corresponding to the elastic engaging device, wherein the handle structure is pivotally mounted on and received in the accommodating trough through an engagement between the elastic engaging device and the engaging component.
US08059395B2
A mounting apparatus for attaching a data storage device to a chassis includes a latching member, first and second elastic members and a button. The latching member defines a through hole therein and forms a latching pin at a first end thereof. The button includes an abutting portion and a pressing portion extending up from the abutting portion. When the mounting apparatus is mounted to the chassis, the button is placed on a bottom side of the latching member, the latching member is movably mounted to the chassis, the first elastic member is compressed between the second end of the latching member and a baffle formed on the chassis, the second elastic member is compressed between the button and the chassis, the pressing portion of the button extends through the through hole and extending out of a top surface of the latching member.
US08059391B2
A portable electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a sliding positioning device. The first body includes a first operation area and a second operation area. The second body is slidable relative to the first body. The sliding positioning device is connected to the first body and the second body to position the second body at a plurality of locations relative to the first body. The second body hides the second operation area and exposes the first operation area when the second body is located at one of the locations.
US08059389B2
A composite suitable as a charge-storing material for electrochemical capacitors contains carbon nanotubes and a carbonaceous materiel. The carbonaceous material is the carbonization residue of a biopolymer or seaweed rich in heteroatoms. Wherein the carbonization residue of the biopolymer or seaweed is electrically conductive and has a heteroatom content as detected by XPS of at least 6%.
US08059388B2
The invention relates to a multilayer ceramic capacitor having dielectric layers and internal electrode layers disposed alternately. The dielectric layers include a dielectric ceramic containing barium titanate as a main component, and also calcium, magnesium, vanadium, manganese, and a rare-earth element. Crystals constituting the dielectric ceramic are constituted by grains containing barium titanate as their main component and containing calcium in a concentration of 0.2 atomic % or less or containing the calcium in a concentration of 0.4 atomic % or more. The crystals grains are also distinct in their relative distributions of magnesium and rare-earth elements between the center of the grain and the surface of the grain. Finally, the relative areas of the two kinds of crystals observed in the plane of a polished surface of the dielectric ceramic are described by a ratio b/(a+b), which is 0.5 to 0.8.
US08059386B2
A capacitive element for an implantable medical device feedthrough element includes a bore, to receive a feedthrough member, or pin of the filtered feedthrough element, an external surface extending laterally outward from a first opening of the bore, and a recessed area formed in the external surface and extending about an outer perimeter thereof. The recessed area may provide a location on which to apply a conductive material to form a joint that electrically couples the capacitive element to a ferrule of the filtered feedthrough element.
US08059384B2
A printed circuit board reinforcement structure for a printed circuit board receiving a plurality of surface mounting devices, and an integrated circuit package using the same. The structure includes a hard layer having one or more openings formed at areas corresponding to one or more surface mounting devices with a thickness exceeding a predetermined thickness; and a soft layer bonded to a side of the hard layer so that the soft layer can accommodate the protrusion of the surface mounting devices. The structure prevents defects of a printed circuit board, such as deformation, fracture or the like, while substantially reducing the size of a package by applying a reinforcement structure to a thin printed circuit board, thereby reinforcing the rigidity (mechanical strength) of the thin printed circuit board.
US08059381B2
A magnet controller supplied by a DC generator controls a lifting magnet. Four transistors, forming an H bridge, allow DC current to flow in both directions in the lifting magnet. During “Lift”, full voltage is applied to the lifting magnet. During “Drop”, reverse voltage is applied briefly to demagnetize the lifting magnet. At the end of the “Lift” and the “Drop”, most of the lifting magnet energy is returned to the DC generator. A transient voltage suppressor protects against voltage spike generated when current reverses in the generator.
US08059379B2
A plurality of insulation supports are provided around a zinc oxide component, and the zinc oxide component and a plurality of insulation supports are integrally molded into an insulation casing. The insulation casing has corrugations on its outer surface. A thin-thickness portion is provided between the corrugations. The thin-thickness portion is provided between the insulation supports.
US08059373B2
Magnetic sensing chips and methods of fabricating the magnetic sensing chips are disclosed. A magnetic sensing chip as described herein includes an EMR sensor formed on a substrate from multiple semiconductor layers. One or more of the semiconductor layers form a quantum well comprising a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) or hole gas (2DHG). The magnetic sensing chip also includes one or more transistors formed on the substrate from the multiple semiconductor layers. The transistor(s) likewise include a quantum well comprising a 2DEG or 2DHG. The EMR sensor and the transistor(s) are connected by one or more connections so that the transistor(s) amplifies data signals from the EMR sensor.
US08059364B1
The present invention relates to preformed seals used in the manufacture of low density gas filled disk drives. The seals may be preformed to facilitate positioning in the disk drive and eliminate the need for manually applied or semi-automatically applied epoxies, thereby reducing manual labor costs, non-uniform seals, waste and inefficiencies due to equipment malfunction. The epoxy seals may soften and seal after being positioned, thereby forming an in-place hermetic or substantially hermetic seal.
US08059360B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of servo sectors defining a plurality of tracks, wherein the servo sectors are written to the disk by servoing off of spiral tracks. The head is positioned over a target track in response to the servo sectors, and coefficients of a first sinusoid are generated corresponding to the target track, wherein the first sinusoid corresponds a repeatable position error of the head relative to the target track. The coefficients of the first sinusoid comprise a coherent component due to a repeatable runout of the disk and a spiral component due to writing the servo sectors by servoing off of the spiral tracks, where the spiral component varies based on a radial location of the head. The head is servoed over the target track in response to the coefficients.
US08059359B2
A method to correct a phase of a data sector due to rotational slip of a disk includes measuring a difference in the phase of a servo sector between a plurality of disks and adjusting an amount of cylinder skew of a logical data sector between the plurality of disks based on the measured difference in the phase of a servo sector between the plurality of disks.
US08059354B2
An apparatus includes a metallic transducer and a condenser for directing electromagnetic radiation onto the transducer. The transducer includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is wider than the second section and has a width to length aspect ratio greater than or equal to a width to length aspect ratio of the second section, the first section having a dimple formed on a surface thereof.
US08059349B2
Various systems and methods for peak signal detection. As one example, a method for peak signal detection that includes receiving a signal is disclosed. The received signal includes a signal region where the signal is increasing in amplitude, another signal region where the signal is decreasing in amplitude, and a transitional signal region coupling the first two signal regions. In some cases, the transitional region is of zero duration and the signal transitions directly from the increasing region to the decreasing region. The method further include calculating a distance between the signal region of increasing amplitude and the signal region of decreasing amplitude, and determining a peak of the received signal that is one half the distance from the signal region of increasing amplitude.
US08059347B2
A positioning assembly includes a fixing plate, a positioning plate, a connecting sleeve, one or more first adjusting member, and one or more second adjusting members. The connecting sleeve is positioned between the fixing plate and the positioning plate. The positioning sleeve is sleeved on the connecting sleeve, and fixed to the positioning plate. The first adjusting member is movably disposed on the positioning sleeve, and resists the connecting sleeve, to adjust a position of the connecting sleeve relative to the positioning sleeve. The second adjusting members are disposed between the fixing plate and the positioning plate, to adjust a gradient of the positioning plate relative to the fixing plate. An optical system using the positioning assembly is also provided.
US08059345B2
An integrated micro-optical system includes at least two wafers with at least two optical elements provided on respective surfaces of the at least two wafers, at least one of the two optical elements being a spherical lens. The resulting optical system presents a high numerical aperture. One of the optical elements may be a refractive element formed in a material having a high index of refraction.
US08059336B2
Apparatus for and method of rapid three dimensional scanning and digitizing of an entire microscope sample, or a substantially large portion of a microscope sample, using a tilted sensor synchronized with a positioning stage. The system also provides a method for interpolating tilted image layers into a orthogonal tree dimensional array or into its two dimensional projection as well as a method for composing the volume strips obtained from successive scans of the sample into a single continuous digital image or volume.
US08059322B1
A system for suppressing undesirable oscillations in a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) scanner is provided. The system includes a tunable notch filter and a MEMS scanner. The tunable notch filter is operable to receive an original drive signal and to generate a compensated drive signal based on the original drive signal. The MEMS scanner, which is coupled to the tunable notch filter, is operable to receive the compensated drive signal and to be driven by the compensated drive signal without oscillating at a first mode resonance frequency.
US08059314B2
An image reading apparatus which is capable of performing a stable reading operation and matching a sub-scanning magnification with which an original image is scanned, between the front side of an original and the reverse side of the same. A CCD line sensor reads the front side of an original, and a CIS line sensor reads the reverse side of the same. A lead roller is disposed upstream of the CCD line sensor and conveys the original at a first conveying speed. A discharge roller is disposed downstream of the CCD line sensor and conveys the original at a second conveying speed which is higher than the first conveying speed. A CPU controls one main scanning time period of the CCD line sensor after the original is held by the discharge roller, such that the one main scanning time period becomes shorter than before the original is held by the discharge roller.
US08059310B2
Apparatus, method and computer program product for providing output image adjustment for image files
A CPU of a color printer performs gamma correction and a matrix operation M on an RGB color space image data derived by a matrix operation S. Using gamma correction value settings, the CPU performs gamma conversion of image data. Matrix operation M converts the RGB color space to an XYZ color space. When performing matrix operation M, the CPU refers to a PrintMatching tag and performs the matrix operation using a matrix (M) that corresponds to the indicated color space, in order to reflect the color space used for generation of image data.
US08059304B2
A device for recording information on CDRs or other recording media and printing file information for observing what is recorded thereon. The information may be medical images such as x-rays, cat scans, magnetic resonance images, or sonograms. The discs can have patient names and other information selected from information stored thereon, printed on the disc as well as logos for the hospital, service provider or trademarks. The discs can be automatically loaded into the recorder and printer. The fields of information or logos printed on the discs can be changed to suit the user. A database creates and updates a directory of patient files so the discs can be located and the images thereon viewed for each patient. The discs have software allowing the computer to view the images on the disc so that a personal computer not having imaging software can operate the disc.
US08059303B2
Document processing system providing job attribute control and override features and related methods
A document processing system may include at least one document processing device for performing document processing jobs, and a controller connected to the at least one document processing device. The controller may be for determining whether to restrict document processing jobs from being performed by the at least one document processing device with a job attribute based upon a job attribute control parameter. If a document processing job is to be restricted based upon the job attribute control parameter, the controller may also be for determining whether to override the restriction based upon a job attribute override parameter different than the job attribute control parameter.
US08059296B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus which can guarantee the originality of a document consisting of a plurality of pages. To achieve the object, an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an extracting unit that extracts fiber information from paper media; a first storage unit that synthesizes and storing fiber information extracted from pages of a first paper medium consisting of a plurality of pages by using the extracting unit as first fiber information; a second storage unit that synthesizes and stores fiber information extracted from pages of a second paper medium consisting of a plurality of pages by using the extracting unit as second fiber information; and a comparing unit that compares the first fiber information and the second fiber information and determining whether these match each other.
US08059295B2
A multi-function image processing apparatus includes a system control unit that receives an image processing job sent over a network by a requesting device, and that controls operation of the image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes an image recording unit that performs a printing operation. The apparatus also includes a scanner that scans data provided to the apparatus. The apparatus further includes an image processing unit that receives scan data from the scanner, that performs image processing on the scan data, and that outputs image-processed scan data to the image recording unit for printing of the image-processed scan data. The apparatus also includes an interface unit that transfers image data between the image processing unit and the system control unit in at least one mode of operation of the image processing apparatus. The image processing unit includes a first FIFO and a second FIFO for bypassing the interface unit under certain situations.
US08059292B2
System and method for assigning print jobs to autonomous cells in a transaction printing environment
Methods and systems for assigning a plurality of print jobs in a transaction printing environment are disclosed. A print job workflow management system receives a plurality of print jobs each having a job size and selects a first threshold based on at least the job sizes for the plurality of print jobs. A print job is assigned to a first autonomous cell if the job size for the print job is greater than the first threshold. The print job is assigned to a second autonomous cell if the job size for the print job is less than a second threshold. Otherwise, the print job is assigned to a third autonomous cell.
US08059290B2
To improve work efficiency and reduce work costs, automatic transmission/reception and conversion of a print job can be performed (without requiring manual work) among plural printing systems having different functions. An information processing apparatus, connected to plural printing systems, can create a job ticket for a second system based on a job ticket and content data for a first system and device function information for the second system.
US08059287B2
An image forming part performs an image forming operation. A higher-order component sends an image forming request to perform the image forming operation of said image forming part. A control part controls the image forming part based on the image forming request received from the higher-order component. The control part controls the image forming part to perform a deactivation standby operation to stand by for a predetermined time while the image forming part is continuously set in an operating state after the image forming part completes the image forming operation, without querying the higher-order component about an image forming operation to be performed subsequently.
US08059285B2
A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image scanning unit configured to generate image data by converting light reflected from an optically scanned printed page into electrical signals; an interface configured to receive image data from an external apparatus; an expansion bus to which the image scanning unit and the interface are connected; a bus control unit configured to control the expansion bus; an image data storage unit configured to store the image data; at least one image processing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to perform an image processing operation on the image data; a task management unit configured to send an image processing request to the image processing unit; and an image writing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to print the image data on which the image processing operation has been performed by the image processing unit.
US08059277B2
A frequency swept laser source that generates an optical signal that is tuned over a spectral scan band at single discrete wavelengths associated with longitudinal modes of the swept laser source. Laser hopping over discrete single cavity modes allows long laser coherence length even under dynamic very high speed tuning conditions. A ramp drive to the laser is used to linearize laser frequency tuning. A beam splitter is used to divide the optical signal between a reference arm leading to a reference reflector and a sample arm leading to a sample. A detector system detects the optical signal from the reference arm and the sample arm for generating depth profiles and images of the sample.
US08059274B2
An optical sensor that provides lateral viewing while maintaining light polarization is disclosed according to one embodiment of the invention. The sensor includes a sensor body, at least one waveguide and at least one refractive optical element. The sensor body may includes proximal end and a distal end. The waveguide includes a proximal end coincident near the proximal end of the sensor body and a distal end coincident at a point near the distal end of the sensor body. The waveguide may include one or more fiber optic. The waveguide may be positioned within the sensor body. The refractive optical element may be positioned within the sensor near the distal end of the waveguide and may be configured to refract light received from the distal end of the waveguide outward from the sensor. The refractive optical element may include one or more prisms.
US08059266B2
Systems and methods for measuring stray light in a lithographic apparatus are described using Radiometric Kirk Test (also known as Scanning SAMOS Test). The Radiometric Kirk Test of the present invention involves a test pattern having an isolated dark area within a much larger bright field. The radiometric Kirk test includes at least two continuous or stepped scans of an aperture of a detector in an image plane of a lithographic system. During a dark area measurement, the aperture of the detector is positioned such that at least at one point the aperture of the detector is centered within an image of the dark area. During a bright area measurement, the aperture of the detector is positioned within the image of the bright field. The integrated detector signal is correspondingly computed for the dark area measurement and the bright area measurement. The ratio of the integrated dark area measurement result and integrated bright area measurement result is a measure of stray light present in the lithographic apparatus.
US08059259B2
An active damping system assembly is configured to dampen a vibration of at least part of a structure. The assembly includes a plurality of active dampers each including a sensor configured to measure a position quantity of an interface mass mounted on the structure; and an actuator configured to exert a force on the interface mass in dependency of a signal provided by the sensor, wherein each of the plurality of active damping systems is connected to the interface mass. The structure may be a projection system of a lithographic apparatus.
US08059250B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines crossing each other; a data drive circuit which supplies data voltages to the data lines; a gate drive circuit which supplies scan pulses to the gate lines; and first dummy pads on a substrate of the liquid crystal display panel at both sides of the data drive circuit, and wherein the data drive circuit is joined onto the substrate with a first anisotropic conductive film and both sides of the first anisotropic conductive film are joined to the first dummy pads.
US08059247B2
A liquid crystal display device has pixels, and each pixel has a lower substrate and an upper substrate with a liquid crystal material in between. The each pixel also has an electrode structure between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The electrode structure has electrodes, and each electrode has a polygon-shaped electrode surface and a plurality of electrode edges. The electrodes are arranged such that if an electrode edge is facing an electrode edge of an adjacent electrode then the electrode edge and the electrode edge of the adjacent electrode define a distance which is substantially constant along the entire electrode edge.
US08059245B2
An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group.
US08059235B2
A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates having a polarizer, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates of the pair, a color filter layer sandwiched between one of the substrates of the pair and the liquid crystal layer, a light source for supplying light to the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer, and the color filter layer. The color filter layer includes three filters for displaying blue, green and red. Only the green filter of the three filters selectively includes an absorbing component capable of absorbing a light spectrum within a wavelength range from 480 nm to 500 nm.
US08059233B2
There is disclosed a transflective liquid crystal display having pixels each including a reflective region and a transmissive region. The aperture ratio of the pixels can be enhanced. End portions of two adjacent color filters are overlapped to form an optically shielding portion for each pixel. The optically shielding portion and the reflective region cooperate to form an optically shielding film acting as a black matrix for the transmissive region. The aperture ratio is enhanced by improving the positional relationship between the reflective regions and the color filters.
US08059223B2
A data line repair structure for a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The data line repair structure includes a first repair line parallel to the scan line and crossing a first end of the data line; a fourth repair line formed in an oblique line area of the liquid crystal panel, coupled to the first repair line; a second repair line parallel to the data line, coupled to the gate driving chip and the fourth repair line; a third repair line parallel to the scan line, coupled to the second repair line and separated from a second end of the data line; and a floating line connected between the third repair line and the second end of the data line when the data line has a broken point.
US08059221B2
A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines (GØ-Gn), a plurality of data lines (D1-Dn) formed in a direction crossing the gate lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in a pixel area defined by the gate lines and the data lines, the pixel electrodes indicating pictures by a control of the corresponding gate lines, and a light volume adjusting layer formed on a lower layer of the pixel electrodes controlled by a second one of the gate lines (G1). A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes the steps of: forming gate lines and a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating film on the board including the gate electrode, forming a first active layer on the gate insulating film corresponding to an upper portion of the gate electrode and forming a second active layer on the gate insulating film corresponding to a portion where pixel electrodes are formed, forming source/drain electrodes on an upper portion of the first active layer, and forming a passivation film on the whole surface of the active layer including the source/drain electrodes.
US08059219B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method of the same. The LCD includes a liquid crystal capacitor charged with a data voltage during a first turn-on period of a first gate signal, a storage capacitor having one electrode connected to the liquid crystal capacitor and a driving unit which supplies a boost voltage to the other electrode of the storage capacitor during a boost voltage-output period of a boost-control signal. The boost voltage has a first edge and a second edge, the first and second edges occur in the boost voltage-output period, and the first turn-on period occurs between the first and second edges.
US08059214B2
Fluorescent tubes are arranged such that their arrangement spaces gradually become wider in central area than in edge areas, fluorescent tubes located in the vicinity of the central area of an arrangement direction are bent into chevron-shapes such that the central parts of the longitudinal directions of the fluorescent tubes become crests which provide access to a diffusion plate, respective two adjacent fluorescent tubes which are straight tubes are connected to one another, thereby constituting pseudo U-shaped tubes, and an AC power is supplied through terminals lined up along one side of a direct-type backlight device. A reflector plate is bent so as to match with the curvature of the bent fluorescent tubes, and is formed with a protrusion which allows the fluorescent tubes located in the vicinity of the central area of the arrangement direction to be raised so as to protrude toward a diffusion plate.
US08059211B2
A system and/or method that reduces the blanking time between changing from one video channel to another video channel, particularly from a digital video channel. The system provides as much video of the old video channel as possible for display until video from the new channel is acquired. Particularly, video output signal from the old channel which is stored in a video packet buffer is provided until the video packet buffer is underflowed (underflow condition or event). This is accomplished while the system is acquiring the new video channel (i.e. the selector in the case of an analog or different frequency digital video channel, or a PID filter of an MPEG transport stream decoder thereof in the case of a digital video subchannel of the old digital video channel). Blanking of the video output may or may not be accomplished if the new video is acquired before an video packet buffer underflow condition or event, else blanking may occur for only a short period of time. This can save about 400-500 ms.
US08059209B2
A broadcast signal receiving device includes a receiving unit, a registering unit and a channel selection unit. The receiving unit receives digital broadcast signals including a plurality of sub-channels on each of a plurality of physical channels. The registering unit registers an indicator indicating whether or not each of the sub-channels is an audio channel in an indicator registration region of a channel map, which stores channel map information relating to a correspondence between the physical channels and the sub-channels. The channel selection unit selects the sub-channels based on the channel map information and the indicator stored in the indicator registration region.
US08059206B2
A motion detection method for detecting the difference in colors and an object position between a current frame and a previous frame through processing a composite video signal corresponding to both frames. The method includes: calculating a plurality of composite signal values included in the composite video signal to generate a calculation result; determining whether the calculation result conforms to a requirement to obtain a detecting result; and determining whether the colors and the object position are changed in two frames corresponding to the composite video signal according to the detecting result.
US08059202B2
A method is provided for enabling users to control an electronic apparatus such as a television signal receiver, multimedia device, and/or other device in an easy and convenient manner using a single key of a user input device. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of enabling each of the plurality of modes to be displayed for a first time period in response to a first occurrence of a control signal, enabling one of the modes currently being displayed to be selected in response to a second occurrence of the control signal, and enabling each of a plurality of options associated with the selected mode to be displayed for a second time period in response to the second occurrence of the control signal.
US08059197B2
A field balancing device for balancing the lightness/color of top fields and bottom fields of an interlaced signal includes: a detection circuit for detecting a lightness/color difference between at least one portion of at least one top field of the interlaced signal and at least one portion of at least one bottom field of the interlaced signal to generate a detection result; and a processing circuit, coupled to the detection circuit, for selectively processing at least one field of the interlaced signal according to the detection result to balance the lightness/color of top fields and bottom fields of the interlaced signal.
US08059194B2
A loupe for use in conjunction with a digital SLR camera. The loupe is designed to couple to the lens mount of a camera to enable detection of any dust particles or other debris present on camera's image sensor. The loupe has a tubular housing having an access window slot formed therein to permit insertion of a cleaning tool into the interior of the housing to clean the image sensor while the loupe remains coupled to the camera. The invention thereby permits a user to more easily see dust particles or other debris on the image sensor during the cleaning operation.
US08059191B2
A method for shutting down a digital image capturing device is provided, The steps of the method are as follows: first, outputting a reset signal from a control unit of the capturing device to a timing generating unit; then setting a vertical pulse signal of the timing generating unit to a ground level within a time frame of the timing generating unit outputting a horizontal blanking signal; lastly, automatically shutting down the timing generating unit.
US08059190B2
A portable electronic apparatus includes a main body, a camera device, and a supplementary light device. The camera device and the supplementary light device are fixed on the main body. The supplementary light device includes a light module, a lens module, and a motor. The light module includes a circuit board, a light source, and a heat sink opposite to the light source. The lens module includes a lens barrel and a plurality of lenses received in the lens module. The motor drives the lens module to change the intensity distribution of the light from the light module.
US08059189B2
An image capturing apparatus performs photographing multiple times and composing these multiple images to obtain one image of a correct exposure. The apparatus includes an image capturing unit, an illumination unit and an image composition unit. The image capturing unit captures an optical image of an object as an electrical signal. The illumination unit performs illumination on photographing by the image capturing unit. The image composition unit composes multiple images obtained by multiple times of photographing by the image capturing unit. All of the multiple images are the images shot by performing illumination with the illumination unit. A light amount of each photographing in multiple times of photographing by performing illumination with the illumination unit is obtained by dividing light amount required for the correct exposure based on the number of photos taken of an image to be composed.
US08059183B2
When a chart is used as a subject, whether or not the chart can be captured for storage is determined based on the result obtained through distance measurement at a plurality of locations in a field captured for temporary display on a viewfinder. For example, a maximum difference of distances ΔL is calculated. It is determined that the chart cannot be captured for storage if ΔL is greater than a depth of field or is greater than a predetermined TL. A message indicating that the chart cannot be captured for storage is provided. Furthermore, it is determined that the subject is not the chart to be captured for storage if a subject size does not fall within a predetermined range.
US08059181B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for data transmission/reception for transmitting/receiving data, which can transmit and receive data by using a transmitter (display device) capable of receiving and displaying digital data, and a receiver capable of receiving digital data by photographing the digital data. The apparatus includes a transmitter for receiving and displaying digital data; and a receiver for photographing and receiving the digital data displayed in the transmitter, and restoring the received digital data, thereby restoring corresponding data information. The method includes receiving and displaying digital data by a transmitter; and photographing and receiving the digital data displayed in the transmitter, and restoring the received digital data and displaying a corresponding data by a receiver.
US08059178B2
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager flush reset circuit is provided. The flush reset circuit has an interface to receive first (e.g., VDD) and second (e.g., ground) reference voltages. The flush reset circuit has a solitary (flush) signal interface. There is also an interface connected to a transistor set power interface to supply a Vflush1 signal at least one threshold voltage different than the second reference voltage, in response to receiving a flush signal. The flush signal is used to create a CMOS imager hard reset prior to a soft reset.
US08059173B2
A correlated double sampling (CDS) pixel and methods of operating the same are provided. The CDS pixel includes a sensor circuit to generate a voltage value corresponding to electromagnetic radiation received on a photodetector included therein, and a sample and hold (S/H) stage including a sample switching-element and first and second capacitor-elements. The first capacitor-element is coupled between an output of the sensor circuit through the sample switching-element and a predetermined reference potential. The second capacitor-element has a first node coupled to the output of the sensor circuit through the sample switching-element and a second node coupled in series with an output of the S/H stage, the second node of the second capacitor-element further coupled through a calibration switching-element to a calibration voltage to sample a reset voltage value on the photodetector at a first time at a beginning of an integration period following reset of the sensor circuit.
US08059172B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus of the present invention including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally disposed in a row and column directions each containing a photoelectric conversion section and an amplification section for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal an output of the photoelectric conversion section; a first scanning section for selecting rows to be read of the pixel section; a noise suppressing section for effecting noise suppression of the pixel signals; a second scanning section for causing pixel signals having gone through the noise suppressing section to be outputted from a plurality of horizontal signal lines; and a control section having a plurality of drive modes to be set, different in the number of the horizontal signal lines from which the pixel signals are outputted, and, when a drive mode is set, changing in accordance with the set drive mode the manner of connection of a function device within the noise suppressing section associated with the horizontal signal lines pertinent to the drive mode.
US08059164B2
A photographing device for photographing a subject is provided. The photographing device includes a face recognition unit recognizing a face included in an image of the subject; a distance calculation unit calculating a distance between each of a plurality of faces when the plurality of faces are recognized by the face recognition unit; and a distance comparison unit comparing the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit with a pre-set reference distance. A of controlling the photographing device is also provided.
US08059162B2
A single-focus imaging apparatus having an array of imaging devices includes an optical system including a first imaging system that produces a focused image, at least one imaging plane on which an image produced through the first imaging system is formed, and a second imaging system group including an array of second imaging systems, each second imaging system including the imaging device and a lens through which at least part of the image formed on the imaging plane is formed on the imaging device. At least the position of the lens, the distance between the lens and the imaging device, and the angle of view are determined as parameters of each second imaging system in accordance with the position of the imaging plane that changes depending on the distance between the imaging apparatus and an object.
US08059157B2
A method and a system for digital image stabilization are provided for a digital image sequence. The present method calculates local motion vectors between two adjacent images by an interlaced Gray-coded bit-plane matching. An appropriate global motion vector is obtained by weighted accumulation of all local motion vectors. Finally, an accumulated motion vector is obtained by the global motion vector so as to process a motion correction on the digital image sequence and produce a stabile output image.
US08059155B2
A measuring system (200) for measuring a FOV of a digital camera module (52) includes a measuring chart (22), a parameter inputting module (32), and a processing module (42). The measuring chart defines a colored portion. The parameter inputting module is used to input relative parameters. The processing module is connected to the parameter inputting module and receives electronic image signals converted from images of the colored portion and of the measuring chart screened by the lens module. The processing module is configured for calculating the FOV θ of the digital camera module. A measuring method for measuring the FOV θ of the digital camera module is also provided.
US08059151B2
The invention relates to a method for planning an inspection path (2) for at least one optical picture-taking device (4), particularly a camera, for inspecting a three-dimensional object (3). The picture-taking device (4) and the object (3) are movable relative to each other by means of a displacement device (5, 6). To ensure that the method for planning inspection paths and for determining areas to be inspected is easy to use and reliably covers all areas to be inspected, it is provided that, based on the design data (8), particularly CAD data and/or data determined by a sensor, relating to the object (3) and/or an area (12) to be inspected on the object, and based on the optical imaging characteristics of the picture-taking device (4), stored in electronic form, and using an arithmetic logic unit (10), the inspection path (2) for the optical picture-taking device (4) is automatically determined by specifying a specific geometric relationship between the picture-taking device (4) and the surface to be inspected.
US08059143B2
A flat panel display device and a picture quality controlling method thereof is provided. The flat panel display device includes a display panel. A memory stores location information about a panel defect location on the display panel and a compensation value to be dispersed for a plurality of frame periods. A compensating part detects the data to be displayed at the panel defect location and adjusts the data to be displayed at the panel defect location with the compensation value from the memory.
US08059138B2
An image processing system includes: a display that displays a still image and a moving image to move over the still image; a snapshot-image producing unit that produces the snapshot image of the moving image; and an arranging unit that arranges the snapshot image on the still image.
US08059134B2
A method of retaining original natural language commands along with the mathematical LUT transform of the commands and a private tag within the same ICC profile. The private tag can be read only by an exclusive or proprietary application or color management module. When a user loads a color editing profile into the proprietary application, the natural language commands could then be read from the private tag and displayed on a user interface. The user can then immediately see the qualitative effect of the color editing profile and provide selected modifications to the commands and retain a new set of commands stored in another profile.
US08059133B2
A graphics pipeline (20) for rendering graphics receives texture data (22) and vertex data (23). The texture data (22) define rectangular texture maps (24), which are axis-aligned in texture space. The vertex data (23) describe output quadrilaterals (25) in screen space. A rasterizer (27) rasterizes the input rectangle (24) by determining which texels are inside the input rectangle (24). A mapper (28) maps the texels inside the input rectangle (24) onto the output quadrilaterals (25). The mapping is performed by calculating screen space output coordinates from the texture space grid coordinates of the texels. For the calculation an equation is used comprising at least one linear combination of the texture space grid coordinates of the texels inside the input rectangles (24) and at least one product of real powers of the texture space grid coordinates of the texels inside the input rectangles (24).
US08059129B2
A fast rasterizer uses a fast memory that has a bit-set port for receiving data and a totally independent readout and clear port for outputting a waveform image. The fast memory is organized into rows and columns corresponding to the rows and columns of a raster display device, with each memory location or cell holding a single bit. The fast memory is divided into parallel sections so that one column of each section may be written into each clock cycle, resulting in the possibility of writing a plurality of columns into the fast memory each clock cycle. Each memory cell is set when a row and column write signal for the cell are asserted, and is read out and cleared when a row and column read signal for the cell are asserted. Row logic using thermometer codes is used to set the row lines for the selected column in each section.
US08059116B2
A two-terminal switching device provided on each of a plurality of pixel units and connected at a first terminal to a control electrode of a drive transistor, the two-terminal switching device being transferred to a conductive state according to magnitude of the voltage applied to a second terminal to supply the applied voltage to the control electrode; and a reverse bias voltage applying unit for adjusting the voltage applied to the second terminal and applying a reverse bias voltage to the drive transistor are provided.
US08059112B2
Provided is a method for broadcasting visible light information in visible light communication. The method includes determining a time interval for a simultaneous signal and a time interval for an individual signal of information to be displayed on a display device; simultaneously modulating output signals of three Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) making up one pixel, and transferring the modulated information to the display device; individually modulating output signals of the three RGB LEDs and transferring the modulated information to the display device; and displaying the modulated information for any selected one of the time interval for the simultaneous signal and the time interval for the individual signal.
US08059105B2
A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting the touch surface. The touch input device can be a touchpad separate from the computer's display screen, or can be a touch screen. Output haptic sensations on the touch input device can include pulses, vibrations, and spatial textures. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions.
US08059104B2
A haptic feedback touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that provides position information to a computer based on a location of user contact. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position information, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user. The actuator can move the touchpad laterally, or a separate surface member can be actuated. A flat E-core actuator, piezoelectric actuator, or other types of actuators can be used to provide forces. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions.
US08059103B2
Systems and methods determine the position of a touch on a surface of a device, such as a touch-sensitive device, by using position-dependent electrical charges. In such a method, the position of a touching implement is determined on the sensing surface of a device. The method includes generating signals on the surface of the device to create a position-dependent electrical charge on the touching implement; and measuring the position-dependent electrical charge to indicate a coordinate on the sensing surface for establishing the position of the touching implement.
US08059102B2
A method for verifying a fingertip touch input to a digitizer, the method comprises detecting a pattern of signals obtained from conductive lines of a digitizer sensor, comparing the pattern to a pre-determined fingertip characteristic, and recognizing a fingertip touch input based on the comparison.
US08059094B2
A navigation apparatus and method for a three-dimensional graphical user interface are provided. The apparatus includes an input unit that has a plurality of trackballs, in a space containing a certain plane and an-axis crossing the plane at a right angle, for navigation in a direction of the plane and the-axis, a detecting unit that detects a combination of the plurality of trackball movements and generates an input signal, a mapping table that defines the relationship between the input signal and the command for the navigation, and a graphics object control unit that performs the navigation corresponding to the input signal.
US08059090B2
The invention relates to a navigation device (2) for an electronic device (1), particularly a navigation device of the joystick type with two operating positions. In one position the navigation device (2) is extended as a joystick and in a second position the navigation device is retracted to function as a rocker key.
US08059089B2
There is provided an input device capable of detecting a motion of a hand of a user (102) and suitable to perform input of digital data with. The input device (100) can be gripped by a hand of the user (102) and serves to input information to a given apparatus. The input device (100) includes: manipulation portions (112a to 112e) which can be bent by manipulation of the user (102); bend sensors (114a to 114e) for detecting bend amounts of the manipulation portions (112a to 112e); vibrators (120) for generating vibrations to be transmitted to the user (102); and a processor (118). The processor (118) generates vibration in the vibrator according to the information on the bend amounts of the manipulation portions (112a to 112e) detected by the bend sensors (114a to 114e).
US08059078B2
A semiconductor device having a normal function means is provided, in which the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased even when a digital circuit using transistors having one conductivity is employed. By turning OFF a diode-connected transistor 101, the gate terminal of a first transistor 102 is brought into a floating state. At this time, the first transistor 102 is ON and its gate-source voltage is stored in a capacitor. Then, when a potential at the source terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased, a potential at the gate terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased as well by bootstrap effect. As a result, the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased.
US08059058B2
An antenna system is disclosed that includes two or more antennas and an impedance matching network. The antennas of the antenna system are closely separated, such as by a distance of no more than a wavelength of received signals divided by two. The impedance matching network is adapted to respond to and counteract performance degradation resulting from cross coupling between the antennas. Related methods for use in an antenna system are disclosed.
US08059046B2
A diversity antenna for use with a portable host device such as a laptop computer, for example as part of a PCMCIA card pluggable into the laptop computer to enable wireless computer by the laptop computer, includes a main antenna and a diversity antenna. Various configurations for these antennas are possible, including the use of a balanced dipole as the main antenna element and a split diversity antenna for the diversity antenna element. The diversity antenna provides high isolation between the antenna elements and isolation from interfering self-noise generated by the host device.
US08059044B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of apparatus and methods relating to mounting antenna components, modules, and assemblies, such as antenna modules or RF amplifier modules. In an exemplary embodiment, a fastener includes a clamping portion. An actuator is configured to convert a rotational force applied for rotating the fastener into a clamping force applied to the mounting surface generally between the at least one antenna component and the clamping portion of the fastener, to thereby mount the at least one antenna component to the mounting surface.
US08059042B2
The present invention is related to a shorted monopole antenna. The antenna includes a ground portion, a radiating portion, a shorting portion, an assembling portion, and a coaxial cable. The ground portion includes a signal grounding point. The radiating portion is located above the ground portion and bent at least once, and includes a signal feeding point. One end of the shorting portion is connected to one of the short edges of the ground portion, and the other end is connected to one edge portion of the radiating portion. The assembling portion is connected to the long edge of the ground portion. The coaxial cable includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor, which are connected to the signal feeding point and the signal grounding point respectively. The antenna invented has good impedance bandwidth and radiation characteristics, can easily be installed inside the housing of an electronic device, and is well suitable for applications in wireless communications devices.
US08059035B2
An antenna structure consists of a radiation element, a grounding element, a short element, a connection element, and a signal feeding element. The short element is coupled between the radiation element and the grounding element. The connection element is disposed between the radiation element and the grounding element. The connection element has at least a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment and the second segment form a bend. The signal feeding element is coupled between the connection element and the grounding element. The first segment of the connection element is substantially parallel to the grounding element and is at a designated distance from the grounding element.
US08059032B2
A positioning control device includes a GPS hardware control unit that makes GPS determine a current location at different positioning accuracies, and a positioning request management unit that makes the GPS hardware control unit carry out positioning in response to a positioning request from an application according to a positioning accuracy specified in the positioning request, acquires the positioning result, and returns the acquired positioning result to the application of the request origin. In a case where a positioning accuracy of a new positioning request is equal to or less than a positioning accuracy of a latest positioning result, the positioning request management unit reuses the latest positioning result and returns the latest positioning result in response to the new positioning request.
US08059031B2
A beam switching antenna method and apparatus for controlling a beam switching antenna system including an antenna element for forming a beam, at least one conductive reflector for reflecting the beam, and a ground switch for applying a reference voltage to the least one conductive reflector, the method including selectively configuring the beam switching antenna system for a current-directional beam pattern to receive a first signal and for a non-directional beam pattern to receive a second signal; comprising the first and second signals; and controlling, using the ground switch; the beam based on the comparison of the first and second switching.
US08059023B2
The present invention relates to a radar device for maritime surveillance, intended to be installed on a vehicle moving at very high altitude, generally on a satellite.The invention consists more precisely in a partial synthetic aperture radar with a low repetition frequency, making it possible to provide quality maritime surveillance and guaranteeing good performance in terms of target detection probability and ability to process vast maritime expanses.
US08059017B2
A modulation apparatus includes: a modulation section that modulates, in accordance with a correlation table where a data sequence with a predetermined number of bits is associated with a code sequence with a predetermined number of bits, the data sequence into the code sequence to allow a predetermined demodulation section to demodulate the code sequence into the data sequence in accordance with the correlation table, wherein the code sequence is, on NRZI method, a MSN code sequence where a null point of a frequency spectrum on a recording channel or communication channel of the code sequence is matched with a null point of a frequency spectrum of a PR equalized signal including the code sequence and a minimum run length is limited to be greater or equal to one.
US08059015B2
An apparatus and method for selecting a keyboard key based on a position of a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device and a pre-defined area of the keyboard key. The apparatus may include a sensing device and a processing device. The sensing device may include a plurality of sensor elements to detect a presence of a conductive object on the sensing device. Multiple keyboard keys are assigned to pre-defined areas of the sensing device. The processing device is coupled to the sensing device using capacitance sensing pins, and may be operable to determine a position of the presence of the conductive object, and to select a keyboard key based on the position of the conductive object and the pre-defined areas of the sensing device.
US08059014B2
The aircraft tire pressure loop link is formed of first and second single metal loops connected by parallel spaced apart metal shafts, and provides for coupling a magnetic field between a wheel hub coil and a tire pressure sensor coil to provide electromagnetic communication between a control unit connect to the wheel hub coil and a tire pressure sensor connected to the tire pressure sensor coil; the current induced in the first single metal loop travels the distance from the edge of the wheel axle coil to the periphery of the of the wheel rim to the second single metal loop, which generates the flux in the tire pressure sensor receiver coil necessary to power the tire pressure sensor.
US08059013B2
An object is to provide a communication device which can transmit different information for each lane in vehicle-to-roadside communications, while allowing vehicles to perform highly accurate position location. A communication device, placed on roadside, for transmitting information to a plurality of lanes, comprises a plurality of transmission means for respectively transmitting information to the plurality of lanes, and control means for causing the plurality of transmission means to simultaneously transmit common information to all the lanes and, during when the common information is not simultaneously transmitted, causing transmission means for a specific lane in the plurality of transmission means to transmit specific lane information having a content related to the specific lane while stopping transmission means for a lane adjacent to the specific lane in the plurality of transmission means from transmitting information; wherein the common information to be simultaneously transmitted contains at least a part of information making a line identifiable in the specific lane information in addition to information having a content common in all the lanes.
US08059012B2
A method is provided for delivering data messages in an inter-vehicle ad hoc network. The inter-vehicle ad hoc network utilizes a multi-hop routing protocol for storing, carrying forward and distributing a data message to various vehicles traveling along the road. The method includes determining a first cluster consisting of a group of vehicles proximate to one another traversing along a road in a first direction. A determination is made as to which vehicles within the first cluster are trailer vehicles for re-broadcasting messages based on vehicle position within the first cluster. An event is detected in a travel path of the first cluster by one of the vehicles in the first cluster. The event is reported to other vehicles in the cluster. At least one vehicle in a second cluster moving in an opposite direction to the first cluster is detected. The data message is broadcast from the determined trailer vehicles to the second cluster.
US08059011B2
The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Cell isolation is provided through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network. Additional features relate to Outage notification system features, and corresponding methodology and apparatus subject matters, both at the network and device level.
US08059006B2
A system for communicating information between a detection device and a wireless device is provided. The system generally includes a detection device adapted to monitor a condition related to a power system. A radio interface unit is in communication with the detection device via a communication member. A wireless device is further provided which is in radio communication with the radio interface unit such that the detection device communicates information to the wireless device through a radio interface unit. The system's components are further adapted to endure harsh conditions (e.g., prolonged exposure to water).
US08059001B2
A system and method to automatically implement quality control of a clinical diagnostic process are disclosed. Upon generation of an internal error flag, a confirmation rule automatically checks a questionable patient statistic alert by testing a quality control specimen, applying event-related quality control rules to the results of that test, and provides an alert to the operator only upon a confirmed patient signal. The automatic quality control process thus eliminates the uncertainty of operator reaction to an alert signal and implements the quality control run automatically, without operator intervention.
US08058995B2
Techniques that enable printing of multi-frequency RFID label schemes are provided. This may include a device for enabling printing of multi-frequency RFID label schemes, a method for printing multi-frequency RFID label schemes, as well as an article having one or more storage mediums having instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in a process for printing a multi-frequency RFID label scheme.
US08058993B2
The invention is related to capacitive sensing and detection systems and methods. In one embodiment, a capacitive sensor system comprises a first electrode and a second electrode forming a first capacitive sensor mounted to a vehicle and configured to create a first electric field directed outward from the vehicle, and a control unit coupled to the first and second electrodes and configured to measure a change in the first electric field. In another embodiment, a method comprises capacitively sensing an object relative to a vehicle and communicating information related to the object. In yet another embodiment, a method comprises configuring a capacitive sensor to sense an object relative to a vehicle, and providing a path to communicate information from the capacitive sensor.
US08058991B2
A programmable interface module includes a linear power regulator to control and provide power to interfaced components on an as needed basis. The interface module is implemented in, for example, a sensor pack and multiplexed to a plurality of sensor modules. In a first mode, the linear voltage regulator provides a relatively small amount of power which allows a sensor module to output a signal responsive to detecting an environmental condition (e.g., gamma or x-ray radiation, extreme temperatures, etc.). The interface module can switch the linear voltage regulator to a second mode in which the linear voltage regulator ramps up the amount of power provided to a detecting sensor module. The sensor module can then provide a level indicative of a concentration or intensity of the environmental condition. If the level surpasses a predetermined threshold, the sensor pack can output an alert signal to security server.
US08058989B2
The present invention discloses a method for obtaining the direction of a target location through a handset, which includes: the handset obtains geographical information of a current location and that of the target location, determines a geographical meridian line of the current location and a angle of this geographical meridian line displayed on the screen of the handset; the handset determines the direction from the current location to the target location according to geographical information of the current location and that of the target location, determines an included angle between this direction and the geographical meridian line. According to the included angle and that of the geographical meridian line displayed on its screen, the handset determines the direction displayed on the screen of the handset from the current location to the target location, and displays the direction of the target location on the screen according to the displayed direction. The present invention solves the problem that existing handsets cannot provide the direction of the target location for the user. The user can confirm the direction of the target location through the handset.
US08058982B2
Information display systems capable of iconically representing the components of a hybrid powertrain and method thereof. In operation, the information display systems indicate the specific powertrain components in the hybrid system that are active in various hybrid operational modes (e.g., electric launch, blended torque, etc.). In particular, active components are highlighted (i.e., increased intensity) by the display and non-active components are faded (i.e., decreased intensity). In one embodiment, the vehicle wheels are depicted with a static intensity in-between that of the active components and the non-active components. This allows the vehicle operator to clearly see which components are active during each hybrid system mode, and to gain a simplified picture of hybrid system behavior during normal operation at a glance.
US08058979B2
A tire pressure monitor system tool stores information regarding a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems installed on vehicles. The tool receives information regarding a particular vehicle. Based on this information, the tool may determine a particular tire pressure monitor system installed on a vehicle. Based on the tire pressure monitor system installed on the vehicle, the tool may determine one or more procedures that may be used with that tire pressure monitor system. The tool may then instruct a user how to perform certain procedures by presenting one or more displays to the user on a display of the tool. The tool may also provide feedback to the user regarding a status of an initiation or other procedure, and reference a vehicle user manual. The tool may interface with an electronic control unit of a vehicle. The tool may also simulate a tire pressure sensor.
US08058977B2
A mirror reflective element sub-assembly includes a mirror back plate having a display receiving portion established thereat and being molded to have an integral light baffle at the display receiving portion. A display element attached to the display receiving portion of the mirror back plate and a light source is activatable to emit light through the display receiving portion and through the light baffle. The light baffle is configured to allow light emanating from the display element to pass through the light baffle at a predetermined angle so that light exiting the mirror reflective element when the light source is activated is viewable from one direction, while the light baffle substantially shields the light emanating from the display element so that the light is substantially non-viewable from another direction.
US08058975B2
An infrared remote control is encapsulated in a plastic moulding and has no physical controlling buttons or virtual touch screen buttons that uses motion to determine which remote control codes are to be transmitted to adjust the function of home audio visual equipment. The combination of a motion sensor (14) and a computer program running in an onboard microprocessor (15) enables the device to be used in any orientation. The user selects modes and causes the remote control device to broadcast infrared command signals as required to adjust the function of home audiovisual equipment at a distance by moving the device in certain predetermined patterns. The device signals its function to the user by a heartbeat style vibration pattern.
US08058971B2
An access device for a system having at least one lock that is configured to receive instructions and to energize a lock mechanism to unlock the at least one lock and a computer is disposed at a remote location from the at least one lock and the access device. The computer is connected to a primary wireless communication path. The access device comprises at least one key configured for communicating with the computer via the primary wireless communication path and to communicate with the lock over a secondary wireless communications path and wherein the at least one key further is configured as authorized to unlock the at least one lock absent a de-authorizing instruction from the computer.
US08058943B2
Disclosed herein is a flat uniform transmission line having an electromagnetic shielding function. The flat uniform transmission line includes a strip transmission line, an insulating layer, and electromagnetic shielding layers. The strip transmission line is formed on a dielectric layer made of functional polymer material, and includes a plurality of strip lines. The plurality of strip lines are configured to be a ground line, or to transmit signals. The insulating layer is formed on the strip transmission line. The electromagnetic shielding layers are respectively formed on the insulating layer and beneath the strip transmission line.
US08058937B2
An apparatus and method for setting a ratio of a discharge rate to a charge rate for measuring a capacitance on a sensor element of a sensing device. The apparatus may include a sensor element of a sensing device, a relaxation oscillator having a first and a second programmable current source, and a ratio decoder to receive a ratio of a discharge rate to a charge rate, and to set the first and second programmable current sources based on the received ratio.
US08058934B2
A wideband frequency generator has two or more oscillators for different frequency bands, disposed on the same die within a flip chip package. Coupling between inductors of the two oscillators is reduced by placing one inductor on the die and the other inductor on the package, separating the inductors by a solder bump diameter. The loosely coupled inductors allow manipulation of the LC tank circuit of one of the oscillators to increase the bandwidth of the other oscillator, and vice versa. Preventing undesirable mode of oscillation in one of the oscillators may be achieved by loading the LC tank circuit of the other oscillator with a large capacitance, such as the entire capacitance of the coarse tuning bank of the other oscillator. Preventing the undesirable mode may also be achieved by decreasing the quality factor of the other oscillator's LC tank and thereby increasing the losses in the tank circuit.
US08058933B2
A first and a second resonator are fabricated monolithically adjacent to one another. The first resonator is the reference resonator. The resonant frequency of the second resonator is offset by a difference frequency Fo from the first resonator. Each resonator is included within an oscillator. A mixer receives the output of both oscillators. A low pass filter receives the mixer output and generates a clock signal whose frequency is equal to the difference frequency Fo.
US08058928B2
The present invention includes operational amplifier for an active pixel sensor that detects optical energy and generates an analog output that is proportional to the optical energy. The active pixel sensor operates in a number of different modes including: signal integration mode, the reset integration mode, column reset mode, and column signal readout mode. Each mode causes the operational amplifier to see a different output load. Accordingly, the operational amplifier includes a variable feedback circuit to provide compensation that provides sufficient amplifier stability for each operating mode of the active pixel sensor. For instance, the operational amplifier includes a bank of feedback capacitors, one or more of which are selected based on the operating mode to provide sufficient phase margin for stability, but also considering gain and bandwidth requirements of the operating mode.
US08058926B2
A switch including a first transistor including a first main terminal connected to a first switch node, a second main terminal connected to a second switch node and a control terminal, the second switch node being connected to a first clean voltage supply, and first control circuitry connected to the control terminal of the first transistor, including a first node connected to the first clean voltage supply, a second node connected to a second voltage level, and a control input node for receiving a first input control signal variable between a supply voltage level and a third voltage level, the first control means arranged to selectively connect the control terminal of the first transistor to one of the first node and the second node based on the first input control signal.
US08058918B2
An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circuits embedded in the cable. These embedded circuits are tuned at production for best performance by observing the quality of the recovered analog signal. The embedded circuits are powered by a combination of power sources, both carried within the cable, and harvested from the high-speed signals themselves.
US08058916B2
A method and circuit are provided for synchronizing a first circuit and a second circuit. The first and second circuits are signaled to each generate respective waveform outputs. A phase difference is determined between the generated waveform output from the first and second circuits. A clock of the first circuit and/or second circuit is adjusted by an amount corresponding to the determined phase difference. In response to the phase difference being less than a threshold value, the first and second circuits are signaled to begin normal operation.
US08058914B2
In one embodiment, a circuit includes a first circuit input for receiving a first reference signal having a first phase; a second circuit input for receiving a second reference signal having a second phase; a third circuit input for receiving a target phase signal; a circuit output for outputting an output signal; a first multiplying mixer cell (MMC) comprising a first MMC input, a second MMC input, and a first MMC output; a second MMC comprising a third MMC input, a fourth MMC input, and a second MMC output. In an example embodiment, the first circuit input is connected to the first MMC input; the second circuit input is connected to the third MMC input; the third circuit input is connected to the second MMC input and the fourth MMC input; the first MMC output and the second MMC output are combined with each other to provide the circuit output; and the output signal, when present, represents an error signal that is proportional to a phase difference between a phase of the target phase signal and an average of the first and second phases.
US08058910B1
An intelligent power-on reset circuit in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include a programmable voltage divider. The intelligent power-on reset circuit can also include a comparator that is coupled to the programmable voltage divider and that is coupled to receive a reference voltage. Furthermore, the intelligent power-on reset circuit can include a processing element that is coupled to the programmable voltage divider. The processing element can be coupled to receive programming for controlling a characteristic of the intelligent power-on reset circuit. The processing element can be for dynamically changing the programming during operation of the intelligent power-on reset circuit.
US08058908B2
A level detector, a voltage generator, and a semiconductor device are provided. The voltage generator includes a level detector that senses the level of an output voltage to output a sensing signal and a voltage generating unit that generates the output voltage in response to the sensing signal. The level detector may include a first reference voltage generator configured to divide a first voltage and to output a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage generator configured to divide a second voltage in response to the output voltage and to output a second reference voltage that varies as a function of temperature, and a differential amplifier configured to receive the first and second reference voltages and to output a sensing signal in response to a sensing voltage generated by amplifying a difference between the first and second reference voltages.
US08058906B2
A non-majority magnetic logic gate device for use in constructing compact and power efficient logical magnetic arrays is presented. The non-majority magnetic logic gate device includes a substrate, symmetrically aligned magnetic islands (SAMIs), at least one misaligned magnetic island (MAMI), magnetic field inputs (MFIs), and at least one magnetic field output (MFO). The SAMIs and MAMI are electrically isolated from each other but are magnetically coupled to one another through their respective magnetic fringe fields. The MAMI is geometrically and/or angularly configured to exhibit a magnetization ground state bias which is dependent upon which direction the applied magnetic clock field is swept. Non-majority logic gates can be made from layouts containing the SAMIs and the MAMI which contain a smaller number of components as comparable majority logic gate layouts.
US08058904B2
A communication system having first and second states for use with a shared transmission line composed of at least two conductors and composed of first and second transmission line segments connected to each other at a single connection point. In the first state, a termination is coupled to the single connection point and is operative to at least attenuate a signal propagated between the first and second segments. In the second state, a driver is coupled to the connection point and is operative to conduct a signal over the first and second segments.
US08058903B2
An apparatus for providing a combined digital signal comprises a bit adder and a combiner. The combined digital signal contains information of a first digital input signal and a second digital input signal, wherein a block length of the first digital input signal is shorter than a block length of the second digital input signal. The bit adder is configured to add at least one filling bit to a block of the first digital input signal to obtain an adapted first digital input signal, so that the block length of the adapted first digital input signal is equal to a block length of the second digital input signal. The combiner is configured to combine the adapted first digital input signal and the second digital input signal to obtain and provide the combined digital signal.
US08058901B2
A latch includes three circuits. The first circuit drives a first output (QB) to a first level when a first input (D) and a first clock phase (CK) are both low, to a second level when D and CK are both high, and provides high impedance (HI-Z) when different logic levels are applied to D and CK. The second circuit drives a second output (Q) to the first level when a third input (DB) and a complimentary clock phase (CKB) are both low, to the second level when DB and CKB are both high, and provides HI-Z when different logic levels are applied to DB and CKB. The third circuit maintains voltages of Q and QB when the first and second circuits provide HI-Z at Q and QB. Odd-number dividers constructed with such latches produce 50% duty cycle operation without restricting output pulse widths to integer multiples of input periods.
US08058894B2
A method for detecting and correcting for a step loss condition. A back electromagnetic force signal is measured and compared to a reference voltage. The motor continues operating and the back electromagnetic force signal is measured again and compared to the reference voltage. If the measured levels of the back emf voltages are less than the reference voltage, a step loss condition has occurred and the stator field is repositioned.
US08058885B2
There is provided a sensor for measuring a quantity, such as the salinity, of the soil solution without requiring continuous calibration. The sensor is based on a porous material which automatically fills up and saturates when the soil is rewet and drains when the soil dries out from plant uptake or from air drying, then being filled up with a solution representative of the quantity to be measured in the soil during plant growth.
US08058883B2
Disclosed herein is a method for detecting capacitance including: allowing an oscillator to output a plurality of time division oscillation frequencies according to the capacitance detected by a capacitance detection plate; counting the plurality of time division oscillation frequencies during a predetermined time period; and offsetting increasing and decreasing of the oscillation frequencies due to noise such that a count value becomes uniform over the predetermined time period. Even when external noise is applied, distortion of the oscillation frequency due to the external noise is minimized and the oscillation frequency varies depending on only the capacitance of the capacitance detection plate. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an error due to the noise at the time of the detection of the capacitance.
US08058865B2
A sensor device measures a property of an object. The sensor device comprises a magnetic field generator adapted to generate a magnetic field in at least a part of the object, and at least one magnetic field detector adapted to detect at least one detection signal in response to the magnetic field generated in at least a part of the object. The at least one detection signal is indicative of the property of the object. A direct current or a direct voltage is applicable to the magnetic field generator to generate the magnetic field in at least a part of the object.
US08058859B2
A technique for voltage regulation involves switching between light load mode and PWM mode based on load conditions. Advantageously, this improves efficiency at light load. In an embodiment, error amplifier output is used to determine whether load is light. When light load is detected, extend PWM off time until the output voltage reaches a load threshold.
US08058855B2
A direct current converter includes a first node, a second node, an input voltage terminal, an output voltage terminal, a bootstrap source terminal, a low-voltage terminal, a control module for generating a control signal, a driving-stage circuit coupled to the input voltage terminal, the first node, the second node, the control module, and the low-voltage terminal, an output-stage circuit coupled to the second node and the output voltage terminal, and a bootstrap circuit including a capacitor coupled between the first node and the second node, a fault detector for outputting a switch signal, and a cascade unit coupled to the bootstrap source terminal, the first node, the control module, and the fault detector for controlling connection between the bootstrap source terminal and the first node according to the switch signal and the control signal.
US08058854B2
A drive circuit includes a plurality of output drive terminals and a plurality of push-pull circuit stages. Each of the push-pull circuit stages includes a pair of complementary transistors having a common terminal connected to a respective output drive terminal. The drive circuit further includes a plurality of first transistors connected in series with at least one of the pair of complementary transistors of the push-pull circuit stages, respectively, and a common second transistor. The common second transistor is connected with each of the plurality of first transistors to form a current mirror circuit. The drive circuit further includes a mirror current setting circuit for setting a mirror current flowing through the common transistor.
US08058851B2
A generator control unit for fast field discharge of a field coil is disclosed. The generator control unit comprises a control domain for detecting an excessive generator output voltage, a buck regulator with a feedback pin fed from the control domain, and an over-voltage protection switch connected in a field coil return path which is bypassed by a voltage limiting device. The control domain receives a point of regulation voltage feedback and upon detection of an over-voltage, emits a disable signal to cause the buck switch shut off along with the over-voltage protection switch. Thus dual breaking points are created at two ends of the field coil to dissipate the field charge quickly through the voltage limiting device. When the buck switch experiences a shorting failure, the over-voltage protection switch provides a second breaking point to allow the field discharge through the voltage limiting device, thereby controlling the field discharge with directly controlled over-voltage protection switch.
US08058847B2
A method and system for measuring voltage of individual cells connected in series includes a pair of busses connectable to the cells and a flying capacitor connectable to the busses. The capacitor stores the charge of one of the cells such that an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to the capacitor may process an accurate representation of the voltage of the cell being measured. In order to prevent electrical interference with the capacitor and the ADC, the charge on the busses is reduced prior to measurement by the ADC.
US08058845B2
Provided is a battery state monitoring circuit which is capable of preventing a discharge leak current from a battery so as to eliminate a load conventionally imposed on a user, including: a battery state detector circuit that detects a state of the battery based on a voltage of the battery; a transmitting terminal that transmits battery state information indicative of the state of the battery to an outside; a receiving terminal that receives battery state information of another battery from the outside; a transistor that is used for transmitting the battery state information, and has any one of two terminals except for a control terminal connected to the transmitting terminal; and a diode that is connected in a direction opposite to a direction of a parasitic diode disposed between the two terminals of the transistor, the diode being disposed between the transmitting terminal and one terminal of the transistor.
US08058840B2
A rechargeable battery assembly comprises a built in connector, circuitry to provide charge control, at least one rechargeable battery unit, and circuitry providing a further function. The battery assembly is mechanically reversible between a deployed configuration having a general form and functions of a conventional battery format and a charge configuration in which the connector is made accessible. In the deployed configuration the battery assembly is capable of providing a discharge to at least one voltage level and can be charged by means of a suitable external charger device. In the charge configuration the battery assembly can be charged by means of the integral charge control circuitry when the connector is connected to a suitable powered receptacle on a computing or peripheral device.
US08058839B2
A portable electric device charging connector arrangement comprising a socket, a power supply connected to the socket, the socket including a female USB connector; an adapter comprising a housing and a male USB plug extending from the housing; a mounting arranged to support the housing; the mounting including a socket engaging portion arranged so that the socket engaging portion engages the socket when the USB plug is engaged in the USB socket; the housing further comprising a device connector extending upwardly in use so that a portable electric device may be charged when engaged to the device connector.
US08058831B2
The invention relates to a control device and a control method which enhance accuracy in detecting a speed of a driven body to stably control drive means. An encoder signal control section (25) compares lengths of time between a rising measurement time kept by a rising edge interval counting section (38) and a rising period of the latest rising edge stored in a rising edge interval history section (39), and then outputs a value of either the rising measurement time or the rising period, whichever is longer based on a comparison result, so that a period of a pulse signal (36) can be accurately predicted and be a real-time approximate, which allows for accurate calculation of the speed of the driven body based on the accurately outputted period of the pulse signal (36), and the accuracy in detecting the speed of the driven body can be enhanced with the result that the drive means can be stably controlled.
US08058826B2
In a normal operating mode, a motor controller provides motor drive current to windings of a motor based on sensor signals to drive the windings in a normal commutation sequence, and monitors for occurrence of a motor stall condition. Upon detecting the motor stall condition in a given commutation state, then in a first driving step, the windings are momentarily driven according to an advanced commutation state, and during the first driving step, a reverse transition of the sensor signals to a state corresponding to a preceding commutation state is detected. Upon completion of the first driving step when such a reverse transition of the sensor signals is detected, then in a second driving step the windings are driven according to the preceding commutation state until a forward transition of the sensor signals is detected, and in a third driving step the windings are momentarily continued to be driven according to the same commutation state notwithstanding the forward transition of the sensor signals before normal operation is resumed.
US08058822B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to an energy saving device which supplies high efficiency sodium-vapor street lights and a method of providing additional savings of electrical energy by means of the temporary reduction in the luminous flow of a high efficiency sodium-vapor street light. The energy saving device includes in its operation protection against low voltage supply, regulation of supply voltage, and protection in absence or damage of the lamp. In turn, the method includes a sequence for reliable ignition of the lamp, a modulation routine in frequency for elimination of acoustic resonance, and an automatic turn off sequence in view of damage of the photocell, as well as a consumption detection system to keep the output power steady and therefore, keep the power consumption under a steady value.
US08058817B2
A power system includes a current regulator coupled to a load and for generating an output current having a substantially constant ripple magnitude, and for adjusting the output current according to a sense signal indicative of the output current. In addition, the power system includes a filter element coupled in parallel with the load and for passing an AC (alternating-current) portion of the output current. Furthermore, the power system includes a current sensor coupled between ground and the parallel-coupled filtering element and load, and for providing the sense signal indicative of the output current.
US08058812B2
An LED driver circuit that includes a buck-mode boost converter that provides a regulated output current and that requires only a single connection to each channel of LEDs. The buck-mode boost controller may include a current regulator that includes an integrator. The current regulator may be configured to integrate a difference between a reference signal that is representative of the desired level of the average current through the electronic power switch and a detected signal that is representative of the actual current that is being delivered to the buck-mode boost circuit through the electronic power switch. The reference signal to the integrator may not change during operation of the buck-mode converter. The current regulator may be configured to deactivate the integrator and/or to disconnect the detected signal from the integrator while the electronic power switch is off.
US08058807B2
A fluorescent lamp includes a ballast, a holder, a power regulating switch, and a fluorescent tube. The power regulating switch includes a housing, a base, plurality of inductors, a plurality of first contacts, a plurality of second contacts, a plurality of conducting bridges, a plurality of push rods, and a plurality of elastic members. The circuit of the power regulating switch has different values of inductance and output power by provision of the inductors, and the output power of the power regulating switch is regulated by the electrical connection between each of the first contacts and the respective different second contact so as to fit the fluorescent tube of different power specifications.
US08058804B2
A display panel includes a plurality of light guides which emit received light, and a plurality of external light blocking members which are disposed between exit surfaces of the plurality of light guides, and block light from the outside. Accordingly, the bright room contrast of the PDP is enhanced.
US08058791B2
In an electron-emitting device manufacturing apparatus for forming a surface conduction electron-emitting element by a conductive thin film, a discharge head of a piezo-jet type using a piezoelectric element has a diameter being equal to or less than φ25μm and jets a solution that includes metal micro-particle material for forming the conductive thin film, on the area between the electrodes, which are formed on a substrate of the electron-emitting device, as a droplet. A volatile component in a solution dot pattern is vaporized after the droplet is jetted on the substrate so that a solid content is remained on the substrate. The solution having micro-particle dispersed in liquid satisfies a relationship of 0.0002≦Dp/Do≦0.01 where Dp denotes a diameter of the metal micro-particle and Do denotes a diameter of the discharge opening.
US08058790B2
The invention relates to mixtures comprising at least one polymer, additionally comprising structural units containing at least one element from the 4th main group different from carbon and additionally comprising structural units that are triplet emissives. The inventive materials are better suited to the use in phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes than comparable prior art materials.
US08058789B2
A light emitting device has a cathode-ray tube and power supply. The cathode-ray tube in an embodiment is optimized for emitting a broad electron beam, in one variation a dome-shaped diffusing grid is used to spread the beam. In another embodiment, the device has a base adapted for attachment to a standard lighting fixture.
US08058787B2
The present invention provides a field emitter electrode and a method for fabricating the same. The method comprises the steps of mixing a carbonizable polymer, carbon nanotubes and a solvent to prepare a carbon nanotube-containing polymer solution, electrospinning (or electrostatic spinning) the polymer solution to form a nanofiber web layer on a substrate, stabilizing the nanofiber web layer such that the polymer present in the nanofiber web layer is crosslinked, and carbonizing the nanofiber web layer such that the crosslinked polymer is converted to a carbon fiber.
US08058785B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a spark plug for use in conjunction with an internal combustion engine, and, more particularly, to a spark plug having a structure providing improved ignition capability. In one particular configuration, a spark plug is provided forming a gap between a center electrode and an insulator of the spark plug. However, it will become apparent that other configurations are contemplated as well, as shown and described herein.
US08058773B2
An ultrasonic motor includes a driven object, a piezoelectric element for driving the driven object, a vibration plate including a notch having an inner peripheral surface of an arc-shaped form having a central angle larger than 180 degrees and being vibrated by the piezoelectric element, and a contact portion made of a material different from that of the vibration plate, having a portion overlapping the piezoelectric element in a plan view and being smaller in thickness than the piezoelectric element, attached to the notch of the vibration plate by press fitting or forced fitting and being in contact with the driven object. Thereby, the ultrasonic motor can have a high shock resistance and a high wear resistance, and can be driven with high efficiency.
US08058768B2
A bulk acoustic wave, BAW, resonator device comprising first and second metal layers (10, 20) and an intervening piezoelectric layer (30), the first metal layer (10) comprising spaced first and second portions (12, 14), wherein the first and second portions (12, 14) are each arranged as a plurality of interconnected fingers (16, 18), and wherein each of the plurality of fingers (16) of the first portion (12) is acoustically coupled to at least one of the fingers (18) of the second portion (14). In one embodiment the fingers of the first portion (12) are interlaced with the fingers (18) of the second portion (14), thereby providing direct coupling. In another embodiment the acoustic coupling between the fingers of the first and second portions is provided indirectly by further portions (15) of the first metal layer (10).
US08058766B2
A rotational motor includes a stator formed by a core member including: a magnetic core portion extending in a radial direction of the rotational motor and formed into a fixed shape in every cross section thereof extending orthogonally relative to the radial direction, a coil wound around the magnetic core portion to form a plurality of layers and an engagement member engaging with the coil. A gap is generated between windings of the coil at a predetermined position when an uppermost layer winding portion of the coil is wound in series with a second layer winding portion from an outer side to an inner side of the uppermost layer winding portion in the radial direction. The coil is wound to fill the gap when a winding position of the coil is returned from an innermost side to the outer side of the uppermost layer winding portion in the radial direction.
US08058764B2
A winding former with a winding support between a first plate and a second plate for a saddle coil winding made up from a thin layer HTSC, which is destined for a cylindrical armature of an electrical machine, and which has two longitudinal legs parallel to the armature axis between two winding ends, wherein the winding support for each winding end has a bearing surface, which enables the thin layer HTSC to be wound to form a saddle coil without damaging the HTSC thin layer.
US08058763B2
A permanent magnet rotor arrangement that is particularly suitable for low-speed large-diameter electrical generators includes a rotor 2 having a radially outer rim 4. A circumferential array of magnet carriers 12 is non-releasably affixed to the outer rim 4 of the rotor and have a radially outer surface. An inverted U-shaped pole piece retainer 18 made of non-magnetic material such as stainless steel is affixed to each magnet carrier 12 and is formed with an axially extending channel. At least one pole piece 16 made of a magnetic material such as steel is located adjacent to the radially outer surface of each magnet carrier 12 and in the channel formed in its associated pole piece retainer 18.
US08058757B2
An electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) includes a stator (204) with one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206) and a rotor (208) with a rotor shaft (210) positioned within an inner diameter (212) of the stator (204). The rotor (208) is operable to rotate about a longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The electric motor (102) with passive integral brake (104) also includes a brake shoe (302) positioned within the inner diameter (212) of the stator (204) along the longitudinal axis (214) of the rotor shaft (210). The brake shoe (302) is operable to apply a braking force to the rotor shaft (210) and remove the braking force from the rotor shaft (210) responsive to a magnetic field strength produced by the one or more magnetic field controllable coils (206). One or more springs (220) passively apply the braking force.
US08058751B2
A circuit breaker includes a line terminal, a load terminal, separable contacts electrically connected in series between the terminals, a neutral conductor, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts and trip open the contacts in response to a trip signal. A first sensor senses an electrical characteristic operatively associated with the contacts. A second sensor detects zero crossings, a consecutive pair of the crossings defining a corresponding half-cycle and a first frequency. A processor cooperates with the sensors and includes a routine and a timer having a second frequency. The routine determines, for each of the half-cycles and responsive to the timer, plural samples of the sensed electrical characteristic in a phase synchronized relationship to a corresponding one of the crossings, and determines whether one of the frequencies exceeds a number of corresponding predetermined values for a number of times and responsively outputs the trip signal.
US08058748B2
Each of power supply units in a power supply system according to the present invention includes a power supply module, a voltage increase/decrease circuit for increasing the voltage across the power supply module and outputting the increased voltage to a load, and a control circuit. The control circuit calculates the power of the power supply module on the basis of the voltage across the power supply module and current flowing in the power supply module, outputs the power calculation result to a control circuit of another power supply unit, and generates and outputs a control signal to the voltage increase/decrease circuit on the basis of a target output voltage of the voltage increase/decrease circuit, the power calculation result, and a power calculation result obtained from a control circuit of a third power supply unit.
US08058746B2
This converter for electrical power recovery (1) for supplying power to a load (6) includes an in-house power generation device (5) for supplying power in cooperation with input terminal power at a power input terminal (2). Moreover, it includes a thermal storage unit (12) which, when surplus power is generated in a state in which a target value for input terminal power is set to zero, thermally stores this power. Furthermore, a control unit (9) is included which, when surplus power is generated, decides whether or not breakage of a wire of a CT (7) has occurred by raising the target value for the input terminal power from zero to a predetermined value, and by deciding whether or not the power input terminal current is somewhat elevated from zero.
US08058745B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for providing power to one or more loads are provided. According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a power supply system for providing power to one or more loads. The power supply system may include at least one inverter having inverter input terminals and inverter output terminals, wherein the inverter input terminals may be electrically connectable to a source power supply. The power supply system may also include at least one isolation transformer having isolation transformer input terminals and isolation transformer output terminals, wherein the isolation transformer input terminals may be in electrical communication with the inverter output terminals of one or more inverters. The power supply system may additionally include at least one load having load input terminals, wherein the load input terminals may be in electrical communication with the isolation transformer output terminals of the one or more isolation transformers.
US08058739B2
In an electric power generating apparatus for dispersed power supply using a permanent magnet type electric power generator having many kinds of windings in order to obtain the maximum output by force of wind without using PWM converter, there is a problem that gap magnetic flux of the permanent magnet type electric power generator is demagnetized to decrease the internal induced voltage because alternating current output of the permanent magnet type electric power generator is lagging current. In an electric power generating apparatus for dispersed power supply including a permanent magnet type electric power generator having a plurality of windings inducing different effective values of induced voltages and individual rectifiers for rectifying alternating current outputs of the permanent magnet type electric power generator, a capacitor is connected in series between the individual rectifier and the alternating current output terminal of the winding inducing higher effective value of induced voltage among the plurality of windings in a manner that serial impedances of the capacitor and the permanent magnet type electric power generator become capacitive within the range of rated rotational speed of said permanent magnet type electric power generator.
US08058738B1
Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating electrical power for a cellular tower using solar troughs. Unlike typical long, straight solar troughs, the solar troughs are formed into circular or similar shapes such that they surround the cellular tower radially and are attached to it at different heights. A pipe is located within each solar trough at the focal point of the reflective surface of the trough. A heat-transfer liquid within the pipe is heated by reflected sunlight and flows to an energy-conversion device that converts energy from the heat-transfer liquid into electrical energy to power the cellular tower.
US08058736B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor chip mounted on a substrate; a heat spreader provided above the semiconductor chip; and a sealing resin interposed between the semiconductor chip and the heat spreader and covering the semiconductor chip. The heat spreader is not in contact with any of the substrate and the semiconductor chip, and has an opening.
US08058735B2
A wafer level chip scale package having stud bumps and a method for fabricating the same are described. The wafer level chip scale package includes a silicon substrate having a passivation layer and a chip pad on its top surface; a stud bump being formed on the chip pad and encircled by a first insulating layer; a re-distributed line (RDL) pattern being formed on the same horizontal surface as the first insulating layer and the stud bump, the RDL pattern for connecting the stud bump and a solder bump; a second insulating layer for insulating the RDL pattern so that a portion of the RDL pattern that is connected with the solder bump is exposed; and the solder bump being attached to the exposed portion if the RDL pattern.
US08058734B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate including a contact hole opened therethrough; a lower plug filled in the contact hole having a recess defined in an upper portion thereof; a second insulating film including a via hole opened therethrough; a third insulating film formed on an inner surface of the via hole and extending in a predetermined depth from an upper edge of the via hole so as to reduce a cross sectional area thereof; and an upper plug filled in the via hole that has a protrusion formed on a lower portion thereof that conforms to the recess to electrically connect the upper and the lower plug.
US08058725B2
A package structure and a package substrate thereof are provided. The package structure includes a package substrate, a chip and a molding compound. The package substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface has a molding area and a pad area. The molding area has at least one window opening penetrating the upper surface and the lower surface. The pad area is used for disposing at least one solder ball or at least one connecting pin. The package substrate includes a solder mask. The solder mask covers the lower surface of the package substrate. The solder mask has at least one groove. The groove is disposed between the molding area and the pad area. The chip disposed on the package substrate has an active surface. The active surface contacts with the upper surface of the package substrate. The molding area is covered by the molding compound.
US08058722B2
Disclosed herein is a power semiconductor module. The module includes metal plates each having a first through hole, with an anodic oxidation layer formed on a surface of metal plates and an interior of the first through hole. A cooling member has a second through hole at a position corresponding to the first through hole, and the metal plates are attached to both sides of the cooling member. A circuit layer is formed on the anodic oxidation layer and performs an interlayer connection through a via formed in the first and second through holes. A power device is connected to the circuit layer. A resin encapsulant encloses the circuit layer and the power device. A housing is installed to each of the metal plates to form a sealing space for the resin encapsulant.
US08058713B2
A COF package having a tape substrate including external input terminals and external output terminals provided in a chip non-mounting area, input wirings connected to the external input terminals respectively, output wirings connected to the external output terminals respectively, internal input wirings which are provided from the chip non-mounting area to a chip mounting area and provided between the input wirings and which are connected to the external input terminals, respectively, and a dummy wiring provided from the chip non-mounting area to the chip mounting area and provided between the internal input wirings; and a semiconductor chip including input electrodes connected to the input wirings respectively, output electrodes connected to the output wirings respectively, internal input electrodes connected to the internal input wirings respectively, and a dummy electrode provided spaced from each input electrode along one side of the chip surface, and connected to the dummy wiring.
US08058708B2
A through-hole interconnection structure for a semiconductor wafer, in which: the each wafer includes at least a first wafer and a second wafer electrically connected to the first wafer; an electrical signal connecting section of the second wafer is provided to protrude from a bonding surface of the second wafer, the bonding surface being bonded with the first wafer; and the electrical signal connecting section has a cross section with a curved line or two or more straight lines extending in different directions when the second wafer is seen along a cross section parallel to the bonding surface.
US08058707B1
Semiconductor devices having redundant through-die vias (TDVs) and methods of fabricating the same are described. A substrate is provided having conductive interconnect formed on an active side thereof. Through die vias (TDVs) are formed in the substrate between a backside and the active side thereof. The TDVs include signal TDVs, redundant TDVs (i.e., redundant signal TDVs), and power supply TDVs. The signal TDVs are spaced apart from the redundant TDVs to form a pattern of TDV pairs. The power supply TDVs are interspersed among the TDV pairs. The conductive interconnect includes first signal conductors electrically coupling each of the signal TDVs to a respective one of the redundant TDVs defining a respective one of the TDV pairs.
US08058701B2
Antifuse structures, antifuse arrays, methods of manufacturing, and methods of operating the same are provided. An antifuse structure includes bitlines formed as first diffusing regions within a semiconductor substrate, an insulation layer formed on the bitlines, and wordlines formed on the insulation layer. An antifuse array includes a plurality of antifuse structures arranged in an array.
US08058697B2
We describe a CPP MTJ MRAM element that utilizes transfer of spin angular momentum as a mechanism for changing the magnetic moment direction of a free layer. The device includes a tunneling barrier layer of MgO and a non-magnetic CPP layer of Cu or Cr and utilizes a novel synthetic free layer having three ferromagnetic layers mutually exchange coupled in pairwise configurations. The free layer comprises an inner ferromagnetic and two outer ferromagnetic layers, with the inner layer being ferromagnetically exchange coupled to one outer layer and anti-ferromagnetically exchange coupled to the other outer layer. The ferromagnetic coupling is very strong across an ultra-thin layer of Ta, Hf or Zr of thickness preferably less than 0.4 nm.
US08058693B2
There is provided a semiconductor device having a switching element, including a first semiconductor layer including a first, second and third surfaces, a first electrode connected to the first semiconductor layer, a plurality of second semiconductor layers selectively configured on the first surface, a third semiconductor layer configured on the second semiconductor layer, a second electrode configured to be contacted with the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed over the first semiconductor layer, a first region including a first tale region, a density distribution of crystalline defects being gradually increased therein, a peak region crossing a current path applying to a forward direction in a p-n junction, a second tale region continued from the peak region, and a second region including a third tale region, the density distribution of the crystalline defects being gradually increased therein.
US08058690B2
An apparatus including a first diffusion formed on a substrate, the first diffusion including a pair of channels, each of which separates a source from a drain; a second diffusion formed on the substrate, the second diffusion including a channel that separates a source from a drain; a first gate electrode formed on the substrate, wherein the first gate electrode overlaps one of the pair of channels on the first diffusion to form a pass-gate transistor; and a second gate electrode formed on the substrate, wherein the second gate electrode overlaps one of the pair of channels of the first diffusion to form a pull-down transistor and overlaps the channel of the second diffusion to form a pull-up transistor, and wherein the pass-gate, pull-down and pull-up transistors are of at least two different constructions. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08058689B2
An integrated circuit has a buried insulation layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor mesa formed over the buried insulation layer. A low resistivity guard ring substantially surrounds the semiconductor mesa and is in contact with the semiconductor substrate. The low resistivity guard ring is grounded and isolates the semiconductor mesa from RF signals.
US08058685B2
A trench MOSFET structure having improved avalanche capability is disclosed, wherein the source region is formed by performing source Ion Implantation through contact open region of a contact interlayer, and further diffused to optimize a trade-off between Rds and the avalanche capability. Thus, only three masks are needed in fabrication process, which are trench mask, contact mask and metal mask. Furthermore, said source region has a doping concentration along channel region lower than along contact trench region, and source junction depth along channel region shallower than along contact trench, and source doping profile along surface of epitaxial layer has Guassian-distribution from trenched source-body contact to channel region.
US08058682B2
A semiconductor structure includes a number of semiconductor regions, a pair of dielectric regions and a pair of terminals. The first and second regions of the structure are respectively coupled to the first and second terminals. The third region of the structure is disposed between the first and second regions. The dielectric regions extend into the third region. A concentration of doping impurities present in the third region and a distance between the dielectric regions define an electrical characteristic of the structure. The electrical characteristic of the structure is independent of the width of the dielectric regions width. The first and second regions are of opposite conductivity types. The structure optionally includes a fourth region that extends into the third region, and surrounds a portion of the pair of dielectric regions. The interface region between the dielectric regions and the fourth region includes intentionally introduced charges.
US08058675B2
To provide a semiconductor device which can detect low illuminance. A photoelectric conversion element, a diode-connected first transistor, and a second transistor are included. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor through the photoelectric conversion element. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor. By using transistors which have different threshold voltages for the first transistor and the second transistor, a semiconductor device which can perform detecting of low illuminance can be obtained.
US08058667B2
An LED leadframe package with surface tension function to enable the production of LED package with convex lens shape by using dispensing method is disclosed. The LED leadframe package of the invention is a PPA supported package house for LED packaging with metal base, four identical metal electrodes, and PPA plastic to fix the metal electrodes and the heat dissipation base together, four ring-alike structures with a sharp edge and with a tilted inner surface, and three ring-alike grooves formed between sharp edge ring-alike structures.
US08058662B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same, wherein the distance between a fluorescent substance and a light emitting diode chip is uniformly maintained to enhance luminous efficiency. To this end, there is provided a light emitting diode comprising at least one light emitting diode chip, lead terminals for use in applying electric power to the light emitting diode chip, and a frame that is used for mounting the light emitting diode chip thereon and is formed to have a predetermined height and a shape corresponding to that of the light emitting diode chip.
US08058660B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor light emitting device including: (A) an underlying layer configured to be formed on a major surface of a substrate having a {100} plane as the major surface; (B) a light emitting part; and (C) a current block layer, wherein the underlying layer is composed of a III-V compound semiconductor and is formed on the major surface of the substrate by epitaxial growth, the underlying layer extends in parallel to a <110> direction of the substrate, a sectional shape of the underlying layer obtained when the underlying layer is cut along a virtual plane perpendicular to the <110> direction of the substrate is a trapezoid, and oblique surfaces of the underlying layer corresponding to two oblique sides of the trapezoid are {111}B planes, and the top surface of the underlying layer corresponding to an upper side of the trapezoid is a {100} plane.
US08058652B2
A semiconductor device having an island semiconductor film which is a channel formation region and a semiconductor film which is a source or drain region being in contact with a side face of the island semiconductor film, and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are disclosed. The manufacturing costs can be suppressed by forming the island semiconductor film which is to be a channel formation region and the semiconductor film which is to be a source or drain region without using a doping apparatus. The source or drain region is in contact with the side surface of the island semiconductor film which is the channel formation region, a depletion layer is broaden not only in a film thickness direction but also in the crosswise direction and an electric field due to drain voltage is relieved. Therefore, a semiconductor device with high reliability can be manufactured.
US08058649B2
In one embodiment, a thin-film transistor (TFT) includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern, first and second electrodes and a protective layer. The semiconductor pattern is formed on the gate electrode, and includes a first semiconductor layer deposited at a first deposition speed and a second semiconductor layer deposited at a second deposition speed faster than the first deposition speed. The first and second electrodes are spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor pattern. The protective layer is formed on the semiconductor pattern to cover the first and second electrodes, and makes contact with a channel region of the first semiconductor layer to form an interface with the first semiconductor layer. Thus, electrical characteristics of the TFT may be improved.
US08058646B2
Programmable metallization memory cells include an electrochemically active electrode and an inert electrode and an ion conductor solid electrolyte material between the electrochemically active electrode and the inert electrode. An electrically insulating oxide layer separates the ion conductor solid electrolyte material from the electrochemically active electrode.
US08058645B2
A thin film transistor (TFT), including a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, a source region, and a drain region, a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes in contact with the source and drain regions of the oxide semiconductor layer, respectively, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a GaInZnO (GIZO) bilayer structure including a lower layer and an upper layer, and the upper layer has a different indium (In) concentration than the lower layer.
US08058642B2
A light-receiving element device capable of receiving near infrared to mid-infrared light of 1.7 μm-3.5 μm is provided. A substrate is formed of InP, and a superlattice light-receiving layer is formed of a superlattice of a type 2 junction formed by alternately being stacked a falling layer of a Group III-V compound semiconductor including In, Ga, As, N and a rising layer of a Group III-V compound semiconductor including Ga, As, Sb. The film thickness of the falling layer and the rising layer is each 3 nm-10 nm. The entire thickness of the superlattice light-receiving layer is 2 μm-7 μm. The lattice mismatch of the constituent film of the superlattice light-receiving layer to InP is ±0.2% or less.
US08058640B2
The present invention generally relates to nanotechnology and, in particular, to branched nanoscale wires. In some cases, the branched nanoscale wires may be produced using vapor-phase and/or solution-phase synthesis. Branched nanoscale wires may be grown by depositing nanoparticles onto a nanoscale wire, and segments or “branches” can then be grown from the nanoparticles. The nanoscale wire may be any nanoscale wire, for example, a semiconductor nanoscale wire, a nanoscale wire having a core and a shell. The segments may be of the same, or of different materials, than the nanoscale wire, for example, semiconductor/metal, semiconductor/semiconductor. The junction between the segment and the nanoscale wire, in some cases, is epitaxial. In one embodiment, the nanoparticles are adsorbed onto the nanoscale wire by immobilizing a positively-charged entity, such as polylysine, to the nanoscale wire, and exposing it to the nanoparticles. In another embodiment, nanoparticles are deposited onto a nanoscale wire by etching the nanoscale wire to produce an H-terminated surface, then exposing the surface to a solution comprising a metal ion, which can be reduced by the surface to form nanoparticles. Segments or branches can then be grown from the deposited nanoparticles to form the branched nanoscale wire.
US08058639B2
A light-emitting apparatus of the present invention includes: a mounting base 260 which has a wire 265; and a nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device flip-chip mounted on the mounting base 260. The nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device 100 includes a GaN-based substrate 10 which has an m-plane surface 12, a semiconductor multilayer structure 20 provided on the m-plane surface 12 of the GaN-based substrate 10, and an electrode 30 provided on the semiconductor multilayer structure 20. The electrode 30 includes an Mg layer 32. The Mg layer 32 is in contact with the surface of the p-type semiconductor region of the semiconductor multilayer structure 20. The electrode 30 is coupled to the wire 265.
US08058637B2
A phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type well An isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor substrate having the first conductivity type well to define active regions. Second conductivity type high concentration areas are formed in surfaces of the active regions. Insulation patterns are formed under the second conductivity type high concentration areas to insulate the second conductivity type high concentration areas from the first conductivity type well. A plurality of vertical diodes are formed on the second conductivity type high concentration areas which are insulated from the first conductivity type well.
US08058635B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for the continuous optical determination of the fill level of liquids in a liquid tank of a vehicle or airplane which have a refractive index of at least 1.33 at room temperature and at a wavelength of 589 nm. The device has an elongate measurement channel (3) which can be arranged on or in a liquid tank. A light emitting means (8, 8′) is arranged such that light (13, 14) emitted by the light emitting means (8, 8′) is introduced into the measurement channel (3). A detector arrangement (12, 8′) is arranged such that light (10) emitted into the measurement channel (3) by the light emitting means (8, 8′) is incident on the detector arrangement (12, 8′). The wall (15) which defines the measurement channel (3) is designed such that the reflection coefficient for light of the predetermined wavelength or from the predetermined wavelength range is at least 70%, at least for an angle of incidence up to a predetermined limit angle.
US08058632B2
The invention is directed to improved containers for pharmaceuticals and any tubing and tubing connectors associated therewith, particularly containers for pharmaceuticals which are irradiated, heated or otherwise subjected to increased pressure. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is directed to an improved container for use in a radioisotope generator, such as a rubidium-82 generator.
US08058628B2
Substrate processing methods and apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments a substrate processing apparatus may comprise a support structure and a moveable stage including first and second stages. The moveable stage has one or more maglev units attached to the first stage and/or second stage proximate an edge of the first stage. The first stage retains one or more substrates and moves with respect to a first axis that is substantially fixed with respect to the second stage. The second stage translates along a second axis with respect to the support structure. In other embodiments, a primary motor may maintain a rotary stage at an angular speed and/or accelerate or decelerate the stage from a first angular speed to a second angular speed. A secondary motor may accelerate the stage from rest to the first angular speed and/or decelerate the stage from a non-zero angular speed.
US08058625B2
Methods of nuclear imaging can include, in a pre-scan, detecting radiation emitted from a patient in a first plurality of viewing angles including at least a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle, generating nuclear data from the detected radiation, reconstructing a first nuclear event distribution from the nuclear data, selecting a region of interest, determining a first signal-to-noise ratio of the first nuclear event distribution within the region of interest, selecting a second plurality of viewing angles not including the first viewing angle, reconstructing a second nuclear event distribution from the nuclear data associated with the second plurality of viewing angles, determining a second signal-to-noise ratio of the second nuclear event distribution within the region of interest, determining that the second signal-to-noise ratio is greater than or equal to the first signal-to-noise ratio, and nuclear imaging the patient by detecting nuclear data based on a nuclear imaging process that is based on the second plurality of viewing angles.
US08058606B2
An inspection device includes a movable portion, and a substantially fixed portion. The movable portion includes a plurality of bins as well as beam directors positioned between the bins. The fixed portion includes light detectors and light emitters. The light detectors are arranged to allow multiplexing of the light detectors.
US08058605B2
An optoelectronic sensor for safeguarding a hazardous area, such as a light grid, has a first and a second sensor part. The two sensor parts are arranged at a spatial distance from one another. Each sensor part has a plurality of transmitting elements for generating transmitted beams and a plurality of receiving elements for receiving the transmitted beams. In this way, a plurality of transmitted beams in opposite directions are formed between the sensor parts. Each sensor part has at least one evaluation circuit, which is coupled to the receiving elements of the respective sensor part. Each evaluation circuit is designed to generate a switch-off signal in a manner dependent on the respectively coupled receiving elements. In a preferred configuration, each sensor part has a plurality of evaluation circuits which are coupled to one another to form a series arrangement of evaluation circuits, and which are additionally coupled to a common data bus connection.
US08058596B2
A method of controlling flight of a missile includes using gyroscopes, such as pitch rate gyroscopes, to sense when a factor based on the angular rate of change of the missile exceeds a threshold value. One the threshold value is exceeded, a decision may be made to use one or more compensation thrusters to reduce the angular rate of change. The use of the compensation thrusters may correct residual angular velocities from a pitch over maneuver used to put the missile on an intended course. In addition, the compensation thrusters may be used to compensate for errors in missile heading induced after the pitch over maneuver, such as induced by misalignment of thrust provided by a main rocket motor of the missile. Multiple compensation thrusters may be used to compensate for angular changes in the pitch and yaw directions.
US08058594B2
A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity. A fan provided in the rear space generates a cooling flow that cools components housed in the rear space. A cooling flow path extends from the rear space and into the upper space and lateral side spaces. Flow from the upper space enters the door to cool the door and is exhausted through a lower portion of the door. Flow from the lateral side spaces, which includes an exhaust flow from the cooking cavity, is guided to the lower space and exhausted. In this manner, the cooking apparatus can be completely cooled and cooking odors and heat appropriately exhausted by the cooling fan positioned in the rear space.
US08058593B2
A device resonator for medical device is provided. The resonator device includes a helical structure and a capacitor structure. The resonator device can be used in conjunction with a medical device, including a stent.
US08058592B2
A gas sensor is equipped with a built-in ceramic heater. The gas sensor detects the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the exhaust gas. The ceramic heater has a heater base member made of ceramic, a heating element formed in the inside of the heater base material, and a pair of external electrode pads that is electrically connected to the output terminals for the outer leads. The external electrode pads, the heating element, and the heater leads are made of base metal. The outer surface of each external electrode pad is covered only with a dense protective film made of noble metal such as gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), rhodium (Rh), and palladium (Pd).
US08058584B2
Disclosed is a bonding method for dissimilar materials made from metals and its resulting structures. The materials to be bonded are formed by layering three or more sheets such that a dissimilar material interface and a same material interface are formed. A first current is conducted between a three-sheet layered plate material wherein an aluminum alloy plate, a zinc plated steel plate and a bare steel plate, for example, are layered in order. A nugget is formed in an interface between the zinc plated steel plate and the bare steel plate, which are the same materials. Then, a second current greater than the first current is conducted, and a nugget is formed in an interface between the aluminum alloy plate and the zinc plated steel plate.
US08058579B2
A key module for a keyboard includes a key having a guiding plunger, and a key housing having a set of walls with an opening formed by the set of walls. The opening formed by the set of walls is configured to receive the guiding plunger. The set of walls includes at least eight guiding surfaces configured to contact the guiding plunger. The guiding plunger is configured to contact the eight guiding surfaces as the guiding plunger moves up and down in the opening.
US08058577B2
The invention relates to a touch-sensitive surface (3) activation device (1) for a motorized mechanism used to open and close an opening such as an electric windscreen wiper, comprising a touch-sensitive surface which controls the opening and/or closing of at least one opening. The device comprises means for detecting (9) the charge applied to the touch-sensitive control surface and means (11) for inhibiting control of the opening and/or closing when the applied charge is outside an acceptable predefined charge range.
US08058567B2
The invention provides a high density package substrate and a method for fabricating the same. A double-sided copper clad laminate containing an upper copper foil and a lower copper foil is provided. A bottom pad is disposed on the lower copper foil, aligned to a predetermined position of a through hole. The through hole is formed by laser drilling through the upper copper foil and the substrate, but not through the bottom pad. A seed layer is formed conformally lining the through hole, and a metal layer is formed on the seed layer by plating to form a plated through hole (PTH).
US08058563B2
An interposer includes an inorganic insulating layer, a first wiring formed in or on a surface of the inorganic insulating layer, an organic insulating layer formed over the inorganic insulating layer and on the first wiring, a second wiring formed on the organic insulating layer, and a conductor portion connecting the first wiring and the second wiring.
US08058562B2
A wiring substrate is provided. The wiring substrate includes: a core layer in which a gap is formed; and a lamination layer which includes an insulating layer and a wiring layer and which is formed on at least one surface of the core layer. The lamination layer has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the core layer. A plurality of mounting regions on which an electronic component is to be mounted are provided on the lamination layer to be spaced from each other. The gap in the core layer is filled with an insulating member having the same material as the insulating layer and surrounds each of the plurality of mounting regions or each of mounting region groups including one or more of the mounting regions.
US08058558B2
A printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. Using a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board which includes forming a circuit pattern, which includes lands, on a first board; forming a paste bump on the land of the first board; and stacking an insulation on a surface of the first board such that the paste bump penetrates the insulation, where the paste bump is formed to cover the land of the first board, the areas of the lands can be reduced to manufacture a printed circuit board of high density, and the contact reliability can be increased due to the increase in contact area between the lands and paste bumps to improve the performance of the high-density printed circuit-board.
US08058550B2
This disclosure relates to a polymer that includes a first comonomer repeat unit containing a benzothiadiazole moiety, a thiophene oxide moiety, a cyclopentadithiophene oxide moiety, a thiadiazoloquinoxaline moiety, a benzoisothiazole moiety, a benzothiazole moiety, a thienothiophene moiety, a thienothiophene oxide moiety, a dithienothiophene moiety, a dithienothiophene oxide moiety, or a tetrahydroisoindole moiety. The polymer can be used as a photoactive material in a photovoltaic cell. This disclosure also relates to such photovoltaic cells, as well as modules containing such photovoltaic cells.
US08058547B1
A photovoltaic device is disclosed comprising a concentrator and a collector. The concentrator is to concentrate solar energy, and the collector is positioned to receive solar energy from the concentrator. The concentrator comprises a plurality of identical flat linear fresnel prism sheets and the collector comprises a plurality of identical photovoltaic cells. The prism sheets are selected from the group consisting of square prism sheets and regular hexagonal prism sheets, and the cells, in a preferred embodiment, are selected from the group consisting of square cells where the prism sheets comprise square prism sheets and regular hexagonal cells where the prism sheets comprise hexagonal prism sheets. Each of the cells is sized substantially the same as the prism sheets and receives superposed beams of light from the prism sheets, each cell receiving superposed beams of light from four prism sheets where prism sheets are square, and superposed beams of light from six prism sheets where the prism sheets are hexagonal.
US08058546B1
An apparatus is provided comprising a compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) trough, a target, a plurality of sunlight diverters, and a tracker. The CPC trough is for concentrating sunlight and is symmetric about an imaginary plane of symmetry. The target is for absorbing sunlight concentrated by the trough. The plurality of sunlight diverters is to increase the sunlight received by the trough. The tracker is to orient the trough so that the sun is positioned on the plane of symmetry.
US08058539B1
A novel maize variety designated 10077230 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10077230 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10077230 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10077230, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10077230. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10077230.
US08058538B1
A novel maize variety designated 10054690 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10054690 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10054690 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10054690, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10054690. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10054690.
US08058535B1
A novel maize variety designated 10159360 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10159360 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10159360 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10159360, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10159360. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10159360.
US08058534B1
A novel maize variety designated 10047410 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10047410 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10047410 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10047410, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10047410. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10047410.
US08058526B1
A novel maize variety designated X7H253 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7H253 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7H253 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7H253, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7H253. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7H253.
US08058522B1
A novel maize variety designated PHWNY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHWNY with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHWNY through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHWNY or a trait conversion of PHWNY with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHWNY, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHWNY and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08058519B2
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB20W09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB20W09, to the plants of soybean XB20W09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB20W09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB20W09 with another soybean plant, using XB20W09 as either the male or the female parent.
US08058517B2
Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding a delta-8 desaturase along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using this delta-8 desaturase in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed.
US08058508B2
The invention is directed to methods for optimizing glycan processing in organisms (and in particular, plants) so that a glycoprotein having complex type bi-antennary glycans and thus containing galactose residues on both arms and which are devoid of (or reduce in) xylose and fucose can be obtained. The invention is further directed to said glycoprotein obtained and host system comprising said protein.
US08058505B2
A cytoplasmic male sterile cybrid plant of the genus Lactuca, a progeny thereof, or a part thereof having a gene derived from the mitochondria of a plant of the genus Helianthus in its cytoplasm and methods of producing first filial generation seeds using such a cybrid plant.
US08058504B2
The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
US08058499B2
A wound dressing comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet having a wound facing surface and a back surface, said top sheet being adapted to block or restrict passage of liquid from the back surface to the wound facing surface; and an insoluble hydrogel layer adjacent to the back surface of the top sheet.
US08058494B2
A process for the production of phenylalkanes comprising at least two catalytic alkylation reactors placed in parallel among which are present in reaction zones that each contain at least one acidic solid catalyst, whereby n is greater than or equal to 2, is described. One of the reactors carries out the alkylation of at least one aromatic compound by at least one olefin that has 9 to 16 atoms. An olefin fraction is introduced at the inlet of each of the reaction zones of the reactor that operates in alkylation mode. While one of the reactors carries out the alkylation, the other reactor carries out the reactivation of each catalyst, partially deactivated, that it contains. The functions of each reactor are switched regularly so as to limit the deactivation of catalysts in each of the reactors.The phenylalkanes that are obtained by the process according to the invention are particularly suitable for the production of detergents.
US08058490B2
Process for the manufacture of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) starting from a stream of ethane which is subjected to a catalytic oxydehydrogenation (ODH) thus producing a gas mixture containing ethylene which is then dried and conveyed to a chlorination reactor supplied with a flow of chlorine so that at least 10% of the ethylene is converted to DCE. The stream of products derived from the chlorination reactor is then conveyed to an oxychlorination reactor in which the majority of the balance of ethylene is converted to DCE.
US08058477B2
A catalytic process for the synthesis of aromatic primary amines, reagent compositions for effecting the process, and transition metal complexes useful in the process, are provided.
US08058471B2
The present invention has its object to provide a method for producing an optically active hydroxycarboxylic acid derivative which is an intermediate important for production of medicines, agrochemicals, chemical products, and so on. The production method of the present invention comprises: carrying out a hydrogen-transfer reduction of a ketocarboxylic acid or a salt thereof by the reaction of an optically active diamine complex to produce an optically active hydroxycarboxylic acid derivative. According to the present invention, it is possible to safely and efficiently produce an industrially-useful optically active hydroxycarboxylic acid derivative.
US08058470B2
A star-branched polyester polyol is obtained by polymerizing lactide or lactic acid, using, as an initiator, a fat and oil composed mainly of a triacylglycerol that has at least three hydroxyl groups or epoxy groups in its molecule. This polyester polyol has low crystallinity and a low melting point, and thus shows good working properties when used in various applications. Furthermore, this polyester polyol is derived from renewable resources, and, thus, it is highly desirable in view of its effectiveness in protecting the global environment and preventing fossil resources from being depleted.
US08058462B2
Ligand modified poly oxo-hydroxy metal ion materials, their uses and processes for their preparation
Ligand-modified poly oxo-hydroxy metal ion materials and their uses are disclosed, in particular for nutritional, medical, cosmetic or biologically related applications for example for the treatment of a deficiency related to a component of the material or for the removal of an endogenous substance capable of binding to the material. The present invention further relates to processes for preparing the materials and optimising their physico-chemical properties and their medical uses.
US08058445B2
Selected pyridine carboxamide compounds of Formula XI are effective for treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like.
US08058441B2
The present invention relates to tetrahydroquinoline derivatives having general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is formyl, (1-6C)alkylcarbonyl or (1-6C)alkylsulfonyl; R2 and R3 are H or (1-4C)alkyl; R4 is phenyl; R5 is (1-4C)alkyl; Y—X is (CO)—O, (SO)2—O, NHC(O)—O, NHC(S)—O, OC(O)—O, bond-O, C(O)—NH, S(O)2—NH, NHC(O)—NH, NHC(S)—NH, OC(O)—NH, bond-NH, NH—C(O), O—C(O), NH—S(O)2, or O—S(O)2 or Y—X is a bond; R6 is H, trifluormethyl, (1-6C)alkyl, 1- or 2-adamantyl(1-4C)alkyl, (2-6C)alkenyl, (3-9C)heteroaryl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl, (1-4C)alkylthio(1-4C)alkyl, (6-10C)aryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-9C)heteroaryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8,R9-aminocarbonyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8,R9-amino(1-4C)alkyl, R8-oxycarbonyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8-oxy(1-4C)alkyl, R8-carbonyl(1-4C)alkyl or (6-10C)aryl; R7 is H, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro hydroxyl; and R8 and/or R9 is H, (1-4C)alkyl, (2-4C)alkenyl, (2-4C)alkynyl, (6-10C)aryl, (3-9C)heteroaryl, (6-10C)aryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-9C)heteroaryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)(di)alkylamino(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkylthio(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkylcarbonylamino(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxycarbonyl(1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxycarbonylamino(1-4C)alkyl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloylkyl, or R8 and R9 may be joined in a (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl ring. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives and the use of these derivatives to control fertility.
